The BEST episodes directed by Peter Jones
#1 - Galileo's Battle For The Heavens
NOVA - Season 29 - Episode 12
In this two-hour special, NOVA celebrates the story of the father of modern science and his struggle to get Church authorities to accept the truth of his astonishing discoveries. The program is based on Dava Sobel's bestselling book, Galileo's Daughter, which reveals a new side to the famously stubborn scientist—that his closest confidante was his illegitimate daughter, Sister Maria Celeste, a cloistered nun.
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American Experience - Season 17 - Episode 7
America lays a telegraph cable across the Atlantic and enables almost-instant communication with Europe for the first time in history.
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American Experience - Season 18 - Episode 5
A chronicle of the lives of the couple and their mutual regard for each other's abilities and intelligence.
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#4 - Telescope: Hunting the Edge of Space - The Ever Expanding Universe
NOVA - Season 37 - Episode 8
In a two-hour special, NOVA examines how a simple instrument, the telescope, has fundamentally changed our understanding of our place in the universe.
#5 - Telescope: Hunting the Edge of Space - The Mystery of the Milky Way
NOVA - Season 37 - Episode 7
In a two-hour special, NOVA examines how a simple instrument, the telescope, has fundamentally changed our understanding of our place in the universe.
#6 - Bataan Rescue
American Experience - Season 15 - Episode 12
The daring rescue by US Army Rangers of American POWs captured on Bataan as World War II came to a close.
#7 - Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
Biography - Season 1998 - Episode 22
Profile of legendary performer and filmmaker Charlie Chaplin