This week on WGCU TV

Bram Stoker’s infamously sinister, and famously undead, character comes to life.

. FRIDAY, OCT. 30, 8:30 P.M. FGCU Quarterly Report

Meet Ken Kavanaugh, FGCU’s new athletic director; get an update on the solar field; hear from author Greg Mortenson, author of “Three Cups of Tea”; and find out some of FGCU’s students’ recent accomplishments through civic engagement. This is a new WGCU production. . SATURDAY, OCT. 31, 11 P.M. Austin City Limits: M. Ward/Okkervil River

M. Ward graduates from guest spots to his own headline performance, highlighting his latest LP, “Hold Time.” Austin indie rock favorite Okkervil River follows.

. SUNDAY, NOV. 1, 8 P.M. Nature: Born Wild: The First Days of Life

Follow the birth and the dangerous first day of a marmoset, a moose, an elephant and a gorilla. . 9 P.M. Masterpiece Contemporary: Place of Execution — Part 1

Decades after a girl vanished, a journalist uncovers secrets that shatter lives in a small village. Starring Juliet Stevenson and Greg Wise. Based on the novel by Val McDermid.

. MONDAY, NOV. 2, 9 P.M. American Experience: Civilian Conservation Corps

One of the boldest and most popular 1930s New Deal experiments was a pivotal moment in the emergence of modern environmentalism and federal unemployment relief. . TUESDAY, NOV. 3, 8 P.M. NOVA: Becoming Human — Part 1

Explosive new discoveries are transforming the picture of how we became human. Fresh clues about our earliest ancestors in Ethiopia, Africa, reveal humanity’s oldest and most telltale trait: upright walking.

. WEDNESDAY, NOV. 4, 8 P.M. Bill Cosby: The Mark Twain Prize

A stellar list of entertainers honors Bill Cosby, a man who has dominated the field of comedy and humor for 40 years, during an awards ceremony at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. 