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Our Town: Lewistown Sherlock Marathon Thursday, December 8, at 8:00 p.m. Saturday, December 10, and This fall volunteer storytellers from Lewistown, Pa. came Sunday, December 11, noon–9:00 p.m. together for the 90th production in the Our Town series. stalks again in a thrilling They captured the spirit of their community with videos, contemporary version of the Victorian-era whodunits photos, and memories. Learn its history through the based on Sir 's Sherlock Holmes. tradition of Goose Day, understand how railroads served Sherlock stars as the go-to industries, and visit the unique neighborhood of Juniata consulting detective in 21st-century , with Terrace. See how service organizations are caring for as his loyal friend, Dr. John Watson, others, what it takes to restore a grand movie and Rupert Graves as the long-suffering Detective from the 1920s, and how people from high school age Inspector Lestrade. Fast-paced, funny, and surreally to adults participate in the arts. Watch the premiere to true to the hero's fantastic gifts for deduction, the see what makes Lewistown a GREAT hometown! series is co-created by (, Coupling) and (Doctor Who, The League Tell your out-of-town friends and family they can watch of Gentlemen). the premiere LIVE online at wpsu.org/live.

wpsu.org follow us online MONDAY–FRIDAY The Cat in the Hat 6:00 Knows a Lot About That! 6:30 Arthur 7:00 Wild Kratts 7:30 Ready Jet Go! 8:00 Nature Cat 8:30 Curious George 9:00 Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood Queen Victoria invites you 9:30 Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood to an advance screening. 10:00 Sesame Street Thursday, December 8, at 7:00 p.m. 10:30 Splash and Bubbles The State Theatre, 130 West College Avenue, State College, PA 16801 11:00 Dinosaur Train Victoria, the highly anticipated new drama series from MASTERPIECE® about the epic life of Queen Victoria, will premiere in January, 2017 on WPSU-TV in the Sunday 11:30 Peg + Cat night time slot which Downton Abbey occupied for six years. You are invited to join 12:00 Super Why! WPSU for an advance screening of the first episode. 12:30 Thomas and Friends Attendance is free, but reservations are required. 1:00 Sesame Street Please visit wpsu.org/victoria-screening or call Tamra Fatemi at 814-863-6635 to 1:30 Dinosaur Train reserve up to 4 seats per address. Doors will open at 6:15 p.m. 2:00 Splash and Bubbles 2:30 Curious George 3:00 Nature Cat Conversations Live: Revisiting the Heroin Crisis Thursday, December 15, at 8:00 p.m. 3:30 Ready Jet Go! Experts say every community in Pennsylvania has a heroin problem. Recent reports 4:00 Odd Squad place some of the blame on easy access to prescription painkillers, gateway drugs 4:30 Odd Squad for many users. What can we do about Pennsylvania’s heroin epidemic? Our 5:00 Wild Kratts experts will discuss causes and solutions. They’ll also take YOUR questions. To join the conversation, email questions to [email protected], tweet @WPSU with 5:30 Weather World (Re-airs at 5:45 p.m.) the hashtag #WPSUconversations, or call 1-800-543-8242 during the program. 6:00 BBC World News America 6:30 Nightly Business Report SciTech Now 7:00 PBS NewsHour Mondays, December 12-26, at 9:00 p.m. SciTech Now captures the latest breakthroughs in science and technology. Each . WPSU's weekday lineup will week we talk to the innovators at the forefront of their fields and explore the change starting December 23. mysteries of the scientific world. Share the Gift of Wonder! When you make a contribution to WPSU, you help to foster curiosity and learning. You help to share history and heart-warming stories, and you become a leader who cares about the gift of consistent quality PBS programming weeknights at 5:30 p.m. delivered to our community. Your special year-end gift of support right now will help make sure that WPSU is here to bring everyone these wonders not only this holiday season, but for so many to come. Weather World provides weather education Make your gift today because you are the one who can help share the wonder. as well as a comprehensive forecast. visit wpsu.org/donate or call 1-800-245-9779

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THURSDAY, DEC 1 10:00 Rocktopia Live in Budapest: 9:00 Inside Poldark A Classical Revolution Relive the thrilling first two seasons 8:00 Il Volo Notte Magica Classical music is fused with classic of the swashbuckling romantic The superstar trio and Placido rock at the Hungarian State Opera series with hints of what's to come! Domingo perform in Florence, Italy's House in Budapest. 10:30 Ed Sullivan's Rock And Roll beautiful Santa Croce Square. 11:30 Last of the Breed Classics - The 60S (My Music) 9:30 Last of the Breed A once-in-a-lifetime concert event A special of classic song A once-in-a-lifetime concert event featuring Willie Nelson, Merle performances spanning the years featuring Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, and Ray Price. 1963-1968. Haggard, and Ray Price. 11:00 Charlie Rose SUNDAY, DEC 4 MONDAY, DEC 5 FRIDAY, DEC 2 9:00 Inspire Happiness 8:00 The Carpenters: Close to You & Positive psychology authors and Christmas Memories (My Music) 8:00 Washington Week researchers reveal how to create This music-filled documentary 8:30 Charlie Rose - The Week happier and more positive lives. traces the Carpenters' career and 9:00 Last Waltz 10:30 Rick Steves' Guide to Cuba features the duo's top hits. Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Rick tours Havana, visits the verdant 10:00 Christmastime in and more perform with legendary national park at Viñuales, and A festive holiday special showcases rock group The Band in 1978. provides practical travel tips. the music, sights, and acclaimed 11:30 Digging Deeper cuisine of New Orleans. Technology Policy 11:00 Charlie Rose SATURDAY, DEC 3 and Cybersecurity 9:00 This Old House President Barron and Penn State Arlington Arts & Crafts | Arts and experts discuss technology policy TUESDAY, DEC 6 and cybersecurity. Crafts Class Begins 8:00 Andre Rieu: Waltzing Forever 12:00 Great Moments 9:30 Dr. Ruth's Andre Rieu performs enchanting from Soundbreaking Revving up Your Romance music in a stunning medieval town Paul McCartney, Roger Waters, Topics include managing square in the Netherlands. relationship conflict and creating Beck, Bonnie Raitt, Quincy 9:30 Il Divo: Amor & Pasion Live positive communication. Jones, Ringo Starr, and more are showcased. The classical crossover group 11:00 National Park Symphony - performs their hits and melodies 1:30 Max Raabe & Palast Orchester: The Mighty Five from Central and South America. Celebrate the majesty of Utah's five Let's Do It 11:00 Centre County Report 2016-2017 national parks set to glorious music Enjoy high style and humor with 11:30 Charlie Rose from the Utah Symphony. the crooner's salute to the timeless 12:00 Judy Collins - A Love Letter to melodies of the 1920s and 30s. 3:00 BrainFit: Sondheim's remarkable treasure- 50 Ways to Grow Your Brain WEDNESDAY, DEC 7 trove of music is showcased in Dr. Daniel Amen and Tana Amen 8:00 Celtic Woman: Denver's Boettcher Concert Hall. share their best secrets to ignite Home for Christmas 1:30 MoneyTrack: Money for Life your energy and focus at any age. Vocalists Lisa Lambe, Susan A strategy for building and 4:30 Lang Lang's New York McFadden, and Meav Ni maintaining a financially secure Rhapsody Mhaolchatha perform timeless future for retirement is presented. Internationally acclaimed pianist holiday favorites. 3:00 Ed Sullivan's Rock And Roll Lang Lang performs a love letter to 9:30 Il Volo Notte Magica Classics - The 60s (My Music) New York. The superstar trio and Placido A special of classic song performances 6:00 Digging Deeper Domingo perform in Florence, Italy's spanning the years 1963-1968. Technology Policy and beautiful Santa Croce Square. 5:00 Yakov Smirnoff: Happily Ever Cybersecurity 11:00 Charlie Rose Laughter, The Neuroscience of President Barron and Penn State Romantic Relationships experts discuss technology policy The entertainer provides tools for and cybersecurity. THURSDAY, DEC 8 sparking romantic relationships 6:30 Van Morrison: 8:00 Our Town: Lewistown using love and laughter. Live at the Rainbow Witness the legendary Irish soul Storytellers from Lewistown, PA 6:30 Max Raabe & Palast Orchester: came together to capture the Let's Do It singer at the peak of his powers in a 1973 London concert. spirit of their community with Enjoy high style and humor with video, photos and memories for the crooner's salute to the timeless 7:30 Celtic Woman: Home for Christmas the 90th production in the Our melodies of the 1920s and 30s. Town series. Watch as they share 8:00 The Carpenters: Close to You & Vocalists Lisa Lambe, Susan McFadden and Meav Ni stories of Goose Day, canals, Christmas Memories (My Music) railroads, Juniata Terrace, service This music-filled documentary Mhaolchatha perform timeless holiday favorites. organizations, fine arts, and a 1920s traces the Carpenters' career and grand movie theatre. features the duo's top hits. 11:00 Charlie Rose

DecemberLISTINGS3 FRIDAY, DEC 9 SUNDAY, DEC 11 9:30 Conversations from Penn State Jim Stengel 8:00 Washington Week 9:00 Nature Cat Author and marketing consultant 8:30 Charlie Rose - The Week Breezy Rider/Swamp Thing Jim Stengel discusses how ideals 9:00 Mario Fangoulis: Sing Me an A strong gust of wind blows drive business growth and branding. Angel Holiday Concert Squeeks' kite up into the sky with 10:00 Greeks Classical Crossover tenor Mario Squeeks still holding onto it! Cavemen to Kings Fangoulis performs at the foot of the 9:30 Forever Painless The first draft of Western civilization Acropolis in Greece. with Miranda Esmonde-White laid the groundwork for the 10:00 Carpenters: Close to You & A groundbreaking and eye-opening revolution in human thought. Christmas Memories (My Music) education on chronic pain and its 11:00 Greeks This music-filled documentary causes is presented. The Good Strife traces the Carpenters' career and 11:00 Mario Fangoulis: Sing Me an As the ancient Greeks strive for features the duo's top hits. Angel Holiday Concert excellence, strife proves to be an Classical Crossover tenor Mario inescapable certainty. Fangoulis performs at the foot of the SATURDAY, DEC 10 Acropolis in Greece. 12:00 Masterpiece Mystery! TUESDAY, DEC 13 9:00 This Old House Sherlock, Series 2: Arlington Arts & Crafts / 8:00 Central Park Five A New Look, Inside and Out Sherlock fight for his reputation, his The miscarriage of justice that The homeowners ponder sanity and his life when he locks followed the rape of a Central Park design decisions while walls are horns with James Moriarty. jogger in 1989 is examined. demolished and a dangerous tree is 10:00 Frontline removed. 1:40 Masterpiece Mystery! Sherlock, Series 3: From Jesus to Christ: 9:30 Forever Painless The First Christians with Miranda Esmonde-White Sherlock returns! But for John Explores the life of Jesus and A groundbreaking and eye-opening Watson it might be a case of “be depicts on the origins of Christianity education on chronic pain and its careful what you wish for.” using historical evidence. causes is presented. 3:25 Masterpiece Mystery! 11:00 Van Morrison: Sherlock, Series 3: Live at the Rainbow WEDNESDAY, DEC 14 Witness the legendary Irish soul Sherlock faces his biggest challenge singer at the peak of his powers in a 8:00 Nature of all - delivering a Best Man's Legendary White Stallions 1973 London concert. speech on John's wedding day. 12:00 Masterpiece Mystery! This story of the famous Lipizzaner 5:10 Masterpiece Mystery! stallions focuses on the bond Sherlock, Series 1: Sherlock, Series 3: Holmes investigates when a woman between the horses and caregivers. Charles Augustus Magnussen is the 9:00 NOVA dressed all in pink is found dead in Napoleon of blackmail - and the one an abandoned building. Mystery of a Masterpiece man Sherlock truly hates. Cutting edge imaging analysis helps 1:40 Masterpiece Mystery! 6:58 Sherlock on Masterpiece Sherlock, Series 1: tie a striking portrait of a young woman to Leonardo da Vinci. A banker is found dead inside his Rejoin Benedict Cumberbatch and locked apartment and the clues lead 10:00 Secrets of the Dead Martin Freeman as Sherlock Holmes Van Gogh's Ear to an underground crime gang. and Dr. Watson in 1890s London. 3:20 Masterpiece Mystery! The night when Vincent van Gogh 9:00 Great Performances cut his own ear defines his turbulent Sherlock, Series 1: The Great The Hollow Crown: Henry VI, Part I Sherlock Holmes must solve life and art. England is in crisis. War rages and 11:00 Charlie Rose perplexing and dangerous puzzles divisions within the English court specifically laid out for him. threaten the crown. 5:00 Masterpiece Mystery! 11:00 Inside Poldark THURSDAY, DEC 15 Sherlock, Series 2: Relive the thrilling first two seasons of the swashbuckling romantic 8:00 Conversations Live! The great detective begins a duel of series with hints of what's to come! Revisiting the Heroin Epidemic wits with an antagonist as brilliant as Drug overdoses in Pennsylvania himself, . started to spike in 2011, and much 6:41 Masterpiece Mystery! of the increase is due to heroin. Sherlock, Series 2: MONDAY, DEC 12 Experts now say every community in The Hounds of Baskerville 8:00 Antiques Roadshow Pennsylvania has a heroin problem. Sherlock seeks the truth about the Bismarck, Hour Two To join the conversation, email monstrous creature that apparently A miniature Japanese china set questions to [email protected], killed his client's father. made for dolls and a Chinese tweet @WPSU with the hashtag 9:00 Emin: Live from Russia Imperial ceremonial outfit are #WPSUconversations, or call with featured. 1-800-543-8242 during the program. Recording star Emin and special 9:00 SciTech Now 9:00 Father Brown guests perform at the Winter Palace Cutting edge technology used to The Mask of the Demon in St. Petersburg, Russia. examine ancient bones. Find out A movie director is murdered during 10:30 Tommy Emmanuel - what Penn State scientists are a production of “Demon Brides.” A Music Gone Public Special learning about modern humans 10:00 Great Performances Various performances around by using high-tech images of our The Hollow Crown: Henry VI, Part I the country showcase one of the ancient ancestors. England is in crisis. War rages and world's best acoustic guitarists. divisions within the English court threaten the crown.

DecemberLISTINGS4 FRIDAY, DEC 16 9:00 Father Brown 11:30 European Christmas Markets The Brewer's Daughter Visit charming markets in festively 8:00 Washington Week Sid falls for the heiress to a local decorated cities and towns in 8:30 Charlie Rose - The Week brewery; and is then arrested for the Germany, France and Switzerland. 9:00 Penn State Basketball: murder of her father. Unlocked 10:00 Austin City Limits Lock Haven through Pitt Sleater-Kinney/Heartless Bastard MONDAY, DEC 19 9:30 Joshua Bell's Seasons of Cuba the best in smart indie rock World-famous violinist Joshua with Seattle veterans Sleater-Kinney 8:00 Antiques Roadshow Bell leads an event showcasing and Heartless Bastards. The Best of 20 musicians from America and Cuba. 11:00 Infinity Hall Live Favorite appraisals include a Navajo 10:30 Lidia Celebrates America Covered Ute First Phase Blanket and a Tang Holiday for Heroes Joan Osborne covers Al Green and Dynasty marble lion. Join host Lidia Bastianich for Wilson Phillips covers the Mamas 9:00 SciTech Now an unforgettable holiday special and Papas' “California Dreamin'.” In 1936 there were only 14 elk celebrating our veterans. remaining in Pennsylvania. Today 11:30 Charlie Rose there are more than 1,000. Find out how biologists and hunters are SUNDAY, DEC 18 teaming up to preserve the herd. SATURDAY, DEC 17 9:00 Classic Gospel 9:30 Conversations from Penn State Gaither Vocal Band: Aaron Dworkin – 9:00 This Old House Happy Rhythm Breaking the Sound Barrier Arlington Arts & Crafts / 10:00 Religion & Ethics Newsweekly Musician and arts advocate Aaron P. Make Way for the Family 10:30 to Truth Dworkin discusses the importance 9:30 American Woodshop When Brains Go Bad? of diversity in the arts. The Console 11:00 To The Contrary 10:00 Greeks 10:00 Woodwright's Shop with Bonnie Erbe Chasing Greatness Plain Pine Box Unslut Ancient Greece's legacy is invoked 10:30 Woodsmith Shop 11:30 Living Smart in Athens and at the steps of the US Compact Bookcase Igniting Your Life Supreme Court. 11:00 Penn State Basketball: 12:00 Innovations in Medicine 11:00 Charlie Rose Unlocked 12:30 Healing Quest Lock Haven through Pitt 1:00 Healthy Body Healthy Mind 11:30 Taste of with Learning about Allergies Chef John Folse & Company 1:30 Simply Ming TUESDAY, DEC 20 Crabs - Louisa, LA Daniel Boulud 8:00 White House: Inside Story 12:00 Baking with Julia 2:00 New Scandinavian Cooking Gain access to America's most Craig Kominiak A Traveller's Bite iconic residence-symbol of national 12:30 Steven Raichlen's 2:30 Sara's Weeknight Meals history and icon of democracy. Project Smoke Chicken Comfort 10:00 Frontline Ribs Rock the Smoker 3:00 America's Test Kitchen From Jesus to Christ: 1:00 Pati's Mexican Table from Cook's Illustrated The First Christians Izamal - Gold & God Pork Kebabs and Steaks Explores the life of Jesus and 1:30 Martha Bakes Hit the Grill depicts on the origins of Christianity Midwest 3:30 Kevin Dundon's Back to Basics using historical evidence. 2:00 Lucky Chow Ramen Mania 4:00 This Old House Hour 2:30 Garden Smart 5:00 Rough Cut - Woodworking 3:00 Growing a Greener World with Tommy Mac WEDNESDAY, DEC 21 Design Tips for a Kitchen Leaf Table 8:00 Nature Small Space Garden with Tom Mclaughlin Snow Chick 3:30 P. Allen Smith's Garden Home 5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend The incredible journey of one Mighty Micros 6:00 SciTech Now vulnerable and charismatic Emperor 4:00 Tracks Ahead Cutting edge technology used to penguin chick is showcased. LGB Friends examine ancient bones. Find out 9:00 NOVA 4:30 Painting the Town what Penn State scientists are Secrets of Noah's Ark with Eric Dowdle learning about modern humans A 3,700-year-old inscribed clay 5:00 Roadtrip Nation by using high-tech images of our tablet reveals a surprising new Breaking Down Barriers ancient ancestors. version of the Biblical flood story. 5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 Remember Pearl Harbor 10:00 Secrets of the Dead 6:00 Antiques Roadshow 8:00 Christmas with the Mormon The Lost Gardens of Babylon Bismarck, Hour Two Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra The existence, location and 7:00 Vicar of Dibley Broadway star Laura Osnes and construction of the spectacular Songs of Praise actor Martin Jarvis join the Mormon Hanging Gardens of Babylon are 7:30 Keeping Up Appearances Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra. Senior Citizens' Outing detailed. 9:00 Great Performances 8:00 Waiting for God 11:00 Charlie Rose The Hollow Crown: 8:30 As Time Goes By Henry VI, Part II Series 3, Episode 10 Bitter rivalries erupt. The feeble King Henry is overshadowed by Queen Margaret.

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DecemberLISTINGS5 THURSDAY, DEC 22 5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:00 Christmas with the Mormon 6:00 Antiques Roadshow Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra 8:00 Music Theatre Spotlight 2016 The Best of 20 Broadway star Laura Osnes and Created by WPSU-TV in 7:00 Hugs and Knishes: actor Martin Jarvis join the Mormon collaboration with Penn State's A Celebration of Our Jewish Food Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra. nationally acclaimed Music Theatre A range of Jewish families celebrate 7:00 Christmas on the Danube program, “Spotlight” showcases the importance of food as a cultural Visit cities along the Danube River Penn State seniors from the connection to the past. and explore stunning European Schools of Music and Theatre 8:00 Happy Holidays landscape, history, and culture. performing popular songs. with the Boston Pops 7:30 Call the Midwife Holiday Special 9:00 Father Brown Celebrate the New England holiday The Nonnatus House family visit The Brewer's Daughter season with the Boston Pops and South Africa after they receive an Sid falls for the heiress to a local Tanglewood Festival Chorus. SOS call from a mission hospital. brewery; and is then arrested for the 9:00 Christmas with the Mormon 9:00 Great Performances murder of her father. Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra The Hollow Crown: Richard II 10:00 Great Performances Broadway star Laura Osnes and In his quest for the crown, Richard The Hollow Crown: actor Martin Jarvis join the Mormon plans the murder of his brother Henry VI, Part II Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra. George. Bitter rivalries erupt. The feeble King 10:00 Purdue 82nd Anniversary Henry is overshadowed by Queen 11:30 Christmas on the Danube Christmas Show Margaret. Visit cities along the Danube River The ensembles of Purdue Musical and explore stunning European Organizations perform holiday landscape, history, and culture. favorites in West Lafayette, IN. FRIDAY, DEC 23 11:00 Bucknell Candlelight Christmas 8:00 Washington Week The Rooke Chapel Choir and Rooke MONDAY, DEC 26 8:30 Charlie Rose - The Week Chapel Ringers perform uplifting 9:00 Shakespeare Live! from the RSC sacred music and familiar carols. 8:00 Antiques Roadshow Benedict Cumberbatch, , Birmingham, Hour One and Ian McKellen mark the life and Highlights include hand-colored work of . Andy Warhol lithographs and a SUNDAY, DEC 25 Frederic Remington portrait. 11:00 Charlie Rose 9:00 Christmas Invitation 9:00 Independent Lens from Pacific Lutheran University Meet the Patels Pacific Lutheran University's holiday A 30 year-old single man from SATURDAY, DEC 24 tradition rings in the season with a a Hindu family enters the semi- 9:00 This Old House Christmas celebration. arranged marriage system in Arlington Arts & Crafts / 10:00 52nd Annual Wassail Concert America. Foundation Fundamentals at Chapman University 10:30 Vicious 9:30 American Woodshop Join 150 students and musicians Holiday Special The Burkhardt Inspired Green for this holiday concert event at Freddie and Stuart host a holiday Man Chair Chapman University. soiree. A wicked game of Truth or 10:00 Woodwright's Shop 11:00 Happy Holidays Dare brings up hidden truths. Van Gogh's Chair with the Boston Pops 11:00 Charlie Rose 10:30 Woodsmith Shop Celebrate the New England holiday Precision Joinery season with the Boston Pops and 11:00 New Fly Fisher Tanglewood Festival Chorus. TUESDAY, DEC 27 Chaudiere Lodge 12:00 Crane Candlelight Concert 11:30 Taste of Louisiana with Brightest and Best 8:00 Eero Saarinen: Chef John Folse & Company The Crane Chorus and the Crane American Masters Tilapia - Scott, LA Symphony Orchestra present a very The life of visionary Finnish- 12:00 Baking with Julia special Holiday concert. American modernist architectural Alice Medrich giant Eero Saarinen is explored. 12:30 Steven Raichlen's 1:00 Christmas with Wartburg The Wartburg Choir and Castle 9:00 Frontline Project Smoke Exodus How to Smoke Singers celebrates the holiday season with a musical performance. First-person stories of refugees When You Don't Have a Smoker and migrants fleeing war and 2:00 Christmas with the Duttons 1:00 Pati's Mexican Table persecution for Europe are shared. Valladolid - A Day to Explore Three generations of family present 1:30 Martha Bakes a joyful affair full of song, dance, 11:00 Charlie Rose Northwest comedy and surprises. 2:00 Lucky Chow 3:00 Holidays at Murray State Koreatown U.S.A The Murray State University Concert WEDNESDAY, DEC 28 2:30 Garden Smart Choir, Wind Ensemble, and Jazz 8:00 Nature 3:00 Growing a Greener World Orchestra perform. Cold Warriors: The New Generation of Farmers: 4:00 Eamonn McCrystal: Wolves and Buffalo Thinking Big While The Music of Christmas Buffalo and wolves engage in epic 3:30 P. Allen Smith's Garden Home Irish tenor Eamonn McCrystal hosts life and death dramas across the Road Trip an evening of from Wood Buffalo National Park. 4:00 Tracks Ahead 's Grand Opera House. 9:00 NOVA Tweetsie Railroad 5:00 Christmas at Belmont Building Pharaoh's Chariot 4:30 Painting the Town Kathy Mattea hosts a night Archaeologists, engineers and with Eric Dowdle of traditional carols, classical woodworkers test highly accurate 5:00 Roadtrip Nation masterworks and seasonal replicas of Egyptian royal chariots. Get the Ball Rolling favorites. DecemberLISTINGS6 10:00 Egypt's Treasure Guardians 10:30 Woodsmith Shop Individuals determined to bring Adding Details Egypt back from the brink and keep 11:00 New Fly Fisher its heritage safe are showcased. Stillwater forage 2 11:00 Charlie Rose 11:30 Taste of Louisiana with Chef John Folse & Company HD RADIO Redfish/Snapper- THURSDAY, DEC 29 Caminada Pass MONDAY–THURSDAY 12:00 Baking with Julia 5 am Classical 24 8:00 Metronome Michel Richard 9 am BBC News Hour Filmed in visually interesting 12:30 Steven Raichlen's 10 am Diane Rhem Show locations, this premiere of Project Smoke 12 pm Classical 24 Metronome introduces viewers Big Bad Beef 4 pm BBC World News Hour to three local groups performing 1:00 Pati's Mexican Table 5 pm Democracy Now original works. Isla Mujeres Inspired 6 pm PBS NewsHour 8:30 Hamilton's America 1:30 Martha Bakes 7 pm World Cafe 9 pm BBC World Service The creation of pop culture Southern Classics Broadway phenomenon Hamilton 2:00 Lucky Chow FRIDAY and the history behind it are Northern 5 am Classical 24 explored. 2:30 Garden Smart 9 am BBC News Hour 10:00 Great Performances 3:00 Growing a Greener World 10 am Diane Rhem Show The Hollow Crown: Richard III Compost, Compost Everywhere: 12 pm Classical 24 In his quest for the crown, Richard How It's Made (Seattle, WA) 4 pm BBC World News plans the murder of his brother 3:30 P. Allen Smith's Garden Home 5 pm Democracy Now George. Unique Eureka 6 pm PBS NewsHour 4:00 Tracks Ahead 7 pm World Cafe Conversations Images of the Past 8 pm Afropop Worldwide 4:30 Painting the Town 9 pm BBC World Service FRIDAY, DEC 30 with Eric Dowdle 5:00 Roadtrip Nation SATURDAY 8:00 Washington Week 5 am Classical Music 8:30 Charlie Rose -The Week The Door's Wide Open 6 am Performance Today Weekend 9:00 Sherlock on Masterpiece 5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend 8 am Harmonia The Abominable Bride 6:00 Antiques Roadshow 9 am From the Top Rejoin Benedict Cumberbatch and Birmingham, Hour One 10 am Weekend Edition Martin Freeman as Sherlock Holmes 7:00 Music Theatre Spotlight 2016 12 pm Marketplace Money and Dr. Watson in 1890s London. 8:00 Live from Lincoln Center 1 pm Splendid Table 11:00 Charlie Rose New York Philharmonic 2 pm Only a Game New Year's Eve 3 pm Fresh Air Weekend Ring in the New Year with a night of 4 pm BBC World News Hour American classics, including works 5 pm Thistle and Shamrock SATURDAY, DEC 31 by Rodgers and Hammerstein. 6 pm World Cafe 8 pm American Routes 9:00 This Old House 9:30 Live from Lincoln Center Arlington Arts & Crafts / 10 pm Folk Alley New York Philharmonic 12 am BBC World Service A Steely Den New Year's Eve 9:30 American Woodshop 11:00 ACL Hall of Fame SUNDAY Antique Repair and Restoration New Year's Eve 5 am Classical Music Workshop Celebrate New Year's Eve as 6 am Sunday Baroque 10:00 Woodwright's Shop Bonnie Raitt, B.B. King, and Kris 9 am Pipedreams Sliding Lid Boxes Kristofferson join the Hall of Fame. 10 am Weekend Edition 12 pm Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me 1 pm Le Show 2 pm Sound Options CHANUKAH, CHRISTMAS EVE, AND 3 pm Changing World 4 pm BBC World News Hour 5 pm On the Media CHRISTMAS DAY SPECIALS 6 pm Mountain Stage 8 pm Folk Alley 12 am BBC World Service WPSU can be part of your holiday celebrations with family specials. Watch Hugs and Knishes: A Celebration of Our Jewish Food on December 24, at 7:00 p.m., followed by Happy Holiday with the 3 Boston Pops, at 8:00 p.m. The Cat in the Hat and Curious George HD RADIO make special holiday appearances on December 25, 7:00–8:00 a.m. MONDAY–FRIDAY and Call the Midwife, Season 6 debuts that evening at 7:30 p.m. all day Jazz SATURDAY SUNDAY 12 am Jazz 12 am Jazz 1pm Folk Show 1 pm Folk Show 4pm Jazz 3 pm Jazz

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