根据《星期日泰晤士报》报道,伦敦奥运会的开幕式将重现一些历史场景,并以“甲壳虫”乐队的老歌“Hey Jude(嘿,裘德)”结束。
　　7月27日晚上9点,一口欧洲最大的钟将被敲响,奥运开幕式就此开始。钟上刻着莎士比亚名著《暴风雨》中的句子“不必害怕,岛上已满是声音”。
　　开幕式的主题援引《暴风雨》,被定为“奇妙岛屿”。体育场将被变成英国乡村,演员们将把真实的牛羊带到绿茵茵的草地上,向观众展现一幅田园牧歌的画面。
　　此后,人们将还原1948年一批移民从西印度群岛乘“帝国疾风号”来到英国开始新生活的场景,以及女性是如何争取选举权的历史。
　　另外,开幕式还将重现1936年200多名史称“加罗十字军”的来自英格兰东北部的工人徒步到伦敦议会大楼抗议的历史镜头。1936年正值全球经济大萧条,这些人抗议的是贫穷以及高达70%的失业率。
　　《星期日泰晤士报》称,开幕式导演、曾执导过《贫民窟的百万富翁》的丹尼·博伊尔的这一做法对于目前正处于经济危机中的全球来讲很有象征意义。开幕式演出的一个高潮是悬挂于观众头顶的五个巨大的圆环在烟火中慢慢叠到一起,组成奥运五环的标志,随后发出光芒。
　　流行音乐的常青树、“甲壳虫”前主唱保罗·麦卡特尼将用一首“Hey Jude”结束整晚的演出,届时现场6万名观众将和他一起合唱,告诉人们要让世界“变得更好”。
　　伦敦奥运会开幕式时长为3小时,耗资2700万英镑(约合人民币2.69亿元)。英国女王伊丽莎白二世与100多位国家元首将出席开幕式,10亿名电视观众将观看直播。

　　A history of Scotland is, like as the name says, about Scotland's history. The first episode takes us through how Scotland was created and why its role in one of the greatest wars helped define Britain in the modern era. The second episode revolves around two front figures in Scottish history, Alexander II and William Wallace, and how they shaped Scotland. Episode three takes us to Robert The Bruce and his fight for Scottish independence and how the church promoted his cause. Episode four takes us to how the Stewart's caused a divide in Scotland between the Highlands and the Lowlands. And episode five revolves around the unification of Scotland and Britain during the reign of Mary Queen Of Scots.

　　苹果将制作《玛丽亚·凯莉的奇幻圣诞节特别节目》(Mariah Carey’s Magical Christmas Special，暂译)。玛丽亚·凯莉与伊恩·斯图尔特、Raj Kapoor、Ashley Edens担任执行制作人，哈密什·汉密尔顿、罗曼·科波拉执导。该特别节目将由一个温暖的故事串联起音乐、舞蹈与动画，并将于今年冬季登陆Apple TV+。

　　Jane Austen remains one of the greatest writers of all time. Almost two hundred years after her death, her novels such as “Pride and Prejudice” and “Mansfield Park” continue to entrance generations of readers the world over. This film shatters any assumption that Austen herself lived the elegant Regency life of her financially comfortable heroines who ultimately find their true love.
　　Instead it reveals the real Jane Austen as part of strata of Regency society much crueller in its treatment of women and harsher in its economic realities than her novels and their current television adaptations convey. And it discovers a woman more tragic in her own personal love life who does not enjoy the “happy ending” that she bestows upon her own female characters.
　　Through readings and dramatic reconstructions, The Real Jane Austen pieces together the reality of Austen’s existence her modest upbringing in Hampshire as one of seven children of a clergyman; her disappointment in love; and the family’s poverty following the death of her father.
　　Through her writing Jane found financial independence without having to marry. Tragically only four years later in July 1817 while writing “Persuasion” Jane Austen died.
　　Filmed in locations associated with Austen including Jane’s birth place of Steventon and her later home in Chawton, and illustrated with extracts from film and television adaptations of Austen’s work, The Real Austen paints a vivid portrait of one of the greatest talents in English literature.

　　刀子嘴豆腐心的伯纳德家族经营着平价的殡仪馆生意，帮助处于悲痛中的家庭与逝者道别。

　　Rihanna 2008年首度个唱，收录出道以来所有金曲，还翻唱了碧昂斯等天后巨星的金曲，更加赠3首新区及幕后花絮，绝对不容错过。
　　演唱会曲目：
　　01. Pon de Replay
　　02. Break it Off
　　03. Let Me
　　04. Rehab
　　05. Breakin' Dishes
　　06. Is This Love
　　07. Kisses Don't Lie
　　08. Scratch
　　09. SOS
　　10. Good Girl Gone Bad
　　11. Hate That I Love You
　　12. Unfaithful
　　13. Sell Me Candy
　　14. Don't Stop The Music
　　15. Push Up On Me
　　16. Shut Up And Drive
　　17. Question Existing
　　18. Umbrella

　　Dame Penelope Keith visits England's picturesque villages to see how they're holding up in the 21st century. For the most part, she finds them quirky, resilient, and, well, picturesque.

　　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.

　　Following the sell out tour and triumphantly successful album 'The Emancipation of Mimi', Mariah Carey releases the highly anticipated tour DVD 'The Adventures of Mimi'.
　　The tour, produced by Ken Ehrlich, played to packed houses across the States, Canada and Japan. Throughout the tour the multi-award winning star sang hits including her classics such as "Vision of Love and "Fantasy" and also songs from her latest album including "We Belong Together", "It's Like That" and "Say Something". One of the highlights of the tour was when Mariah played a sell-out show in her hometown, New York, at Madison Square Gardens joined on stage by her friends Jay Z and P Diddy.
　　Mariah is currently in the studio putting finishing touches to her latest album, yet untitled. Her signature fragrance, 'M' by Mariah Carey, is in stores now and her latest movie, 'Tennessee' from the makers of 'Monster's Ball' will be released soon. Carey is also in production with Adam Sandler shooting yet another movie, "You Don't mess with the Zohan".
　　1 Intro
　　2 It's Like That
　　3 Heartbreaker
　　4 Dreamlover
　　5 My All
　　6 Shake It Off
　　7 Vision Of Love
　　8 Fly Like A Bird
　　9 I'll Be There
　　10 Fantasy
　　11 Don't Forget About Us
　　12 Always Be My Baby
　　13 Honey
　　14 I Wish You Knew
　　15 Can't Let Go
　　16 One Sweet Day
　　17 Hero
　　18 Make It Happen
　　19 We Belong Together
　　20 Butterfly Reprise

　　Dame Penelope Keith visits England's picturesque villages to see how they're holding up in the 21st century. For the most part, she finds them quirky, resilient, and, well, picturesque.

　　Writer and broadcaster Stephen Smith finds out what it took to survive and prosper in the most artistic, decadent and dangerous royal courts in 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.

　　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

　　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……

　　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。

　　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。