7/17 - 7/23
2011
All times are EST
Previously aired
GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET
Natelie Dessay portrays the fragile title heroine of Donizetti’s opera. Joseph Calleja sings Lucia’s lover, Edgardo.
NATURE
NATURE explores how and why ugly can be beautiful — even when it isn't pretty.
MASTERPIECE
Poirot (David Suchet) is asked to assist in a murder investigation, but complications in the case, lead the detective to suspect an international political cover-up.
David Suchet returns as suave Belgian super sleuth Hercule Poirot.
ABRAHAM AND MARY LINCOLN, A HOUSE DIVIDED: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
The tempestuous Lincoln marriage weathers Abraham’s career in the House of Representatives and campaign for the presidency.
HISTORY DETECTIVES
Wes Cowan decodes the message behind a U.S. World War II propaganda leaflet. Researching a family heirloom, leads Gwen Wright to Tiffany stained glass. And a touching eulogy unites a nephew and a son of two American soldiers who fought in the Spanish Civil War.
POV
“My Perestroika” is an intimate look at the last generation of Soviet children. Through first-person testimony, vérité footage and vintage home movies, this beautifully crafted documentary reveals a Russia rarely seen on film.
SECRETS OF THE DEAD
Was Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen, hanged in 1910 for poisoning and dismembering his wife, guilty of the crime?
KEEPING SCORE
Michael Tilson Thomas examines Gustav Mahler's creative growth, from the 1890s to his death at the age of 51 on May 18, 1911, including his symphonies, the Rückert songs and Das Lied von der Erde.
Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony perform Mahler's famous and poignant love song, Adagietto from Symphony No. 5, the Scherzo from Symphony No. 7 in E minor and the Rondo Burleske from Symphony No. 9 in D major. World-renowned baritone Thomas Hampson performs Songs of a Wayfarer.
THIS OLD HOUSE
Auburndale Project, Part 13 of 16
ASK THIS OLD HOUSE
Fixing a leaky rain gutter; installing fiberglass bathtub and shower enclosure
HOMETIME
Crews install wall board for the interior walls and ceilings. (Part 10 of 21)
INDEPENDENT LENS
Meet the indomitable Dolores Huerta, who has tirelessly led the fight for racial and labor justice.
