Category Archives: Program Highlights

CELEBRITY ANTIQUES ROAD TRIP

DAME DIANA RIGG AND NEIL DUDGEON

SATURDAY, APRIL 13 @ 5:00PM

Two celebrities hit the road in classic cars for a tour through Great Britain. With antiques experts by their sides, they search the local stores for treasures, competing to see who can turn a £200 budget into a small fortune. Their adventures take them off the beaten path and allow them to learn about the little-known stories behind some of the greatest events in British history.


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CELEBRITY ANTIQUES ROAD TRIP

DAME DIANA RIGG AND NEIL DUDGEON

SATURDAY, APRIL 13 @ 5:00PM

Two celebrities hit the road in classic cars for a tour through Great Britain. With antiques experts by their sides, they search the local stores for treasures, competing to see who can turn a £200 budget into a small fortune. Their adventures take them off the beaten path and allow them to learn about the little-known stories behind some of the greatest events in British history.


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KENNEDY CENTER

BEN FOLDS PRESENTS DECLASSIFIED

FRIDAY, APRIL 12 @ 11:00PM

Ben Folds invites the virtuosic Jacob Collier, rising jazz superstar Laufey, and chart-topping English singer-songwriter dodie, to join him and the National Symphony Orchestra to reimagine their music through an orchestral lens.


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GREAT PERFORMANCES

NOW HEAR THIS

RISING STARS

FRIDAY, APRIL 12 @ 7:00PM & 11:00PM

Visit Juilliard Pre-College with Scott Yoo to play with some of tomorrow’s virtuosos and travel to Singapore to meet rising star, Chloe Chua, who reminds Yoo of the dedication and passion required to prepare for a professional career.


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THE INVISIBLE SHIELD

FOLLOW THE DATA

TUESDAY,APRIL 9 @ 11:00PM

The Invisible Shield, a four-part documentary series, reveals a little-known truth: that public health saved your life today and you probably don’t even know it. But while public health makes modern life possible, the work itself is often underfunded, undervalued, and misunderstood.


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JULIUS CAESAR

THE MAKING OF A DICTATOR

VENI VIDI VICI

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 @ 10:00PM 

Events beyond Caesar’s control threaten to unravel his plans, and leave him isolated. Pushed into a corner, he makes a decision that will change the course of the Republic – and western history – forever.


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INDEPENDENT LENS

MATTER OF MIND: MY PARKINSON’S

MONDAY, APRIL 8 @ 11:00PM

In Matter of Mind: My Parkinson’s, three people navigate their lives with resourcefulness and determination in the face of a degenerative illness, Parkinson’s disease. An optician pursues deep brain stimulation surgery; a mother raising a pre-teen daughter becomes a boxing coach and an advocate for exercise; and a cartoonist contemplates how he will continue to draw as his motor control declines.


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CALL THE MIDWIFE

SEASON 13, EPISODE 4

THURSDAY, APRIL 11 @ 7:00PM

The pupil midwives reach their third month of training. An anxious Trixie receives an urgent phone call that leads to dire consequences for her patient. Elsewhere, the Turner’s Apollo 11 moon landing party is in full swing at Nonnatus House.


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MR BATES

MR BATES VS THE POST OFFICE

THURSDAY, APRIL 11 @ 11:00PM

Mysterious financial losses lead the Post Office to fire and prosecute village Subpostmasters, who have no way to prove their innocence. Based on the real-life British Post Office scandal, Mr Bates vs The Post Office has set off a firestorm of public outrage.


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