Saturday, December 1, 2007

Decoding The Past - The Prophecies Of Isreal




Could the future already be written? This mammoth series spans human experience to illuminate this question.

Common wisdom has it we prepare for our future by understanding our past. But did the ancient prophets already know the future? Are we living in the world they predicted? In this enlightening and often unsettling series, the viewer revisits the prophecies and divinations of the Ancients and traces them to the modern events they may have been predicting.

Beyond great leaders and pivotal battles, our history contains a trove of information and insight, tradition and warning. From the Tibetan Book of the Dead to a 20th Century Nostradamus, from the secrets of the Templars to the real fiend behind the Frankenstein story, these programs address some of these persistent curiosities from the Ages.

The Prophecies Of Isreal The Tanakh, the ancient Hebrew Bible, contains passages that seem to predict with stunning accuracy the birth, history and fate of the modern Israeli state. Many of the prophecies have come true; many remain to be carried out. Were the ancient prophets divinely guided to these uncanny forecasts? By studying them can we anticipate the future of one of the most pivotal regions in the world?

Decoding The Past continues its tradition of balanced, exhaustive and entertaining insight in this fascinating exploration of the Tankh, known when it was written as the Mikra, and the events it predicted. Scholars from the three major religions, illuminating dramatizations and close analysis provide a deep understanding of these remarkable prophecies.

The future of the Middle East and the planet may already be written in The Prophecies Of Isreal.

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Foreign Legion




The first part follows Scotsman and former Royal Marine Dean Heggie as he joins the French Foreign Legion and goes through selection and onto basic training at Castel and the infamous "Farm". A good look at what goes on in training.

Sunday, November 25, 2007

Monsoon Railway - BBC Four




Monsoon Railway traces the amazing stories of some of the 1.5 million people who work for the world's greatest railway (Indian Railways).


For the last 150 years the railway in India has driven social and economic development in the country, and it is a railway on which the billion-strong population depends.


Focusing on an area in the North East of India - Assam and Bengal - Monsoon Railway captures a rare snapshot of the lives of those who work on the network, and follows three workers from July to September 2004 during the unforgiving rains of the summer monsoon.


The programmes track the monsoon through the eyes of Steve D'Cruz, a train guard from Kharagpur; Tapas Bagchi, a trouble-shooting traffic inspector from Kolkata; and Subash Kumar Rain, a young Darjeeling wannabe rock star and assistant driver in the wilds of Assam. We also meet Bombaya, a free-wheeling 11-year-old orphan who lives on platforms, and Mukteshwar, a religious coolie.