NOVA

BUILDING THE GREAT CATHEDRALS WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23 @ 7:00PM & 12:00AM Take a dazzling architectural journey inside those majestic marvels of Gothic architecture, the great cathedrals of Chartres, Beauvais and other European cities. Carved from 100 million pounds of stone, some cathedrals now teeter on the brink of catastrophic collapse. To save them, a team of engineers, architects, art...

WE SHALL REMAIN

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE AFTER THE MAYFLOWER SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23 @ 7:00PM In March of 1621, in what is now southeastern Massachusetts, Massasoit, the leading sachem of the Wampanoag, sat down to negotiate with a ragged group of English colonists. Hungry, dirty, and sick, the pale-skinned foreigners were struggling to stay alive; they were in desperate need of Native help. Massasoit faced problems of...

MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!

WALLANDER, SERIES II THE FIFTH WOMAN FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22 @ 7:30PM & 10:30PM A bird-watcher falls to his painful death while being observed by a masked figure. A florist with a violent past has gone missing, stains of blood spotting the floor in his orchid-lined shop. Inspector Kurt Wallander (Kenneth Branagh) is torn between two disparate murders while dealing with one harsh and heartbreaking...

AUSTIN CITY LIMITS

PATTY GRIFFIN & FRIENDS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16 @ 9:00PM Patty Griffin’s remarkable ability to copiously fill every note on her newest album with the soulful passion of a gospel veteran leaves even the most discerning gospel critics in awe. And with her fifth appearance on the Austin City Limit stage, Griffin, and her group of special guests, will be inspiring awe with her “uplifting,...

EMPERORS OF THE ICE

EMPERORS OF THE ICE THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14 @ 8:00PM & 11:00PM Antarctica. The last place on Earth. It’s a continent lost to eternal ice – yet in this frozen desert, there is life. Antarctica is home to a unique ecosystem – and no other creature embodies this frozen continent like the Emperor penguin. Tthe Emperor is the largest diving bird on the planet. Emperor penguins are...