In the 400 years of Ottoman rule, Greeks had staged numerous revolutions, but they were all drowned in blood. Which factors contributed to the success of the Liberation Struggle of 1821?
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Georgios Babiniotis, professor of linguistics at the University of Athens, explains and comments on words and common linguistic mistakes, helping us to use the Greek language more correctly.
In the fourth and fifth centuries, B.C., the Greeks built an empire that stretched across the Mediterranean from Asia to Spain. They laid the foundation of modern science, politics, warfare and philosophy, and produced some of the most breathtaking art and architecture the world has ever seen. It was perhaps the most spectacular flourishing of imagination and achievement in recorded history.
The lives of different people and also different worlds are entangled. Of the night and the margin on the one hand, of the day and the legal order on the other. The two worlds will come together to clash to the death. As everyone's secrets are revealed and losses pile up on both sides, a great love will be born from the ashes and people will discover who the world around them really is as well as themselves. Because beneath the cruelty and hypocrisy, the fate of all of us is common.
Two different worlds, two strangers who will come and change what we believe separates but also unites two people. Stratis and Razan will experience a strong love under the most adverse conditions. Will they manage to overcome the wreck of their lives or will they live as protagonists in an absurd thriller? "Glykanisos" is coming to SKAI and its taste will remain indelible.
The new drama series "An August Night", which is a continuation of "The Island" takes us back to the 50s. Spinalonga closes and a feast follows in the village. The healthy meet the newly cured and all together celebrate freedom from fear and disease. But everything freezes with the murder of a woman by her husband, when he learns that his best friend had a lover.
How well do you think you know your closest people? How confident can you be for them? How easy is it to overtake your emotions and see things clearly, with the eyes of truth, but also to manage the consequences? After the success of family stories, Alpha introduces us to "doubts", the new series that is successfully promoted in 16 countries worldwide. Stories full of tension and constant upheavals, police cases sowing doubts about the protagonist who is confronted with the suspicion that a beloved man has committed a crime. The plot moves around the hero's attempt to find out what really happened and to manage the truth, but also the next day - when nothing will be as before in his family.
The new 24-episode musical comedy is a hybrid of comical situations, heaps of satire and musical spectacle, based on Foivos Delivorias and Spyros Krimpalis' original idea and directed by Grigoris Karantinakis. An original fiction series, in which reality will be defeated by surrealism.
Nikolas, a charismatic high school teacher sees his life fall apart violently and unexpectedly. During an intense crisis in his marriage, Nicholas becomes romantically involved, for one night, with the mother of one of his students who exhibits behavioral problems. A few days later, his wife is murdered during an armed robbery in their own home and his daughter is transferred to the intensive care unit in critical condition.
A lawyer and a District Attorney meet and are forced to work together to find the real culprit. However, they have a completely different philosophy of life. For Dimitris, Law and Justice are the same. For Anna, the Law is one thing and Justice is another. Trapped in a labyrinth of secrets, they search to find a way out. Through a labyrinthine path of emotions, they search for the truth. However, none of them will be able to distinguish reality from illusion. Who are the real perpetrators and who are the moral perpetrators?
A quiet village in the middle of nowhere, where crime is an unknown word, is thrown into turmoil when a notice comes from police headquarters that their Police Station must be closed due to inactivity and that its officers will be transferred, unknown to where.
"Erotas Fygas" travels us to Greece in the 50's that overcomes its darkness, moves forward and evolves, through a fatal love, an exciting plot, moral crossroads that we still meet today, intense characters, emotions, and stormy twists .
A man returns to the land where he was born and lived, to the land that was his but no longer belongs to him. He smells the soil, feels it fertile and heavy in his fingers, just like years ago, when a kidnapping cut the thread of his life in two and showed him its wild side, depriving him of family and property, forcing him to hide behind a new identity. Aris fights and survives but never forgets what he was deprived of. The dramatic daily series "Wild Land"...
A story of love and mystery
From Ancient Greece to the frozen North, rulers have always needed their elite troops – men trained to perfection, skilled with a devastating array of weaponry – men who will track down their leader’s enemies and kill them. All assassination teams faced one big problem: getting close enough to kill. No one in the ancient world had sniper rifles. As a result even the most formidable Japanese Ninjas got captured and tortured. This series brings some of the most dramatic tales of antiquity to life with a mixture of dramatic reconstruction, documentary filming and expert testimony. Each episode details the intricate complexity of the elite troops who performed the assassination missions and how they worked. It shows what they had to do to achieve elite status, how they could dress, and the weapons they got to use when they completed their first mission.
Infographics and archival footage deliver bite-size history lessons on scientific breakthroughs, social movements and world-changing discoveries.
Motoring programme featuring reviews of and reports about cars of all types.
The documentary takes viewers through Janet Jackson's life and career, contain never-before-seen footage, and feature home videos from the legendary artist. Jackson discusses her controversial 2004 Super Bowl halftime show performance with Justin Timberlake, her father Joe Jackson, the death of her brother Michael Jackson, and more.
Filmed across six continents, this docuseries uses cutting-edge camera technology to capture animals' nocturnal lives, revealing new behaviours filmed in full color like never before.
A series of standalone documentaries powered by the unparalleled journalism and insight of The New York Times, bringing viewers close to the essential stories of our time.
Doctor Who Confidential is a documentary to complement the revival of the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Each episode was broadcast on BBC Three on Saturdays, immediately after the broadcast of the weekly television episode on BBC One. The running time of the first two series was 30 minutes, being extended to 45 minutes in the third. BBC Three also broadcast a cut-down edition of the programme, lasting 15 minutes, shown after the repeats on Sundays and Fridays and after the weekday evening repeats of earlier seasons.
Oscar and Grammy Award-winning producer and artist Mark Ronson explores the intersection of technology and musical innovation with his heroes and fellow hitmakers – including Paul McCartney, DJ Premier, Charli XCX, Dave Grohl, and Questlove.
The history of the sport of baseball in America, told through archival photos, film footage, and the words of those who contributed to the game in each era. Writers, historians, players, baseball personnel, and fans review key events and the significance of the game in America's history.
Don Wildman unearths relics from the world's greatest institutions to reveal secrets from the past. He examines each artifact to illuminate history's most incredible triumphs, sensational crimes and bizarre encounters.
This trophy-packed, insider-fuelled documentary charts José Mourinho's iconic rise as one of the world's top footballing managers of the most elite clubs.
MegaStructures is a documentary television series appearing on the National Geographic Channel in the United States and the United Kingdom, Channel 5 in the United Kingdom, France 5 in France, and 7mate in Australia. Each episode is an educational look of varying depth into the construction, operation, and staffing of various structures or construction projects, but not ordinary construction products. Generally containing interviews with designers and project managers, it presents the problems of construction and the methodology or techniques used to overcome obstacles. In some cases this involved the development of new materials or products that are now in general use within the construction industry. MegaStructures focuses on constructions that are extreme; in the sense that they are the biggest, tallest, longest, or deepest in the world. Alternatively, a project may appear if it had an element of novelty or are a world first. This type of project is known as a Megaproject.
A look at the life of Australian pop star Kylie Minogue, who opens her personal archives and reflects on a career in which she has sold 80 million records and reinvented herself, and by extension pop, several times. Home movies, personal photographs and new interviews reveal the picture, as Kylie addresses how she’s faced public scrutiny, personal loss and illness.
Actor Zac Efron journeys around the world with wellness expert Darin Olien in a travel show that explores healthy, sustainable ways to live.
In a tumultuous era, 1971 was a year of musical innovation and rebirth fueled by the political and cultural upheaval of the time. Stars reached new heights, fresh talent exploded onto the scene, and boundaries expanded like never before.
This intimate docuseries follows Arnold Schwarzenegger's multifaceted life and career, from bodybuilding champ to Hollywood icon to politician.
Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before.
Come one, come all to The Circus. This real-time documentary series pulls back the curtain on the current political stories, revealing the intense, inspiring and infuriating stories behind the headlines. Key characters and events are presented in real time, as they are happening.
American Masters is a PBS television series which produces biographies on enduring writers, musicians, visual and performing artists, dramatists, filmmakers, and others who have left an indelible impression on the cultural landscape of the United States.
Biography is a documentary television series. It was originally a half-hour filmed series produced for CBS by David Wolper from 1961 to 1964 and hosted by Mike Wallace. The A&E Network later re-ran it and has produced new episodes since 1987. The older version featured historical figures such as Helen Keller and Mark Twain, or long-dead entertainment figures such as Will Rogers or John Barrymore. The A&E series has placed the emphasis on such people as Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, Plácido Domingo, Freddie Mercury, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Eric Clapton, Pope John Paul II, Gene Tierney, Selena, Diego Rivera, Mao Zedong and Queen Elizabeth II, and fictional characters like The Phantom, Superman, Hamlet, Betty Boop, and Santa Claus. The program ended up profiling enough figures that in 1999, A&E spun it off into an entire network, The Biography Channel.
Natural World is a nature documentary television series broadcast annually on BBC Two and regarded by the BBC as its flagship natural history brand. It is currently the longest-running series in its genre on British television, with more than 400 episodes broadcast since its inception in 1983. Natural World is produced by the BBC Natural History Unit in Bristol, but individual programmes can be in-house productions, collaborative productions with other broadcasters or films made and distributed by independent production companies and purchased by the BBC. Natural World programmes are often broadcast as PBS Nature episodes in the USA. Since 2008, most Natural World programmes have been shot and broadcast in high definition.