Television Highlights: Week of June 29, 2009

History Detectives (9 p.m.)
Was this patent for an isotope separating apparatus, dated Oct. 11, 1945, used in the Manhattan Project to build the atomic bomb? Click for more.

NOVA scienceNOW (9 p.m.)
Host Neil deGrasse Tyson examines man-made diamonds, anthrax and controversial pitch-correction software that can correct sour musical notes.

Garrison Keillor: The Man on the Radio in the Red Shoes (8 p.m.)
'American Masters' follows the humorist as he travels across America with his radio show, 'A Prairie Home Companion.' Click for preview and extras.

MI-5 (10 p.m.)
MI-5 convinces a chemical engineer to set bait for terrorists, but doubts surface when the repercussions on the sleeper's life are considered.

New York Now (7:30 p.m.)
Join Susan Arbetter and guests for news and insightful analysis from the Capitol on New York's award-winning public affairs television program.

A Capitol Fourth 2009 (8 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.)
Celebrate Independence Day with dazzling fireworks, Barry Manilow, Aretha Franklin, Sesame Street and the National Orchestra. Click for preview.

Masterpiece Mystery!: 'A Pocket Full of Rye' (9 p.m.)
Miss Marple investigates the deaths of a businessman, his wife and their maid, tracking a killer obsessed with a nursery rhyme. Click for preview.

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