NOVA

BEN FRANKLIN’S BALLOONS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11 @ 8:00PM & 12:00AM The first stage in human flight didn’t begin with the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk, but with daring inventors and aeronauts in 18th century Paris. In a period of just 19 months, humanity not only left the ground for the first time—a moment as significant as the Apollo moon landing—but thanks to a handful of...

NATURE

A MURDER OF CROWS SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26 @ 8:00PM Crows live everywhere in the world except Antarctica and are a part of myths and legends in many cultures. Their reputation in the stories varies from comical to frightening, godlike or wise, bringers of light and bringers of death, though a “murder” of crows refers to a flock of crows, and not to anything murderous, at all. They may be all these...

FRONTLINE

LOSING IRAQ TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21 @ 11:00PM FRONTLINE examines the unfolding chaos in Iraq and how the U.S. is being pulled back into the conflict. Drawing on interviews with policymakers and military leaders, the film traces the U.S. role from the invasion to today’s violence, showing how Iraq is coming undone, how we got here, what went wrong, and what happens next. FIND OUT MORE...

MAKERS

WOMEN IN WAR FRIDAY, MARCH 8 @ 11:00PM Makers: Women in War looks at American women’s increasing participation in war—from Vietnam to the present—as nurses, soldiers, journalists, diplomats and spies. Among those featured are Linda Bray, the first woman to lead troops into battle, and Valerie Plame Wilson, whose career was sabotaged after she was “outed” as a high-level spy. Viewers...

WEEKDAYS DAYTIME 10/20-10/24/14

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