TV & RADIO LISTINGS GUIDE FEBRUARY 2020
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WITF honors the legacy of Black History Month with special • programming including the American Masters premiere of Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool. This deep dive into the world of a beloved musical giant features a mix of never before seen footage and new interviews with Quincy Jones, Carlos Santana, Clive Davis, Wayne Shorter, Marcus Miller, Ron Carter, family members and others. The film’s producers were granted access to the Miles Davis estate providing a great depth of material to utilize in this two-hour documentary airing February 25 at 9pm. Fans of Death in Paradise rejoice! The series will continue to solve crimes on a weekly basis for several more months ahead. Season 7 wraps this month, but Season 8 returns in March. Season 9 is currently airing on BBC in the United Kingdom. The brand-new season travels across the pond and lands on the WITF schedule this summer. I had the opportu- nity to see some of the first images from SERIES MARATHON the new season and it looks like there are some changes in store! I don’t want to HOWARDS END ON MASTERPIECE give anything away, so I’ll keep it vague until we get closer to the premiere of the FEBRUARY 2 • 4–9pm new season. In the meantime, the series continues Thursdays at 9pm. Doc Martin Season 8 concludes this Do you have a Smart TV? If you do, through broadcast, cable, satellite or the month. I’m hopeful to bring you Season WITF is now also available on internet, we’re proud to be your neighbor- 9 with Martin and Louisa in early 2021. YouTubeTV. It’s a fee-based subscrip- hood public television station! The crystal ball is cloudy when it comes tion service that allows you to watch to its availability but rest assured WITF broadcast and other networks through Fred Vigeant, Director of Programming for will present the new season as soon as your internet connection, instead of WITF TV and WITF 89.5 & 93.3 it is made available to public television cable or satellite. Whether you watch us stations. Look for Fred Vigeant's PICKS throughout the guide! •
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WITF | FEBRUARY 2020 TV & RADIO LISTINGS PRIMETIME at a Glance For more information go to witf.org/tv BBC World News M-F 5:30pm DW The Day M-F 11:30pm The McLaughlin Group SAT 5:00pm PBS Newshour M-F 6:00pm Amanpour & Company M-F 12:00am PBS Newshour Weekend SAT 5:30pm BBC World News M-F 11:00pm PBS Newshour Weekend SUN 5:30pm
8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 10:30pm
Keeping Up 800 Words* Bluegrass 1SAT Fawlty Towers* 800 Words* Appearances* starts at 9:45 pm Underground
2SUN Howards End On MASTERPIECE Sanditon On MASTERPIECE Vienna Blood
3MON Antiques Roadshow No Passport Required Independent Lens
4TUE Finding Your Roots PBS Newshour Special Report
5WED Nova Expedition with Steve Backshall
6THU Doc Martin* Death In Paradise* Dickensian* Antiques Roadshow 7FRI Washington Week Country Music Recut
Keeping Up 800 Words* 800 Words* Bluegrass 8SAT Fawlty Towers* Appearances* starts at 9:05 pm starts at 9:45 pm Underground
9 SUN A Very British Romance with Lucy Worsley Sanditon On MASTERPIECE Vienna Blood
10MON Antiques Roadshow No Passport Required Independent Lens
11TUE Finding Your Roots The Fight: American Experience Frontline
12 WED Nature Nova Expedition with Steve Backshall
13THU Doc Martin* Death In Paradise* Dickensian* Antiques Roadshow 14 FRI Washington Week Country Music Recut
Keeping Up 800 Words* 800 Words* Bluegrass 15SAT Fawlty Towers* Appearances* starts at 9:05 pm starts at 9:45 pm Underground
16SUN A Very British Romance with Lucy Worsley Sanditon On MASTERPIECE Vienna Blood
17 MON Antiques Roadshow No Passport Required Independent Lens
18TUE Finding Your Roots Frontline
19WED Nature Nova Expedition with Steve Backshall
20 THU Doc Martin* Death In Paradise* Dickensian* Antiques Roadshow 21FRI Washington Week Country Music Recut Keeping Up 22 SAT Fawlty Towers* The Chaperone On MASTERPIECE starts at 9:05 pm Appearances*
23SUN Sanditon On MASTERPIECE Sanditon On MASTERPIECE Vienna Blood
24MON Antiques Roadshow Dreams of Hope Independent Lens
25TUE Finding Your Roots Miles Davis: American Masters
26 WED Nature Nova The Groveland Four
27 THU Doc Martin* Death In Paradise* Dickensian*
28 FRI Washington Week Washington Week Maya Angelou: American Masters
Lawrence Welk: 29SAT God Bless America My Music 20th Anniversary Show starts at 6:00 pm
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SATURDAY 1 FRIDAY 7 10:00pm • Independent Lens: 7:00pm Lawrence Welk Show: Cooked: Survival By Zip Code Learn the 8:00pm Washington Week #5932 The Southern Show #1724H story of a heat wave that overtook Chicago in 8:30pm Antiques Roadshow Recut: 8:00pm Keeping Up Appearances: July 1995, killing 739 residents. #2109 Newport 4 Fantastic finds include a Jean- How to Go On Holiday Without Really 11:00pm PBS Newshour Special Report Michel Basquiat oil stick drawing and dragon Trying Hyacinth declares that she cannot Election 2020 Coverage dog bronze ornaments. #106 stand snobbery, people trying to pretend they 11:30pm BBC World News #452 9:00pm • Country Music: Will are superior. #304 12:00am Amanpour and Company #2156 The Circle Be Unbroken? (1968 -1972) 8:30pm Fawlty Towers: Gourmet Night TUESDAY 4 Country music responds to a nation divided Basil’s new chef tries to turn Fawlty Towers by the Vietnam War, through songwriter Kris into a gourmet’s paradise. #105 8:00pm • • Finding Your Roots: Kristofferson. #106 9:00pm 800 Words* George lands Science Pioneers The family trees of 11:00pm BBC World News #460 • scientists Francis Collins, Shirley Ann Jackson a scoop on the first day of his new job at the 11:30pm DW The Day #527 and Harold Varmus are traced. #607 newspaper, but why is he under orders not to 12:00am Amanpour and Company #2159 9:00pm PBS Newshour Special Report write about an eight-year-old mystery that’s SATURDAY 8 gripping Weld? #203 The live coverage will include the president’s State of the Union address, the Democratic 7:00pm Lawrence Welk Show: Love 9:45pm • 800 Words* George’s response and analysis. #12757 house is bursting with teenagers and he gets Songs* Mary Lou is the host. Bobby and 11:00pm BBC World News #454 another chance to buy his dream house. #204 Elaine dance to “Amor” and Anacani sings 11:30pm DW The Day #524 “Secret Love.” #1725 10:30pm Bluegrass Underground: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Two decades into a 12:00am Amanpour and Company #2157 8:00pm Keeping Up Appearances: storied career, Josh Ritter is still constantly WEDNESDAY 5 Richard’s New Hobby* Hyacinth gives changing and challenging himself. #901 Richard a video camera and tells him to “be 8:00pm • Nova: Polar Extremes artistic,” because he needs a hobby. #305 11:00pm • Austin City Limits: Billie Uncover the bizarre history of the poles, from 8:30pm Fawlty Towers: The Germans* Eilish The pop superstar performs her hits miles-thick ice sheets to warm polar forests. A party of Germans and a fire drill turn Fawlty and songs from her LP “When We All Fall #4701 Towers upside down. #106 Asleep, Where Do We Go?” #4512 10:00pm • • Expedition with Steve 9:05pm • 800 Words* George’s date SUNDAY 2 Backshall: Mexico - Flooded Caves Dive with Katie is the only news in Weld. Constable 7:00pm Howards End On into a network of unexplored caves under the Tom and Big Mac clash over campers. #205 MASTERPIECE: Episode Three Margaret Yucatan Peninsula with Steve Backshall. #104 9:45pm • 800 Words* The summer receives an unexpected offer from Henry. 11:00pm BBC World News #456 people hit Weld with a vengeance. A wave-ski Helen is incensed by the unfair fate of the 11:30pm DW The Day #525 wipes out Woody and puts him into a coma. Basts. #5011 12:00am Amanpour and Company #2158 #206 8:00pm Howards End On THURSDAY 6 10:30pm Bluegrass Underground: • Amanda Shires Amanda Shires cuts her own MASTERPIECE: Episode Four, Series Finale 8:00pm Doc Martin: From The Mouths genre, blending roots-rock with fierce-sweet Margaret is undaunted by Henry’s past of Babes* With James teething, Martin and violin and soaring vocals. #902 misdeeds and Helen leaves abruptly for Louisa are desperate for more sleep. Mrs. Europe. #5012 Tishell closes the pharmacy. #805 11:00pm Austin City Limits: Rosalia #4513 9:00pm • • Sanditon On 9:00pm Death In Paradise* Jack and his SUNDAY 9 MASTERPIECE: Episode Five Desperate for team must navigate the waters of an elitist 8:00pm • A Very British Romance unpaid wages, Young Stringer threatens a Yacht Club in order to catch a killer. #153 with Lucy Worsley Lucy Worsley delves into worker boycott of the annual cricket match 10:00pm Dickensian* Compeyson is riled the history of romance to uncover the forces with Sanditon’s gentlemen. Even Charlotte by the arrival of Matthew Pocket and quizzes shaping our very British happily ever after joins the game as simmering tensions boil Arthur over his cousin. #107 and how our feelings have been affected by over. #5005 11:00pm BBC World News #458 social, political and cultural ideas. #10 10:00pm • Vienna Blood: Episode 11:30pm DW The Day #526H Three Oskar asks Max to help investigate 12:00am Amanpour and Company #2159 a grotesque series of murders in Vienna’s slums. #103 11:00pm Downton Abbey Season 6 On MASTERPIECE: Episode Four Miss Baxter faces a dilemma, Anna and Mary rush to POLAR EXTREMES London and Daisy continues to press her case. #4604 MONDAY 3 8:00pm • Antiques Roadshow: Bonanzaville Hour 2 Highlights include a UND Margaret Cable box and an Elsebeth Haugard silversmith archive. #2405 9:00pm • • No Passport Required: Philadelphia Philadelphia’s Italian food scene • is explored and everything from pizza to cannoli is sampled. #204 FEBRUARY 5 • 8pm
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9:00pm • • Sanditon On 11:00pm BBC World News #466 SUNDAY 16 MASTERPIECE: Episode Six At loggerheads 11:30pm DW The Day #530 8:00pm • A Very British Romance over the disappearance of Miss Lambe, 12:00am Amanpour and Company #2163 with Lucy Worsley #102 Charlotte and Sidney comb the London THURSDAY 13 underworld to find her. #5006 9:00pm • • Sanditon On 10:00pm • Vienna Blood: Episode 8:00pm Doc Martin: Accidental Hero* MASTERPIECE: Episode Seven With the Four Max and Oskar are drawn into the James goes through a biting phase and approach of Sanditon’s regatta, the success sphere of nationalistic groups who despise Morwenna leaves the surgery for a weekend of the resort hangs in the balance — as do Vienna’s immigrants. #104 away with Al. #806 assorted romances. How will Charlotte, Sidney and other lovers fare in the marriage 11:00pm Downton Abbey Season 6 9:00pm Death In Paradise* Jack and the game? #5007 On MASTERPIECE: Episode Five Thomas team investigate the mysterious death of the makes Andy a generous offer. Spratt rescues leader of a spiritual retreat. #154 10:00pm • Vienna Blood: Episode Five Denker. A powerful politician comes to dinner. 10:00pm Dickensian* After seeing Max and Oskar investigate a military school #4605 Compeyson’s murderous intentions the night with barbaric traditions hidden from the outside world. #105 MONDAY 10 before, Arthur is a gibbering wreck, hiding in his room as Compeyson knocks on his door. 11:00pm Downton Abbey Season 6 8:00pm • Antiques Roadshow: #108 On MASTERPIECE: Episode Six The hospital Bonanzaville Hour 3 A 1919 Babe Ruth Home 11:00pm BBC World News #468 war reaches a climax, Violet goes on the Run Record award and an 1876 Centennial 11:30pm DW The Day #531 warpath and Daisy tries to foil a romance. Exhibition sketchbook are appraised. #2406 12:00am Amanpour and Company #2164 #4606 9:00pm • • No Passport Required: FRIDAY 14 MONDAY 17 Las Vegas Chef Marcus Samuelsson explores 8:00pm Washington Week #5933 8:00pm • Antiques Roadshow Las Vegas and learns about the city’s diverse Crocker Art Museum Hour 1 Fantastic finds 8:30pm Antiques Roadshow Recut food traditions. #205 include a signed Joe DiMaggio game-used bat 10:00pm Independent Lens: Newport 5 An Edward Bannister oil, 1979 • Tage Frid stools and more interesting items and a Reinhold Riel silver etrog box. #2407 Leftover Women Despite thriving careers, educated and successful women face the are appraised. #107 9:00pm • • No Passport Required: Boston Chef Marcus Samuelsson learns stigma of being unmarried in China. #2108 9:00pm Country Music: Are You • about the Portuguese, Brazilian and Cape 11:30pm BBC World News #462 Sure Hank Done It This Way? (1973 -1983) Verdean diasporas in Boston. #206 12:00am Amanpour and Company #2161 Dolly Parton gets mainstream success. Hank 10:00pm Independent Lens: TUESDAY 11 Williams, Jr., Rosanne Cash and Willie Nelson • are featured. #107 We Believe In Dinosaurs A $120 million Noah’s Ark exhibit, backed by the Creation 8:00pm • Finding Your Roots: Slave 11:30pm BBC World News #470 Museum is built in Williamstown, Kentucky. Trade The roots of director Ava DuVernay, 12:00am Amanpour and Company #2165 actor S. Epatha Merkerson and musician #2110 Questlove are explored. #608 SATURDAY 15 11:30pm BBC World News #472 9:00pm • The Fight: American 7:00pm Lawrence Welk Show: Songs 12:00am Amanpour and Company #2166 Experience Learn the interwoven stories By Johnny Mercer* Guy Hovis is the guest. TUESDAY 18 of two extraordinary men, boxers Max Lawrence and the gang salute Johnny Mercer Schmeling of Germany and American Joe on this show from 1976. #1726 8:00pm • • Finding Your Roots: Louis, culminating in what was arguably the 8:00pm Keeping Up Appearances: Italian Roots Henry Louis Gates, Jr. helps most politicized sporting event in history: The Art Exhibition* Hyacinth and Richard author George R. R. Martin answer some the 1938 heavyweight championship of the attend a showing at an art gallery, but her family mysteries. #609 world. #1702 father sneaks into the exhibit. #306 9:00pm • Frontline: Amazon Empire 10:00pm • Frontline: Battle for 8:30pm Fawlty Towers: Communications The Rise of Jeff Bezos Amazon CEO Jeff Hong Kong Inside the battle for Hong Problems* A racing tip and a guest who is Bezos’ ascent to power and the global impact Kong, following protesters transformed and hard of hearing spell financial disaster for of the empire he built are examined. #3812 radicalized over eight months. #3811 Basil. #201 11:00pm BBC World News #474 11:00pm PBS Newshour Special Report 9:05pm • 800 Words* The first 11:30pm DW The Day #534 Election 2020 Coverage anniversary of his wife’s death looms large 12:00am Amanpour and Company #216 11:30pm BBC World News #464 for George as war breaks out with the in-laws. WEDNESDAY 19 #207 12:00am Amanpour and Company #2162 8:00pm Nature: The Mighty Weasel 9:45pm 800 Words* George is • WEDNESDAY 12 • recruited into the Weld cricket team and fears Follow the adventures of a first-time weasel 8:00pm Nature: Wild Florida A a character flaw may reveal itself. #208 mom, fearless honey badger and a tiny • orphan weasel. #3712 growing human population and abandoned 10:30pm Bluegrass Underground: exotic pets are threatening Florida’s wild Keb’ Mo’ Nashville-based singer-songwriting 9:00pm • Nova: Cats #4703 paradise. #3711 bluesman and four-time Grammy Award 10:00pm • • Expedition with 9:00pm • Nova: Dogs #4702 winner Keb’ Mo’ performs. #903 Steve Backshall: Bhutan - White Water 10:00pm • • Expedition with Steve 11:00pm Austin City Limits: Brandi Carlile Steve Backshall travels to the foothills of Backshall: Borneo — Dark Shadow Follow The Seattle singer-songwriter performs the Himalaya to kayak the last unrun river in Steve Backshall as he drops down a sinkhole highlights from her album “By the Way, I Bhutan. #106 to explore a series of underground Bornean Forgive You.” #4404 caves. #105 Follow us on Twitter Tweet your favorite programs
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11:00pm BBC World News #476 11:30pm BBC World News #482 11:30pm DW The Day #535 12:00am Amanpour and Company #2171 12:00am Amanpour and Company #2168 • TUESDAY 25 THURSDAY 20 8:00pm • • Finding Your Roots: 8:00pm Doc Martin: Blade on the • Criminal Kind The roots of actor Laura Feather* Penhale and Morwenna participate Linney and journalists Lisa Ling and Soledad in the annual gig race against another town. O’Brien are explored. #610 Louisa buys a new car. #807 9:00pm • • Miles Davis: American 9:00pm Death In Paradise* Old Masters Never-before-seen footage, rare memories are raked up for JP when someone photos and interviews explore the life of jazz from his past is caught red-handed at a legend Miles Davis. #3109 murder scene. #155 11:00pm BBC World News #484 10:00pm Dickensian* Jaggers urges 11:30pm DW The Day #539 Barbary to make a plan but he refuses to believe all hope is lost and sets out to talk 12:00am Amanpour and Company #2172 to all his previous business associates in the WEDNESDAY 26 hope of getting a number of small loans. #109 8:00pm Nature: Arctic Wolf Pack White 11:00pm BBC World News #478 wolves on Ellesmere Island roam far from the 11:30pm DW The Day #536 den through unforgiving snow to feed their 12:00am Amanpour and Company #2169 Miles Davis: cubs. #3507 FRIDAY 21 9:00pm • Nova: Sleep #4704 AMERICAN MASTERS 10:00pm The Groveland Four Four 8:00pm Washington Week #5934 • black defendants accused of assaulting a 8:30pm Antiques Roadshow Recut: FEB. 25 • 9pm white woman in 1949 faced injustices in Newport 6 Next-level Newport finds include a Florida. gold and amethyst necklace and a 2003 Sam 11:00pm BBC World News #486 Zell automaton. #108 SUNDAY 23 11:30pm DW The Day #540 9:00pm Country Music: Don’t 8:00pm Sanditon On MASTERPIECE: • 12:00am Amanpour and Company #2173 Get Above Your Raisin (1984 -1996) George Episode Seven With the approach of THURSDAY 27 Strait and the Judds help country music stay Sanditon’s regatta, the success of the resort true to its roots. Garth Brooks is featured. 8:00pm Doc Martin: All My Trials* hangs in the balance — as do assorted #108 romances. How will Charlotte, Sidney and Martin stops practicing the week before his 11:00pm BBC World News #480 other lovers fare in the marriage game? hearing, but patients continue to solicit his 11:30pm DW The Day #537 #5007 advice. #808 12:00am Amanpour and Company #2170 9:00pm Sanditon On 9:00pm Death In Paradise* Jack • • SATURDAY 22 MASTERPIECE: Episode Eight, Season and his team must crack a cold case that has Finale On the night of the Midsummer Ball, haunted the Commissioner for years. #156 7:00pm Lawrence Welk Show: Tribute to 10:00pm Dickensian* Compeyson is romance, jealousy and betrayal fill the air. the Swing and Sweet Bands* Ava Barber is Events conspire to leave Charlotte and the now officially courting Amelia Havisham and the guest. Tom Netherton reminds us “You’re Parker family facing difficult choices. #5008 again demands cash from Arthur to make Nobody Til Somebody Loves You.” #1727 10:00pm Vienna Blood: himself seem more credible as a suitor. #110 • 8:00pm Keeping Up Appearances: Episode Six, Season Finale Suspicion at 11:30pm BBC World News #488 What to Wear When Yachting* Hyacinth the military school falls on an elite group of 12:00am Amanpour and Company #2174 purchases yachting gear and prepares a cadets with a penchant for sadism. #106 “nautical light buffet” for her weekend FRIDAY 28 11:00pm Downton Abbey Season 6 cruise. #307 On MASTERPIECE: Episode Seven A car 8:00pm Washington Week #5935 8:30pm Fawlty Towers: The Psychiatrist* race gives Mary flashbacks, Mrs. Patmore 8:30pm Washington Week #5936 A medallion man, a pair of psychiatrists, a opens for business and Mrs. Hughes tricks 9:00pm • Maya Angelou: American pretty Australian girl and a ladder cause Basil Carson. #4607 Masters Journey through the prolific life some embarrassment. #202 MONDAY 24 of the “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” 9:05pm The Chaperone On MASTERPIECE author and activist. #3002 8:00pm Antiques Roadshow: Journey from Kansas to New York City with • 11:30pm BBC World News #490 the diffident chaperone to uninhibited dancer Crocker Art Museum Hour 2 A 1981 “Raiders 12:00am Amanpour and Company #2175 Louise Brooks in this Jazz Age drama. #4953 of the Lost Ark” prototype and a 1788 11:05pm Austin City Limits: St. Vincent Elizabeth Shoemaker sampler are featured. SATURDAY 29 The groundbreaking singer-songwriter- #2408 6:00pm Lawrence Welk: God Bless guitarist and her band perform songs from 9:00pm • • Dreams of Hope America Executive Producer Bob Allen and “Masseducation.” #4401 A concert is performed 50 years after a hate Welk Star Mary Lou Metzger are featured on crime at Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in this special. Alabama. 8:30pm • My Music 20th 10:00pm • Independent Lens: Always Anniversary Show Doo Wop to Pop Rock Like us on Facebook In Season A mother searches for the truth 11:00pm • Suze Orman’s Ultimate after her African American son was found Retirement Guide for video previews hanging from a swing set. #2111
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Schedule subject to WITF TV DAYTIME SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE change MONDAY–FRIDAY 1:00pm Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street 5:00am BBC World News Television 5:30am Public Affairs Programming 1:30pm Simply Ming 6:00am Ready Jet Go! 2:00pm It’s Sew Easy 6:30am Arthur 2:30pm Paint This with Jerry Yarnell Overcoming An Epidemic: 7:00am Curious George FRIDAY 7:30am Nature Cat 12:00pm Amanpour & Company OPIOIDS IN 8:00am Wild Kratts 1:00pm The Great British Baking Show PENNSYLVANIA 8:30am Molly of Denali 2:00pm Confucius Was A Foodie 9:00am Xavier Riddle and the SATURDAY Secret Museum 5:30am Step It Up WIth Steph SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2 • 3pm 9:30am Let’s Go Luna! 6:00am Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood ** 10:00am Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 6:30am Dinosaur Train WITF TV DAYTIME SPECIAL PROGRAMS 10:30am Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 7:00am Sesame Street SUNDAY 2 11:00am Sesame Street 7:30am Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 12:00pm • Great Performances at the Met: Madama 11:30am Pinkalicious & Peterrific 8:00am Let’s Go Luna! Butterfly #1402 8:30am Molly of Denali 12:00pm GENERAL AUDIENCE* 3:00pm • Battling Opioids: A Project of Pennsylvania 3:00pm Nature Cat 9:00am This Old House Hour Public Media Explore issues facing Pennsylvania as it battles the 3:30pm Wild Kratts 10:00am Home Diagnosis opioid crisis and how evidence-based solutions can help. #103 4:00pm Molly of Denali 10:30am Woodsmith Shop SUNDAY 9 4:30pm Xavier Riddle and the 11:00am Motorweek 12:00pm • Afropop: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange: Secret Museum 11:30am Lidia’s Kitchen My Friend Fela and Birth of Afrobeat A new perspective on 5:00pm Odd Squad 12:00pm Farmer and the Foodie Nigerian musician Fela Kuti is provided by his friend and official 5:30pm BBC World News America 12:30pm America’s Test Kitchen biographer. #1201 6:00pm PBS Newshour 1:00pm Ciao Italia 1:30pm • Afropop: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange: 7:00pm Sesame Street Twelve Disciples of Nelson Mandela and Spit on the Broom 1:30pm Tastemakers An intimate tale about an African-American family and the anti- 7:30pm Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 2:00pm Rick Steves’ Europe apartheid movement is showcased. #1205 GENERAL AUDIENCE 2:30pm Growing A Greener World 3:00pm • • Parkland: Healing A Community and a MONDAY 3:00pm Garden Smart Nation After a mass school shooting in Parkland, Florida, the 12:00pm Amanpour & Company 3:30pm Transforming Health community works together for positive change. 1:00pm America’s Test Kitchen from 4:00pm This Old House Hour SUNDAY 16 Cook’s Illustrated 5:00pm The Mclaughlin Group 12:00pm • Hollywood’s Architect: The Paul R. Williams 1:30pm Cook’s Country 5:30pm PBS Newshour Weekend Story Architect Paul R. Williams used talent, determination and even charm to defy the odds. 2:00pm Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting 6:00pm Antiques Roadshow SUNDAY 1:00pm • Afropop: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange: 2:30pm Landscapes Through Time with Amina An African immigrant woman in Istanbul, Turkey faces David Dunlop 5:30am Second Opinion cultural challenges as she pursues her dreams. #1202 6:00am Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood TUESDAY 2:00pm • Beyond Barbados: The Carolina Connection 12:00pm Amanpour & Company 6:30am Dinosaur Train The influence of the small island of Barbados on the wealth and 1:00pm Joanne Weir’s Plates and Places 7:00am Sesame Street success of the Carolinas is traced. 1:30pm Christina Cooks 7:30am Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 3:00pm The Long Shadow A look at the history of anti-black racism in America traces the imposition of white privilege. 2:00pm Best of Sewing with Nancy 8:00am Let’s Go Luna! SUNDAY 23 2:30pm Painting and Travel with Roger & 8:30am Molly of Denali Sarah Bansemer 9:00am Expeditions with Patrick MacMillan 12:00pm • Rick Steves Hunger and Hope: Lessons from WEDNESDAY 9:30am Born to Explore Ethiopia and Guatemala Rick meets struggling farmers in 10:00am Family Travel Ethiopia and Guatemala and explores solutions to decrease 12:00pm Amanpour & Company hunger. 1:00pm 100 Days, Drinks, Dishes and 10:30am In the Americas 1:00pm • Afropop: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange: Daddy Destinations 11:00am Canvasing the World and the Warlord A daughter aims to understand why her father 1:30pm George Hirsch Lifestyle 11:30am Samantha Brown Places to Love collaborated with corrupt government leaders in Liberia. #1203 2:00pm Make It Artsy 1:00pm Visit Special Programs** 2:00pm • Afropop: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange: 2:30pm Fit 2 Stitch 4:00pm Song of the Mountains Gilda Brasileiro: Against Oblivion A woman aims to expose 5:00pm Washington Week the history of a 19th century slave-trading post in the Brazilian THURSDAY rainforest. #1204 5:30pm PBS Newshour Weekend 12:00pm Amanpour & Company 3:00pm An Evening with Ken Chenault The life and career 6:00pm Great British Baking Show of one of America’s most successful CEOs, Ken Chenault, is explored.
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