MASTERPIECE

POLDARK EPISODE 1 SUNDAY, JUNE 21 @ 10:00PM Cornwall, 1783. Captain Ross Poldark returns from the battlefield to find his father dead, estate in ruins, and sweetheart Elizabeth engaged to another. Though it appears there is nothing left for him in his former home, Ross stubbornly resolves to remain in Cornwall and return his estate to its former glory. Joined by useless former servants Jud and...

WASHINGTON WEEK

WITH GWEN IFILL FRIDAY, JUNE 19 @ 9:00PM This Week on Washington Week: Charleston Church Shooting, Obama aligns with GOP on Trade, al Qaeda Leader Killed in Drone Strike, and 2016 Election FIND OUT MORE...

GREAT PERFORMANCES

AT THE MET THE MERRY WIDOW FRIDAY, JUNE 19 @ 7:00PM & 12:00AM The lavish new staging of Lehár’s effervescent operetta The Merry Widow is the Met debut of Broadway director and choreographer Susan Stroman, whose many credits include the Tony Award-winning musicals Crazy for You, Contact, and The Producers. Star soprano Renée Fleming adds a beguiling new character to her wide-ranging Met...

MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!

ENDEAVOUR, SEASON 2 TROVE THURSDAY, JUNE 18 @ 7:00PM & 12:00AM Four months after DC Endeavour Morse’s involuntary leave of absence, he returns to the force and a case that unites an unidentifiable corpse, an enigmatic note, and the theft of medieval artifacts – seemingly unrelated cases as fractured as Morse’s state of mind after his terrifying brush with death. Written by...

NATURE

THE FUNKIEST MONKEYS SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 19 @ 10:00PM There is an unusual looking monkey called the crested black macaque that is endemic to rainforests in Indonesia, which includes the island of Sulawesi. These striking black primates, sporting punk hairstyles and copper-colored eyes, first caught the attention and won the heart of wildlife cameraman and biologist Colin Stafford-Johnson 25 years...