数学存在于我们生活的方方面面。但数学也是让很多人头疼的一个问题。艾伦?戴维斯就是其中之一。作为著名喜剧演员，艾伦在周末喜欢看足球和泡酒吧。对他来说，数学可怕、枯燥，并且只适合没有什么社交技巧的人。对牛津数学教授马库斯?杜?索托依来说，数学却是最让人兴奋，最富有创造性的题目。他非常想和大众分享自己对数学的热爱。在两个星期的时间里，马库斯是否能让艾伦像一个数学家那样思考？
BBC播出的纪录片《纯种狗的悲哀》着重提出了很多纯种犬只所承受的严重健康问题。人类为了犬类比赛以及所谓的“优良血统”而数十年将纯种狗近亲繁殖，如今导致了诸多犬种从癫痫症到癌症的一系列威胁生命的病症。 查尔斯国王骑士獚犬因为头骨太小而不能容纳大脑；牛头犬的怪异形状致使他们无法自然交配生产；金毛犬极易患上癌症……人类手下的生命，不是产品，并不存在标准化和优劣，生而平等，他们都有活下去的权利。
Just months ago, the world stood in fear of an emerging new disease that threatened to kill millions. A new flu variant H1N1 had arrived. In the UK alone, 65,000 deaths were predicted. Yet to date, these dire warnings have not materialised. If this latest pandemic has taught anything, it is just how little is understood about the invisible world of viruses. But that has not sto...
Britain’s most notorious serial killer, Dennis Nilsen, confessed to killing 15 people in 1983. Over a five-year period, he picked up vulnerable young men, lured them back to his home and strangled them, before disposing of their bodies under the floorboards. The truth about how and why he killed has been the subject of much speculation in books and documentaries over the decade...
ADHD指注意缺陷多动障碍，又称多动症。英国著名喜剧演员Rory Bremner受到多动症的困扰，他采访医疗机构，尝试新药，了解ADHD背后的科学
一根绳子到底有多长？这个简单到众所周知的提问，正是此次BBC地平线系列纪录片所要探讨的问题。艾伦·戴维斯将试图回答，这个很快就变成一个令人费解的古怪难题。艾伦拜访了数学界领军人物马科斯·杜·索托伊，他惊人地发现自己手中这根有限长度的绳子，在原子标度下，居然是无限长。甚至艾伦还发现，至少在理论层面上，这根短小的绳子将很可能创建一个将世界陷入末日的黑洞。一厘米将有一个新的含义，你是否会开始质疑现实生活中的构造？你测量的越精细，绳子就越长。 地平线系列纪录片是英国广播公司BBC制作的一档流行并且播放已久的科学纪录片，于1964年5月2日首播，到2013年为止已有49个系列超过1100集。本系列纪录片从历史、人文、宗教、地理、设计、艺术、生物、哲学、环保、伦理等多个方面，提供世界上最伟大科学家和哲学家一个可以交流他们看法和观点的平台，并将他们对世界的新看法引...
Another Nureyev documentary
A portrait of the "world's greatest living explorer" Sir Ranulph Fiennes, a film that goes beyond the record breaking achievements to explore the man behind the myth.
A unique celebration of the Queen's ninety years as she reaches her landmark birthday in April. Film-maker John Bridcut has been granted special access to the complete collection of Her Majesty's personal cine films, shot by the Duke of Edinburgh and the Queen herself, as well as by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. Much of it has never been seen publicly bef...
萨里的海道恩监狱关押着一千一百名囚犯，它是英国囚犯再犯罪率最高的监狱。和英国的其他监狱一样，这里的犯人也可以得到支薪工作，而海道恩监狱以一项独特的改造革新而著称——这是一家几乎完全由犯人经营的餐厅。
Dr Michael Mosley seeks to establish the truth about meat. Every year, humans raise and eat 65 billion animals - nine animals for every person on the globe. In this eye-opening documentary, Michael examines the impact that this is having on the planet and finds out what meat eco-friendly carnivores should be buying. Is it better to buy free-range organic or factory-farmed meat?...
With exclusive behind-the-scenes access, Horizon follows the highs and lows of an extraordinary story in particle physics. In June 2015, teams at CERN started running the large hadron collider at the highest energy ever. Rumours quickly emerged that they were on the brink of a huge discovery. A mysterious bump in some data suggested a first glimpse of a brand new particle that ...
Horizon goes behind the scenes at NASA as they countdown to the landing of a 2.5 billion-dollar rover on the surface of Mars. In six days time, the nuclear-powered vehicle - the size of a car - will be winched down onto the surface of the Red Planet from a rocket-powered crane. That's if things go according to plan: Mars has become known as the Bermuda Triangle of space because...
The attempt to send and land astronauts on Mars risks billions of dollars and the lives of those brave enough to attempt it. Is the possible benefit really worth the risk? And is it really achievable? Guiding us through this ethical and scientific minefield is Dr Kevin Fong. Kevin's diverse background in astrophysics, aeronautics and medicine makes him uniquely placed to unders...
500年来，英国历代国王、王后收藏的上百万件艺术品和装饰品汇集于此，使得皇家收藏室成为世界上最大的艺术品收藏室之一。本系列节目深入洞察这个非同凡响的收藏室，揭示这些伟大艺术品的内涵、使用方式和传奇来历。透过这些收藏品，我们将一窥每位国王、王后的志趣——他们最看重哪样物品，他们的艺术思想，以及他们跟艺术的渊源。本系列打开一扇神奇的窗户，带我们探究英国君主制的沿革、君主制与英国乃至更广阔世界的关系。
Horizon: Season 47, Episode 8
