The Kunene River is the lifeblood of Kaokoland, a vast arid stretch of north-western Namibia, bringing life to the desert and sustaining its people. In recent times the local Himba have survived drought and war, but now an even more menacing threat looms ... the unstoppable forces of progress.

Old Yang is tired of living alone. He desperately wants a wife. And he takes desperate measures to find one. From endless phonecalls to placing ads in the local paper, he’ll try anything to find a partner. With the help of a friend and the sympathetic staff of the newspaper, Yang manages to get dates but catches more than he can handle...

Mao-Tse Tung, Nikita Khrushchev, Nelson Rockefeller, Salvador Allende, Pablo Neruda. On his artistic journey, Ecuadorian painter Guayasmín, who died in 1999, met the great people of the past century. Available in Spanish and German.

The waves lapping at Tuvalu’s shore are harbingers of an uncertain fate. This Pacific island paradise has the dubious distinction of being the world’s most endangered nation, suffering from the effects of rising sea levels caused by global warming. Does Tuvalu have a future?

In A Park For All Seasons, viewers will be invited to immerse themselves in the beauty of North America’s most breathtaking parks. The sun will rise in your living room, waves will lap on white sand beaches just off or your ottoman and birds will call to their mates from behind your sofa.

The Burmese freedom fighters struggling for their cause across the border from Thailand want a democratic Burma. Their forces are united under the banner of the ‘All Burma Students Democratic Front’. An insider’s view.

The leaders of all the countries are immortalized in portraits, official and unofficial. Speaking to us across the centuries, artists’ and cartoonists’ portraits of the American presidents reflect the change in both the presidency itself and feelings about those who occupy the office. Meet Nelson Shanks, who painted Bill Clinton, and Pat Oliphant, one of America’s most influential political cartoonists.

Piracy isn’t a fantasy of eye-patches, peg-legs and parrots: it’s a dirty, dangerous fact of life on today’s oceans. The infamous Straits of Malacca, between Indonesia and Malaysia, is one of the most pirate-prone waterways in the world. Come aboard the interceptor vessels and ride with the paramilitary teams who battle the scourge of the high seas.

Planet Africa tells the stories of various projects that people are involved in, whether small or large, which have a positive effect on the environment and community and educate, inspire, create awareness and encourage involvement. Examples include: The Shark Spotter Programme along the Cape coast; Cheetah Outreach; Darling Wind Farm generating green electricity and Mobile Vets.