简述

社会科学类纪录片，National Geographic 频道 2010 年出品。

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官方网站

http://natgeotv.com/uk/extreme-universe

影片原始规格:

• 中文片名 ：极限宇宙

• 中文系列名：

• 英文片名 ：Extreme Universe

• 英文系列名：

• 电视台 ：National Geographic

• 地区 ：美国

• 语言 ：英语

• 时长 ：约 45 分钟

• 版本 ：TV

• 发行时间 ：2010

影片内容介绍

劇情簡介

Extreme Universe In the Extreme Universe, there are realms of such extremes, we barely know them. But we’re beginning to venture into places we never thought we’d reach. And the most profound mysteries of science are coming into view. The Extreme Universe gives vital insights into a world we thought we knew, using an unprecedented combination of the most current scientific information, mind-blowing CGI and relevant comparisons and analogies. The night sky is a fascinating spectacle, but for ancient civilisations it was the key to their survival. Over thousands of years, there have been a lot of scientific discoveries, but it was our ancestors’ first observations of the cosmos that put us on the path to modern civilisation which led to some of mankind s greatest creations. Are we alone in the vast expanse of the universe? It’s a question people have been asking for thousands of years and we’re closer than ever to finding the answers. We’ll travel deep into the cosmos to witness the most violent impacts in the universe and take you into the heart of the universe’s biggest space-storms - weather like 11,000-mile- per-hour winds or storms of raining liquid methane. Planets, moons, and stars are all at risk of violent upheaval. The violence unleashed on these worlds provides a frightening blueprint of what could happen closer to home. No matter how we try, there’s no way to prepare for nature s cosmic fury

分集介绍

Is Anyone Out There

Travel to the farthest reaches of the universe, as this exploratory space documentary series asks ‘is anyone out there’?

Collision Course

WARNING, this episode contains flashing images which may cause Photo Sensitive Epilepsy. Witness some of the most violent impacts in the universe, and meet the people protecting us from the fallout of these cosmic collisions.

Space Storms

Witness the relentless power of Earth’s worst weather, before travelling the universe to find the 17,500kmh winds and methane storms of space.

Edge of Space

Delve into the unknown on a journey into deep oceans and deep space, as we seek the answers to some of mankind’s most unfathomable questions.

Time Bombs

Planets, moons and stars can all face violent upheaval at any moment. Is it possible to predict when Mother Nature will strike?

Star Gates

Throughout history, humans have been fascinated by the stars. Discover how astronomy played a crucial role in early civilisations.

简述

社会科学类纪录片，BBC 频道 2010 年出品。

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影片信息

官方网站

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00s96m9

影片原始规格:

• 中文片名 ：下潜下潜下潜

• 中文系列名：

• 英文片名 ：Dive Dive Dive

• 英文系列名：

• 电视台 ：BBC

• 地区 ：英国

• 语言 ：英语

• 时长 ：约 60 分钟

• 版本 ：TV

• 发行时间 ：2010

影片内容介绍

剧情简介

Robert Llewellyn discovers why submarine movies have gripped us for over a century. He travels along the River Medway to find a beached cold war Russian nuclear sub and then on to the abandoned WW2 German U-boat pens on the French coast, recalling many of the real events that inspired these films. From 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea to Das Boot, Llewellyn discovers that fear - and bravery - is the key, and he also reveals the unique role that Walt Disney played in promoting atomic submarines.

简述

史地类纪录片，Channel 5 频道 2010 年出品。

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影片信息

官方网站

http://www.channel5.com/shows/tutankhamun-the-mystery-revealed

影片原始规格:

• 中文片名 ：揭秘图坦卡蒙

• 中文系列名：

• 英文片名 ：Tutankhamun: The Mystery Revealed / King Tut Unwrapped

• 英文系列名：

• 电视台 ：Channel 5

• 地区 ：英国

• 语言 ：英语

• 时长 ：约 44 分钟/集

• 版本 ：DVD

• 发行时间 ：2010

影片内容介绍

剧情简介

Dr Zahi Hawass and his scientific team unlock the secrets of King Tutankhamun’s family, his life and his death using DNA tracing techniques and the latest technology. Fresh evidence from Tuankhamun’s remains reveals more about the cause of his untimely death.

分集介绍

EP1

New series. Dr Zahi Hawass and a team of scientists try to unlock the secrets of King Tutankhamun’s life and death using DNA tests and the latest technology, beginning with the story of his parents and their mysterious fate, the boy king’s accession to the throne, and the ways in which he transformed Egypt.

EP2

Dr Zahi Hawass and a team of scientists try to unlock the secrets of King Tutankhamun’s life and death using DNA tests and the latest technology. They try to find answers to the cause of his death, whether he had any children, what happened to his body after his demise, and why his mummification is so different from that of the other pharaohs

EP3

Dr Zahi Hawass and his team investigate the fate of the pharaoh’s wife to discover whether she had any children and her burial place, and also check the DNA of two foetuses found inside Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922, the only mummified remains of babies ever found in Egypt.

EP4

Dr Zahi Hawass and the team examine evidence from Tutankhamun’s remains as they look for the cause of the pharaoh’s death. They uncover that the ruler’s family had a genetic condition called Marfan syndrome, which can affect the connective tissue in the body. Last in the series

简述

军事，历史类纪录片，Others 频道 2008 年出品。

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影片信息

官方网站

暂无

影片原始规格:

• 中文片名 ：黑色轰炸机

• 中文系列名：

• 英文片名 ：Fly Boys: Western Pennsylvania’s Tuskegee Airmen

• 英文系列名：

• 电视台 ：Others

• 地区 ：美国

• 语言 ：英语

• 版本 ：DVD

• 发行时间 ：2008

影片内容介绍

劇情簡介

第二次世界大战期间，美国第一批黑人飞行员。他们跨越了种族歧视的藩篱，并在战争中表现优异，成为美国人民心目中的英雄。电影中，赖瑞召募他们加入自己这边，一起在史密森尼中打仗。

在第二次世界大战期间，第一支完全由黑人组成的战斗机飞行队组成，这支带有实验性质的飞行队由劳伦斯领军，他们接受艰苦的飞行训练，成员之间有矛盾也有失落。最后他们加入了真正的战斗，在空中实际品尝了战争的恐怖经验……

简述

应用科学类纪录片，National Geographic 频道 2008 年出品，是 NG Big Bigger Biggest 系列之一。

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影片信息

官方网站

http://www.ngcasia.com/programmes/big-bigger-biggest/schedule

影片原始规格:

• 中文片名 ：希思罗机场

• 中文系列名：NG 超大建筑狂想曲

• 英文片名 ：Airports

• 英文系列名：Big Bigger Biggest

• 电视台 ：National Geographic

• 地区 ：美国

• 语言 ：英语

• 时长 ：约 47 分钟

• 版本 ：TV

• 发行时间 ：2008

影片内容介绍

剧情简介

五号航厦落成之后，将有一亿多名旅客进出伦敦的希思罗机场。这座航厦比其他航厦高，因此若利用起重机吊起巨大屋顶，机场的雷达系统一定会受影响。五号航厦内有长达18公里的输送带，输送带每小时可处理四千件行李。此外，五号航厦还必须能容纳全世界最大客机 空中巴士A380。这款喷射机非常重，可碾碎一般混凝土。希思罗机场的工程师用一种似肥皂的液体取代水，借此加强混凝土的强度。航厦的其他尖端设备还包括可侦测爆裂物的侦检器，重达一千吨的飞航管制塔台，还有每三秒可送乘客到航厦的高速运输车。

简述

自然科学类纪录片，Discovery Channel 频道 2004 年出品。

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官方网站

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影片原始规格:

• 中文片名 ：蓝色王国

• 中文系列名：

• 英文片名 ：The Blue Realm

• 英文系列名：

• 电视台 ：Discovery Channel

• 地区 ：美国

• 语言 ：英语

• 时长 ：约 46 分钟/集

• 版本 ：TV

• 发行时间 ：2004

影片内容介绍

剧情简介

《蓝色王国》是Discovery频道的一部有关海洋生物的专题系列纪录片，共有四集。对于了解神奇的海洋生物有很大的帮助。与大白鲨近距离接触，一睹巨大的鱿鱼和章鱼的风采，特别是有关巨型蝠-{魟}-的很难得的经典画面。

分集介绍

Tentacles

Tentacles follows Dr. Jennifer Mather as she leads a team of renowned scientists to the beautiful Caribbean island of Bonaire.Their mission is to prove a controversial theory: reef squid speak to each other with a complex language they paint on their skin. The episode features the bizarre courtship and never- before-filmed egg-laying rituals of reef squid. Travel to the Pacific Northwest for an encounter with the world’s largest Octopus . You’ll also witness the fascinating hunting technique of the cuttlefish.

Giants of San Benedicto

Giants of San Benedicto features Dr. Robert Rubin and his ground-breaking research of giant Mantas. You’ll travel to the remote Socorro Islands off Mexico’s Pacific coast and see breath-taking encounters with enormous manta rays. You’re sure to love these majestic giants as you see how they invite human contact, and encourage certain divers to ride them. The film crew also travels to the Bahamas to visit ‘Bubbles’, a fifteen foot Manta in the worlds largest aquarium, and witness her release back into the ocean.

Miracle Venom

Miracle Venom explores the strange, and often bizarre world of the oceans most venomous animals. Follow Dr. Glen Burns as he handles deadly Sea Snakes with only his bare hands. You’ll be amazed at how a small Cone Snail hunts, paralyses and then eats it’s prey alive. The waters of Papua New Guinea and Australia’s Great Barrier Reef harbour an exceptional variety of venomous fish and invertebrates.The poisons of these animals are some of the most lethal known to man.They also, however, hold enormous potential in the development of therapeutic drugs.

Shark Business

Shark Business unravels some of the mysteries surrounding sharks with controversial behaviorist Dr. Erich Ritter. You’ll witness divers testing the limits of shark-human interaction outside of cages with dangerous sharks such as lemon, bull and even great white sharks! Recount the events that led to the attack that almost killed Dr. Ritter. Witness a feeding Frenzy of over 100 reef sharks in the Bahamas, and see a diver literally ride a Great White Shark in Gansbai, South Africa! This episode has shark action like you have never seen before!

简述

超自然现象类纪录片，Discovery Channel 频道 2007 年出品， 是 DC A Haunting 系列之一。

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影片信息

官方网站

http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/haunting/haunting.html

影片原始规格:

• 中文片名 ：鬼影森森 第四季

• 中文系列名：DC 鬼影森森

• 英文片名 ：A Haunting Season 4

• 英文系列名：A Haunting

• 电视台 ：Discovery Channel

• 地区 ：美国

• 语言 ：英語

• 时间 ：约 45 分钟

• 版本 ：TV

• IMDB链接 ：http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0484243/

• 发行时间 ：2007

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【阴暗怨念】Dark WrathFear House

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After moving to Caseyville, IL, the recurring nightmares that have plagued Cindy suddenly mirror reality. Cindy and her husband Jake move into a new house in Caseyville, IL, however their daughters sense a dark presence in the closet in their room and Jake becomes possessed and tries to kill her. After Jake has been taken into custody, Cindy begins crying in the bathroom but is shocked to see the image of a dead woman staring at her from a mirror. She goes to a priest who does a cleansing of the house but this only seems to make the spirit stronger and Cindy with her two daughters leave to her mother’s house. A month after Cindy moved out another family came to live in the house but the youngest child felt a demonic presence and the family moved out immediately.

【扰动恶灵】The Awakening

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In Bloomington, Illinois, Randy and Marcy Wikoff live with real stress everyday, as both work in law-enforcement. But when their son’s deployment to the Middle East and a motorcycle accident outside their house test Marcy’s emotional breaking point, a sleeping presence awakens to threaten her.

【第六感】The Calling

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Rebecca Lenox leads a fairy-tale life since her recent marriage to Daniel. But it’s not long before her ability to see and talk to spirits, a family secret, threatens to break up their happy home.

【灵异公寓】The Apartment

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Newlyweds Bill and Marissa “Icey” Spencer are thrilled when they find a recently renovated apartment on the outskirts of Seattle. But when the couple is confronted by ghostly figures, they can no longer deny that their new home is haunted. They look to paranormal researchers for help.

【阴魂不散】Spirits of the Dead

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Joanne and Jim Whitley dream of owning a horse riding business. They buy an abandoned farm in New Hampshire, and embark on turning their dreams into reality. But soon after renovating the property, Joanne senses a negative presence surrounding her. Soon, it begins to scare off her riders, and attacks her son. She must decide whether to stay and fight, or run away. It is later revealed to be four good spirits (a colonist soldier with his wife, a pioneer girl and a Native American warrior) and an evil spirit, named Samuel who kept the good spirits as slaves in the land.

【恶灵潜伏】Where Evil Lurks

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Eerie noises and ghostly voices echo through the Shea family’s Arkansas home. Over time, the paranormal activity escalates from harmless childlike pranks to the chilling terror of a darker threat caused by a demon named Seth.

【鬼迷心窍】Spellbound

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Sandra Waldron is fascinated by the supernatural. She lives with her son Gene and husband Steven in a haunted house in Ohio, which only fuels her interest. When she and her husband split, Sandra only dives deeper into the occult, which Gene does not approve of.

【暗夜回声】Echoes of the Past

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In March 2005, Libby and Sean Johnson renovate an old, rundown home in Chester, Vermont. But shortly after moving in, strange noises fill the night. They realize that recent renovation caused the disturbances and turn to Wiccans for help. This story was also used as a setting for an episode of the Sci-Fi Channel’s Ghost Hunters.

【猎鬼人】Ghost Hunter

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Paranormal investigator Stacey Jones lives in Syracuse, New York with her husband Lloyd and teenage son Jamie. After Jamie tags along on a cemetery investigation, his life begins to spiral out of control. He later learns that he is slowly becoming possessed by a demon. He even steals from Stacey and calls himself “Bad, bad Jamie”. His parents ask him to have an exorcism but he admits he is too scared. One night Stacey puts her hand on his shoulder and he reaches up and holds onto it. She then knows that he has agreed to have the exorcism done.

【邪灵跟踪客】Stalked by Evil

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A ghostly presence watches the McCarthy family from the dark corners of their Corpus Christi, Texas home. Over time, it focuses its wrath on the McCarthy’s beautiful teenage daughter, Caressa.

【亡灵宅邸】Casa De Los Muertos

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In 2005, Latin Jazz Guitarist Eddie Benitez moves his family to Tempe, Arizona, hoping to resurrect his musical career. But his optimism fades when unexplainable occurrences plague the house and his son becomes gravely ill.

【公寓有鬼】Monster in the Apartment

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Twenty-year-old Morgan Knudson is thrilled to finally have an apartment to call home in the Canadian province of Alberta. Her friend Bob seems like the perfect roommate until he tells her that the spirit of an eight-year-old boy has been visiting him at night and his personality dramatically changes.

【墓园传说】Legend Trippers

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When three Wisconsin teenagers learn of a local legend about a nearby cemetery in Green Lake, WI, they decide to see for themselves if the stories are true. However, they are forced to believe them after they see spirits of children who died of polio and an Indian chief walking around in the cemetery. After a dare of sitting on the mausoleum, and getting pushed off, two teenagers get scared badly and see children who died of polio.

简述

超自然现象类纪录片，Discovery Channel 频道 2006 年出品， 是 DC A Haunting 系列之一。

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影片信息

官方网站

http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/haunting/haunting.html

影片原始规格:

• 中文片名 ：鬼影森森 第三季

• 中文系列名：DC 鬼影森森

• 英文片名 ：A Haunting Season 3

• 英文系列名：A Haunting

• 电视台 ：Discovery Channel

• 地区 ：美国

• 语言 ：英語

• 时间 ：约 45 分钟

• 版本 ：TV

• IMDB链接 ：http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0484243/

• 发行时间 ：2006

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【恐惧之家】Fear House

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When Steven LaChance and his three kids rent a large house in Union, Missouri, their future seems bright. But unexplained noises and haunting visions quickly become violent, causing them to flee their new home forever. Soon after, Steven is tormented by strange nightmares involving the property. Thinking the dreams are an omen of some kind, he is drawn back to the house, where he finds that another family has moved in. It becomes his personal mission to help them, before the evil that lurks there destroys everyone in its path.

【诡异阁楼】The Attic

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Single mother Selena Warner is on a roll when she finds a new house and job in southeastern Michigan, until she discovers her home is haunted by a man who died there under tragic circumstances. She and her sister believe the ghost may be harmless, but little do they know that something truly evil is lurking in the attic. There are 2 ghosts in the house. One, a sad man, the other, a malevolent spirit

【未知的恐惧】Hidden Terror

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Mike Speranza finds the perfect fixer-upper in Corning, NY. After he and his girlfriend Lisa move in, she is plagued by an inconsolable sorrow, uncharacteristic of her. Lisa is unable to pull herself out of the dark depression that has suddenly taken hold of her. At night, Mike hears footsteps running throughout the house and is eventually visited by ghostly figures. As his relationship with Lisa crumbles, the spirits in the house become more brazen, and when push comes to shove, Mike must decide whether to fight or lose his house forever

【恶鬼肆虐】The Unleashed

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Randy Ervin believes his life is on track after securing a job and moving into his own place in Michigan. When he unearths an Indian burial ground on the property, Randy develops a fascination with the occult. He tries to conjure ancient spirits but unwittingly opens the door to the dark side of the supernatural. Mysterious forces toy with Randy, causing him to question his sanity. But one day, his lust for conjuring the (Evil Spirits) from the Indian burial ground he found in his basement went too far…

【爱尔兰闹鬼事件】A Haunting in Ireland

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Three generations of a working-class family share a home in Galway, Ireland. When Martha Fahey gives birth to a baby girl in 1994, the family is suddenly plagued by eerie sounds, flying objects, exploding ornaments and mysterious orbs.Terrifying phenomena are winessed by neighbours, friends and family members. As news of the haunting spreads, media and ghost enthusiasts flock to the house in Corrib Park, an are associated with Druids in ancient times. The Faheys fight to protect their home of 30 years, intent on battling an invasion by a tormented soul.One after another, 6 priests are called in to help but despite their prayers the ghostly occurrences escalate. Finally they contact Sandra Ramdhanie, the Sunday Mirror Psychic and Holistic consultant. Sandra contacts the spirit baby and performs a Healing ceremony in the house. The haunting spirit is that of a baby, born to a young nun and smothered at birth. After Sandra’a healing work, all disturbances immediately cease and the family live peacefully in their home.

【遗忘的密室】The Forgotten

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In 2003, April James, her fiancé Matt Brody and April’s two sons move into a 100-year-old home in one of Salt Lake City’s charming historic districts. Matt, a general contractor, begins remodeling right away. He then discovers a secret part of the house. It’s not long before strange noises and ghostly apparitions plague the family at night. When the couple tries to fight back, things turn violent, and they are forced to leave the house in the middle of the night. Their only hope becomes a gifted psychic who uncovers the house’s dark secret and banishes the evil hidden there forever.

【恐怖酒吧】The Wheatsheaf Horror

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In northeastern England, the staff of Wheatsheaf Pub discovers the century-old building is haunted by the spirit of a little girl who was killed by her father. The father and daughter are named Joseph and Jessica. They try to contact her on a homemade Ouija board, but instead unleash the ghost of her killer. The evil entity grows stronger as the staff and two spiritual mediums investigate the little girl’s death. The team must decide whether or not to risk their own lives to save her soul.

【恶鬼附身】The Possessed

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Paranormal investigator Mary Vogel unknowingly encounters demonic forces while investigating a case. Violent nightmares invade her mind by day and unseen entities attack her body by night. Mary turns to her mentor, John Zaffis, one of the world’s leading paranormal experts. He quickly realizes she has become possessed, and believes an exorcism is the only way to save her soul.

【幽灵现身】The Presence

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Sarah Miller perceives that something supernatural is at work inside her new home, frightening her children in the middle of the night and causing her to doubt her own senses. Her boyfriend’s skeptical response causes confusion in the house. It drives a wedge between Sarah and her daughter, as a demonic presence struggles to take control of the family. Sarah seeks help from a religious demonologist, who recognizes the symptoms of a diabolical infestation, and prepares a powerful ritual to expel the evil before it destroys the family from within.

【阴暗角落】The Dark Side

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When Bobby Wilcott buys a historic manor house, he hopes the renovations will bring him and his wife closer together. But the place soon becomes a money pit, straining the relationship. Doors and windows will not stay shut, and the electricity seems to have a mind of its own. The couple tries to ignore irrational explanations … but Bobby begins to suspect that their home was built on the ruins of an old family cemetery.

简述

自然科学类纪录片，Channel 4 频道 2010 年出品，是CH4 Inside Nature’s Giants 系列其中之一。

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官方网站

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/inside-natures-giants/

影片原始规格:

• 中文片名 ：解剖巨型动物 第一季

• 中文系列名：CH4 解剖巨型动物

• 英文片名 ：Inside Nature’s Giants Series 1

• 英文系列名：CH4 Inside Nature’s

• 电视台 ：Channel 4

• 地区 ：英国

• 语言 ：英语

• 版本 ：DVD

• 发行时间 ：2009

影片内容介绍

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Inside Nature’s Giants dissects the largest animals on the planet to uncover their evolutionary secrets.

Experts in comparative anatomy, evolution and behaviour put some of the most popular and enigmatic large animals under the knife. Veterinary scientist Mark Evans interprets their findings, biologist Simon Watts tests the animals' physiology in the field and Richard Dawkins traces back the animals’ place on the tree of life.

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【解剖亚洲象】The Elephant

This programme looks at how evolution has overcome the challenges of being as big as an elephant.

Elephants feed on plants with very little nutritional value for 18 hours a day, so evolution has given them vast intestines as well as huge teeth and jaw muscles - and an equally gigantic head. But this produces another problem: how to reach food on the ground.

The solution is the most versatile limb on the planet - the trunk. Capable of everything from picking up berries to ripping a tree from the ground, the trunk is a wonder of evolution. It’s a Just So Story for the Darwinian age.

【解剖长须鲸】The Whale

In this episode experts dissect a 65-foot, 60-ton fin whale - second only in size to its ‘cousin’ the blue whale - that has died after being stranded off the coast of Ireland. It’s a race against time as whale anatomist Joy Reidenberg flies in from New York before the animal’s decomposition causes it to explode on the beach.

Veterinary scientist Mark Evans helps investigate why the animal died and explores its extraordinary anatomy. Using whale-size machinery, Joy and the team set to work amidst gale force winds, driving rain, blood, intestines, evil smells and freezing conditions. Meanwhile, advancing tides threaten to engulf the whale, as the team struggles to complete the operation.

Beneath the blubber, the whale’s unique anatomy holds vital clues to its evolution. Using a combination of dissection and computer graphics, the programme discovers an animal whose closest living relative is the hippo.

Meanwhile, evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins explains why the whale’s ancestors may have taken to the water and the evolutionary problems that had to be overcome to transform a land-based mammal into an animal that swims among fish.

【解剖鳄鱼】The Crocodile

Veterinary scientist Mark Evans joins experts in anatomy, evolution and behaviour in a bid to get under the skin of the crocodile.

Meanwhile evolutionary biologist Professor Richard Dawkins explains how little the crocodile has changed since the age of the dinosaurs.

The team uncovers the crocodile’s incredible jaw muscles, as biologist Simon Watt travels to Florida to test the huge strength of the massive reptile’s bite: the most powerful in the animal kingdom.

But while crocodiles’ spiked teeth are excellent for gripping prey as they plunge into a death roll, they are useless for chewing. So how do these animals manage to digest large chunks of raw meat and bone? As the experts dissect the digestive system and inspect the stomach contents for clues, they reveal the bizarre plumbing between the heart and the stomach that might provide the key to this puzzle.

And they also solve the mystery of this crocodile’s premature death.

【解剖罗特希尔德长颈鹿】The Giraffe

Veterinary scientist Mark Evans acts as guide as a team of experts investigate the giraffe.

Creationists question how this extraordinary creature could have evolved such a long neck, but for evolutionary biologist Professor Richard Dawkins the anatomy of the world’s tallest animal provides some of the best arguments in favour of Darwinian natural selection.

For example, one nerve takes a huge detour up and down the long neck, from the voice box to the brain, via the chest - hardly the work of an `Intelligent Designer’. And, despite its length, the neck still only has seven vertebrae - the same number as almost all mammals, from mice to humans and whales.

But it’s no wonder the giraffe has the highest blood pressure of any animal; with a heart not much bigger than our own it must pump blood at high pressure around a towering body. It has evolved thick skin that acts as a natural ‘G-suit’ and a complex circulation system to avoid passing out when raising and lowering its head.

And as the dissection team piece together the remarkable evolutionary story of the giraffe, biologist Simon Watt observes them in the field as they eat, forage and fight.

简述

社会科学类纪录片，Channel 5 频道 2010 年出品。

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影片原始规格:

• 中文片名 ：火山灰: 定时炸弹

• 中文系列名：

• 英文片名 ：Volcanic Ash: The Ticking Timebomb

• 英文系列名：

• 电视台 ：Channel 5

• 地区 ：英国

• 语言 ：英语

• 时长 ：约 44 分钟

• 版本 ：TV

• 发行时间 ：2010

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剧情简介

Documentary exploring the likelihood and potential global effects of the eruption of Katla, a huge volcano lurking under the Icelandic ice. Katla is five times the size of its neighbour Eyjafjallajokull, which recently caused so much travel disruption when it blew clouds of volcanic ash into the atmosphere. Historically, every Eyjafjallajokull eruption has been followed by a flare-up at Katla. If such an eruption were to happen now, it is predicted that European airspace would be closed down for 18 months.