ECHOES OF HISTORY

Events that shaped the countries of the Mediterranean

Synopsis

This series looks back at the historical events that shaped the Mediterranean countries in the 20th century through the deeds of emblematic characters.

Rare archival footage combined with in-depth historical analysis shed new light on the leaders, conflicts, and revolutions that have shaken the Mediterranean basin in the not-so-distant past.

Episodes

• MARSEILLE, THE TROUBLED WATERS OF THE LIBERATION
• MUSTAPHA KEMAL, THE TWILIGHT OF AN EMPIRE
• JUAN CARLOS, A DEMOCRATIC KING?
• CYPRUS, A SHATTERED INDEPENDENCE
• THE BLACK REVOLUTION
• TITO AND STALIN, FROM UNITY TO HATRED
• THE DIVA AND THE RAIS
• ALGERIA, WHEN THE REPUBLIC ABDICATED
• CAMP DAVID, THE PRICE OF PEACE
• ALLIED TO THE MAFIA
• BEN-GURION, A STATE AT ALL COSTS
• THE RIF WAR, THE WORLD PUT TO THE TEST OF MODERNITY
• THE GEMAYELS, THE CROSS AND THE KALASHNIKOV
• REFUGEES FROM ALGERIA AND CORSICA NATIONALIST MOVEMENT
• ANTONIO DE SPINOLA, THE DON QUIXOTE OF THE CARNATION REVOLUTION
• BEN BARKA, AN EMBARRASSING WITNESS TO A MOVING DICTATORSHIP
• PIX AND MUSSOLINI, THE WAR OF THE SOULS
• ANDRE TARALLO, IN THE SHADOW OF THE ELF AFFAIR
• BLACK SEPTEMBER, THE PALESTINIAN TEAR
• THE DARK WEB, THE STRATEGY OF TENSION IN ITALY
• GADDAFI AND THE FRENCH FIGHTER PLANES
• THE SPANISH FLU, A PANDEMIC AT THE HEART OF THE GREAT WAR
• LEBANON, A COUNTRY IN THE SHADOW OF DAMASCUS
• SPANISH WAR, THE FORGOTTEN MILITIA WOMEN
• MONACO, ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD
• THE ATOMIC ISLAND AT THE HEART OF THE NUCLEAR PROGRAM
• THE DUCE'S CUP
• A POET IN POWER
• ITALIAN LODO, THE ILLICIT ALLIANCE
• TUNISIA, A PARRICIDE IN THE SERAGLIO
• GIBRALTAR, A COLONY IN THE HEART OF EUROPE
• THE ABORTION LAW, THE STORY OF A LONG STRUGGLE
• ALGERIA, THE SHAMEFUL CAMPS
• MUSA SADR, THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING IMAM
• NATO VS MILOSEVIC, IN THE POWDER KEG OF THE BALKANS
• DOMINIC MINTOFF, THE PRICE OF MALTESE INDEPENDENCE
• CARRERO BLANCO'S MURDER, AN INTERNATIONAL ENIGMA?
• THE RED MUD AFFAIR, POLLUTION BETWEEN TWO SHORES
• THE ETHIOPIAN WAR, THE END OF COLLECTIVE PEACE
• GREECE VS TURKEY, THE ORIGINAL WOUND
• OSLO ACCORDS, THE PEACE TRAP
• THE YELLOW FLEET, PRISONERS OF THE DESERT
• THE SIGONELLA CRISIS, WHEN CRAXI DEFIED THE US
• THE MATTEI' CASE: OIL, POWER AND BLOOD
• ALBANIA, STORMY DEMOCRACY
• AGINTER PRESS, THE LOST SOLDIERS OF THE "BLACK INTERNATIONAL"
• RED LEBANON
• THE INDOCHINA WAR, FRANCE AND THE TEST OF DECOLONISATION
• EGO TE ABSOLVO, A NAZI NETWORK AT THE VATICAN
• THE ISLET CRISIS
• SYKES-PICOT AGREEMENTS, THE ORIGINS OF CHAOS
• AUGUST 1944, WHEN THE AFRICAN ARMY LIBERATED PROVENCE