SEASON 2 ON MASTERPIECE
THURSDAY, APRIL 7 @ 7 :00PM
EPISODE 2
A professor dies in a suspicious fall. A government agent warns Geordie to back off the case. Meanwhile, Sidney is warned off an old flame but finds a new prospect.
Category Archives: Program Highlights
CALL THE MIDWIFE
SEASON 5
SUNDAY, APRIL 3 @ 6:00PM & 10:00PM
EPISODE 1
It’s 1961 and Poplar is beginning to feel the winds of social change. Witness a couple’s disagreement over the future of their child, born without arms and legs. Patsy, elated to find Delia fully recovered from her accident, is dismayed to learn that Delia’s mother wants her to move back home to Wales.
JAZZ
THE GIFT (1917-1924)
THURSDAY, JANUARY 14 @ 7:00PM & 11:00PM
As the Roaring Twenties accelerate, Paul Whiteman, a white bandleader, sells millions of records playing a sweet, symphonic jazz. Louis Armstrong comes to New York, adding his improvisational brilliance to the band’s new sound – and soon Armstrong is showing the whole world how to swing. (2 HOURS)
WASHINGTON WEEK
WITH GWEN IFILL
FRIDAY, APRIL 1 @ 9:00PM
This Week on Washington Week: Trump’s Republican bona fides, Sanders continues Clinton challenge and another tie at the Supreme Court
Donald Trump‘s Republican bona fides have been scrutinized since he launched his presidential campaign last June. His views on immigration, torture, and other hot-button issues have sparked controversy but haven’t slowed his upward trajectory. That may be changing.
JAZZ
GUMBO (BEGINNINGS TO 1917)
THURSDAY, JANUARY 7 @ 7:00PM & 11:30PM
Jazz has been called the purest expression of American democracy; a music built on individualism and compromise, independence and cooperation. Ken Burns follows the growth and development of jazz music from the gritty streets of New Orleans to Chicago’s south side, the speakeasies of Kansas city and to Times Square.
NATURE
ANIMAL REUNIONS
SATURDAY. JANUARY 4 @ 10:00PM
What happens when people are reunited with the wild animals with which they forged a deep bond years ago? Will these gorillas, elephants, cheetahs and chimpanzees still recognize their human caregivers and how will they react? That is the premise of this program which also raises the question whether wild creatures can really experience emotions like joy, devotion, and love. It’s a debate that many animal lovers are convinced is true and the scientific community is beginning to accept. Animal Reunions — narrated by actor Richard Thomas — contains interviews with scientists, authors, and caregivers including scenes of their journeys to reconnect with their former wild charges.
FRONTLINE
SAUDI ARABIA UNCOVERED
TUESDAY, JULY 12 @ 11:00PM
With undercover footage and on-the-ground reporting, FRONTLINE reveals a side of Saudi Arabia that’s rarely seen, and traces the efforts of men and women who are working to bring about change.
INDEPENDENT LENS
AN HONEST LIAR
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26 @ 8:00PM @ 12:30AM
For the last half-century, James “The Amazing” Randi has entertained millions with his dazzling feats of magic, escape, and trickery. Along the way he discovered that faith healers, fortune-tellers, and psychics were using his beloved magician’s tricks to swindle money from the credulous. Fed up with the fraud, he dedicated his life to exposing con artists with a wit and over-the-top showmanship all his own. An Honest Liar is part detective story, part biography, and a bit of a magic act itself.
GRANTCHESTER
SEASON 2 ON MASTERPIECE
EPISODE 1
THURSDAY. MARCH 31 @ 7:00PM
Sidney is suspected of murder. But then so are a fellow priest, a photographer, and a classmate of the victim. Geordie makes up his mind about who will hang.
MR. SELFRIDGE
SEASON 4 ON MASTERPIECE
SUNDAY, MARCH 27 @ 8:00PM & 12:00AM
It’s been 20 years since Selfridge’s first opened, and the store is still going strong. As Selfridge’s invests in a bold new technology department, Harry prepares to unveil his London legacy. But he’s not the young man he used to be, and an ambitious duo is slowing draining him of energy and dollars. How long can he hold on?