Films include: Abduction, by Jim Moffitt, a live-action and animated piece that chronicles a dilemma many students face; Suzanne Bertz-Rosa’s More Than You Ever Wanted To Know About A-I-T / Planet Lar, an interview film offering an inside view of a couple who started a publishing company; and We Have Each Other from filmmaker Daniel Loera, a heart-warming story about enduring love which won the Director’s Club Award for Best Documentary at the Reel Pride Film Festival.
Monday, June 30, 7:30 pm

Antiques Roadshow Houston, TX

Impressive finds at the Reliant Center include an early 19th-century box desk made by a renowned supplier to the British royal family; a valuable collection of lithographed orange crate labels; and a 1959 replica of artist Edith Parson's early 19th-century Turtle Baby bronze sculpture.
Monday, June 30, 8 pm

Segments include: WWII Diary - A man in Lexington, North Carolina, has a poignant diary written by a World War II pilot. 1856 Mormon Tale - The tattered pages of an anonymously authored 1856 book titled “Female Life Among the Mormons” claim to be the personal memoirs of a New York woman who married a Mormon elder. Annie Oakley Coin - A contributor from Bath, Maine, has an 1853 French Napoleon coin with a bent, split edge and a great bit of family lore: that the coin was shot by Annie Oakley.
Monday, June 30, 9 pm

War of the World
The Clash of Empires

"The Clash of Empires," shows how economic volatility, ethnic conflict and empires in crisis were the fatal ingredients of World War II. They spawned the 20th century's bloody conflicts and genocide and led to the rise of the brutal regimes of Germany, Japan and Russia.
Monday, June 30, 10 pm

Why We Sing

In interviews and song, singers tell and show why they sing: for justice, equality, tolerance, community and pure joy. By exploring the history of the 30-year-old gay and transgender rights movement, WHY WE SING! traces their recent struggles in America. San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom narrates.
Monday, June 30, 11 pm

Art of Gardening

John Pape hosts KVPT’s weekly gardening show.
Tuesday, July 1, 7:30 pm

Nova
Fireworks!

Reveals the colorful history of pyrotechnics and the chemical secrets that create dazzling displays
Tuesday, July 1, 8 pm

The program examines what this symbol of liberty means today to foreigners and Americans. The film combines historical material, film footage and interviews with figures.
Tuesday, July 1, 9 pm

With the Darfur Peace Agreement in shambles and fears rising that the region is headed for a new cycle of bloodletting, Heart of Darfur provides an eyewitness account of what the U.N. Secretary-General has called "the largest humanitarian crisis in the world." Heart of Darfur provides a nuanced report from the heart of an international crisis.
Tuesday, July 1, 10 pm

P.O.V.
Election Day

What's the street-level experience of voters in today's America? In a triumph of documentary storytelling, "Election Day" combines 12 stories - shot simultaneously on November 2, 2004, from dawn until long past midnight - into one. The result: an entertaining, inspiring and sometimes unsettling tapestry of citizens determined on one fateful day to make their votes count.
Tuesday, July 1, 11 pm

Hey Kids, Let's Cook!
French Toast

We make the breakfast favorite, French toast, and some good stuff to go with it: homemade maple syrup and an orange smoothie.
Wednesday, July 2, 7:30 pm

Great Lodges of the National Parks

Viewers will enjoy a rustic trip to some of America’s greatest National Park lodges, from Rocky Mountain National Park’s Stanley Hotel, to Jackson Lake Lodge in the serene Grand Tetons.
Wednesday, July 2, 8 pm

Nova scienceNOW

Several companies now offer a personal genetic profile that will predict a person's chances of contracting one of several serious diseases. How do such tests work and how valid are they? This program takes a look at this emerging science and what to do if the results are less than favorable.
Wednesday, July 2, 9 pm

Carrier
Super Secrets

The ship's location and itinerary are classified. Details of how the nuclear reactor works are top secret. Many aspects of life on a nuclear aircraft carrier are hush-hush. When the Nimitz pulls into Hong Kong for a four-day port call, a scandal dramatically alters the lives of two sailors.
Wednesday, July 2, 10 pm

0 to 5 in 30 Minutes!

Segments include: What you need to know about age and pregnancy; gestational diabetes; biting behaviors; vitamins and your child; spy games and family fun.
Thursday, July 3, 7:30 pm

Road Trip with Huell Howser

Huell travels to Gilroy for their 25th Annual Garlic Festival where he samples garlic ice cream, garlic kettle corn, roasted garlic and other mouth-watering garlic delicacies.

Join Huell as he a spends a few days discovering the many wonderful things to do in the Southern California mountain town of Big Bear. We'll visit the Big Bear Discovery Center and take a canoe trip on the lake.
Thursday, July 3, 8pm and 9pm

Rat Pack: A Conference of Cool

For a glittering five-year period Frank Sinatra and a group of Hollywood stars became the bad boys of fame - and the unofficial rulers of American society. They christened themselves the Rat Pack. This program explores the fun, the fame and the frenzy of the golden years of America's first incarnation of "men behaving badly"!
Thursday, July 3, 10 pm

Valley Press

Jim Tucker hosts KVPT’s long-running public affairs program.
Friday, July 4, 7:30 pm

Capital Fourth

Live from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol the multi-award winning "A CAPITOL FOURTH" kicks off a musical and patriotic extravaganza topped by a dazzling display of fireworks over the Washington Monument. The celebration includes performances by the National Symphony Orchestra, Huey lewis and the News, and American idol winner Taylor Hicks.
Friday, July 4, 8 pm

A Hot Dog Program

This documentary is an all-American celebration of what may be the country's most popular food. From Fairfield, Connecticut, to Los Angeles, California, the program visits some of the nation's coolest hot dog places, taking viewers inside a giant hot dog-shaped building, stopping at some crazy late-night stands and looking at how hot dogs are made.  
Friday, July 4, 11 pm

Lawrence Welk
California Show

This show pays tribute to the many wonderful vacation spots in California, including San Francisco, Disneyland and other famous landmarks.
Saturday, July 5, 7 pm

Globe Trekker
Scotland

Megan visits the Macintosh Museum and takes a bagpipe lesson in Glasgow and travels to Stirling.
Saturday, July 5, 11 pm

Masterpiece Classic
Pride and Prejudice (Pt 1-3 of 3)

With five daughters, no sons and an entailed estate, the elder Bennets are in dire straits as they try to arrange advantageous marriages. Wedding bells ring three times, but the path to true love is tortuous indeed. Colin Firth (Bridget Jones) is Mr. Darcy and Jennifer Ehle (The Coast of Utopia) is Elizabeth Bennet in the definitive adaptation of the most-loved of all Austen novels.
Sunday, July 6, 11 am

Nature
Cloud: The Wild Stallion of the Rockies

Filmed in the mountains of western Montana, this poignant story focuses on an extraordinary wild stallion whose life has been recorded by filmmaker Ginger Kathrens since his moment of birth in the wild.
Sunday, July 6, 8 pm

Masterpiece Mystery!
Inspector Lewis Series 1:Expiation

When a North Oxford housewife, Rachel Mallory, is found hanged at home, it appears to be an open and shut case of suicide. However, the lack of a note and the fact that Rachel's life seemed perfect makes Lewis skeptical.
Sunday, July 6, 9 pm

American Masters
Carol Burnett: A Woman of Character

For 11 years, the wacky performer yelled like Tarzan and won -- and sometimes broke -- our hearts with her edgy, always sympathetic, characters. Yet, as with so many brilliant comedians, hers was a difficult childhood. A glimpse of something deeper and darker began to emerge in the dramatic career that followed her TV variety show.
Sunday, July 6, 10:30 pm