Moliere al Ofanayim

The history of Oman's dramatic rise and fall as a trading and imperial power, its role in the Gulf and its regional diplomacy today.

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

February 17th, 1673, Paris. The King's troupe is in the middle of a representation of The Imaginary Invalid performed by Molière himself. But suddenly, the French master begins spitting blood. He decides to continue despite everything and, during his agony, memories and ghosts from the past enter the theatre. Desperately hoping for the King's arrival, he chooses to make the most of the growing chaos and to transform his death into a final burst of laughter.

Mentre funge da giudice in un concorso di bellezza, il professor Totò si innamora perdutamente di una collega della giuria e la chiede in moglie. Per toglierselo dai piedi, lei mette una condizione al proprio consenso: lo sposerà solo se vincerà il Giro d'Italia. Totò, che non ha mai inforcato una bicicletta, è disperato e grida che venderebbe l'anima al diavolo, pur di vincere il Giro.

A shocking BBC investigation into serious sexual abuse allegations by Mohamed al Fayed, the former owner of luxury department store Harrods.

In 2004, while on a bus trip close to the Macedonien border, German citizen Khaled El Masri disappeared. He was kidnapped by the CIA and taken to a secret prison near Kabul. Five months later, he was released in a forest in Albania.

A shocking BBC investigation into serious sexual abuse allegations by Mohamed al Fayed, the former owner of luxury department store Harrods. The Egyptian billionaire businessman, who died last year aged 94, is accused of multiple counts of rape and attempted rape by the women who worked for him. At the time of many of the alleged attacks, Al Fayed was the owner of London’s luxury department store Harrods, the iconic Ritz Paris hotel and English football club Fulham FC. The BBC has heard testimony from over 20 survivors, with 13 featured in the film. With horrifying accounts of abuse that spanned Al Fayed’s 25-year reign at Harrods, for the first time the scale and seriousness of these allegations are exposed, as well as the system that helped cover it up. A web of corruption and fear that extended from the shop floors to the highest levels of the organization is revealed. Brave survivors now break their silence.

The story of two Moroccan men so obsessed with betting on horses that it has split their families and ruined their lives. Gambling - and particularly sports betting - has taken off around the world. But wagering money or something of value on the outcome of an event is nothing new. The origins of popular modern casino games go back decades if not centuries.