TV Programm für wedotv Big Stories am 19.08.2026

Joint Task Force Two (JTF 2) is the elite Canadian Forces Special Operations unit responsible for a broad range of missions, including counter-terrorism and armed assistance to other government departments. Highly secretive, JTF 2 and its predecessor, the Canadian Airborne Regiment, have been deployed in hotspots around the world from Haiti to Bosnia. This episode focuses on the legendary JTF sniper teams and their use in Afghanistan alongside the British SAS and the US Delta Force at "the sharp end of the spear." A book written by an ex-JTF member explains how, in 2006, both the Pentagon and the British Foreign Office noted the instrumental role that JTF 2 played in the rescue of the British and Canadian Christian Peacemaker Team held hostage in Iraq. Unique in look, the FN P90 personal defense weapon, used by JTF 2 soldiers and special police around the world, will be highlighted in this program.

Experience an in-depth look at Princess Diana, the extraordinary woman of the 20th century. Featuring unique interviews and touching clips, this portrait captures her incredible journey to fame and her ability to overcome the emotional and physical challenges she encountered nearly every day.

Papua New Guinea. Meet Jim Shockey and Corey Knowlton, two contrasting characters who nevertheless share the same passion to explore and hunt the most remote and uncharted areas on planet earth. First stop: Papua New Guinea

Exploring a flooded, abandoned mine at night, Manny Puig searches for predators as he attempts to understand this isolated and savage world.

Manny explores a primitive river in search of dangerous encounters and is not disappointed.

Manny is severely bitten by a large western diamondback rattlesnake while taping an episode of Savage Wild in south Texas.

Manny Puig experiences hair-raising encounters in the dead of night with massive Florida black bears. Florida is where animals that belong in the north woods come face to face with animals from the tropics and the bears here are confrontational.

Laramy Miller is in the Colorado mountains chasing after elk with his self-made arrows.

After harvesting his elk for the year, Laramy Miller sets his sights on even bigger game.

Laramy is on the hunt for a moose with his Hawken rifle.

Sasquatch, Laramy Miller, hunts the badlands of Montana for mule deer.

South Moravia in the Czech Republic is home to a wide variety of beautiful orchids. From there we go to the Caribbean to Cuba with its unbelievably beautiful vistas contrasted with brutal cock fighting. From Cuba we travel to Fiji in the Pacific Ocean - often considered to be a true paradise on Earth.

In this episode we travel from the South to the North of the Holy Land, Israel, stopping to admire the views and soak in the biblical import of the historic sites. On to the Golan Heights in the North where recent conflict is in still much in evidence and concluding our pilgrimage on the shores of Galilee.

Many islands lie in the sea between Great Britain and Scandinavia. All of these islands would have remaind snow-covered and life would not have been sustainable were it not for the Gulf Stream. The warm waters flowing through the Atlantic Ocean all the way to South America account for the mild island climate, rich nature and history that reaches back thousands of years. Such are the three islands we are about to visit in today's Miracles of Nature - Vesterålen, the Fair Isle and the Orkneys.

Papua New Guinea. Meet Jim Shockey and Corey Knowlton, two contrasting characters who nevertheless share the same passion to explore and hunt the most remote and uncharted areas on planet earth. First stop: Papua New Guinea

Exploring a flooded, abandoned mine at night, Manny Puig searches for predators as he attempts to understand this isolated and savage world.

Manny explores a primitive river in search of dangerous encounters and is not disappointed.

Manny is severely bitten by a large western diamondback rattlesnake while taping an episode of Savage Wild in south Texas.

Manny Puig experiences hair-raising encounters in the dead of night with massive Florida black bears. Florida is where animals that belong in the north woods come face to face with animals from the tropics and the bears here are confrontational.

Laramy Miller is in the Colorado mountains chasing after elk with his self-made arrows.

After harvesting his elk for the year, Laramy Miller sets his sights on even bigger game.

Laramy is on the hunt for a moose with his Hawken rifle.

Sasquatch, Laramy Miller, hunts the badlands of Montana for mule deer.

South Moravia in the Czech Republic is home to a wide variety of beautiful orchids. From there we go to the Caribbean to Cuba with its unbelievably beautiful vistas contrasted with brutal cock fighting. From Cuba we travel to Fiji in the Pacific Ocean - often considered to be a true paradise on Earth.

In this episode we travel from the South to the North of the Holy Land, Israel, stopping to admire the views and soak in the biblical import of the historic sites. On to the Golan Heights in the North where recent conflict is in still much in evidence and concluding our pilgrimage on the shores of Galilee.

Many islands lie in the sea between Great Britain and Scandinavia. All of these islands would have remaind snow-covered and life would not have been sustainable were it not for the Gulf Stream. The warm waters flowing through the Atlantic Ocean all the way to South America account for the mild island climate, rich nature and history that reaches back thousands of years. Such are the three islands we are about to visit in today's Miracles of Nature - Vesterålen, the Fair Isle and the Orkneys.

Papua New Guinea. Meet Jim Shockey and Corey Knowlton, two contrasting characters who nevertheless share the same passion to explore and hunt the most remote and uncharted areas on planet earth. First stop: Papua New Guinea

Exploring a flooded, abandoned mine at night, Manny Puig searches for predators as he attempts to understand this isolated and savage world.

Manny explores a primitive river in search of dangerous encounters and is not disappointed.

Manny is severely bitten by a large western diamondback rattlesnake while taping an episode of Savage Wild in south Texas.

Manny Puig experiences hair-raising encounters in the dead of night with massive Florida black bears. Florida is where animals that belong in the north woods come face to face with animals from the tropics and the bears here are confrontational.

Laramy Miller is in the Colorado mountains chasing after elk with his self-made arrows.

After harvesting his elk for the year, Laramy Miller sets his sights on even bigger game.

Laramy is on the hunt for a moose with his Hawken rifle.

Sasquatch, Laramy Miller, hunts the badlands of Montana for mule deer.

South Moravia in the Czech Republic is home to a wide variety of beautiful orchids. From there we go to the Caribbean to Cuba with its unbelievably beautiful vistas contrasted with brutal cock fighting. From Cuba we travel to Fiji in the Pacific Ocean - often considered to be a true paradise on Earth.

In this episode we travel from the South to the North of the Holy Land, Israel, stopping to admire the views and soak in the biblical import of the historic sites. On to the Golan Heights in the North where recent conflict is in still much in evidence and concluding our pilgrimage on the shores of Galilee.

Many islands lie in the sea between Great Britain and Scandinavia. All of these islands would have remaind snow-covered and life would not have been sustainable were it not for the Gulf Stream. The warm waters flowing through the Atlantic Ocean all the way to South America account for the mild island climate, rich nature and history that reaches back thousands of years. Such are the three islands we are about to visit in today's Miracles of Nature - Vesterålen, the Fair Isle and the Orkneys.

Papua New Guinea. Meet Jim Shockey and Corey Knowlton, two contrasting characters who nevertheless share the same passion to explore and hunt the most remote and uncharted areas on planet earth. First stop: Papua New Guinea