ICON

TUESDAY, AUGUST 8 @ 7:00PM & 11:00PM

From his early days rising through the ranks of New York’s gangs, to his slow demise in the aftermath of the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, Al Capone: Icon chronicles the complicated life of one of America’s favorite mob bosses. The special exposes Capone not only as a bootlegger, killer and gangster, but as the popular public figure who opened one of the nation’s first soup kitchens, fought for expiration dates on milk and wrote love songs to his wife from prison.

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SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS

WHO KILLED JIMMY HOFFA?

SATURDAY, APRIL 13 @ 6:00PM

On July 30, 1975, teamster boss Jimmy Hoffa disappeared without a trace. At the time, he was one of the most powerful men in the country. Because of his union leadership, many working Americans considered Hoffa their hero, but Hoffa also had powerful enemies.

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DANCE FOR ME

SATURDAY, JULY 26 @ 10:30PM

Professional ballroom dancing is very big in little Denmark. Since success in this intensely competitive art depends on finding the right partner, aspiring Danish dancers often look beyond their borders to find their matches. In Dance for Me, 15-year-old Russian performer Egor leaves home and family to team up with 14-year-old Mie, one of Denmark’s most promising young dancers. Strikingly different, Egor and Mie bond over their passion for Latin dance — and for winning. As they head to the championships, so much is at stake: emotional bonds, career and the future. Dance for Me is a poetic coming-of-age story, with a global twist and thrilling dance moves.

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ENDEAVOUR, SEASON 2

NEVERLAND

SUNDAY, JULY 20 @ 7:00PM & 11:00PM

NEVERLAND: A missing boy, a dead journalist, and an absconder from an open prison plunge DC Endeavour Morse and DI Thursday into the unearthing of corruption in their midst and horrors from the past.

The riveting Season 2 finale, written by Inspector Lewis creator and Inspector Morse writer Russell Lewis, stars Shaun Evans as young Endeavour Morse, Roger Allam as Detective Inspector Fred Thursday, and series regulars Abigail Thaw (daughter of Inspector Morse star John Thaw), Anton Lesser, and newcomer Shvorne Marks.

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WITH GWEN IFILL

FRIDAY, JULY 18 @ 9:00PM

This Week: Global Flashpoints and U.S. Foreign Policy Dilemma

There is plenty of speculation but few hard facts about the circumstances surrounding the crash of a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet in eastern Ukraine near the border with Russia. U.S. officials have reportedly determined that the jetliner with 295 people on board was brought down by an anti-aircraft missile in an area under the control of pro-Russian separatists.

Meanwhile, tensions are escalating in the Middle-East where late Thursday the Israeli military began a ground offensive in Gaza aimed at thwarting the barrage of missiles launched into Israeli territory.

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AUSTRALIA’S FIRST 4 BILLION YEARS

AWAKENING

WEDNESDAY, JULY 16 @ 10:00PM

What can Australia reveal about how Earth was born and how life took hold? Join NOVA and host Dr. Richard Smith as they journey back to the very beginning of the Australian story in “Awakening.” The first stop is Western Australia, around four and a half billion years ago, where we encounter an Earth shortly after its fiery birth. Hidden in the red hills of Australia are clues to the mysteries of when the Earth was born, how life first arose, and how it transformed the planet. Experts unveil how the earliest forms of life—an odd assortment of bacterial slime—flooded the atmosphere with oxygen, sparking the biological revolution that made animal life possible. It is the beginning of the great drama of life on Earth.

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THE ELEPHANT WHO FOUND A MOTHER

SATURDAY, JULY 19 @ 10:00PM

The story of Aisha, the baby elephant orphan, and Daphne Sheldrick, the woman who became her human foster parent. Their intense bond reaches a crisis point when Daphne leaves Aisha with a babysitter for a few days to attend her daughter’s wedding. Aisha believes she has lost Daphne for good and refuses to eat, leading to her death. Heartbroken, Daphne uses the lessons learned from Aisha’s short life to help her save more than 150 orphans over the next 40 years.

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