In Their Own Words

IF EVER THERE were a worthy subject for the In Their Own Words series—which has previously profiled Muhammad Ali, Jim Henson, and Pope Francis—it’s Diana, the glamorous People’s Princess whose life was filled with so much strife.

- Linda Maleh

Sunday, Aug. 8, 8/7c, PBS (check local listings at pbs.org)

This moving, insightful documentary tells her story as one of both tragedy and triumph, recounting a troubled childhood and the doomed marriage of “Shy Di” (above, in 1981) and Prince Charles, but also celebrating all she achieved along the way.