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THE ADIRONDACKS
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 Sprawled across six million acres in upstate New York, the Adirondack Park is by far the largest park in the lower 48 states. Yet it is the only one on the continent in which large human populations live and whose land is divided almost evenly between protected wilderness and privately owned tracts. This patchwork pattern of land ownership has created an utterly unique place that maintains, at its very heart, a delicate and dynamic relationship between progress and preservation. Through the varied perspectives of several passionate characters, this high-definition program explores the remarkable history, seasonal landscape and current state of the Adirondacks. (CC) |
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8-10 p.m. Sunday May 18
2-4 a.m. Monday May 19
3-4 a.m. Thursday May 22
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7-9 p.m. Thursday, May 15
8-10 p.m. Sunday, May 18
2-4 a.m. Monday, May 19
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AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
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#2009: GEORGE H.W. BUSH, PART 1 (CC)
"George H.W. Bush" examines Bush's service in World War II, and his early career in Texas, to his days in the Oval Office, first as Vice President to Ronald Reagan, then as the leader who presided over the first Gulf War. Drawing upon Bush's personal diaries and interviews with his closest advisors and most prominent critics, the film also explores Bush's role as the patriarch of a political family whose influence is unequaled in modern American life. Part one examines Bush's childhood, early career in Texas, his courtship of Barbara Bush and his rise in the Republican Party.
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#2010: GEORGE H.W. BUSH, PART 2 (CC)
Part two examines Bush's role as leader of the first Gulf War and his final days as President of the United States.
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#701: FDR: THE CENTER OF THE WORLD/FEAR ITSELF (CC)
The Center of the World, explores Roosevelt's family background and education looking for clues as to how the coddled child of rich parents managed to climb the ladder to political success. It follows him from his very first run for political office as New York state senator through his years in Washington as assistant secretary of the navy, as he pursues one goal -- the highest office in the land. This segment also tells the story of FDR's courtship of his distant cousin,Eleanor Roosevelt, and their troubled marriage, including FDR's affair with Eleanor's social secretary, Lucy Mercer. The affair, which nearly ended the marriage, encouraged Eleanor to embrace a life of her own and become politically active.
The second segment, Fear Itself, begins with Roosevelt's bout with polio at age 39 and follows his relentless struggle to rehabilitate his body and his seemingly moribund political career and to teach himself to appear to walk. It also paints a portrait of Eleanor Roosevelt as she makes a life of her own, developing her own political skills while keeping her husband's name before the public through her involvement in reform causes. By the close of the program, a remarkable sequence of events leads FDR back from despair to win his party's nomination as president of the United States. Catapulted into the White House, a man who could not walk begins to lead a country crippled by the Great Depression. The series includes archival film, home movies and audio clips; newly-filmed footage of significant landmarks in FDR's life; an album of family photographs; and interviews with family members, friends and witnesses to history.
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#702: FDR: THE GRANDEST JOB IN THE WORLD/THE JUGGLER (CC)
The Grandest Job in the World, focused on the first two terms of Roosevelt's presidency and explored the central paradox of his presidency: that a man of privilege came to be a hero to a vast and varied coalition of ordinary Americans and a villain to members of his own social class. The episode moved inside the Oval Office to show FDR's response to the massive problems posed by the Great Depression, and out to the heartland to document how his programs and personal style--ebullient, risk-taking and surprisingly cunning--restored hope to Americans who had lost hope. This section also looked at how FDR engineered the "splendid deception" that hid the extent of his physical disability from the American people and how his relationship with his wife affected both his personal and political life.
The last section, The Juggler, was devoted to the wartime years, using FDR's remarkable correspondence with Winston Churchill to chart the calculated and even devious path by which the American president maneuvered support for England before he led his country through the greatest war in history. This segment also traced FDR's management of the war, including his growing personal ties to Churchill and his relationship with Stalin and the Soviet Union, and explored Eleanor's attempt to convince him to maintain the principles of the New Deal, despite the pressures of war.
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#1001: TRUMAN, PART 1 (CC)
He was a farmer, a businessman gone bankrupt, an unknown politician from Missouri who suddenly found himself president. Of all the men who had held the highest office, Harry Truman was the least prepared. But he would prove to be a surprise. The first night of "Truman" recounts his early struggles and failures as a young adult, and his undying determination to have an accomplishment to call his own. Truman's success as an army captain during World War I gave him the confidence to marryhis lifelong sweetheart, Bess, and begin his path into the world of p olitics. When he landed the vice presidency with FDR in 1944, he had no idea that his world was about to change forever.
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#1002: TRUMAN, PART 2 (CC)
After Harry Truman's unlikely rise to the presidency, he would face some of the biggest crises of the century. Truman would end the war withGermany; use the atomic bomb against Japan; confront an expanding Sov iet Union; and wage war in Korea -- all while the woman he adored, hiswife Bess, refused to stay in the White House and play the role of Fi rst Lady. On the homefront, Truman was the first president to tackle civil rights issues for blacks -- a move that would prove controversialwhen campaigning for his second term. His unpredictable win over Thom as Dewey in the presidential elections of 1948 proved to Truman that he had finally separated himself from FDR's shadow. However, his secondterm brought another war and battles with Congress to pass health car e and civil rights legislation. Exhausted after his second term, Truman relinquished the presidency and retired to Independence, Missouri, where he lived as a popular and well-loved citizen. In later years, he would receive recognition for all his accomplishments and come to be admired as a gritty American original.
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8-10 p.m. Monday, May 5, #2009
2-4 a.m. Thursday, May 8, #2009
8-9:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 6, #2010
2-3:30 a.m. Saturday, May 10, #2010
8-10 p.m. Monday, May 12, #701
2-4 a.m. Thursday, May 15, #701
8-10:30 p.m. Monday, May 19, #702
2-4:30 a.m. Thursday, May 22, #702
8:30-11 p.m. Sunday, May 25, #1001
2-4:30 a.m. Thursday, May 29, #1001
8-10 p.m. Sunday, May 26, #1002
2-4 a.m. Saturday, May 31, #1002
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1-3 a.m. Tuesday, May 6, #2009
8-11:30 p.m. Sunday, May 11, #2009-2010
1-4:30 a.m. Monday, May 12, #2009-2010
1-2:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 7, #2010
1-3 a.m. & 8-10 p.m. Tuesday, May 13, #701
2-4 a.m. Wednesday, May 14, #701
1-3:30 a.m. & 8-10:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 20, #702
2-4:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 21, #702
2-4:30 a.m. & 8-10:30 p.m. Monday, May 26, #1001
8-10:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 27, #1001
1-3:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 27, #1002
1-3 a.m. Wednesday, May 28, #1002
8-10 p.m. Tuesday, June 3, #1002 |
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midnight-1 a.m. Wednesday, May 7, #2009
8-11:30 p.m. Sunday, May 11, #2009-2010
2-3:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 7, #2010
8-10 p.m. Tuesday, May 13, #701
midnight-2 a.m. & 3-5 a.m. Wednesday, May 14, #701
8-10:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 20, #702
midnight-2:30 a.m. & 3-5:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 21, #702
midnight-2:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 28, #1001-1002
8-10 p.m. Tuesday, May 27, #1002
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BONHOEFFER
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 This documentary about German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a prolific spiritual writer who challenged the churches of Germany to resist the rise of Nazism, charts his decision to join the plot to kill Adolf Hitler. The program aired in conjunction with the 100th anniversary celebration of Bonhoeffer's birth (February 4, 1906). (CC) |
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10-11 p.m. Monday, May 12
midnight-1 a.m. Tuesday, May 13
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FROM THE TOP AT CARNEGIE HALL
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 Family Choice for May!
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#101: FAMILY AFFAIR (CC)
It's all in the family as FROM THE TOP: LIVE FROM CARNEGIE HALL features a sister-and-brother act from Orinda, California: 10-year-old Clark (inspired by Yo-Yo Ma's appearance on MISTER ROGERS' NEIGHBORHOOD) on cello and 14-year-old Chloe Pang on piano; 13-year-old Leeza Ali, from a musical family in Mendota Heights, Minnesota; and 17-year-old trumpeter Conrad Jones, from Sayville, New York, whose parents are both music educators.
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#102: THE PRINCESS AND THE COWBOY (CC)
FROM THE TOP: LIVE FROM CARNEGIE HALL welcomes two dazzling young artists to the show: 13-year-old cellist Tessa Seymour from Berkeley, California, and 18-year-old violinist and "Asian Cowboy" Charles Yang from Austin, Texas. Tessa and Charles join host Christopher O'Riley for riveting performances of Debussy, Monti and Dvorak; and cellist Yo-Yo Ma reveals the "Top Ten Reasons Why Cello Is the Coolest."
Programs #201-213 will continue beginning May 17th.
Programs #103-113 will continue in August 2008.
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3:30-4 p.m. Sunday, May 4, #102
3-3:30 p.m. Monday, May 5, #102
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4-4:30 p.m. Sunday May 5, #102
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2:30-3 p.m. Saturday, May 3, #101
2:30-3 p.m. Saturday, May 10, #102
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FRONTLINE
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#2612: STORM OVER EVEREST (CC)
As darkness fell on May 10, 1996, a fast moving storm of unimaginable ferocity trapped three climbing teams high on the slopes of Mount Everest. The climbers, exhausted from their summit climb, were soon lost in darkness, in a fierce blizzard, far from the safety of High Camp at 26,000 feet. World-renowned climber and filmmaker David Breashears, who aided the rescue efforts back in 1996, now returns to Everest to tell the fuller story of what really happened on that legendary climb. Through remarkably intimate interviews with the climbers and Sherpas -- many who have never spoken before on American television -- Breashears sheds new light on the worst climbing tragedy in Mount Everest's history.
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#2606: GROWING UP ONLINE (CC)
MySpace. YouTube. Facebook. Friendster. Nearly every teen in America is on the Internet every day, socializing with friends and strangers alike, "trying on" identities and building a virtual profile of themselves - one that many kids insist is a more honest depiction of who they really are than the person they portray at home or in school.In "Growing Up Online," FRONTLINE peers inside the world of this cyber-savvy generation through the eyes of teens and their parents, who often find themselves on opposite sides of a new digital divide. A generation with a radically different notion of privacy and personal space, today's adolescents are grappling with issues their parents never had to deal with: from cyber bullying to instant "Internet fame" to the specter of online sexual predators. FRONTLINE producer Rachel Dretzin investigates the risks, realities and misconceptions of teenage self-expression on the World Wide Web.
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8-10 p.m. Tuesday, May 13, #2612
3-5 a.m. Friday, May 16, #2612
2-4 a.m. Sunday, May 18, #2612
8-9 p.m. Tuesday, May 20, #2606
3-4 a.m. Friday, May 23, #2606
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midnight-2 a.m. Wednesday, May 14, #2612
midnight-1 a.m. Wednesday, May 21, #2606
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8-10 p.m. Wednesday, May 14, #2612
2-4 a.m. Thursday, May 15, #2612
8-9 p.m. Wednesday, May 21, #2606
3-4 a.m. Thursday, May 22, #2606
4-5 a.m. Sunday, May 25, #2606
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FRONTLINE/WORLD
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#704: CRIMES AT THE BORDER (CC)
In a joint project with The New York Times, FRONTLINE/WORLD correspondent Lowell Bergman investigates the business of human smuggling across the busy ports of entry between Mexico and the United States. In Tijuana, masses of people attempt to cross illegally every day with the help of increasingly organized and expensive smugglers. Bergman explores the region to find that this illicit but lucrative business is expanding, and U.S. border agents are subject to an increased risk of corruption. He follows the dramatic story of one such corrupt U.S. border guard, the risky business he became involved in and what the U.S. government is doing about the problem. |
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8-9 p.m. tuesday, May 27, #704
3-4 a.m. Friday, May 30, #704
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midnight-1 a.m. Wednesday, May 28, #704
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8-9 p.m. Wednesday, May 28, #704
3-4 a.m. Thursday, May 29, #704
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IN SEARCH OF MYTHS AND HEROES
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#102: ARTHUR: THE ONCE & FUTURE KING (CC)
In the second segment, Wood explores the greatest British myth: the tale of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Traveling around the Celtic world from Cornwall to Wales, Brittany, Ireland and Scotland, Wood uncovers the extraordinary story of how a shadowy Welsh freedom fighter - a Dark Age Che Guevara - became a medieval superman and, finally, the model of a Christian hero. On the way, viewers discover the real stories behind the Round Table, Excalibur and the Holy Grail itself: the unattainable, mystical cup of Christ, which has inspired poets, novelists and filmmakers from the Middle Ages right down to Indiana Jones, Monty Python and The Da Vinci Code. In an intriguing piece of historical detective work, Wood offers a tantalizing glimpse of a historical Arthur - but in the unlikeliest of places. |
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INDEPENDENT LENS
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#918: COMPANERAS (CC) [content flag]
This film is a profile of America's first all-female mariachi band -- Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles. This 12-member group has taken on a male-dominated musical tradition and expanded the popularity of mariachi music. Combining performances with behind-the-scenes drama, "Companeras" reveals the intense, passionate world of female mariachi.
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#921: NA KAMALEI: MEN OF HULA (CC) [content flag]
This program captures the journey of legendary master teacher Robert Cazimero and the only all-male hula school in Hawai'i as they prepare to compete at the world's largest hula festival. Beyond deep-rooted stereotypes of "grass-skirt girls," the film tells a story of Hawaiian pride as the men celebrate their 30th anniversary in continuing the revival of men dancing hula.
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#922: A DREAM IN DOUBT (CC)
This film is an immigrant story of survival in the aftermath of 9/11 as a wave of frightening hate crimes terrorizes the Sikh-American community in Phoenix, Arizona. Rana Singh Sodhi, the brother of America's first post-9/11 hate crime murder victim, suddenly finds himself in a world in which patriotism is quickly morphing into jingoism, racial profiling and hate. The film explores post-9/11 America from his perspective, telling a personal story of national tragedy, murder, community and the American Dream.
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#923: NEW YEAR BABY (CC) [content flag]
This film follows one woman's quest to uncover the secrets of how her family survived the Khmer Rouge genocide. Socheata Poeuv's family survived the Killing Fields, escaped across the border and became Americans. She searches for the truth about what her family escaped from and why her history has been buried in secrecy for so long.
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10-11 p.m. Monday, May 5, #918
midnight-1 a.m. Tuesday, May 6, #918
3-4 a.m. Friday, May 9, #918
9:30-10:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 6, #921
9-10 p.m. Tuesday, May 20, #922
9-10 p.m. Tuesday, may 27, #923
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2-3 a.m. Thursday, May 8, #921
9-10 p.m. Wednesday, May 21, #922
2-3 a.m. Thursday, May 22, #922
9-10 p.m. Wednesday, May 28, #923
2-3 a.m. Thursday, May 28, #923
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ISLAND AT THE END OF THE WORLD [content flag]
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 It is the last great wilderness of its kind, a rare and precious haven for some of Earth's most indestructible creatures. Covering more than 500,000 square miles of Chile and Argentina, this wild place is known as Patagonia. At its crown tip is a grand island, Tierra del Fuego, a land as harsh as it is beautiful. This film tracks several species that call this extreme environment home. But the guanaco, condor and Magellanic penguin who share this spectacular place with orcas, parrots and elephant seals are facing increasing pressure from humans. The program details how new conservation models may save them and preserve the wildness at the bottom of the world. (CC) |
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9-10 p.m. Wednesday, May 28
4-5 a.m. Saturday, May 31
2-3 a.m. & 8-9 p.m. Sunday, June 1
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MASTERPIECE CLASSIC
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#3813: CRANFORD, PART 1 [content flag]
Based on three serialized Elizabeth Gaskell novels "Cranford" chronicles the absurdities and tragedies in the lives of the people of Cranford during one extraordinary year. Cranford in the 1840s is a small Cheshire market town on the cusp of change. The railway is pushing its way relentlessly towards the town from Manchester, bringing fears of migrant workers and the breakdown of law and order. Starring Francesa Harris, Michael Gambon and Judi Dench as Miss Matty Jenkyns. In part one, Mary Smith flees a crisis at home in Manchester to stay with two spinster sisters, Deborah and Matty Jenkyns, in the small, rural town of Cranford. Deborah is the dominant force in Cranford society, and the kind-hearted and eccentric Matty believes her to be the best judge in all matters. A handsome, new young doctor,Frank Harrison, is brought to Cranford, and his bachelor status is the talk of the town.
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#3814: CRANFORD, PART 2 [content flag]
In episode two, as winter approaches, Cranford is beset by sorrows and struggles to re-gain its confidence. When Dr. Harrison's housekeeper discovers a leg of mutton has been stolen on the very same night that store owner Mr. Johnson is mugged, the ladies decide that a crime wave has hit Cranford.
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#3815: CRANFORD, PART 3 [content flag]
In episode three, Matty suffers great disappointment and, in a nostalgic mood one evening, decides to confide in Mary about Mr. Holbrook. The mention of India prompts Mary to write to Major Gordon to tell him that Jessie regrets her decision not to marry him. Also, Dr. Harrison visits the Rectory and formally asks the Reverend Hutton for permission to court Sophy. Meanwhile, Miss Pole invites the ladies of the town to a secret meeting to discuss Matty's crisis. United in their love for Matty, they decide to help her financially.
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8-10 p.m. Sunday, May 4, #3813
3-5 a.m. Monday, May 5, #3813
8-9 p.m. Sunday, May 11, #3814
3-4 a.m. Monday, May 12, #3814
8-10 p.m. Sunday, May 18, #3815
3-5 a.m. Monday, May 19, #3815 |
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midnight-2 a.m. & 8-10 p.m. Monday, May 5, #3813
midnight-1 a.m. & 8-9 p.m. Monday, May 12, #3814
midnight-2 a.m. & 8-10 p.m. Monday, May 19, #3815
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8-10 p.m. Monday , May 5, #3813
midnight-2 a.m. & 3-5 a.m. Tuesday, May 6, #3813
8-9 p.m. Monday, May 12, #3814
midnight-1 a.m. & 3-4 a.m. Tuesday, May 13, #3814
8-10 p.m. Monday , May 19, #3815
midnight-2 a.m. & 3-5 a.m. Tuesday, May 20, #3815 |
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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC BEE
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 The annual NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC BEE returns for the 20th consecutive year with host/moderator Alex Trebek. Students representing all 50 states first compete in school and state level competitions with ten finalists, grades four through eight, moving onto the final championship. The ten finalists will compete for $50,000 in college scholarship prizes, answering questions on topics spanning meteorology, international affairs, culture and social history.
Take the new GeoBee Quiz!
Test your geography smarts online. Each day National Geographic will post ten questions from the National Geographic Bee. Some of them are real stumpers, but it's okay if you miss a few—you can play as often as you like. Come back everyday for a brand new quiz and another chance to beat the Bee! |
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noon-1 p.m. & 9-10 p.m. Thursday, May 22, #2008
midnight-1 a.m. Friday, May 23, #2008
9-10 a.m. Saturday, June 7, #2008
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NATURE
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#2512: SUPERFISH (CC)
They slice through the water's surface with explosive power, sail, spear and a half ton of muscle flashing in the sun. Their journeys through the open ocean are epic, their life cycle, bizarre. They are the billfish -- marlin, sailfish, spearfish and swordfish -- the largest and most highly prized of all gamefish. Emmy award-winning filmmaker and biologist Rick Rosenthal brings these incredible sea creatures to the screen as he observes tiny billfish nurseries in the wild, dives deep into secret undersea canyons, films incredible color-changing behavior and embarks on a quest for an elusive thousand-pound "grander."
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#2513: PRINCE OF THE ALPS (CC)
High in the Austrian Alps, a female red deer, a leader in her herd, gives birth to a calf. Her status makes him a prince among the other calves. The two are at the center of a wilderness story that features not only the wild alpine herds of majestic red deer, but also a variety of other wildlife that lives in the mountains, including roe deer, ibex, fox, chamois and marmots.
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#2405: RHINOCERUS (CC)
Millions of rhinos once roamed the Earth. There were hundreds of species of all shapes and sizes. But today, the rhinoceros is one of the planet's rarest animals, with three of its species on the brink of extinction. The program follows a team of experts who are working to protect rhinos from poachers -- relocating them to better habitats and breeding them in captivity.
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7-8 p.m. Sunday, May 4, #2512
2-3 a.m. Monday, May 5, #2512
2-3 a.m. Wednesday, May 7, #2512
7-8 p.m. Sunday, May 11, #2513
2-3 a.m. Monday, May 12, #2513
2-3 a.m. Wednesday, May 14, #2513
7-8 p.m. Sunday, May 18, #2405
2-3 a.m. Monday, May 19, #2405
2-3 a.m. Wednesday, May 21, #2405
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8-9 p.m. Friday, May 9, #2512
2-3 a.m. & 5-6 a.m. Sunday, May 11, #2512
8-9 p.m. Friday, May 16, #2513
2-3 a.m. & 5-6 a.m. Sunday, May 18, #2513
8-9 p.m. Friday, May 23, #2405
2-3 a.m. & 5-6 a.m. Sunday, May 25, #2405 |
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7-8 p.m. & 11-midnight, Monday May 5, #2512
2-3 a.m. Tuesday, May 6, #2512
7-8 p.m. Friday, May 9, #2512
7-8 p.m. & 11-midnight, Monday May 12, #2513
2-3 a.m. Tuesday, May 13, #2513
7-8 p.m. Friday, May 16, #2513
7-8 p.m. & 11-midnight, Monday May 19, #2405
2-3 a.m. Tuesday, May 20, #2405
7-8 p.m. Friday, May 23, #2405
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NOVA
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#3405: FIRST FLOWER (CC)
Flowers hold a special place in the plant world as well as in the human heart. There are somewhere between 220,000 to over 400,000 different flowering species on earth. They dominate our gardens and landscapes, and provide many of our staple foods. Yet until recently, almost nothing was known about their origins; Charles Darwin called it "an abominable mystery." In the search for answers, First Flower (w.t.) takes NOVA viewers on a spectacular journey of discovery to a remote mountain region of China, to explore our fascination with flowers and the puzzle of how they began.
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#3506: WALK TO BEAUTIFUL (CC) [content flag]
This program, a story of hope and survival in contemporary Ethiopia, presents the stories of five Ethiopian women who have been devastated by obstetric fistula, a common aftermath of neglected childbirth. An obstetric fistula is a hole that forms between the vagina and the bladder (and in some cases the rectum) during prolonged, obstructed labor. Affecting over two million women worldwide, this horrific injury leaves victims incontinent, often suffering nerve damage and in some cases unable to bear children again. Rejected by their husbands and ostracized by their communities, these women are often left to spend the rest of their lives alone, isolated and ashamed -- unless they can get help. NOVA follows these women on their journey to the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital, where they find health and solace for the first time in years. The dignity of their struggle connects viewers to the plight of countless women in the developing world who face daily challenges from malnutrition, child marriage and lack of obstetric care.
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#3510: LORD OF THE ANTS (CC)
Every so often a giant emerges on the stage of science, someone who transcends the narrow boundaries of a particular line of research and alters our perspective of the world. E.O. Wilson is such a man. While studying ants, Wilson struggled to comprehend the evolutionary forces that have led workers to forage and soldiers to fight, and in doing so became the architect of a controversial new discipline -- sociobiology. His appreciation of the natural world has helped Wilson become an icon of our times -- the ant man who sought to explain nature on earth, and who now fights for its survival.
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#3417: MASTER OF THE KILLER ANTS (CC) [content flag]
In the Mandaras Mountains of northern Cameroon live the Mofu -- an ancient tribe that shares its homes and crops with insects in a mutual balance of survival. But this year, a terrible drought has hit the region and the termites, usually a precious ally to the Mofu, have left the fields and invaded the huts and granaries. To fight back, the Mofu shaman calls for Jaglavak, a ferocious army ant with the body of a dragon. The ant is protected by a thick carapace and armed with terrifying pincers that cut, tear and slice through anything in its path. Using high-tech macro shooting techniques, the film goes underground and gives us a terrifying up-close look at a termite's fortress and the war that rages between termites and Jaglavak.
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7-8 p.m. Tuesday, May 6, #3405
midnight-1 a.m. Wednesday, May 7, #3405
2-3 a.m. Friday, May 9, #3405
5-6 a.m. & 6-7 p.m. Sunday, May 11, #3405
7-8 p.m. Tuesday, May 13, #3506
midnight-1 a.m. Wednesday, May 14, #3506
5-6 a.m. & 6-7 p.m. Sunday, May 18, #3506
7-8 p.m. Tuesday, May 20, #3510
midnight-1 a.m. Wednesday, May 21, #3510
2-3 a.m. Friday, May 23, #3510
5-6 a.m. & 6-7 p.m. Sunday, May 25, #3510
7-8 p.m. Tuesday, May 27, #3417
midnight-1 a.m. Wednesday, May 28, #3417
2-3 a.m. Friday, May 30, #3417
5-6 a.m. & 6-7 p.m. Sunday, June 1, #3417
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4-5 a.m. Wednesday, May 7, #3405
8-9 p.m. Thursday, May 8, #3405
3-4 a.m. Sunday, May 11, #3405
4-5 a.m. Wednesday, May 14, #3506
8-9 p.m. Thursday, May 15, #3506
3-4 a.m. Sunday, May 18, #3506
1-2 a.m. Wednesday, May 21, #3510
8-9 p.m. Thursday, May 22, #3510
3-4 a.m. Sunday, May 25, #3510
1-2 a.m. & 4-5 a.m. Wednesday, May 28, #3417
8-9 p.m. Thursday, May 29, #3417
3-4 a.m. Sunday, June 1, #3417
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7-8 p.m. Wednesday, May 7, #3405
midnight-1 a.m. & 4-5 a.m. Thusday, May 8, #3405
8-9 p.m. Friday, May 9, #3405
1-2 a.m. & 3-4 a.m. Sunday, May 11, #3405
7-8 p.m. Wednesday, May 14, #3506
midnight-1 a.m. & 4-5 a.m. Thusday, May 15, #3506
8-9 p.m. Friday, May 16, #3506
1-2 a.m. & 3-4 a.m. Sunday, May 18, #3506
7-8 p.m. Wednesday, May 21, #3510
midnight-1 a.m. & 4-5 a.m. Thusday, May 22, #3510
8-9 p.m. Friday, May 23, #3510
1-2 a.m. & 3-4 a.m. Sunday, May 25, #3510
7-8 p.m. Wednesday, May 28, #3417
midnight-1 a.m. & 4-5 a.m. Thusday, May 29, #3417
8-9 p.m. Friday, May 30, #3417
1-2 a.m. & 3-4 a.m. Sunday, June 1, #3417
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THE PRICE OF FREEDOM
School Rights: One Year EB |
 This award-winning, high definition film tells the tale of a different band of brothers -- a small group of WWII veterans whose bonds as POWs go far beyond surviving combat. These men tell the story of all the POWs who, despite the brutal ordeal of being prisoners, have carried a silent burden of shame for decades. Now for the first time on film, the men speak about the ghosts of their pasts. (CC)
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10-10:30 p.m. Sunday, May 18
10:30-11 p.m. Monday, May 19
midnight-12:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 20
1:30-2 a.m. & 3:30-4 a.m. Monday, May 26
midnight-12:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 27 |
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4:30-5 a.m. Wednesday, May 21
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RIBBON OF SAND
School Rights: One Year EB |
 The Outer Banks of North Carolina are a slim and moving line of sand in the open Atlantic. Many travelers think they know these islands, but south of Ocracoke Inlet there rises a luminous bar of sand 60 miles in extent, with no roads, no bridges and no hotels. These are the wild beaches of Cape Lookout — one of the few remaining natural barrier islands in the world. At once an exaltation and elegy, RIBBON OF SAND profiles this seascape and the transitory islands that are doomed to disappear. Meryl Streep reads excerpts from Rachel Carson’s writings. (CC)
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4:30-5 p.m. Sunday, May 11
12:30-1 a.m. Tuesday, May 20
3:30-4 a.m. Sunday, June 22 |
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SAVAGE PLANET
School Rights:7-Day EB |
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#101: VOLCANIC KILLERS (CC)
The hidden dangers of volcanoes, crater lakes, and lahars (mudflows) are revealed in this first program of the SAVAGE PLANET series. The immediate dangers of active volcanoes are well known - the deadly eruption of boiling rock and lava that can swiftly envelop entire communities. But there are hidden dangers as well. The fatal combination of volcano and water poses other kinds of threats.
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#102: STORMS OF THE CENTURY (CC)
This program opens in Florida, where, in 1993, an extratropical cyclone began a reign of terror that destroyed lives all along the East Coast. More people died in this storm than in Hurricanes Andrew and Hugo combined. Most people think of hurricanes as the biggest storms on Earth. Meteorologists give them names and track their destructive paths on the news. An extratropical cyclone - a storm born outside of the tropics - on occasion can grow even bigger than a hurricane.
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#103: DEADLY SKIES (CC)
This program delves deep into the secrets of the Earth's atmosphere and beyond to discover the strange and deadly powers that reside there. Killer bolts of lightning seem to appear out of the blue. Hail comes just as suddenly, destroying crops and homes in a violent clatter. Rocks from space reshape the landscape and sometimes change the course of history.
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#104: EXTREMES (CC)
High mountains in the depths of winter and the hottest, driest, lowest place in North America are the austere settings for this program. The imagery is stunning - rugged snow-capped peaks juxtaposed with endless vistas of salt flats shimmering in the hot sun - but the realities of these extreme environments are harsh.
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9-10 p.m. Friday, May 9, #101
10-11 p.m. Tuesday, May 13, #101
9-10 p.m. Friday, May 16, #102
10-11 p.m. Tuesday, May 20, #102
4-5 a.m. Friday, May 23, #102
9-10 p.m. Friday, May 23, #103
10-11 p.m. Tuesday, May 27, #103
4-5 a.m. Friday, May 30, #103
9-10 p.m. Friday, May 30, #104
4-5 a.m. Friday, June 6, #104
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SECRETS OF THE DEAD
School Rights Expires: SEE INDIVIDUAL PROGRAMS |
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#801: DOPING FOR GOLD (CC) [content flag]
School Rights Expires: 5/6/2009
In the 1970s, female East German athletes came out of nowhere to dominate international sport. But behind their success lay a secret, state-sponsored doping program that distributed untested steroids and male hormones to athletes as young as 12. Many of these girls had no knowledge that they were being doped, and now, as grown women (and men), their broken bodies and damaged psyches bear witness to the cruelty of a government that pursued international glory and gold at the expense of its most acclaimed citizens. "Doping for Gold" digs deep into the secretive Cold War world of East German athletes, examining what drugs were used, how they were distributed and what damage they did to many of the athletes who were forced to take them. The result creates a timely perspective on today's many doping scandals and reveals the truth behind the biggest and most horrifying state-sponsored doping program the world has ever known.
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#802: SINKING ATLANTIS (CC) [content flag]
School Rights Expires: 5/13/2009
Five thousand years ago the Minoans, Europe's first great civilization, flourished on the island of Crete. They were the first Europeans to use writing, and their technologically advanced and rich artistic culture became the setting for famous Greek myths about Theseus, Icarus and the Minotaur. Yet in their heyday, the Minoans were wiped from the pages of history. The cause of their downfall has remained one of the foremost mysteries of the ancient world, until now. The program explores, and discounts, all the usual theories about the disappearance of the Minoans -- from a massive volcano that buried them in ash, to Greek invaders who conquered and killed them. Drawing from the archaeological records, new revelations about Minoan language and religion, and shocking new geological discoveries, the film connects fact with fiction, and reveals the truth behind the reign and fall of the great Minoan civilization.
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#501: HUNT FOR NAZI SCIENTISTS (CC) [content flag]
School Rights: One Year EB
This program explores the silent race between the Allies to capture Germany's top scientists during the dying days of World War II. As Hitler's technologically-superior empire crumbled and the Allies marched to victory, each side sent out secret missions with the sole purpose of tracking down and securing the cream of Germany's scientific crop and capturing their secrets. With the Cold War looming and the know-how to build rockets, airplanes, submarines and perhaps even nuclear weapons on the line, these raids behind enemy lines took on ever-increasing importance. This program tells the dramatic, untold story of this race and is filled with real-life accounts of the secret raids, rare archival footage, vivid eye-witnesses testimonies, visits to the hidden technological hideaways of the Nazis and the exploration of a technological legacy that played itself out well into the Cold War and the race for space.
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#603: HURCULEUM UNCOVERED (CC) [content flag]
School Rights: 10-Days Fair Use
Just a few miles from fabled Pompeii is Herculaneum, another city buried and frozen in time by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in A.D. 79. Today, geo-archeologists are chipping away at the soft rock, revealing that this city, unlike Pompeii, was not suffocated by falling ash. Rather, it was engulfed by blistering pyroclastic flows that instantly caused muscles to contract, skin to vaporize and heads to explode.
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7-8 p.m. Wednesday, May 7, #801
midnight-1 a.m. Thursday, May 8, #801
1-2 a.m. & 4-5 a.m. Monday, May 12, #801
7-8 p.m. Wednesday, May 14, #802
midnight-1 a.m. Thursday, May 15, #802
1-2 a.m. Monday, May 19, #802
7-8 p.m. Wednesday, May 21, #501
midnight-1 a.m. Thursday, May 22, #501
7-8 p.m. Wednesday, May 28, #603
midnight-1 a.m. Thursday, May 29, #603
1-2 a.m. Monday, June 2, #603
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UNCOMMON LAW: THE LIFE OF LEON JAWORSKI
School Rights: 10 Day Fair Use |
 Leon Jaworski found himself, not necessarily by choice, at the heart of the major social and political issues of 20th century America. During his distinguished career, Jaworski was called upon the the U.S.government to serve his country in many capacities, from his Judge Advocate General (JAG) experience during posst-World War II war crimes trials to serving as Special Prosecutor during the Watergate saga. He also headed at the request of Lyndon Baine Johnson, the Texas Delegation during the Warren Commission investigation of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Jaworski was also called upon to intercede in the Ole Miss integration case during the 1960s. From his humble beginnings in Waco to his work in Houston, Leon Jaworski's extraordinary life can only be termed "uncommon." (CC)
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10:30-11 p.m. Tuesday, May 6
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11:30 p.m.-midnight, Sunday, May 11
4:30-5 a.m. Monday, May 12
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11:30 p.m.-midnight, Sunday, May 11
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VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY
School Rights: 7 Day EB |
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#101: FERDINAND MAGELLAN - Circumnavigation (CC)
In 1522 the Victoria was the first ship to circumnavigate the globe and turned Ferdinand Magellan into one of the most celebrated explorers in history. But the real hero of the voyage was the little known Sebastian Elcano. Magellan had no intention of circling the globe, and when he was killed en route the command fell to Elcano, who made the decision to continue westward, which resulted in finding the western route to the Pacific and numerous other discoveries.
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#102: JAMES COOK (CC)
In 1768, Captain James Cook was part of a huge international scientific collaboration that set sail around the world. Cook's measurements would help establish the distance between all the planets in the solar system and unlock the secrets of the cosmos. He accurately charted New Zealand for the first time, unexpectedly discovered the Great Barrier Reef, and came upon thousands of new samples of flora and fauna.
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#103: THE ICE KING (CC)
In the spring of 1892, Norwegian Fridtjof Nansen aimed to become the first to set foot on the North Pole by allowing his ship to become stuck in pack ice and carried north with the ocean currents. He didn't make it all the way, but this was the most successful failure ever since he pioneered a series of polar survival techniques which are still used today. His work is also helping NASA and laid the foundations for the study of the planet's ocean currents.
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#104: THE FIGURE OF THE EARTH (CC)
In what was to become a legendary tale of greed, adultery and despair,a French expedition set sail in 1735 for what is now Ecuador to determine the shape of the Earth. Just to reach Peru took 6 months. The expedition members argued, split up and made their way separately to Quito. On his way, Charles-Marie de la Condamine became lost in the jungle where he discovered rubber and realized its true potential for industry. He went on to figure out the basics of the metric system and, by pure chance, discover a cure for malaria.
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#105: HANGING BY THE THREAD (CC)
On May 23, 1939, the US Navy submarine Squalus suffered a catastrophic malfunction, taking her to the ocean floor. No one had ever been saved from a stranded sub before, but a distress flare was spotted by her sister submarine USS Sculpin and a dramatic rescue mission began under the command of Charles 'Swede' Momsen. He would use a new invention to save the stranded crew: a rescue diving bell. Paul Rose meets the last living survivors of both the Squalus and the rescue team.
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10-11 p.m. Friday, May 2, #101
midnight-1 a.m. Saturday, May 3, #101
1-2 a.m. & 4-5 a.m. Sunday, May 4, #101
10-11 p.m. Friday, May 9, #102
midnight-1 a.m. Saturday, May 10, #102
1-2 a.m. & 4-5 a.m. Sunday, May 11, #102
10-11 p.m. Friday, May 16, #103
midnight-1 a.m. Saturday, May 17, #103
1-2 a.m. & 4-5 a.m. Sunday, May 18, #103
10-11 p.m. Friday, May 23, #104
midnight-1 a.m. Saturday, May 24, #104
1-2 a.m. & 4-5 a.m. Sunday, May 25, #104
10-11 p.m. Friday, May 30, #105
midnight-1 a.m. Saturday, May 31, #105
1-2 a.m. & 4-5 a.m. Sunday, June 1, #105
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9-10 p.m. Thursday, May 8, #101
3-4 a.m. Friday, May 9, #101
9-10 p.m. Thursday, May 15, #102
3-4 a.m. Friday, May 16, #102
9-10 p.m. Thursday, May 22, #103
3-4 a.m. Friday, May 23, #103
9-10 p.m. Thursday, May 29, #104
3-4 a.m. Friday, May 30, #104
9-10 p.m. Thursday, June 5, #105
3-4 a.m. Friday, June 6, #105
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9-10 p.m. Thursday, May 8, #101
2-3 a.m. & 11 p.m.-midnight, Friday, May 9, #101
9-10 p.m. Thursday, May 15, #102
2-3 a.m. & 11 p.m.-midnight, Friday, May 16, #102
9-10 p.m. Thursday, May 22, #103
2-3 a.m. & 11 p.m.-midnight, Friday, May 23, #103
9-10 p.m. Thursday, May 29, #104
2-3 a.m. & 11 p.m.-midnight, Friday, May 30, #104
9-10 p.m. Thursday, June 5, #105
2-3 a.m. & 11 p.m.-midnight, Friday, June 6, #105
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