MYSTERY LOVES COMPANY
LPB Sunday nights are your mystery destination
Looking for your next favorite crime thriller or murder mystery? Look no further than LPB Sunday nights! Check out these three premieres and remember - you can binge these programs and many more with LPB PASSPORT, an extended streaming benefit of membership to Friends of LPB. Thank you for supporting Louisiana Public Broadcasting.
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Sunday, October 18 at 7:00pm
Jasper's new romance is fragile and he is soon confronted by personal turmoil that clouds his judgement and shakes his focus while his team faces darker, twisting cases.
MAIGRET ON MASTERPIECE
Sunday, October 18 at 8:00pm
Two brutal murders and growing public outrage. Paris' Chief Inspector Jules Maigret is back and the stakes have never been higher.
THE GOLD ON MASTERPIECE
Sunday, October 18 at 9:00pm
The high stakes cat-and-muse game continues! The sequel to this true-crime thriller answers where over three tons of stolen gold bullion went.
AN EPIC LIMITED SERIES FROM NOVA
THE JOURNEY OF ANIMAL LIFE, FROM A SINGLE CELL TO THE AMAZING VARIETY OF LIFE TODAY
NOVA: EVOLUTION
5-Part Series
Wednesday 8:00pm
ABOUT THE SERIES
This epic co-production with the BBC reveals the twists and turns of our existence over billions of years. The landmark series—featuring passionate scientists, gorgeous photography, and stunning animations of long-lost ancestors—discover how every animal we know and love today sprang from creatures that looked nothing like them.
ABOUT EPISODE ONE
The series begins with brains - the most complex structures on our planet. Scientists rewind the clock three billion years to trace the evolutionary story of the dolphin, one of the smartest animals alive. Learn how early breakthroughs transformed simple perception into the most powerful organ on Earth.
SHARING LOUISIANA HISTORY & CULTURE
LA64: ST. MARTIN PARISH
Monday 9:00pm
St. Martin Parish sits at the heart of Louisiana’s Cajun Country, where music, food, and heritage shape everyday life. The episode visits St. Martinville at the Acadian Memorial and beneath the Evangeline Oak and explores Breaux Bridge, the Crawfish Capital of the World, where Cajun and Zydeco fill local dance halls. Along the way, Karen paddles Lake Martin’s cypress-lined waters and meets artisans crafting heirlooms from sinker cypress, revealing a parish where Cajun traditions remain deeply rooted.
THE LOUISIANA STRAWBERRY
Monday 9:30pm
In Louisiana, the strawberry is more than just a sweet treat. It is a fruit that helped shape an entire region of the state. From independent filmmaker and Hammond native Paul Catalanotto, this documentary explores the history of the crop, the farmers who sustain it, and the cultural traditions that have grown alongside it. From family farms to the Ponchatoula Strawberry Festival, the program captures how agriculture, community, and heritage intersect in Tangipahoa Parish and beyond.
BEHIND THE GLORY: JOHN JAMES MARSHALL
Thursday 8:45pm
Journalist John James Marshall began writing about sports before he could legally drive a car. He would take that love of storytelling and expand it into an award-winning career encompassing print, talk radio, play-by-play announcing, documentary filmmaking, even teaching the next generation of journalists.
GAME NOTES & POST GAME NOTES
Saturdays 10:00am | Mondays 5:00pm
From the lead-up to kickoff to the Monday breakdown, LPB has Louisiana college football covered. GAME NOTES and POST GAME NOTES bring fans the matchups, highlights, analysis, standout performances, and biggest stories from teams across the state.
CLEARING LOUISIANA WATERWAYS OF SUNKEN BOATS; VISITING LONGSTREET'S ROSENWALD SCHOOL
LOUISIANA: THE STATE WE'RE IN
Friday 7:00pm | Saturday 4:30pm | Sunday 5:00pm
Louisiana is making progress in the state's effort to clean up its waterways. Crews are working to remove sunken boats off the coast of Terrebonne Parish. Many of the vessels were damaged and abandoned following hurricanes, causing navigation hazards and threatening the environment. Christina Jensen takes us to Chauvin where teams are working to make the waterways safer for fishermen, boaters and the communities that depend on them.
In rural DeSoto Parish, one school stands as a testament to a community's determination to educate its children. The Longstreet Rosenwald School is one of thousands built across the South during segregation to educate African American children at a time when public schooling was anything but equal. Karen LeBlanc introduces us to former students as they come home to remember what the school meant to them.
Season 45 of the beloved PBS series NATURE begins this Wednesday with a first of its kind special for the entire family. NATURE and Sesame Workshop are collaborating on a prime-time special that finds Elmo on his first-ever African safari. After adopting an orphaned elephant online, Elmo, Abby and Nina travel to a Kenyan sanctuary to meet the young elephant alongside other iconic wildlife.
NATURE: SESAME STREET & THE GREAT ELEPHANT ADVENTURE | WEDNESDAY 7:00PM
MONDAY
7pm - ANTIQUES ROADSHOW Vintage First Finds NEW More finds from Season 1 including a limestone temperance jug and a news ticker tape from 1963 about the Kennedy assassination.
8pm - EINSTEIN AND HAWKING: MASTERS OF OUR UNIVERSE NEW A two-part series looks at the lives of these two titans of science.
9pm - LA64 St. Martin Parish LPB SPECIAL FOCUS The LPB series travels to St. Martin Parish - the heart of Louisiana's Cajun Country.
9:30pm - THE LOUISIANA STRAWBERRY LOUISIANA SPECIAL FOCUS More than just a sweet treat, learn how the strawberry helped shape an entire region of Louisiana.
TUESDAY
7pm - FINDING YOUR ROOTS The histories of businessman Richard Branson and architects Maya Lin and Frank Gehry.
8pm - AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Jesse James One of America's most cherised outlaw tales... and one of its most fictitious.
9pm - FRONTLINE American Voices 2026 NEW This docu-series returns to voters first filmed six years ago to see how their hopes and fears have changed since the 2020 election.
10:30pm - VOCES Paquito D'rivera: from Carne Y Frijol to Carnegie Hall NEW The life of the jazz legend from child prodigy in Cuba to collaborating with Yo-Yo Ma.
WEDNESDAY
7pm - NATURE Sesame Street and the Great Elephant Adventure NEW It's the Season 45 premiere of this PBS landmark series and things begin with a bang with a first ever episode featuring Elmo and the Sesame gang heading to an elephant sanctuary in Kenya to meet the young elephant they adopted.
8pm - NOVA Evolution: Brain Power NEW A new limited series that traces the epic journey of life, from single cell to the amazing variety today. This episode explores intelligence.
9pm - SECRETS OF THE DEAD Africa's Golden City NEW Archaeologists uncover new clues about he mysterious forgotten city known as Great Zimbabwe - once home to 20,000 people.
10pm - POST GAME NOTES NEW A statewide look back at the weekend in Louisiana college football, breaking down the biggest wins, defining plays, standout performances.
THURSDAY
7pm - MIDSOMER MURDERS A doomsday prepper is found dead in his bombproof shelter.
7:45pm - LA VEILLÉE LPB SPECIAL FOCUS A weekly look at the happenings, culture, and people of French-speaking Louisiana.
8pm - THE MADAME BLANC MYSTERIES NEW The body of an unknown man is found with a fencing foil protruding from his chest.
8:45pm - BEHIND THE GLORY John James Marshall NEW This award-winning journalist is taking his love of storytelling to the next generation of journalists. Hosted by Lyn Rollins.
9pm - SIGNORA VOLPE NEW Sylvia is keeping watch on a South American politician when a dead body is found in the lake.
FRIDAY
7pm - LOUISIANA: THE STATE WE'RE IN LPB SPECIAL FOCUS In-depth new coverage on important issues in the state along with Louisiana art, culture, and events.
7:30pm -WASHINGTON WEEK Roundtable discussion about the week's major news. The Doc Martin star visits islands off of Washington, California, and Louisiana!
8:30pm - REEL SOUTH Flat Town In rural Louisiana, an annual high school football game unites a historically segregated town and allows sport to act as a form of inter-generational, anti-racist reconciliation.
9pm - GREAT MUSICIANS OF OUR TIME Pinchas Zukerman: Here to Make Music NEW The early brilliance of violinist and conductor Pinchas Zukerman.
SATURDAY
7pm - KEEPING UP APPEARANCES What better way to show off her singing skills to land a spot in the play than with a "bon vivant buffet" at Violet's house.
7:30pm - EVER DECREASING CIRCLES Will Martin allow Paul to join the cricket team?
8pm - MISS FISHER'S MURDER MYSTERIES The lead actor is murdered on set of a silent movie. The show must go on so Phryne takes the reins.
9pm - INSPECTOR GEORGE GENTLY A property developer in cash troubles is found dead beneath a bridge. Was it a suicide or a murder made to look like one.
10:30pm - AUSTIN CITY LIMITS NEW Grammy-nominated R&B singer-songwriter Ari Lennox.
SUNDAY
7pm - PROFESSOR T SERIES PREMIERE Jasper and Helena test their new romance at a luxury spa, but two suspicious deaths pull Jasper into a mystery.
8pm - MAIGRET ON MASTERPIECE SERIES PREMIERE Feeling responsible for a young woman's death, Maigret investigates her past. But being unable to move on from it, Maigret ends up putting himself directly in the path of people who will do anything to keep the truth hidden.
9pm - THE GOLD ON MASTERPIECE SERIES PREMIERE Police uncover a new trail overseas as the proceeds from the stolen gold are laundered through a growing international criminal network.
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