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And don't miss out on our DW Highlights shown below, airing on our second channel 24.2.
Celebrate 50 years of female excellence in sports through the eyes of athletes who changed the system. Hosted by sports icon and champion of equality Billie Jean King, the film weaves together eight athletes’ discussions of how their own struggles and achievements shaped women’s sports.
The Cancer Detectives tells the untold story of the first-ever war on cancer and the coalition of people who fought tirelessly to save women from cervical cancer. Meet a Greek immigrant, a Japanese-born artist; an African American OBGYN; and an entirely new class of female scientists.
Sundays in April 8:00 & 9:00PM
(Begins 4/14)
Sir David Attenborough travels the globe to reveal the secret lives of plants. Using pioneering camera techniques, the series takes viewers on a magical journey inside the hidden world of plants, on which all animals — including humans — are dependent.
Mondays in April 11:00PM (begins 4/22)
Trainee nurse Nina must overcome plenty of obstacles in her private life, as a single mother, and at the hospital, as ex-wife of her own boss. From Walter Presents, in French with English subtitles.
In 2015, one of the biggest wild lions in Zimbabwe's Hwange National Park was lured out of the animal reserve and killed by an American dentist and trophy hunter. Cecil was tragically destined to become one of Africa’s most famous animals.
Sundays in April 7:00PM (Begins 4/14)
Julius Caesar: The Making of a Dictator
The dramatic story of how nearly five centuries of ancient Roman democracy was overthrown in just 16 years… by one man. This is the story of a brazen, ambitious power-grab that saw Julius Caesar consolidate the vast power of Rome in his own hands.
DW airs on our second channel, WQPT 24.2.
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Download our April 2024 DW Schedule. (Please note: DW's schedule grid is listed in UTC time, simply subtract 5 hours to get Central Time.)
Starting
Friday, April 12 | 5:30AM
April 1994: In Rwanda, the parents of two-year-old Samuel Ishimwe are murdered. They were just two of some one million people who, over the course of several months, were brutally killed in the genocide of the country’s Tutsi minority. Thirty years later, Samuel wants to know the reasons why. He sets out on a search for clues that takes him from Rwanda to Germany and Belgium.
Starting
Friday, April 12 | 11:30PM
It’s as much a part of London as Big Ben or Tower Bridge: the London Underground. The first ever section of a subterranean railway was opened in the British capital in 1863. This makes the London Underground the oldest subway in the world. In the series “Epic Record Setters,” Euromaxx answers some FAQs about the London Underground.
Starting
Wednesday, April 3 | 8:15PM
NATO – Old Friends, New Fronts
Since 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO, has shaped the security policies of Europe and the world like no other organization. What considerations led to the foundation and gradual expansion of the military alliance? It may now be the world’s largest defense pact, but could it, if push came to shove, defend itself?
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