LOS ANGELES

TUESDAY, JUNE 28 @ 9:00PM

At Los Angeles Union Station, a woman questions her family’s connection to the legendary Hollywood hot-spot, Schwab’s Pharmacy; another seeks a  connection to one of the first African-American college graduates; a woman’s family tree is wrapped in a genealogical web that has captivated the Roadshow team for years; one man’s ancestor lived in the right places at the right times, finding himself connected to historic events and iconic companies; a woman discovers a scoundrel in her family tree; and a Roadshow host shares a unique insight on the Ellis Island immigration experience. 

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THE GOOD STRIFE

TUESDAY, JUNE 4 @ 10:00PM

Explore history as the ancient Greeks emerge from the first dark ages to compose timeless epics, compete in the original Olympic Games, conjure early theories of nature, and construct the world’s first democracy.

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THE LOOK OF SILENCE

MONDAY, JUNE 27 @ 8:00PM

Joshua Oppenheimer’s Oscar®-nominated The Look of Silence is the incredible story of a man confronting his brother’s killers and demanding they accept responsibility for their crimes. Adi, an optometrist who survived the 1965 Indonesian genocide, takes this unimaginable step in a society where murderers remain in power. To break the spell of submission and terror, he forces them, and us, to reckon with his country’s dark history. A companion piece to Oppenheimer’s The Act of Killing, also an Oscar nominee, The Look of Silence has been hailed as a “masterpiece” by The New York Times for bearing witness to the collapse of 50 years of silence.

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SEASON 3 ON MASTERPIECE

ARCADIA

SUNDAY, JUNE 26 @ 7:00PM & 11:30PM

The death of an artist in a house-fire leaves Oxford police baffled. Then, when a young housewife dies seemingly of a mysterious “tummy bug” that has sickened half the police force, Morse’s investigation leads him to an inner-city supermarket.

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DANCING ON THE EDGE

THURSDAY, JUNE 30 @ 7:00PM

Dancing on the Edge details the rise of the Louis Lester Band, a black jazz band in 1930s London led by Louis Lester. Managed by the compassionate yet short-tempered Wesley Holt, the band lands a gig at the Imperial Hotel thanks to the cunning journalist Stanley Mitchell. They prove to be a hit, and their star begins to rise.

Countless aristocrats — including the royal family — ask the band to play at parties, catching the eye of the ambitious American businessman Walter Masterson and his enthusiastic employee, Julian. However, as the band continues to prevail, despite the racism and classism they encounter, Louis, finds himself entangled in a series of unfortunate events. He becomes a suspect in a murder case, putting him on the run and possibly leading to the band’s demise.

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HITLER’S KILLER SUBS

THURSDAY, MAY 8 @ 6:00PM

The six-part series Nazi Mega Weapons recounts Germany’s engagement in World War II from a unique perspective, uncovering the engineering secrets of iconic megastructures, telling the stories of the engineers who designed them and revealing how these structures sparked a technological revolution that changed warfare forever.

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WITH GWEN IFILL

FRIDAY, JUNE 24 @ 9:00PM

Tonight on Washington Week: Britain votes to exit the EU; SCOTUS rulings on immigration & affirmative action; House Dems stage sit-in over gun control; and Trump & Clinton exchange attacks.

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