Schedule

Morning

Teleshopping

The American Vice President

What happens when the president is unable to serve? Explore the dramatic period between 1963 and 1976, when a grief-stricken, then scandal-stricken America was forced to define the role of the vice president and the process of succession.

The War: When Things Get Tough

July 1943 to December 1943. On daylight bombing missions, American airmen gamble with their lives against overwhelming odds to bring the war to the heart of Hitler's vast empire. Allied forces invade Sicily and then Italy but, as they grind their way towards Rome, the weather turns bad and the terrain grows more and more forbidding. Twisting mountain roads and blown bridges have to be negotiated while under constant German fire. A series by Ken Burns. Part 4 of 14.

The Vietnam War: Resolve (January 1966-June 1967)

Defying American airpower, North Vietnamese troops and materials stream down the Ho Chi Minh Trail into the South, while Saigon struggles to pacify the countryside. As an antiwar movement builds back home, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and Marines discover that the war they are being asked to fight in Vietnam is nothing like their fathers’ war. Part 4 of 10.

Afternoon

Grand Tours of the Scottish Isles:

In this series, historian Paul Murton sets out to experience life on Scotland’s magnificent islands. He uncovers the past and reveals its connections with the present, pointing to all that makes these islands quirky, surprising and beautiful. Part 5 of 6.

The American Vice President

What happens when the president is unable to serve? Explore the dramatic period between 1963 and 1976, when a grief-stricken, then scandal-stricken America was forced to define the role of the vice president and the process of succession.

The War: When Things Get Tough

July 1943 to December 1943. On daylight bombing missions, American airmen gamble with their lives against overwhelming odds to bring the war to the heart of Hitler's vast empire. Allied forces invade Sicily and then Italy but, as they grind their way towards Rome, the weather turns bad and the terrain grows more and more forbidding. Twisting mountain roads and blown bridges have to be negotiated while under constant German fire. A series by Ken Burns. Part 4 of 14.

The Vietnam War: Resolve (January 1966-June 1967)

Defying American airpower, North Vietnamese troops and materials stream down the Ho Chi Minh Trail into the South, while Saigon struggles to pacify the countryside. As an antiwar movement builds back home, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and Marines discover that the war they are being asked to fight in Vietnam is nothing like their fathers’ war. Part 4 of 10.

Evening

America the Bountiful: Pears in Oregon

Pears got their start in Oregon back in 1847, when an Iowa native brought the fruit to the region. In 2005, the Oregon legislature named the pear the state fruit as Oregon’s climate and soil allow pears of many varieties to thrive.

The American Vice President

What happens when the president is unable to serve? Explore the dramatic period between 1963 and 1976, when a grief-stricken, then scandal-stricken America was forced to define the role of the vice president and the process of succession.

The War: When Things Get Tough

July 1943 to December 1943. On daylight bombing missions, American airmen gamble with their lives against overwhelming odds to bring the war to the heart of Hitler's vast empire. Allied forces invade Sicily and then Italy but, as they grind their way towards Rome, the weather turns bad and the terrain grows more and more forbidding. Twisting mountain roads and blown bridges have to be negotiated while under constant German fire. A series by Ken Burns. Part 4 of 14.

The Vietnam War: Resolve (January 1966-June 1967)

Defying American airpower, North Vietnamese troops and materials stream down the Ho Chi Minh Trail into the South, while Saigon struggles to pacify the countryside. As an antiwar movement builds back home, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and Marines discover that the war they are being asked to fight in Vietnam is nothing like their fathers’ war. Part 4 of 10.

America the Bountiful: Pears in Oregon

Pears got their start in Oregon back in 1847, when an Iowa native brought the fruit to the region. In 2005, the Oregon legislature named the pear the state fruit as Oregon’s climate and soil allow pears of many varieties to thrive.

Grand Tours of the Scottish Isles:

In this series, historian Paul Murton sets out to experience life on Scotland’s magnificent islands. He uncovers the past and reveals its connections with the present, pointing to all that makes these islands quirky, surprising and beautiful. Part 5 of 6.

The American Vice President

What happens when the president is unable to serve? Explore the dramatic period between 1963 and 1976, when a grief-stricken, then scandal-stricken America was forced to define the role of the vice president and the process of succession.

Teleshopping