PBS America
Switzerland
PBS America is a television channel available in Switzerland that primarily airs documentary and factual programming. Its schedule typically includes content focused on history, science, nature, and current affairs, drawing from the broader PBS library of non-fiction series and specials. The channel does not broadcast live news or sports, and its programming is presented in English. Viewers in Switzerland can access the channel through select cable and satellite platforms, with a focus on educational and cultural material rather than entertainment or children’s shows.
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Brighton Royal Pavilion
Brighton's Royal Pavilion was built in 1787 by George IV while Prince Regent. He took a small beach house and turned it into a flamboyant, multi-domed, Indo-Saracenic wonder palace.
16:40 - 17:40
Secrets of the Royal Palaces
Kensington Palace
Kensington Palace had always been a party palace but a gap in succession made way for import George I of Hanover and his refurbishments. In 1967, Princess Margaret fled from Kensington Palace to a tropical paradise with her younger lover.
17:40 - 18:35
Secrets of the Royal Palaces
Whitehall Palace
Exploring Whitehall, known as London's lost royal palace which was destroyed by fire in 1698. Henry VIII first snatched the palace from Cardinal Wolsey in 1530, and set about spending the equivalent of £10 million to renovate the Palace.
LIVE 18:35 - 19:35
Secrets of the Royal Palaces
Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace is known throughout the world as the headquarters of the British royal family. Set in the heart of London, it is one of the country's most recognisable palaces, despite its fame, its current incarnation is only a century or so old.
19:35 - 20:35
Ancient Secrets of Althorp with Charles Spencer
Charles Spencer, the 9th Earl Spencer, historian and brother of Princess Diana, invites an archaeological dig to Althorp, his ancestral home, in search of a lost Anglo-Saxon village.
20:35 - 21:40
Battlefield America
Shiloh
In April 1862, two Union armies under Ulysses S. Grant overcome the forces General Albert Johnston commanded.
21:40 - 22:45
Battlefield America
Vicksburg
Highlights the strategic decisions of Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee during the Siege of Vicksburg and the Battle of Gettysburg.
22:45 - 23:50
Battlefield America
Chickamauga
The Union and Confederate armies fought in a bloody battle here; the Confederates earned a hard-fought victory.
23:50 - 01:00
The Civil War's Lost Massacre
The search for remains of formerly enslaved Black Union soldiers brutally murdered by angry Southerners as the Civil War was ending. Learn about Camp Nelson, KY, the military base where these soldiers and thousands got their freedom papers.