Two women standing in a field.

Esther (Darla Contois), Golda (Lisa Edelstein) star in Little Bird.

Credit: Courtesy of Steve Ackerman

Next week, we’ll learn how an unlikely collaboration changed the course of forensic science and international human rights and follow the story of a woman attempting to unravel the mystery behind her adoption. Take a look at what’s coming up!

Rising Appalachia at Echo Mountain - Monday, October 9 at 10 PM

As world travelers for nearly two decades, Rising Appalachia, founded by sisters Leah and Chloe Smith, have merged multiple global music influences with their own southern roots and built a legion of listeners independently with their stunning blend of folk, world and urban music.

Independent Lens: El Equipo - Monday, October 9 at 11 PM

A U.S. anthropologist sets out to train Latin American students in the use of forensic anthropology. Their goal: to investigate disappearances in Argentina during the “dirty war.”

Elon Musk

FRONTLINE - Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover - Tuesday, October 10 at 9 PM

FRONTLINE investigates Elon Musk’s long and often troubled relationship with Twitter and his journey from one of the platform’s most provocative users to its sole proprietor, exploring the acquisition, free speech and the company’s uncertain future.

America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston - Maine: Embrace the Cold - Wednesday, October 11 at 9 PM

With its magnificent coastline and densely wooded interior, Maine is a place where outdoor adventure has a long history, and a love of wilderness starts in childhood. Baratunde meets a Mainer reviving the timeless craft of harvesting ice, straps on snowshoes to understand how being outside can help folks recovering from addiction and takes an icy plunge in the winter ocean to embrace the cold.

Secrets of the Dead: The Sunken Basilica - Wednesday, October 11, 10 PM

Uncover the sunken remains of a 4th-century basilica in western Turkey. Submerged beneath the waters of Lake Iznik for hundreds of years, the church could reveal crucial insights into the early days of Christianity.

The Blue Ridge mountains.

View Finders: Blue Ridge Parkway - Thursday, October 12, 3 PM

In the first of a two-part series, Paul and Chris head to North Carolina in search of beautiful views along the Blue Ridge Parkway. They learn about this storied road and experience some truly stunning sunrises and sunsets. 

Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland Season 2 - Thursday, October 12, 7 PM

A year older, but not necessarily wiser, Miriam Margolyes, Alan Cumming and Alan's dog Lala rediscover more of their Scottish roots - and then journey across the pond to their other mutual home in America. While in the U.S., they go on an epic road trip that takes them to Los Angeles, Palm Springs and Las Vegas.

Little Bird - Thursday, October 12, 10:30 PM

Bezhig Little Bird was adopted into a Jewish family at the age of five, being stripped of her identity and becoming Esther Rosenblum. Now in her twenties, Bezhig longs for the family she lost and to fill in the missing pieces. Her quest lands her in the Canadian prairies where she discovers that she was one of the generation of children forcibly apprehended by the Canadian government through a policy, later coined the 60s Scoop.