NOVA

Who Killed the Red Baron?

On April 21, 1918, the "Red Baron" took off on patrol over the Somme Valley. What happened next has divided historians and air buffs for decades.

NATURE

Penguins of the Antarctic

Emperors and kings, chinstraps and adelies - the penguins of Antarctica all make their home in one of the most unforgiving environments on Earth.

MASTERPIECE

MYSTERY! Poirot, Series IX

MASTERPIECE

Poirot 'Cat Among the Pigeons'

Poirot tackles an intriguing and dangerous murder case involving international espionage, a Middle-Eastern revolution and a missing princess.

HISTORY DETECTIVES

Episode #706

A fragment that may been a piece of Amelia Earhart’s plane; a letter from President Millard Fillmore commuting the death sentence of a Native American; a Colorado home whose supports may have been constructed from a railroad boxcar.

NOVA

Ocean Animal Emergency

San Francisco veterinarian Dr. Frances Gulland is committed to saving sick marine mammals, but she’s also desperately trying to figure out what’s killing them.

CARRIER

Show of Force

POV

The Way We Get By

On call 24 hours a day for the past five years, a group of senior citizens has made history by greeting nearly 800,000 American troops at a tiny airport in Bangor, Maine. This is an intimate look at three of the greeters.

GLOBAL VOICES

Thunder in Guyana

MASTERPIECE

Poirot 'Cat Among the Pigeons'

Poirot tackles an intriguing and dangerous murder case involving international espionage, a Middle-Eastern revolution and a missing princess.

THIS OLD HOUSE

#2918

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Episode #818

HOMETIME

Sculpture Studio Extension – Walls

NATURE

Silent Roar: Searching for the Snow Leopard

Telling the story of this most elusive creature is one of the last great challenges in wildlife filmmaking.

MASTERPIECE

Inspector Lewis, Series II 'Allegory of Love'

Literary whimsy becomes murderous reality with the death of a Czech barmaid.

MASTERPIECE

MASTERPIECE: MYSTERY! Inspector Lewis, Series II

Kevin Whately stars as Inspector Lewis in the second series featuring the much-loved Oxford policeman. Laurence Fox stars as his young partner, DS Hathaway. Alan Cumming hosts.

HISTORY DETECTIVES

Episode #807

Family lore says their shotgun played a role in the Chicago St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. Why is this miniature of Washington more than a piece of art? A portrait sketched in a WWII prison leads to a meeting 65 years later.

BENJAMIN LATROBE: AMERICA’S FIRST ARCHITECT

CARRIER

Groundhog Day

POV

First Person Plural

GLOBAL VOICES

Visiones

THE HUMAN SPARK

Becoming Us

THE HUMAN SPARK

So Human, So Chimp

THE HUMAN SPARK

Brain Matters

EVERYDAY FOOD

Cheap Cuts

Turning cheap cuts of meat and poultry into mouth-watering meals: apple-braised turkey thights, wine-braised beef brisket and braised Mediterranean chicken.

CHASING CHURCHILL: IN SEARCH OF MY GRANDFATHER

Wanted Dead or Alive

Celia Sandys travels to Sandhurst Military Academy, Cuba and South Africa, following in her grandfather Winston Churchill’s footsteps.

NEED TO KNOW

Episode #115

*Chicago Violence *Interview: Rick Karr *Carl Hiaasen *Essay- The 14th Amendment" *Next Week's News"> Note: Stories are subject to change due to breaking news.

MASTERPIECE

Inspector Lewis, Series II 'Allegory of Love'

Literary whimsy becomes murderous reality with the death of a Czech barmaid.

THIS OLD HOUSE

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Episode #819

NATURE

Violent Hawaii

This spectacular film features volcanic eruptions, rivers of molten lava, monster waves, humpback whales and perhaps most surprising of all, snow.

MASTERPIECE

MASTERPIECE: MYSTERY! Inspector Lewis, Series II

Kevin Whately stars as Inspector Lewis in the second series featuring the much-loved Oxford policeman. Laurence Fox stars as his young partner, DS Hathaway. Alan Cumming hosts.

MASTERPIECE

Inspector Lewis, Series II 'Quality of Mercy'

Lewis and Hathaway unearth a dark secret during their investigation into the death of a young actor.

ANATOMY OF A HURRICANE

This documentary goes inside the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida, during the 2004 hurricane season.

HISTORY DETECTIVES

Episode #808

This poster suggests a battle is brewing: a clenched fist, police called “pigs.” Who made it and why? Then, did the artist mean to scare someone with the grimace on this face jug? And, what does the inscription on a rock in Phoenix tell us about when Spain first arrived in America?

AUGUSTUS SAINT-GAUDENS: MASTER OF AMERICAN SCULPTURE

CARRIER

Rites of Passage

POV

SALT

Remarkable photos and video diary of the boundless, desolate yet beautiful salt flats in South Australia. Accompanied by shorts: “A Healing Art,” “Danny and Annie, Part I” and “Danny and Annie, Part II.”

GLOBAL VOICES

Visiones

LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER

LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER "South Pacific"

Lincoln Center Theater’s Tony-winning production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s classic tale of love and prejudice stars Kelli O’Hara and Paulo Szot.

CHASING CHURCHILL: IN SEARCH OF MY GRANDFATHER

The Other Country

Celia Sandys travels to the United States, birthplace of Winston Churchill’s mother, and Egypt, a lure for Churchill at crucial moments in his life.

NEED TO KNOW

Episode #116

*Newsmaker Interview: Juan Cole *Blood Test *Interview: Gary Shteyngart *Church & State *Five Things You Need to Know about Gulf Seafood *Next Week's News

MASTERPIECE

Inspector Lewis, Series II 'Quality of Mercy'

Lewis and Hathaway unearth a dark secret during their investigation into the death of a young actor.

THIS OLD HOUSE

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Episode #820

HOMETIME

Attic Trusses

GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET

Armida

Renée Fleming plays Rossini’s vengeful sorceress in this opera’s Met premiere.

NATURE

Rhinoceros

Today, the rhinoceros is one of the planet's rarest animals, with three of its species on the brink of extinction.

MASTERPIECE

MASTERPIECE: MYSTERY! Inspector Lewis, Series II

Kevin Whately stars as Inspector Lewis in the second series featuring the much-loved Oxford policeman. Laurence Fox stars as his young partner, DS Hathaway. Alan Cumming hosts.

HISTORY DETECTIVES

Episode #809

Does a Jackie Robinson All-Stars scorecard signal early steps toward integration of MLB? How does a basket connect us to a woman congress honored as a heroine of the Indian Wars of the West? Why did J. Edgar Hoover endorse a radio script based on an FBI case?

CITIZEN ARCHITECT: SAMUEL MOCKBEE AND THE SPIRIT OF THE RURAL STUDIO

The program details architect Samuel Mockbee's founding of the Rural Studio, a design/build program to create striking architecture for impoverished communities in rural Alabama.

NOVA

The Four-Winged Dinosaur

NOVA investigates the mysterious feathered dinosaurs that are challenging old ideas about the origin of bird flight.

CARRIER

True Believers

POV

Edge of Dreaming

POV

The Edge of Dreaming

Filmmaker Amy Hardie’s investigation into the human subconscious when her dreams become reality.

GLOBAL VOICES

Visiones

GREAT PERFORMANCES

Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2010

The Vienna Philharmonic, with guest conductor Franz Welser-Möst, continues its summertime tradition with another open-air concert held in the gardens of Schönbrunn Palace.

CHASING CHURCHILL: IN SEARCH OF MY GRANDFATHER

Worth Doing Once

Celia Sandys travels to Morocco and the south of France in search of those places that gave Churchill particular pleasure.

THIS OLD HOUSE

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Episode #821

HOMETIME

Standalone Garage

MASTERPIECE

MYSTERY! Inspector Lewis, Series III

Kevin Whately returns as Inspector Lewis in a third season of the popular detective series.

HISTORY DETECTIVES

Episode #810

This box of cartoon drawings and cels tells an unexpected story about animation's early days. Why did a regional governor care enough about a slave to sign her emancipation papers? Did this dagger once belong to Benito Mussolini?

CARRIER

Get Home-itis

AMANPOUR ON PBS

INDEPENDENT LENS

Dolores

Meet the indomitable Dolores Huerta, who has tirelessly led the fight for racial and labor justice.