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ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA

ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, Hour 1
Monday at 8pm

ANTIQUES ROADSHOW, with host Mark L. Walberg, opens its lucky 13th season in Palm Springs, California, with a mix of great good fortune and an equally staggering loss. At one extreme, ROADSHOW experts discover the most valuable object ever appraised on the series. At the other, collector Jim McCarty invites ROADSHOW viewers to join the hunt for stolen works from his private collection of California plein air paintings.

THE STORY OF INDIA: BEGINNINGS

THE STORY OF INDIA: BEGINNINGS
Monday at 9pm

Michael Wood's fascinating journey through the history of the Indian subcontinent chronicles the incredible richness and diversity of its peoples, cultures and landscapes; outlines the originality and continuing relevance of its ideas; and relates some of the most momentous and moving events in world history. He begins with the first human migrations out of Africa, using DNA and climate science, ancient manuscripts and oral tales.


STORY OF INDIA: THE POWER OF IDEAS

STORY OF INDIA: THE POWER OF IDEAS
Monday at 10pm

Michael Wood's epic series moves into the revolutionary years after 500 BC -- the Age of the Buddha. Traveling by road and rail between the ancient cities of the Ganges plain, he tells the tale of the young prince who gave up the good life and became the Buddha: "India's first and greatest protester."

NOVA: ARCTIC PASSAGE - PRISONERS OF THE ICE

NOVA: ARCTIC PASSAGE - PRISONERS OF THE ICE
Tuesday at 8pm

In this two-hour special, NOVA dramatizes two extraordinary sagas in the quest for the Northwest Passage. Tonight, the first hour provides new details about the Franklin expedition, whose fate was one of the great mysteries of the 19th century.


FRONTLINE: THE OLD MAN AND THE STORM

FRONTLINE: THE OLD MAN AND THE STORM
Tuesday at 9pm

FRONTLINE follows 82-year-old Herbert Gettridge and his family as they work to rebuild their homes and their lives in post-Katrina New Orleans -- a moving personal story of Mr. Gettridge and his family reveals the human cost of this tragedy, the continued inadequacies of government's response in the aftermath of Katrina, and how race, class and politics have affected the attempts to rebuild this American city.


LEST THEY BE FORGOTTEN: OMAHA BEACH, D-DAY, JUNE 6, 1944

LEST THEY BE FORGOTTEN: OMAHA BEACH, D-DAY, JUNE 6, 1944
Tuesday at 10pm

Take a journey back through time and relive the landing on Omaha Beach, D-Day, June 6, 1944, as veterans recall D-Day and the landing on Omaha Beach.

The Carol Ann and Ralph V. Haile, Jr. US Bank Foundation

Tracking snow leopards on a photography adventure; exploring the toxicity of poisonous frogs; understanding bird extinctions; and the secret life of bats.

Kevin Kline embodies Edmond Rostand's proboscisly challenged 17th-century warrior-poet Cyrano de Bergerac in Broadway's sold-out, limited-engagement, which also starred Jennifer Garner and Daniel Sunjata.

A marimba performance by 16-year-old Joshua Jones of Chicago, Illinois; 12-year-old violinist Anna Lee, from Queens, New York; and more.