5/20 - 5/26
2012
All times are EST
Previously aired
FINDING YOUR ROOTS
Learn from what part of Africa the ancestors of Samuel L. Jackson, Condoleezza Rice and Ruth Simmons come.
MASTERPIECE
Enter into the story of lovers torn apart by World War I in this adaptation of Sebastian Faulks' best-selling novel.
AMERICA IN PRIMETIME
Witness the transformation of women from model housewives to complex, and sometimes controversial, characters.
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW
A collection of 20th-century Remington ammunition-themed calendars; a set of prints by Rembrandt and Albrecht Durer; and a 1923 bronze automobile hood ornament crafted by Harriet Frishmuth.
FRONTLINE
Get the inside story of Wall Street’s and Washington’s struggles to rescue and repair a shattered economy.
Probe the story of the big banks — how they developed, how they crashed and whether they still present dangers.
NATURE
Follow the birth and first day of several species, from marmoset to moose to elephant and gorilla.
AMERICA REVEALED takes viewers on a four-hour journey high above the American landscape to reveal the country as never seen before.
AMERICA REVEALED
Re-evaluate your perceptions of the American manufacturing machine as host Yul Kwon introduces you to the men and women who are changing the system.
INDEPENDENT LENS
Accompany the Ponce family circus as it struggles to make a living in Mexico’s collapsing rural economy.
JULIA CHILD
Patrick Clark prepares salmon roulade with gazpacho sauce and horseradish-crusted grouper.
ART IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
View the works and techniques of artists Rackstraw Downes, Robert Mangold and Sarah Sze.
Enjoy a profile of Angle of Repose author and environmentalist Wallace Stegner. Peter Coyote narrates.
THIS OLD HOUSE
Bedford Project, Part 5 of 16
ASK THIS OLD HOUSE
Insulating a wall; repointing a fieldstone foundation
HOMETIME
The construction of two new homes, built inside a home show.
A 6.5 carat yellow mine cut diamond ring; a North American Indian club and pipe; and three Charles Darwin first editions.
Meet the indomitable Dolores Huerta, who has tirelessly led the fight for racial and labor justice.
