The Thomas Miller-El affair

Thomas Miller was 34 when he was convicted of murder and sentenced to death. After escaping 10 times the death corridor, he is today 61 and has spent almost half his life behind bars. In 2005, after analyzing new facts, the Supreme Court of the USA cancels the death sentence. But the State of Texas does not want to accept its failure. Either Thomas Miller goes back to court and will, no doubt,...

Discovering Russia: peculiar winter sports

­This time James Brown is exploring Russian winter in different parts of the country. He wanted to know what people do outdoors when the temperatures are really freezing. Are skating and skiing the only Russian sports, or is there is something else that is potentially far more peculiar and extreme?

Leaders and Healers

They say that there was a magic pill that could cure any illness and prolong life. But only the Soviet leaders had an access to it. Get inside the Kremlin walls and learn what the heads of USSR used to eat and drink, how they protected themselves from illnesses and what their main phobias were. Meet the doctors, chefs and close relatives of people who ruled the state and find out all the Kremlin...

Fallujah, a Lost Generation?

Secrets of a dirty war In 2004, Fallujah in Iraq became the theater of a major showdown between the American soldiers and the Iraqi insurgents. But even though the sounds of this harsh battle have died down a long time ago the consequences are only showing now. And they are of the toxic kind. Babies are born with malformations, kids are affected with leukemia and cancer has multiplied tenfold....

Spring forever

­For most people in the world, spring is a favorite season. Nature begins to awaken after a deep winter sleep. The sun is shining and flowers are blooming. But the spring of 2011 for the Arab world was different. A series of protests and demonstrations swept the Middle East and North Africa and those events went down in history as the "Arab Spring”. Time has passed, but that spring will stay in...

Love Syndrome

March 21st is World Down Syndrome Day. Get a ticket to the peculiar theatre where people with Down Syndrome perform. Go behind scenes and meet the actors and their families. These kind of people are known as open-hearted, very sensitive and friendly. Only on RT.

May the bomb be with you

­Despite agreeing to disarm, the nuclear states continue to ignore the treaties they have signed. Instead they invest in perfecting this terminal threat. And very few people seem to be fighting in the streets for nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation. It is primarily France and the United Kingdom who are called into question in this second hour. Mauréa, a young, Tahitian, anti-nuclear...

Discovering Russia: Perm Region

­This time James visits the most Eastern city of Europe and the sixth largest city in Russia. It's rich of minerals and friendly people, art museums and beautiful churches.The hero of Russian folklore Ermak was born here who played an important role in history of Russia. Enjoy new adventures with James Brown! Welcome to Perm region!

Dive!

­This multi award-winning film follows filmmaker Jeremy Seifert and friends as they dumpster-dive in the back alleys of Los Angeles’ supermarkets. In the process, they salvage thousands of dollars worth of good, edible food and take on some America’s biggest supermarkets. The result is an inspiring documentary that is equal parts entertainment, guerrilla journalism and a call to action. Directed...

Philby's choice

­Kim Philby, a former British Secret Intelligence Service officer and an agent for the Soviet Union at the same time, was perhaps the most famous of a group of British government officials who served as Russian spies from the 1930s to 1950s. Philby came from a very respected background in British society and attended Trinity College at Cambridge University. His life seemed to be quite...