26.2 PRIMETIME 4/27-5/3/15

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DICK CAVETT’S VIETNAM

DICK CAVETT’S VIETNAM MONDAY, APRIL 27 @ 11:00PM Dick Cavett’s Vietnam examines the conflict and its impact on America through the prism of interviews conducted by the iconic host of “The Dick Cavett Show.” The Vietnam War was the first “television war.” Night after night, the evening news broadcast the conflict into living rooms across America. As the country watched coverage of...

THE DRAFT

TUESDAY, JUNE 14 @ 7:00PM & 12:00AM Since the first shots fired in the American Revolution, the United States has been a nation at war. Only 21 calendar years have elapsed in which the United States did not wage any wars, making armed conflict the trend that has shaped the nation’s ideas, institutions and people. To understand America, you have to understand the ways we go to...

CALL THE MIDWIFE

EPISODE 5 SUNDAY, APRIL 26 @ 9:00PM Sister Julienne questions the nature of absolute faith when she meets a Christian Science couple who refuse medicine for their newborn. Things become more complex when they’re accused of harming their child. Meanwhile, Barbara tries to communicate with a pregnant woman who can’t speak English. Using the woman’s young son to translate presents a new set...

WOLF HALL ON MASTERPIECE

THURSDAY, APRIL 30 @ 7:00PM EPISODE 4 Anne gives birth to a baby girl, failing to produce Henry’s longed for male heir. Cromwell requires the nobility and church to swear an oath acknowledging Anne as lawful Queen. But will Thomas More agree? Wolf Hall is adapted from Hilary Mantel’s best-selling Booker Prize-winning novels: Wolf Hall and its sequel, Bring Up the Bodies. The celebrated cast...