ENDEAVOUR, SEASON 2

THURSDAY, JUNE 25 @ 7:00PM & 12:00AM

NOCTURNE: The Oxford Police force is swept up in the 1966 World Cup semifinals, but Endeavour Morse is more interested in a 100-year-old series of unsolved murders by croquet mallet, and its potential connection to the killing in a local museum of a retiree by ceremonial dagger.

Written by Inspector Lewis creator and Inspector Morse writer Russell Lewis, Nocturne stars Shaun Evans as young Endeavour Morse, Roger Allam as Detective Inspector Fred Thursday, alongside series regulars Abigail Thaw (daughter of Inspector Morse star John Thaw) and Anton Lesser, with Shvorne Marks as Endeavour’s new neighbor, Monica.

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CELEBRATING LOUISIANA MUSIC

SATURDAY, JULY 5 @ 9:00PM

It’s been recorded by 350 artists in 30 languages, been a hit in four different decades and featured in dozens of movies, but “You Are My Sunshine” holds a special place in the hearts of Louisiana’s citizens because it was made famous by Jimmie Davis, who served two terms as Louisiana’s governor. In addition, it was named the state song of Louisiana in 1977.

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SATURDAY, JULY 5 @ 7:00PM

America’s favorite Independence Day celebration will feature unrivaled performances from some of the country’s best-known musical artists, topped off by the greatest display of fireworks anywhere in the nation. Twenty television cameras will be stationed around Washington, D.C. to capture the sights and sounds of the concert, making at-home viewers feel like they are front and center for the show.

This year’s A Capitol Fourth on PBS welcomes back host Tom Bergeron and the National Symphony Orchestra under the direction of top pops conductor Jack Everly.

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FRIDAY, JULY 4 @ 6:00PM & 7:30PM

America’s favorite Independence Day celebration will feature unrivaled performances from some of the country’s best-known musical artists, topped off by the greatest display of fireworks anywhere in the nation. Twenty television cameras will be stationed around Washington, D.C. to capture the sights and sounds of the concert, making at-home viewers feel like they are front and center for the show.

This year’s A Capitol Fourth on PBS welcomes back host Tom Bergeron and the National Symphony Orchestra under the direction of top pops conductor Jack Everly.

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GHOSTS OF MURDERED KINGS

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4  @ 6:00PM

In the rolling hills of Ireland’s County Tipperary, a laborer harvesting peat from a dried-up bog spots the remnants of a corpse and stops his machine just in time, revealing a headless torso almost perfectly preserved and stained dark brown by the bog. Archeologists recognize the corpse as one of Europe’s rare bog bodies: prehistoric corpses flung into marshes with forensic clues often suggesting execution or human sacrifice. The corpse will eventually be dated to the Bronze Age, over 3,000 years ago. Many of these were victims of shocking violence, showing evidence of axe blows, hanging, and stab wounds.

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EGYPTIAN PYRAMIDS

TUESDAY, JULY 1 @ 6:00PM & 11:00PM

With cutting-edge technology that can “read” buildings, ruins and landscapes from ancient worlds, this series reveals physical and forensic history, allowing viewers to reach out and touch the past.

The team travel to Egypt to scan the pyramids – the tombs of the mighty Pharaohs. They want to find out how evolved from simple mud-brick structures to the most impressive buildings in the ancient world. They use their cutting-edge laser technology to scan Djoser’s Step Pyramid at Saqqara, Meidum’s collapsed pyramid, the mysterious Bent Pyramid at Dashur and the world famous Great Pyramid at Giza.

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AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY

THE EVOLUTION OF GRACE LEE BOGGS

SATURDAY, MAY 14 @ 10:30PM

Grace Lee Boggs, 98, is a Chinese American philosopher, writer, and activist in Detroit with a thick FBI file and a surprising vision of what an American revolution can be. Rooted for 75 years in the labor, civil rights and Black Power movements, she challenges a new generation to throw off old assumptions, think creatively and redefine revolution for our times.

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ENDEAVOUR, SEASON 2

SUNDAY, JUNE 29 @ 7:00PM & 11:00PM

In four thrilling new Endeavour mysteries, Shaun Evans returns as the cerebral and solitary young Detective Constable Endeavour Morse. But after his traumatic brush with death in the Season 1 finale, he doesn’t return entirely intact. As he contends with the aftershocks of his shooting and as his relationship with DI Fred Thursday (Roger Allam) deepens, Endeavour and his mentor confront baffling and diabolical crimes that test the young constable’s body and mind to the breaking point.

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SEASON 2

THURSDAY, AUGUST  @ 10:00PM

In Season 2, the six-part series returns as Alan and Celia continue to negotiate family baggage to plan a life together. Having come so close to losing each other forever thanks to Alan’s near fatal heart attack, he and Celia decide to have a romantic secret wedding as soon as possible. But how will their respective daughters react?

The uptight Caroline and rebellious Gillian are discovering they actually quite like each other, however Gillian’s need to own up to her night with Caroline’s ex-husband John could jeopardize the soon-to-be stepsisters’ fledgling friendship. As secrets from the past come tumbling out and family members adjust to changing relationships, can Alan and Celia find the long-awaited happiness they deserve?

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WITH GWEN IFILL

FRIDAY, JUNE 27 @ 9:00PM

Pro-life activists gather outside the U.S. Supreme Court before the justices overturned a Massachusetts law barring protests within 35 feet of abortion clinics.

There was major news out of the Supreme Court this week with four significant rulings on criminal searches, abortion protests, presidential powers and changes in internet technology. In three unanimous decisions, the justices restricted whether police can search a suspect’s cell phone, struck down a Massachusetts “buffer zone” law for anti-abortion protesters at women’s health clinics, and ruled President Obama overstepped his authority by bypassing Congress and making government appointments while Congress is on recess. And in a sign that acknowledges that viewing television has changed significantly, the justices ruled that taking television signals and sending them directly to personal mobile devices is a violation of copyright laws.

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