9/4 - 9/10
2011
All times are EST
Previously aired
NATURE
It's one of the most brutal environments on Earth - so how does life carry on here?
MASTERPIECE
The murder of a small-time criminal leads Lewis and Hathaway to a prominent Oxford don-turned-celebrity atheist.
Looks inside the revolution that swept across Europe — with the November 1989 opening of the Berlin Wall — to understand how this remarkable event helped end the Cold War without a shot being fired.
HISTORY DETECTIVES
The daughter of a Korean War Veteran looks for the man her father mentioned in a letter. Then, could this be the first widely published lesbian autobiography? A painting depicts a Civil War battle; who painted the scene?
POV
In this Academy Award nominated film, Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that's been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of the USDA and FDA.
This program chronicles the story of the Phoenix Mars Lander, which launched in August 2007 and is scheduled to land on the Martian surface on May 25, 2008.
NOVA
The scientific results from the Mars rovers and Phoenixprobe, which are poised to reveal provocative new clues in the tantalizing search for water and life on the Red Planet.
Embark on an adventure through the heavens and around the globe in this chronicle of the telescope’s history. Neil deGrasse Tyson narrates.
AFTER THE WALL - A WORLD UNITED, completes a two-part special about the rise and fall of the Berlin Wall, the unification of Germany after 40 years of separation, and the peaceful end of the Cold War.
Black Grace, a dance troupe of Maori and Pacific Islander men, takes on the international modern dance world.
Follows six survivors of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Emmy-winning and Academy Award-nominated actress Patricia Clarkson, a native of New Orleans, narrates.
JULIA CHILD
Lora Brody demonstrates bread machine breads, brie in brioche and quitza.
THIS OLD HOUSE
Los Angeles Project, Part 3 of 10
ASK THIS OLD HOUSE
Road Trip Part 1 of 2 • planting a garden bed; live home improvement workshops in Memphis, Little Rock, and Tulsa.
HOMETIME
The Hometime crew works on the interior doors, kitchen cabinets, wainscoting, and exterior columns. (Part 16 of 22)
AUSTIN CITY LIMITS
Eccentric hip-hop and R&B sounds from Gnarls Barkley and psychedelic worldbeat electronica from Thievery Corporation.
INDEPENDENT LENS
Meet the indomitable Dolores Huerta, who has tirelessly led the fight for racial and labor justice.