MEET THE FAMILY
MONDAY, OCTOBER 21 @ 4:00PM
One family, 37 different faces. From the recognizable and familiar like foxes, wolves, African wild dogs and coyotes to the lesser-known ones like the Japanese raccoon dog, fennec fox, dholes and dingoes, canids have conquered every continent except Antarctica. Get to know these adaptable creatures in the three-part Dogs in the Wild, A Nature Miniseries.
TOKYO UBER BLUES
MONDAY, OCTOBER 21 @ 8:00PM & 12:00AM
Shot with a mix of smartphones and GoPros from a first person perspective, filmmaker Taku Aoyagi takes us on his daily bike rides as an Uber Eats worker. But pedaling on Tokyo’s deserted streets, delivering boba tea to cloistered condos, he starts wondering, what was it that Ken Loach said about the Uberization of society? And what does gig-work offer an unemployed person with student debt?
ON MASTERPIECE
SECRETS IN AMSTERDAM PART 2
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20 @ 11:00PM
After more shocking murders, seemingly by a professional killer, the team moves in on billionaire Freddie Klink. Is he the mastermind? Could he be trying to stop a medical breakthrough from becoming public?
ON MASTERPIECE
EPISODE 6
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20 @ :00PM & 11:00PM
Susan and Andreas visit Stefan in prison. With help from Pünd, Susan puts the pieces together to solve the cases of both Frank and Cecily. In the Conway novel, Pünd reveals the identities of the killers with a shocking twist.
NEXT AT THE KENNEDY CENTER
ALONZO KING’S LINES BALLET
DEEP RIVER
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18 @ 8:00PM & 12:30AM
Alonzo King LINES Ballet performs the elegant piece Deep River in collaboration with Grammy Award®–winning vocalist Lisa Fischer and Kennedy Center Artistic Director for Jazz Jason Moran.
SOLAR SYSTEM
VOLCANO WORLDS
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16 @ 10:00PM
Around our solar system, violent eruptions are shaping distant worlds. Discover the explosive forces that helped create some of the most dynamic worlds in our cosmic neighborhood – and what makes the volcanoes right here on Earth so special.
THE HERCULANEUM SCROLLS
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16 @ 8:00PM & 12:00AM
Making headlines around the world, Brent Seales and his team of computer scientists set out on a mission to read the 2,000-year-old carbonized scrolls found in the remains of a villa in Herculaneum. Mt. Vesuvius’s eruption in 79 AD transformed the papyri, fusing together the layers of the scrolls and making them impossible to read. Can particle physics and AI finally reveal what the scrolls say?
A YEAR OF WAR
ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15 @ 11:00PM
FRONTLINE documents harrowing accounts from those who experienced the Oct. 7 Hamas attack and the ongoing war in Gaza. Israelis and Palestinians directly impacted by the conflict talk about death, despair and the continuing trauma.
IN THE FRAY
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15 @ 7:00PM & 11:30PM
The pressure builds as students tackle the first round of competition. They must answer judges’ questions in the style of Congressional hearings, showing a thorough understanding of democracy and the ways it connects to their lives today.
TWICE COLONIZED
MONDAY, OCTOBER 14 @ 8:00PM
Aaju Peter is a renowned Inuit lawyer and activist who defends the human rights of Indigenous peoples. She’s a fierce protector of her ancestral lands in the Arctic and works to bring her colonizers to justice. As Aaju launches an inspiring effort to establish an Indigenous forum, she also embarks upon a deeply personal journey to mend her own wounds, including the unexpected passing of her son.