VOLUME 21 | ISSUE 4 APRIL 2019 From the Chief Executive Officer APRIL 2019 VOLUME 21 | ISSUE 4 As I write this it is cold and rainy outside, as its announcer. This event is always but the arrival of April promises that a spectacular celebration of those who A publication of WHRO Public Media for Eastern Virginia. spring is on its way. Spring is always serve our country. This year’s presentation an exciting time in Hampton Roads. will salute women in the military. I hope We appreciate the support of all of our members, and thank each and every one of you! It’s when we start to see flower and you will join us there April 25-28. garden shows, art festivals, and craft WHRO Public Media maintains an open meeting policy fairs. WHRO has always been a big Speaking of our radio programs, the for our Board of Directors and Community Advisory first week of April is the radio portion Boards. Members of the public are welcome to attend proponent of the arts in our community, and observe these meetings. To find out when and and this month is no exception to our of our spring Pledge Drive. I routinely where these meetings are held, consult the Corporate exciting lineup of arts coverage. hear from listeners about how much our section of our website, whro.org, or call 757-889-9420. radio programs mean to you, whether I’m excited about one of our biggest you enjoy our classical music and fine PRESIDENT & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER shows this month, a new adaptation of arts performances, lively discussions Bert Schmidt 757-889-9410 Victor Hugo’s classic novel Les Misérables. about the latest news topics on HearSay CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER Though most of us are very familiar with with Cathy Lewis, coverage of today’s Tom Burton 757-889-9115 the musical version, this non-musical, important topics from an African six-part drama promises to vividly and American perspective on Another View CHIEF CONTENT OFFICER faithfully bring to life the vibrant and with Barbara Hamm Lee, or our newest Heather Mazzoni 757-889-9396 engaging characters we all love. 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Inside This Issue 2 From the CEO 9 Radio Highlights 3 On the Cover 11 WHRO Matinée @WHRO 5, 7 TV Highlights 12 WHRO Education On the Cover A blockbuster novel for over 150 years veteran screenwriter Davies (Pride & After this unpromising start, Valjean comes vividly to life in award-winning Prejudice, Bleak House) preserves Hugo’s begins his difficult journey to redemption. screenwriter Andrew Davies’ multi-layered intricate plotting, striking historical But always lurking in the background is retelling of Les Misérables by Victor vignettes, powerful themes, and evocative his former jailer Javert, determined to Hugo. This enthralling television event characterizations, producing an epic bring him to justice for breaking parole (not a musical) airs in six episodes on television experience that is worthy of the and robbing a child. Establishing himself Sundays, beginning April 14. original novel. under a new name in a provincial town, Valjean prospers as a businessman and Dominic West (The Affair, The Wire) Les Misérables opens after the Battle is eventually appointed mayor. One day, stars as Jean Valjean, the most famous of Waterloo in 1815 and the defeat of he gives work to a needy young woman, fugitive in literature, with David Oyelowo Napoleon by the English and their allies, Fantine, who hides the fact that she (Selma, Small Island) as his relentless a quarter of a century after the French is the unwed mother of a child named pursuer, Javert. Lily Collins (Rules Don’t Revolution. For most of that quarter Cosette. As the plot unfolds, the stories of Apply; Love, Rosie) appears as the century, Valjean has been serving a mother and daughter become inextricably tragic seamstress, Fantine; Ellie Bamber sentence of hard labor for stealing a loaf entwined with that of the fugitive. The (Nocturnal Animals) plays her adolescent of bread. On his release, he immediately story reaches its climax during the Paris daughter, Cosette; Olivia Colman (The resorts to petty crime, risking re-arrest Uprising of 1832 and features an iconic Favourite) and Adeel Akhtar (Unforgotten) and a life sentence. escape scene through the sewers of Paris, are Cosette’s cruel overseers, the which made the underground tunnels one Thénardiers; and Josh O’Connor (The of the most famous engineering marvels Durrells in Corfu) is the student and in the world. reluctant revolutionary Marius, who falls in love with Cosette at first sight. Les Misérables begins Sunday, April 14 at 9 p.m. on WHRO TV. One of the longest and most engaging novels ever written, with a plot that is as relevant today as in the socially tumultuous 19th century, Les Misérables is a challenging story to condense. But in a triumph of scripting, Masterpiece 3 April 2019 Primetime 8:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. 10:00 p.m. Antiques Roadshow - Hotel Del Coronado Antiques Roadshow - Des Moines, IA Independent Lens - Tre Maison Dasan 1 Sweet Dillard Life on the Line Stories from the Stage PBS NewsHour MON Lidia’s Kitchen Cook’s Country Pati’s Mexican Table Milk Street Television This Old House 10 Buildings That Changed Finding Your Roots - The Eye of the Beholder The Central Park Five 2 America Reframed - Charlie vs. Goliath Penny: Champion of the PBS NewsHour TUE Martha Bakes America’s Test Kitchen New Orleans Kitchen Milk Street Television Craftsman’s Legacy Rosendo’s Travelscope Nature - Forest of the Lynx NOVA - Emperor’s Ghost Army Secrets of the Dead - Egypt’s Darkest Hour 3 POV - Swim Team Independent Lens - Tre Maison Dasan PBS NewsHour WED Lidia’s Kitchen Cook’s Country Pati’s Mexican Table Milk Street Television Ask This Old House Rick Steves’ Europe This Old House - Beam Me Up Tommy Prairie Grasses Chef’s Life Samantha Brown’s Places to Love - Food Around The World 4 Secrets of the Dead - Egypt’s Darkest Hour The Crowd & The Cloud - Even Big Data Starts Small PBS NewsHour THU Martha Bakes America’s Test Kitchen New Orleans Kitchen Milk Street Television Craftsman’s Legacy Rosendo’s Travelscope Washington Week Curate - Season 3 Great Performances at the Met - La Traviata 5 The Central Park Five Independent Lens - The Prison In Twelve Landscapes PBS NewsHour FRI Lidia’s Kitchen Cook’s Country Pati’s Mexican Table Milk Street Television This Old House 10 Homes That Changed Cinema15: As Good As It Gets Doc Martin - Sons & Lovers 6 Richard Linklater: American Masters Shakespeare Lost America Reframed - Charlie vs. Goliath SAT Rick Steves’ Europe Heart & Soul Europe with Rudy Maxa Rick Steves’ Europe More Fast Food My Way French Chef Classics Call The Midwife Mrs. Wilson on Masterpiece Unforgotten - Season 3 on Masterpiece 7 Nature - Forest of the Lynx Finding Your Roots - The Eye of the Beholder Doc World - Tashi’s Turbine SUN Martha Bakes America’s Test Kitchen New Orleans Kitchen Milk Street Television Ask This Old House Rick Steves’ Europe Antiques Roadshow - Philbrook Museum Antiques Roadshow - Des Moines, IA Independent Lens - The Providers 8 MON Heart of the World: Colorado’s National Parks Local USA Stories from the Stage PBS NewsHour Lidia’s Kitchen Cook’s Country Pati’s Mexican Table Milk Street Television This Old House 10 Modern Marvels That Finding Your Roots - All in the Family Reconstruction: America After The Civil War 9 TUE America Reframed - Moroni for President Afropop: The Ultimate