故事发生在十九世纪的英国,贝姬(瑞茜·威瑟斯彭 Reese Witherspoon 饰)出生于贫寒家庭,但是,野心勃勃的她做梦都想要能够跻身上流社会,为此,贝姬来到了爵士彼得考利(鲍勃·霍斯金斯 Bob Hoskins 饰)家中,担任起了家庭教师的职务。聪明伶俐的贝姬很快就获得了姑妈玛蒂尔达(艾琳·阿特金斯 Eileen Atkins 饰)的认可和信任,之后,贝姬跟随玛蒂尔达来到了梦寐以求的伦敦。
在伦敦,贝姬同曾经的好友艾米利亚(萝玛拉·嘉瑞 Romola Garai 饰)重逢了。艾米利亚深爱着军官乔治(乔纳森·莱斯·梅耶斯 Jonathan Rhys Meyers 饰),为了同他结婚不惜背弃了家庭,与此同时,贝姬亦同考利家的继承人罗顿(杰姆斯·鲍弗 James Purefoy 饰)秘密踏入了婚姻的殿堂。然而,等待着他们的并非光明的前程,而是残酷的战争。
A moving and timely documentary following the unsolved murder of Venus Xtravaganza, star of the legendary Paris Is Burning as Venus’ two families — biological and ballroom — come together to seek answers and celebrate her legacy.
Set in a geriatric extended care wing of a down-at-the-heels hospital, Getting On follows put-upon nurses, anxious doctors and administrators as they struggle with the darkly comic, brutally honest and quietly compassionate realities of caring for the elderly.
本片深入挖掘了一系列难以解释的古代奥秘,试图为人们揭示真相。人们耳熟能详的圣经故事“巴别塔”可能来源于古老的巴比伦建筑吗?埃及十大灾难是不是由一场灾难性的火山爆发引起的? 一个由考古学家和专家组成的团队他们将充分利用法医研究、DNA分析、无人机技术和研究者固有的灵感来寻求答案。
Episodes include…
1.Jonah and the Whale(约拿与鲸鱼)
2.Egypt's Lost Princess(被遗弃的埃及公主)
3.The Viking Tomb Mystery(维京墓穴之谜)
4.The Pharoah in the Suburbs(郊区的法老)
5.The Mystery of King Solomon's Mines(所罗门王的神秘矿井)
6.The Animals of Egypt's Underworld(埃及地下的动物)
Episode 1 - Ark of the Covenant
The hunt for the truth about the most famous lost treasure of them all. Did the Ark of the Covenant really exist? What it did look like? What was the power that it was said to hold? And what happened to it? Where is it now?
Episode 2 - Bust of Nefertiti
The extraordinary story behind one of the most famous images from the ancient world. Who was Queen Nefertiti? Who made the blue-crowned bust which turned her into a modern icon? Could the Nefertiti bust be a fake?
Episode 3 - Great Pyramid
Armed with a four and a half thousand year old diary, and a radical new approach. Engineer Peter James and leading archaeologist Mark Lehner set out to solve Ancient Egypt’s greatest mystery. How was the Great Pyramid built?
Episode 4 - Easter Island Heads
Unlocking the mysteries of the most recognizable statues on earth. How were the thousand giant stone heads of Easter Island made, and why? Why did the Islanders topple all of them, except one?
Episode 5 - Blackbeard's Ship
Off the coast of North Carolina, nautical archaeologists, historians and scientists study the artifacts of a 300 year old shipwreck. Positively identified as Blackbeard’s flagship, our investigators set about to uncover what the ship’s remains can tell us about history’s most notorious pirate.
Episode 6 - Spear of Destiny
In a search that spans four countries and 20 centuries, we investigate the legend of the Spear of Destiny. First mentioned in the New Testament, the spear is said to have pierced the side of Jesus. Believed to have special powers, kings and conquerors from Charlemagne to Hitler tried to possess it.