DW Documentary
tv show

275 total episodes
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10 seasons
First Aired January 09, 2017
Genres:
Overview
Exciting stories on a wide variety of topics from around the globe: DW brings viewers background reports from the worlds of politics, business, science, culture, nature, history, lifestyle and sport.
2024 Documentaries
88 episodes
Air Date
January 02, 2024

The toxic waste from drugs like ecstasy, speed or crystal meth
Episode 1 - 29m
January 02, 2024
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How much influence do the super rich have?
Episode 2 - 43m
January 04, 2024
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The lives of the Amish in the US
Episode 3 - 43m
January 05, 2024

How artificial light threatens nature
Episode 4 - 43m
January 11, 2024
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China's growing influence in Europe- Serbia and the New Silk Road
Episode 5 - 43m
January 14, 2024
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Dancing despite war- From war-torn Ukraine to the big ballet stage
Episode 6 - 41m
January 17, 2024
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Personalized nutrition- Could genética tests improve your health and your figure?
Episode 7 - 43m
January 18, 2024
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Mental health and resilience- the secrets of inner strength
Episode 8 - 52m
January 20, 2024
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Transylvania- The heart of Romania
Episode 9 - 43m
January 25, 2024
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The mysterious death of an SS officer: a Nazi true crimen story
Episode 10 - 1h 26m
January 27, 2024
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Behind Asia's cyber slavery
Episode 11 - 29m
January 29, 2024

Ticking time bombs- What risk do abandoned oil and gas wells pose?
Episode 12 - 43m
January 31, 2024

Russia's energy empire: Putin and the rise of Gazprom
Episode 13 - 51m
February 03, 2024

The dark side of the champagne industry
Episode 14 - 29m
February 06, 2024

Cryptocurrencies- The future of money?
Episode 15 - 43m
February 07, 2024

How mass tourism is endangering the Dolomites
Episode 16 - 43m
February 08, 2024

China's grab for the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization
Episode 17 - 43m
February 09, 2024
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Russia's Gazprom- Corrupt politicians and the greed of the west
Episode 18 - 51m
February 10, 2024

Meeting death on our own terms
Episode 19 - 43m
February 15, 2024

Racism in medicine
Episode 20 - 43m
February 21, 2024
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Ayahuasca boom in Brazil
Episode 21 - 26m
February 25, 2024

Barbie: The world's greatest influencer?
Episode 22 - 43m
February 28, 2024

Extreme climate research- On the road in the icefields of Patagonia
Episode 23 - 26m
March 03, 2024

Can algae save the world?
Episode 24 - 26m
March 10, 2024

New quantum computers- Potential and pitfalls
Episode 25 - 29m
March 12, 2024
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Pyramids, dark matter & the Big Bang theory
Episode 26 - 43m
March 13, 2024

AI supremacy: The artificial intelligence battle between China, USA and Europe
Episode 27 - 1h 29m
March 16, 2024
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The Mississippi - A journey through the heart of America
Episode 28 - 43m
March 21, 2024
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NATO - The largest military alliance in the world
Episode 29 - 1h 29m
April 04, 2024
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Colonial roots of the genocide in Rwanda
Episode 30 - 1h 26m
April 05, 2024
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A Holocaust survivor returns - Margot Friedländer in Germany
Episode 31 - 43m
April 10, 2024

Mars - Life on the Red Planet?
Episode 32 - 43m
April 12, 2024

Burnout - When does work start feeling pointless?
Episode 33 - 52m
April 27, 2024

Illegal leather - How the car industry is threatening the rainforest
Episode 34 - 43m
May 03, 2024

The International Space Station: a unique space project
Episode 35 - 29m
May 07, 2024
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Women as spoils of war at the end of World War Two
Episode 36 - 43m
May 08, 2024

Between the desert and the Pacific Ocean
Episode 37 - 43m
May 16, 2024

Birds - Survivalists with special powers
Episode 38 - 43m
May 22, 2024

How car tires drive deforestation
Episode 39 - 29m
May 23, 2024

Floods, heavy rain, extreme weather - Why we need to build differently
Episode 40 - 26m
May 26, 2024

What is life like without smells?
Episode 41 - 43m
May 30, 2024

India's new generation between luxury and poverty
Episode 42 - 45m
June 04, 2024

European migration? How a continent is sealing itself off
Episode 43 - 45m
June 06, 2024

Ozempic - What’s the truth behind the hype?
Episode 44 - 29m
June 25, 2024

Melting wetlands - How can nature slow down climate change?
Episode 45 - 43m
July 03, 2024

Isolation and dementia - Why we should protect our ears
Episode 46 - 43m
July 07, 2024

Raid on the Atlantic - Overfishing and exploitation of the sea
Episode 47 - 43m
July 11, 2024

Nuclear fusion's hope - The dream of endless clean energy
Episode 48 - 43m
July 12, 2024

America’s right-wing radicals - US veterans against democracy
Episode 49 - 1h 23m
July 13, 2024

Turning vapor into drinking water
Episode 50 - 43m
July 17, 2024
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Nicaragua - 45 years after the revolution, a return to dictatorship
Episode 51 - 1h 26m
July 20, 2024

Toxic and tenacious - How "forever chemicals” are damaging our health
Episode 52 - 43m
July 26, 2024

Building in harmony with nature
Episode 53 - 43m
July 31, 2024

Protecting the climate
Episode 54 - 43m
August 02, 2024

Mental health and body image
Episode 55 - 26m
August 04, 2024

Trophy hunting
Episode 56 - 43m
August 08, 2024
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How the Nazis concealed their atrocities
Episode 57 - 43m
August 09, 2024

Endometriosis
Episode 58 - 26m
August 18, 2024
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Varanasi - Facing death without fear
Episode 59 - 43m
August 22, 2024

Urban rats
Episode 60 - 43m
August 23, 2024

Butchers fighting cheap meat
Episode 61 - 43m
August 30, 2024

Will artificial intelligence save us or kill us?
Episode 62 - 29m
September 01, 2024

The fight against exploitation of migrant workers in Italy
Episode 63 - 29m
September 17, 2024

Smart insects
Episode 64 - 43m
September 18, 2024

Climate change or climate hoax? Skeptics and activists
Episode 65 - 36m
September 29, 2024

How climate change threatens coffee production
Episode 66 - 29m
October 01, 2024

Trauma in the Middle East: The terror of Hamas and Israel's war in Gaza
Episode 67 - 1h 26m
October 05, 2024

How can ships become cleaner?
Episode 68 - 26m
October 06, 2024

Tel Aviv and October 7
Episode 69 - 43m
October 07, 2024

How pandemics, wars and disasters jeopardize global trade
Episode 70 - 26m
October 27, 2024

Is prosperity without economic growth possible?
Episode 71 - 43m
October 30, 2024
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Hiding and surviving - Growing up under National Socialism
Episode 72 - 43m
November 06, 2024
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Europe’s deadly migration policy
Episode 73 - 52m
November 09, 2024
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How heatwaves impact our lives
Episode 74 - 43m
November 10, 2024
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What are the consequences of Germany's ban on chick killing?
Episode 75 - 26m
November 14, 2024

Teaching in the isolated Venezuelan Andes
Episode 76 - 43m
November 20, 2024

Pakistan: Pashtun kids fight for their education
Episode 77 - 31m
November 24, 2024

Siberia: Gazprom, a pipeline and the last nomads
Episode 78 - 52m
November 30, 2024
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The missing Van Gogh
Episode 79 - 43m
December 05, 2024

Indonesia’s environmental disasters
Episode 80 - 52m
December 07, 2024

Europe's shark trade
Episode 81 - 29m
December 10, 2024

Battle for the Amazon
Episode 82 - 43m
December 11, 2024

Smoking - Anatomy of an addiction industry
Episode 83 - 43m
December 13, 2024
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Lost on the run between Belarus and Poland
Episode 84 - 43m
December 18, 2024
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Cyberbullies - Online hate unmasked
Episode 85 - 43m
December 19, 2024

The dark side of mass-produced fashion jewelry from China
Episode 86 - 29m
December 24, 2024

Collecting, storing and preserving
Episode 87 - 43m
December 25, 2024

Fake steak - Future-proof food and lab-grown meat
Episode 88 - 43m
December 27, 2024
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