DEADLIEST TORNADOES

TUESDAY, MAY 19 @ 9:00PM

In 2011, the worst tornado season in decades left a trail of destruction across the U.S., killing more than 550 people. Why was there such an extreme outbreak? How do such outbreaks form? With modern warning systems, why did so many die? Is our weather getting more extreme – and if so how bad will it get? In this NOVA special, we meet scientists striving to understand the forces at work behind last year’s outbreak. Could their work improve tornado prediction in the future? We also meet people whose lives have been upended by these extreme weather events and and learn how we all can protect ourselves and our communities for the future.

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WITH GWEN IFILL

SUNDAY, MARCH 8 @ 6:30PM

This Week on Washington Week: Supreme Court Weighs Obamacare Challenge; DOJ Finds Systemic Racial Bias in Ferguson; Hillary Clinton’s Private Email Account; Netanyahu Criticizes U.S.-Iran Nuclear Negotiations.  (REPEAT FROM fRIDAY)

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FINAL

THURSDAY, MARCH 5 @ 7:00PM & 12:00AM

Just three challenges lie between the three finalists and the trophy. And what a trio of challenges they are: mastery of a classic pastry technique that normally takes a day — in just three hours; a Technical test that requires mastering the basics — with no recipe; and a Showstopper that demands delivery of perfect sponge, caramel, choux pastry and petit four in the bakers’ final five hours in the tent.

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DEADLIEST VOLCANOES

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4 @ 10:00PM

Millions of people around the world live in the shadow of active volcanoes. Under constant threat of massive volcanic eruptions, their homes and their lives are daily at risk from these sleeping giants. From Japan’s Mount Fuji to the “Sleeping Giant” submerged beneath Naples to the Yellowstone “supervolcano” in the United States, we will travel with scientists from around the world who are at work on these sites, attempting to discover how likely these volcanoes are to erupt, when it might happen, and exactly how deadly they could prove to be.

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ATTENBOROUGH’S LIFE STORIES

LIFE ON CAMERA

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4 @ 600PM & 1100PM

The first of the 3-part series celebrating the life and work of Sir David Attenborough. In this episode, Attenborough revisits key places and events in his career and shows how a succession of technical innovations in filmmaking led to remarkable revelations about our planet and the creatures that inhabit it.

Attenborough revisits key places and events in his career and shows how a succession of technical innovations in filmmaking led to remarkable revelations about our planet and the creatures that inhabit it.

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THE SEEKER

TUESDAY, MARCH 3 @ 9:00PM

Life of Muhammad is a new three-part series presented by acclaimed journalist and author Rageh Omaar. The film charts the extraordinary story of a man who, in little more than 20 years, changed the world forever.

Taking a journey that is both historical and relevant today, Omaar documents Muhammad’s life from his humble beginnings in Mecca, to his struggles with accepting his prophetic role, his flight to Medina, the founding of the first Islamic constitution and his subsequent military and political successes and failures — and to his death and his legacy.

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THE SEEKER

TUESDAY, MARCH 3 @ 6:00PM & 11:00PM

Life of Muhammad is a new three-part series presented by acclaimed journalist and author Rageh Omaar. The film charts the extraordinary story of a man who, in little more than 20 years, changed the world forever.

Taking a journey that is both historical and relevant today, Omaar documents Muhammad’s life from his humble beginnings in Mecca, to his struggles with accepting his prophetic role, his flight to Medina, the founding of the first Islamic constitution and his subsequent military and political successes and failures — and to his death and his legacy.

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LA DOLCE VITA: THE MUSIC OF ITALIAN CINEMA

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27 @ 7:00PM & 12:00AM

La Dolce Vita: The Music of Italian Cinema will air on Great Performances tonight on 26.1.

Featuring Josh Groban, Renée Fleming and Joshua Bell, Great Performances partners with the New York Philharmonic and music director Alan Gilbert for a concert of memorable movie themes with music from Amarcord, Cinema Paradiso, Il Postino, and more.

Dawning in the dark aftermath of World War II, the fertile mid-century decades of Italian cinema delighted international movie audiences with an eclectic mix of movie classics from groundbreaking directors including Frederico Fellini, Luchino Visconti, Sergio Leone and many more. A major component of Italian cinema’s enduring popularity continues to be a lush selection of sweeping film scores by composers like Nino Rota and Ennio Morricone.

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WATER

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25 @ 8:00PM

Both humans and wildlife depend on water for survival. This episode explores how a misuse of water can lead to unparalleled destruction; however, sharing our water with wildlife does not only benefit the wild, it may also be a crucial step in our own survival.

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THE LAST ORANGUTAN EDEN

WEDNESDAY, MAY 4 @ 6:00PM & 11:00PM

Ecologist Chris Morgan travels to the jungles of Northern Sumatra to document the work being done to save its population of wild orangutans. Asia’s most intelligent ape once roamed across the Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Java, but today, fewer than 7,000 Sumatran orangutans remain in the wild. The film cites rapid deforestation — clearing the land for vast palm oil plantations — as the chief reason for the species’ declining population.

 
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