On KQED this month: Chasing the Moon; ‘8 Days: To the Moon and Back; ‘Tale of Two Sisters; Grantchester; Saturday Night Movies
| A New Look at the Apollo-Era Space Race | | |
| | | Explore the thrilling space race from its earliest days to the 1969 lunar landing. Chasing the Moon, a six-hour film shown over three nights, upends conventional thinking, recasting the space race as a fascinating stew of scientific innovation, political calculation, media spectacle, visionary impulses and personal drama. Chasing the Moon premieres Monday, July 8, at 9pm on KQED 9. | | |
|
|
|---|
|
|---|
|
| Experience the Apollo 11 Mission from the Cockpit | | |
| | | Watch the story of the Apollo 11 space mission unfold in this docudrama. Created from hours of declassified cockpit recordings, mission audio, video footage and computer-generated imagery, this film is a 21st-century retelling of the remarkable story of the men who made it to the moon. 8 Days: To the Moon and Back airs Wednesday, July 17, at 9pm on KQED 9. | | |
|
|
|---|
|
|---|
|
| The Season Premiere of Grantchester Is Here! | | |
| | | A new, young parish priest arrives on the scene. He’s on a quest for social justice, but it’s complicated by his troubled past. The season four premiere of Grantchester airs Sunday, July 14, at 9pm on KQED 9. | | |
|
|
|---|
|
|---|
|
| History's Most Powerful Women and Their Siblings | | |
| | | What bonds form between famous women and their lesser-known siblings? Episode 1 of this series looks at the lives of two British sisters: Queen Elizabeth ll, a mature child with a love of animals, and Princess Margaret, a mischievous extrovert. Catch two back-to-back episodes of Tale of Two Sisters starting on Friday, July 19, at 9pm on KQED 9. | | |
|
|
|---|
|
|---|
|
| Relax with These Saturday Night Movies | | |
| | | Staying in? Relax and watch these timeless films without interruption on KQED 9. This month's programming features Song of Bernadette, Anastasia, The Big Chill, and The Way We Were. | | |
|
|
|---|
|
|---|
|
| Help Us Shape Our 2020 Election Coverage | | |
| | | We get it. There’s a lot happening in politics right now. Help KQED and Political Breakdown, the weekly podcast and radio program, cut through all the noise to cover the information that’s most important to you. | | |
|
|
|---|
|
|---|
|
|
|
| | | KQED 2601 Mariposa St. San Francisco, CA 94110
Copyright © June 24, 2019 KQED. All Rights Reserved. |
|
|
