INDEPENDENT LENS

DON’T STOP BELIEVIN’: EVERYMAN’S JOURNEY MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 @ 8:00PM Don’t Stop Believin’: Everyman’s Journeyfollows the real life rock ‘n’ roll fairy tale of Filipino singer Arnel Pineda, who was plucked from YouTube to become the frontman for the iconic American rock band Journey. In this Cinderella story for the ages, Arnel, having overcome a lifetime’s worth...

MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!

FOYLE’S WAR/SUNFLOWER SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 @ 7:00PM & 11:30PM Foyle is given the distasteful task of protecting art historian Professor Peter Van Haren, an undercover ex-Nazi and a valuable MI5 intelligence asset against the Russians. But when Van Haren lectures a group of students on the self-portraits of the artist Rembrandt, his presence causes a young man to suffer a frightening...

WASHINGTON WEEK

with GWEN IFILL SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 @ 7:30PM This Week: Budget Battle, Obamacare, US-Iran relations, Homeland Security Ahead of the Affordable Care Act’s latest provisions taking effect October 1, the White House has been focusing on educating the public about the health insurance exchanges. Simultaneously, Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz has continued his own campaign to defund the law,...

GREAT PERFORMANCES

THE HOLLOW CROWN: HENRY IV, PART 1 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 @ 6:00PM Henry IV’s reign is marred by his own guilt over Richard’s death, civil war, and the gnawing fear that his son Hal is a total wastrel unworthy of the throne. In this scene from the Shakespeare history play, Henry IV (Jeremy Irons) lectures his son, Prince Hal (Tom Hiddleston), on his poor and unprincelike conduct. The heir to...

SKELETONS OF THE SAHARA

SATURDAY, JUNE 12 @ 5:00PM & 10:00PM Like many great scientific discoveries, this one happens by accident. Sereno, an expert in locating dinosaur fossils, is on an expedition to Niger, in Saharan Africa. Six weeks into a three-month journey, his team makes an unexpected discovery: human bones, the remains of peoples who lived 10,000 and 5,000 years ago. Sereno’s team counts dozens of...