Through a mix of crime-lab science, archeology and history, a new NOVA/National Geographic special, "The Great Inca Rebellion," presents stunning new evidence that is changing what we know about the final days of the once-mighty Inca Empire. Airing...
When Atlantic Richfield prospectors struck oil at Prudhoe Bay early in 1968, they stumbled upon the largest oil field ever discovered in North America. Getting that oil out of Alaska would take nine years, employ some 78,000 people, cost more than $8...
KUED encores two acclaimed films that tell the riveting stories of Nazi horrors. Imagine watching "Schindler's List" and knowing that the sadistic Nazi commandant played by Ralph Fiennes was your father. In the bracing documentary, P.O.V....
Celebrating the 70th anniversary of Alta Ski Area, KUED's acclaimed "The Alta Experience" returns by popular demand Thursday, February 26, at 7 p.m. This fast-paced glide down memory's slope features interviews of those who recall&nbs...
In 1951 in the town of Edna, Texas, a field hand named Pedro Hernández murdered his employer after exchanging words at a gritty cantina. From this seemingly unremarkable small-town murder emerged a landmark civil rights case that would forever...
No other creative figure of the latter twentieth century was as contradictory as Jerome Robbins, and few were as controversial. He was a master of the Broadway musical, transforming its possibilities with such works as "West Side Story," "Gypsy," and...
At the end of the American Revolution, thousands of African-American slaves risked everything to fight for the British -- in exchange for a promise of freedom. "There are some stories so big," says Simon Schama at the start of his latest docum...
Shot against the backdrop of the presidential election, British historian Simon Schama traveled through America to dig deep into the conflicts of its history to understand what is at stake right now. A fascinating look at today's America throug...
J. Robert Oppenheimer was brilliant, arrogant, proud, charismatic - and a national hero. Under his leadership during World War II, the United States succeeded in becoming the first nation to harness the power of nuclear energy to create the ultimate...
Rick Steves, recently back from Iran, calls it "the most poorly understood yet fascinating land" he's ever visited. In his upcoming travel special, premiering exclusively in Utah on KUED-Channel 7 Thursday, January 29, at 7 p.m., Steves takes viewers...
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