Biologist and extreme angler, Jeremy Wade, is on the hunt for freshwater fish with a taste for human flesh. Jeremy travels the globe risking life and limb, to investigate freshwater mysteries and uncover the truth about the dark secrets of our planet's rivers.
第二季:蒙古戈壁、瓜地马拉、纳米比亚。探险家兼求生专家埃德·斯塔福德(EdStafford)会在《单挑荒野》节目中把求生技能发挥到极致。在每集节目中,埃德将只身受困于一个偏远地点长达十天,他将只身抵御地球上最恶劣的环境,除了录影设备身上再无其他工具,甚至连一把小刀都没有。身心备受考验。没有粮食和食水,没有衣服或者户外装备。
以银 、木材和青铜为主要建材的凡尔赛皇室家具背后的秘密即将揭晓。路易十五,路易十六及玛丽女皇引领了法国乃至世界家居新风尚。家具承载了使用者的梦,也讲述了历史。本片从凡尔赛宫家具入手,讲述了法国巴黎路易十五至法国大革命期间皇室家具的风格变化。从纯银打造的家具,到集当时所有天文知识于一体的天文钟,从国王的御桌到玛丽皇后的乡村而不失华丽的卧室,法国皇室开创了家具史的新风格:从利落的直线线条到讲求舒适与空间感的设计,从注重实用性到注重美观。皇室与匠人的合作,创造了足以流传未来几世纪的伟大作品。
作为一个物种,我们总认为自己很聪明,是理性动物,能做出理智的决定。但或许我们该重新思考一下。每当我们做决定时,我们的直觉和逻辑就会展开一场斗争,而直觉的力量常常超乎我们想象。这种冲突影响我们生活的方方面面,比如饮食、习惯、信仰等。我们对人类心智的理解将发生变革,丹尼尔?卡恩曼教授将对这场变革进行阐述
BBC重磅出击,由David Attenborough带领我们再一次探索神奇的生命。《生命故事》,讲述了动物为了生存做出的种种挣扎。 本片是BBC第一部全程采用4K摄像机拍摄的纪录片。
坐落在英国伦敦南部摩天大厦“碎片大厦”中的香格里拉酒店,终于在万众瞩目中开业了。这座酒店处处流露出与众不同的气质:它避开富人聚集的西伦敦,是伦敦南部的第一座五星级酒店;又毗邻泰晤士河和圣保罗大教堂,风景独好;地处碎片大厦,内有欧洲最高的酒吧。同时,酒店又很有个性:雇佣本地人,即使他们对五星级服务一无所知以及;由于建筑结构独特,能看到隔壁房间;开业当天,竟然只有酒店大堂全部完工。本片从香格里拉酒店多个职员的角度,见证了这座豪华酒店从坎坷的模拟运营一步步迈入正轨,也见证了全体员工的辛酸、欢乐和成长。
Adventurer and journalist Simon Reeve heads to east Africa to uncover the stories behind the nation's favourite drink. While we drink millions of cups of the stuff each day, how many of us know where our tea actually comes from? The surprising answer is that most of the leaves that go into our everyday teabags do not come from India or China but are bought from an auction in th...
过去两年间,英国房价持续上涨,其影响波及方方面面,伦敦尤为明显,房价井喷带来的影响就是没有任何砍价的余地,有人初次购房,有人则从房价飘红中牟利,可购房源也越来越让人哭笑不得,居家成本也迫使人们搬离其居住一生的家,与此同时,也有新卖家搬入,随着压力渐长,邻里隔段时间就会换一轮,这意味着对一些人来说居住和工作地点得按需迁徙,如今,英国各地房价都在上涨,其中有人笑也有人哭!
简介:在地球的最南端南极半岛上有个神奇的邮局,这个邮局因为一群可爱的白眉企鹅而闻名,每年短暂的南极夏季里,人类土豪花重金来此地,与白眉企鹅朝夕相处,看企鹅斗殴、抢劫、斗小三。。。养育小企鹅。自然组很久没更新了,赶着新年加一把雪花吧
近年英國氣候越發極端,颶風頻頻來襲,2013年冬天更錄得有史以來最高的降雨量。超強寒流的來襲,亦曾令英國以往的冬天錄得攝氏零下22度的低溫。 英國廣播公司(BBC)科學紀錄片《地平線》(Horizon)系列的《天氣反常了?》,由物理學家Helen Czerski和氣象學家 John Hammond主持,為你詳細講解高速氣流(jet stream)與英國反常氣候的關係。
It a documentary about how babies grow up and shows their steps of growing up to a toddler.
本片是对两位可能会成为英国未来国王和王后的年轻人及其幼子的近况记录,你会看到女王十分中意威廉的妻子凯特,并让即将成为公众人物的凯特在她的护翼下做好准备。新鲜、有趣和充满智慧的影片将为你带来珍贵的镜头,英国顶尖皇室专家将做出深入的分析和评价。
Episode 1 - Ark of the Covenant The hunt for the truth about the most famous lost treasure of them all. Did the Ark of the Covenant really exist? What it did look like? What was the power that it was said to hold? And what happened to it? Where is it now? Episode 2 - Bust of Nefertiti The extraordinary story behind one of the most famous images from the ancient world. Who was Queen Nefertiti? Who made the blue-crowned bust which turned her into a modern icon? Could the Nefertiti bust be a fake? Episode 3 - Great Pyramid Armed with a four and a half thousand year old diary, and a radical new approach. Engineer Peter James and leading archaeologist Mark Lehner set out to solve Ancient Egypt’s greatest mystery. How was the Great Pyramid built? Episode 4 - Easter Island Heads Unlocking the mysteries of the most recognizable statues on earth. How were the thousand giant stone heads of Easter Island made, and why? Why did the Islanders topple all of them, except one? Episode 5 - Blackbeard's Ship Off the coast of North Carolina, nautical archaeologists, historians and scientists study the artifacts of a 300 year old shipwreck. Positively identified as Blackbeard’s flagship, our investigators set about to uncover what the ship’s remains can tell us about history’s most notorious pirate. Episode 6 - Spear of Destiny In a search that spans four countries and 20 centuries, we investigate the legend of the Spear of Destiny. First mentioned in the New Testament, the spear is said to have pierced the side of Jesus. Believed to have special powers, kings and conquerors from Charlemagne to Hitler tried to possess it.
Dr Michael Mosley and Professor Alice Roberts investigate if male and female brains really are wired differently. New research suggests that the connections in men and women's brains follow different patterns, patterns which may explain typical forms of male and female behaviour. But are these patterns innate, or are they shaped by the world around us? Using a team of human lab...
Record books describe the honey badger as the most fearless animal on the planet; although barely a foot tall, they have a reputation for attacking just about anything - from venomous snakes to full-grown lions. In South Africa, an eager scientist, a tenacious beekeeper and a patient conservationist all have a soft spot for these so called 'bad boys' of the animal kingdom, and ...
2013年2月28日,佛罗里达坦帕市东郊住宅区,正在熟睡中的杰夫·布什和他的卧室突然消失得无影无踪。可怕的是,他消失前毫无征兆,杰夫从此杳无音信。他被陷穴吞没了。那么,陷穴是如何形成的?对于陷穴我们能做些什么?在这个不可思议的地理侦探故事片中,伊恩·斯图尔特博士发掘了地球几百万年的历史,以寻找这些问题的答案,并追问是否会有更多陷穴在我们身边出现。
BBC纪录片《油糖陷阱》本片通过真人测试发现:单独吃糖或脂肪,短期内都可减轻体重;造成肥胖问题的根源是“糖油混合物”;不摄取糖分反而易得糖尿病
Dr Michael Mosley seeks to establish the truth about meat. Are those barbecue favourites like burgers and sausages really that bad? Should we all go vegetarian instead? Michael uncovers the latest science and puts it to the test on a high-meat diet. Will eating beef and bacon every day be bad for him? What meat should a healthy carnivore be buying?