PBS America TV Guide — Thursday, 25 June 2026

For the final leg of his journey, Paul Murton heads to the northern Shetland islands of Fetlar, Unst and Yell, which were once part of Norway. Along the way, he meets the members of a male vocal group who came together to celebrate their Norse heritage, gets a close view of wild otters, and fulfils a longheld ambition to visit Out Stack, the rocky outcrop that is the northernmost point of the British Isles

Part one of two. Los Angeles, one of the largest cities in the United States and the world, has a unique story. As this documentary reveals, in the space of less than 150 years LA has transformed itself from a little lawless cow town into one of the biggest cities on the planet

Part two of two. Joann Fletcher investigates the Ancient Egyptian attitude to death, revealing that to them life was just a dress rehearsal for the perfect afterlife that they were trying to reach. Joann clambers into rarely visited tombs, explores a treasure trove of long-buried objects and examines mummies to discover just why they spent a fortune preparing for death - and what they hoped to find when they got there

A look at the key military technologies that helped propel the colonies to victory, including the Brown Bess musket and the world's first military submarine. These advances played crucial roles in the American fight for independence

George HW Bush's advancement to US President. His fourth child, Neil Bush, became involved in the savings and loan scandal of the 1980s. The businessman was hauled before Congress and sued by the FDIC for his involvement in Silverado Savings and Loan (Denver, CO), which failed in December 1989