Paris

Latest Episodes

• Bohemian Rhapsody

  Sandrine Voillet investigates the most famous underground movements which defined the city in the 20th century, including existentialism and the legacy of the Moulin Rouge. She also makes a nouvelle vague film, discusses pop music with Jane Birkin and visits the location of the student strikes in May 1968. Last in series

• Blood & Chocolate

  Sandrine Voillet examines how the French capital became the world's first modern city, before discovering the historical inspirations behind fashion designer Christian Lacroix's work. She also meets a rap band during a demonstration and searches for the remains of people who died in the Revolution at the Basilica of Saint Denis

• City of Dreams

  Art historian Sandrine Voillet presents a guide to Paris, celebrating 800 years of its arts, design and architecture. She begins by visiting the Louvre, a fairytale park and the city's subterranean sewers, before heading to a restaurant known for its boudoir lounges. Sandrine also meets French photographer Willy Ronis and reveals the backlash to the Eiffel Tower and the Basilica of Sacre Coeur when they were first built