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TV & RADIO LISTINGS GUIDE DECEMBER 2020 PRIMETIME For more information go to witf.org/tv As 2020 draws to a close, I thank you for being a viewer ELLA WISHES YOU and on-going supporter of WITF. Your financial investment in WITF is the A SWINGIN’ essential engine that keeps programming you find in this month’s CHRISTMAS guide possible. December brings our fourth and final fundraiser of the year. If you haven’t made a donation to WITF recently, now is a great time to show your appreciation for programs like Antiques Roadshow, dramas like the The Trouble with Maggie Cole, and mysteries like Endeavour on MASTERPIECE. Please call 1-800-233-9483 to make your contribu- tion or to renew your gift today. This month we’ll encore the popular • Sanditon on MASTERPIECE with two mini-marathons. If you can believe it (or remember) Sanditon premiered DEC. 15 • 8pm back in January. Although a fan favorite, I regret that we only have one season of the drama with no current plans for addi- What goes on at City Hall? A new, the quirky British comedy Miranda. tional seasons. Let’s all cross our fingers immersive, four and a half-hour docu- The series comes to an end with a mini for more to come. All eight episodes of mentary shows how Boston’s City Hall marathon on December 26. In January the series will run over two Sundays, can enter into civil discourse with its we welcome the Vicar of Dibley to join December 20 and 27, beginning at citizens. City government touches almost Keeping Up Appearances in our pbs.org/thechoice #TheChoicePBS 8:00pm. Taking a quick glimpse ahead to every aspect of our lives. From police and Britcom block Saturdays at 8:00pm. As January, MASTERPIECE will feature sanitation to marriage certificates and noted last month, stay tuned for Last of a remake of the classic All Creatures elder support, most of us are unaware of, the Summer Wine to join the schedule Great and Small. Check back next or take for granted, the breadth of services later in 2021. month for more highlights about what to that support residents and visitors. City Thanks for watch WITF in 2020. I’m watch on MASTERPIECE in 2021. Hall demonstrates a city government so glad you welcome us into your living Join us on December 10 at 7:00pm for successfully serving a diverse population, room throughout the year. We’re looking Family Night: Coding. This hour- and how its administration addresses forward to bringing you more engaging, long special will encourage children, policy priorities such as racial justice, entertaining and enlightening programs in kindergarten through fifth grade, affordable housing, climate action, and in 2021. Best wishes this holiday season! and their families to get excited about homelessness. City Hall premieres computer science together. You can catch December 22 at 8:00pm. a repeat of this special on December 17 Since October we have been featuring Fred Vigeant, Director of Programming for at 8:30pm following the premiere of the WITF TV and WITF 89.5 & 93.3 2020 Teacher Impact Awards. Look for Fred Vigeant's PICKS throughout the guide! Like us on Facebook • for video previews Subscribe to WITF's Program Points, our e-newsletter highlighting key programs each week on WITF TV, WITF 89.5 & 93.3, and witf.org by visiting witf.org/newsletters. WITF | DECEMBER 2020 TV & RADIO LISTINGS PRIMETIME at a Glance For more information go to witf.org/tv Amanpour & Company M-F 4:00pm BBC World News America M-F 5:30pm BBC Outside Source M-Th 7:00pm DW The Day M-F 5:00pm PBS NewsHour M-F 6:00pm Transforming Health F 7:00pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 10:30pm 1 TUE Josh Groban: An Evening of Harmony Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide 2 WED Andy Williams: Greatest Love Songs (My Music) NOVA 3 THU Judy Collins - Winter Stories* Stevie Nicks: 24 Karat Gold Tour 4 FRI Washington Week AMERICAN MASTERS: Keith Haring: Street Art Boy Brain Fitness Program An Accidental Dolly Parton: I Will Always Love You 5 SAT MASTERPIECE: 50 Fabulous Years! Studio: The Story (My Music) starts at 7:30pm of Handmade Films* Peter Bence: 6 SUN Joe Bonamassa: Royal Tea Live* Josh Groban: An Evening of Harmony Around The World 7 MON Lucy Worsley’s 12 Days of Tudor Christmas Fever: The Music of Peggy Lee* 8 TUE Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility In America 9 WED Nature: Santa’s Wild Home Judy Collins - Winter Stories* 10 THU Ken Burns: Here & There What to Eat When with Dr. Michael Roizen Easy Yoga for Diabetes with 11 FRI Washington Week Pasquale Esposito: Il Tempo Peggy Cappy Metallica and the The Lennon Sisters: Same Song, Separate 12 SAT Bee Gees One Night Only* San Francisco Voices* starts at 7:30pm Symphony 13 SUN MASTERPIECE: 50 Fabulous Years! Lucy Worsley’s 12 Days of Tudor Christmas Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir 14 MON Antiques Roadshow Independent Lens Featuring Kelli O’Hara Ella Wishes You A Swinging Christmas 15 TUE Christmas at Belmont FRONTLINE with Vanessa Williams 16 WED Nature NOVA NOVA Teacher Impact 17 THU Family Night: Coding The Ornament of the World Awards Firing Line with 18 FRI Washington Week Crane Candlelight Concert Hope College Christmas Vespers* Margaret Hoover Keeping Up 19 SAT Miranda* Miranda* Father Brown* Father Brown* starts at 10:15pm Appearances* 20 SUN Sanditon On MASTERPIECE Sanditon On MASTERPIECE Sanditon On MASTERPIECE 21 MON Antiques Roadshow Antiques Roadshow All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 22 TUE City Hall 23 WED Nature NOVA NOVA 24 THU The St. Olaf Christmas Festival Christmas at Belmont Keeping Up Appearances* Firing Line with Keeping Up 25 FRI Washington Week Call The Midwife Holiday Special* Margaret Hoover Appearances* 26 SAT Miranda Marathon* 27 SUN Sanditon On MASTERPIECE Sanditon On MASTERPIECE Sanditon On MASTERPIECE 28 MON Antiques Roadshow Antiques Roadshow Vernon Jordan: Make It Plain 29 TUE American Masters: Laura Ingalls Wilder – Prairie to Page Independent Lens 30 WED Nature NOVA 31 THU United In Song: Celebrating The Resilience of America United In Song: Celebrating The Resilience of America 2 * Not available on Passport WITF | DECEMBER 2020 TV & RADIO LISTINGS PRIMETIME For more information go to witf.org/tv FRIDAY 4 MONDAY 7 8:00pm Washington Week #6023 8:00pm Lucy Worsley’s 12 Days of • 8:30pm • • AMERICAN Tudor Christmas Lucy Worsley discovers MASTERS: Keith Haring – Street Art Boy that much of what we enjoy in contemporary • International art sensation Keith Haring Christmas has Tudor origins. blazed a trail through the art scene of ‘80s 9:30pm Fever: The Music of Peggy New York. #3306 Lee* The life of musical legend Peggy Lee is 10:00pm Brain Fitness Program This showcased through vintage interviews and program is designed to drive beneficial performances. chemical, physical and functional change in 11:00pm BBC World News #2272 the brain. 11:30pm Amanpour and Company #3114 11:30pm BBC World News #2270 TUESDAY 8 12:00am Amanpour and Company #3113 8:00pm • Driving While Black: Race, SATURDAY 5 Space and Mobility In America Discover 7:30pm • Dolly Parton: I Will Always how the advent of the automobile brought AMERICAN MASTERS Love You (My Music) Celebrate the singer- new freedoms and new perils for African songwriter’s career from her early days to her Americans. KEITH HARING: success as a crossover superstar. 11:00pm BBC World News #2274 STREET ART BOY 9:00pm • MASTERPIECE: 50 Fabulous 11:30pm Amanpour and Company #3115 Years! The series that introduced generations WEDNESDAY 9 of viewers to the delights of British drama is 8:00pm Nature: Santa’s Wild Home DEC. 4 • 8:30pm celebrated. An intimate look into life in Lapland, home 10:30pm An Accidental Studio: The of tenacious wildlife such as reindeer and Story of Handmade Films* The small British wolverines. #3806 production company behind such maverick TUESDAY 1 9:30pm Judy Collins - Winter Stories* hits as Life of Brian is showcased. Folk singer Judy Collins, Jonas Fjeld and 8:00pm Josh Groban: An •• SUNDAY 6 Chatham County Line perform emotionally Evening of Harmony Join the global superstar evocative songs. for a concert of timeless songs and new 8:00pm • Joe Bonamassa: Royal music from his upcoming album Harmony. Tea Live* The blues rock guitarist and 11:00pm BBC World News #2276 Songs include “Bring Him Home,” “Over the songwriter performs from the Ryman theater 11:30pm Amanpour and Company #3116 Rainbow,” “The Impossible Dream” and “The in Nashville, Tennessee. THURSDAY 10 First Time Ever I Saw Your Face.” 9:00pm • Josh Groban: An 9:30pm Suze Orman’s Ultimate Evening of Harmony Join the global superstar 8:00pm • Ken Burns: Here & There* Retirement Guide The personal finance expert for a concert of timeless songs and new Interviews with Ken Burns, his colleagues and provides essential advice on planning for and music from his upcoming album Harmony. friends highlight the filmmaker’s life and career. thriving in retirement. Songs include “Bring Him Home,” “Over the 9:30pm • What to Eat When with 11:30pm BBC World News #2264 Rainbow,” “The Impossible Dream” and “The Dr. Michael Roizen Dr. Michael Roizen 12:00am Amanpour and Company #3110 First Time Ever I Saw Your Face.” discusses making food choices and demystifies the intermittent fasting trend. WEDNESDAY 2 10:30pm • Peter Bence: Around The World At only 28 years old, this 11:00pm BBC World News #2278 8:00pm Andy Williams: Greatest Love internationally acclaimed virtuoso pianist has 11:30pm Amanpour and Company #3117 Songs (My Music) Enjoy the romantic developed an edgy, percussive playing style crooner’s hits and best-loved ballads that has broken down boundaries between Follow us on Twitter including “Moon River” and “Love Story.” classical and popular music.