BBC紀錄片《宋朝 中國的黃金時代》《中國故事》系列紀錄片共6集，由英國廣播公司和美國公共電視網（PBS）聯合製作播出，目標受眾是對中國缺少了解的普通西方觀眾。該系列紀錄片由英國知名歷史學家和電視主持人麥可·伍德擔綱撰稿和主持。第三集《The Golden Age》（黃金時代）講述歷史上的宋朝。宋朝(960-1279)普遍被認為是最富創造性的朝代。歷史學家Michael Wood走訪開封和杭州，觀賞宮殿，探索民間，品嘗美食，體味大宋風韻。This episode tells the tale of what's broadly considered China's most creative dynasty - the Song (960-1279). Michael Wood heads to the city of Kaifeng, the greatest city in the world before the 19th century.Here in Twin Dragon Alley, locals tell him the legend of the baby boys who became emperors. He explores the ideas and inventions that made the Song one of greatest eras in world culture, helped by China's most famous work of art, the Kaifeng scroll, which shows the life of the city in around 1120. A chef makes Michael a recipe from a Song cookbook, while a guide to 'how to live happy, healthy lives for old people', published in 1085 and still in print, is discussed with local women doing their morning exercises. The Song was also a great era for scientific advance in China. Michael steers a huge working replica of an astronomical clock, made by China's Leonardo da Vinci. Then at a crunch Chinese Premier League match, Michael tells us the Chinese invented football!The golden age of the northern Song ended in 1127, when invaders sacked Kaifeng, but they survived in the south. At their new capital, Hangzhou, Wood joins locals dancing by the West Lake, while in the countryside he meets Mr Xie with his records of 40 generations of ancestors.The final defeat of the Song took place in a naval battle in the estuary of the Pearl River in 1279. When all was lost, rather than surrender to the Mongols, a loyal minister jumped into the sea with the young boy emperor in his arms. 'So ended the glory of the Song', Wood concludes, 'but a new age would arise... as in China, it always has!'.
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