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Helpless, the young convent student Richard has to watch as his mother Sarazenin Zobeida is condemned by the inquisitor Heinrich Institoris as a witch and burned at the stake. From then on, Richard swears revenge on Institoris for what he did to his family. He can escape and is taken by the merchant Jakob Fugger. He wants to teach him not only to seek blind revenge, but to manipulate people like puppets and thus to reach his goals. The two travel from Florence to Rome to influence the upcoming election of the pope and to witness the power struggle between the Medicis and the Borgias up close.

The story of a group of Berlin youths from the post-war period to the post-reunification era. A gripping story of friendship, love and betrayal against a global political backdrop, told in a three-part documentary drama. Friends Kurt, Lotte, Jakob, Silke and Bernd experience everyday life together in post-war Berlin in 1948: between rubble women and the black market, rival youth gangs and first love. Thirteen years later, as the flow of refugees to the West increases, they try to hold on to their friendship. But the estrangement becomes ever more apparent and the gang members lose sight of each other. Only after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 do the former friends finally find each other again and have to ask themselves whether they are still bound by the vow they once made: "Nothing can separate us, not even death"...

The year is 1942. Major Toporkov, who escaped from captivity, makes his way to a partisan camp surrounded by Germans. The major asks the squad leader to give him a wagon train with weapons to make his way to the concentration camp: the prisoners are preparing an uprising.

ZERV" tells of the first years after the fall of the Wall, the breaks in life courses, of completely different biographies and of the successful coming together in the common fight against crime, which knows no East and West. ZERV stands for the Central Investigation Office for Government and Association Crime, founded in Berlin in 1991 by decision of the federal government.

The series follows Arman, the son of a high-ranking official, whose carefree lifestyle of privilege and social gatherings in Yerevan changes forever after a chance meeting with a young woman named Mari. When a rivalry over Mari sparks violent conflict and a dangerous grudge from his father’s past resurfaces, Arman becomes the target of a ruthless and powerful Vice Minister. Forced to flee the police and his persecutors, Arman seeks refuge on the front lines of the Artsakh War. Trading a life of luxury for the harsh realities of the battlefield, he undergoes a profound transformation, earning the deep respect of military leaders and his fellow soldiers. When an unexpected personal tragedy forces him back into the crosshairs of his enemies in Yerevan, Arman must rely on his wartime connections to break free once and for all before returning to the front lines for a decisive mission to defend his homeland.

Can't imagine a world without Wi-Fi, smart phones or social media? You don't have to, as Craig Charles takes us on a nostalgic journey through some stand-out years that changed the course of history!

Dogfights is a military aviation themed TV series depicting historical re-enactments of air-to-air combat that took place in World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, as well as smaller conflicts such as the Gulf War and the Six-Day War. The program, which airs on the History Channel, consists of former fighter pilots sharing their stories of actual dogfights in which they took part, and uses computer-generated imagery to give the viewer a better perspective of what it is like to partake in aerial combat The series premiered on November 3, 2006.

In the fallout of nuclear war, the last of humanity survives with the help of life-like androids known as Dolls. Built to serve, some fight in wars as Tactical Dolls or T-Dolls. Now, an elite team comprised of T-Dolls are sent to face a new rogue threat, Sangvis Ferri. Leading them into battle is their new human commander, M4A1.

A story from the Jewish section of the Shin Bet

The First World War - carnage on a scale never-before seen. But how did it all start? And how did some key figures of WWII fare in the earlier war?

Filmed from the perspectives of dealers, users and the police, this vivid series offers a bracing look at the war on drugs.

The story of a special service agent who steals another man's identity. Posing as someone he is not, he builds a successful undercover career

In 1941, Vera Treshnikova was the only doctor left in the city. Her hospital was under 24-hour surveillance by the Gestapo. In order to continue performing her medical duty, Vera pretended to collaborate with the fascists. The townspeople condemned her, but did not know that the girl was hiding a partisan movement center in the hospital.