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Jewish history as everyone’s history Prize-winning author and Emmy Award-winner Simon Schama brings to life Jewish history and experience in a new five-part documentary series, The Story of the Jews with Simon Schama, premiering at 7 pm Tuesday, March 25. The series follows Schama as he travels from Russia and the Ukraine to Egypt, Israel and Spain, exploring the impact that Jewish culture has made on the world.
Three-time Emmy winner Jeremy Piven returns for a new season of Mr. Selfridge on Masterpiece, continuing the drama around the pioneering London department store founded in 1909 by American capitalist Harry Gordon Selfridge. The new season opens with the store’s fifth anniversary in the midst of World War I. The first of season 2’s eight new episodes premieres at 8 pm Sunday, March 30.
Welcome back to Nonnatus House Call the Midwife returns for a third season of eight episodes at 7 pm Sunday, March 30. In BBC One’s most successful new drama, Nonnatus House welcomes the audience back into 1950s East End London and continues to follow Poplar’s community of exceptional midwives and nursing nuns. The new series stays true to its roots—with more births, babies and bicycling, plus blossoming romance from an unexpected quarter.
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