TV Guide PBS America Monday

Examining the weapons used on different battlegrounds during the Second World War, scrutinising their design, production, performance and their role in victory or defeat. During land warfare, every weapon was made to fill a specific need. Designed for a single purpose: to win the race for technological supremacy over the enemy. From handguns to tanks, the stakes were never greater

Professor Alice Roberts and Dr Yasmin Khan investigate the excavation of a vast Georgian cemetery near Euston Station to make way for the HS2 rail link. They discover what the site reveals about the lives of the people who were buried there, from the founders of Christie's auction house to a small child who was accidentally buried alive

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

Documentary focusing on the life and career of American politician Henry Kissinger, who rose to the topmost echelons of American diplomacy. The first of two parts focuses on his childhood in Germany and early adult life in America, from his stint in the US Army to his rise to the top echelons of American foreign policy during Vietnam