简介：Isaac Newton - brilliant rational mathematician or master of the occult? This innovative biography reveals Newton as both a hermit and a tyrant, a heretic and an alchemist. Magical images mix with actors and experts to bring alive Britain's greatest scientific genius in his own words.
简介：The story of a race against time to help preserve the untouched forests of Burma and its wildlife.Episode 11/3 The team searches for Asian elephants in the mountains of western Burma.FIRST BROADCAST: 29 Nov 2013Episode 22/3 The team searches for the sun bear, the Asian golden cat and the clouded leopard.FIRST BROADCAST: 06 Dec 2013Episode 33/3 The team searches for the ...
简介：了解一个城市最好的去处，是它的菜市场。那里有当季的本地食材、地道的特色美食和真实的人文风情。每一样食材，每一位摊主都有自己的故事要讲述。比如，意大利都灵的宫门卖场，摊主会告诉你菜蓟蘸什么料好吃；匈牙利布达佩斯的中央大市场有着100多年的历史，建筑本身就是一处景点； 而在德国弗莱堡的明斯特市场，你会找到特别的食材——白芦笋……城市的菜市场，回应着人们的每日生活所需，传统仍在延续，新鲜事物也逐渐展现。-------------------------------------Ep1 Torino - Porta PalazzoOne of Europe's biggest open-air food markets, Turin's Porta Palazzo, is a vibrant core of fresh smells, brig...
简介：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 ...
简介：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 ...
简介：The discovery of China's Terracotta Army in 1974 captured the imagination of the world. But that first dig only revealed a fraction of this enormous and extraordinary treasure. Since then, scientists have resumed work on the site, and their research has turned up a series of new discoveries about the warriors and the people who made them over two millennia ago. With exclusive a...
简介：Simon Sebag Montefiore charts the rise of Istanbul from pagan trading post to capital of three empires and two religions, becoming not only holy but the most coveted city in the world.