SUNDAY, MAY 25 @ 6:00PM & 7:30PM

REPEATS @ 10:00PM & 11:30PM

On the eve of Memorial Day, a star-studded lineup will grace the stage for one of PBS’ highest-rated programs. The multiple-award-winning television event has become an American tradition, honoring the military service and sacrifice of all our men and women in uniform, their families at home, and those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our country.

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WITH GWEN IFILL

FRIDAY, MAY 23 @ 9:00PM

TONIGHT: PRESSURE ON SHINSEKI, CYBER SPYING TENSIONS, PRIMARY REVIEW AND THE GREAT SOCIETY AT 50

President Obama expressed outrage this week about allegations of mismanagement at Veterans Administration hospitals around the country and vowed that those responsible would be held accountable. The president defended the leadership of VA Secretary Eric Shinseki and said he would wait to see results from an internal investigation before taking any action. Jeff Zeleny of ABC News will report on the widening probe into alleged misconduct at more than two dozen VA hospitals and the political backlash the scandal has created for the Obama administration.

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THE GATHERING SWARMS

WEDNESDAY, MAY 21 @ 9:00PM

A look at some of the planet’s great gatherings, creatures that come together in inconceivable numbers – sometimes in millions, billions, and even trillions. Included are bats and bees, locust and ants, monarch butterflies in Mexico, 17-year cicada hatches, grunion in the Sea of Cortez and carp in the Mississippi River, sardine runs off the coast of South Africa, super flocks of parakeets in the Australian Outback, mayflies on the 4th of July, and even penguins and wildebeest.

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BOMBING HITLER’S DAMS

SUNDAY, MAY 25 @ 5:00PM

In 1943 a squadron of Lancaster bombers staged one of the most audacious raids in military history: destroying two gigantic dams in Germany’s industrial heartland and cutting the water supply to arms factories. Their secret weapon? A revolutionary bouncing bomb invented by British engineer Barnes Wallis. Wallis and the pilots of 617 Squadron—a lively mix of Britons, Australians, Americans, and Canadians—were hailed as heroes who dealt a mighty blow to the German war machine. Now, NOVA recreates the extreme engineering challenges faced by Wallis and the pilots.

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TUESDAY, APRIL 14 @ 7:00PM & 12:00AM

This powerful film is told by four of the main survivors Thomas ‘Toivi’ Blatt, Philip Bialowitz, Selma Engel-Wijnberg and former Russian POW Semjon Rozenfled, through their compelling firsthand accounts we discover the true horror of life in Sobibor. Unlike Auschwitz and Dauchau, Sobibor was created purely for extermination. In the space of 17 months a quarter of a million people arrived at the camp and put to death almost immediately.

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MOVING FORWARD

THURSDAY, MAY 29 @ 7:00PM

Explore the notion of identity, how it’s altered during deployment and altered again on return home. Wes explores the experience of coming back fundamentally changed by the experience of war, and the difficulty of fitting back in. Can you create a new life in your old world?

The three episode series tells the story of Wes Moore’s search for answers to some of the most difficult questions related to returning from war. Moore’s journey takes him into the personal lives of different soldiers as they attempt to reintegrate back into society, establish new identities, and – for many – find a new mission.

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GOD LOVES UGANDA

MONDAY, JUNE 8 @ 10:00PM

Inspired by his own African American Baptist roots, director Roger Ross Williams explores a place where religion and African culture intersect, as Ugandan and American pastors spread evangelical values to millions desperate for a better life.

(90 Minutes)

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