拥有600年历史的伊顿公学曾经培养了威廉王子、哈里王子和其他许多名人,这所学校现在的情况如何呢? 本片记录了三位新生在伊顿公学一个学期的生活。与这里的大多数学生不同,我们的三位主人公毕业于公立初中。因此,这里的许多事情对他们来说是完全陌生的。他们如何适应这里的生活?如何学会人们使用的表达方式?如何应对期末考试的压力?他们能保持住自己的公立学校出身吗?伊顿公学会改变他们看待世界的方式吗?
The pygmy hippo is one of nature's last great mysteries. Solitary, secretive and extremely hard to find, scientists know almost nothing about this endangered animal in the wild and what it needs to survive. Now, a young Australian ecologist, Wei-Yeen Yap, is taking on what could be 'mission impossible'. In a remote West African rainforest, Wei investigates the secret life of th...
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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?...
The Hidden Story - Secret History: New evidence rewrites the Great Wall of China's history, decodes its complex signals system and reveals the surprise ingredient that's kept it standing.
The Ebola virus. No-one knows exactly where it comes from but one thing is certain - it's one of the most virulent infections known to science. This special episode of Horizon meets the scientists and doctors from all around the world looking for the cure and hears first-hand accounts of what it's actually like to catch - and survive - this terrible disease.
在艺术史学家西蒙·沙玛看来,伦勃朗是有史以来最伟大的艺术家。在这部美丽的影片中,研究伦勃朗的领先专家走近这位荷兰艺术家面对老年挑战时的最后作品。在去世前的几年,他还在寻找一种全新的艺术语言描绘衰老时的喜悦和痛苦。衰老并没有削弱他的创造力,在他生命的最后岁月,甚至还凝聚了新的创作能量。伦勃朗的晚年生活颠沛流离,遭受着疾病、贫穷和失去亲人的痛苦。但是在这种痛苦中,他依然创作出了美丽精致的作品;而且,尽管被当时的社会认为不入流甚至怪异,但他最后的作品却充满了激情、创新和深刻的自我反省。这部影片拍摄于风景如画的阿姆斯特丹,是一次华丽的视觉盛宴,同时提供了对这位伟大艺术家艺术生涯中最活跃时期的深刻洞察。
Changes to the bacteria that live inside all of us are responsible for increasing the number of people with allergies, suggests new research. In this episode of Horizon, the show investigates this claim by conducting a unique experiment with two allergic families in order to find out just what it is in the modern world that is to blame. With a raft of mini cameras, GPS units an...
They are the miracle pills that shouldn't really work at all. Placebos come in all shapes and sizes, but they contain no active ingredient. Now they are being shown to help treat pain, depression and even alleviate some of the symptoms of Parkinson's disease. Horizon explores why they work, and how we could all benefit from the hidden power of the placebo.
A fascinating exploration of one of the most significant moments in gothic history - the night when Mary Shelley, Lord Byron and their cohorts gathered together in Lake Geneva to tell ghost stories. The night when Frankenstein and the modern vampire were born. All those involved in the events of the summer of 1816 wrote about their life-changing stay in Switzerland. This dramat...
冒险家兼记者的西蒙·里夫动身前往越南,寻找我们每天早晨的提神饮料背后的故事。 英国人每周都要喝掉几百万杯咖啡,而又有多少人知道他们的咖啡从哪里来呢?答案不是巴西、哥伦比亚或牙买加,而是越南!英国人所喝咖啡中的八成不是卡普奇诺或拿铁,而是速溶咖啡,而越南正是他们最大的供应商。 三十年前越南的咖啡产量仅占全世界产量的很小一部分,但在越战之后,政府决定大规模种植咖啡。现在,越南已经是世界上第二大咖啡出产国。咖啡产业为几百万人提供了工作,令少数人白手起家成为百万富翁。但西蒙也发现,越南的快速发展令当地居民和环境付出了沉重的代价。
When pioneering developmental psychologist Professor Uta Frith started her training back in the 1960s, she met a group of beautiful, bright-eyed young children who seemed completely detached from the rest of the world. It turned out they had just been given the then-new diagnosis of autism. Uta passionately wanted to know more about these children, and they inspired her to dedi...
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。