ONWITF TV WITF 89.5 & 93.3 witf.org WITFSEPTEMBER 2021 HIGHLIGHTS BIGGER THAN BOXING. We’ll start off with a couple of LARGER THAN LIFE. items from the mailbag. The first note comes from a parent. Their child was watching Molly of Denali on WITF on a weekday morning while getting ready for the day. The parent said to their child that “Fred put it [Molly] on,” to which the child responded, “I love Fred.” I appreciate the adoration, but credit goes where credit is due — which is A FILM BY KEN BURNS to PBS. The PBS KIDS schedule, which SARAH BURNS & DAVID McMAHON runs from 6am to 1pm weekdays, is largely planned by PBS. I can take credit for scheduling the popular Odd Squad and Nature Cat at 6am, but otherwise, thank you PBS KIDS. The second viewer question I’d like to share is about ever-popular British comedy. I had a nice conversation with a new viewer to WITF who was 4-PART DOCUMENTARY seeking Vicar of Dibley, which we just broadcast last year. This viewer Muhammad Ali previously lived in another region of the state and their former PBS station Round 1: September 19 at 8&10:30p Round 3: September 21 at 8&10p was broadcasting the series. We are Round 2: September 20 at 8&10p Round 4: September 22 at 8&10p just settling into our new bigger British comedy block featuring Are You Being Served, Last of the Summer Wine, airing weekday afternoons this indeed coming back. If you remember Still Open All Hours and Upstart Crow month. You will find a variety of all the way back in early 2020, we were — are you enjoying the additional documentaries from American Masters left in the lurch with the season finale laughs? To answer the viewer’s and American Experience, plus Ken which, at the time, turned out to be question, we hope to bring the Vicar Burns’ Country Music. In October, we the unplanned series finale. However, back into the rotation soon. The BBC is will settle in on a longer-term plan stars have aligned to bring the show in the process of re-issuing the series for the afternoons to include some back and the second season is being in an updated format and making the additional how-to programming taped as you read this. However, Theo previously unavailable holiday specials and afternoon tea-time with British James fans should note that he has with Vicar of Dibley available for comedy. decided not to reprise his role in the broadcast. I also have requests for As We have some great news from second season. Time Goes By, Waiting for God and, of MASTERPIECE. We’ll see a brand course, Miranda. Each of these titles new (albeit delayed) season of come at a cost whether new or old. I’ll Grantchester coming into the schedule work to accommodate your requests next month. In 2022, we should expect as space in the schedule and money a new season of All Creatures Great allow – so keep the requests coming! and Small, which was a huge hit earlier Fred Vigeant Check out the fantastic programs this year. Even better news, Sanditon is Director of Programming for WITF TV and WITF 89.5 & 93.3 KEY: -New -Fred’s Picks -Finales -Virtual Events -In Person Events LIKE US ON FACEBOOK FOR VIDEO PREVIEWS Subscribe to WITF's Program Points, our e-newsletter highlighting key programs each week on WITF TV, FOLLOW US ON TWITTER WITF 89.5 & 93.3, and witf.org. Plus, visit witf.org/newsletters for the latest WITF happenings. TWEET YOUR FAVORITE PROGRAMS ON WITF | SEPTEMBER 2021 witf.org WITF TV WITF 89.5 & 93.3 witf.org FRIDAY 3 2:30p Rick Steves' Europe: Salzburg and WEEKLY 1p It's Camp! #54 Surroundings #410 BBC World News M-F 11p 1:30p DIY Science Time: Air 3p Growing A Greener World: Amanpour and Company M-F 11:30p Making More Plants By BBC News and Amanpour and Company may shift Pressure #108 Propagating Your Garden #1112 30 minutes later if the primetime schedule runs long. 2p The Great British Baking Show: 3:30p GardenSMART #6407 The Finale #410 WEDNESDAY 1 4p Antiques Roadshow: Churchill 3p Great Estates Scotland: 1p #52 Downs Racetrack Hour 2 #2314 It's Camp! Inveraray #104 1:30p DIY Science Time: Polymers #106 5p DW Focus On Europe #3936 4p Amanpour and Company #4046 2p The Great British Baking Show: 5:30p PBS NewsHour Weekend #1619 Tudor Week #408 5p DW The Day #975 6p The Carol Burnett Show - Carol's Favorites #111 3p Maria's Portuguese Table: 5:30p BBC World News America #2370 7p Are You Being Served? Dear Sexy California's Bay Area #107 6p PBS NewsHour #13347 Knickers #102 3:30p Quilting Arts: Thread #2806 7p Health Smart: Children of the 7:30p Last of the Summer Wine: Under 4p Amanpour and Company #4044 Opioid Epidemic #1303 The Rug #1164 5p DW The Day #973 7:30p The Chavis Chronicles #125 8p Still Open All Hours #102 5:30p BBC World News America #2368 8p Washington Week #6110 8:30p Upstart Crow: The Play's The Thing #102 6p PBS NewsHour #13345 8:30p Firing Line with Margaret Hoover #510 9p Death In Paradise #180 7p BBC World News Outside Source 9p Great Performances: Yannick - 10p Call The Midwife #903 #2355 An Artist's Journey #4608 11p Call The Midwife #904 7:30p Changing Seas: Corals In Crisis SATURDAY 4 #1103 SUNDAY 5 8p Nature: Natural Born Rebels – 9a This Old House: Generation 10a Journeys In Japan #702 Next Survival #3511 10:30a Crossing South: Guerrero Negro 9:30a 9p #4709 Ask This Old House: Rethinking Whale Petting #207 NOVA: Nature's Fear Factor A Garden 10p Future of Work: The New 11a Weekends with Yankee: 10a Industrial Revolution #101 American Woodshop: To The Top #405 Adirondack Camp Chair #2810 THURSDAY 2 11:30a Conscious Living: Escape to Bali 10:30a Woodsmith Shop: #102 1p It's Camp! #53 Wall Cabinet #1302 Noon Great Performances at the Met: 1:30p DIY Science Time: Thermal 11a Motorweek #4052 Diana Damrau & Joseph Calleja In Energy #107 11:30a Christopher Kimball's Milk Street Concert #1507 2p The Great British Baking Show: Television: Cake and Scones #423 1p Downton Abbey Season 2 Patisserie #409 Noon Wild Harvest with Les Stroud On MASTERPIECE #4207 #102 3p Kevin Belton's Cookin' 3:30p Reentry Realities: Hope Louisiana: Avoyelles Parish – 12:30p America's Test Kitchen from Cook's Deferred Illustrated #2109 Smack Dab in the Middle #109 4p Song of the Mountains #1607 1p How She Rolls: Fear Is Good 5p Bluegrass Underground #1007 3:30p Paint This with Jerry Yarnell: #110 Beside Still Waters, Part 1 #3105 5:30p PBS NewsHour Weekend #1620 1:30p Outside: Beyond The Lens – 4p Amanpour and Company #4045 Mt. Lassen National Park #201 6p The Great British Baking Show: Bread #502 5p DW The Day #974 2p Field Trip with Curtis Stone #202 7p Find It, Fix It, Drive It #102 5:30p BBC World News America #2369 8p Lucy Worsley's Royal Myths & 6p PBS NewsHour #13346 Secrets: Kings George III and IV & 7p BBC World News Outside Source Guilt on MASTERPIECE The Napoleonic War #105 #2356 9p Guilt On MASTERPIECE #5135 7:30p Ask This Old House: Flickering September 5 & 12 at 9p 11p Austin City Limits: Ray Wylie Lights, Brick Stairs #1919 Hubbard #4610 MONDAY 6 8p Shakespeare & Hathaway— Private Investigators: Too Cold for 1p Country Music: The Rub Hell #120 (Beginnings–1933) #101 3p America's Test Kitchen from Cook's 9p Wicked In Concert Illustrated #2110 3:30p Fons & Porter's Love of LIKE US ON FACEBOOK Quilting: Using Scallop Templates #3411 FOR VIDEO PREVIEWS 4p Amanpour and Company #4047 2 ON WITF | SEPTEMBER 2021 ON WITFwitf.org/programs 5p DW The Day #976 5:30p BBC World News America #2375 5:30p BBC World News America #2371 6p PBS NewsHour #13352 6p PBS NewsHour #13348 7p Health Smart: Finding Peace #1104 7p BBC World News Outside Source 7:30p The Chavis Chronicles #126 #2357 8p Washington Week #6111 7:30p This Old House: Generation Next 8:30p Firing Line with Margaret Hoover #511 8p Antiques Roadshow: Churchill 9p Generation 9/11 Downs Racetrack Hour 3 #2315 SATURDAY 11 9p Antiques Roadshow: Winterthur September 13 at 9p 9a This Old House: A Queen Anne Museum, Garden & Library Hour 1 Revival #4216 #2401 Sandra Day O'Connor: The First 9:30a Ask This Old House: Spring 10p POV: Where I'm From #401 September 16&17 at 1p Projects: Paint, Prune, Spigots TUESDAY 7 The Circus #1920 1p Country Music: Hard Times 10a American Woodshop: Suzy's (1933–1945) #102 September 20 at 1p Barn Woodshop Highlights #2811 3p Cook's Country: Beef Kebabs and Sealab 10:30a Woodsmith Shop: Simple Shop Cheese Bread #1303 Storage #1303 3:30p Fit 2 Stitch #1001 September 21 at 1p 11a Motorweek #4101 4p Amanpour and Company #4048 Space Men 11:30a Christopher Kimball's Milk Street Television #501 5p DW The Day #977 September 22 at 1p 5:30p BBC World News America #2372 Noon Wild Harvest with Les Stroud #103 6p PBS NewsHour #13349 Annie Oakley 12:30p America's Test Kitchen from Cook's 7p BBC World News Outside Source #2358 September 23 at 1p Illustrated #2110 7:30p Articulate with Jim Cotter: The Codebreaker 1p How She Rolls: How She Rolls #101 Breaking Ground #706 1:30p Outside: Beyond The Lens — 8p Native America: Cities of the Sky September 24 at 1p Valley of Fire #202 #103 The Big Burn 2p Field Trip with Curtis Stone #203 9p FRONTLINE: America After 9/11 #4008 September 27 at 1p 2:30p Rick Steves' Europe: The Making Of Rick Steves' Europe #411 WEDNESDAY 8 The Swamp 3p Growing A Greener World: 1p Country Music: The Hillbilly September 27&28 at 9p Gardening to Feed Our Souls and Shakespeare (1945–1953) #103 Nourish Our Neighbors #1113 3p Maria's Portuguese Table: Citizen Hearst 3:30p GardenSMART #6408 California's Sonoma Valley #108 4p Antiques Roadshow: Winterthur 3:30p Quilting Arts: Printing #2807 3:30p Paint This with