了解宇宙是如何运行的第八季

　　Somebody Feed Phil Season 5 follows Phil as he travels to Oaxaca, Maine, Helsinki, Portland and Madrid. New episodes streaming May 25th.

　　福克兰群岛海洋遗产信托基金成功搜寻到著名探险家沙克尔顿的坚忍号沉船，该船于1915年在南极洲附近沉没。沙克尔顿和27名船员在前往南乔治亚岛寻求帮助的路途中奇迹般地全部生还。

　　第一集 革命神仙
　　此集讲述全真祖师王重阳创教之前，钟吕金丹道的发展脉络。晚唐时期，吕纯阳真人可谓唐代新兴道教的革命神仙，在吕洞宾的手中，传统道教完成了由外丹修炼到内丹修炼的转变，在吕洞宾之后，内丹修炼逐渐成为主流，全真南北宗断续发展，终于为王重阳创立全真教奠定了深厚的理论基础。
　　第二集 重阳奠基
　　此集讲述王重阳祖师的创教经历和他的历史功绩。王重阳在户县祖庵镇“活死人墓”得道后，创立全真，倡导儒释道三教合一，并去山东传教，创立“五会”，收下全真七子。重阳祖师带四子西归，行至汴梁，祖师仙逝。两年后，四子迁祖师遗骨安葬于户县刘蒋村（今重阳宫）。从此，王重阳点燃的全真火种，渐成燎原之势，逐渐成为中国文化的主流。
　　第三集 七真宗师
　　此集讲述七真宗师的传奇故事，这“七真”，后来成为全真教发扬光大之奠基人和播种者。在重阳祖师的感召下，马丹阳、谭处端、刘长生、丘处机、郝大通、王处一、孙不二跟随重阳祖师虔心修道，七人终成正果，他们在国内广泛传播全真道的思想，广收门徒，如涓涓细流最终汇入全真教的洪流，终于使全真教在元代大行于世。
　　第四集 一言止杀
　　全真教在元代达到极盛的顶峰，与丘处机有莫大的关系。他73岁高龄时，应成吉思汗之请，万里西行，在大雪山行宫（今阿富汗境内）会晤，劝谏成吉思汗“固精守神”、“止杀保民”、“布法推恩”、“以孝治国”，缔结了蒙汉民族友谊，成为中国民族团结的典范。成吉思汗称他为“神仙”，册封他为“国师”，让他统领全国道教事务。丘处机大力发展全真教，慈善救人、好生恶杀，乾隆皇帝称赞他说：“一言止杀，始知济世有奇功。”
　　第五集 龙门天下
　　丘处机在宝鸡磻溪、陇县龙门山苦修，他的苦行及心性修炼对后世教徒影响很大，他的门人后世形成全真教中最为重要的道派——龙门派，明清时期，道教界有“龙门弟子半天下”之说。至今，全真龙门派依然是道教界的中坚力量，全真教立下的清苦隐修、躬耕自养的教风，在陕西龙门洞传承至今，依旧保持着全真教的原初风貌，全真龙门派也因此门庭兴旺，弟子遍布天下，成为当今“道行天下、共创和谐”的重要播种者。

　　Ancient Worlds is about people and places, politics and economics, art and war, trade and technology, but above all it’s the story of the painful birth and difficult growth of a radical idea first tried and tested some six thousand years ago, and which we are still struggling with today; civilisation. Civilisation has not come easily; it’s something we’ve had to fight hard to achieve, and even harder to maintain, and the greatest threats to it have come from our own talents for destruction. But when we’ve managed to get it right, the benefits have been enormous.
　　When we talk about the ancient world we tend to think of rare and exotic artefacts or the monumental remains of epic architecture; but these are just the empty shells that got left behind when the tide of history turned! The living creatures, the civilisations, that once inhabited these shells were rarely if ever static or stately; they were dynamic, chaotic, and always threatening to spin out of control, because civilisation is based on an improbable idea; that strangers can live and work together in dense urban settings, forging new allegiances that replace the natural ties of family, clan or tribe. It’s an idea we’re still coming to terms with today, but one of the best ways to understand the challenges that are involved is to look at how our ancestors tackled them the first time around.
　　From ancient Iraq to Imperial Rome, Ancient Worlds examines how our ancestors struggled with the levers of religion and politics, art and culture, war and diplomacy, technology and trade in order to keep the complex machinery of their civilisations turning over. Their insights and blind-spots, their breakthroughs and dead ends, their triumphs and disasters are the milestones on the long and winding road that leads directly from their ancient to our modern world.

　　2016年，长城守望者威廉·林赛徒步长城30周年之际，他和两个儿子杰米和汤米共同开展了为期60天的长城遗址探索。这是有史以来第一次有人从空中完整地拍摄到长城全景。他们从明长城的起点——坐落在渤海之滨的老龙头向西出发，探索更加古老的赵长城，然后继续向西几百公里，探索汉长城；之后飞往乌兰巴托，探寻老地图上标注的成吉思汗边墙。整个行程长达15000公里。用无人机拍摄偏远地区的长城遗址，不但展现了一个全新的视角，从空中看长城也可以帮助观察者更好地了解修筑者的心思。

　　一窥邪教领袖的独门秘籍，看他们如何获得无条件的爱戴、无穷尽的奉献，以及控制他人身心和灵魂的能力。

　　Shot on the Great Barrier Reef and in the Bahamas, the main themes of "Ocean Wonderland" are the incredible diversity of the marine life on the reefs as well as the amazing beauty of the many varieties of coral thriving there