Program Schedule
Worth Watching
Explore our interactive schedule (below). Or request a complimentary printed guide (right), sent to you by mail, for a two-month view of Knowledge program highlights and listings.
Arts and Culture / 8pm to 12am
Creative, thought-provoking documentaries from around the world.
Family Time / 6pm to 8pm
Inform and inspire the entire family.
Knowledge: Kids / 6am to 6pm
Spark a child's imagination and love of learning.
sunday
August 29-
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1:00am - 2:30am
Barnaby and Jones investigate the shooting of a blackmailer, Martin Barrett. -
3:00am - 4:00am
The adventurers prepare themselves and their cars for the expedition, then it's on to the start in Beijing (Peking), the journey northwest past the Great Wall to Mongolia, and the perils of the Gobi D... -
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6:00pm - 7:00pm
It's the largest construction project in Tokyo: where residents live, work, shop, and play in a futuristic high-tech mini-city built entirely on reclaimed land in Tokyo Harbour. ... -
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Explores the discovery of a well-preserved 5,000-year-old body of a man in the Italian Alps, and the forensic clues that bring us closer to the truth behind his violent death. ... -
8:00pm - 9:00pm
Dr. Weatherill risks everything to save a homeless man trapped at a building site. (11 of 12)... -
9:00pm - 10:00pm
Conspiracy theories and government cover-ups face the team when they reopen a case involving the suspected suicide of a journalist. (2 of 8)... -
10:00pm - 11:00pm
Prunella Scales delves into Victoria's married life, and comes to an understanding of how Prince Albert's tragic early death must have affected the highly dependent Queen. (2 of 2) ... -
11:00pm - 12:00am
The liberation of the Netherlands during WWII, primarily by Canadian soldiers, and the special bond between the two countries that continues to this day. ...
monday
August 30-
12:00am - 1:00am
Nuevo flamenco guitarist Jesse Cook takes center stage in tonight's performance.... -
1:00am - 2:00am
Australia is being invaded by killer toads equipped with a deadly toxin. Scientists race to study why these toads are such effective killers.... -
2:00am - 3:00am
The "Big Dig" mega-project rerouted Boston's chief highway into a 3.5 mile tunnel under the city. ... -
3:00am - 4:00am
They feast on carrion, defend their nests by regurgitating, and excrete on themselves. Still, vultures are model parents, extraordinary navigators, and perform an important, yet thankless, function in... -
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8:00pm - 9:00pm
With the defeat of the Spanish Armada, the English royalty was at its peak. Scotland and England became united under the Stuart King James I (VI of Scotland), but within a generation his son Charles I... -
9:00pm - 10:00pm
This intimate portrait of Dutch Painter Piet Mondrian explores how jazz music inspired his art, and how his style influenced contemporary design. ... -
10:00pm - 11:00pm
This is the story of Adam, a boy with Asperger Syndrome on the cusp of adolescence. The film documents Adam's dramatic family life as he struggles against all odds to graduate from elementary school. ... -
11:00pm - 12:00am
In May 1961, two young climbers started up the "unclimbable" Stawamus Chief outside Squamish, BC. With never-before-seen archival footage, this documentary presents a unique look at a part of BC climb...
tuesday
August 31-
12:00am - 1:00amThis intimate portrait of Dutch Painter Piet Mondrian explores how jazz music inspired his art, and how his style influenced contemporary design. ...
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1:00am - 2:00amWith the defeat of the Spanish Armada, the English royalty was at its peak. Scotland and England became united under the Stuart King James I (VI of Scotland), but within a generation his son Charles I...
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2:00am - 3:00amIn tonight's performance, Diana Krall takes center stage with Anthony Wilson on guitar, Robert Hurst on double bass, and Peter Erskine on drums....
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7:00pm - 8:00pmHow forensic engineers are able to determine the state of a structure's health before disaster can occur. ...
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8:00pm - 9:00pm
The sacred blood of San Gennaro liquefies each year on the anniversary of the Saint's death, and is one of Italy's most important miracles. Professor Luigi Garlaschelli hopes to reveal the possible li... -
9:00pm - 10:00pm
This revelatory documentary takes viewers inside the world of Sue Rubin, who, until she was 13, was unable to communicate. A new technique helped her family discovered the articulate, intelligent, awa... -
10:00pm - 11:00pm
When Barry Stevens was 18, he learned that he'd been conceived through artificial insemination. More than 30 years later, Barry decided to find out who his biological father was. ... -
11:00pm - 12:00amThis is the story of Adam, a boy with Asperger Syndrome on the cusp of adolescence. The film documents Adam's dramatic family life as he struggles against all odds to graduate from elementary school. ...
wednesday
September 1-
12:00am - 1:00am
Yoga has become big business, but can it survive with its good karma intact? ... -
1:00am - 2:00amWhen Barry Stevens was 18, he learned that he'd been conceived through artificial insemination. More than 30 years later, Barry decided to find out who his biological father was. ...
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2:00am - 3:00amThe sacred blood of San Gennaro liquefies each year on the anniversary of the Saint's death, and is one of Italy's most important miracles. Professor Luigi Garlaschelli hopes to reveal the possible li...
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5:00am - 5:30am
We explore how in the cutthroat world of the veget... -
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8:00pm - 9:00pm
Our host heads into the state of Rajasthan, where he samples the princely lifestyle of the Maharaja of Jodhpur, and visits Mahtama Gandhi's ashram. His journey ends in Mumbai, for a final reflection o... -
9:00pm - 11:00pm
Canada's world-renowned national orchestra performs an all-Beethoven programme under the direction of conductor and violinist Pinchas Zukerman. Acclaimed pianist Yefim Bronfman guest stars. -
11:00pm - 12:00am
For over five decades, the Emma Lake Artists' Workshop in northern Saskatchewan was an important destination for leading artists from Canada, the United States, and Britain. ...
thursday
September 2-
12:00am - 1:00amOur host heads into the state of Rajasthan, where he samples the princely lifestyle of the Maharaja of Jodhpur, and visits Mahtama Gandhi's ashram. His journey ends in Mumbai, for a final reflection o...
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1:00am - 3:00amCanada's world-renowned national orchestra performs an all-Beethoven programme under the direction of conductor and violinist Pinchas Zukerman. Acclaimed pianist Yefim Bronfman guest stars.
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3:00am - 3:30am
We bask in Mexico's City of Eternal Spring and coo... -
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7:00pm - 8:00pm
A look at the construction of prisons secured against escapees, chimpanzees, and deadly diseases. ... -
8:00pm - 10:00pm
The late 1950s is a period of transition when old stars like Billie Holiday and Lester Young burn out, while young talents like Sarah Vaughun and Miles Davis arise to take the music in new directions. (9 of 10) -
10:00pm - 11:00pm
A radical journey through the history of motion picture editing. ... -
11:00pm - 12:00am
Canadian rock band The Stills perform live at the Berkeley Church in downtown Toronto. (6 of 10)...
friday
September 3-
12:00am - 1:00am
This episode tells the story of the inventions of photography and the way it became an integral part of the modern world. (1 of 6)... -
1:00am - 3:00amThe late 1950s is a period of transition when old stars like Billie Holiday and Lester Young burn out, while young talents like Sarah Vaughun and Miles Davis arise to take the music in new directions. (9 of 10)
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3:30am - 5:00am
Amid Alberta's vast oil and gas fields and its insatiable logging industry, Peter Von Tiesenhausen's isolated farm has remained relatively untouched, except by his own hand. (13 of 13) -
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7:00pm - 8:00pm
Portwenn is shattered by an invasion of tourists eager for a sighting of a rare bird. Martin undergoes an inspection by a doctor's friend, which threatens his position as GP. ... -
8:00pm - 9:00pmThings get even worse for Doc Martin as he's taken hostage by a paranoid villager. ...
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9:00pm - 10:00pm
Dalziel and Pascoe are determined to solve the murder of a young girl. But Pascoe has other things to worry about when his daughter falls gravely ill. (2 of 8) ... -
10:00pm - 12:00am
A tale of love and art, betrayal and forgiveness - in which the illegitimate son of a legendary artist undertakes a five year, worldwide exploration to understand his long-dead father.
saturday
September 4-
12:00am - 2:00am
Barnaby and Jones are dragged away from a team-building exercise to investigate an explosion at a freight company run by Colonel Matt Parkes and his son James. -
2:00am - 3:00am
This documentary takes viewers on a musical journey to a place where rhythm and reels are the heartbeat of communities - the dance halls of Cape Breton Island. ... -
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7:00pm - 8:00pm
Chronicles the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, which destroyed three-quarters of the city and claimed thousands of lives.... -
8:00pm - 9:00pm
Mason intercepts a gang trying to rob a safe but will they stop at nothing to finish the job? Dawn's birthday party goes off with an unexpected bang. (23 of 24) ... -
9:00pm - 11:00pmBarnaby and Jones investigate the disappearance of two couples in the village of Monks Barton.
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11:00pm - 12:00amThe liberation of the Netherlands during WWII, primarily by Canadian soldiers, and the special bond between the two countries that continues to this day. ......
