Arts and Entertainment

Celebrate Valentine’s Day with Lucy Worsley as she delves into the steamy and seductive history of British romance, uncovering the social, political and cultural forces that shaped ideals of romantic love during the Georgian and Victorian eras — ideals that surprisingly continue to resonate today.

Live coverage on Tuesday, Feb. 4, at 7 p.m. will include the president’s speech, the Democratic response, and analysis from the PBS NewsHour team.

Each week, Chef Mark Tarbell visits with local restaurateurs and bartenders, and he joins chefs as they show off their expertise. Experience the science and artistry behind some of the region’s most innovative and popular dishes as Tarbell sets out to explore recent developments and trends in the Arizona culinary scene. 

A community needs art to truly feel alive. Join host Alberto Rios to meet Arizona artists and hear their stories firsthand, trace the impact of living artists on their communities and see how art is all around us. From across the art spectrum, see where life meets art.

In April 1944, Jewish prisoners Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler miraculously escaped from the Auschwitz concentration camp and fled through Nazi-occupied Poland to find refuge in Žilina, Slovakia, where they connected with the Jewish Underground. Once safe, they recounted what they left behind. Their harrowing testimony revealed the true horror of the Holocaust to the outside world, describing in forensic detail the gas chambers and the full extent of the Nazi extermination program.

A student of Sigmund Freud and an Austrian detective team up to solve some of the most mysterious and deadly cases in early 1900s Vienna. The series “Vienna Blood” airs on Arizona PBS Sundays at 9 p.m. starting Jan 19.

There are still parts of our planet yet to be discovered. Explorer and naturalist Steve Backshall pursues incredible journeys and world firsts, setting foot where no human has been before.

Fashion design students from Arizona State University and patients at Phoenix Children’s Hospital collaborate to create costumes based on the kids’ imaginations.

A lineup of leading performers, including Bradley Cooper, Tiffany Haddish, Kevin Hart, Trevor Noah, Jon Stewart, John Legend, Chrissy Teigen, and others will salute Dave Chappelle at the 22nd annual Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.

Follow two independent and unconventional sisters and the men in their lives seeking love and meaning as they navigate an ever-changing world in this fresh take on E.M. Forster’s masterpiece “Howards End.” The miniseries airs Sundays at 7 p.m. starting Jan. 12.