http://www.weta.org/rss/tv_picks RSS Feeds - Accepts Content Types as Arguments en http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275867 <img src="/files/images/Frontline_WoundedPlatoon_480x360.thumbnail70.jpg" alt="FRONTLINE tells the dark tale of the men of Third Platoon, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion of the 506th Infantry and how the war followed them home. It is a story of heroism, grief, vicious combat, depression, drugs, alcohol and brutal murder; an investigation into the Army’s mental health services; and a powerful portrait of what multiple tours and post-traumatic stress are doing to a generation of young American soldiers." /><p>The dark tale of a platoon of men from the U.S. Army's 506th infantry and how their experience in the war in Iraq followed them home.</p> <p><a href="/tv/programsatoz/program/181">When to watch on WETA Television &raquo;</a></p> http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275867#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 17:29:00 -0400 admin 275867 at http://www.weta.org http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275865 <img src="/files/images/Frontline_CollegeInc_480x360.thumbnail70.jpg" alt="Michael Clifford, educational entrepreneur with SignificantFederation LLC. Clifford, a former musician who never attended college, has amassed a fortune purchasing struggling traditional colleges and turning them into for-profit companies. " /><p><em>Frontline</em> explores the booming business of higher education.</p> <p><a href="/tv/programsatoz/program/181">When to watch on WETA Television &raquo;</a></p> http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275865#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 17:26:48 -0400 admin 275865 at http://www.weta.org http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275862 <img src="/files/images/NOVA_MysteryMegaVolcano_4x3.thumbnail70.jpg" alt="The Toba eruption may have helped kick the climate into an unprecedented freeze and perhaps even pushed ancestral human populations to the brink of extinction. In a classic science detective story, NOVA pieces together the clues about this great catastrophe and probes questions about human evolution and Earth's fragile ecosystems." /><p>A remote lake in Southeast Asia conceals evidence of Earth's greatest recent volcanic eruption.</p> <p><a href="/tv/programsatoz/program/71">When to watch on WETA Television &raquo;</a></p> http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275862#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 17:14:01 -0400 admin 275862 at http://www.weta.org http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275861 <img src="/files/images/NOVA_stormThatDrownedCity_480x360.thumbnail70.jpg" alt="NOVA presents a minute-by-minute eyewitness account of the Hurricane Katrina disaster, exploring why the flood defenses and disaster relief planning failed to match Katrina's fury. " /><p>A minute-by-minute eyewitness account of the Hurricane Katrina disaster.</p> <p><a href="/tv/programsatoz/program/71">When to watch on WETA Television &raquo;</a></p> http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275861#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 17:11:15 -0400 admin 275861 at http://www.weta.org http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275860 <img src="/files/images/NOVA_HuntSupertwister_480x360.thumbnail70.jpg" alt="A powerful tornado is a terrifying phenomenon that continues to defy decades of scientific efforts to predict it. During one of the worst tornado seasons on record, a NOVA camera team chased across the Midwest, capturing hair-raising footage of highly destructive twisters in action. With jaw-dropping 3-D graphics generated by the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, “Hunt for the Supertwister” features spectacular footage of these terrifying twisters and gives viewers a front-row seat to the risky and thrilling art of storm chasing." /><p>Follow tornado hunters as they chase twisters across the Midwest</p> <p><a href="/tv/programsatoz/program/71">When to watch on WETA Television &raquo;</a></p> http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275860#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 17:09:21 -0400 admin 275860 at http://www.weta.org http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275859 <img src="/files/images/NOVA_MtStHelens_480x360.thumbnail70.jpg" alt="Over the course of 30 years, plant and animal life has returned to the barren landscape of Mount St. Helens after the eruption in 1980. But there’s a new threat: The mountain, too, is coming back to life. " /><p>Could Mt. St. Helens erupt again?</p> <p><a href="/tv/programsatoz/program/71">When to watch on WETA Television &raquo;</a></p> http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275859#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 17:07:27 -0400 admin 275859 at http://www.weta.org http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275852 <img src="/files/images/AE_CivilianConservCorp_400x300.thumbnail70.jpg" alt="Pictured: In March 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) to provide jobs in natural resource conservation. " /><p>FDR's Civilian Conservation Corps provided jobs in natural resource conservation, putting millions to work in the nation's forests and parks.</p> <p><a href="/tv/programsatoz/program/483">When to watch on WETA Television &raquo;</a></p> http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275852#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:43:26 -0400 admin 275852 at http://www.weta.org http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275851 <img src="/files/images/American_Experience_Videos_PBS_4x3horiz.thumbnail70.jpg" alt="Television's most-watched history series, AMERICAN EXPERIENCE has been hailed as &quot;peerless&quot; (Wall Street Journal), &quot;the most consistently enriching program on television&quot; (Chicago Tribune) and &quot;a beacon of intelligence and purpose&quot; (Houston Chronicle). On air and online, the series brings to life the incredible characters and epic stories that have shaped America's past and present. Acclaimed by viewers and critics alike, AMERICAN EXPERIENCE documentaries have been honored with every major broadcast award, including 24 Emmy Awards, four duPont-Columbia Awards and 14 George Foster Peabody Awards." /><p>The stories of Depression-era teen drifters.</p> <p><a href="/tv/programsatoz/program/483">When to watch on WETA Television &raquo;</a></p> http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275851#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:32:24 -0400 admin 275851 at http://www.weta.org http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275850 <img src="/files/images/American_Experience_Videos_PBS_4x3horiz.thumbnail70.jpg" alt="Television's most-watched history series, AMERICAN EXPERIENCE has been hailed as &quot;peerless&quot; (Wall Street Journal), &quot;the most consistently enriching program on television&quot; (Chicago Tribune) and &quot;a beacon of intelligence and purpose&quot; (Houston Chronicle). On air and online, the series brings to life the incredible characters and epic stories that have shaped America's past and present. Acclaimed by viewers and critics alike, AMERICAN EXPERIENCE documentaries have been honored with every major broadcast award, including 24 Emmy Awards, four duPont-Columbia Awards and 14 George Foster Peabody Awards." /><p>The story of one of the worst storms ever recorded in North America.</p> <p><a href="/tv/programsatoz/program/483">When to watch on WETA Television &raquo;</a></p> http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275850#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:30:27 -0400 admin 275850 at http://www.weta.org http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275849 <img src="/files/images/AE_IntotheDeep_480x360.thumbnail70.jpg" alt="For two centuries, American whale oil lit the world — powering the start of the industrial revolution and laying the groundwork for a truly global economy. From its stunning rise as an economic force in the 18th century to its precipitous decline in the decades following the Civil War, the whaling industry mapped millions of miles of uncharted ocean, opened new seaways and markets, employed the world’s most multi-cultural workforce and shrunk the globe by bringing once remote reaches of the Earth into contact as never before — all the while capturing the American imagination. Pictured: A 19th-century depiction of whaling. " /><p>The rapid rise and precipitous decline of the American whaling industry.</p> <p><a href="/tv/programsatoz/program/483">When to watch on WETA Television &raquo;</a></p> http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275849#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:28:30 -0400 admin 275849 at http://www.weta.org http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275848 <img src="/files/images/AE_RoadstoMemphis_Oswald_480x360.thumbnail70.jpg" alt="The wildly disparate yet fatefully entwined stories of an assassin, James Earl Ray, and his target, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., against the backdrop of the seething and turbulent forces in American society that led these two men to their violent and tragic collision in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968. " /><p>The disparate yet fatefully entwined stories of an assassin, James Earl Ray, and his target, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.</p> <p><a href="/tv/programsatoz/program/483">When to watch on WETA Television &raquo;</a></p> http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275848#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:26:01 -0400 admin 275848 at http://www.weta.org http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275844 <img src="/files/images/LostTreasures_Mayan_480x360.thumbnail70.jpg" alt="The Mayan civilization enjoyed a glorious period from 325 AD to 925 AD. Skilled potters, weavers and farmers, the magnificent temples at Chichen Itza and Copan are among the legacies of peace-loving people. The Aztecs of Mexico are remembered for their architecture, sculpture, art, and for their religious rituals which included large scale human sacrifice. " /><p>Explore ancient history's greatest monuments</p> <p><a href="/tv/programsatoz/program/2957">When to watch on WETA Television &raquo;</a></p> http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275844#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:48:15 -0400 admin 275844 at http://www.weta.org http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275843 <img src="/files/images/LostTreasures_Pompeii_480x360.thumbnail70.jpg" alt="In the year 79 AD, the ancient seaside city of Pompeii was buried beneath a mountain of volcanic ash and pumice when nearby volcano Mount Vesuvius erupted furiously. More than two thousand of Pompeii’s citizens lost their lives. For almost 1,700 years, until its rediscovery in 1748, Pompeii lay hidden - a city and its people suspended in time. Now we can see the streets and buildings almost as they were on the day Pompeii died - an incredible snapshot of Roman civilization in its heyday. " /><p>Explore ancient history's greatest monuments</p> <p><a href="/tv/programsatoz/program/2957">When to watch on WETA Television &raquo;</a></p> http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275843#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:46:29 -0400 admin 275843 at http://www.weta.org http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275842 <img src="/files/images/LostTreasures _Pyramid_480x360.thumbnail70.jpg" alt="Thousands of years have passed since the Egyptian Pharaohs of antiquity built the spectacular tombs which are known to history as the Great Pyramids. Yet time has not dimmed their magnificence; even today, visitors from all over the world are awe-struck by their power, fascinated by their history, and excited by the air of mystery which surrounds these unique monuments. " /><p>Explore ancient history's greatest monuments</p> <p><a href="/tv/programsatoz/program/2957">When to watch on WETA Television &raquo;</a></p> http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275842#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:45:14 -0400 admin 275842 at http://www.weta.org http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275841 <img src="/files/images/LostTreasures_Stonehenge_380x360.thumbnail70.jpg" alt="This is the fascinating story of the British Isles in prehistory, of the hunters and farmers who eked out a living from the land, and of Stonehenge, the megalithic structure which has become a symbol of those dark and mysterious times. Standing tall on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, the ancient stone circle is steeped in myth and legend even today, it refuses to give up all of it's secrets. " /><p>Explore ancient history's greatest monuments</p> <p><a href="/tv/programsatoz/program/2957">When to watch on WETA Television &raquo;</a></p> http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275841#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:43:47 -0400 admin 275841 at http://www.weta.org http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275840 <img src="/files/images/LostTreasures_Rome_480x360.thumbnail70.jpg" alt="The Roman Empire gave history one of its most eventful and colorful periods: its legacy remains for all to see in the incredible civic buildings, temples and the ancient city. Places such as the Forum, the Coliseum and the Pantheon hang heavy with the atmosphere of distant glories, providing fascinating echoes of a truly remarkable people. This program contains superb graphics and computer animation, detailed reconstructions of Roman life, paintings and images, location footage, and Insightful interpretation and analysis. " /><p>Explore ancient history's greatest monuments</p> <p><a href="/tv/programsatoz/program/2957">When to watch on WETA Television &raquo;</a></p> http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275840#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:40:29 -0400 admin 275840 at http://www.weta.org http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275830 <img src="/files/images/movie_PhiladelphiaStory_480x360.thumbnail70.jpg" alt="Katharine Hepburn stars as the spoiled and snobby socialite Tracy Lord in this sparkling 1940 screen adaptation, one of the great romantic comedies from the golden age of MGM studios. " /><p>A snooty socialite fights with her ex-husband and flirts with a reporter on the eve of her remarriage.</p> <p><a href="/tv/programsatoz/program/485">When to watch on WETA Television &raquo;</a></p> http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275830#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:09:32 -0400 admin 275830 at http://www.weta.org http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275829 <img src="/files/images/movie_Gigi_300x225.thumbnail70.jpg" alt="Leslie Caron stars." /><p>Vincente Minnelli's 1958 Lerner-Loewe musical</p> <p><a href="/tv/programsatoz/program/7695">When to watch on WETA Television &raquo;</a></p> http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275829#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:03:24 -0400 admin 275829 at http://www.weta.org http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275822 <img src="/files/images/Nature_BornWild_orangs_400x300.thumbnail70.jpg" alt="Orangutan mother and baby in a tree (Banghamat Island, Nyaru Menteng, Central Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo) are among the animals featured in this program, which captures the precious and perilous beginnings of creatures in the wild, from lions to toads. " /><p>The birth and first days of several species</p> <p><a href="/tv/programsatoz/program/70">When to watch on WETA Television &raquo;</a></p> http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275822#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:45:34 -0400 admin 275822 at http://www.weta.org http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275821 <img src="/files/images/nature_skylight_kilauea_480x360.thumbnail70.jpg" alt="Kilauea is the world’s most active volcano. Its latest eruption began in 1983 and hasn’t stopped. " /><p>2,000-degree lava meets 75-degree ocean water...</p> <p><a href="/tv/programsatoz/program/70">When to watch on WETA Television &raquo;</a></p> http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275821#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:40:37 -0400 admin 275821 at http://www.weta.org http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275366 <img src="/files/images/LifeOnMars_480x360.thumbnail70.jpg" alt="As a no-nonsense Detective Chief Inspector he is determined to keep the streets of 21st Century Manchester safe, but after a car accident, he wakes up bewildered. Picking himself out of the dirt to climb back into his car, he is shaken; his surroundings have altered in a way he can't understand. " /><p>John Simm stars as Detective Sam Williams in this International Emmy Award-winning fast-paced BBC crime series with a time-element twist.</p> <p><a href="/tv/programsatoz/program/72527">When to watch on WETA Television &raquo;</a></p> http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275366#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2010 13:09:22 -0400 admin 275366 at http://www.weta.org http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275365 <img src="/files/images/LifeOnMars_480x360.thumbnail70.jpg" alt="As a no-nonsense Detective Chief Inspector he is determined to keep the streets of 21st Century Manchester safe, but after a car accident, he wakes up bewildered. Picking himself out of the dirt to climb back into his car, he is shaken; his surroundings have altered in a way he can't understand. " /><p>John Simm stars as Detective Sam Williams in this International Emmy Award-winning fast-paced BBC crime series with a time-element twist.</p> <p><a href="/tv/programsatoz/program/72527">When to watch on WETA Television &raquo;</a></p> http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275365#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2010 13:05:00 -0400 admin 275365 at http://www.weta.org http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275364 <img src="/files/images/LifeOnMars_480x360.thumbnail70.jpg" alt="As a no-nonsense Detective Chief Inspector he is determined to keep the streets of 21st Century Manchester safe, but after a car accident, he wakes up bewildered. Picking himself out of the dirt to climb back into his car, he is shaken; his surroundings have altered in a way he can't understand. " /><p>John Simm stars as Detective Sam Williams in this International Emmy Award-winning fast-paced BBC crime series with a time-element twist.</p> <p><a href="/tv/programsatoz/program/72527">When to watch on WETA Television &raquo;</a></p> http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275364#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2010 13:02:46 -0400 admin 275364 at http://www.weta.org http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275363 <img src="/files/images/LifeOnMars_480x360.thumbnail70.jpg" alt="As a no-nonsense Detective Chief Inspector he is determined to keep the streets of 21st Century Manchester safe, but after a car accident, he wakes up bewildered. Picking himself out of the dirt to climb back into his car, he is shaken; his surroundings have altered in a way he can't understand. " /><p>John Simm stars as Detective Sam Williams in this International Emmy Award-winning fast-paced BBC crime series with a time-element twist.</p> <p><a href="/tv/programsatoz/program/72527">When to watch on WETA Television &raquo;</a></p> http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275363#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:59:18 -0400 admin 275363 at http://www.weta.org http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275362 <img src="/files/images/InspectorMorse_480x360.thumbnail70.jpg" alt="Widely acclaimed by critics, Inspector Morse as played by John Shaw is Oxford's most famous export. The unique character of Inspector Endeavour Morse, has proven to be one of the world's most popular detectives and is a classic PBS mystery." /><p>John Thaw portrays the prickly but cultured police detective who investigates crimes around Oxford in adaptations of Colin Dexter's crime novels.</p> <p><a href="/tv/programsatoz/program/31450">When to watch on WETA Television &raquo;</a></p> http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275362#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:54:52 -0400 admin 275362 at http://www.weta.org http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275361 <img src="/files/images/InspectorMorse_480x360.thumbnail70.jpg" alt="Widely acclaimed by critics, Inspector Morse as played by John Shaw is Oxford's most famous export. The unique character of Inspector Endeavour Morse, has proven to be one of the world's most popular detectives and is a classic PBS mystery." /><p>John Thaw portrays the prickly but cultured police detective who investigates crimes around Oxford in adaptations of Colin Dexter's crime novels.</p> <p><a href="/tv/programsatoz/program/31450">When to watch on WETA Television &raquo;</a></p> http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275361#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:53:37 -0400 admin 275361 at http://www.weta.org http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275360 <img src="/files/images/InspectorMorse_480x360.thumbnail70.jpg" alt="Widely acclaimed by critics, Inspector Morse as played by John Shaw is Oxford's most famous export. The unique character of Inspector Endeavour Morse, has proven to be one of the world's most popular detectives and is a classic PBS mystery." /><p>John Thaw portrays the prickly but cultured police detective who investigates crimes around Oxford in adaptations of Colin Dexter's crime novels.</p> <p><a href="/tv/programsatoz/program/31450">When to watch on WETA Television &raquo;</a></p> http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275360#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:51:58 -0400 admin 275360 at http://www.weta.org http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275359 <img src="/files/images/InspectorMorse_480x360.thumbnail70.jpg" alt="Widely acclaimed by critics, Inspector Morse as played by John Shaw is Oxford's most famous export. The unique character of Inspector Endeavour Morse, has proven to be one of the world's most popular detectives and is a classic PBS mystery." /><p>John Thaw portrays the prickly but cultured police detective who investigates crimes around Oxford in adaptations of Colin Dexter's crime novels.</p> <p><a href="/tv/programsatoz/program/31450">When to watch on WETA Television &raquo;</a></p> http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275359#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:48:22 -0400 admin 275359 at http://www.weta.org http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275358 <img src="/files/images/SherlockHolmes_horiz4x3.thumbnail70.jpg" alt="The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" /><p>The world's greatest detective is on the case!</p> <p><a href="/tv/programsatoz/program/1223">When to watch on WETA Television &raquo;</a></p> http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275358#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:45:17 -0400 admin 275358 at http://www.weta.org http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275357 <img src="/files/images/SherlockHolmes_horiz4x3.thumbnail70.jpg" alt="The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" /><p>The world's greatest detective is on the case!</p> <p><a href="/tv/programsatoz/program/1223">When to watch on WETA Television &raquo;</a></p> http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275357#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:43:54 -0400 admin 275357 at http://www.weta.org http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275356 <img src="/files/images/SherlockHolmes_horiz4x3.thumbnail70.jpg" alt="The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" /><p>The world's greatest detective is on the case!</p> <p><a href="/tv/programsatoz/program/1223">When to watch on WETA Television &raquo;</a></p> http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275356#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:36:47 -0400 admin 275356 at http://www.weta.org http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275355 <img src="/files/images/MM_MissMarple_V_480x360.thumbnail70.jpg" alt="Acclaimed British actress Julia McKenzie (“Cranford”) stars as the beloved spinster sleuth Miss Marple in three new episodes of the popular Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple series. " /><p>Acclaimed British actress Julia McKenzie (of <em>Cranford</em>) stars as the spinster sleuth Miss Marple.</p> <p><a href="/tv/programsatoz/program/65720">When to watch on WETA Television &raquo;</a></p> http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275355#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:22:40 -0400 admin 275355 at http://www.weta.org http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275353 <img src="/files/images/MM_FoylesWar_VI_480x360.thumbnail70.jpg" alt="The war in Europe is over, and DCS Christopher Foyle hopes his crime-fighting days are, too. But murder knows no respite in the seaside town of Hastings. Michael Kitchen (right) stars as Foyle with Honeysuckle Weeks as Sam Stewart. " /><p>Inspector Christopher Foyle fights crime on the south coast of England.</p> <p><a href="/tv/programsatoz/program/65720">When to watch on WETA Television &raquo;</a></p> http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275353#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2010 11:47:16 -0400 admin 275353 at http://www.weta.org http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275350 <img src="/files/images/MM_FoylesWar_VI_480x360.thumbnail70.jpg" alt="The war in Europe is over, and DCS Christopher Foyle hopes his crime-fighting days are, too. But murder knows no respite in the seaside town of Hastings. Michael Kitchen (right) stars as Foyle with Honeysuckle Weeks as Sam Stewart. " /><p>Inspector Christopher Foyle fights crime on the south coast of England.</p> <p><a href="/tv/programsatoz/program/65720">When to watch on WETA Television &raquo;</a></p> http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275350#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2010 11:45:15 -0400 admin 275350 at http://www.weta.org http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275348 <img src="/files/images/MM_FoylesWar_VI_480x360.thumbnail70.jpg" alt="The war in Europe is over, and DCS Christopher Foyle hopes his crime-fighting days are, too. But murder knows no respite in the seaside town of Hastings. Michael Kitchen (right) stars as Foyle with Honeysuckle Weeks as Sam Stewart. " /><p>During World War II, Inspector Christopher Foyle fights crime on the south coast of England.</p> <p><a href="/tv/programsatoz/program/65720">When to watch on WETA Television &raquo;</a></p> http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/275348#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2010 11:40:21 -0400 admin 275348 at http://www.weta.org http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/263849 <img src="/files/images/WorseThanWar_480x360.thumbnail70.jpg" alt="This is an exploration of the nature of genocide, ethnic cleansing and large-scale mass murder in our time. Pictured: Elie Ngarambe, one of an estimated one million perpetrators of the Rwandan genocide, at a prison work camp outside Kigali, Rwanda. He and the prisoners in the background are all confessed perpetrators of the genocide, serving time for their crimes." /><p>The nature of genocide, ethnic cleansing and large-scale mass murder in our time.</p> <p><a href="/tv/programsatoz/program/73615">When to watch on WETA Television &raquo;</a></p> http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/263849#comments Fri, 02 Apr 2010 12:11:55 -0400 admin 263849 at http://www.weta.org http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/263848 <img src="/files/images/WhenFamiliesGrieve_480x360.thumbnail70.jpg" alt="Katie Couric (center), Jessie (left) and Elmo (right) help families cope with the death of a parent." /><p>Katie Couric and the <em>Sesame Street</em> Muppets share strategies for coping with the death of a parent.</p> <p><a href="/tv/programsatoz/program/73623">When to watch on WETA Television &raquo;</a></p> http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/263848#comments Fri, 02 Apr 2010 12:10:09 -0400 admin 263848 at http://www.weta.org http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/263847 <img src="/files/images/DragonsAlive_300x225.thumbnail70.jpg" alt="A three-part BBC series investigating the modern world's closest dinosaur relatives: the reptiles." /><p>This BBC series spotlights reptile species and their behavior in the wild.</p> <p><a href="/tv/programsatoz/program/73625">When to watch on WETA Television &raquo;</a></p> http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/263847#comments Fri, 02 Apr 2010 12:04:38 -0400 admin 263847 at http://www.weta.org http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/263846 <img src="/files/images/DragonsAlive_300x225.thumbnail70.jpg" alt="A three-part BBC series investigating the modern world's closest dinosaur relatives: the reptiles." /><p>This BBC series spotlights reptile species and their behavior in the wild.</p> <p><a href="/tv/programsatoz/program/73625">When to watch on WETA Television &raquo;</a></p> http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/263846#comments Fri, 02 Apr 2010 12:03:15 -0400 admin 263846 at http://www.weta.org http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/263845 <img src="/files/images/DragonsAlive_300x225.thumbnail70.jpg" alt="A three-part BBC series investigating the modern world's closest dinosaur relatives: the reptiles." /><p>This BBC series spotlights reptile species and their behavior in the wild.</p> <p><a href="/tv/programsatoz/program/73625">When to watch on WETA Television &raquo;</a></p> http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/263845#comments Fri, 02 Apr 2010 11:57:32 -0400 admin 263845 at http://www.weta.org http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/263844 <img src="/files/images/AmongtheRighteous_480x360.thumbnail70.jpg" alt="Lost Stories From The Holocaust In Arab Lands" /><p>The lost history of what happened to the Jews of North Africa.</p> <p><a href="/tv/programsatoz/program/73603">When to watch on WETA Television &raquo;</a></p> http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/263844#comments Fri, 02 Apr 2010 11:52:20 -0400 admin 263844 at http://www.weta.org http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/263843 <img src="/files/images/movie_NightAtTheOpera_400x300.thumbnail70.jpg" alt="Movie - Night at the Opera - horiz 4x3" /><p>A Marx Brothers classic!</p> <p><a href="/tv/programsatoz/program/14898">When to watch on WETA Television &raquo;</a></p> http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/263843#comments Fri, 02 Apr 2010 11:48:16 -0400 admin 263843 at http://www.weta.org http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/263840 <img src="/files/images/GreatMuseums_AcquiringMind_480x360.thumbnail70.jpg" alt="The first, GREAT MUSEUMS: AN ACQUIRING MIND examines the prolific 31-tenure of Philippe de Montebello, the Metropolitan Museum of Art's longest-serving director who guided the acquisition of more than 84,0000 works of art. From Duccio's Madonna and Child to Van Gogh's Wheatfield with Cypresses, go behind the scenes with de Montebello and his curatorial team as they debate the purchase of masterworks for the museum and mount an exhibit featuring 300 of the Met's most important artworks. Susan Stamberg narrates. " /><p>The prolific tenure of Philippe de Montebello at the Met</p> <p><a href="/tv/programsatoz/program/20203">When to watch on WETA Television &raquo;</a></p> http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/263840#comments Fri, 02 Apr 2010 11:28:48 -0400 admin 263840 at http://www.weta.org http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/260285 <img src="/files/images/GP_Hamlet_480x360.thumbnail70.jpg" alt="Classical stage and screen actors Sir Patrick Stewart (center), in his Laurence Olivier Award-winning turn as Claudius, and David Tennant (left), as the titular Dane, reprise their roles in this television adaptation of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 2008 stage production of Hamlet ." /><p>Sir Patrick Stewart and David Tennant reprise their roles in an adaptation of the Royal Shakespeare Company's 2008 stage production.</p> <p><a href="/tv/programsatoz/program/151">When to watch on WETA Television &raquo;</a></p> http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/260285#comments Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:26:02 -0400 admin 260285 at http://www.weta.org http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/260284 <img src="/files/images/FoodInc_480x360.thumbnail70.jpg" alt="Sick animals, environmental degradation, tainted and unhealthy food and obesity, diabetes and other health issues are only the more obvious problems with a highly mechanized and centralized system that touts efficiency as the supreme value in food production. " /><p>American agriculture has in many respects been the envy of the world. What could possibly be wrong with that?</p> <p><a href="/tv/programsatoz/program/675">When to watch on WETA Television &raquo;</a></p> http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/260284#comments Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:22:11 -0400 admin 260284 at http://www.weta.org http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/260283 <img src="/files/images/Frontline_VaccineWar_480x360.thumbnail70.jpg" alt="FRONTLINE looks at the vaccine war, in which scientific medicine and the public health establishment are battling a coalition of parents, celebrities, politicians and activists over whether vaccines are a great achievement or a scourge on health. Pictured: Actor Jenny McCarthy, an advocate for the elimination of toxins from children’s vaccines, holds a photo of her son Evan, who suffers from autism, at the Green Our Vaccines March with actor Jim Carrey and Carrey’s daughter Jenny." /><p>Are vaccines a great achievement or a scourge on health?</p> <p><a href="/tv/programsatoz/program/181">When to watch on WETA Television &raquo;</a></p> http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/260283#comments Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:19:13 -0400 admin 260283 at http://www.weta.org http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/260282 <img src="/files/images/Frontline_ObamasDeal_480x360.thumbnail70.jpg" alt="FRONTLINE takes viewers inside the hand-to-hand combat between the White House, lobbyists and Congress over health care reform, to reveal the behind closed doors deals and tough tradeoffs made by an administration determined to take on one of the most difficult issues to cross the President’s desk during his first year in office." /><p>The political battles and costly compromises that defined the Obama administration's efforts toward healthcare reform.</p> <p><a href="/tv/programsatoz/program/181">When to watch on WETA Television &raquo;</a></p> http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/260282#comments Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:15:28 -0400 admin 260282 at http://www.weta.org http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/260280 <img src="/files/images/AE_MyLai_480x360.thumbnail70.jpg" alt="Examines one of the darkest chapters of the Vietnam War: the 1968 My Lai massacre, its cover-up and the soldiers who broke rank to halt the atrocities. " /><p><em>American Experience</em> explores one of the darkest chapters of the Vietnam War.</p> <p><a href="/tv/programsatoz/program/483">When to watch on WETA Television &raquo;</a></p> http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/260280#comments Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:13:22 -0400 admin 260280 at http://www.weta.org http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/260275 <img src="/files/images/AE_EarthDays__480x360.thumbnail70.jpg" alt="Airing shortly before the 40th anniversary of the first Earth Day in 1970, this program explores the birth of America’s modern environmental movement through the eyes of some of its most important figures and founding members." /><p>The origins of the modern environmental movement.</p> <p><a href="/tv/programsatoz/program/483">When to watch on WETA Television &raquo;</a></p> http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/260275#comments Thu, 25 Mar 2010 15:21:40 -0400 admin 260275 at http://www.weta.org http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/260274 <img src="/files/images/IL_DirtTheMovie_480x360.thumbnail70.jpg" alt="Traveling around the world, “DIRT! The Movie” delves into the fascinating history of this lowly substance and shows how its mistreatment can result in natural disasters. Pictured: Physicist/environmentalist Vandana Shiva believes in soil not oil." /><p>Jamie Lee Curtis narrates this history of dirt.</p> <p><a href="/tv/programsatoz/program/345">When to watch on WETA Television &raquo;</a></p> http://www.weta.org/tv/picks/260274#comments Thu, 25 Mar 2010 15:17:41 -0400 admin 260274 at http://www.weta.org