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Schedule Highlights January 27 to February 2

Monday, January 27th

Las Vegas treasures hit the jackpot with ROADSHOW finds including a Louis C.Tiffany enamel vase, ca. 1905, a 1599 Thomas Buckminster almanac and Ernie Barnes' Fourth and One oil painting. Watch to see the season-topping $650,000 find! Antiques Roadshow Springs Preserve Hour 1 at 7:00 pm.

New ROADSHOW in New Mexico at Santa Fe's Museum Hill, with finds that include an Angel Botello oil painting, ca. 1960, Muhammad Ali and Alfred Hitchcock autographs, and a 1969 Alexander Calder sculpture. One is valued at $250,000! Antiques Roadshow Santa Fe's Museum Hill, Hour 2 at 8:00 pm.

We've all heard of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, but most people have no idea how widespread and prevalent Jewish resistance to Nazi barbarism was. Instead, it's widely believed "Jews went to their deaths like sheep to the slaughter." Filmed in Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Israel, and the U.S., Resistance - They Fought Back provides a much-needed corrective to this myth of Jewish passivity. There were uprisings in ghettos large and small, rebellions in death camps, and thousands of Jews fought Nazis in the forests. Everywhere in Eastern Europe, Jews waged campaigns of non-violent resistance against the Nazis. Resistance: They Fought Back at 9:00 pm.

Tuesday, January 28th

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the ancestry of actor Sharon Stone & model Chrissy Teigen, traveling across Europe & Thailand to reveal they aren't the first in their families who dared to dream big. Finding Your Roots Dreamers One and All at 7:00 pm.

Series Premiere. Great Migrations explores how a series of Black migrations have shaped the U.S. From waves of Black Americans to the North-and back South-to immigrants from Africa and the Caribbean, movement is a defining feature of the Black experience. Episode one of Great Migrations explores the first wave of the Great Migration (1910-1940), when more than a million Black Americans fled the Jim Crow South for the promised lands of the North, forever changing the country and themselves. Great Migrations: A People on the Move Exodus at 8:00 pm.

Throughout a 30-year-career spanning more than 50 film roles, two-time Oscar winner Denzel Washington placed the figure of the Black man in all its complexity at the heart of American paradoxes in drama: from a Black activist and rebel soldier to a gangster torn between violence and charity. DENZEL WASHINGTON: AMERICAN PARADOX is a comprehensive review of Washington's remarkable career and indelible impact on the film industry. Featured clips include his Oscar-winning roles in Glory and Training Day along with scenes from Fences, St. Elsewhere, Malcolm X, Crimson Tide, Much Ado About Nothing, The Pelican Brief, Philadelphia, The Book of Eli and Antwone Fisher (which he also directed). Denzel Washington: American Paradox at 9:00 pm.

Wednesday, January 29th

The change of seasons brings turmoil and tough choices to the three big cat families. An aging lion challenges younger rivals, cheetah cubs adjust to life on their own and a leopard mother must balance her children's needs. Nature Big Cats, Small World: Outlanders at 7:00 pm.

In New York City, a team of elite engineers and construction workers are on a mission to build the ultimate airport. Follow their ups and downs as they race to build a new, world-class LaGuardia on the site of one of America's busiest aviation hubs. NOVA Extreme Airport Engineering at 8:00 pm.

Baiae... An escape for ancient Rome's powerful elite, the Las Vegas of its day. Now, follow archaeologists who are mapping underwater ruins and piecing together what life was like in this playground for the rich. Secrets of the Dead Nero’s Sunken City at 9:00 pm.

Thursday, January 30th

Chet visits a town made famous by "Old Rip" the horny toad who lived 31 years trapped in the courthouse wall. He eats at a local meat market and beloved Tex-Mex establishment. He hikes the spooky ruins of an abandoned zoo, learns about the "Santa Clause Killer," and visits the first Hilton hotel. The Daytripper Eastland/Cisco at 8:00 pm.

Ruby and Gabriel intervene in a dispute between two fishermen and Lydia faces a difficult dilemma when her former mentor asks for her help. The team come together for Ram and Mala?s wedding and Ruby and Gabriel have a heart to heart. Good Karma Hospital at 8:29 pm.

In January 2014, archaeologists started excavating a cemetery that's been hidden for over 300 years, in the heart of London. The team have just five months to remove hundreds of skeletons from a site in the Liverpool Street area, before it's redeveloped by Crossrail, Europe's biggest engineering program. Experts will then spend a year examining the skeletons, how they were buried and objects buried with them, before they are finally laid to rest in a modern London cemetery. Secrets of the Lost Graveyard at 9:16 pm.

Friday, January 31st

During the largest food crisis in a century, a group of college students catalyze a national movement to end food insecurity in the United States. As food bank lines grow and college finals approach, do the students have what it takes to create a long-term solution? Abundance: The Farmlink Story at 7:30 pm.

Series Premiere. Thomas Jefferson is a two-part portrait by Ken Burns of our enigmatic and brilliant third president. Thomas Jefferson embodies within his own life the most profound contradictions of American history: as the author of the Declaration of Independence, he gave voice to our fervent desire for freedom, but he also owned more than 150 slaves and never saw fit to free them. In part 1, Jefferson's beginnings in Virginia are detailed from his education at William & Mary, the building of Monticello, to his marriage and children. Jefferson is called to Philadelphia as a statesman, and to Paris after the American revolution as an official diplomat. While Jefferson was laying the foundations of a new government and country, his work was tragically interrupted by a series of personal losses at his Monticello home. Thomas Jefferson Life/Liberty: Our Sacred Honor at 8:00 pm.

Discover the fascinating story of this iconic American garment. From their roots in slavery to the Wild West, hippies, high fashion and hip-hop, jeans are the fabric on which the history of American ideology and politics are writ large. American Experience Riveted: The History of Jeans at 9:30 pm.

Saturday, February 1st

Country performer Chris Stapleton delivers country-rock classics and tunes from "Higher." Austin City Limits Chris Stapleton at 7:00 pm.

Sunday, February 2nd

Tristan settles into life back at Skeldale; Mrs. Hall sends the boys to Pumphrey Manor. All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece Uninvited Guests at 8:00 pm.

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