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Program Highlights | August 2026

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Get out of the summer heat for a bit and enjoy WTVP's programming highlights airing in August such as Resolve to Solve with Miles O'Brien, The War That Made America, a new season of Astrid, and more!

Resolve to Solve with Miles O’Brien

Embark on a global journey seeking solutions to our urgent climate crisis alongside journalist Miles O'Brien. From the Colorado River to the wetlands in Argentina and Antarctica's doomsday glacier, the answers are closer than we think.

Wild Climate Fixes from Cows and Beavers
Wednesday, August 19, 2026, 9:30pm

Can seaweed and beavers help save the world? Miles O'Brien travels the country to meet the innovators using nature-based solutions to tackle climate change in surprising ways.

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Wed, 08/19/2026 @ 9:30 PM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Tue, 08/25/2026 @ 7:00 PM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Wed, 08/26/2026 @ 12:00 AM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Wed, 08/26/2026 @ 8:00 AM

Weathering Change through Wind and Heat
Wednesday, August 26, 2026, 9pm

Extreme heat is reshaping lives across the globe. Miles O'Brien journeys from Phoenix to Sydney to find solutions, proving that while the tools to fight this threat exist, the real question is: do we have the will to use them in time?

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Wed, 08/26/2026 @ 9:00 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Thu, 08/27/2026 @ 1:00 AM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Fri, 08/28/2026 @ 2:00 AM

Astrid: Season 5
Sunday, August 23, 2026, 11pm

Astrid Nielsen works in the library of the judicial police. She has Asperger's syndrome. With an incredible memory she excels at analyzing files of ongoing investigations. The district commander decides to use it to the fullest, entrusting her with very complex investigations which have remained unsolved to date.

You Only Die Once
Sunday, August 23, 2026, 11pm

Conspiracies are everywhere when Astrid finds a woman killed by a poison dart.

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Sun, 08/23/2026 @ 11:00 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Mon, 08/24/2026 @ 4:00 AM

But That's Such a Long Time!
Sunday, August 30, 2026, 11pm

Astrid and Raphaelle get caught in a tense political game between France and the US.

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Sun, 08/30/2026 @ 11:00 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Mon, 08/31/2026 @ 4:00 AM

The War That Made America
Monday, August 24, 2026, 8pm

Narrated and hosted by the late actor Graham Greene, THE WAR THAT MADE AMERICA brings to life a vastly important time in American history, when events set forces in motion that would culminate in the American Revolution. The four-part dramatic documentary tells the story of the French and Indian War (1754-1763), which began in the wilderness of the Pennsylvania frontier and spread throughout the colonies, into Canada, and ultimately around the world. The series offers a compelling portrayal of the dangerous 18th century frontier and follows a brash and ambitious young George Washington, hoping to make his reputation in the military - and whose blunders inadvertently triggered the war. THE WAR THAT MADE AMERICA also focuses on the critical military importance and strategic diplomacy of Native Americans in the conflict between the English and French.

Part 1

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Mon, 08/24/2026 @ 8:00 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Tue, 08/25/2026 @ 3:00 AM
     

Part 2

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Mon, 08/31/2026 @ 8:00 PM


Part 3

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Mon, 09/07/2026 @ 8:00 PM


Part 4

WTVP-HD 47.1 - Mon, 09/14/2026 @ 8:00 PM 

The Title "The War That Made America" rests on top of the sunlit silhouette of a forest superimposed by the close up of a young washington taking aim with his rifle as a British soldier in the French & Indian War.
British soldiers in red coats stand in a cluster and take aim with their muskets.

POV
How to Build a Library
Monday, August 24, 2026, 9pm

Two intrepid Nairobi women decide to transform what used to be a whites-only library until 1958 into a vibrant cultural hub. Along the way, they must navigate local politics, raise millions for the rebuild and confront the lingering ghosts of Kenya’s colonial past.

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Mon, 08/24/2026 @ 9:00 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Tue, 08/25/2026 @ 12:30 AM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Wed, 08/26/2026 @ 7:30 PM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Thu, 08/27/2026 @ 12:30 AM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Thu, 08/27/2026 @ 8:30 AM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Sat, 08/29/2026 @ 11:00 AM