August 2019 Program Schedule

AUGUST 2019 PROGRAM SCHEDULE

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Nightly Business PBS NewsHour Father Brown Unforgotten Season 1 On Masterpiece Thu. 8/1 Report The Eagle and the Daw Nightly Business PBS NewsHour Washington Open Mind Firing Line with Frontline Fri. 8/2 Report Week Margaret Hoover Left Behind America The Lawrence Impossible Builds Nova Space Men: American Experience Ancient Skies** Sat. 8/3 Welk Show* The Planets: Jupiter 10 Parks That 10 Monuments That Changed Antiques Roadshow The Farthest - Voyager In Space** Sun. 8/4 Changed America* America Nightly Business PBS NewsHour Midsomer Murders Collection On Masterpiece Tunnel: Mon. 8/5 Report A Rare Bird, Part 1 Vengeance** Nightly Business PBS NewsHour Vicious Mum Jamestown Grantchester Tue. 8/6 Report Gym April Episode Seven Season 4 On Masterpiece** Nightly Business PBS NewsHour Death In Paradise 800 Words And Then There Wed. 8/7 Report Episode Five Were None** Nightly Business PBS NewsHour Father Brown Unforgotten Season 2 On Masterpiece Thu. 8/8 Report The Smallest of Things Nightly Business PBS NewsHour Washington Open Mind Firing Line with Frontline Fri. 8/9 Report Week Margaret Hoover Trump's Trade War The Lawrence Impossible Builds Nova To Catch A Comet Ancient Skies** Sat. 8/10 Welk Show* The Planets: Saturn Antiques Janis Joplin: American Masters Woodstock: Three Days That Defined A Generation: Sun. 8/11 Roadshow* American Experience** Nightly Business PBS NewsHour Midsomer Murders Collection On Masterpiece Secrets of Mon. 8/12 Report A Rare Bird, Part 2 Selfridges** Nightly Business PBS NewsHour Vicious Mum Jamestown Grantchester Tue. 8/13 Report Ballroom June Episode Eight Season 4 On Masterpiece** Nightly Business PBS NewsHour Death In Paradise 800 Words And Then There Wed. 8/14 Report Episode Six Were None** Nightly Business PBS NewsHour Father Brown Unforgotten Season 2 On Masterpiece Thu. 8/15 Report The Crimson Feather Nightly Business PBS NewsHour Washington Open Mind Firing Line with Frontline Fri. 8/16 Report Week Margaret Hoover Best of Ethan Bortnick Rick Steves Fascism In Europe This Old House -- 40th Anniversary Sat. 8/17 Special** Jesse Cook: Daryl Hall & John Oates Live In Dublin Woodstock: Three Days That Defined A Generation: American Sun. 8/18 Beyond Borders* Experience** Nightly Business PBS NewsHour John Sebastian Presents: Folk Rewind (My Music) 40 Years of Mon. 8/19 Report Rumours** Nightly Business PBS NewsHour Keto Diet with Dr Josh Axe Aging Backwards 2 with Miranda Tue. 8/20 Report Esmonde-White** Nightly Business PBS NewsHour 60s Pop, Rock & Soul (My Music) Feel Better with Wed. 8/21 Report Pressure Point Therapy** Nightly Business PBS NewsHour This Old House -- 40th Anniversary Special Daryl Hall & John Oates Live In Thu. 8/22 Report Dublin** Nightly Business PBS NewsHour Washington Open Mind Carpenters: Close to You (My Music Presents) Fri. 8/23 Report Week Aging Backwards 2 with Miranda Esmonde-White Jesse Cook: Beyond Borders 40 Years of Rumours Sat. 8/24

Peter, Paul and Mary at Newport 1963-65 Downton Abbey Live! Retire Safe & Secure with Ed Sun. 8/25 Slott** Nightly Business PBS NewsHour Midsomer Murders Arthur & George On Masterpiece Arthur & George On Mon. 8/26 Report The Dark Rider, Part 1 Masterpiece** Nightly Business PBS NewsHour The British Beat (My Music) 40 Years of Tue. 8/27 Report Rumours** Nightly Business PBS NewsHour Death In Paradise Doc Martin And Then There Wed. 8/28 Report Episode Seven Going Bodmin Were None** Nightly Business PBS NewsHour Father Brown Unforgotten Season 2 On Masterpiece Thu. 8/29 Report The Lepidopterist's Companion Nightly Business PBS NewsHour Washington Open Mind Memory Rescue with Daniel Amen, M.D.** Fri. 8/30 Report Week Lawrence Welk: God Bless America* Les Miserables 25th Anniversary Concert at the O2 Sat. 8/31

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FOR THE LOVE OF MUSIC & NHPBS Soon after announcing his retirement from Sony and Clint Black, to name a Music Nashville, long-time NHPBS volunteer few. Now his passion for Cliff Blake doubled down on his commitment country music and NHPBS to the station. He popped in to the broadcast is coming full circle. He’ll center one day and said, “I’m yours!” host the NHPBS screening premiere of COUNTRY Cliff’s is the voice you hear between programs MUSIC, followed by a discussion with Ken on our five NHPBS channels. His dulcet tones Burns, Dayton Duncan and Julie Dunfey, at the tell you about supporters, let you know Colonial Theatre in Keene on August 14th. It’s a what channel you’re watching and promotes night you won’t want to miss. upcoming events. And he’s been doing this since his college days. Cliff is also working behind the scenes with the record companies, convincing them to donate Cliff started back in 1971 as a work study eight guitars signed by country music’s finest. reading on-air breaks cues and promos. These will be auctioned off along with photos After graduating from the University of New from the COUNTRY MUSIC film. Hampshire, he continued to announce for the station during his radio career. Over the years Cliff couldn’t be happier saying, “Country he updated his personal recording equipment music’s storied history is our story. Its origins so he could record from anywhere. are folk and blues. Its heart is America. This is an unbelievable nexus for me. I love country Every spring he’s returned to volunteer as host music. I love Ken Burns and everything that’s talent for the NHPBS Auction. Whether on come out of Florentine Films. I love NHPBS. or off screen, Cliff gives his enthusiastic all. “I And I love a good story. It’s time that country bonded with the station and its staff,” he says. music is appreciated for the incredible influence “Channel 11 (now NHPBS) was my home away it’s had on American culture.” from home for so many years, and I always want to help it succeed.” The eight-part, 16-hour film premieres September 15th on NHPBS. Cliff adds, “Even Right now you can catch him in his new NHPBS if you don’t think you like country music as a online series, “What’s Brewing with Cliff” at genre, you’ll want to watch this film. You can’t nhpbs.org/brewing. In it, he looks at programs look forward without looking back. It will bust coming up on-air and events across the Granite through all of the stereotypes you’ve heard and State. bring it all to life.”

During his 23-year career in the record To find out more about our COUNTRY MUSIC business, Cliff represented more than 72 artists screening or about our COUNTRY MUSIC such as Faith Hill, Blake Shelton, Maren Morris auction, go to nhpbs.org/country-music.

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Great Museums: The Art of Islam Woodstock: Three Days That True North: The Sean Swarner at the Met and the Louvre Defined a Generation Story SUN August 4 | 7 PM TUE August 6 | 9 PM THU August 8 | 8 PM Explore the splendor of Islamic art Celebrate the 50th anniversary of Follow the inspirational adventurer produced in Muslim lands from the the concert that was a touchstone and two-time cancer survivor Sean 7th century forward, from Spain to for a generation through the voices Swarner on his quest to reach the Morocco, Egypt, the Middle East, of those who were present at what North Pole and become the world’s Central Asia and India, to the became the defining moment of the first cancer survivor to complete the borders of China. counterculture revolution. Explorer’s Grand Slam.

Grantchester Season 4 on The Great Ride Doc Martin Season 1 Masterpiece FINALE THU August 15 | 8 PM WED August 28 | 9 PM EXPLORE SUN August 11 | 9 PM Follow a group of cyclists as they Martin Clunes plays the abrasive While Will struggles with a decision travel more than 355 uninterrupted and tactless Dr. Martin Ellingham, a that will determine his future, the miles of bike trail from Washington, successful London surgeon who violent death of a young man D.C. to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. begins working as a G.P. in the becomes conclusive proof to Cyclists come to enjoy the scenery seaside village of Portwenn after developing a problematic phobia of Geordie that the country’s gone to and the company of others they blood. the dogs. meet along the trail.

WATCH OUR FIVE CHANNELS | NHPBS | NHPBS EXPLORE | NHPBS CREATE | NHPBS WORLD | NHPBS KIDS ON-AIR | MOBILE | ONLINE | CLASSROOMS | COMMUNITY A FAMILY AFFAIR MORE TO PULL OUT YOUR PHOTO ALBUMS! EXPLORE Join host Thomas Allen Harris as he explores American cities, towns and rural communities through the lens of the family photo album, unearthing rich personal stories that expand our understanding of history, diversity and common values.

FAMILY PICTURES USA starts off in the Tar Heel State. With an economy founded on tobacco and textiles, North Carolina is a historically rural state that is changing rapidly. Through family photos, we learn how tobacco money transformed Durham from a sleepy small town into a prosperous city with a thriving African American middle class. Airs MON August 12 | 9 PM. NOVA: The Planets: Saturn WED August 7 | 9 PM In the second episode, America’s comeback city is explored through photos and personal stories shared by residents. From the influence of the auto industry to labor unions to the Motown sound, Detroit’s multilayered story is revealed via family narratives and memories. Airs TUE August 13 | 8 PM.

Finally, FAMILY PICTURES USA visits Fort Myers and the Paradise Coast of southwest Florida, a tropical region that stretches from the Caloosahatchee River to the Everglades, where Native Americans, cattle ranchers, members of NOVA: The Planets: Ice Worlds fishing communities and restaurateurs recount WED August 14 | 9 PM their family stories with pride. Airs TUE August 13 | 9 PM.

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EXPLORE PBS NewsHour* Greater Boston Rick Steves' Theodore Roosevelt: A Cowboy's 10 Streets That Changed America 10 Towns That Thu. 8/1 Europe Ride to the White House Changed America** PBS NewsHour* Greater Boston Rick Steves' Vicious Mum Ursula K. Le Guin: American Hawking** Fri. 8/2 Europe Sister March Masters Reconnecting Poldark Season 4 On Masterpiece Jamestown Grantchester Season 4 On Antiques Sat. 8/3 Roots Masterpiece Roadshow** Stories from the Great Museums: The Art of Islam Poldark Season 4 On Masterpiece Grantchester Season 4 On Jamestown** Sun. 8/4 Stage at the Met and the Louvre Masterpiece PBS NewsHour* Greater Boston Rick Steves' Antiques Roadshow Antiques Roadshow P.O.V.** Mon. 8/5 Europe The Distant Barking of Dogs PBS NewsHour* Greater Boston Rick Steves' Soundbreaking Woodstock: Three Days That Defined A Generation: Tue. 8/6 Europe Going Electric American Experience** PBS NewsHour* Greater Boston Windows to the Ancient Skies Nova To Catch A Wed. 8/7 Wild The Planets: Saturn Comet** PBS NewsHour* Greater Boston Rick Steves' True North: The Sean Swarner 10 Parks That Changed America 10 Monuments That Thu. 8/8 Europe Story Changed America** PBS NewsHour* Greater Boston Rick Steves' Vicious Mum Great Performances Fri. 8/9 Europe Gym April Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2019 Reconnecting Poldark Season 4 On Masterpiece Jamestown Grantchester Season 4 On Antiques Sat. 8/10 Roots Masterpiece Roadshow** Woodstock: Three Days That Defined A Generation: Poldark Season 4 On Masterpiece Grantchester Season 4 On Jamestown** Sun. 8/11 American Experience* Masterpiece PBS NewsHour* Greater Boston Rick Steves' Antiques Roadshow Family Pictures USA P.O.V.** Mon. 8/12 Europe North Carolina Happy Winter PBS NewsHour* Greater Boston Rick Steves' Family Pictures USA Family Pictures USA Frontline** Tue. 8/13 Europe Detroit Southwest Florida PBS NewsHour* Greater Boston New Hampshire Nova Nova Breakthrough: The Ideas Wed. 8/14 In Space Pluto and Beyond The Planets: Ice Worlds That Changed The World** PBS NewsHour* Greater Boston Rick Steves' The Great Ride 10 Modern Marvels That Changed 10 Homes That Thu. 8/15 Europe America Changed America** PBS NewsHour* Greater Boston Rick Steves' Vicious Mum Great Performances** Fri. 8/16 Europe Ballroom June The Sound of Music Mt. Washington Cog Railway: Woodstock: Three Days That Defined A Generation: American Experience Poldark Season 4 Sat. 8/17 Climbing to the Clouds On Masterpiece** Life from Above* John Sebastian Presents: Folk Rewind (My Music) Downton Abbey Live! Sun. 8/18 Moving Planet PBS NewsHour* Greater Boston 40 Years of Rumours Jesse Cook: Beyond Borders PBS Previews: Mon. 8/19 Country Music** PBS NewsHour* Greater Boston Rick Steves Fascism In Europe 60s Pop, Rock & Soul (My Music)** Tue. 8/20

PBS NewsHour* Greater Boston Ken Burns: The National Parks Retire Safe & Secure with Ed Slott** Wed. 8/21

PBS NewsHour* Greater Boston John Sebastian Presents: Folk Rewind (My Music) Keto Diet with Dr Josh Axe** Thu. 8/22

PBS NewsHour* Greater Boston Mt. Washington Cog Railway: 60s Pop, Rock & Soul (My Music) Fri. 8/23 Climbing to the Clouds Retire Safe & Secure with Ed Slott* John Sebastian Presents: Folk Rewind (My Music) Daryl Hall & John Oates Live In Sat. 8/24 Dublin** Downton Abbey Les Miserables 25th Anniversary Concert at the O2** Sun. 8/25 Live!* PBS NewsHour* Greater Boston Peter, Paul and Mary at Newport 1963-65 Rick Steves Fascism In Europe Mon. 8/26

PBS NewsHour* Greater Boston Best of Ethan Bortnick Jesse Cook: Beyond Borders Tue. 8/27

PBS NewsHour* Greater Boston Windows to the Animal Babies: First Year On Earth Nova Magical Land of Wed. 8/28 Wild Lethal Seas Oz** PBS NewsHour* Greater Boston 60s Pop, Rock & Soul (My Music) Brain Secrets with Dr. Michael Thu. 8/29 Merzenich** PBS NewsHour* Greater Boston This Old House -- 40th Anniversary Special Memory Rescue with Daniel Amen, M.D.** Fri. 8/30

Carpenters: Close to You (My The British Beat (My Music) Ken Burns: The National Parks**

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