French

The story of the decline of the French empire and the indelible mark colonialism left on countries that were colonised.

On 15 April 2019, during Holy Week, a fire broke out in Paris’s Notre-Dame Cathedral. Just before 7pm, smoke appeared above the roof of the world-famous landmark. The fire had started in the attic underneath the spire during mass, but there were delays in discovering it, and then evacuating the building.

Famous French director Tavernier tells us about his fantastic voyage through the cinema of his country.

Monty Don visits some of the most famous and interesting gardens in France.

Three generations of a French family open up about their sexual experiences and desires after young Romain is caught masturbating in his biology class.

Famous French director Tavernier tells us about his fantastic voyage through the cinema of his country.

Famous French director Tavernier tells us about his fantastic voyage through the cinema of his country.

Famous French director Tavernier tells us about his fantastic voyage through the cinema of his country.

"I want to make people cry even when they don't understand my words." - Edith Piaf This unique film explores the story of the lyric-driven French chanson and looks at some of the greatest artists and examples of the form.

On July 14, 1789, a mob of angry Parisians stormed the Bastille and seized the King's military stores. A decade of idealism, war, murder, and carnage followed, bringing about the end of feudalism and the rise of equality and a new world order. The French Revolution is a definitive feature-length documentary that encapsulates this heady (and often headless) period in Western civilization.