SECRETS OF THE DEAD

VAMPIRE LEGEND THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5 @ 7:00PM Secrets of the Dead investigates why vampires have such a hold on our imagination, and whether the undead might still lurk among us. In 1897, Bram Stoker penned his gothic novel Dracula and popularized the modern vampire myth with the introduction of Count Dracula. But the discovery of manuscripts dating back to medieval England suggest the belief...

WASHINGTON WEEK

WITH GWEN IFILL FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30 @ 9:00PM This Week on Washington Week: Paul Ryan Elected House Speaker, Budget Compromise Struck and Republican Candidates Debate Almost immediately after being elected Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan made a simple request to lawmakers: pray for each other.  The Wisconsin Republican told colleagues, “The House is broken, we’re not solving problems,...

LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER

ELFMAN TIM BURTON FILM MUSIC SATURDAY, OCTOBER31 @ 6:00PM Composer and performer Danny Elfman, Tim Burton’s prolific musical collaborator, descends on Lincoln Center with an 88-piece orchestra, 44-voice choir and a colorful assortment of fans and fanatics. Live from Lincoln Center will capture all the excitement of this cultural invasion, climaxing in performances of Elfman’s most beloved...

NOVA

ANIMAL MUMMIES WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28 @ 10:00PM It wasn’t just their pharaohs that the ancient Egyptians bundled up for the next world. Huge underground vaults were packed from floor to ceiling with a menagerie of mummified beasts—everything from falcons and ibises to cats and dogs, monkeys, shrews, fish, beetles, bulls, and crocodiles. Animal mummies were cranked out on an industrial scale...

THE BRAIN

WITH DAVID EAGLEMAN WHO IS IN CONTROL? WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28 @ 8:00PM Who Is in Control?’ explores the great deception that greets us each morning when we awake: it feels as though we are in conscious control of our lives but the truth is that we are not. Instead almost every action, every decision, every belief that we hold is driven by parts of the brain that we have no access to. Dr....