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8:00 pm
- NOVA "Becoming Human - Part 1" -
NOVA presents a definitive three-part special that investigates explosive new discoveries that are transforming the picture of how we became human. The first program explores fresh clues about our earliest ancestors in Africa, including the stunningly complete fossil nicknamed "Lucy's Child."
9:00 pm
- NOVA "Becoming Human - Part 2" -
NOVA presents a definitive three-part special that investigates explosive new discoveries that are transforming the picture of how we became human. The second program tackles the mysteries of how our ancestors managed to survive in a savannah teeming with vicious predators, and when and why they first left the African cradle to colonize every corner of the earth.
10:00 pm
- NOVA "Becoming Human - Part 3" -
NOVA presents a definitive three-part special that investigates explosive new discoveries that are transforming the picture of how we became human.

8:00 pm
- Rick Steves' Europe "The Czech Republic: Off the Beaten Path"
8:30 pm
- Smart Travels - Europe with Rudy Maxa "France's Normandy"
9:00 pm
- Ice Blink -
This program profiles a conventional family living an unconventional life. The Martin family - composed of Dave, Jaja and their crew of three children - cruised the world's oceans, circumnavigating the globe on a 25-foot sailboat and later, voyaging to the Arctic aboard their 33-foot steel sloop.
10:00 pm
- JFK: Breaking the News -
This moving documentary looks at the broadcast coverage of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Stressing how closely the medium and television audiences are joined in times of crisis, JFK: Breaking the News offers some of the first broadcast examinations of how local journalists in 1963 delivered rapidly breaking news to a nation in despair.

8:00 pm
- Lark Rise to Candleford -
An attractive local milk maid, Nan, takes a fancy to Alf. But this budding young love looks like it might be thwarted by an animosity between Lark Rise and Fordlow that has been simmering for three generations.
9:00 pm
- Doc Martin -
Dr. Martin Ellingham is still as clumsy as ever when it comes to forming relationships with the opposite sex. Just when things were beginning to look rosily romantic between him and pretty school teacher Louisa Glasson, he made a terrible faux pas.
10:00 pm
- MI5 -
Harry has agreed to help the British Government secure a deal with Saudi Arabia, set up by British cabinet minister Daniel Wise. The deal would mean that Britain will provide the Saudis with nuclear technology in return for a guaranteed oil supply to Britain for the next 20 years. MI6's Saudi expert, Neil Sternin, is drafted to support the MI5 team.

8:00 pm
- Openroad "Manta Ray Drive"
8:30 pm
- Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions "Islands of Bermuda"
9:00 pm
- This Old House
9:30 pm
- Hometime "Barrel Vault Basement"
10:00 pm
- History Project "Boudica's Treasures" -
A compelling story about Britain's first rebel queen, Boudica's story is one of the most exciting in British history and with the discovery by archaeologists of her key encampment; it makes for truly compelling viewing.

8:00 pm
- Nature "Arctic Bears" -
Polar bears are living on borrowed time. They are the descendents of grizzlies, long-ago evolved to live and hunt on the frozen ice of the Arctic, eating a specialized diet of seal meat. But the winters have become increasingly warmer, the ice is disappearing and raising a family becomes a much more difficult proposition when hunting time is short and food is scarce.
9:00 pm
- Alone in the Wilderness -
To live in a pristine land unchanged by man...to roam a wilderness through which few other humans have passed...to choose an idyllic site, cut trees and build a log cabin...to be a self-sufficient craftsman, making what is needed from materials available...to be not at odds with the world, but content with one's own thoughts and company...Thousands have had such a dream, but Richard Proenneke live
10:00 pm
- Alaska: Silence & Solitude -
Alaska: Silence & Solitude - a follow-up to the popular Alone in the Wilderness - is an opportunity to visit with Dick Proenneke. Venture into the remote wilderness of Alaska to experience the spectacular scenery, encounter bull moose, caribou, and grizzly bears.

8:00 pm
- Radio City Christmas Spectacular Starring the Rockettes -
Celebrate the season with the Radio City Christmas Spectacular, a holidy show like no other. Watch the world-famous Rockettes as they bring their signature eye-hight kicks and precision choreography to such show stopping numbers as The Parade of the Wooden Soldiers and New York at Christmas.
9:30 pm
- Love Me Tender - The Love Songs of Elvis -
A major reason for Elvis Presley's massive, unprecedented appeal to women audiences of all ages was his love songs. Always a true romantic, Elvis recorded many, many love songs throughout his career, beginning with "I Want You I Need You I Love You" in 1956 and running the entire span of his life.

8:00 pm
- Ed Sullivan - The Sixties -
Now, PBS' phenomenally successful "My Music" series presents a special of classical song performances spanning the years 1963-1968 on Ed Sullivan - The Sixties.
10:00 pm
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live -
Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame Live is a special featuring rare, one-of-a-kind performances from the induction ceremonies of the Rock Hall of Fame, shot during the last 24 years. The biggest names of rock 'n roll perform in intimate settings, and jam in combinations not seen anywhere else, with exclusive, anything-goes induction speeches by rock royalty, along with behind-the-scenes footage.

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