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The Balkans: Europe's Forgotten Frontier

Season 1
From Croatian beaches to King Charles’ Transylvanian holiday home, via white water rafting in the Albanian mountains… and the threat of war: Katya Adler discovers the highs and lows of the Balkans. After the Yugoslav wars of the 90s, Europe took its eye off this region. But now the West is in a battle for influence and power here with China, Russia, and the Islamic world.
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - Croatian Beaches and Bosnian Bikers

    February 2, 2025
    59min
    TV-PG
    Katya Adler starts in the Croatian resort of Dubrovnik, meets the Night Wolves biker gang in Bosnia, and goes white water rafting past mineral-rich mountains in Albania. She reveals a region with a troubled history that’s bursting with potential. As global powers eye up the Balkans, there’s a battle for influence being waged in this forgotten corner of Europe.
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  2. S1 E2 - King Charles' Romanian Holiday Home

    February 2, 2025
    59min
    7+
    Katya Adler starts by spending a night at King Charles’ holiday home in Transylvania, before finding out about a shoot-out in Kosovo, and meeting the local answer to Graham Norton in Serbia. She reveals a region with a troubled history that’s bursting with potential. As global powers eye up the Balkans, there’s a battle for influence being waged in this forgotten corner of Europe.
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Katya Adler

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BBC Studios - NACA
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