This Emotional Life

For more than a decade, renowned Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has helped to expand America’s sense of itself, stimulating a national conversation about identity with humor, wisdom, and compassion. Professor Gates has explored the ancestry of dozens of influential people from diverse backgrounds, taking millions of viewers deep into the past to reveal the connections that bind us all.

Discovers the best of American cuisine through extensive kitchen testing.

Thomas Jefferson is a two-part portrait 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.

The Dust Bowl chronicles the worst man-made ecological disaster in American history, in which the frenzied wheat boom of the Great Plow-Up, followed by a decade-long drought during the 1930s nearly swept away the breadbasket of the nation.

Dominating the landscape for centuries, ancient cathedrals and abbeys reflect Britain's turbulent history through their architectural grandeur-stories of its kings and queens and the religious and social changes brought about by the English Reformation, as well as many other tales of intrigue, love, faith and conviction. Secrets of Britain's Great Cathedrals explores cathedrals and abbeys found throughout England and Wales, featuring interviews with historians and experts and breathtaking 4K footage captured by drones filming their legendary facades and soaring interior spaces. Never before has a television series brought together such a great number of ancient cathedrals and abbeys under one unified story line. Season 1: 4×54, Season 2: 4×54 Season 1 Episode 1: The Cornerstones: York Minster and Canterbury Cathedral Episode 2: London: St Paul's Cathedral and Westminster Abbey Episode 3: Salisbury Cathedral and Wells Cathedral Episode 4: Bath Abbey and Gloucester Cathedral Season 2 Episode 5: Durham Cathedral and Lincoln Cathedral Episode 6: Worcester Cathedral and Tewkesbury Abbey Episode 7: Wales: St. David's, Brecon, St. Asaph and Bangor Cathedrals (Tintern Abbey and Strata Florida) Episode 8: Ely Cathedral, Peterborough Cathedral and King's College Cambridge.

Join Lidia Bastianich this holiday season, as the renowned chef, author and food ambassador journeys across the country to explore how food artisans and artisanal crafts are gaining momentum in the U.S.