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Sixty years of music, thousands of concerts, four and a half million albums sold, fifteen gold discs, thirty schools bearing his name... Henri Dès is a monument. In Switzerland, France, Belgium and Quebec, four generations of children know his songs. An intimate look at the creator.

Claudia Lebeuf arrived in Toronto fifty years ago, to marry an Egyptian widower. Later, when selling the family property, La Reille, in Carcassonne, she discovered a series of letters between her ancestors. For Claudia it's the start of a quest for identity, in the footsteps of her great-grandmother Rosine.

Building on her own experience of cancer, the film-director Vanessa Boisset sets out to discover the latest and most-promising advances in terms of detection, treatment and well-being for six of the most deadly cancers.

Before starting her career as a citizenship judge, Suzanne Pinel captivated the heart of thousands of children across Canada with her iconic character as Marie-Soleil. A great ambassador for French-speaking culture, she highlights the importance of protecting all languages and cultures in a multicultural Canada.

Benoit Marcotte, a 69 year-old pensioner, suffers from severe heart disease and needs a new heart to survive. This is the story of his wait, one that was filled with hope.

1950. At the dawn of the wildest decade in Argentina, a promising Italian illustrator arrives in Buenos Aires. He is dazzled by the country's dramatic economic development and its lively cultural scene. The young man soon makes a name for himself, and Hugo Pratt is born.

How to become the funniest and most popular cartoonist of your time? We discover the archives of Philippe Becquelin, alias Mix & Remix: from childhood and through the lean years to final fame... His friend Frédéric Pajak, writer and illustrator, paints his portrait in the form of an open letter.

Being confronted with having a family member in prison is always difficult, particularly for children. Prisoners' families, around 50,000 people in Switzerland, feel as if they are sharing the sentence and with few organisations offering support coping is even harder. Their personal stories come across as a cry for help.

Raed Hammoud travels the continent and explores ten of its most vibrant cities to meet those who embody the Africa of tomorrow.

They were aged between 5 and 12 in 1940. The war and the Occupation would forever mark their lives. For four years, every day, mostly at school, sometimes at home, these children were brainwashed into supporting Marshal Pétain, the self-proclaimed saviour of a crippled France. Here are their testimonials.