For a Welsh choirboy, it was the stuff of dreams. Within the walls of Caernarfon Castle, Kenner Elias J. proudly held aloft the white cross at the investiture of Prince Charles as the Prince of Wales. Thirty years later, the charismatic Mr. J. cuts an… Read More
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Year: 2010
The London bureau chief from the Japanese public broadcaster NHK is covering the outcome of both the English and Dutch parliamentary inquiries after the decision to participate in the war in Iraq. He wants to know why the Netherlands conducted an inquiry, what the main… Read More
El Asira, the first Muslim company that sells erotic products via internet, is based in the Netherlands. A reporter from the Austrian public TV background program ORF Weltjournal is send to the Netherlands to cover the story. He interviews the owner of the company, an… Read More
More and more Swiss farmers stop farming. Only last year 860 Swiss farmers stopped farming. Since the Swiss are planning to liberalise trade in the agricultural branch farmers are afraid for the European competition. Swiss public TV Europe correspondent Christoph Nufer visits to the Netherlands… Read More
For Greenpeace Switzerland the Dutch economic research bureau Profundo did research after the way tar sand companies are financed by the Swiss banks UBS and Credit Suisse. Oil sands, tar sands, crude bitumen, or bituminous sands, are a type of unconventional petroleum deposit. Oil sands… Read More
For a background reportage about the innovative Dutch food branch Japanese public TV channel NHK sends journalist Ryusuke Kimura to the Netherlands. He reports about the modern and durable Dutch greenhouse sector, visits the Restaurant of the Future at the Agricultural University Wageningen in the… Read More
In the Netherlands unemployment is relatively low compared to the rest of Europe. In Rotterdam politicians even claim to end employment by forcing people to take a job or do a course. In Switzerland there are also plans to force young people to work. For… Read More
In the Netherlands, Denmark and in Cameroon NHK Sports journalists Yuki Ohba produces a series of portraits of the teams that the national football team of Japan will face in the first round of the World Cup in South Africa. The NHK crew films at… Read More
To cover the Dutch local elections Europe correspondent Christof Nufer from the Swiss public TV channel Schweizer Fernsehen travels to the Netherlands for a reportage for the news program Tagesschau. Christof attends a political radio debate in the Hague and interviews a local politician from… Read More
The collapse of the Dutch government has presented the Dutch electorate with a problem to which no easy solution seems obvious. The government has split over the question of troops in Afghanistan, but this can be seen as merely the explosive element that has blown… Read More
Who Do You Think You Are? is a British genealogy documentary series that has aired on the BBC since 2004. The series is produced by Wall to Wall. In each episode, a celebrity goes on a journey to trace his or her family tree. The… Read More
The German employment minister is visiting the Netherlands. For a reportage for the news program Tagesschau a TV crew from the German public TV channel ARD is following the minister during the visit. Video material needs to be picked up and fed via satellite to… Read More