牛津大学著名的历史学教授迪尔梅德.麦克库洛赫与BBC英国广播公司联手，精心打造这部优秀的纪录片。他将带我们去基督教古迹的现场鉴证历史，去访问知名的学者和宗教人士寻知问道，在浩瀚的历史长河里品味文明的足迹。透过这个系列的节目您将增加对基督教和西方文明的了解。 　　基督教在人类历史上和当代都有着广泛的影响、和佛教、伊斯兰教并称为世界三大宗教。全球估计现在共有15亿至21亿的人信仰基督教,占世界总人口25%-30%.最早期的基督教信仰仅从凤毛麟角的几个信徒萌芽，何以成长到可以影响人类的文明发展和历史进程的呢？ 　　这千年的基督教历史之问，将由Diarmaid MacCulloch 迪尔梅德.麦克库洛赫教授在本系列节目中不懈地探讨。

Presented by Julian Davison, OTTOMANS VERSUS CHRISTIANS “The Battle For Europe” travels to the Balkans, Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, where the power struggle between Christian Europe and the Muslim Ottoman Empire lasted for centuries. 　　Featuring interviews with top historians, live reenactments of pivotal events, and visits to historical sites, this three-part series explores a legendary clash of civilizations and its continuing repercussions in the modern world. 　　Episode 1: "Dream of Empire” airs Monday, April 10 at 11 p.m. - This episode traces the history of Ottoman influence in the Balkans over four centuries. 　　Episode 2: “Vienna – The Golden Apple” airs Tuesday, April 11 at 11 p.m. - This episode focuses on Ottoman advances into Europe in the 15th-17th centuries, climaxing in the second siege of Vienna in 1683. 　　Episode 3: “The Sick Man of Europe” airs Wednesday, April 12 at 11 p.m. - This final episode explores the relationship between the Ottoman Empire and Tsarist Russia, which resulted in the Crimean War in 1853, dragging in troops from France and England.

周泽华曾经拥有一个美满的家庭，周爸把妻子张爱莲宠成了公主。但随着周爸的意外离世，张爱莲又缺乏生活技能，高中生泽华支撑起了这个家，不仅要照顾两个妹妹，还要给不靠谱的爱莲收拾烂摊子，好在有马道街的邻居熊大喜等人帮助。货车司机孙志才突然闯进爱莲的生活，两个带着过往生活伤痕的中年人彼此依偎，收获了属于他们的浪漫爱情，爱莲也在孙志才的帮助下承担起家庭的重担。泽华在新的家庭中卸下生活的包袱，重新寻回自己的梦想，找到了青春的价值。

周泽华曾经拥有一个美满的家庭，周爸把妻子张爱莲宠成了公主。但随着周爸的意外离世，张爱莲又缺乏生活技能，高中生泽华支撑起了这个家，不仅要照顾两个妹妹，还要给不靠谱的爱莲收拾烂摊子，好在有马道街的邻居熊大喜等人帮助。货车司机孙志才突然闯进爱莲的生活，两个带着过往生活伤痕的中年人彼此依偎，收获了属于他们的浪漫爱情，爱莲也在孙志才的帮助下承担起家庭的重担。泽华在新的家庭中卸下生活的包袱，重新寻回自己的梦想，找到了青春的价值。

Belinda Tyler (Scout Taylor-Compton) wants to be a doctor, but women were not usually permitted careers, especially one in the medical field. But Belinda deeply wants a career as a doctor, and feels God has called her to be one. She learns to show her abilities while helping out a local doctor and caring for Mrs. Stafford-Smith (Nancy Linehan Charles),an elderly woman who recently had a stroke. Belinda nurses her back to health and helps her regain the use of her right arm. Belinda meets the nephew of their deceased neighbor, Drew Simpson. Drew (Patrick Levis) comes to town to get his uncle's farm in shape to sell and then return to New York to join his father's law practice. He does not want to stay in this small, unsophisticated town. But after meeting Belinda, he has second thoughts about staying. Belinda also feels something for Drew, but she is conflicted because she wants to become a doctor and then move back home so her loved ones can still get medical care from her. Even though most women of the time only married and had children, Belinda wants more. She has a calling and a great mind for medicine. Determined that it won't work between her and Drew, Belinda plans to leave to study medicine in Boston, with financial help from Mrs. Stafford-Smith. But after hearing Belinda's grandfather share how he felt about his wife, Marty, and how he knew of his feelings for her, does Drew realize he can't live without Belinda. Just as Belinda boards the stage coach, Drew arrives telling her he loves her, is willing to practice law in Boston while she is in school, and wants to move back to this small town with her once she becomes a doctor if that's what she wants. He asks for her to marry him. Knowing she feels the same way for him, Belinda accepts and finally admits to Drew that she loves him too. She and Drew are married with her family and friends present before they move to Boston together

Belinda Tyler (Scout Taylor-Compton) wants to be a doctor, but women were not usually permitted careers, especially one in the medical field. But Belinda deeply wants a career as a doctor, and feels God has called her to be one. She learns to show her abilities while helping out a local doctor and caring for Mrs. Stafford-Smith (Nancy Linehan Charles),an elderly woman who recently had a stroke. Belinda nurses her back to health and helps her regain the use of her right arm. Belinda meets the nephew of their deceased neighbor, Drew Simpson. Drew (Patrick Levis) comes to town to get his uncle's farm in shape to sell and then return to New York to join his father's law practice. He does not want to stay in this small, unsophisticated town. But after meeting Belinda, he has second thoughts about staying. Belinda also feels something for Drew, but she is conflicted because she wants to become a doctor and then move back home so her loved ones can still get medical care from her. Even though most women of the time only married and had children, Belinda wants more. She has a calling and a great mind for medicine. Determined that it won't work between her and Drew, Belinda plans to leave to study medicine in Boston, with financial help from Mrs. Stafford-Smith. But after hearing Belinda's grandfather share how he felt about his wife, Marty, and how he knew of his feelings for her, does Drew realize he can't live without Belinda. Just as Belinda boards the stage coach, Drew arrives telling her he loves her, is willing to practice law in Boston while she is in school, and wants to move back to this small town with her once she becomes a doctor if that's what she wants. He asks for her to marry him. Knowing she feels the same way for him, Belinda accepts and finally admits to Drew that she loves him too. She and Drew are married with her family and friends present before they move to Boston together

徳川幕府がキリシタンの根絶に躍起となっていた頃、長崎の奉行所で南蛮バテレンのキリシトファ・フェレラは拷問の苦しさに堪えかね、幕府の政策に協力することを誓った。若い南蛮鋳物師萩原裕佐はキリシタンの娘モニカを愛しているが、モニカの父多門は裕佐がキリシタンでないので、結婚を許さなかった。フェレラの密告で多門が捕えられ、悲惨な最後を遂げた。ある日、フェレラは下役人岩吉からキリシタン根絶に妙案はないかと訊かれ、踏絵の代りに鋳物のキリスト像を用いることを進言した。奉行所の手先となった絵師孫四郎が、商家の若旦那に頼まれたと偽って、裕佐にこの仕事を引き受けさせた。裕佐はモニカへの愛のため、見事な青銅のキリスト像を仕上げたが、フェレラの提案で踏絵代りに使われると知って激怒し、モニカの弟吉三郎にフェレラにこそ憎むべき裏切り者だと告げた。裏切り者を殺そうといきり立つ吉三郎を押し止めたモニカは、和蘭屋敷にフェレラを訪ね、彼の良心にうったえて翻心させようとするが、フェレラはきかなかった。フェレラが何者かに狙撃されたのはそれから間もなくのことである。クリスマスの夜、儀右衛門の家に集まった信者たちは、まだ傷の癒えぬフェレラの案内で乗り込んだ役人に捕えられた。処刑の日、信徒たちは、裕佐の精魂こめて作ったキリストの前にひざまづいて礼拝した。それを見た奉行は、最後まで信徒でないといい張る裕佐を、背後から突き刺した。十字架にかけられた信従たちの口から讃美歌が唱えられた。その下に葡いよった瀕死の裕佐は、初めてモニカの愛の言葉を聞いた。地獄繪さながらの光景を前に「いつの世にもユダはいる」とつぶやくようにいったのはフェレラであった。

Diane, a young woman growing up in Australia in the mid 1960s, walks away from her fiancé to join a convent after being sure she has a calling to the faith. The Catholic Church and its followers are struggling with huge changes. The Pope has died, there is war in Vietnam and mandatory conscription, there is the Vatican controversy on abortion and contraception, and the changing face of the Church as a whole. Told in six parts, Diane faces her own demons and has to finally decide if she can teach what the Church preaches, or if it's simply impossible for her to reconcile all the contradictions of the faith and uphold her vow of obedience.