Douces France(s)

Alfred de Montesquiou, a war correspondent for the Associated Press news agency and a journalist for Paris Match – for which he has covered most of the Arab Spring revolutions – will be our knowledge broker along the Silk Road, the mythical network of trade routes that for centuries linked the Far East to the West. Follow in the footsteps of illustrious predecessors, from Alexander the Great to Marco Polo. Journey through time, encountering specialists, historians, or just everyday people with a passion who will help you grasp the past and present identities of those countries. From Bursa in Turkey to Xi’an in China, Alfred guides and accompanies you in this fresh and original way to discover History.

Relentless sheriffs, trigger-happy gunslingers, steadfast saloon owners and cocky cowboys are all found in the "Lucky Luke" albums, which have influenced entire generations of comic readers. For the three-part series "In the boots of Lucky Luke", the French comic author Jul traveled to the USA to trace the role models of the familiar comic characters.

Jurassic Cash is a documentary on the new business of dinosaur fossils, an incredible speculation in the auction world… And on the footsteps of our past.

Enjoy a bird's-eye view of Japan's amazingly diverse landscapes, as well as intimate portraits of people leading contrasting lives.

Nordic territories and their pristine wilderness have always nourished imagination and timeless tales. The Wild North is dominated by earthly forces and natural elements that dictate life and the relationship local populations have to nature and inspire their culture. Take an adventure spreading over four breathtaking countries at the heart of five iconic territories.

Paris, 5,000 years of History: an exclusive journey through time. Discover Paris as you've never imagined it through the stories of men and women caught up in its stormy fate, through the events that shaped this age-old city along with the daily life that filled it. Paris, The Great Saga lets you relive theses adventures through fictional reenactments and CGI effects made by Dassault Systemes.

This collection presents some of the world’s great capitals and international megacities (Paris, New York, Tokyo, Buenos Aires, Barcelona, Berlin, London, Los Angeles, Rome and Bangkok) from the unusual viewpoint of their rooftops! Rooftops are highly revealing of the ways in which cities address the twenty-first century’s social, economic, demographic and ecological challenges as well as reflecting the image cities project of themselves and their inhabitants. Rooftops can be places for working, living, and cultivating one’s garden…

For two thousand years, caravans traveled from Xian in China along the Silk Road to Istanbul, a hub of world trade at the time. Julien Berjeaut begins his journey through Turkey on the banks of the Bosphorus. Istanbul, once called Byzantium and then Constantinople, is still a bubbling center of international trade in the 21st century: In the Grand Bazaar, with its thousands of stores, this half-mythical, half-historical past is brought back to life for customers and traders alike.

In this episode of Secrets d’Histoire, Stéphane Bern explores the life of a great queen of the Middle Ages: Eleanor of Aquitaine. A passionate and loving woman, ahead of her time. She goes on a crusade, she gets divorced... It is also thanks to her that the legend of King Arthur will be born.