ON MASTERPIECE

SEASON 8, EPISODE 1

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

In “One for Sorrow,” identifying the remains of a body discovered in a well appears to be an insurmountable task for Inspector Robbie Lewis (Kevin Whately) and CS James Hathaway (Laurence Fox). Lewis, recently out of retirement, has to prove himself to a new boss and Hathaway finally gets to know his estranged father. Meanwhile, the death of a young artist begins to look like murder. Is there a connection between the dead body in the well and the murdered artist?

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CHOCOLATE

SUNDAY, AUGUST 28 @ 5:00PM

Follow the trials and tribulations of passionate amateur bakers whose goal is to be named the U.K.’s best. Each week, the bakers tackle a different skill, the difficulty of which increases as the competition unfolds. Mary Berry, a leading cookbook writer, and Paul Hollywood, a top artisan baker, serve as judges. Together with hosts and comic foils Sue Perkins and Mel Giedroyc, Berry and Hollywood search for the country’s best amateur baker by testing the competitors’ skills on cakes, breads, pastries and desserts, crowning a winner after 10 weeks of competition.

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EPISODE 6

THURSDAY, AUGUST 4 @ 7:00PM

Join Stanley, Sarah and Pamela as they try to help Louis elude the police. Masterson offers a huge reward for Louis’ capture. Lady Cremone, convinced of Louis’ guilt, refuses to aid him. A policeman coerces Sarah into divulging damaging information. Hit by the scandal the hotel loses many of its residents and the band is forced to split.

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T-REX: HER FIGHT FOR GOLD

MONDAY, JUNE 10 @ 8:00PM

Flint, a city made famous by Michael Moore’s documentary Roger & Me, and more recently by the lead poisoning water crisis, has been hard-hit for years as factories closed, jobs left, and crime, unemployment, and poverty became endemic. It’s the most unlikely and challenging of backgrounds for an Olympic athlete to make it through. But Claressa “T-Rex” Shields is as tough as they come.

T-Rex: Her Fight for Gold is the coming-of-age story of boxing phenom Claressa Shields, who was just 17 years old when she won the Olympic gold medal for women’s boxing in 2012.

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THE BOY’S OF 36

TUESDAY, JULY 9 @ 7:00PM & 11:00PM

The story of nine working-class young men from the University of Washington who took the rowing world and America by storm when they captured the gold medal at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. Their unexpected victory, against not only the Ivy League teams of the East Coast but Adolf Hitler’s elite German rowers, gave hope to a nation struggling to emerge from the depths of the Great Depression.

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IRIS

MONDAY, AUGUST 7 @ 8:00PM

Iris pairs the late documentarian Albert Maysles (Grey Gardens, Gimme Shelter), then 87, with Iris Apfel, the quick-witted, flamboyantly dressed 93-year-old style maven who has had an outsized presence on the New York fashion scene for decades.

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WITH GWEN IFILL

FRIDAY, JULY 29 @ 9:00PM

Tonight on Washington Week: Hillary Clinton makes history as Democratic nominee & Donald Trump steals spotlight with request for Russia

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