BILLY PORTER: BROADWAY & SOUL
SATURDAY, APRIL 4 @ 6:00PM
Ebullient triple-threat and Tony and Drama Desk Award winner Billy Porter is a New York City theater success story. Here the versatile and altogether irresistible Kinky Boots star appears where his talents shine brightest—center stage, performing a heartfelt selection of songs, including his own, drawing on a wide spectrum of styles and emotions.
THE QUIET REVOLUTION
THURSDAY, APRIL 2 @ 7:00PM & 12:00AM
A staggering 50 percent of American adults suffer from a chronic disease such as diabetes, heart disease, obesity and arthritis — and one in four has two or more chronic health conditions. In Rx: The Quiet Revolution, you’ll travel across America to discover a quiet revolution happening in medicine. From Maine to Mississippi, Alaska to California, see physicians, nurses and other healthcare professionals placing the patient at the center of their practice — transforming the way medical care is delivered while lowering costs and improving outcomes.
THE EMPEROR OF ALL MALADIES
FINDING THE ACHILLES HEEL
APRIL 1 @ 10:00PM
This episode picks up the story at another moment of buoyant optimism in the cancer world: Scientists believe they have cracked the essential mystery of the malignant cell and the first targeted therapies have been developed, with the promise of many more to follow. But very quickly cancer reveals new layers of complexity and a formidable array of unforeseen defenses. In the disappointment that follows, many call for a new focus on prevention and early detection as the most promising fronts in the war on cancer.
THE EMPEROR OF ALL MALADIES
THE BLIND MEN AND THE ELEPHANT
TUESDAY, MARCH 31 @ 10:00PM
This episode picks up the story in the wake of the declaration of a “war on cancer” by Richard Nixon in 1971. Flush with optimism and awash with federal dollars, the cancer field plunges forward in search of a cure. In the lab, rapid progress is made in understanding the essential nature of the cancer cell, leading to the revolutionary discovery of the genetic basis of cancer. But at the bedside, where patients are treated, few new therapies become available, and a sense of disillusionment takes hold, leading some patients and doctors to take desperate measures.
STORIES FROM THE SPECIAL DELIVERY UNIT
SATURDAY, APRIL 4 @ 11:00PM
Episode 1
The premiere episode sets the stage for the intense and emotional stories to come. Dr. Scott Adzick, Surgeon-in-Chief at the elite Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and a pioneer of fetal surgery, explains his own conviction: if you can get to babies earlier, while they are still inside their mothers, you can stop some of the damage of birth defects before it is too late.
THE EMPEROR OF ALL MALADIES
MAGIC BULLETS
MONDAY, MARCH 30 @ 7:00PM & 12:00AM
Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Siddhartha Mukherjee, tells the complete story of cancer, from its first description in an ancient Egyptian scroll to the gleaming laboratories of modern research institutions. At six hours, the film interweaves a sweeping historical narrative; with intimate stories about contemporary patients; and an investigation into the latest scientific breakthroughs that may have brought us, at long last, to the brink of lasting cures.
MR. SELFRIDGE, SEASON 3
EPISODE 1
SUNDAY, MARCH 29 @ 10:05PM
Mr. Selfridge returns for a third season of shelves, sales, and shopping sprees! Based on the historical exploits of the founder of London’s legendary department store, Selfridge & Co., the series follows Harry through tumultuous times and changing fashions.
Three-time Emmy® winner Jeremy Piven (Entourage) is back as the infectiously enthusiastic Harry Selfridge, along with beloved cast members Amanda Abbington (Sherlock, Season 3), Aisling Loftus (Page Eight), Grégory Fitoussi (World War Z), Amy Beth Hayes (The Syndicate), Samuel West (Any Human Heart), Ron Cook (Little Dorrit), Trystan Gravelle (Anonymous), and Tom Goodman-Hill (Case Histories). Guest stars this season include Zöe Wanamaker (Poirot), Kelly Adams (Endeavour), and real-life sisters Kara Tointon (EastEnders) and Hannah Tointon (The Lost Future).
EPISODE 1
SUNDAY, MARCH 29 @ 6:00PM & 10:00PM
Inspired by the memoirs of Jennifer Worth, Call the Midwife follows the nurses, midwives and nuns from Nonnatus House, who visit the expectant mothers of Poplar, providing the poorest women with the best possible care.
In Season 4, the community prepares to enter a new decade — the 1960s. In the Season 4 Premiere, Nurse Barbara Gilbert arrives at Nonnatus and, after a disastrous start, earns the respect of her colleagues by helping a new mother overcome difficulties. Trixie faces one of the most emotionally draining cases of her career, and the Turners broker a domestic deal that breaks the mold for the 1950s and 60s. Sister Evangelina finally agrees to undergo tests for her abdominal pain.
WITH GWEN IFILL
FRIDAY, MARCH 27 @ 9:00PM
MARK MORRIS DANCE GROUP: L’ALLEGRO
SATURDAY, MARCH 28 @ 6:00PM
Mark Morris’s signature work L’Allegro, Il Penseroso ed il Moderato comes to television for the first time, hosted by Mikhail Baryshnikov. The performance was filmed July 2014 at the Teatro Real in Madrid, Spain.
Merriment and Milton are hardly synonymous, but the poet who penned Paradise Lost also inspired George Frideric Handel’s L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, which concludes “Mirth, with thee we mean to live.” Choreographer Mark Morris garnered international fame for this piece, considered a landmark achievement, and set to Handel’s Baroque masterpiece, in which a colorful array of dancers embody the ecstasy of art that transforms.