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DW Documentaries

Season 2020

Exciting stories on a wide variety of topics from around the globe: DW brings viewers background reports from the worlds of politics, business, science, culture, nature, history, lifestyle and sport.
Where to Watch Season 2020
107 Episodes
  • Mega Yachts: The Latest Craze for Billionaires
    E1
    Mega Yachts: The Latest Craze for BillionairesEpisode 1
  • Foot Down for Eternity: Mercedes Old-Timers Around the World
    E2
    Foot Down for Eternity: Mercedes Old-Timers Around the WorldEpisode 2
  • Lebanon - A country held hostage
    E3
    Lebanon - A country held hostageEpisode 3
  • Africa Rising, Part 1
    E4
    Africa Rising, Part 1Episode 4
  • The truth about lying
    E5
    The truth about lyingEpisode 5
  • Farming Policies for Sale?
    E6
    Farming Policies for Sale?Episode 6
  • 1979 - The Big Bang that created today's world (2)
    E7
    1979 - The Big Bang that created today's world (2)Episode 7
  • Africa Rising, Part 2
    E8
    Africa Rising, Part 2Episode 8
  • Bohemian Switzerland by Rail
    E9
    Bohemian Switzerland by RailEpisode 9
  • Battle of Social Networks
    E10
    Battle of Social NetworksEpisode 10
  • Violinist Gidon Kremer - Finding his own way
    E11
    Violinist Gidon Kremer - Finding his own wayEpisode 11
  • Pioneers of the skies
    E12
    Pioneers of the skiesEpisode 12
  • Displaced: Oil and Ruin - The Venezuelan Exodus
    E13
    Displaced: Oil and Ruin - The Venezuelan ExodusEpisode 13
  • Sudan - A TV show for start-ups
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    Sudan - A TV show for start-upsEpisode 14
  • Displaced - The Exodus of Ghana's farmers
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    Displaced - The Exodus of Ghana's farmersEpisode 15
  • Germany’s Problem with Plastic
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    Germany’s Problem with PlasticEpisode 16
  • Victim of Auschwitz Twin Experiments
    E17
    Victim of Auschwitz Twin ExperimentsEpisode 17
  • Hoping for a Better Life
    E18
    Hoping for a Better LifeEpisode 18
  • Displaced - Drought and Floods
    E19
    Displaced - Drought and FloodsEpisode 19
  • Blood Trade - Health vs. Dollars
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    Blood Trade - Health vs. DollarsEpisode 20
  • Goodbye Yellow Sea, Hello Black Forest
    E21
    Goodbye Yellow Sea, Hello Black ForestEpisode 21
  • Flying over the Atlantic - transatlantic flights
    E22
    Flying over the Atlantic - transatlantic flightsEpisode 22
  • Former IS Fighters in the Philippines
    E23
    Former IS Fighters in the PhilippinesEpisode 23
  • The Science of Avalanches
    E24
    The Science of AvalanchesEpisode 24
  • Ghana: Business on the go
    E25
    Ghana: Business on the goEpisode 25
  • The Red Children - Childhood under Mao
    E26
    The Red Children - Childhood under MaoEpisode 26
  • The Sound of Freedom, Part 1
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    The Sound of Freedom, Part 1Episode 27
  • Italy’s Little Criminals - Saving Kids from the Mafia
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    Italy’s Little Criminals - Saving Kids from the MafiaEpisode 28
  • Looted Art in the Third Reich - The Saulmann Case
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    Looted Art in the Third Reich - The Saulmann CaseEpisode 29
  • Germany's Role in NATO and the World
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    Germany's Role in NATO and the WorldEpisode 30
  • The Dresden Legend - The Firestorm’s Long Shadow
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    The Dresden Legend - The Firestorm’s Long ShadowEpisode 31
  • Sound of Freedom, Part 2
    E32
    Sound of Freedom, Part 2Episode 32
  • Atatürk: The Father of Modern Turkey
    E33
    Atatürk: The Father of Modern TurkeyEpisode 33
  • I Demand Justice!
    E34
    I Demand Justice!Episode 34
  • Soyalism - The World Food Business
    E35
    Soyalism - The World Food BusinessEpisode 35
  • Northern Lights - Life in Winter
    E36
    Northern Lights - Life in WinterEpisode 36
  • In the Wrong Body - Teen Girl to Teen Boy
    E37
    In the Wrong Body - Teen Girl to Teen BoyEpisode 37
  • Lead in the Blood - The Fatal Consequences of South America's Commodities Boom
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    Lead in the Blood - The Fatal Consequences of South America's Commodities BoomEpisode 38
  • Richie, Rubbish and Hard-Earned Cash: Surviving Kenya's Landfills
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    Richie, Rubbish and Hard-Earned Cash: Surviving Kenya's LandfillsEpisode 39
  • After the Ice - What will Happen to the Arctic?
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    After the Ice - What will Happen to the Arctic?Episode 40
  • Never Enough
    E41
    Never EnoughEpisode 41
  • The Shah and the Ayatollah
    E42
    The Shah and the AyatollahEpisode 42
  • Have Fun in Pyongyang
    E43
    Have Fun in PyongyangEpisode 43
  • Better Brain Health - We Are What We Eat
    E44
    Better Brain Health - We Are What We EatEpisode 44
  • The Woman with the Bloodhounds
    E45
    The Woman with the BloodhoundsEpisode 45
  • Leonora - How a Father lost his Daughter to Islamic State
    E46
    Leonora - How a Father lost his Daughter to Islamic StateEpisode 46
  • [m]otherhood
    E47
    [m]otherhoodEpisode 47
  • Marvel - Empire of Superheroes
    E48
    Marvel - Empire of SuperheroesEpisode 48
  • Can Electric Cars Save the Climate?
    E49
    Can Electric Cars Save the Climate?Episode 49
  • Europe's Future - The Young Heroes
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    Europe's Future - The Young HeroesEpisode 50
  • Aid in Allah's Name
    E51
    Aid in Allah's NameEpisode 51
  • The Tyrannosaurus of Tambach-Dietharz
    E52
    The Tyrannosaurus of Tambach-DietharzEpisode 52
  • Slavery Routes - A Short History of Human Trafficking: 1375-1620: For All the Gold of the World
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    Slavery Routes - A Short History of Human Trafficking: 1375-1620: For All the Gold of the WorldEpisode 53
  • Myanmar and the Rohingya - Murder by Design?
    E54
    Myanmar and the Rohingya - Murder by Design?Episode 54
  • World War Two - The Final Months
    E55
    World War Two - The Final MonthsEpisode 55
  • When the Rain Stops Falling
    E56
    When the Rain Stops FallingEpisode 56
  • Big Money - Big Fraud: The Story of a German Conman
    E57
    Big Money - Big Fraud: The Story of a German ConmanEpisode 57
  • Operation Kony - A US Crusade in Africa
    E58
    Operation Kony - A US Crusade in AfricaEpisode 58
  • Putin's Pride – Cossasks and the Church
    E59
    Putin's Pride – Cossasks and the ChurchEpisode 59
  • Mugabe - Death of a Dictator
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    Mugabe - Death of a DictatorEpisode 60
  • A Poisoned Legacy - The Bhopal Disaster
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    A Poisoned Legacy - The Bhopal DisasterEpisode 61
  • Renegade in a Cassock - Father Ángel and His Open Church
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    Renegade in a Cassock - Father Ángel and His Open ChurchEpisode 62
  • Riding the Rails Across Mongolia
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    Riding the Rails Across MongoliaEpisode 63
  • Guilt-free Brew - Fair Trade, Sustainable Coffee
    E64
    Guilt-free Brew - Fair Trade, Sustainable CoffeeEpisode 64
  • Global Thermostat - Ways to Cool the World
    E65
    Global Thermostat - Ways to Cool the WorldEpisode 65
  • COVID-19, The Asian Way: A Message of Hope
    E66
    COVID-19, The Asian Way: A Message of HopeEpisode 66
  • The Battle for Land - Settlers in Chile
    E67
    The Battle for Land - Settlers in ChileEpisode 67
  • Stolen Children - The Kidnapping Campaign of Nazi Germany
    E68
    Stolen Children - The Kidnapping Campaign of Nazi GermanyEpisode 68
  • The Death of Adolf Hitler - The History of a State Secret
    E69
    The Death of Adolf Hitler - The History of a State SecretEpisode 69
  • The Battle of Hürtgen Forest
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    The Battle of Hürtgen ForestEpisode 70
  • Afro.Germany
    E71
    Afro.GermanyEpisode 71
  • Jewish life in Poland
    E72
    Jewish life in PolandEpisode 72
  • Stammheim: The Red Army Faction on Trial
    E73
    Stammheim: The Red Army Faction on TrialEpisode 73
  • Printing Out the World
    E74
    Printing Out the WorldEpisode 74
  • Corona Diaries
    E75
    Corona DiariesEpisode 75
  • The Loneliness Epidemic
    E76
    The Loneliness EpidemicEpisode 76
  • Zero Tolerance - The Philippines: In the sights of IS
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    Zero Tolerance - The Philippines: In the sights of ISEpisode 77
  • Zero Tolerance: Indonesia - Diversity under Threat
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    Zero Tolerance: Indonesia - Diversity under ThreatEpisode 78
  • GREED - A Fatal Desire (1)
    E79
    GREED - A Fatal Desire (1)Episode 79
  • Getting Out of a Jam - Rethinking Traffic
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    Getting Out of a Jam - Rethinking TrafficEpisode 80
  • Rebuilding Mosul
    E81
    Rebuilding MosulEpisode 81
  • Beethoven - The sound of nature
    E82
    Beethoven - The sound of natureEpisode 82
  • 66 Meters - Rising Sea Levels
    E83
    66 Meters - Rising Sea LevelsEpisode 83
  • GSG 9 - Germany’s counterterrorism unit
    E84
    GSG 9 - Germany’s counterterrorism unitEpisode 84
  • Beyond the Music - The Barenboim-Said Academy
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    Beyond the Music - The Barenboim-Said AcademyEpisode 85
  • The Cleaners - Social media’s shadow industry, Part 2
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    The Cleaners - Social media’s shadow industry, Part 2Episode 86
  • Wartime Rape - The Unspoken Weapon
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    Wartime Rape - The Unspoken WeaponEpisode 87
  • The Russians - Part 1
    E88
    The Russians - Part 1Episode 88
  • The Mennonites
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    The MennonitesEpisode 89
  • The Russians - Part 2
    E90
    The Russians - Part 2Episode 90
  • Democracy of the Gullible: The Internet Paradox
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    Democracy of the Gullible: The Internet ParadoxEpisode 91
  • ONIBO: Coming of Age in the Peruvian Amazon
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    ONIBO: Coming of Age in the Peruvian AmazonEpisode 92
  • Morocco’s Endangered Oases - Climate Change in the Desert
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    Morocco’s Endangered Oases - Climate Change in the DesertEpisode 93
  • The Black Tears of the Sea - The Legacy of Wrecks
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    The Black Tears of the Sea - The Legacy of WrecksEpisode 94
  • The Secret of Mona Lisa
    E95
    The Secret of Mona LisaEpisode 95
  • Waterworld
    E96
    WaterworldEpisode 96
  • Postcards from Pyongyang: Traveling Through North Korea
    E97
    Postcards from Pyongyang: Traveling Through North KoreaEpisode 97
  • The Truth about Lying
    E98
    The Truth about LyingEpisode 98
  • The Friendly Islamists?
    E99
    The Friendly Islamists?Episode 99
  • Deadly Greed: The Ivory Trade
    E100
    Deadly Greed: The Ivory TradeEpisode 100
  • Fly Rocket Fly - The Rocket Dreams of Lutz Kayser
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    Fly Rocket Fly - The Rocket Dreams of Lutz KayserEpisode 101
  • Opera: A Tough Business
    E102
    Opera: A Tough BusinessEpisode 102
  • The Faroes - Solitary Islands and Lonely Hearts
    E103
    The Faroes - Solitary Islands and Lonely HeartsEpisode 103
  • The Pope and Hitler: Opening the Secret Files on Pius XII
    E104
    The Pope and Hitler: Opening the Secret Files on Pius XIIEpisode 104
  • The Third Reich in the Dock: The First Nuremburg Trial
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    The Third Reich in the Dock: The First Nuremburg TrialEpisode 105
  • The Untold Story of Otto Warmbier
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    The Untold Story of Otto WarmbierEpisode 106
  • Plagues and Pestilence: How Pandemics Change the World
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    Plagues and Pestilence: How Pandemics Change the WorldEpisode 107
 
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