Once Upon a Time... The Discoverers

Once Upon a Time... The Explorers

December 2025 •French

Il était une fois... les Explorateurs is a French animated TV series from 1996. Directed by Albert Barillé.

Once Upon a Time... The Objects

December 2025 •French

Did you know that behind a soccer ball, glasses or a spoon lie treasures of inventiveness and thousands of years of history? Each episode of this new series looks at an object. Through its creation and its developments, through the ages and civilizations, we approach all sciences, from physics to philosophy, including history. Each object of our daily life is the result of a long process and conceals a rich history of knowledge and human adventures. Never again will you look at your stairs, your pants or a computer the same way...

Once Upon a Time... Life

December 2025 •French

Attention please! Are you ready for an adventurous tour through the human body? With a lot of humour, our physical appearance is being introduced from head to toe along cells and organs in an educational way. The heart, blood, nerves and kidneys, each single one is a miracle which renders life possible.

Once Upon a Time… Space

December 2025 •French

During their perilous journeys through the vastness of the universe, Maestro and his many friends meet strange creatures from distant stars and face energy and ecological problems.

Once Upon a Time… Man

December 2025 •French

The history of mankind from prehistoric times to the 20th century.

Once Upon a Time... The Americas

December 2025 •French

"Once upon a time ... the Americas" tells us the story of this vast continent, from the very first inhabitants to the present day, including the Aztecs and the Incas, the conquistadors, the war of independence or the gold Rush. Through our usual sympathetic heroes (Maestro, Pierrot, Petit Gros, le Teigneux, le Nabot, etc.), we travel from time to time, always with the aim of teaching us something.

Once Upon a Time... Planet Earth

December 2025 •French

Teenagers, the internationally-recognized characters of the series, will be the heroes of adventures in which they will play an active role. They will be a force for change, faced with situations and problems they need to resolve. The series will be based on facts, yet still primarily entertainment. Through their actions, they directly affect their planet and the resources that must be used responsibly and are not inexhaustible. The series will also help younger audiences to understand that pollution, hunger and water shortages are realities with specific causes – rather than inevitable evils to be dreaded, they are battles to be won with solutions to be found.

Shallow Grave

December 2025 •English

Each episode features a story centred on true murder case involving the discovery of a shallow grave known as ‘deposition sites’ by police. Told from the perspective of the lead investigators, each story follows a trail of clues often employing cutting edge investigative science to catch their killer.

Les drôles de petites bêtes

December 2025 •French

Babylon

December 2025 •Czech

The Day Henry Met

December 2025 •English

Caramel Honey

December 2025 •Japanese

Ayato transfers into a new school hoping for a fresh start. Sadly for him, the school turns up to be filled with delinquents, and the most feared of them all has his eye set on him. And it doesn't help, that whenever Ayato accidentally takes off his glasses, everyone around him suddenly becomes completely smitten by him.

Nozo x Kimi

December 2025 •Japanese

A young man discovers a tiny hole in a wall of his new room, and looks through it to see a girl on the other side.

Close Quarter Battle

December 2025 •Czech

Elite Military/Special Police Force TV series hosted by US Special Forces veteran Terry Schappert.

That's Amore

December 2025 •Italian

Yehh Jadu Hai Jinn Ka!

December 2025 •Hindi

He lives under the shadow of a djinn while she is blessed with angelic qualities. What turn will Aman and Roshni's life take when the two fall in love?

Cagaster of an Insect Cage

December 2025 •Japanese

At the end of the 21st century, a rare disease called “Cagaster” broke out, turning humans into huge insects. Two-thirds of the earth‘s population was devoured by these insects before humanity made a decision: they must exterminate the infected people. In the year 2125 – thirty years after the discovery of Cagaster – at the edge of the desert close to the “cage” of the insects, a young pest exterminator named Kidou finds a man close to death due to the wounds by insects. The man entrusts his daughter Ilie to Kidou and asks him to search for the girl‘s mother…

Taken at Birth

December 2025 •English

Dr. Thomas Hicks illegally sold more than 200 babies from the back door of his Georgia clinic in the 1950s and 1960s. Investigator Jane Blasio works alongside Lisa Joyner and Chris Jacobs to uncover the truth about these black market babies.

Adventure Time: Distant Lands

December 2025 •English

Based on the animated series Adventure Time, these four specials explore the unseen corners of the world with both familiar and exciting brand-new characters.

The Devil Next Door

December 2025 •English

A Cleveland grandfather is brought to trial in Israel, accused of being the infamous Nazi death camp guard known as Ivan the Terrible.