Finding Your Roots, Season 5
The acclaimed series returns with Professor Gates exploring the mysteries, surprises and revelations hidden in the family trees of popular figures.
Tuesdays, January 8-April 9, at 8:00 p.m.
TV Programming Highlights
Jamestown, Season 2
Season 2 returns to a thriving Jamestown, but the status quo will soon be disrupted by birth, death, and broken marriages. The settlers find themselves at the heart of adventure once more as new romantic connections are made.
Thursdays, February 14-April 4, at 8:00 p.m.
American Masters: Holly Near
Experience the power of song in the struggle for equality through the story of feminist singer and activist Holly Near, who for the last 40 years has worked on global social justice coalition-building in the women’s and lesbian movements.
Wednesday, March 20, at 10:00 p.m.
Birgit Nilsson: A League of Her Own
Celebrate the life of Swedish soprano Birgit Nilsson, the face of opera in the 1950s-70s. This performance-documentary showcases her greatest roles, including Elektra and The Ring Cycle, in rare footage, plus interviews with Placido Domingo and more.
Friday, March 22, at 9:00 p.m.
Prince Charles at 70
Enjoy an intimate and revealing portrait of Charles, Prince of Wales in his 70th birthday year. From his charitable work to his family life, see Britain’s longest-serving heir to the throne as never before, and learn his plans for his future as king.
Sunday, March 24, at 8:00 p.m.
Masterpiece: King Charles III
The hit Broadway show King Charles III is adapted for television. A 2016 Tony nominee for Best Play, King Charles III imagines Prince Charles’ ascension to the throne following Queen Elizabeth’s death.
Sunday, March 24, at 9:00 p.m.
Women, War & Peace II
Discover how some of the biggest recent international events have been shaped by women in a showcase of four, female-directed films that tell never-before-told stories about women who risked their lives for peace, changing history in the process.
Monday, March 25 and Tuesday March 26, at 9:00 p.m.
Great Performances: Julius Caesar
See Shakespeare as never before in an all-women production of “Julius Caesar” set in a prison. Directed by Phyllida Lloyd and starring Harriet Walter as Brutus, Jackie Clune as Julius Caesar and Jade Anouka as Mark Antony.
Friday, March 29, at 9:00 p.m.
Call the Midwife – Season 8
At the start of season eight, it’s spring of 1964 and everyone is excited for the Queen’s Royal Birth. With the additions of two new Sisters, who have been sent to live and work with the team in Poplar, Nonnatus House feels full once more.
Sundays, beginning March 31, at 8:00 p.m.
Mrs. Wilson on Masterpiece
Meet Alison Wilson, a recent widow who discovers her spy novelist husband lived a double life. Determined to uncover the truth about the man she loved, she soon finds herself at the center of a mystery that proves truth can be stranger than fiction.
Sundays, March 31 and April 7, at 9:00 p.m.
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