MARCH 2019 Emerging Voices ourageous women who risk their lives for peace. The artistry and activism of singers Joni Mitchell and Holly Near. Tune in to WLIW21 for compelling stories of women who are making their voices heard and changing history as we celebrate Women’s History Month. Women, War & Peace II (pbs.org/womenwarandpeace), the second edition of the acclaimed documentary series, presents four new female-directed films exploring the pivotal role women are playing in dramatic conflicts and peace settlements across the globe. CCatholic and Protestant women come together in the wake of Northern Ireland’s bloody civil war in Wave Goodbye to Dinosaurs (Wednesday, March 27 at 9pm). The Trials of Spring (Wednesday, March 27 at 10pm) follows three Egyptian women as they put their lives and bodies on the line fighting for justice and freedom during the Arab Spring protests of 2011. Naila and the Uprising (Wednesday, April 3 at 9pm) tells the deeply personal story of a courageous, non-violent women’s movement that formed the heart of the Palestinian struggle for freedom in 1987. An all-female Bangladeshi police unit embarks on a risky UN peacekeeping mission into earthquake-ravaged Haiti in A Journey of a Thousand Miles: Peacekeepers (Wednesday, April 3 at 10pm). Great Performances strikes a festive note with Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration (Sunday, March 24 at 7:30pm), a star-studded 75th birthday salute to legendary singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell filmed at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles in November 2018. James Taylor, Graham Nash, Chaka Khan, Diana Krall, Norah Jones, Emmylou Harris, Seal, Rufus Wainwright, and others perform songs from Mitchell’s iconic career. For the last 40 years, feminist singer and activist Holly Near has worked on global social justice coalition-building in the BT RT” IRENE YOUNG; BT. LEFT: TIMOTHY NORRIS; SECOND FROM TOP: COURTESY OF MAHFOUZ ABU TURK; OF: ASAD FARUQI women’s and lesbian movements. Experience her remarkable journey and the power of song in the fight for equality in the Learn more at thirteen.org/women American Masters film Holly Near: Singing for Our Lives (Wednesday, March 6 at 9pm). SECRETS OF THE DEAD: KING ARTHUR’S LOST KINGDOM In the fifth century, after four centuries of Roman occupation and leadership, the Romans up and left Britain, leaving the nation vulnerable to an invading Anglo-Saxon horde. Since only fragmented historical texts give insight into this period, what really happened? Is the legend of King Arthur more than folklore? Was he in fact ruler of a PREMIERES THURSDAY, MARCH 28 AT 10PM prosperous and sophisticated trading village, and the heroic defender of the native Britons against the invading Anglo-Saxons? Join Secrets of the Dead and Professor Learn more at pbs.org/secrets Alice Roberts on a mission to decode the myths and piece together Britain’s history. To access this month’s featured web content, visit wliw.org/guide Watch more Secrets of the Dead online at watch.wliw.org COURTESY OF 360 PRODUCTION. 1 WLIW21 MARCH 2019 SCHEDULE PLEASE NOTE: All airdates are subject to change. For the most current listings, visit WLIW21’s schedule page at wliw.org/schedule. Primetime listings are available on the WLIW21 Program Schedule Hotline at 212.560.8021 — press 3 for programming, then press 1 for program schedule. FRIDAY MARCH 1 4:00pm Amanpour and Company 11:30am Joe Bonamassa — 5:00pm MetroFocus British Blues Explosion Live 12:00am Amanpour and Company 5:30pm Long Island Business Report 1:00pm Joni Mitchell Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970 1:00am Joni Mitchell Live at the Food Inequity on Long Island Isle of Wight Festival 1970 ITV 6:00pm PBS NewsHour 2:00pm Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Kitchen Years after secretly serving during WWII as code- 2:00am Joe Bonamassa — Okra — A Deep South Staple 7:00pm MetroFocus breakers, four remarkable women use their intellects British Blues Explosion Live 2:30pm Lucky Chow Food As Global Locavore to solve murders overlooked by police. 7:30pm Consuelo Mack WealthTrack 3:30am Ken Burns: The Civil War 3:00pm Martha Bakes Fresh Cheese 8:00pm The Great British Baking Show 5:00am Amanpour and Company Masterclass 3 3:30pm Cook’s Country Pub-Style Seafood THE BLETCHLEY CIRCLE — 6:00am Priscilla’s Yoga Stretches 9:00pm To the Manor Born The Honours List 4:00pm Simply Ming Bryan Caswell SAN FRANCISCO 6:15am Body Electric 9:30pm I Want My Wife Back 4:30pm Christopher Kimball’s Premieres Tuesday, Milk Street Television 6:30am Wild Kratts Capture the Fishmobile 10:00pm 800 Words March 5 at 9PM Everyday Turkish Favorites 7:00am Arthur Unfinished/D.W., Bossy Boots 11:00pm MetroFocus 5:00pm This Old House 7:30am Cyberchase All the Right Angles 11:30pm BBC World News Learn more at Jamestown | Net Zero Comes Together 8:00am Ready Jet Go! thirteen.org/programs/the-bletchley-circle 5:30pm Ask This Old House Sean’s Neptune Tune/Earthday Birthday SATURDAY MARCH 2 Closet Door, Bathroom Paint 8:30am Peg + Cat The Polka Dot Planet Problem/ 6:00pm SciTech Now The Mardi Gras Problem 12:00am Amanpour and Company 5:30am MotorWeek 6:30pm PBS NewsHour Weekend 9:00am Sesame Street Kitty Kindness 1:00am Washington Week 6:00am Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 9:30am Splash and Bubbles 7:00pm MetroFocus Daniel’s Obstacle Course/ 1:30am Firing Line with Margaret Hoover Here Comes the Hammerhead/ 7:30pm Firing Line with Margaret Hoover Daniel Plays in a Gentle Way 2:00am Doc Martin Accidental Hero Denny’s New Shell 8:00pm Midsomer Murders 6:30am Nature Cat 3:00am Victoria Season 3 on Masterpiece 10:00am Pinkalicious & Peterrific Echoes of the Dead, Part 1 The Big Bath Brouhaha/Fossil Hunt A Public Inconvenience Plantastically Pink/Painting Pixie 8:46pm Midsomer Murders 7:00am Curious George 4:00am 800 Words 10:30am Let’s Go Luna! Echoes of the Dead, Part 2 Curious George and the Invisible Sound/ Curious George, A Peeling Monkey Hoopin’ Hopper/A Chopsticky Situation 5:00am Amanpour and Company 9:35pm Whitechapel 6:00am Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 7:30am Dinosaur Train 11:00am Curious George 10:30pm Brooklyn Best Curious George Discovers the Poles/ Daniel and Margaret Play School/ Dinos A to Z, Part 3, Classification/ 11:00pm Speakeasy Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Treasure Hunt at the Castle Dinos A to Z, Part 4, A To Z Picnic Curious George Finds His Way Gary Rossington, Johnny Van Zant and 6:30am Nature Cat Moth Frolic-Fest/Dune Patrol 8:00am Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! 11:30am Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Rickey Medlocke with Rob Tannenbaum Daniel and Margaret Play School/ Be Cool/Elephant Walk 7:00am Curious George Curious George Discovers Treasure Hunt at the Castle The Poles/Curious George Finds His Way SUNDAY MARCH 3 8:30am Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood 12:00pm Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Jugglers - Flying Karamazov Brothers/ 7:30am Dinosaur Train Daniel and O’s Road Trip/Daniel’s Puppet Plan Dinos A to Z, Part 1, The Big Idea/ Macaroni Factory 12:00am Austin City Limits 12:30pm Dinosaur Train Dinos A to Z, Part 2, Spread the Word 9:00am Articulate with Jim Cotter My Morning Jacket/Ben Harper Dinos A to Z, Part 3, Classification/ Articulatein Philadelphia 8:00am Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! Dinos A to Z, Part 4, A To Z Picnic 1:00am Live from the Artists Den alt-J Blue Feet Are Neat/A Little Reef Magic 9:30am WLIW Arts Beat 1:00pm Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! 2:00am Bluegrass Underground Kathy Mattea 8:30am Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood 10:00am Long Island Business Report Be Cool/Elephant Walk 2:30am Speakeasy Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Words: Clap & Stomp/ Food Inequity on Long Island Moth Frolic-Fest/Dune Patrol Rhythmic Performers from STOMP! Gary Rossington, Johnny Van Zant and 1:30pm Nature Cat 10:30am MetroFocus Rickey Medlocke with Rob Tannenbaum 2:00pm Antiques Roadshow Ca D’zan — Hour Three 9:00am Ken Burns: The Civil War 11:00am New York Now March 1-3, 2019 3:30am Father Brown The Mask of the Demon 10:30am Brit Floyd — 40 Years of The Wall 3:00pm To the Manor Born Tramps and Poachers 11:30am GZERO WORLD with Ian Bremmer 4:30am Father Brown The Brewer’s Daughter 3:30pm I Want My Wife Back 2 8:05pm The African Americans: 6:00pm PBS NewsHour 5:30pm NYC-ARTS Many Rivers to Cross Rise! (1940-1968) 7:00pm MetroFocus 6:00pm PBS NewsHour 9:30pm The African Americans: 7:30pm SciTech Now 7:00pm MetroFocus Many Rivers to Cross 8:00pm Doc Martin Blade on the Feather 7:30pm NYC-ARTS A More Perfect Union (1968-2013) 9:00pm Victoria Season 3 on Masterpiece 8:00pm The Doctor Blake Mysteries Sorrow Songs 11:00pm Memory Rescue with The White Elephant 9:00pm The Bletchley Circle — San Francisco Daniel Amen, M.D. 10:30pm To the Manor Born The Honours List Presidio 11:00pm MetroFocus 10:00pm EastEnders MONDAY MARCH 4 11:30pm BBC World News 10:30pm EastEnders 11:01pm MetroFocus 1:00am Secrets of the Six Wives Divorced TUESDAY MARCH 5 11:30pm BBC World News 2:12am Secrets of the Six Wives Beheaded, Died 3:24am Secrets of the Six Wives 12:00am Amanpour and Company Divorced, Beheaded, Survived WEDNESDAY MARCH 6 1:00am Independent Lens Welcome to Leith 5:00am Asia Insight 2:30am To the Manor Born The Honours List 12:00am Amanpour and Company 5:30am Journeys In Japan 3:00am Midsomer Murders 1:00am Makers Women In Hollywood COURTESY OF ©TERRA MATER/PARTHENON ENTERTAINMENT_STEVE NICHOLLS 6:00am Priscilla’s Yoga Stretches Echoes of the Dead, Part 1 2:00am AfroPop:The Ultimate Examine the extraordinary behavior of carnivorous 6:15am Body Electric plants, which have been a feature of many a sci-fi film 4:00am Midsomer Murders Cultural Exchange Short Films 6:30am Wild Kratts over the years.