WASHINGTON WEEK

WITH GWEN IFILL FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31 @ 9:00PM The big prize for Democrats and Republicans -– winning control of the Senate and in turn the ability to shape the legislative agenda in 2015 and beyond.  There are 36 Senate seats up for grabs but polls show winning the majority may come down to ten competitive races in Colorado, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Louisiana, Arkansas, Kansas, Georgia,...

ART IN THE 21st CENTURY

SECRETS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1 @ 10:00PM Art in the Twenty-First Century (2014), featuring artists Elliott Hundley, Arlene Shechet, and Trevor Paglen on MCPTV 26.1 tonight! How do artists make the invisible visible? What hidden elements persist in their work? Is it the artist’s role to reveal them, or not? In this episode, artists share some of the secrets that are intrinsic to their work. FIND...

MASTERPIECE CLASSIC

THE PARADISE, SEASON 2 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30 @ 7:00PM The Food Hall opens at the Paradise, but there’s a different jewel distracting attention – the new timepiece display. At the centerpiece, is a stunning and mysterious watch from Katherine’s late father. It is Katherine’s cherished object, but it also harbors a secret that becomes currency in the power play at the Paradise. Sam is...

NATURE

SNOW MONKEYS SUNDAY, JANUARY 7 @ 8:00PM In the frigid valleys of Japan’s Shiga Highlands, a troop of snow monkeys make their way and raise their families in a complex society of rank and privilege where each knows their place. Their leader is still new to the job and something of a solitary grouch. But one little monkey, innocently unaware of his own lowly social rank, reaches out to this...

NOVA

FIRST AIR WAR WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29 @ 7:00PM & 12:00AM When World War I began in 1914, the air forces of the opposing nations consisted of handfuls of rickety biplanes from which pilots occasionally took pot shots at one another with rifles. By the war’s end, the essential blueprint of the modern fighter had emerged: it was now an efficient killing machine that limited the average life...