捕鱼是一项辛苦的工作，而捕蓝鳍金枪鱼则让人精疲力尽，在马萨诸塞州的格洛斯特，有一群特殊的渔夫，他们世代用钓竿和鱼线捕捉行踪不定的蓝鳍金枪鱼。他们以此谋生，蓝鳍金枪鱼数量稀少、价格高昂，是日本寿司的最高级食材，因此这行竞争异常激烈。每年的捕鱼季持续近10周，这些最老练的渔夫将漂泊在北大西洋冰冷的海上寻找“海中钻石”蓝鳍金枪鱼。有人捕到过价值20000美金的大鱼。
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.
DESCRIPTION Did you know, in the quest for world domination, the Nazis built some of the biggest and deadliest pieces of military hardware and malevolent technology in history? Creating huge terror machines, hi-tech superguns and some of the original weapons of mass destruction, their aim was to control a nation, conquer a continent and win the war! Nazi Megastructures uncovers the hidden remains of Hitler’s most ambitious Megastructures, telling the stories of the engineering geniuses that designed them and revealing how these structures sparked a technological revolution that changed warfare forever. EPISODE GUIDE Nazi Megastructures: V1: Hitler's Vengeance Missile In retaliation for Allied bombing raids, Hitler ordered the development of the V1. The first cruise missile, it changed the face of war forever. Nazi Megastructures: Hitler's Siegfried Line The campaign to breach Hitler's 400 mile-long Siegfried Line took more than six months and cost the American forces 140,000 casualties. Nazi Megastructures: The Wolf's Lair A secret headquarters of concrete and steel is the heart of Hitler’s plans for domination and the key to a Nazi conspiracy - the Wolf’s Lair. Nazi Megastructures: Himmler's SS In a quest for world domination, the Nazis built some of the biggest, deadliest pieces of military hardware and malevolent technology in history. Nazi Megastructures: Hitler's Megaships The Bismarck and Tirpitz were battleships of record breaking proportions, ultimate status symbols of the Third Reich and hunted by the Allies. Nazi Megastructures: Kamikaze Suicide Bombers As America closes in on Japan in 1944, the Japanese turn to desperate new tactics: killer planes and super torpedoes guided by human pilots.
72 Cutest Animals will count down the list of the cutest animals in the world. Visually stunning, packed with scientific facts, this series will highlight all of the animals on the list through interviews with those that work, play and love these beautiful creatures.
