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HOLIDAY SPECIAL SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25 @ 8:30PM As Poplar celebrates a white Christmas, Nonnatus House receives an SOS call from a tiny mission hospital in the Eastern Cape that is understaffed, underfunded and threatened with closure. Transported to South Africa and facing some of their toughest challenges, the Nonnatus family digs deep to save Hope Clinic and make a difference to the lives of the...

GREAT PERFORMANCES

THE HOLLOW CROWN: RICHARD III SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25 @ 7:00PM Richard, the most notorious of Shakespeare’s kings, manipulates and betrays his way through the court on a bloodthirsty and ruthless path to the throne.  But after Richard’s defeat at the battle of Bosworth Field, the Houses of Lancaster and York—the red rose and the white—are united, bringing to an end the Wars of the Roses and...

WASHINGTON WEEK

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23 @ 9:00PM President Obama was elected by promising hope and change, but during his eight years in the White House, he learned that governing isn’t always easy. FIND OUT MORE...

SHAKESPEARE LIVE!

FROM THE RSC FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6 @ 7:00PM & 11:00PM On the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, GREAT PERFORMANCES presents the RSC’s star-studded gala, with David Tennant, Benedict Cumberbatch, Judi Dench, Joseph Fiennes, John Lithgow, Ian McKellen, Helen Mirren, David Suchet and many more. FIND OUT MORE...

NATURE

SNOW CHICK SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28 @ 7:00PM During two months of blizzards and frigid temperatures dipping to -80 degrees, each male Emperor penguin who breeds in Antarctica must nurture and protect a single egg that harbors his offspring. But once the eggs hatch by midwinter, these dads are ready to move on to their next stage of parenting. Snow Chick imagines the story of the youngest and last...