POLAR BEAR

SATURDAY, JUNE 13 @ 8:00PM & 12:00AM

Mark Evans travels to the shores of Canada’s Hudson Bay, where polar bears are causing havoc in isolated communities. He arrives in the town of Churchill hours after an attack has left two people seriously injured and a bear dead. He joins the Polar Bear Alert team as they transport a captured bear by helicopter to a release site outside town. In the Inuit town of Arviat, Evans works with wildlife officers to test an aerial drone early warning system, a military grade ultra-loud speaker to deter bears, and a controversial experiment to place meat out on the tundra to keep bears away from town.

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22 @ 11:00PM

The Fidel Castro Tapes features rarely- and never-before-seen images to tell the life story of the controversial leader of Cuba.

To some an icon of resistance and to others the very face of dictatorial oppression, Fidel Castro was one of the most provocative political figures of the 20th century. The Fidel Castro Tapes chronicles how his drive and charisma catapulted him to power in Cuba and how he used these traits to maintain control of his country for nearly five decades and capture the attention of the world.

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AFTER TILLER

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 @ 8:00PM

Martha Shane and Lana Wilson’s After Tiller is a deeply humanizing and probing portrait of the only four doctors in the United States still openly performing third-trimester abortions in the wake of the 2009 assassination of Dr. George Tiller in Wichita, Kansas—and in the face of intense protest from abortion opponents. It is also an examination of the desperate reasons women seek late abortions.

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BREATHLESS

SUNDAY, AUGUST 31 @ 7:00PM & 11:00PM

When a private procedure goes wrong, Otto, Charlie and Jean have a brush with the law, increasing Charlie’s desperate sense that he stands unsupported, alone. As Jean and Richard’s marriage crumbles, Richard embraces his newly-returned first love, Margaret, as Jean embraces the her new role of housewife. But for consummate housewife, Elizabeth, the very foundation of life begins to crack when the sinister Inspector Mulligan pays a visit to her home.

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WITH GWEN IFILL

FRIDAY, AUGUST 29 @ 9:00PM

Tonight: Ukraine Crisis, ISIL Threat, Burger King Deal, Midterm Election Preview

The crisis in Ukraine and the threat of Islamic State militants (ISIL) are just two of the foreign policy challenges President Obama and his national security team are facing this week.

The conflict in Ukraine has intensified as Russian troops have brazenly moved inside Ukrainian territory. NATO released satellite images it says show as many as 1,000 Russian armed forces entering southeastern Ukraine, a claim Russia denies. The escalation comes just days after Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko met to discuss ways to end the conflict.

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DOROTHEA LANGE: GRAB A HUNK OF LIGHTNING

TUESDAY, MARCH 21 @ 6:00PM & 11:00PM

American Masters — Dorothea Lange: Grab a Hunk of Lightning explores the life, passions and uncompromising vision of the influential photographer, whose enduring images document five turbulent decades of American history, including the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl and World War II Japanese internment camps. Peabody- and five-time Emmy award-winning cinematographer Dyanna Taylor — the granddaughter of Lange and writer/social scientist Paul Schuster Taylor — directs and narrates this intimate American Masters documentary.

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REJOICE WITH ITZHAK PERLMAN AND CANTOR YITZCHAK MEIR HELFGOT

SATURDAY, AUGUST 30 @ 11:00PM

Legendary violinist Itzhak Perlman and renowned cantor Yitzchak Meir Helfgot join forces for a musical exploration of liturgical and traditional works in new arrangements for both chamber orchestra and klezmer settings on THIRTEEN’s Great Performances.

The music of Rejoice with Itzhak Perlman and Cantor Yitzchak Meir Helfgot – with reminiscences by Elie Wiesel, Joel Grey, and Tovah Feldshuh — showcases the confluences between the violinist’s famed classical technique and Helfgot’s magnificent voice, and is the result of a mutual admiration society. “It was a dream to someday sing with him,” remarks Helfgot. “And now the dream has become real.”

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GREAT WHITE SHARK

SATURDAY, JUNE 6 @ 10:00PM

Veterinarian Mark Evans uses technology to tackle three deadly predators: the great white shark, Nile crocodile and polar bear. When these animals attack humans, both sides lose. As more people are killed or maimed, more animals are killed in retaliation. Evans wants to find ways to break this circle of violence and protect both humans and animals. Follow him as he tries out ingenious high-tech solutions to the most hostile wildlife conflicts on Earth.

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