黄琦雯
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:它的主持人是《英国古代史》的主持人,用略带口音的英语把爱尔兰惊心动魄的千年历史娓娓道来...这个系列做的有新意,旨在打破人们对爱尔兰的固有偏见,认为爱尔兰系单一民族,单一文化,单一信仰的岛国。第一集 入侵时代讲了盎格鲁诺曼征服之前的爱尔兰古代世界,那时爱尔兰与世界密切相连,其民族由不同的入侵和移居种族杂合而成,绝非单一的凯尔特族。其文化也因此兼收并蓄,海纳百川。确实令人意想不到。第二集 征服时代这一段是从英裔诺曼征服爱尔兰到奥尼尔伯爵造反被镇压跨度400年的故事。盖尔人,英裔诺曼人,伊丽莎白时代英国人,天主教西班牙人,几股势力纠缠打斗在一起,构成了故事的主线。第三集 革命时代这一集从17世纪初苏格兰新教徒殖民贝尔法斯特讲起,至1798年爱尔兰人联合会起义失败收尾。是爱尔兰历史上一段天主教势力瓦解,新教徒掌权的故事。200年里,爱尔兰历经两次天主教起义,天主教权贵下台后的100多年新教统治和一次天主教徒和新教徒的联合起义,成为了诸如克伦威尔,威廉三世,詹姆斯二世这些叱咤风云的历史人物的舞台。短短2个世纪里,各种事件此起彼伏,各种矛盾交织,各种团体林立,各种关系错综复杂,令人眼花缭乱。
张清芳
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:After four decades of reporting from the continent, Jonathan Dimbleby returns to Africa on a 7,000-mile journey to discover how it is changing.【Mali, Ghana and Nigeria】He starts his African journey in the capital of Mali, Bamako, the fastest-growing African city. Following the course of the Niger river, Dimbleby finds not a continent of beggars but of industrious people, some of whom go to extraordinary lengths to make a living, free-diving 20 feet to excavate building sand.Travelling north-east, he sees how tradition is preserved in an area where a sophisticated urban society has thrived for 1600 years. Jonathan gets his hands dirty as the apprentice of a 74-year-old mud mason in Djenne, a town built entirely of mud.In Ghana, one of Africa's freest and most stable countries, Jonathan sees a spectacular festival before playing a game of golf with the King of the Ashanti, who recalls his time working for Brent council. Dimbleby attends the King's court to see what lessons the UK can draw from traditional African structures that promote harmony and reconciliation.Jonathan discovers that the African brain drain is turning into a brain gain as economic opportunity and patriotism draw people home. Football unites Ghana like nothing else, superseding political and tribal divisions. There is a rich seam of young football talent on the continent in the year that the World Cup is hosted by an African nation for the first time.In Lagos, Nigeria's business capital, Jonathan Dimbleby sees a different take on a city that is often depicted as a hotbed of violence, crime and corruption. He is taken on a private jet by Africa's richest man, then savours the creative talents of two of African music's rising stars who are helping to cement Lagos's place as the continent's cultural hub.【Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania】On the second leg of his illuminating journey across Africa, Jonathan Dimbleby travels 2000 miles through East Africa's Rift Valley.Starting in Ethiopia, where he was the first journalist to report the 1973 famine, Dimbleby discovers the great strides being made to safeguard the country from future catastrophes.In Kenya he finds out how mobile phones are revolutionising small businesses and even the lives of Masai tribes.In Tanzania he joins in a football match with the judges and guards of Africa's own Human Rights Commission and meets the street kids in Dar-es-Salaam who are building an international profile for their music.【Congo, South Africa and Zambia】On the final leg of his 7,000-mile odyssey, Jonathan Dimbleby travels from Congo to Durban in search of the stories revealing contemporary Africa.He learns how China's billion-dollar deals have rebooted African economies, once dependent on Western aid and investment.Passing through Zambia, Jonathan survives a training session with boxing world champion Esther Phiri and meets Hugh Masekela, who shares with him his view of Africa's emerging revival.