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The Connected documentary investigates the various mind-blowing applications of network theory in our everyday lives. In the film, Barabási and other scientists suggest that computer viruses, infectious diseases, proteins in the cell, and human social groups are all governed...
Music affects our development from the womb to the grave. This documentary examines the role music plays in developing our brains as humans, beginning with premature infants in neonatal intensive care wards, moving through the role of music in enhancing performance in childhood (including discussion of the Mozart effect), the role of music therapy in hospital patients, and fina...
Cat Ladies takes viewers into the real world of four "cat ladies". Through intimate access with Diane, Margot, Jenny and Sigi, we create a sensitive and emotionally honest portrait of women whose lives and self-worth have become intractably linked to cats.
Using archival footage and dramatic re-enactments, this documentary deals with the immediate aftermath of the 1918 armistice that brought World War I to an end. From January to July 1919, the Paris Peace Conference dealt not only with issues related to Germany but with the thorny issue of national boundaries in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. From this conference emerged Yugo...
记录华尔街有史以来最大的商业丑闻,揭露一群绝顶聪明的高阶经理人,如何将美国第七大企业搞挂,轻轻松松卷走十亿美金,让投资人血本无归,上万员工失去工作。 本片根据安隆事件畅销书The Smartest Guys in the Room摄制,运用访谈画面、录音、企业内部数据制作而成,甚至揭露布什家族可能涉案的内幕。安隆案影响甚巨,不仅使全球五大会计师事务所之一的安达信(Arthur Andersen LLP)被美国证期会吊销执照,也让国际知名的麦肯锡顾问公司重伤五内,更让所有商学院洗心革面,在高喊利润至上之外,重新向MBA学生传授「伦理与道德」。 全球各大企业也把「公司治理」捧上天,希望能够赢回投资人的信任。但安隆风暴尚未结案,高潮将可能再度袭卷华尔街…
马歇尔·霍夫将要探寻地球最强监狱恶魔岛的秘密,从铁栏杆的坚不可摧到环绕监狱臭名昭著的危险水域。同时也将探究最大胆最铤而走险犯人的越狱行动。他们用长时间的准备、聪明才智和对恶魔岛监狱弱点的利用寻求自由。去发现他们如何实现计划并且是否有人真的从恶魔岛逃脱呢?
It was the world's largest concrete building, housing the world's most dangerous criminals. What design strengths made Alcatraz invincible? And what design failures made it a mecca for escape. Uncover the incredible of story of man vs. prison in ALCATR...
每年都有数以百万计的人试图减肥,但大多都在重复失败。我们每天都在遭受节食和最新的如何保持苗条信息的轰炸。 But what really works?可到底哪些真的起作用呢?本节目,医疗记者Michael Mosley亲自调查科学瘦身的最新突破,揭示十种最简单的减肥方法。从浓汤的瘦身秘诀到不吃早餐对大脑的影响,他的发现也许会彻底改变您对节食、健康和减肥的观点。
Michael 看上去身材不错,但在节目摄制一开始,就像很多人一样,在他的体内,肾和肝周围有不少多余的脂肪。因此他亲身实践这些科学建议,在节目拍摄结束的时候,他成功的减掉了那些多余的脂肪。
另外,Alex James是个音乐家,同时也对制作奶酪激情四溢,他参与了一项神奇的试验,证明食用低脂乳制品可以帮助你排出食物中多余的脂肪。
电台主播Amy Lame得知只要稍稍改变一下日常规律就能帮助消耗数...
Nigel Watkins is a farmer and vice-world champion sheepdog handler. Together with his partner, Janet, he runs his little farm Llanddeusant in the Brecon Beacons National Park in the south of Wales. Farming takes up a fair amount of his time, but his hobbies take up much more of it: he trains Border Collies, a breed of sheepdog.
He has been taking part in competitions since he w...
Three things are certain about base jumping. You will break your bones. You will watch your friends die. And – if you do it long enough – it will eventually kill you. In this heady, testosterone-packed environment, adrenaline junkie Karina Hollekim is regarded as one of the best of the best. We follow Karina for several years as she hurls herself off increasingly treacherous cl...
日本菜的精华是什么?海胆?鱼生?时令蔬菜?优美景致?本片就将为大家揭示日本菜的精髓,大家一起来看英国大厨做出的日式饕餮盛宴!
Rick Stein 是英国老资格的电视名厨,以做海鲜菜为名,在Cornwell开了好几家饭店、Fish & Chip 店等,还曾经为BBC做过好几个各地烹饪饮食习惯的系列。Rick Stein 访问了东南亚和东亚(包括中国)等地,研究当地的饮食习惯和烹饪手法。
When the Japanese ambassador saw Rick Stein preparing sushi on a boat off Cornwall, he was not impressed. However, this sparked off an idea where Rick would go on a voyage of discovery ...
My film diaries 1970-1979: my marriage, children are born, you see them growing up. Footage of daily life, fragments of happiness and beauty, trips to France, Italy, Spain, Austria. Seasons of the year as they pass through New York. Friends, home life, nature, unending search for moments of beauty and celebration of life friendships, feelings, brief moments of happiness. The fi...