Dr Helen Czerski examines the world of sound waves.
这部及时且充满娱乐性的上下两集系列纪录片探寻了四家企业背后的故事，他们在如今这个没有人愿意支付全价的零售商业世界中成功地实现了蓬勃发展。在英国，不仅仅是日常生活用品受到折扣风潮的影响——我们所采访的四家公司，业务覆盖了生活中的方方面面。四家企业分别是：美国批发业巨头“好市多”（Costco）,汽车超市“运动点”（Motorpoint）,高街连锁鞋店“靓鞋地带”（Shoe Zone）,以及一家你从未见过此类业务的公司:合格食品（Approved Food）——由谢菲尔德的企业家丹·克劳德瑞创办。
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.
在诺曼地登陆行动之所以能够幸存与英勇无关，一切都是机运。这个现代历史最出名的关键时刻，全都取决于非凡战术与预料之外的因素。它不仅与人力和精良武器有关，更需要施展魔法与天马行空的发明—例如会游泳的战车、人数足以遮蔽天空的伞兵、善用信鸽传递机密的间谍。这场攸关数千名美军性命的战役完全仰赖正确的天气预测或是降落伞带扣。本节目将首度沿用全新的科学研究，详实剖析这场战役的生存机率。两千名伞兵在面积九平方哩的天空面对34万5千发子弹攻击，存活率是四分之一，但有一半伞兵活了下来。他们是如何做到的？只吃一条巧克力的军人和当天早餐吃得饱足的同袍又是谁更有存活机会？特别节目将利用精辟剖析与惊心动魄的画面，生动的戏剧情节，为观众展现精采的英雄故事。
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日与夜的出现，是由太阳与地球的互动而成；而太阳每一分寸的移动，都与地球万物的生命息息相关：有些动物要在炙热的正午狩猎，有些则在漆黑中伺机而动；它们的生活习性亦因应日夜的光线、温差等变化而不断进化。继《探索非洲》后，BBC制作人James Honeyborne再度推出一连两集的《地球的日与夜》，以全新角度「时间」来纪录动物如何在大自然的「日」与「夜」中求存，为你剖开多个动物世界的生存法则。 大自然的环境变化多端，危机处处。《地球的日与夜》纪录多个珍贵片段：黎明时分，一群奇特的合唱团——泰国的白掌长臂猿利用声线驱赶敌人，同时吸引伴侣；世上速度最快的动物猎豹亦选择在清晨猎食，而胡兀鹫则利用中午时分的热气流来觅食。太阳徐徐落下，为另一个世界揭开序幕：黄昏时分，三百万只皱唇蝙蝠从洞穴中涌出，享用「夜行昆虫大餐」；当夜幕降临，夜视能力极佳的狮子在晚上结伴外出猎食，但月圆夜带来的光线会否破坏它们的猎食大计？从日出到日落，炙热的正午到肃杀的深夜，《地球的日与夜》介绍幕幕动物世界的精彩片段！
野生动物专家走访全球各地，分析神奇动物行为背后的原因 智力、关系、沟通、身体
