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Public 16.5 9.5 21.5 10.5 46.5 11.5 49 Helena Affairs Network) 63 Bridger, Fromberg and Belfry Find your PBS channel listings on p. 2 or www.montanapbs.org/broadcastarea 3 NOVA WEDNESDAYS 8PM Ship that Changed the World WEDNESDAY 6/2 8PM Also 6/7 1pm WORLD 6/3 5pm, 10pm; 6/4 6am Five centuries ago, the Age of Exploration and Europe’s imperial colonization of far-off lands was launched by a revolution in ship design that made long-distance ocean voyages practical. But exactly how this momentous innova- tion happened eludes historians. Now, the excavation of a rare intact wreck discovered off the coast of Sweden offers vital new clues to a maritime mystery. COURTESY OF PBS.ORG Great Escape at Dunkirk WEDNESDAY 6/9 8PM Also 6/14 1PM As France fell to the German armies in May 1940, 400,000 Allied troops were trapped on the beaches of Dunkirk. Their annihilation seemed certain—a disaster that could have led to Britain’s surrender. But then, in a last-minute rescue, Royal Navy ships and a flotilla of tiny civilian boats evacuated hun- dreds of thousands of soldiers to safety across the Channel— the legendary “miracle of Dunkirk.” Now, NOVA follows a team of archaeologists and historians as they recover fresh evidence of the courage, technical ingenuity, and brilliant planning that led to the operation’s success. With access to previously classified files recently released by the British government, they uncover the truth behind the myths of Dunkirk—notably, a claim that the Royal Air Force failed to protect the stranded men from the Luftwaffe’s constant bombing of the beaches. IMAGE: ISTOCKPHOTO.COM First Horse Warriors WEDNESDAY 6/30 8PM The advent of horse riding was a momentous step in human history. But when and how did our an- cestors first learn to master these animals? In a spectacular adventure, NOVA unlocks the mystery on the vast, grassy plains of Kazakhstan, where wild horses still roam free, and nomadic herders follow their traditional way of life. Investigat- ing clues from archaeology and genetics, researchers reveal vivid evidence of the very first horse- men. They also discover warriors who swept across Europe, and turn out to be the ancestors of millions today. COURTESY OF PBS.ORG 4 Locally produced programs Backroads of old fashioned country hello” at the monthly Montana AG Live square dance in Plains. Airs 6/16 5:30am Montana Landscape Design Using Marking Passages Watch the closing of Paintings, Partials and Pies Competitors principles like simplicity, dinosaur-digging season near Bynum, listen spit cherries and eat pies at the Flathead variety, and balance, land- to a centenarian bugler pay his respects, Cherry Festival in Polson. Hobson dentist scape designers incorpo- follow a Polson man in his quest to raise the Virgil Stewart began his practice during an rate horticulture sciences state’s largest pumpkin, and recount one era when most rural Montanans could not including chemistry and man’s efforts to preserve a special rock afford such care. An unexpected natural biology along with the lat- quarry near Geraldine. Airs 6/2 5:30am wonder rises out of the prairie in the Sweet- est research and technology grass Hills, and more. Airs 6/19 5pm to create designs that are both functional Coffee Creek to Haugan Travel to the and aesthetically pleasing, as well as being town of Coffee Creek for a stop at Nemec’s Cakes and Cowboys Travel to Park City, where everyone will tell you that the best environmentally sound and economically Parts and Repair. Visit the town of Haugan feasible. Airs 6/6 11am to visit one of the oldest U.S. Forest Service angel food for miles around comes from nurseries in the West. Sample a slice of one “The Cake Ladies.” In Great Falls, visit a site Controlling Little Critters Airs 6/6 6pm; of the best pizzas in the world in Bigfork and that honors fallen soldiers and pays tribute 6/13 at 11am 4 STORY, P. 8 to living veterans. Stop in the town of wind up at the Nevada City Music Hall to The Mushroom Show Airs 6/13 6pm; Winifred to see what may be the world’s listen to the largest public collection of au- 6/20 11am 4 STORY, P. 8 tomated music machines in North America. largest Tonka toy collection. Finally, visit a Airs 6/5 5pm working cowboy singer on his ranch south of Montana Land Reliance Airs 6/20 6pm; Wibaux. Airs 6/20 10am 6/27 11am 4 STORY, P. 8 Sharp Shooters Meet a Great Falls woman with a sharp eye at the pool table and Rich with Tradition Visit Virginia City for the Latest Animal Forage News Airs 6/27 6pm; 100 years of stories. In Lincoln, attend a final chapter in one of Montana’s infamous 7/4 11am 4 STORY, P. 8 family-run, co-ed basketball tournament. legends. Meet folks who stop in the small In Alberton, the woman who has patrolled town of Ravalli for a big treat. Find your way the sidelines at the team’s games with her through a corn maze near Bozeman, and camera for decades has snapped thousands meet a Glasgow man who changed careers of memories. And in Billings, the “King of and found success. Airs 6/23 5:30am the One Armed Bandits” sells and restores Hook, Line and Singer A highway antique slot machines. Airs 6/9 5:30am accident left Chris Clasby a quadriplegic, but Singing in the Wires Spend a day with the it couldn’t diminish his passion for hunting Lunch Lady at Greenfield School in Fairfield and fishing. Enjoy a tour of Rock City near as she prepares a special meal that’s 100 Valier, where a sandstone metropolis of percent Montana made.