Today 00:00 - 06:00
Programmes return at 1pm
84: PBS America
Wed Oct 07
Today 06:00 - 07:00
Programmes return at 1pm
Today 07:00 - 13:00
Programmes return at 1pm
Today 13:00 - 13:40
Paul Murton experiences island life. Here, he tours the coast of the Long Island of Harris and Lewis, beginning on Scarp. (Part 2 of 6) (S)
Today 13:40 - 14:50
La Rochelle was the largest Protestant base in France and for Catholic King, Louis XIII, it was the last stronghold needing to be abolished. (Part 2 of 4) (S)
Today 14:50 - 15:50
We explore what everyday life was really like for people in the 30s, especially the last unsettled year before war officially began. (Part 3 of 3)
Today 15:50 - 16:55
...Victory: The Invasion of North Atlantic: With Britain alone, Churchill realises maintaining control of the oil supply line through the Suez Canal is critical to his nation's hopes. (Part 3 of 10)
Today 16:55 - 18:00
The Secular City: The revolt against religion found its voice in heroes such as Victor Hugo, who were celebrated in great secular monuments such as the Pantheon. (Part 3 of 3) (S)
Today 18:00 - 18:40
Paul Murton experiences island life. Here, he tours the coast of the Long Island of Harris and Lewis, beginning on Scarp. (Part 2 of 6) (S)
Today 18:40 - 19:50
La Rochelle was the largest Protestant base in France and for Catholic King, Louis XIII, it was the last stronghold needing to be abolished. (Part 2 of 4) (S)
Today 19:50 - 20:50
We explore what everyday life was really like for people in the 30s, especially the last unsettled year before war officially began. (Part 3 of 3)
Today 20:50 - 21:55
...Victory: The Invasion of North Atlantic: With Britain alone, Churchill realises maintaining control of the oil supply line through the Suez Canal is critical to his nation's hopes. (Part 3 of 10)
Today 21:55 - 23:00
The Secular City: The revolt against religion found its voice in heroes such as Victor Hugo, who were celebrated in great secular monuments such as the Pantheon. (Part 3 of 3) (S)
Today 23:00 - 00:00
We explore what everyday life was really like for people in the 30s, especially the last unsettled year before war officially began. (Part 3 of 3)
Thu Oct 08
Tomorrow 00:00 - 06:00
Programmes return at 1pm
Tomorrow 06:00 - 07:00
Programmes return at 1pm
Tomorrow 07:00 - 13:00
Programmes return at 1pm
Tomorrow 13:00 - 13:40
Paul Murton experiences island life. He explores the eastern outposts of Shetland - Papa Stour, Whalsay and the Out Skerries. (Part 3 of 6) (S)
Tomorrow 13:40 - 14:50
How did the city of Orleans manage to resist for 7 months before being delivered from the English in just a few days by Joan of Arc, the liberator of Orleans? (Part 3 of 4) (S)
Tomorrow 14:50 - 16:00
In Nazi occupied France - Otto Abetz and Fernand de Brinon pushed Franco-German collaboration. A regime operated through terror and oppression.
Tomorrow 16:00 - 17:05
Battle of Kursk: In the aftermath of his defeat at Stalingrad, Hitler knows he must deliver a knockout blow to regain the initiative against his nemesis, Stalin. (Part 4 of 10)
Tomorrow 17:05 - 18:15
American Titans: An early 21st-century world where once again innovation, disruption, and displacement are forces across the planet. (Part 1 of 2) (S)
Tomorrow 18:15 - 19:25
How did the city of Orleans manage to resist for 7 months before being delivered from the English in just a few days by Joan of Arc, the liberator of Orleans? (Part 3 of 4) (S)
Tomorrow 19:25 - 20:35
In Nazi occupied France - Otto Abetz and Fernand de Brinon pushed Franco-German collaboration. A regime operated through terror and oppression.
Tomorrow 20:35 - 21:45
Battle of Kursk: In the aftermath of his defeat at Stalingrad, Hitler knows he must deliver a knockout blow to regain the initiative against his nemesis, Stalin. (Part 4 of 10)
Tomorrow 21:45 - 22:50
American Titans: An early 21st-century world where once again innovation, disruption, and displacement are forces across the planet. (Part 1 of 2) (S)
Tomorrow 22:50 - 00:00
In Nazi occupied France - Otto Abetz and Fernand de Brinon pushed Franco-German collaboration. A regime operated through terror and oppression.
Fri Oct 09
Friday 00:00 - 06:00
Programmes return at 1pm
Friday 06:00 - 07:00
Programmes return at 1pm
Friday 07:00 - 13:00
Programmes return at 1pm
Friday 13:00 - 13:40
Paul Murton experiences island life. In the northernmost spur of Skye - the Trotternish Peninsula - he visits the Old Man of Storr. (Part 4 of 6) (S)
Friday 13:40 - 14:50
The Gallic wars were coming to an end beneath the fortifications of Alesia. After six years of fighting, almost 200 000 warriors came together on the plain. (Part 4 of 4) (S)
Friday 14:50 - 15:55
A remarkable story both of heroism and mankind's failings - and one of the worst atrocities carried out by Germany during the Second World War. (S)
Friday 15:55 - 17:00
The Invasion of Italy: After victory in North Africa, Britain and the United States prepare for their first assault on Axis-controlled Europe. (Part 5 of 10)
Friday 17:00 - 18:15
Boom to Bust: An early 21st-century world where once again innovation, disruption, and displacement are forces across the planet. (Part 2 of 2) (S)
Friday 18:15 - 19:25
The Gallic wars were coming to an end beneath the fortifications of Alesia. After six years of fighting, almost 200 000 warriors came together on the plain. (Part 4 of 4) (S)
Friday 19:25 - 20:35
A remarkable story both of heroism and mankind's failings - and one of the worst atrocities carried out by Germany during the Second World War. (S)
Friday 20:35 - 21:40
The Invasion of Italy: After victory in North Africa, Britain and the United States prepare for their first assault on Axis-controlled Europe. (Part 5 of 10)
Friday 21:40 - 22:55
Boom to Bust: An early 21st-century world where once again innovation, disruption, and displacement are forces across the planet. (Part 2 of 2) (S)
Friday 22:55 - 00:00
A remarkable story both of heroism and mankind's failings - and one of the worst atrocities carried out by Germany during the Second World War. (S)
Sat Oct 10
Saturday 00:00 - 06:00
Programmes return at 1pm
Saturday 06:00 - 07:00
Programmes return at 1pm
Saturday 07:00 - 13:00
Programmes return at 1pm
Saturday 13:00 - 14:00
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)
Saturday 14:00 - 15:05
Plans: Johnson and Ho Chí Minh clash as Vietnam erupts, shaking up the Cold War and testing the resolve of nations and leaders worldwide. (Part 1 of 4) (S2 Ep1)
Saturday 15:05 - 16:15
Détente: 'Détente' follows Richard Nixon and Mao Zedong as they break decades of silence between the U.S. and China. (Part 2 of 4) (S2 Ep2)
Saturday 16:15 - 17:20
Tensions Rising: Carter and Brezhnev face crises from Tehran to Kabul as détente collapses and the Cold War reignites with dangerous intensity. (Part 3 of 4) (S2 Ep3)
Saturday 17:20 - 18:30
The End: 'The End' follows Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev as they confront the Cold War's most decisive stage. (Part 4 of 4) (S2 Ep4)
Saturday 18:30 - 19:35
Vitamins: Vitamins are essential, but do we really need pills? Expose the billion-dollar supplement industry and debunk myths. (Part 4 of 6) (Ep4) (S)
Saturday 19:35 - 20:40
Smoking & Vaping: This episode exposes the myths around vaping and smoking, revealing how nicotine hijacks the brain and how marketing keeps people hooked. (Part 5 of 6) (Ep5) (S)
Saturday 20:40 - 21:50
Vitamins: Vitamins are essential, but do we really need pills? Expose the billion-dollar supplement industry and debunk myths. (Part 4 of 6) (Ep4) (S)
Saturday 21:50 - 22:55
Sex: Bold, revealing and built on science, not myth, this episode explores desire, pleasure and connection, busting viral myths about libido, size and satisfaction. (Part 6 of 6) (S)
Saturday 22:55 - 00:00
Smoking & Vaping: This episode exposes the myths around vaping and smoking, revealing how nicotine hijacks the brain and how marketing keeps people hooked. (Part 5 of 6) (Ep5) (S)
Sun Oct 11
Sunday 00:00 - 06:00
Programmes return at 1pm
Sunday 06:00 - 07:00
Programmes return at 1pm
Sunday 07:00 - 13:00
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Sunday 13:00 - 14:00
A window on one of the most turbulent decades in British history captures a nation determined to remain stable in the face of economic and political chaos across Europe. (Part 1 of 3)
Sunday 14:00 - 15:00
We explore what everyday life was really like for people in the 30s, but also new opportunities for leisure and increased social freedoms despite looming war. (Part 2 of 3)
Sunday 15:00 - 16:00
We explore what everyday life was really like for people in the 30s, especially the last unsettled year before war officially began. (Part 3 of 3)
Sunday 16:00 - 17:15
In Nazi occupied France - Otto Abetz and Fernand de Brinon pushed Franco-German collaboration. A regime operated through terror and oppression.
Sunday 17:15 - 18:20
Dunkirk: Germany prepares to capture the entire British army trapped at the port at Dunkirk, but Churchill and his commanders devise a daring strategy to bring back the entire army. (Part 1 of 10)
Sunday 18:20 - 19:25
Battle of the Atlantic: In September 1939 a German U-boat fires its first torpedo, setting in motion the longest continuous battle of the war. (Part 2 of 10)
Sunday 19:25 - 20:35
...Victory: The Invasion of North Atlantic: With Britain alone, Churchill realises maintaining control of the oil supply line through the Suez Canal is critical to his nation's hopes. (Part 3 of 10)
Sunday 20:35 - 21:40
Battle of Kursk: In the aftermath of his defeat at Stalingrad, Hitler knows he must deliver a knockout blow to regain the initiative against his nemesis, Stalin. (Part 4 of 10)
Sunday 21:40 - 22:50
The Invasion of Italy: After victory in North Africa, Britain and the United States prepare for their first assault on Axis-controlled Europe. (Part 5 of 10)
Sunday 22:50 - 00:00
In Nazi occupied France - Otto Abetz and Fernand de Brinon pushed Franco-German collaboration. A regime operated through terror and oppression.
Mon Oct 12
Monday 00:00 - 06:00
Programmes return at 1pm
Monday 06:00 - 07:00
Programmes return at 1pm
Monday 07:00 - 13:00
Programmes return at 1pm
Monday 13:00 - 14:30
Victorian Britain on Film offers audiences a unique window into a bygone era. Most of these films have been transformed by colourising them for the first time.
Monday 14:30 - 15:30
Agatha Christie's England explores the real-life magical places which inspired her stories, from the sleepy seaside chocolate box villages she lived in as a child to the luxury hotels. (S)
Monday 15:30 - 16:45
The resistance of a handful of Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian partisans against the Soviet Union's stranglehold on their territory at the end of WWII. (S)
Monday 16:45 - 18:00
Madrid, 1944. European fascists arrive in Madrid, and protected by the Franco regime, they weave a secret web known as ratlines in order to escape the Allied forces. (S)
Monday 18:00 - 19:30
Victorian Britain on Film offers audiences a unique window into a bygone era. Most of these films have been transformed by colourising them for the first time.
Monday 19:30 - 20:35
Agatha Christie's England explores the real-life magical places which inspired her stories, from the sleepy seaside chocolate box villages she lived in as a child to the luxury hotels. (S)
Monday 20:35 - 21:45
The resistance of a handful of Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian partisans against the Soviet Union's stranglehold on their territory at the end of WWII. (S)
Monday 21:45 - 23:00
Madrid, 1944. European fascists arrive in Madrid, and protected by the Franco regime, they weave a secret web known as ratlines in order to escape the Allied forces. (S)
Monday 23:00 - 00:00
Agatha Christie's England explores the real-life magical places which inspired her stories, from the sleepy seaside chocolate box villages she lived in as a child to the luxury hotels. (S)
Tue Oct 13
Tuesday 00:00 - 06:00
Programmes return at 1pm
Tuesday 06:00 - 07:00
Programmes return at 1pm
Tuesday 07:00 - 13:00
Programmes return at 1pm
Tuesday 13:00 - 13:40
Paul Murton experiences island life. His final difficult journey sees him travel to Heisgeir, Sula Sgeir and North Rona. (Part 6 of 6) (S)
Tuesday 13:40 - 14:50
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)
Tuesday 14:50 - 15:55
Trace the heroic stories of the enslaved and freed Black Americans who fought to define democracy and their liberty through the Revolutionary War. (S)
Tuesday 15:55 - 17:05
Dawn of the Apocalypse: Hiroshima to Kazakhstan - how nuclear powers turned remote lands and marginalised peoples into laboratories of the atomic age. (Part 1 of 2) (Ep1)
Tuesday 17:05 - 18:15
The 1993 Waco siege begun as a raid, turned into a 51-day standoff, and ended with the destruction of a five-storey building and 75 people dead. (S)
Tuesday 18:15 - 19:20
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)
Tuesday 19:20 - 20:35
Trace the heroic stories of the enslaved and freed Black Americans who fought to define democracy and their liberty through the Revolutionary War.
Tuesday 20:35 - 21:40
Dawn of the Apocalypse: Hiroshima to Kazakhstan - how nuclear powers turned remote lands and marginalised peoples into laboratories of the atomic age. (Part 1 of 2) (Ep1)
Tuesday 21:40 - 22:50
The 1993 Waco siege begun as a raid, turned into a 51-day standoff, and ended with the destruction of a five-storey building and 75 people dead. (S)
Tuesday 22:50 - 00:00
Trace the heroic stories of the enslaved and freed Black Americans who fought to define democracy and their liberty through the Revolutionary War. (S)
Wed Oct 14
Wednesday 00:00 - 06:00
Programmes return at 1pm
Wednesday 06:00 - 07:00
Programmes return at 1pm
Wednesday 07:00 - 13:00
Programmes return at 1pm
Wednesday 13:00 - 13:50
Are We at the Tipping Point?: Discover how critical our climate systems are for our planet's stability, and learn the science behind these changes and how to protect our planet's future. (Part 1 of 6)
Wednesday 13:50 - 14:55
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)
Wednesday 14:55 - 15:55
We see the great state occasion of Queen Victoria's funeral and footage of life in the Lancashire coalfields. We also see footage of days out, parades, fun parks, and seaside holidays. (Part 1 of 2)
Wednesday 15:55 - 17:00
Atomic Mirror World: Today, Russia uses nuclear threats to redraw borders and China builds its arsenal unchecked. (Part 2 of 2) (Ep2)
Wednesday 17:00 - 18:05
Explore the tombs of China's Han Dynasty. Within lie opulent artworks, including terracotta armies, civilians, and livestock, all crafted and now excavated to reveal their story. (S)
Wednesday 18:05 - 19:15
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)
Wednesday 19:15 - 20:15
We see the great state occasion of Queen Victoria's funeral and footage of life in the Lancashire coalfields. We also see footage of days out, parades, fun parks, and seaside holidays. (Part 1 of 2)
Wednesday 20:15 - 21:20
Atomic Mirror World: Today, Russia uses nuclear threats to redraw borders and China builds its arsenal unchecked. (Part 2 of 2) (Ep2)
Wednesday 21:20 - 22:25
Explore the tombs of China's Han Dynasty. Within lie opulent artworks, including terracotta armies, civilians, and livestock, all crafted and now excavated to reveal their story. (S)
Wednesday 22:25 - 23:30
We see the great state occasion of Queen Victoria's funeral and footage of life in the Lancashire coalfields. We also see footage of days out, parades, fun parks, and seaside holidays. (Part 1 of 2)
Wednesday 23:30 - 00:00
Are We at the Tipping Point?: Discover how critical our climate systems are for our planet's stability, and learn the science behind these changes and how to protect our planet's future. (Part 1 of 6)
Thu Oct 15
Thursday 00:00 - 06:00
Programmes return at 1pm