PBS America TV Guide — Friday, 28 August 2026

Maiya May returns to Florida to learn how climate change is impacting ocean currents and nature before meeting Stacey Abrahms in Georgia to learn about her non-profit organisation

David Reynolds examines the controversial career of former US President Richard Nixon, using audio recordings and rare home movie footage to reveal his obsessive secrecy and mistrust of key aides. Arguing that he was genuinely successful as an international statesman, the historian considers how the methods that won him acclaim also doomed his presidency in the Watergate scandal

Exposing the billion-dollar vitamin supplement industry, de-bunking myths and revealing why most people get all they need from real food

Part one of two. Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union. Launched in June 1941, it was one of the largest military offensives in history, involving millions of Axis soldiers and marking a significant turning-point in the Second World War. The invasion was a surprise to the Soviets, despite significant troop build-up at the border. In the first hours of the attack, bombs rained down on Soviet airfields

Part two of two. Determined to seize the Russian capital before winter, Hitler launched Operation Typhoon. It was to be the last great decisive battle of 1941, and one that would seal the fate of Eastern Europe