THURSDAY, MARCH 19 @ 10:00PM

Around 800 BC, Kush, a little-known subject state of Egypt, rose up and conquered Egypt, enthroned its own Pharaohs and ruled for nearly 100 years. This unlikely chapter of history has been buried by the Egyptians and was belittled by early archaeologists, who refused to believe that dark-skinned Africans could have risen so high.

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HARTSVILLE

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 @ 6:00PM

PART 1 & 2

Experience a year of a Southern town’s efforts to address the urgent demand for reform in American public schools, and watch what happens when the systems that can either fuel or diffuse that reform — bureaucracy, economic opportunity and fixed mindsets — interact and intersect.

Small stories and surprising victories bring the battle between small town poverty and education to light when camera crews spend an entire school year inside two South Carolina schools. In 180 Days: Hartsville, viewers will meet educators, families, and business leaders in daily battle with poverty and education.   (2 Hours)

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ATTENBOROUGH’S LIFE STORIES

UNDERSTANDING THE NATURAL WORLD

SUNDAY, MARCH 15 @ 5:00PM

EPISODE TWO: ATTENBOROUGH’S LIFE STORIES: UNDERSTANDING THE NATURAL WORLD

Attenborough shares his memories of the scientists and the breakthroughs that helped shape his own career in translating these discoveries into film.

“I’ve been lucky enough to live through what well might be considered the golden age of natural history filmmaking.” – Sir David Attenborough

Now a world-famous veteran of wildlife presentation on television, Sir David Attenborough was eight years old in 1934 when he saw his first natural history film.

Years later, those dreams became an illustrious reality. For over half a century, Attenborough has been at the forefront of natural history filmmaking, witnessing an unparalleled period of change in our planet’s history. His first-hand accounts offer a unique perspective on the natural world. To mark his 60th anniversary on television, Nature presents Attenborough’s Life Stories, a three-part retrospective of his life and work

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WITH GWEN IFILL

FRIDAY, MARCH 13 @ 9:00PM

Hillary Clinton’s Email Troubles, Political Controversy Over Iran Nuclear Negotiations & Advances Against ISIS

Just one day after Hillary Clinton held a news conference to explain her decision to use a personal email account during her tenure as secretary of state, the Associated Press filed a lawsuit against the State Department demanding release of all her electronic correspondence.

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DEADLIEST TORNADOES

TUESDAY, MAY 19 @ 9:00PM

In 2011, the worst tornado season in decades left a trail of destruction across the U.S., killing more than 550 people. Why was there such an extreme outbreak? How do such outbreaks form? With modern warning systems, why did so many die? Is our weather getting more extreme – and if so how bad will it get? In this NOVA special, we meet scientists striving to understand the forces at work behind last year’s outbreak. Could their work improve tornado prediction in the future? We also meet people whose lives have been upended by these extreme weather events and and learn how we all can protect ourselves and our communities for the future.

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