80 年代初,亨利·李·卢卡斯承认他曾杀害数百人,为一直悬而未决的案件画上了终点,也安抚了诸多处于悲痛中的家庭。尽管没有直接证据表明卢卡斯与犯罪现场有关,但他在列举每起袭击的残忍细节的同时,还能画出受害者的画像,这让当局感到震惊。然而,记者和律师发现卢卡斯的作案时间存在疑问,DNA 测试结果也开始与他在国际报道中的说法相矛盾。《自白的杀手》是一部引人入胜的五集纪录片剧集,讲述了这个曾经被称为美国犯案次数最多的连环杀手如何在一个不完善的司法系统中成为一个复杂的人物。该剧集由荣获奥斯卡提名的罗伯特·肯纳(《食品公司》)和塔基·奥尔德姆执导。
Prairie dogs are America's answer to the meerkat - small, sociable and exceptionally cute. This offbeat film narrated by Rob Brydon takes us to the Wild West where prairie dogs live in huge colonies known as 'towns'. Like meerkats, they are comical to watch, but there is a whole lot more to prairie dogs than just being cute - they can talk. For 30 years Professor Con Slobodchikoff has been recording their calls in response to predators like coyotes, hawks and badgers. He believes he has discovered a language second only to humans in its complexity. It's a bold claim but is he right? Con has devised a series of cunning field experiments to help prove his point.
这是一部儿童科普片,每一集介绍一种野生动物,从动物的外形特征到生活习性、成长和繁殖等,让孩子对这些可爱的动物有一个初步的认识,鼓励小观众对动物和大自然产生浓厚的兴趣。每一集的旁白是两位小朋友的对话,一问一答,互相讨论画面中的动物,语言富含童趣,将枯燥的科普知识以生动、充满吸引力、易于理解的方式呈现给小观众。全部剧集的拍摄都在野外进行,每一个镜头都将动物展现得栩栩如生,有憨态可掬的熊,也有高贵优雅的天鹅,还有孩子们喜欢的小松鼠、小猪等,是一部用心为孩子们而作的动物科普节目。