In this three-part series for BBC One, Sue will explore the lives of the people living close the river and the challenges facing India as it transforms into one the world's great economic powers. The Ganges is the story of modern India in one spectacular river. Sue Perkins follows her journeys up the Mekong and through Kolkata with an epic travel series down the length of the Ganges, which is worshipped by Hindus as a living Goddess. Sue will travel from the sacred source of the river, high in the Himalayas, through the industrial and agricultural heartlands of the Gangetic Plain and the ancient city of Varanasi, to the vast delta on the Bay of Bengal. She will join pilgrims seeking to wash clean the sins of alifetime at the Ganges' source; work alongside fishermen and farmers in the Sunderbarns, who share their forests with man-eating tigers; and join some of the thousands of young women leaving rural villages and moving to the cities to find work and freedom. Sue says: 「I've travelled the length of the Ganges, from the oxygen-starved peaks of the Himalayas to the vast delta in West Bengal, meeting a huge array of characters on the way. Expect cows on bridges, India's Most Energetic Monk, and me, in a dress. I can't wait for you to see it.」
19世纪的英国有"日不落国"之称，随着两次世界大战、民族主义和资本主义兴起后，逐渐式微。本节目将逐一解说英国近代大事，细说大英帝国的兴衰。英国在欧洲历史中有不可动摇的地位，不管在政治、经济、外交等方面，都是奠定欧洲基础的基石。英国殖民地曾遍及世界各地，一天24小时都可见到太阳，所以被称为"日不落帝国"。英国之所以发展壮大、强盛发达，与对其殖民地的残酷掠夺分不开，而这也是英国盛衰的重要关键。「大英帝国实录」这一系列节目，将带各位深入了解。
