INDEPENDENT LENS

BRAKELESS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1 @ 8:00PM Brakeless is a cautionary tale of what happens when punctuality, protocol, and efficiency are taken to the extreme. On Monday, April 25th 2005, a West Japan Railway (West JR) commuter train crashed into an apartment building and killed 107 people when a driver tried to catch up with an 80-second delay. Just what pressures made the driver risk so much for...

MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!

DEATH COMES TO PEMBERLEY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2 @ 7:00PM & 11:30PM Six years after Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy have prevailed over pride, prejudice, the caddish Mr. Wickam and the frivolous Mrs. Bennet, a coach races up to Pemberley, Darcy’s palatial estate, with an hysterical Lydia shrieking, “Murder!” So continues Jane Austen’s timeless classic, Pride and Prejudice,...

ART IN THE 21st CENTURY

INVESTIGATION SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25 @ 10:00PM How do artists push beyond what they already know and readily see? Can acts of engagement and exploration be works of art in themselves? In this episode, artists use their practices as tools for personal and intellectual discovery, simultaneously documenting and producing new realities in the process. FIND OUT MORE...

WASHINGTON WEEK

WITH GWEN IFILL FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24 @ 9:00PM THIS WEEK ON WASHINGTON WEEK: PRE-ELECTION VOTER ANXIETY, TIGHT GUBERNATORIAL RACES, CAMPAIGN FINANCING AND NEW EBOLA PROTOCOL It’s less than two week until Election Day. While voter turnout during midterm elections drops nearly 30% compared with presidential elections, that doesn’t mean the stakes are not high this year. In fact, control of...

MASTERPIECE CLASSIC

THE PARADISE, SEASON 2 EPISODE 4 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23 @ 7:00PM Denise and Moray have everything they wished for – almost. What lengths will they go to in order to fulfill their ultimate dream, and can their love withstand blind ambition? Denise faces new challenges that keenly point out the difference between friendship and leadership, while Moray suddenly seems to live in the shadows, much...