In the late 16th century Europe was in the grip of a ferocious witch hunt, where thousands were tortured and burnt at the stake. The church was fully behind this terrifying crusade against the imaginary enemies of Christianity. In France and Germany alone up to 40,000 people may have been killed as witches. But England and Scotland were almost untouched by witch persecutions until King James himself decided to launch his own, personal war on witchcraft. In 1597 King James VI of Scotland published 'Daemonology', a handbook on how to recognise and destroy, witches. The book explored the threat that 'those Detestable slaves of the Devil', posed to James himself. It fuelled waves of witch hunting throughout Britain. The legacy of James' 'Daemonology' continued throughout the 17th century, and led to the torture and execution of hundreds of women in a series of infamous witch trials. No-one knows exactly how many men and women died in these trials, such as the Pendle trial of 1612, or how many others were killed in cases that never came to court. The documentary reveals the purges in many areas of Britain drew directly on King James' book. Also for the first time, remarkable new archaeological evidence from Cornwall, suggests that witchcraft was actively practiced for centuries, even during the most intense periods of witch-hunting. Experimental archaeologist Jacqui Wood has excavated strange pits lined with swan's feathers, and filled with animal skins and human remains. She believes the pits were ritual offerings inspired by witchcraft beliefs.
喜剧演员杰米·李以过来人的身份，向纠结的情侣们分享他那玩世不恭却又无比实用的婚礼策划建议与技巧
What do the rise and fall of the Roman Empire, the Thirty Years’ War and the Renaissance have in common? For one, they were all starkly affected by extreme weather conditions. Indeed, if we take a fresh look at human history in the light of Earth’s volatile climate, we can expose hidden parallels, draw surprising conclusions and explain bizarre historical conundrums. This two-parter combines natural sciences and history, a journey from the Big Bang to Iceland’s volcanoes – a gripping narrative that explores little-known connections between the Earth’s climate and major historical events. Are these extremes of weather really a 21st-century phenomenon? Or has climate determined the fate of humanity ever since amphibians took their first steps on terra firma?
Two parallel stories of Japanese and American WWII enemies play out on the island where they fought 60 years prior. They meet face-to-face for the first time and their adventures take them into the jungle where remnants of their fighting still remain untouched.
This documentary tells the forgotten stories of some of the most influential personal computer pioneers in the San Francisco Bay Area. In the late 1960s, big mainframe computers owned by large corporations and the government were seen as tools of control. The Hippie movement and the anti-Vietnam war protests served as a hotbed for a revolutionary idea: creating an affordable home computer to be used by ordinary people as a counterbalance to Big Brother. Well, the rest is history, but what has happened to the early ideals and the initial ethos of free sharing? As one of the visionaries puts it: "It's true that what I helped to create is today's establishment. That's what I was trying to get rid of: the establishment."
Future Firepower is a brand new series taking a look at new weapons being developed from high tech remote controlled weapons and devastating rapid firing machine guns, to next generation rocket launchers. Future Firepower gives an insight into each weapon and what catastrophic destruction it can cause through demonstrations with members of the military. Episodes include… Rogue State（流氓国家） Super Powers（超级大国） Asymmetric War（不对称战）
Dan Snow uncovers the lost Vikings in America with space archaeologist Dr Sarah Parcak. Sarah uses satellites 383 miles above the earth to spot ruins as small as 30cm buried beneath the surface. As Sarah searches for Viking sites from Britain to America, Dan explores how they voyaged thousands of miles when most ships never left the shoreline. He also tracks their expansion west, first as raiders and then as settlers and traders throughout Britain and beyond to Iceland and Greenland. In North America they excavate what could be the most westerly Viking settlement ever discovered.
坏纹身走进去。伟大的纹身走出去。顶级艺术家将纹身灾难转化为令人惊叹的掩饰,其设计由客户的亲人选择。
建筑师乔治克拉克到徳国发掘巧妙又能启迪心灵的设计。本集介绍一对父子，想在悬顶端打造一间具有伸缩屋顶的度假屋。乔治再度和工艺大师成尔哈迪拍档，打造英国海滩的地标建筑，把简陋的海滩小屋改装成最不可思议的度假屋！
周六夜现场是一个每周六播出的美国深夜节目，每一周都会有嘉宾主持以及音乐人参加，他们和固定卡司一起现场表演节目。
在《零度以下的生活》中，坚强的主人公们将继续他们的冰雪探险。阿拉斯加即将迎来冰冻季节，他们需要尽全力为接下来的生存挑战做准备。该系列影片跟踪拍摄主人公在荒野之外的艰难生活，故事引人入胜，广受好评。对于主人公来说，要度过接下来的寒冬，就必须做好准备工作。气温骤降，人们需要抗击严冬，准备足够的过冬物资。但对于生活在阿拉斯加灌木丛中的人们来说，大自然的不可预见性威胁着他们的精神和肉体。他们必须竭尽全力，为即将开始的偏远地区生活做好保障。
