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TV & RADIO LISTINGS GUIDE JANUARY 2021 PRIMETIME For more information go to witf.org/tv Last month we presented an encore of Sanditon. There is not a new season to • share with you this month, which reminds me of a call I • took from a viewer recently. The viewer was disappointed by the news that recent series on Masterpiece would not be returning for a second season, with Beecham House being another example of this scenario. PBS and Masterpiece sign on to series in development early on. This mostly out of necessity because of the highly competi- tive market to acquire quality dramas and mysteries. In most cases, these series premiere across the pond ahead of the planned broadcast here. This month on Masterpiece we welcome a remake. All Creatures Great and Small begins January 10. The series is based on the books of James Alfred Wight, published under the pen name James Herriot. This is not the first JAN. 10 • 9pm adaptation that has broadcast on WITF. All Creatures Great and Small was adapted for television in the 1970s series on January 25 at 9:00pm with a at 1:00pm beginning January 10. You will and quickly became a favorite. The adven- repeat on January 30 at 5:00pm. also be able to find this program available tures as a veterinarian in 1930’s Yorkshire Finding Your Roots with Henry on-demand through the PBS Video app pbs.org/thechoice #TheChoicePBS just wrapped up its run in the United Louis Gates Jr. continues with a collec- for WITF Passport subscribers. Kingdom to rave reviews. tion of new episodes as we wrap up Later in the month we premiere a new This month we’ll also have the premiere season 6 and head right into season 7. drama, Summer of Rockets. It is of American Portrait. A culmination Dr. Gates profiles the personal history of Britain, 1958 and relations with Russia of self-shot stories PBS has been collecting Nina Totenberg, Glenn Close, Gayle King are charged with suspicion and fear. As over the past year. The series explores and others. Finding Your Roots airs a Russian businessman, Samuel Petrukin the meaning and state of the American Tuesdays at 8:00pm all month long. is determined to integrate his young dream. From the desire for homeowner- Sunday afternoons we kick off an encore family into the establishment. But are ship to ambitions for higher ed or career of acclaimed filmmaker Ken Burns story his glamorous, upper-class new friends success, they show the hard work, oppor- of Jazz — the quintessential American all they seem? The six-part series begins tunities and barriers that come with art form. The 10-part series follows the January 21 and continues into February. pursuing this ideal today. WITF is also growth and development of jazz music shining a spotlight on self-shot stories from its beginnings to the present. We Fred Vigeant, Director of Programming for right here in Central Pennsylvania. The will be rebroadcasting the series Sundays WITF TV and WITF 89.5 & 93.3 series from PBS will broadcast Tuesdays at 9:00pm and you can catch WITF’s production complementing the national Look for Fred Vigeant's PICKS throughout the guide! • Like us on Facebook Subscribe to WITF's Program Points, our e-newsletter highlighting key programs each week for video previews on WITF TV, WITF 89.5 & 93.3, and witf.org by visiting witf.org/newsletters. WITF | JANUARY 2021 TV & RADIO LISTINGS PRIMETIME at a Glance For more information go to witf.org/tv Amanpour & Company M-F 4:00pm BBC World News America M-F 5:30pm BBC Outside Source M-Th 7:00pm DW The Day M-F 5:00pm PBS NewsHour M-F 6:00pm Transforming Health F 7:00pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 10:30pm Firing Line with GREAT PERFORMANCES: From Vienna – The New Year’s Beyond The 1 FRI Washington Week Margaret Hoover Celebration 2021 Canvas Keeping Up 2 SAT Vicar of Dibley* Cranford* Death In Paradise* Appearances* 3 SUN Lucy Worsley’s Royal Photo Album Elizabeth Is Missing On MASTERPIECE 4 MON Antiques Roadshow Antiques Roadshow Independent Lens 5 TUE Finding Your Roots PBS American Portrait FRONTLINE 6 WED Nature NOVA When Disaster Strikes 7 THU Find It, Fix It, Drive It* Enemy of the Reich, The Noor Inayat Khan Story Nazi War Machines: Secrets Uncovered Firing Line with 8 FRI Washington Week FRONTLINE Margaret Hoover Keeping Up 9 SAT Vicar of Dibley* Cranford* Death In Paradise* Appearances* All Creatures Great and Small The Unseen Alistair Cooke 10 SUN Lucy Worsley’s Royal Palace Secrets On MASTERPIECE On MASTERPIECE 11 MON Antiques Roadshow American Experience: The Codebreaker Independent Lens 12 TUE Finding Your Roots PBS American Portrait FRONTLINE 13 WED Nature NOVA When Disaster Strikes 14 THU Find It, Fix It, Drive It* Hitler’s Holocaust Railways Nazi War Machines: Secrets Uncovered Firing Line with GREAT PERFORMANCES: 15 FRI Washington Week In Concert at the Hollywood Bowl Margaret Hoover The Magic of Callas Keeping Up 16 SAT Vicar of Dibley* Cranford* Death In Paradise* Appearances* Miss Scarlet and the Duke All Creatures Great and Small 17 SUN Inside The Mind of Agatha Christie On MASTERPIECE On MASTERPIECE 18 MON Antiques Roadshow American Masters: How It Feels to Be Free 19 TUE Finding Your Roots PBS American Portrait FRONTLINE 20 WED Nature NOVA When Disaster Strikes 21 THU Find It, Fix It, Drive It* Summer of Rockets Nazi War Machines: Secrets Uncovered Firing Line with GREAT PERFORMANCES: 22 FRI Washington Week In Concert at the Hollywood Bowl Margaret Hoover The Magic of Horowitz Keeping Up 23 SAT Vicar of Dibley* Cranford* Death In Paradise* Appearances* Miss Scarlet and the Duke All Creatures Great and Small 24 SUN Agatha Christie’s England On MASTERPIECE On MASTERPIECE WITF’s American 25 MON Antiques Roadshow POV Portrait 26 TUE Finding Your Roots PBS American Portrait FRONTLINE 27 WED Nature NOVA 28 THU Battling Opioids Summer of Rockets Nazi War Machines: Secrets Uncovered Firing Line with 29 FRI Washington Week In Concert at the Hollywood Bowl Lidia Celebrates America Margaret Hoover Keeping Up 30 SAT Vicar of Dibley* Cranford* Death In Paradise* Appearances* Miss Scarlet and the Duke All Creatures Great and Small 31 SUN Long Song On MASTERPIECE On MASTERPIECE On MASTERPIECE 2 * Not available on Passport WITF | JANUARY 2021 TV & RADIO LISTINGS PRIMETIME For more information go to witf.org/tv FRIDAY 1 FRIDAY 8 8:00pm Washington Week #6027 • 8:00pm Washington Week #6028 8:30pm Firing Line with Margaret 8:30pm Firing Line with Margaret Hoover #427 • Hoover #428 9:00pm • • GREAT 9:00pm FRONTLINE: A Thousand Cuts PERFORMANCES: From Vienna – The New GREAT PERFORMANCES Philippine President Duterte’s crackdown on the Year’s Celebration 2021 Riccardo Muti and press, and his prime target, Maria Ressa. From film- the Vienna Philharmonic perform a festive FROM VIENNA maker, Ramona Diaz, the cautionary tale of Duterte’s selection of Strauss Family waltzes. #4601 THE NEW YEAR’S CELEBRATION escalating war on the press, his pursuit of Ressa 10:30pm Beyond The Canvas: All About and her colleagues, and the threat to democracy. The Music Bruce Springsteen, Reba McEntire JAN 1 • 9pm 11:00pm BBC World News #2320 and other musicians discuss success and 11:30pm Amanpour and Company #3138 vulnerable moments. #101 9:00pm Antiques Roadshow: SATURDAY 9 11:00pm BBC World News #2310 Harrisburg, Hour Two Interesting finds including a Charles “Heinie” Wagner Red Sox 7:00pm The Carol Burnett Show 11:30pm Amanpour and Company #3133 • archive and a Carl Schweninger oil. #2202 –Carol’s Favorites* #114 SATURDAY 2 10:00pm • INDEPENDENT LENS: 8:00pm Keeping Up Appearances: 7:00pm • The Carol Burnett Show - A Woman’s Work – The NFL’s Cheerleader The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket – A Picnic Carol’s Favorites* #113 Problem Three NFL cheerleaders take a stand for Daddy* Hyacinth decides to take Daddy 8:00pm Keeping Up Appearances - The against the male-dominated sports league for out for a picnic, but Daddy decides that he will Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket: The Three better pay. #2206 take her car! #210 Piece Suite* The delivery goes awry when 11:00pm BBC World News #2312 8:30pm Vicar of Dibley: Songs of Hyacinth purchases a new suite that she has 11:30pm Amanpour and Company #3134 Praise* #102 told everyone about. #209 TUESDAY 5 9:00pm • Cranford* See 1/2. #102 8:30pm Vicar of Dibley: Arrival* When 10:00pm Death In Paradise* Jack and 8:00pm Finding Your Roots: the Vicar of Dibley dies, David Horton sends • the team investigate the high-stakes world of Breaking The Silences Family secrets of for a replacement but is horrified when he international professional poker tournaments. finds out the replacement is a woman. #101 journalist Gayle King, director Jordan Peele and comedian Issa Rae are explored. #615 #150 9:00pm Cranford* Dame Judi Dench 11:00pm Austin City Limits Foo Fighters • leads an all-star cast in this witty and poignant 9:00pm • • PBS American Rock Austin City Limits #4608 Portrait: I Dream #101 story about the small absurdities and major 12:00am The Kate: Delbert McClinton tragedies in the lives of the people of Cranford. 10:00pm FRONTLINE: American Voices and the Self-Made Men + Dana Delbert #101 – A Nation in Turmoil Americans confront the McClinton returns with a swingin’ set of music, 10:00pm Death in Paradise* DI Jack pandemic, racial tensions, the polarizing election including “Giving it Up for Your Love.” #502 and its aftermath.