Horizon looks at dark energy - the mysterious force that is unexpectedly causing the universe's expansion to speed up. The effects of dark energy were discovered in 1998 but physicists still don't know what it is. Worse, its very existence calls into question Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity - the cornerstone of modern physics. The hunt for the identity of dark en...

探索变性的真正意义，通过那些亲身经历过的人，探索跨性别者所经历的生理以及心理变化。

我们做的锻炼大部分是无效的？运动能消耗多少卡路里？去除脂肪的最佳方法是什么？一周只锻炼三分钟就够了？久坐真的是健康杀手吗？Michael Mosley通过亲身实践，得出了一些关于锻炼的惊人真相，帮助人们走出误区，获得健康长寿。

62% 的英国人体重超重，这一数字还在上升。遗传学家 Giles Yeo 博士纠正对肥胖的偏见和减肥的误区，讲述饮食和体重的关系，介绍最新的减肥医学技术。

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.

Horizon reveals how new archaeological discoveries are painting a different picture of the very first native Britons. For centuries it's been thought that these hunter-gatherers lived a brutal, hand-to-mouth existence. But extraordinary new evidence has forced scientists to rethink who these people were, where they came from and what impact they had on our early history.　　Now, o...

Something weird seems to be happening to our weather - it appears to be getting more extreme.　　In the past few years we have shivered through two record-breaking cold winters and parts of the country have experienced intense droughts and torrential floods. It is a pattern that appears to be playing out across the globe. Hurricane chasers are recording bigger storms and in Texas,...

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。

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...

Two gangsters are given 72 hours to discover the whereabouts of a stash of drug money stolen by their boss. There's only one problem...they just murdered him. Frantic to find the cash, the hapless criminals kidnap a psychic medium and force her to contact the dead gang boss. Unfortunately for them, they only succeed in unleashing an evil spirit bent on revenge.

在人類出現以前，地球是巨獸的天下。這個讓人大開眼界的特別節目，要為觀眾細數曾經出現在世上體型最大的動物，同時揭露這些超大物種不為人知的祕密生活。從翼展和飛機一樣長的大鳥，到體型和一架波音737噴射客機不相上下的恐龍，這部大量使用電腦動畫的特別節目，要尋找這些巨獸背後的真相，列舉其中最大的十種和最驚人的發現。從帶領觀眾見識最近才剛出土、體型大過先前所有恐龍的恐龍骨頭，到分析七公尺巨鳥的飛行技術，揭開讓這些動物在世上興盛繁衍的特殊適應技能。本節目使用視覺特效和讓人嘖嘖稱奇的尺寸比較，鮮活、生動地呈現這些讓人屏息的巨獸。

Michael Mosley explores the latest science about how our personalities are created - and whether they can be changed.　　Despite appearances, Mosley is a pessimist who constantly frets about the future. He wants to worry less and become more of an optimist.　　He tries out two techniques to change this aspect of his personality - with surprising results.　　And he travels to the frontie...

Around the world, a new generation of astronomers are hunting for the most mysterious objects in the universe. Young stars, black holes, even other forms of life.　　They have created a dazzling new set of super-telescopes that promise to rewrite the story of the heavens.　　This film follows the men and women who are pushing the limits of science and engineering in some of the most ...

本部纪录片是BBC地平线系列推出的一档探秘人类特有能力“说话”的纪录片。说话，这种区别于动物、以此界定为人类的我们所特有的属性，却至今仍是一个谜。当你说话时，轻松自如、毫不费力，以至于你都意识不到它的存在。其实它需要成千上万次的思考和决策，“说话”并非你想象的那么简单。虽然语言学教父诺姆·乔姆斯基指出：我们说话的能力是与生俱来的，但是“语言”或者说“说话的能力”到底来自哪里，它又是如何形成的呢？在本片中，你将看到三组不同的测试和实验：一位父亲用摄像机记录下了儿子头三年里是如何学会说话的，一位会说超过20种语言的自闭症患者，以及第一位找到说话基因的科学家。不仅如此，你还将看到一门新的语言是如何诞生的。　　地平线系列纪录片是英国广播公司BBC制作的一档流行并且播放已久的科学纪录片，于1964年5月2日首播，到2013年为止已有49个系列超过1100集。本系...

本部纪录片是英国BBC地平线系列中的一部。这让我们又爱又恨的神奇液体，就是一种泛滥成灾的成瘾品——酒。戒毒专家约翰·马斯登亲身说法，从专业和个性化的角度探索我们与酒精之间的关系，用科学的观点介绍人们对酒的依赖。　　酒精是迄今为止最为广泛使用的药物，当然也是最危险的。那么，为什么这样多的人会饮酒过量？为什么酒精会如此强大的控制着我们的神经？酒精跟基因有关么？如果青少年过早饮酒的真正危害又是什么呢……面对如此之多的疑问，约翰试图与药品设计师开发出实验药物，来取代酒精。在不久的将来，这种药物是否会取代酒精呢？

Surgeon Gabriel Weston 为我们寻找变胖的真相。

The crooks in London know how it works. No one carries guns and no one resists the police. Then a new gang appears that go one better. They dress as police and steal from the crooks. This upset's the natural order of the police/criminal relationship and the police and the crooks join forces to catch the IPOs (Impersonating Police Officers), including an armored car robbery in w...

1974年，中国中部地区的一名农民在距离秦始皇墓地不足1英里的地方发现了一个前所未有的发现：被埋藏在地下的8000余座兵马俑。自发现以来的40年中，考古学家和学者持续对这个令人惊叹的遗迹进行研究，并发掘出很多遗迹，但一直未能真正破解谜题。这次，国家地理频道和英国广播公司（BBC）联手，纪录了陵墓考古学家新的挖掘进程，不仅为秦始皇考古发现提供的新的启示，并且重写了中国与西方世界交流沟通的历史。

一个世纪以前图坦卡蒙陵墓被发掘的画面，如何生动地呈现于现代人的眼前？距离图坦卡蒙陵墓这一世界上最轰动的考古发现，已有近一个世纪，而当代技术的发展将为其增添更多的“光彩”。现代彩色化技术的发展与历史研究相结合，使对曾经的黑白照片进行彩色化处理成为了可能。由此，图坦卡蒙陵墓发现时的图像首次以彩色形式展现于世人面前。现在，我们可以如发现者霍华德·卡特般生动地见证陵墓被发现时的戏剧性场面，惊叹于其超凡的瑰丽，将他眼中的埃及重现于世！　　Producer: Blakeway Productions

From the real life stories that inspired Game of Thrones, delve into a world of dynasties, blood feuds and civil war, where brother battles brother, uncle kills nephew, and cousin executes cousin in the race to decide who wears the bloodstained crown of England. The Tudor dynasty spans little over a century, but it is filled with big personalities and even bigger battles for po...

Ep1 David Hockney　　Ep2 Vicent Van Gogh　　Ep3 Hieornymus Bosch　　Ep4 Eduard Manet　　Ep5 Imperssionism of America　　由英国皇家艺术学院艺术总监Tim Marlow主持的绘画艺术记录片。这是第二季，和第一季一样，仍是五集，每集不同的人物或主题。纪录片以展览为媒介，回顾画家的生平，回顾历史，介绍其艺术成就。