AUGUST 2017 VOL. 47 NO. 8 PROGRAM GUIDE DIANA Twenty years after Princess Diana’s death, this new film reveals her story in her own words. Tuesday, August 22, at 8:00 p.m. SECRETS OF ALTHROP Take a tour of Althorp, childhood home and final resting place of Princess Diana. Tuesday, August 22, at 10:00 p.m. NOVA: ECLIPSE OVER AMERICA Page 2 GRANGE FAIR: AN AMERICAN TRADITION Page 8 MONDAY–FRIDAY 6:00 Thomas & Friends The Cat in the Hat 6:30 Knows a Lot About That! TOTAL ECLIPSE 2017 7:00 Ready Jet Go! 7:30 Wild Kratts 8:00 Nature Cat On Monday, August 21 a 70-mile-wide band of North America will 8:30 Curious George experience a total eclipse of the sun. Although, sadly, Pennsylvania 9:00 Curious George will only see a 77% eclipse, you can watch the NASA live stream of 9:30 Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood the eclipse path; then watch NOVA on WPSU-TV Monday night to learn more about this rare phenomenon. 10:00 Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood 10:30 Splash and Bubbles NOVA: Eclipse Over America 11:00 Splash and Bubbles Monday, August 21, 9:00-10:00 p.m. 11:30 Sesame Street Wednesday, August 23, 8:00-9:00 p.m. (repeat) 12:00 Sesame Street Join scientists and citizens alike as they observe the first total solar eclipse to traverse the U.S. mainland in more than a generation. Discover the storied history 12:30 Super WHY! of eclipse science and follow current, cutting-edge research into the solar corona. 1:00 Peg + Cat Airs just hours after the eclipse. 1:30 Dinosaur Train 2:00 Ready Jet Go! ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS AND FAMILIES 2:30 Nature Cat 3:00 Nature Cat Find solar eclipse educational videos, activities, and resources at 3:30 Wild Kratts pbslearningmedia.org. 4:00 Wild Kratts Learn how to make a pinhole camera to view the eclipse at 4:30 Odd Squad www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/learn/project/how-to-make-a-pinhole-camera. 5:00 Odd Squad 5:30 Weather World (Re-airs at 5:45 p.m.) Watch Ready Jet Go! #130 6:00 BBC World News America Total Eclipse of the Sunspot/Sean’s Year in Space Friday, August 18, at 8:00 p.m. on WPSU KIDS TV. 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour . MORE SPACE-THEMED PROGRAMMING THE FARTHEST: Voyager in Space Wednesday, August 23, 9:00 p.m.-11:00 p.m. Wednesday, September 13, 10:00 p.m.-12:00 a.m. (repeat) Learn how NASA’s epic Voyager missions, launched in 1977, revolutionized our understanding of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and their dazzling moons and weeknights at 5:30 p.m. rings. In 2012, Voyager 1 left our solar system and ushered humanity into the interstellar age. Weather World provides weather education as well as a NOVA: Death Dive to Saturn comprehensive forecast. Wednesday, September 13, 9:00-10:00 p.m. For over a decade, the Cassini space probe has been sending us dazzling images of Saturn’s breathtaking rings and mysterious moons. A suspenseful ride during Cassini’s final hours as it dives into Saturn’s atmosphere. AUGUSTFEATURES2 AUGUST LISTINGS TUESDAY, AUG 1 10:00 Great British Baking Show 10:00 Austin City Limits The Final Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds 8:00 Boys of ‘36: The finalists wrestle with meringues Australians Nick Cave and The Bad American Experience and create a British classic with only Seeds perform rock songs from The American rowing team that one recipe instruction. their 30-year career. triumphed at the 1936 Olympics in 11:00 Charlie Rose 11:00 Front and Center Nazi Germany is highlighted. Southside Johnny 9:00 Rare - Creatures of the Photo Ark The Godfather of “the New Jersey Joel Sartore searches for insects SATURDAY, AUG 5 Sound,” Southside Johnny, to add to his Photo Ark collection performs for his biggest fans. and for animals in Budapest and 9:00 This Old House Prague. Arlington Arts & Crafts/ 10:00 Frontline To Paint or Not to Paint SUNDAY, AUG 6 The Vaccine War 9:30 American Woodshop Parents and activists are using The Burkhardt Inspired Green 9:00 Classic Gospel social media to take on public Man Chair Gospel Pioneer Reunion health scientists’ view of vaccines. 10:00 Woodwright’s Shop 10:00 To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe Staked Furniture 11:00 Charlie Rose 10:30 Closer to Truth 10:30 Woodsmith Shop Observing Physics, Box-Jointed Tray & Vase Observing Nature? 11:00 New Fly Fisher 11:00 Second Opinion WEDNESDAY, AUG 2 Parklands Opioids to Heroin Addiction 8:00 Ireland’s Wild Coast 11:30 Lidia’s Kitchen 11:30 Healthy Body Healthy Mind Wildlife cameraman Colin Stafford- Sweet and Savory The Challenges of Idiopathic Johnson takes an odyssey along 12:00 Baking with Julia Pulmonary Fibrosis Ireland’s rugged Atlantic coast. 12:30 Jazzy Vegetarian 12:00 Healing Quest Sunday Brunch 10:00 NOVA Inner World with Michele Bernhardt: 1:00 [New Program] Nick Stellino: Brainspotting Secrets of the Sky Tombs Storyteller in the Kitchen A team of scientists and explorers 12:30 Age Wise To Spoon or Not to Spoon Where We Live probe high altitude caves in the 1:30 Martha Stewart’s Cooking School Tibetan Himalayas. 1:00 Simply Ming Stews of the Arabian Gulf Jason Bond 11:00 Charlie Rose 2:00 Ciao Italia 1:30 America’s Heartland Rice to the Occasion 2:00 Sara’s Weeknight Meals 2:30 Garden Smart Five Ingredient Cookout THURSDAY, AUG 3 3:00 Growing a Greener World 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen Getting Your Landscape in Shape 8:00 Conversations Live! from Cook’s Illustrated with a Personal Garden Coach Resilience Mediterranean Grill 3:30 P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home A rebroadcast of Drs. Peter 3:00 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke Facts of Life Montminy and Henry G. Brzycki Smoking the Competition - 4:00 Rick Steves’ Europe discussing the latest techniques for Our Tailgating Show Romania developing resilience and keeping 3:30 Pati’s Mexican Table 4:30 Born to Explore you on track toward your goals. Isla Mujeres Inspired with Richard Wiese 4:00 This Old House Hour 9:00 Father Brown England: The Queen’s Swan 5:00 MotorWeek The Labyrinth of the Minotaur 5:00 Weekends with Yankee 5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend The crumpled body of a wayward The Islands 6:00 SciTech Now girl is found and Lady Felicia’s niece 5:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 Conversations in the Digital Age Bunty is the prime suspect. 6:00 Antiques Roadshow with Jim Zirin 10:00 Grantchester Season 3 on Vintage Charlotte What will Kelli O’Hara Do Masterpiece 7:00 Last of the Summer Wine as an Encore? A boy goes missing. Sidney, The Last Surviving Maurice 7:00 Ireland’s Wild Coast Geordie, Leonard, and Mrs. Maguire Chevalier Impression 9:00 Great British Baking Show all take steps in a new direction. 7:30 As Time Goes By Patisserie 11:00 Charlie Rose 8:00 Father Brown The four remaining bakers make The Eve of St. John yeast cakes with a fruity topping and The clergy form a committee to prepare a multiple mini-cake bake. FRIDAY, AUG 4 report about the moral threat of a 10:00 Great British Baking Show coven of witches in the village. The Final 8:00 Washington Week 9:00 A Place to Call Home 8:30 Charlie Rose - The Week The finalists wrestle with meringues Day of Atonement and create a British classic with only 9:00 Great British Baking Show Sarah is seen performing a spiritual Patisserie one recipe instruction. cleansing in a creek and struggles 11:00 A Place to Call Home The four remaining bakers make with her personal demons. yeast cakes with a fruity topping and Day of Atonement prepare a multiple mini-cake bake. Sarah is seen performing a spiritual cleansing in a creek and struggles with her personal demons. AUGUSTLISTINGS3 MONDAY, AUG 7 WEDNESDAY, AUG 9 FRIDAY, AUG 11 8:00 Antiques Roadshow 8:00 India - Nature’s Wonderland 8:00 Washington Week Myrtle Beach, Hour Three Experience a ritual tiger dance in 8:30 Charlie Rose - The Week Discoveries include an 1884 Currier India, see lions and elephants, and 9:00 Shakespeare Live! from the RSC and Ives print and a 1936 first climb the Himalayas. Benedict Cumberbatch, Judi Dench, edition of Gone with the Wind. 9:00 NOVA and Ian McKellen mark the life and 9:00 SciTech Now Inside Einstein’s Mind work of William Shakespeare. A unique engineering and research Einstein’s simple but powerful ideas 11:00 Charlie Rose center in Pittsburgh has a mission that reshaped our understanding of to save and better the lives of gravity are examined. Veterans. 10:00 Secrets of the Dead SATURDAY, AUG 12 9:30 Boys of ‘36: Resurrecting Richard III American Experience Scientist test the hunchbacked 9:00 This Old House The American rowing team that bones of King Richard III, found with Arlington Arts & Crafts/ triumphed at the 1936 Olympics in an arrow in the spine in 2011. A New Look to Match the Old Nazi Germany is highlighted. 9:30 American Woodshop 11:00 Charlie Rose Antique Repair and 10:30 POV Restoration Workshop Iris 10:00 Destination Craft with Jim West Style maven Iris Apfel has had an THURSDAY, AUG 10 Bali outsized presence on the New York 10:30 Woodsmith Shop fashion scene for decades.