84: PBS America

Sun Oct 25
Programmes return at 1pm

Today 00:00 - 06:00

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Today 06:00 - 07:00

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Today 07:00 - 13:00

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Besieged Fortresses, Legendary Battles

Today 13:00 - 14:10

Philip Augustus and Richard the Lionheart join forces to fight on 'the crusade of kings' and free Saint John of Acre from the Muslim conquest. (Part 1 of 4)

Besieged Fortresses, Legendary Battles

Today 14:10 - 15:15

Rhodes: the Ultimate Battle: The Ottomans launch an offensive against the island of Rhodes but the Hospitallers' military forces are already preparing the defence. (Part 2 of 4)

Besieged Fortresses, Legendary Battles

Today 15:15 - 16:25

The Great Siege of Malta: The siege of Malta opposes the huge Muslim Ottoman army to the Christian stronghold controlled by only 1700 men. (Part 3 of 4)

Besieged Fortresses, Legendary Battles

Today 16:25 - 17:35

Constantinople: the Emperor's Last Stand: In Constantinople, the eastern Christians are facing one of the best armies in the world: Mehmed II's Turkish army. (Part 4 of 4)

The Story Of Egypt

Today 17:35 - 18:50

The Road to the Pyramids: Joann Fletcher explains how ancient Egypt's story fits together. In the first episode, she goes in search of the building blocks of Egyptian civilisation. (Part 1 of 4) (S)

The Story Of Egypt

Today 18:50 - 20:10

Chaos: Joann Fletcher explains how ancient Egypt's story fits together. She explores how the Pyramid Age ended in catastrophe and Egypt was plunged into the dark ages and civil war. (Part 2 of 4) (S)

The Story Of Egypt

Today 20:10 - 21:30

Zenith: Joann Fletcher explains how ancient Egypt's extraordinary story fits together. Joann explores the magnificent Colossi of Memnon, built under Pharaoh Amenhotep III. (Part 3 of 4) (S)

The Story Of Egypt

Today 21:30 - 22:50

Invasion: Joann Fletcher explains how ancient Egypt's story fits together. In the final episode, Joann discovers how Egypt's enemies exploited a country weakened by internal strife. (Part 4 of 4) (S)

Walrus: Life on Thin Ice

Today 22:50 - 00:00

Follow a palaeontologist who embarks on an Arctic adventure to see how these mammals are coping in a warming world. (S)

Mon Oct 26
Programmes return at 1pm

Tomorrow 00:00 - 06:00

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Tomorrow 06:00 - 07:00

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Tomorrow 07:00 - 13:00

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Treasures Decoded

Tomorrow 13:00 - 14:05

America's Hidden Pyramid City: Investigators trace the rise and fall of a thriving metropolis in North America known as Cahokia. (Part 1 of 6) (S)

Rise of the Freemen

Tomorrow 14:05 - 16:15

Radicalised farmers and ranchers form a heavily armed militia group and engage in the longest armed standoff in FBI history.

Higgins Ridge

Tomorrow 16:15 - 17:25

The incredible story of 20 elite firefighters (smokejumpers) who parachuted into the wilderness to put out a wildfire burning on a mountain ridge.

Treasures Decoded

Tomorrow 17:25 - 18:25

America's Hidden Pyramid City: Investigators trace the rise and fall of a thriving metropolis in North America known as Cahokia. (Part 1 of 6) (S)

Rise of the Freemen

Tomorrow 18:25 - 20:35

Radicalised farmers and ranchers form a heavily armed militia group and engage in the longest armed standoff in FBI history.

Higgins Ridge

Tomorrow 20:35 - 21:45

The incredible story of 20 elite firefighters (smokejumpers) who parachuted into the wilderness to put out a wildfire burning on a mountain ridge.

Rise of the Freemen

Tomorrow 21:45 - 00:00

Radicalised farmers and ranchers form a heavily armed militia group and engage in the longest armed standoff in FBI history.

Tue Oct 27
Programmes return at 1pm

Tuesday 00:00 - 06:00

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Programmes return at 1pm

Tuesday 06:00 - 07:00

Programmes return at 1pm

Programmes return at 1pm

Tuesday 07:00 - 13:00

Programmes return at 1pm

Treasures Decoded

Tuesday 13:00 - 14:00

Dead Sea Treasure Map: The Copper Scroll may hold the secret to the location of the Ark of the Covenant, but experts must decode it in order to find its legendary treasure trove. (Part 2 of 6) (S)

Prisoner Number A26188: Henia Bryer

Tuesday 14:00 - 15:00

This extraordinarily moving documentary tells the story of Holocaust survivor, Henia Bryer, in her own words. (S)

Digging Up Britain's Past

Tuesday 15:00 - 16:00

In 1592, Elizabeth I visited Sudeley Castle where a spectacular garden was created. 500 years later, a team of archaeologists hunt for this lost gem. (Part 1 of 6) (S)

Calmeyer's Dilemma: Deciding Life and Death Under Nazi Rule

Tuesday 16:00 - 17:00

Here we shed light on the moral conflict between systemic power and individual humanity during the Nazi era in occupied Netherlands.

Prisoner Number A26188: Henia Bryer

Tuesday 17:00 - 18:00

This extraordinarily moving documentary tells the story of Holocaust survivor, Henia Bryer, in her own words. (S)

Treasures Decoded

Tuesday 18:00 - 19:00

Dead Sea Treasure Map: The Copper Scroll may hold the secret to the location of the Ark of the Covenant, but experts must decode it in order to find its legendary treasure trove. (Part 2 of 6) (S)

Digging Up Britain's Past

Tuesday 19:00 - 20:00

In 1592, Elizabeth I visited Sudeley Castle where a spectacular garden was created. 500 years later, a team of archaeologists hunt for this lost gem. (Part 1 of 6) (S)

New: Calmeyer's Dilemma: Deciding Life and Death Under Nazi Rule

Tuesday 20:00 - 21:00

Here we shed light on the moral conflict between systemic power and individual humanity during the Nazi era in occupied Netherlands.

Prisoner Number A26188: Henia Bryer

Tuesday 21:00 - 22:00

This extraordinarily moving documentary tells the story of Holocaust survivor, Henia Bryer, in her own words. (S)

Digging Up Britain's Past

Tuesday 22:00 - 23:00

In 1592, Elizabeth I visited Sudeley Castle where a spectacular garden was created. 500 years later, a team of archaeologists hunt for this lost gem. (Part 1 of 6) (S)

Treasures Decoded

Tuesday 23:00 - 00:00

Dead Sea Treasure Map: The Copper Scroll may hold the secret to the location of the Ark of the Covenant, but experts must decode it in order to find its legendary treasure trove. (Part 2 of 6) (S)

Wed Oct 28
Programmes return at 1pm

Wednesday 00:00 - 06:00

Programmes return at 1pm

Programmes return at 1pm

Wednesday 06:00 - 07:00

Programmes return at 1pm

Programmes return at 1pm

Wednesday 07:00 - 13:00

Programmes return at 1pm

Treasures Decoded

Wednesday 13:00 - 14:00

Lost City of the Pharaohs: Investigators search for the lost city of Pi-Ramesses in ancient Egypt, named for Ramesses II, who conducted the largest building program of his time. (Part 3 of 6) (S)

Dying Democracies - Europe in Decline

Wednesday 14:00 - 15:00

Rise of the Populists: This film uses The Netherlands and France as examples of successful right-wing populists gaining power. (Part 1 of 2) (S)

Digging Up Britain's Past

Wednesday 15:00 - 16:05

Silchester is one of the best-preserved Roman sites in Britain. Why did Rome's infamous emperor Nero stamp his mark on the town? (Part 2 of 6) (S)

Iron Curtain: Living Under Soviet Occupation

Wednesday 16:05 - 17:15

As his Red Army advances towards Berlin to liberate Europe from Nazism, Stalin pursues another goal: to join the countries of Eastern Europe to his empire. (Part 1 of 3) (S)

Dying Democracies - Europe in Decline

Wednesday 17:15 - 18:10

Rise of the Populists: This film uses The Netherlands and France as examples of successful right-wing populists gaining power. (Part 1 of 2) (S)

Treasures Decoded

Wednesday 18:10 - 19:15

Lost City of the Pharaohs: Investigators search for the lost city of Pi-Ramesses in ancient Egypt, named for Ramesses II, who conducted the largest building program of his time. (Part 3 of 6) (S)

Digging Up Britain's Past

Wednesday 19:15 - 20:15

Silchester is one of the best-preserved Roman sites in Britain. Why did Rome's infamous emperor Nero stamp his mark on the town? (Part 2 of 6) (S)

Iron Curtain: Living Under Soviet Occupation

Wednesday 20:15 - 21:25

As his Red Army advances towards Berlin to liberate Europe from Nazism, Stalin pursues another goal: to join the countries of Eastern Europe to his empire. (Part 1 of 3) (S)

Dying Democracies - Europe in Decline

Wednesday 21:25 - 22:25

Rise of the Populists: This film uses The Netherlands and France as examples of successful right-wing populists gaining power. (Part 1 of 2) (S)

Digging Up Britain's Past

Wednesday 22:25 - 23:30

Silchester is one of the best-preserved Roman sites in Britain. Why did Rome's infamous emperor Nero stamp his mark on the town? (Part 2 of 6) (S)

Weathered: Earth's Extremes

Wednesday 23:30 - 00:00

Water Whiplash: Maiya May learns about the severe impacts of droughts and floods on agriculture and the alarming depletion of groundwater reserves. (Part 4 of 6) (Ep4)

Thu Oct 29
Programmes return at 1pm

Thursday 00:00 - 06:00

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Programmes return at 1pm

Thursday 06:00 - 07:00

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Programmes return at 1pm

Thursday 07:00 - 13:00

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Treasures Decoded

Thursday 13:00 - 14:00

King Tut's Tomb - the Hidden Chamber: Since Howard Carter's discovery in 1922, archaeologists have been trying to unlock the secrets of Tutankhamen's tomb. (Part 4 of 6) (S)

Dying Democracies - Europe in Decline

Thursday 14:00 - 15:00

Erosion from Within: This film uses Hungary and Italy as examples of how right-wing populists operate when in power. (Part 2 of 2) (S)

Digging Up Britain's Past

Thursday 15:00 - 16:00

For more than 260 years, HMS Invincible lay at the bottom of the Solent. Now, archaeologists are diving beneath the waves to learn more about this game-changing ship. (Part 3 of 6) (S)

Iron Curtain: Living Under Soviet Occupation

Thursday 16:00 - 17:10

Soviet domination of Eastern European countries will be total and will remain so until the dictator's death in 1953. (Part 2 of 3) (S)

Dying Democracies - Europe in Decline

Thursday 17:10 - 18:15

Erosion from Within: This film uses Hungary and Italy as examples of how right-wing populists operate when in power. (Part 2 of 2) (S)

Treasures Decoded

Thursday 18:15 - 19:15

King Tut's Tomb - the Hidden Chamber: Since Howard Carter's discovery in 1922, archaeologists have been trying to unlock the secrets of Tutankhamen's tomb. (Part 4 of 6) (S)

Digging Up Britain's Past

Thursday 19:15 - 20:15

For more than 260 years, HMS Invincible lay at the bottom of the Solent. Now, archaeologists are diving beneath the waves to learn more about this game-changing ship. (Part 3 of 6) (S)

Iron Curtain: Living Under Soviet Occupation

Thursday 20:15 - 21:25

Soviet domination of Eastern European countries will be total and will remain so until the dictator's death in 1953. (Part 2 of 3) (S)

Dying Democracies - Europe in Decline

Thursday 21:25 - 22:25

Erosion from Within: This film uses Hungary and Italy as examples of how right-wing populists operate when in power. (Part 2 of 2) (S)

Digging Up Britain's Past

Thursday 22:25 - 23:30

For more than 260 years, HMS Invincible lay at the bottom of the Solent. Now, archaeologists are diving beneath the waves to learn more about this game-changing ship. (Part 3 of 6) (S)

Weathered: Earth's Extremes

Thursday 23:30 - 00:00

Not 'Business as Usual': Maiya May goes to Cheyenne to visit a supercomputer. In Michigan, she observes the explosive end of a coal plant. (Part 5 of 6) (Ep5)

Fri Oct 30
Programmes return at 1pm

Friday 00:00 - 06:00

Programmes return at 1pm

Programmes return at 1pm

Friday 06:00 - 07:00

Programmes return at 1pm

Programmes return at 1pm

Friday 07:00 - 13:00

Programmes return at 1pm

Treasures Decoded

Friday 13:00 - 14:00

Search for the Holy Grail: The quest for the Holy Grail has consumed knights, Crusaders and Hollywood alike. One church in Spain says they have found the secret chalice. (Part 5 of 6) (S)

Walrus: Life on Thin Ice

Friday 14:00 - 15:05

Follow a palaeontologist who embarks on an Arctic adventure to see how these mammals are coping in a warming world. (S)

Digging Up Britain's Past

Friday 15:05 - 16:10

Archaeologists conduct a dig at Auckland Castle in Co Durham, which 700 years ago was home to a group of power-crazed bishops. (Part 4 of 6) (S)

Iron Curtain: Living Under Soviet Occupation

Friday 16:10 - 17:20

After Stalin's death, the countries of the Eastern Bloc hope for the end of communist dictatorship. (Part 3 of 3) (S)

Walrus: Life on Thin Ice

Friday 17:20 - 18:35

Follow a palaeontologist who embarks on an Arctic adventure to see how these mammals are coping in a warming world. (S)

Treasures Decoded

Friday 18:35 - 19:35

Search for the Holy Grail: The quest for the Holy Grail has consumed knights, Crusaders and Hollywood alike. One church in Spain says they have found the secret chalice. (Part 5 of 6) (S)

Digging Up Britain's Past

Friday 19:35 - 20:35

Archaeologists conduct a dig at Auckland Castle in Co Durham, which 700 years ago was home to a group of power-crazed bishops. (Part 4 of 6) (S)

Iron Curtain: Living Under Soviet Occupation

Friday 20:35 - 21:50

After Stalin's death, the countries of the Eastern Bloc hope for the end of communist dictatorship. (Part 3 of 3) (S)

Walrus: Life on Thin Ice

Friday 21:50 - 23:00

Follow a palaeontologist who embarks on an Arctic adventure to see how these mammals are coping in a warming world. (S)

Digging Up Britain's Past

Friday 23:00 - 00:00

Archaeologists conduct a dig at Auckland Castle in Co Durham, which 700 years ago was home to a group of power-crazed bishops. (Part 4 of 6) (S)

Sat Oct 31
Programmes return at 1pm

Saturday 00:00 - 06:00

Programmes return at 1pm

Programmes return at 1pm

Saturday 06:00 - 07:00

Programmes return at 1pm

Programmes return at 1pm

Saturday 07:00 - 13:00

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Sicily: the Conquered Isle

Saturday 13:00 - 14:20

Crossroads explores Sicily's ancient past when it was the breadbasket of the ancient and then medieval world and occupied by Greeks, Romans, Carthaginians, Arabs and Normans. (Part 1 of 2) (S)

Sicily: the Conquered Isle

Saturday 14:20 - 15:35

Borderlands examines the island's role on the frontlines of a clash of civilisations during the Spanish era, when its glorious baroque buildings were also created. (Part 2 of 2) (S)

Kissinger, Part One - the Necessity of Power

Saturday 15:35 - 17:20

The life of Henry Kissinger, from his childhood in Germany to his early life in America through the voices of historians and colleagues. (Part 1 of 2)

Kissinger, Part Two - the Opportunist

Saturday 17:20 - 19:10

Discover how Henry Kissinger's anti-Communist zeal would shape U.S. foreign policy through the voices of historians and colleagues. (Part 2 of 2)

Sicily: the Conquered Isle

Saturday 19:10 - 20:30

Crossroads explores Sicily's ancient past when it was the breadbasket of the ancient and then medieval world and occupied by Greeks, Romans, Carthaginians, Arabs and Normans. (Part 1 of 2) (S)

Sicily: the Conquered Isle

Saturday 20:30 - 21:45

Borderlands examines the island's role on the frontlines of a clash of civilisations during the Spanish era, when its glorious baroque buildings were also created. (Part 2 of 2) (S)

Rise of the Freemen

Saturday 21:45 - 00:00

Radicalised farmers and ranchers form a heavily armed militia group and engage in the longest armed standoff in FBI history.

Sun Nov 01
Programmes return at 1pm

Sunday 00:00 - 06:00

Programmes return at 1pm

Programmes return at 1pm

Sunday 06:00 - 07:00

Programmes return at 1pm

Programmes return at 1pm

Sunday 07:00 - 13:00

Programmes return at 1pm

Weathered: Earth's Extremes

Sunday 13:00 - 13:35

Adapt Or Leave?: Maiya May visits the Isle de Jean Charles, Louisiana, one of the first communities in the U.S. to undergo a federally funded relocation due to climate change. (Part 2 of 6) (Ep2)

Iron Curtain: Living Under Soviet Occupation

Sunday 13:35 - 14:50

As his Red Army advances towards Berlin to liberate Europe from Nazism, Stalin pursues another goal: to join the countries of Eastern Europe to his empire. (Part 1 of 3) (S)

Iron Curtain: Living Under Soviet Occupation

Sunday 14:50 - 16:00

Soviet domination of Eastern European countries will be total and will remain so until the dictator's death in 1953. (Part 2 of 3) (S)

Iron Curtain: Living Under Soviet Occupation

Sunday 16:00 - 17:10

After Stalin's death, the countries of the Eastern Bloc hope for the end of communist dictatorship. (Part 3 of 3) (S)

Calmeyer's Dilemma: Deciding Life and Death Under Nazi Rule

Sunday 17:10 - 18:15

Here we shed light on the moral conflict between systemic power and individual humanity during the Nazi era in occupied Netherlands.

Dad's Secret War: France 1944

Sunday 18:15 - 19:30

An American working with British secret agents parachutes into France just after D-Day to organise the French Resistance into a cohesive army. Narrated by Kevin Bacon.

Iron Curtain: Living Under Soviet Occupation

Sunday 19:30 - 20:40

As his Red Army advances towards Berlin to liberate Europe from Nazism, Stalin pursues another goal: to join the countries of Eastern Europe to his empire. (Part 1 of 3) (S)

Iron Curtain: Living Under Soviet Occupation

Sunday 20:40 - 21:55

Soviet domination of Eastern European countries will be total and will remain so until the dictator's death in 1953. (Part 2 of 3) (S)

Iron Curtain: Living Under Soviet Occupation

Sunday 21:55 - 23:00

After Stalin's death, the countries of the Eastern Bloc hope for the end of communist dictatorship. (Part 3 of 3) (S)

Calmeyer's Dilemma: Deciding Life and Death Under Nazi Rule

Sunday 23:00 - 00:00

Here we shed light on the moral conflict between systemic power and individual humanity during the Nazi era in occupied Netherlands.