By scanning the locations at the bottom of the ocean where sunken ships, treasures and even cities lie, the show tries to answer what they look like, how they got there and if they hide any secrets.
当太阳西下，就是另一个世界苏醒之时。影片将透过全新科技，以崭新视角认识地球，探索夜晚少为人知的瑰丽景色，以及动物在夜间的百样面貌。
野生动物主题纪录片《水深火热的星球》从一个全新的角度探索地球最恶劣的生存环境。这部纪录片分为六集，观众将分别走进地球最深、最高、最冷、最热、最潮湿和最干旱的自然栖息地，了解那里的动物们是如何克服不利的环境因素生存繁衍的。自然界中危机四伏，在过去的40年里，野生动物面临的挑战比过去6500万年间还要艰巨。因此在这些极端环境下生活的动物必须随着环境的变化不断进化，才能直面水深火热的栖息地、严峻的气候、冷酷无情的掠食者并和同类争夺有限的自然资源。它们的挑战很简单：适应或死亡。
Ancient Worlds is about people and places, politics and economics, art and war, trade and technology, but above all it’s the story of the painful birth and difficult growth of a radical idea first tried and tested some six thousand years ago, and which we are still struggling with today; civilisation. Civilisation has not come easily; it’s something we’ve had to fight hard to achieve, and even harder to maintain, and the greatest threats to it have come from our own talents for destruction. But when we’ve managed to get it right, the benefits have been enormous. When we talk about the ancient world we tend to think of rare and exotic artefacts or the monumental remains of epic architecture; but these are just the empty shells that got left behind when the tide of history turned! The living creatures, the civilisations, that once inhabited these shells were rarely if ever static or stately; they were dynamic, chaotic, and always threatening to spin out of control, because civilisation is based on an improbable idea; that strangers can live and work together in dense urban settings, forging new allegiances that replace the natural ties of family, clan or tribe. It’s an idea we’re still coming to terms with today, but one of the best ways to understand the challenges that are involved is to look at how our ancestors tackled them the first time around. From ancient Iraq to Imperial Rome, Ancient Worlds examines how our ancestors struggled with the levers of religion and politics, art and culture, war and diplomacy, technology and trade in order to keep the complex machinery of their civilisations turning over. Their insights and blind-spots, their breakthroughs and dead ends, their triumphs and disasters are the milestones on the long and winding road that leads directly from their ancient to our modern world.
最近发掘的警方录音和第一人称叙述讲述了英国两个杀人狂魔弗雷德·威斯特和罗丝·威斯特的故事。
该节目是为纪念HP影片开始上映20周年，明年1月1日上线。包括铁三角等多名演员将重聚一起回忆HP的故事。
