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History & Documentary Program Previews
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FRONTLINE | Secrets of the Vatican
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Watch Tuesday, July 8, 2014 at 10pm | Get an account of Pope Benedict’s final days and Francis’ battle to set the church on a new path.
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POV | My Way to Olympia
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Watch Monday, July 7, 2014 at midnight | Accompany a disabled filmmaker, who frankly hates sports, as he covers the London Paralympics.
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30
The Civil War
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Watch Sundays at 1pm July 6, 2014 - July 27, 2014 | Ken Burns's epic documentary brings to life America's most destructive and defining conflict.
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FRONTLINE | Syria’s Second Front
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Watch Monday, July 28, 2014 at 8pm on WORLD | Venture into the Syrian war zone with rebel forces trying to battle extremist Islamic factions.
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FRONTLINE | Egypt in Crisis
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Watch Monday, July 28, 2014 at 7pm on WORLD | Examine the rise and rapid fall of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood.
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Constitution USA with Peter Sagal
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Watch Monday July 14, 2014 at 7pm on WORLD | Peter Sagal takes viewers on a fast-paced, surprising journey across the nation to examine the 4,418 words — and 27 amendments — that made America.
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26
The Statue of Liberty
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Watch Thursday, July 3, 2014 at 10pm | Revisit Ken Burns's history of the Statue of Liberty and what she represents to all Americans.
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Secrets of the Dead | Bones of the Buddha
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Watch Wednesday, July 2, 2014 at 10pm | Join historian Charles Allen to solve the mystery of bones reputed to be those of the Buddha.
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FRONTLINE | To Catch a Trader
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Watch Tuesday, July 1, 2014 at 10pm | Track an ongoing seven-year investigation into the largest insider trading scandal in U.S. history.
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24
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
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Coming September 2014 | Ken Burns’s stories of Theodore, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of one of the most prominent and influential families in American politics.
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