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July 2 @ 8 PM History Detectives Help is given to a man who believes his father worked on the Manhattan Project during World War II. Also: the origins of a 23-pound beeswax block with strange markings and a 160-year-old manuscript of poems written in French are investigated.

July 2 @ 9 PM Liberty or Death A recreation and analysis of Patrick Henry's famous speech at the Second Viriginia Convention, in which he said “Give me liberty or give me death.”

July 3 @ 8 PM Antiques Roadshow: Tampa, Florida Items appraised in the last of three episodes in Tampa include circus toys and posters, an 18th-century dressing table and a Tabriz carpet. Appraisers Noel Barrett and Nicholas Lowry are the guests.

July 4 @ 8 PM Nova Musical Minds Music’s affect on the brain is explored via four case studies from neurologist Oliver Sacks’ book “Musicophilia” and MRI visualizations of Sacks’ own brain responding to classical pieces, including Bach’s Mass in B Minor.

July 4 @ 9 PM Classic Films: Anchors Aweigh Romp about two sailors (Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra) on liberty in Hollywood. Kathryn Grayson, Jose Iturbi, Dean Stockwell, Pamela Britton. Excellent dance routines by Kelly, especially one with cartoon figures “Tom and Jerry.”

July 5 @ 8 PM One Symphony Place: A World Premiere from Music City Concert at Schermerhorn Symphony Center in Nashville.

July 5 @ 9 PM American Masters Bob Newhart: Unbuttoned“Bob Newhart: Unbuttoned” traces the life and career of the quiet comedian, who gained fame from his 1960 record album, then starred in hit sitcoms in the ’70s and ’80s.

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