nonfiction television programs

Looks at some of history's most ruthless leaders, including Ghenghis Khan, Cleopatra, Caligula, and others.

Frontline reporter David Hoffman investigates the alarming rise in untreatable infections.

Examines Hurricane Sandy, its impacts, and the future of storm protection.

Goes inside the intensive care unit of one of New York's largest hospitals to examine the reality of modern, medicalized death and offer a portrait of patients who face the prospect of dying in ways they might not have imagined.

Looks at the 1970 experiment in which a teacher grouped her third grade class by eye color and proceeded to give preferential treatment to the blue-eyed group in order to evaluate the effects of racial stereotyping on children, visits the class fifteen years later to see whether the experiment had any long-lasting effects on participants, and shows a similar session conducted with adult correctional system employees.

"The director explores, for the first time, his own wartime childhood and the experiences of other child survivors, teasing out their feelings about Poland, the Catholic Church, and the ramifications of identities forged under circumstances where survival began with the directive 'never forget to lie'"--Container.

Presents a discussion with Irish poet Seamus Heaney about his re-translation of the Anglo-Saxon epic "Beowulf" which tells the story of a Norse hero who saves Denmark's royal house from monsters.

Presents a staging of William Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing" in which two couples, after a few complications and misunderstandings, are happily united with the help of the bumbling Constable Dogberry.

Megan McCormick takes viewers on a tour of Barcelona, covering architecture, beach towns, the landscape, and more.

Padma Lakshmi embarks on a culinary tour of Southern Spain that includes tasting the regional delights from the Andalusian capital of Seville, the Costa del Sol, the Moorish city of Granada, and ending at the world's oldest restaurant in Madrid.