本系列致力于探索英国在讽刺文学和猥琐粗俗的幽默上面的传统。 第一集 有史以来最讽刺、下流、猥琐、无礼的历史 本片从18世纪早期的乔治王朝统治时期入手，给大家展示全国性的公开粗俗，简直让人震惊！贺加斯，吉尔雷，罗兰生，克鲁克香克笔下的绘画，以及约翰·盖伊和亨利·菲尔丁笔下光怪陆离的戏剧世界会让我们大开眼界。歌手露西·斯吉平会带我们一览乔治王朝粗俗下流情歌的盛况。我们还会从蒲伯，斯威夫特，拜伦以及斯特恩入手，研究一下那个时代脏话的文学起源。 第二集 荤段子与艳照 在维多利亚时期严谨，纯洁，禁欲的价值观中幸存下来的英国讽刺文学和猥琐粗俗的幽默传统，是如何在20世纪前半叶得到了繁荣发展？我们回去调查由摄影技术引发的道德恐慌，因为火辣的照片变得唾手可得。我们还会去关注由早期连环画经典形象Ally Sloper所存在的那个粗鲁又讽刺意味鲜明的世界。最后，咱们要去看看码头上的西洋景以及唐纳德·麦吉尔的明信片艺术中如何催生出了海滩上的猥琐文化。 第三集 猥琐到极致是谓无敌 关于英国讽刺文学和猥琐粗俗的幽默传统的探索将会把视线转向20世纪60年代出现并持续至今的大众民主式的粗鲁野蛮。我们将会探索复兴的粗俗政治漫画，Viz杂志中的滑稽艺术，乔·奥顿的剧院，霍恩周围的无线电广播，以及地下杂志Oz。电视上粗俗的历史可以从《永不分离》追溯到《小不列颠》...最后我们要关注，性别歧视者和种族主义者是如何看待这些粗俗喜剧的。
【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
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.
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.
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?
记录了英国女王伊丽莎白二世及其家人的一年生活。
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.
Ben Robinson retraces the dramatic last days of King John, England's most disastrous monarch, and uncovers the legend of his lost treasure. Ten days took King John from ruler of an empire to sudden death, and left the kingdom in ruins. John is famous for the creation of Magna Carta, which inspired our modern democracy. Ben follows in the footsteps of the King's epic last journey, from the treacherous marshes of East Anglia, through Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire, to his final resting place in Worcester. He is joined by medieval historian professor Stephen Church. Together they examine the truth behind the legend that has lived on for 800 years. Did the crown jewels really end up in the mud of the Wash? Was the King poisoned? Does he deserve his reputation as our most disastrous monarch? Thanks to unique documents, we can tell this epic tale in the King's own words. Not only can we get into the mind of the Magna Carta King, we can reveal in fantastic detail how and where he travelled. Ben reveals what happened when treasure seekers attempted to find the King's lost jewels with the help of a diviner. And using the latest technology reveals how we can actually see back in time to reveal the landscape as it would have looked when King John made his last journey 800 years ago.
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.
Melvyn Bragg explores the relationship, from 1911 to 2011, between class and culture.
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。
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.
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.
This explosive film examines recently discovered letters written by Wallis Simpson that reveal her secret love, and chart her fear as she found herself becoming trapped into marrying Edward VIII.
Nicholas Crane rediscovers the 'lost' masterpiece Britannia on an epic 5000 mile hike battling the elements in search of Elizabethan Britain.
Series which looks at the palaces, tapestries, music and paintings created in King Henry VIII's name and questions whether they compensate for the religious treasures he later destroyed
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.
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。
第一集：最后的自由 苏格兰的形成；以及之后苏格兰人在“布鲁南伯尔战役”（BattleofBrunanburh）中的历史作用，威塞克斯王朝的阿特尔斯坦（Athelstan）在此役中击败以苏格兰王康斯坦丁二世（ConstantineIIofScotland）为首的联军，之后自称“不列颠大王”，从而奠定了不列颠的雏形。 第二集：苏格兰之锤 苏格兰历史上两位杰出人物亚历山大二世（AlexanderII）与威廉·华莱士（WilliamWallace），锤炼了苏格兰的民族意识，将盖尔人的古国塑造成了苏格兰。 第三集：主教成就国王 苏格兰国王罗伯特一世（RoberttheBruce，1306-1329在位）为苏格兰独立而奋斗，苏格兰的教会也在国内外展开宣传攻势。最终1320年的《阿布罗斯宣言》（DeclarationofArbroath）促使教皇承认了苏格兰作为独立国家的地位。 第四集：语言就是力量 盖尔人和盖尔语曾经是苏格兰人民族认同的核心，但是一场家族争斗造成了众所周知的“高地”与“低地”的区分。15世纪斯图尔特家族（Stewartroyalfamily）的政策使盖尔人被视作外来人和叛乱者。 第五集：不列颠计划 斯图亚特（Stuart）王朝两位君主的野心是使曾经的宿敌合而为一并走向现代不列颠的决定性力量。苏格兰玛丽女王还只是阴谋夺取伊丽莎白一世的王权，她的儿子詹姆士则有着更为激进的梦想。
它的主持人是《英国古代史》的主持人，用略带口音的英语把爱尔兰惊心动魄的千年历史娓娓道来...这个系列做的有新意，旨在打破人们对爱尔兰的固有偏见，认为爱尔兰系单一民族，单一文化，单一信仰的岛国。 第一集 入侵时代 讲了盎格鲁诺曼征服之前的爱尔兰古代世界，那时爱尔兰与世界密切相连，其民族由不同的入侵和移居种族杂合而成，绝非单一的凯尔特族。其文化也因此兼收并蓄，海纳百川。确实令人意想不到。 第二集 征服时代 这一段是从英裔诺曼征服爱尔兰到奥尼尔伯爵造反被镇压跨度400年的故事。盖尔人，英裔诺曼人，伊丽莎白时代英国人，天主教西班牙人，几股势力纠缠打斗在一起，构成了故事的主线。 第三集 革命时代 这一集从17世纪初苏格兰新教徒殖民贝尔法斯特讲起，至1798年爱尔兰人联合会起义失败收尾。是爱尔兰历史上一段天主教势力瓦解，新教徒掌权的故事。200年里，爱尔兰历经两次天主教起义，天主教权贵下台后的100多年新教统治和一次天主教徒和新教徒的联合起义，成为了诸如克伦威尔，威廉三世，詹姆斯二世这些叱咤风云的历史人物的舞台。短短2个世纪里，各种事件此起彼伏，各种矛盾交织，各种团体林立，各种关系错综复杂，令人眼花缭乱。
Neil Oliver tells the epic story of how Britain and its people came to be over thousands of years of ancient history - the beginnings of our world forged in ice, stone, and bronze A History Of Ancient Britain will turn the spotlight onto the very beginning of Britain’s story. From the last retreat of the glaciers 12,000 years ago, until the departure of the Roman Empire in the Fifth Century AD this epic series will reveal how and why these islands and nations of ours developed as they did and why we have become the people we are today. The first series transmits in early 2011 and there will be a following series in 2012. 第二季将于明年制作播出……
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.
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.
