SEASON 8 ON MASTERPIECE

MAGNUM OPUS

SUNDAY, AUGUST 14 @ 7:00PM & 11:30PM

In “Magnum Opus,” an Oxford college dean is found bludgeoned to death in the woods following a heated debate in a pub. An alchemic image purposefully left at the crime scene leads Lewis and Hathaway to anticipate that three more murders will follow. An unusual tattoo on the dean’s body and the bodies of two more victims leads to the discovery of a secret esoteric society and a frantic effort to prevent a fourth murder. Meanwhile, Hathaway is struggling to accept his father’s illness.

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THE FINALE

SATURDAY, AUGUST 13 @ 9:00PM

Only three of the original twelve bakers remain. They face off in the final challenges. In the final signature challenge, the bakers make 16 iced buns, in two varities, in three hours. In the technical, the judges use one of Paul’s recipes: the bakers mustbake raspberry-flavoured mille-feuille in two hours. The recipe involves pastry, something all of the bakers have struggled with. In the final Showstopper, the bakers are given four hours to make classic British cakes in a multi-layered presentation.

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AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

THURSDAY, AUGUST 11 @ 9:00PM

The enigmatic nature of the Nixon presidency combined comparatively progressive legislative initiatives with a flagrant abuse of presidential power and the public trust. His achievements in expanding peaceful relations with China and the Soviet Union stand in stark contrast with his continuation of the war in Vietnam. Finally brought down by scandal and duplicity, his administration did much to erode the citizenry’s faith in government.

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AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

THURSDAY, AUGUST 11 @ 6:00PM & 12:00AM

The enigmatic nature of the Nixon presidency combined comparatively progressive legislative initiatives with a flagrant abuse of presidential power and the public trust. His achievements in expanding peaceful relations with China and the Soviet Union stand in stark contrast with his continuation of the war in Vietnam. Finally brought down by scandal and duplicity, his administration did much to erode the citizenry’s faith in government.

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AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10

PART 1 @ 9:00PM & PART 2 @ 11:00PM

Lyndon Johnson was the first president to appoint an African American to the Supreme Court when, on June 13, 1967, Johnson named Thurgood Marshall, the great-grandson of a slave, to sit on the highest court in the land. Lyndon Johnson exploited his mastery of the legislative process to shepherd a collection of progressive programs, rivaling those of FDR’s New Deal, through Congress with astounding success. However, visions of a Great Society were swallowed up in the quagmire of Vietnam: the unpopular and costly war eroded his political base and left him an exile within his own White House.

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