84: PBS America

Wed Oct 28
Dying Democracies - Europe in Decline

Today 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

Today 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

Today 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

Today 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

Today 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

Today 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

Today 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

Today 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

Today 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

Today 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

Tomorrow 00:00 - 06:00

Programmes return at 1pm

Programmes return at 1pm

Tomorrow 06:00 - 07:00

Programmes return at 1pm

Programmes return at 1pm

Tomorrow 07:00 - 13:00

Programmes return at 1pm

Treasures Decoded

Tomorrow 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

Tomorrow 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

Tomorrow 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

Tomorrow 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

Tomorrow 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

Tomorrow 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

Tomorrow 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

Tomorrow 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

Tomorrow 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

Tomorrow 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

Tomorrow 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

Programmes return at 1pm

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.

Mon Nov 02
Programmes return at 1pm

Monday 00:00 - 06:00

Programmes return at 1pm

Programmes return at 1pm

Monday 06:00 - 07:00

Programmes return at 1pm

Programmes return at 1pm

Monday 07:00 - 13:00

Programmes return at 1pm

Grand Tours of the Scottish Isles

Monday 13:00 - 13:40

Paul Murton sets out to visit the myriad of islands that hug our coastline. He heads straight for Britain's two remotest island communities, Foula and Fair Isle in Shetland. (Part 1 of 6) (S)

Treasures Decoded

Monday 13:40 - 14:40

A team of experts have found evidence of a catastrophe that wiped out a technically advanced Mediterranean civilisation 3,500 years ago. (Part 6 of 6) (S)

Digging Up Britain's Past

Monday 14:40 - 15:40

The team search for artefacts from the country's first superhighway - the Bridgewater Canal. (Part 5 of 6) (S)

Grand Tours of the Scottish Isles

Monday 15:40 - 16:20

Paul Murton sets out to visit the myriad of islands that hug our coastline. He heads straight for Britain's two remotest island communities, Foula and Fair Isle in Shetland. (Part 1 of 6) (S)

Concorde: the Untold Story

Monday 16:20 - 17:30

Go inside the race to build the first supersonic airliner between Europe's Concorde and examine both the technical challenges and the international espionage behind this story. (Part 1 of 2) (S)

The War

Monday 17:30 - 18:40

A Necessary War: December 1941 to March 1942. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor thrusts the United States into a global cataclysm that will touch every family in America. (Part 1 of 14)

Treasures Decoded

Monday 18:40 - 19:40

A team of experts have found evidence of a catastrophe that wiped out a technically advanced Mediterranean civilisation 3,500 years ago. (Part 6 of 6) (S)

Digging Up Britain's Past

Monday 19:40 - 20:40

The team search for artefacts from the country's first superhighway - the Bridgewater Canal. (Part 5 of 6) (S)

Concorde: the Untold Story

Monday 20:40 - 21:50

Go inside the race to build the first supersonic airliner between Europe's Concorde and examine both the technical challenges and the international espionage behind this story. (Part 1 of 2) (S)

The War

Monday 21:50 - 23:00

A Necessary War: December 1941 to March 1942. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor thrusts the United States into a global cataclysm that will touch every family in America. (Part 1 of 14)

Digging Up Britain's Past

Monday 23:00 - 00:00

The team search for artefacts from the country's first superhighway - the Bridgewater Canal. (Part 5 of 6) (S)

Tue Nov 03
Programmes return at 1pm

Tuesday 00:00 - 06:00

Programmes return at 1pm

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

Grand Tours of the Scottish Isles

Tuesday 13:00 - 13:40

In the second episode of the series, Paul Murton turns his back on the sea and discovers the secrets of Scotland's landlocked islands, on the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond. (Part 2 of 6) (S)

Treasures Decoded

Tuesday 13:40 - 14:40

Tut's Last Mission: Experts examine a theory that treasures from Tutankhamun's tomb were meant to prepare him for an epic afterlife battle. (Part 1 of 6) (S)

Digging Up Britain's Past

Tuesday 14:40 - 15:45

The Real War Horse: The Real War Horse: Uncovering the stories behind a Yorkshire garrison's stables and the horse the Germans could not kill. (Part 6 of 6) (S2 Ep6) (S)

Grand Tours of the Scottish Isles

Tuesday 15:45 - 16:20

In the second episode of the series, Paul Murton turns his back on the sea and discovers the secrets of Scotland's landlocked islands, on the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond. (Part 2 of 6) (S)

Concorde: the Untold Story

Tuesday 16:20 - 17:30

Concorde ultimately became the most luxurious airliner in the world but the supersonic dream still died. Could it be revived? (Part 2 of 2) (S)

The War

Tuesday 17:30 - 18:35

A Very Fearful Time: March 1942 to December 1942. With U-boats menacing the coast, and no good news from overseas, many worry that the US is unprepared to fight in a 'total war'. (Part 2 of 14)

Treasures Decoded

Tuesday 18:35 - 19:40

Tut's Last Mission: Experts examine a theory that treasures from Tutankhamun's tomb were meant to prepare him for an epic afterlife battle. (Part 1 of 6) (S)

Digging Up Britain's Past

Tuesday 19:40 - 20:40

The Real War Horse: The Real War Horse: Uncovering the stories behind a Yorkshire garrison's stables and the horse the Germans could not kill. (Part 6 of 6) (S2 Ep6) (S)

Concorde: the Untold Story

Tuesday 20:40 - 21:50

Concorde ultimately became the most luxurious airliner in the world but the supersonic dream still died. Could it be revived? (Part 2 of 2) (S)

The War

Tuesday 21:50 - 23:00

A Very Fearful Time: March 1942 to December 1942. With U-boats menacing the coast, and no good news from overseas, many worry that the US is unprepared to fight in a 'total war'. (Part 2 of 14)

Digging Up Britain's Past

Tuesday 23:00 - 00:00

The Real War Horse: The Real War Horse: Uncovering the stories behind a Yorkshire garrison's stables and the horse the Germans could not kill. (Part 6 of 6) (S2 Ep6) (S)

Wed Nov 04
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

Grand Tours of the Scottish Isles

Wednesday 13:00 - 13:40

On this Grand Tour Paul sets off from Mallaig to visit a group of islands famed for their unusual names: Rum, Muck and Eigg. (Part 3 of 6) (S)

Treasures Decoded

Wednesday 13:40 - 14:40

The discovery of 30 massacred bodies on a Swedish island reveals an ancient Nordic murder mystery - a warrior tribe was brutally murdered by their rivals in a power struggle. (Part 2 of 6) (S)

Eons: Life and Death on Pangea

Wednesday 14:40 - 15:15

How the Formation of Pangea Changed the World: In the Late Carboniferous Period, predatory amphibians and giant arthropods ruled the swamps. (Part 1 of 6) (S)

Eons: Life and Death on Pangea

Wednesday 15:15 - 15:55

How Eating Plants Shaped Life on Land: The first herbivorous vertebrates evolve on the side of the amniote family tree leading to mammals. (Part 2 of 6) (S)

Impossible Peace

Wednesday 15:55 - 17:00

The Lap of the Gods, 1919 - 1921: An immersive documentary offering an insight into the time of peace between the First and Second World Wars. (Part 1 of 8) (S)

The War

Wednesday 17:00 - 18:15

The Worst is Yet to Come: January 1943 to June 1943. American troops land in North Africa and test themselves for the first time against the German and Italian armies. (Part 3 of 14)

Treasures Decoded

Wednesday 18:15 - 19:15

The discovery of 30 massacred bodies on a Swedish island reveals an ancient Nordic murder mystery - a warrior tribe was brutally murdered by their rivals in a power struggle. (Part 2 of 6) (S)

New: Eons: Life and Death on Pangea

Wednesday 19:15 - 19:50

How the Formation of Pangea Changed the World: In the Late Carboniferous Period, predatory amphibians and giant arthropods ruled the swamps. (Part 1 of 6) (S)

New: Eons: Life and Death on Pangea

Wednesday 19:50 - 20:25

How Eating Plants Shaped Life on Land: The first herbivorous vertebrates evolve on the side of the amniote family tree leading to mammals. (Part 2 of 6) (S)

Impossible Peace

Wednesday 20:25 - 21:35

The Lap of the Gods, 1919 - 1921: An immersive documentary offering an insight into the time of peace between the First and Second World Wars. (Part 1 of 8) (S)

The War

Wednesday 21:35 - 22:50

The Worst is Yet to Come: January 1943 to June 1943. American troops land in North Africa and test themselves for the first time against the German and Italian armies. (Part 3 of 14)

Eons: Life and Death on Pangea

Wednesday 22:50 - 23:20

How the Formation of Pangea Changed the World: In the Late Carboniferous Period, predatory amphibians and giant arthropods ruled the swamps. (Part 1 of 6) (S)

Eons: Life and Death on Pangea

Wednesday 23:20 - 00:00

How Eating Plants Shaped Life on Land: The first herbivorous vertebrates evolve on the side of the amniote family tree leading to mammals. (Part 2 of 6) (S)