All two-hour installments air locally on Ch. 4.Heaven and Earth (Monday, 8 p.m.): "Lindbergh's Journey" -- the first solo flight across the Atlantic. "First Step" -- the Apollo mission to the moon.

Ultimate Power (Thursday, 8 p.m.): "Evil Rising" -- Hitler's rise to power. "The Race" -- the race to build the atomic bomb.

No Man's Land (Saturday, 8 p.m.): "The Great War" -- World War I. "The Fall" -- America's last days in Vietnam

Memphis Dreams (Monday, April 5, 8 p.m.): "Innocence and Rebellion" -- Elvis Presley's rise to fame. "Searching for the Promised Land" -- Martin Luther King's involvement in the Memphis sanitation strike

Coming Apart (Thursday, April 8, 8 p.m.): "Nothing to Fear" -- Franklin Delano Roosevelt's role in transforming a shattered nation. "Picture This" -- the influence of film on world culture

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The Evolution of Revolution (Saturday, April 10, 8 p.m.): "Live from Tehran" -- How the Iran hostage crisis played out on television. "Facing the New Millennium" -- predictions and perspective on the future.

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