''Terra X'' is a brand used by the German

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since 2008. Between 1982 and 2008, the brand name was ''ZDF Expedition''. Some topics under the brand ''Terra X'' are documentaries about history, nature, archaeology and science. The documentaries are broadcast on ZDF. Repeats are also broadcast on

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Background

On 17 January 1982, the first ''ZDF Expedition'' documentary was broadcast. In 2008, the name was changed to ''Terra X''. The brand includes documentary series, where a topic will be covered deeper than in usual documentaries. Since the mid 1980s simulations of the past are included for visualization and since the 1990s some historical events are re-enacted with actors. 2018-01-26-DFP 2018-7311

Over 40 documentaries are produced per year under the brand of ''Terra X''. The average cost of a 45-minute-film amounts to 250.000

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. The documentaries of ''Terra X'' are sold and broadcast internationally, for example in

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in the

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. ''Terra X'' is also active on the internet. Beside the ZDF video on demand platform ZDFmediathek, they are publishing documentaries and clips on platforms like

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. They founded the channel ''Terra X Lesch & Co'' with the moderation of

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on 3 February 2016. Later that year, their YouTube channel ''Terra X Natur & Geschichte'' started on 15 August, where ''Terra X'' is publishing full documentaries that are also airing on TV. During the

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, ''Terra X'' started the YouTube channel ''Terra X statt Schule'' (''Terra X Instead of School''), where they are publishing different knowledge videos of content that has been already broadcast. In 2019, ''Terra X'' published some clips about the topic

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under

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, so that the clips can be also used in

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References

External links

* {{Official, https://www.zdf.de/dokumentation/terra-x
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mediathek ZDF original programming 1982 establishments in Germany