ON MASTERPIECE
EPISODE 4
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22 @ 7:00PM & 11:00PM
With the prime minister in trouble, Peter makes a shocking announcement to the nation. Is this the end for him or the start of something new?
Category Archives: Program Highlights
SECRETS OF ROYAL TRAVEL
SECRETS OF THE ROYAL FLIGHT
SUNDAY, AUGUST 1 @ 6:00PM & 10:00PM
Pack your bags for a rare inside look at the monarchy’s luxurious private planes and trains. Climb on board the “palace on wheels” and take to the skies for the five-star opulence of the Queen’s Flight.
THE PILGRIMS
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AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19 @ 10:00PM
In the early 17th century, a small group of religious radicals embarked from England to establish a separatist religious community across the Atlantic Ocean in the New World. William Bradford, the governor of Plymouth Plantation for more than 30 years, wrote the definitive history of the early colony, from the early formation of a separatist Protestant sect in England to a colony in the New World whose hard-fought success after a decade would trigger a massive influx of colonists throughout New England.
SECRETS OF THE DEAD
GANGSTER’S GOLD
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18 @ 8:00PM & 12:00AM
Join three groups of treasure hunters, armed with modern technology and newly uncovered clues, as they set out to find the lost treasure of notorious Prohibition-era gangster Dutch Schultz and solve an 85-year-old mystery.
RISE OF THE NAZIS
THE FIRST SIX MONTHS IN POWER
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17 @ 10:00PM
Discover the measures Chancellor Hitler takes to dismantle the German state. The Nazis have the power to ban free speech, books are burned, and Jewish people, gay people and those holding anti-Nazi beliefs begin to disappear.
FINDING YOUR ROOTS
FLIGHT
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2 @ 6:00PM & 10:00PM
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. meets actors Scarlett Johansson and Lupita Nyong’o, and chef Lidia Bastianich — three women whose families crisscrossed the globe to escape oppression and find opportunity, leaving them with questions about their relatives who stayed behind.
INDEPENDENT LENS
JONATHAN SCOTT’S POWER TRIP
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16 @ 11:00 PM
Property Brothers co-host and home-renovation expert Jonathan Scott journeys all across the U.S. to uncover why clean, renewable energy isn’t available to all. While traveling to learn both the obstacles and opportunities for achieving energy freedom, Jonathan talks with conservatives fighting for solar freedom; sits down with farmers struggling to make ends meet; engages coal workers desperate for a new, healthy means of making an income; the Navajo Nation who built a utility-scale solar plant; religious leaders who made a desperate attempt to help meet their community’s energy needs; and politicians at the forefront of the battle for energy freedom.
SECRETS OF ROYAL TRAVEL
SECRETS OF THE ROYAL TRAIN
SUNDAY, JULY 25 @ 6:00PM & 10:00PM
This show uncovers the inside story of the most luxurious and exclusive locomotive in the history of the British Isles, from its lavish past as the “royal express of excess” to its role today as the royal family’s mobile home away from home. For over 150 years, from Queen Victoria to Queen Elizabeth II, it has been the monarchy’s favorite way to travel.
BEYOND THE CANVAS
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26 @ 11:30PM
On the Oscar Awards edition of Beyond the CANVAS, we sit down with winners and nominees to talk about their craft and commitment to storytelling. What does it take to execute a unique artistic vision? Creators behind films like Black Panther and Free Solo share secrets to their success, and we also hear from comedy duo Steve Martin and Martin Short.
GREAT PERFORMANCES
FIDDLER: A MIRACLE OF MIRACLES
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13 @ 7:00PM & 11:00PM
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles is the first documentary to chronicle the complete story of the international Broadway blockbuster musical “Fiddler on the Roof” by exploring the unexpected richness of its themes as well as its extensive reach across time and cultures. “Fiddler on the Roof” is the tale of Jewish immigrants coming to America, of immigrants and refugees trying to escape persecution in their homeland, of the fraying of tradition, generational tension and the loss of roots.