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MAY 2019 Program Guide ARMED FORCES DAY 316-838-3090 • kpts.org • [email protected] • 316-838-3090 Saturday, May 4 @ 11AM - 1PM Smoking is the new grilling and Steven Raichlen is a true master. Raichlen has written a mouth-watering new cookbook, The Brisket Chronicles. In support of his new book, Raichlen is coming to Wichita, Saturday, May 18. Watch Project Smoke to see how you can pledge for tickets ($75 per person), ($125 per couple) to see him; taste some terrific BBQ; and get an autographed copy of his new book too! Learn more at kpts.org. Friday, May 3 @ 9PM An all-star tribute to Emilio and Gloria Estefan, the 2019 recipients MEGLOS of the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song and the first married couple or Pts. 1-4 musicians-songwriters of Hispanic descent to receive the honor. Saturday, May 18 @ 8PM Tom Baker stars as both the hero and the villain in “Meglos,” presented by ICT Comiccon*! As two opposing factions feud over a powerful and mysterious artifact, the Doctor and Romana become trapped inside the TARDIS by the villainous Meglos - who is intent to take the artifact for himself! Call in and support Classic Doctor Who to ensure KPTS can air the final season this Fall! Sundays @ 6PM May 5 TRAVEL AS May 12 ROME May 19 FASCISM May 26 EUROPEAN Rick Steves explores the A POLITICAL ACT "Eternal City" of Rome, a grand IN EUROPE FESTIVALS Rick shares his belief on the importance of Rick Steves travels back a Rick travels throughout the and ancient metropolis rich with traveling outside the United States in order century to learn how fascism continent celebrating the top exquisite art, vibrant culture and to experience other cultures, broaden one's rose and then fell in Europe — 10 festivals, each one rich with centuries of history. perspective and gain empathy toward people taking millions of people with it. tradition, great food and fun. who may live and think differently. Fridays @ 9PM Beginning May 10 These programs shine a spotlight on three of May 10 Cynthia Erivo May 17 Annaleigh Ashford May 24 Megan Hilty Broadway’s favorite leading ladies as they head- Enjoy a soulful evening of song Tune in to a new concert from stage Join the Tony-nominated star line concerts at the legendary Lincoln Center. from one of Broadway’s brightest and screen star Annaleigh Ashford, of Wicked, 9 to 5: The Musical, This year’s Stars in Concert series features Tony stars. British-born Cynthia Erivo who thrilled audiences in Sunday in Noises Off and NBC’s Smash for nominee Megan Hilty and Tony winners Annal- won the Tony Award for Best the Park with George opposite Jake a new concert special featuring eigh Ashford and Cynthia Erivo. All performances Actress in a Musical for her Gyllenhaal, Kinky Boots and You a versatile set of musical theater were filmed in front of live audiences at Lincoln performance in The Color Purple Can’t Take It With You, for which favorite and classic standards. Center in December 2018. before starring in several films, she won a Tony Award. including Widows. ARMED FORCES Saturday, Tuesday, May 14 @ 7PM May 18 DAY & Saturday, May 18 @ Noon @ 1PM War, deception and art come together in this astonishing true story of American G.I.s who tricked the enemy with rubber tanks, sound American heiress Anne Morgan poured both effects and carefully crafted illusions during WWII. her own fortune and the fruits of intense fundraising into rebuilding Picardy, a region in northern France which had been devastated by the Great War. Saturday, May 18 @ 4:30PM ESCAPE IN THE PACIFIC: 1943 Saturday, May 18 @ 2PM On April 4, 1943, 10 American prisoners of war escaped from the notorious Davao Penal Colony on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao. They had been incarcerated for a year since the fall of the islands to the Japanese invaders. Led by Lieutenant Colonel William Dyess and assisted by two Filipino convicts, the group took two months to plan their flight, the only successful group escape from a Japanese POW camp during the entire war. Saturday, May 18 @ 3PM Join an American couple's courageous The little-known story of a unit of African mission in 1939 to help refugees escape American soldiers from Illinois, largely from Nazi-occupied Europe. Over the course of Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood, who two years, the pair risked their lives so that fought in combat for the United States under hundreds could live in freedom. the French during World War I. They fought on two fronts: the war against the Germans and the war against racism and inequality. A Sunday, May 26 @ 7 & 8:30PM SALUTE Join hosts Joe Mantegna and Gary Sinise for the 30th anniversary live broadcast of America’s national night of remembrance from TO OUR the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol, featuring the National Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Jack Everly. ARMED FORCES Monday, May 27 @ 9PM Special Programming Sponsored By: Going to War brings terror, pain and grief, but also exhilaration and a sense of purpose. Authors Karl Marlantes and Sebastian Junger help make sense of this paradox, while military veterans reveal the truths of combat with unflinching candor. Primetime 8.1/Cox 8 Featured on previous page. Go to kpts.org for the complete May schedule. 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 Nature - American Spring: NOVA - Building Breakthrough: The Ideas That Born to Explore BBC Amanpour & Company Wed 1 Connections The Great Cathedrals Changed The World - The Robot Part 5 World News Hatteberg's NOVA Les Misérables On Masterpiece BBC One-On-One Growing Bolder Amanpour & Company Thu 2 People Vaccines - Calling The Shots Episode 3 World News Washington Positively Articulate with Emilio and Gloria Estefan: The Library of Congress BBC Kansas Week Amanpour & Company Fri 3 Week Kansas Jim Cotter Gershwin Prize for Popular Song World News Keeping Up As Time Doc Martin Father Brown Austin City Limits My Family Doctor Who Sat 4 Appearances Goes By On the Edge - Part 1 The Daughters of Jerusalem Sam Smith/Anderson East Call The Midwife Les Misérables On Masterpiece Unforgotten Season 3 Doc Martin Father Brown Sun 5 Season 8 Episode 6 Episode 4 On Masterpiece - Episode 5 On the Edge - Part 1 The Daughters of Jerusalem Antiques Roadshow - Churchill Antiques Roadshow BBC Independence Lens - Out of State Lost LA Amanpour & Company Mon 6 Downs Racetrack, Hour 1 Billings, MT - Hour 2 World News Finding Your Roots Amelia Earhart: Film School BBC FRONTLINE - Trump's Trade War Amanpour & Company Tue 7 Reporting on the Reporters American Experience Shorts World News Nature - Moose: Life of a Breakthrough: The Ideas That Born to Explore BBC NOVA - Inside The Megafire Amanpour & Company Wed 8 Twig Eater Changed The World - The Car Part 6 World News Hatteberg's Innovations Les Misérables On Masterpiece BBC One-On-One Second Opinion Growing Bolder Amanpour & Company Thu 9 People In Medicine Episode 4 World News Washington Positively Articulate with Live From Lincoln Center BBC Kansas Week Museum Access Amanpour & Company Fri 10 Week Kansas Jim Cotter Cynthia Erivo In Concert World News Keeping Up As Time Doc Martin Father Brown My Family Doctor Who Austin City Limits - John Prine Sat 11 Appearances Goes By On the Edge - Part 2 The Three Tools of Death Call The Midwife Les Misérables On Masterpiece Unforgotten Season 3 Doc Martin Father Brown Sun 12 Season 8 Episode 7 Episode 5 On Masterpiece - Episode 6 On the Edge - Part 2 The Three Tools of Death Antiques Roadshow - Churchill Antiques Roadshow BBC Independence Lens - Harvest Season Amanpour & Company Mon 13 Downs Racetrack, Hour 2 Billings, MT - Hour 3 World News Annie Oakley: Film School BBC The Ghost Army FRONTLINE - One Day In Gaza Amanpour & Company Tue 14 American Experience Shorts World News Nature - Equus: Story of Breakthrough: The Ideas That Born to Explore BBC NOVA - First Horse Warriors Amanpour & Company Wed 15 the Horse: Origins Changed The World - The Rocket Part 7 World News Hatteberg's Innovations Les Misérables On Masterpiece BBC One-On-One Second Opinion Growing Bolder Amanpour & Company Thu 16 People In Medicine Episode 5 World News Washington Positively Articulate with Live From Lincoln Center BBC Kansas Week Museum Access Amanpour & Company Fri 17 Week Kansas Jim Cotter Annaleigh Ashford In Concert World News Keeping Up As Time Doc Martin Father Brown Doctor Who - Meglos, Parts 1-4 Sat 18 Appearances Goes By The Apple Doesn't Fall The Prize of Colonel Gerard Call The Midwife Les Misérables On Masterpiece PBS Previews: Doc Martin Father Brown Sun 19 Season 8 Episode 8 Episode 6 Chasing The Moon The Apple Doesn't Fall The Prize of Colonel Gerard Antiques Roadshow - Churchill Norman Mineta and His Legacy: BBC Independence Lens - Wrestle Amanpour & Company Mon 20 Downs Racetrack, Hour 3 An American Story World News Pete Seeger's Legacy: Emma Goldman: Film School BBC FRONTLINE - Supreme Revenge Amanpour & Company Tue 21 If I Had A Hammer American Experience Shorts World News Nature - Equus: Story of Breakthrough: The Ideas That Born to Explore BBC NOVA - Lost Viking Army Amanpour & Company Wed 22 the Horse: Chasing the Wind Changed The World - The Smartphone Part 8 World News Hatteberg's Innovations Les Misérables On Masterpiece BBC One-On-One Second Opinion Amanpour & Company Thu 23 People In Medicine Episode 6 World News Washington Positively Articulate with Live From Lincoln Center BBC Kansas Week Museum Access Amanpour & Company Fri 24 Week Kansas Jim Cotter Megan Hilty In Concert World News Keeping Up As Time Father Brown Austin City Limits Doc Martin - Movement My