Poet Simon Armitage traces the evolution of the Arthurian legend through the literature of the medieval age and reveals that King Arthur is not the great national hero he is usually considered to be. He's a fickle and transitory character who was appropriated by the Normans to justify their conquest, he was cuckolded when French writers began adapting the story and it took Thomas Malory's masterpiece of English literature, Le Mort d'Arthur, to restore dignity and reclaim him as the national hero we know today.
A festive holiday special, hosted by Tituss Burgess, featuring teams from around the world transported to a magical snowy village, Snowdome, and thrown into a spirited competition to compete for the title of Best in Snow. With the help of Snowdome's finest carvers, teams will transform their 10-foot, 20-ton blocks of snow into beautiful creations inspired by Pixar, Marvel, Walt Disney Animation, Walt Disney Studios and The Muppets Studio. The teams will take family favorites such as Moana, Coco and The Lion King, and bring the characters to life in a way you've never seen before in snow. Spectacular snow sculptures and lively musical performances from Tituss Burgess, Kermit the Frog and DCappella make this an action-packed winter event for the entire family.
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《天桥骄子》由BRAVO电视台构思，超级名模Heidi Klum主持，ELLE杂志将其取名为《天桥骄子》，作为艾美奖提名真人秀《PROJECT GREENLIGHT》的衍生剧推出。《天桥骄子》是一部时装设计竞赛型真人秀，同时由于节目环节创艺不断，推陈出新。参赛选手水平高。倍受广大观众的好评。节目每集淘汰1或2名选手，选手在每季中将会接到规定的一个设计题目，然后选手时而单枪匹马，时而组队参加。各自发挥自己的最大潜能，目的只为一个：做出最为美丽漂亮的时装。
Discovery频道真人秀节目，曾服役于英国特种部队的求生专家贝尔·格里尔斯每集被空降到一处环境恶劣、甚至有致命危险的无人地，如雨林、沙漠、丘陵、冰原等，浑身只携带一点简陋工具，由摄影小组全程记录他的整个逃生过程。他会利用各种求生技巧，包括判断方向、寻找水源、获取食物等等，我们可以惊异地看着贝尔大啖蛆、生肉、昆虫、爬虫，如何利用自己的尿液，如何用木棍击杀野兔，如何对抗烈日、寻找夜间藏身之所，最终成功在时限之内到达有人类活动的领域。从而教会观众在同等险境中该如何脱身。
The second season was also set on Vancouver Island, in Quatsino Territory, located near Port Hardy, British Columbia.
记录了英国女王伊丽莎白二世及其家人的一年生活。
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.
在铁路和卡车穿梭于阿拉斯加冻原之前，皮毛猎人和伐木工人乘着巨大木筏，往来于阿拉斯加危险的河川和海岸线。今天这种生活方式几乎已经式微了…但只是几乎而已。在育空河一段偏远河道，还有一些特立独行的粗犷人物，持续使用这种危险的旅行方式。他们坚持守护过去的传统，尽管这些传统可能轻易就要了他们的命。
We take our liberties for granted. They seem absolute and untouchable. But they are the result of a series of violent struggles fought over 800 years that, at times, have threatened to tear our society apart. On the frontline was a document originally inked on animal skin – Magna Carta. Distinguished constitutional historian David Starkey looks at the origins of the Great Charter in 1215 to check the abuses of King John - and how it nearly died at birth. He explores its subsequent deployment, its contribution to making everyone – even the monarch – subject to the rule of law, and how this quintessentially English document migrated to the North American colonies and eventually became the foundation of the US constitution. Magna Carta has become a universal symbol of individual freedom against the tyranny of the state, but with ever-tightening government control on our lives, is it time to resurrect it?
