ATLANTIC CROSSING

FIRES SPREAD EPISODE 4 SUNDAY, APRIL 25 @ 7:00PM & 11:00PM Martha is pressured to exploit her friendship with the president, who defies isolationists to push the Lend-Lease act. Martha and the children get a surprise Christmas present. FIND OUT MORE...

EYES ON THE PRIZE

MISSISSIPPI: IS THIS AMERICA? 1963-1964 SATURDAY, APRIL 24 @ 8:00PM Mississippi’s grassroots Civil Rights Movement becomes an American concern when college students travel south to help register black voters and three of them are murdered. The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party challenges the regular Mississippi delegation at the Democratic Convention in Atlantic City. FIND OUT MORE...

MY GRANDPARENTS’ WAR

MARK RYLANCE FRIDAY, APRIL 23 @ 10:00PM Follow actor Mark Rylance as he explores the extraordinary story of his grandfather, who spent nearly four years as a Japanese prisoner of war during World War II, and examines his own beliefs about war and peace in the process. FIND OUT MORE...

GREAT PERFORMANCES

ROMEO AND JULIET FRIDAY, APRIL 23 @ 10:00PM This stylized film of Shakespeare’s masterpiece from the National Theatre celebrates the theatrical imagination. In this contemporary retelling, a company of actors in a shuttered theater bring to life the tale of two young lovers who strive to transcend a world of violence and hate. Josh O’Connor and Jessie Buckley star as Shakespeare’s immortal...

WORLD ON FIRE

THURSDAY, APRIL 22 @ 10:00PM – 12:00AM EPISODES 1 – 3 World on Fire is an adrenalized, emotionally gripping and resonant World War II drama that follows the intertwining fates of ordinary people in five countries as they grapple with the effects of the war on their everyday lives. Set in Britain, Poland, France, Germany and the United States, the events of the seven-hour series take...