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.
《荒野间谍》将野生动物纪录片制作提升到全新的高度，带领观众感受自然界最宏大的戏剧时刻与情感体验。精心设计的高科技摄像机能够模仿动物形态，与观察对象别无二致，并融入它们联系紧密的群体之中。这种独特的拍摄方式可以前所未有地捕捉到一些闻所未闻的动物行为和特征。 在第二季的节目中，制作团队利用独创的动物间谍探索自然界中的聚集现象。为什么大批动物会一年一度地相聚？这些聚集活动与季节性的气候变化有怎样的关系？置身于动物群中又是怎样一番感受？ 从寒风刺骨的极地到烈日炎炎的热带，动物间谍们从陆地、海洋和天空三个角度，参与世界各地的动物聚集活动。观众可以跟随它们，成为大猩猩家族的一员，目睹繁殖季节考拉之间激烈的冲突，或者体验科莫多巨蜥为争夺权力展开的殊死搏斗。
A moving and timely documentary following the unsolved murder of Venus Xtravaganza, star of the legendary Paris Is Burning as Venus’ two families — biological and ballroom — come together to seek answers and celebrate her legacy.
MC and journalist Shad Kabango meets with Hip-Hop's biggest stars to retrace how Hip-Hop became the world's most popular music, but realizes that Hip-Hop's true legacy is something much more profound.
