Margaret Sinclair: The Untold Story

EWTN Venerable Margaret Sinclair (1900-1925), born in Edinburgh, entered the Poor Clares Colettines in London in 1923. As Sister Mary Francis of the Five Wounds, she made her profession in early 1925; she died of tuberculosis of the throat that November. Re-airs 5am Thursday and 4pm Saturday.
 

Saints vs. Scoundrels: St. Thomas More vs. King Henry VIII

EWTN Benjamin Wiker moderates a debate between the characters of St. Thomas More and Henry VIII. Part I (Oct. 30) covers why the king should not create a Church of England (re-airs 3:30am Thursday and 6:30am Saturday). In Part II (Nov. 6), St. Thomas says Henry must repent (re-airs 4:30am Thursday and 7:30am Saturday).
 

Pope Francis in Sweden

EWTN The Holy Father will visit Lund, Sweden, for an ecumenical observance in advance of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. See EWTN.com closer to the date for specific times.
 

American Experience: The Battle of Chosin

PBS The Battle of the Chosin Reservoir began in frigid North Korea on Nov. 27, 1950, when the Chinese Communist Army entered the Korean War. It ended on Dec. 13 after a strategic withdrawal by the U.S. Marines and Army inflicted mass casualties on the enemy and saved many civilians.
 

All Saints’ Day, All Souls’ Day

EWTN On Tuesday at 8am, the Franciscan Missionaries of the Eternal Word celebrate All Saints’ Day Mass in Our Lady of the Angels Chapel in Irondale (re-airs 6:30pm). At noon will be the Solemn Mass of All Saints at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception (re-airs midnight). On Wednesday at 8am, the Franciscan Missionaries celebrate All Souls’ Day Mass in Irondale (re-airs 6:30pm and midnight).
 

Jim Thorpe – All American

TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES Directed by Michael Curtiz, this 1951 fact-based drama stars Burt Lancaster as the great Catholic athlete Jim Thorpe (1887-1953) of the Sac and Fox Nation. He won the pentathlon and decathlon at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics and played Major League Baseball and football, but battled alcoholism and prejudice.
 

The Hidden Rebellion: The Untold Story Behind the French Revolution

EWTN This docudrama portrays the heroic resistance of faithful Catholics in France’s Vendee region, 1793-1796, to the atheist French revolutionaries.
 

Mighty Planes

SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL This series profiles pilots, crews and specialists who carry out missions in extraordinary aircraft. The series’ third season premieres with “CP-140 Aurora,” the story of a Canadian spy plane.
 

Election Day

ABC, CBS, CNN, C-SPAN, EWTN, FOX, FOX NEWS, NBC, PBS In the midst of all the news, Catholic viewers will be sure to include EWTN News Nightly: Election Day.

Dan Engler, the TV critic for the Register,

writes from Santa Barbara, California.