05/01/2003 8:00 Hitler: The Tyrant of Terror. Story of Hitler's consolidation of power, from the waning days of the Weimar Republic to his seizure of the government in 1933, and his total command of the armed forces in '38. Features rare extracts from speeches, eyewitness accounts, and film footage from international archives. Also explored: Hitler's macabre philosophy, from the birth of his anti-Semitic views to his state-sanctioned mass murder. Previously unpublished documents and startling new film footage create a shocking psychological portrait. [TV PG] 10:00 Machine Guns. The history of the machine gun from the first Gatlings in the Civil War to today's high-speed automatic rifles. CC [TV G] 11:00 Russia: A Closer Look. A firsthand look at the stories behind our upcoming 4-hour series "Russia Land of the Tsars", which takes a look at the Russian Empire spanning a thousand years--from the birth of the Russian nation and the Orthodox Church in the 10th century to the fall of the last Tsar, Nicholas II, and the Russian Revolution of 1917. Viewers go behind the scenes and see how the producers put together such a miniseries. CC [TV G] 11:30 Infamous Murders. Stalking the Innocent. When murderers strike, usually the inn ocents pay the ultimate price. We study 3 cases where killers selected victims randomly. Beginning with the Son of Sam, we move to Scotland to examine the case of Peter Manuel in the 1950s. A burglar, who killed the owners' of the houses he burglarized, Manuel chose to defend himself when on trial for the murder of 8 victims. Back in the U.S., we meet Charlene and Gerald Gallego, who chose young girls to be their sex slaves before murdering them. CC [TV PG] 05/02/2003 8:00 Ivan the Terrible: Might and Madness. The life of the bloodthirsty first Tsar of Russia. Ivan killed his own son and had several of his wives murdered. [TV PG] 9:00 Caligula: Reign of Madness. Profile of the Roman Emperor whose reign was a legendary frenzy of lunacy, murder, and perverse sexuality. CC [TV PG] 10:00 Forts. Fortification evolved along with man's need to defend his territory from attack. From hills surrounded by fences to walled cities to impenetrable castles, these strongholds of the past echo the history of battles for territorial control. Join us as we learn how, as weaponry grew in sophistication, those walls came tumbling down. CC [TV G] 11:00 Silent Service: TWIH. Josh Binswanger boards a WWII submarine for an hour devoted to "silent service". We join a search for a ship sunk by the German U-151 that terrorized U.S. shores in WWI; discover what secret cargo the German U-234 was carrying and how WWII's outcome might have changed had it completed its mission; examine the USS Nautilus, the first nuclear sub; see how robotic subs searched for the Titanic; and learn how the Civil Air Patrol, an airforce of U.S. civilians, helped defeat the Nazi U-boat threat. CC [TV G] 05/03/2003 8:00 Save Our History. Yellowstone National Park. Our first and foremost national park, Yellowstone was established in 1872 by Congress. Today, it encompasses 2.2-million acres and draws over 3-million visitors yearly. But it's under constant threat from pollution, urban enc roachment, and the same tourists that have made it so valuable. We join ecologists, as well as the National Parks Service, in their search for ways to preserve this vitally important ecosystem, while keeping it available to visitors for years to come. CC [TV G] 9:00 The Louisiana Purchase. On April 30, 1803, President Thomas Jefferson completed one of the greatest real estate deals in history when he signed the Louisiana Purchase, buying more than 900,000 square miles west of the Mississippi from France for $15 million. The product of an unlikely chain of events born of mishap, backroom bargaining, and the whims of a few colorful personalities, this monumental deal heralded Napoleon's downfall and the twilight of European dominance in North America, and the U.S. rise in power. CC [TV G] 10:00 The Technology of Lewis and Clark. Explore the technology and survival techniques used by the men of Lewis and Clark on their landmark journey to the Pacific. From their 15-ton supply ship to the 193 pounds of dehydrated soup they carried to Lewis's prototype airgun and experimental iron boat, take a close-up look at the guns and gear behind this combination of 19th century high-tech and pioneering grit. Filmed on location along the Lewis and Clark Trail, the program features an interview with William Clark's great-great-great grandson. CC [TV G] 11:00 Hoover Dam. The task was monumental: Build the world's largest dam in the middle of the desert, and tame the river that carved the Grand Canyon--all in seven years! When the Hoover Dam was completed in 1935, it was the largest dam in the world. We'll reveal how this engineering wonder of the world was conceived and built. CC [TV G] 05/04/2003 8:00 The Horrors of Hussein. Everyone knows Saddam Hussein was a tyrant, but the invasion of Iraq by coalition forces in 2003 revealed the full extent of the terror apparatus Saddam used to maintain power. In this gripping hour, we examin e the roots of this dictator madman--how he used violence beginning in his teens to achieve his ends--and talk to victims of his terror. We also see how his ministry of terror became a family affair: his two sons, Ouday and Qusay, intended to establish a reign of terror that would last generations [TV 14] 9:00 Saddam Hussein: Butcher of Baghdad. Profile of the Iraqi leader, despised in the West but a hero to many in the Mideast. Focuses on his bloody rise to power and includes an interview with the man who "doubled" for Saddam's brutal son and defected. CC [TV PG] 10:00 Mail Call. Mortar/WWII GI's Personal Items/Native-American Arrows. R. Lee Ermey, who portrayed the sergeant in "Full Metal Jacket", applies his gruff sense of humor in this half-hour series that answers viewers' mail about what the armed forces were, and really are, like! Shot on location, Ermey reads the questions on air and then sends them out to military experts in the field for answers and brief demonstrations. Emery learns how to aim an 81mm mortar; what personal items GIs carried in WWII; and how Native Americans made arrows. CC [TV PG] 10:30 Tales of the Gun. Guns of Remington. The Remington Arms Company is America's oldest gun manufacturer. Since 1816, Remington has produced over 35 million firearms, including pocket-sized derringers, shotguns, and long- range rifles. See how Remington firearms helped tame the Old West, win wars in Europe and Asia, and earn medals in Olympic shooting competitions. (Half- hour version) CC [TV G] 11:00 The Color of War. Why We Fight. After all of their training and discipline, the fighting soldiers of WWII were not simply cogs in a huge war machine. They were men whose thoughts and actions revealed their true attitudes about their experiences in the armed forces. In this episode, we examine why the men fought on, sometimes against their better instincts. Peter Coyote narrates this compelling journey into WWII through the eyes of those who lived it, using color film and photographs unearthed from archives and personal collections. CC [TV PG] 05/05/2003 8:00 Mail Call. Refueling a Fighter Jet/Naval Signal Flags/GI Chow. R. Lee Ermey, who portrayed the sergeant in "Full Metal Jacket", applies his gruff sense of humor in this half-hour series that answers viewers' mail about what the armed forces were, and really are, like! Shot on location, Ermey reads the questions on air and then sends them out to military experts in the field for answers and brief demonstrations. Find out how to refuel a fighter jet in midair, how ships send messages using signal flags, and what soldiers eat on the battlefield. CC [TV PG] 8:30 Conquest. Urban Ops. Peter Woodward and his team learn what it takes to be in a police SWAT team at the Direct Action Resource Center in Little Rock, Arkansas. They're put through the paces by FBI instructors John Hickman and Tim Williams and drilled in using all the special weapons and tactics employed by America's best hostage rescuers. Peter's challenge- -lead his team down a rope from a helicopter, maneuver into an enemy-held building, breach the doors, clear the rooms, subdue the bad guys, and rescue the hostage! CC [TV PG] 9:00 The Last Mission. Meet Jim Smith, radio operator on a B-29 that flew WWII's final mission. On August 14,1945, on a bombing run to the Akita oil refinery, Smith's plane flew over Tokyo, causing a blackout. That same night, rebellious Japanese troops arrested Emperor Hirohito and were trying to find and destroy a recording scheduled to broadcast the next day-- Hirohito announcing surrender. Aided by historians, see how the B-29 air strike unwittingly collapsed the coup, saved Tokyo from nuclear strike, and ended WWII. CC [TV PG] 11:00 Halsey's Typhoons: Peril on the Sea. In December 1944, Admiral "Bull" Halsey's Third Fleet was confronted by a killer typhoon in the South Pacific. Despite the courage of the "tin can" sailors battli ng 100-mile-an- hour winds and torrential rain, three destroyers capsized. Unbelievably, six months later, the Fleet encountered another typhoon. We investigate these intrepid forces of nature that nearly sunk Halsey's career when an official court of inquiry recommended that he be relieved of his duties. CC [TV G] 05/06/2003 8:00 Deep Sea Detectives. Raise the Monitor! A 4-pronged anchor, a 138- year-old propeller, and a 36-ton steam engine. The ironclad USS Monitor, the Civil War's most advanced warship, is being recovered piece by piece from a watery grave 16 miles off the coast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Join us for a voyage of discovery as we trace the incredible efforts to save this historical treasure on the verge of collapse--from its 1973 rediscovery to the National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration and Navy's efforts to save the engine. CC [TV G] 10:00 Cannons. Cannons have fired balls of iron and atomic bombs, changed the way wars are fought, and now come equipped with smart weapons. Beginning with 13th-century cannons that were designed to penetrate forts of the day, we'll see how cannons were first cast and later forged, and show how large cannons terrorized civilians and soldiers in WWI and WWII. Moving to the present, we feature the 40-ton self-propelled Crusader that launches 100-pound steel artillery shells more than 33 miles. CC [TV G] 11:00 The Horrors of Hussein. Everyone knows Saddam Hussein was a tyrant, but the invasion of Iraq by coalition forces in 2003 revealed the full extent of the terror apparatus Saddam used to maintain power. In this gripping hour, we examine the roots of this dictator madman--how he used violence beginning in his teens to achieve his ends--and talk to victims of his terror. We also see how his ministry of terror became a family affair: his two sons, Ouday and Qusay, intended to establish a reign of terror that would last generations [TV 14] 05/07/2003 8:00 Uprising! Afghanistan's Deadliest Battle. Firsthand accounts highlight a moment-by-moment look at the deadliest battle in the war in Afghanistan--the revolt at Mazar-e-Sharif, where CIA Agent Mike Spann lost his life and American Taliban fighter John Walker Lindh was captured. We see how Taliban soldiers were trucked to a massive 18th-century fortress, interrogated, and held in the dungeon, and witness the chaos that erupted when some of the 400 prisoners revolted. Includes interviews with journalists trapped inside the fortress. CC [TV PG] 9:00 Snipers. One Shot--One Kill. Statistics prove it's damned hard to kill an enemy soldier on the battlefield. That's why the U.S. Marine Corps urges its best marksmen to become snipers--human machines, inhuman patience and precision. From distances up to 3 miles, tomorrow's Marines train to neutralize enemies with one shot from their rifles--a shot that can mean the difference between peaceful surrender and bloody assault. We journey from Vietnam to Africa and Eastern Europe to observe these snipers watching...waiting...firing. CC [TV PG] 10:00 Hardware Stores. Join us for a nuts-and-bolts look at the history and evolution of those places that hold our world together. From the local blacksmith to Home Depot, it's the story of nails, screws, mollybolts, duct tape, and superglue. We visit one of the oldest hardware stores in America, Placerville True Value, and wander the aisles of the mega-giants. As we chronicle the rise of the hardware "Big Box" superstores, we also see how the mom-and-pop local hardware stores still manage to survive. CC [TV G] 11:00 Sex in the Real West. Called easy women, shady ladies, and soiled doves, the women who went west to practice the oldest profession were the first ladies of the American frontier. Arriving ahead of their "decent" sisters, prostitutes flocked to the boom towns and mining camps, facing ostracism and abuse as they sought a piece of the American Dream. CC [TV PG] 05/08/2003 8:00 America's Stonehenge. Mystery Hill, called America's Stonehenge, is a gigantic confusion of walls, caves, and tunnels running across 30 acres of hillside in rural Salem, New Hampshire. This arrangement of ancient stones is believed to be astronomically aligned to solar and lunar events. Carbon dating places the site as being 4,000 years old--before Columbus! What culture was advanced enough to move 11-ton pieces of stone? Who constructed this sophisticated labyrinth of stones to measure the summer and winter solstices? CC [TV G] 9:00 Snipers. World's Deadliest Snipers. Among the world's best, the British Royal Marines build on their noble traditions and the lessons of history to hone the skills of snipers and place them in a proud global lineage. The daring British Commandos, perfecting their use of camouflage and stalking, cleared the hedgerows at Normandy. The Russian Red Army snipers, known for patience and stealth, helped to break the siege of Stalingrad. We also look at a little-known force--the Red Army's deadly women snipers, who fought alongside the men. CC [TV PG] 10:00 U.S. Guns of World War II. An examination of the weapons that battled through surf and snow, dense jungle and choking dust...the guns of the American GI. Though WWII introduced instruments that pierced the dark and weapons that released the power of the atom, the infantryman's guns were designed decades before; but in dependability they were unequaled. CC [TV G] 11:00 Infamous Murders. Horror on the Highways. The anonymity of the highway and the speed with which its patrons pass through makes it an ideal hunting and dumping ground for murderers who prey on vulnerable travelers. We examine three American killers who haunted the highways: the unrepentant Henry Lee Lucas, who claimed to have murdered 240 people; William Bonin, a Vietnam War veteran who led a group of friends in random killing of young boys; and Joseph Paul Franklin, a White Supremacist who killed up to 20 people. CC [TV PG] 11:30 Infamous Murders. The Cannibals. A disturbing look into the ultimate taboo. We examine the cases of three murderers who ate the flesh of their victims: Jeffrey Dahmer, a loner who killed up to 17 young men in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Andrei Chikatilo, Russia's worst serial killer responsible for killing at least 53 people; and Ed Gein, another murderer from Wisconsin, whose horrible crimes inspired Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho", as well as "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and "The Silence of the Lambs". CC [TV PG] 05/09/2003 8:00 Ghost Plane of the Desert: "Lady Be Good". April 4, 1943--25 B-24 Liberators take off from their base in Libya on a bombing mission to Italy, but only 24 return. In 1959, a British survey team discovers a plane, deep in the desert. Using the diary of two crewmembers, along with the crew's remains, we learn of their struggle to cross 100 miles of desert, without food or water. CC [TV G] 9:00 Snipers. Stalk and Kill. Meet the ultimate hunters in a deadly game where the quarry shoots back--U.S. Army snipers. Experts of stealth and stalking, they can kill with a single shot from nearly a mile, or creep within yards of an enemy target remaining virtually invisible. Starting with American snipers in the Revolutionary War and ending with 21st century snipers and the latest technology at the U.S. Army Sniper School, we review the history of these marksmen who train to become the "most hated men on the battlefield." CC [TV PG] 10:00 Trucks. Icons of the open road, trucks form the backbone of the construction and transportation industries. The facility to handle nearly any load and the ability to deliver goods almost anywhere make trucks integral to modern life. From 18th-century steam-powered carriages to tomorrow's computerized trucks, it's a long haul you'll enjoy! CC [TV G] 11:00 Invasions: TWIH. At the New Orleans' D-Day Museum, we review history's invasions--including a Union general's controversial invasion of the South, D-Day, the Bay of Pigs, and beyond. See how a deadly training mishap nearly cancelled D-Day; decide whether Union General Sherman was a war hero or a war criminal; take a look at how U.S. Special Forces tracked down Panama dictator Manuel Noriega in the 1989 campaign; hear how Cuban exiles took place in the ill-fated, CIA-sponsored Bay of Pigs Invasion. CC [TV G] 05/10/2003 8:00 Angels: Good or Evil. Winged messengers have mesmerized humans since the dawn of civilization. Isis, Hermes, Mercury, and Asmodeus set the stage for monotheism's angels--Gabriel, Michael, and Satan. Hebraic, Christian, and Muslim scripture all describe angels and demons that were invoked in magic spells, immortalized in art, trivialized as decorative accessories, and dismissed by science. We see how their legacies shaped religion and art and hear from those who testify to firsthand encounters with these curious creatures. CC [TV G] 10:00 Golden Gate Bridge. More than 50 years after its construction, the Golden Gate remains one of the world's great engineering marvels. It took 25-million man-hours and 80,000 miles of cable to complete. But the cost in human life proved even greater. CC [TV G] 11:00 Marquis de Sade: The Depraved Aristocrat. Portrait of the 18th- century French writer and connoisseur of sex, whose name would enter the language as a synonym for sexual cruelty. The Marquis de Sade was imprisoned numerous times for his scandalous novels and plays that were filled with perversion, torture, and murder. But because de Sade challenged every aspect of civilized society--church, government, and social restraint- -some consider him a pioneering thinker. Interviewees include Count Xavier de Sade and Camille Paglia. CC [TV 14] 05/11/2003 8:00 Mummies: Tales from the Egyptian Crypts. Pt. 3. Part 3 examines the poetic "sacred carvings" that ancient E gyptians believed could actually come to life. CC [TV G] 9:00 Mummies: Tales from the Egyptian Crypts. Pt. 4. Part 4 concludes this extensive look at mummies, ancient Egyptian religious beliefs, the pyramids, and well-known pharaohs. CC [TV G] 10:00 Mail Call. Revolutionary War Musket/Jousting/Foxholes. R. Lee Ermey, who portrayed the sergeant in "Full Metal Jacket", applies his gruff sense of humor in this half-hour series that answers viewers' mail about what the armed forces were, and really are, like! Shot on location, Ermey reads the questions on air and then sends them out to military experts in the field for answers and brief demonstrations. Find out how fast a Revolutionary War soldier could fire a musket, the ins and outs of jousting, and how to dig a foxhole. CC [TV PG] 10:30 Tales of the Gun. Japanese Guns of WWII. As Japan bombed its way into the Pacific during WWII, Imperial soldiers carried pride, a sense of invincibility, and an arsenal of clumsy and outdated weapons. Convinced that the tactics and tools that led to victory over colonial enemies would be just as effective against the Allies, Japan would see its weaponry lead to defeat. (Half-hour version) CC [TV G] 11:00 The Color of War. Fueling the Fire. During WWII, the leaders of the U.S. military challenged themselves to create the most advanced supply system in the history of warfare. The servicemen who fought the supply war played a critical, and under-appreciated, role in achieving victory. Without them the Allied war machine would have ground to a halt. Peter Coyote narrates this compelling journey into WWII through the eyes of those who lived it, using color film and photographs unearthed from archives and personal collections. CC [TV PG] 05/12/2003 8:00 Mail Call. The Pilum/WWII Radios/First Rockets. R. Lee Ermey, the sergeant in "Full Metal Jacket", applies his gruff sense of humor in this half-hour series that answers viewers' mail about t he armed forces. Shot on location, Ermey reads the questions on air and then sends them out to military experts in the field for answers. Ermey demonstrates the effectiveness of the ancient Roman pilum, designed to penetrate armor and punch through shields; handles WWII army radios; and reviews how rockets were first used on battlefields. CC [TV PG] 8:30 Mail Call. Ninja Weapons/Flamethrower/Military Dogs. R. Lee Ermey, who portrayed the sergeant in "Full Metal Jacket", applies his gruff sense of humor in this half-hour series that answers viewers' mail about what the armed forces were, and really are, like! Shot on location, Ermey reads the questions on air and then sends them out to military experts in the field for answers and brief demonstrations. Ermey learns about the weapons of the Japanese Ninja, used since the 12th century; how flamethrowers work; and what military dogs are trained to do. CC [TV PG] 9:00 The True Story of Black Hawk Down. The Battle of Mogadishu is a largely forgotten, yet extremely important event in U.S. military history. When 18 American soldiers were killed and images broadcast of bodies dragged through the streets of an enigmatic African city, it was a horrible blow to the national psyche. In a 2-hour review of the battle, based on Mark Bowden's bestseller "Black Hawk Down", we see how we got there, what went wrong, and explore the legacy. Includes interviews with Bowden, U.S. Rangers, and Somali militiamen. CC [TV 14] 11:00 The Bataan Death March. An oral history of the shocking abuse inflicted on U.S. and Filipino POWs as their Japanese captors marched them day and night, without food or medicine, for over 50 miles. Many died en route to the camp, but many more were shot, bayoneted, or beheaded by prison guards. We follow one survivor as he returns to Bataan for the first time. CC [TV PG] 05/13/2003 8:00 Deep Sea Detectives. USS Indianapolis Resurfaced. In 1945, when the USS Indianapolis was su nk by a Japanese submarine, 300 men went down with the ship, while some 900 survived in shark-infested waters. Finally spotted four days later, only 316 men remained alive. The sinking ignited a firestorm. Captain Charles B. McVay III was eventually court-martialed, but did the Navy fail to warn him about the enemy sub? In 1999, the Senate Armed Services Committee agreed to hear testimony. We see how a 12-year- old's school project helped exonerate McVay. CC [TV G] 9:00 The Color of War. Covering the War. World War II was history's most extensively documented conflict. But the stories of the men and women who recorded it have often been overlooked. In this episode of our all-color series, we detail the experiences of combat cameraman, war correspondents, combat artists, radio reporters, and others who brought to life, and preserved the tales, that later defined this epic era. Narrated by Peter Coyote, our award-winning series recounts stories unearthed from archives and personal collections. CC [TV PG] 10:00 Non-Lethal Weapons. They stun, debilitate, and immobilize. But they don't kill--at least they're not supposed to. From sting ball grenades, to electrical shock devices, to heat-generating energy beams-- these high-tech tools disperse angry crowds and take down criminals without hurting bystanders. From the caltrop--a multi-pointed, hand grenade-sized contraption that ancient foot soldiers hurled into the path of onrushing horsemen--to modern weapons of light and sound, we explore the arsenal of non-lethal weapons. CC [TV G] 11:00 Infamous Murders. Killing for Thrills. Some murderers live a shady second life in the midst of their communities, secretly satiating their desire for power and transforming their homes into chambers of horror. We examine four such modern murderers who killed for thrills: Leonard Lake and Charles Ng, who raped and killed up to 25 people in California; and Fred and Rosemary West, who transformed their home at 25 Cromwell Street in Gloucester, England into a slaughterhouse, even killing their own 16-year- old daughter. CC [TV PG] 11:30 Infamous Murders. Streets of Fear. An examination of three modern- day serial killers who found their victims--usually lone females--on the streets of British and American cities. The Yorkshire Ripper earned his nickname from his frenzied attacks on prostitutes and young girls in Leeds in Northern England. Joel Rifkin confessed to killing 17 women and was convicted of murdering 10 prostitutes in New York. And Arthur Shawcross picked up prostitutes in New York City, then drove them to the surrounding countryside, where he killed them. CC [TV PG] 05/14/2003 8:00 B-25 Down: Hunt for a Hero. There are more missing WWII U.S. planes on the South Pacific mountain island of New Guinea than anywhere else on earth. This is the story of Alfred Hagen's 4-year quest, braving tropical diseases, jungle terrain, and native upset to search for signs of his great uncle's B-25 bomber. His uncle, Major Bill Benn, was a hero who changed the face of warfare in the Pacific when he perfected skip bombing. His plane, Red-Headed Gal, crashed just as the tide of battle shifted in favor of the U.S. CC [TV PG] 9:00 The Color of War. Dressed to Kill. Continuing the epic journey into the depths of WWII, our award-winning all-color series returns to recount stories unearthed from archives and personal collections of the "Greatest Generation". Narrated by Peter Coyote, this episode reveals the intimate relationship between a soldier and the tools of his trade--everything from the uniform that protected him from the elements to the weapons that protected him from the enemy to the insignia and medals that differentiated him from his comrades. CC [TV PG] 10:00 The F-14. October 7, 2001: Missiles from lethal U.S. jets rain down onto Afghanistan. One powerful and deadly plane led the majority of the assaults--the F-14 Tomcat, the world's most complete military fighter. No other fighter jet carries the F-14's unique combination of weapons. Its state-of-the-art system can spot an oncoming enemy plane at almost 200 miles. Its radar can detect targets as low as 50 feet and as high as 80,000 feet and does so three times faster than the radar of any other fighter jet. CC [TV G] 11:00 Area 51: Beyond Top Secret. Born during the Cold War, Area 51 in Nevada, also known as Groom Lake or Dreamland, became not only the Air Force's most strategic test site, but also a symbol of everything that was sneaky about the U.S. military-industrial-intelligence complex. In recent years, UFO investigators claimed that the top-secret planes tested there were built with technology gleaned from captured alien aircraft. We uncover the secrets of the cryptic desert facility and look into mysterious deaths of base workers. CC [TV G] 05/15/2003 8:00 The Holy Grail. The Holy Grail...Christ's cup from the Last Supper. Medieval poets sang its praises, and King Arthur's knights chased it to the ends of the earth. Did Joseph of Arimathea really claim the cup after the Last Supper and collect Jesus's blood in it at the Crucifixion? Why are there so many Grail tales, no two of which fully agree? And why does the scent of heresy linger about the sacred cup? Many treasures are bigger, but none more precious or elusive as we discover in this quest for the venerable vessel. CC [TV G] 9:00 The Color of War. Clearing the Way. WWII's unsung heroes, combat engineers paved the way to victory in every theater of operations. From Navy Seabees who built airfields on remote coral outcroppings in the Pacific, to Army Engineers who cleared minefields in Europe and threw bridges across the Rhine in the teeth of enemy fire, to the men who dammed and drained an entire bay in the Aleutians to make room for a landing strip- -these men were essential to the war effort. Peter Coyote narrates our award-winning, all-color series. CC [TV PG] 10:00 Tank Crews. During WWII, American tank crews duked it out with Nazi Panzers in a high-explosive duel to the death. The German tanks had thicker armor and better guns than the mainstay of the U.S. armored forces, the M-4 Sherman. For many crewmen, the Sherman lived up to its nickname as a steel coffin. But what the tanks lacked in firepower and protection, the crews made up for in guts and good old-fashioned Yankee ingenuity. We'll meet some of these armored warriors from WWII. CC [TV PG] 11:00 Infamous Murders. Intent on Murder. An examination of killers who choose their victims by type, categorizing innocent people with their own sick desires. Gary Heidnick kidnapped young black women in Philadelphia, claiming he wanted to start a baby farm. John G acy targeted teenage boys; he was the worst serial killer in the U.S. at the time of his arrest. And Kenneth Erskine chose frail and elderly people to strangle in London, England. CC [TV PG] 11:30 Infamous Murders. Trapped by Forensics. Highlights the history of genetic fingerprinting and three cases cracked using this forensic tool. When Janie Shepherd disappeared from West London in 1977 and her body was found 10 weeks later, sex offender David Lashley was the prime suspect. Advances in the use of DNA secured his conviction 11 years later. Then we see how DNA aided police in the hunt for a serial rapist-murderer in Richmond, Virginia, and how it helped British police finally track down the "Railway Killer" John Duffy after 15 years. CC [TV PG] 05/16/2003 8:00 The Odessa File. After WWII, a handful of Nazis were tried for war crimes at Nuremberg--but many seemingly disappeared. We'll study the shadowy Odessa organization, rumored to have links to the S.S. and to have ferried high-ranking Nazis out of Germany to new identities and lives. CC [TV G] 9:00 The Color of War. Man and Machine. WWII was the first fully mechanized war--with soldiers in tanks and other armored vehicles pounding across a lethal, modern battlefield. But the very importance of these vehicles to the new tactics of battle also made them vulnerable magnets for enemy fire, often exposing their crews to even greater risks than those faced by infantry soldiers. In this episode of our award-winning, all-color series, we bring to life the experiences of soldiers who manned the machines of war. Narrated by Peter Coyote. CC [TV PG] 10:00 The Manhattan Project. At 5:30 a.m., July 16, 1945, scientists and dignitaries awaited the detonation of the first atomic bomb in a desolate area of the New Mexico desert aptly known as Jornada del Muerto--Journey of Death. Dubbed the Manhattan Project, the top-secret undertaking was tackled with unprecedented speed and expense--almost $30-billion in today's money. Los Alamos scientists and engineer s relate their trials, triumphs, and dark doubts about building the ultimate weapon of war in the interest of peace. CC [TV G] 11:00 Explorers: TWIH. Behind closed doors at New York City's Explorer's Club, Josh Binswanger reveals club trophies and examines stories, including: the Vinland Map, proof that Vikings discovered the New World before Columbus or maybe a forgery; how John Wesley Powell, a crippled Civil War veteran, became the first white man to explore the Grand Canyon; artifacts from Polar Explorer Robert Peary; modern-day explorers racing to be first to build his own rocket and reach space, and a man who walked around the world. CC [TV G] 05/17/2003 8:00 Strategic Air Command. Movie. Anthony Mann directed this flight adventure about the bravery and commitment of bomber pilots who must remain constantly on alert. Jimmy Stewart portrays a baseball star, once an ace WWII bomber pilot, who is recalled to duty by the Strategic Air Command, America's main nuclear strike force. With June Allyson as his wife. (1955) CC [TV PG] 10:30 Strategic Air Command. With the ironic motto, Peace is our Profession, the Strategic Air Command was in charge of U.S. nuclear forces from 1946 to 1992. SAC was the ultimate Cold War military machine, at its height controlling thousands of nuclear weapons, planes, and missiles, and boasting over a quarter-million personnel. We travel to the Strategic Air and Space Museum, located 20 miles from SAC's old headquarters in Nebraska, and walk through the cavernous bomb bay of SAC's workhorse, the B-52 Bomber. CC [TV G] 11:30 Russia: A Closer Look. A firsthand look at the stories behind our upcoming 4-hour series "Russia Land of the Tsars", which takes a look at the Russian Empire spanning a thousand years--from the birth of the Russian nation and the Orthodox Church in the 10th century to the fall of the last Tsar, Nicholas II, and the Russian Revolution of 1917. Viewers go behind the scenes and see how the producers put together such a miniseries. CC [TV G] 05 /18/2003 8:00 Rumrunners, Moonshiners and Bootleggers. Heroes who fight tax collectors and moral crusaders, or just common criminals? Like it or not, America was built by rumrunners, moonshiners, and bootleggers--even founding father John Hancock was a smuggler. In the 1920s, Prohibition turned fishermen into rumrunners and two-bit gangsters into millionaires, and moonshine haulers in their souped-up cars helped create NASCAR. Rare archival footage and photos help weave the compelling tale of our nation's love-hate relationship with illegal alcohol. CC [TV PG] 10:00 SARS and the New Plagues. Why is SARS causing such fear when other diseases, like malaria and the flu virus, kill many more people? How was SARS first contracted? Was it through too close contact with animals? Unsanitary conditions? Is it manmade or a freak of nature? In a comprehensive hour on SARS and the new plagues affecting mankind today, we review past plagues--how they were contracted and controlled--and see how the lessons of history may apply to the current crisis. CC [TV PG] 11:00 Tales of the Gun. The M-16. The most powerful assault rifle ever used in combat, the M-16 became the symbol of our lost war--Vietnam--and can easily be called America's most unloved gun. Yet, 30 years after its introduction, it stands as a potent icon of U.S. military strength worldwide. We'll explain how it almost ended up on the scrap heap! (Half- hour version) CC [TV G] 11:30 Great Blunders in History. The Failure of the Kamikaze. Investigates the Japanese use of manned torpedoes, speedboats packed with explosives, and midget submarines in WWII. Most were poorly designed and badly piloted, failing to achieve any real success and costing many lives. [TV G] 05/19/2003 8:00 Mail Call. Grenades/Dog Tags/Dinner in a Pouch. R. Lee Ermey, who portrayed the sergeant in "Full Metal Jacket", applies his gruff sense of humor in this half-hour series that answers viewers' mail about what the armed forces were, and really are, like! Shot on location, Er mey reads the questions on air and then sends them out to military experts in the field for answers and brief demonstrations. Ermey learns how a grenade works; what purpose dog tags fulfill; and what our GIs eat in the field today (Meals, Ready-to-Eat). CC [TV PG] 8:30 Mail Call. The Jeep/HIMARS/Hurricanes. R. Lee Ermey, who portrayed the sergeant in "Full Metal Jacket", applies his gruff sense of humor in this half-hour series that answers viewers' mail about what the armed forces were, and really are, like! Shot on location, Ermey reads the questions on air and then sends them out to military experts in the field for answers and brief demonstrations. Ermey learns all about the Jeep; the new rocket launcher called HIMARS; and how and why the military hunts down hurricanes. CC [TV PG] 9:00 Killing Hitler. Unearths the story of "Operation Foxley", the top- secret British plan hatched in June 1944 to assassinate Adolf Hitler, and reviews the practicalities of such a mission. The plan outlined various options for killing Hitler at his estate near the Bavarian town of Berchtesgaden. In this 2-hour innovative mix of fact and dramatic reconstruction, we find out if British agents could have succeeded if the operation had been launched, or if it would have been a mission impossible. CC [TV PG] 11:00 Hunting Hitler. The target of a daring assassination plot by members of his military, Hitler nearly died at Wolf's Lair, his main wartime headquarters. It was one of 15 known attempts on his life. This is the story of those diverse individuals who tried to alter history's course, and of a top secret British plot to kill the most hated man on earth. CC [TV G] 05/20/2003 8:00 Deep Sea Detectives. The Scharnhorst Mystery. In December 1943, during a mission to attack Allied arctic convoys to the Soviet Union, the battle cruiser Scharnhorst, pride of the German Navy, was trapped and destroyed by the British Navy. Only 36 of the 2,000 men onboard survived the freezing waters north of Norway. We unravel the myst ery of how the "Lucky Scharnhorst" could have sunk so quickly and feature the Norwegian Navy's quest to detect the wreck of the "unsinkable" battle cruiser, using the latest sonar and deep-sea diving equipment. CC [TV G] 9:00 Battle of the Atlantic. The Grey Wolves. The first TV documentary series about the Battle of the Atlantic--the longest and most costly battle of WWII. Over 30,000 merchant seamen lost their lives and 85 percent of the U-boat crews were killed. These are some of their untold stories. In this episode, we look at what Winston Churchill called "the U-boat peril", when Hitler's submarines threatened to do what his air force couldn't--starve Britain into submission. Featuring interviews with British seamen and U- boat men who hunted them down. CC [TV G] 10:00 Concrete. Invented by the ancient Romans, concrete is a relatively simple formula that changed the world. Concrete has been used to divide an entire country, as in the Berlin Wall, and to unite nations, as in the Chunnel. We'll review the history of this building block of civilization and look at modern applications. CC [TV G] 11:00 Where Is Jimmy Hoffa? On July 30, 1975, former Teamsters' kingpin Jimmy Hoffa went to meet someone at a Detroit restaurant, then vanished into thin air. It was widely held that the Mafia was behind Hoffa's abduction. Though no body was ever found, rumors abound as to its final resting place. We explore the theories and suspects behind Hoffa's disappearance. CC [TV PG] 05/21/2003 8:00 Hitler and WWI. The story of the making of Adolf Hitler, covering the German dictator's youth in Vienna and Munich, his traumatic experiences as an army private during World War I, and his dubious role in the revolutionary upheaval in postwar Munich--a period he later tried to cover up. Far from being a "Man of Destiny", as he claimed, we reveal how he was an opportunist as well as a product of the extraordinary circumstances during and after World War I. CC [TV PG] 9:00 Battle of the Atlantic. Keeping Secret s. During WWII, Britain depended on its lifeline to North America, but in the first 18 months of war, German U-boats sank more than 3-million tons of shipping. It was a battle for survival and Britain was losing it. But by the spring of 1941, a new source of naval intelligence promised to transform the war in the Atlantic and shape victory from defeat. Featuring new eyewitness accounts from both sides, dramatic reconstructions, and a wealth of archival material. CC [TV G] 10:00 The Magnum. It's known as the most powerful handgun in the world, made famous by Clint Eastwood in the "Dirty Harry" movies. But its origins stretch back more than a century to the Indian Wars of the American West and African safaris, where hunters stalked big game. Join us for a review of the history of the biggest, baddest gun available today--unlimited firepower at the pull of a trigger! CC [TV G] 11:00 A Question of Conspiracy: The RFK Murder. In June 1968, Senator Robert Kennedy was gunned down in a California hotel pantry after winning a primary that could have earned him the Democratic Presidential nomination. Eerily reminiscent of brother JFK's murder, we follow the conspiracy trail of RFK's death. Did Sirhan Sirhan act alone, and why didn't he get a full trial? CC [TV G] 05/22/2003 8:00 SARS and the New Plagues. Why is SARS causing such fear when other diseases, like malaria and the flu virus, kill many more people? How was SARS first contracted? Was it through too close contact with animals? Unsanitary conditions? Is it manmade or a freak of nature? In a comprehensive hour on SARS and the new plagues affecting mankind today, we review past plagues--how they were contracted and controlled--and see how the lessons of history may apply to the current crisis. CC [TV PG] 9:00 Battle of the Atlantic. The Hunted. By the spring of 1943, the tide had turned and the hunter became the hunted. How in a matter of a few short months did the Allies manage to master the German U-boat threat? We draw on eyewitness accounts and use dramatic reconstructions and archive footage to tell the remarkable story of the victories in the spring of 1943 and the final destruction of the U-boat fleet. CC [TV G] 10:00 Torture Devices. For more than 3,000 years, emperors and generals, dictators and police, criminals, clerics, and even medical doctors have created and used a vast array of torture devices--everything from the ancient Greeks' Brazen Bull, which slowly barbecued the victim, to the elaborate mechanical apparatuses of the Spanish Inquisition. A medical doctor who specializes in victims of torture reveals how the human body responds to their use--from the earliest devices to the more modern. CC [TV 14] 11:00 Infamous Murders. Mass Murderers. Investigating the crime of mass murder, we begin in Hungerford, a quiet English town. In 1987, Michael Ryan went on a rampage, massacring 14 people--including a policeman and his mother--before committing suicide. Then, we look at possible motives behind Charles Whitman's 1966 shooting of his mother and wife before climbing the university tower in Austin, Texas, where he killed at least a dozen. Next, we examine the infamous Dean Corll/Wayne Henley murder of teenage boys in Houston in the 1970s. CC [TV PG] 11:30 Infamous Murders. The Poisoners. Examines the cases of three doctors who abused their positions of trust to administer poison to their helpless and hapless victims. In 1910, Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen led Scotland Yard police halfway across the world when they tried to arrest him for the murder of his wife. Fifty-five years later, Dr. Carl Coppolino was accused of killing his wife and his ex-lover's husband with poison. And in 1916, New York City dentist Dr. Arthur Waite poisoned his wife's wealthy parents with arsenic. CC [TV PG] 05/23/2003 8:00 The Occult and the Third Reich. Did Hitler's obsession with astrology, numerology, ancient runes, and German mythology enable his early brash moves and ultimately spell the Third Reich's doom? CC [TV PG] 9:00 Outlaw Biker Gangs. A 2-hour look back at the days when leather- clad hoodlums turned the motorcycle into a symbol of violence and a Harley meant mayhem. Profiles "Wino" Willie Forkner, who founded an outlaw biker gang called the Boozefighters, and the notorious Hell's Angels, who terrorized towns across America. CC [TV PG] 11:00 War in the Pacific: TWIH. Homeland Defense is not a new idea as we see when host Josh Binswanger heads to Fort MacArthur, where 14-inch guns protected the Port of Los Angeles from Japanese attack during WWII. Other stories covered in this hour on the War in the Pacific include: Pearl Harbor, Japanese internment in America, the Japanese-American 442nd Regiment, balloon bombs that killed U.S. citizens, the Siege of Bataan, the USS Indianapolis, and the Japanese soldier isolated in a jungle who kept fighting until the late 1960s. CC [TV G] 05/24/2003 8:00 American Eats: History on a Bun. Join us for a 2-hour tasty tour of the fascinating history of food, with a special focus on home-cooked American treats. Find out if "Scorecard Harry" really invented the hot dog, the Earl of Sandwich's culinary contribution, and how an Italian immigrant began the pizza craze. Get out your fork and knife and relish our fabulous feast! CC [TV G] 10:00 Highway Hangouts: Celebrating America's Roadside Attractions. Hitch a ride and travel America's byways to discover the wacky highway attractions that formed a roadside culture that fed, housed, and amused us for decades. Visit dinosaur theme parks, coffee pot-shaped diners, and truck stops extraordinaire; and view a snapshot of who we are as a nation. Based on John Margolies's books. [TV G] 05/25/2003 8:00 Operation Reunion. The world is filled with people trying to find others that at one time had a profound affect on their lives, and no stories are more compelling than those connected to wartime. Aided by private investigators, we assist veterans with a passion to reconnect and bring closure to events and emotions, including Larry Kern, a helicopter pilot w ith the 101st Airborne in Vietnam, searching for his gunner "Mac" MacFarland; and "Shorty" Estabrook, looking for Goya Mata, a fellow Korean War POW. CC [TV G] 9:00 Blackbird Stealth! Designed in the late 1950s by aeronautical genius Kelly Johnson at the mysterious Skunkworks, the SR-71 Blackbird was the world's first stealthy aircraft, designed to over-fly enemy territory with impunity while photographing 100,000 square miles in an hour. While serving 6 presidents, it saw action on hot and cold war fronts alike. Interviews with crews and commanders combined with unbelievable footage puts viewers in the cockpit of this amazing spy plane, flying at speeds of 2,000 miles an hour. CC [TV G] 10:00 Mail Call. Future Gear/Marine Camouflage/Army's New Armored Vehicle. R. Lee Ermey, the sergeant in "Full Metal Jacket", applies his gruff sense of humor in this half-hour series that answers viewers' mail about what the armed forces were, and really are, like! Shot on location, Ermey reads questions on air and then sends them out to military experts in the field for answers and brief demonstrations. Ermey looks at possible gear for GIs on tomorrow's battlefields; how the Marines designed their new camo pattern; and examines the Army's new armored vehicle, the Stryker. CC [TV PG] 10:30 Tales of the Gun. Guns of the Russian Military. Forged in Europe's shadow, Russian small arms were once dismissed as crude copies. Often lacking the finish of Western counterparts, Russian guns have been battle- proven worldwide, with their emphasis on robustness and simplicity of design. Review the long history of Russian small arms--from Peter the Great to the Cold War. (Half-hour version) CC [TV G] 11:00 Cosmodrome. The story of Russia's "Crown Jewels", the finest rocket engines in the world, built under conditions of absolute secrecy to land a man on the moon. Learn how, at the height of Cold War rivalry, the engineers of the Soviet Union's elite Design Bureau developed what have become the most admired rocket engines mone y can buy, and how in the current climate, driven by commerce not conflict, those engines have found their way into American rockets. CC [TV G] 05/26/2003 8:00 Mail Call. Grenade Launchers/.30 Caliber Machine Gun/Flyer 21/Shrapnel/D-Day Paratrooper Gear/Jetpack. Shot on location, R. Lee Ermey reads viewers' questions about the armed forces on air and then sends them out to military experts in the field for answers and brief demonstrations. In this episode, we learn how grenade launchers work; how a .30 caliber machine gun compares to a .50 cal; watch Ermey behind the wheel of a Flyer 21--part dune buggy and part heavily-armed Jeep; and discover the origin of the word shrapnel, what gear was unique to D-Day paratroopers, and if the military ever used jetpacks. CC [TV PG] 8:30 Mail Call. Civil War Rifles/1st Missile Sub/Navy Divers' Gear/Field Strip/Bowie Knife/Hedgechopper. R. Lee Ermey compares Civil War rifles from both sides; learns about the first missile fired from the deck of a sub; compares the Navy's Mark 21 deep-sea suit, used for depths as far as 300 feet below surface, to "crush-proof" suits used in extreme missions that can go almost 2,000 feet down; performs a field strip, breaking down a weapon; finds out why the Bowie knife is so special; and explains the evolution of a hedgechopper, used on tanks during D-Day. CC [TV PG] 9:00 Russia Land of the Tsars, Pt. 1. Traces the rise and fall of one of the world's greatest empires and weaves together the glittering and tempestuous stories of the imperial rulers with the life of the Russian people to explore historic trends and turning points that shaped the nation's destiny. Part 1 begins with the founding of ancient "Rus" by Viking warlords, Russia's subjugation by Mongol hordes, the rise of Ivan the Terrible, and transformation from isolated borderland to powerful European state under Peter the Great. CC [TV G] 11:00 The True Story of Rasputin. A Siberian peasant rises to power in Tsarist Russia, becomes the close confidante and repute d lover of Empress Alexandra, scandalizes the country with his drinking and womanizing, and after being poisoned, shot several times, and submerged in the Neva River's freezing waters, finally dies from drowning! We reveal the truth about the rise of the "Mad Monk" with the hypnotic gaze, using information from the newly uncovered "Rasputin File", a report originally prepared by the Russian secret police. CC [TV PG] 05/27/2003 8:00 Soviet UFO Secrets Revealed. In an investigation of some of the most puzzling UFO sightings in Soviet history, we uncover the work of an underground network of believers and reveal a clandestine 13-year government investigation of UFOs. Many Russian UFO enthusiasts believe that proof of alien encounters exists--but it's being hidden from them! We also meet George Knapp, an American broadcast journalist who traveled to Russia in the early 1990s and believes there's a treasure trove of KGB UFO files that remain top-secret. CC [TV G] 9:00 Russia Land of the Tsars, Pt. 2. A history of the Russian Empire spanning 1,000 years--from birth of the nation and the Orthodox Church in the 10th century to the fall of the last Tsar and the 1917 Russian Revolution. Part 2 covers the Empire's zenith under Catherine the Great, the 19th century struggle as the autocratic dynasty tried to cope with the social and economic upheaval of the Industrial Revolution, and the social chaos that brought Lenin and the Communists to power--and claimed the lives of Nicholas II and his family. CC [TV G] 11:00 Infamous Murders. Deadly Doctors. Examines three cases of deadly doctors. In 1933, Chicago Dr. Alice Wynekoop was convicted of murdering her daughter-in-law. Imprisoned for 25 years, a lie detector test later suggested her innocence. Next, find out if Dr. John Bodkin Adams, accused of benefiting from the deaths of 132 of his wealthy English patients, got away with murder. Finally, we investigate Britain's greatest serial killer- -Dr. Harold Shipman, who may have killed as many as 1,000 female pati ents between 1992 and 1999. CC [TV PG] 11:30 Infamous Murders. Cult Killings. Cult leaders exert huge power over often-vulnerable members. We examine three cases where that power extended to death: in 1978, Jim Jones forced almost 1,000 followers from his People's Temple to commit suicide by ingesting cyanide; in 1995, 12 people died and 5,000 were affected by the nerve gas Sarin, released by the Aum Shinriyko cult in the Tokyo subway; and in 1994, 53 mysterious deaths of members of an obscure cult, the Order of the Solar Temple, were discovered in Switzerland and Canada. CC [TV PG] 05/28/2003 8:00 The Real Spartacus. Long before Stanley Kubrick's film starring Kirk Douglas, Spartacus had unwittingly become a mythological icon of resistance against oppression worldwide. We'll look at the real Spartacus, focusing on his struggle against Roman forces, his time as a gladiator, and his role in the infamous slave revolt against Rome in 73 BC, which convulsed the great empire for two years before the uprising was put down and 6,000 slave rebels were crucified along 150 miles of the Appian Way. CC [TV PG] 9:00 TR An American Lion, Pt. 1. The story of one of America's most beloved presidents. Richard Dreyfuss provides the voice of Theodore Roosevelt in this 2-part special presentation of his life. We see the young TR overcome debilitating asthma through a strict regimen of athletic training, and witness his Western adventures, rise as New York City Police Commissioner, heroics in the Spanish-American War, and selection as Vice President. When President McKinley was assassinated, 42-year-old TR became the youngest U.S. President. CC [TV G] 11:00 Patton: A Rebel Revisited. Larger than life and brassier than the medals on his dress uniform, George S. Patton was one of America's most celebrated, and at times, vilified WWII combat generals. As played by George C. Scott in an Oscar-winning role, Patton was complex, heroic, and mad with passion and power. We'll contrast the real man with his on-screen count erpart aided by clips from family home movies, newsreels, and the film, and interviews with descendants and soldiers who served with him. Narrated by Burt Reynolds. CC [TV PG] 05/29/2003 8:00 Ancient Inventions #1. Was the concept for the computer invented in the 20th century...or perhaps thousands of years ago? Scholars present evidence indicating that our ancestors may have conceived such innovations as flight, brain surgery, steam power, batteries, and the computer, hundreds, and even thousands of years before their time. We test the truth of the old saw "everything old is new again" in this salute to the inventive spirit of mankind. CC [TV G] 9:00 TR An American Lion, Pt. 2. As president, Teddy Roosevelt tested and extended the limits of the White House like no other before him or since. On the homefront, he battled captains of industry and their corporate trusts, brought labor disputes to an end, and protected the environment. On the world stage, he was determined to make America a dominant power, and his efforts to mediate peace between Russia and Japan would win him the Nobel Peace Prize. Featuring the voice of Richard Dreyfuss as TR. CC [TV G] 11:00 The Big House. Auburn. The State Penitentiary in Auburn, New York is the centerpiece of a city and a monument to one of America's first attempts at criminal rehabilitation. Its founders were liberal prison reformers who believed their task could be accomplished through penitence, hard work, and silence. The "Auburn System" was adopted by most U.S. prisons in the early 1900s. Now, all that remains of that system is hard work--and hard time--for the most violent offenders in New York State. CC [TV PG] 05/30/2003 8:00 The Big House. Joliet Correctional Center. Known as one of the toughest places where a man can do time, in 1924 the national spotlight shone on Illinois' Joliet Prison with the arrival of the cold-blooded college boys Leopold and Loeb, and its limestone walls housed other gangsters like George "Baby Face" Nelson. Juxtaposing da ily life in one of America's harshest maximum-security facilities with its rich past, we learn that the prison also served as backdrop for John Belushi's "Joliet Jake" in the movie "The Blues Brothers". CC [TV PG] 9:00 The Big House. Montana State Prison. Herds of livestock roam here under the big sky. Cowboys and wranglers watch over them. But these are not ordinary ranch hands, and this no ordinary ranch. Welcome to the State Prison in Deer Lodge, Montana. Today, it operates efficiently as both a ranch and a modern high-security fortress. But its legacy is dark and its history marked by violent uprisings, inhumane conditions, and brutality. We also meet inmates who work on the farm and dairy, and violent offenders who hold jobs as telemarketers. CC [TV PG] 10:00 The Big House. Central Prison. Central Prison in Raleigh, is the first stop for all of North Carolina's male felons with sentences of 20 years or longer. It's also the last stop for men and women sentenced to death. Today, Central is a modern state-of-the-art prison, but it began as a dark dungeon built nearly 120 years ago. CC [TV PG] 11:00 The Big House. Parchman. State Prison, Parchman, Mississippi...a land without visible boundaries. Originally a slave plantation ruled by the whip, today its most important crop is neither food nor cotton, but prisoners. And 75 percent of them are African American. During its long history, Parchman has embodied the traditions and folk wisdom of the American South in a way no other prison ever has. Though its legacy includes brutal executions in the gas chamber, it also holds out conjugal visits for the best-behaved convicts. CC [TV PG] 05/31/2003 8:00 Russia Land of the Tsars, Pt. 1. Traces the rise and fall of one of the world's greatest empires and weaves together the glittering and tempestuous stories of the imperial rulers with the life of the Russian people to explore historic trends and turning points that shaped the nation's destiny. Part 1 begins with the founding of ancient "Rus" by Vikin g warlords, Russia's subjugation by Mongol hordes, the rise of Ivan the Terrible, and transformation from isolated borderland to powerful European state under Peter the Great. CC [TV G] 10:00 Russia Land of the Tsars, Pt. 2. A history of the Russian Empire spanning 1,000 years--from birth of the nation and the Orthodox Church in the 10th century to the fall of the last Tsar and the 1917 Russian Revolution. Part 2 covers the Empire's zenith under Catherine the Great, the 19th century struggle as the autocratic dynasty tried to cope with the social and economic upheaval of the Industrial Revolution, and the social chaos that brought Lenin and the Communists to power--and claimed the lives of Nicholas II and his family. CC [TV G]Previous History Channel primetime listings:
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