May 2016 Program Listings Subject to Change

Be Inspired! Be Informed! Sunday, May 29 Tune in Monday-Friday 8:00pm National 5:00pm Nightly Business Report Memorial Day Concert 5:30 BBC World News America On the eve of Memorial Day, 6:00 PBS NewsHour a star-studded lineup will 12:00am Charlie Rose grace the stage for one of PBS’ 1:00 Tavis Smiley highest-rated programs. For 1:30 NHK Newline over 25 years, this multiple- award-winning television event Tune in Saturday & Sunday has honored the military service 6:00pm PBS NewsHour Weekend and sacrifice of all our men and women in uniform, their families Be Enriched! at home and those who have Saturdays made the ultimate sacrifice for 11:00am America’s Test Kitchen our country. 11:30 Cook’s Country from Be Entertained! America’s Test Kitchen Sunday, May 8 12:00pm Sara’s Weeknight Meals 9:00pm Masterpiece 12:30 Pati’s Mexican Table Mystery! Wallander 1:00 Antiques Roadshow Season 4 Final Season 2:00 Rick Steves’ Europe Series Premiere 3:00 Martha’s Cooking School 3:30 Martha Bakes Kenneth Branagh (My Week with 4:00 Jacques Pepin: Heart & Soul Marilyn, Shackleton) returns 4:30 New Orleans Cooking W/Kevin as Inspector Kurt Wallander in Belton the Swedish sleuth’s farewell episodes, bringing the beloved, 5:00 This Old House Hour Emmy®-nominated series to a Have you discovered ValleyPBS World on 18.4? Explore poignant end. your world with thought-provok- ing stories on today’s headlines, scientific advances, historic revelations and natural wonders.

Sunday, May 1 key topics. 10:30am Valley’s Gold Cattle Join host Ryan 7:00 Father Brown The Truth in the Wine When Jacobsen on this “mooving” episode featuring cattle a body is discovered in a vineyard, Father Brown must ranching. Take a historical look at how the industry began search for the murderer. and sample the best burgers around! 8:00 Call The Midwife The Turners reassess their 11:00 Nature Owl Power Veteran bird handlers lifestyles as they fight for respiratory health for patients. examine and test the owl’s amazing abilities. 9:00 Masterpiece Mystery! Grantchester A dead 12:00pm NOVA Great Cathedral Mystery Using girl’s parents seek revenge. period tools and techniques, bricklayers build a mini 10:00 Mr. Selfridge Season 4 on Masterpiece version of the Duomo in Florence. Jimmy thinks he’s a hunted man, as he makes the deal of 1:00 Pioneers of Television Carol Burnett & The his life. Funny Ladies 11:00 Secrets of Althorp The Spencers The 1:30 Johnny Carson: American Masters Explores brother of Diana, Princess of Wales, gives a personal tour the life & career of the biggest star television has ever around the family’s manor. produced. 12:00am Treblinka’s Last Witness A Holocaust 3:30 Jay Leno: The Mark Twain Prize survivor immortalizes his harrowing experiences in a series 5:00 Antiques Roadshow Omaha of bronze sculptures. 6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 Point Taken Join diverse voices from digital, Monday, May 2 broadcast and social media communities in the debate of 7:00pm California Bountiful 7:30 America’s Heartland of the Flowers The body of a delinquent flower maiden 8:00 Antiques Roadshow Omaha Pt. 3 washes up on the beach. 9:00 Antiques Roadshow Detroit Pt.3 11:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries Death by 10:00 In Their Own Words Queen Elizabeth II Miss Adventure Phryne faces a wall of secrecy and lies Queen Elizabeth’s remarkable life, from her youth to her while investigating the death of a female factory worker. reign of more than 60 years, is explored. 12:00am Charlie Rose 11:00 The Queen’s Garden The “royal wildlife” and plants are explored in The Queen’s Garden in central Friday, May 6 London. 7:00pm Charlie Rose: This Week 12:00am Charlie Rose 7:30 McLaughlin Group 8:00 Washington Week Tuesday, May 3 8:30 Valley’s Gold Timber R 5/4 7:00pm Rick Steves’ Europe: The Making Of Rick 9:00 Jazz Dedicated to Chaos (1940-1945) As Steves’ Europe racial conflict in America heats up, the center of jazz in 7:30 Rick Steves’ Europe Burgundy: Profound NY moves from Harlem to 52nd Street. France 11:00 Bing Crosby Rediscovered: American 8:00 Janis Joplin: American Masters Intimate Masters Unprecedented access to Bing Crosby’s archives letters and rare footage shed light on the life of rock highlight this look at the popular actor and singer. singer Janis Joplin. 12:30am Charlie Rose 10:00 Frontline Benghazi in Crisis Benghazi, the birthplace of Libya’s uprising, is now besieged by ISIS. Saturday, May 7 11:00 Independent Lens My Nazi Legacy: What 6:30pm Workin’ Man Blues R 5/5 Our Father’s Did The sons of two Nazi war criminals who 7:00 Lawrence Welk Show 25th Anniversary 5 were responsible for thousands of deaths are interviewed. 8:00 Keeping Up Appearances 12:30am Charlie Rose 8:30 Keeping Up Appearances 9:00 As Time Goes By Wednesday, May 4 9:30 As Time Goes By 7:00pm Valley’s Gold Timber A must-see episode 10:00 Masterpiece Mystery! Grantchester behind the scenes of the logging industry. From damaged R 5/1 trees in the forest to wood chips in your yard, to the 11:00 Masterpiece Mystery! Wallander, Season 3 history of flumes, join Ryan Jacobsen for this unique Before the Frost Wallander investigates arson attacks program. that appear to involve an old friend of his daughter. 7:30 California’s Golden Parks 12:30am In Their Own Words Queen Elizabeth II 8:00 Nature The Last Orangutan Eden Ecologist R 5/2 Chris Morgan travels to the jungles of Northern Sumatra to document the work being done to save its population of Sunday, May 8 wild orangutans. 10:30 Valley’s Gold Timber R 5/4 9:00 NOVA Operation Lighthouse Rescue Engineers 11:00 Nature The Last Orangutan Eden R 5/4 race to rescue the Gay Head Lighthouse on Martha’s 12:00pm NOVA Operation Lighthouse Rescue Vineyard. R 5/4 10:00 NOVA Petra: Lost City of Stone Find out how 1:00 Pioneers of Television Funny Ladies the ancient people of Petra built their city of stone. Comediennes Lucille Ball, Mary Tyler Moore, Carol Burnett, 11:00 Time Scanners Petra Experts scan the Phyllis Diller and more are highlighted. ancient desert city of Petra to uncover its construction 2:00 Carol Burnett: The Mark Twain Prize secrets. 4:00 Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration A look 12:00am Charlie Rose at Mary Tyler Moore’s career features great clips and interviews with co-stars. Thursday, May 5 5:00 Antiques Roadshow Omaha Pt.3 R 5/2 7:00pm Workin’ Man Blues Explore the dust bowl 6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend roots of country music in California through interviews 6:30 Point Taken Join diverse voices from digital, with California music icons and the importance of the broadcast and social media communities in the debate of Bakersfield sound on the country music scene. key topics. 7:30 California’s Gold 7:00 Father Brown The Judgement of Man Father 8:00 Doc Martin It’s Good To Talk Dr. Timoney, Brown becomes embroiled in an art heist. suggests that Martin and Louisa should have therapy as a 8:00 Call The Midwife Consequences occur when couple. a woman doesn’t report a rape and a mom conceals her 9:00 Death in Paradise The team are tested when a daughter’s pregnancy. millionaire philanthropist is murdered on his boat. Series 5 9:00 Masterpiece Mystery! Wallander Season 4 premiere. Final Season Series Premiere The White Lioness The 10:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries Queen case of a missing Swede in South Africa leads Wallander down a dangerous path. Saint Marie is poisoned at her going-away party. 10:30 Mr. Selfridge Season 4 on Masterpiece A 10:00 Miss Fisher Murder Mysteries Blood reporter confronts Jimmy and Grove undertakes a good and Circuses Phryne poses as a magician’s assistant to deed. investigate the murder of a carnival sideshow performer. 11:30 Agatha Christie’s Poirot Elephants Can 11:00 Miss Fisher Murder Mysteries Murder in Remember Crime novelist Ariadne Oliver has a case of the Dark A young girl is found drowned in Phryne’s aunt’s her own. fountain. 12:00am Charlie Rose Monday, May 9 7:00pm California Bountiful Friday, May 13 7:30 America’s Heartland 7:00pm Charlie Rose: This Week 8:00 Antiques Roadshow Cleveland Pt. 1 7:30 McLaughlin Group 9:00 Independent Lens (Includes America 8:00 Washington Week After: American Guns) Peace Officer Meet Dub 8:30 Valley’s Gold Wheat & Potatoes R 5/11 Lawrence, a crusading former sheriff, whose investigations 9:00 Jazz Risk (1945-1955) Jazz becomes a symbol highlight the increasingly militarized state of American of American democracy abroad. police. 11:00 Richard Pryor: Icon One of the greatest 11:30 Sands of War General George Patton created American comics of all time is explored. the Desert Training Center in the Mojave Desert. 12:00am Charlie Rose 12:00am Charlie Rose Saturday, May 14 Tuesday, May 10 6:30pm Valley’s Gold Wheat & Potatoes R 5/11 7:00pm Rick Steves’ Europe France’s Dordogne 7:00 Lawrence Welk Show Tribute to Bing 7:30 Rick Steves’ Europe Barcelona & Catalunya 8:00 Keeping Up Appearances 8:00 Independent Lens The Armor of Light 8:30 Keeping Up Appearances Two different Christians find common ground in the fight 9:00 As Time Goes By against gun violence. 9:30 As Time Goes By 10:30 PBS Previews: The Best of Drama 10:00 Poldark on Masterpiece After fighting in the 11:00 Nazi Mega Weapons U-Boat Base The Nazis American Revolution, Poldark returns to Cornwall. built massive, impenetrable concrete submarine pens for 11:00 Poldark on Masterpiece Determined to open their lethal U-boat submarines. his copper mine, Poldark seeks backers. 12:00am Charlie Rose 12:00am Poldark on Masterpiece Poldark faces turning points with Elizabeth and Demelza. Wednesday, May 11 7:00pm Valley’s Gold Wheat & Potatoes Sunday, May 15 Most people don’t even know that these crops are grown 10:30am Valley’s Gold Wheat & Potatoes R 5/11 in San Joaquin Valley! Learn how the wheat industry gave 11:00 Nature Nature’s Perfect Partners R 5/11 Clovis its name. 12:00pm NOVA Bombing Hitler’s Supergun R 5/11 7:30 California’s Golden Parks 8:00 Nature Nature’s Perfect Partners Learn the 1:00 Queen and Country London: Royal City Pt. 1/4 value of teamwork among animal partners, even ones as Changing the Guard at Buckingham Palace and a visit to odd but perfect as hippo and fish. Horseguards are showcased. 9:00 NOVA Bombing Hitler’s Supergun Engineers 2:00 Queen and Country The Royal Visit Pt. 2/4 and World War II historians investigate Hitler’s fearsome The Queen attends the Braemar Gathering. bank of “superguns.” 3:00 Queen and Country The Queen’s 10:00 Nazi Mega Weapons Blitzkrieg In the first Possessions Pt. 3/4 The Queen has some surprising years of WWII, Germany crushes its enemies in a series of possessions, including Westminster Abbey. “Blitzkrieg” offensives. 4:00 Queen and Country Traveller Pt. 4/4 In 11:00 Nazi Mega Weapons Super Tanks In a quest Perth, Queen Elizabeth is on tour before opening the for world domination, the Nazis built deadly pieces of Heads of Government Meeting. military hardware and technology. 12:00am Charlie Rose 5:00 Antiques Roadshow Cleveland Pt. 1 R 5/9 6:00 PBSNewsHour Weekend Thursday, May 12 6:30 Point Taken Join diverse voices from digital, 7:00pm Road Trip with Huell Howser broadcast and social media communities in the debate of 8:00 Doc Martin Education, Education, key topics. Education Louisa and Martin have their first therapy 7:00 Father Brown The Time Machine Father session and are surprised when they are given homework. Brown visits Jacob, who is determined to prove that a time 9:00 Death In Paradise The team enters the shady machine was involved in a murder. world of island politics when the outgoing governor of 8:00 Call The Midwife Patsy struggles to help a transient woman. 7:00 Road Trip with Huell Howser 9:00 Masterpiece Mystery! Wallander Season 4 8:00 Doc Martin Control-Alt-Delete Martin reaches A Lesson In Love A knife-slashed corpse takes Wallander his breaking point with being followed around by Buddy. on a chase for the victim’s missing daughter. 9:00 Death in Paradise DI Goodman finds himself 10:30 Mr. Selfridge Season 4 on Masterpiece embroiled in the highly strung world of modeling when a Whiteleys’ troubles lead Jimmy and Mr. Crabb to take a big young star is strangled in the middle of a fashion show. risk. 10:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries King 11:30 Agatha Christie’s Poirot Labours of Memses’ Curse Phryne hunts for a madman and discovers Hercules Hercule Poirot journeys to the Swiss Alps to lay his involvement in a reincarnation cult. a trap for the infamous art thief, Marrascaud. 11:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries Murder Most Scandalous Jack’s former father-in-law is Monday, May 16 implicated in a prostitute’s murder and Jack tries to clear 7:00pm California Bountiful his name. 7:30 America’s Heartland 12:00am Charlie Rose 8:00 Antiques Roadshow Cleveland Pt. 2 9:00 Antiques Roadshow Baton Rouge Pt. 1 Friday, May 20 10:00 The Dust Bowl The Great Plow Up Pt. 1/2 7:00pm Charlie Rose: This Week The terror of the dust storms, the worst man-made 7:30 McLaughlin Group environmental disaster in U.S. history, is recalled. 8:00 Washington Week 12:00am Charlie Rose 8:30 Valley’s Gold Ag Education R 5/18 9:00 Jazz The Adventure (1955-1960) Sonny Tuesday, May 17 Rollins makes his mark on the scene and Miles Davis 7:00pm Rick Steves’ Europe Little Europe: San creates several great albums. Marino, Monaco & Vatican City 11:00 Jazz A Masterpiece By Midnight 7:30 Rick Steves’ Europe Great Swiss Cities: (1961-Present) In the 1960s, jazz becomes divided into Luzerne, Bern, Zurich & Lausa “schools,” including Dixieland, swing, bop and cool. 8:00 Genealogy Roadshow Albuquerque Trace a woman’s connection to a Native-American code talker. Saturday, May 21 9:00 Secrets of the Dead Cleopatra’s Lost Tomb 6:30pm Valley’s Gold Ag Education R 5/18 An amateur archaeologist’s theory may reveal where the 7:00 Lawrence Welk Show Songs from the queen Cleopatra’s lost tomb is hidden. Classics 10:00 Frontline The Secret History of ISIS The 8:00 Keeping Up Appearances inside story of the creation of ISIS and how America missed 8:30 Keeping Up Appearances the many warning signs. 9:00 As Time Goes By 11:00 Independent Lens Dogtown Redemption 9:30 As Time Goes By Street recyclers fight to survive in one of the poorest 10:00 Poldark on Masterpiece Poldark’s copper neighborhoods of Oakland, California. mine struggles. 12:00am Charlie Rose 11:00 Poldark on Masterpiece Demelza plays matchmaker. Wednesday, May 18 12:00am Poldark on Masterpiece Poldark 7:00 Valley’s Gold Ag Education Watch our future confronts a cardsharp. farmers learn how to keep the Valley productive for years to come. Then, find out about the new “Valley’s Gold Sunday, May 22 Education through Agriculture” program. 10:30am Valley’s Gold Ag Education R 5/18 7:30 California’s Golden Parks 11:00 Nature Jungle Animal Hospital R 5/18 8:00 Nature Jungle Animal Hospital Witness the 12:00 NOVA Hagia Sophia-Istanbul’s Ancient day-to-day drama at one of the world’s wildest hospitals Mystery Architects and engineers examine the unique deep in the Guatemalan jungle. structure of the dome of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. 1:00pm The Rise of the Black Pharaohs 9:00 Genius by Stephen Hawking Can We Archeologists discover evidence of an advanced African Time Travel? Three ordinary people are challenged to society in the heart of Sudan. determine if time travel is possible. 2:00 Secrets of the Dead The Ultimate Tut 10:00 Genius by Stephen Hawking Are We Alone? New insights into how Tutankhamen died and how the Ordinary people are challenged to work out the likelihood Egyptian Pharaoh was buried. of alien life. 4:00 Secrets of the Dead Cleopatra’s Lost Tomb R 5/17 11:00 Secrets of the Dead R 5/17 5:00 Antiques Roadshow Cleveland Pt. 2 12:00am Charlie Rose R 5/16 6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend Thursday, May 19 6:30 Point Taken Join diverse voices from digital, broadcast and social media communities in the spirited mouthwatering episodes of the season! and civil debate of key topics. 7:30 California’s Golden Parks 7:00 Father Brown The Standing Stones A death 8:00 Nature Meet The Coywolf The coywolf, at a stone circle of a polio-stricken village leads Father a mixture of western coyote and eastern wolf, is a Brown to investigate the scene. remarkable new hybrid carnivore that is taking over territories once roamed by wolves and slipping unnoticed 8:00 Call The Midwife Season Finale There’s joy into our cities. all around at a wedding reception. 9:00 Genius By Stephen Hawking Why Are 9:00 Masterpiece Mystery! Wallander Season 4 We Here? Professor Stephen Hawking challenges three Season Finale The Troubled Man Wallander draws on ordinary people to work out why they exist at all. primal instincts to crack a very old submarine mystery. 10:00 Genius By Stephen Hawking Where Did The 10:30 Mr. Selfridge Season 4 on Masterpiece Universe Come From? Professor Stephen Hawking challenges ordinary people to work out where the universe came from. 11:00 Secrets of the Dead R 5/24 12:00am Charlie Rose

Thursday, May 26 7:00pm Road Trip with Huell Howser 8:00 Doc Martin Other People’s Children Martin and Louisa are not having success with therapy. 9:00 Death in Paradise The team are called into action when a dead old mentor of Dwayne’s sends a text message to say he was murdered. 10:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries Death Comes Knocking A message from beyond the grave leads Series Finale The press links Harry with Jimmy’s demise. to the death of a veteran. 11:30 Agatha Christie’s Poirot Curtain: Poirot’s 11:00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries Dead Man’s Last Case Poirot returns to Styles to prevent an ingenious Chest Buried treasure and pirate legends bubble to the serial killer from claiming more victims. surface in the seaside town of Queenscliff. 12:00am Charlie Rose Monday, May 23 7:00pm California Bountiful Friday, May 27 7:30 America’s Heartland 7:00pm Charlie Rose: This Week 8:00 Antiques Roadshow Cleveland Pt. 3 7:30 McLaughlin Group 9:00 Antiques Roadshow Baton Rouge Pt.2 8:00 Washington Week 10:00 The Dust Bowl Reaping The Whirlwind Pt. 8:30 Valley’s Gold Melons R 5/25 2/2 Efforts to stabilize the soil continue as the families of 9:00 Highway Men: American Masters The group the plains seek new lives in California. featuring Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash and 12:00am Charlie Rose Kris Kristofferson is explored. 10:00 Willie Nelson: The Library of Congress Tuesday, May 24 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song An all-star tribute 7:00pm Rick Steves’ Europe Vienna & Danube to the celebrated singer-songwriter. 7:30 Rick Steves’ Europe The Czech Republic Off 11:30 A Gathering of Heroes Highlights the history The Beaten Path and last reunion of America’s top Fighter Group during 8:00 Genealogy Roadshow Miami Trace stories World War II. about Pocahontas and a Cuban grandfather’s past. 12:00am Charlie Rose 9:00 Secrets of the Dead Teotihuacan’s Lost Kings Explore royal tombs beneath the ancient Mexican Saturday May 28 city of Teotihuacan. 6:30pm Valley’s Gold Melons R 5/25 10:00 Frontline The Business of Disaster An 7:00 Lawrence Welk Show America’s investigation into who profits when disaster strikes focuses Wonderland on Superstorm Sandy. 8:00 Keeping Up Appearances 11:00 POV The Return In 2012, California amended 8:30 Keeping Up Appearances its Three Strikes law, shortening the sentences of 9:00 As Time Goes By thousands of people. 9:30 As Time Goes By 12:30am Charlie Rose 10:00 Poldark on Masterpiece When Verity makes Wednesday, May 25 her move, Poldark is blamed and events spiral out of 7:00 Valley’s Gold Melons Fresh watermelons, control. honeydew, cantaloupe - enjoy one of the most 12:00am Secrets of Chatsworth Chatsworth Estate 1544 van ness avenue fresno, ca 93721 May 2016 Program Listings

has been home to the distinguished Cavendish family for 7:00 Omaha Beach: Honor and Sacrifice Personal over five centuries. stories of several World War II veterans as they return to Sunday, May 29 Normandy are highlighted. 8:00 National Memorial Day Concert 10:30am Valley’s Gold Melons R 5/25 This night 11:00 Nature Meet The Coywolf R 5/25 of remembrance honors the service of American men and 12:00pm NOVA Colosseum- Roman Death Trap women in uniform. 9:30 National Memorial Day Concert R/8pm The Colosseum is a monument to Roman imperial power. 11:00 Debt of Honor: Disabled Veterans in 1:00 Escape in the Pacific: 1943 The only American History A look at the reality of warfare and successful group escape from a Japanese POW camp during disability in this history of disabled veterans. World War II is chronicled. 12:00am Veterans – The Telling Project Tampa 2:00 D-Day: The Price of Freedom Pays tribute to Bay veterans create dramatic performances from their the courageous men who began the liberation of France personal experiences. more than 60 years ago. 3:00 American War Stories: Vietnam Escalation Monday, May 30 Pt. 1/3 The US involvement in Southeast Asia from the 7:00 The Best of ValleyPBS mid-’50s and ‘60s. 8:00 Ted Talks War and Peace 4:00 American War Stories: Vietnam Turning Join those who have experienced war, including fighters, journalists, Point Pt. 2/3 The growth of American forces in Vietnam psychologists and more. to over 500,000 troops by 1968 is chronicled. 9:00-12:00am The Best of ValleyPBS 5:00 American War Stories: Vietnam Drawdown Pt. 3/3 The eventual decision by the United States to turn Tuesday, May 31 the war over to South Vietnam is explored. 6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend 7:00 The Best of ValleyPBS 8:00 Genealogy Roadshow Houston Uncover one 6:30 Point Taken Join diverse voices from digital, woman’s link to a prominent Texas figure. broadcast and social media communities in the debate of 9:00-12:00am The Best of ValleyPBS key topics.

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