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...
Michael Wood's fascinating journey through the history of the Indian subcontinent, the first history of India on western television, chronicles the incredible richness and diversity of its peoples, cultures and landscapes; outlines the originality an...
The acclaimed theatrical film, THE RAPE OF EUROPA, tells the epic story of the systematic theft, deliberate destruction and miraculous survival of Europe's art treasures during the Third Reich and World War II. In a journey through seven countries, t...
Alistair Cooke (1908-2004) was known to millions as the graceful, amazingly well-read host of MASTERPIECE THEATRE for 22 years. But this very public side of a very outgoing man was just the tip of the iceberg to a fascinating career extending back to...
In May 2003, Fox Company of Marine Reserve Unit 2/23 returned home from front-line combat in Iraq. Reserved To Fight airs on KUED-Channel 7 Wednesday, November 12, at 9 p.m. and follows four Utah Marines of Fox Company for four years through their po...
Celebrating the 70th anniversary of Alta Ski Area, "The Alta Experience" is a new KUED documentary that transports viewers to a mountain town with a history richer than its silver mining past. KUED-Channel 7 premieres the documen...
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