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Frontline "Storm Over Everest"
Tuesday, 5/13 from 10 p.m. - 12 a.m. ET
In May 1996, the world-renowned climber and filmmaker David Breashears was making his third ascent up Mount Everest when a swift and ferocious storm unexpectedly hit the mountain, trapping three exhausted climbing teams near the top of the world's highest peak.

Secrets of the Dead "Sinking Atlantis"
Wednesday, 5/14 from 8-9 p.m. ET
Five thousand years ago the Minoans, Europe's first great civilization, flourished on the island of Crete.

Preview: Find out what else is coming up in Science & Nature on Detroit Public Television.

The Adirondacks
Wednesday, 5/14 from 10 p.m. - 12 a.m. ET
Sprawled across six million acres in upstate New York, the Adirondack Park is the only one on the continent in which large human populations live.

Windsor Castle: A Royal Year
Fridays, 5/9-23 from 3:30-4:30 a.m. ET
For the better part of a millennium, Windsor Castle - the awesome fortress, treasure chest, and burial ground for the royal dynasty that took its name - has been at the heart of British history. But there is another side to the castle that tourists never see.

Becoming American: The Chinese Experience
Saturdays, 5/10-24 from 11:30 p.m. - 1 a.m. ET
In every immigrant group, each generation finds a balance between the values and practices of its heritage, and the mores of its adopted country. What is lost and what is gained, both personally and culturally, when one sheds part of one's heritage to make way for a new self-identity?

American Experience "FDR"
Monday, 5/19 from 9-11:30 p.m. ET (part 2 of 2)
"FDR" goes beyond the familiar words and images to offer an incisive, often startling portrait of one of the most extraordinary personalities ever elected to the presidency.

Preview: Find out more about what's coming up in History on Detroit Public Television.

This Old House "New Orleans Project" (conclusion)
Thursday, 5/15 from 8-8:30 p.m. ET
Saturday, 5/17 from 9:30-10 a.m. ET
Host Kevin O'Connor opens the show as the Krewe of Zulu prepares for Mardi Gras. At the project house in Holy Cross, landscape contractor Roger Cook finds metal worker Joe Strain finishing the installation of the "hoop and scroll" iron fence in the front yard.

NOVA "A Walk to Beautiful"
Tuesday, 5/13 from 8-9 p.m. ET
This program tells the story of three women in Ethiopia suffering from devastating childbirth injuries. Rejected by their husbands and ostracized by their communities, the women are left to spend the rest of their lives in loneliness and shame.

Preview: Find out more about what's coming up in Health & Well-Being on Detroit Public Television.

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