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An unfiltered close-up look at everyday life of Belgians! In each episode, Kody, takes a humorous and sincere look on voice-off at the world, the passion or the project of four people.

As carnival fever seizes Switzerland, discover the unbridled energy and creativity of these events. From Monthey and Bassecourt, archives, testimonials and different viewpoints regarding these rituals help to decipher the meaning behind them and highlight their specificities, such as the Tschäggätta, terrifying creatures that roam the Lötschental valley.

The journalist Hélène Bernard joins women in their daily lives who have chosen a profession closely linked to nature. Shepherds, pruners, sea rescuers... They sometimes take risks, brave the elements and, above all, break down stereotypes.

They found love on the other side of the world and are organising their weddings in Switzerland. The series follows the adventures of four mixed couples who decide to get married.

The personal stories recounted by those we rarely see in the mainstream press but who have extraordinary lives and so much to share!

Through a series of immersive and authentic personal stories "Focales" shines a spotlight on those working to change society, awaken consciences and create a better future.

An unmissable tradition: each first Saturday in December, the people of Fribourg gather in the centre of the old town to celebrate Saint Nicholas Day. Coverage of the parade, plus guests, archive footage and reports to experience all the festivity of the event along with its historical and cultural dimensions.

During the night of 11 to 12 December 1602, the troops of Charles Emmanuel 1, Duke of Savoie, failed in their attempt to take Geneva by climbing the city's walls. Europe's greatest historical parade has just concluded the annual Escalade festival, each year the event celebrates the Genevans' victory.

What are villages in Swiss Romandy like? Is the rural-urban gap widening? To better understand the mindset of country people, we meet Joël, Damien, Robin, Irène and Lucie, members of youth societies.

At the end of their secondary education, Eva, Laetitia, Simon and Ludmila take a sabbatical year. On the threshold of adulthood, they are faced with new issues: loneliness of travelling, first apartment, delusion about their vocation, etc. The director, Julie, also a teenager, follows them for a year.

How do you become a policeman/woman? Lara, Marina, Nicolas and Nadine find out at the Savatan Police Academy, training students from the cantons of Valais, Vaud and Geneva. We discover their everyday lives as the instructors use role-play to prepare them for the reality of getting out on the streets.

Three teams, each made up of a wheelchair-user and two people to accompany them, head off on a race across the Swiss Alps. Kiki Maeder, Christoph Kunz and Dr Björn Zörner are also present to supervise.

In the heat of summer, at the foot of Les Faverges, an outer suburb of Lausanne, two night-watchmen walk along the banks of the Vuachère. For some unknown reason, Daniel and Ammar need to ensure the security of this peaceful river. During their absurd patrols, a friendship gradually develops.

In Switzerland, everything must be clean, everywhere, all the time: a value many say is in their DNA. Despite this, most cleaners are foreigners toiling in obscurity. We go behind the scenes with three of them and paint a historic portrait of a country that likes things neat and tidy.

Hoping to become closer to a father he hardly knows, Samir joins him on a hunting trip in the mountains. The picturesque Valais scenery forms an idyllic backdrop to this difficult meeting, filmed by Juliette Riccaboni as part of a wider questioning of the concept of "being a family" today.

With the 2024 European elections on the horizon, eight young Belgians each head off to a "mystery" destination. Once there, they discover the main political issues affecting the country concerned and discuss the questions that preoccupy them personally.

For Anne, Aurore, Christophe and Philippe it's back to nature. In their quest for change, they discover the life of the musher, with six months training before heading for the trails of the Far North. By going beyond their limits, the four apprentices hope to regain control of their lives.

For two years, during the Covid-19 pandemic, the filmmaker Jean-Stéphane Bron filmed the street in which he lives, at the heart of Lausanne.

Leaving everything for Tokyo: we discover the story of the Tranchellini-Martinez family from Geneva, who abandoned their everyday lives to open a patisserie and tea-room in Japan, with neither professional experience nor an ability to speak the language. Uma, age 13, one of their daughters, recounts their new life.

What will Belgian society be like in 2030? Will solutions have been found for the major problems currently facing the country's population? Laurent Mathieu asks the question and launches the debate, accompanied by the personal stories of those directly concerned.

To better understand Generation Z! A series dedicated to sharing the opinions, anecdotes and experiences of teenagers who've each lived a very different life, stories that are both authentic and representative.

Along with the comedian GuiHome, the presenter Thomas Van Hamme heads off on a road trip to discover the textile industry and its excesses. Together they meet a number of political figures, experts and inspiring characters.

An immersion in the daily lives of student nurses, Rebecca, Hélène and Lucas, and Fanny, a future paramedic with the ambulance service. An opportunity to follow them during their final year as students and the start of their new lives as healthcare professionals.

Protector or hunter, the dog is man's best friend, offering unconditional loyalty and fidelity. Portraits of remarkable dogs and their owners.

"We called for a work force, and it was men who came": an immersion in the construction business. By following a major building project step-by-step, "À Ciel Ouvert" paints the portraits of the workers who came. Uprooted from their homeland and far their loved ones, they are building today's Switzerland.

Anyone can run the New York marathon. At least that's what Pierre Morath says. So, let's see. He challenges five people in French-speaking Switzerland to do so.

For thirty years, "Passe-moi les Jumelles" has taken us throughout Switzerland, a journey of breathtaking scenery and fascinating stories. Matthieu Fournier looks back at each decade with Benoît Aymon, Manuella Maury and Virginie Brawand, PAJU's emblematic faces, from the places where they presented their first programme. Prepare for surprises galore...

A veritable celebration of Belgium's regions, along with the locals who live there, their regional languages... and their humour!

Will our survival be played out far from major urban centres? Certain experts think the opposite, rather than fleeing cities we should move back into them. Luc Ferrandez sets out to prove the point with the help of enthusiastic guests, painting a realistic picture of the challenges facing today's cities.

Two families from Romandy head off to the Yukon, north-west Canada, and an immersion in the heart its wilderness, a landscape similar to Switzerland in prehistoric times.

Six members of the Grand Cactus, divided into two teams, have agreed to spend five days living in a yurt. The aim? To push themselves beyond their usual limits and adapt to a very different lifestyle. Five days of challenges, humour, emotion and team spirit!

Le Marronnier, a medical-social centre in the Vaud. Artist François Burland creates a giant engraving, working with a group of under-age migrants. The youngsters and their tormented lives meet the centre's residents, facing the end of theirs. A summer, an opportunity to meet and connect, to share grief and solitude.

In New Orleans, USA, Sacha Porchet managed to slip behind the scenes at the world's most famous beauty pageant: the 71st Miss Universe. A fascinating backstage visit where he notably gets to meet Alia Guindi from Valais, chosen to represent Switzerland...

The Alps exert a powerful pull on Swiss nationals who are often fascinated by them. Fact or fiction? To get some answers, Bernard Weber presents interlinked, charming and humorous portraits of five people settled high in the Alps. August, Anne-Laure, Urs, Sepp and Margrit explain this life decision.

The only equine breed with Swiss origins, the Franches-Montagnes not only plays an important in Switzerland's heritage but climate change is encouraging many farmers to use them in field and forest. Claude Schauli spent twelve months following Alizée, a filly born before his camera. Will she become a worthy Franches-Montagnes?

In each village or district in Switzerland, there are homes that raise questions or stand out from the ordinary. Who lives there and why? Join us as we dispel gossip and rumours by simply ringing the doorbell.

For this first collaboration with Mélissa from "Yadébat", Sacha allows himself to be shut up in a 9m² "cell" for 72 hours, under the watchful eye of the cameras. The aim of the experiment? To observe the effects of isolation and the absence of stimulation. Commentary by psychiatrist-psychotherapist Nader Perroud.

Orane Burri spent three years, from 2012 to 2015, following the inhabitants of Val-de-Travers as they campaigned against a gas drilling project that risks polluting their ground water. Will the battle led by the region's citizens to protect Neuchâtel's drinking water finally bear fruit?

Sacha Porchet meets the Lausanne Hockey Club team. Coached by the legendary goalkeeper Cristobal Huet and the forward Damien Riat, he learns to keep upright on his skates and even to stop the puck, before watching a derby match against the Genevans.

Sacha Porchet meets some of those with a passion for extreme high diving or "cliff diving" and follows them to Sisikon, Switzerland, for one of the stages in the international Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series competition.

What makes people happy? Marc-André Carignan is in the heart of a city or region of the world and asks the question of some of those who embody the culture of their nation.

Surprising human encounters, unexpected places, improbable situations: the adventures of the globe-trotting journalist François Mazure as he travels length and breadth of the planet. "What you'll see here, you'll see nowhere else!".

Highlighting citizens' initiatives and actions in the public interest that set out to respond to the challenges facing today's society.

Have you ever thought of abandoning everything to realise a totally crazy project? We meet Mehdi Debbrah, AKA Debbraahworld on social media. His challenge: Paris-Alger on foot. We spend 24 hours in his company.

Childhood memories, a poem from the heart, an ode to an animal... From his youngest age, bears fascinated Roman Droux. Accompanied by biologist David Bittner, he heads to Alaska to spend three months, totally self-sufficient, in close contact with the grizzlies. An adventure in the heart of a natural wilderness.

The Swiss, Yves Delaunay, looks at how the Inuit's lives are being affected by the transformations in the Arctic, a region in the front line of climate change. At Sachs Harbour, he discovers a community deeply attached to its territory, conscious of the importance of its traditions and unique culture.

Frédéric Swierczynski is one of the world'sleading cave divers; Sébastien Devrient a film director and mountain guide. Together they head for the Atacama Desertin Argentina, a unique scuba-diving expedition, alone andwithout back-up. Here the Ojos del Salado volcano is home to the world's highestlakes.

Seen from above, a unique spectacle begins once the sun has set. From Ticino to Basle, from the region around Lake Constance to Romandy and from Engadin to Lake Geneva, we discover a very different view of Switzerland, as season follows season.

We discover the everyday lives, through the seasons, of seven emblematic inhabitants of the Illiez Valley in Switzerland. Seven like the seven peaks of the Dents du Midi, the mountain range that towers above. Men and women deeply attached to their region and its values.

Offering a new life to things thrown away at the rubbish dump! Seven employees from the local highways department and fourteen craftsmen and women from French-speaking Switzerland take on the challenge.

To decipher Belgium and the world, analyse, debate and discuss to better understand the headlines, Julie Morelle and Arnaud Ruyssen offer a practical guide to the mechanics of today's news. In a programme as constructive as it is relaxed, they are joined by regular presenters and guests.

Sacha Porchet sets off to meet some of those whose world is seriously out of the ordinary.

Organised by the committee for the 100th anniversary of the Swiss Federation for the Hérens Breed, the combats take place in Martigny's Roman amphitheatre. Three categories for the cows, plus one for the primiparous cows, see them battling it out for the title of 2021 Queen of the Valais Fair.

Swiss men and women return to their country of origin, to tread in the footsteps of their past.

Seven new entrepreneurs follow lessons on public speaking with professionals from the world of theatre and film. Taken out of their comfort zone, challenged as much as encouraged, will they find the right words?

Never get fleeced again thanks to this magazine programme that explains consumer rules and regulations, hunts down the scammers and digs out the real good deals to be found in the marketing jungle. And helps you make ends meet!

The interwoven portraits of Ludivine Jordan, Alessia Milani, Nando Arnold and Andri Börnli, four youngsters who have chosen to fly the family nest and spend a year working as an au-pair. New language, new town, new family... The four teenagers head off for an experience full of unexpected surprises.

What are the main topic of concern to families, whether traditional or reconstituted, urban or rural? Joined by experts and inspiring celebrities Angela Aquereburu discusses themes related to family life, ranging from a child trying to assume the father's role, to education and nutrition.