AUGUST 2018 AUGUST 2018 PRIMETIME PRIMETIME series premiere Wonders of Mexico AUGUST 1, 9pm Pictured: Mexican vaqueros cattle ranching in “Burning North” on August 15. Photo courtesy of Sophia Evans/BBC NHU 2017 primetime 1 WEDNESDAY 3 FRIDAY 7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Wed 11pm 7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Fri 11pm OPB+) | OPB+ West of the West: Tales OPB+) | OPB+ This Old House Hour (Also from California’s Channel Island First Wed 5am) People 8:00 OPB The Coroner The Beast of © Folk Films Ltd 8:00 OPB The Outback The Kimberley Comes Lighthaven. A journalist seeks out a big cat. Alive. Discover Australia’s diverse Kimberley (Also Mon 7pm OPB+) | OPB+ Washington The Ganges with region. (Also Sun 10am) | OPB+ 800 Week (Also Sun 4:30pm OPB) Words Season 2, Eps 5&6. George’s date Sue Perkins 8:30 OPB+ Breaking Big Christian Siriano with Katie is the only news in Weld. (Also Fri (Also Mon 12:30am) Join Sue as she undertakes an 12am) epic, personal journey spanning 9:00 OPB Hinterland Night Music, Pts 1&2. 9:00 OPB Wonders of Mexico Forests of the over 1,500 miles through some The death of an elderly victim reveals a brutal Maya. Take in the Yucatan Peninsula’s unique of the most extraordinary places past. (Also Mon 2am) | OPB+ American geology and wildlife. (Also Sun 11am) Experience Walt Disney, Pt 1. Discover the on Earth. Traveling along India’s 9:30 OPB+ On Story Better Call Saul: A wonderful world of the iconic fi lmmaker. (Also Ganges River from the Himalayas Conversation with Peter Gould (Also Fri Mon 1am) to the Bay of Bengal, she explores 1:30am) 10:35 OPB Masterpiece Mystery! the lives and landscapes of modern 10:00 OPB The Ganges with Sue Perkins Breathless, Pt 2. A procedure goes wrong. India at a crucial point in its history. The Himalayas. See callout on this page. (Also Mon 3:35am) Wednesday, August 1, 10pm (Also Fri 3am) | OPB+ A Place to Call 11: 00 OPB+ PBS NewsHour (R-Also Sat OPB Home Living in the Shadow. Rene remains 12am OPB) cold to Sarah. (Also Fri 2am) 11: 00 OPB Earth’s Natural Wonders Living 6:00 OPB Oregon Art Beat Summer Arts 2 Wonders. Examine natural wonders created 4 SATURDAY (R) | OPB+ Monet’s Palate: A Gastronom- by life itself. (Also Fri 4am) | OPB+ PBS 5:00 OPB This Old House Tommy’s Flair for ic View from the Gardens of Giverny NewsHour (R-Also Thu 12am OPB) Flares (Also Mon 6pm) | OPB+ Marathon Picnic Programs, continued (until 8pm) 6:30 OPB Outdoor Idaho Where the Road Ends (R) 2 THURSDAY 5:30 OPB PBS NewsHour Weekend 7:00 OPB The Great British Baking Show 7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Thu 11pm 6:00 OPB The Great British Baking Show Sweet Dough (Also Sat 8/18 6pm) | OPB+ OPB+) | OPB+ Father Brown The Devil You Pies (R) Outdoor Idaho Into the Pioneers (Also Tue Know (R) 7:00 OPB Art Wolfe’s Travels to the Edge 12am) 8:00 OPB Oregon Mexico: Baja (Also Sun 9:30am) 8:00 OPB Masterpiece Poldark: Season 2, Art Beat Summer 7:30 OPB Rick Steves’ Europe European Pt 8. Demelza and Ross wage bitter war. Arts 2. Experience Travel Skills, Pt 1 (Also Sun 9am) (Also Tue 1am) | OPB+ Rick Steves Special Oregon’s many European Christmas (Also Tue 1am) summer arts 8:00 OPB Globe Trekker Food Hour: festivals and events, Provence, France (Also Mon 12am) | OPB+ 9:00 OPB Masterpiece Sherlock, Season 4: complete with gorge The Kate John Oates (Also Sat 8/11 5am) The Six Thatchers. Sherlock Holmes is back painters, outdoor aerialists and artists from on British soil. (Also Sat 11pm) | OPB+ Time 9:00 OPB Father Brown The Cat of across the country. (Also Sun 6pm) | Team America Topper, South Carolina (Also Mastigatus. A girl is found left for dead. OPB+ The Great Rift: Africa’s Wild Heart Tue 2am) (Also Thu 8/16 7pm OPB+) | OPB+ Austin Water. See the colorful wildlife of East Africa’s City Limits Dan Auerbach/Shinyribs (Also 10:00 OPB+ Cancer: The Emperor of All lakes and rivers. (Also Sun 1pm) Sun 5am) Maladies The Blind Men and the Elephant 8:30 OPB Outdoor Idaho Where the Road 10:00 OPB Hillary Home. News of the 10:30 OPB The Tunnel: Vengeance Ep 6. Ends. Journey to far-out places that preserve successful Everest ascent gets out. (Also A gripping showdown begins. (Also Tue the feeling of the frontier. (Also Sun Tue 7pm OPB+) | OPB+ Movie Man in the 3:30am) 6:30pm) Attic (1953). A landlady suspects her new 11:30 OPB Shakespeare in the Shadows 9:00 OPB Midsomer Murders Blood tenant of murder. (Also Sat 11:30pm) Mark Cohen performs Shakespeare’s most Wedding, Pts 1&2. The maid of honor at a 11: 00 OPB Masterpiece Endeavour, Season intriguing characters. (Also Tue 8/21 high-society wedding is murdered. (Also Sun 5: Requiem (R) 10:30pm OPB+) 2am) | OPB+ The Crowd & The Cloud Citizens4Earth (Also Sun 2pm) 10:00 OPB+ Genius by Stephen Hawking 5 SUNDAY 6 MONDAY What are We? (Also Sat 2am) 5:00 OPB Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Mon 11pm | OPB+ Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions OPB+) | OPB+ The Coroner The Beast of 10:35 OPB DCI Banks To Burn in Every Drop Making a Restaurant, Pt 1 Lighthaven (R) of Blood. A victim is found at a local shrine. (Also Sun 3:35am) 5:30 OPB PBS NewsHour Weekend | OPB+ 8:00 OPB Antiques Roadshow Vintage San Rick Steves’ Europe The Best of West Francisco (Also Wed 1am) | OPB+ All- 11: 00 OPB+ PBS NewsHour (R-Also Fri Ireland: Dingle, Galway, and the Aran Islands Star Orchestra Rhapsody in Blue (Also Wed 12:05am OPB) (Also Tue 8/28 1:30pm OPB) 12am) 2 AUGUST 2018 OPB = Comcast 10 or 710; antenna XX.1 R = Repeat within a week = Program premiere OPB+ = Comcast 310; antenna XX.2 Repeats are on original channel unless noted = Watch online at watch.opb.org KIDS = Comcast 311; antenna XX.3 Full channel list at opb.org/tvchannels Full schedule and VOD at opb.org/schedules Programs are subject to change weekdays 9:00 OPB Animal House of Blues The 10:00 OPB The Ganges with Sue Perkins making of the 1978 movie in Eugene, Oregon. The Gangetic Plain. Sue arrives in the ancient MONDAY - FRIDAY (Also Wed 2am) | OPB+ All-Star Orchestra city of Varanasi. (Also Fri 3am) | OPB+ A Arabian Nights (Also Wed 1am) Place to Call Home In the Heat of the Night. 5:30 OPB BBC World News Sarah fears for her baby’s life. (Also Fri 2am) 10:00 OPB Antiques Roadshow Vintage Salt 6am OPB Classical Stretch (M/F); Sit | Lake City (Also Wed 3am) OPB+ America’s 11: 00 OPB NOVA Making North America: & Be Fit (Tu/Th); Power Yoga (W) Ballroom Challenge (Also Wed 2am) Origins. Learn what forces gave birth to | OPB+ Lifestyles the continent. (Also Fri 4am) | OPB+ PBS 11: 00 OPB POV Still NewsHour (R-Also Thu 12am OPB) Tomorrow. Breakout 6:30 OPB Kids Programs (until noon) writer Yu Xihua, a woman with cerebral palsy, has 9 THURSDAY 7am OPB+ Newsline (NHK from become China’s most Japan) 7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Thu 11pm famous poet. (Also OPB+) | OPB+ Father Brown The Dance of Wed 4am) | OPB+ PBS 7:30 OPB+ Sit & Be Fit (M/W/F); Death (R) NewsHour (R-Also Tue 12am OPB) Priscilla’s Yoga (Tu/Th) 8:00 OPB Oregon Art Beat Tell Me a Story. Visit fi lm composer Mark Orton in his studio. 8am OPB+ Sewing, Knitting & 7 TUESDAY (Also Sun 6pm) | OPB+ The Great Rift: Quilting 7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Tue 11pm Africa’s Wild Heart Grass. In the savannas, OPB+) | OPB+ Hillary Home (R) grazers struggle to outwit their predators. 9am OPB+ Painting (Also Sun 1pm) 8:00 OPB Penelope Keith’s Coastal Villages Isle of Wight & West Sussex. Dive 8:30 OPB Outdoor Idaho Almost Canada. 10am OPB+ Woodworking into stories of seafarers, smugglers and Explore northern Idaho’s lush landscapes. shipwrecks. (Also Thu 1am) | OPB+ Heart (Also Sun 6:30pm) 10:30 OPB+ Food & Cooking (until of the World: Colorado’s National Parks noon) 9:00 OPB Midsomer Murders Shot at Dawn, Life. See how people connect to the parks. Pts 1&2. A rivalry turns violent. (Also Sun (Also Thu 12am) Noon OPB Painting | OPB+ Second 2am) | OPB+ Koko: The Gorilla Who Talks Opinion (M); Garden Home (Tu); 9:00 OPB No Passport Required Miami. In 1971, Penny Patterson began teaching sign Articulate with Jim Cotter (W); Taste the cuisine and culture of Miami’s language to a gorilla. (Also Sun 2pm) Trails to Tsukiji (Th); Make it Haitian community. (Also Thu 2am) | OPB+ 10:00 OPB+ Genius by Stephen Hawking Artsy (F) John Paul II in Ireland: A Plea for Peace Where are We? (Also Sat 2am) In 1979, Pope John Paul II made a dramatic 12:30 OPB Food & Cooking | OPB+ visit to Northern Ireland. (Also Thu 1am) 10:35 OPB DCI Banks A Little Bit of Heart. A de- R e ’ fl e c t : Successful Aging (M); voted father goes missing. (Also Sun 3:35am) 10:00 OPB Frontline Documenting Hate: iQ smartparent (Tu); Start Up Charlottesville. Frontline exposes the white 11: 00 OPB+ PBS NewsHour (R-Also Fri 12am (W); For Your Home (Th); Ask supremacists and neo-Nazis involved in the OPB) This Old House (F) 2017 Charlottesville rally.