Ronald Wright's bestseller A Short History Of Progress inspired this cinematic requiem to progress-as-usual. Throughout human history, what seemed like progress often backfired. Some of the world's foremost thinkers, activists, financiers and scientists challenge us to overcome 'progress traps,' which destroyed past civilizations and lie treacherously embedded in our own.

我们承认我们的世界主要通过视觉光我们用来看到的是只有一小部分的电磁波谱,包围着我们,影响我们的生活。从微波到x射线,从紫外到红外,我们将探索色彩的世界,看见和看不见的,我们会找到接手人真的是什么颜色,我们的彩色视觉是如何工作的和比较它的其他生物,一些人看到比我们更少的颜色,一些人看到更多。我们将探讨昆虫,可以看到紫外线,蛇这个意义上不可见的红外线辐射捕食猎物,和鸟类的彩色视觉远比我们更敏感。多个获奖后“知觉限制”和“时间限制”,这是第三个三部曲的最终部分,探索超越日常认知的极限。　　Producer: AV-Dokumenta for ORF in association with BMUKK and ORF-Enterprise

太平洋上的新几内亚岛坐落在赤道之上，紧挨着色彩斑斓的珊瑚礁，锋利的水下悬崖深至1000米。期待已久的探险即将展开，日本放送协会（简称NHK）将与著名的海洋生物学家，印尼腔棘鱼的发现者马克·厄德曼联手，潜入这鲜为人知的热带海洋深处。世界上首次成功拍摄到巨型鱿鱼在其自然栖息地游动的球形透明潜艇，将作为此次相继邂逅真正活化石物种的工具。在他们的最后一次潜水活动中，在这深海悬崖最黑暗的深处洞穴里，我们的团队将邂逅一种巨大的、未知的热带鱼……

49,000 year old Neanderthal bones have been discovered by chance in a remote, mountainous region of Northern Spain. The bones may help solve the biggest Neanderthal puzzle of all – why we are here today and Neanderthals are not.

Digital Media: New Learners of the 21st Century takes viewers to the frontlines of what is rapidly becoming an education revolution. The film, targeted at parents, teachers, and anyone concerned about education in America, explores how exceptional educators are increasingly using digital media and interactive practices to ignite their students' curiosity and ingenuity, help the...

伯特斯特恩輝煌的生涯始於Look雜誌的收發室，在那裏他和同公司的攝影師變成了好友，那位攝影師就是史丹利庫柏力克。遇上了廣告業的黃金年代，再加上庫柏力克的幫助，伯特斯特恩在25歲就成了知名的廣告攝影師，受到好萊塢、麥迪遜大道和國際時尚品牌競相邀約的對象，本片揭開這位廣告紅人的崛起與衰落。

香槟酒是法国香槟地区的修道士唐·培里侬在17世纪发明的，此后就名扬天下，成为一种奢华的庆祝之酒。那么香槟酒是如何酿造的？它和葡萄酒的区别在哪里？为何它属于奢华之酒？为何它常被用于欢庆的场合？为何它又被称为是爱的圣液？为何它开瓶时会发出巨响且泡沫奔腾？酿酒人又是如何看待它的？影片从葡萄的收获采摘到压榨成汁，从发酵到混合，会向你娓娓道来，让你基本了解酿造香槟酒的整个过程之概况。此外你还能在温馨的音乐中领略到香槟区葡萄园美丽迷人的风光景色。观赏这部影片，就宛如在喝一杯美酒佳酿。

Sam，25歲，追尋夢想的過程給了他從未有過的迷茫，未來在哪裡？該相信誰？Sam不知道。他決定回到原始自然的懷抱，拋下一切去了雲南，但又回到北京這個大都市，追求他的電影夢。　　人生，該這樣，該那樣。一路上，不同的人和事，都發出不同的聲音。Sam面對一切期望與意見，更看不清，他想躲，他想逃……　　Sam, a 25-year-old young guy, is lost in the process of making his movie dream come true. Where is his future? Who should he believe? Sam doesn’t have the answer. He decides to leave for Yunnan, trying to embrace the notion of pure na...

和孤独同样不朽的是什么？从奇莱到柏克莱，乱石磊磊的心间正在上升完成的，是诗……《朝向一首诗的完成》从杨牧朗诵的声音，展开对于一个庞大文学生命的追索。那个花莲中学里踟蹰的少年，大度山下论辩学习的身影，在爱荷华选读古英文的执着与好奇，乃至其穿梭于欧美、大陆与台湾的文化资源，融会知识进入文学写作的尝试，那对于音韵与想像的计较的决心，均使人重读杨牧诗文时，更深刻地重新被撼动一次。

Horizon explores the secrets of what makes a long, healthy and happy life. It turns out that a time you can't remember - the nine months you spend in the womb - could have more lasting effects on you today than your lifestyle or genes. It is one of the most powerful and provocative new ideas in human science, and it was pioneered by a British scientist, Professor David Barker. ...

Around the world, a new generation of astronomers are hunting for the most mysterious objects in the universe. Young stars, black holes, even other forms of life.　　They have created a dazzling new set of super-telescopes that promise to rewrite the story of the heavens.　　This film follows the men and women who are pushing the limits of science and engineering in some of the most ...

本片深入探究了给日本造成重创的地震与海啸背後的科学原理，本期节目将带领观众们随着地理学教授Roger Bilham的旅程，深入到震後仅数天後的日本。

After filming one of the most unusual attacks ever seen in the African savannahfour cheetahs being brutally attacked by two male lionsfilmmaker Reinhard "Leo" Kuenkel joins forces with world-renowned lion expert Craig Packer to decipher what happened during this incredible take down, and more importantly, why it happened in the first place. They go frame by frame though the foo...

Ever since the early 1960s, Rick Stein has been in love with the blues and years later he is fascinated by the dishes ingrained in its lyrics - fried chicken and turnip greens, catfish and black-eyed peas, and the rest. In this film, Rick pays homage to the musicians who created this music and to the great dishes of the Mississippi Delta that go hand in hand with the blues.

《萌宠成长记》使用了先进的设备，并借鉴拍摄野生动物纪录片的手法，每一集跟随三组初生的小宠物来记录它们的生活，从出生到蹒跚学步和睁开眼睛，再到断奶和离开母亲照顾的心酸时刻，全程见证一只小萌宠的成长过程。在众多闪耀着理性光芒的社科人文纪录片中，该片无疑是一道清新可人的餐后甜点。