BY CLIF GARBODEN

THURSDAY 7

7:30 (2) Basic Black: Ruth Batson: An Activist’s Life. A tribute to the late Boston education and civil-rights activist, who among many missions helped set up the METCO program, revamped the city’s Museum of Afro-American History, and as a BU professor of psychiatry advocated for mental-health programs for the poor. (Until 8 p.m.)

FRIDAY 8

2:30 (44) Great Performances: The Little Prince. Repeated from last week. This is the adaptation of the Antoine de Saint-ExupŽry classic that Boston Lyric Opera presented at the Shubert Theatre in February, with music by Oscar-winning (for the Gwyneth Paltrow Emma) composer Rachel Portman. This English production stars Teddy Tahu Rhodes as the Pilot, 11-year-old Joseph McManners in the title role, and 15-year-old MairŽad Carlin as the Rose. David Charles Abell leads the BBC Concert Orchestra. To be repeated this evening at 8 p.m., and on Saturday at midnight on Channel 2, and on Sunday at 4 p.m. on Channel 2, and on Monday at 4:30 p.m. on Channel 44. (Until 4 p.m.)

9:30 (44) American Experience: Mary Pickford. Repeated from last week. Laura Linney narrates this award-winning bio of America’s Sweetheart from the silent-movie era. Pickford was an international sensation and a focal point of Hollywood gossip (thanks to her romance with Douglas Fairbanks), but her fame deßated into hard times in the end. To be repeated on Saturday at 2:30 p.m., and on Monday at 3 p.m. (Until 11 p.m.)

SATURDAY 9

3:30 (12) Golf. Tiger, Phil, Ernie, Vijay, and the rest tee it up in round three of the Masters, from Augusta National — assuming they made the cut. (Until 7 p.m.)

6:00 (44) How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (movie). Repeated from last week. Why does this adaptation of the Broadway musical turn up so seldom? Robert Morse is hilarious as J. Pierpont Finch, who climbs the ladder of success. With Michele Lee and Rudy Vallee; David Swift directs. From 1967. (Until 8 p.m.)

6:30 (2) Mystery!: Malice Aforethought, part one. Repeated from last week. Ben Miller stars as a country doctor who decides the solution to his marriage problems is murder. With Barbara Flynn and Megan Dodds. (Until 8 p.m.)

8:00 (6) Wonderful World of Disney: Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House on the Prairie. The third installment of a six-hour Disney production (without Michael Landon) meant to follow the Ingalls family’s adventures in Manifest Destiny as chronicled in the third book of the popular all-American pioneer series, which brings the family to Kansas. Starring Cameron Bancroft and Erin Cottrell as Charles and Caroline, and Kyle Chavarria and Danielle Ryan Chuchran as sisters Laura and Mary. Given that people who love Wilder’s books tend to be fanatic about the details, this series made some unnecessary mistakes (Jack was a bulldog, for example), but in terms of overall authentic ßavor, we have to give it a thumbs-up. In this episode, Laura worries that Santa Claus won’t Þnd the family in their new home. (Until 9 p.m.)

8:00 (10) BowÞnger (movie). Frank Oz’s 1999 comedy starring Eddie Murphy and (screenwriter) Steve Martin. Scant laugh from an ambitious plot: Martin is a bumbling low-budget Þlm producer who tricks big-budget action star Murphy into being in his latest by Þlming him surreptitiously and padding scenes with dialogue from Murphy’s twin brother. (Until 10 p.m.)

8:00 (44) Roman Holiday (movie). From 1953. What’s not to like? Damn little. Audrey Hepburn won an Oscar for her portrayal of the princess from an unnamed European country who ßies the coop of her good-will tour to have a little fun in Rome with a better-than-you-might-expect Gregory Peck. William Wyler directed. (Until 10 p.m.)

10:00 (44) Tom Jones (movie). From 1963. Oscar-winning adaptation of the bawdy Henry Fielding classic about the title character’s misspent 18th-century youth. With Albert Finney, Susannah York, Hugh GrifÞth, Edith Evans, Joan Greenwood, and Diane Cilento. Tony Richardson directed. (Until midnight.)

SUNDAY 10

1:00 (6) Basketball. The Detroit Pistons versus the Miami Heat.

2:30 (12) Golf. Round four of the Masters. (Until 7 p.m. or there’s a winner.)

3:30 (5) Basketball. "Regional NBA coverage," though sources indicate it might be the Los Angeles Lakers versus the Sacramento Kings. How regional is that?

9:00 (2) Mystery!: Malice Aforethought, part two. Ben Miller stars as a country doctor who decides the solution to his marriage problems is murder. With Barbara Flynn and Megan Dodds. To be repeated tonight at 1 a.m. on Channel 44, and at 4 a.m. on Channels 2 and 44, and on Monday at 1 p.m. on Channel 44. (Until 10:30 p.m.)

9:00 (12) High Crimes (movie). Shallow 2002 semi-thriller about a man (Jim Caviezel) accused of taking part in a civilian massacre in El Salvador. Ashley Judd plays his pregnant trial-lawyer wife; Morgan Freeman is the expert (though drunken) lawyer who steps in to clear the guy’s name. (Until 11 p.m.)

9:00 (6) Miss USA Pageant. They still have this? (Until 11 p.m.)

9:00 (44) Prisoner of Paradise. The sad story of 1920s-’30s German–Jewish actor Kurt Gerron (starred opposite Dietrich in Der blaue Engel and sang "Mackie Messer" — "Mack the Knife" — in the premiere of Der Dreigroschenoper), who was hauled off to a concentration camp and forced to create a pro-Nazi propaganda movie. To be repeated on Wednesday at 9 p.m. and 1 a.m. on Channel 2, and at 4 a.m. on Channel 44, and on Thursday at 1 p.m. on Channel 44. (Until 10:30 p.m.)

11:00 (44) Austin City Limits. Featuring music from the Pixies. (Until midnight.)

MONDAY 11

8:00 (44) Mystery!: Hetty Wainwright Investigates: All Stitched Up. With Patricia Routledge (Hyacinth Bucket — er, "Bouquet" — in Keeping Up Appearances), who "goes undercover to catch a teenage pyromaniac." To be repeated tonight at 1 a.m. on Channel 2. (Until 9 p.m.)

9:00 (2) American Experience: The Great Transatlantic Cable. Before we had satellites, electronic communications had to be hard-wired. Running telegraph lines across the US was difÞcult enough; laying a cable under the Atlantic to Europe was far more complicated. The story of businessman Cyrus Field and his unexpectedly realistic vision. To be repeated tonight at 1 a.m. on Channel 44, and at 4 a.m. on Channels 2 and 44, and on Thursday at 4:30 p.m. on Channel 44. (Until 10 p.m.)

9:00 (44) Mystery!: Hetty Wainwright Investigates: Daughter of the Regiment. Hetty "intervenes when a photographer starts stalking the daughter of a prominent military family." To be repeated tonight at 2 a.m. on Channel 2. (Until 10 p.m.)

10:00 (2) American Experience: Building the Alaska Highway. How hard-working soldiers built a 1520-mile road through the Yukon wilderness back in 1942. (Until 11 p.m.)

TUESDAY 12

7:30 (2) La Plaza: Conversations with Ilan Stavans: Osvaldo Golijov. A talk with the Argentine composer who some think should be getting more BSO time. (Until 8 p.m.)

8:00 (2) Nova: Garden of Eden. A visit to the Seychelles archipelago in the Indian Ocean — a land that evolution forgot when (this was long ago) the now-distant land masses of Africa, Australia, and India broke apart. To be repeated tonight at 1 and 3 a.m. on Channel 44, and at 4 a.m. on Channel 2, and on Wednesday at 1 p.m. on Channel 44, and on Thursday at 3:30 p.m. on Channel 44. (Until 9 p.m.)

8:00 (44) Globe Trekker: Mongolia. Trekker Ian Wright eats mutton (Mongolia’s national dish) and enjoys the otherworldly vocal prowess of some throat singers. Other adventures include a horseback marmot hunt with nomads and an archery, wrestling, and horse-racing festival in the capital city, Ulaan Bataar. To be repeated tonight at 1 a.m. on Channel 2, and on Wednesday at 3 p.m. on Channel 44. (Until 9 p.m.)

9:00 (2) Frontline: Karl Rove: The Architect. A proÞle of noted GOP pig Rove, who’s responsible for that bastard Bush’s being re-elected and whose quest for a permanent Republican majority makes him part of every blockheaded policy out of the Bush White House. Our president calls him the architect; the real term is puppet master. To be repeated tonight at 2 a.m. on Channels 2 and 44, and at 4 a.m. on Channel 44, and at 5 a.m. on Channel 2, and on Wednesday at 2 and 10 p.m. on Channel 44. (Until 10 p.m.)

WEDNESDAY 13

8:00 (44) BattleÞeld Britain: Boudica’s Revolt. The Þrst-century AD Celtic queen who revolted against the Romans is an ever-popular subject; she even has her own statue outside Westminster. This "inventive new history series from the BBC uses computer imaging and battle re-enactments to explore centuries of British warfare." (Until 9 p.m.)

9:00 (10) Revelations (movie). Apocalypse when? Well that depends on how well Bill Pullman and Natascha McElhone do their self-appointed job of postponing the apocalypse. Pullman’s a scientist; McElhone’s a nun. After the scientist’s daughter is killed by Satanists, this odd couple team up to investigate signs that the End Time is upon us. This is a "limited series," so we know that we’ll hold out for at least six hours. After that? Well, industry sources say it depends on ratings, not visions. If the series does well, we put off the cosmic climax until at least next season. So if you don’t watch . . . watch out. Given that this country is polluted with Christian fundamentalist idiots, this project is likely to attract the kind of controversy it seeks. But take heart. We should be safe unless the rating Þgure turns out to be 666. When they test-marketed this in March, the target demographic invited to the preview was college students, not snake handlers. (Until 11 p.m.)

10:00 (2) Pola’s March. A powerful documentary following Holocaust survivor Pola Su§wein on a Þeld trip (with 200 students) from Israel to Poland to revisit the scenes of various horrors. To be repeated tonight at 2:30 a.m. (Until 10:30 p.m.)

THURSDAY 14

9:00 (2) American Experience: Fidel Castro. Interviews with former Cuban government ofÞcials and even Uncle Fidel’s family members as well as academics and foreign-policy experts offer a refreshing overview of the man who exiled millions and liberated millions more. To be repeated tonight at 1 a.m. (Until 11 p.m.)