Category Archives: Program Highlights

MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!

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ENDEAVOUR, SERIES I

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SUNDAY, JULY 14 @ 7:00PM & 11:30PM

As Endeavour crams for his Sergeant’s exam and Oxford lies in the grip of winter, a hit and run accident claims the life of an eminent classics professor, and Endeavour is drawn home to Lincolnshire to visit his ailing father. But Thursday – and a seemingly connected murder – draw him back and force him to question the concepts of father and home.

Shaun Evans (The Take, The Last Weekend, Silk) stars as the solitary and cerebral young Inspector Morse, conducting his dogged, incorruptible pursuit of justice from the shadows of Oxford and the fringes of the police force. Roger Allum costars as Detective Inspector Fred Thursday, and Abigail Thaw, daughter of Inspector Morse star John Thaw, makes special guest appearances as Dorothea Frazil, in this new mystery written by Inspector Lewis creator and Inspector Morsewriter, Russell Lewis.

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IN PERFORMANCE

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CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA

THE BOULEZ CONDUCTS MAHLER

FRIDAY, JULY 5 @ 10:00PM

Gustav Mahler composed portions of his Symphony No. 10 in the summer of 1910, while faced with his wife’s infidelity. The following year, he passed away from an infection of the heart at the age of 50. The composer’s intent was for the incomplete score to be burned, but his wife (who eventually married her lover, the famous architect Walter Gropius) managed to have the sketch orchestrated and posthumously premiered.


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WASHINGTON WEEK

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with GWYN IFILL

FRIDAY, JULY 5 @ 6:00PM & 11:00PM

2013 Mid-Year Report Card

President Obama is just six months into his second term and for most of that time his ambitious agenda has been overshadowed by a number of unexpected events and controversies. From the attention on gun legislation in the wake of the Newtown school shooting, to the string of controversies involving the IRS, Justice Department and NSA leaker Edward Snowden, the president seems to be facing hurdles and distractions at every turn.


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A CAPITOL FOURTH

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A CAPITOL FOURTH

THURSDAY, JULY 4 @ 9:00PM & 10:30PM

“A Capitol Fourth” welcomes back music superstar Barry Manilowto headline this year’s celebration on the West Lawn of the Capitol. This legendary performer is back by popular demand, following his powerful debut performance on the show in 2009, which included this rousing rendition of “Let Freedom Ring.”


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A CAPITOL FOURTH

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A CAPITOL FOURTH

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

“A Capitol Fourth” welcomes back music superstar Barry Manilowto headline this year’s celebration on the West Lawn of the Capitol. This legendary performer is back by popular demand, following his powerful debut performance on the show in 2009, which included this rousing rendition of “Let Freedom Ring.”


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FRONTLINE

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WIKISECRETS

TUESDAY, JULY 2 @ 11:00PM

It’s the biggest intelligence breach in U.S. history — the leaking of more than a half million classified documents on the WikiLeaks website throughout 2010. At the center of the controversy stands Bradley E. Manning, the Army intelligence analyst who’s charged with handing them over.

Who is Bradley Manning, and what does his story tell us about how and why the secret cache of documents may have been leaked? In WikiSecrets, FRONTLINE correspondent Martin Smith gains exclusive access to those closest to Manning — including his father, close friends and his Army bunkmate — and uncovers video of Manning taken around the time of the alleged handover of classified information.


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MOUNT RUSHMORE

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AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

TUESDAY, JUNE 30 @ 6:00PM & 11:00PM

High on a granite cliff in South Dakota’s Black Hills tower the huge carved faces of four American presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt. Together they constitute the world’s largest piece of sculpture.

The story of Mount Rushmore’s creation is as bizarre and wonderful as the monument itself. It is the tale of a hyperactive, temperamental artist whose talent and determination propelled the project, even as his ego and obsession threatened to tear it apart.


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POV

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SPECIAL FLIGHT

MONDAY, JULY 1 @ 8:00PM

Special Flight is a dramatic account of the plight of undocumented foreigners at the Frambois detention center in Geneva, Switzerland, and of the wardens who struggle to reconcile humane values with the harsh realities of a strict deportation system. The 25 Frambois inmates featured are among the thousands of asylum seekers and illegal immigrants imprisoned without charge or trial and facing deportation to their native countries, where they fear repression or even death. The film, made in Switzerland, is a heart-wrenching exposé of the contradictions between the country’s compassionate social policies and the intractability of its immigration laws.


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MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!

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INSPECTOR LEWIS, SERIES VI

INTELLIGENT DESIGN

SUNDAY, JUNE 30 @ 7:00PM & 11:30PM

Lewis and Hathaway are called in to examine the brutal death of a chemistry professor recently released from prison, which may be connected to the discovery of a murdered Oxford student reported lost for fifteen years. As more casualties and suspects emerge, Lewis considers his future on the force. Edward Fox (Ghandi, Foyle’s War) guest stars.

Kevin Whately stars as Inspector Lewis, the former working-class foil to the erudite Detective Inspector Morse, and Laurence Fox stars as his cool, cerebral partner Detective Sergeant Hathaway, in finale of Inspector Lewis, Series VI, Intelligent Design. Edward Fox (Ghandi, Foyle’s War) guest stars.


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LIDIA CELEBRATES AMERICA

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FREEDOM AND INDEPENDENCE

SATURDAY, JUNE 29 @ 11:00PM

Renowned chef, culinary author and TV personality Lidia Bastianich sets out on a compelling new adventure, traveling across the country with celebrity guests to celebrate diversity and explore moving tales of hard-won freedom as host of a new prime time special set to air in time for summer fireworks. Joining her on her journey are actress Anna Deavere Smith, opera singer Renee Fleming, chef Jacques Pepin, singer/songwriter Martha Wainwright and actor/comedian Alec Mapa. Lidia also recounts her own family’s powerful story of fleeing life behind the Iron Curtain to come to the USA after World War II.


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