THURSDAY, MARCH 26 @ 9:00PM
This Old House, with pros Norm Abram, Tom Silva, Richard Trethewey, Roger Cook, and host Kevin O’Connor, is TV’s original home-improvement show, following one whole-house renovation over several episodes.
Category Archives: Program Highlights
NOVA
THE BIBLE’S BURIED SECRETS
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25 @ 7:00PM & 12:00AM
In this landmark two-hour special, NOVA takes viewers on a scientific journey that began 3,000 years ago and continues today. The film presents the latest archeological scholarship from the Holy Land to explore the beginnings of modern religion and the origins of the Hebrew Bible, also known as the Old Testament. This archeological detective story tackles some of the biggest questions in biblical studies: Where did the ancient Israelites come from? Who wrote the Bible, when, and why? How did the worship of one God—the foundation of modern Judaism, Christianity, and Islam—emerge?
JAMES BAKER
THE MAN WHO MADE WASHINGTON WORK
TUESDAY, MARCH 24 @ 8:30PM & 11:30PM
This 90-minute documentary, narrated by Tom Brokaw, tells the story of James A. Baker III, a remarkable politician and statesman who represents a time when a divided Congress got things done, and when presidents and politicians worked together. Baker, now 84, helped get three presidents elected, served in top posts for two of them, and was a central player in some of the most momentous events of the late 20th century.
INDEPENDENT LENS
LITTLE WHITE LIE
MONDAY, JANUARY 18 @ 8:00PM
Filmmaker Lacey Schwartz grew up in a typical upper middle class Jewish household in Woodstock, NY, with loving parents and a strong sense of her identity, despite occasional remarks from those around her who wondered how a white girl could have such dark skin. As a child she believed her family’s explanation — that her appearance was inherited from her dark-skinned Sicilian grandfather — but when she reaches her adolescence, and her parents abruptly separate, her gut begins to tell her something else.
NATURE
ATTENBOROUGH’S LIFE STORIES
OUR FRAGILE PLANET
SUNDAY, MARCH 22 @ 10:00PM
Episode three: Attenborough’s Life Stories: Our Fragile Planet
Attenborough reflects on the dramatic impact that we have had on the natural world during his lifetime.
Attenborough shares his memories of the scientists and the breakthroughs that helped shape his own career in translating these discoveries into film.
“I’ve been lucky enough to live through what well might be considered the golden age of natural history filmmaking.” – Sir David Attenborough
Now a world-famous veteran of wildlife presentation on television, Sir David Attenborough was eight years old in 1934 when he saw his first natural history film.
Years later, those dreams became an illustrious reality. For over half a century, Attenborough has been at the forefront of natural history filmmaking, witnessing an unparalleled period of change in our planet’s history. His first-hand accounts offer a unique perspective on the natural world. To mark his 60th anniversary on television, Nature presents Attenborough’s Life Stories, a three-part retrospective of his life and work
WASHINGTON WEEK
WITH GWEN IFILL
FRIDAY, MARCH 20 @ 9:00PM
This Week: Netanyahu’s Re-Election, Nuclear Talks with Iran, GOP’s Budget Battles and Big Money in 2016.
Benjamin Netanyahu’s surprisingly decisive re-election victory has put an added strain on U.S. relations with Israel. The Prime Minister’s campaign rhetoric ruling out a Palestinian state and his opposition to President Obama’s efforts to reach a nuclear deal with Iran has the White House considering new options to pursue Middle East peace and if a two-state solution is really possible.
RISE OF THE BLACK PHARAOHS
THURSDAY, MARCH 19 @ 10:00PM
Around 800 BC, Kush, a little-known subject state of Egypt, rose up and conquered Egypt, enthroned its own Pharaohs and ruled for nearly 100 years. This unlikely chapter of history has been buried by the Egyptians and was belittled by early archaeologists, who refused to believe that dark-skinned Africans could have risen so high.
180 DAYS
HARTSVILLE
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 @ 6:00PM
PART 1 & 2
Experience a year of a Southern town’s efforts to address the urgent demand for reform in American public schools, and watch what happens when the systems that can either fuel or diffuse that reform — bureaucracy, economic opportunity and fixed mindsets — interact and intersect.
Small stories and surprising victories bring the battle between small town poverty and education to light when camera crews spend an entire school year inside two South Carolina schools. In 180 Days: Hartsville, viewers will meet educators, families, and business leaders in daily battle with poverty and education. (2 Hours)
NATURE
ATTENBOROUGH’S LIFE STORIES
UNDERSTANDING THE NATURAL WORLD
SUNDAY, MARCH 15 @ 5:00PM
EPISODE TWO: ATTENBOROUGH’S LIFE STORIES: UNDERSTANDING THE NATURAL WORLD
Attenborough shares his memories of the scientists and the breakthroughs that helped shape his own career in translating these discoveries into film.
“I’ve been lucky enough to live through what well might be considered the golden age of natural history filmmaking.” – Sir David Attenborough
Now a world-famous veteran of wildlife presentation on television, Sir David Attenborough was eight years old in 1934 when he saw his first natural history film.
Years later, those dreams became an illustrious reality. For over half a century, Attenborough has been at the forefront of natural history filmmaking, witnessing an unparalleled period of change in our planet’s history. His first-hand accounts offer a unique perspective on the natural world. To mark his 60th anniversary on television, Nature presents Attenborough’s Life Stories, a three-part retrospective of his life and work
WASHINGTON WEEK
WITH GWEN IFILL
FRIDAY, MARCH 13 @ 9:00PM
Hillary Clinton’s Email Troubles, Political Controversy Over Iran Nuclear Negotiations & Advances Against ISIS
Just one day after Hillary Clinton held a news conference to explain her decision to use a personal email account during her tenure as secretary of state, the Associated Press filed a lawsuit against the State Department demanding release of all her electronic correspondence.