WETA HD Schedule – Nov 7, 2009

Keeping Score

The Season 2 opener explores the inspiration for Hector Berlioz's "Symphonie Fantastique." The journey includes visits to the French Alps, where Berlioz was born, and the Paris theater where the work was premiered.

Keeping Score

The story of composer Charles Ives (1874-1954), whose Holidays Symphony portrayed New England at the turn of the 20th century.

Keeping Score

The story behind Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich's "Fifth Symphony," which he wrote in 1937.

Keeping Score

The Season 2 opener explores the inspiration for Hector Berlioz's "Symphonie Fantastique." The journey includes visits to the French Alps, where Berlioz was born, and the Paris theater where the work was premiered.

Keeping Score

The story of composer Charles Ives (1874-1954), whose Holidays Symphony portrayed New England at the turn of the 20th century.

Inside Washington

Washington Week With Gwen Ifill and National Journal

Health-care reform; the 2009 election results; President Obama's accomplishments since his election; the resolution of Afghanistan's presidential election.

Are You Being Served?

Shenanigans of department-store workers are chronicled in this popular British sitcom about the constant carping between employees in Ladies Separates and Gentlemen's Ready to Wear. The BBC series has long been syndicated in the U.S.

As Time Goes By

A British series about former lovers reunited by chance after a 38-year separation chronicles their awkward courtship and eventual marriage. It aired in Great Britain in the 1990s and on PBS and BBC America.

As Time Goes By

A British series about former lovers reunited by chance after a 38-year separation chronicles their awkward courtship and eventual marriage. It aired in Great Britain in the 1990s and on PBS and BBC America.

Keeping Up Appearances

A Britcom about a middle-class homemaker who aspires to high society.

An American in Paris

This Oscar winner for Best Picture features Gershwin songs and Gene Kelly-Leslie Caron dance numbers. Adam: Oscar Levant. Milo: Nina Foch. Henri: Georges Guetary. Directed by Vincente Minnelli.

An Affair to Remember

Sentimental story of a man and woman (Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr) who fall in love and then are separated. Richard Denning, Cathleen Nesbitt. Father McGrath: Matt Moore. Lois: Neva Patterson. Painter: Jack Lomas. Courbet: Fortunio Bonanova.

Independent Lens

The efforts of Native Americans, whose land provides up to 10 percent of America's energy needs, to transition from such fossil fuels as coal to renewable energy while creating green jobs to balance the jobs lost from closed coal mines and plants.

The People v. Leo Frank

The 1913 murder of 13-year-old factory worker Mary Phagan and the resulting trial and 1915 lynching of Leo Frank, the factory's superintendent, are recalled via dramatic re-creations with actors Seth Gilliam and Will Janowitz and documentary segments.

Roadtrip Nation

The team enjoys a zorbing adventure and takes in South Island, Roturua and Christchurch. Along the way, they meet Maori tour operator Doug Tamaki, Napier city council member John "Bertie" Cocking, political blogger David Farrar, Mark Ingalls.

Jim Thorpe: The World's Greatest Athlete

A profile of Jim Thorpe (1888-1953), the legendary Native American athlete who won gold medals at the 1912 Olympics in the pentathlon and decathlon, only to then lose them for having played semipro baseball.

Nature

An exquisitely filmed look at emperor, king, chinstrap and adélie penguins and the harsh world they inhabit in the Antarctic. Included: the emperors' breeding methods, whereby males incubate the eggs during the subzero winters.

Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?

War, conscription and the Civil War practice of hiring a substitute to go in one's place are debated. Also: the legal and moral conundrums of surrogate pregnancies.

Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?

Philosopher Immanuel Kant and the moral worth of one's actions are discussed.

Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?

The morality of lying and misleading truths; John Rawls' theory of a hypothetical social contract.

Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?

Redistributing wealth to help the disadvantaged is discussed. Also: libertarianism, the meritocratic system and John Rawls' egalitarian theory; the fairness of pay differentials in modern society.

Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?

War, conscription and the Civil War practice of hiring a substitute to go in one's place are debated. Also: the legal and moral conundrums of surrogate pregnancies.

Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?

Philosopher Immanuel Kant and the moral worth of one's actions are discussed.

Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?

The morality of lying and misleading truths; John Rawls' theory of a hypothetical social contract.