Deep Thought

In Romania, the Social Democrats joined forces with the far right to bring down the pro-European government. Elsewhere, certain mainstream parties are considering deals, or already cooperating, with parties seen as "radical".

Moldova is torn in two - part of the population wants rapprochement with the European Union, part looks back nostalgically to the Soviet era.

Two years of war has taken its toll on Ukraine, and the psychological wounds are becoming ever more apparent.

Nearly 20,000 Ukrainian children are thought to have been abducted and taken to Russia.

Masha Borzunova meets a Russian deserter who tells how he went from being a war hero to an ostracised traitor of his country.

Why does a Russian region in the far east have Yiddish as an official language? 

How can we have more fulfilling sex? Ronja von Rönne meets couples and singles who have reinvented their sexuality.

From the South London underground to commercial ‘brostep’ the club genre has been adored and reviled in equal measure

How can we age well? Ronja von Rönne trys to find out by talking to chimney sweep Norbert Skrobek, who is close to retirement and Monika Gutte who defies age with a zest for life

How can we have more fulfilling sex? Ronja von Rönne meets couples and singles who have reinvented their sexuality.

An odyssey through Iran in search of a lost father for one Tehrani teenager and her friends.

Was everything better in the past? Twist meets nostalgia enthusiasts to find out.

With growing incursions since the start of the war in Ukraine, the EU hopes to implement an anti-drone shield.

With one of his paintings, Gerhard Richter made an intervention into a long-running an passionate debate: Which way round should you put the toilet roll?

The city of stars on the steppe is the largest space launch facility in the world and crucial to the Soviet space programme.

It seems that scientist have proven that the enigmatic gaze of the Mona Lisa does not follow you as you move around the room. So why did we think that in the first place?

As the world heats up, cities around the world are responding to the challenges of climate change with fresh ideas.

Loulou is the hilarious story of the unbreakable friendship between Loulou and her three best friends Alice, Marie and Max. Season 1 follows the four friends as they deal with her unplanned pregnancy. And when her child appears in season 2 it's just the beginning of Loulou’s travails.

An old man swims in the sea. As he moves through the water, memories resurface...