British historian Michael Wood captures the bravery, endurance, greed, cruelty and suffering involved in these 16th-century explorations. He follows two amazing tales each night. Crossing the Andes, Wood and his crew hack through the dense forests to the Coca River and on to the Amazon River. Alvar Nu ez Cabeza de Vaca arrived in Florida in 1528 to begin the exploration and conquest of what is now the southern United States. His experience living among the Indians sparked a debate over the morality of the conquistadors' deeds.
Wood tracks their progress across North America.
Barbara Liversidge is a busy woman. A new six-part British comedy for WVPT's viewers and for Virginia joins the Saturday Sillies. Evocative reenactments and Islamic art, artifacts, and architecture are combined with scholarly interviews. This time of tremendous technological change fuels some fantastic new visions about the future. U.S. and World figure skating champions take center ice to dazzle audiences and raise money for cancer research.