自从人类文明伊始酒精就被用作一种药物，但是关于酒精的科学似乎含糊不清而且充满了矛盾。我们对市售药品及其疗效相对比较熟悉，但是对其作用原理及对人体的影响却所知甚少。我们将调查有关酒精的证据，很多人认为每天适度饮酒对我们的身体健康不会产生太大影响，许多人认为每天少量饮酒其实对人体健康是有益的。而我们很多人喝酒不是这样，不是每天少量饮酒而是平时几乎滴酒不沾，到周末的时候才豪饮两三次；或者是邀上好友共进晚餐喝大量的葡萄酒；或者喝些鸡尾酒或烈酒。豪饮的危害到底有多大呢？我们马上来揭晓答案…

　　Undoubtedly one of Britain's greatest ever sportsmen, the story of AP's final season is a fascinating mix of sacrifice, doubt, decisions, triumphs and failures, injury and ultimately, finding a way to leave the stage. With unprecedented access to a top athlete, the film tracks all the elements that make up McCoy's life. We see him in action at racecourses across the UK and Ireland. We are with him at the Cheltenham Festival and Aintree. We see him struggling with injury at home, setting himself new targets and grappling with the decision whether to retire or not. We track the successful early part of the season, when AP harbours the outrageous idea of riding 300 winners in a season. We see the shattering effect of injury on body and psyche. We witness the torment of deciding whether this is to be his last season, and we are there as he goes through the public agony of playing out his retirement in public. And then it's no more. Our cast is the team around him the billionaire owner, ...

Imagine a world where dinosaurs still walk the earth. A world where the Germans won World War II and you are president of the United States. Imagine a world where the laws of physics no longer apply and where infinite copies of you are playing out every storyline of your life. 　　It sounds like a plot stolen straight from Hollywood, but far from it. This is the multiverse. 　　Until v...

非处方药看起来触手可及，可以在药店和便利店随意买到，但这些包装靓丽、价格不菲的药真的有用吗？声称能缓解不同部位疼痛的止痛药、“多合一”疗效的感冒药、被很多人信赖的维生素药丸，对于这些药你又了解多少呢？该片的主持人克里斯身为一名医生，对这些非处方药持怀疑态度，他将用科学的方法带我们去探寻药箱里的秘密。在这里你会发现：在家自制的蜂蜜柠檬糖浆，比药店里的咳嗽糖浆靠谱得多；当缓解肌肉疼痛该冷敷热敷的观点争论不休时，泡个澡或许更有用……这里还有更多省钱又健康的秘密。

历史学家贝特尼·休斯（Bettany Hughes）前往印度、希腊和中国，跟随古代三位哲学圣贤——佛陀乔达摩·悉达多、苏格拉底和孔子——的足迹开始了一段旅行。 　　对自然和神灵的迷信曾长时间统制人类，然而大约2500年前，三位相隔千里的哲学巨匠：释迦牟尼，苏格拉底和孔子，却不约而同的产生了颠覆性的哲思。BBC带你探寻那个时代究竟发生了什么，让人类颠覆自我认知。

The team investigate the use of modern medical technology to scan Egyptian animal mummies from museums across the world. By creating 3-D images of their content, experts are discovering the truth about the strange role animals played in ancient Egyptian belief. 　　This episode of Horizon meets the scientists working in Egypt who are exploring the ancient underground catacombs wher...

忘掉大爆炸吧！所有关于宇宙诞生的赞誉都给了它，而实际上大爆炸的即刻结果是一片漆黑和虚无。那时的宇宙没有恒星，没有星系，只有一团气体；这是宇宙历史上的黑暗时代。然而，在这样的状态持续了一亿年之后，一个真正的剧变时刻来临了。这是第一批恒星形成的时刻，宇宙第一次被点亮的时刻，宇宙的最初结构和生命的第一批原料诞生的时刻。寰宇初曦，创世纪的真正时刻。

　　在这部纪录片中，数学教授马库斯·杜·索托伊揭示了算法的隐秘世界，历史长达 2000 年的算法到底是如何帮助人类解决问题的？

Most of us think that Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is just over fussy tidying. But it's actually much more serious. Sophie has to check that she hasn't killed people, looking for dead bodies wherever she goes, Richard is terrified of touching the bin, and Nanda is about to have pioneering brain surgery to stop her worrying about components on her body - that her eyebrow ...