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NATURE ON THE COVER MOOSE: LIFE OF A TWIG EATER This stunningly intimate nature documentary, filmed over 13 months in the spectacular wilds of Jasper National Park in the Canadian Rockies, takes viewers deep inside the world of moose to experience a mother's love and a calf's first year of life up close and personal. TPT 2 Wednesday, February 10, 7 p.m. TPT LIFE Sunday, February 14, 7 p.m.
FILTHY CITIES Using state-of-the-art CGI, historian Dan Snow goes back in time to medieval London, revolutionary Paris and 19th- century New York. What he reveals is that the story of our epic battle against filth through the ages is also the story of the birth of the modern metropolis. In three parts. TPT 2 Mondays, February 15-29, 9 p.m.
AMERICAN MASTERS CAROLE KING Delve into the hit singer songwriter's life and career from 1960s New York, to the music mecca of '70s LA, to the present. King joins collaborators and family in new interviews, while rare home movies, performances and photos complete the tapestry. TPT 2 Friday, February 19, 8 p.m.
THE HUMAN FACE OF BIG DATA The gathering and analyzing of massive amounts of data allow us to address some major challenges, but the accessibility of so much data comes at a steep price. This film captures the promise and peril of the extraordinary knowledge revolution. TPT 2 Wednesday, February 24, 9 p.m. TPT LIFE Sunday, February 28, 9 p.m.
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Mercy Street Wonderful World of Blood Downton Abbey Season 6 The Belle Alliance Michael Mosley put himself through on Masterpiece - Episode Six During a Union ball at their house, the some extreme challenges to discover The hospital war reaches a climax. Green girls and Frank initiate a daring how our blood protects us from Violet goes on the warpath. Daisy tries plan to help him escape. Mary releases infection, heals us when we’re to foil a romance. Prospects are looking Dr. Foster, still shaky from his detox, from wounded, and powers our lives. up for Mary and Edith. Thomas feels his "quarantine" so he can guide Samuel TPT 2 Wednesday, February 3, 9 p.m. trapped. Part 6 of 9. through a delicate operation. Part 4 of 6. TPT LIFE Sunday, February 7, 9 p.m TPT 2 Sunday, February 7, 8 p.m. TPT 2 Sunday, February 7, 9 p.m. TPT LIFE Wednesday, February 10, 8 p.m TPT LIFE Wednesday, February 10, 9 p.m.
Luther Kirsten Ross, a young mother, has been abducted. Luther realizes that this is the work of Lucien Burgess, a collector and writer of the occult, who was suspected of the murder of another woman, Grace Allen, ten years previously; but Burgess was never charged. TPT 2 Saturday, February 6, 10 p.m.
Finding Your Roots Visionaries Discover how the ancestors of business American Experience mogul Richard Branson and architects Murder of a President Maya Lin and Frank Gehry took Explore James Garfield's unprecedented rise to power, his shooting by a madman audacious risks to create opportunities, and its bizarre and tragic aftermath. Based on the best-seller "Destiny of the and how their luck, ingenuity and Republic," the story follows the life of one of the most extraordinary men ever chutzpah was passed on to these three elected president. visionaries. TPT 2 Tuesday, February 2, 8 p.m. TPT 2 Tuesday, February 2, 7 p.m.
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7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 Antiques Roadshow: Little Antiques Roadshow: El Paso, Secrets of the Dead: Car- Iowa Caucuses, A PBS News- NOVA: Himalayan Megaquake 1 2 Rock, Hour Two TX - Hour Three thage’s Lost Warriors Hour Special Report Mon Inspector Morse: Sins of the Vera: Death of a Family Man Minnesota BBC World Charlie Rose Tavis Smiley LIFE Father (Part 1 of 2) Original News
Minnesota Around The Conflict Resolution: Swedish & ECHO: Does My Child Have A Mary Hanson Belahdan Democracy in South Africa Original Corner with Norwegian Experience Hearing Loss Show MN John McGivern Finding Your Roots: American Experience: Murder of a President Call The Midwife Mercy Street: The Uniform 2 2 Visionaries (Part 3 of 6) Tue This Old House Hour Globe Trekker: South Atlantic Great British Baking Show: BBC World Charlie Rose Tavis Smiley LIFE Pies & Tarts News
Minnesota Around The Dirty Work: The Story of Hispanic Farm- Decoding Truth Cost of Climate Health and Tourism In Min- Minnesota in Original Corner with Elsie’s Farm ers: On Broken and Trust In Change In Min- Climate nesota: Ideas the ‘70s MN John McGivern Ground Advertising nesota at Play Nature: Mystery Monkeys of NOVA: Creatures of Light Wonderful World of Blood Call The Midwife Britain’s Hidden Heritage 3 2 Shangri-La Wed Our Zoo Downton Abbey Season 6 on Mercy Street: The Uniform BBC World Charlie Rose Tavis Smiley LIFE Masterpiece (Part 5 of 9) (Part 3 of 6) News
Minnesota Around The Wisconsin Hometown Stories: Almanac Classics Split Rock - The Superior Light Buffalo King Original Corner with Wausau MN John McGivern This Old House Hour Midsomer Murders: The Maid in Splendour (9:35) This Call The Midwife Globe Trekker: South Atlantic 4 2 (Part1 1 & 2 of 2) Wild Life Thu Secrets of the Dead: Death on Weapons of Weapons of Britain’s Hidden Heritage BBC World Charlie Rose Tavis Smiley LIFE the Railroad World War II World War II News
Minnesota Around The Tossed Out: Future Earth: Dirty Work: The Story of Farm to School: Saving Wheat: Freedom from Famine: The Original Corner with Food Waste In Thriving on a Elsie’s Farm Growing Our Rusts Never Norman Borlaug Story MN John McGivern America Full Planet Future Sleep Almanac Eddie Murphy: The Mark Twain Prize Black Red Green Red Green Eastenders Eastenders 5 2 Brilliance Show Show Fri Sacred Wonders of Britain Washington Charlie Rose - Mr. Civil Rights: Thurgood BBC World Charlie Rose Tavis Smiley Week with The Week Marshall and the NAACP News LIFE Gwen Ifill Minnesota Around The Media Coverage and Female Taking Steps to Improve Stem Almanac Health Focus: My Last Original Corner with Athletes (MN) Education One Commu- Breath MN John McGivern nity’s Effort Antiques Roadshow: Doc Martin: The Shock of the (8:55) Miss Fisher’s Murder Luther Vintage Red Vintage Red 6 2 Treasures on the Move New Mysteries: Murder in the Dark Green Show Green Show Sat Suze Orman’s Financial Solutions for You Independent Lens: In Football We Trust Independent Lens: Medora LIFE
Changing Our Coming Out Minnesota Book Awards 2015 Art of Argento Minneapolis Making A Scene: Twin Cities Musical Bridges: Nour World Through Proud Sculpture Youth Media MN Song Garden Our Zoo Downton Abbey Season 6 on Mercy Street: The Belle Alli- August Wilson Independent Lens: No Mas Bebes (No More 7 2 Masterpiece (Part 6 of 9) ance (Part 4 of 6) In St. Paul: Babies) Sun A MN O Special Banded Brothers: NOVA: Creatures of Light Wonderful World of Blood Austin City Limits: Sleater- Front and Center: Joe Jackson LIFE The Mongoose Mob Kinney/Heartless Bastard
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Hearing Loss Matters Nikki Giovanni on Poetry & Truth Age-related hearing loss is more than a personal TPT MN Sunday, February 14, 7 p.m. inconvenience; it’s a public health issue with wide-ranging social impacts. Produced with the Minnesota Commission Urban Youth Poets: Quest for the Voice of Deaf, DeafBlind, and Hard of Hearing Minnesotans. TPT MN Sunday, February 14, 8 p.m. TPT MN Sunday, February 21, 7 p.m.
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Independent Lens Frontline A Ballerina's Tale The Fantasy Sports Gamble Explore the rise of Misty Copeland, who made history as the first African-American See an investigation with the New York female principal dancer with the prestigious American Ballet Theater. Get an Times into fantasy sports and online intimate look at this ground-breaking dancer during a crucial period in her life. sports betting. With law enforcement TPT 2 Sunday, February 14, 10:30 p.m. cracking down, the film traces the TPT LIFE Saturday, February 20, 9 p.m growth of these booming businesses and goes inside their operations at home and abroad. TPT 2 Tuesday, February 9, 9 p.m. TPT LIFE Friday, February 12, 9 p.m
American Masters B.B. King Explore B.B. King's challenging life and career through candid interviews with the "King of the Blues," filmed shortly before his death, and fellow music stars, including Bono, Bonnie Raitt, Carlos Santana, Eric Clapton, John Mayer, and Ringo Starr. TPT 2 Friday, February 12, 8 p.m.
American Experience Perfect Crime NOVA Re-examine the shocking story of Leopold and Loeb, two wealthy college Memory students who murdered a 14 year-old boy in 1924 to prove they were smart Discover how researchers on the cut- enough to get away with it. Their trial set off a national debate about morality and ting edge of mind control can implant, capital punishment. change and even erase memories. On TPT 2 Tuesday, February 9, 8 p.m. this thought provoking journey into the mind, NOVA investigates the mysteri- ous nature of how we remember. TPT 2 Wednesday, February 10, 8 p.m. TPT LIFE Sunday, February 14, 8 p.m
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7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 Antiques Roadshow: Antiques Roadshow: Secrets of the Dead: New Hampshire Primary, A NOVA: Creatures of Light 8 2 Little Rock, Hour Three Atlanta, GA - Hour One The Real Trojan Horse PBS NewsHour Special Report Mon Inspector Morse: Sins of the Death In Paradise (8:55) Death In Paradise BBC World Charlie Rose Tavis Smiley LIFE Father (Part 2 of 2) News
Minnesota Around The CIA and the Cinema: A ECHO: Does My Child Have A Mary Hanson Belahdan Genocide Five Who Sur- Original Corner with Strange Bond Hearing Loss Show Again: Darfur vived: Children MN John McGivern of Genocide Finding Your Roots: American Experience: Frontline: The Fantasy Sports Call The Midwife Mercy Street: 9 2 War Stories Perfect Crime Gamble The Belle Alliance (Part 4 of 6) Tue This Old House Hour Globe Trekker: Myanmar Great British Baking Show: BBC World Charlie Rose Tavis Smiley LIFE Continental Cakes News
Minnesota Around The Community Our Voices: Leading In Crisis: Personal How Can I Afford Retirement? Finding The Passion to Lead Original Corner with Leadership Af- Transforming Stories Affording Retirement MN John McGivern ter 50 Leadership Nature: Moose: Life of a Twig NOVA: Memory Brain with David Eagleman Call The Midwife Britain’s Hidden Heritage 10 2 Eater How Do I Decide? Wed Our Zoo Downton Abbey Season 6 on Mercy Street: BBC World Charlie Rose Tavis Smiley LIFE Masterpiece (Part 6 of 9) The Belle Alliance (Part 4 of 6) News
Minnesota Around The Viking Battalion Almanac Classics Lost Duluth I Lost Duluth II Original Corner with MN John McGivern This Old House Hour PBS Presidential Debate 2016, A PBS NewsHour Special Call The Midwife Globe Trekker: Myanmar 11 2 Report Thu American Experience: Cold Weapons of Weapons of Britain’s Hidden Heritage BBC World Charlie Rose Tavis Smiley LIFE War Roadshow World War II World War II News
Minnesota Around The Farmers & Chefs Farm Fresh Rainy Lake If A Road Runs Richard Alley’s Climate Food, Fuel and Land Trust Original Corner with of Minnesota Road Trip Voyageurs Through It Adventures Climate Change Stories, An In MN John McGivern Wisconsin Almanac American Masters: B.B. King David Bowie: Five Years Vintage Red Vintage Red Eastenders Eastenders 12 2 Green Show Green Show Fri Sacred Wonders of Britain Washington Charlie Rose - Frontline: The Fantasy Sports BBC World Charlie Rose Tavis Smiley Week with The Week Gamble News LIFE Gwen Ifill Minnesota Around The Walking Into The Unknown Native Mens’ Home for Almanac On The Road Brighter Original Corner with Barriers to Heroes Together: Teen Futures: Child- MN John McGivern Health Care Driving hood In Balance Antiques Roadshow: Doc Martin: It's Good to Talk (8:55) Miss Fisher’s Murder Luther Vintage Red Vintage Red 13 2 Spokane, Hour One Mysteries: King Memses’ Curse Green Show Green Show Sat Great Performances: Andrea Bocelli: Cinema Independent Lens: No Mas Independent Lens: American Independent Lens: Brothers LIFE Bebes (No More Babies) Denial Hypnotic
Harvest Museums Creat- Treasures Nordic Roots Guthrie: An At Home In Russia, at Home How to Talk Power of the ing Community Collected, Trea- Primer Inside Look on the Prairie Minnesotan Arts MN sures Shared Our Zoo Downton Abbey Season 6 on Mercy Street: The Dead Room Minnesota Independent Lens: A Bal- Independent 14 2 Masterpiece (Part 7 of 9) (Part 5 of 6) Original lerina’s Tale Lens: A Little Sun White Lie Nature: Moose: Life of a Twig NOVA: Memory Nature: Ocean Giants: Deep Austin City Limits: Leon Front and Center: Darius LIFE Eater Thinkers Bridges/Nathaniel Rateliff... Rucker
Nikki Giovanni On Poetry & Urban Youth Poets: Quest for Multiple Sclerosis, The Vikings Women Mak- Mysteries of Life and Politics: A Conversa- Truth the Voice and Nordic Skiing ing Change Public Financ- tion MN ing
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TPT.ORG 11 Sounds of Blackness February 13, 2016, 8pm (7pm social hour) 7:15 pre-concert talk by Gary Hines, Musical Director, Sounds of Blackness) Tribute to Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. and uplifting messages of unity from the rich musical heritage of Black Americans.
The Pete Whitman X-tet featuring Laura Caviani Peyton Scott Russell Saturday, March 5, 8pm (7pm social hour) Eclectic jazz by ten outstanding musicians. graffiti artist
Dessa Tuesday, March 8, 7pm (6pm social hour) Wit and poetic sensibilities combine to transcend the rap genre. February 14 Tickets: 952-979-1111 6 and 10 pm www.HopkinsArtsCenter.com 1111 Mainstreet, Hopkins (15 min. from downtown Mpls; free parking).
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Independent Lens Doc Martin Diana vs. the Queen The Black Panthers: Vanguard Education, Education, This revealing documentary charts the of the Revolution Education two women's relationship from its very Revisit the turbulent 1960s, when a Louisa and Martin have their first beginnings, through the royal wedding new revolutionary culture emerged therapy session together – though to Diana's emergence as a global with the Black Panther Party at the neither of them was expecting that superstar. The story ends in the final vanguard. Stanley Nelson tells the they would be given homework. showdown over Diana's funeral. vibrant story of a pivotal movement Meanwhile, Mrs. Tishell is surprised TPT 2 Sunday, February 21, 7 p.m. that feels timely all over again. by the return of her husband, Clive, TPT 2 Tuesday, February 16, 8 p.m. and even more so when he tells her he TPT LIFE Saturday, February 27, 9 p.m wants to give things another go. TPT 2 Saturday, February 20, 8 p.m.
Filthy Cities Downton Abbey Season 6 Medieval London on Masterpiece - Episode Eight Historian Dan Snow gets down and Two romances get complicated. Molesley and Spratt try out new jobs. Thomas dirty in medieval grime to discover the takes a fateful step. Mrs. Patmore provokes a scandal. Isobel puts her foot down. hard way how the London we know Part 8 of 9. today was forged in the filth of the 14th TPT 2 Sunday, February 21, 8 p.m. century. Part 1 of 3. TPT LIFE Wednesday, February 24, 8 p.m TPT 2 Monday, February 15, 9 p.m.
NOVA Iceman Reborn Murdered more than 5,000 years ago, Otzi the Iceman is the oldest human mummy on Earth. Now, newly discovered evidence sheds light not only on this mysterious ancient man, but on the dawn of civilization in Europe. TPT 2 Wednesday, February 17, 8 p.m.
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7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 Antiques Roadshow: Antiques Roadshow: Filthy Cities: Medieval London Call The Midwife NOVA: Memory 15 2 Charleston, Hour One Atlanta, GA - Hour Two (Part 1 of 3) Mon Inspector Morse: Infernal Death In Paradise (8:55) Death In Paradise BBC World Charlie Rose Tavis Smiley LIFE Serpent (Part 1 of 2) News
Minnesota Around The Opium Use: A Immigrant Sto- ECHO: Does My Child Have A Mary Hanson Belahdan Arrival: Wom- East Africa: Original Corner with Hmong Per- ries Revealed Hearing Loss Show en’s Vision for a New Faces New MN John McGivern spective New Home Experiences Finding Your Roots: Independent Lens: Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution Call The Midwife Mercy Street: The Dead Room 16 2 Family Reunions (Part 5 of 6) Tue This Old House Hour Globe Trekker: Antarctica Great British Baking Show: BBC World Charlie Rose Tavis Smiley LIFE Pastries News
Minnesota Around The Transit Stories Why Transit? Fraud Fighters How Can I Afford Retirement? Healthcare Any- Safe at Home: Original Corner with Starting Late Investment Strate- where: Hyper- Preventing MN John McGivern gies Connecting Foreclosure Nature: Waking Giants NOVA: Iceman Reborn NOVA: Ice Age Death Trap Call The Midwife Britain’s Hidden Heritage 17 2 Wed Our Zoo Downton Abbey Season 6 on Mercy Street: The Dead Room BBC World Charlie Rose Tavis Smiley LIFE Masterpiece (Part 7 of 9) (Part 5 of 6) News
Minnesota Around The Viking Battalion Almanac Classics Civil War Homecoming Original Corner with MN John McGivern This Old House Hour Midsomer Murders: Ghosts of Christmas Past This Wild Life (10:05) Call The Midwife Globe Trekker: Antarctica 18 2 (Parts 1 & 2 of 2) Thu Alaska Far Away: The New Deal Pioneers of Weapons of Britain’s Hidden Heritage BBC World Charlie Rose Tavis Smiley LIFE the Matanuska Colony World War II News
Minnesota Around The Minnesota’s Minnesota’s Minnesota’s Landscape Superior’s Isle House as a System: Building Safe, Healthy and Original Corner with Fiercest Fires Fiercest Floods Deadliest Bliz- Legacy, An In Royale Efficient Homes MN John McGivern zards Wisconsin... Almanac American Masters: Carole King Carole King: The Library of Con- Vintage Red Vintage Red Eastenders Eastenders 19 2 gress Gershwin Prize for Popular Green Show Green Show Fri Song Sacred Wonders of Britain Washington Charlie Rose - Bridging The Divide: Tom BBC World Charlie Rose Tavis Smiley Week with The Week Bradley and the Politics... News LIFE Gwen Ifill Minnesota WCHA Hockey: BSU vs. Michigan Tech Almanac Healthcare: Unequal Original The Changing Distribution of MN Landscape Health Antiques Roadshow: Doc Martin: Education, Educa- (8:55) Miss Fisher’s Murder Mys- Luther Vintage Red Vintage Red 20 2 Spokane, Hour Two tion, Education teries: Murder Most Scandalous Green Show Green Show Sat Rick Steves’ Europe Travel Skills Independent Lens: Independent Lens: Little Arts in Con- Afropop: The A Ballerina’s Tale White Lie text Ultimate Cul- LIFE tural Exchange WCHA Hockey: BSU vs. Michigan Tech Art at Hand: Minnesota Potters: Sharing Clay, Wood, Fire, Spirit: The Pot- Creative Aging The Fire tery of Richard Bresnahan MN with Clay Diana vs. The Queen Downton Abbey Season 6 on Mercy Street: The Diabolical Minnesota Independent Lens: Black Panthers: Vanguard 21 2 Masterpiece (Part 8 of 9) Plot (Part 6 of 6) Original of the Revolution Sun Nature: Waking Giants NOVA: Ice Age Death Trap Nature: Ocean Giants: Voices Austin City Limits: Tedeschi Front and Center: Ronnie LIFE of the Sea Trucks Band Dunn
Hearing Loss Scams, Seniors Roads, Rails and Urban Lowertown: The Rise of An Next Steps: Schoolhouse Criminal Records, Race and Matters & Minnesota’s Change Urban Village Committing to to Jailhouse Justice MN Response Community
TPT.ORG 15 HEALTH & MONEY & WORK & LIVING & CAREGIVING WELL-BEING SECURITY PURPOSE LEARNING
How to Live the Way You Want As You Age The key to do it is imagining what the hurdles will be By Denise Logeland, Next Avenue Contributor
“I think what would be surprising to ‘A Cascade of Consequences’ people is that it can be relatively small Trejo and Lawler lead two things that can grow pretty quickly of the 629 Area Agencies on into big things” in our older years, Aging in the country. There’s says Kathryn Lawler, aging and health one in every metro area or resources manager for the Atlanta cluster of rural counties. Regional Commission. She uses trash Federally funded, they in bins to make her point. turn fund and coordinate the Cities often issue bins big enough services of local nonprofit to handle garbage from a household and for-profit organizations of several people. If you’re an elderly that provide a huge range of person living alone, you only need a supports for elders: nutrition fraction of that capacity, but you still and fitness programs, have to drag a big, heavy bin to the transportation, senior centers, curb, maybe down a sloped driveway help monitoring medications, help and then back up it. doing house work and yard work, and Say you just don’t have the strength more. Mental Health Issues, Too some weeks, or you’ve enlisted a Callers who use these agencies’ “Another issue is depression, which nearby nephew to do it, but he travels one-stop information lines will often goes undiagnosed,” she adds. for work and misses a few trash days encounter someone like Mary Lou Depression and isolation are what in a row. “Now you start to get a little Vergara, a social worker at the Atlanta nearly took away the independent life rodent problem,” Lawler says. “Then Regional Commission who helps elders of 86-year-old “Bernice Emory,” an that exacerbates some asthma that you and caregivers. Atlanta-area woman who asked that have.” Maybe you land in the hospital. Like Lawler, Vergara says it’s not her real name be kept private. After If your goal is to live at home, just big changes — the loss of a driver’s her husband and sister died within a as independently as possible for as license or the loss of memory and couple months of each other in 2009, long as possible, aging professionals cognition — that move people out of she shut down. “My children were recommend something that might their homes. She sees less obvious concerned,” she says, and asked her to seem premature: Start to ask now problems that lead to the risks and see a counselor. about the resources and supports vulnerability of isolation. That led to therapy, but also a available for the elderly in your For instance, “it doesn’t take much referral to the Crabapple Senior Center, community. A conversation with the for someone’s activity to become very where Emory has spent every weekday people who run community programs limited,” Vergara says. Fear of falling or for the past four years. can show you your blind spots. even significant knee pain can start a A fiftysomething still in the thick “Reach out early, because we cascade of consequences. “If someone of a career, a family life and a far-flung might be able to tell you about all is experiencing a lot of pain walking, social network might not see that kinds of things that you want to be they’re less and less interested in going losing friends and sense of purpose are thinking about or exploring before it out of their home.” Senior fitness hazards of aging. But Emory can say becomes a need,” says Laura Trejo, and balance programs can turn that that regaining them through the senior general manager of the Los Angeles around. center “made me come alive.” Department of Aging.
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Nature American Masters More Manners of Downton Snow Chick Fats Domino Abbey: A Masterpiece Special This is an intimate and incredible Discover how Fats Domino's brand Return to the world of manners with journey of one vulnerable and of New Orleans rhythm and blues Alastair Bruce, Downton Abbey's charismatic Emperor penguin chick, became rock 'n' roll. As popular in the historical advisor. With interviews with from the moment he emerges from the 1950s as Elvis Presley, Domino suffered cast members like Hugh Bonneville egg to the moment he leaves for the degradations in the pre-civil rights and Michelle Dockery, the program sea as a boisterous adolescent. South and aided integration through his navigates the social protocol of TPT 2 Wednesday, February 24, 7 p.m. influential music. aristocrats and servants in the 1920s. TPT LIFE Sunday, February 28, 7 p.m TPT 2 Friday, February 26, 9 p.m. Be sure to tune in next Sunday night for the series finale! TPT 2 Sunday, February 28, 8 p.m.
In Performance Frontline Antiques Roadshow at the White House: Chasing Heroin Minneapolis, MN ‑ Hour One Smithsonian Salutes Facing a heroin epidemic, America Revisit Minneapolis with host Mark L. Ray Charles is experimenting with radical new Walberg, where he visits the American- Hear interpretations of the music of approaches to the drug problem. Swedish Institute to discuss Mora Ray Charles, using his own big-band Following four addicts in Seattle, clocks. Other highlights include a musical arrangements, by renowned examine U.S. drug policy and what George Elmslie chair that, if authentic, as well as up-and-coming artists. happens when heroin is treated like a could fetch $50,000, and a 1976 fancy The performance, a White House public health crisis, not a crime. intense yellow diamond ring, valued at partnership with the Smithsonian, airs TPT 2 Tuesday, February 23, 9 p.m. $140,000‑$160,000. from the East Room. TPT 2 Monday, February 29, 8 p.m. TPT 2 Friday, February 26, 8 p.m.
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In a new PBS KIDS series premiering February 15, Ready Jet Go! follows new kid in town Jet...who just happens to be an alien from outer space! With his Earth friends Sean and Sydney, Jet goes on astronomical adventures, learning about earth and space science along the way. Following the premiere special, Ready Jet Go! can be seen weekdays at 7:30 a.m and 4:30 p.m. on TPT 2. Visit tpt.org/kids for complete schedule information.
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