AUGUST 2018 VOL. 48 NO. 8 PROGRAM GUIDE SHE'S BACK! Prune the roses and get out the fine china for Hyacinth Bucket’s triumphant return! Saturdays at 7:00 p.m. beginning August 25 NEW SUMMER OF ADVENTURE A TASTE OF BRITCOMS CONTINUES INNOVATION 2018 Page 2 Page 5 Page 11 NEW BRITCOMS COMING TO WPSU MONDAY – FRIDAY 6:00 Wild Kratts 6:30 Wild Kratts 7:00 Ready Jet Go! 7:30 The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! 8:00 Nature Cat 8:30 Curious George 9:00 Pinkalicious & Peterrific 9:30 Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood 10:00 Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood Keeping Up Appearances 10:30 Splash and Bubbles Saturday nights at 7:00 p.m. beginning August 25 11:00 Sesame Street Climbing the social ladder takes you to hilarious new heights in the 11:30 Super Why! company of Hyacinth Bucket (pronounced "bouquet")! Pandemonium 12:00 Dinosaur Train breaks out no matter how meticulously Hyacinth plans her social events. Enjoy every episode of this perennial WPSU viewer favorite, now 12:30 Peg + Cat remastered with picture quality as colorful as a fresh picked bouquet! 1:00 Sesame Street 1:30 Splash and Bubbles 2:00 Curious George 2:30 Pinkalicious & Peterrific 3:00 Nature Cat 3:30 Wild Kratts 4:00 Wild Kratts 4:30 Odd Squad 5:00 Odd Squad 5:30 Weather World (Re-airs at 5:45 p.m.) 6:00 BBC World News America 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour Still Open All Hours Saturday nights at 7:30 p.m. beginning August 25 This warm-hearted updating of Roy Clarke’s classic British comedy Open All Hours delivers another serving of (almost) fresh groceries, banter and barmy customers. David Jason leads the cast as grocer Granville, who has inherited the small corner shop from his beloved Uncle Arkwright, who is gone but not forgotten – not least in the tricks of the trade he passed on to his apprentice. On hand to help out with weeknights at 5:30 p.m. the oddball customers and eccentric requests is Granville’s dashing son Weather World provides Leroy, a good-looking young man who has more female admirers than Granville ever had and no intention of doing things his father’s way. The weather education as well as a shop is the setting for endless mishaps and a mix of memorable new comprehensive forecast. and returning characters. AUGUSTFEATURES2 AUGUST LISTINGS WEDNESDAY, AUG 1 11:00 Amanpour on PBS 11:00 Woodsongs 11:30 BBC World News on PBS Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn 8:00 Outback The duo play songs from their wildly The Kimberley Comes Alive innovative second album “Echo in Meet the diverse humans and SATURDAY, AUG 4 the Valley” on Rounder Records. creatures who inhabit the Kimberley 9:00 This Old House region in Western Australia. Duct Dynasty 9:00 Wonders of Mexico 9:30 Rough Cut with Fine SUNDAY, AUG 5 Forests of the Maya Woodworking 9:00 Classic Gospel The seasons, wildlife, and unique 10:00 American Woodshop Best of Ivan Parker geology of the forests of the Scrolled Kitchen Trenchers 10:00 To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbé Yucatan Peninsula are explored. and Trivets 10:30 The Whole Truth 10:00 NOVA 10:30 Woodwright’s Shop with David Eisenhower Making North America: Origins Rise of the Machines! American Workforce 2040 Discover how forces of almost 11:00 Great Scenic Railway Journeys 11:00 Second Opinion unimaginable power gave birth to 11:30 How to Cook Well Eating Disorders the continent of North America. with Rory O’Connell 11:30 Food Over 50 11:00 Amanpour on PBS 12:00 In Julia’s Kitchen Aging & the Loss of Taste 11:30 NHK Newsline with Master Chefs 12:00 Nigella: At My Table Daniel Boulud and 12:30 Joanne Weir’s Plates and Places Gordon Hamersley Olives THURSDAY, AUG 2 12:30 Jacques Pepin: Heart & Soul 1:00 Taste of History Menu Memories 8:00 Breaking Big Recipes in the Rainforest 1:00 New Scandinavian Cooking Ruth Zukerman 1:30 Ciao Italia Stockfish and Amber Ruth Zukerman turned her passion Dumplings to Die for/Gnocchi 1:30 Yan Can Cook: Spice Kingdom for indoor-cycling into a businesses 2:00 Kevin Belton’s Poetry in a Cup with SoulCycle and FlyWheel. New Orleans Kitchen 2:00 Nigella: At My Table Tailgating Dishes that Score 8:30 Conversations from Penn State 2:30 Cook’s Country 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen Kathy Mattea - Music A Taste of Tennessee from Cook’s Illustrated Environment/Activism 3:00 P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home Mexican Dinner Party Two-time Grammy Award-winning Wedding Season 3:00 Lidia’s Kitchen singer Kathy Mattea discusses 3:30 Seeing Canada Summer Picnic her newest albums of old-timey Western Newfoundland & 3:30 Martha Bakes Appalachian coal mining songs, the Northwest Territories Adorned Cakes the power of music, and her 4:00 Travels with Darley 4:00 This Old House Hour environmental advocacy. French Riviera 5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend 9:00 Father Brown 4:30 Destination Craft with Jim West 6:00 Great Scenic Railway Journeys The Tree of Truth Tuscany 6:30 Great Scenic Railway Journeys Father Brown attempts to overturn 5:00 Weekends with Yankee 7:00 Downton Abbey Season 4 a miscarriage of justice while Small is Beautiful on Masterpiece rehearsing for the Kembleford 5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend Part Two Christmas pantomime. 6:00 Antiques Roadshow 8:00 Poldark Season 2 10:00 Hillary Vintage Birmingham on Masterpiece Race to the Pole 7:00 Last of the Summer Wine Episode Eight Hillary decides to try for another Get Out of That, Then As Demelza and Ross wage bitter war, major achievement: reaching the 7:30 As Time Goes By she faces a crossroads of her own. South Pole himself. 8:00 Father Brown 9:00 Sherlock Season 4 11:00 Amanpour on PBS The Jackdaws Revenge on Masterpiece 11:30 NHK Newsline Father Brown struggles to protect The Six Thatchers those closest to him as an old Sherlock Holmes is back on British adversary is released from prison. soil. Doctor Watson and his wife FRIDAY, AUG 3 9:00 A Place to Call Home Mary prepare to become parents. Home to Roost 8:00 Washington Week 10:37 Tunnel: Vengeance Elizabeth seizes the chance to battle 8:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover Karl and Elise face a tense and Regina and Sir Richard at the Prime 9:00 Great British Baking Show gripping showdown with the Pied Minister’s dinner. Biscuits Piper. Charlie Moreau finds closure. It’s the biscuit-based quarter final, 10:00 Austin City Limits 11:37 A Place to Call Home and Paul and Mary are taking the Dan Auerbach/Shinyribs Home to Roost challenges to another level. Akron’s Dan Auerbach puts the Elizabeth seizes the chance to battle Black Keys on hold to showcase his 10:00 Brandi Carlile in Concert - Regina and Sir Richard at the Prime solo album “Waiting on a Song.” A Bluegrass Underground Special Minister’s dinner. Folk rock singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile performs personal songs of love, joy, and loss. AUGUSTLISTINGS3 MONDAY, AUG 6 THURSDAY, AUG 9 1:30 Yan Can Cook: Spice Kingdom Hot, Hot and Extra Hot! 8:00 Antiques Roadshow 8:00 Breaking Big 2:00 My Greek Table Vintage San Francisco Roxane Gay with Diane Kochilas A beautiful Nevada landscape by As a quiet child of Haitian The World’s Most Famous Olive Maynard Dixon is revisited. immigrants, Roxane Gay 2:30 Cook’s Country 9:00 Great Scenic Railway Journeys transcended all expectations and The Devil Made Me Do It An in-depth look at the Great became a leading voice of the 3:00 P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home Smoky Mountains Railroad in North modern feminist movement, with Cotton All Around Carolina is highlighted. her essay collection “Bad Feminist.” 3:30 Seeing Canada 9:30 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love 8:30 Conversations from Penn State Nunavut & Yukon Big Sur And Monterey, California Beverly McIver - Worthy of Winning 4:00 Travels with Darley Samantha visits the Monterey Bay Beverly McIver discusses growing Santa Fe Adventures Aquarium and explores the historic up in the segregated south, her 4:30 Destination Craft with Jim West California State Route 1. career as a painter, and the HBO Iceland 5:00 Weekends with Yankee 10:00 POV documentary that chronicles six Trade Still Tomorrow years of her life as caregiver to her 5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend Breakout writer Yu Xihua, a woman developmentally disabled sister. 6:00 Antiques Roadshow with cerebral palsy, has become 9:00 Father Brown Vintage San Francisco China’s most famous poet. The Jackdaws Revenge Father Brown struggles to protect 7:00 Last of the Summer Wine 11:00 Amanpour on PBS The Second Stag Night 11:30 NHK Newsline those closest to him as an old adversary is released from prison. of Doggy Wilkinson 7:30 As Time Goes By 10:00 Hillary 8:00 Father Brown Heartbreak TUESDAY, AUG 7 The Kembleford Dragon Hillary faces his biggest struggle The prospective closure of the local 8:00 10 Towns that Changed America yet when Louise and their youngest railway station leads to a fund- Visit towns across the country that child die in a plane crash on the way raising event to save it, at which the had a lasting impact on the way our to visit him. communities are designed.