Europe’s diversity shown in reports

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First aid for the British healthcare system

In the small English town of Luton, a new system is set to relieve the burden on hospitals: whenever possible, Dr. Adriana and her team care for seriously ill patients at home, especially elderly people. The new approach is urgently needed because, as in the rest of the country, Luton’s hospitals are completely overwhelmed. Can the new model provide a solution?

First aired on: 28/05/2025

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Across the glacier with 1,400 sheep

Shepherd Markus and his colleagues have to overcome 3,000 meters of altitude, raging rivers, a glacier, and a national border when driving their cattle. Every spring, they drive 1,400 sheep from South Tyrol to Austria and back again in the fall. Like his ancestors before him, Markus spends the summer tending to the animals on the alpine pastures. It’s a demanding job, but for him it’s a dream come true.

First aired on: 27/12/2024

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Fashion from Baku – Fashion for people with disabilities

Fashion for minorities – made in Azerbaijan: that is Mahammad Kekalov’s goal. The student produces clothes in Baku and organizes fashion shows. His models are blind or wheelchair users and therefore do not usually stand in the spotlight. At Mahammad’s castings and events in Baku and Tashkent, they show that they can do it anyway.

First aired on: 23/11/2023

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Climate activists’ uprising—a stress test for society

Alba is gluing herself to the floor of the Spanish parliament, Irma and Zoe are blocking roads, and Dina is occupying houses in Lützerath. With increasingly spectacular forms of protest, activists are trying to draw attention to the impending climate emergency.

First aired on: 13/04/2023

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The taste of happiness

Four years ago, single father Amir Akbari fled Iran with his three-year-old daughter Anahita and made his way to Greece. In the summer of 2021, Amir decides to continue his journey, often on foot, across Europe. From Calais, father and daughter manage to get on a boat to England. Will they find the “taste of happiness” there?

First aired on: 20/12/2022

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The bone hunter – a dog searches for missing persons

Dietmar Kroepel and his dog Flint are a sought-after team: the duo can track down human bones, even if they have been lying deep underground for years. The two are in action when the police are searching for dead bodies, when cold cases are being reprocessed, when relatives are following up on clues about missing persons, or when archaeologists suspect skeletons during excavations.

First aired on: 18/10/2022

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Pigeons – spreaders of disease or racehorses of the air

Formerly a working class hobby, today a lucrative business as well: pigeon breeding. Frederik Leliaert works at an auction house and ships the birds worldwide. One of the birds just brought in 1.6 million euros. Gwendolin Wonneberger fights for every euro to support the Cologne-based pigeon rescue charity “Taubenhilfe” and takes care of city’s injured and sick pigeons. A film that will change the way you look at pigeons.

First aired on: 14/09/2021

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Berlin’s mobile vet – with a heart for all: dogs and owners

Veterinarian Jeanette Klemmt has been working on the streets for 20 years, but her commitment is more necessary than ever: the gap between rich and poor is growing rapidly, and more and more people are threatened with losing their homes. When the vet drives her discarded ambulance to Berlin hot spots, she doesn’t know what to expect. Only one thing is clear: your customers live in great need and usually cannot afford the treatment of a veterinarian.

First aired on: 03/11/2020

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Street vendors in Barcelona – tolerated but hunted

n summer, when the tourists come, you see them almost everywhere: the street vendors of Barcelona. There is said to be some 800 to 900 by now, but no one knows for sure. For most, selling counterfeit branded goods is their only chance of making a living. However, many locals feel threatened and are protesting against it. The atmosphere on Barcelona’s streets is explosive.

First aired on: 11/09/2019

Link to the abridged version in “Weltspiegel” in the ARD MEDIA LIBRARY