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Dr Janina Ramirez unlocks the secrets of illuminated manuscripts that were custom-made for kings and explores the medieval world they reveal. Part 1: Ruling by the Book Janina begins her journey with the first Anglo-Saxon rulers to create a united England, encountering books in the British Library's Royal manuscripts collection which are over a thousand years old and a royal family tree which is five metres long. Janina finds out about a king who had a reputation for chasing nuns and reads a book created as a wedding gift for a ten-year-old prince. She roams from Westminster Abbey to other ancient English spiritual sites such as Winchester, St Albans and Malmesbury, and sees for herself how animal skins can be transformed into the finest vellum. Part 2: What a King Should Know Janina shows how medieval manuscripts gave power to the king and united the kingdom in an age of plague, warfare and rebellion, discovers that Edward III used the manuscripts he read as a boy to prepare him for his great victory at the battle of Crecy and reveals how a vigorous new national identity bloomed during the 100 Years War with France. In the British Library's Royal Manuscripts collection Dr Ramirez finds out that magnificent manuscripts like the Bedford Hours, taken as war booty from the French royal family, were adapted for the education of English princes. She also explores how knowledge spread through a new form of book - the encyclopaedia. Part 3: Libraries Gave Us Power The story of the British Library's Royal Manuscripts collection reaches its end with the last great flowering of illumination, in the magnificent courts of the Tudors. She investigates astrological texts created for Henry VII, and unwraps his will - still in its original, extravagantly-decorated velvet and gold cover. She hears music written for Henry VIII, which went unperformed for centuries| and reads love notes between the king and Anne Boleyn, written in the margins of a prayer book. Nina also visits Bruges, the source of many of the greatest manuscripts, where this medieval art form collided with the artistic innovations of the Renaissance. （转自mvgroup论坛）。斯科特（蒂姆·艾伦 Tim Allen 饰）拥有一段失败的婚姻，离婚之后，儿子查理（艾力克·洛伊德 Eric Lloyd 饰）跟着母亲劳拉（温迪·古逊 Wendy Crewson 饰）生活。探视日很快就到了，斯科特兴致勃勃的准备去享受和儿子之间相处的短暂时光，但正当他准备出门之时，却发现有一个人在他家的屋顶上鬼鬼祟祟的不知道干着什么。斯科特一声大喝吓得屋顶上的人跌落下来，这时斯科特才震惊的发现，这个人居然是圣诞老人。 斯科特令圣诞老人无法工作，为了赎罪，他只能代替他成为新的圣诞老人，就这样，和查理一起，斯科特来到了圣诞老人的大本营，在这里，斯科特必须学习如何成为一名合格的圣诞老人。。名人团队开始了一场游戏，他们必须面对一系列令人毛骨悚然的恐慌区，同时尽量不尖叫，以赢得享有盛誉的混乱勋章。。
