26.2 PRIMETIME 2/20-2/26/15

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POV

RETURN TO HOMS MONDAY, JULY 20 @ 8:00PM War changes people, including 19-year-old Basset Saroot, who went from star goalkeeper for the Syrian national soccer team to peaceful advocate for Arab Spring reforms to armed insurgent. Return to Homs, which focuses on Basset and his ragtag group’s transformation and struggles, is a heart-stopping, often wrenching study of the brutal war President...

POLDARK ON MASTERPIECE

SUNDAY, JULY 19 @ 10:00PM EPISODE 5 The community welcomes new arrivals. Demelza plays Cupid, resolving to lift Verity’s spirits by reconciling her with her lost love, Captain Blamey. Ross joins with other mine owners to upset the status quo, while a desperate Francis threatens to ruin everything with his decadent spending. Aidan Turner (The Hobbit) brings the dashing Captain Ross Poldark...

THE CRIMSON FIELD

SUNDAY, JUNE 5 @ 8:00PM & 10:00PM EPISODE 5 It seems Colonel Ballard would rather be with his men than at rest within the calm sanctuary of the wards. Yet, when Grace reveals knowledge of Punjabi and an upbringing in India, the Colonel is temporarily calmed. As Grace tries to discover what’s made him so heated, another soldier, Private Gorman, seems focused on riling him further. Will...

WASHINGTON WEEK

WITH GWEN IFILL FRIDAY, JULY 17 @ 9:00PM The announcement of the historic agreement with Iran over its nuclear program has President Obama in pitch mode this week. With criticism both domestically and internationally, the president went on the offensive in a White House news conference saying that without the accord the world would be at a greater risk of a nuclear arms race that would threaten...