WTVPApril 2015 Program Guide Your WTVP Program Guide is a benefit of membership—thank you! Also visit wtvp.org 42 2 WTVP—More Choices Where’s My Show? Love Auction but miss your show? Here’s a handy guide to help you Thursday, April 23—7-11 p.m. find your misplaced program: Friday, April 24—7 p.m.-1 a.m. For more Thursday Saturday, April 25—6 p.m.-12 a.m. This Old House Hour—Airs at information, midnight and Saturday, 4/25 at Sunday, April 26—5-11 p.m. 12:30 p.m. please visit WTVP local programs return 4/30 wtvp. org Live on WTVP Friday WThe answer to the ultimate question of life the universe Washington Week with Gwen Ifill nd On the Cover... and Auction? 42… The 42 Annual WTVP Auction, that —Airs on Sunday, 4/26 at 4 a.m. and on Saturday, Sunday and Mon- is. And it’s coming to you live from the WTVP Studio day on WTVP WORLD Channel Auction items April 23-26! Tune in or log on for items galore, plenty of America’s Ballroom Challenge online at wtvp.org airs Friday, May 1 with back-to-back bidding action and all the fun of live, local television. episodes at 8 and 9 p.m. Get involved today! Volunteers needed for Auction Week. Call or email to join the team: Saturday (309) 495-0547 or [email protected]! All programs pick up on May 2. The Lawrence Welk Show can also be seen Wednesday, 4/29 at 1 p.m. Sunday “Second Friday” Auction Call the Midwife 4 Episode 5 airs Monday, 4/27 at 8 p.m. Preview Reception Mr. Selfridge 3 on Masterpiece Episode 5 airs Wednesday, 4/29 at A celebration of local art, artists and Auction including 10 p.m. wines from Kickapoo Creek Winery and pottery demonstrations Wolf Hall on Masterpiece Episode by McKenzie River Pottery. 4 airs Thursday, 4/30 at 9 p.m. Friday, April 10, 2015—2nd Friday And check the overnight schedule for more airings 5:30-8:00 p.m. WTVP—101 State Street, Peoria Riverfront Free & Open to the Public Our Auction Preview is getting a make-over inspired by CIAO’s “First Friday” events. The evening will feature conversation, refreshments and, of course, Auction informa- tion including an up-close look at the art that will be up for bid during the on-air auction. Look for invitations at CIAO First Friday locations and save your “Second Friday” for Auction! WTVP—More Choices For complete listings information, please visit wtvp.org 3 WTVP 47.1 HD WTVP 47.1 HD WTVP 47.1 HD WTVP 47.1 HD WTVP 47.1 HD WTVP 47.1 HD Explore the Daytime Schedule Outdoors PBS KIDS® celebrates Earth Day Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday with a special “Explore the Out- 5:00 bbc world NEws doors” eco-themed week featuring new episodes of our popular 5:30 arthUR science/nature-based series. Look for them April 20-24. 6:00 odd SqUad 6:30 wild Kratts 7:00 CUrioUS GEorgE 7:30 CUrioUS GEorgE 8:00 DANIEL TigER’S NEighborhood 8:30 DANIEL TigER’S NEighborhood 9:00 SEsamE StrEET 10:00 DINosaUR TraiN On Dinosaur Train, the Pteran- 10:30 DINosaUR TraiN odon family heads out on a fishing 11:00 PEG + Cat trip, learns how butterflies use camouflage, investigates bugs and 11:30 martha mEXico THE amErica’S sEwiNG plants saplings with Grandma and baKEs oNE platE victorY HEartlaND with Grandpa. AT a gardEN’s NANCY On Wild Kratts, Martin, Chris TIME EdiblEFEast and the Kratts Crew head to 12:00 CHARLIE ROSE Madagascar for two exciting lemur adventures. Later in the week, 1:00 MARKEt mclaUghliN lawrENCE growiNG A PaiNT this Aviva unveils a new invention: the to marKEt groUp wELK grEENEr with SHOW world JErrY YarNEll 1:30 MotorwEEK focUS ON viNtagE* THE BEst of EUropE THE JOY OF paiNtiNG 2:00 CLASSICAL STRETCH/bodY ElEctric** 2:30 SEsamE strEET (shorts) 3:00 arthUR Fishmobile. It allows the team to zoom through the seas, keeping up 3:30 odd SqUad with the rapid and precise move- 4:00 wild Kratts ments of schooling fish. Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 4:30 wild Kratts also gets in on the outdoor action 5:00 Martha SPEAKS with a week of nature-themed episodes including a new program 5:30 NightlY BUsiNEss REport on April 20. When Daniel goes 6:00 PBS NEWSHOUR on a nature walk in the forest with O the Owl and Uncle X, they take CUrioUS GEorgE SwiNgs INto SpriNG, A ONE-hoUR spEcial, airs 4/3 at 7 A.M. Children’s Programs the time to observe, explore and *PEdal AMErica as of 4/23 appreciate the beauty of nature. **Classical StrEtch airs MON-WED-Fris, BodY ElEctric airs TUE-Thr 4 WTVP—More Choices WTVP 47.1 HD WTVP 47.1 HD WTVP 47.1 HD WTVP 47.1 HD WTVP 47.1 HD WTVP 47.1 HD Notes from the President & CEO Telling Our Local Stories April gets off to an exciting start with new productions from our partnership with WILL. Inspired by the national series, Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies, our production teams are working together to tell the stories of doctors, scientists and patients right here in Central Illinois who are making incredible strides in cancer research and treatment. Tune in Thursday, April 2 starting at 8 p.m. for the premiere of these three local specials. We are also pleased to bring a bit of local history to the airwaves in partnership with Caterpillar Inc. Softball season starts April 9 at 7 p.m. on WTVP as we premiere a new program on The Caterpillar Dieselettes, CAT’s award-winning women’s fast-pitch Thank you to all of you who called in softball team. during our on-air membership drive. Your And I’m told that not even new seasons of Call the Midwife, Mr. Selfridge and Wolf continued investment in WTVP provides Hall on Masterpiece can beat the drama of the bidding action during the WTVP daily dividends for the entire community. Auction. I’m looking forward to my first time on the Auction floor and encourage all of you to “watch, bid & buy” April 23-26. Moss Bresnahan, President and CEO Twitter: @MossILMedia It’s the Weekend! 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AllEN victorY amErica’S THIS OLD asK HomE- wood- Wood- Arts amEricaN smith’s gardEN’S tEst hoUSE THIS OLD TimE wright’S smith GardENEr gardEN EdiblEFEast KitchEN hoUSE shop shop 3:00 3:30 4:00 4:30 5:00 5:30 SimplY martiN cooK’S lidia’s NEws- motor miNG YAN’S coUNtrY KitchEN hoUR WEEK1 viETNam WEEKEND SUNDAY 5:00 5:30 6:00 6:30 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 sid thE PEg cUrioUS CUrioUS daNIEl daNIEl SEsamE DINosaUr DINosaUR pEg sciENCE + GEorgE gEorgE tigER’s tigER’S strEET traiN traiN + Kid Cat NEighborhood (shorts) cat 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 12:00 12:30 1:00 1:30 2:00 2:30 thE cat Odd wild SigNINg coNSUElo to thE MARKET THE MUsical REligioN IN thE SqUad Kratts timE! macK CONtrarY to mclaUghliN DiscovEriES & Ethics hat WEalthtracK MARKET groUP w/pso NEwswEEKLY For more weekend daytime listings, please refer to daily listings in your Program Guide or visit our website at www.wtvp.org. 1 AdvENTURE Sports OUtdoors ON 4/25 WTVP—More Choices For complete listings information, please visit wtvp.org 5 WTVP 47.1 HD WTVP 47.1 HD WTVP 47.1 HD WTVP 47.1 HD WTVP 47.1 HD WTVP 47.1 HD 2:00 Rx: The quiet Revolution Living with Cancer Wednesday—1 Friday—3 3:30 Mustang—Journey of 7:00 NOVA 7:00 Washington Week with Transformation in Central Illinois 4:00 Washington Week with Alien Planets Revealed Gwen Ifill Gwen Ifill Incredible advances are being made in 8:00 Cancer: The Emperor 7:30 Interesting People 4:30 Charlie Rose—The Week cancer research and treatment right of All Maladies 8:00 Live from Lincoln Center here in Central Illinois. To spotlight Finding the Achilles Heel Billy Porter: Broadway the local doctors, researchers, and 10:00 Kids Rock Cancer & Soul Sunday—5 institutions on the cutting edge of 10:30 BBC World News 9:00 Great Performances cancer care, WTVP and WILL are 11:00 Charlie Rose Annie Lennox: Nostalgia 3:00 Lark Rise to Candleford teaming up to produce a multi-plat- Live in Concert 4:00 Living with Cancer in Overnight Central Illinois form companion to the national PBS 12:00 NOVA series, Cancer: The Emperor of All 1:00 Cancer: The Emperor of All Strategic Treatment Maladies. Maladies 4:30 Living with Cancer in Living with Cancer in Central Il- 3:00 Cancer: The Emperor of All Central Illinois Maladies linois centers around three half-hour Seeking a Cure broadcast programs that will premiere 5:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend Thursday, April 2 at 8 p.m.