The Vikings were among the fiercest warriors of all time. Yet only a select few carried the ultimate weapon of their era: the feared Ulfberht sword. Fashioned using a process that would remain unknown to the Vikings' rivals for centuries, the Ulfberht was a revolutionary high-tech tool as well as a work of art.

The Battle for Syria - As fighting rages in the streets of Syria's largest city, FRONTLINE Producer Jamie Doran and Correspondent Ghaith Abdul-Ahad journey to the heart of the insurgency, inside the rebel groups that are waging a full-scale assault on the forces of President Bashar al-Assad.Within "liberated zones" near the city of Aleppo, the rebels not only fight the Syrian Army, but struggle against each other in a bitter rivalry between secular and Islamist fighters.

In Paris, in the early years of the twentieth century, lives Chico, a sewer worker with lofty aspirations. One night, Chico saves a young prostitute named Diane from the murderous rage of her tyrannical sister. Despite her lifestyle, Diane is honest and innocent, and when the police arrive to arrest her, Chico spontaneously claims that she is his wife. Forced to maintain this facade or else both face prison sentences, Chico reluctantly allows Diane to live with him – and in the process, love gradually blossoms between them. However, the dark spectre of World War I has begun to descend upon France, and Chico and Diane cannot help but fall under its shadow.

Whether she’s marvelling at the Northern Lights or perspiring gently as she sails along the River Nile, Joanna Lumley is always a pleasant travelling companion, charming everyone she meets. She’s exploring the origins of the ancient tale about Noah and the Ark, a story that unites people and religions all over the world.

Imagine being stranded behind enemy lines. All that keeps you alive are your wits and training. For American aviators this scenario has played out all too often. To give their pilots a fighting chance the Us military puts its aviators thoug the toughest tests it can come up with. Pilots learn to respond instantly to a variety of survival situations.

Stephen Fry welcomes us into his wonderful world of tech, from the everyday to the extraordinary. Stephen doesn't live life like the rest of us. He doesn't get caught in traffic jams, doesn't have to push his own shopping trolley or even hold his own toothbrush - instead he relies on his collection of trusty gadgets to make his life run smoothly.

With an infamous reputation of being one of the sleaziest of all the Gialli, one expects a lot from Mario Landi’s Giallo in Venice. Indeed it is a rather grim and gritty piece of work, but at the same time it’s suffers quite a lot from a whole lot of problems, and there’s a very determined feeling that Landi was merely out to quickly create a series of sensationalistic vignettes instead of making a decision of what foot to stand on. Which makes up for a very peculiar, seedy and mediocre movie.

Prise en sandwich entre des parents qui la gavent d'amour et de boulettes, Rachel, 9 ans, compte les minutes qui la séparent de la liberté. Jusqu'au jour où son chemin croise celui de l'intrépide Valérie.

1849: Ein amerikanischer Anwalt auf hoher See, der die Schrecken des Sklavenhandels kennenlernt. 1936: Ein junger Komponist, mit dessen Hilfe ein alterndes Genie ewigen Ruhm erlangen könnte. 1973: Eine aufstrebende Journalistin, die eine Atom-Intrige enthüllt. 2012: Ein Verleger, der in einem Altersheim erkennt, was Freiheit bedeutet. 2144: Eine geklonte Kellnerin, die ihre Wirklichkeit verändert. 2346: Ein Sonderling, der sich in einer post-apokalyptischen Welt mutig gegen übernatürliche Kräfte stellt…