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BEST BETS 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. 2 /tptpbs @tpt PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE FEBRUARY 2016 TPT Editorial and Design Team: Amy Hubler, Director, Integrated Marketing & Communications Sarah D. Johnson, Managing Editor Ann Pavlish, Designer Membership Hotline This January, we launched a brand new website at TPT.org. I encourage you to take 651-229-1300 a look. or toll free 866-229-1300 Lines are staffed 9am-5pm, Monday through Friday. 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Postmaster: Please send change-of-address information to: Membership Department, Twin Cities Public Television, 172 East Fourth Street, St. Paul, MN 55101. 4 /tptpbs @tpt TPT EVENTS THE LOWERTOWN LINE March, April, May | TPT Studios, Saint Paul, MN Join us for these upcoming tapings of The Lowertown Line in the studios of Twin Cities PBS! Doors open at 7:00 p.m. with music starting promptly at 8:00 p.m. Visit tpt.org/events to reserve your free ticket. Space is limited so sign-up today! March 10: The Cactus Blossoms April 14: Sonny Knight and the Lakers May 12: Davina and the Vagabonds RICK STEVES' TRAVEL SKILLS CLASS Wednesday, March 2 | 7 p.m. | The O'Shaughnessy, Saint Paul, MN Join travel expert Rick Steves as he shares all the latest in smart European travel. Visit tpt.org/events for tickets. TPT.ORG 5 HIGHLIGHTS FEBRUARY 1-7 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. 6 /tptpbs @tpt EVENING FEBRUARY 1-7 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.