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Antiques Roadshow: Hartford, CT

Hour Three finds a watercolor signed by Katharine Hepburn. Watch Monday, September 5, 2011 at 7pm.

In Hartford, Connecticut, ANTIQUES ROADSHOW finds a sign of the times — actually a whole collection of antique inn and tavern signs — at the Connecticut Historical Society. Appraisal highlights include an heirloom early-19th-century Duncan Phyfe dressing table; a rare set of vintage jewelry by influential 20th-century designer Suzanne Belperron; and a watercolor signed by Katharine Hepburn — who gifted the owner with the piece when the actress was performing at the American Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford, Connecticut — valued at $15,000 to $20,000.

Watch Monday, September 5, 2011 at 7pm.

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History Detectives

Exploring the complexities of historical mysteries. Watch Tuesday, September 6, 2011 at 7pm.

Elyse uncovers the moving family story behind a 1775 Almanac. Tukufu tries to name a 1920s media exercise guru. And Gwen searches NASA records for “John F,” who may have smuggled Andy Warhol’s art to the moon.

History Detectives
Watch Tuesday, September 6, 2011 at 7pm.

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NOVA: Becoming Human

Explosive new discoveriesof how we became human. Watch Wednesday, August 31, 2011 at 7pm.

NOVA presents a comprehensive three-part, three-hour special – investigating explosive new discoveries that are transforming the picture of how we became human. Shot “in the trenches” as discoveries were unearthed throughout Africa and Europe, each hour of “Becoming Human” unfolds with a forensic investigation into the life and death of a specific hominid ancestor. Dry bones spring back to vivid life with stunning animation, the product of a unique NOVA collaboration between top anthropologists and a talented team of movie animators.

Watch all three parts back-to-back Wednesday, August 31, 2011 at 7pm.

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POV: Armadillo

Follows the lives of the young soldiers fighting the Taliban. Watch Tuesday, August 30, 2011 at 9pm.

In 2009, Janus Metz and cameraman Lars Skree accompanied a platoon of Danish soldiers to Armadillo, a combat operations base in southern Afghanistan. For six months, often while under fire, they captured the lives of the young soldiers fighting the Taliban in a hostile and confusing environment, where official rhetoric about helping civilians too often met the unforgiving reality of being a foreign occupier. Winner of the Critics’ Week Grand Prix at Cannes, “Armadillo” is one of the most dramatic and candid accounts of combat to come out of Afghanistan.

POV: Armadillo
Watch Tuesday, August 30, 2011 at 9pm.

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