《变形计》第八季，是湖南卫视于2014年第二季度推出的真人秀身份互换节目，是2006年开播的节目《变形计》的第八季。《变形计》系列节目原先是制作人谢涤葵的招牌节目，前几季中均有他的团队参与制作，但由于谢涤葵于2013年负责制作热门节目《爸爸去哪儿》，旗下团队也大部份负责《爸爸去哪儿》，因此本季《变形计》则交给制作人梁书源与罗旭明负责，但其团队的工作人员有原先谢涤葵带领的《变形计》制作人员。节目在4月21日周一晚10点播出。与往季不同：《我是歌手（第二季）》的参赛者会为变形计主人公录制影片，为他们打气，而韩磊因为也曾经是留守家中的农村孩子，更被正式封为变形计公益大使。[2]
　　第八季《变形计》[3] 力求创新突破，在节目形式上动了心思，首次采用双城市模式。这次节目做了大胆尝试，把两个城市的主人公换到一个农村家庭中去。首先，两个城市叛逆少年在一起，他们是什么状态，他们在一起变形是和睦还是冲突不断，这些是无法预料的;其次农村主人公要在两个新的城市家庭中去变形生活，这又是一种挑战。两个完全不一样的家庭要怎样去面对，会是顺利还是会有摩擦……都是未知数。“双城市2换1模式”是新一季的一大看点。

　　《舌尖上的中国2》延续了第一部的拍摄模式，是一部探讨中国人与美食的关系的食物纪录片。本片分为八集播出，第一集《脚步》重点讲述了各种美食在不同地域的演变和食物中对中国人“乡愁”情节的一种演绎；第二集《心传》讲解了中国美食文化中的血脉传承和师徒衔接的历史；第三集《时节》讲的 是关于食物与季节演变的关系；第四集《家常》表达了家中的“酸甜苦辣”，是对中国人基本日常食物的解释；第五集《秘境》介绍了一些隐匿山野中不为人知的美味；第六集《相逢》表达了中国人利用食物进行聚会交流的文化氛围；第七集《三餐》回归到最平常的三餐中寻找“味道”；第八集则是此次拍摄的花絮。
　　本片偏访各地美食，与第一季略有不同的是更多的体现了人物的情感。

　　海森奥戴尔造访世界各地强悍能干的原民部落，介绍他们使用的狩猎工具和设计巧思，并学习求生技能。六集分别为：雨林战士、牛血战士、金雕刺客、鲨鱼猎人、沙漠猎人、极地生存专家。

　　From spy dolphin to spy tuna and turtle, for the first time an underwater menagerie of spy creatures infiltrate the secret world of dolphins. Swimming alongside some of the most captivating and clever animals on the planet, these new spies are always on the move – catching the waves with surfing bottlenose dolphins and speeding with a megapod of spinner dolphins.
　　From the team at John Downer Productions that brought you the unforgettable Penguins – Spy In The Huddle, this is one of the nation’s favourite animals seen as never before.
　　John Downer says: “Unlike Penguin-cams, this time our spy creatures had to keep pace with fast-moving dolphins, often out in the deep ocean. The dolphins were very curious about their new neighbours and allowed them into their lives.”
　　A new two-part series, narrated by David Tennant, the series producer is John Downer and the producer is Rob Pilley.

　　地球上最强大的气候现象—季风，让南亚形成了奇异迷人的野生动物和生态文化。季风横扫这一片广袤的区域，为干旱的地方带来暴雨。所有的生命—包括人和动物，都由这一疯狂的气候系统主宰。从澳大利亚北部海岸，到世界屋脊喜马拉雅，从印度北部狂风肆虐的沙漠，到婆罗洲茂密的赤道雨林，本系列纪录片展开了一次奇异的季风大陆穿越之旅。一路上，它提供了这一区域不同地区多种多样的野生动物和文化，记录它们非同一般的生活，以及它们在疯狂的气候条件中求生的经历。这是过去几千年中，在季风气候阴影下，人和动物共同生活并成长的故事。纪录片最后展望了这一片魔幻季风大陆的未来。

　　The Congo: more powerful and dangerous than any other river, yet a sanctuary and home for some of the most wonderful creatures on our Earth.
　　Wild Congo follows the second largest river on Earth from its source in Zambia on its journey through marshland areas and rainforests.
　　The Congo's journey stretches over a distance of 5,000 kilometres, starting as a small stream and developing into a raging river that engulfs everything in its path.
　　Biologists consider it to be the cradle of evolution: an experimental location for the emergence of new species!
　　The shoebill, elephant fish and blind eel are just a few examples of the wildlife of the Congo and its astounding ability to adapt.
　　Being separated by the water masses of the Congo River has also enabled our closest relatives, chimpanzees and bonobos, to develop completely different social systems, with violence and oppression reigning on...

　　Episode 1 - Ark of the Covenant
　　The hunt for the truth about the most famous lost treasure of them all. Did the Ark of the Covenant really exist? What it did look like? What was the power that it was said to hold? And what happened to it? Where is it now?
　　Episode 2 - Bust of Nefertiti
　　The extraordinary story behind one of the most famous images from the ancient world. Who was Queen Nefertiti? Who made the blue-crowned bust which turned her into a modern icon? Could the Nefertiti bust be a fake?
　　Episode 3 - Great Pyramid
　　Armed with a four and a half thousand year old diary, and a radical new approach. Engineer Peter James and leading archaeologist Mark Lehner set out to solve Ancient Egypt’s greatest mystery. How was the Great Pyramid built?
　　Episode 4 - Easter Island Heads
　　Unlocking the mysteries of the most recognizable statues on earth.  How were the thousand giant stone heads of Easter Island made, and why? Why did the Islanders topple all of them, except one?
　　Episode 5 - Blackbeard's Ship
　　Off the coast of North Carolina, nautical archaeologists, historians and scientists study the artifacts of a 300 year old shipwreck. Positively identified as Blackbeard’s flagship, our investigators set about to uncover what the ship’s remains can tell us about history’s most notorious pirate.
　　Episode 6 - Spear of Destiny
　　In a search that spans four countries and 20 centuries, we investigate the legend of the Spear of Destiny. First mentioned in the New Testament, the spear is said to have pierced the side of Jesus. Believed to have special powers, kings and conquerors from Charlemagne to Hitler tried to possess it.

　　捕鱼是一项辛苦的工作，而捕捉蓝鳍金枪鱼则让人精疲力尽，在马萨诸塞州的格洛斯特，有一群特殊的渔夫，他们世代用钓竿和渔线捕捉行踪不定的蓝鳍金枪鱼。 他们以此谋生，蓝鳍金枪鱼数量稀少、价格高昂，是日本寿司的最高级食材，因此这行竞争异常激烈。