7/10 - 7/16
2011
All times are EST
Previously aired
MASTERPIECE
Poirot (David Suchet) attends a cocktail party, where a local Reverend chokes to death. When a second guest dies, the Belgian sleuth investigates further.
David Suchet returns as suave Belgian super sleuth Hercule Poirot.
ABRAHAM AND MARY LINCOLN, A HOUSE DIVIDED: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
The story of the Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln’s childhoods and their courtship.
POV
Award-winning filmmakers turn their sights on the competition for the Meilleurs Ouvriers de France awards, the country’s Nobel Prize for pastry.
SECRETS OF THE DEAD
The truth about the sinking of the Queen Anne’s Revenge, flagship of the infamous pirate Blackbeard.
The story of American astronomer George Ellery Hale's dramatic public and private struggle to build the four largest telescopes in the world.
KEEPING SCORE
Michael Tilson Thomas journeys to rural Bohemia to rediscover the inspirations of Gustav Mahler’s music, and traces Mahler’s life through the premiere of his first symphony in 1888.
Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony perform Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 1, Titan. The program was taped as part of the Mahler Festival in Davies Symphony Hall in September and October of 2009.
THIS OLD HOUSE
Auburndale Project, Part 11 of 16
ASK THIS OLD HOUSE
Installing forced-air furnace and air conditioning; repairing water-damaged oak floors
INDEPENDENT LENS
Meet the indomitable Dolores Huerta, who has tirelessly led the fight for racial and labor justice.