Hannah Fry uncovers the secrets behind the miraculous technologies of the modern world,revealing the mind blowing stories behind their invention. Episode 1: Passport Hannah gains access to a top-secret site where anonymous staff and the latest tech work to make the British passport one of the most secure documents on the planet. Episode 2: Vacuum Cleaner Hannah Fry reveals the incredible tales behind the development of the contemporary world's marvelous technology and unearths their mysteries. Hannah takes a look at the vacuum cleaner, going behind the scenes with Dyson and discovering how the motor in their latest vacuum spins nine times faster than that of a Formula One race car. Episode 3: Smartphone With over six billion of them across the planet, smartphones have changed the modern world. With rare access to electronics giant Samsung, Professor Hannah uncovers the technological game changers that have made the smartphone a reality. Episode 4: Microwave Hannah Fry discovers the hidden WWII radar technology that heats up beans, learns the legend of the melted candy bar in an engineer's pocket that kick-started revolution. Episode 5: Headphones Headphones are worn by over 30 million people in the UK. Hannah Fry visits legendary headphone honchos Bose to find out how today's teeny earbud tech works and meets the human testers with 'golden ears'. Episode 6: Lift Fry goes behind the scenes to look at the tech behind the lift. Along the way, she finds out how coal mines made lifts safer, gets to grips with a piece of medieval siege technology, and discovers how a PR stunt changed the modern skyline.
这部扣人心弦的纪录片探究了一名少女被前男友绑架的案件，本案是巴西最令人震惊的人质事件之一。
BBC“电视史上的里程碑”，当代艺术历史最具雄心壮志的纪录片拍摄工作，由著名艺术历史学家克拉克爵士担任编剧与主持，探讨西欧文明，而爵士更在本片中界定了人类文明发展中的几个重要阶段。《文明的轨迹》历时两年才拍摄完毕，剧组跨越13个国家，曾走访百多个城市拍摄，本纪录片首年播出时更被喻为电视史上的代表作。克拉克爵士引人入胜的对白，再加上欧洲地标动人画面，带领我们探索自罗马帝国沦亡至工业革命用其后的文明发展。这种通过艺术、音乐来呈现历史观点的做法，成为日后无数纪录片看齐并努力超越的基准。 "Kenneth Clark's sumptuous,magisterial,one-man servey of the achievements of bumanistic civilisation is a TV landmark" The daily mail In 1966 BBC Television embarked on its most ambitious documentary series to date.The eminent art historian Lord Clark was commissioned to write and present an epic examination of Western Eyuopean culture,defining what he considered to be the crucial phases of its development.Civilisation:A personal View by Lord Clark would be more than two years in the making,with filming in over 100 locations across 13 countries.The lavish series was hailed as a masterpiece when it was first transmitted in 1969. From the fall of the Roman Empire to the Industrial Revolution and beyond,Clark's compelling narrative is accompanied by breathtaking colour photography of Europe's grearest landmarks.This "history of ideas as illustrated by art and music'remains the benchmark for the numerous programmes it inpired. 特别收录 Special Feature 大卫·艾登堡禄爵士回忆《文明的轨迹》制作过程 Sir David Attenborough remembers the making of Civilisation 剧相馆 Photo gallery of behind-the-scenes stills
约瑟夫·费因斯将与他的表叔——世界顶尖探险家、徒步穿越南极洲第一人(与Mike Stroud一起)雷纳夫·费因斯爵士一起为国家地理拍摄3集纪录剧《Fiennes: Return to the Nile》。叔侄携手探索尼罗河，重走近50年前雷纳夫·费因斯走白尼罗河的老路。当时他开着气垫船，从地中海上的亚历山大港到了尼罗河的源头维多利亚湖。如今轮到表侄子约瑟夫来探险，这部剧集就看他是否也能办到，是否有成为探险家的潜质。途中他们还将体验埃及闽亚新发现的一个约2000年前的墓穴，以及当地传统的对付蛇和蜘蛛的招数Tachtib等。2019年在国家地理开播。
在这部扣人心弦的系列纪录片中，传奇记者乔治·纳普踏上环球之旅，寻找有关不明飞行物的新证据并调查它们在地球的踪迹。
