The Atom Smashers chronicles the search for the Higgs boson: a yet-undiscovered subatomic particle that could explain how matter, and therefore life, can exist. To find this "god particle," top physicists at Fermilab use the Tevatron, a...
Aired: Oct 22, 2008 A Feature Documentary Presentation.
2. Dinner with the President: A Nation's Journey
Aired: Oct 28, 2008Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf addresses his ideas for a democratized so...
Aired: Nov 6, 2008 Josh Osborne hatched a plan with his friends and relatives to kill his mother...
Aired: Nov 13, 2008 The story of a group of female Army support soldiers who became the first wom...
Aired: Nov 18, 2008 Meet Cody, Nick and Travis—three teenagers from the Swinomish Tribe. After ha...
Aired: Nov 25, 2008 The Atom Smashers chronicles the search for the Higgs boson: a yet-undiscover...
Aired: Dec 16, 2008 Jam-packed with cultural figures, from Norman Mailer to Timothy Leary, Immy H...
8. Wonders Are Many: The Making of 'Doctor Atomic'
Aired: Dec 16, 2008This program tells the story of making a grand opera about the birth of the a...
9. Grey Gardens: From East Hampton to Broadway
Aired: Dec 23, 2008This 50-minute documentary unfolds the creative journey of Albert Maysles' cu...
Aired: Jan 6, 2009 Iraqi film student Muthana Mohmed gets his dream job working on a Hollywood m...
Aired: Feb 3, 2009 Helvetica is about typography, graphic design and global visual culture. It l...
12. Adjust Your Color: The Truth of Petey Greene
Aired: Feb 3, 2009America's original shock-jock, Petey Greene overcame poverty, drug addiction ...
Aired: Feb 24, 2009 A lone undercover cop moves into a small farming town. By the end of the blaz...
14. The Order of Myths/Bi-Racial Hair
Aired: Feb 24, 2009The doctrine, “separate but equal” ended in the 1950s, right? Think again. At...
Aired: Mar 24, 2009 Iranian American filmmaker Marjan Tehrani chronicles her brother's return to ...
Aired: Mar 31, 2009 Have you ever dreamed of being waited on hand and foot? For the past six year...
Aired: Apr 7, 2009 Abu Amar, an ex-Mujahideen soldier, is trying to build a peaceful life after ...
Aired: Apr 14, 2009 Everyone has seen a nature documentary with a ferocious kill on the Serengeti...
19. Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai
Aired: Apr 21, 2009How does the simple act of planting trees lead to winning the Nobel Peace Pri...
Aired: Apr 28, 2009 A home of your own: that’s the American dream. But what happens when the drea...
Aired: May 5, 2009 A few of Japan's Divine Wind Special Attack Unit (Kamikaze) survived. Now old...
22. Crips and Bloods: Made in America
Aired: May 12, 2009It’s a civil war that’s lasted 40 years. Passed down from son to son. Fought ...
23. Stranded: The Andes Plane Crash Survivors
Aired: May 19, 2009This is the story of a group of young men who survived for 72 days after thei...
Aired: May 26, 2009 In June 1943, Ina Soep, the rich and beautiful daughter of an Amsterdam diamo...
Aired: Jun 16, 2009 As wars rage in the Middle East, the U.S. military is eager for more recruits...
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Current Status: Returning Series
Network: PBS
Production Country: United States
Genres: Documentary
