故事背景是设定在今日美国佛罗里达州的迈阿密。在北美平均每一集约有2千万个观众收看，使得它成为星期一收视第一的电视系列剧，也是最多人收看的电视系列剧。这个系列电视系列剧在全世界几十个国家都有播出，它是由亚特兰提斯同盟（Alliance Atlantis）行销至国际间。 小组成员调查神秘与不寻常的死因，以判定是谁以及如何杀了他们。成员们也会解决一些其他的重罪，例如强奸罪的采证，但这个系列电视系列剧的主题仍以谋杀案件为主。
本系列是创新的科学特备节目，透过互动实验和各种小技巧，展现我们的大脑如何创造现实幻觉。这些令人兴奋和具有启发性的实验，能让我们一窥大脑的内部运作，而世界顶尖的专家会解释他们工作的内容及原因。我们也会在高科技实验室探索最新科学，与绝顶聪明的人物见面。
A story of the men who put battling machines to ultimate test-the ordinary soldiers who participated in the greatest amphibious invasion in history.
主持人约翰·韦斯巴斯和专家扎克·吉芬走遍美国，帮助不同家庭迎接微型生活方式，打造深度定制的迷你家园。
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.
《广岛原爆浩劫》以每毫秒进行的精细程度，让观众体验身在核爆现场的感受。从首次于新墨西哥州举行试爆的3周前开始，到投掷原子弹的最后一刻，节目让观众如临现场，目睹重大政治决策决定的过程；亲身体验B52轰炸机前往广岛执行致命任务、投掷小男孩原子弹的历程；接着深入原子弹内部，从中观察其爆炸的过程；并在广岛的市街上感受原子弹着地强烈冲击。 本节目运用时间截分摄影技术，将爆炸最初时刻的组成部分逐一细分。然后时间会再度加速。我们将显现生还者如何面对这场大混乱......
地球由肉眼看不见的力量主宰，但现在科技让些事物现形，我们可以看见重力的摸样，目睹不可见光，或看着微小装置杀死癌肿瘤，科学家甚至创造出隐形能力，能让物体在眼前消失的斗篷，肉眼不见的世界如今一览无遗。欢迎来到不可见的世界。
