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February 2020 GUIDE Sons and Daughters of Thunder . SUNDAY, FEB 9 | 8:00PM WQPT-TV We serve viewers in Eastern Iowa and Western and North-Central Illinois. WQPT is a trusted, well-respected and innovative public media provider. BROADCAST Happy Birthday to these CHANNELS WQPT KIDS Club members Check your local listings for our broadcast celebrating birthdays channels in your area. in February. HAVE QUESTIONS? Find answers to frequently asked questions Ava S. ............. Bettendorf online at wqpt.org/faq or contact us. Catherine Y. ............Orion ....... TELL US WHAT Francesca G. Bettendorf YOU THINK Gianna . ................Orion As your regional PBS station we depend on .......... your feedback, comments and questions. Henry F. Rock Island WRITE US Jett Z. ............. Davenport 3300 River Drive | Moline, Illinois 61265 Malachi S. ............ Moline CALL, FAX OR E-MAIL US Mark Y. ............Coal Valley Voice .................309/764-2400 Fax ..................309/764-2410 Mia H. ............ Rock Island E-mail ............... [email protected] Sophia G. .......... Bettendorf Online Contact Form ...wqpt.org/contact Give the gift that FIND US ONLINE brings learning wqpt.org and fun WQPT STAFF together. Lora Adams Dawn Schmitt Marketing Director Business Manager and When you and your family join Interim General Manager the WQPT KIDS Club you get Amanda Bergeson Assistant Development Director Brian Williams lots of awesome benefi ts Underwriting Coordinator including an invitation to the Scott Brouette Assistant Director Terry Wilson Imagination Station VIP Party* of Student Services Development Director and where you’ll meet some of your Interim General Manager Michael Carton favorite PBS characters and enjoy Education Director dinner, held on Friday, March 13. James Herzig Support Specialist $60 for the whole family! Visit our website to learn more about all of the club benefi ts. WQPT is a public media service Join online wqpt.org/kidsclub of Western Illinois University. or call us at 309/764-2400. Learn more at wiu.edu. (*For 2020 VIP tickets, join on or before March 6) © 2020 by WQPT–TV. All rights reserved. wqpt.org/kidsclub “It’s really important to me that PBS is here for future generations.” That’s why LeeAnn Dickson has included PBS in her will. If you are planning to add charitable interests in your plan, please consider making WQPT part of your lasting legacy for generations to come. Find out how you can plan a gift to WQPT, contact Terry Wilson at 309/764-2400. wqpt.org/plannedgiving February 2020 HIGHLIGHTS SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF THUNDER Discussing the abolition of slavery in 1834 was considered radical. Organized by fi rebrand abolitionist Theodore Weld, the nation’s fi rst public debates at Lane Seminary in Ohio led to near riot conditions in the city, and awakened a young Harriet Beecher (Stowe) to the horrors of slavery. SUNDAY, FEB 9 | 8:00PM BECOMING HARRIET BEECHER STOWE The story of the writer’s life in Cincinnati, Ohio and how life- changing experiences contributed to her best-selling novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin. SUNDAY, FEB 9 | 9:30PM wqpt.org THE KENNEDY HALF-CENTURY This program chronicles the impact and infl uence of John F. Kennedy’s life, administration and tragic death on the public, the media and every subsequent U.S. president. JFK’s legacy has endured for more than 50 years due to the early efforts of family and friends. THURSDAY, FEB 13 | 9:30PM NOVA POLAR EXTREMES Join renowned paleontologist and host Kirk Johnson on an epic adventure through time at the Polar Extremes of our planet. SUNDAY, FEB 16 | 7:00PM SINKING CITIES As the earth warms, sea levels rise and super-storms become more frequent and intense, many major coastal cities will soon be under water. This four-part documentary explores New York, Tokyo, London and Miami all preparing for the real- time impact of rising seas. BEGINS SUNDAY, FEB 16 | 9:00PM February 2020 PRIMETIME 8:00 Queen Elizabeth’s 9:00 Howard’s End 1 SATURDAY Secret Agents on Masterpiece 7:00 Classic Gospel Part 1: William Cecil, Queen Guy Penrod Live: Hymns & Worship Elizabeth’s spy master, intercepts a conspiracy to assassinate the queen. 8:00 State and Water Harvest Sons, Part 1 9:00 Queen Elizabeth’s Secret Agents 8:30 State and Water Part 2: Elizabeth’s enemies grow in The Wild Reeds, Part 1 strength, but her spymaster Robert 9:00 Austin City Limits Cecil also fi ghts an enemy within. 10:00 Queen Elizabeth’s Episode 3: Margaret receives an Secret Agent unexpected offer from Henry. Helen Part 3: England has a new monarch, is upset by the fate of the Basts. The King James I, and Elizabeth’s former families collide at a wedding, and spymaster Robert Cecil faces his Henry’s past is revealed. toughest test. 10:00 Downton Abbey on 11:00 Secrets of Masterpiece Henry VIII’s Palace Season 3, Episode 7: The Crawleys Cage The Elephant, Tank head to a Scottish hunting lodge, and the Bangas while the downstairs staff stays 10:00 Woodsongs behind at Downton Abbey. New Gary Morris and Jason Coleman romances fl are up, and a fresh & Meagan Taylor crisis unfolds. 11:00 Bluegrass Underground Steve Earle and the Dukes 4 TUESDAY 11:30 Backstage Pass Mike Mains & The Branches The history of this grand 500-year- 7:00 Rick Steves’ Europe old palace is inextricably tied to the Iran: Tehran and Side Trips lavish lifestyle of King Henry VIII and 7:30 Weekends with Yankee 2 SUNDAY the doomed fates of his six wives. The Seacoast 7:00 NOVA 8:00 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love 3 MONDAY Sonoma County, California 7:00 New Tricks 8:30 Outside with Greg Aiello Bank Robbery: The Team sets off Exploring New Mexico on the trail of Ray Cook, a legendary criminal turned celebrity. 9:00 Destination Craft with Jim West Tuscany 8:00 Sanditon on Masterpiece Episode 4: Charlotte and Sidney 9:30 Illinois Adventure clash over Miss Lambe’s love life. 10:00 Finding Your Roots Animal Espionage: See how camera At Denham House, Clara witnesses traps and drones are revolutionizing a scene that raises her suspicions. the study of wildlife by providing an Lord Babington makes his romantic up-close look at animals without intentions known, but faces disturbing them. being rebuffed. Beyond The Pale: In this episode educator Henry Louis Gates Jr. talks SUNDAY, FEB 9 | 10:00PM with Jeff Goldblum, Terry Gross, and Marc Maron. 11:00 The Legacy List and Matt Paxton Lambert Family, Mechanicsville, VA 5 WEDNESDAY 7:00 Antiques Roadshow Bonanzaville, Hour 1: Travel to Bonanzaville in West Fargo for the biggest fi nd of the season. wqpt.org 8:00 New Tricks 8:00 Jamie’s Ultimate Veg 8:00 Sons & Daughters Ice Cream Wars: The team Scruffy Lasagna & Bigged-Up of Thunder investigate the mysterious case Broccoli A young Harriet Beecher Stowe of the ice cream bandit, an armed 8:30 Flavor of Poland Olsztyn witnesses public discussions of robber who targeted the vans of two abolition in America which awakens feuding ice cream manufacturers. 9:00 Christopher Kimball’s her to the harsh realities of slavery. Milk Street Television 9:00 Doctor Blake Mysteries Amazing One-Layer Cakes 9:30 Becoming Harriet Beecher Stowe 9:30 Lidia’s Kitchen The story of the writer’s life in Ohio and how these life-changing experiences contributed to her best- selling novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin. 10:00 Redeeming Uncle Tom: The Josiah Henson Story Measure Twice: A Jehovah’s Witness is accused of murder. Childhood Cravings 10:00 Doctor Blake Mysteries First Dance: A housebound Blake 10:00 Ask This Old House tries his best to investigate the death Loose Railing, Smart Thermostat of the school principal’s daughter at 10:30 This Old House her debutante ball. Paradise, Paradise Lost 11:00 Antiques Roadshow 11:00 Austin City Limits Explore the story of the real-life Bonanzaville, Hour 1 Billie Eilish inspiration for Uncle Tom in Harriet Beecher Stowe’s classic 1852 novel, recognized as one of the sparks 6 THURSDAY 8 SATURDAY that ignited the Civil War. 7:00 The Cities 7:00 Classic Gospel 11:00 Groveland Four This docudrama recounts the 1949 7:30 Whitney Reynolds story of four young black men Living Your Truth wrongly accused of a violent crime; ★ 8:00 The Vietnam War creating a important civil rights case. This Is What We Do: President Johnson escalates the war while promising the public that victory is MONDAY in sight. 10 7:00 New Tricks 9:30 Woodstock: Three Days Ice Cream Wars Joey+Rory: Hymns That Are That Defi ned A Generation 8:00 Sanditon Important To Us on Masterpiece 8:00 State and Water The Accidentals, Part 2 8:30 State and Water Alexander Fisher, Part 2 9:00 Austin City Limits Billie Eilish 10:00 Woodsongs Celebrate the 50th anniversary Cherish the Ladies/Tim O’Brien Band of the concert that became a Episode 5: Tensions come to a head touchstone for a generation. 11:00 Bluegrass Underground Lauren Morrow when Young Stringer, desperate for ★ 11:30 Legends of Airpower answers, threatens a worker boycott. Jim Lovell: Jim Lovell became a 11:30 Backstage Pass 9:00 Howards End household name when an oxygen Paddlebots on Masterpiece tank on Apollo 13 exploded on the Episode 4: In the series fi nale, way to the moon. SUNDAY Margaret and Tibby enlist Henry’s 9 help to resolve issues as the three 7:00 Secrets of the Dead families fi nally have a showdown. FRIDAY The Woman in the Iron Coffi n: 7 The preserved remains of a young 10:00 Downton Abbey 7:00 America’s Test Kitchen on Masterpiece Two Classic Pastas African American woman from 19th century New York helps reveal the Season 4, Episode 1: Mary is 7:30 Cook’s Country little-known story of early America’s mired in grief.