WETA HD Schedule - 01/09/2009

At Close Range With National Geographic

The work of nature photographer Joel Sartore, including the challenges of getting candid shots in various locales. Included: comments from National Geographic magazine editors.

Masterpiece

Part 1 of 2. The "Masterpiece Classic" season premiere features an adaptation of Thomas Hardy's classic "Tess of the D'Urbervilles," about a young woman (Gemma Arterton) who learns that, though her family is poor, she's descended from aristocrats.

Desert Speaks

A series exploring life in the Sonoran Desert in Arizona and California.

America's Heartland

An examination of American agriculture, horticulture and aquaculture and the people behind the scenes.

At Close Range With National Geographic

The work of nature photographer Joel Sartore, including the challenges of getting candid shots in various locales. Included: comments from National Geographic magazine editors.

Masterpiece

Part 1 of 2. The "Masterpiece Classic" season premiere features an adaptation of Thomas Hardy's classic "Tess of the D'Urbervilles," about a young woman (Gemma Arterton) who learns that, though her family is poor, she's descended from aristocrats.

History Detectives

Exploring the stories behind artifacts and historical curiosities, with comments from academics and appraisers.

Desert Speaks

A series exploring life in the Sonoran Desert in Arizona and California.

America's Heartland

An examination of American agriculture, horticulture and aquaculture and the people behind the scenes.

At Close Range With National Geographic

The work of nature photographer Joel Sartore, including the challenges of getting candid shots in various locales. Included: comments from National Geographic magazine editors.

Masterpiece

Part 1 of 2. The "Masterpiece Classic" season premiere features an adaptation of Thomas Hardy's classic "Tess of the D'Urbervilles," about a young woman (Gemma Arterton) who learns that, though her family is poor, she's descended from aristocrats.

History Detectives

Exploring the stories behind artifacts and historical curiosities, with comments from academics and appraisers.

NewsHour With Jim Lehrer

Covering national and international issues, originating from Washington, D.C.

Destination America

Part 1,"The Golden Door," examines economic reasons why migrants seek what narrator Blair Brown calls "the shimmering promise of America."

Destination America

Part 2. "The Art of Departure" follows a Taiwanese-born dancer and artists who fled the Soviet Union as they visit their homelands, and recalls conductor Arturo Toscanini's struggle against Italian Fascism in the 1920s and '30s.

How Art Made the World

Examining the drive of people to depict death and violence in artwork; and to surround themselves with images of loved ones. Included: the discovery of decorated skulls in the ancient city of Jericho; the terrifying images created by the Moche.

History Detectives

Exploring the stories behind artifacts and historical curiosities, with comments from academics and appraisers.

Desert Speaks

A series exploring life in the Sonoran Desert in Arizona and California.

America's Heartland

An examination of American agriculture, horticulture and aquaculture and the people behind the scenes.

Destination America

Part 1,"The Golden Door," examines economic reasons why migrants seek what narrator Blair Brown calls "the shimmering promise of America."

Destination America

Part 2. "The Art of Departure" follows a Taiwanese-born dancer and artists who fled the Soviet Union as they visit their homelands, and recalls conductor Arturo Toscanini's struggle against Italian Fascism in the 1920s and '30s.

How Art Made the World

Examining the drive of people to depict death and violence in artwork; and to surround themselves with images of loved ones. Included: the discovery of decorated skulls in the ancient city of Jericho; the terrifying images created by the Moche.

History Detectives

Exploring the stories behind artifacts and historical curiosities, with comments from academics and appraisers.

Desert Speaks

A series exploring life in the Sonoran Desert in Arizona and California.

America's Heartland

An examination of American agriculture, horticulture and aquaculture and the people behind the scenes.