In this major series, Professor Robert Bartlett examines the extraordinary expansion and unchecked ambition of the Normans, and shows how they transformed the history of Europe.
　　该系列中，罗伯特·巴特利特教授带你领略诺曼人大规模扩张活动和无可限量的雄心壮志，展现他们是如何改写欧洲历史的。

　　Lucy Worsley and Len Goodman take to the floor to reveal the untold story of British Dance. Over three episodes, they’ll show how Britain’s favourite popular dances from over the centuries offer a fascinating window into British society and our relationships with one another.

　　在第一次世界大战爆发之际，三位皇亲各自统治着欧洲的强大势力：沙俄帝国的沙皇尼古拉斯二世，德国的德皇威廉二世，以及英王乔治五世。这部两集纪录片系列检索了这三位君主在一战爆发中所起到的角色以及战争开始之际他们之间的关系；提论这些元素的影响要比以往的历史学家们所认识的要大的多。
　　At the outbreak of the First World War three cousins reigned over Europe's greatest powers - Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany and King George V of England. This two-part series looks at the role played by the three monarchs, and their relationships with each other, in the outbreak of war, arguing that it is far greater than historians have traditionally believed.

　　Anne Boleyn is one of the most famous and controversial women in British history. In 1536, she became the first queen in Britain's history to be executed. The brutal speed of her downfall, and the astonishing nature of the charges against her - treason, adultery, even incest - makes her story shocking even to this day.
　　Yet whilst we know how Anne died, the story of why she had to go and who authored her violent end has been the subject of fiery debate across six centuries. In a radical new approach to televised history, a stellar cast of writers and historians, including Hilary Mantel, David Starkey, Philippa Gregory and others, battle out the story of her last days and give their own unique interpretations of her destruction.

　　历史学家 露西·沃斯利博士将给我们带来一段距今已经200年的英国历史--那段最具爆发性，最具创造性的年代--摄政时代。一幅生动的画面展现在眼前：一个颓废堕落的王子--臭名昭著的摄政王掌控下的优雅颓废时代。他对美色，美食，声色犬马之道沉迷至深，以此成为了一代传奇人物...也正是这个人，重塑了伦敦城，开拓了举世闻名的摄政街，通过对艺术和设计的大力支持，把摄政时代打造成为英伦风尚的缩影...
　　第一集：不加掩饰--王子的画像
　　露西·沃斯利博士带领我们领略摄政时代的初期，当时的英国在1815年战胜拿破仑，一时风光无限；我们还将一起探索摄政王扭曲复杂的个人性格。他对美色，美食，声色犬马之道沉迷至深，以此成为了一代传奇人物...
　　第二集：摄政时代风格大发展
　　露西·沃斯利博士将给大家展示滑铁卢之战后的英国，这个趾高气昂的新兴国家想要在世人眼中树立何种形象，它又是如何在建筑设计中体现出这种气质的...同样，依然是摄政王引领风尚大旗。他变得越来越胖，爬不了楼梯，也走不了路，建筑就成为了他创造力的出口：最具表现力的就是位于布赖顿的皇家行宫。这座行宫在他做摄政王初期，仅仅是一座新古典主义的优雅别墅，但是，与建筑师约翰·纳什共事之后，乔治在1815年之后，把这座别墅建造成为一座令人震惊的皇家宫殿。在这座宫殿中，露西对摄政王的品味有了更多的了解，也发现了他与他的厨子之间的共同点...
　　第三集：多数派和少数派--分裂的十年
　　露西·沃斯利博士仔细研究了摄政王骄奢淫逸带来的反作用，他所代表的精英阶层与大众的嫌隙。在乔治作为摄政王统治的末期，英国的革命一触即发...在这一刻，舆论的力量--也就是激进的作品和演讲，挑战了国家的司法权。诗人雪莱和他的妻子玛丽公开支持革命者，玛丽的著名小说《科学怪人》表现的正是这种恐惧，这种被不可控制的新工业世界围绕着的恐惧。

　　Melvyn Bragg explores the relationship, from 1911 to 2011, between class and culture.

　　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.

　　Historian Dr Micheál Ó Siochrú presents award-winning director Maurice Sweeney’s gripping docudrama, which re-evaluates the role and character of England’s most influential democrat. Cromwell: God’s Executioner has drama, excitement and action, combined with a poignant reflection on the horrors of war. If you thought you knew Cromwell, think again.

　　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.

　　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?

　　A special follow-up to the programme that broadcast exclusive access to the research into the remains of Richard III found underneath a Leicester car park. The research confirmed that the remains were his, and helped build a picture of what he looked like. Using unseen footage of the dig and tests, and fresh interviews with the lead scientists, this programme reveals multiple new dimensions to the hunt for England's long-lost king. The project involved dozens of specialists, in the fields of archaeology, osteology, history, forensic pathology, genealogy and DNA analysis. The programme pieces together the critical steps in the archaeological excavation, explaining how the Greyfriars Church was uncovered and detailing the painstaking exhumation of Richard's grave from the first indications of human remains to the exposure of the body's twisted spine. In the university's labs, the programme follows the scientists as they examine the skeleton to unlock the lost king's story, revealing its clues to his diet and social status, and to the diseases he endured. The film reveals how the DNA match with Richard III was made. Perhaps the most harrowing stage of the project was the minute forensic examination of the cause of death. Piecing together CT scans and microscopic analysis, the team identified the major injuries that Richard suffered in the last moments of his life and shortly afterwards.

　　Documentary that reveals the secret story behind one of the greatest intellectual feats of World War II, a feat that gave birth to the digital age. In 1943, a 24-year-old maths student and a GPO engineer combined to hack into Hitler's personal super-code machine - not Enigma but an even tougher system, which he called his 'secrets writer'. Their break turned the Battle of Kursk, powered the D-day landings and orchestrated the end of the conflict in Europe. But it was also to be used during the Cold War - which meant both men's achievements were hushed up and never officially recognised.

　　【内容介绍】：
　　历史学家丹·斯诺穿上登山靴，带我们重走英国的大好河山，在如画的风景中挖掘诺曼祖先给我们留下的历史遗迹。从他们野蛮狂暴地登上英国海岸，到那些保存了千年的建筑遗迹...丹·斯诺会带领我们重温诺曼人的征服历程：登岸，侵略，征服，统治，殖民...
　　我们的探索从苏克塞斯郡的海岸线开始，征服者威廉与诺曼军队就是在这里首次踏上了英国的国土，为后来的黑斯廷斯战役做准备...威廉这次大举进犯的结果已是妇孺皆知，然而，在那场战争之前又发生了什么呢？
　　威尔士崎岖的地貌和当地彪悍的部落首领使得威尔士成为一片未开化的处女地...丹·斯诺将带领我们在曼诺河谷观赏那些诺曼时代拔地而起，鳞次栉比的城寨城堡。它们是男爵在国家开疆扩土行动中的手工产物，在这场行动中，诺曼人把自己的影响拓展到了威尔士和爱尔兰...
　　《诺曼行走》的最后一站来到约克郡，在诺曼人入侵四年之后，这里被残酷的大肆破坏，夷为平地，寸草不生...这种大规模的种族灭绝政策是诺曼人巩固英国统治的最后一步！我们这次将会揭秘，这里如何成为了诺曼人最大遗产的背景地...
　　From 夏末秋字幕组

　　英国的盎格鲁撒克逊时代，对所有人来说都是一个神秘的时代，它确确实实的存在过，却又在诺曼人入侵之后销声匿迹，没有留下曾经存在过的痕迹。这个曾经辉煌一时的部落时代，给我们留下大量的历史宝藏，这些宝藏以其精美的工艺令后世惊叹，令我们膜拜不已。但正是这样一个文化，却又没有留下什么文字记录，只有一首战歌留存世上：
　　战马骑手今何在？
　　王者去何方？
　　华堂宝座今何在？
　　盛宴去何方？
　　啊 葡萄美酒夜光杯！
　　啊 金鳞盔甲英雄配！
　　啊 人民百姓尊荣贵！

　　Arts, History Documentary hosted by Ana Marie Valentir, published by WDR in 2017 - English narration

　　Archaeologist Julian Richards returns to some of his most important digs to discover how science, conservation and new finds have changed our understanding of entire eras of ancient history.
　　Pagans of Roman Britain
　　1/4 Julian Richards goes back to the excavation of two burials from Roman Britain.
　　Families of the Stone Age
　　2/4 Archaeologist Julian Richards returns to the excavation of two burials from the Stone Age.
　　Sacred Women of the Iron Age
　　3/4 Julian Richards returns to the excavation of two very different Iron Age women.
　　The First Anglo-Saxons
　　4/4 Julian Richards returns to the excavation of two early Anglo-Saxon cemeteries.

　　According to Giorgio Vasari, the first art historian, the Renaissance was centred on a revival of interest in classical art that began and flourished in Italy. Waldemar disagrees, and accuses Vasari of errant jingoism. In fact, the most significant early developments in Renaissance art took place not in Italy, but in the ‘barbarian’ lands of Flanders and Germany. Instead of understanding the Renaissance as a return to classical models, we should see it as a climax of medieval values - an epoch of huge religious passions and powerful human emotions.
　　The series will celebrate material that is new to television. Waldemar will include art that is not usually thought of as Renaissance art. This will involve 're-classifying' what is sometimes called Late Gothic, and showing it off as a marvellous and native artistic tradition, particularly in the remarkable field of polychrome sculpture. On top of all the new art to be introduced, Waldemar will also look from fresh and intriguing angles at many of the established Renaissance giants, including Michelangelo in the Vatican, Leonardo in the Louvre, Botticelli in the Uffizi and Van Eyck in Ghent.

　　2012年9月，当一具骨骼在兰切斯特市政厅的一个停车场被发现的时候，这个消息传遍了世界各地。这会不会是在遗失了500年的英国的最臭名昭著的国王的尸体呢？在这部全球独家纪录片中，电视四台呈现了寻找理查三世的完整内幕。
　　When a skeleton was reported found under a Leicester council car park in September 2012, the news broke around the world. Could it be the remains, lost for 500 years, of England's most infamous king? In a world exclusive, Channel 4 has the full inside story of the hunt for Richard III.

　　The grail is not the gold, nor the books of ancient wisdom, but the 3,000 year old DNA of the mummies, which may lead to a cure for malaria

　　Out of the chaos, darkness and violence of the Middle Ages, one family rose to seize control of England. Generation after generation they ruled the country for more than three hundred years, ruthlessly crushing all competition to become the greatest English dynasty of all time. They were The Plantagenets. Presented by award-winning journalist and acclaimed historian Dan Jones, the Plantagenets combines creative and insightful research with searing dramatic reconstructions to bring to life this shocking and visceral time in England’s history. From Henry II, betrayed by his own wife and children when they try to seize the throne to the powerful friendship between Henry III and Simon de Montfort which falls into hatred and bloody civil war; from Edward II’s adulterous French wife and his ‘legendary’ death from a red hot poker to the boy king and tyrant Richard II one of the most vicious and inventive despots in English history; Britain’s Bloodiest Dynasty: The Plantagenets uncovers a dark, vengeful and bloody history which compels viewers into the heart of the action as they bear witness to the most ruthless dynasty in English history.

　　本系列收录下列影片：
　　金字塔之王
　　埃及艳后
　　图坦卡门
　　一代女王
　　叛逆的法老
　　拉姆西斯大帝
　　金字塔之王 The Great Egyptians - King of the Pyramids
　　四千年来，金字塔一直是令人着迷的伟大建筑，而其中的创世巨作，则是出自埃及法老「史奈佛汝」之手。从梅登金字塔的尝试、达西尔金字塔的天花板、到吉萨大金字塔的壮观走廊，都只是金字塔的一小步。史奈佛汝的“承材天花板”解决了金字塔内倾崩塌的危机，更创造了阶梯金字塔、弯曲金字塔、红色金字塔、以及由史奈佛汝之子奇阿普斯所建的大金字塔等，史上最伟大的建筑空间。
　　埃及艳后 The Great Egyptians-The Real Cleopatra
　　众人皆云埃及艳后拥有美貌，但其实智慧才是她的最佳资产。在她与凯萨大帝及马克安东尼的两段婚姻中，埃及艳后积极的朝她的政治理想迈进，虽然日后她传奇的一生结束于蛇吻，但她始终盛名不坠。当伟大的法老王之名不复存于人们的记忆中时，埃及艳后的名字 “克莉欧派卓"，却在世人的心中历久不衰。
　　图坦卡门 The Great Egyptians -The Mistery of Tutankhamun
　　图坦卡门，一个在埃及史上来不及写下辉煌历史的法老，却在安息了几千年后完好无缺的出土，成为王陵谷中硕果仅存的法老。而陪同图坦卡门出土的不仅是大量的金银财宝，更引人入胜的则是他隐藏在金色面具后的悲惨童年，以及猝死的幕后阴谋。藉由Discovery Channel 的探访及专家的解说，一连串的历史真相将呼之欲出。
　　一代女王 The GREAT EGYPTIANS II - THE QUEEN WHO WOULD BE KING
　　埃及在由男性统治了千余年之后，出现了赫雀瑟，一位不以贵为公主或王后而自满的女性。Discovery Channel将为您剖析这位史上唯一女王的野心与欲望，叙述她的生长环境及丰功伟业。为了统治埃及，赫雀瑟必须扮演男性的角色，身为女人却登基为王的事实，也迫使她不得不去面对埃及“神圣秩序”的严格考验。
　　叛逆的法老 THE GREAT EGYPTIANS II - REBEL PHARAOHT
　　阿肯那顿在继承王位后，他提出了“一神论“，企图摆脱传统束缚，解放艺术，展现王室前所未闻，不为人知的一面。但阿肯那顿创造的理想宗教，毕竟不符合埃及人的世界，脱离俗世的阿肯那顿，遂成了埃及史上著名的叛逆法老。他究竟是宗教狂热份子？亦或者是耶稣的先驱？Discovery Channel将为您揭开真相。
　　拉姆西斯大帝
　　THE GREAT EGYPTIANS II - RAMSES THE GREAT
　　本片介绍古埃及最伟大的建筑家、最勇猛的战士；同时也是出埃及记中的无名法老--拉姆西斯大帝。拉姆西斯在位67年，对多数埃及人而言，他是唯一的国王也是永远的大帝。 Discovery Channel将带您深入拉姆西斯的世界，一窥这位在圣经人物中唯一可见的人物面貌，以及其缔造的丰功伟业

　　Dr. Joann Fletchers, an Egyptologist finds three abandoned mummies in a tomb in the Valley Of Kings. She thinks the third mummy is the forgotten legend, once the most powerful woman on earth; Nefertiti. With the help of modern day technology and scientists she tries to uncover mysteries surrounding the life of Nefertiti. But is the mummy really Nefertiti?