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Daytime Programs Sunday, April 1 Monday-Friday Line-Up 6:00 AM Mister Rogers 5:00 AM Wai Lana 6:30 Sid The Science Kid 5:30 Sit and Be Fit 7:00 Ready Jet Go! 6:00 Odd Squad 7:30 Wild Kratts 6:30 The Cat In The Hat 8:00 NatureCat 7:00 Nature Cat 8:30 Odd Squad 7:30 Curious George 9:00 Arthur 8:00 Pinkalicious & Peterrific 9:30 Cyberchase 8:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 10:00 Latina Voices: Smart Talk 9:00 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 10:30 9:30 Splash and Bubbles 11:00 Motorweek 10:00 Sesame Street 11:30 10:30 Super Why! 12:00 Ask This Old House 11:00 Dinosaur Train 12:30 Scitech Now 11:30 Peg + Cat 1:00 PM Search For The Last Supper NOON Sesame Street 2:00 Rick Steves Special 12:30 Ready Jet Go! European Easter 1:00 Curious George

1:30 Nature Cat 2:00 Nature Cat 2:30 Wild Kratts 3:00 Wild Kratts 3:30 Odd Squad 4:00 Odd Squad 4:30 Arthur 5:00 BBC World News America 5:30 6:00PM PBS Newshour 3:00 1916 The Irish Rebellion: Awakening

HOUSTON PUBLIC MEDIA TV 8 PROGRAMMING SCHEDULE — April 2018 PAGE 1 Narrated by actor Liam Neeson, the series 1916 The Monday, April 2 Irish Rebellion tells the dramatic story of the events 7:00 PM Antiques Roadshow: Portland that took place in Dublin during Easter of 1916, 8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Little Rock when a small group of poorly-armed Irish rebels took on the might of the British Empire. Although defeated militarily, this small group of men and women would wring a moral victory from the jaws of defeat and would inspire countless freedom struggles throughout the world 4:00 1916 The Irish Rebellion: Insurrection 5:00 1916 The Irish Rebellion: When Myth And History Rhyme 9:00 Music Row: Nashville’s Most Famous 6:00 PBS Newshour Weekend Neighborhood 6:30 Overheard With Evan Smith Music Row: Nashville’s Most Famous Neighborhoodshows how a group of unremarkable bungalows became the heart of the country music industry and helped Nashville become known around the world as Music City USA. 10:00 19 Towns That Changed America 11:00 Red, White And Blue 11:30 Antiques Roadshow: Portland 12:30 AM Amanpour on PBS 7:00 Call The Midwife 1:00 Beyond 100 Days A patient of Phyllis' receives a devastating 1:30 Soundbreaking diagnosis, Fred and Violet organise a beauty The Art of Recording pageant, Magda discloses a secret, and Trixie 2:30 Soundbreaking makes a tough decision Painting With Sound 8:00 The Child In Time On Masterpiece 3:30 Soundbreaking The Human Instrument 9:30 Little Women: A Timeless Story 4:30 10:00 To Walk Invisible: The Bronte Sisters On Masterpiece Tuesday, April 3 12:00 AM Call The Midwife 7:00 PM Roads To Memphis: American 1:00 The Child In Time On Masterpiece Experience 2:30 Little Women: A Timeless Story 8:00 Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise Out of The Shadows/Move On Up 4:30 To Walk Invisible: The Bronte Sisters On Masterpiece 10:00 When God Sleeps 5:00 Wai Lana 11:30 Roads To Memphis: American 5:30 Sit And Be Fit Experience

HOUSTON PUBLIC MEDIA TV 8 PROGRAMMING SCHEDULE — April 2018 PAGE 2 12:30 Amanpour On PBS Thursday, April 5

1:00 Beyond 100 Days 7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Portland

1:30 Antiques Roadshow: Portland 8:00 Father Brown 2:30 Antiques Roadshow: Little Rock The Hangman’s Demis 3:30 Rick Steves’ Europe 9:00 Death In Paradise 4:00 As Time Goes By 10:00 Masterpiece Mystery! Beyond Good and Evil 4:30 Keeping Up Appearances

Wednesday, April 4

11:30 Great British Baking Show Bread

7:00 PM Nature It’s bread week, and Paul Hollywood has put Sex, Lies And Butterflies together three of the toughest challenges ever. Butterflies have been making our planet more There’s the signature challenge – a sweet dough interesting and beautiful for more than 50 million with a twist. And with Paul’s digits primed for years, and today a dazzling array of nearly 20,000 prodding, no dough is safe from the scrutiny. different species inhabit the globe. Nature: Sex, Lies 12:30 AM Amanpour On PBS and Butterflies follows the lives of these incredible 1:00 Beyond 100 Days and important insects from egg to caterpillar to 1:30 Nature chrysalis to the emergence of the mature winged Sex, Lies And Butterflies creature. 2:30 Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise 8:00 Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise Keep Your Head Up/Touch The Sky Keep Your Head Up/Touch The Sky 4:30 ` Growing Bolder 10:00 Eye On The Sixties: The Iconic Photography of Rowl Scherman Friday, April 6 11:30 Nature 7:00 PM Sex, Lies And Butterflies 7:30 Red, White And Blue 12:30 Amanpour On PBS 8:00 #MeToo, Now What 1:00 Beyond 100 Days 8:30 Sounbreaking 1:30 Roads To Memphis: American Going Electric Experience 9:30 Sounbreaking 2:30 Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise Four On The Floor Out of The Shadows/Move On Up 10:30 Sounbreaking 4:30 The Education of Harvey Gantt The World Is Yours

HOUSTON PUBLIC MEDIA TV 8 PROGRAMMING SCHEDULE — April 2018 PAGE 3 11:30 Music City 5:00 Classic Gospel Live From The Factory 6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend 12:30 Amanpour On PBS 6:30 Red, White And Blue 1:00 BBC World News 7:00 As Time Goes By 1:30 Rick Steves’ Europe 7:30 Keeping Up Appearances 2:00 Father Brown 8:00 Midsomer Murders The Hangman’s Demise Death In A Chocolate Box Death In Paradise 3:00 9:30 Dr. Blake Mysteries 4:00 Doctor Blake Mysteries A Foreign Field The Food Of Love 10:30 Vicious 5:00 Paint With Jerry Yarnell 5:30 Best of Joy of Painting Saturday, April 7 6:00 AM Consuelo Mack 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 Knit And Crochet Now 7:30 It’s Sew Easy 8:00 Fons & Porter 11:00 8:30 Central Texas Gardener Cyndi Lauper 9:00 Antiques Roadshow: Portland Cyndi Lauper a two-time Grammy-winning, multi- 10:30 Martha Bakes platinum-selling singer and songwriter with a string of instantly recognizable hits: “True Colors,” “She 10:30 Martha Stewart’s Cooking School Bop,” “I Drove All Night,” “Change of Heart,” “Time

11:00 Lidia’s Kitchen After Time” and the immortal “Girls Just Want to 11:30 America’s Test Kitchen Have Fun.”

12:00 PM Cook’s Country 12:00 AM Soundstage: 50th Anniversary 12:30 This Old House 1:00 Globe Trekker 1:00 Ask This Old House Tough Trains: Cuba’s Sugar Railroad 1:30 Craftsman’s Legacy 2:00 Music Row: Nashville’s Most Famous Neighborhood 2:00 Samantha Browns Places To Love 3:00 10 Towns That Changed America 2:30 Rick Steves’ Europe 4:00 The Daytripper 3:00 Texas Parks And Wildlife 4:30 Best of Joy of Painting 3:30 The Daytripper 5:00 Clifford 4:00 NOVA Chinese Chariot Revealed 5:30 Peg + Cat

HOUSTON PUBLIC MEDIA TV 8 PROGRAMMING SCHEDULE — April 2018 PAGE 4 Sunday, April 8 6:30 Overheard With Evan Smith 6:00 AM Mister Rogers 7:00 Call The Midwife 6:30 Sid The Science Kid 8:00 Unforgotten On Masterpiece Season Premier 7:00 Ready Jet Go! 9:30 Last Tango In Halifax 7:30 Wild Kratts Prime Suspect: Tension on Masterpiece 8:00 Nature Cat 10:30 Call The Midwife 8:30 Odd Squad 12:00 AM 1:00 Unforgotten On Masterpiece 9:00 Arthur Season Premier 9:30 Cyberchase 2:30 Last Tango In Halifax 10:00 Latina Voices: Smart Talk 3:30 Prime Suspect: Tension on Masterpiece 10:30 To The Contrary 5:00 Wai Lana 11:00 Motorweek 5:30 Sit And Be Fit 11:30 This Old House 12:00 PM Ask This Old House Monday, April 9

12:30 Scitech Now 7:00 PM Antiques Roadshow: Portland

1:00 Roads To Memphis: American 8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Little Rock Experience

2:00 Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise Out of The Shadows/Move On Up 9:00 The National Parks of Texas: 4:00 Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise In Contact with Beauty Keep Your Head Up/Touch The Sky The National Parks of Texas: In Contact With In his new four-hour series, BLACK AMERICA SINCE Beauty, a 60-minute documentary film produced by MLK: AND STILL I RISE, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Villita Media and Texas PBS, takes the viewer to the embarks on a deeply personal journey through the 16 national parks in Texas. Filmed over the course of last fifty years of African American history. Joined by one year, this documentary tells the inside story of leading scholars, celebrities, and a dynamic cast of new parks and parks that have been recognized people who shaped these years, Gates travels from since the 1940s. This Emmy-nominated film was the victories of the civil rights movement up to presented to PBS stations by KLRN-TV, PBS for San today, asking profound questions about the state. Antonio. It was shot in collaboration with more than 6:00 PBS Newshour Weekend five Texas PBS stations.

HOUSTON PUBLIC MEDIA TV 8 PROGRAMMING SCHEDULE — April 2018 PAGE 5 10:00 10 Parks That Changed America 1:00 Beyond 100 Days

11:00 Red, White And Blue 1:30 Antiques Roadshow: Portland 11:30 Antiques Roadshow: Portland 2:30 Antiques Roadshow: Little Rock 12:30 AM Amanpour on PBS 3:30 Rick Steves’ Europe 1:00 Beyond 100 Days 4:00 As Time Goes By 1:30 Soundbreaking: Going Electric 4:30 Keeping Up Appearances 2:30 Soundbreking: Four On The Floor Wednesday, April 11

3:30 Soundbreaking: The World Is Yours 7:00 PM Nature Moose: Life of A Twig Eater 4:30 Bluegrass Underground Tuesday, April 10

8:00 NOVA Escape Tunnel In three years during the Holocaust, 95% of 7:00 PM Hannibal In The Alps Lithuanian Jews were killed. But hidden within this tragedy is a story of hope and courage that In Secrets of the Dead: Hannibal in the Alps, a team archeologists are just now bringing to light. Cutting- of experts – explorers, archaeologists, and edge tech is revealing a Holocaust escape tunnel scientists– combine state-of-the-art technology, where survivors dug their way to freedom outside ancient texts, and a recreation of the route itself to Vilnius. prove conclusively where Hannibal’s army made it across the Alps – and exactly how and where he 9:00 GI Jews Jewish Americans In World War II did it. 10:30 Escape From A Nazi Death Camp 8:00 The Perfect Crime: 11:30 Nature Moose: Life of A Twig Eater 9:00 Frontline Trump’s Takeover 12:30 AM Amanpour On PBS

10:00 Independent Lens 1:00 Byond 100 Days The Art of The Sunshine 1:30 Secrets of The Dead Hannibal In The Alps 11:00 Secrets of The Dead Hannibal In The Alps 2:30 The Perfect Crime: American Experience 12:00 AM The Daytripper 3:30 Midsomer Murders

12:30 Amanpour On PBS Death In A Chocolate Box HOUSTON PUBLIC MEDIA TV 8 PROGRAMMING SCHEDULE — April 2018 PAGE 6 Thursday, April 12 The series, which has been in development for several months, will include guests from across the 7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Portland ideological spectrum in the worlds of politics, policy, 8:00 Father Brown the arts and academia, with Holmes and Gerson The Crackpot of The Empire probing the framework of today’s news and political conversations, examining how history, faith and 9:00 Death In Paradise culture influence the larger discussions taking place

10:00 Masterpiece Classic in the country today Inspector Lewis, One For Sorrow 8:30 Soundbreaking: Sound And Vision

9:30 Soundbreaking: I Am My Music 10:30 Big Voice 11:30 Music City Roots Live From The Factory 12:30 AM Amanpour On PBS 1:00 BBC Worldnews

11:30 The Great British Baking Show 1:30 Rick Steves’ Europe Desserts 2:00 Father Brown It’s Dessert Week - Three sweet challenges, which 3:00 Death In Paradise will mean a bitter end for one of the six remaining 4:00 Doctor Blake Mysteries bakers as they battle for a place in the quarter final. A Foreign Field 12:30 Amapour On PBS 5:00 Paint This With Jerry Yarnell 1:00 Beyond 100 Days 5:30 Best of The Joy of Painting 1:30 Nature Moose: Life of A Twig Eater Saturday, April 14 2:30 NOVA 6:00 AM Consuelo Mack Holocaust Escape Tunnel 6:30 Nightly Business Report

3:30 GI Jews 7:00 Knit And Crochet Now Jewish Americans In World War II 7:30 It’s Sew Easy Friday, April 13 8:00 Fons & Porter 7:00 PM Washington Week 8:30 Central Texas Gardener Red, White And Blue 7:30 9:00 Antiques Roadshow: Portland 10:30 Martha Bakes 10:30 Martha Stewart’s Cooking School 11:00 Lidia’s Kitchen 11:30 America’s Test Kitchen

8:00 In Principle 12:00 PM Cook’s Country

HOUSTON PUBLIC MEDIA TV 8 PROGRAMMING SCHEDULE — April 2018 PAGE 7 12:30 This Old House 4:30 Best of The Joy of Painting 1:00 Ask This Old House 5:00 Clifford 1:30 Craftsman’s Legacy 5:30 Peg + Cat 2:00 Samantha Browns Places To Love Sunday, April 15 2:30 Rick Steves’ Europe 6:00 AM Mister Rogers 3:00 Texas Parks And Wildlife 6:30 Sid The Science Kid

7:00 Ready Jet Go! 7:30 Wild Kratts 8:00 Nature Cat 8:30 Odd Squad 9:00 Arthur Spelling Bee 3:30 9:30 Cyberchase A Houston Public Media Special 10:00 Latina Voices: Smart Talk The Houston Public Media Spelling Bee is the nation’s largest local spelling bee with spellers from 10:30 To The Contrary over 1,100 schools in 42 Texas counties representing 11:00 Motorweek 100,000+ students. 11:30 This Old House 5:00 Classic Gospel 12:00 PM Ask This Old House 6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend 12:30 Scitech Now 6:30 Red, White And Blue 1:00 Spelling Bee 7:00 As Time Goes By A Houston Public Media Special 7:30 Keeping Up Appearances 2:30 NOVA 8:00 Midsomer Murders Holocaust Escape Tunnel Blood Wedding 3:30 Escape From A Nazi Death Camp 9:30 Dr. Blake Mysteries 4:30 GI Jews Smoke And Mirrors Jewish Americans In World War II 10:30 Skyline Sessions 6:00 PBS Newshour Weekend 11:00 Austin City Limits 6:30 Overheard With Evan Smith James Taylor 7:00 Call The Midwife 12:00 AM Soundstage Katharine McPhee 8:00 Unforgotten On Masterpiece 1:00 Globe Trekker Food Hour: Ireland 9:30 Last Tango In Halifax 2:00 The National Parks of Texas: 10:30 Prime Suspect: Tension on Masterpiece In Contact with Beauty 12:00 AM Call The Midwife 3:00 10 Parks That Changed America 1:00 Unforgotten On Masterpiece The Daytripper 4:00 2:30 Last Tango In Halifax

HOUSTON PUBLIC MEDIA TV 8 PROGRAMMING SCHEDULE — April 2018 PAGE 8 3:30 Prime Suspect: Tension On Masterpiece 5:00 Wai Lana 5:30 Sit And Be Fit Monday, April 16 7:00 PM Antiques Roadshow: Portland 8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Little Rock

10:00 Independent Lens What Lies Upstream In the unsettling exposé What Lies Upstream, investigative filmmaker Cullen Hoback travels to West to study the unprecedented loss of clean water for over 300,000 Americans in the 2014 Elk River chemical spill. There he uncovers a shocking failure of regulation from both state and federal agencies and a damaged political system 9:00 The Roosevelts: An Intimate History where chemical companies often write the laws Get Action that govern them. THE ROOSEVELTS: AN INTIMATE HISTORY 11:30 Civilizations: The Second Moment of chronicles the lives of Theodore, Franklin and Creation Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of the most prominent and influential family in American 12:30 Amanpour On PBS politics. 1:00 Beyond 100 Days 11:00 Red, White And Blue 1:30 Antiques Roadshow: Portland 11:30 Antiques Roadshow: Portland 2:30 Antiques Roadshow: Little Rock 12:30 Amanpour On PBS 3:30 Rick Steves’ Europe 1:00 Beyond 100 Days 4:00 As Time Goes By 1:30 Soundbreaking: Sound And Vision 4:30 Keeping Up Appearances 2:30 Soundbreaking: I Am My Music Wednesday, April 18 3:30 Big Voice 7:00 PM NOVA Living With The Weather Machine 4:30 Bluegrass Underground 9:00 POV: Tuesday, April 17 10:30 Mystery of The Mountain: 7:00 PM Civilizations: The Second Moment of Hidden In Plain View Creation Pt 1/9 11:30 NOVA 8:00 American Experience Living With The Weather Machine The Island Murder 1:30 AM Amanpour On PBS 9:00 Frontline McCain 2:00 Beyond 100 Days

HOUSTON PUBLIC MEDIA TV 8 PROGRAMMING SCHEDULE — April 2018 PAGE 9 2:30 Civilizations: The Second Moment of Creation 3:30 Midsomer Murders Blood Wedding Thursday, April 19 7:00 PM Antiques Roadshow: Portland 8:00 Father Brown The Daughter of Autolycus 9:30 will.i.am - Landmarks Live In Concert 9:00 Death In Paradise Great Performance Special 10:00 Masterpiece Classic International superstar will.i.am performs from Inspector Lewis, Magnus Opus London’s historic Royal Albert Hall in a one-night- only concert event. The Grammy-, Emmy- and Latin Grammy-winning artist, writer and producer reunites with members of the Black Eyed Peas on stage for the first time in over six years, plus special guests Pia Mia, Eva Simons and Lydia Lucy. 10:30 Skyline Sessions: Prince 11:00 Foo Fighters - Landmarks Live In Concert Great Performance special 12:00 AM Music City Roots Live From The Factory 11:30 The Great British Baking Show Pies & Tarts 1:00 Amanpour oN PBS Almost half-way through the baking competition, 1:30 BBC World News On PBS the remaining bakers face pies and tarts. Custard 2:00 Father Brown tarts are their Signature challenge, followed by mini The Daughter of Autolycus pear pies — one of the more unusual Technical 3:00 Death In Paradise challenges in the competition 4:00 Doctor Blake Mysteries 12:30 AM Amanpour On PBS Smoke And Mirrors 1:00 Beyond 100 Days 5:00 Paint This With Jerry Yarnell 1:30 NOVA 5:30 Best of The Joy of Painting Living With The Weather Machine Saturday, April 21 3:30 POV: Bill Nye The Science Guy 6:00 AM Consuelo Mack Friday, April 20 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 Washington Week 7:00 Knit And Crochet Now 7:30 Red, White And Blue 7:30 It’s Sew Easy 8:00 In Principle 8:00 Fons & Porter 8:30 Live From Sutton Foster In Concert 8:30 Central Texas Gardener

HOUSTON PUBLIC MEDIA TV 8 PROGRAMMING SCHEDULE — April 2018 PAGE 10 9:00 Antiques Roadshow: Portland 11:00 Austin City Limits: Leon Bridges/ Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats 10:30 Martha Bakes 12:00 AM Soundstage: Old Dominion 10:30 Martha Stewart’s Cooking School 1:00 Globe Trekker: Hawaii

11:00 Lidia’s Kitchen 2:00 The Roosevelts: An Intimate History Get Action 11:30 America’s Test Kitchen 4:00 The Daytripper 12:00 PM Cook’s Country 4:30 Best of The Joy of Painting 12:30 This Old House 5:00 Clifford 1:00 Ask This Old House 5:30 Peg + Cat

1:30 Craftsman’s Legacy Sunday, April 22

2:00 Samantha Browns Places To Love 6:00 AM Mister Rogers 2:30 Rick Steves’ Europe 6:30 Sid The Science Kid 3:00 Texas Parks And Wildlife 7:00 Ready Jet Go!

3:30 The Daytripper 7:30 Wild Kratts 4:00 NOVA 8:00 Nature Cat Living With The Weather Machine 8:30 Odd Squad 6:00 PBS Newshour Weekend 9:00 Arthur

6:30 Red, White And Blue 9:30 Cyberchase 7:00 As Time Goes By 10:00 Latina Voices: Smart Talk 7:30 Keeping Up Appearances 10:30 To The Contrary

8:00 Midsomer Murders 11:00 Motorweek Shot At Dawn 11:30 This Old House 9:30 Dr. Blake Mysteries 12:00 PM Ask This Old House Crossing The Line 12:30 Scitech Now

10:30 Bluegrass Underground The Mavericks 1:00 Rare: Creatures of The Photo Ark Pt 1/3 Enjoy the irresistible Cuban groove of the genre- 2:00 Rare: Creatures of The Photo Ark Pt 2/3 leaping Grammy-winners fronted by the transcendent vocals of Raul Malo. 3:00 Rare: Creatures of The Photo Ark Pt 3/3

HOUSTON PUBLIC MEDIA TV 8 PROGRAMMING SCHEDULE — April 2018 PAGE 11 Discover the diversity, beauty and value of thousands of species at risk of extinction, and travel the globe with renowned photographer and Photo Ark founder Joel Sartore in his quest to document them. 4:00 Wild Weather 5:00 The National Parks of Texas: In Contact with Beauty 9:00 The Roosevelts: An Intimate History In The Arena 6:00 PBS Newshour Weekend Murder brings Theodore Roosevelt to the Overheard With Evan Smith 6:30 presidency, but in the seven years that follow, he transforms the office and makes himself perhaps the best-loved of all the men who ever lived in the - battling corporate greed and building the Panama Canal, preserving American wilderness, carrying the message of American might around the world. 11:00 Red, White And Blue 11:30 Antiques Roadshow Green Bay 7:00 Call The Midwife 12:30 AM Amanpour On PBS Barbara helps a pregnant mother-of-two whose 1:00 Beyond 100 Days husband has recently died, and is on hand to give 1:30 her support when a further tragedy drives her and Sutton Foster In Concert her children from their home. Sister Monica Joan has her cataract surgery. 2:30 will.i.am - Landmarks Live In Concert Great Performance Special 8:00 Unforgotten On Masterpiece 3:30 Foo Fighters - Landmarks Live In Concert 9:30 Last Tango In Halifax Great Performance special

10:30 Prime Suspect: Tension on Masterpiece 4:30 Bluegrass Underground 12:00 AM Call The Midwife Tuesday, April 24 1:00 Unforgotten On Masterpiece 7:00 PM Civilizations 2:30 Last Tango In Halifax How Do We Look? 3:30 Prime Suspect: Tension On Masterpiece 5:00 Wai Lana 5:30 Sit And Be Fit Monday, March 26 7:00 PM Antiques Roadshow Green Bay 8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Charleston 8:00 First Civilizations: War

HOUSTON PUBLIC MEDIA TV 8 PROGRAMMING SCHEDULE — April 2018 PAGE 12 9:00 Frontline 12:30 Amanpour On PBS Trafficked In America 1:00 Beyond 100 Days 10:00 Independent Lens 1:30 Civilizations Look & See Wendell Berry’s Kentucky How Do We Look?

11:00 Act of Dog 2:30 First Civilizations: War 11:30 Civilizations 3:30 Midsomer Murders How Do We Look? Shot At Dawn 12:30 AM Amanpour On PBS Thursday, April 26 1:00 Beyond 100 Days 7:00 PM Antiques Roadshow Green Bay 1:30 Antiques Roadshow Green Bay 8:00 Father Brown The Rod of Asclepius 2:30 Antiques Roadshow: Charleston 9:00 Death In Paradise 3:30 Rick Steves’ Europe 10:00 Masterpiece Classic 4:00 As Time goes By Inspector Lewis, What Lies Tangled 4:30 Keeping Up Appearances Wednesday, April 25 7:00 PM Nature Natural Born Rebels

11:30 The Great British Baking Show Continental Cakes And then there were six. The remaining bakers now face three European cakes. For the Signature,

8:00 NOVA Wonder bakers are asked to make yeast-leavened cakes What Are Animals Saying?

The series premiere examines animal 12:30 AM Amanpour On PBS communication. Some animals demonstrate they 1:00 Beyond 100 Days can learn human language—like Chaser the dog, 1:30 Nature who recognizes hundreds of words, and Kanzi the Natural Born Rebels gorilla, who understands some English spoken in NOVA Wonder context. 2:30 What Are Animals Saying? 9:00 NOVA NOVA Bird Brain 3:30 Bird Brain 10:00 Great Yellowstone Thaw 4:30 Growing Bolder 11:00 The Daytripper Friday, April 27 11:30 Nature Natural Born Rebels 7:00 PM Washington Week

HOUSTON PUBLIC MEDIA TV 8 PROGRAMMING SCHEDULE — April 2018 PAGE 13 7:30 Red, White And Blue 10:00 Martha Bakes 8:00 In Principle 10:30 Martha Stewart’s Cooking School 8:30 Live From The Lincoln Center 11:00 Lidia’s Kitchen Leslie Odom Jr. In Concert 11:30 America’s Test Kitchen

12:00 PM Cook’s Country 12:30 This Old House 1:00 Ask This Old House 1:30 Craftsman’s Legacy 2:00 Samantha Browns Places To Love 2:30 Rick Steves’ Europe 9:30 International Jazz Day From Cuba 3:00 Texas Parks And Wildlife All-Star Global Concert presented at the Gran 3:30 The Daytripper Teatro de La Habana Alicia Alonso, under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture of Cuba, the 4:00 NOVA Wonders Cuban Institute of Music and the Cuban National What Are Animals Saying? Commission for UNESCO. 5:00 Classic Gospel 10:30 Pioneers of Television 6:00 PBS Newshour Weekend Prim Time Soaps 6:30 Red, White And Blue 11:30 Pioneers of Television Miniseries 7:00 As Time Goes By 12:30 AM Amanpour On PBS 7:30 Keeping Up Appearances 1:00 BBC World News On PBS 8:00 Midsomer Murders Left For Dead 1:30 Nature Natural Born Rebels 9:30 Dr. Blake Mysteries Mortal Coil 2:30 NOVA Wonders

What Are Animals Saying? 10:30 Bluegrass Underground Chris Robinson 3:30 NOVA 11:00 Austin City Limits Bird Brain TV On The Radio/The War On Drugs 4:30 Growing Bolder 12:00 AM Soundstage Saturday, April 28 Transfer 6:00 AM Consuelo Mack 1:00 Globe trekker Papua New Guinea Island 6:30 Nightly Business Report 2:00 The Roosevelts: An Intimate History 7:00 Knit And Crochet Now In The Arena 7:30 It’s Sew Easy 4:00 The Daytripper 8:00 Fons & Porter 4:30 Best of The Joy of Painting 8:30 Central Texas Gardener 5:00 Clifford 9:00 Antiques Roadshow: Green Bay 5:30 Peg + Cat

HOUSTON PUBLIC MEDIA TV 8 PROGRAMMING SCHEDULE — April 2018 PAGE 14 Sunday, April 29 6:30 Overheard With Evan Smith 6:00 AM Mister Rogers 7:00 Call The Midwife 6:30 Sid The Science Kid 8:00 Unforgotten On Masterpiece 7:00 Ready Jet Go! 9:30 Last Tango In Halifax 7:30 Wild Kratts 10:30 Masterpiece Mysteries Miss Marple A Caribbean Mystery 8:00 Nature Cat 12:00 AM Call The Midwife 8:30 Odd Squad 1:00 Unforgotten On Masterpiece 9:00 Arthur 2:30 Last Tango In Halifax 9:30 Cyberchase 3:30 Masterpiece Mysteries Miss Marple A Caribbean Mystery 10:00 Latina Voices: Smart Talk 5:00 Wai Lana 10:30 To The Contrary 5:30 Sit And Be Fit 11:00 Motorweek Monday, April 30 11:30 This Old House 7:00 PM Antiques Roadshow 12:00 PM Ask This Old House Green Bay 12:30 Scitech Now 8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Charleston 9:00 The Roosevelts: An Intimate History The Fire of Life 11:00 Red, White And Blue 11:30 Antiques Roadshow Green Bay 12:30 AM Amanpour On PBS 1:00 Beyond 100 Days 1:30 Live From Lincoln Center 1:00 Queen Elizabeth’s Secret Agents Pt 1/3 Leslie Odom Jr. In Concer 2:30 International Jazz Day From Cuba 2:00 Queen Elizabeth’s Secret Agents Pt 2/3 3:30 Pioneers of Television 3:00 Queen Elizabeth’s Secret Agents Pt 3/3 Prime Time Soaps This series uncovers the secret state that helped 4:30 Pioneers of Television keep Queen Elizabeth in power for over 40 years. Miniseries During a time when Britain was divided, unstable 5:30 Sit And Be Fit and violent the world’s first secret service was born. END 4:00 Tales From The Royal Wardrobe

5:00 Tales From The Royal Wardrobe

6:00 PBS Newshour Weekend

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