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The Most Dangerous Two Weeks In Human History

Explore the inside story of the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962, when the world teetered on the brink of nuclear holocaust. In the first major feature documentary on the subject, Cuban Missile Crisis – Three Men Go To War brings to life the three central characters — Kennedy, Castro and Khrushchev — and explores how the world’s most powerful men fell into an abyss of their own making and outlines the courage and luck it took to climb out again.

Call the Midwife: Britain’s Smash Hit Comes to PBS September 30th

Call the Midwife is a moving and intimate insight into the colorful world of midwifery and family life in 1950’s East London. We are introduced to the community through the eyes of young nurse Jenny Lee as she arrives at Nonnatus House to live and work as a midwife alongside an Order of Nuns.

American Experience: Death and the Civil War

Drawing heavily on This Republic of Suffering, historian and Harvard president Drew Gilpin Faust’s acclaimed book, “Death and the Civil War” explores a critical but largely overlooked aspect of the Civil War experience: the immense and varied implications of the war’s staggering and unprecedented death toll.

Wagner’s Ring Cycle: A Spectacular 5-Night Operatic Vision

Robert Lepage’s acclaimed new production of Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen, will air on Great Performances at the Met, September 11-14 at 9:00 p.m. on WCVE PBS/WHTJ PBS. The operas – Das Rheingold, Die Walkűre, Siegfried, and Götterdämmerung — will be preceded on Monday, September 10 at 9 p.m. by the airing of award-winning filmmaker Susan Froemke’s documentary Wagner’s Dream, which chronicles the backstage story of the creation of this ambitious new staging.

Flying Squirrels Insider: Episode 10

The grand finale to the first season of Flying Squirrels Insider features a discussion on the Wild-card chase in the Western Division. Then watch rare athletic prowess on display during the Flying Squirrels Olympics. Jon sits with the man behind the skits, pitcher Tom Vessella.

Orangutan Diary

Deep in the Borneo rainforest, veterinarians and caregivers have a massive and emotional task ahead of them: rescuing and nursing the jungle’s most appealing — and most vulnerable — animals back to health. This nature documentary follows the lives of Bornean Orangutans in the care of Lone Drøscher Nielsen, a member of the Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) foundation.

Celebrating The Music Of Johnny Cash: We Walk The Line!

The Carolina Chocolate Drops perform “Jackson”

In honor of Johnny Cash and what would have been his 80th birthday, Keith Wortman and Don Was have produced a spectacular tribute concert like no other.

Grammy-winning producer Was (Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Bonnie Raitt) served as musical director for this monumental concert taping that features some of the biggest artists in the music industry, including Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Sheryl Crow, Pat Monahan of Train, Ronnie Dunn, Lucinda Williams, Jamey Johnson, Shooter Jennings and Shelby Lynne, among others.

WCVE Forum: Mexico–Looking Forward

Mexico isn’t just another neighbor to the U.S. It’s also our third-largest trading partner, outpacing Japan, Germany and the UK combined. So what will a change in Mexico’s government mean for the United States? America Abroad goes to the border to talk about the future of border security after the Fast and Furious scandal. Learn about the Institutional Revolutionary Party, its history, and what some Mexicans are doing to prevent it from backsliding to an anti-democratic past.

Flying Squirrels Insider: Episode 9

Coming down the stretch, the Flying Squirrels are in the hunt for a wild-card position in the Western Division. We learn about the trade processes that take place at the Minor League level when Jon talks with Minor League Coordinator of Instruction, Shane Turner. We also get an inside perspective on “Whack-an-Intern.”

Ed Sullivan’s Top Performers 1966-1969

From the U.S. television debut of the Beatles in 1964 to the Doors’ infamous one-time-only appearance, The Ed Sullivan Show brought the greatest musical acts in the world into America’s living rooms every Sunday night.

This new My Music special features both the Beatles and the Doors as well as memorable performances from other superstars of the 60s pop-rock era, including the Mamas & the Papas, the Rolling Stones, Johnny Rivers, the Beach Boys, Tom Jones and Creedence Clearwater Revival.