The National Theatre is 50 in October 2013 and has given the BBC unprecedented access to make two Arena documentaries for BBC Four. 　　The films ask why it took until 1963 to create a National Theatre, and Dame Joan Plowright talks frankly to director Adam Low about the appointment of her husband Laurence Olivier, the greatest actor of his generation, as the National's first artistic director. The films uncover the life of the Theatre's early golden period at the Old Vic, the National's first home, under the towering presence of Olivier; the commissioning and construction of the controversial and now iconic Denys Lasdun building on the South Bank; and the turbulent succession of Peter Hall at the end of Olivier's reign. 　　Through the personal anecdotes of those who wrote, directed and performed on the National's many stages the films reveal the stories behind the greatest hit productions, from Olivier's Othello to War Horse, under artistic directors Peter Hall, Richard Eyre, Trevor Nunn and up to and including the latest great successes under Nicholas Hytner. Other contributors include Maggie Smith, Derek Jacobi, Alan Bennett, Judi Dench, Francis de la Tour, David Hare, Alan Ayckbourn and Adrian Lester.

(from夏末秋字幕组)从哥特式大教堂宏伟的雕塑杰作，到教堂唱诗班座椅下俏皮的横木，英国中世纪的雕塑作品总是那样的令人过目难忘。在那个还不存在“雕塑家”这个概念的年代，无以计数的流动工匠们完成了教堂中众多的雕塑，他们的名字却湮没在了历史的长河中。 　　英国雕塑史的首个黄金时代在那场声势浩荡的亨利八世教堂改革中终结，改革带来的浩劫，必将耗时数个世纪才能得以平复。

城堡，尤其是在英国，始终具有浪漫色彩。它们总是与民间传说，血腥战争和伟大而善良的故事联系在一起，一直是优秀作家们笔下的主题。城堡壮观的外形总能让它们显得卓尔不群，而它所扮演的角色，从垒石而建起，已经持续了数个世纪 - 从征服的利器逐步成为想象的空间。从征服者威廉到维多利亚女王，本系列片对英国城堡的故事和它们在历史、艺术和文学中独一无二的角色进行了追溯，为观众提供了关于城堡建筑以及它们在英国文化和精神中地位的有趣见解。

Britain, is an island. Surrounded by a cold and unforgiving sea. For centuries it protected us from attack. But to prosper and thrive, we would need to do more than hide behind her salt water shield. Britain needed brave men, willing to venture out into the unknown and she needed good boats to take them there. I've spent my life at sea. Now I'm going to take passage on six boats that together, tell the story of modern Britain. Built for exploration, war, fishing, industry and our very survival. These are the boats which built Britain, and changed the way we live - forever.

从1908年至1927年，是世界无声电影发展并进入全盛的时期，并涌现了一批世界电影名作和着名的电影艺术家。 　　在欧洲，艺术和商业发展进程较美国更快。在电影历史的最初十年中，最优秀的影片来自法国和英国。 　　在英国象罗伯特·威廉·席台和伯尔特·阿克利斯这样的发明家仿造并改进了爱迪生的机器。一批具有创新精神的艺术家则使用这批机器来拍摄二十世纪最初十年最富有想象力的影片。往往被人称做布赖顿学派的这些英国电影制作者，如Ｇ·阿尔伯特·史密斯、詹姆士·威廉逊、埃斯美·柯林斯、希赛尔·海普华斯和察尔斯·欧本，他们影片的特点是对活动的摄影机、特写以及剪辑的节奏进行实验。希赛尔·海普华斯的《义犬救主记》（一九０五年），这部情节剧是关于一个婴儿被吉普赛人拐走，然后被一只忠实的牧羊犬救了回来的故事。这部影片大概是电影历史头十五年中剪辑得最为流畅而连贯的影片。英国人还开始发展了作为社会文献的电影（例如《衣衫褴褛》、《贫民窟的孩子》，由柯林斯于一九０五年制作）。布赖顿学派的成员还把梅里埃的影片里电影特技和绝技进行了完善了。

Historian Dominic Sandbrook takes us back to the strange years of the Cold War.

The Great British Bake Off is a British television baking competition first shown by the BBC in the summer of 2010. 　　The judges are cookery writer Mary Berry and professional baker Paul Hollywood. Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins present the programme, while also tracing the very particular history of British baking by visiting local baking landmarks, such as Bakewell and discovering why people bake what they bake today.

凯瑟琳·泽塔-琼斯加盟Disney+的《国家宝藏》剧集，与Lisette Alexis共同担任主演。 　　剧集与影版的主角和故事不同，描述为“从20岁的拉丁裔女子杰西·莫拉莱斯(Alexis出演)的角度展开，她怀着远大梦想，和朋友们开始了一场有生之年的冒险，以揭开她神秘的家族历史，找回丢失的宝藏。将探讨身份、群体、历史著作权和爱国主义等时事”。 　　泽塔·琼斯饰演Billie，一个强大厉害的亿万富翁、黑市古董专家、我行我素的宝藏猎人，从身无分文的孤儿成长为精明、有型的商人及冒险家。Billie看中的东西就一定要得到，而她看中了那份泛美宝藏，不只是为了钱，有着更深的利害关系。

《书店与菜市场》系列纪录片选取上海、杭州、昆明 、长沙四座城市中“书店”与“菜市场”这两个极具特色又风格迥异的城市地标，通过读者与经营者的故事，以小见大展现普通中国百姓的生活百态，反映城市居民积极乐观的时代精神。