History and society Investigations and reports
Temps présent
Sous-titres : Français Espagnol Roumain Anglais Allemand Arabe
"Temps présent" tackles current events broadly speaking. With its in-depth investigations and critical vision, the programme sheds light on the crises and the conflicts of our time, while denouncing the malfunctions of our society.


History and society | Investigations and reports
"Temps présent" tackles current events broadly speaking. With its in-depth investigations and critical vision, the programme sheds light on the crises and the conflicts of our time, while denouncing the malfunctions of our society.
Episode 32
43 min
Albert Rösti, the atom and the flip-flop
Seven years ago, the exit from nuclear power was decided at the ballot box. However, the Federal Council recently announced its willingness to reconsider this decision. Albert Rösti even spoke in favour of a new power plant. Why this reversal?
Episode 31
47 min
Migros, the strange methods of an exemplary employer
Migros, the largest employer in Switzerland, celebrates its 100th anniversary and celebrates the social values of its founder, Gottlieb Duttweiler. A retail visionary who fought to improve people's lives. But what remains today of this humanistic approach?
Episode 30
46 min
My farm will disappear
In Switzerland, the disappearance of small farms is accelerating. According to statistics, two farms close every day in the country. Why? The lack of retainers within the family and the often prohibitive price to acquire a farm.
Episode 29
47 min
Eurovision in Switzerland, behind the scenes of an extraordinary event
Eurovision 2025 promises to be an exceptional event. Dive into the backstage of this grandiose show, follow the fascinating journey of Zoë Më, the Swiss candidate, discover the colossal challenges faced by the organization to set up the biggest musical show in the world in just a few months.
Episode 28
47 min
Safety on construction sites, attention danger of death
The accident at the Malley construction site in 2024 shook the construction world, increasing the number of deaths or injuries on Swiss construction sites. The causes: price pressure, failing controls, binding deadlines, stress. But also the law of silence...
Episode 27
47 min
Israel-Palestine: too late for peace
After eighteen months of war, the hope of coexistence between Israelis and Palestinians appears lost. Benjamin Netanyahu's government is now openly talking about its plan to recover Palestinian territories.
Episode 26
45 min
Coke under the snow, Verbier the extreme resort
Verbier, the most exclusive and legendary resort in the Valais Alps, is renowned for its vast and magnificent ski area. But it has made the headlines for a less enviable reason: the discovery of a highly organised cocaine ring.
Episode 25
47 min
Having babies on their own
In Switzerland, only married women are entitled to sperm donations. Single women who want to conceive a child have to do so abroad. And more and more of them are choosing to become single mothers. Here's the story of a woman from French-speaking Switzerland who decided to have a baby on her own.
Episode 24
48 min
Who wants a Switzerland with ten million inhabitants?
Switzerland's population is growing at a much faster rate than its neighbours, and now stands at nine million. And the vast majority of new inhabitants come from abroad. But the SVP party wants to put the brakes on this trend and is proposing to freeze the population at ten million...
Episode 23
47 min
Escaping the hell of alcohol
28 days and 11 months: this is the total duration of the treatment at the La Métairie clinic in Nyon, which patients suffering from addiction agree to follow. Focus on the Minnesota model, one of the most radical therapeutic approaches.
Episode 22
47 min
Crack / Doctor shortage
Crack, a destructive drug that plunges users into great misery. Faced with the growing presence of dealers and users, Swiss cities are sounding the alarm. More and more doctors are turning away from the profession, creating a serious succession problem.
Episode 21
47 min
Psychiatric emergency departments: safeguards for a society in crisis
Every year in Switzerland, psychiatric emergency departments provide more than 50,000 consultations in response to severe psychological suffering. A figure on the rise since the COVID crisis.
Episode 20
48 min
Ukraine, the artistic fortress in the heart of the war
Will Ukraine have to accept peace at any price? A legitimate question with Donald Trump taking power. Yet another uncertainty for the Ukrainian population, who have been living under Russian bombings for three years. But amid the horror of war, there are a few glimmers of hope, with music as an escape route.
Episode 19
47 min
Harassment in the hospital, silence under the gown
They choose to become doctors to treat us, but end up being victims of sexual harassment in the hospital. Obscene jokes, sexual blackmail, and assaults experienced during their training and career: students, doctors, and surgeons testify.
Episode 18
47 min
Sierre, how the Rhône washed everything away
At the end of June 2024, a spectacular rise in the Rhône water level literally flooded a residential area, followed by the aluminium production site in Sierre. Many questions are being asked because the work that had been planned for twenty years should have prevented the disaster...
Episode 17
47 min
Chemical submission, nightmares in Romandy
Drugged, abused and offered to other men by her husband, Gisèle Pélicot has, by publicly recounting her story, given women around the world the freedom to speak out. Switzerland included. Three women from Romandy, victims of rape whilst drugged in their private sphere, agree to tell all.
Episode 16
47 min
Accidents, when insurance doesn't cover it
An accident sometimes marks the beginning of medical treatments that are both long and very expensive. As long, of course, as your insurance agrees to pay up. And that's not always the case, far from it.
Episode 15
47 min
BNS, when billions disappear without trace
The Swiss National Bank (BNS) is one of the most powerful in the world. Billions pass through its hands and, occasionally, a few get lost. And that should be of concern to all Swiss because, through its primary mission of price stability, the whole Swiss economy depends on it...
Episode 14
46 min
How to escape the debt trap
In Switzerland, nearly half a million people are submerged by debt. Without a solution they often remain prisoner to their debt throughout their entire life. Yet it's not always a fatality, and their destiny can change.
Episode 13
48 min
A last breath for Swiss glass
The closure of the Saint-Prex glassworks by the Vetropack Group has shattered dreams and devastated families. But it is also a highly symbolic closure for Switzerland, seeing the departure of its last-remaining glassworks with the loss of all the associated know-how.
Episode 12
48 min
Is my judge biased?
Are Swiss judges under political pressure? The answer is yes. In a rare communication, the federal and cantonal magistrates explain how the Swiss People's Party, in particular, wants to control the judiciary.
Episode 11
47 min
Who's going to pay for my heat pump?
Between property owners, tenants and the state, who's going to pay for the energy transition? The challenge of the century in terms of climate is to insulate our buildings, responsible for half our CO2 emissions, whilst also banning fossil fuel boilers.
Episode 10
47 min
Not so green running shoes for Federer
"On running" is the Swiss success story of the last decade: a Zurich running shoe company which partnered with the Swiss star, Roger Federer. His latest invention: running shoes claimed to be the first completely recyclable shoes. But is this really the case?
Episode 9
46 min
You will be a man, but not too much
On one side, male chauvinists who vent their hatred for women and their complex-free male chauvinism are increasingly popular on social media. On the other side, deconstructed men who try to challenge gender stereotypes. How to be a man today?
Episode 8
48 min
Wolves, the haunted nights of Vaudois breeders
Can wolves live together with mankind? The debate is heated in Switzerland and growing in intensity in the canton of Vaud after a deadly summer in mountain pastures.
Episode 7
47 min
Farmers and subsidies
Swiss farmers have demonstrated to demand fairer prices and criticise an outdated subsidy system. What system? It involves direct payments established in the 1990s after the launch of farming markets to compensate drops in revenue...
Episode 6
48 min
Pierre-Yves Maillard: the secrets of a winner
A redoubtable tactician and unrivalled orator, sometimes verging on populism, Pierre-Yves Maillard is a political and media animal yet, paradoxically, dislikes anyone taking too close an interest in him. What is his method? Where does he find his determination and what are his grey areas?
Episode 5
47 min
Too many roads? / Intensive search for host families
With climate deregulation, it is becoming perilous and costly to maintain some roads. This raises the question whether each hamlet is still entitled to its road? The canton of Vaud has launched an extensive campaign to recruit host families. This type of placement particularly suits younger people.
Episode 4
15 min
The meat empire strikes back
Can we still eat meat with a clear conscience when it is accused of damaging our health and endangering the planet? Even Switzerland has joined the band wagon, with its strongest-ever plan for the climate, recommending a reduction in both meat consumption and production.
Episode 3
47 min
Terror in my town
Around a year ago, a tornado of incredible violence swept through La Chaux-de-Fonds. In a few short minutes it destroyed all in its path leaving buildings in ruins, forests and parks razed to the ground. But beyond the material damage, what was the human cost?
Episode 2
48 min
Cold case: the endless grief facing families
Cold cases, unresolved crimes. If science helps solve many cases in Switzerland, some crimes are nevertheless time-barred after 30 years putting an end to investigations. In France, the limitation period can be extended. A special court for such unresolved crimes has even been created.
Episode 1
47 min
A profitable market: the little-known story of Swiss rubble
Throughout Switzerland, projects for quarries and rubbish tips are raising an outcry from those who live nearby, in Geneva more than anywhere else. At the end of the lake the problem of what to do with the millions of tons of non-polluted waste from work sites seems insoluble...
Episode 29
47 min
Terreur dans le train d'Yverdon : histoire d'une prise d'otages
Episode 28
46 min
Djihad sans retour
Episode 27
48 min
Le mystérieux Monsieur Maudet
Episode 26
47 min
Autisme, le défi de la prise en charge
Episode 24
46 min
Vétérinaires en détresse
Episode 23
47 min
The return of Trump, en-route for dictatorship?
And what if the USA was living its last year as a democracy? The question is far less crazy than it might seem. Donald Trump is preparing to take back the White House with a programme that is even more extreme than that of his first period in office.
Episode 22
49 min
Précarité des seniors / Philippe Lazzarini
Episode 21
46 min
Exit, the pain of friends and family
In Switzerland, the number of assisted suicides has more than tripled in ten years. In 2023, in Romandy alone, the organisation Exit accompanied the deaths of 504 people. And, as the criteria for admission widen, not all were terminally ill. How does assisted dying affect close friends and family?
Episode 20
48 min
Life in squalor / The king of chocolate and the battered children
They live in unsanitary, cramped or icy flats and agreed to break the taboo of housing precarity by inviting us into their everyday lives. Jürg Läderach turned the family sweet-making business into a chocolate empire. Long seen as a model, the Swiss chocolate-maker's dark side has caught up with him.
Episode 19
47 min
When children care for a sick parent
Since childhood, they have been caring for a sick parent. Very early on they have had to take on responsibilities too heavy for their young shoulders. They are the child caregivers.
Episode 18
47 min
The new traps laid by the tobacco industry
"Puffs", single use electronic cigarettes in fruit flavours, are getting youngsters hooked on nicotine. It's the latest?ploy rolled out by the tobacco industry to ensure a steady flow of new customers, because where there is nicotine, addiction is never far behind...
Episode 17
47 min
People smugglers, the traffic of exile
The sordid reality of those trafficking exile, whose main victims are refugees, and the ambiguity with which certain countries treat them. According to the UN, migrant-trafficking earns some ten billion dollars for the smugglers, with migrants paying an ever-higher price and sometimes with their lives, for their journey towards Europe.
Episode 16
47 min
Anorexia, bulimia, the immense distress of the patients
They are anorexic, bulimic, or alternate between the two. Eating disorders often remain taboo, disconcerting for friends and family who sometimes consider them a mere whim. Yet, they are real mental illnesses and their long term effects can be serious and even fatal.
Episode 15
47 min
The day I became a hero
One day they saved someone, or even several people, from drowning, from an assault or a terrorist attack, but remain unable to explain their act of courage. Did they act purely out of altruism, of self-sacrifice or was it simply an instinctive reaction?
Episode 14
47 min
The gruyere war / Soldiers and Putin's prisoners
The American legal system has decided that the Swiss don't own the designation "gruyere". News that came as a shock to Switzerland's cheese-makers. They were soldiers in the Ukrainian Azimov battalion that surrendered at the fall of Mariupol and recount the horrors of Putin's military prisons.
Episode 13
46 min
Alain Berset, the light and dark side of a political animal
One of the most powerful federal councillors Switzerland has known, Alain Berset stood down at the end of 2023 after twelve years in government. Despite a glittering early career and rapid rise to power, his final moments in office were dogged by a series of scandals... Report by: Françoise Weilhammer.
"Temps présent" tackles current events broadly speaking. With its in-depth investigations and critical vision, the programme sheds light on the crises and the conflicts of our time, while denouncing the malfunctions of our society.
Réalisation : Jean-Philippe Ceppi
Sous-titres : Français Espagnol Roumain Anglais Allemand Arabe
Catégories History and society Investigations and reports
Casting :
Provenance : Switzerland
Partenaire :
La Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS) est une entreprise audiovisuelle de service public, appartenant au groupe média SSR (Société Suisse de radiodiffusion et télévision), qui propose des programmes sur quatre chaînes radio, deux chaînes tv et de nombreuses plateformes digitales.
https://www.rtsr.ch/
History and society Investigations and reports
With nearly 5,000 kilometres of coastline, Madagascar is the fifth largest island in the world; protecting its marine resources is a major mission. Women join in the fight. At the crossroads of the Mozambique and Indian Ocean canals, meet with the new guardians of the ocean.

History and society Investigations and reports
TV Monaco's society magazine, L'oeil du raddar reflects on the world and offers an investigation followed by a debate.

History and society Investigations and reports
Climate change is threatening the Pacific Islands: by the end of the century, some atolls may disappear. The inhabitants of Uvea and Vanuatu are trying to resist by launching a race against time. Scientists, guides, fisherman, lawyers, activists, elected representatives... We meet the guardians of a paradise not yet lost.

History and society Investigations and reports
When we meet Bijoux in Yaoundé, she has just survived another lynching. Just like Shakiro, LGBTQIA+ activist. This is the story of two people who feel like "women in a man's body" and who highlight their humanity to us at a time when homophobic and transphobic violence continues on every continent.

History and society Investigations and reports
Stress reduction, easier learning, improved physical health... In Quebec, outdoor education is booming and provides many benefits. An opportunity for teachers to invent new teaching methods.

History and society Investigations and reports
Eternally exhausted by lack of solutions, Bianca Gervais investigates the causes and consequences of our fatigue.

History and society Investigations and reports
Surrounded by experts, scientists, explorers, or simple fishermen, the astrophysicist and ecologist Hubert Reeves, who passed away in 2023, proposes to identify what threatens the ocean today and exposes the latest discoveries on the intelligence of animals and ocean ecosystems.

History and society Investigations and reports
Local communities are engaged in conflicts that receive very little media coverage around Kisangani, in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. In this remote province of Tshopo, the lack of a state, security and consideration for human beings has enabled a simple land dispute to degenerate into a mass massacre.

History and society Investigations and reports
When you're a French-speaker in Canada today, can you still identify with being French-Canadian? Comedian and broadcaster Pascal Justin Boyer, a Quebecker by birth and Franco-Ontarian by adoption, asks himself this question and travels across the country to meet people who can shed light on it.

History and society Investigations and reports
They were intended to mark the success of a transition process driven by international community engagement. This was not the case. This article highlights the limits of interventionist policies and a country's ability to reinvent its own democratic system.
Restez informé(e) !
Recevez les dernières actualités, programmes et exclusivités de TV5MONDEplus directement dans votre boîte mail.