THROUGH A LENS DARKLY

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16 @ 8:00PM

The first documentary to explore the role of photography in shaping the identity, aspirations, and social emergence of African Americans from slavery to the present, Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People probes the recesses of American history through images that have been suppressed, forgotten, and lost.

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DOWNTON ABBEY SEASON 5

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20 @ 7:00PM & 11:30PM

EPISODE 7: Bates’ train ticket returns to the spotlight. Isobel encounters a surprising obstacle to happiness. An arrival brings new hope, while departures bring both relief and sorrow.

Downton Abbey returns for an epic fifth season of intimately interlaced stories centered on an English country estate—a deliciously entertaining formula that has made it the highest-rated drama in PBS history.

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GRANTCHESTER

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29 @ 7:00PM @ 12:00am

EPISODE 5: On holiday in London, Sidney and Geordie happen upon a murder, allowing them to show Scotland Yard a thing or two.

Handsome, young vicar Sidney Chambers (James Norton) shares his spiritual duties with a love of jazz, complicated relationships with women, and an enthusiasm for amateur sleuthing. When the concern of a parishioner compels him to dig deeper into a grisly suicide, he gets on the nerve of a tired, local law enforcement officer—Inspector Geordie Keating (Robson Green). Fortunately, the cleric and the cop bond over their war service, their love of a good pub, and their competitive instincts—in this case, for backgammon.

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WITH GWEN IFILL

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13 @ 8:00PM

This Week: Obama Requests War Powers, Ceasefire in Ukraine, Congress’ Homeland Security Fight, and Ups & Downs in 2016 Race

President Obama’s request to Congress for a three-year authorization to use military force against ISIS is being met with resistance from Republicans and some Democrats. Republicans believe the White House plan is too restrictive and limits the authorities of military commanders in the field. Some Democrats say the proposal is too broad and should include a ban on U.S. ground troops. The president authorized the first airstrikes against ISIS targets in Iraq and Syria six months ago. So what’s behind the new formal request for war powers? We’ll get answers and analysis from Peter Baker of The New York Times…

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ROMEO & JULIET WITH JOSEPH FIENNES

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14 @ 7:00PM

Fiennes has a unique perspective on Romeo and Juliet. He played Shakespeare – both writing and performing as Romeo – in the film Shakespeare in Love. Now he wants to examine why it remains the most-performed of all Shakespeare plays.

Fiennes takes us back to the source – an Italian story translated into English when Shakespeare was a boy. Shakespeare adapted and dramatized the Italian poem, and other writers have been adapting him for centuries ever since. At London’s Royal Ballet, viewers see the play in a famous dance interpretation, and later Stephen Sondheim discusses adapting for the Broadway musical theater as West Side Story. Fiennes visits adult night classes at a South London school where the participants can see their own lives reflected in the play.

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GRANTCHESTER

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22 @ 7:00PM & 12:00AM

EPISODE 4:

A shocking murder reveals the depths of homophobia in Cambridge. Geordie crosses swords with Sidney over conduct of the investigation.

Handsome, young vicar Sidney Chambers (James Norton) shares his spiritual duties with a love of jazz, complicated relationships with women, and an enthusiasm for amateur sleuthing. When the concern of a parishioner compels him to dig deeper into a grisly suicide, he gets on the nerve of a tired, local law enforcement officer—Inspector Geordie Keating (Robson Green). Fortunately, the cleric and the cop bond over their war service, their love of a good pub, and their competitive instincts—in this case, for backgammon.

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FORESTS

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11 @ 8:00PM

Sanjayan travels into the Amazon’s “Intangible Zone” with a team of scientists who believe it could be the most bio-diverse place on earth. Despite being virtually “off the map” there are still people here: the Waorani, who are fierce defenders of the forest against outsiders. They help the scientists reveal the forest’s deepest scientific secrets. But seeing how people live here without destroying the forest leads Sanjayan to a startling discovery by archaeologists. The Amazon was once home to vast civilizations of people that once made the forest more productive, not less so. And that can still be the case today.

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ST. LOUIS – UNION STATION

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14 @ 11:00PM

The team of genealogists are in the Big Easy uncovering fascinating stories from the residents of one of America’s most mulit-cultural cities. While at the Board of Trade, a local man seeks to recover essential history washed away in Hurricane Katrina; a woman discovers she has links to both sides of the Civil War; another unravels the mystery behind her grandfather’s adoption; and one man explores a link to the famous New Orleans Voodoo Queen, Marie Laveau.

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AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10 @ 7:00PM & 12:00AM

By the dawn of the 19th century, the deadliest killer in human history, tuberculosis, had killed one in seven of all the people who had ever lived. The disease struck America with a vengeance, ravaging communities and touching the lives of almost every family. The battle against the deadly bacteria had a profound and lasting impact on the country. It shaped medical and scientific pursuits, social habits, economic development, western expansion, and government policy. Yet both the disease and its impact are poorly understood: in the words of one writer, tuberculosis is our “forgotten plague.”

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