List of episodes of the series «Was ist Was TV»
- Seasons count: 2
- Episodes count: 52
- Total viewing time: 21 h. 23 m.
Release date: 10/6/2001
Planets and Space Travel
- Episode number: 1
- Episode duration: 26 min.
- Episode description: WHAT IS WHAT starts in space. From astronaut training to arrival at a space station, we experience the journey of a space shuttle into space.
Release date: 10/13/2001
Whales and Dolphins
- Episode number: 2
- Episode duration: 25 min.
- Episode description: WHAT IS WHAT shows the largest creatures on earth: The whales.
Release date: 10/20/2001
Cars
- Episode number: 3
- Episode duration: 25 min.
- Episode description: WHAT IS WHAT enters the most popular means of transport in the world - the car. From the invention of the first motorized car to the future models of the inventors, this film follows the development of the car.
Release date: 10/27/2001
Ancient Rome
- Episode number: 4
- Episode duration: 26 min.
- Episode description: WHAT IS WHAT takes a journey back in time to Ancient Rome.
Release date: 11/3/2001
Volcanoes
- Episode number: 5
- Episode duration: 25 min.
- Episode description: A mountain explodes, smoke rises, glowing boulders hurl through the air and lava flows make their way. A volcano erupts - and WHAT IS WHAT is included, from the first signs to the after-effects of such a huge natural event.
Release date: 11/10/2001
Trains
- Episode number: 6
- Episode duration: 25 min.
- Episode description: “Please get in and close the doors!" This is how the exciting train journey begins with WHAT IS WHAT. What does a train driver do? How does an electric locomotive work?
Release date: 11/17/2001
Moon and Cosmos
- Episode number: 7
- Episode duration: 25 min.
- Episode description: WHAT IS WHAT flies through space and time. From the earth to the moon and on to the infinite expanses of the cosmos.
Release date: 11/24/2001
Aviation
- Episode number: 8
- Episode duration: 26 min.
- Episode description: IN this documentary, WHAT follows the journey of an aircraft from take-off to landing.
Release date: 12/1/2001
Sharks
- Episode number: 9
- Episode duration: 25 min.
- Episode description: WHAT IS WHAT dives to the most fascinating and dangerous sea creatures - the sharks.
Release date: 12/8/2001
Weather
- Episode number: 10
- Episode duration: 26 min.
- Episode description: WHAT IS WHAT explains a natural phenomenon that is very important for us humans: the weather.
Release date: 12/15/2001
Knights and Castles
- Episode number: 11
- Episode duration: 25 min.
- Episode description: WHAT IS WHAT takes a trip to the Middle Ages and examines how knights lived on their castles, from everyday life at the castle to the magnificent knight tournaments to the Crusades.
Release date: 12/22/2001
Criminalistics
- Episode number: 12
- Episode duration: 25 min.
- Episode description: Bank robbery. The robbers are fleeing. And WHAT IS WHAT TV is on the trail of the perpetrators! WHAT IS WHAT TV shows in the episode criminalistics, how the police solve crimes.
Release date: 12/29/2001
Cats
- Episode number: 13
- Episode duration: 25 min.
- Episode description: WHAT IS WHAT goes on the trail of the big big cats and compares them to our today's domestic cats.
Release date: 1/5/2002
Mummies
- Episode number: 14
- Episode duration: 25 min.
- Episode description: WHAT IS WHAT takes a journey to Ancient Egypt and takes you to the mysterious world of mummies. At the center of this film is the English researcher Howard Carter.
Release date: 1/12/2002
Amphibians and Reptiles
- Episode number: 15
- Episode duration: 25 min.
- Episode description: WHAT IS WHAT presents animals that are scary to many people: reptiles and amphibians.
Release date: 1/19/2002
Horses
- Episode number: 16
- Episode duration: 25 min.
- Episode description: WHAT IS WHAT introduces the animals on whose backs, as is well known, the happiness of this earth lies: horses.
Release date: 1/26/2002
Our Planet
- Episode number: 17
- Episode duration: 25 min.
- Episode description: WHAT IS WHAT presents a unique planet of the universe: Our Earth!
Release date: 2/2/2002
Native Americans and the Wild West
- Episode number: 18
- Episode duration: 25 min.
- Episode description: WHAT IS WHAT meets a real Sioux Indian and travels with him on the trail of the Native Americans through North America.
Release date: 2/9/2002
Ships
- Episode number: 19
- Episode duration: 25 min.
- Episode description: WHAT IS WHAT goes on a sea trip on board one of the largest container ships in the world. We experience how the ship crew works, how the state-of-the-art ship technology works and how the lifeboats are used.
Release date: 2/16/2002
Trees
- Episode number: 20
- Episode duration: 25 min.
- Episode description: WHAT IS WHAT goes on an exciting journey of discovery in the forest and describes the different animals, trees and plants that are at home there.
Release date: 2/23/2002
Spiders
- Episode number: 21
- Episode duration: 25 min.
- Episode description: WHAT IS WHAT takes you into the fascinating world of spiders.
Release date: 3/2/2002
Pirate
- Episode number: 22
- Episode duration: 25 min.
- Episode description: WHAT IS WHAT makes a trip to the golden age of piracy!
Release date: 3/9/2002
Computers and robots
- Episode number: 23
- Episode duration: 25 min.
- Episode description: Computers are everywhere today, they have become an integral part of our everyday life. WHAT IS WHAT describes the development of the computer: From the first computers that filled entire rooms to the tiny, intelligent computers of today.
Release date: 3/16/2002
Body and brain
- Episode number: 24
- Episode duration: 25 min.
- Episode description: WHAT IS WHAT presents a unique marvel: the human body.
Release date: 3/23/2002
Dinosaur
- Episode number: 25
- Episode duration: 25 min.
- Episode description: WHAT IS WHAT TV travels millions of years back to a time when scary-looking creatures ruled the earth - the dinosaurs.
Release date: 4/6/2002
Film and television
- Episode number: 26
- Episode duration: 25 min.
- Episode description: Camera is running - And action! WHAT IS WHAT TV takes a look behind the scenes of film and television this time.