Ancient Worlds is about people and places, politics and economics, art and war, trade and technology, but above all it’s the story of the painful birth and difficult growth of a radical idea first tried and tested some six thousand years ago, and which we are still struggling with today; civilisation. Civilisation has not come easily; it’s something we’ve had to fight hard to achieve, and even harder to maintain, and the greatest threats to it have come from our own talents for destruction. But when we’ve managed to get it right, the benefits have been enormous. When we talk about the ancient world we tend to think of rare and exotic artefacts or the monumental remains of epic architecture; but these are just the empty shells that got left behind when the tide of history turned! The living creatures, the civilisations, that once inhabited these shells were rarely if ever static or stately; they were dynamic, chaotic, and always threatening to spin out of control, because civilisation is based on an improbable idea; that strangers can live and work together in dense urban settings, forging new allegiances that replace the natural ties of family, clan or tribe. It’s an idea we’re still coming to terms with today, but one of the best ways to understand the challenges that are involved is to look at how our ancestors tackled them the first time around. From ancient Iraq to Imperial Rome, Ancient Worlds examines how our ancestors struggled with the levers of religion and politics, art and culture, war and diplomacy, technology and trade in order to keep the complex machinery of their civilisations turning over. Their insights and blind-spots, their breakthroughs and dead ends, their triumphs and disasters are the milestones on the long and winding road that leads directly from their ancient to our modern world.
《着魔》：面试成功的东京城政大学学生桐岛步（真野惠里菜 饰）正沉浸在喜悦之中，在返程的路上，一个举止怪异的女子出现在公交车。桐岛虽然倍感诧异，不过却并未放在心上。可是当她回学校上课的时候，那名女子竟然出现在教室外，并且引起巨大的混乱。所有与她接触过的人都变成了恐怖僵尸。 《希望》：童年时的悲惨经历，让少女藤泽惠美（真野惠里菜 饰）迟迟走不出心的囹圄，她远离学校，多次尝试自杀，与母亲瑶子（秋本奈绪美 饰）的关系也分外冷淡。不知从何时起，经常会有一个穿着红雨衣的女孩突然出现在她面前，令惠美不愿回首的过去再次浮现，她的生活渐渐为恐慌所主宰……
Stephen Fry探寻同性恋群体的生活以及人们在接纳同性恋过程中遇到的困难，他参加了同性婚礼，观看了同性恋游行，还去到同性恋的禁地-乌干达，与官员激辩，他拜访了所谓的同性恋治疗大师，他还去到了好莱坞了解出柜对明星的影响。
朝廷内乱，为了保护皇上的安全，朝廷忠臣护驾躲在一间旧屋里，这座屋子称为鬼屋，凡来到这个屋子的心必死无疑。天兴庄谢庄主夫妇路经鬼屋，欲查清真相，却命丧于此。少庄主谢天骏为了父母报仇，前往鬼屋查探究竟。而此时，奸臣副总管亦获悉皇上藏于鬼屋，带大队人马赶至。原来谢庄主夫妇并没有死，只是以死来掩人耳目。天骏得悉真相后与忠臣们联手对抗叛贼，经过一场血战，终将贼人消灭，继续护驾上路。
科学家创造了两栖超级士兵并引爆了一枚核弹。在余波中，一个怪物来到了日本，使日本毫无防备。人类唯一的希望是一个心中充满死亡的水妖。
