The medieval church cannot be understood without recognising that death was at its heart. Richard Taylor shows how churches were design ed to give medieval people a way to escape death, with their Judgement scenes, cadaver tombs and graphic depictions of the crucifixion. 　　He explains why scenes of suffering on the cross became so prominent and why the instruments used in the persecution of Jesus were depicted in the decoration of windows, floors and walls at such remarkable sites as Malvern Priory in Worcestershire. 　　Taylor explains the medieval obsession with purgatory and how this again transformed our churches with the building of elaborate chantry chapels, where Masses could be said to ease the journey of departed souls into heaven. 　　Information 　　Author Richard Taylor examines how the imagery, symbols and architecture of English parish churches have inspired, moved and enraged people down the centuries. 　　Part 1: Dark Beginnings 　　Presenter Richard Taylor explains how churches were originally simple buildings intended to protect the altar and the most important Christian rite of all, the Eucharist. He visits Britain's finest early medieval churches to untangle the mystery of why the Anglo-Saxons and Normans seem to have been unwilling to shake off their pre-Christian past and to have continued to fill their sacred buildings with mysterious pagan images. An ancient book in an Oxford library helps Richard find an answer. 　　Part 2: Medieval Life 　　Richard Taylor uncovers evidence that shows how and why our parish churches came to play such a crucial role in the everyday life of the Middle Ages. He looks at how humorous wall paintings and intricate carvings were used to teach moral lessons and how carved angels in such churches as Blythburgh were used to create a heaven on earth. He finds out how rites such as baptism and the largely forgotten ritual known as the 'churching of women' offered people protection from the cradle to the grave. 　　Part 3: Medieval Death 　　Richard Taylor shows how churches were designed to give medieval people a way to escape death, with their Judgement scenes, cadaver tombs and graphic depictions of the crucifixion. He explains why scenes of suffering on the cross became so prominent and why the instruments used in the persecution of Jesus were depicted on the windows, floors and walls of sites like Malvern Priory. Taylor explains how the medieval obsession with purgatory transformed churches with the building of chantry chapels. 　　Part 4: Reformation - Chaos and Creation 　　With the help of art historian Sister Wendy Beckett and a stained-glass window, Richard Taylor tries to understand the intense medieval devotion to the Virgin Mary and how this fuelled the anger of the Reformation that followed. Richard 'reads' a ruined church and explains how it was not Henry VIII but his boy-king successor, Edward VI, who was responsible for the greatest changes in the Reformation. He also traces how the Book of Common Prayer and the translation of the Bible into English transformed the way that the English worshipped and the appearance of their churches. 　　Part 5: Restoration and Reason 　　Church life in the 18th century is often thought to have been genteel and dull, but Richard Taylor finds that churches in this Age of Enlightenment reflect the intellectual excitement, the vigour and the potential for conflict of a turbulent time. He shows how the symbols in the everyday parish church reveal the ever-closer identification between church and state and he tries out the triple-decker pulpit at St Mary's in Whitby, and he discovers how the London churches of Christopher Wren and Nicholas Hawksmoor reflect the latest scientific insights and archaeological discoveries of the age. 　　Part 6: The Victorians and after 　　Richard Taylor discovers how, during the industrial revolution, medieval imagery and ritual make a surprise return to Victorian places of worship and plunge the Anglican Church into conflict. Richard retraces the controversy surrounding this Oxford Movement of Anglo-Catholics and explores their finest churches. He sees how the impact of war in the 20th century is reflected on imagery in our churches and how the First World War brought a return to another medieval practice - the commemoration of the dead.

The great cathedrals were the wonders of the Medieval World - the tallest buildings since the pyramids and the showpieces of Medieval Christianity. Yet they were built at a time when most of us lived in hovels. Architectural historian Jon Cannon explores who were the people that built them and how were they able to achieve such a bold vision.

A man becomes a suspect in a serial murder case after waking from a coma with no recollection of who he is

A man becomes a suspect in a serial murder case after waking from a coma with no recollection of who he is

朝圣者在日食之时来到神秘的大教堂门外。 　　拄着手杖，他洞开可教堂的大门。教堂里充满诡异且压抑的气氛，两旁林立着枯槁的神像。神像的脸追随着朝圣者的步伐转动，朝圣者穿过神像，来到悬崖边上。 　　这时日食过去，阳光透过林立的枯槁神像射向朝圣者。那光芒明亮耀眼，直刺向朝圣者的胸膛。

在意大利恐怖电影中，可能再也找不到比米歇尔·索伊的作品影响更广、承继更多的了，他的作品能保证意大利恐怖电影在下个千年仍有一席之地。本片是对神怪电影颇有价值的补充，同样也是意大利电影哥特式风格的回归。影片开始是一个发生在过去的序幕，圣殿骑士长惩罚犯有巫术罪的村民，并在埋葬他们尸体的大坑上建造了一所教堂。之后故事跳到现今，一位历史学家发现了教堂的秘密，受害者的灵魂开始操控他，对抗教会和世人。

在意大利恐怖电影中，可能再也找不到比米歇尔·索伊的作品影响更广、承继更多的了，他的作品能保证意大利恐怖电影在下个千年仍有一席之地。本片是对神怪电影颇有价值的补充，同样也是意大利电影哥特式风格的回归。影片开始是一个发生在过去的序幕，圣殿骑士长惩罚犯有巫术罪的村民，并在埋葬他们尸体的大坑上建造了一所教堂。之后故事跳到现今，一位历史学家发现了教堂的秘密，受害者的灵魂开始操控他，对抗教会和世人。

玛斯特洛向福尔摩斯就一桩可怕的罪案求助：一名僧侣被发现死在修道院，身上的伤痕显示为吸血鬼所为。他相信是吸血鬼达斯魔回来找他报仇，因多年前他为某个原因下令杀死了达斯魔的“孩子们”——蝙蝠。 　　真的是吸血鬼回来报仇吗？对于玛斯特洛来说他的回答是肯定的。但对于福尔摩斯来说，即使华生也相信吸血鬼是巢居在那里，但他仍深信是人所为。不过他也陷入了逻辑性困境：当然可以认为是人所为，但如果不借助神话，这些古怪的现象又如何解释呢？

一支纪录片摄制团队受命探查一座即将坍塌的闹鬼教堂，但前提只有一个——务必在天黑前撤离。

一位独生子对一个美国家庭二十多年来兴衰的沉思性的、印象主义的陈述。