这部及时且充满娱乐性的上下两集系列纪录片探寻了四家企业背后的故事，他们在如今这个没有人愿意支付全价的零售商业世界中成功地实现了蓬勃发展。在英国，不仅仅是日常生活用品受到折扣风潮的影响——我们所采访的四家公司，业务覆盖了生活中的方方面面。四家企业分别是：美国批发业巨头“好市多”（Costco）,汽车超市“运动点”（Motorpoint）,高街连锁鞋店“靓鞋地带”（Shoe Zone）,以及一家你从未见过此类业务的公司:合格食品（Approved Food）——由谢菲尔德的企业家丹·克劳德瑞创办。
现在，我们以每小时6万4千英哩的速度绕太阳运行；第二年，地球在运行了5亿8千4百万英哩后回到了航程开始的起点。在此片中，纪录片制作者凯特?汉伯和海伦?乔斯基跟随地球进行了一次完整的绕日航行，见证了这次奇异旅程带给地球的奇妙变化。从更替的四季到破坏性的气候现象，他们绕太阳环行感受由航行带来的极 致体验；他们也试图向世人解释在时间的长河中，地球轨道如何发生着变化，以及这些微妙的变化给地球带来了决定性的影响。 此纪录片首次展示了地球绕日环行的全过程，从大胆的空间想象到近在眼前的飓风，皆向观众展示了地球绕日旅行的史诗性历程。
很多事情，就发生在我们身边，我们却浑然不知...
这些事情，我们视为理所当然，却不知道其中的道理为何...
现在，我们就一起解密发生在身边的各种被我们忽视的奇妙事件~
第一集 人体的奥秘
我们都是成功者！因为我们在几亿个精子中脱颖而出！关于人类的受精过程有着怎样的坎坷？咱们为什么会有隔代遗传？人为什么会放屁？感冒是咋回事儿？人体就是寄生虫乐园？！饶了我吧！咱们一起解开人体的那些奥秘！
第二集 宇宙的奥秘
大爆炸理论谁不知道啊~问题是，这个理论到底是肿么回事儿？科学家都搞不懂啊~我们的宇宙从何而来？发展方向如何？又将如何结束？除了我们，还有没有地外生命？平行宇宙到底是个啥？别着急，睁大眼睛！我们一起奔向宇宙吧！
第三集 天气的奥秘
天气预报也太不准了！地球人都吃过天气预报的亏！可是，为什么这么不准还有存在的必要呢？刮风下雨冰雹雪花，这都是怎么出现的？春夏秋冬为什么一直按顺序交替？微气候是什么？关于天气的各种疑问将会在这个片子中得到解答~还等什么。
A gripping and shocking documentary composed of numerous colorized archive footage. Apocalypse: Verdun takes us to the infamous and bloody battle of Verdun that occurred in February 1916, when World War I had been raging for two years.
In a three-part series, Andrew Graham-Dixon looks back at 19th century Britain and its obsession with all things Gothic. The series explores how an inspired group of architects and artists spurned the modern age, turning to Britain’s medieval past to create some of Britain’s most iconic works and buildings.
Inspired by the tumultuous Industrial Revolution, John Ruskin was among those who created architectural wonders, using the cutting edge of technology to create a brand-new British style of architecture. While in art and literature, the Gothic allowed Horace Walpole, Bram Stoker and Dickens to capture the terror, weirdness and social ills that plagued Victorian Britain.
Future Firepower is a brand new series taking a look at new weapons being developed from high tech remote controlled weapons and devastating rapid firing machine guns, to next generation rocket launchers. Future Firepower gives an insight into each weapon and what catastrophic destruction it can cause through demonstrations with members of the military.
Episodes include…
Rogue State（流氓国家）
Super Powers（超级大国）
Asymmetric War（不对称战）
Responding to the call of President Roosevelt, the eight major Hollywood studios devoted their resources and talents in the service of the war effort. Feature films, documentaries, cartoons: thousands of films are produced for the general public or the different branches of the military. All serve a purpose: to motivate the commitment of new recruits, assist in the training of troops or to the organisation of the home front and denounce the Nazi ideology to exacerbate the patriotic feeling…
The greatest male stars of the time put on the uniform: Clark Gable, James Stewart and Tyrone Power all actively participate in combat while Marlene Dietrich, Bette Davis and Rita Hayworth mobilise to raise funds or entertain the troops.
All producers, actors and directors, from the most famous stars to more anonymous technicians answer the call of the government to set up a giant propaganda machine and produce hundreds of films to support the American War effort.
THE HOLLYWOOD WAR portrays this unique venture and offers an original look into the Second World War, the history of America and the cinema.
Castles: Britain's Fortified History' is a series by historian Sam Willis who traces the story of Britain's castles and their unique role in our history from art and literature.
In this three-part series Alastair Sooke (Treasures Of Ancient Rome, Pride and Prejudice: Having A Ball) explores the riches and unique legacy of Greek art. Episode One tells the story of Greek art from its surprising, often mysterious origins, travelling from Crete to Santorini, Mycenae to Delphi. Episode Two explores the astonishing development of classical art - the so called 'Greek revolution', asking how did the ancient Greeks get so good, so fast? The final instalment looks in detail at a handful of works that have achieved the status of masterpieces, tracing the complex and fascinating story of western civilisation’s love affair with Greek art, from the Romans to modern times.
四十万年以前，一个非凡的种群加入到了这个世界，他们是智人，我们的祖先。他们翻山越岭，不断改变自己以适应环境的每一处细微变化。一次又一次地他们失去了一切，然而他们总是可以超越自己的极限并最终幸存下来。他们学会了种植农作物、驯化动物，修建村庄，改善环境，人类成为动物王国中最强大的种群，他们在想象的世界中遨游，并在这个过程中发现了美术和梦幻的能力。但种群又是怎样出现的，从哪里来的呢？
八百万年以前，这个星球突然变冷，水被冻结在地球两极，巨大的冰盖覆盖了整个欧亚大陆。在北方生命必需开始适应寒冷。热带地区，生命要和干旱进行绝望的斗争。而在非洲大陆人类发现他们的森林正在逐渐消失。他们中的奥瑞恩和图梅逐渐适应了大草原的生活，并学会了直立行走。四百万年前，他们消失了，进化成一种更具适应性的新族群——南方古猿。他们的后代继续直立行走，并靠着食用耐寒的植物生存了下来，但最终他们还是灭绝了，他们无法抵抗强大的肉食动物。
接下来出场的是哈比利斯人，事实上这个灵巧的人种才可以称得上真正意义上的人类代表。他们学会了使用工具，并开始了对整个地球的探索，他们发展成了一个新的人种——直立人。这些会站着的人发现了火，他们完成了一个伟大的飞跃，直立人开始了他们征服世界的旅途。他们离开非洲，来到了欧亚大陆。在不知不觉中，一小部分男人和女人已经为现代人的形成做好了准备。而此时，生存了一百多万年的直立人也逐渐地消失了。
类现代人的时代到来了，经历了上百万年，他们的身体逐渐苗条，前额变平，大脑容量逐渐变大，结构逐渐复杂。而类现代人的探索也来到了中东地区，他们开始穿衣服，进化成新的人种。智人发现了亚洲大陆，在迁徙途中，他们的外貌有了很大变化，并与直立人融合，组成了亚洲人。一万两千年前，全球温度开始升高，各个大陆逐渐呈现现在看到的情况，类现代人开始定居生活。他们学会饲养家畜，史前文明结束了。
精彩视点：
《智人》是2003年法国第三电视台播出的电影《人类进化史》的第二部曲，本剧在2005年1月首播立即创下了极高的收视率。超过九百万的法国人都守在电视前面观赏这部巨作，创下法国电视史上最高的收视率。随后发行的原声带和DVD更是造成轰动，单单法国一地便狂卖了数十万张。
《智人》是导演雅克·马拉特继《人类进化史》之后，再次用镜头记录人类世界的发展过程的经典之作。影片的拍摄周期长达13个月，素材影像超过120个小时。而在这之前，导演雅克·马拉特用了几年的时间进行筹备，了解有关人类发展的专业知识。据介绍，智人是人类演化过程中最重要的一个阶段之一。影片《智人》用搬演的方法，记录了人类在演化过程中必须面对的许多艰难与危险。运用旁白的方式，片中由智人其中一员“开口”介绍他们的生活，也使观众接近智人的生活，为风雪中找不到避难所就冻死的部落成员而难过；会为失去了自己爱人的部落女孩悉心照顾他人之子的做法而动容。
白金汉宫(Buckingham Palace),英国的王宫。建造在威斯敏斯特城内，位于伦敦詹姆士公园的西边，1703年为白金汉公爵所建而得名，最早称白金汉屋，意思是“他人的家”。
温莎城堡(Windsor Castle)，位于英国英格兰东南部，是世界上有人居住的城堡中最大的一个，也是英国君主主要的行政官邸。现任的英国女王伊丽莎白二世每年有相当多的时间在温莎城堡度过，在这里进行国家或是私人的娱乐活动。
圣十字架宫(Holyrood Palace)，1498年詹姆斯五世所建，原为修道院，后来成为苏格兰王室的宫殿，目前仍是英国女王来到苏格兰的住所。像白金汉宫等王宫一样，每当女王住在这里的时候，宫中就会升起王室旗帜。宫殿左手边是面积广袤的圣十字架公园。圣十字架宫与爱丁堡城堡是爱丁堡建城的两个中心点，以皇家英里大道连接。（人人影视）
Never before has money been so polarised in Britain. The richest 85 people now own more than half the UK population. The rise of the Super Rich has meant that wealth in the UK is dividing our society at an extraordinary rate - but how and why did it happen? In this two-part series, Jacques Peretti explores how the Super Rich are transforming the very fabric of British society. Why have the Super Rich flocked to Britain, and why does it matter to us? Peretti examines how the wealth of the top one percent of society does not exist in a bubble, but directly affects all of our lives.
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东非大裂谷自红海至赞比西河口，连绵三千里，从太空都能看到。这里是多姿多彩的地方，有喷发的火山、覆盖着森林的高山、美丽的峡谷、广袤的草原、巨大的平湖和河流，是鳄鱼、河马、狮子、大象、火烈鸟和非洲人的家园。BBC采用最新的高清摄影技术，探讨了形式东非大裂谷的地质力量，展现世界上野生动物品种最多的地貌。
Visible from space, Africa's Great Rift Valley runs three thousand miles from the Red Sea to the mouth of the Zambezi. It's a diverse terrain of erupting volcanoes, forest-clad mountains, spectacular valleys, rolling grasslands, huge lakes and mighty rivers, and is home to crocodiles, hippos, lions, elephants, flocks of flamingos and a diversity of indigenous peoples.
Using state-of-the-art high definition filming techniques, this series investigates the geological forces which shaped East Africa's Great Rift, and which make it one of the world's most wildlife-rich landscapes.
Part 1: Fire
The valley is the product of deep-seated geological forces which have spewed out a line of cloud-wreathed volcanoes stretching from Ethiopia to Tanzania. Their peaks provide a refuge for East Africa's most extraordinary wildlife, including newly discovered and previously unfilmed species which have evolved surprising survival strategies to cope with their challenging mountain environment.
Part 2: Water
The Great Rift Valley channels a huge diversity of waterways - rivers, lakes, waterfalls, caustic springs and coral seas - spanning from Egypt to Mozambique. Some lake and ocean deeps harbour previously unseen life-forms, while caustic waters challenge life to the extreme. But where volcanic minerals enrich the Great Rift's waterways, they provide the most spectacular concentrations of birds, mammals and fish in all Africa.
Part 3: Grass
The Great Rift Valley provides the stage for an epic battle between trees and grass - its course influenced by volcanic eruptions, landscape and rainfall. On its outcome rests the fate of Africa's great game herds. In the Rift's savannas, grazers and their predators struggle to outwit each other, forcing one group of primates to develop a social system that paved the way for the evolution of mankind.