British police outside a home.

Next week, Breaking the Deadlock returns with more civil debate, a new detective joins the Thursday night line-up and much more. Take a look at what’s coming up!

Breaking the Deadlock panelists.

Breaking the Deadlock: A Matter of Life and Death - Tuesday, January 20 at 9 PM 

What is the role of government when people face life and death choices? Moderator Aaron Tang and a panel of experts with divergent views take on a hypothetical scenario that raises questions about reproductive rights and the right to die.

NOVA - Asteroids: Spark of Life? - Wednesday, January 21 at 9 PM 

What if asteroids, long feared as destroyers of life, were key to our existence? Explore a revolutionary theory that these violent collisions provided the essential ingredients — water, minerals, and energy — needed to jumpstart life on Earth.

Inspector George Gently - Thursday, January 22 at 9:30 PM 

This British crime drama series, loosely based on the novels by Alan Hunter, stars Martin Shaw as Inspector George Gently, an incorruptible cop transplanted from London to the North East of England in the mid-1960s. In the series premiere, Gently plans to collect his pension and fade into a lonely retirement. But after learning the whereabouts of his wife's killer, he sets off for Northumbria, bent on justice.