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亚历克斯·霍诺德从2009年就梦想着徒手攀登酋长岩，此后尝试了1000多次，而徒手攀登酋长岩是自己的 “终极目标”。为此，他准备了一年半的时间，借助绳索攀爬过近60次酋长岩。他表示，自己这样做并非为了进行预演，而是反复尝试不同的岩点，研究攻克最难的区域。纪录片拍下了约塞米蒂国家公园及酋长岩的壮丽景色及霍诺德登顶的历史时刻。除此之外，片中还回顾了他怎样处理极限目标带来的生命风险，以及他如何追求卓越完美，从而在无绳索保护的情况下保证万无一失。

1955年的邱永漢、1968年的陳舜臣、2015年的王震緒，他們在不同年代的異鄉，以日本語書寫關於台灣、香港、中國為題材的小說，並一舉奪得日本通俗文學最高殿堂「直木賞」的殊榮。

《胜利号角》由八一电影制片厂摄制而成，收录了庆祝中国人民解放军建军五十周年第四届文艺会演部分歌舞节目。包含：《毛主席伟大旗帜高高飘扬》、《歌唱华主席》、《上井冈》、《送盐》、《胜利号角》、《抗日战士出征歌》等14部文艺歌舞节目！

长期被隔离在曼哈顿下东区的一所公寓内，安古洛兄弟只通过看电影来了解外面的世界。他们给自己取了绰号“狼群”，兄弟四人会角色扮演他们喜爱的电影来消磨时光。道具和服装都是他们自己手工精心制作的。他们的世界因为兄弟其中一人的逃脱而被打破，一切都变了。

由6800多个岛屿组成的日本列岛，总计9万余种的动物生存于此。从南到北，由西向东，无论环境友好或是严苛，可爱的动物们慷慨地接受大自然的赠予，也勇敢地承受一切严酷的考验。屋久岛和下北半岛的森林中，猕猴们快乐地度过每一天，同时他们难以割舍的母子之情经历着暴风与严寒的洗礼；知床半岛的森林中，棕熊兄弟玩耍打闹，学习着生存的技能；北海道钏路湿原，北狐妈妈在孩子刚刚长大便将它们赶走，迫使孩子们在有限的生命内经历大自然的考验；北海的襟裳岬，小海豹刚出生不久便险些与妈妈失散，这似乎注定了它多舛的命运；南海海底，丰富多样的海洋生物自由穿梭，俨然一个快乐当然也充满凶险的海底乐园。

在《摧毁山城黑帮》中，澳门回归前几年，发生了震惊中外的“葡京赌场、凯悦赌场”大劫案。内地公安提前介入，经严密侦查，劫匪与百色的黑帮有着千丝万缕的联系。该黑帮自恃有上层保护伞，横行百色，作恶多端，一场我中有敌，敌中有我，摧毁黑帮你死我活的战斗秘密打响了。

十五集电视连续剧《中国出了个毛泽东》

围绕着東京审判这一重要历史事件, 本片除了讲述过程外, 更重要的还是提出了一系列国际法法律问题和伦理道德疑问, 如事后法问题, 战争罪的有無, 以及个人辩护和国家辩护的选择和远东国际法庭战犯的选择标准及其幕後秘辛等. 一些问题如天皇是否有罪, 事后法等问题甚至至今仍然存在争论, 另外通过本片影像的翔实记录, 也了解到了一些以前不知道的事实, 如满州国皇帝溥仪曾经在法庭上做伪证, 以及日本战后一度出现的反天皇言论是如此大胆等~

湘菜是中国八大菜系之一，湘菜文化是湖湘文化的重要组成部分。《加油吧!湘菜》将湘菜文化拍摄成电视节目，用100集短、平、快的微型纪录片，纪录100位中国湘菜名师、大师和100道经典茶油湘菜菜品。内容除了介绍经典湘菜的烹制方法外，还将对名菜名厨进行溯源考证，记录湖南人味蕾上的文化。

　　2022年12月11日，坂本龙一钢琴独奏音乐会将面向全球播出。
　　与之日期仅相差一天的，两年前的2020年12月12日，坂本在东京的演播室里，面向彼时正在新冠疫情的昏暗隧道中徘徊的全世界，举行了一场没有观众的钢琴独奏音乐会。然而，这一场直播却未留下任何影像存档。
　　今年12月11日的直播，我们将再一次见证暌违两年的“演奏中的坂本龙一”的身姿。
　　当日直播内容将是事先录制的演奏影像。曲目经过精心编排，制作时每日仅收录数曲，事后被投入大量心力编辑。
　　坂本自述：“我已经没有足够体力来举办现场音乐会了。或许也是我最后一次以这种形式进行演奏”。以前能做到的事现在却越来越难做到……，在接受这个“现实”并消化后，坂本立于“全新的事实”之上，尝试发掘自身新的能动性与积极性。
　　事实上，这场 “音乐会 ”本身也具备了完成上述转变的条件。
　　首先，这次直播影像的录制是在位于东京涉谷的， 传说中的NHK广播中心509演播室，坂本毫不掩饰地称其为 “日本最好的演播室”，并在这里为录制投入了很多时间与精力。
　　另外，此次影像制作邀请了来自纽约的专业电影制作团队。他们不仅负责制作直播影像，也为了后期将进行制作的“音乐会电影”而细致地拍摄了“演奏中的坂本龙一”。
　　是的，如果坂本还拥有 “完成现场音乐会演奏的体力”的话，这一切一定是不会发生的。
　　直播影片将从在509演播室录制的约60分钟的演奏正片开始播出。

介绍了袁隆平的一生，包含了90岁未公开的一些珍贵画面。

按照知识产权的本质和作用，《国之利器》分为财富密匙、创新引擎、竞争法宝、强国根基四个部分。财富密匙从个人、企业、产业、国家、国际等不同层面的故事案例，讲述知识产权与经济增长之间的关系；创新引擎从制度层面谈论知识产权，寻找科技变革和大国崛起的脉络；竞争法宝以市场竞争的角度来说明知识产权的重要性和必要性；强国根基则主要讲述通过提高制造业的知识产权能力来实现产业转型升级，推动中国制造向中国创造转变。

五集文献纪录片《国歌》以饱满的情绪、深厚的情义、精确的发掘和散文化的纪实风格，追述《义勇军进行曲》诞生的背景、创作的经过、传唱的历史以及它所唤起的人民自豪感、奋斗感与创造力，将有关国歌的历史、事件、人物全面立体地交织在一起，将叙事、议论、抒情很好地结合在一起，聚焦主题，延展开凿，升华了国歌的主题。

千禧年的演唱会，张国荣的演唱会，对大部分人来说：就算不看也可以知道肯定是个优秀的演唱会。——因为我们相信张国荣，而且还是他亲自担任艺术总监。不过出乎意料的是，这个演唱会当年备受争议，在香港大部分媒体的渲染扭曲报道下被误解。然而有个完全相反的现象：此次演唱会在海外备受赞赏和推崇。在日本场数一加再加，成为日本外国歌手所开演唱会场数之最。虽然在香港一些媒体的颠倒黑白下，但热情演唱会的成功是被观众肯定的，于是演唱会历经春夏秋冬，开到2001年，在香港开了19场，世界巡回演唱会43场。连同行都称这次演唱会是“前无古人，后无来者”。

1989年，张国荣包揽了“IFPI大碟奖”，“最受欢迎男歌手”，“叱咤乐坛男歌手金奖”等多项乐坛大奖，事业如日中天的他宣布告别歌坛，并在香港红磡体育馆连开33场“告别乐坛演唱会”，他精湛的歌艺，出色的舞台驾驭能力令歌迷如痴如醉，这次演唱会也被喻为香港最为经典的演唱会之一。 有评论说“他是最好的舞台表演者，他在台上的歌或舞，动或静都充满魅力，他这么红是有道理的。”

张国荣跨越97演唱会，于1996年12月—1997年6月举行。由《风继续吹》，《红颜白发》，《风再起时》重新编曲串成的开场音乐拉开了张国荣“跨越97演唱会”的序幕。整场演唱会中张国荣演唱了《爱慕》、《侧面》、《今生今世》、《红》、《当爱已成往事》等近35首经典曲目。在演唱会中，张国荣将《月亮代表我的心》送给他生命中挚爱的朋友和亲人：母亲和唐先生，以及现场所有的歌迷。他同时也是第一位在演唱会上发起慈善募捐的人，为儿童癌症基金募捐一百万港币，同时自己也捐出一百万港币。

曾经惊艳世人的纪录片《地球脉动》，再次由来自BBC的制作团队倾力奉献出最新的第二季。在这一季里，观众们将继续见证地球各个角落动物、植物平凡而精彩的生命瞬间。本季总共六集，分为岛屿、山脉、丛林、沙漠、草原和城市，树懒、巨蜥、狐猴、海鬣蜥、帽带企鹅、雪豹、金雕、蜘蛛猴、美洲豹……大自然的神奇之手创造的万千生物以其各自的习性自幼生活在生身土地之上。他们顺应着严苛的自然环境，顽强追逐着明日的朝阳。然而人类肆无忌惮的活动则侵蚀着其他生物的生存环境。

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《蓝色星球II》将由大卫·爱登堡爵士主持。在长达4年的拍摄过程中, 制作团队共执行了125次的探险，水下拍摄时数长达到6000多个小时。与2001年首播的《藍色星球》相隔16年之后，制作团队透过新的科技技术突破以往限制，将许多过去未知的地带、惊人的生物及其令人瞠目结舌的举动呈现在观众眼前

　　《蓝色星球II》将由大卫·爱登堡爵士主持。在长达4年的拍摄过程中, 制作团队共执行了125次的探险，水下拍摄时数长达到6000多个小时。与2001年首播的《藍色星球》相隔16年之后，制作团队透过新的科技技术突破以往限制，将许多过去未知的地带、惊人的生物及其令人瞠目结舌的举动呈现在观众眼前
　　自从《蓝色星球》2001年开播以来，我们对大海之下生命的理解被彻底颠覆了。从北极熊出没的北冰洋到焕发着勃勃生机的蓝色珊瑚环礁，本系列纪录片同大家分享一些令人吃惊的新发现；邂逅在南冰洋深处神出鬼没的奇怪章鱼，观赏巨大的鲹鱼跳出水面，飞跃到半空中捕鱼；骑在虎鲸的背上，同它一起冲向鱼群。《蓝色星球2》带领我们体验让人敬畏称奇的新地方，见识魅力四射的新物种，了解非同寻常的新行为。

　　曾经惊艳世人的纪录片《地球脉动》，再次由来自BBC的制作团队倾力奉献出最新的第二季。在这一季里，观众们将继续见证地球各个角落动物、植物平凡而精彩的生命瞬间。本季总共六集，分为岛屿、山脉、丛林、沙漠、草原和城市，树懒、巨蜥、狐猴、海鬣蜥、帽带企鹅、雪豹、金雕、蜘蛛猴、美洲豹……大自然的神奇之手创造的万千生物以其各自的习性自幼生活在生身土地之上。他们顺应着严苛的自然环境，顽强追逐着明日的朝阳。然而人类肆无忌惮的活动则侵蚀着其他生物的生存环境。
　　它们渺小而伟大，通过BBC的镜头，生命的光辉得以放大，闪耀在地球的每一个角落。

　　1989年，张国荣包揽了“IFPI大碟奖”，“最受欢迎男歌手”，“叱咤乐坛男歌手金奖”等多项乐坛大奖，事业如日中天的他宣布告别歌坛，并在香港红磡体育馆连开33场“告别乐坛演唱会”，他精湛的歌艺，出色的舞台驾驭能力令歌迷如痴如醉，这次演唱会也被喻为香港最为经典的演唱会之一。 有评论说“他是最好的舞台表演者，他在台上的歌或舞，动或静都充满魅力，他这么红是有道理的。”

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　　这部八部分的剧集将探索自然世界的独特又宝贵的奇迹，由屡获奖项的剧集《地球脉动》的创剧人倾情打造。通过与世界自然基金会合作，《我们的星球》采用了令人惊艳的摄影和技术，并以前所未有的拍摄方式探寻了地球上尚存的野生区域和那里的动物居民。这档耗时 4 年的大制作节目在遍布全球各个大洲的 50 个国家/地区进行过拍摄，600 多名工作人员共计花费超过 3500 个拍摄日，从偏远的北极荒野和神秘的深海到广袤的非洲地貌和南美多样化的热带雨林，全面关注全世界生境多样性的广度。

《人间世》是一场以医院为拍摄原点，聚焦医患双方面临病痛、生死考验时的重大选择、通过全景化的纪实拍摄，抓取一般观众无法看到的真实场景，还原真实的医患生态，人性化展现医患关系、全民参与、全民讨论的电视新闻纪录片。希望通过观察医院这个社会矛盾集中体现的标本，反应社会变革期，构建和谐医患关系的艰难前行，通过换位思考和善意的表达，展现一个真实的人间世态。

BBC曾经制作出《蓝色星球》的纪录片摄影团队，再次集结奉上了这部堪称难以超越的经典纪录片《地球脉动》。从南极到北极，从赤道到寒带，从非洲草原到热带雨林，再从荒凉峰顶到深邃大海，难以数计的生物以极其绝美的身姿呈现在世人面前。我们看到了Okavango洪水的涨落及其周边赖以生存的动物们的生存状态，看到了罕见的雪豹在漫天大雪中猎食的珍贵画面；看到了冰原上企鹅、北极熊、海豹等生物相互依存的严苛情景，也见识了生活在大洋深处火山口高温环境下的惊奇生物。当然还有地球各地的壮观美景与奇特地貌，无私地将其最为光艳的一面展现出来。

羽生结弦首次在东京巨蛋冰上表演，即使离开竞技场，仍然在属于自己的舞台发光发热。羽生结弦与东京爱乐交响乐团共谱世界级表演，顶尖的技术、优美的音乐、华丽的灯光同视觉效果，冲击观众感官嘅极致视听盛宴。收录长达150分钟的演出，更独家公开30分钟从未曝光的幕后花絮。

　　行星地球第二季精彩集锦

　　BBC曾经制作出《蓝色星球》的纪录片摄影团队，再次集结奉上了这部堪称难以超越的经典纪录片《地球脉动》。从南极到北极，从赤道到寒带，从非洲草原到热带雨林，再从荒凉峰顶到深邃大海，难以数计的生物以极其绝美的身姿呈现在世人面前。我们看到了Okavango洪水的涨落及其周边赖以生存的动物们的生存状态，看到了罕见的雪豹在漫天大雪中猎食的珍贵画面；看到了冰原上企鹅、北极熊、海豹等生物相互依存的严苛情景，也见识了生活在大洋深处火山口高温环境下的惊奇生物。当然还有地球各地的壮观美景与奇特地貌，无私地将其最为光艳的一面展现出来。
　　本片共计11集，期间还采用美国军方发明的空中摄影机拍摄，可从一公里外拍摄某物体的超清晰特写。

　　羽生结弦首次在东京巨蛋冰上表演，即使离开竞技场，仍然在属于自己的舞台发光发热。羽生结弦与东京爱乐交响乐团共谱世界级表演，顶尖的技术、优美的音乐、华丽的灯光同视觉效果，冲击观众感官嘅极致视听盛宴。收录长达150分钟的演出，更独家公开30分钟从未曝光的幕后花絮。

　　《非洲》由《Life》原班人马打造，是一部大型原生态纪录片。镜头将跟随主持人David Attenborough一起穿越神奇的非洲大陆，探索那些从未被发现、被记录的生物物种和壮观的非洲奇迹。

　　Top Gear will return on Jan. 25th, 2015.

　　《Top Gear》是英国BBC电视台出品的一档汽车节目,虽然是一个汽车节目,但它相对于平时我们在电视上看到的"汽车杂志"之类的广告或节目有着天堂与地狱之间的差.思维跳跃的编导,好莱坞水平的专业摄影,匪夷所思的试车创意,还有那三个闻名世界的大嘴和一位从不说话的神秘试车手Stig.观看Top Gear,你不仅是在看一个单纯的汽车节目,很多时候更像是在欣赏一部令你热血沸腾的大制作电影!

　　Jeremy, Richard and James talk about everything car-related. From new cars to how they're fueled, this show has it all.

　　Series Eighteen starts airing on 29 January 2012 with seven episodes (not including the India Special),[1] following on from the 2011 Christmas special which aired on 28 December 2011.[2] In the special they take a route across India, the first of the many countries Top Gear plans to visit over the course of the new series, according to Jeremy Clarkson. Shooting in India began on 2 October, with the first leg of the shooting beginning in suburbs of Mumbai.[3][4] The show was also seen in Lecce, Italy with a Noble M600, McLaren MP4-12C and a Lamborghini Aventador.[5] Hammond announced during the Top Gear Live shows in Birmingham, that additional recordings for the new series had been done in the USA.
　　The January 2012 edition of Top Gear Magazine featured a preview of what to expect in series 18.[6] It included a piece where Richard Hammond drives a NASCAR safety car for a real race, later going on to drive an actual NASCAR race car. The magazine also featured a part of some of the power tests to expect, including Jeremy Clarkson driving a Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Black Edition, a Mercedes SLS AMG Roadster and a Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale. Hammond meanwhile will drive a 2012 BMW M5 F10, and May will have a Vauxhall Corsa Nürburgring Edition. Another feature is going to China to test drive Chinese cars, Italy in 3 super-cars, Lamborghini Aventador, Noble M600 and a McLaren MP4-12C. Also James May is taking a trip to USA to test sports hybrid supercar Fisker Karma, meet AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson and drive his 1928 Bentley Vanden Plas LeMans Tourer. According to Top Gear Executive Producer Andy Wilman, Clarkson, Hammond and May are going to northern Sweden as well, where they will race the new Ferrari FF across a Silverstone Circuit-shaped ice track. Also Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond will attempt to film a car chase sequence for The Sweeney.

　　Series 17 of the world’s biggest, silliest and most explosive car show sees Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May re-invent public transport with a car-based train, smash down buildings using surplus military equipment and celebrate the 50th birthday of the Jaguar E-type. The presenters also head to Monaco to race fast hatchbacks around the legendary Grand Prix street circuit, create a title sequence for an imaginary 1970s detective show, and find things to do in Lincoln whilst you wait for your electric car to recharge. The Stig is let loose in some seriously hardcore hardware including the Aston Martin Virage, the McLaren MP4-12C, the Lamborghini Avantador and the BMW 1-series M. And as if that wasn’t enough, Alice Cooper, Sebastian Vettel and Simon Cowell are amongst the sensational stars in the Reasonably Priced Car.

　　茫茫人海，大海捞针，《寻人记》团队齐心合力，继续寻觅。当年街童去哪儿？「带子洪郎」身在何方？「投诉王」又有新冤情？明星保母已经退隐江湖？访队四出寻人，也不时「被寻人」。有当事人主动联络见面，也有观众来信求助，更有受访者委托越洋寻亲……人生就是寻寻觅觅，寻寻觅觅要花很多气 力，往往找不到，偶尔寻到宝。《寻人记II》和大家一起见证成果，体验「白果」，尝尽人生百味，寻回更多「人‧情‧味」。

　　《河西走廊》是一部由中共甘肃省委宣传部、中央电视台科教频道联合出品，北京伯璟文化传播有限公司承制的十集系列纪录片。该片以位于中国西部的重要通道，丝绸之路的黄金段——河西走廊为讲述对象，从政治、军事、经济、文化、宗教等多角度呈现了从汉代开始直至今天，河西走廊及其连接的中国 西部 的历史，以及它对中国历史和文明进程中所发挥的独特作用。“河西走廊关乎国家经略”是贯穿全篇的主题。

2014年6月大学毕业季，况露骑着一辆单车，带着一套帐篷炊具，揣着5000块钱路费，还有一台卡片相机，从武汉出发，踏上了单人单车骑行中国的毕业旅行。100多天的风餐野营，10000多公里的车辙印迹。在雪山沙漠玩荒野求生，在牧民农家品边疆风情。从酷暑走到寒冬，辗转大半个中国。与上百位陌生人对话交流。边骑边拍自导自演，又跨时两年后期剪辑。凭一己之力完成了这部大型旅行纪录片——行疆！

138亿年前宇宙的故事有了开端，仅银河系就有数千亿颗恒星，而我们生活的太阳系行星渺小如尘埃，不为人知的行星故事在过去40亿年中华丽上演。随着人类观测技术的不断进步，宇宙飞船带领我们探索各个行星，此部纪录片用独特的拟人化手法解构八大行星的故事，并结合最先进的科技视觉化呈现。

　　聚焦于动物界中最具代表性的六个由强势雌性统治的世界。

　　改革开放之初，山城重庆特殊的地理环境孕育了一个特殊的行业——山城棒棒军。爬坡上坎，负重前行的三十多年，数十万棒棒大军不仅挑走了汗水浸泡的年华，也挑走了属于自己的年代。癸巳岁末，几个佝偻背影即将道别正在消逝的行业，一名退役中校扛起一根棒棒开始了自己的追寻——辉煌与尴尬，艰韧和无奈，他们的人生无须评说，他们的故事值得铭记。

　　融合《地球脉动II》和《蓝色星球II》的精彩故事。
　　Bringing together spectacular sotries from Plant Earth II and Bule Planet II.

　　《急诊室故事》利用全球最先进的固定摄像技术，使用78个固定摄像头，24小时跟踪直击常人视角无法触及的急诊室真实故事，记录生死关头的人生百态，同时为确保真实还原，现场将使用66路全方位收音，确保急症室各处都可以收到现场声。节目核心立意是直面社会广泛关注的医患矛盾、信任危机，并始终坚持“生命有痛，有你真好”的主导思想，通过深入挖掘一个个真实而充满人道主义精神的救治故事，让观众感受到病患如何被救治，及过程中医患间、病人与亲友间的各种情感迸发，赞颂生命的力量与尊严，传递社会正能量。节目将全方位纪录、还原真实医患关系，直击中国医疗现状，带领观众感悟人生百态。

　　最好的编剧写不出最真实的急诊室故事，
　　这里每天都上演着无数悲欢离合；
　　我们用九十八个摄像头全天候记录，
　　只为向您呈现最动人震撼的生命魅力。
　　10月22日 21：20 东方卫视
　　《急诊室故事》第二季 感动回归！

　　宇宙是怎样形成的？宇宙是怎样运行的？这些都是人类经常提出的问题。作为宇宙的一分子，我们都希望可以对这个神秘国度有更深入的认识。《解读宇宙》将为天文爱好者拆解种种谜团，节目将会探究宇宙的基本要素，发掘连串迷人的天文现象，以及解释其成因。节目旁述Mike Rowe将带领观众了解宇宙的结构、太阳系、银河系等。《解读宇宙》与观众一同探索这个奥妙神秘、浩瀚无边的宇宙国度。

　　148Series 19, Episode 127 January 2013Damian Lewis
　　Review: Richard reviews the Pagani Huayra, the latest supercar from the Italian manufacturer. The car is capable of savage acceleration, with a lot of attention placed into the bodywork, interior and utilizing cutting edge technology. Despite the massive twin-turbo engine and horsepower, thanks to its sophisticated aerodynamic package, the car can easily be driven hard without the risk of spinning. The Huayra also set the fastest time on the Top Gear Test Track in the hands of The Stig, 1:13.8, beating the previous record, set by the Ariel Atom V8.
　　News: The Dacia Sandero is now on sale in the UK. The Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Black has been updated to produce extra horsepower, but the handling is still challenging. Jeremy claims that he has found a male equivalent version of Fifty Shades of Grey, presenting a kid's book about tractors. The new Chevrolet Stingray is announced. James May turned fifty the previous week. Also, the rally team composed of war amputees (previously mentioned in series 17, episode 6) finally completed their challenge of finishing the 2013 Dakar Rally.
　　Review: James reviews the new Bentley Continental GT, and notes the new engine and subtle ride characteristics. Believing that the Bentley, with four wheel drive system and a big, powerful engine, can handle things worse than a Welsh countryside road, James takes the car onto a Welsh stage of the World Rally Championship, with Kris Meeke behind the wheel, and James being the co-driver. Despite the car having less grip, more weight, an electronic handbrake (unsuitable for usage on a rally stage) and James not being proficient at giving pace notes, the Bentley was actually faster than one of the full WRC cars.
　　Star In A Reasonably Priced Car: Damian Lewis takes his turn in the car, and drifts the Kia Cee'd around the snow-coated test track and crosses the finish line sideways, setting the slowest ever time of 2:09.1. Jeremy cheers Damian up by making a separate board for snow (he justs put the time underneath and to the side of the fastest lap time on that board) and says that he is the fastest driver ever on their "snow board".
　　Challenge: Jeremy attempts to build a car smaller than the Peel P50, naming his creation the P45. It was based on a quad bike, with bodywork fitted, designed to wrap around the driver. He then presented his idea to the 'Dragons' in a Dragons' Den style format. All of the dragons declare themselves "out" and back in the studio, Richard concludes that for the P45 to be put in production, Jeremy would have to be dead.
　　149Series 19, Episode 23 February 2013Mick Fleetwood
　　Challenge, Part 1: In another challenge, the presenters picked three super cars to take on an epic race. Since it was Hammond's turn to select the challenge location, the team went to the Western United States. Jeremy selected the Lexus LFA, James chose the new Aston Martin Vanquish, and Richard took the SRT Viper. After a brief drive in the Nevada desert, the trio headed to Las Vegas Motor Speedway, specifically the drag strip, to compete in drag races organized by the Las Vegas Police Department; whom organized it with the theory that allowing people to drag race, legally, at a closed circuit, would prevent street racing. Despite the high performance of their cars, the trio were beaten by modified production cars, and 4WD cars, in each of their drag races.
　　News: Jeremy comes up with a solution on how to solve the crisis affecting Britain's town centres: sacking all traffic wardens and removing double yellow lines. The trio then review a Chinese product designed to stop drowsiness behind the wheel, before they took a first look at the 2013 Jaguar F-Type. They praised its styling, but criticized its high price tag of £60,000, as well as its target audience. James mentions Peugeot Citroen's car intended to run on compressed air; Jeremy attempted to use a fire extinguisher to demonstrate, but failed after only causing himself to turn slowly around.
　　Challenge, Part 2.: After leaving Las Vegas, James and Richard make fun of Jeremy's LFA for lacking not only Bluetooth connection and iPod connectors, but cup holders, despite being the most expensive car. They are then tasked to head to Willow Springs International Motorsports Park, but they instead stop on a grooved road, where each car drives over the grooves and produces notes. When they reach Willow Springs, they are forced to play an aerial version of Laser Quest, where they would drive 5 laps around the track, whilst being chased by two Aermacchi SF.260 armed with laser guns. In the end, James won the challenge by being hit only 17 times.
　　Star in a Reasonably Priced Car: Fleetwood Mac's Mick Fleetwood drove the Kia Cee'd around the Test Track with a lap of 1:45.4.
　　Challenge, Part 3: Departing Willow Springs, the group headed for Los Angeles, California. In order to do "real world" testing, Richard devised a challenge to see who could burn the best elevens. The three instead ended up drawing a phallus and left LA. The team then stayed for a night in Palm Springs. However, the producers gave them a final challenge. The three would drive from Palm Springs to the Mexican border at Calexico the following morning, and the last to make it to the Mexican border would have to travel into the country itself to drive the Mastretta MXT, a Mexican sports car made fun of by the presenters in an earlier series, for a later segment on the show. In revenge for taking them to America, Jeremy and James sabotaged Hammond's Viper, causing him to lose 10 minutes in the race. Despite making a stop for fuel, Jeremy made it to the finish line first, with James in second. Richard then walked to the border being the last person to arrive. At the studio, James and Jeremy end by saying that the Viper was awful and that the Vanquish and LFA were amazing.
　　150Series 19, Episode 310 February 2013Amy Macdonald
　　Review: Jeremy reviews the Toyota GT86 and the Subaru BRZ. The cars are almost identical, but Jeremy prefers the Toyota GT86. The Stig then completed a lap of the Test Track in 1:31:3.
　　News: They discuss the new Subaru Impreza, which is not coming to UK, and they then talk about the new Maserati Quattroporte.
　　Challenge, Part 1: The producers have reserved a single ticket to a football match at the San Siro in Milan, Northern Italy. The trio have a race from Wembley Stadium to the San Siro. Jeremy drives the Shelby Mustang GT500 and Richard and James travel on public transport. Similar to the previous race to Monte Carlo, Richard and James are not allowed to use any cars, and Jeremy is not allowed to use any trains. According to Jeremy, since the last epic race, the trains have become faster and boats have become slower. Richard and James opened up a big lead whilst travelling on the Eurostar, and arrive in Paris while Jeremy was still crossing the English Channel on a ferry. After reaching France, Jeremy discovers that the Mustang only holds 50 litres in its fuel tank. After leaving Paris, Richard and James discuss what to do upon arriving in Milan — as there are two of them but only one ticket. Hundreds of miles behind, Jeremy ends part 1 of the challenge stating out loud, "I'm gonna lose!"
　　Star in a Reasonably Priced Car: Amy Macdonald drove the Kia Cee'd around the Test Track in 1:44.4. During one of her practice runs, Amy accidentally destroyed one of the runway lights, which Jeremy gives to her after revealing the lap time.
　　Challenge, Part 2: The high speed TGV slowed down as it approached the mountains that surround Northern Italy. Jeremy began to catch up and was nearly neck and neck with the train, until road works at the Mont Blanc Tunnel slow him down. The train starts to accelerate again and reaches Northern Italy ahead of Jeremy. Richard and James use a tube network to get to the streets near the finish line. James maintains his opposition to run on television and Richard runs off alone to find the finish line, which is at a bar in the IM Villa Veuve Cliequot. James then assembled a bike which he had hidden in one of his bags and rides to the bar, only to find that Richard is already there and has won the race and the ticket to the football match. Moments later, Jeremy arrived and accepted defeat for the first time ever in an epic race of all the series.
　　151Series 19, Episode 417 February 2013Lewis Hamilton
　　Review: Jeremy reviews the Vauxhall Astra VXR, Ford Focus ST and Renault Megane Renault Sport Cup. The Stig did laps of each car, the Focus being the slowest at 1:29.6, the Astra VXR at 1:28.3, and the Megane in 1:27.7. Despite this, Jeremy chose the Astra VXR as the best overall car of the three.
　　News: They discuss the newest cars, such as the Alfa Romeo 4C, the next generation Ford Mustang would be sold in Great Britain, but the UK version would come with a 2.0 EcoBoost engine, and the importance of the handbrake turn in "male development".
　　Review: Jeremy tests the all new Kia Cee'd, putting it through a myriad of strange road tests. Including Matt LeBlanc doing a lap with both the old and new Cee'd, Bruce Willis (in character as John McClane) testing the horn of the Cee'd, Eric Clapton testing its auxiliary input jack, and Jeremy testing the Cee'd's self parallel parking feature.
　　Star in a Reasonably Priced Car: Lewis Hamilton opens up about his move from McLaren to Mercedes AMG and takes the old Suzuki Liana around the Test Track, setting the fastest F1 time, a 1:42.9.
　　Review: As punishment for losing the previous race, Richard is forced to review the Mastretta MXT in Mexico. Minding his words, he states that the MXT was an ambitious undertaking for the first-time manufacturer, but that it had its share of flaws.
　　Challenge: Jeremy and James play car rugby using Kia Cee'ds and Kia Sportages at Twickenham Stadium and Stig in Vauxhall Astra Police car as the referee. Jeremy's team wins.
　　152Series 19, Episode 524 February 2013James McAvoy
　　Challenge, Part 1: Jeremy and Richard attempt to design a car targeted at elderly people. Jeremy demonstrates the complexity of modern cars' dshboard. Richard brings a Fiat Multipla and both modify it. Jeremy breaks the dashboard and replaces it considering it to be too complicated for elders. Richard asks for the airbags saying that it is dangerous for the elderly who are as delicate as children, and that he needs it for a safety feature. Jeremy makes a speedometer which reads 20 mph at the top speed, he also uses an old design switch for rear fog light which does nothing. Jeremy installs a pet-cage and replaces the back seat with high seat chairs and the Fiat badge with a Rover one. They paint it in beige after observing the shade of a hearing aid. Richard uses water-resistant fabric as seat covers, and while stitching hurts his eye. They complete the car and end the part 1 with Richard wearing heavy bandages over his left eye.
　　News: Volkswagen will launch GTI version of the new Golf and GT version of Up will be launched. Kia will launch the Pro Cee'd GT. The Mini Paceman is launched, and the trio mock the front end of the car, claiming that it looks depressing. The trio agree that the British are the best drivers. Alfa-Romeo releases photographs of the Gloria, in which the trio make fun of it's name. Richard had arrived late so James and Jeremy had attempted to play tennis with cars (which has a lot of editing).
　　Review: James reviews the new Range Rover in London. The new car is completely redesigned, 400 kg lighter due to Aluminium body, has active suspension, new gearbox, minimalist dashboard and offers better comfort. James then races it against TerraMax at Nevada Automotive Test Centre, Nevada. The race was to a hill 10 mile across, passing through rocky terrain, hillock, mud, river and sand-tracks. TerraMax was switched to drone mode during the race to deflate the tyres and take a short-cut. The Range Rover's automatic Terrain Response System is demonstrated. James takes a longer route to ascend the hill but still wins the race. At the studio, the trio consider the driverless cars to be not very practical.
　　Star In A Reasonably Priced Car: James McAvoy drove the Kia Cee'd around the Test Track with a lap of 1:43.6 despite having less experience of driving cars. He drove over grassy patch in the last corner but manages to keep the car under control.
　　Challenge, Part 2: Jeremy and Richard road-test their car at Christchurch, Dorset. The car has large front bumpers made up of foam, large rear-view mirrors, squeaking ball under the brake-pedal, large magnifying-glass on the dashboard, sat nav (voiced by Richard Briers) with only four destinatons. The car has an artificial cat on the roof which later fell over on the way of Bingo hall. Richard later shows his system to find the location of parked car (the car activates a flare and then releases a balloon). Jeremy shows that the radio only plays Horse of the Year Show theme on a loop, which both later find to be irresistible to clap along. The name of the car is revealed to be The James. They pick up three elderly ladies from a pensioners' home for road-testing and drive them to a bowling club where it is shown that Richard fitted the airbag at the rear for parking assist which inflates the airbag on close proximity. Jeremy and Richard buy food for picnic, choosing only British foods. They attach the shopping trolley to Tow hitch and head for picnic. The roof of the car leaks as it rains. Jeremy and Richard end up choosing a picnic spot on roadside where they find the trolley to be damaged during reversing and the food to be soaked, however they ate the food which was not ruined. The next day both leave Christchurch and Jeremy shows his system to prevent the car from being driven on the wrong side of the road, the car initially sounds alarm and later the tyres, doors and other parts of the car explode which stops the car and renders it immobile. At the studio, James considers the heater to be complicated, the trio thank Richard Briers and announce the Africa special.
　　153Series 19, Episode 63 March 2013No Guest
　　First of the two-episode Africa Special, taking place in Africa. The episode was shot in 2012.
　　Challenge, Part 1: Buy used estate cars for up to £1,500 in Britain and report at a small village in rural Uganda. Jeremy arrives in a BMW 528i Touring, Richard in a Subaru Impreza WRX Estate and James in a Volvo 850R Wagon. The challenge is to find the true source of the river Nile.
　　They set off an discover that exploring isn't as difficult as first thought when they go on a nice easy drive and find Lake Victoria, of whom the Victorian Explorers thought was the source of the Nile. However they are then told that it is not the actual source of the Nile and there were two other disputed locations for it, one in Rwanda and one in Burundi. However, Jeremy Clarkson insisted that both of these locations were wrong and decided to head west towards Lake Edward to see whether there was a link between that lake and Lake Kivu in Rwanda.
　　In their journey west, where they visit the Entebbe Airport and from there see the Ford Scorpio Estate back-up car. They continue into Kampala, Uganda's Capital City where they get held up in a traffic jam overnight, the most hurrendous traffic they'd ever seen.
　　They continue on well-maintained highways west finding their trip incredibly easy before reaching the town of Mbarara in the southwest of the country, via a stop in Jezza, a village in Mpigi District. Here they stay in a disgusting hotel, after driving through tea plantations in an attempt to discover a lovely teahouse hotel, which in the mind of Richard, was bound to found due to tea programmes he'd seen.
　　In Mbarara they stayed in the Economic Lodge with Jeremy having a bed with faeces on it. They left the hotel disgusted before Richard has the idea to make the cars 'hotels'. James modifies his Volvo by adding a library, Richard adds a cooker and Jeremy adds a coffin. The coffin he uses to put his clothes in, he sleeps on Egyptian Cotton.
　　They leave for Lake Edward, camping overnight there because of its beauty before heading in search of the river heading for Lake Kivu. None of the rivers connect the lake as they all head east rather than south. They give up, leaving them disappointed. Then Jeremy looks at a map and discovers the source of the Nile must be on the other side of Lake Victoria. His reasoning is that the Mediterranean Sea is effectively an inland sea and so Gibraltar is the true mouth of the Nile, rather than Alexandria in Egypt.
　　After discovering this they decide that they must drive straight to the other side of Lake Victoria to get to the southeast coast in Tanzania near the Serengeti. They start this journey by heading south into the Rwenzori Mountains, finding the going hard and most of the time getting their vehicles stuck in mud.