格列佛（特德·丹森 Ted Danson 饰）在一次航行中遭遇了风暴，在茫茫大海中漂泊了数日的他最终陷入了昏迷之中。苏醒后，格列佛发现自己的手脚都被细线绑了起来，原来，他漂流到了小人国之中，成为了小小国民们的俘虏。
随着时间的推移，小人国的国民们发现格列佛这位看似危险的“庞然大物”其实十分友善，很快，他们之间就结下了深厚的友谊。在国王的安排之下，小人国的公主将要嫁给她根本就不爱的别国王子，远离自己的家乡。然而，在公主的内心深处，早就已经有了心上人。两个国家之间的关系因此而陷入了危机，此时，格列佛挺身而出，为国王出谋献计，最终撮合了公主和她的心上人，亦解决了小人国的“外交危机”。

The story of the ascension to the throne and the early reign of Queen Elizabeth the First, the endless attempts by her council to marry her off, the Catholic hatred of her and her romance with Lord Robert Dudley.

这是一套足以让任何一个资深影迷和电影工作者都为之兴奋的产品，它系统地阐述在过去100多年里，电影艺术在欧洲从诞生到发展、壮大、开拓的过程，按照地域的划分系统性地对欧洲主要各国在电影艺术上的发展做了一个梳理。第一集首先就给观众讲述了电影艺术在1895年诞生的过程，由法国卢米埃尔兄弟所拍摄的《火车进站》、《工厂大门》等珍贵片段都被收录其中。第二集讲述的则是瑞典的电影，瑞典作为北欧最为重要的电影艺术发展国家，曾经诞生了伯格曼等著名大导演，但谁又曾想到，他们也经历过电影的低谷。1912年所有瑞典电影人聚集在一起的一次盛会真正让瑞典电影走向了世界的前沿。第三集则来到了法斯宾德、文德斯等的故乡德国，早期的表现主义电影正是从那里诞生而来，成为德国电影的标志之一。新浪潮运动的发源地法国是第四集的主角，它详细介绍了法国电影工业在战争后的复苏与巨大先导性，其中选用了许多耳熟能详的电影片段。第五集则带领我们来到了英国，这个发明出特写镜头和蒙太奇技术的欧洲文化大国却在一战以后开始没落，被其他欧洲国家赶超，但它并没有气馁，一直以其独特的古典意韵在世界电影中独树一帜。在第六集里我们将详细看到有声电影工业对电影发展历史的影响。
本套作品是1996年由专拍电影史纪录片的Kevin Brownlow和Dan Carter合作拍摄的电视系列片，由英国著名影星肯尼斯·布拉纳担任旁白，是电影爱好者入门不可或缺的资料。

A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivity. Based on the true story of Joseph Merrick (called John Merrick in the film), a severely deformed man in 19th century London.

1981 film by Hugh Hudson

Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.

Pianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim.

On the eve of his 78th birthday, the ailing, alcoholic writer Clive Langham spends a painful and sleepless night mentally composing and recomposing scenes for a novel in which characters based on his own family are shaped by his fantasies and memories, alongside his caustic commentary on their behaviour.

In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of 'passive resistance', endeavouring to win freedom for his people without resorting to bloodshed.

In 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before.