POV

HOMEGOINGS MONDAY, JUNE 24 @ 8:00PM Through the eyes of funeral director Isaiah Owens, the beauty and grace of African-American funerals are brought to life. Filmed at Owens Funeral Home in New York City’s historic Harlem neighborhood, Homegoingstakes an up-close look at the rarely seen world of undertaking in the black community, where funeral rites draw on a rich palette of tradition,...

MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!

INSPECTOR LEWIS, SERIES VI THE RAMBLIN’ BOY SUNDAY, JUNE 23 @ 7:00PM & 11:30PM With D.S. Hathaway on holiday, Inspector Lewis is assigned an awkward new partner to investigate the discovery of a recently embalmed body in a field. When the inquiry leads to a funeral home and those connected to it, a disturbing connection to Lewis’ missing former colleague, Superintendent Jack Cornish,...

WASHINGTON WEEK

WITH GWEN IFILL FRIDAY, JUNE 21 @ 6:00PM & 11:00PM   This Week: Obama Overseas, Afghan Peace Talks, Immigration and Farm Bills, and NSA disclosures. The proposed $500 billion, five-year farm bill backed by Republican leaders, was defeated in the House on Thursday. Peter Baker of The New York Times will report on the success and setbacks President Obama had at this week’s G8...

NOVA

EXTREME CAVE DIVING WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2 @ 10:00PM Follow a fearless team of scientists as they venture into blue holes—underwater caves that formed during the last ice age, when sea level was nearly 400 feet below what it is today. These caves, little-known treasures of the Bahamas, are one of Earth’s least explored and most dangerous frontiers. The interdisciplinary team of...

NATURE

INVASION OF THE GIANT PYTHONS SUNDAY, JUNE 14 @ 10:00PM As part of an ever popular international pet trade market, and incidentally along paths of human travel, many exotic animals have been removed from their native lands and landed where they are not necessarily welcome arrivals. Among these invasive species are a growing number of Burmese pythons, which have taken up residence in the wetlands...