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四年时间拍摄,四集短片,一个令人惊讶的系列节目。本系列节目通过对北极地区四个最独特的区域的探索,从一个完全不同的视角去让观众感受这个地区的原著动物们的生活和非凡的居住习性。摄制组花了12个月时间去拍摄大雅冰冻森林区,此区拥有着占全世界1/3数量的林木;此外,还探索了北极的苔原地带,苔原地带被认为是地球上最冷最干燥的地区之一,在这个地区里居住着成千上万数量的驯鹿。最后1集短片为我们展示了北极熊和北极鲸类的生活圈并探究了冰岛这个国家。
节目分集名称如下:
第一集:北冰洋
第二集:泰加林
第三集:苔原
第四集:冰岛
本纪录片由Discovery旗下的动物星球(Animal Planet)小组拍摄完成。
节目分集名称如下:
第一集:北冰洋
第二集:泰加林
第三集:苔原
第四集:冰岛
本纪录片由Discovery旗下的动物星球(Animal Planet)小组拍摄完成。
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The story of a champion freediver and expert safety diver, whose lives seemed fated to converge at the height of their careers. A look at the thrilling rewards — and inescapable risks — of chasing dreams through the depths of the ocean.
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In an intensely personal and often surprising film for BBC Two, Depression And Me, Alastair Campbell explores if radical new treatments can stop his depression.
Campbell is best known for his role as Tony Blair’s formidable and often contentious spin doctor but, away from the public eye, he has been dogged by crippling bouts of depression for most of his life. Some days, just getting out of bed is too hard. Therapy and anti-depressant medication is helping him keep his head above water - but is that really the best he can hope for?
Alastair Campbell says: “I’ve been on antidepressants for years and years and none of them can stop it. I want to understand my depression and find out if modern science has any better ways of treating it. I’m hoping there’s something out there that can help me lead a happier life.
“I feel we are nearing a tipping point in the battle to demolish the stigma and taboo surrounding mental illness and TV is a very good medium for bringing these issues right out into the open. I have never regretted being open about my own issues but an important part of this film is also seeing my depression through the eyes of members of my family, especially my partner Fiona. I was also keen to get out there and find out what kind of progress was being made on the scientific and research front. There is a lot going on. My worry is that we are winning the battle for better awareness but losing the battle for the services we need.
"I was very pleased with the reaction to the film in Sheffield [at Doc/Fest]. One film alone cannot change the world but there is finally the focus on these issues that we need and hopefully one day we will have services to match.”
Campbell is best known for his role as Tony Blair’s formidable and often contentious spin doctor but, away from the public eye, he has been dogged by crippling bouts of depression for most of his life. Some days, just getting out of bed is too hard. Therapy and anti-depressant medication is helping him keep his head above water - but is that really the best he can hope for?
Alastair Campbell says: “I’ve been on antidepressants for years and years and none of them can stop it. I want to understand my depression and find out if modern science has any better ways of treating it. I’m hoping there’s something out there that can help me lead a happier life.
“I feel we are nearing a tipping point in the battle to demolish the stigma and taboo surrounding mental illness and TV is a very good medium for bringing these issues right out into the open. I have never regretted being open about my own issues but an important part of this film is also seeing my depression through the eyes of members of my family, especially my partner Fiona. I was also keen to get out there and find out what kind of progress was being made on the scientific and research front. There is a lot going on. My worry is that we are winning the battle for better awareness but losing the battle for the services we need.
"I was very pleased with the reaction to the film in Sheffield [at Doc/Fest]. One film alone cannot change the world but there is finally the focus on these issues that we need and hopefully one day we will have services to match.”
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This incredible family comes armed with eight legs and eight eyes, and after millions of years they've evolved even more bizarre behaviors and features that will make your skin crawl. They're nature's super survivors and thrive in deserts, jungles, and even under water. Incredible Spiders come in different sizes and unusual colours, some have hair, some build webs and some have sticky legs to catch prey! Here we take a look at the hunters and jumpers and engineers and dancers, they're some of the most fascinating spiders on Earth...The Golden Orb builds a giant web over a meter wide and its silk is the strongest known natural material on the planet. The Golden Baboon spider lives in an underground burrow and lays silk trip wires to alert it to moving prey on the surface! The Jumping spider can jump over half the length of a football field to catch its flying prey, and the Fishing spider runs on water. But it's the Goliath tarantula that is the most frightening. With a leg span of over...
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上世纪七八十年代的好莱坞电影里,蚂蚁,蜘蛛,苍蝇,蜜蜂,蜘蛛,蜈蚣等经常是主角。这些在现实世界中体型微小的动物,一旦因为某种异变造成体型扩大数千倍,将造成怎样的灾难? 当然,科幻电影毕竟只是幻想。 大卫·艾登堡继历时四年的震撼之作《非洲》之后,又带来了这全新的《微型猛兽世界之旅》。本系列采用高端的3D摄影技术,画面极其精美,是不可多得的又一佳作。 《观察家报》的评论为“精彩绝伦的新系列,令人啧啧称奇,千万不可错过!”;《星期日邮报》的评论是“震撼人心的全新系列,迄今为止最好的3D纪录片,准备好被震撼吧!”;《太阳报》的评论是“你会爱上这个关于神秘昆虫世界的纪录片系列!”;Total TV Guide等网站也给出了积极评论。
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领略《维纳斯的诞生》的不朽魅力。它是一曲女性人体美的颂歌,它在问世后几经沉浮,最终成为世界级偶像。波提切利绘制的女体为何如此具有革命性?它对现当代艺术又有怎样的影响?
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Art dealer Gordon Watson stakes his money and reputation on buying, selling and getting the best deals. He introduces us to his wealthy clients - lords, ladies and billionaires.
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Pulp 贾维斯·考科尔 Nick Banks Candida Doyle 史蒂夫·麦基 Mark Webber Leo Abrahams Jean Cook Richard Hawley The Boxettes Kate Brown Neo Joshua Yvette Riby-Williams Josephine Cooper Chris Barcroft 弗洛里安·哈比希特
70年代晚期成軍的Pulp,寫下英式搖滾樂團最大器晚成的故事。整個80年代都被忽略,熬到90年代才因〈Common People〉搖滾國歌大紅大紫。紀錄片《關於Pulp的日常搖滾》以2012年底在家鄉的最後一場重聚公演為主軸,記錄了如夢境般的演唱會,也深情凝視了Sheffield這座城市,及安居其中形形色色的人們。
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It is no wonder that we are mesmerized by mountains, are afraid of them and are obsessed by them. They evoke wildness in all of us, and yet still they remain a world of secrets.
With one programme each on the Rocky Mountains, the Andes and Himalaya, this series will use drones to reveal these mountains as never before. The audience will be taken from hidden valleys to unknown peaks and they will feel the vertigo, cold and sense of wonder that these great ranges evoke.
This landmark three-part series on the iconic ranges of the world will show how the mountains mould the lives of the extraordinary animals and the remote peoples that live there and how these great ranges create weather systems that rule our planet.
With one programme each on the Rocky Mountains, the Andes and Himalaya, this series will use drones to reveal these mountains as never before. The audience will be taken from hidden valleys to unknown peaks and they will feel the vertigo, cold and sense of wonder that these great ranges evoke.
This landmark three-part series on the iconic ranges of the world will show how the mountains mould the lives of the extraordinary animals and the remote peoples that live there and how these great ranges create weather systems that rule our planet.
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From the Emmy Award-winning team behind Planet Earth and Our Planet comes Our Planet II, Narrated by David Attenborough. At any given moment on planet Earth, billions of animals are on the move. Our Planet II unravels the mysteries of how and why animals move and migrate to reveal some of the most spectacular and dramatic stories in the natural world.
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Secrets to Civilisation is a groundbreaking History series which explores the recent explosion in data about our planet's past, offering a completely fresh perspective on the ancient world from the Bronze Age to the fall of Rome.
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监制贾达·萍克·史密斯带来的这部纪录片剧集探索极具影响力的著名非洲女王的生活。这一季的主角是埃及艳后,她是世界上最著名、最有权势但也蒙受最多误解的女性,她是一位大胆的女王,她的美丽和风流韵事掩盖了她真正的财富:她的智慧。克丽奥佩脱拉的影响一直是许多学术争论的主题,而好莱坞往往忽略了这一点。现在,我们的纪录片剧集将重新审视她人生故事中这一引人入胜的部分。
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Mark Bonnar 泰勒·迈尔 Herve Bocherens Volker Bromm Maura Davis Todd Dawson Dean Falk Alper Gurlek Sultan Kosen David Labonte Mark Long Richard Nelson Ian Paton Stuart Paton Robert Wadlow
世间万物各有大小。仰望浩瀚星空,地球不过是沧海一粟;对于虫蚁,人类又如同巨人,遮天蔽日。宇宙是如何决定一切事物的大小的?万物的大小是否重要?本片带着这些问题,大开脑洞,进行了一系列无法实际操作的思维实验:在木星那么大的地球上生活会是什么样?我们如果变成巨人,或者是蚂蚁一 样大又会有什么变化?还有我们习以为常的太阳,把它放大或缩小一些对我们将产生什么影响?在两期节目中,我们将把这些天马行空的幻想用科学手法进行模拟,用科学的分析解释万物大小的重要之处,极具趣味性。
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A cinematic homage to Peter Rice, one of the most distinguished engineers of the late 20th century. Tracing Rice's extraordinary life and career, from his Dundalk childhood to his work on the Sydney Opera House,The Pompidou Centre and the Lloyd's Building, to his untimely death in 1992, Marcus Robinson uses stunning time-lapse photography and revealing interviews to tell the story of a genius who stood in the shadow of architectural icons. Until now.
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It was the world's last Islamic empire - a super-power of a million square miles. From its capital in Istanbul it matched the glories of Ancient Rome. And after six centuries in power it collapsed less than a hundred years ago. Rageh Omaar sets out to discover why the Ottomans have vanished from our understanding of the history of Europe. Why so few realise the importance of Ottoman history in today's Middle East. And why you have to know the Ottoman story to understand the roots of many of today's trouble spots from Palestine, Iraq and Israel to Libya, Syria, Egypt, Bosnia and Kosovo.
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1997年是一个特殊的年份。改革开放的总设计师小平同志去世。而上海,作为一个国际大都市,正经历着巨大的变迁。这变迁既有具象的,如城市旧区改造;也有抽象的、心理层面的变革——比如人们的性观念、中年男女对于婚姻和生命的反思等等。英国导演Phil Agland拍摄的《逝——上海冬夜的爱与死》准确地抓住这个城市跃动的脉搏,交替讲述了这座城市里几个人各自不同的故事。他选取的人物与故事不但皆与爱和死相关联,而且电影始终保持着恰到好处的节奏感——从故事的铺陈、演进到高潮即将到来前一刹那令人屏息的张力,无不显示了导演卓越的控制能力。在电影离结尾约三十分钟的时候,各条线索同时到达了引而不发的边缘——居住于贫困旧屋的孩子即将经历一场高风险的心脏手术;京剧小演员一个月之后马上要登台公演;弄堂里的寡妇要面临再婚的抉择;而杀害女友的团委干部即将接受最终的审判。这令全片自始至终保持着一种纪录片里不常有的剧烈的悬念感。
团委干部杀害女友的故事在电影中占据了最大的比重。爱与死在这个故事中交织在一起。一个国家机关的知识分子,对自己的女朋友何以下此毒手?性质更为严重的是,他在杀人之后将女友的尸体分成好几部分,抛入江中。手段之残忍,令人难以想象。电影忠实地追随了此案从审讯、宣判、上诉到终审的全过程,杀人犯从最初的抵赖到最后泪流满面,受害者家属在旁听席间的表情,无一不显现了人性的幽微之处,令观众深受震动。而受害者家属对于“杀人犯也会死,他的家人也会难过”的说法之剧烈抨击,更将故事推出更深的、道德反思的层面。
很难想象《逝》出自一个英国导演之手,因为全片的上海风味是此浓重,街坊邻里和杀人罪犯皆操一口鲜活的上海话,丝毫没有剧情片的矫饰,原生态的幽默比比皆是。因此,这不仅是一部可以令西方人更准确全面地了解上海的纪录片,而且更适合上海观众观看,因为在那些词不达意的英文字幕背后,有可以令人或会心一笑或捧腹大笑的对话,而笑过之后,是对身处其中的故乡更深一层的了解,更具省思意味的自知。
团委干部杀害女友的故事在电影中占据了最大的比重。爱与死在这个故事中交织在一起。一个国家机关的知识分子,对自己的女朋友何以下此毒手?性质更为严重的是,他在杀人之后将女友的尸体分成好几部分,抛入江中。手段之残忍,令人难以想象。电影忠实地追随了此案从审讯、宣判、上诉到终审的全过程,杀人犯从最初的抵赖到最后泪流满面,受害者家属在旁听席间的表情,无一不显现了人性的幽微之处,令观众深受震动。而受害者家属对于“杀人犯也会死,他的家人也会难过”的说法之剧烈抨击,更将故事推出更深的、道德反思的层面。
很难想象《逝》出自一个英国导演之手,因为全片的上海风味是此浓重,街坊邻里和杀人罪犯皆操一口鲜活的上海话,丝毫没有剧情片的矫饰,原生态的幽默比比皆是。因此,这不仅是一部可以令西方人更准确全面地了解上海的纪录片,而且更适合上海观众观看,因为在那些词不达意的英文字幕背后,有可以令人或会心一笑或捧腹大笑的对话,而笑过之后,是对身处其中的故乡更深一层的了解,更具省思意味的自知。
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Set under the lush canopies of Uganda's Ngogo Forest, scientists and field trackers have lived alongside this tribe for the last 25 years, watching as they built a sophisticated political and familial structure: forming alliances, building trust, caring for one another, and often going head to head in a never ending fight for power. Reed and his team embedded a camera crew to capture an intimate look at the chimps of Ngogo, which saw some of the most tumultuous battles and dramatic changes in the tribe's history. During the series, babies will grow, relationships will blossom, and leaders will rise and fall.
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A look at the life and work of Charlie Chaplin in his own words featuring an in-depth interview he gave to Life magazine in 1966.
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亚历克斯·吉布尼([零日])将执导德国网球运动员鲍里斯·贝克尔纪录片[贝克尔](Becker,暂译)。影片将围绕贝克尔的生活展开,他17岁夺得温布尔登网球锦标赛男单冠军,以此进入了辉煌的职业生涯。他是6座网球大满贯男子单打桂冠及1992年巴塞罗那奥运会网球男子双打金牌得主。但他又因无力偿债,于2017年被英国法院颁令破产。
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50分钟纪录片——深入柬埔寨「诈骗园」的“杀猪盘”产业。 在东南亚,数以百计的“杀猪盘”诈骗集团主要分布在菲律宾,柬埔寨,泰国,老挝,缅甸。 这些集团将“员工”禁锢在门禁森严的园区内,实施网上诈骗工作。“员工”的来源分为两类——一是诈骗集团通过在网上发布“待遇极其优厚”的招聘广告,吸引不明真相的求职者,然后在边境开车直接将其带入园区;二是诈骗集团直接在街头实施绑架,将普通人强行带入局。 这些所谓“员工”每天工作12小时以上,常常在园区里遭到殴打,关禁闭(纪录片中有许多员工被殴打的实拍画面)。如果“员工”触碰公司红线,轻则被一顿毒打半个月下不了床;重则断腿断胳膊。 这条纪录片中,记录了一位美国的“杀猪盘”受骗者逐步上钩,损失数百万美元的故事;也采访到了一位在这里年入数百万人民币的杀猪盘总监。他因为与上级在利益分配上产生矛盾,被毒打,最终逃了出来。此外,片中还详细记录了一位被困园区内的“员工”,通过爬窗跳楼,成功逃出的经历。 如此明目张胆的犯罪行为,目前得不到法律的任何制裁。在片中,位于柬埔寨的皇乐园区内,发生了罄竹难书的罪行,但没有任何人被捕或被指控。园区业主黄继茂的产业遍布柬埔寨各个行业,甚至被柬埔寨国王授予勋爵,与柬埔寨高层往来密切。记者尝试了报警,但没有得到警方的任何回复。
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不设边界、不找借口、不守规矩,Top Gear第26季将于2月18日起,bilibili全网独播!每周一10:00更新一集,游戏开始!
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1999年,迈克尔马修斯成为登顶圣母峰最年轻的英国人。但在完成登顶的3个小时后,他失踪了并再没被找到。23年后,他的弟弟,一位企业家及主持人斯宾塞马修斯准备前往寻找他。与拥有14座高峰攀登记录的尼尔马普贾组成队伍,随着天气的恶化救援队面临着极端挑战。
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本片部分镜头可能引起观众不适,请酌情观看。
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The boys are back with a BANG, pushing themselves and their cars to the limits in an exhilarating new series
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安德鲁·弗林托夫 克里斯·哈里斯 帕迪·麦吉尼斯 Eddie Kidd Antonio Giovinazzi Lando Norris 塞巴斯蒂安·维特尔 Majorie Kidd Robbie Knievel Christine Morris Chas Sanders Ron Templeman
Freddie Flintoff, Chris Harris and Paddy McGuinness head to the British Grand Prix for a showdown with a trio of F1's finest drivers. Elsewhere, Paddy pays tribute to the legendary Eddie Kidd OBE.
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这是Freddie Flintoff、Chris Harris 和 Paddy McGuinness 四度联袂主持 Top Gear。他们将再次上路迎接一系列严峻挑战在探索中刷新自己与座驾的极限。本季Top Gear的亮点不仅包括三位主持人将应对中年危机车的棘手问题,同时他们还将前往苏格兰高地开启紧张又刺激的越野大冒险、试驾 007 系列电影中标志性的邦德车。最后他们还会开着各自父亲的旧车拾起过往回忆踏上一段怀旧之旅。本季还将对许多新发布的车型进行试驾测评 包括丰田GR 雅力士 、兰博基尼 Sian混合动力超级跑车和法拉利罗马跑车等。Top Gear 重新回归一场彻头彻尾的激烈角逐!
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《Top Gear》第29季强势回归!
本季三位主持人Paddy Mcguinness、Freddie Flintoff、Chris Harris将继续体验前所未有的刺激玩法,在测试车辆的过程中,挑战汽车和自身耐力的极限。本季节目中,他们会驾驶老旧的家用车挑战巨大的“死亡之墙”、开着假日租用车滑雪下山、呈现21世纪厢式越野冰淇淋车的性能以及在博尔顿进行24小时车内生存挑战等等。
每集节目都会再现《Top Gear》的经典特色:异国情调超跑、赛道竞速和Stig。节目组还搭建了露天驶入式录影棚的测试跑道,让观众们一睹全新的节目呈现效果。《Top Gear》第29季强势回归!独家登陆B站啦!
本季三位主持人Paddy Mcguinness、Freddie Flintoff、Chris Harris将继续体验前所未有的刺激玩法,在测试车辆的过程中,挑战汽车和自身耐力的极限。本季节目中,他们会驾驶老旧的家用车挑战巨大的“死亡之墙”、开着假日租用车滑雪下山、呈现21世纪厢式越野冰淇淋车的性能以及在博尔顿进行24小时车内生存挑战等等。
每集节目都会再现《Top Gear》的经典特色:异国情调超跑、赛道竞速和Stig。节目组还搭建了露天驶入式录影棚的测试跑道,让观众们一睹全新的节目呈现效果。
本季三位主持人Paddy Mcguinness、Freddie Flintoff、Chris Harris将继续体验前所未有的刺激玩法,在测试车辆的过程中,挑战汽车和自身耐力的极限。本季节目中,他们会驾驶老旧的家用车挑战巨大的“死亡之墙”、开着假日租用车滑雪下山、呈现21世纪厢式越野冰淇淋车的性能以及在博尔顿进行24小时车内生存挑战等等。
每集节目都会再现《Top Gear》的经典特色:异国情调超跑、赛道竞速和Stig。节目组还搭建了露天驶入式录影棚的测试跑道,让观众们一睹全新的节目呈现效果。《Top Gear》第29季强势回归!独家登陆B站啦!
本季三位主持人Paddy Mcguinness、Freddie Flintoff、Chris Harris将继续体验前所未有的刺激玩法,在测试车辆的过程中,挑战汽车和自身耐力的极限。本季节目中,他们会驾驶老旧的家用车挑战巨大的“死亡之墙”、开着假日租用车滑雪下山、呈现21世纪厢式越野冰淇淋车的性能以及在博尔顿进行24小时车内生存挑战等等。
每集节目都会再现《Top Gear》的经典特色:异国情调超跑、赛道竞速和Stig。节目组还搭建了露天驶入式录影棚的测试跑道,让观众们一睹全新的节目呈现效果。
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作为全球公认顶级汽车IP,《Top Gear巅峰拍档》至今已有40余年的节目历史,超3.5亿的全球观众,被吉尼斯认证世界最受欢迎的汽车节目。凭借其独一无二的节目风格,电影级别的制作水准,层出不穷的测评创意BBC旗下的《Top Gear巅峰拍档》为全世界的观众带来了一档颠覆概念的汽车节目。
《Top Gear巅峰拍档》第28季于2月25日开始在B站全网独播。本季继续沿用前季主持阵容:英国国民喜剧演员、知名节目主持人帕迪•麦吉尼斯(Paddy Mcguiness),英国板球传奇球员兼知名节目主持人弗雷迪•弗林托夫(Freddie Flintoff)与拥有“汽车百科全书”之称的克里斯•哈里斯(Chris Harris)。全季包含6集精彩内容:165米驾车蹦极;迈凯轮VS战斗机圈速赛;人车越野PK赛,等等。主持人携手走访瑞士、美国、墨西哥、秘鲁等国家,领略美景的同时应对全新的极限挑战。
《Top Gear巅峰拍档》第28季于2月25日开始在B站全网独播。本季继续沿用前季主持阵容:英国国民喜剧演员、知名节目主持人帕迪•麦吉尼斯(Paddy Mcguiness),英国板球传奇球员兼知名节目主持人弗雷迪•弗林托夫(Freddie Flintoff)与拥有“汽车百科全书”之称的克里斯•哈里斯(Chris Harris)。全季包含6集精彩内容:165米驾车蹦极;迈凯轮VS战斗机圈速赛;人车越野PK赛,等等。主持人携手走访瑞士、美国、墨西哥、秘鲁等国家,领略美景的同时应对全新的极限挑战。
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Top Gear,是由BBC出品的一档汽车娱乐节目,自2002年改版推出,至今已经25季。脑回路清奇的创意、疯狂在燃烧的经费、堪比好莱坞的制作,它被称为全世界最好的汽车秀。本次,Top Gear第25季将于2月26起,在bilibili全网独播,每周一10:00更新一集,前24季也将陆续上线。不解释了,赶紧上车吧。
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Since 2003, our top secret Top Gear test track (based just off the A281 in Surrey) has played host to all manner of glamorous metal in the hands of The Stig, celebrities in an array of afforable hatchbacks, the odd barbeque or two, and John Prescott. Here’s everything you need to know from 13 years of smoke and power - with links to all the behind the scenes footage.
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Jeremy, Richard and James talk about everything car-related. From new cars to how they're fueled, this show has it all.
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148Series 19, Episode 127 January 2013Damian Lewis
Review: Richard reviews the Pagani Huayra, the latest supercar from the Italian manufacturer. The car is capable of savage acceleration, with a lot of attention placed into the bodywork, interior and utilizing cutting edge technology. Despite the massive twin-turbo engine and horsepower, thanks to its sophisticated aerodynamic package, the car can easily be driven hard without the risk of spinning. The Huayra also set the fastest time on the Top Gear Test Track in the hands of The Stig, 1:13.8, beating the previous record, set by the Ariel Atom V8.
News: The Dacia Sandero is now on sale in the UK. The Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Black has been updated to produce extra horsepower, but the handling is still challenging. Jeremy claims that he has found a male equivalent version of Fifty Shades of Grey, presenting a kid's book about tractors. The new Chevrolet Stingray is announced. James May turned fifty the previous week. Also, the rally team composed of war amputees (previously mentioned in series 17, episode 6) finally completed their challenge of finishing the 2013 Dakar Rally.
Review: James reviews the new Bentley Continental GT, and notes the new engine and subtle ride characteristics. Believing that the Bentley, with four wheel drive system and a big, powerful engine, can handle things worse than a Welsh countryside road, James takes the car onto a Welsh stage of the World Rally Championship, with Kris Meeke behind the wheel, and James being the co-driver. Despite the car having less grip, more weight, an electronic handbrake (unsuitable for usage on a rally stage) and James not being proficient at giving pace notes, the Bentley was actually faster than one of the full WRC cars.
Star In A Reasonably Priced Car: Damian Lewis takes his turn in the car, and drifts the Kia Cee'd around the snow-coated test track and crosses the finish line sideways, setting the slowest ever time of 2:09.1. Jeremy cheers Damian up by making a separate board for snow (he justs put the time underneath and to the side of the fastest lap time on that board) and says that he is the fastest driver ever on their "snow board".
Challenge: Jeremy attempts to build a car smaller than the Peel P50, naming his creation the P45. It was based on a quad bike, with bodywork fitted, designed to wrap around the driver. He then presented his idea to the 'Dragons' in a Dragons' Den style format. All of the dragons declare themselves "out" and back in the studio, Richard concludes that for the P45 to be put in production, Jeremy would have to be dead.
149Series 19, Episode 23 February 2013Mick Fleetwood
Challenge, Part 1: In another challenge, the presenters picked three super cars to take on an epic race. Since it was Hammond's turn to select the challenge location, the team went to the Western United States. Jeremy selected the Lexus LFA, James chose the new Aston Martin Vanquish, and Richard took the SRT Viper. After a brief drive in the Nevada desert, the trio headed to Las Vegas Motor Speedway, specifically the drag strip, to compete in drag races organized by the Las Vegas Police Department; whom organized it with the theory that allowing people to drag race, legally, at a closed circuit, would prevent street racing. Despite the high performance of their cars, the trio were beaten by modified production cars, and 4WD cars, in each of their drag races.
News: Jeremy comes up with a solution on how to solve the crisis affecting Britain's town centres: sacking all traffic wardens and removing double yellow lines. The trio then review a Chinese product designed to stop drowsiness behind the wheel, before they took a first look at the 2013 Jaguar F-Type. They praised its styling, but criticized its high price tag of £60,000, as well as its target audience. James mentions Peugeot Citroen's car intended to run on compressed air; Jeremy attempted to use a fire extinguisher to demonstrate, but failed after only causing himself to turn slowly around.
Challenge, Part 2.: After leaving Las Vegas, James and Richard make fun of Jeremy's LFA for lacking not only Bluetooth connection and iPod connectors, but cup holders, despite being the most expensive car. They are then tasked to head to Willow Springs International Motorsports Park, but they instead stop on a grooved road, where each car drives over the grooves and produces notes. When they reach Willow Springs, they are forced to play an aerial version of Laser Quest, where they would drive 5 laps around the track, whilst being chased by two Aermacchi SF.260 armed with laser guns. In the end, James won the challenge by being hit only 17 times.
Star in a Reasonably Priced Car: Fleetwood Mac's Mick Fleetwood drove the Kia Cee'd around the Test Track with a lap of 1:45.4.
Challenge, Part 3: Departing Willow Springs, the group headed for Los Angeles, California. In order to do "real world" testing, Richard devised a challenge to see who could burn the best elevens. The three instead ended up drawing a phallus and left LA. The team then stayed for a night in Palm Springs. However, the producers gave them a final challenge. The three would drive from Palm Springs to the Mexican border at Calexico the following morning, and the last to make it to the Mexican border would have to travel into the country itself to drive the Mastretta MXT, a Mexican sports car made fun of by the presenters in an earlier series, for a later segment on the show. In revenge for taking them to America, Jeremy and James sabotaged Hammond's Viper, causing him to lose 10 minutes in the race. Despite making a stop for fuel, Jeremy made it to the finish line first, with James in second. Richard then walked to the border being the last person to arrive. At the studio, James and Jeremy end by saying that the Viper was awful and that the Vanquish and LFA were amazing.
150Series 19, Episode 310 February 2013Amy Macdonald
Review: Jeremy reviews the Toyota GT86 and the Subaru BRZ. The cars are almost identical, but Jeremy prefers the Toyota GT86. The Stig then completed a lap of the Test Track in 1:31:3.
News: They discuss the new Subaru Impreza, which is not coming to UK, and they then talk about the new Maserati Quattroporte.
Challenge, Part 1: The producers have reserved a single ticket to a football match at the San Siro in Milan, Northern Italy. The trio have a race from Wembley Stadium to the San Siro. Jeremy drives the Shelby Mustang GT500 and Richard and James travel on public transport. Similar to the previous race to Monte Carlo, Richard and James are not allowed to use any cars, and Jeremy is not allowed to use any trains. According to Jeremy, since the last epic race, the trains have become faster and boats have become slower. Richard and James opened up a big lead whilst travelling on the Eurostar, and arrive in Paris while Jeremy was still crossing the English Channel on a ferry. After reaching France, Jeremy discovers that the Mustang only holds 50 litres in its fuel tank. After leaving Paris, Richard and James discuss what to do upon arriving in Milan — as there are two of them but only one ticket. Hundreds of miles behind, Jeremy ends part 1 of the challenge stating out loud, "I'm gonna lose!"
Star in a Reasonably Priced Car: Amy Macdonald drove the Kia Cee'd around the Test Track in 1:44.4. During one of her practice runs, Amy accidentally destroyed one of the runway lights, which Jeremy gives to her after revealing the lap time.
Challenge, Part 2: The high speed TGV slowed down as it approached the mountains that surround Northern Italy. Jeremy began to catch up and was nearly neck and neck with the train, until road works at the Mont Blanc Tunnel slow him down. The train starts to accelerate again and reaches Northern Italy ahead of Jeremy. Richard and James use a tube network to get to the streets near the finish line. James maintains his opposition to run on television and Richard runs off alone to find the finish line, which is at a bar in the IM Villa Veuve Cliequot. James then assembled a bike which he had hidden in one of his bags and rides to the bar, only to find that Richard is already there and has won the race and the ticket to the football match. Moments later, Jeremy arrived and accepted defeat for the first time ever in an epic race of all the series.
151Series 19, Episode 417 February 2013Lewis Hamilton
Review: Jeremy reviews the Vauxhall Astra VXR, Ford Focus ST and Renault Megane Renault Sport Cup. The Stig did laps of each car, the Focus being the slowest at 1:29.6, the Astra VXR at 1:28.3, and the Megane in 1:27.7. Despite this, Jeremy chose the Astra VXR as the best overall car of the three.
News: They discuss the newest cars, such as the Alfa Romeo 4C, the next generation Ford Mustang would be sold in Great Britain, but the UK version would come with a 2.0 EcoBoost engine, and the importance of the handbrake turn in "male development".
Review: Jeremy tests the all new Kia Cee'd, putting it through a myriad of strange road tests. Including Matt LeBlanc doing a lap with both the old and new Cee'd, Bruce Willis (in character as John McClane) testing the horn of the Cee'd, Eric Clapton testing its auxiliary input jack, and Jeremy testing the Cee'd's self parallel parking feature.
Star in a Reasonably Priced Car: Lewis Hamilton opens up about his move from McLaren to Mercedes AMG and takes the old Suzuki Liana around the Test Track, setting the fastest F1 time, a 1:42.9.
Review: As punishment for losing the previous race, Richard is forced to review the Mastretta MXT in Mexico. Minding his words, he states that the MXT was an ambitious undertaking for the first-time manufacturer, but that it had its share of flaws.
Challenge: Jeremy and James play car rugby using Kia Cee'ds and Kia Sportages at Twickenham Stadium and Stig in Vauxhall Astra Police car as the referee. Jeremy's team wins.
152Series 19, Episode 524 February 2013James McAvoy
Challenge, Part 1: Jeremy and Richard attempt to design a car targeted at elderly people. Jeremy demonstrates the complexity of modern cars' dshboard. Richard brings a Fiat Multipla and both modify it. Jeremy breaks the dashboard and replaces it considering it to be too complicated for elders. Richard asks for the airbags saying that it is dangerous for the elderly who are as delicate as children, and that he needs it for a safety feature. Jeremy makes a speedometer which reads 20 mph at the top speed, he also uses an old design switch for rear fog light which does nothing. Jeremy installs a pet-cage and replaces the back seat with high seat chairs and the Fiat badge with a Rover one. They paint it in beige after observing the shade of a hearing aid. Richard uses water-resistant fabric as seat covers, and while stitching hurts his eye. They complete the car and end the part 1 with Richard wearing heavy bandages over his left eye.
News: Volkswagen will launch GTI version of the new Golf and GT version of Up will be launched. Kia will launch the Pro Cee'd GT. The Mini Paceman is launched, and the trio mock the front end of the car, claiming that it looks depressing. The trio agree that the British are the best drivers. Alfa-Romeo releases photographs of the Gloria, in which the trio make fun of it's name. Richard had arrived late so James and Jeremy had attempted to play tennis with cars (which has a lot of editing).
Review: James reviews the new Range Rover in London. The new car is completely redesigned, 400 kg lighter due to Aluminium body, has active suspension, new gearbox, minimalist dashboard and offers better comfort. James then races it against TerraMax at Nevada Automotive Test Centre, Nevada. The race was to a hill 10 mile across, passing through rocky terrain, hillock, mud, river and sand-tracks. TerraMax was switched to drone mode during the race to deflate the tyres and take a short-cut. The Range Rover's automatic Terrain Response System is demonstrated. James takes a longer route to ascend the hill but still wins the race. At the studio, the trio consider the driverless cars to be not very practical.
Star In A Reasonably Priced Car: James McAvoy drove the Kia Cee'd around the Test Track with a lap of 1:43.6 despite having less experience of driving cars. He drove over grassy patch in the last corner but manages to keep the car under control.
Challenge, Part 2: Jeremy and Richard road-test their car at Christchurch, Dorset. The car has large front bumpers made up of foam, large rear-view mirrors, squeaking ball under the brake-pedal, large magnifying-glass on the dashboard, sat nav (voiced by Richard Briers) with only four destinatons. The car has an artificial cat on the roof which later fell over on the way of Bingo hall. Richard later shows his system to find the location of parked car (the car activates a flare and then releases a balloon). Jeremy shows that the radio only plays Horse of the Year Show theme on a loop, which both later find to be irresistible to clap along. The name of the car is revealed to be The James. They pick up three elderly ladies from a pensioners' home for road-testing and drive them to a bowling club where it is shown that Richard fitted the airbag at the rear for parking assist which inflates the airbag on close proximity. Jeremy and Richard buy food for picnic, choosing only British foods. They attach the shopping trolley to Tow hitch and head for picnic. The roof of the car leaks as it rains. Jeremy and Richard end up choosing a picnic spot on roadside where they find the trolley to be damaged during reversing and the food to be soaked, however they ate the food which was not ruined. The next day both leave Christchurch and Jeremy shows his system to prevent the car from being driven on the wrong side of the road, the car initially sounds alarm and later the tyres, doors and other parts of the car explode which stops the car and renders it immobile. At the studio, James considers the heater to be complicated, the trio thank Richard Briers and announce the Africa special.
153Series 19, Episode 63 March 2013No Guest
First of the two-episode Africa Special, taking place in Africa. The episode was shot in 2012.
Challenge, Part 1: Buy used estate cars for up to £1,500 in Britain and report at a small village in rural Uganda. Jeremy arrives in a BMW 528i Touring, Richard in a Subaru Impreza WRX Estate and James in a Volvo 850R Wagon. The challenge is to find the true source of the river Nile.
They set off an discover that exploring isn't as difficult as first thought when they go on a nice easy drive and find Lake Victoria, of whom the Victorian Explorers thought was the source of the Nile. However they are then told that it is not the actual source of the Nile and there were two other disputed locations for it, one in Rwanda and one in Burundi. However, Jeremy Clarkson insisted that both of these locations were wrong and decided to head west towards Lake Edward to see whether there was a link between that lake and Lake Kivu in Rwanda.
In their journey west, where they visit the Entebbe Airport and from there see the Ford Scorpio Estate back-up car. They continue into Kampala, Uganda's Capital City where they get held up in a traffic jam overnight, the most hurrendous traffic they'd ever seen.
They continue on well-maintained highways west finding their trip incredibly easy before reaching the town of Mbarara in the southwest of the country, via a stop in Jezza, a village in Mpigi District. Here they stay in a disgusting hotel, after driving through tea plantations in an attempt to discover a lovely teahouse hotel, which in the mind of Richard, was bound to found due to tea programmes he'd seen.
In Mbarara they stayed in the Economic Lodge with Jeremy having a bed with faeces on it. They left the hotel disgusted before Richard has the idea to make the cars 'hotels'. James modifies his Volvo by adding a library, Richard adds a cooker and Jeremy adds a coffin. The coffin he uses to put his clothes in, he sleeps on Egyptian Cotton.
They leave for Lake Edward, camping overnight there because of its beauty before heading in search of the river heading for Lake Kivu. None of the rivers connect the lake as they all head east rather than south. They give up, leaving them disappointed. Then Jeremy looks at a map and discovers the source of the Nile must be on the other side of Lake Victoria. His reasoning is that the Mediterranean Sea is effectively an inland sea and so Gibraltar is the true mouth of the Nile, rather than Alexandria in Egypt.
After discovering this they decide that they must drive straight to the other side of Lake Victoria to get to the southeast coast in Tanzania near the Serengeti. They start this journey by heading south into the Rwenzori Mountains, finding the going hard and most of the time getting their vehicles stuck in mud.
Review: Richard reviews the Pagani Huayra, the latest supercar from the Italian manufacturer. The car is capable of savage acceleration, with a lot of attention placed into the bodywork, interior and utilizing cutting edge technology. Despite the massive twin-turbo engine and horsepower, thanks to its sophisticated aerodynamic package, the car can easily be driven hard without the risk of spinning. The Huayra also set the fastest time on the Top Gear Test Track in the hands of The Stig, 1:13.8, beating the previous record, set by the Ariel Atom V8.
News: The Dacia Sandero is now on sale in the UK. The Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Black has been updated to produce extra horsepower, but the handling is still challenging. Jeremy claims that he has found a male equivalent version of Fifty Shades of Grey, presenting a kid's book about tractors. The new Chevrolet Stingray is announced. James May turned fifty the previous week. Also, the rally team composed of war amputees (previously mentioned in series 17, episode 6) finally completed their challenge of finishing the 2013 Dakar Rally.
Review: James reviews the new Bentley Continental GT, and notes the new engine and subtle ride characteristics. Believing that the Bentley, with four wheel drive system and a big, powerful engine, can handle things worse than a Welsh countryside road, James takes the car onto a Welsh stage of the World Rally Championship, with Kris Meeke behind the wheel, and James being the co-driver. Despite the car having less grip, more weight, an electronic handbrake (unsuitable for usage on a rally stage) and James not being proficient at giving pace notes, the Bentley was actually faster than one of the full WRC cars.
Star In A Reasonably Priced Car: Damian Lewis takes his turn in the car, and drifts the Kia Cee'd around the snow-coated test track and crosses the finish line sideways, setting the slowest ever time of 2:09.1. Jeremy cheers Damian up by making a separate board for snow (he justs put the time underneath and to the side of the fastest lap time on that board) and says that he is the fastest driver ever on their "snow board".
Challenge: Jeremy attempts to build a car smaller than the Peel P50, naming his creation the P45. It was based on a quad bike, with bodywork fitted, designed to wrap around the driver. He then presented his idea to the 'Dragons' in a Dragons' Den style format. All of the dragons declare themselves "out" and back in the studio, Richard concludes that for the P45 to be put in production, Jeremy would have to be dead.
149Series 19, Episode 23 February 2013Mick Fleetwood
Challenge, Part 1: In another challenge, the presenters picked three super cars to take on an epic race. Since it was Hammond's turn to select the challenge location, the team went to the Western United States. Jeremy selected the Lexus LFA, James chose the new Aston Martin Vanquish, and Richard took the SRT Viper. After a brief drive in the Nevada desert, the trio headed to Las Vegas Motor Speedway, specifically the drag strip, to compete in drag races organized by the Las Vegas Police Department; whom organized it with the theory that allowing people to drag race, legally, at a closed circuit, would prevent street racing. Despite the high performance of their cars, the trio were beaten by modified production cars, and 4WD cars, in each of their drag races.
News: Jeremy comes up with a solution on how to solve the crisis affecting Britain's town centres: sacking all traffic wardens and removing double yellow lines. The trio then review a Chinese product designed to stop drowsiness behind the wheel, before they took a first look at the 2013 Jaguar F-Type. They praised its styling, but criticized its high price tag of £60,000, as well as its target audience. James mentions Peugeot Citroen's car intended to run on compressed air; Jeremy attempted to use a fire extinguisher to demonstrate, but failed after only causing himself to turn slowly around.
Challenge, Part 2.: After leaving Las Vegas, James and Richard make fun of Jeremy's LFA for lacking not only Bluetooth connection and iPod connectors, but cup holders, despite being the most expensive car. They are then tasked to head to Willow Springs International Motorsports Park, but they instead stop on a grooved road, where each car drives over the grooves and produces notes. When they reach Willow Springs, they are forced to play an aerial version of Laser Quest, where they would drive 5 laps around the track, whilst being chased by two Aermacchi SF.260 armed with laser guns. In the end, James won the challenge by being hit only 17 times.
Star in a Reasonably Priced Car: Fleetwood Mac's Mick Fleetwood drove the Kia Cee'd around the Test Track with a lap of 1:45.4.
Challenge, Part 3: Departing Willow Springs, the group headed for Los Angeles, California. In order to do "real world" testing, Richard devised a challenge to see who could burn the best elevens. The three instead ended up drawing a phallus and left LA. The team then stayed for a night in Palm Springs. However, the producers gave them a final challenge. The three would drive from Palm Springs to the Mexican border at Calexico the following morning, and the last to make it to the Mexican border would have to travel into the country itself to drive the Mastretta MXT, a Mexican sports car made fun of by the presenters in an earlier series, for a later segment on the show. In revenge for taking them to America, Jeremy and James sabotaged Hammond's Viper, causing him to lose 10 minutes in the race. Despite making a stop for fuel, Jeremy made it to the finish line first, with James in second. Richard then walked to the border being the last person to arrive. At the studio, James and Jeremy end by saying that the Viper was awful and that the Vanquish and LFA were amazing.
150Series 19, Episode 310 February 2013Amy Macdonald
Review: Jeremy reviews the Toyota GT86 and the Subaru BRZ. The cars are almost identical, but Jeremy prefers the Toyota GT86. The Stig then completed a lap of the Test Track in 1:31:3.
News: They discuss the new Subaru Impreza, which is not coming to UK, and they then talk about the new Maserati Quattroporte.
Challenge, Part 1: The producers have reserved a single ticket to a football match at the San Siro in Milan, Northern Italy. The trio have a race from Wembley Stadium to the San Siro. Jeremy drives the Shelby Mustang GT500 and Richard and James travel on public transport. Similar to the previous race to Monte Carlo, Richard and James are not allowed to use any cars, and Jeremy is not allowed to use any trains. According to Jeremy, since the last epic race, the trains have become faster and boats have become slower. Richard and James opened up a big lead whilst travelling on the Eurostar, and arrive in Paris while Jeremy was still crossing the English Channel on a ferry. After reaching France, Jeremy discovers that the Mustang only holds 50 litres in its fuel tank. After leaving Paris, Richard and James discuss what to do upon arriving in Milan — as there are two of them but only one ticket. Hundreds of miles behind, Jeremy ends part 1 of the challenge stating out loud, "I'm gonna lose!"
Star in a Reasonably Priced Car: Amy Macdonald drove the Kia Cee'd around the Test Track in 1:44.4. During one of her practice runs, Amy accidentally destroyed one of the runway lights, which Jeremy gives to her after revealing the lap time.
Challenge, Part 2: The high speed TGV slowed down as it approached the mountains that surround Northern Italy. Jeremy began to catch up and was nearly neck and neck with the train, until road works at the Mont Blanc Tunnel slow him down. The train starts to accelerate again and reaches Northern Italy ahead of Jeremy. Richard and James use a tube network to get to the streets near the finish line. James maintains his opposition to run on television and Richard runs off alone to find the finish line, which is at a bar in the IM Villa Veuve Cliequot. James then assembled a bike which he had hidden in one of his bags and rides to the bar, only to find that Richard is already there and has won the race and the ticket to the football match. Moments later, Jeremy arrived and accepted defeat for the first time ever in an epic race of all the series.
151Series 19, Episode 417 February 2013Lewis Hamilton
Review: Jeremy reviews the Vauxhall Astra VXR, Ford Focus ST and Renault Megane Renault Sport Cup. The Stig did laps of each car, the Focus being the slowest at 1:29.6, the Astra VXR at 1:28.3, and the Megane in 1:27.7. Despite this, Jeremy chose the Astra VXR as the best overall car of the three.
News: They discuss the newest cars, such as the Alfa Romeo 4C, the next generation Ford Mustang would be sold in Great Britain, but the UK version would come with a 2.0 EcoBoost engine, and the importance of the handbrake turn in "male development".
Review: Jeremy tests the all new Kia Cee'd, putting it through a myriad of strange road tests. Including Matt LeBlanc doing a lap with both the old and new Cee'd, Bruce Willis (in character as John McClane) testing the horn of the Cee'd, Eric Clapton testing its auxiliary input jack, and Jeremy testing the Cee'd's self parallel parking feature.
Star in a Reasonably Priced Car: Lewis Hamilton opens up about his move from McLaren to Mercedes AMG and takes the old Suzuki Liana around the Test Track, setting the fastest F1 time, a 1:42.9.
Review: As punishment for losing the previous race, Richard is forced to review the Mastretta MXT in Mexico. Minding his words, he states that the MXT was an ambitious undertaking for the first-time manufacturer, but that it had its share of flaws.
Challenge: Jeremy and James play car rugby using Kia Cee'ds and Kia Sportages at Twickenham Stadium and Stig in Vauxhall Astra Police car as the referee. Jeremy's team wins.
152Series 19, Episode 524 February 2013James McAvoy
Challenge, Part 1: Jeremy and Richard attempt to design a car targeted at elderly people. Jeremy demonstrates the complexity of modern cars' dshboard. Richard brings a Fiat Multipla and both modify it. Jeremy breaks the dashboard and replaces it considering it to be too complicated for elders. Richard asks for the airbags saying that it is dangerous for the elderly who are as delicate as children, and that he needs it for a safety feature. Jeremy makes a speedometer which reads 20 mph at the top speed, he also uses an old design switch for rear fog light which does nothing. Jeremy installs a pet-cage and replaces the back seat with high seat chairs and the Fiat badge with a Rover one. They paint it in beige after observing the shade of a hearing aid. Richard uses water-resistant fabric as seat covers, and while stitching hurts his eye. They complete the car and end the part 1 with Richard wearing heavy bandages over his left eye.
News: Volkswagen will launch GTI version of the new Golf and GT version of Up will be launched. Kia will launch the Pro Cee'd GT. The Mini Paceman is launched, and the trio mock the front end of the car, claiming that it looks depressing. The trio agree that the British are the best drivers. Alfa-Romeo releases photographs of the Gloria, in which the trio make fun of it's name. Richard had arrived late so James and Jeremy had attempted to play tennis with cars (which has a lot of editing).
Review: James reviews the new Range Rover in London. The new car is completely redesigned, 400 kg lighter due to Aluminium body, has active suspension, new gearbox, minimalist dashboard and offers better comfort. James then races it against TerraMax at Nevada Automotive Test Centre, Nevada. The race was to a hill 10 mile across, passing through rocky terrain, hillock, mud, river and sand-tracks. TerraMax was switched to drone mode during the race to deflate the tyres and take a short-cut. The Range Rover's automatic Terrain Response System is demonstrated. James takes a longer route to ascend the hill but still wins the race. At the studio, the trio consider the driverless cars to be not very practical.
Star In A Reasonably Priced Car: James McAvoy drove the Kia Cee'd around the Test Track with a lap of 1:43.6 despite having less experience of driving cars. He drove over grassy patch in the last corner but manages to keep the car under control.
Challenge, Part 2: Jeremy and Richard road-test their car at Christchurch, Dorset. The car has large front bumpers made up of foam, large rear-view mirrors, squeaking ball under the brake-pedal, large magnifying-glass on the dashboard, sat nav (voiced by Richard Briers) with only four destinatons. The car has an artificial cat on the roof which later fell over on the way of Bingo hall. Richard later shows his system to find the location of parked car (the car activates a flare and then releases a balloon). Jeremy shows that the radio only plays Horse of the Year Show theme on a loop, which both later find to be irresistible to clap along. The name of the car is revealed to be The James. They pick up three elderly ladies from a pensioners' home for road-testing and drive them to a bowling club where it is shown that Richard fitted the airbag at the rear for parking assist which inflates the airbag on close proximity. Jeremy and Richard buy food for picnic, choosing only British foods. They attach the shopping trolley to Tow hitch and head for picnic. The roof of the car leaks as it rains. Jeremy and Richard end up choosing a picnic spot on roadside where they find the trolley to be damaged during reversing and the food to be soaked, however they ate the food which was not ruined. The next day both leave Christchurch and Jeremy shows his system to prevent the car from being driven on the wrong side of the road, the car initially sounds alarm and later the tyres, doors and other parts of the car explode which stops the car and renders it immobile. At the studio, James considers the heater to be complicated, the trio thank Richard Briers and announce the Africa special.
153Series 19, Episode 63 March 2013No Guest
First of the two-episode Africa Special, taking place in Africa. The episode was shot in 2012.
Challenge, Part 1: Buy used estate cars for up to £1,500 in Britain and report at a small village in rural Uganda. Jeremy arrives in a BMW 528i Touring, Richard in a Subaru Impreza WRX Estate and James in a Volvo 850R Wagon. The challenge is to find the true source of the river Nile.
They set off an discover that exploring isn't as difficult as first thought when they go on a nice easy drive and find Lake Victoria, of whom the Victorian Explorers thought was the source of the Nile. However they are then told that it is not the actual source of the Nile and there were two other disputed locations for it, one in Rwanda and one in Burundi. However, Jeremy Clarkson insisted that both of these locations were wrong and decided to head west towards Lake Edward to see whether there was a link between that lake and Lake Kivu in Rwanda.
In their journey west, where they visit the Entebbe Airport and from there see the Ford Scorpio Estate back-up car. They continue into Kampala, Uganda's Capital City where they get held up in a traffic jam overnight, the most hurrendous traffic they'd ever seen.
They continue on well-maintained highways west finding their trip incredibly easy before reaching the town of Mbarara in the southwest of the country, via a stop in Jezza, a village in Mpigi District. Here they stay in a disgusting hotel, after driving through tea plantations in an attempt to discover a lovely teahouse hotel, which in the mind of Richard, was bound to found due to tea programmes he'd seen.
In Mbarara they stayed in the Economic Lodge with Jeremy having a bed with faeces on it. They left the hotel disgusted before Richard has the idea to make the cars 'hotels'. James modifies his Volvo by adding a library, Richard adds a cooker and Jeremy adds a coffin. The coffin he uses to put his clothes in, he sleeps on Egyptian Cotton.
They leave for Lake Edward, camping overnight there because of its beauty before heading in search of the river heading for Lake Kivu. None of the rivers connect the lake as they all head east rather than south. They give up, leaving them disappointed. Then Jeremy looks at a map and discovers the source of the Nile must be on the other side of Lake Victoria. His reasoning is that the Mediterranean Sea is effectively an inland sea and so Gibraltar is the true mouth of the Nile, rather than Alexandria in Egypt.
After discovering this they decide that they must drive straight to the other side of Lake Victoria to get to the southeast coast in Tanzania near the Serengeti. They start this journey by heading south into the Rwenzori Mountains, finding the going hard and most of the time getting their vehicles stuck in mud.
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Series Eighteen starts airing on 29 January 2012 with seven episodes (not including the India Special),[1] following on from the 2011 Christmas special which aired on 28 December 2011.[2] In the special they take a route across India, the first of the many countries Top Gear plans to visit over the course of the new series, according to Jeremy Clarkson. Shooting in India began on 2 October, with the first leg of the shooting beginning in suburbs of Mumbai.[3][4] The show was also seen in Lecce, Italy with a Noble M600, McLaren MP4-12C and a Lamborghini Aventador.[5] Hammond announced during the Top Gear Live shows in Birmingham, that additional recordings for the new series had been done in the USA.
The January 2012 edition of Top Gear Magazine featured a preview of what to expect in series 18.[6] It included a piece where Richard Hammond drives a NASCAR safety car for a real race, later going on to drive an actual NASCAR race car. The magazine also featured a part of some of the power tests to expect, including Jeremy Clarkson driving a Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Black Edition, a Mercedes SLS AMG Roadster and a Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale. Hammond meanwhile will drive a 2012 BMW M5 F10, and May will have a Vauxhall Corsa Nürburgring Edition. Another feature is going to China to test drive Chinese cars, Italy in 3 super-cars, Lamborghini Aventador, Noble M600 and a McLaren MP4-12C. Also James May is taking a trip to USA to test sports hybrid supercar Fisker Karma, meet AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson and drive his 1928 Bentley Vanden Plas LeMans Tourer. According to Top Gear Executive Producer Andy Wilman, Clarkson, Hammond and May are going to northern Sweden as well, where they will race the new Ferrari FF across a Silverstone Circuit-shaped ice track. Also Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond will attempt to film a car chase sequence for The Sweeney.
The January 2012 edition of Top Gear Magazine featured a preview of what to expect in series 18.[6] It included a piece where Richard Hammond drives a NASCAR safety car for a real race, later going on to drive an actual NASCAR race car. The magazine also featured a part of some of the power tests to expect, including Jeremy Clarkson driving a Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Black Edition, a Mercedes SLS AMG Roadster and a Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale. Hammond meanwhile will drive a 2012 BMW M5 F10, and May will have a Vauxhall Corsa Nürburgring Edition. Another feature is going to China to test drive Chinese cars, Italy in 3 super-cars, Lamborghini Aventador, Noble M600 and a McLaren MP4-12C. Also James May is taking a trip to USA to test sports hybrid supercar Fisker Karma, meet AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson and drive his 1928 Bentley Vanden Plas LeMans Tourer. According to Top Gear Executive Producer Andy Wilman, Clarkson, Hammond and May are going to northern Sweden as well, where they will race the new Ferrari FF across a Silverstone Circuit-shaped ice track. Also Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond will attempt to film a car chase sequence for The Sweeney.
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Series 17 of the world’s biggest, silliest and most explosive car show sees Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May re-invent public transport with a car-based train, smash down buildings using surplus military equipment and celebrate the 50th birthday of the Jaguar E-type. The presenters also head to Monaco to race fast hatchbacks around the legendary Grand Prix street circuit, create a title sequence for an imaginary 1970s detective show, and find things to do in Lincoln whilst you wait for your electric car to recharge. The Stig is let loose in some seriously hardcore hardware including the Aston Martin Virage, the McLaren MP4-12C, the Lamborghini Avantador and the BMW 1-series M. And as if that wasn’t enough, Alice Cooper, Sebastian Vettel and Simon Cowell are amongst the sensational stars in the Reasonably Priced Car.
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杰里米·克拉克森 理查德·哈蒙德 詹姆斯·梅 Ben Collins Top Gear Dog 吉米·卡尔 艾伦·戴维斯 特雷沃·伊芙 Les Ferdinand Justin Hawkins 詹姆斯·休伊特 里克·瓦克曼
The boys attempt to turn an old Renault Espace people carrier and turn it into a convertible people carrier. Richard road tests a pink Nissan Micra convertible. James road tests the funky new Honda Civic. Jeremy road test Sweden's outrageous supercar, the Koenigsegg CCX. The boys said good buy to the Suzuki Liana and welcome the new Chevrolet Lacetti as the new Reasonably Price Car.
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《Top Gear》是英国BBC电视台出品的一档汽车节目,虽然是一个汽车节目,但它相对于平时我们在电视上看到的"汽车杂志"之类的广告或节目有着天堂与地狱之间的差.思维跳跃的编导,好莱坞水平的专业摄影,匪夷所思的试车创意,还有那三个闻名世界的大嘴和一位从不说话的神秘试车手Stig.观看Top Gear,你不仅是在看一个单纯的汽车节目,很多时候更像是在欣赏一部令你热血沸腾的大制作电影
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Johnny喜多川广为人知的男性艺人事务所致力于将年轻男孩们培养成超级巨星,但50多年来,日本一直保守着喜多川的黑暗秘密——事务所男孩们长期以来对喜多川的性侵指控。即使在这位音乐大亨2019年离世后,日本传媒也基本上保持着沉默。为什么?记者Mobeen Azhar探索了作为J-pop偶像那令人窒息的事实,喜多川对媒体的影响,并揭露了对这一切视而不见而导致的残酷后果。
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女巫审判。被谋杀的王子。黑死病。揭开历史上最臭名昭著的神秘事件背后令人震惊的真相,并据此探讨对不断变化中的人类社会带来的启示。
这些故事似乎耳熟能详。但如今重新审视,新的受害者和受益者浮出水面,复杂的社会问题仍具有其当代性。历史学家露西·沃斯利追踪缺失的记录,重新勘察犯罪现场,请专家重构每个案件——并最终揭示出,对社会最弱势群体的态度塑造了人们看待历史的方式。现在,是时候重新审视历史上最臭名昭著的时刻了。
这些故事似乎耳熟能详。但如今重新审视,新的受害者和受益者浮出水面,复杂的社会问题仍具有其当代性。历史学家露西·沃斯利追踪缺失的记录,重新勘察犯罪现场,请专家重构每个案件——并最终揭示出,对社会最弱势群体的态度塑造了人们看待历史的方式。现在,是时候重新审视历史上最臭名昭著的时刻了。
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将以前所未见的深入角度探索人体-人体在危机时刻如何因应?当生存本能涌现时,细胞与纤维又怎反应?
成年人体自有其独特之处,让我们成为地球上最优异的物种,更使我们得以统御自然界。它让我们足以超越地球极限,挑战无垠的外层空间,如今我们甚至能进一 步深入探索人体内在的奥秘。Discovery频道的《透视人体极限》,将带领观众深入表皮下的神秘世界,探索那些足以让我们在最危急艰困情境下,依旧能 游刃有余的优越本领。
《透视人体极限》在全球各地取景,提供观众真人实事的例证,这些人在面对前所未有的挑战之际,运用独特的肉体与心智力量超越极限。节目利用先进原创动画与设计,配合引人入胜的故事情境,让观众能真正体验人体因应重大危机时的各种变化。
从人体面临危机时所涌现的强大力量,以及其控制疼痛时所运用的内在能力,到人类视觉的神奇与睡眠时的奥秘,人类在不同时刻因应而生的力量韧度与生存本能让人称奇。《透视人体极限》将带领观众展开这趟探索之旅,见识奇妙的人体机器在平日难得一见的神力。
以下是《透视人体极限》各集单元简介:
Sight灵魂之窗
视觉乃感官之王。人类对世界的认知有八成以上来自双眼──如果少了它们,我们将无所适从。本集将深入探索人类视觉系统的绚烂世界,并从远古时期人类如何演 化适应谈起。双眼背后的惊人力量将透过节目中的一些真人实事得到证实:一位警官在交通尖峰时刻仰赖双眼设法抓到一位脱逃的杀人犯;某位消防员在浓烟密布的 火场中匍匐前行想找到生还者;一名救生员在人潮众多的沙滩上瞄到一名溺水男子。人体大脑如何处理我们四周复杂的情境?我们将从一名男子的感人故事略知一 二:他的在丧失双眼视力长达四十年后终获修复成功。节目还将探讨梦的缘起以及科学上的最新突破:医生如今已能直接将摄影机装置在大脑内。随着我们的双眼历 久弥新经过长时间的演化,科学也许终将赋予它们更大的力量。
Strength精力体能
人体天生充满力量与耐力。骨骼与混凝土一样坚固,但又弹性十足不易碎裂。它甚至轻盈到能让我们跑赢一匹赛马。面临危机时,我们可以发挥出惊人的强大力量, 连我们自己都料想不到。节目中将让观众见识在真实人生中,人体所涌现的神奇力量:当迈特苏德的拖车房屋被龙卷风侵袭时,他也同时被卷入风暴中,却在1/4 哩外被抛下而毫发无伤;一位攀岩者被压在半吨巨石下,却奇迹似地出现神力将它推开;一位明星足球员忍着常人难以忍受的伤势与痛楚,用尽全力完成比赛,还有一名男子展现人类先祖在荒野求生的耐力,以十四小时的时间从英国游渡法国。在这些例子中,人体的肌肉、关节、韧带与骨骼展现出前所未有的神奇力量。我们拥有比自己所知更为强大的精力与体能;但要了解这些人体特质,我们必须设法发挥自己的体能极限。
Sensation神经感知
就在皮肤下方不到1/20吋的地方,是我们感知周遭世界的天线所在,这些重要的组织就是最原始的信息高速公路──神经系统。数百万根的神经携带着知觉在人 体上下窜动,最后还能抵达大脑,而它的速度更高达每小时两百哩。不过神经系统还能行使哪些你所不知道的活动。我们的手指为何能动得比我们脑筋还快?人体感 受热度的实际情况又是如何?痛感是什 ?人类又是如何控制它?节目将探讨这个人体重要沟通网络的真实故事,让你知道神经系统可以在人体达到极限时拯救性 命。一对父女在乾热的澳洲内陆荒野迷路,两人开始与死神搏斗,直到他们的神经系统诱发了不为人知的生存本能;一名直升机飞行员体内有迅速的情境反应系统, 让他得以从风暴中全身而退;少林僧侣可以文风不动地承受强大外力。以上的真人实事将让我们对人体神经系统更加敬畏:这个庞大的电子网络能让你体验各种知觉,虽然神秘依旧,但科学已经能揭开它运作的方式,并让我们可以学习控制它。
Brain Power万能大脑
人类在自然界的最大驱动力量,就是一个伟大的器官:人脑。这个中央处理单位在一天之内,足以发出全球所有电话所发出的脉冲电流。节目将用先进画面,让观众见识这个复杂神秘的器官如何在面临危险时加速运作,有效地把握时间让我们得以脱困。我们还将见识大脑内某些古老的部位如何驱动最原始的生存本能,以及睡眠 如何释放人脑内未知的力量。也许我们自认控制得宜,但当我们面临挑战极限时,真正控制一切的是我们的大脑。本集将透过几个真实故事,让我们了解大脑是如何 在我们未知的情况下主导一切:它能让一群消防员深陷森林大火时做出正确举动;它让原始的吃的冲动控制我们;它却又能在食物殆尽时调整人体,让一个原先习惯 一日三餐的人能够三十五天不用进食。让人惊讶的是,大脑在我们睡眠时最为活跃,梦就是人脑处理清醒时刻的记忆与印象的最佳体现。我们发现睡眠对大脑的重要性远大于身体,节目中将告诉您忽视睡眠需求的代价。
成年人体自有其独特之处,让我们成为地球上最优异的物种,更使我们得以统御自然界。它让我们足以超越地球极限,挑战无垠的外层空间,如今我们甚至能进一 步深入探索人体内在的奥秘。Discovery频道的《透视人体极限》,将带领观众深入表皮下的神秘世界,探索那些足以让我们在最危急艰困情境下,依旧能 游刃有余的优越本领。
《透视人体极限》在全球各地取景,提供观众真人实事的例证,这些人在面对前所未有的挑战之际,运用独特的肉体与心智力量超越极限。节目利用先进原创动画与设计,配合引人入胜的故事情境,让观众能真正体验人体因应重大危机时的各种变化。
从人体面临危机时所涌现的强大力量,以及其控制疼痛时所运用的内在能力,到人类视觉的神奇与睡眠时的奥秘,人类在不同时刻因应而生的力量韧度与生存本能让人称奇。《透视人体极限》将带领观众展开这趟探索之旅,见识奇妙的人体机器在平日难得一见的神力。
以下是《透视人体极限》各集单元简介:
Sight灵魂之窗
视觉乃感官之王。人类对世界的认知有八成以上来自双眼──如果少了它们,我们将无所适从。本集将深入探索人类视觉系统的绚烂世界,并从远古时期人类如何演 化适应谈起。双眼背后的惊人力量将透过节目中的一些真人实事得到证实:一位警官在交通尖峰时刻仰赖双眼设法抓到一位脱逃的杀人犯;某位消防员在浓烟密布的 火场中匍匐前行想找到生还者;一名救生员在人潮众多的沙滩上瞄到一名溺水男子。人体大脑如何处理我们四周复杂的情境?我们将从一名男子的感人故事略知一 二:他的在丧失双眼视力长达四十年后终获修复成功。节目还将探讨梦的缘起以及科学上的最新突破:医生如今已能直接将摄影机装置在大脑内。随着我们的双眼历 久弥新经过长时间的演化,科学也许终将赋予它们更大的力量。
Strength精力体能
人体天生充满力量与耐力。骨骼与混凝土一样坚固,但又弹性十足不易碎裂。它甚至轻盈到能让我们跑赢一匹赛马。面临危机时,我们可以发挥出惊人的强大力量, 连我们自己都料想不到。节目中将让观众见识在真实人生中,人体所涌现的神奇力量:当迈特苏德的拖车房屋被龙卷风侵袭时,他也同时被卷入风暴中,却在1/4 哩外被抛下而毫发无伤;一位攀岩者被压在半吨巨石下,却奇迹似地出现神力将它推开;一位明星足球员忍着常人难以忍受的伤势与痛楚,用尽全力完成比赛,还有一名男子展现人类先祖在荒野求生的耐力,以十四小时的时间从英国游渡法国。在这些例子中,人体的肌肉、关节、韧带与骨骼展现出前所未有的神奇力量。我们拥有比自己所知更为强大的精力与体能;但要了解这些人体特质,我们必须设法发挥自己的体能极限。
Sensation神经感知
就在皮肤下方不到1/20吋的地方,是我们感知周遭世界的天线所在,这些重要的组织就是最原始的信息高速公路──神经系统。数百万根的神经携带着知觉在人 体上下窜动,最后还能抵达大脑,而它的速度更高达每小时两百哩。不过神经系统还能行使哪些你所不知道的活动。我们的手指为何能动得比我们脑筋还快?人体感 受热度的实际情况又是如何?痛感是什 ?人类又是如何控制它?节目将探讨这个人体重要沟通网络的真实故事,让你知道神经系统可以在人体达到极限时拯救性 命。一对父女在乾热的澳洲内陆荒野迷路,两人开始与死神搏斗,直到他们的神经系统诱发了不为人知的生存本能;一名直升机飞行员体内有迅速的情境反应系统, 让他得以从风暴中全身而退;少林僧侣可以文风不动地承受强大外力。以上的真人实事将让我们对人体神经系统更加敬畏:这个庞大的电子网络能让你体验各种知觉,虽然神秘依旧,但科学已经能揭开它运作的方式,并让我们可以学习控制它。
Brain Power万能大脑
人类在自然界的最大驱动力量,就是一个伟大的器官:人脑。这个中央处理单位在一天之内,足以发出全球所有电话所发出的脉冲电流。节目将用先进画面,让观众见识这个复杂神秘的器官如何在面临危险时加速运作,有效地把握时间让我们得以脱困。我们还将见识大脑内某些古老的部位如何驱动最原始的生存本能,以及睡眠 如何释放人脑内未知的力量。也许我们自认控制得宜,但当我们面临挑战极限时,真正控制一切的是我们的大脑。本集将透过几个真实故事,让我们了解大脑是如何 在我们未知的情况下主导一切:它能让一群消防员深陷森林大火时做出正确举动;它让原始的吃的冲动控制我们;它却又能在食物殆尽时调整人体,让一个原先习惯 一日三餐的人能够三十五天不用进食。让人惊讶的是,大脑在我们睡眠时最为活跃,梦就是人脑处理清醒时刻的记忆与印象的最佳体现。我们发现睡眠对大脑的重要性远大于身体,节目中将告诉您忽视睡眠需求的代价。
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Follows the journey in the career of English football great Wayne Rooney, from his professional debut at the age of 16 to becoming Manchester United and England's all-time top scorer.
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在美国,贫困儿童数量达到创纪录的新高,迄今超过1600万儿童受其所扰,许多孩子成长在几乎没有希望获得稳定工作的家庭中,本片询问了3名儿童,在他们眼中现代美国的生活究竟是什么样子的?
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'Walk With Me' follows a community of Zen Buddhist monks and nuns who have dedicated their lives to mastering the art of mindfulness with their world-famous teacher Thich Nhat Hanh. Filmed over three years in France and the USA, this intimate and meditative film travels deep inside a world that seems far from our everyday, and reveals how the monastics transform suffering in themselves and in others through their deep enquiry into the nature of existence, suffering, and their true selves.
《正念的奇跡》拍攝了一群禪修出家人的社群。他們畢生致力于追隨國際知名的老師一行禪師掌握正念的藝術。拍攝時間前後歷時超過三年,橫跨法國、美國。這部親切又發人深思的電影,進入了一個遠離我們日常生活的世界,並且揭示了僧侶們如何通過深入探尋存在的本質、煩惱的由來和各自真實的自己轉化自己和他人的煩惱。
《正念的奇跡》拍攝了一群禪修出家人的社群。他們畢生致力于追隨國際知名的老師一行禪師掌握正念的藝術。拍攝時間前後歷時超過三年,橫跨法國、美國。這部親切又發人深思的電影,進入了一個遠離我們日常生活的世界,並且揭示了僧侶們如何通過深入探尋存在的本質、煩惱的由來和各自真實的自己轉化自己和他人的煩惱。
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