A NATURE SPECIAL PRESENTATION
EUROPE
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 @ 9:00PM
Episode Three: Europe
Cranes and geese rise over Venice, Dover, Edinburgh and the monkey-guarded Rock of Gibraltar. In Rome, the Loire Valley, Holland and Hungary, birds gather by the millions to breed and two by two to raise their families.
WHY SHIPS SINK
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 @ 6:00PM
Twenty million passengers embark on cruises each year, vacationing in deluxe “floating cities” that offer everything from swimming pools to shopping malls to ice skating rinks. And the ships just keep getting bigger: The average cruise ship has doubled in size in just the last ten years. Some engineers fear that these towering behemoths are dangerously unstable, and the recent tragedy of the Costa Concordia has raised new questions about their safety. Now, NOVA brings together marine engineering and safety experts to reconstruct the events that led up to famous cruise disasters, including the ill-fated Concordia, the Sea Diamond, and the Oceanos.
EGYPT IN CRISIS
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 @ 7:00PM
It took them 80 years to rise to power, and 12 months to lose it. In a special FRONTLINE report, veteran Middle East correspondents Martin Smith and Charles Sennott examine the rise and rapid fall of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood. With unique access to the Brotherhood’s leadership, FRONTLINE follows the Islamist movement as they plot their next move.
LATINO AMERICANS
FOREIGNERS IN THEIR OWN LAND/EMPIRE OF DREAMS
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 @ 6:00PM & 11:00PM
It is the first major documentary series for television to chronicle the rich and varied history and experiences of Latinos, who have helped shape the United States over the last 500-plus years and have become, with more than 50 million people, the largest minority group in the U.S.
THE WORLD BEFORE HER
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 @ 10:00PM
The World Before Her is a tale of two Indias. In one, Ruhi Singh is a small-town girl competing in Bombay to win the Miss India pageant—a ticket to stardom in a country wild about beauty contests. In the other India, Prachi Trivedi is the young, militant leader of a fundamentalist Hindu camp for girls, where she preaches violent resistance to Western culture, Christianity and Islam. Moving between these divergent realities, the film creates a lively, provocative portrait of the world’s largest democracy at a critical transitional moment—and of two women who hope to shape its future. Winner, World Documentary Competition Award, 2012 Tribeca Film Festival. A co-presentation with the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM).
A NATURE SPECIAL PRESENTATION
AFRICA
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 @ 8:00PM
Episode Two: Africa
Fly and arrow-dive with cape gannets among sharks, dolphins, whales and the great sardine run. Soar with fish eagles, flamingos, kelp gulls and vultures to see the most animal-packed continent with fresh eyes.
What would it be like to see the world from a bird’s perspective? To experience riding on the backs of bald eagles and snow geese or flying alongside a flock of brown pelicans as they scan and dive for fish in the ocean below. State-of-the-art technology and sophisticated camera techniques have now made it possible to do just that and more as EARTHFLIGHT, A Nature Special Presentationtakes viewers on a breathtaking aerial adventure over six continents.
FOYLE’S WAR/THE ETERNITY RING
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 @ 7:00PM & 11:30PM
When Christopher Foyle returns from America, MI5, suspicious that British atomic research has been infiltrated, asks Foyle to investigate whether a Russian spy network could be at work in the heart of London. In signing on, he’s reunited with the now-married Sam who is working for a scientist involved in the development of the atom bomb.
Michael Kitchen and Honeysuckle Weeks return for the first time since 2010 in the highly anticipated debut of the all-new Series VII of Foyle’s War. It’s 1946, and in the brewing Cold War climate of post-war Britain, Detective Chief Superintendent Christopher Foyle (Michael Kitchen) and his loyal friend Sam (Honeysuckle Weeks) find themselves adjusting to a new era of secrets, intelligence, and security as the Iron Curtain descends and MI5 comes knocking.
with GWEN IFILL
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 @ 9:00PM
It has been a whirlwind week for developments surrounding President Obama’s attempts to take action against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for alleged chemical weapons attacks in that 2-year civil war. What looked like a potential military strike at the beginning of the week now seems to have turned into a diplomatic dance involving Syria, Russia, the US and the United Nations. All this comes after a full court press by President Obama to garner support for military action; Assad’s hour-long interview on PBS; and Russia President Vladimir Putin chastising the US in a New York Times Op-Ed.
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
FIESTA LATINA
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 @ 6:00PM
“In Performance at the White House: Fiesta Latina” is a concert hosted by the President and Mrs. Obama on the South Lawn of the White House that will be broadcast by PBS. The program, part of the will include Marc Anthony, Jimmy Smits, Pete Escovedo, Gloria Estefan, José Feliciano, George Lopez, Thalía, Tito “El Bambino”, the Bachata music group Aventura, and the Chicano rock band Los Lobos, with Sheila E. leading the house band.
with ALAN ALDA
DETERMINING GUILT
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 @ 11:00PM
Using a fictional crime — a convenience store robbery that goes horribly wrong — this two-part program builds a gripping courtroom drama. The program probes the brains of the major participants —defendant, witnesses, jurors, judge — while Alan Alda visits neuroscientists who explore how brains work when they become entangled with the law.