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The brutal murder of John Scott, Head of Fiji’s Red Cross, and his gay partner is still clouded in rumour and political mystery. In a country that has become increasingly fundamentalist, many regarded the couple…

It was the highest building constructed during the Middle Ages and is an architectural masterpiece. Built over hundreds of years, between 1176 – 1439, Strasbourg Cathedral is radically different from any other Cathedral. It was…

Antiquities stolen from the Middle East have resurfaced in art markets all over the world. Now the police have teamed up with archaeologists for a global investigation to stop criminal networks from trafficking in these…

Deep in the jungle of Cambodia, far off beaten tourist trails, lies a jewel from the Khmer period: the Banteay Chhmar temple. Half devoured by jungle plants and long forgotten by people, the 800-year-old temple…

What happens when foreigners are imprisoned in Japan? And why do prisons in Japan hold fayres for prison fans? The treatment of suspects in custody pushes many to confess to crimes that they did not…

More than 2,500 migrants have died trying to cross the unforgiving Arizona desert in search of the American dream. Woven together from multiple narratives and made for ITVS, ‘The Undocumented’ tells the stories of the…

It’s a little-known fact that in the former German Democratic Republic, more than 10,000 boys and girls, from babies to seven-year-olds, are estimated to have been taken from their families and placed in harsh children’s…

On 16th October 2017, Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was assassinated in a car bomb attack close to her home. Her career focused on investigative reporting into government corruption and money laundering, and all of…

It was a brutal killing. On the 29th July, 2014, Australian state environment officer, Glen Turner, and his colleague stopped to take photos of some logged trees in a field. The land was owned by…

In the midst of WWII, Catholics looked to the pope to guide them. Hitler had already begun secretly launching his plan to exterminate the Jews in Europe. Secretly, that is, to most- except Pope Pius…

New documents prove that since 1957, companies such as Exxon and Shell have known that burning fossil fuels changes the climate – their own, strictly secret research had revealed this. They have been secretly financing…

Traditionally associated with celebrities or high-paid executives, cocaine used to be too expensive for most people. But in the past 30 years, the price has fallen by an estimated 80 – 90%. By lowering the…

Pondicherry located in Tamil Nadu is an exception in Indian territory. In the former French colony, the city’s culture has been shaped by many influences. Dupleix, governor-general of the French establishment with Indian cooperation managed…

‘America’s Longest War’ provides a brief history of drug prohibition, beginning with Nixon’s declaration of war in 1971 and ending with Obama’s broken promise to allow states to determine their own medical marijuana policies. It…

Angelina Herlander was deeply attracted to a much younger man she met at a gig and decided to write to him after he carried out a frenzied attack knifing 2 adults and 2 children to…

Today, Adolf Hitler’s autobiography cum Nazi manifesto is still sold all over the world, under the counter, on the internet or simply at the bookshop. This 700 page book, published in 1925, was re-edited numerous…

Invented by Fulgence Bienvenüe, the Parisian Metro tested many construction methods: wooden tunnels, boring machines, shields, ground freezing systems, steel viaducts and submerged chambers in the Seine. More than a century old, Paris’ metro is…

This is the unknown story of a century of Arab feminism. Filmed in Morocco, Egypt, Algeria and Tunisia and featuring previously unreleased archives and exclusive interviews with activists, it approaches Arab feminism from a historical…

The war in Vietnam continues, this time it’s the generational effects of the historical chemical warfare. The herbicides sprayed during the war have crippled more than three million Vietnamese. Scientists suspect that the diseases and…

By 1942, the consequences of Hitler’s bad military decisions were becoming apparent. In response to his declaration of war, the Americans had entered the conflict and were making advances in North Africa. During Operation Barbarossa,…

Welcome to the French Quarter of the United States, New Orleans! Join this tour of French Louisiana: the home of Mardi Gras, the birthplace of American jazz, and the cultural hotbed of the Southern States….

London, 21 September 2001. In the murky waters of the Thames, a passer-by discovers the lifeless body of a 5-year old African child. Its the arms, legs and head have been removed. For Scotland Yard,…

A spectacular documentary looking at the beautiful city Phnom Penh, which is found in the intersection of four rivers, therefore it is poetically referred to as the ’City of Four Faces’. During the era of…

Nominated for a Goya, this film tells the story of four men who – after spending years of their lives on Death Row for crimes they did not commit – were exonerated and freed. Ron,…

In 1900, Paris was expanding rapidly. The city didn’t however attract just simple, honest workers, but criminals too. The newspapers came up with a nickname for the most well-known bandits of the Belle Epoque: The…

A spectacular documentary looking at the city of Tsars and splendour nicknamed the ’Venice of the North’. Peter the Great wanted to hoist Russia up to European level and his wife Catherine the Great went…

They are one of the most notorious, violent gangs in Central America, turning cities into war zones and threatening the authority of the state. Famous for their tattoos and the cruelty of their crimes, the…