Dr Michael Mosley seeks to establish the truth about meat. Are those barbecue favourites like burgers and sausages really that bad? Should we all go vegetarian instead? Michael uncovers the latest science and puts it to the test on a high-meat diet. Will eating beef and bacon every day be bad for him? What meat should a healthy carnivore be buying?
A documentary on the 1970s punk trio Death, and their new-found popularity decades after they disbanded.
The dream of sending humans to Mars is closer than ever before. In fact, many scientists think that the first person to set foot on the Red Planet is alive today. But where should the first explorers visit when they get there? Horizon has gathered the world's leading experts on Mars and asked them: where would they go, if they got the chance - and what would they need to surviv...
阿富汗战争爆发,大批美国年轻人被派往有如炼狱一般的战场。他们为了所谓的理想和正义捐弃生命,同时屠杀生命。美军173空降旅某野战排进驻库伦加尔山谷,这里据说隐藏着众多塔利班武装分子,也注定成为战火最为激烈的地带。在一次交战中,名为约翰?雷斯特雷波的士兵牺牲,亲密的战友们难以忘怀,最终将一个攻下的据点以雷斯特雷波的名字命名。他们以正义之名战斗,却无法得到当地民众的支持。接下来的一年里,士兵们的友情愈加深厚,而战争和死亡的阴影则时刻伴随左右…… 本片荣获2010年圣丹斯电影节评委会纪录片大奖。
本部纪录片是导演迈克尔·艾普特从1964年开始拍摄的纪录片系列的第一部。迈克尔·艾普特在1964年为英国BBC电视台拍摄了记录片《7 Up》,采访来自英国不同阶层的十四个七岁的小孩子,他们有的来自孤儿院有的是上层社会的小孩。此后每隔七年,艾普特都会重新采访当年的这些孩子,倾听他们的梦想,畅谈他们的生活。人生的轮回从这十四个七岁的孩子真实生活开始,他们天真无邪的脸上写满对生活的憧憬和渴望。“七岁看老”,在这童言无忌的问与答中,人生七年又七年,震撼上演。 1964年,导演迈克尔·艾普特首拍此纪录片时,还是只是个助手。此后在他的不断努力下,积累了丰富的拍摄经验,成为知名导演。