NHPTV Connections Masterpiece Highbrow + Heartthrobs Poldark Neither pestilence, starvation, nor betrayal can stop Ross Poldark from fighting for justice in his native Cornwall. Aidan Turner (The Hobbit) returns as the ex-officer, class warrior, mining entrepreneur, and lover The New York Times called “the noblest, hottest, most down-to-earth hero.” As the season kicks off, Ross stands accused of luring a cargo ship to the rocks for plunder and murder. The judge is unsympathetic, hostile witnesses have been bribed, and Ross appears headed for the gallows. It’s just the first in a string of suspenseful episodes every bit as precipitous as the steep cliffs of Cornwall.
2-Hour Premiere: Sunday, September 25 • 8 PM on NHPTV PRIME
Indian Summers
As a nation of 300 million vies for independence and India’s colonial rulers soldier on, a story of love, death, and unbridled ambition continues. It's 1935. Ralph and Madeline are married. Aafrin has just returned from an official posting in Bengal, where he has fallen in love with a freedom-fighter. Alice’s estranged husband, Charlie Havistock, has shown up from England, determined to humiliate her for deserting him with their young son. All the while, the question on everyone’s mind is: Will India's freedom come peacefully or by force?
September 2016 Best of the Season September brings changes in the season, our personal schedules and your favorite PBS station's TV lineup. Our producers were out and about over the summer, working on new seasons of our series, as well as programs on the Granite State's water supply and the heroin epidemic. Our time in Stratham comes to fruition this month, when we premiere Our Hometown: Stratham, with stories told by people who live in, love and know the town. While only a few stories can fit into the 30-minute program, all the stories shared with us in Stratham (and in Our Hometown: Peterborough and Colebrook) can be watched at nhptv.org/hometown. Also this month: Will is back with new adventures! The 12th season of Windows to the Wild debuts at New Hampshire's iconic peak, Mt. Washington. And, we kick-off the NHPTV Car Raffle on September 13; proceeds support our awardwinning programs! nhptv.org/raffle Thanks for your support. Peter Frid, NHPBS President & CEO
Sunday, September 11 - November 20 • 10 PM on NHPTV PRIME
Churchill's Secret Winston Churchill was prime minister for the second time and as pugnacious as ever at age 78 – until he is felled by a severe stroke while hosting a state dinner at No. 10 Downing Street. Sent to his country home to recover, he and Lady Churchill manage to hide his condition, and a determined nurse helps him relearn to speak, stand, and walk. Michael Gambon (Harry Potter) plays the great statesmen in an astonishing story of an incapacitated leader who plots to outwit the high government officials who are maneuvering to replace him.
Sunday, September 11 • 8 PM on NHPTV PRIME
Our Hometown: Stratham Stratham is known for its fertile farming soil. Settled in 1716, some families in this town go back hundreds of years and many are still working the land today. But there is much more to Stratham than farmland. From barnstorming presidential candidates to making music after a tragedy, to quirky things that make the town special, its residents sketch a memorable and endearing portrait of Stratham. The program is hosted by New Hampshire author and storyteller Rebecca Rule.
Thursday, September 22 • 8 PM on NHPTV PRIME
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NHPTV Is On-Air • Online • In Your Community Defying The Nazis: The Sharps' War
The Contenders: 16 For '16
It's a story known to few. But when awardwinning NH filmmaker Ken Burns heard about Waitstill and Martha Sharp, an American minister and his wife from Wellesley, MA, who left their children behind in the care of their parish and boldly committed to a life-threatening mission in Europe, he knew it was a remarkable story that needed to be told. At a time when most Americans were turning a blind eye to the growing social injustice and totalitarian threat in Europe, the Unitarian Universalist Association—alerted to the dire situation by their fellow congregation in Prague—was committed to saving as many people as possible. The mission would involve secretly helping Jews, refugees and dissidents to escape the expanding Nazi threat in Europe. With narration taken completely from the couple’s journals, Defying the Nazis: The Sharps’ War combines the intrigue of a spy novel with an intimate look into the lives of a husband and wife who were willing to put the well-being of strangers before that of themselves and their family. In 2006, the Sharps were recognized at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem as “Righteous Among the Nations,” the highest honor given by the State of Israel to non-Jews. The film is directed by Burns and the Sharps' grandson, Artemis Joukowsky.
Politics is a blood sport with the intensity, gamesmanship, agony and thrill that we’ve come to expect in athletic arenas. Every four years, bold, brave, even foolhardy men and women declare themselves the “MVP” – uniquely deserving of the world’s highest office, and the power that comes with it. And yet, among the many contenders, there can only be one winner. As the nation prepares to elect its next commander-in-chief, this eight-part documentary examines the most compelling and influential presidential campaigns in modern history, including Hart/Jackson ("Visionaries"), Dukakis/ Romney ("Technocrats"), Dean/Buchanan ("Flamethrowers"), and Chisholm/McCain ("Straight Talkers"). From Jesse Jackson’s groundbreaking 1984 and 1988 campaigns that equalized the playing field by changing the way delegates are distributed, to Barry Goldwater’s 1964 launching of a brand of conservatism that influenced both Republican Ronald Reagan and Democrat Hillary Clinton, these 16 stories revisit the past 50 years of presidential election history and show how previous elections are still influencing today in unexpected and illuminating ways. This eight-part series reveals the humanity, the twists of fate and the surprising mistakes behind 16 of the most compelling and tumultuous presidential campaigns in modern history.
Tuesday, September 20 • 9 & 10:30 PM on NHPTV PRIME
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Tuesdays, September 13 - November 1 • 8 PM on PRIME
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Program Top Picks Windows To The Wild
Art In The Twenty-First Century
It is an iconic New Hampshire destination for hikers and tourists. And since 2001, people of all ages and abilities have hiked Mt. Washington to raise money for the Weather Observatory's annual Seek the Peak event. Host Will Lange joins a group summiting the Northeast’s tallest peak for a stunning view and talks with a meteorologist at the summit about predicting weather. Coming up: Tom Ryan hits the trail with his new dog, Samwise, and Will learns about trail magic on the AT.
Gain unparalleled access to the most innovative artists of our time and learn how art allows viewers to see the world in new ways. For the first time in the show’s history, the episodes are grouped by the artists' unique and revealing relationships to the places where they live: Chicago, Los Angeles, Mexico City, and Vancouver. They share universal experiences through their life stories and creative works: resistance, pleasure, mortality, and the hope for a better tomorrow.
Wednesday, September 28 • 7:30 PM on NHPTV PRIME
Fridays, September 16 - 23 • 9 & 10 PM on NHPTV PRIME
9/11 Inside The Pentagon
Frontline: The Choice
Marking the 15th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the U.S., this program explores the rarely told stories of the attack that took place at the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense, in which 184 people died. Most of the media coverage of the events of September 11 focused on New York City and United Flight 93; the experiences of those who were at the Pentagon when it was attached have rarely been heard publicly, until now.
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are two of the most polarizing presidential candidates in modern history. Go behind the headlines Trump and Clinton have generated to investigate what has shaped these two candidates, where they came from, how they lead and why they want to take on one of the most difficult jobs imaginable. Follow the candidates from their childhoods, to their college experiences and their careers.
Season 12 premiere!
Tuesday, September 6 • 8 PM on NHPTV PRIME
Forces Of Nature The forces of nature have kept Earth on the move since it was formed billions of years ago. Explore the different ways we experience Earth’s natural forces, including shape, elements, color and motion. Though we can’t feel the motion, we experience the consequences – from tidal bores surging through the Amazon rainforest to the ruinous power of hurricanes. If we understand why these forces exist, we can understand the rules that bind the entire universe.
Wednesdays, September 14 - October 5 • 8 PM on PRIME
Tuesday, September 27 • 9 PM on NHPTV PRIME
India: Nature's Wonderland Join wildlife biologist Liz Bonnin, actor Freida Pinto and mountaineer Jon Gupta to explore India’s natural wonders. Take a journey through India to discover its rich culture and rare wildlife. Experience a ritual tiger dance and see lions, elephants and India’s only ape – the hoolock gibbon. Then climb to the Himalayas where the Ganges River begins and meet a man who spent 30 years planting his own rainforest.
Wednesdays, September 21 - 28 • 10 PM on NHPTV PRIME
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Poldark Returns With Romance, Adventure And Risky Pursuits