INSPECTOR LEWIS, SERIES IV
THE GIFT OF PROMISE
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9 @ 7:00PM & 11:00PM
Local businesswoman and aspiring blackmailer Andrea De Ritter asks former MI5 chief Grace Orde to sign her new memoir, Lies and Secrets, to “Leon.” She adds a cryptic note of her own — “Who killed Mary?” — then dispatches the book to her intended blackmail victim, Leon Suskind. But it is Andrea who becomes the victim…of murder.
THE PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4 @ 7:00PM & 10:00PM
Journey with the extreme gardeners who raise monster pumpkins and compete at one of horticulture’s top events: the annual Cooperstown weigh off.
Tonight on Meagher County Public TV!
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8
A NATION OF DRUNKARDS @ 6:00PM
A NATION OF SCOFFLAWS @ 8:00PM
A NATION OF HYPOCRITES @ 10:00PM
PROHIBITION is a three-part, five-and-a-half-hour documentary film series directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick that tells the story of the rise, rule, and fall of the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and the entire era it encompassed.
Prohibition was intended to improve, even to ennoble, the lives of all Americans, to protect individuals, families, and society at large from the devastating effects of alcohol abuse. But the enshrining of a faith-driven moral code in the Constitution paradoxically caused millions of Americans to rethink their definition of morality.
HUGH LAURIE: LET THEM TALK
A CELEBRATION OF NEW ORLEANS BLUES
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 @ 8:00PM
“This is by Blind Blake, perhaps the greatest of all the ragtime guitarists. Not a huge amount is known about him and there’s only one surviving photograph – but he was a handsome fellow, that much is for sure. I bought myself a 1935 Martin acoustic guitar for this song and told myself there was a chance Blind Blake might have played it himself once upon a time. He might even have played this beautiful, laconic song on it, although I am prepared to concede that it is unlikely.” – Hugh Laurie
LAST TRAIN HOME
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 @ 8:00PM & 11:00PM
Every spring, China’s cities are plunged into chaos as 130 million migrant workers journey to their home villages for the New Year in the world’s largest human migration. Last Train Home takes viewers on a heart–stopping journey with the Zhangs, a couple who left infant children behind for factory jobs 16 years ago, hoping their wages would lift their children to a better life. They return to a family growing distant and a daughter longing to leave school for unskilled work. As the Zhangs navigate their new world, Last Train Home paints a rich, human portrait of China’s rush to economic development.
INSPECTOR LEWIS, SERIES IV
THE MIND HAS MOUNTAINS
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 @ 7:00PM & 11:00PM
“Call the guinea pigs, would you,” directs the brilliant psychiatrist Dr. Alex Gansa. The assorted subjects pile in to get their medication — all part of a week-long antidepressant drug trial taking place on the Oxford campus. The drug being tested is a form of ketamine — a horse tranquilizer and party circuit favorite. When trial subject Amy Katz is found dead, the drug-induced veil of contentment starts to tear. Katz was the unwitting object of obsession for several other patients, under the dubious care of the morally questionable Gansa. Lewis and Hathaway, aligned in their quiet distaste for psychiatry, uncover a number of provocative clues — condemning phone messages, notes and the remnants of a damning video diary made by the dead patient.
PLACIDO DOMINGO: MY FAVORITE ROLES
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 @7:00pm & 12:00AM
The great Spanish tenor Placido Domingo looks back on his illustrious career – one which has been bountifully preserved on film and video. The celebrated tenor as he looks back and reflects with heartfelt candor on his choicest roles from opera houses around the world in this comprehensive performance documentary.
A PROGRAM ABOUT UNUSUAL BUILDINGS
& OTHER ROADSIDE STUFF
SATURDAY, JUNE 18 @ 8:00PM
Celebrate some of America’s most interesting and goofy buildings, places like Long Island’s duck-shaped Big Duck and the National Fresh Water Fishing National Hall of Fame (in the shape of a five-story-tall fish) in Heyward, Wisconsin.
In Mitchell, South Dakota, the unusual Corn Palace, decorated in corn and various other grains, has attracted visitors since 1892. Originally designed to convince homesteaders of the rich farming possibilities in the state, the Corn Palace is now a busy civic center celebrated every August with a festival.
THE WOUNDED PLATOON
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 @ 7:0PM & 10:00PM
In The Wounded Platoon, FRONTLINE investigates a single Fort Carson platoon of infantrymen — the 3rd Platoon, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry — and finds, after a long journey, a group of young men changed by war and battling a range of psychiatric disorders that many blame for their violent and self-destructive behavior. Since returning from Iraq, three members of the 3rd Platoon have been convicted on murder or attempted murder charges; one has been jailed for drunk driving and another for assaulting his wife; and one has attempted suicide.
THE STORM THAT SWEPT MEXICO
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 @ 8:00PM & 11:00PM
The Storm That Swept Mexico tells the gripping story of the Mexican Revolution of 1910, the first major political and social revolution of the 20th century. The revolution not only changed the course of Mexican history, transforming economic and political power within the nation, but also profoundly impacted the relationships between Mexico, the U.S. and the rest of the world.