When a massive explosion tears a hole in a 747 over Hawaii, nine passengers strapped to their seats are sucked out of the cabin. With two engines on fire, the flight crew somehow manages to turn the crippled plane around to land in Honolulu. And though investigators immediately suspect an act of terrorism is to blame, the search for answers ultimately leads to a deadly short ci...
Have you ever wondered why the human body looks the way it does? Why our hands have five fingers instead of six? Why we walk on two legs instead of four?
It took more than 350 million years for the human body to take shape. How did it become the complicated, quirky, amazing machine it is today?
Your Inner Fish delves deep into the past to answer these questions. Premiering Wedn...
Colorized historical footage in ascending order of World War 1. Not only the relatively known Flanders and France battles, but also the generally unknown Italian-Austrian, German-Polish-Russian, Japanese-German, Ottoman Empire- Allied and African German Colonies, and other unknown or forgotten fronts and battles. Original French production retold in English for National Geograp...
Tom Daley Goes Global follows the travelling adventures of the diving sensation as he embarks on a whistle-stop backpacking trip.
Cameras will follow Tom and his best friend Sophie as they kiss their families goodbye, pack their bags and head for the wilds of some of the most incredible countries on earth such as Thailand, Japan, Australia, Morocco and New Zealand.
The trip w...
A four-part documentary in which Oxford physicist Ard Louis and film-maker David Malone meet scientists, philosophers and writers to discuss questions about meaning and the nature of the universe.
Invisible Killers, a three-part documentary series, looks at how viruses have shaped our health and history, the biological and social impact they have on our global society, and the incredible science that has arisen to combat them. Each of the episodes focuses on an individual virus, reaching back to tell the history of that virus and looking closely at the state of the resea...
These are six of the toughest prisons in the world. Prisons so tough, even gang bosses and killers learn the meaning of fear. Across four continents, six different prisons, the series takes us beyond the gates, walls, barred windows and cells into an unknown world, a world we know exists, but a world nobody wants to think about. Imagine prisons so tough that even the hardest ga...
Big changes have been made to the driving test with new manoeuvres, written tests and new technology being introduced. Filmed over a 2-year period we follow candidates taking the test with cameras fitted inside and outside of the test car.
本片将追踪记录英国最可爱的驾驶学习者。如果能通过驾驶考试,他们的生活将被彻底改变。从希望能在定制改装车中实现独立的20岁残障人士,到不想乘坐夜间巴士回家的老奶奶,这些充满希望的英雄们都渴望着成功通过驾驶考试。在每一集的《考驾照的那些事儿》中,我们都会追踪记录三个性格迥异的人是如何...
The 50 Greatest Documentaries was a Channel 4 television programme which was broadcast on 9 October 2005 and was narrated by British actress, Zo? Wanamaker. The number one position was held by the on-going Up Series.
The list was compiled based on the nominations submitted to Channel 4 by a series of factual filmmakers, amongst who included Paul Watson, Nick Broomfield and Moll...
Brian Cox教授带我们用物理学揭开种种宇宙奇迹的奥秘,阐释人类和宇宙的深邃联系。茫茫宇宙,人类从何而来?宇宙又将走向何处?带着万千的疑问,我们跟随Brian Cox教授一起感受地球上罕见的景观,在这些壮丽的景观背后,隐藏着宇宙的秘密……让我们在欣赏美景的同时,深入了解物理学,逐渐揭开宇宙各种奇迹的神秘面纱,明了了人类与宇宙的深邃联系。
阳光帅哥Brian Cox是一位粒子物理学家,曼彻斯特大学高能物理学教授,英国皇家学会会员,也是瑞士欧洲核物理研究组织(CERN)之大型强子对撞器(LHC)的六大实验参与者之一。但他的成名却是由于近年来常常出现在是BBC科普节目中。BBC曾播出他主持的科教节目的Wonders of the Solar System(《BBC:太阳系的奇迹》)。