丝绸之路的起点和终点

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Scion of the once-rich Mitchell family, Herbert Wynn is found shot to death. Nurse Adams, bored by hospital routine, is recruited by the police to ferret out clues as she tends to Wynn's elderly aunt Julia. Jokingly given the 'rank' of Miss Pinkerson, after the famous detective agency, Adams probes into the mystery, but not before a second death.。本系列节目要探索人类与大河系统的多变关系，指出生活在大河流域的数百万人，文化与生活如何受到这些河川影响。节目中将介绍全球最著名的六大河流：亚马孙河、尼罗河、密西西比河、恒河、长江与莱因河，寻找这些大河的源头、历史与变化。除了描述岸边居民的故事，认识与大河和谐共存的原住民、现代贸易商、艺术家与工匠，还将了解各大都会如何透过21世纪尖端科技，防止这些古老大河造成的水患。。