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MONDAY MAY 1
TUESDAY MAY 2
WEDNESDAY MAY 3
7:00pm Victorian Bakers
7:00pm National Geographic
7:00pm Animal Super Senses
8:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
[DV] [CC]
(1 of 3). The bakers must come to grips with
century-old methods of breadmaking doing absolutely everything by hand. [CC]
Megastructures: Eco School. Workers build
an environmentally-friendly school for a
community in southern Taiwan after its
village was ravaged by Typhoon Morokot.
See description below
Sight (1 of 3). Imagine if you could see with
sound, smell food buried deep underground,
or watch the world in slow motion. Explore
the hidden world of animal senses! [CC]
8:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
8:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
9:00pm A Cook Abroad
(5 of 6). On a journey in search of the
ingredients revolutionizing Australian
cooking, Rick Stein sets off from his new home
in New South Wales up to Tasmania. [CC]
10:00pm The Ottomans: Europe's
Muslim Emperors (1 of 3). Rageh Omaar
reveals the roots of the Ottomans. From
nomadic horsemen in a rural backwater of
what is now Turkey, they became rulers of an
empire spanning three continents. [RP] [CC]
11:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
See description below
See description below.
See description below.
9:00pm Finding Vivian Maier
9:00pm The War Show [NEW!]
The experiences of a Syrian disc jockey and
her friends are documented after the Arab
Spring of 2011 when the sad realities that
follow envelop their hope for liberation. [CC]
The late Vivian Maier was a career nanny
whose previously unknown cache of 100,000
photographs earned her a reputation as
one of America’s most accomplished street
photographers. [CC]
10:00pm Redesign My Brain
10:30pm Snapshot
Sharpen My Senses (2 of 3). Todd Sampson
sets out to improve his senses of sight,
hearing and touch. To prove that his
perception has been enhanced, he competes
in a safe-cracking competition. [CC]
Barbara Cole (5 of 6). Photographer Barbara
Cole literally dives into her work to capture
images of models moving underwater. [CC]
11:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
See description below.
11:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
12:00am A Cook Abroad
(5 of 6). See 9pm [RP] [CC]
See description below.
12:00am Finding Vivian Maier
See 9pm [RP] [CC]
12:00am The War Show
1:00amThe Ottomans: Europe's
See 9pm [RP] [CC]
Muslim Emperors
(1 of 3). See 10pm [RP] [CC]
1:00am Redesign My Brain
1:30am Snapshot
Barbara Cole (5 of 6). See 10:30pm [RP] [CC]
Sharpen My Senses (2 of 3). See 10pm [RP] [CC]
2:00am Victorian Bakers
(1 of 3). See 7pm [RP] [CC]
Sight (1 of 3). See 7pm [RP] [CC]
2:00am National Geographic
Megastructures: Eco School. See 7pm [DV] [RP] [CC]
3:00am Question Period [NEW!]
Question Period in the Legislative
Assembly of Ontario [CC]
3:00am Question Period [NEW!]
Question Period in the Legislative Assembly of
Ontario [CC]
4:00am Treasures of Ancient Egypt
The Birth of Art (1 of 3). Alastair Sooke goes
in search of 30 treasures from ancient Egypt.
Along the way, he meets modern artists and
leading Egyptologists and discovers beautiful
and surprising masterpieces. [CC]
4:00am Treasures of Ancient Egypt
The Golden Age (2 of 3). Alastair Sooke takes in
groundbreaking temples, beautiful tombs and
a lost city, site of the greatest artistic revolution
in Egypt's history emerged from the sands. [CC]
The Agenda
with Steve Paikin
In-depth analysis and
intelligent debate on the issues
that are changing Ontario and
the world beyond. For nightly
topics, visit tvo.org.
[RP] = Repeat Program
[CC] = Closed Captioned
3:00am Question Period [NEW!]
Question Period in the Legislative Assembly
of Ontario [CC]
4:00am Treasures of Ancient Egypt
A New Dawn (3 of 3). Alastair Sooke
completes his search for 30 treasures that
tell the epic story of Egyptian art. He visits
the Great Temple of Abu Simbel, where
Rameses II proclaimed the pharaoh's power.
[CC]
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Weekdays at 8 and 11 pm
[NEW!] = New Episode
[DV] = Descriptive Video 2:00am Animal Super Senses
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May 2017 Primetime Schedule
THURSDAY MAY 4
FRIDAY MAY 5
7:00pm The Aristocrats
7:00pm Striking Balance
Blenheim Palace. Sunny is the 11th Duke
of Marlborough. His son, Jamie, sets out
to inherit his father's title and live in the
palace, but a group of trustees retains
control over it. [CC]
Bras d'Or (4 of 8). After a parasite ravages the
oyster population, both traditional Mi'kmaq
knowledge and western science are being
used to bring the oyster back. [CC]
8:00pm In Jackson Heights [NEW!]
Frederick Wiseman’s documentary shines
a light on one of the most ethnically and
culturally diverse neighbourhoods in
Queens, New York. [CC]
11:30pm National Geographic
The Hippo Supremacy. See 7pm [RP] [CC]
8:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
8:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
See description on first page.
See description on first page.
12:30am In Jackson Heights
See 8pm [RP] [CC]
9:00pmHeartbeat
9:00pm The Longest War:
Women and Power
(1 of 3). Professor Amanda Vickery takes us
across Britain and deep into the corridors
of power, bringing to life the heroic women
and (a few men) brave enough to demand
equality for all. [CC]
10:00pm High Art of The Low Countries
(1 of 3). Andrew Graham-Dixon takes a tour
of the fascinating watery world of Europe's
Low Countries, exploring how the past has
informed the area's art, architecture and
culture. [CC]
11:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
See description on first page.
12:00am The Longest War
Women and Power
(1 of 3). See 9pm [RP] [CC]
Flesh and Blood. Barbara and her brother
Tom find a baby's skeleton in the attic.
Meanwhile, David and Claude con a pet
store. 14+ [CC]
10:00pm Midsomer Murders
Incident at Cooper Hill (1 of 3). Mysterious
lights are seen in the sky over Cooper Hill.
When a local forest ranger suffers a strange
death, people are convinced that the aliens
are responsible. 14+ [CC]
11:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
See description on first page.
12:00am Disfarmer: A Portrait
of America
Discover the life of Mike Disfarmer, the
Arkansas portrait photographer who
influenced the modern New York art world.
[CC]
1:00am High Art of The Low Countries
1:00amHeartbeat
(1 of 3). See 10pm [RP] [CC]
Flesh and Blood. See 9pm [RP] [CC]
2:00am The Aristocrats
2:00am Midsomer Murders
Blenheim Palace. See 7pm [RP] [CC]
3:00am
Question Period [NEW!]
Incident at Cooper Hill (1 of 3). See 10pm
[RP] [CC]
Question Period in the Legislative Assembly
of Ontario [CC]
3:00am Striking Balance
4:00am Deadly Depths
4:00am Disfarmer: A Portrait
One million tons of chemical weapons from
world wars and the Cold War lie on sea beds
throughout the globe. Yet few investigators
are confronting one of the ugliest
enterprises of the 20th century. [RP] [CC]
Bras d'Or (4 of 8). See 7pm [RP] [CC]
4:00am Time Team
A Copper Bottomed Dig. Two hundred years
ago, Swansea was one of the wealthiest
cities in England. Tony Robinson and the
team investigate one of the very first copper
works, White Rock. [CC]
SUNDAY MAY 7
7:00pm National Geographic
Science of Dogs. With 400 breeds and
counting, dogs come in greater variety than
any other animal species on the planet.
Explore why the dog may be man’s best
friend. [DV] [CC]
8:00pm Locomotion: Dan Snow's
History of Railways
(3 of 3). Over just 50 years, the railways grew
from transporting coal to a vital part of the
economy. [CC]
9:00pm Genius of the Modern
World [NEW!]
Marx. Bettany Hughes investigates the
revolutionary ideas of Karl Marx. Born to an
affluent Prussian family, Marx became an
idealistic radical, constantly on the run for
his political and incendiary writing. [CC]
10:00pm The Somme 1916: From
See 12am [RP] [CC]
Both Sides of the Wire
End Game. Historian Peter Barton shows
how a remarkable German revolution begun
in the summer of 1916 continued throughout
this period to frustrate the Allied advance.
SATURDAY MAY 6
[CC]
7:00pm National Geographic
11:00pm From C to C: Chinese
of America
The Hippo Supremacy. Zambia's Luangwa
river hippos are one of the heaviest
creatures on Earth. Life fluctuates between
the serenity of sunbathing to the terrible
brutality of dominance and aggression. [CC]
Canadian Stories of Migration
Filmed in Canada and China’s Guangdong
province, this documentary is a moving
cinematic tapestry of Chinese Canadian
stories of migration. [CC]
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12:00am National Geographic
Science of Dogs. See 7pm [DV] [RP] [CC]
1:00am Locomotion: Dan Snow's
History of Railways
(3 of 3). See 8pm [RP] [CC]
2:00am Victorian Bakers
(2 of 3). See 7pm [RP] [CC]
3:00am Question Period [NEW!]
Question Period in the Legislative Assembly
of Ontario [CC]
4:00am Wild Kingdom: The
Great British Year
Spring. Timelapses show billions of plants,
shrubs and trees racing to be the first to make
use of the sun's life-giving energy. As spring
becomes summer, the rising temperatures
trigger plankton blooms in the sea. [CC]
4:00am Wild Kingdom: The
2:00am Genius of the Modern World
Marx. See 9pm [RP] [CC]
3:00am The Somme 1916: From
Both Sides of the Wire
End Game. See 10pm [RP] [CC]
4:00am From C to C: Chinese
Great British Year
Winter (1 of 4). All wildlife must cope with
the grip of winter as Britain experiences the
coldest temperatures of the year, starting on
New Year's Day. [CC]
TUESDAY MAY 9
Canadian Stories of Migration
See 11pm [RP] [CC]
WEDNESDAY MAY 10
7:00pm Animal Super Senses
Sound (2 of 3). From the deepest rumbles to
the highest squeaks, take a journey through
the world of sound. Using specialized
technology, see how animals experience
sounds far beyond human hearing. [CC]
7:00pm National Geographic
MONDAY MAY 8
Earth Overhaul. Explore four outlandish
solutions designed to drastically alter
Earth's climate and save the planet. [DV] [CC]
7:00pm Victorian Bakers
8:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
8:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
See description on first page.
9:00pm My Millennial Life
(2 of 3). The bakers have left the rural bake
house and the golden age of baking behind.
This time, they move into an urban bakery in
the midst of the Industrial Revolution. [CC]
8:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
See description on first page.
9:00pm A Cook Abroad
(6 of 6). From the tropical shores of a remote
fishing village to a foraged feast deep in the
jungle, Rachel Khoo travels across Malaysia
to explore one of the most exciting cuisines
on the planet. [CC]
See description on first page.
9:00pm Go Back to Where
You Came From
(1 of 3). Six Australians move in with
refugees who were once "boat people".
Denied access, two of the participants get a
bird’s-eye view of Wickham Point Detention
Centre. [CC]
This award-winning documentary about a
group of talented 20-somethings looks at
the obstacles and opportunities they face in
making their mark on the world. [DV] [RP] [CC]
10:00pm Leslie Caron: Reluctant Star
Cinema legend Leslie Caron is one of the last
witnesses to a golden age of the 20th century,
1950's and '60s Hollywood. [DV] [CC]
11:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
10:00pm Redesign My Brain
Make Me Brave (3 of 3). Todd Sampson learns
how to best manage fear and demonstrates
by walking on a wire across two skyscrapers.
See description on first page.
12:00am My Millennial Life
See 9pm [DV] [RP] [CC]
[CC]
10:00pm The Ottomans: Europe's
Muslim Emperors
(2 of 3). Rageh Omaar explores the contrasts
of two very different Ottoman sultans – the
most famous Suleiman the Magnificent
and the troubled reign of Abdul Hamid II.
1:00am Leslie Caron: Reluctant Star
11:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
See description on first page.
See 10pm [DV] [RP] [CC]
2:00am Animal Super Senses
12:00am Go Back to Where
Sound (2 of 3). See 7pm [RP] [CC]
[RP] [CC]
You Came From
(1 of 3). See 9pm [RP] [CC]
3:00am Question Period [NEW!]
11:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
1:00am Redesign My Brain
12:00am A Cook Abroad
2:00am National Geographic
1:00am The Ottomans: Europe's
3:00am Question Period [NEW!]
See description on first page.
Make Me Brave (3 of 3). See 10pm [RP] [CC]
Question Period in the Legislative Assembly
of Ontario [CC]
4:00am Wild Kingdom: The
(6 of 6). See 9pm [RP] [CC]
Muslim Emperors
(2 of 3). See 10pm [RP] [CC]
Earth Overhaul. See 7pm [DV] [RP] [CC]
Question Period in the Legislative Assembly
of Ontario [CC]
Great British Year
Summer (3 of 4). With the country at its
warmest, billions of ants take to the skies on
flying ant day. Swallows pause for one last
wash in the river before leaving Britain's
shores, signalling the end of summer. [CC]
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May 2017 Primetime Schedule
THURSDAY MAY 11
FRIDAY MAY 12
SATURDAY MAY 13
7:00pm The Aristocrats
7:00pm Striking Balance
7:00pm National Geographic [NEW!]
8:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
8:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
Goodwood. The Goodwood estate is a
playground for the rich and famous.
However, the aristocracy need their assets to
make money to sustain the sums needed for
investment and restoration. [CC]
Georgian Bay (5 of 8). The people of Georgian
Bay struggle to mitigate the impact of
increasing numbers of cottagers and a new
four-lane highway on the region's endangered
species. [CC]
A Sloth Named Velcro. Young journalist Ana
Salceda encounters a tiny orphaned sloth,
which she names Velcro. For nearly two years,
they are inseparable until Ana travels up a
remote river to reintroduce Velcro to the wild.
[CC]
See description on first page.
9:00pm The Longest War:
Women and Power
(2 of 3). Amanda Vickery examines how
women gradually changed their lives and
opportunities during Victoria's reign,
despite successive governments resisting
female enfranchisement. [CC]
10:00pm High Art of The Low Countries
(2 of 3). In the Riiksmuseum in Amsterdam,
Andrew Graham-Dixon examines how
a period of economic boom driven by a
burgeoning middle class led to the Dutch
Golden Age of the 17th century. [CC]
See description on first page.
9:00pmHeartbeat
No Surrender. Malcolm and Shirley face losing
the farm to Clegghorn. Their son, Robert,
takes matters into his own hands by trying to
start a gun fight with Clegghorn. 14+ [CC]
10:00pm Midsomer Murders
Breaking the Chain (2 of 3). A cycling
competition comes to the Midsomer village
of Burwood Mantle. When the race leader is
murdered, DCI Barnaby and DS Nelson find
themselves in a ruthless competitive world
of blackmail. 14+ [CC]
See description on first page.
12:00am The Longest War:
Women and Power
(2 of 3). See 9pm [RP] [CC]
1:00am High Art of The Low Countries
(2 of 3). See 10pm [RP] [CC]
Goodwood. See 7pm [RP] [CC]
Question Period in the Legislative Assembly
of Ontario [CC]
10:30pm Treasures of the Indus
11:30pm National Geographic
Fun and Profit!
Jamie Kastner sets off on a road trip
through California, Europe and Dubai to
meet those who manage to turn the world
economic crisis into opportunity. [CC]
12:30am Coast New Zealand
A Sloth Named Velcro. See 7pm [RP] [CC]
(1 of 6). See 8pm [RP] [CC]
1:30am Age of Consequences
Heartbeat
No Surrender. See 9pm [RP] [CC]
See 9pm [CC]
3:00am Treasures of the Indus
Breaking the Chain (2 of 3). See 10pm [RP] [CC]
Pakistan Unveiled. See 10:30pm [RP] [CC]
4:00am Time Team
3:00am Striking Balance
Georgian Bay (5 of 8). See 7pm [RP] [CC]
4:00am Wild Kingdom: The
Great British Year
Autumn (4 of 4). The fading sun brings an
energy change to Britain. The trees go
dormant, but not before a final burst of
colour. For animals, the shortening days are
a cue to act. [CC]
Investigate the impact of climate change on
increased resource scarcity, migration, and
conflict through the lens of U.S. national
security and global stability. [CC]
12:00am Recessionize! For
2:00am Midsomer Murders
3:00am Question Period [NEW!]
9:00pm Age of Consequences [NEW!]
See description on first page.
1:00am
2:00am The Aristocrats
(1 of 6). Historian Neil Oliver joins a team
of local experts to celebrate New Zealand's
unique history, people, archeology,
geography and wildlife. [CC]
Pakistan Unveiled. The view of Pakistan as a
monolithic Muslim state is embodied in the
name of the country. Yet, as host Sona Datta
shows, it has an intriguing multicultural,
multi-faith past. [CC]
11:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
11:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
8:00pm Coast New Zealand
4:00am
Recessionize! For
Fun and Profit!
See 12am [RP] [CC]
The Only Earl is Essex. Property magnate
Paul Whight owns a stately home and garden
in Essex. He is keen to know everything he
can about the history of his home and has
invited the Time Team in to do its worst. [CC]
SUNDAY MAY 14
7:00pm National Geographic
Extreme Ice. Photojournalist James Balog
and his team battle harsh weather and court
danger to deploy 26 time-lapse cameras on
glaciers across the northern hemisphere.
[DV] [CC]
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May 2017 Primetime Schedule
9:00pm Kew on a Plate
10:00pm Climate Change by Numbers
Spring. Chef Raymond Blanc and journalist
Kate Humble re-establish the long-lost
kitchen gardens that once provided produce
for the royal table. [CC]
(1 of 2). We’ve never had more information
about our changing climate, yet surveys
show that people are less sure that they
understand what’s going on. [CC]
10:00pm The Ottomans: Europe's
11:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
Muslim Emperors
(3 of 3). Rageh Omaar discovers how this
empire was destroyed and how its collapse
created tensions that still resonate in the
Middle East today. [RP] [CC]
See description on first page.
12:00am Go Back to Where
Decency in the Middle. The countdown to
election day is full of surprises on all sides
as Denmark prepares for parliamentary
elections. Birgitte Nyborg decides at the last
minute to head in her own direction. 14+ [CC]
11:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
1:00am Climate Change by Numbers
See description on first page.
(1 of 2). See 10pm [RP] [CC]
12:00am Kew on a Plate
2:00am National Geographic
11:00pm My Millennial Life
1:00am The Ottomans: Europe's
8:00pm Rise of the Continents
(1 of 4). Africa is the cradle of humanity,
a land born from violent and cataclysmic
events. [CC]
9:00pm Genius of the Modern
World [NEW!]
Nietzsche.. Bettany Hughes examines
the beliefs of a man whose work is among
the most devastatingly manipulated and
misinterpreted in philosophical history. [CC]
You Came From
(2 of 3). See 9pm [RP] [CC]
10:00pmBorgen
This award-winning documentary about a
group of talented 20-somethings looks at
the obstacles and opportunities they face in
making their mark on the world. [DV] [RP] [CC]
Spring. See 9pm [RP] [CC]
Muslim Emperors
(3 of 3). See 10pm [RP] [CC]
1:00am Rise of the Continents
(1 of 4). See 8pm [RP] [CC]
3:00am Question Period [NEW!]
Question Period in the Legislative Assembly
of Ontario [CC]
2:00am Victorian Bakers
(3 of 3). See 7pm [RP] [CC]
12:00am National Geographic
Extreme Ice. See 7pm [DV] [RP] [CC]
Megastructures: China's Smart Tower. See
7pm [RP] [CC]
3:00am Question Period [NEW!]
Question Period in the Legislative Assembly
of Ontario [CC]
4:00am Treasures of Ancient Greece
The Classical Revolution. Alastair Sooke
unpacks the reasons behind the revolution
that gave birth to classical Greek art. He
travels to the Valley of the Temples in
Agrigento, and to the island of Mozia. [CC]
4:00am Treasures of Ancient Greece
3:00amBorgen
The Age of Heroes. Alastair Sooke explores
the surprising roots of Greek art, beginning
his journey in Crete at the palace of Knossos,
legendary home of the Minotaur. [CC]
4:00am My Millennial Life
TUESDAY MAY 16
2:00am Genius of the Modern World
Nietzsche. See 9pm [RP] [CC]
Decency in the Middle. See 10pm [RP] [CC]
See 11pm [DV] [RP] [CC]
WEDNESDAY MAY 17
7:00pm Animal Super Senses
Scent (3 of 3). Explore the powerful world of
scent and the animals that have pushed their
sense of smell far beyond human abilities.
[CC]
7:00pm National Geographic
MONDAY MAY 15
7:00pm Victorian Bakers
(3 of 3). The bakers have said goodbye to the
brutal working conditions of the 1870s urban
bakery. It is now 1900 and Britain's middle
classes are enjoying the democratization of
luxury. [CC]
8:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
See description on first page.
Megastructures: China's Smart Tower [NEW!]
With a design specific to its environment,
the Pearl River Tower uses many energyefficient technologies in one structure, and
symbolizes the future for super-tall building
design. [CC]
8:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
See description on first page.
9:00pm Go Back to Where
You Came From
(2 of 3). Six Australians get a first-hand
experience of the turn back the boats policy
when they’re transferred from a smuggler’s
boat and turned back to Indonesia. [CC]
8:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
See description on first page.
9:00pmSonita [NEW!]
After her family attempts to sell her into
marriage, a young Afghan refugee in Iran
channels her frustrations and seizes her
destiny through music. [CC]
11:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
See description on first page.
12:00amSonita
See 9pm [RP] [CC]
2:00am Animal Super Senses
Scent (3 of 3). See 7pm [RP] [CC]
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May 2017 Primetime Schedule
3:00am Question Period [NEW!]
Question Period in the Legislative Assembly
of Ontario [CC]
4:00am Treasures of Ancient Greece
The Long Shadow. Alastair Sooke explores
the extraordinary afterlife of the Greek
masterpieces that changed the course of
western culture. His investigation includes
the Venus of Knidos and the Discobolus of
Myron. [CC]
THURSDAY MAY 18
7:00pm The Aristocrats
Lord Shaftesbury. Nick has to come to terms
with his sudden assumption of the title of
the 12th Earl of Shaftesbury, and attempts
to rescue the family name from bankruptcy
and ruin. [CC]
4:00am Why Poverty?
Give Us The Money
Bob Geldof and Bono have been among the
most prominent celebrity voices advocating
for the poor. But have their efforts really
lifted millions out of poverty? [CC]
FRIDAY MAY 19
See description on first page.
9:00pm The Longest War:
Women and Power
(3 of 3). Amanda Vickery explores how the
Edwardian suffragette movement became
a quasi-terrorist organization and argues
it is best understood as part of an ongoing
equality struggle. [CC]
10:00pm High Art of The Low Countries
(3 of 3). Andrew Graham-Dixon looks at how
this entrepreneurial and industrious region
rose again to become a cultural leader in
the modern age and produced important
forward-thinking artists. [CC]
11:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
See description on first page.
12:00am The Longest War:
Women and Power
(3 of 3). See 9pm [RP] [CC]
1:00am High Art of The Low Countries
(3 of 3). See 10pm [RP] [CC]
Redberry Lake (6 of 8). Students conduct
both social and scientific experiments
at Redberry, a salt lake at the heart of a
shrinking Saskatchewan community that's
determined to thrive in the face of industrial
agriculture. [CC]
Lord Shaftesbury. See 7pm [RP] [CC]
Photographers: The
Best Job in The World
Cory Richards heads to Antarctica to build
a base camp and attempt to scale the granite
towers that surround it. But nature has
surprises in store, including hurricane-force
winds. [DV] [CC]
8:00pm Coast New Zealand
(2 of 6). Neil Oliver joins a team of local
experts to celebrate New Zealand’s unique
history. This episode visits the East Cape.
[CC]
9:00pm Portrait of Wally
8:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
See description on first page.
Stag at Bay. During their separation, Julia's
husband drives her mad with harassing
phone calls. Their daughter Katie has a
hidden talent, which she reveals as the town
prepares for the Christmas concert. 14+ [CC]
10:00pm Midsomer Murders
Breaking the Chain (3 of 3). A cycling
competition comes to the Midsomer village
of Burwood Mantle. When the race leader is
murdered, DCI Barnaby and DS Nelson find
themselves in a ruthless competitive world
of blackmail. 14+ [CC]
Portrait of Wally is the pride of the Leopold
Museum. Trace the history of this iconic
image – from Schiele’s gesture of affection
toward his young lover, to the theft of the
painting from Lea Bondi. [CC]
10:30pm Treasures of the Indus
The Other Side of the Taj Mahal. The
Mughals created the most famous and
dazzling empire that India has ever seen,
from the Taj Mahal to fabulously intricate
miniatures of court life. [CC]
11:30pm National Geographic
Photographers: The
Best Job in The World
See 7pm [DV] [RP] [CC]
11:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
12:30am Coast New Zealand
12:00am Why Poverty?
1:30amPortrait of Wally
See description on first page.
(2 of 6). See 8pm [RP] [CC]
Give Us The Money
Bob Geldof and Bono have been among the
most prominent celebrity voices advocating
for the poor. But have their efforts really
lifted millions out of poverty? [RP] [CC]
See 9pm [RP] [CC]
1:00amHeartbeat
4:00am Time Team
Stag at Bay. See 9pm [RP] [CC]
2:00am Midsomer Murders
2:00am The Aristocrats
7:00pm National Geographic
7:00pm Striking Balance
9:00pmHeartbeat
8:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
SATURDAY MAY 20
Breaking the Chain (3 of 3). See 10pm [RP] [CC]
3:00am Treasures of the Indus
The Other Side of the Taj Mahal. See 10:30pm
[RP] [CC]
Secrets of the Dunes. Eight hundred years
ago, the people of Kenfig thought they had
built the perfect town, but then it vanished.
The ruins are believed to lie under the sand
dunes that now cover the site. [CC]
3:00am Striking Balance
3:00am Question Period [NEW!]
Question Period in the Legislative Assembly
of Ontario [CC]
Redberry Lake (6 of 8). See 7pm [RP] [CC]
4:00am Why Poverty
Give Us The Money. See 12am [RP] [CC]
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SUNDAY MAY 21
8:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
9:00pm Go Back to Where
9:00pm Kew on a Plate
You Came From
(3 of 3). The series builds to a dramatic
conclusion as one group visits two of the
most dangerous places on Earth – Syria and
Baghdad. [CC]
See description on first page.
7:00pm National Geographic
Hunt for the Shadow Cat. Boone Smith and
Dr. Howard Quigley are on a mission to
capture and film jaguars, and fit them with
tracking collars in the jungles of Belize and
the swamps of Brazil. [DV] [CC]
Summer. Summer has arrived at Kew.
Raymond protects his carrot crop from pests
and Kate searches for wild carrots. [CC]
10:00pm Climate Change by Numbers
10:00pm The Ascent of Woman:
8:00pm Rise of the Continents
(2 of 4). Australia was once a part of a super
continent. However, after parting from
Antarctica, Australia’s life forms were forced
to adapt to their warmer climate. [CC]
A 10,000-Year Story
(1 of 4). Civilization has given humanity
extraordinary advances - codes of law and
commerce, science and art. But what does it
look like from the point of view of women?
9:00pm Genius of the Modern
11:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
[CC]
(2 of 2). Earth’s changing climate has become
one of the biggest scientific projects ever
undertaken. However, the epic scale of this
study has made it remote and difficult to
understand. [CC]
11:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
See description on first page.
World [NEW!]
Freud. Bettany Hughes travels to Vienna
on the trail of Sigmund Freud, the father of
psychoanalysis. [CC]
See description on first page.
12:00am Kew on a Plate
Summer. See 9pm [RP] [CC]
You Came From
(3 of 3). See 9pm [RP] [CC]
10:00pmBorgen
1:00am The Ascent of Woman:
1:00am Climate Change by Numbers
Count to 90. Birgitte Nyborg is undeniably the
winner of the election. Focus now turns to the
negotiation of alliances and the forming of a
new coalition government. 14+ [CC]
12:00am Go Back to Where
A 10,000-Year Story
(1 of 4). See 10pm [RP] [CC]
(2 of 2). See 10pm [RP] [CC]
2:00am National Geographic
2:00am Eat: The Story of Food
Mysteries of the Human Voice. See 7pm
Carnivores. See 7pm [RP] [CC]
[RP] [CC]
3:00am Automatic Brain
3:00am Disfarmer: A Portrait
4:00am Automatic Brain
of America
Mike Disfarmer captured the lives of the
people of rural America during the Great
Depression. Discover his influence on the
modern art world and the legacy he left in his
hometown of Heber Springs, Ark. [RP] [CC]
11:00pm Life After Digital
Explore the end of privacy, cyber-bullying,
trolling, digital revenge and facial recognition
technologies that effectively turn the faces of
social media users into bar-codes. [DV] [CC]
The Magic of the Unconscious. Learn how
unconscious processes steer the lives of two
ordinary people, from everyday routines to
life choices such as finding a partner. [CC]
12:00am National Geographic
Hunt for the Shadow Cat. See 7pm [DV] [RP] [CC]
2:00am Genius of the Modern World
The Power of the Unconscious Brain. Explore
the work of the world's leading scientists
to uncover the ways that the unconscious
brain shapes our attention, perception and
memory. [CC]
3:00amBorgen
TUESDAY MAY 23
1:00am Rise of the Continents
(2 of 4). See 8pm [RP] [CC]
Freud. See 9pm [RP] [CC]
Count to 90. See 10pm [RP] [CC]
7:00pm National Geographic
MONDAY MAY 22
Mysteries of the Human Voice. The human
voice is a complex musical instrument. In
the age of voice-synthesizing robots and
global communications, will the human
voice survive? [CC]
7:00pm Eat: The Story of Food
8:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
4:00am Life After Digital
See 11pm [DV] [RP] [CC]
Carnivores. Food has driven nearly
everything we have ever done as a species,
and yet it is one of the most overlooked
aspects of human history. [CC]
See description on first page.
4:00am Recessionize! For
Fun and Profit!
Jamie Kastner sets off on a road trip through
California, Europe and Dubai to meet those
who manage to turn the world economic
crisis into opportunity. [RP] [CC]
WEDNESDAY MAY 24
7:00pm Growing Up Wild [NEW!]
Take a look at the challenges young animals
face, from their first steps through to leaving
home. For any animal, the early days of life
are often the most difficult. [CC]
8:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
See description on first page.
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9:00pm The Woman Who Joined
9:00pm Cosmonauts: How Russia
the Taliban [NEW!]
Empathizing with the Taliban, Beverley
Giesbrecht converted to Islam and within
seven months was on a path that would lead
to her disappearance in the mountains of
Pakistan. [CC]
Won the Space Race
(1 of 2). The Russians seemed unstoppable in
the space race until a string of misfortunes
struck. This series reveals the story of the
space race from the other side of the Iron
Curtain. [CC]
10:00pm I Am The River
10:00pm The Mystery of Mazo
9:00pmHeartbeat
Full Circle. Stella comes to town for a funeral
and to find the daughter she gave up for
adoption 20 years earlier. Meanwhile, Mike
investigates a rash of hotel room burglaries.
14+ [CC]
10:00pm Midsomer Murders
Trace the journey of the photographs of
Whanganui Maori. The discovery of these
previously unknown photographs provides
a rare visual insight into 19th-century New
Zealand history. [CC]
de la Roche
Mazo de la Roche was one of the most
successful and prolific female writers of the
20th century, but rumours flourished about
her private life with companion Caroline
Clement. [CC]
11:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
See description on first page.
11:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
11:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
See description on first page.
12:00am The Woman Who
Joined the Taliban
A Dying Art. Art comes to the Midsomer
village with the opening of a new sculpture
park. But when its launch is marred by
murder, Barnaby and Nelson have to get
creative to crack a case where art imitates
death. 14+ [CC]
See description on first page.
12:00am The Defector: Escape
See 10pm [RP] [CC]
1:00am The Mystery of Mazo
From North Korea
Follow the perilous journey of Sook-Ja and
Yong-hee, who escape North Korea and meet
with Dragon, a broker who guides defectors
to their freedom. [DV] [CC]
2:00am Growing Up Wild
de la Roche
See 10pm [RP] [CC]
1:00amHeartbeat
See 9pm [RP] [CC]
12:00am Cosmonauts: How Russia
Won the Space Race
(1 of 2). See 9pm [RP] [CC]
1:00am I Am The River
See 7pm [RP] [CC]
Full Circle. See 9pm [RP] [CC]
2:00am The Aristocrats
3:00am Raw Opium: Pain,
Pleasure, Profits
(1 of 2). Explore the history, science and
politics of the opium trade by following
opium's voyage around the world. [RP] [CC]
4:00am Raw Opium: Pain,
Pleasure, Profits
(2 of 2) The story of opium continues
to unfold: a former Indian narcotics
commissioner travels to Portugal to
meet street workers within the world's
most progressive system of drug
decriminalization. [RP] [CC]
THURSDAY MAY 25
7:00pm The Aristocrats
Rothschilds. The Rothschilds are known for
being wealthy and private, fuelling endless
speculation about the real extent of their
power. [CC]
Rothschilds. See 7pm[RP] [CC]
See description on first page.
A Dying Art. See 10pm [RP] [CC]
3:00am Born to Be Different
(1 of 2). Follow six families, each with a
child with a very different type of disability,
through the major milestones of the
children's young lives. [CC]
4:00am Born to Be Different
(2 of 2). Families make difficult decisions
on further surgeries, care options and an
overnight school trip. [CC]
3:00am Striking Balance
Fundy (7 of 8). See 7pm [RP] [CC]
4:00am The Defector: Escape
From North Korea
See 12am [DV] [RP] [CC]
SATURDAY MAY 27
7:00pm National Geographic
FRIDAY MAY 26
7:00pm Striking Balance
Fundy (7 of 8). The Inner Bay of Fundy
Atlantic salmon is teetering on the edge
of extinction, but the people of the Fundy
Biosphere Reserve are determined to bring
it back. [CC]
8:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
8:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
2:00am Midsomer Murders
See description on first page.
Finding the Lost Da Vinci. Leonardo da
Vinci’s The Battle of Anghiari vanished 500
years ago. Maurizio Seracini is staking his
reputation on the theory that the lost mural
is behind the walls of the Palazzo Vecchio.
[DV] [CC]
8:00pm Coast New Zealand
(3 of 6). Neil Oliver joins a team of local
experts to explore the top of New Zealand's
South Island. [CC]
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9:00pm 9-Man: A Streetball Battle in
10:00pmBorgen
the Heart of Chinatown [NEW!]
Discover a gritty, isolated and unique
Chinese-American sport played in alleys
and parking lots across the U.S. and
Canada. [CC]
The Art of the Possible. After only a few short
months, Birgitte Nyborg has negotiated
her first finance bill into place. But before
the final ratification, several members of
parliament withdraw their support. 14+ [CC]
10:30pm Treasures of the Indus
11:00pm The Woman Who
Of Gods and Men (3 of 3). In a journey
across Tamil Nadu, Sona Datta traces the
development of the Hindu religion from its
origins as an amalgamation of local faith
traditions to its dominant position today. [CC]
Joined the Taliban
Empathizing with the Taliban, Beverley
Giesbrecht converted to Islam and within
seven months was on a path that would lead
to her disappearance in the mountains of
Pakistan. [RP] [CC]
11:30pm National Geographic
Finding the Lost Da Vinci. See 7pm
[DV] [RP] [CC]
12:00am Kew on a Plate
Autumn. See 9pm [RP] [CC]
1:00am The Ascent of Woman:
A 10,000-Year Story
(2 of 4). See 10pm [RP] [CC]
[DV] [RP] [CC]
2:00am Eat: The Story of Food
Ghost Ships of the Great Lakes. See 7pm
1:00am Rise of the Continents
(3 of 4). See 8pm [RP] [CC]
1:30am 9-Man: A Streetball Battle
in the Heart of Chinatown
A 10,000-Year Story
(2 of 4). Historian Amanda Foreman
explores the rise of separate spheres among
early Confucian and Buddhist societies, as
well as the origins of the cosmic ordering of
the female yin and male yang. [CC]
11:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
See description on first page.
12:00am National Geographic
12:30am Coast New Zealand
(3 of 6). See 8pm [RP] [CC]
10:00pm The Ascent of Woman:
2:00am Genius of the Ancient World
See 9pm [RP] [CC]
(1 of 2). See 9pm [RP] [CC]
3:00am Treasures of the Indus
3:00amBorgen
Of Gods and Men (3 of 3). See 10:30pm [RP] [CC]
The Art of the Possible. See 10pm [RP] [CC]
4:00am Time Team
Rome's Wild West. The Roman fort of
Caerleon is one of the most famous sites
in Britain. But just outside the fort,
archeologists have discovered signs of
another structure leading down to the river.
4:00am The Woman Who
Food Revolutionaries (1 of 4). See 7pm [RP] [CC]
3:00am Question Period [NEW!]
Question Period in the Legislative Assembly
of Ontario [CC]
4:00am Treasures of the Indus
Joined the Taliban
See 11pm [RP] [CC]
MONDAY MAY 29
7:00pm Eat: The Story of Food
7:00pm National Geographic
Ghost Ships of the Great Lakes. The discovery
of a human skull begins a story that will take
Brendon Baillod across a century of history.
He and a team of divers discover the wreck of
one of Lake Michigan's lost queens. [DV] [CC]
8:00pm Rise of the Continents
(3 of 4). Geologist Iain Stewart reconstructs
how North and South America were created
from an ancient supercontinent. [CC]
9:00pm Genius of the Ancient World
(1 of 2). Bettany Hughes travels to India,
Greece and China on the trail of three giants
of ancient philosophy: Buddha, Socrates and
Confucius. [CC]
TUESDAY MAY 30
7:00pm National Geographic [NEW!]
[CC]
SUNDAY MAY 28
Pakistan Unveiled. The view of Pakistan as a
monolithic Muslim state is embodied in the
name of the country. Yet, as host Sona Datta
shows, it has an intriguing multicultural,
multi-faith past. [RP] [CC]
Food Revolutionaries (1 of 4). Learn more
about Julia Child, the American chef who
kicked off the food entertainment industry
when she appeared on television to promote
her new cookbook. [CC]
8:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
See description on first page.
9:00pm Kew on a Plate
Autumn. Raymond Blanc harvests pumpkins
and transforms this earthy vegetable into
an autumn tart. Then Kate Quilton tries her
hand at cider-making. [CC]
Megastructures: Korean Superlink. Examine
the underwater highway of the Busan-Geoje
Fixed Link. Once built, it’ll be the deepest
immersed highway on earth. [CC]
8:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
See description on first page.
9:00pm The Woman Who
Joined the Taliban
Empathizing with the Taliban, Beverley
Giesbrecht converted to Islam and within
seven months was on a path that would lead
to her disappearance in the mountains of
Pakistan. [RP] [CC]
10:00pm Calculating Ada: The
Countess of Computing
Daughter of poet Lord Byron, Ada Lovelace
was both a 19th-century socialite prone to
scandal and a visionary computer pioneer.
[RP] [CC]
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11:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
See description on first page.
12:00am The Woman Who
Joined the Taliban
See 9pm [RP] [CC]
1:00am Calculating Ada: The
Countess of Computing
See 10pm [RP] [CC]
4:00am Treasures of the Indus
Of Gods and Men (3 of 3). In a journey
across Tamil Nadu, Sona Datta traces the
development of the Hindu religion from its
origins as an amalgamation of local faith
traditions to its dominant position today.
[RP] [CC]
2:00am National Geographic
Megastructures: Korean Superlink. See 7pm
[RP] [CC]
3:00am Question Period [NEW!]
Question Period in the Legislative Assembly
of Ontario [CC]
4:00am Treasures of the Indus
The Other Side of the Taj Mahal. The
Mughals created the most famous and
dazzling empire that India has ever seen,
from the Taj Mahal to fabulously intricate
miniatures of court life. [RP] [CC]
WEDNESDAY MAY 31
7:00pm Fishing Leopards
A leopard mother and her two cubs must
survive in the wilds of Botswana alongside
some less-than-friendly neighbours: lions,
wild dogs and hyenas. [CC]
8:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
See description on first page.
9:00pm The Man Who Saved the World
This is the story of Lt. Colonel Stanislav E.
Petrov and his role in preventing the 1983
Soviet nuclear false alarm incident from
leading to a global disaster. [CC]
11:00pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin
See description on first page.
12:00am The Man Who Saved the World
See 9pm [RP] [CC]
2:00am Fishing Leopards
See 7pm [RP] [CC]
3:00am Question Period [NEW!]
Question Period in the Legislative Assembly
of Ontario [CC]
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