UNITED STATES OF SECRETS (PART ONE)
TUESDAY, MAY 13 @ 10:00PM
FRONTLINE explores that question this month in United States of Secrets —a major, two-part series airing May 13 and 20 that reveals the dramatic inside story of the U.S. government’s massive and controversial secret surveillance program, from inside the NSA and the White House on Sept. 12, 2001, to the Snowden revelations, up through the present. (2 Hours)
COMING BACK
THURSDAY, MAY 15 @ 7:00PM
Coming Back with Wes Moore, a new series executive produced by best-selling author and former Army combat veteran Wes Moore, airs in three parts on consecutive Tuesdays beginning May 13, 2014, on MCPTV. The three episode series tells the story of Wes Moore’s search for answers to some of the most difficult questions related to returning from war. Moore’s journey takes him into the personal lives of different soldiers as they attempt to reintegrate back into society, establish new identities, and – for many – find a new mission.
LET THE FIRE BURN
SATURDAY, MAY 17 @10:30PM
This documentary brings to life one of the most tumultuous clashes between government and citizens in modern U.S. history, as a longtime feud between Philadelphia police and radical urban group MOVE came to a tragic climax in 1985.
Formed in 1972 as a “back to nature” commune by the charismatic leader John Africa, MOVE members took the same surname in honor of their ancestral homeland, wore their hair in dreadlocks, shunned technology, and promoted a diet of raw food. Grappling for a way to describe the group, reporters sometimes referred to MOVE as a “cult” and later as “terrorists.”
MR. SELFRIDGE
SEASON 2, EPISODE 7
SUNDAY, MAY 11 @ 10:00PM
Harry returns, making a revelation concerning the press rumors surrounding his absence. Delphine creates a stir by arranging a spending spree by Keystone Studios head Mack Sennett, his biggest star, Mabel Normand, and a bevy of Sennett bathing beauties, who are all on a junket to London. Meanwhile, Henri is spared a legal dilemma only to land in a romantic one. Miss Mardle also faces a love quandry, and Lady Mae has trouble exiting from her miserable marriage.
SEASON 3, EPISODE 7
SUNDAY, MAY 11 @ 6:00PM & 10:00PM
Sister Julienne calms an anxious new mother who has put her baby in grave danger. Jenny returns from the Mother House restored and is seconded to The London. Impressed at first with the facilities and efficiency, she soon begins to see cracks in the establishment, especially when her patient suffers complications and she’s stopped from looking after her. Chummy is upset to learn that her mother has walked out on her father, leaving Lady Browne penniless. As Dr. Turner and Shelagh continue the adoption process, they uncover a devastating secret. Trixie struggles to hide her disappointment when Tom cancels a date.
JACK WHITE
MAY 10 @ Midnight
As a bandleader, Jack White has visited the Austin City Limits studio before, ripping it up with the Raconteurs back in 2006. Now Jack White returns to our stage as a solo artist to demonstrate exactly why he’s one of today’s most exciting musicians.
Ever the risk-taker, White hits the stage bathed in blue light and accompanied by not one but two bands comprised of Nashville’s best musicians.
WITH GWEN IFILL
FRIDAY, MAY 9 @ 9:00PM
TONIGHT: NIGERIAN GIRLS KIDNAPPED, OBAMA’S CLIMATE CHANGE PUSH, SUPREME COURT ON PRAYER, PRIMARIES RECAP
The international outcry over the kidnapping of nearly 300 schoolgirls in Nigeria continues to grow. The government of Nigeria has received offers of assistance from the U.S., China and other countries as it tries to find the girls who were abducted from their classrooms last month by the militant Islamic group, Boko Haram. Hannah Allam of McClatchy News will have the latest on the terrorist group that has claimed responsibility and the efforts to rescue the girls before they are sold into presumably forced marriages or slavery.
THE SILK ROAD ENSEMBLE
WITH YO-YO MA
LIVE FROM TANGLEWOOD
SATURDAY, MAY 10 @ 6:00PM
Embark on a musical journey around the world with The Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma: Live from Tanglewood, filmed as the Silk Road Ensemble celebrated 15 years together with a summer concert at Tanglewood in Western Massachusetts. This eclectic group brings together distinguished musicians, composers, and performing artists from more than 20 countries around the world to celebrate, explore, and experiment with a wide variety of cultural approaches to musical performances.
“The Silk Road Ensemble helps us to answer the question ‘Who are we and how do we fit in the world?’” says Artistic Director and cellist Yo-Yo Ma. “We came from hometowns around the globe, and what we found is that while we didn’t necessarily have histories in common, we did share a language of music and of culture. Our sense of coming together across time and geography is apparent on stage.”
SHARK MOUNTAIN
WEDNESDAY, MAY 7 @ 9:00PM
NATURE’s Shark Mountain takes viewers on a dive of a lifetime to reveal underwater creatures unlike anywhere else in the world.
Some 300 miles off Costa Rica is Cocos Island, a tiny Pacific outpost that was once a favorite haunt of pirates. Cocos, a designated World Heritage Site, lies directly in the path of powerful ocean currents that often collide with the island, churning the waters into an undersea storm.
These swirling currents carry rich nutrients to a reef teeming with brilliantly colored marine life. Residents include moray eels, hawksbill turtles, leatherbass, bigeye jacks, red-lipped batfish, yellow barberfish, hogfish, and sea urchins, to name only a few.
JET FIGHTER ME262
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3 @ 10:00PM
Explore the most technologically advanced plane of World War II, the Messerschmitt Me262, a fighter jet that inspired a revolution in aerial warfare. Learn the remarkable story of an awe-inspiring aircraft, the subterranean bat-cave where it was built and the battle for air supremacy that decided the fate of the war.