The Genius of Design是BBC2台近期开始播出的关于产品设计的一系列纪录片，每集时长60分钟，通过采访各知名设计师及相关的设计评论者，一起去探究产品设计的历史和未来.
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摄影术诞生170年来，它使我们愉悦，为我们服务，令我们感动，偶尔也会让我们失望，但是它通过揭示世界表象背后的神秘的陌生让我们兴奋。那就是摄影真正的魅力。
跟随BBC Four的六集系列片《摄影演义》，我们一起领略什么使得那些摄影作品如此特殊，让我们无法忘记。
章节内容简介：
1 Beginnings（3100 B.C.——1000 A.D.）
(本片在时间上横越了4000年从铁器时代直至今日。)
古代英国是一个兴旺的地区，罗马人称它是一个声望和财富聚集的地方。当时很多英国酋长已经并接受了罗马式的规则并采取了罗马人的生活方式。Hadrian墙的建成标志着省在英国的出现。
在罗马帝国灭亡400之后，它的统一的梦想却流传了下来。Alfred公然向伪王国挑战，并且把海盗从王国的土地上赶走，最终一个王国被诺曼人征服了。
2 Conquest（1000——1087）
九个小时的战役（the Battle of Hastings）之后，一切都改变了，诺曼人取代了盎鲁——萨克逊人，英国从此走上另一条道路。
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