RODENTS OF UNUSUAL SIZE
MONDAY, JANUARY 14 @ 11:00PM
Louisiana residents south of New Orleans have faced many an environmental threat, from oil spills to devastating hurricanes. But a growing menace now lurks in the bayous and backwaters: hordes of monstrous 20-pound swamp rats known as nutria. The voracious appetite of this invasive species from South America is accelerating erosion of the state’s coastal wetlands, already one of the largest disappearing landmasses in the world.
THE WEDDING, PART 1 & PART 2
SUNDAY, JUNE 13 @ 10:00PM & 11:00PM
Enjoy a recreation of the wedding that changed British matrimonial ceremonies forever. This series, hosted by Lucy Worsley, celebrates an enduring love that was to melt the nation’s heart and set the standard for generations of brides to come.
SHAKE, RATTLE AND POLE (BEANS)
SATURDAY, JANUARY 12 @ 7:30PM & 10:30PM
Vivian struggles to scrounge up enough green beans to add to the menu at Chef & the Farmer, where a new chef is firmly in place. Mrs. Tessie Mae gives her a golf cart tour of her garden, an intro to pickled pork and a lesson in snapping pole beans.
THE FIGHT FOR WOMEN’S RIGHTS
FRIDAY, MAY 9 @ 6:00PM
Join Ann Curry as two women search for friends and colleagues who forged a path for equal rights. One of the first female commercial pilots wants to thank her mentor, and an advocate hopes to find the woman who inspired her to join a movement.
THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
FRIDAY, JUNE 21 @ 11:00PM
Celebrate the orchestra’s centennial with a gala concert conducted by Franz Welser-Möst, featuring pianist Lang Lang, and works by Mozart, Strauss, and Ravel, with vignettes of past music directors.
EINSTEIN’S QUANTUM RIDDLE
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2 @ 10:00PM
Einstein called it “spooky action at a distance,” but today quantum entanglement is poised to revolutionize technology from computers to cryptography. Physicists have gradually become convinced that the phenomenon—two subatomic particles that mirror changes in each other instantaneously over any distance—is real.
ATTENBOROUGH AND THE SEA DRAGON
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4 @ 9:00PM
Join Sir David Attenborough to learn about a sea creature that lived during the age of dinosaurs. A remarkable chance discovery is about to reveal secrets that have laid hidden for 200 million years. A super predator that ruled the ocean at the time of the dinosaurs was found in a crumbling cliff face. It’s an Ichthyosaur, a fish lizard. Older than dinosaurs, these fearsome predators had the very best characteristics of reptiles and mammals in one formidable package.
THE FINAL CHAPTER
FRIDAY, JANUARY 11 @ 12:30AM
Take a live tour of the wreckage from the USS Indianapolis, the WWII vessel lying at the bottom of the Pacific since its sinking in 1945. Video of the vessel, which was found in August, will be transmitted from a remotely operated vehicle.
GRANDPARENTS AND OTHER STRANGERS
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16 @ 11:00PM
Host Henry Louis Gates, Jr. helps actor Andy Samberg and author George R. R. Martin answer some family mysteries when DNA detective work uncovers new branches of their family trees. The DNA analysis upends family history and reveals new relatives.
HARRISBURG HOUR 1
MONDAY, APRIL 7 @ 7:00PM