Hometown Tough

Documentary series about a new Copenhagen school for elite students, tracking the achievements and trials of the young men and women who have been accepted.

From time to time we all see engineering failures such as a power outage, sink hole in the street. buckling retaining wall, leaning building or, worst case, a collapse. Practical Engineering explains why these accidents happen and how engineers design our civilization's infrastructure to prevent them.

In this three part web series distributed by Dutch media platform Linda.nl, we get an exclusive behind the scenes look at what it's like to be an artist at Cirque du Soleil's show TOTEM. With over 9 shows a week, being an artist at TOTEM means delivering a top athletic performance every night. Each episode uncovers the hardship of training, the missing of family and friends, but also the joy of getting to perform for a live audience every night. Massimo and Denise are married and are in a duo act together for over 10 years. They take us through their training regime, how they miss their teenage daughter and how they manage their marriage with their job. Guilhem talks about the hardships of physical training and maintaining a relationship while also being in a duo act with someone else. Oyuna takes us on a trip down memory lane, growing up at Cirque managing school and performances every day and how this made her a strong and independent woman today.

We travel around the globe to meet people who do the most amazing work. We find out what it takes, why they do it and what the rewards are... From the airline-anti-terrorist unit or the man that hunts Anacondas barefoot, to the Siberian forest fire fighters. This insider expos will inspire and inform people about where their dreams could take them.