ON MASTERPIECE
CROSSING THE ATLANTIC
SUNDAY, APRIL 18 @ 10:00PM
While bombs fall on Olav and the king in London, Martha and the children are in the U.S., where President Roosevelt extends a special invitation.
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MY GRANDPARENTS’ WAR
KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS
FRIDAY, APRIL 30 @ 10:00PM
Follow actress Kristin Scott Thomas as she pieces together a lost chapter of her family history, learning how her grandfather, a Royal Navy officer, saved thousands at Dunkirk and survived some of World War II’s most devastating battles.
HISTORY DETECTIVES
SEASON 10, EPISODE 1
SATURDAY, APRIL 17 @ 6:00PM
In the 10th season premiere episode, Elyse Luray and Wes Cowan investigate whether they have found rock’s Holy Grail, the long-lost electric Fender Stratocaster Bob Dylan plugged in at the ’65 Newport Folk Festival, changing rock ‘n’ roll forever. Tukufu Zuberi tracks down some autographs allegedly signed for two brothers in Miami Beach during the Beatles’ legendary 1964 “British Invasion” tour of the United States. Finally, Gwendolyn Wright investigates a $5 thrift store find and unearths a little-known artistic side of musical iconoclast Frank Zappa.
GREAT PERFORMANCES
BEETHOVEN IN BEIJING
FRIDAY, APRIL 16 @ 10:00PM
Experience the international impact of the Philadelphia Orchestra’s historic 1973 trip to China, offering a story of cultural reversals and a glimpse into the worldwide future of classical music.
GREAT PERFORMANCES
BEETHOVEN IN BEIJING
FRIDAY, APRIL 16 @ 7:00PM & 11:00PM
Experience the international impact of the Philadelphia Orchestra’s historic 1973 trip to China, offering a story of cultural reversals and a glimpse into the worldwide future of classical music.
THIS OLD HOUSE
HOUSE FIRE RECLAMATION
THURSDAY, APRIL 15 @ 9:00PM
The final house of Season 42 moves Tommy, Kevin, Richard, Jenn, and the team to Dorchester, MA where a 1905 three-family home endured a fire on the 4th of July in 2019. Thankfully, no one was hurt, but the house suffered significant damage.
BASEBALL
SHADOW BALL
THURSDAY, APRIL 15 @ 7:00PM & 11:00PM
Throughout America, and even on the baseball diamonds in New York’s Central Park, thousands of homeless people build shantytowns called “Hoovervilles.” More than ever, America needs heroes. And even as it struggles to make it through the Depression, baseball provides them. Inning Five, Shadow Ball, tells the story of the Negro Leagues in the 1930s, excluded from major league play at that time.
NOVA
PICTURE A SCIENTIST
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14 @ 10:00PM
Women make up less than a quarter of STEM professionals in the United States, and numbers are even lower for women of color. But a growing group of researchers is exposing longstanding discrimination and making science more inclusive.
NATURE
THE LEOPARD LEGACY
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 @ 6:00PM
Follow the story of a leopard mother as she raises her cubs near the Luangwa River, facing a constant battle to hunt successfully, defend her territory and protect her cubs against enemies.
FINDING YOUR ROOTS
THE NEW WORLD
SATURDAY, APRIL 17 @ 8:30PM
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. traces ancestors of actor John Lithgow and journalist Maria Hinojosa who thrived in North America long before the birth of the United States.