9/25 - 10/1
2011
All times are EST
Previously aired
GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET
James Levine conducts David McVicar’s stirring production of Verdi’s intense opera starring Marcelo Álvarez.
MASTERPIECE
When the Master of Gresham College is found dead at the foot of the University Observatory stairs, Lewis (Kevin Whately) and Hathaway (Laurence Fox) find that the finger of suspicion points at the staff.
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW
A custom-made table purchased from George Nakashima; a rare pre-WWI German toy wagon; and a bronze statue of a medieval Russian warrior by Russian artist Eugene Lanceray.
Drawings by the legendary folk musician Woody Guthrie; an heirloom early-19th-century tavern clock made by Aaron Willard; and a five-carat, Asscher-cut diamond ring, inherited from the owner's grandfather.
HISTORY DETECTIVES
The mystery behind a camera takes Wes to the White House pressroom. Did this Civil War doll smuggle medicine past the Northern blockade? A 15th century map tells us more about how Europe colonized Florida.
POV
In 2009, Janus Metz and cameraman Lars Skree captured the lives of young Danish soldiers fighting the Taliban in a hostile and confusing environment.
NOVA
NOVA presents a comprehensive three-part, three-hour special, investigating explosive new discoveries that are transforming the picture of how we became human.
The first episode explores fresh clues about our earliest ancestors in Africa, including the stunningly complete fossil nicknamed “Lucy’s Child.”
The second program tackles the mysteries of how our ancestors managed to survive in a savannah teeming with vicious predators. Part 2 of 3.
In the final program, NOVA probes a wave of dramatic new evidence that reveals new insights into how we became today’s creative and “behaviorally modern” humans. Part 3 of 3.
Program dramatizes the 1913 murder of Mary Phagan and the trial and lynching of Leo Frank, accused of her murder. Will Janowitz ("The Sopranos") and Seth Gilliam ("The Wire") star.
JULIA CHILD
Norman Love prepares cake, espresso profiteroles and choux.
THIS OLD HOUSE
Los Angeles Project, Part 6 of 10
ASK THIS OLD HOUSE
Installing antique door hardware; geothermal home heating-and-cooling system
HOMETIME
The stone countertops are fabricated and installed. (Part 19 of 22)
INDEPENDENT LENS
Meet the indomitable Dolores Huerta, who has tirelessly led the fight for racial and labor justice.
