ON MASTERPIECE
SEASON 1, EPISODE 2
SUNDAY, APRIL 22 @ 10:00PM
The past catches up with suspects Father Rob, Lizzie, Sir Phillip and Eric. But which one is Jimmy’s killer? It takes a second cold case to solve the mystery.
Category Archives: Program Highlights
CALL THE MIDWIFE
SEASON 7, EPISODE 6
SUNDAY, APRIL 22 @ 6:00PM & 10:30PM
Barbara helps a widowed, pregnant mother when she and her children lose their home. Lucille teaches a health class and encounters a furious mother who objects to her daughter’s attendance there. Sister Monica Joan prepares for cataract surgery.
IN PRINCIPLE
SATURDAY, APRIL 21 @ 7:30PM
Former President George W. Bush said Thursday that his mother remained feisty and high-spirited the last time he saw her in person, a week before the former first lady passed away. Barbara Bush died Tuesday at age 92.
will.i.am
LANDMARKS LIVE IN CONCERT
A GREAT PERFORMANCES SPECIAL
FRIDAY, MARCH 5 @ 7:00PM & 11:00PM
Experience will.i.am in a one-night-only event from London’s Royal Albert Hall featuring performances of hits “Scream & Shout,” “I Gotta Feeling,” “Let’s Get It Started” and “Where Is the Love?” with members of the Black Eyed Peas and special guests.
POV
BILL NYE: SCIENCE GUY
FRIDAY, APRIL 18 @ 8:00PM
Bill Nye is a man on a mission: to stop the spread of anti-scientific thinking across the world. The former star of the popular kids’ show “Bill Nye the Science Guy” is now advocating for the importance of science, research and discovery in public life. With intimate and exclusive access—as well as plenty of wonder and whimsy—this behind-the-scenes portrait of Nye follows him as he takes off his Science Guy lab coat and takes on those who deny climate change, evolution and a science-based worldview.
NOVA
DECODING THE WEATHER
SATURDAY, APRIL 21 @ 11:00PM
Disastrous hurricanes. Widespread droughts and wildfires. Withering heat. Extreme rainfall. It is hard not to conclude that something’s up with the weather, and many scientists agree. It’s the result of the weather machine itself—our climate—changing, becoming hotter and more erratic. In this 2-hour documentary, NOVA will cut through the confusion around climate change.
CIVILIZATIONS
THE SECOND MOMENT OF CREATION
FRIDAY, MARCH 14 @ 6:00PM
Examine the formative role of art and the creative imagination in the forging of humanity itself. Images and artifacts found in Africa, Asia, Europe, Australia and South America testify to the urge to develop civilizations. Liev Schreiber narrates.
THE ISLAND MURDER
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
TUESDAY, APRIL 17 @ 10:00PM
Discover the truth behind the scandalous 1930s rape and murder case, involving a Navy wife, her society mother, Clarence Darrow and five nonwhite Hawaiians, that shook the island paradise and exposed the racial tensions roiling beneath the surface.
INDEPENDENT LENS
WHAT LIES UPSTREAM
MONDAY, APRIL 16 @ 11:00PM
In the unsettling exposé What Lies Upstream, investigative filmmaker Cullen Hoback travels to West Virginia to study the unprecedented loss of clean water for over 300,000 Americans in the 2014 Elk River chemical spill. There he uncovers a shocking failure of regulation from both state and federal agencies and a damaged political system where chemical companies often write the laws that govern them. While he’s deep into his research in West Virginia, a similar water crisis strikes Flint, Michigan, revealing that the entire system that Americans assume is protecting their drinking water is fundamentally broken.
UNFORGOTTEN
ON MASTERPIECE
SUNDAY, APRIL 15 @ 10:00PM
Cassie and Sunny dig deeper into Jimmy’s murder, which involved torture. Father Rob remembers Jimmy fondly. So does Eric. Questioned about past gangland ties, Sir Phillip refuses to cooperate.