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Friday, December 1, 2017 10:00 pm 9 Months That Made You 9:00 am Rough Cut - Woodworking with Tommy Mac 7:30 pm In Good Shape The First 8 Weeks • Follow the story of how, from a fertilized egg, everyone takes on human form in 9:30 am Woodsmith Shop 8:00 pm Washington Week the womb. 10:00 am The This Old House Hour 8:30 pm Columbus on the Record 11:00 am Martha Bakes 9:00 pm Great Performances Thursday, December 7, 2017 Hitman: David Foster and Friends • The legendary 7:30 pm Ask This Old House 11:30 am Sara's Weeknight Meals producer is celebrated with performances by Celine 12:00 pm Lidia's Kitchen Dion, Josh Groban and other stars. 8:00 pm Broad & High Wonder Room Reimagined • Explore the latest 12:30 pm Ciao Italia hands-on activities of the Wonder Room at the Saturday, December 2, 2017 Columbus Museum of Art; The annual Gifts of the 1:00 pm America’s Test Kitchen Craftsmen sale in Grandview will help jump-start 6:00 am Best of WOSU 1:30 pm Christopher Kimball's Milk your holiday shopping, and a set of coffee-table books Street Television celebrates the culture and creativity of Columbus. Sunday, December 3, 2017 2:00 pm Heirloom Meals Christmas 8:30 pm Columbus Neighborhoods 3:00 pm Rick Steves’ Europe 6:00 am Best of WOSU Food and Industry • A look at what’s locally sourced and locally consumed, from Anthony- 11:00 am Africa's Great Civilizations 3:30 pm Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Thomas chocolates to urban farms. Origins 4:00 pm Travels with Darley 9:00 pm Doc Martin 12:03 pm Africa's Great Civilizations 4:30 pm Globe Trekker The Cross and the Crescent Going Bodmin • As Martin moves in, he realizes that adjusting to village life is not going to be 5:30 pm PBS NewsHour Weekend 1:16 pm Africa's Great Civilizations smooth sailing. Empires of Gold 6:00 pm Great British Baking Show 10:00 pm Death In Paradise 2:30 pm Africa's Great Civilizations 7:00 pm Antiques Roadshow Cities Erupting In Murder • The death of a scientist on the side of a live volcano proves a difficult case to 8:00 pm Keeping Up Appearances 3:50 pm Africa's Great Civilizations crack for Humphrey and his team when everything 8:30 pm Keeping Up Appearances The Atlantic Age appears to point to a death from natural causes. 5:11 pm Africa's Great Civilizations 9:00 pm Father Brown Commerce and the Clash of Friday, December 8, 2017 The Alchemist's Secret • Professor Ambrose goes Civilizations to see his old friend Father Brown to ask for help. 7:30 pm In Good Shape When Inspector Mallory arrests him for murder, 6:30 pm Best of WOSU Father Brown is determined to prove his innocence. 8:00 pm Washington Week 10:00 pm A Place to Call Home Monday, December 4, 2017 8:30 pm Columbus on the Record Boom! • Receiving word that her mother is 7:30 pm A Chef's Life 9:00 pm Jewish Film Showcase gravely ill, Sarah gets a lift to Sydney with George 8:00 pm Best of WOSU Raise The Roof • Artists spent ten years and Anna. reconstructing the roof and painted ceiling of the Gwo Y dziec synagogue. Tuesday, December 5, 2017 Sunday, December 10, 2017 10:30 pm Food Flirts 6:00 am Super Why! 7:30 pm Rick Steves’ Europe Pastrami Meets Ramen • The sisters learn how 8:00 pm Best of WOSU artisan pastrami is crafted and take a ramen noodle 6:30 am Dinosaur Train and broth-making lesson. 7:00 am Sesame Street Wednesday, December 6, 2017 Saturday, December 9, 2017 7:30 am Sid The Science Kid 7:30 pm In The Know 8:00 am Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Whetstone vs. Tippecanoe 6:00 am Motorweek 8:30 am Splash and 6:30 am Best of the Joy of Painting 8:00 pm Nature 9:00 am Nature Cat The Sagebrush Sea • Greater sage-grouse survive 7:00 am Sewing with Nancy in a massive sea of sagebrush that stretches across 9:30 am Ready Jet Go! 7:30 am Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting 11 US states. 10:00 am Wild Kratts 8:00 am P. Allen Smith's Garden to Table 9:00 pm NOVA 10:30 am Biz Kid$ Rise of the Robots • Meet the world's most 8:30 am Growing A Greener World advanced humanoid robots as they leave the lab and face real-world challenges.

All programs are subject to change. 3 Sunday, December 10, 2017 (cont.) Tuesday, December 12, 2017 9:00 pm Christmas with the Mormon 11:00 am Our Ohio 7:30 pm Rick Steves’ Europe Tabernacle Choir 11:30 am Broad & High 8:00 pm Finding Your Roots 12:00 pm Columbus Neighborhoods Southern Roots • Questlove, Dr. Phil and Charlayne Hunter-Gault discover tales of bondage 12:30 pm Craftsman's Legacy in their family histories. 1:00 pm Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries 9:00 pm Searching for Augusta: The Murder on the Ballarat Train Forgotten Angel of Bastogne 2:00 pm Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Augusta Chiwy was a black nurse at a US military Death at Victoria Dock aid station during the Battle of The Bulge. 3:00 pm Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries 10:00 pm FRONTLINE Murder In Montparnasse Putin’s Way • Accusations of corruption surrounding 4:00 pm Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Vladimir Putin's reign in Russia are investigated. A Christmas Murder Renowned Mormon Tabernacle Choir and 5:00 pm Columbus on the Record Wednesday, December 13, 2017 tenor Rolando Villazon perform seasonal favorites. 5:30 pm PBS NewsHour Weekend 7:30 pm In The Know Delaware Hayes vs. Gahanna Lincoln 6:00 pm Silk 8:00 pm Rare – Creatures of the Photo Ark 10:00 pm Handel's Messiah and the 7:00 pm Masterpiece Classic Foundling Hospital Mr. Selfridge, Season Two - Episode 1 • Rose Joel Sartore travels to Madagascar and the Florida Historian Amanda Vickery reveals the extraordinary returns from America for the store's fifth Keys to photograph endangered animals. story of the much-loved piece Handel's Messiah. anniversary. Agnes returns from training in Paris. 9:00 pm NOVA 9:00 pm Northanger Abbey Secret Tunnel Warfare • A plan to plant explosives Saturday, December 16, 2017 in tunnels under German trenches during World War I is investigated. 6:00 am Motorweek

10:00 pm Nine Months That Made You 6:30 am Best of the Joy of Painting One of a Kind • Discover the story of how you were 7:00 am Sewing with Nancy made, from conception to the moment of birth. 7:30 am Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting Thursday, December 14, 2017 8:00 am P. Allen Smith's Garden Home 8:30 am Growing A Greener World 7:30 pm This Old House 9:00 am Rough Cut - Woodworking 8:00 pm Broad & High with Tommy Mac Wilson’s Future • Find out what the future holds for associate conductor Peter Stafford Wilson, who 9:30 am Woodsmith Shop is retiring after 28 seasons with the Columbus 10:00 am The This Old House Hour Symphony. 11:00 am Martha Bakes 8:30 pm Columbus Neighborhoods 11:30 am Lidia Celebrates America Felicity Jones plays romance addict Activism • How we help each other in Columbus, Catherine Morland in Jane Austen's from Nationwide Children’s Hospital to Yiddish music 12:30 pm Ciao Italia parody of gothic fiction. at senior centers. 1:00 pm America’s Test Kitchen 9:00 pm Doc Martin 1:30 pm Christopher Kimball's Milk Street 10:30 pm King Charles III on Masterpiece Gentlemen Prefer • Martin fires Elaine for her Television inefficiency and becomes disliked in the village. This drama imagines Prince Charles' ascension to the 2:00 pm Cook’s Country throne following Queen Elizabeth's death. 10:00 pm Death In Paradise 2:30 pm Moveable Feast with The Secret of the Flame Tree • Florence finds Fine Cooking Monday, December 11, 2017 herself emotionally involved in a case when a former schoolmate, Esther Monroe, is found dead at 3:00 pm Rick Steves’ European 7:30 pm A Chef's Life the foot of a cliff during a literary festival. Christmas 8:00 pm Antiques Roadshow 4:00 pm Travels with Darley Anaheim, Hour Three • Highlights include an Friday, December 15, 2017 18th-century Chinese cinnabar lacquer box and a 4:30 pm Globe Trekker collection of wanted posters. 7:30 pm In Good Shape 5:30 pm PBS NewsHour Weekend 9:00 pm The Great British Baking Show 8:00 pm Washington Week 6:00 pm Great British Baking Show Christmas Masterclass • Judges Mary Berry and 8:30 pm Columbus on the Record 7:00 pm Antiques Roadshow Paul Hollywood detail how to make perfect mince pies, Christmas cake and more. 8:00 pm Keeping Up Appearances 10:00 pm Penelope Keith at Her Majesty's WOSU 9:00 pm Father Brown Service Enjoy extended on-demand The Sins of Others • Recently released from prison, Sid buys a gun outside his caravan. When his former Hillsborough Castle • In Northern Ireland, access to quality PBS shows Penelope meets the Queen's bugler and uncovers defense barrister is killed, Sid is quickly arrested. an unexpected treasure. Activate Today 10:00 pm A Place to Call Home wosu.org/passport World's Apart • Elizabeth is rushed to the hospital where Jack confirms she has suffered a heart attack.

4 For detailed listings, visit wosu.org Sunday, December 17, 2017 8:00 pm Finding Your Roots 6:00 am Super Why! Funny Business • Comedic guests Garrison Keillor, Amy Schumer and Aziz Ansari take a look at their 6:30 am Dinosaur Train family trees. 7:00 am Once Upon A Sesame Street 9:00 pm Martin Luther: The Idea That 7:30 am Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting Christmas Changed The World 8:00 am P. Allen Smith's Garden to Table Martin Luther's life and the impact his ideas had on 8:00am Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood New the course of Western history are examined. 8:30 am Garden Smart 8:30am Splash and Bubbles Series 9:00 am Rough Cut - Woodworking 9:00 am Nature Cat Wednesday, December 20, 2017 with Tommy Mac 9:30 am Ready Jet Go! 7:30 pm In The Know 9:30 am Woodsmith Shop 10:00 am Wild Kratts Columbus Alternative vs. Hilliard Davidson 10:00 am The This Old House Hour 10:30 am Biz Kid$ 8:00 pm Rare – Creatures of the Photo Ark 11:00 am Martha Bakes 11:00 am Our Ohio Joel Sartore photographs the Iberian lynx in Spain 11:30 am Healthy Heritage Kitchen – and the Yangtze giant softshell turtle in China. 11:30 am Broad & High Kwanzaa Edition 12:00 pm Columbus Neighborhoods 9:00 pm NOVA 12:00 pm Lidia's Kitchen Bird Brain • Discover how the genius of birds is 12:30 pm Craftsman's Legacy 12:30 pm Ciao Italia leading us to rethink our basic notions of intelligence. 1:00 pm Father Brown 1:00 pm America’s Test Kitchen 10:00 pm 9 Months That Made You The Ghost in the Machine 1:30 pm Christopher Kimball's Milk Street The Final Countdown • Learn how your time in Television 2:00 pm Father Brown the womb, as your senses mature, has determined The Mysteries of the Rosary your destiny on the outside. 2:00 pm Cook’s Country 3:00 pm Father Brown 2:30 pm Moveable Feast with Fine Cooking The Laws of Motion Thursday, December 21, 2017 3:00 pm Rick Steves’ Europe 4:00 pm Father Brown 7:30 pm This Old House 3:30 pm Joseph Rosendo's Travelscopes The Man in the Shadows 8:00 pm Broad & High 4:00 pm Travels with Darley 5:00 pm Columbus on the Record Explore an unconventional nativity display in Victorian 4:30 pm Globe Trekker 5:30 pm PBS NewsHour Weekend Village and celebrate the season through sign language. 5:30 pm PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:00 pm Silk 8:30 pm Columbus Neighborhoods 6:00 pm Great British Baking Show 7:00 pm Masterpiece Classic Activism in Columbus • The history of the Charity Newsies and how they take to the streets every 7:00 pm Antiques Roadshow Mr. Selfridge, Season Two – Episode 2 • Miss December to sell a special edition of the newspaper Mardle gets a lucky break, LeClair resurfaces and where 100% of the funds go towards the purchase 8:00 pm Keeping Up Appearances Loxley seeks Harry's help. of new clothing for children in need. 9:00 pm Father Brown 8:00 pm Last Tango In Halifax Holiday 9:00 pm Doc Martin The Theatre of the Invisible • Landlady Mrs Special Sh*T Happens • Dr. Martin announces on his new Rudge is found dead after a fire in the guesthouse. Caroline's new headship involves moving the family radio show that there is something dangerous in Inspector Mallory pronounces it an accident but to a ramshackle farmhouse in time for Christmas. the public pool. when Father Brown looks closer he finds Mrs Rudge was murdered. 9:00 pm Victoria on Masterpiece 10:00 pm Death In Paradise Doll 123 • As a new queen, the young Victoria, 10:00 pm A Place to Call Home The Impossible Murder • Humphrey and Martha's struggles to take charge amid plots to manipulate her. romantic weekend at the remote Hotel Cecile is Cane Toad • Sarah and George begin a secret disrupted by the murder of hotel owner Charlie affair and start meeting at the cottage for their romantic trysts. Monday, December 18, 2017 Taylor on the first night of their stay. 7:30 pm A Chef's Life Friday, December 22, 2017 Sunday, December 24, 2017 8:00 pm Antiques Roadshow 7:30 pm In Good Shape 6:00 am Curious George: A Very Monkey Richmond, Hour Two • Fascinating finds include Christmas 8:00 pm Washington Week a 1765 Thomas Pitts silver epergne and a Leveille- 7:00 am Once Upon A Sesame Street Rousseau perfume bottle. 8:30 pm Columbus on the Record Christmas 9:00 pm The Great British Baking Show 9:00 pm Christmas at Belmont 8:00 am Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood Christmas Masterclass • Stollen, mincemeat Sheryl Crow hosts as 700 student musicians and 8:30 am Splash and Bubbles streusel, a gingerbread house and more Christmas others perform masterworks and seasonal favorites. classics are served. 9:00 am The Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot 10:00 pm Christmas at Susquehanna: The 50th About Christmas! 10:00 pm Penelope Keith at Her Majesty's Anniversary Candlelight Service 10:00 am Wild Kratts: A Creature Christmas Service This wondrous spectacle features candle lighting, Caernarfon Castle • Penelope visits Caernarfon carols and songs in celebration of the season. 11:00 am Our Ohio Castle in Wales and meets a royal harpist and champion dog breeders. 11:30 am Broad & High Saturday, December 23, 2017 12:00 pm Columbus Neighborhoods 6:00 am Motorweek Tuesday, December 19, 2017 12:30 pm Craftsman's Legacy 6:30 am Best of the Joy of Painting 7:30 pm Rick Steves’ Europe 1:00 pm Wheaton College Christmas 7:00 am Sewing with Nancy Festival: Love Divine

All programs are subject to change. 5 Sunday, December 24, 2017 (cont.) Wednesday, December 27, 2017 Saturday, December 30, 2017 2:00 pm Kingston Trio Holiday Cheers 7:30 pm In The Know 6:00 am Motorweek 3:00 pm Festival of Carols with Sylvia McNair Centennial vs Village Academy 6:30 am Best of the Joy of Painting 4:00 pm Mannheim Steamroller 30/40 Live 8:00 pm Rare – Creatures of the Photo Ark 7:00 am Sewing with Nancy 5:00 pm Columbus on the Record Joel Sartore searches for insects to his Photo Ark 7:30 am Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting collection and animals in Budapest and Prague. 5:30 pm PBS Newshour Weekend 8:00 am P. Allen Smith's Garden Home 9:00 pm NOVA 8:30 am Garden Smart 6:00 pm Silk Day The Dinosaurs Died • Scientists explore the 7:00 pm Masterpiece Classic impact of the asteroid that killed off the dinosaurs 9:00 am Rough Cut - Woodworking 66 million years ago. Mr. Selfridge, Season 2 – Episode 3 • The start of with Tommy Mac World War I spurs enlistment fever among the staff. 10:00 pm Secret Life of Babies 9:30 am Woodsmith Shop LeClair has a mysterious obsession. Discover how a baby's rapidly changing body affects 10:00 am The This Old House Hour 8:00 pm Last Tango In Halifax Holiday Special its behavior. Miracle babies are also featured. 11:00 am Martha Bakes On the night of Celia's play, a twist of fate means Alan is forced to confront his fears. Thursday, December 28, 2017 11:30 am Lidia Celebrates America 12:30 pm Ciao Italia 9:00 pm Victoria on Masterpiece 7:30 pm This Old House Brocket Hall • Facing rioters and suitors, Victoria 1:00 pm America’s Test Kitchen grows into her royal role and ponders marriage. 8:00 pm Broad & High Wonder Room Reimagined • Explore the latest 1:30 pm Christopher Kimball's Milk Street 10:00 pm Victoria on Masterpiece hands-on activities of the Wonder Room at the Television The Clockwork Prince • Albert pays a visit against Columbus Museum of Art; and the annual Gifts of 2:00 pm Cook’s Country the queen's wishes. The mystery of Miss Skerrett's the Craftsmen sale in Grandview. past deepens. 2:30 pm Moveable Feast with Fine Cooking 8:30 pm Columbus Neighborhoods 3:00 pm Rick Steves' Europe A Celebration of Gathering Places • A celebration Monday, December 25, 2017 of gathering places – from a famous golf course 3:30 pm Joseph Rosendo's Travelscope to the rise of a new craft brewery in historic 7:30 pm A Chef's Life Temperance Row in Westerville. 4:00 pm Travels with Darley 4:30 pm Real Rail Adventures: Swiss 8:00 pm Antiques Roadshow 9:00 pm Doc Martin Winter Magic Naughty or Nice • An 1863 Temperance lithograph The Portwenn Effect • Martin makes a house call and a dress worn by Marilyn Monroe in Some Like It to the park ranger, who introduces him to a six-foot, 5:30 pm PBS NewsHour Weekend Hot are appraised. red squirrel. 6:00 pm Great British Baking Show 9:00 pm Call The Midwife Holiday Special 10:00 pm Death In Paradise 7:00 pm Antiques Roadshow Stumped In Murder • The president of the local cricket club is found shot dead in the middle of the 8:00 pm Keeping Up Appearances pitch after a recent victory. Suspicion falls on his 8:30 pm Keeping Up Appearances family and fellow players. 9:00 pm Father Brown The Tanganyika Green • Father Brown welcomes Friday, December 29, 2017 Aldous and his daughter Grace to Kembleford. When Grace finds her father's body on the floor of 7:30 pm In Good Shape his room, Inspector Mallory arrests her for murder. 8:00 pm Washington Week 10:00 pm A Place to Call Home 8:30 pm Columbus on the Record Lest We Forget • George is asked to host a Japanese trade delegation and asks Jack to come 9:00 pm American Masters: Bob Hope to the reception.

Valerie helps a young couple with a traumatic birth and Sister Julienne tries Sunday, December 31, 2017 to reunite a family. 6:00 am Super Why! 6:30 am Dinosaur Train 10:30 pm Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir 7:00 am Sesame Street Renowned Mormon Tabernacle Choir and tenor 7:30 am Sid The Science Kid Rolando Villazon perform seasonal favorites. 8:00am Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Tuesday, December 26, 2017 8:30am Splash and Bubbles 9:00 am Nature Cat 7:30 pm Rick Steves’ Europe 9:30 am Ready Jet Go! 8:00 pm The and The Saint The little-known story of how St. Francis of Assisi 10:00 am Wild Kratts and the Sultan of Egypt worked to wage peace. 10:30 am Biz Kid$ The entertainer's personal archives 9:00 pm Secrets of Spanish Florida: shed light on his life. Woody Allen, 11:00 am Our Ohio A Secrets of the Dead Special Brooke Shields and others are 11:30 am Broad & High The little-known history of America's Spanish interviewed. colonists who settled in Florida in 1565 is revealed. 12:00 pm Columbus Neighborhoods

6 For detailed listings, visit wosu.org Sunday, December 31, 2017 (cont.) PBS KIDS® Holiday 12:30 pm Craftsman's Legacy Specials 1:00 pm Secrets of the Dead Daytime & Early Evening Ben Franklin's Bones Once Upon a on WOSU TV 2:00 pm Secrets of the Dead Weekday Schedule, 5am - 7:30pm Van Gogh's Ear Sesame Christmas 3:00 pm Secrets of the Dead Monday, 12/11; Tuesday, 12/12; 5:00 am BBC World News Cleopatra's Lost Tomb Friday, 12/15 & Monday, 12/25 at 11am Thursday, 12/14 at 10:30am 4:00 pm Secrets of the Dead Mondays: Sit and Be Fit Leonardo, The Man Who Saved Science Sunday, 12/17 & Sunday, 12/24 at 7am 5:00 pm Columbus on the Record Tuesdays: Jazzy Vegetarian Wild Kratts: A Creature 5:30 pm PBS NewsHour Weekend 5:30 am Wednesdays: Classical Stretch Christmas 6:00 pm Silk Monday, 12/11; Friday, 12/15 & Thursdays: Ellies' Real Good Food 7:00 pm Masterpiece Classic Monday, 12/25 at 7:30am & 4pm Mr. Selfridge, Season Two - Episode 4 • Miss Sunday, 12/24 at 10am Fridays: Sit and Be Fit Mardle houses a handsome refugee and Harry has a showdown at cards with Loxley. Cat in the Hat Knows 6:00 am Curious George 8:00 pm Victoria On Masterpiece 6:30 am Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! An Ordinary Woman • Courtship at court leads to A Lot About Christmas second thoughts. Will Victoria and Albert take the Tuesday, 12/12 & Wednesday, 7:00 am Ready Jet Go! fateful step? 12/13 at 6:30am 9:00 pm Live from Lincoln Center Sunday, 12/24 at 9am 7:30 am Wild Kratts NY Philharmonic New Year's Eve: Bernstein on Tuesday, 12/26 at 6am Broadway • Ring in 2018 with a celebration of 8:00 am Nature Cat Leonard Bernstein's works for Broadway, including West Side Story. Curious George a Very 8:30 am Curious George Monkey Christmas Monday, 12/11; Friday, 12/15 & 9:00 am Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Monday, 12/25 at 8:30am 9:30 am Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Thursday, 12/14 & Sunday, 12/24 at 6am 10:00 am Splash and Bubbles Friday, 12/15 at 8:30am 10:30 am Splash and Bubbles Peg + Cat + Holidays 11:00 am Sesame Street Monday, 12/11 & Friday, 12/15 at 1pm Wednesday, 12/13 at 11am 11:30 am Peg + Cat

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Where to watch? Detailed channel guide: wosu.pm/tv-channels 12:30 pm Thomas & Friends 1:00 pm Bob the Builder WOSU TV – Digital channels: The primary channel for award-winning, locally produced shows like Broad & High, Spectrum 1007 1:30 pm Dinosaur Train or 916 Columbus Neighborhoods, In the Know and Columbus on the Record; arts, science, travel WOW! 205 and news shows of PBS featuring Masterpiece, NOVA and Antiques Roadshow; and the 2:00 pm Ready Jet Go! educational entertainment of PBS KIDS. Over-the-air 34.1 2:30 pm Martha Speaks Digital channels: WOSU Plus – 994 Spectrum 3:00 pm Nature Cat Offers CREATE how-to and lifestyle shows from 12am – 8pm daily, and a one-day or 191 delay of WOSU TV primetime programming from 8pm – 11pm Monday through WOW! 153 3:30 pm Arthur Thursday nights. Over-the-air 34.3 4:00 pm Wild Kratts Digital channels: WOSU Ohio – 991 4:30 pm Odd Squad Spectrum Programming from the Ohio Channel which includes Ohio Government Television or 190 and local productions by Ohio public broadcasting stations, as well as international WOW! 150 5:00 pm Cyberchase news and documentaries. Over-the-air 34.2 BBC World News America 5:30 pm Digital channels: WOSU Kids – Fridays: State of Ohio WOSU Kids features 24/7 programming from PBS KIDS featuring favorites like Super 993 Spectrum or 193 Why, Sesame Street, Clifford and Splash and Bubbles. Movies and specials are also offered 6:00 pm PBS NewsHour during the all-day lineup. Live streaming of the channel can be found at wosu.org. Over-the-air 34.4 7:00 pm Nightly Business Report 7 Primetime Schedule, 8pm - 11pm on WOSU TV

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Nature NOVA 9 Months That Made You 6 Wednesday Last Tango in Halifax The Sagebrush Sea Rise of the Robots The First 8 Weeks Columbus Doc Martin Death In Paradise 7 Broad & High Holiday Special Thursday Neighborhoods Going Bodmin Erupting In Murder 8pm • Sunday, December 17 & 24 Washington Columbus on Jewish Film Showcase 8 Food Flirts Caroline's new headship involves Friday Week the Record Raise The Roof moving the family to a ramshackle Keeping Up Keeping Up Father Brown A Place to Call Home 9 Saturday farmhouse in time for Christmas. Appearances Appearances The Alchemist's Secret Boom! Masterpiece Classic King Charles III 10 Sunday Mr. Selfridge, Season 2 - Episode 1 Northanger Abbey on Masterpiece (starts at 7pm) (2 hrs)

11 Antiques Roadshow The Great British Baking Show Penelope Keith at Her Majesty's Monday Anaheim, Hour Three Christmas Masterclass Service Hillsborough Castle

12 Finding Your Roots Searching for Augusta: The 9 Months That Made You Tuesday Southern Roots Forgotten Angel of Bastogne One of a Kind NOVA FRONTLINE 13 Rare – Creatures of the Photo Ark Wednesday Secret Tunnel Warfare Putin’s Way Columbus Doc Martin Death In Paradise 14 Broad & High Thursday Neighborhoods Gentlemen Prefer The Secret of the Flame Tree

15 Washington Columbus on Christmas with the Mormon Handel's Messiah and the Friday Week the Record Tabernacle Choir Foundling Hospital Father Brown A Place to Call Home 16 Keeping Up Appearances Saturday The Sins of Others Worlds Apart Last Tango In Halifax Holiday Victoria On Masterpiece 17 Sunday The Sultan and The Saint Special Episode 1 Doll 123

8pm • Tuesday, December 26 18 Antiques Roadshow The Great British Baking Show Penelope Keith at Her Majesty's Monday Richmond, Hour Two Christmas Masterclass Service Caernarfon Castle The little-known story of how St. Finding Your Roots 19 Martin Luther: The Idea That Changed The World Francis of Assisi and the Sultan of Tuesday Funny Business Egypt worked to wage peace. NOVA 9 Months That Made You 20 Rare - Creatures of the Photo Ark Wednesday Bird Brain The Final Countdown Columbus Doc Martin Death In Paradise 21 Broad & High Thursday Neighborhoods Sh*T Happens The Impossible Murder Washington Columbus on Christmas at Susquehanna: 22 Christmas at Belmont Friday Week the Record The 50th Anniversary Candlelight... Father Brown A Place to Call Home 23 Keeping Up Appearances Saturday The Theatre of the Invisible Cane Toad

24 Last Tango In Halifax Holiday Victoria On Masterpiece Victoria On Masterpiece Sunday Special Episode 2 Brocket Hall The Clockwork Prince Christmas (1 hr) Antiques Roadshow 25 Call The Midwife Holiday Special with the Mormon Monday Naughty Or Nice Tabernacle Choir

26 Tuesday The Sultan and The Saint Secrets of Spanish Florida: A Secrets of the Dead Special

NOVA 27 Rare – Creatures of the Photo Ark Secret Life of Babies Live from Lincoln Center: Wednesday Day The Dinosaurs Died Columbus Doc Martin Death In Paradise New York Philharmonic New 28 Broad & High Thursday Neighborhoods The Portwenn Effect Stumped In Murder Year’s Eve: Bernstein on 29 Washington Columbus on Broadway Friday Week the Record American Masters: Bob Hope 9pm • Sunday, December 31 30 Keeping Up Keeping Up Father Brown A Place to Call Home Saturday Appearances Appearances The Tanganyika Green Lest We Forget Ring in 2018 with a celebration of Leonard Bernstein's works for 31 Victoria On Masterpiece Live from Lincoln Center Sunday An Ordinary Woman NY Philharmonic New Year's Eve: Bernstein On Broadway Broadway, including West Side Story.

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Finding Your Roots FRONTLINE 6 Wednesday Candy Bomber Family Reunions American Patriot Wallander on Masterpiece 7 Nature NOVA 9 Months That Made You Thursday The Sagebrush Sea Rise of the Robots The First 8 Weeks Friday at 8pm beginning 12/8 Wallander on Masterpiece Kenneth Branagh stars as the soul- 8 Friday Vicious This Old House Globe Trekker Season 4, The White Lioness searching Swedish cop. Austin City Limits Christmas on Katie Brown 9 Backstage Pass Backstage Pass Saturday Natalia Lafourcade/Grupo Fantasma the Danube Workshop Jewish Film Showcase Ask This Old Rick Steves' 10 Food Flirts Sunday Raise The Roof House Europe

11 Monday Northanger Abbey King Charles III on Masterpiece (2 hrs)

12 Antiques Roadshow The Great British Baking Show Penelope Keith at Her Majesty's Tuesday Anaheim, Hour Three Christmas Masterclass Service Hillsborough Castle

13 Finding Your Roots Searching for Augusta: The 9 Months That Made You Wednesday Southern Roots Forgotten Angel of Bastogne One of a Kind NOVA FRONTLINE 14 Rare – Creatures of the Photo Ark Thursday Secret Tunnel Warfare Putin’s Way Wallander on Masterpiece 15 Friday Vicious This Old House Globe Trekker Season 4, A Lesson in Love (1 hr) Austin City Limits America's Test New 16 Saturday Backstage Pass Backstage Pass Scandinavian Margo Price/Hayes Carll Kitchen Cooking Christmas with the Mormon Handel's Messiah and the Ask This Old Rick Steves' 17 Sunday Tabernacle Choir Foundling Hospital House Europe Victoria on Masterpiece

18 Last Tango In Halifax Holiday Victoria On Masterpiece Doll 123 Monday Special Episode 1 Doll 123 9pm • Monday, December 18 Antiques Roadshow The Great British Baking Show Penelope Keith at Her Majesty's 19 Tuesday Richmond, Hour Two Christmas Masterclass Service Caernarfon Castle As a new queen, the young Victoria, Finding Your Roots struggles to take charge amid plots 20 Wednesday Martin Luther: The Idea That Changed The World Funny Business to manipulate her. NOVA 9 Months That Made You 21 Rare – Creatures of the Photo Ark Thursday Bird Brain The Final Countdown Wallander on Masterpiece 22 Friday Vicious This Old House Globe Trekker Season 4, The Troubles Man (1 hr) Austin City Limits Joseph Rosendo's New 23 Saturday Backstage Pass Backstage Pass Scandinavian Ryan Adams/Shakey Graves Travelscope Cooking

24 Christmas at Susquehanna: Ask This Old Rick Steves' Sunday Christmas at Belmont The 50th Anniversary Candlelight... House Europe

25 Last Tango In Halifax Holiday Victoria On Masterpiece Victoria On Masterpiece Monday Special Episode 2 Brocket Hall The Clockwork Prince Antiques Roadshow Joseph Rosendo's 26 Call The Midwife Holiday Special Tuesday Naughty Or Nice Travelscope

27 Wednesday The Sultan and The Saint Secrets of Spanish Florida: A Secrets of the Dead Special

NOVA 28 Rare - Creatures of the Photo Ark Secret Life of Babies Thursday Day The Dinosaurs Died

29 Friday Vicious Vicious Vicious Vicious Vicious Globe Trekker NOVA: Day the Dinosaurs Died (1 hr) Austin City Limits Steven Raichlen's George Hirsch 9pm • Thursday, December 28 30 Saturday Backstage Pass Backstage Pass Tom Waits Project Smoke Lifestyle Scientists explore the impact of the Ask This Old Rick Steves' asteroid that killed off the dinosaurs 31 Sunday American Masters: Bob Hope House Europe 66 million years ago.

All programs are subject to change. 9 89.7 NPR News Starts The New Year Off Smart With Intelligence Squared Debates

On Monday, January 1st, 89.7 NPR News will present two engaging specials, thoughtfully and civilly examining two important issues:

10am Intelligence Squared Debate 11am Intelligence Squared Debate Do Liberals Hold the Moral High Ground? Should College Athletes Be Paid?

Do conservative or liberal philosophies lead to more just Before you sit down to watch New Year’s Day college football outcomes? Opposing moral philosophies have long fueled games, hear two sides of the debate over college athlete debate about America’s policy goals and national identity. compensation. College sports is a big money business, with For conservatives, morality is grounded in ideals such as football and basketball programs generating tens of millions liberty, patriotism, a respect for order and authority and the of dollars every year. While coaches in Division I programs earn sanctity of religious and moral tradition. Liberals place moral seven figure salaries, athletes cannot share in the profits. Is it emphasis on caring for the poor and marginalized; on fairness time to rewrite the rules in college sports and allow athletes in redressing both historic wrongs and current inequities, and on their fair share? Or would paying them above their scholarships generosity extending beyond the bounds of nations or cultures. spoil the sport? In today’s divisive political arena, which side best embodies the New York Times columnist Joe Nocera and economist Andy nation’s most cherished virtues? Morally speaking, is the left right? Schwarz argue for paying college athletes; USA Today sports Former DNC chair Howard Dean and New York Times Columnist columnist Christine Brennan and All-American basketball David Brooks try to settle the issue in the lively forum. player Len Elmore argue against it.

89.7 NPR News schedule

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 5am BBC World Service BBC World Service 6am Columbus on the Record Morning Edition 7am Marketplace Weekend On Being 8am Weekend Edition 9am BBC NewsHour Weekend Edition 10am It's Been a Minute All Sides with Ann Fisher 11am Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me! Freakonomics Radio 12pm Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Fresh Air Ask Me Another Me! 1pm On Point This American Life Snap Judgment 2pm The Moth Radio Hour Radiolab Here & Now 3pm New Yorker Radio TED Radio Hour Hour 4pm Milk Street Radio Flyover All Things Considered 5pm All Things Considered All Things Considered 6pm Marketplace All Things Considered A Prairie Home Companion 7pm On Point Bluegrass Ramble 8pm TravelTravel w/w/ All Sides with Ann Fisher RickRick StevesSteves Bluegrass Ramble 9pm All Sides with Ann Fisher Reveal APHC (9-11pm) 10pm + BBC World Service

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10 For detailed listings, visit wosu.org DEC. 17 Christopher Purdy features – Boyce Lancaster puts some delightful Handel’s Messiah on Musica Sacra, 8pm musical arrangements under the tree for you with “Musical Christmas Gifts” DEC. 24 A Festival of Nine Lessons and Christmas morning at 8am. Carols, live from King’s College Cambridge, – Always a fan of a double entendre, 10am – noon. Jennifer Hambrick turns the festive up a notch with her “Holiday Happy Hour”, The gift of music is always welcome, so each Christmas day at 10am. of our local hosts has produced a special hour for our listeners. Please enjoy our – John Rittmeyer takes you on a trip to Christmas gifts to you! the British Isles for “An English Pastorale”, demonstrating that it’s possible to evoke – On Christmas Eve, December 24 at Holiday Specials 2017 the spirit of Christmas without playing all 7pm, enjoy “Christmas with Christopher” As this year draws to a close, the music of Christmas music! Christmas day at 2pm. just before Musica Sacra’s “A Columbus Hanukkah and Christmas reminds so many Christmas” with Christopher Purdy. Check out the full schedule at: of us of our treasured holiday traditions. wosu.org/101Holidays We have a full slate of special programs – Classical 101’s Program Director and scheduled at Classical 101, in addition to Saturday morning host Cheryl Dring recaptures those special stolen moments A longtime voice on the Classical 101 airwaves, afternoon host holiday editions of our regular shows. John Rittmeyer will be retiring at the end of 2017. He’s been of quiet during the holiday hubbub with your weekday afternoon host for more than 10 years and the DEC. 14 Host Mindy Ratner brings you “The Peace of the Season” Christmas host of Fretworks and Symphony at 7. Jennifer Hambrick sat "Candles Burning Brightly," exploring morning at 7am. down with John recently to discuss his time at WOSU and his the traditions of Hanukkah, 8pm (repeats future plans. Check it out on our blog at wosu.org/classical101 December 17 at 4pm) and leave your best wishes for John in the comments section!

Classical 101 schedule

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 5am Classical Music Classical Music 6am Classical Music 7am Sunday Baroque with 8am Suzanne Bona Classical Music with Boyce Lancaster 9am

10am Classical Music with Cheryl Dring 11am Classical Music with Classical Music with Jennifer Hambrick Jennifer Hambrick 12pm

1pm By Request Christopher ProMusica Chamber 2pm Orchestra Purdy Met Opera 3pm

4pm Classical Music with John Rittmeyer Classical Music 5pm Essential Classics Classical Music 6pm Exploring Music The American Sound 7pm Essential The American Symphony Fretworks Fretworks Classics Sound at 7 8pm Classical Musica Sacra with Music Concierto 9pm Classical Music Christopher Purdy

10pm + Classical Music Classical Music

Classical 101 can also be heard in Columbus on HD Radio 89.7-2 as well as streaming online at wosu.org and on WOSU’s mobile app.

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