A look into NDR

NDR is part of the ARD network in Germany; a collection of eleven regional centers that provide programs nation wide and each broadcast their own channel. Schlesinger compares ARD to BBC One.

NDR provides a regional channel called NDR Fernsehen (NDR television) for the four northern federal states of Germany, Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lower Saxony and Hamburg, and is also available via cable and satellite across Germany and in many other parts of Europe and is the most successful of the country's regional channels.

NDR contributes approximately 17% of ARD's program volume. Specializing in current affairs, natural history docs, science, history and art, the station frequently coproduces programs with international broadcasters such as BBC, Granada, NHNZ, TV2 Denmark and ARTE.

Schlesinger's department is responsible for 430 docs and special reports per year. Her most recent projects include a three part docudrama called Murderous Women and a 90 minute doc on climate change called How We Survive. The channel is mostly interested in programs that fall under the categories current affairs, history, wildlife, nature, travel and science.