VIEWER GUIDE APR 2021 | vol. 23 no. 4 A SERVICE OF CASCADE PUBLIC MEDIA The man. The myth. The writer revealed. MON-WED | Apr 5-7 | 8p Atlantic Crossing American Experience: Frontline: The Virus on Masterpiece American Oz that Shook the World 1 Atlantic Crossing SERIES PREMIERE SUN Apr 4 | 9p A princess steals the heart of the president of the United States in this epic, eight-part drama series based on the World War II relationship of Franklin Roosevelt and Norwegian Crown Princess Martha. Kyle MacLachlan stars as Roosevelt with Swedish star Sofi a Helin as the beautiful Martha, who fl ees the Nazis with her three young children and lives under Roosevelt’s protection. Hemingway A fi lm by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick MON-WED | Apr 5-7 | 8p This three-part, six-hour documentary fi lm examines the visionary work and the turbulent life of Ernest Hemingway, one America’s greatest and most infl uential writers. Interweaving his eventful biography – a life lived at the ultimately treacherous nexus of art, fame and celebrity – with carefully selected excerpts from his luminous short stories, novels, and non-fi ction, the fi lm allows us to see beyond the façade of the public man and become intimately familiar with this brilliant, ambitious, charismatic and egocentric genius. American Oz MON Apr 19 | 9p This documentary tells the story of author L. Frank Baum and the making of his classic novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the movie it inspired and the importance of this iconic work in American life. Baum broke new ground in writing for children, rejecting the stereotypes of the era – the formal language and heavy-handed moral lessons that were common in fairy tales – in favor of a lighter, more humanistic approach where characters could be both fallible and good. The Virus that Shook the World MON Apr 26 | 9p and TUE Apr 27 | 10p This two-part special tells the story of people around the world living through the pandemic, from lockdowns to funerals to protests. Using extensive personal video and local footage, the fi lm shows the diff ering struggles, beliefs and responses, across cultures, race, faith and privilege. Photos this page, top to bottom, courtesy of Masterpiece; the Ernest Hemingway Photograph Collection, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum; Warner Brothers Home Video; Frontline. Photos page 3, courtesy of American Masters (left) and PBS NewsHour (right). 2 1 THURSDAY 2 FRIDAY 3 SATURDAY a.m. a.m. a.m. 5:00 CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS 5:00 CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS 5:00 To the Contrary with p.m. p.m. Bonnie Erbe 12:00 Joanne Weir’s Plates and 12:00 The Great British Baking 5:30 Consuelo Mack Places The Italian Tomato Show Masterclass 4. (S2 WealthTrack Harvest. EP 14/14) (R) 6:00 CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS 12:30 America’s Test Kitchen 1:00 Extinction: The Facts (R) 11:00 Rick Steves’ European from Cook’s Illustrated 2:00 Climate Change – The Easter (R) 1:00 Finding Your Roots with Facts (R) p.m. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. 3:00 NOVA: Mystery Beneath 12:30 Aging Backwards 3 (R) Freedom Tales. (S5 EP the Ice (R) 1:30 Soul Legends (My Music) May 3–8, 2021 5/10) (R) 4:00 Father Brown The Skylark (R) 2:00 British Antiques Scandal. (S7 EP 9/10) (R) 3:30 70s Soul Superstars (My Roadshow Aerospace 5:00 BBC World News Today Music) (R) The Crosscut Festival is back for Bristol 2. (R) 5:30 BBC World News America 6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend 2021! Join us for this virtual event 2:30 Vera The Moth Catcher. 6:00 PBS NewsHour 6:30 Joseph Rosendo’s as journalists, politicians, authors, (S6 EP 3/4) (R) 7:00 Washington Week Travelscope Berlin and and newsmakers come together 4:00 Midsomer Murders The 7:30 Firing Line with Margaret Western Poland – Over to take a hard look at the people, the Borderline. (R) Incident at Cooper Hill. Hoover policies and events that shape Part 2 of 2. (S18 EP 2/6) 8:00 Father Brown The 8:00 Vera The Sea Glass. (S6 our lives. (R) Honourable Thief (S7 EP EP 4/4) (R) 5:00 BBC World News 10/10) (R) 9:30 Prime Suspect The Last Outside Source 9:00 American Masters: Witness. (S6 EP 2/2) (R) This year’s speakers include PBS 5:30 BBC World News America Never Too Late: The Doc 11:30 Independent Lens: NewsHour anchor Judy Woodruff ; 6:00 PBS NewsHour Severinsen Story ’til Kingdom Come/ Congresswoman Pramila 7:00 This Old House 10:30 Beyond the Canvas The The Debate Pastors Jayapal; travel expert Rick 7:30 Ask This Old House Greats. Amna Nawaz encourage poor people Steves; economist and political 8:00 Midsomer Murders hosts. in Kentucky to donate to commentator Robert Reich; Breaking the Chain. Part 1 11:00 Amanpour & Company Israel in anticipation of Washington Post columnist 2 18 3 6 of . (S EP / ) (Repeats Jesus’ return. Henry Olsen; and many more. 4/8 at 4p) 9:00 Shakespeare & More information – including Hathaway – Private a full list of speakers and ticket Investigators The Envious Court. (S2 EP options – is available now at 9/10) (R) crosscut.com/festival. 10:00 Vienna Blood Queen of the Night. Part 1 of 2. (S1 EP 2/3) (R) 11:00 Amanpour & Company Never Too Late: The Doc Severinsen Story FRI Apr 2 | 9p After three decades as the colorful bandleader of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, master trumpeter Doc Severinsen – now in his nineties – continues with a full schedule of touring, teaching and performing. Featuring appearances by Questlove, Arturo Sandoval, Chris Botti and many others, this fi lm explores the beloved musician’s groundbreaking career. 3 what to watch APR 4 –10 4 SUNDAY 5 MONDAY 6 TUESDAY a.m. a.m. a.m. 5:00 Extinction: The Facts (R) 5:00 CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS 5:00 CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS 6:00 CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS p.m. p.m. 11:00 NOVA: Mystery Beneath 12:00 Christopher Kimball’s 12:00 Moveable Feast with the Ice (R) Milk Street Television Relish Seattle. p.m. Cake and Scones. 12:30 To Dine for with Kate 12:00 Rick Steves’ 12:30 Dining with the Chef Sullivan Phil Rosenthal. European Easter (R) 1:00 The Legacy List with 1:00 I Danced for the 1:00 Overcoming Anxiety, Matt Paxton Angel of Death – The Dr. Depression, Trauma, and A Whale of a Time. Edith Eva Eger Story Grief (R) 2:00 Shakespeare & 2:00 Nobody Wants Us The 3:00 Rick Steves’ Island Hathaway – Private story of refugees fl eeing Hopping Europe (R) Investigators Nazi-occupied Belgium 3:30 Downton Abbey The Envious Court. who were trapped on the My Grandparents’ Season 2 on Masterpiece (S2 EP 9/10) (R) SS Quanza in Virginia. War Part 1 of 7. (R) 3:00 Atlantic Crossing on 3:00 Prime Suspect 6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend Masterpiece (EP 1/8) (R) The Last Witness. SERIES PREMIERE 6:30 The David Rubenstein 4:00 World on Fire on (S6 EP 2/2) (R) SUN Apr 4 | 8p Show: Peer to Peer Masterpiece (S1 EP 1/7) 5:00 BBC World News It has been more than 80 years Conversations Ken (R) Outside Source since the start of World War II, Griffi n. 5:00 BBC World News 5:30 BBC World News America 7:00 Escape to the Château Outside Source 6:00 PBS NewsHour and this series sees leading Winter Returns. 5:30 BBC World News America 7:00 Rick Steves’ European Hollywood actors undertake a (S6 EP 1/4) 6:00 PBS NewsHour Travel Skills Part 1 of 3. fascinating journey into their (Repeats 4/7 at 2p) 7:00 British Antiques (R) family’s past by re-tracing the 8:00 My Grandparents’ War Roadshow 7:30 Rick Steves’ European footsteps of their grandparents Helena Bonham Carter. Buckfast Abbey 2. Travel Skills Part 2 of 3. during the war. The four-part (EP 1/4) (Repeats 4/7 at 7:30 British Antiques (R) series features the stories of 4p) PREMIERE Roadshow Piece Hall 2. 8:00 Hemingway The Avatar. actors Helena Bonham Carter, 9:00 Atlantic Crossing on 8:00 Hemingway A Writer. (1929-1944) (EP 2/3) Mark Rylance, Kristin Scott Masterpiece (EP 1/8) (1899-1929) (EP 1/3) (Repeats 4/6 at 10p) 2 4 5 10 Thomas and Carey Mulligan. See page . (Repeats / at p) 10:00 Hemingway The Avatar. (Repeats 4/5 at 3p) See page 2. (1929-1944) (EP 2/3) (R) PREMIERE 10:00 Hemingway A Writer. 12:00 Amanpour & Company In the fi rst episode, Helena 10:00 World on Fire (1899-1929) (EP 1/3) (R) Bonham Carter relates how on Masterpiece 12:00 Amanpour & Company her grandfather defi ed orders (S1 EP 1/7) (R) by helping Jewish people 11:00 Seaside Hotel escape the Holocaust, while Fatal Consequences. her grandmother volunteered (S1 EP 3/6) as an air-raid warden and campaigned for women’s rights. That Way Madness Lies... THU Apr 8 | 1p Award-winning fi lmmaker Sandra Luckow unfl inchingly turns her camera on her own family as they attempt to navigate the broken mental health system in an eff ort to save her brother as he descends into madness. Beginning as a testimony of his sanity, his personal cellphone diary ultimately becomes an unfi ltered look at the mind of a person with untreated schizophrenia – as well as an indictment of how the system failed him.