‎The Balkans: Europe's Forgotten Frontier - Apple TV

TV Show · Documentary

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.

2025 · 59m

Starring Katya Adler

Director Olly Bootle

EPISODE 1

Croatian Beaches and Bosnian Bikers

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.

59m
EPISODE 2

King Charles' Romanian Holiday Home

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.

59m

The Balkans: Europe's Forgotten Frontier

2m

Katya Adler

Host
Olly Bootle

Director
Olly Bootle

Producer
Jamie Hamilton

Producer