11/13 - 11/19
2011
All times are EST
Previously aired
MASTERPIECE
Join Jason Isaacs (Harry Potter, The Patriot) as private investigator Jackson Brodie, the tough former soldier and policeman, as he comes to the rescue of Edinburgh’s bereaved, lost and dysfunctional.
Jackson meets a crime novelist caught in a road rage incident while he searches for a drowning victim’s identity.
HISTORY DETECTIVES
Wes Cowan investigates a raid on the federal armory in Harpers Ferry. Eduardo Pagán wonders why U.S. troops were in Siberia during World War I and Elyse Luray sizes up a Ronald McDonald costume.
HISTORY DETECTIVES investigate a Civil War soldier’s letter, fabric from an aircraft that could be linked to Charles Lindbergh and Igor Sikorsky, and a 1950s comic book, "Negro Romance."
WOMEN, WAR & PEACE II
Follow three women in Afghanistan who organize to make sure women have a seat at the negotiating table with the Taliban. Tilda Swinton narrates.
SECRETS OF THE DEAD
This episode paints a new picture of the violent relations between the Aztecs and the conquistadors and rewrites much of what we thought we knew about the Aztec civilization.
GREAT PERFORMANCES
Witness the grace and beauty of one of America’s finest dance companies, Edward Villella’s Miami City Ballet, in a trio of signature works by George Balanchine and Twyla Tharp. Actor Andy Garcia hosts.
JULIA CHILD
Beatrice Ojakangas prepares Scandinavian specialties.
INDEPENDENT LENS
Meet the indomitable Dolores Huerta, who has tirelessly led the fight for racial and labor justice.
