Index of the programmes

Index of "Changes"

Children's Documentary Series 2006     

100% Pyramid   - BOSNIA (PBSBIH)
Belmin and his friends are looking forward to an exciting summer.  Their small, usually quiet town is the centre as people from all over the world come to see if there are pyramids older than the Egyptian pyramids in Bosnia.  Pyramid fever has broken out among the adults, but Belmin and his friends have their own imaginary world to escape to when pyramid fever gets too much.
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100% Pyramid

The Little Beetle   - BULGARIA (BNT) 
Mila is mad about ballet.  She lives her life for ballet class, practise and watching ballet videos. She dreams of one day being a prima ballerina. But the solos always seem to go to someone else in the class.  This year she has a chance to play the important part of ‘the beetle’ in the end of term ballet.  Will she get the part?  Will she be the soloist at last?
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The Little Beetle

Driven Lara - CROATIA (HRT) 
Lara loves to dance. She also loves to choreograph and has choreographed and  directed her school friends in various dancing ventures.  Now she faces her biggest challenge. She has one week to produce a new dance for school term show.  Can she do it ? Will she get them on stage performing to her ambitious standards without losing friends?
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Driven Lara

The Fire - DENMARK (DR)
How would you cope if your home burnt down in a fire and you lost everything?  Meet Camilla and Tanja whose house burnt down last year.  They have to move house, school and find new friends.  And then, when they have learned to cope with all that, move back to their newly built home. Find out how they survive without their ‘special things’.
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The Forgotten -  EGYPT (ERTU)
Ahmad is a homeless boy who has suffered the sadness and loneliness of living on the streets.  He now is in an orphanage where he must learn to live life with others, go to school, do homework and get along.  He also has a chance to reconcile with his family and maybe go back home.  How will he cope with all these changes?
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The Forgotten

Alexander Moves-   FINLAND (YLE)
Alexander is in final year of primary school. He used to be bullied and afraid to come to school. Now he has overcome the problem and he has many friends in his class and he loves his school.  But his family have announced they are moving far away.  He will have to face a new school, make new friends, perhaps face up to new bullies?
How will he get on?
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Alexander Moves

From Clown to Cowboy - GERMANY(ZDF) 
Timo lives and loves the circus.  He has been performing as a clown since he was two years old. Now he feels it is time for a change. He wants to be in the cowboy act,  where he can be a knife thrower! But it is dangerous.  It will need lots of practise before he can go in to the circus ring and throw knives at his very brave sister!
Can they do it? Will they survive?
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From Clown to Cowboy

Home -   GREECE (ERT)
Mendevee was born in Greece and loves her homeland.  But her family hails from Sierre Leone in Africa. This year she will travel to Africa to meet her grandmother for the first time and learn about her African roots.  Will she want to come back?
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Home

La Loca Girl -  HOLLAND (NCRV)
Elynoska loves fashion.  She wants to be a fashion designer when she grows up. She loves to take part in beauty pageants, especially where you get to show your native culture. Elynoska’s family are from Curacao and she wants to win the Little Miss Curacao competition.  But it’s not as easy as it seems…
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La Loca Girl

The Horsegirl -   ICELAND (RUV) 
Horses are the love of Juliana’s life.  She spends all her time with her beloved pony, ‘Flis’.  This year she hopes to join the ‘big ride’.  Every summer, a group of riders take over 100 horses from their fields near the city to their summer pastures.  It is a gruelling 3 days ride. Can she survive this demanding trip? And what would she do if her beloved Flis couldn’t make it?
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The Horsegirl

My Parents Wedding - IRELAND (RTE)
Cuan is about to be best man at his parents' wedding. He is looking forward to the big day and the responsibility.  But children don’t often get to see behind the scenes at their parents' wedding or suffer the stress and pressures of wedding preparations.
How will he cope?
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My Parents Wedding

Boxing Beauty - ISRAEL (IBA)
Boxer, singer, model, meet the multitalented Maria.  One of three sisters, Maria  wants to be a singer.  She practises at her singing classes, in her school choir and with her sister band.  This year she will audition for a coveted place on a summer TV show. Will she get it? Meanwhile, can she manage to practise for her run at the Israel National Boxing champion?
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Boxing Beauty

Dana in Ramadan -   JORDAN (JRTV) 
Dana, an 11 year-old girl in the fifth grade, is fasting during the Holy Month of Ramadan for the first time, going without eating or drinking for more than 13 hours a day for one month - before sunrise till sunset.  Will she find it difficult?  Will she succeed in fasting the whole month?
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Dana in Ramadan

Emigrant-   POLAND (TVP)  
Maciek’s family has made a big decision.  They have decided to emigrate to England.  Maciek’s father will go some months before the rest of the family; leaving Maciek as the ‘man of the house’. How will he cope? And most of all, how will he manage in a new school and new land far from home?
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Emigrant

Masha on the Borderline -   SERBIA (RTS)  
Masa’s grandfather's farm is in Serbia Montenegro.  Every year she spends the summer there with her friends and their grandparents. This year the farm is to be split as Serbia Montenegro separate. How will it be to live in two countries?  And how will she cope with life on the mountain if her friends don’t come?
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Masha on the Boarderline

Monika - SLOVENIA (RTVSLO) 
Monika lives for skating.  She practises night and day.  She dreams of becoming the world ice skating champion.  But first she must compete in the national championships.  How far will Monika go to succeed?
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Monika

Whistling up a Language -   SPAIN (TVE) 
Willeni hails from Venezuela.  Her family has moved to Spain to the tiny island of Gomera.  Sadly their father has not yet joined them.  Now they must get used to a new life, new school and a new language.  But not Spanish.  They must learn an ancient whistling language used by shepherds to make long distance calls in the mountains long before mobiles.  Can they do it?
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Whistling up a Language

Felicia upside down -   SWEDEN (SVT)
Felicia has suffered the trauma of cancer and spent many months stuck in hospital fighting the illness.  But she is nearly better.  She dreams of some day getting back to her favourite hobby - horse riding.  Will she make it?
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Felicia upside down

Now I’m Free -   TURKEY (TRT)
Sevval wants to be free! Free to go on sleepovers or to camp like other girls her age.
But her mother says no. Sevval has diabetes and needs medication during the night.
So she can’t do sleepovers.  But maybe a new medication could help.  If Sevval learns how to use it, then she might be free…
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Now I'm Free