大象传媒 THREE
Spring & Summer highlights 2004
Factual
Secrets
of the Masters
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The extreme claims made for martial arts can sound
ludicrous; more akin to bizarre fiction.
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In Secrets of the Masters, martial arts master Chris
Crudelli reveals there is compelling evidence to the contrary; credit
cards can be offensive weapons, Bruce Lee's one-inch punch does exist
and some people enlist ghosts as sparring partners.
As one of the few Westerners able to penetrate the veil of secrecy surrounding
these ancient skills, Chris is uniquely regarded by the various oriental
masters as an equal.
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His skills encompass a variety of disciplines including
Tai Chi, Kung Fu, and Chi Gong.
Taking him from the streets of Britain, to various parts of China, Japan,
Taiwan and the Philippines, Chris meets the masters of martial arts,
sharing in their secret knowledge.
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Uncovering some of their claims, Chris recreates their
techniques and witnesses their impossible physical feats.
(PC)
The Trouble with Black
Men
Author and journalist David Matthews is a black man who thinks his brothers
need to get their act together.
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He can't understand why so many of them are hooked on
a lazy way of life, why they get through so many relationships and why
they're obsessed with masculinity and the tough-guy image.
David thinks it's time to tear up the PC rulebook and pull black men
up on their shoddy behaviour.
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Some people think that black men are ruining the black
family with their testosterone-fuelled promiscuity, and their fixation
with gangster rap, fast cars and aggressive driving.
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David unpicks these stereotypes to discover the real
problems facing black men in Britain today. (KB)
Gory Greek Gods
The Olympians - the mythical Greek Gods - were almost like a fantasy
family firm of mobsters.
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While not dealing directly in crime, these ancient-world
Sopranos were certainly in the protection business... divine protection.
Presented by Ninia Benjamin of 3 Non-Blondes fame, Gory Greek
Gods illuminates the sometimes outrageous world of these mythical gods
and their ancient worshippers.
In Divine Violence and Divine Sex, rotoscope animation is used to bring
to life the world of the gods in all its gory detail, while the documentary
explores the life and legacy of the ancient Greeks. (CR)
Body Hits
Body Hits, 大象传媒 THREE's topical science strand, returns for a third series
in which presenter Dr John Marsden looks at how the choices people
make in their lives impact on their bodies.
He examines how the food people consume can make them age quicker, how
sexually transmitted diseases can affect fertility, and why the body's
bacteria help create a person's personal smell.
Along the way, Dr Marsden has an ultrasound scan to discover if the
sun has damaged his skin, highlights his own diet's deficiencies through
hair mineral analysis, unravels the myths behind moisturisers, and has
his urine tested for banned substances that would prevent him from becoming
a professional athlete. (KA)
Ruby Does the Business
Ruby Wax gets under the skin of big business, using her trademark irreverence
and insatiable curiosity to offer a unique insight into some of the
UK's leading companies and the many faces behind them.
From the assembly line to the boardroom, Ruby is on a mission to discover
the key to each company's success, how they make their money and the
truth about what goes on from day to day.
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Mingling with the entire workforce, from the cleaner
to the chairman, no staff member escapes Ruby's roving eye and sharp
questions.
Sitting in on top-level meetings with the power players, as well as
attending training workshops and brainstorming sessions, Ruby gets the
low-down on what makes some of Britain's biggest businesses tick. (EH)
Conflicts
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There are conflicts around the world, regularly featured
in the news agenda, whose details and origin have become hazy to many
people.
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Conflicts is a stylish, fast-paced and intelligent examination
of feuds across the globe briefing viewers on the complex subtleties
of these deep-rooted disputes.
Contemporary and informative, Conflicts combines archive footage with
compelling human interest testimonies from young people whose lives
are directly affected by the conflicts in Northern Ireland, Tibet, Israel
and Chechnya.
Conflicts has been commissioned in response to the 2003 RTS award-winning
Nuclear Paradise - India v Pakistan. (SB)
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Spy
Eight ordinary people are leaving behind their old lives, saying goodbye
to their families, relocating to a new city and assuming a whole new
identity in a bid to become a Spy.
For two months, these raw recruits will undergo a rigorous training
programme consisting of missions and challenges conducted in the real
world, designed to help them reinvent themselves as undercover agents.
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The training is overseen by a team of experts, who are
responsible for selecting, instructing and continually assessing the
recruits.
The wannabe spies are pushed to their psychological limits, as they
attempt to prove they've got what it takes to make it in the notoriously
secretive world of espionage. (PC)
Water for Life
Alan Hunt is an unlikely pioneer.
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Together with a team of scientists from the UK and US,
the ex-Royal Marine turned-lawyer has perfected a way of taking the
most polluted water anywhere in the world and making it fit for human
consumption.
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Now, he wants to put his revolutionary discovery into
action to help the forgotten and displaced refugees of the atrocities
in central Africa.
Hundreds of thousands of refugees are dying from drinking the diseased
waters of the Rwandan river, Umuvumba. But all this is about to change.
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Water for Life follows Hunt to Rwanda as he embarks
on an ambitious scheme to use his radical new water treatment system
to help save the lives of the area's desperately poor and dispossessed.
(ED)
Inner Spaces
Inner Spaces looks around amazing homes, owned by design-conscious celebrities
who are passionate about architecture and interior design.
A celebration and exploration of individual taste, each show focuses
on the inspiration behind the celebrity's design choices and discloses
which architects and designers helped them to create it.
Presenter Lucy Jules takes viewers on this exciting journey of
discovery, from Formula One driver Eddie Irvine's modern masterpiece
in Dublin, via Fay Ripley's converted Hoxton lunatic asylum,
to designer Roberto Cavalli's luxurious home in Florence. (EH)
From Bard to Verse
From Bard to Verse is Shakespeare's greatest hits packaged into bitesize
chunks and performed by the UK's hottest acting and comedy talent, including
Simon Pegg, Fraser James, Mark Lamarr, Meera
Syal, Daniela Nardini and David Walliams.
Each 15-minute episode consists of a series of monologues taken from
the full range of Shakespeare's complete works - both plays and soliloquies.
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The extracts are filmed in modern, resonant locations
and packaged together using contemporary, upbeat graphics and music.
The overall effect gives From Bard to Verse an accessibility not usually
associated with interpretations of the Bard. (KA)
Being Positive
Across two straight-talking documentaries, personal stories are combined
with the latest scientific research and intriguing statistics to give
the definitive story of HIV and AIDS: what causes the disease, where
it came from originally and how it spreads within communities and around
the globe.
The programmes also explore how people perceive risk.
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It offers a realistic assessment of the likelihood of
any individual in the UK actually contracting or dying from the disease,
and explains why the odds of picking up the virus can vary depending
on various physical, social and behavioural factors. (KA)
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Notes to Editors
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Dangerzone (in PDF press pack only) is now known
as Conflicts.
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