Great Performances
The Magic of Grace Bumbry 
Saturday, October 3, 2025, 8pm 

Discover Grace Bumbry's inspiring rise to global opera fame. Spotlighting her historic performances, the film explores the racial barriers she overcame to triumph in her 1966 performance as "Carmen." 

• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Fri, 10/03/2025 @ 8:00 PM
• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Sat, 10/04/2025 @ 2:30 AM

American Masters 
Julia Alvarez: A Life Reimagined 
Friday, October 3, 2025, 9pm 

Julia Alvarez: A Life Reimagined is a documentary film about the life and work of Julia Alvarez, one of America's most celebrated Latina writers. Alvarez burst onto the literary scene in 1991 with her semi-autobiographical novel, How the Garcia Sisters Lost Their Accents, to great acclaim, followed by In the Time of the Butterflies (1994), which raised global awareness about three sisters assassinated by Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo, and was made into a major motion picture. Her most recent novel, Afterlife, explores the universal issues of aging, loss and healing, and joins the debate about Latino immigrants in the United States. Called "a writer of gigantic storytelling talent, and exquisitely composed prose," Alvarez has helped blaze the trail for generations of Latina/o authors helping transform American culture and literature. Now 72 years old, she feels that time is running out to tell all of the stories still within her. The film will explore her childhood in the Dominican Republic, her complex family dynamics, the lifelong impact of their escape from the dictatorship, her feelings of displacement, hybridity and loss - and how she transforms all of this, in a nuanced, complex writing voice - into poetry, essays and novels.

• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Fri, 10/03/2025 @ 9:00 PM
• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Sat, 10/04/2025 @ 12:30 AM

Brian and Maggie
Sunday, October 5, 2025, 7pm 

After resigning as a Labour MP, Brian Walden is hired to front a heavyweight political program dedicated to the long-form interview. His first guest: Leader of the Opposition Margaret Thatcher. An unlikely friendship develops. 

• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Sun, 10/05/2025 @ 7:00 PM
• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Tue, 10/07/2025 @ 2:00 AM

Independent Lens
Cracking the Code: 
Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution 
Monday, October 6, 2025, 9pm 

A groundbreaking look at Phil Sharp's rise from being a rural Kentucky farm boy who battled dyslexia to Nobel Prize-winning scientist. Narrated by Mark Ruffalo with insights from Walter Isaacson, Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution reveals how Sharp's RNA discovery transformed biology and launched the biotechnology revolution leading to life-saving treatments for millions. 

• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Mon, 10/06/2025 @ 9:00 PM
• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Wed, 10/08/2025 @ 2:00 AM
• WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Wed, 10/08/2025 @ 6:30 PM
• WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Wed, 10/08/2025 @ 11:30 PM
• WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Thu, 10/09/2025 @ 7:30 AM
• WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Sat, 10/11/2025 @ 11:00 AM

POV

A Mother Apart
Monday, October 13, 2025, 9pm

In a poignant story of healing and forgiveness, Jamaican-American poet and LGBTQ+ activist Staceyann Chin explores how to raise a child after being abandoned by her own mother. Known for her work in Def Poetry Slam and shows like MotherStruck!, Chin embarks on a journey across Brooklyn, Montreal, Cologne, and Jamaica to find her mother, ultimately creating a new sense of home with her daughter. 

• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Mon, 10/13/2025 @ 9:00 PM
• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Wed, 10/15/2025 @ 2:00 AM
• WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Wed, 10/15/2025 @ 7:30 PM
• WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Thu, 10/16/2025 @ 12:30 AM
• WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Thu, 10/16/2025 @ 8:30 AM
• WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Sat, 10/18/2025 @ 11:00 AM

Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore
Tuesday, October 14, 2025, 8pm

Take an intimate look at the life and career of actress Marlee Matlin as she shares her story in American Sign Language. At 21 years old, Matlin became the first Deaf actress to win an Academy Award for her role in Children of A Lesser God. With credits that include The West Wing and the Oscar-winning film CODA, Matlin continues to champion for more inclusivity and accessibility in entertainment.

• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Tue, 10/14/2025 @ 8:00 PM
• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Wed, 10/15/2025 @ 12:00 AM
• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Thu, 10/16/2025 @ 2:00 AM
• WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Sat, 10/18/2025 @ 12:00 AM
• WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Sat, 10/18/2025 @ 8:00 AM
• WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Sat, 10/18/2025 @ 2:00 PM

Great Performances 
Ann
Monday, October 14, 2025, 8pm

Enjoy a powerful and revealing look at legendary, larger-than-life Texas governor Ann Richards, who enriched the lives of her followers, friends and family, in this critically acclaimed play written by and starring Emmy Award winner Holland Taylor.

• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Fri, 10/24/2025 @ 9:00 PM
• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Sat, 10/25/2025 @ 1:30 AM

American Experience 
Kissinger : Part One
Monday, October 27, 2025, 8pm 

Discover how Henry Kissinger's anti-Communist zeal would shape U.S. foreign policy in Vietnam, China, Chile, and the Soviet Union during the second half of the 20th century; featuring dozens of historians and former colleagues.

• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Mon, 10/27/2025 @ 8:00 PM
• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Tue, 10/28/2025 @ 12:00 AM
• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Wed, 10/29/2025 @ 2:00 AM
• WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Fri, 10/31/2025 @ 6:00 PM
• WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Fri, 10/31/2025 @ 11:00 PM

American Experience
Kissinger : Part Two  
Tuesday, October 28, 2025, 8pm 

Discover how Henry Kissinger's anti-Communist zeal would shape U.S. foreign policy in Vietnam, China, Chile, and the Soviet Union in the second half of the 20th century, through the voices of historians and colleagues. 

• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Tue, 10/28/2025 @ 8:00 PM
• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Wed, 10/29/2025 @ 12:00 AM
• WTVP-HD 47.1 - Thu, 10/30/2025 @ 2:00 AM