March 2012 Patterns

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Radio 90.9 FM: A mix of classical music and NPR information programs, including local news. (Also heard at 106.5 in Danville.)

See pages 4-5.

101.1 FM and 90.9 FM HD2: Locally produced music programs and classical music from C24. (101.1 is available in the Champaign-Urbana area.) See page 6.

580 AM: News and information, NPR, BBC, news, agriculture, talk shows. (Also heard on 90.9 FM HD3 with live streaming on will.illinois.edu.) See page 7.

Television

WILL Create Cooking, travel, gardening and home improvement, arts and crafts. 12.3; also available on Comcast and Mediacom.

See page 8.

WILL World PBS documentaries, news and public affairs. 12.2; also available on Comcast and Mediacom. See page 8.

WILL-HD All your favorite PBS and local programming, in high definition when available. 12.1; Contact your cable or satellite provider for channel information.

See pages 9-17.

Online

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To each, his or her own

By David Thiel, WILL-TV Program Director Recently, I was struck by an entertainment industry story that reported an eighth-place finish for the NBC television network on Thursday night. Its new legal drama, The Firm, landed behind not only competing broadcast fare on CBS, ABC and Univision, but also that of cable channels TNT, TBS and A&E. (Number one: MTV’s Jersey Shore. Yes, really.)

There’s an important caveat here: the numbers reported were for the key demographic of adults aged 18-49, aka the Only People Advertisers Care About. In terms of overall viewership, CBS’ The Mentalist was on top with a little more than 14 million watching.

PBS wasn’t represented in that article. Partially that’s because most public TV stations do their own local scheduling on Thursday nights, but it’s also because much of our audience falls outside the demographic group advertisers covet.

What I found telling wasn’t just that NBC, once home to a powerhouse Thursday night lineup, had ceded ground to New Jersey shores. That report also spoke to the fragmentation of the television audience into ever smaller pieces. Less than five percent of the U.S. population tuned in to The Mentalist.

The days when everyone watched the same handful of shows and chatted about them the next day are long gone. If you’re a cable or satellite subscriber, odds are there’s a channel out there that caters to your specific interests. (Might we someday see The Cats Wearing Clothing Channel? If so, I’d watch it!)

Ironically, the massive audience erosion of the once all-powerful broadcast networks has been less of an issue for public television. We were programming for “niche” audiences long before anyone thought of devoting an entire network to C-list celebrities.

It’s always been a part of our mandate to serve those who weren’t getting what they needed from the audience-magnet fare offered on commercial TV. But what we don’t do—unlike Food Network or a potential Cats Wearing Clothing Channel—is program to a single audience. On our primary TV service, you’ll find kids’ shows, how-to programs, travel, news, drama, comedy, history, science, biography, documentary and performance. (And if you want something that’s more narrowly focused, check out our World and Create channels.)

WILL is an entire cable lineup in one place. We hope you agree!

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Photos: Courtesy of Alastair Muir

at Royal Albert Hall

To mark 2011 as the 25th anniversary year of The Phantom of the Opera, Andrew Lloyd Webber and producer Cameron Mackintosh presented a lavish, fully staged production of the musical last October in London’s Royal Albert Hall.

Great Performances captured the production, which comes to WILL-TV at 7 pm Sunday, March 4. Stars Ramin Karimloo as The Phantom and Sierra Boggess as Christine were chosen by Webber after their success in the London premiere of Love Never Dies, his sequel to Phantom. Both performers earned prestigious Olivier Award nominations for their roles.

Karimloo and Boggess are joined by Barry James as Monsieur Firmin, Gareth Snook as Monsieur André, Liz Robertson as Madame Giry and Wynne Evans as Piangi, together with a cast and orchestra of more than 200, including special guest appearances by Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman, the original Phantom and Christine.

The Phantom of the Opera first opened at Her Majesty’s Theatre and is based on the French novel Le Fantôme de l’Opéra by Gaston Leroux. Set against the glamour and spectacle of the Paris Opera House, Leroux told of a horribly disfigured Phantom, once a promising musician, who now terrorizes the opera company. Shamed by his physical appearance and feared by all, the Phantom is drawn to ingénue Christine Daae and begins coaching her secretly as a tragic romance unfolds between the pair.

Thanks to Provena Covenant Medical Center For each pledge of support to WILL-TV during our fundraising drive March 1-18, Urbana’s Provena Covenant Medical Center is donating the cost of six meals to the Eastern Illinois Foodbank.

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Love blues-rock guitar?

Internationally renowned guitar superstar Joe Bonamassa teams up with classic rock singer Paul Rodgers (lead singer from Bad Company) and John Hiatt, a recipient of Nashville’s music lifetime achievement award for songwriting, in Joe Bonamassa: Beacon Theatre—Live from New York (8:30 pm Wednesday, March 7, WILL-TV).

Plus, watch the program for details on how your pledge of support to WILL-TV can get you tickets to Bonamassa’s May 8 performance in Springfield’s Sangamon Auditorium.

Second in WILL Connect Series

Local challenges and successes for safe, affordable housing Champaign and Vermilion counties have seen many changes in their neighborhoods and housing stock since the nation’s economic decline. Among the challenges: more renters are competing for safe and affordable housing, a growing demand is putting stress on existing assistance programs and people sometimes have strong, often negative perceptions of lowincome housing.

CU-CitizenAccess.org and Illinois Public Media are taking a comprehensive look at these issues during a day of programming Tuesday, March 27, on WILL-AM, WILL-TV and online.

the programming. CU-Citizen Access is a community journalism project of the University of Illinois College of Media with professional and student journalists.

This examination of community housing issues is the second in the WILL Connect series in which Illinois Public Media is looking at issues identified in community conversations and listening sessions. The goal of the housing programming is not only to show problems with housing, but to highlight some innovative solutions already underway in our area and connect people to resources at our engagement website, willconnect.org.

The initiative will culminate that night in a live television program, Housing: A Basic Human Need, at 8 pm featuring stories about housing in the two counties and a roundtable discussion with local experts.

Hosted by David Inge, the program will be videostreamed live at will.illinois.edu with a simultaneous online chat.

Features include a look at Generations of Hope in Rantoul; a profile of homelessness in Champaign and what cities are doing to address it; and a look at a developer in Danville who turned the historic New Holland building into mixed income housing. Pam Dempsey of CU-CitizenAccess.org is producer of 2 PATTERNS • MARCH 2012

s Gloria Thompson, at Danville’s Green Meadows Apartments, where she oversees the community library.

The Celtic Woman journey continues For die-hard Celtic Woman fans—and we know there are plenty of you in WILL-TV’s coverage area—this month’s pledge drive offers The Greatest Journey special at 7:30 pm Friday, March 2. More good news! You can get tickets to Celtic Woman’s April 3 concert at the Assembly Hall in Champaign as a thankyou gift for your support when you call during the program or make a gift online at willpledge.org.

Primary Election

2012

Bloomington physician David Gill and Greene County State’s Attorney Matt Goetten, the Democratic candidates running for Congress in the new 13th District, will meet in the WILL-TV studio for a debate hosted by Illinois Public Media in collaboration with the League of Women Voters of Illinois.

WILL-TV and WILL-AM 580 will broadcast the hour-long debate live at 7 pm Wednesday, March 14, with live video streaming on will.illinois.edu and an accompanying live Internet chat.

Also broadcasting the debate live will be WEIU-TV, Charleston; KETC-TV, St. Louis; WUIS-FM, Springfield; and WGLT-FM, Bloomington.

Illinois Public Media’s Jim Meadows will host the debate before a live studio audience, with three journalists joining him in asking questions. The 13th Congressional District stretches from Champaign-Urbana west to the Mississippi River and to the Illinois suburbs of St. Louis. The winner of the Democratic

primary faces the winner of the threeway Republican contest between U.S. Rep. Tim Johnson, now serving the 15th Congressional district that has been redrawn; Edwardsville veterinarian Michael Firsching; and tree-trimming business owner Frank Metzger from Glen Carbon.

No Republican primary debate is planned at WILL because Johnson declined an invitation to appear in a primary debate, and Firsching and Metzger do not meet League of Women Voters campaign criteria for Congressional debate candidates.

All five 13th District candidates will appear on WILL-AM’s Focus before the March 20 primary: Johnson, TBA; Firsching, 10 am Monday, March 5; Gill, 10 am Monday, March 6; Metzger, 11 am Friday, March 9; and Goetten, 11 am Wednesday, March 14.

Tune in to WILL-AM and visit will.illinois. edu/election on primary election night for full coverage of the returns from central Illinois and around the country by NPR and Illinois Public Media News.

The Great BritCom Vote is March 3!

Check out the candidates on page 18.

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weekdays 6 am NPR Morning Edition with Renee Montagne, Steve Inskeep and Jim Meadows

9 am Classic Mornings with Vic Di Geronimo Join Vic for music and companionship and make each morning a classic morning!

Noon Live and Local with Kevin Kelly Kevin’s get-together features music and a daily serving of news about, and interviews with, area musicmakers, plus a calendar of regional music events.

1 pm Afternoon Classics Julie Amacher, Lynn Warfel and Mindy Ratner keep you company throughout the afternoon. Garrison Keillor’s The Writer’s Almanac is at 1:01. NPR News Headlines at 3:01.

5 pm NPR All Things Considered with Robert Siegel, Melissa Block and Michele Norris

7 pm The Evening Concert Great orchestras from the great concert venues.

Listings are subject to change.

WILL-FM 90.9 and HD1 106.5 in Danville

3/28

The Keeping Score Series: 13 Days When Music Changed Forever 3/7 3/14 3/21 3/28

San Francisco Symphony 3/1

3/8

3/15

3/22

3/29

Prairie Performances 3/2 3/9

3/16

3/23

Tuesday:

Chicago Symphony Orchestra 3/6 Bernard Haitink, cond BEETHOVEN 3/13 Semyon Bychkov, cond;

Labeque sisters, piano

POULENC; BRAHMS 3/20 Michael Tilson Thomas, cond;

Jeremy Denk, piano

BEETHOVEN; MOZART 3/27 Esa-Pekka Salonen, cond; Baird Doge, violin

MAHLER; MATHESON (world premiere)

Wednesday: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center 3/7 Jeremy Denk, piano; Ani Kavafian, violin DVORAK 3/14 Cho-Liang Lin, violin; David Finckel, cello

DOHNANYI; BEETHOVEN 3/21 Jeremy Denk, piano; Joseph Silverstein, violin

SMETANA; DVORAK

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Herbert Blomstedt, cond; Joshua Roman, cello HAYDN; BEETHOVEN Herbert Blomstedt, cond MOZART; BRUCKNER Vasily Petrenko, cond GRIEG; SHOSTAKOVICH Jeffrey Kahane, cond; Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano MOZART; MENDELSSOHN Michael Tilson Thomas, cond; Garrick Ohlsson, piano CHOPIN; DEBUSSY

Friday:

Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Edo de Waart, cond BARBER; BEETHOVEN Edo de Waart, cond; Joseph Johnson, cello DVORAK; BERLIOZ Edo de Waart, cond; Xavier Phillips, cello ELGAR; DVORAK Edo de Waart, cond MAHLER; SHOSTAKOVICH

The premiere of “Tapiola”: SIBELIUS The debut of “Three Places in New England”: IVES The publication of “Chaos instead of Music”: SHOSTAKOVICH The premiere of “In C”: TERRY RILEY

Thursday:

Monday: 3/5

3/12

3/19

3/26

Soonyun Kim, flute; Ani Kavafian, violin MOZART; BEETHOVEN SCHUMANN; BRAHMS

3/30

TBA Sinfonia da Camera (2/11/12) Ian Hobson, cond More Mozart Federico Agostini, violin; John Dee, oboe; Csaba Erdélyi, viola; J. David Harris, clarinet; Bernhard Scully, French horn; Henry Skolnick, bassoon MOZART Eastern Symphony Orchestra (2/12/12) R. Robert Rossi, cond Songs of Love (featuring the EIU Choral Ensembles and Collegium Musicum or Early Music Ensembles) Eastern Symphony Orchestra (2/19/12) R. Robert Rossi, cond Stagestruck Four Voices Jazz Vocal Quartet GERSHWIN; BERNSTEIN C-U Symphony (2/24/12) Steven Larsen, cond Classics III—Moving Pictures JARRE; HERRMANN; HORWOOD; MUSSORGSKY

9 pm Night Music Gillian Martin, Bob Christiansen, Ward Jacobson, Scott Blankenship or John Zech keep you company through the night and into the morning. NPR News Headlines at 9:01.

FSC MIX paper from responsible sources

saturdays & sundays saturdays 7 am NPR Weekend Edition with Scott Simon

9 am Classics By Request John Frayne plays requests for two hours at this time each Saturday. Submit requests at classreq@illinois. edu or 217-265-5084. Garrison Keillor’s The Writer’s Almanac at 9:01.

11 am Classics of the Phonograph John Frayne’s weekly exploration of memorable recordings from the 20th century. *Note: 10 am start on 3/10 and 3/17 3/3 Great Schubert Pianists 3/10 *David Hall, Record Critic and Producer 3/17 *Hans Knappertsbusch, conductor and wit, alive and in the studio 3/24 Early Arthur Fiedler (Premier Recorder of the Pachelbel Canon) 3/31 The Overture Single on 78rpm

Noon Afternoon at the Opera Live from the Met, 2011-12 season. *Note 11 am start on 3/10 and 3/17.

3/3 AIDA (Verdi). Marco Armiliato cond, with Violeta Urmana, Marcelo Alvarez, Stephanie Blythe and the Met Opera Chorus and Orchestra.

3/10 *DON GIOVANNI (Mozart). Andrew Davis, cond, with Gerald Finley, Marina Rebeka, John Relyea and the Met Opera Chorus and Orchestra.

3/17 *KHOVANSHCHINA (Mussorgsky). Kirill Petrenko, cond, with Olga Borodina, Misha Didyk, Vladimir Galouzine, and the Met Opera Chorus and Orchestra.

3/24 MACBETH (Verdi). Gianandrea Noseda, cond, with Nadja Michael, Thomas Hampson and the Met Opera Chorus and Orchestra.

3/31 L’ELISIR D’AMORE (THE LOVE POTION) (Donizetti). Donato Renzetti, cond, with Diana Damrau, Juan Diego Florez and the Met Opera Chorus and Orchestra.

4 pm NPR All Things Considered 5 pm A Prairie Home Companion Garrison Keillor and friends present music, skits, and the latest news from Lake Wobegon. [Also Sundays at 2 pm]

7 pm Classics All Night Bob Christiansen and Scott Blankenship keep you company Saturday night and into Sunday morning.

NPR News Headlines at 7:01 and 10:01.

s Diana Damrau (noon, 3/31)

sundays 7 am NPR Weekend Edition with Rachel Martin

9 am Sunday Baroque Suzanne Bona provides relaxing early music by the likes of Bach, Handel and Vivaldi. Garrison Keillor’s The Writer’s Almanac at 9:01.

1 pm From the Top A live performance program featuring America’s best young classical musicians, hosted by pianist Christopher O’Riley.

2 pm A Prairie Home Companion Garrison Keillor and friends present music, skits and the latest news from Lake Wobegon.

4 pm NPR All Things Considered 5 pm Classical Music Mindy Ratner and Valerie Kahler are your hosts.

NPR News Headlines at 7:01.

10 pm Harmonia Angela Mariani presents Baroque and early music.

NPR News Headlines at 10:01.

11 pm The Romantic Hours Music, poetry and romance with Mona Golabek.

midnight Classical Music Scott Blankenship and John Zech are your hosts throughout the night and into the morning.

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101.1 and 90.9 HD2

weekdays

saturdays

6-9 am Classical Music

7-9 am Classical Music

9 am-noon Classic Mornings with Vic Di Geronimo

9-11 am Classics by Request

Join Vic for music and companionship and make each morning a classic morning!

Noon-1 pm Live and Local with Kevin Kelly Kevin’s get-together features music and a daily serving of news about, and interviews with, area musicmakers, plus a calendar of regional music events.

1 pm - overnight Classical Music/Friday: Prairie Performances 7-9 pm

John Frayne plays requests at this time each Saturday. Submit requests at classreq@illinois.edu or 217-265-5084.

11 am-Noon Classics of the Phonograph John Frayne’s weekly exploration of memorable recordings from the 20th century. See page 5 for listings.

Noon-overnight Classical Music

sundays all day Classical Music

New host for Weekend Edition Sunday Rachel Martin is taking leave of her duties as NPR’s national security correspondent this year to fill in as host of Weekend Edition Sunday while permanent host Audie Cornish fills an assignment as host of All Things Considered.

While serving as NPR’s point person on military and intelligence issues, Martin traveled regularly to Iraq and Afghanistan with the Secretary of Defense, reporting on the U.S. wars and the effectiveness of the Pentagon’s counterinsurgency strategy. She also covered the changing demographic of the U.S. military—from the debate over whether to allow women to fight in combat units—to the repeal of “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell.”

Martin was part of the team that launched NPR’s experimental morning news show, The Bryant Park Project, based in New York—a two-hour daily multimedia pro-

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gram that she co-hosted with Alison Stewart and Mike Pesca.

While serving as NPR’s religion correspondent in 2006-2007, Martin’s piece on Islam in America was awarded best radio feature by the Religion News Writers Association in 2007. As one of NPR’s reporters assigned to cover the Virginia Tech massacre that same year, she was on the school’s campus within hours of the shooting and on the ground in Blacksburg, Va., covering the investigation and emotional aftermath in the following days. In 20052006, she was based in Berlin, Germany, as a foreign correspondent for NPR. During this time, Martin covered the London terrorist attacks, the federal elections in Germany, the 2006 World Cup and issues surrounding immigration and shifting cultural identities in Europe.

FM 90.9 HD3

AM 580 Listener Comments: 217-333-0853 / willamfm@illinois.edu

Saturday

Sunday

5:00

BBC Overnight Continued

BBC World Service

6:00

Commodity Week

Inside Europe

6:30

Mid-American Gardener

Monday–Friday NPR Morning Edition with Jim Meadows

7:00

NPR Weekend Edition

BBC World Briefing

9:00

Car Talk

NPR Weekend Edition

Focus with David Inge NPR News 10:01/11:01

10:00

Wait Wait ... Don’t Tell Me

Says You

11:00

State Week in Review

Car Talk

11:30

Commodity Week

The Afternoon Magazine with Celeste Quinn NPR News 12:01

Noon

Travel with Rick Steves

On the Media

Fresh Air

1:00

This American Life

Media Matters

The Closing Market Report NPR News 2:01

2:00

The Midnight Special

The Tavis Smiley Show

BBC Business Daily

2:36

The World

3:00

All Things Considered with Jeff Bossert

4:00

NPR All Things Considered

All Things Considered

5:00

The People’s Pharmacy

Keepin’ the Faith

Wait Wait ...

6:00

Commonwealth Club

This American Life

Fresh Air

7:00

Living on Earth

BBC World Service

8:00

Latino USA

To the Best of Our Knowledge

8:30

Left, Right & Center

9:00

Alternative Radio

New Dimensions

10:00

Bookworm

Le Show

10:30

New Letters on the Air

11:006 am

BBC World Service

On Point BBC World Service

BBC World Service

Bold Listing = National/International News

10:07 am

3/7 Cooking 3/13 Lawn & Garden Care 3/14 Nutrition 3/16 Personal Finance 3/26 Home Care

11:07

Focus monthly guests

3/1 Computers 3/2 Dog Care & Behavior 3/26 Women’s Health

Weather Monday-Friday Weather Forecast: 5:33, 6:33, 7:33, 8:33 am; 12:35, 4:33, 5:33 pm

Agriculture Dave Dickey, agriculture director; Todd Gleason, host, Closing Market Report & Commodity Week

Pre-Opening Market Report: 8:49 am; Opening Market Report: 9:49 am; Market Update: 10:58 and 11:58 am; Ag and Stock Market Report: 12:55 pm; Settlements: 1:58 pm; Closing Market Report: 2:06 pm. To listen to archived ag reports, sign up for the Illinois Public Media Ag E-newsletter, or download our agricultural podcasts, visit www.willag.org. Call 217-333-3434 for market analysis, updated at 9:15 am and 3:15 pm daily.

Illinois Public Media News Craig Cohen, news and public affairs director

The news from Illinois Public Media’s award-winning staff of reporters — Jim Meadows, Jeff Bossert and Sean Powers—can be heard during Morning Edition, The Afternoon Magazine and All Things Considered.

Saturday and Sunday Occasional updates PATTERNS • MARCH 2012 7

12.3

WILL-TV Cooking

(midnight-2 am; 6-8 am; noon-2 pm; 6-8 pm) Sun and Wed: Cook’s Country; Lidia’s Italy; Chef John Besh’s New Orleans; Sara’s Weeknight Meals Mon and Fri: Simply Ming; Lidia’s Italy; Ciao Italia; Hubert Keller Secrets of a Chef Tue and Thur: Essential Pepin; Burt Wolf: What We Eat/Great American Seafood Cookoff (begins 3/27); Cuisine Culture/Caprial and John’s Kitchen Cooking for Family (begins 3/27); Mexico One Plate at a Time

Travel

(2-3 am; 8-9 am; 2-3 pm; 8-9 pm) Sun and Wed: Rick Steves’ Europe; Wild Photo Adventures Mon and Fri: Rick Steves’ Europe; Grannies on Safari/ Travel With Kids (begins 3/5) Tue and Thu: Globetrekker; Globetrekker

Gardening/Home Improvement

(3-5 am; 9-11 am; 3-5 pm; 9-11 pm) Mon and Fri: Garden Smart/Garden Home (F); This Old House; Rough Cut with Tommy Mac/American Woodshop (begins 3/26); Around the House with Matt and Shari Tue and Thu: Victory Garden; Woodwright’s Shop; Woodsmith Shop; Growing Bolder Wed and Sun: Mid-American Gardener; Ask This Old House; For Your Home; Katie Brown Workshop

Primetime Schedule Monday-Friday

9:00 PBS NewsHour 10:00 Nightly Business Report 10:30 Journal

Mondays

7:00 Nature (3/12); Illinois 13th Congressional District Democratic Debate (3/19); Finding Your Roots (3/26) 8:00 Nature 11:00 American Experience: The Amish (3/5); Nature (3/12); Rare Bird (3/19); Finding Your Roots (3/26)

Tuesdays

7:00 Black in Latin America (3/6); Appalachians (3/13); Women, War & Peace (3/20, 3/27) 8:00 Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People (3/13); Afropop (3/20); Global Voices (3/27) 11:00 Black in Latin America (3/6); Appalachians (3/13); Women, War & Peace (3/20, 3/27)

Wednesdays

7:00 U.S. Health Care: The Good News (3/7); Vision of Muhammad Yunus (3/14); Independent Lens (3/21) 8:00 Frontline 11:00 New Cops (3/7); Faces of Change (3/14); Haiti: Where Did the Money Go? (3/21); Not in Our Town: Class Actions (3/28) 11:30 Independent Lens (3/28)

Thursdays

7:00 Earthshaker (3/1); NOVA ScienceNOW (3/8, 3/22); Illinois 13th Congressional District Democratic Debate (3/15); WILL Connect: Housing (3/29) 7:30 Predator Legends 8:00 Jewels of the Jungle (3/1); Secrets of the Dead 11:00 NOVA 11:30 Journey to Palomar (2/23)

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Arts and Crafts

(5-6 am; 11-noon; 5-6 pm; 11-midnight) Sun and Wed: Knit & Crochet Now/Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting (begins 3/11); Donna Dewberry Show Mon and Fri: Sewing with Nancy; Grand View/Best of Simply Painting: Across Europe (begins 3/5) Tue and Thu: Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting; Best of the Joy of Painting

Saturday Marathons in March

A six-hour block of themed programming March 3: Soup-er Saturday The Create chefs are showing off their best soup recipes.

March 10: Ladies of Leisure Whether it’s entertaining, sewing, cooking, gardening, or crafting, enjoy your leisure time.

March 17: Spirit of the Emerald Isle Rudy Maxa, Rick Steves and Burt Wolf are your Emerald Isle tour guides.

March 24: Destination Asia Hong Kong and Shanghai to Nepal, India and all points in between, take a whirlwind tour of the world’s largest continent.

March 31: At the Mexican Table Rick Bayless and Pati Jinich bring you the best dishes Mexico has to offer.

Daytime schedules will vary during the pledge drive March 1-18. See the full Create schedule at will. illinois.edu/tv/schedule

12.2 Fridays

7:00 Thelton Henderson’s American Journey (3/9); Martin Luther (3/16); Fenway Park at 100 (3/30) 8:00 President’s Photographer (3/2); The George Schultz Years (3/9, 3/16, 3/23); WILL Connect: Housing (3/30) 11:00 American Experience (3/2, 3/23, 3/30); Search for the American Dream (3/9); Martin Luther (3/16)

Saturdays

7:00 Washington Week 7:30 McLaughlin Group 8:00 Need to Know 8:30 Inside Washington 9:00 American Masters (3/10, 3/24); American Experience (3/10); POV (3/17); Powder & the Glory (3/31) 10:00 Evening with Smokey Robinson (3/3) 10:30 Elizabeth Winthrop (3/10); Storied Life of Millie Benson (3/24); Erma Bombeck (3/31) 11:00 Moyers & Company

Sundays

7:00 American Experience (3/4, 3/11, 3/18); George Schultz Years (3/25) 8:00 American Experience (3/4, 3/11); George Schultz Years (3/25) 9:00 Global Voices 9:30 Not in Our Town: Class Actions (3/25) 10:00 Global Voices (3/4, 3/11); Afropop (3/25) 10:30 Soma Girls (3/18) 11:00 American Experience (3/4, 3/11, 3/18); George Schultz Years (3/25)

Daytime schedules will vary during the pledge drive March 1-18. See the full World schedule at will.illinois.edu/tv/schedule

WILL-TV daytime

David Thiel, Program Director

Monday - Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Market to Market (M) Nightly Business Report (T-F)

5:00

Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood

French in Action

Body Electric (M, W, F) Sit and Be Fit (T, Th)

5:30

Angelina Ballerina

Destinos

Clifford

6:00 6:30 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30

Curious George

Curious George

The Cat in the Hat

The Cat in the Hat

Super WHY!

Super WHY!

Dinosaur Train Thomas & Friends Bob the Builder Sid the Science Kid Motorweek Growing a Greener World

Dinosaur Train Cyberchase Fetch!

Electric Company Biz Kid$ Moyers & Company

Wild Kratts Curious George The Cat in the Hat Super WHY! Dinosaur Train Sesame Street Sid the Science Kid WordWorld Super Why! Barney & Friends The Cat in the Hat A Place of Our Own

P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home

11:00 Mid-American Gardener 11:30 Victory Garden

America’s Heartland

Noon America’s Test Kitchen 12:30 Cook's Country

The McLaughlin Group

1:00 1:30

Essential Pepin

2:00

Joanne Weir’s Cooking Confidence

Martha Speaks

2:30

Simply Ming

Arthur

Tracks Ahead

Wild Kratts

3:00 3:30 4:00

Electric Company/ Fetch! (F)

4:30

This Old House Hour

BBC World News

5:00 5:30 6:00

Rick Steves’ Europe

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Painting and How To Programs

▲

How To Programs

▲

Sewing Programs

WordGirl

Nightly Business Report PBS NewsHour

Market to Market

eligion + Ethics R Newsweekly

Hubert Keller: Secrets of a Chef

Heartland Highways Hometime

Lawrence Welk

Specials 3/4 1:00 The Distracted Mind 2:30 Ed Slott’s Retirement Rescue!

4:00 Dr. Wayne Dyer—

Wishes Fulfilled 3/11 1:00 Easy Yoga for Easing Pain 2:00 Rick Steves’ Hidden Europe 4:00 Masterpiece: Sense

and Sensibility 3/18 1:00 TBA 5:00 Celtic Woman: The

Greatest Journey 3/25 1:00 Great Performances at

the Met: Satyagraha 4:00 Great Performances:

The Thomashefsky 5:57 Doctor Who:

The Waters of Mars

See above or listings

Daytime schedules will vary during the pledge drive March 1-18. Please see listings.

1:00 pm Sewing M: Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting Tu: Sewing with Nancy W: Quilting Arts Th: Martha’s Sewing Room F: Knitting Daily

1:30 pm Painting and How To M: Best of Joy of Painting Tu: Paint This with Jerry Yarnell W: Painting with Paulson Th: Color World with Gary Spetz F: Katie Brown Workshop

2:00 pm How To M: Rough Cut Tu: Wai Lana Yoga W: Garden Smart Th: For Your Home F: Woodwright’s Shop

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march tv features In Wishes Fulfilled, best-selling author Dr. Wayne Dyer (right) presents his Five Wishes Fulfilled Foundations: five steps to living from your “highest self” and thereby attracting your deepest desires. Using his trademark humor, combined with source material drawn from some of the most original American “New Thought” philosophers of the 20th century, Dyer outlines a program for mastering the tools necessary for living an extraordinary life and creating new thought patterns while defeating unproductive and recurring habits. Tune in at 7 pm Monday, March 5.

A personal account of Alzheimer’s disease

Issues on the new frontier of health

Photo: Courtesy of Phillip Maisel

Independent Lens presents You’re Looking at Me Like I Live Here (10 pm Friday, March 30), a first-person documentary of one woman’s struggle with the increasingly confused and confusing landscape of Alzheimer’s disease. Step inside the world of Lee Gorewitz, a feisty, opinionated woman given to philosophical ruminations on the nature of things, as she challenges preconceptions of illness and aging even while she’s living in a dementia care unit within a residential center in Danville, Calif.

Photo: Courtesy of Charles Bush

All-new inspiration for living

As we stand on the verge of a revolution in medicine, NOVA asks what it will mean when most of us can afford to have the information in our DNA read, stored and available for analysis. In Cracking Your Genetic Code (8 pm Wednesday, March 28), we meet cancer patients returned to robust health and a cystic fibrosis sufferer breathing easily because scientists have been able to pinpoint and neutralize the genetic abnormalities underlying their conditions. But we also meet ethicists convinced we need to consider the moral dilemmas raised by the new technology.

Downton drama!

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Go inside Downton Abbey as the actors talk exclusively about their characters and the gripping storylines across the first and second seasons. Learn about their insight into the romance and conflict, how they interact with each other and how they feel filming the crucial scenes for their characters. Downton Abbey—Behind the Drama (8 pm Sunday, March 11) also includes behind-the-scenes footage at Highclere Castle, the dramatic WWI trench scenes near Ipswich and the historic Ealing Studios in London, site of the downstairs scenes with household staff.

Get on the train

Stunning location, beautiful music Yanni’s 10th PBS special continues his tradition of productions spotlighting historical world monuments. This time, it’s the Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, better known as El Morro, a 16th century citadel located in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Featuring his world renowned 15-piece orchestra, the show includes the first televised performance of songs from his recent album Truth of Touch, as well as a new orchestration of the song Nightingale. Yanni: Live at El Morro airs at 11 pm Saturday, March 3.

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Celebrate more than 35 years of iconic performances from soul superstars, along with classic musical and dance moments from the series in Best of Soul Train (7 pm Tuesday, March 6). Featured songs include I Heard It Through the Grapevine (Aretha Franklin), Dance to the Music (Sly and the Family Stone), I Want You Back (The Jackson Five), Let’s Get It On (Marvin Gaye) and a medley of hits by Stevie Wonder.

WILL-TV Friday Night Public Affairs 7:00 Washington Week 7:30 Need to Know

BritCom Saturday Night 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:15

As Time Goes By Waiting for God Keeping Up Appearances Black Books Red Green Show Doctor Who Doctor Who Confidential

On pledge drive days with this symbol, program start and end times may vary.

1Thursday 7:00 Mid-American Gardener (TV-G) 7:30 Rick Steves’ Hidden Europe The veteran travel expert reveals his favorite off-the-beaten path destinations, including a never-before-seen foray to his preferred Italian hill town. Repeated 1:30 am Friday; 2 pm 3/11; and 3 pm 3/17.

9:30 Over Hawaii Native islanders share insights about Hawaii’s distinctive landscapes and culture plus surprising facts about the geology, plants and animals of its six islands. Repeated midnight 3/11; and 3:30 am 3/17.

11:00 Charlie Rose

2Friday 7:00 Washington Week 7:30 Celtic Woman: The Greatest Journey This special highlights musical performances from the group’s previous PBS specials, intertwined with scenic images of Ireland.

Repeated 1:30 am Saturday; 7 and 11:30 pm Saturday; and 5 pm 3/18.

9:30 Great Performances Hugh Laurie: Let Them Talk—A Celebration of New Orleans Blues. British actor Hugh Laurie showcases his musical side in this special that includes performances with blues legends Dr. John, Allen Toussaint, Irma Thomas and Tom Jones. Repeated midnight and 3:30 am Saturday.

11:00 Charlie Rose

3Saturday am 10:00 Easy Yoga for Easing Pain Peggy Cappy explains and demonstrates why yoga can effectively alleviate painful joints, and introduces individuals who have benefited from her yoga program. Repeated 4 am Sunday; 2 pm Tuesday; 8 pm Thursday; 4 pm 3/10; 4 am and 1 pm 3/11; and 1 pm 3/15.

11:00 Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth with Bill Moyers Revisit the extraordinary dialogues that fired the imagination and intellect of millions a quarter-century ago. Repeated 1 am Monday.

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pm 3:00 Sinatra Sings An hour-long tribute to Frank Sinatra by The Grammy Museum, featuring some of the singer’s best television performances.

Repeated 2:30 am.

4:30 Straight No Chaser 6:00 Big Band Vocalists A look back at the “crooners” and “canaries” of the 1940s, featuring Louis Armstrong, Perry Como, Doris Day, Peggy Lee with the Benny Goodman Orchestra, Johnny Mercer and Margaret Whiting, Jo Stafford and many other favorites. Repeated 12:30 am; and 5 pm 3/17.

8:00 Great Britcom Vote XIII See article page 16.

11:00 Yanni Live at San Felipe Del Morro—San Juan Puerto Rico (TV-G) See article page 10. Repeated 7 pm 3/13; and midnight and 3:30 am 3/15.

4Sunday 1:00 The Distracted Mind Renowned neuroscientist Dr. Adam Gazzaley explores the impact that multitasking has on safety, education, careers and personal lives, plus tips to improve concentration and focus.

Repeated 1 pm Wednesday; and 1 pm 3/12.

2:30 Ed Slott’s Retirement Rescue!

Named the best source for IRA advice by The Wall Street Journal and called “America’s IRA expert” by Mutual Funds Magazine, Slott shares his retirement strategies. Repeated 3 am and 1 pm Friday; 11 am Saturday; 1 pm Monday; and 3:30 am 3/18.

4:00 Dr. Wayne Dyer—Wishes Fulfilled See article page 11. Repeated 7 pm Monday; 12:30 am Tuesday; 1 pm Saturday; and midnight 3/16.

7:00 Great Performances Phantom of the Opera at Royal Albert Hall.

See article page 1. Repeated 1 am Monday; 7 pm 3/17; and midnight 3/18.

10:30 My Music: Superstars of Seventies Soul Live (TV-G) See article page 17. Repeated 9 pm 3/10; and 1:30 am 3/11.

5Monday 7:00

Dr. Wayne Dyer—Wishes Fulfilled (TV-G) Repeated from 4 pm Sunday. Repeated 12:30 am Tuesday; 1 pm Saturday; and midnight 3/16.

10:00 Don McLean—American Troubadour (TV-G) Take a behind-the-scenes look at one of America’s greatest singer-songwriters with live performances of his best-known hits including American Pie, Vincent, Crying and I Love You So. Repeated 3:30 am Tuesday.

11:30 Charlie Rose

6Tuesday 7:00 Best of Soul Train See article page 11. Repeated midnight and 3:30 am Wednesday.

8:30 Peter, Paul and Mary 25th Anniversary Concert (TV-G) This 1986 PBS live concert special is being re-released to celebrate the 50th anniversary

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of the group’s formation in Greenwich Village and its role in our national quest for equity and justice. Repeated 1:30 am Wednesday.

10:30 Are You Being Served?

11:00 Charlie Rose

7Wednesday 7:00 Idina Menzel Live: Barefoot at the Symphony (TV-G) See article page 17. Repeated midnight and 3:30 am Thursday; and 10:30 pm Sunday.

8:30 Joe Bonamassa: Beacon Theatre—Live from New York (TV-G) See article page 2. Repeated 2 am Thursday.

10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served?

11:00 Charlie Rose

8Thursday 7:00 Mid-American Gardener (TV-G) 8:00 Easy Yoga for Easing Pain (TV-G) Peggy Cappy explains and demonstrates why yoga can effectively alleviate painful joints, and introduces individuals who have benefited from her yoga program. Repeated from 2 pm Tuesday.

9:00 Sherlock Holmes (TV-G) The Boscombe Valley Mystery. After a man finds his father dying, Holmes takes the case, uncovering blackmail and Australian gold mines, before making a breakthrough.

10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served?

11:00 Charlie Rose

9Friday 7:00 Washington Week 7:30 Great Performances (TV-G) Tony Bennett: Duets II. Bennett teams up with a diverse roster of contemporary stars including Queen Latifah, Aretha Franklin, Willie Nelson, Sheryl Crow, Andrea Bocelli, and

Michael Buble, performing more classics from the Great American Songbook. Repeated 1:30 am Saturday.

9:30 B-52s with the Wild Crowd!—Live in Athens, Georgia (TV-PG) A concert filmed in the band’s hometown to commemorate the 34th anniversary of their first live show on Valentine’s Day 1977, featuring Love Shack, Rock Lobster and many other hits. Repeated midnight and 3:30 am Saturday.

11:00 Charlie Rose

10Saturday am 10:00 Sewing with Nancy: Art Quilts 11:00 Ed Slott’s Retirement Rescue! pm 1:00 Dr. Wayne Dyer—Wishes Fulfilled Repeated from 4 pm Sunday.

4:00 Easy Yoga for Easing Pain 5:00 Lawrence Welk’s Big Band Splash 7:00 Celtic Woman: The Greatest Journey Repeated from 7:30 pm 3/2. Repeated 11:30 pm; and 5 pm 3/18.

9:00 My Music: Superstars of Seventies Soul Live (TV-G) Repeated from 10:30 pm 3/4. Repeated 1:30 am Sunday.

11:30 Celtic Woman: The Greatest Journey Repeated from 7 pm.

11Sunday 1:00 Easy Yoga for Easing Pain Repeated from 10 am March 3.

2:00 Rick Steves’ Hidden Europe Repeated from 7:30 pm March 1.

4:00 Masterpiece: Sense and Sensibility 8:00 Downton Abbey: Behind the Drama (TV-PG) See article page 11. Repeated midnight Monday; 4 am and 10 pm Wednesday.

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WILL-TV 9:00 Under The Streetlamp (TV-G) A concert of classic 1960s hits—including doo-wop, Motown, old time rock ’n’ roll and favorites from The Drifters, The Four Seasons, The Beach Boys, The Beatles and others— performed by leading cast members of the Tony-Award winning musical Jersey Boys.

Repeated 1:30 am Tuesday.

10:30 Idina Menzel Live: Barefoot at the Symphony (TV-G) Repeated from 7 pm Wednesday.

12 Monday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Honolulu, Hawaii. Part 1 of 3.

8:00 Chet Atkins: Certified Guitar Player (TV-G) A concert from the musicians who gathered in 1987—including Mark Knopfler, the Everly Brothers, Emmylou Harris, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Michael McDonald and others— to celebrate the influence of guitarist Chet Atkins on their lives and careers. Repeated midnight and 3:30 am Tuesday.

9:30 Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Birth of Rock Theater (TV-G) Live video and interviews showcase how this group developed into one of the top 10 live shows in the U.S., plus a look ahead at TSO’s plans for the future.

10:30 Are You Being Served?

11:00 Charlie Rose

13Tuesday 7:00 Yanni Live at San Felipe Del Morro - San Juan Puerto Rico (TV-G) Repeated from 11 pm 3/3. Repeated midnight and 3:30 am Thursday.

8:30 Audience Favorite from the Pledge Drive 11:00 Charlie Rose

14Wednesday 7:00 Election 2012: Illinois 13th Congressional District Democratic Debate (TV-G) See article page 3.

8:00 My Music: 60s Pop, Rock & Soul Legends of the 1960s, including co-hosts Peter Noone and Davy Jones, sing their biggest hits from 1965-1969, featuring frat rock to surf pop, the British beats to the breakthrough bands, Motown, soul and pop classics.

Repeated 1:30 am.

10:00 Story of the Costume Drama: The Greatest Stories Ever Told (TV-PG) 11:00 Charlie Rose

15Thursday 7:00 Audience Favorite from the Pledge Drive 11:00 Charlie Rose

16Friday 7:00 Washington Week 7:30 StoryCorps: Stories of Love (TV-G) StoryCorps, the nonprofit oral history project that’s traveling the country to record conversations between friends and loved ones, shares a collection of animated short stories about love—including love that is unconditional, life-

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changing, enduring and inspiring. Repeated 1:30 am Saturday.

8:00 When Irish Eyes Are Smiling: An Irish Parade of Stars (TV-G) Pulitzer-prize winning author Malachy McCourt wrote and produced this nostalgic program of Irish favorites, including Ireland’s ballads and folk songs performed by some of the world’s greatest vocalists. Repeated midnight and 3:30 am Saturday.

9:30 Visions of Ireland (TV-G) Come along on a journey featuring aerial and ground views of Ireland’s “40 shades of green” through country glens, fishing ports, the famous golf courses of counties Kerry and Cork, all set to music that includes the fiddles and pipes of traditional jigs and reels along with modern Celtic rock. Repeated 2 am Saturday.

11:00 Charlie Rose

17Saturday 3:00 Rick Steves’ Hidden Europe Repeated from 7:30 pm 3/1.

5:00 Big Band Vocalists Repeated from 6 pm 3/3.

7:00 Great Performances Phantom of the Opera at Royal Albert Hall.

Repeated from 7 pm 3/4.

10:30 Audience Favorite from the Pledge Drive

18Sunday 5:00 Celtic Woman: The Greatest Journey Repeated from 7:30 pm 3/2.

7:00 Audience Favorite from the Pledge Drive 11:00 Jubilee (TV-G) Shirley Johnson/Magic Slim and the Teardrops.

19Monday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Honolulu, Hawaii. Part 3 of 3. Repeated 1 am Tuesday; 3 am Wednesday; and 7 pm Saturday.

8:00 Republican Presidential Primary Debate (tentative) 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served?

11:00 Charlie Rose

20Tuesday 7:00 American Experience (TV-PG) (DVS) Into the Deep: America, Whaling & the World.

From its rise as an economic force in the 18th century to its precipitous decline in the decades following the Civil War, the whaling industry mapped millions of miles of uncharted ocean, opened new seaways and markets and and laid the groundwork for a truly global economy. Repeated 1 am Wednesday; 2 am Thursday; and 2 am Saturday.

9:00 Frontline TBA. 10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served?

11:00 Charlie Rose

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24Saturday

7:00 Nature (TV-PG) (DVS) Survivors of the Firestorm. A look at how the environment has healed since bush fires tore through the Australian state of Victoria in February 2009, incinerating over a million acres, including key mountain ash forest ecosystems.

Repeated midnight Thursday; and 2:30 am Friday.

8:00 NOVA Extreme Ice. Follow acclaimed photojournalist James Balog and a scientific team as they deploy time-lapse cameras in risky, remote locations in the Arctic, Alaska, and the Alps to create a photo archive of melting glaciers in hopes of understanding their potential to drive rising sea levels. Repeated 1 am Thursday; and 3:30 am Friday.

9:00 The Lord Is Not On Trial Here Today U of I journalism professor Jay Rosenstein’s Peabody Award-winning 2010 documentary examines Champaign resident Vashti McCollum’s legal battle against the local board of education that set the foundation for the separation of church and state in public schools.

10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served?

11:00 Charlie Rose

7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Honolulu, Hawaii. Part 3 of 3. Repeated from 7 pm Monday.

8:00 BritCom Saturday Night See page 12.

11:30 Austin City Limits (TV-PG) Coldplay.

22 Thursday 7:00 Mid-American Gardener (TV-G) Repeated 11 am Saturday.

7:30 This Old House (TV-G) 8:00 Hustle (TV-14) And This Little Piggy Had Money. The team plans to shake down an investment banker bailed out by the government during the credit crisis, yet still getting a half-million dollar pension per year.

9:00 Sherlock Holmes (TV-G) The Adventure of the Illustrious Client. Intrigue and deception are the order of the day, but is it all too much for the great detective?

10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served?

11:00 Charlie Rose

23Friday 7:00 Friday Night Public Affairs See page 12.

8:00 PBS Arts from Cleveland: Women Who Rock (TV-PG) From the earliest women musicians of the 1920s to the mega stars of today, the story behind how women became the 21st century’s top-grossing recording recording artists.

Repeated 1 am Saturday; and 3 am Monday.

9:00 Globalization at the Crossroads with Hernando de Soto (TV-G) Shot on location across four continents, this program documents how globalization has produced unprecedented prosperity while 80 percent of the world’s population remains excluded from wealth by Byzantine legal procedures and political repression.

10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served?

11:00 Charlie Rose

25Sunday 1:00 Great Performances at the Met Satyagraha. Philip Glass’ opera based on the life of Gandhi.

4:00 Great Performances Thomashefskys: Music and Memories of a Life in the Yiddish Theater. Sharing the stage with a 30-piece orchestra and ensemble cast, San Francisco Symphony music director Michael Tilson Thomas tells the story of American Yiddish theater through the experiences of his grandparents, Bessie and Boris Thomashefky.

Repeated midnight Friday.

7:00 Finding Your Roots (TV-PG) (DVS) Part 1 of 10. See article page 16. Repeated 1 am Tuesday; and 3 am Wednesday.

8:00 Finding Your Roots (TV-PG) (DVS) Part 2 of 10. Repeated 12:30 Monday; 2 am Tuesday; and 4 am Wednesday.

9:00 Masterpiece Classic (TV-PG) Oliver Twist. Part 1 of 2. This bold adaptation of Dickens’ story about a young orphan sent to the workhouse, where children are raised on a diet of hard work and thin gruel, stars William Miller in the title role, along with Adam Arnold as the Artful Dodger and Timothy Spall as Fagin.

10:30 Masterpiece Classic (TV-PG) (DVS) Oliver Twist. Part 2 of 2. Wounded during a night burglary attempt with the psychopath Sikes, Oliver is nursed back to health by Nancy. Little does he know that a battle is raging between those who want to save him and those who want to kill him.

26Monday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) El Paso, Texas. Part 1 of 3. Repeated; 3 am Thursday; and 7 pm Saturday.

8:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Bismarck, N.D. Part 2 of 3.

9:00 Fenway Park at 100 (TV-G) See article page 17. Repeated midnight Tuesday; and 2 am Wednesday.

10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served?

11:00 Charlie Rose

27Tuesday 7:00 The Next American Dream (TV-PG) Americans are returning to downtowns in increasing numbers as the urban core of cities all across the country are coming back to life.

What has caused this change in American lifestyle? And can this new revival be sustained?

8:00 WILL Connect: Housing: A Basic Human Need (TV-G) See article page 2.

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WILL-TV 10:30 Are You Being Served?

11:00 Charlie Rose

28Wednesday 7:00 Nature (TV-PG) Ocean Giants: Giant Lives. The great whales– such as the blue and the bowhead–are the largest animals that have ever lived on our planet, yet these mighty leviathans feed on tiny shrimp and sardines. Discover why size matters in the world of whales. Repeated midnight Thursday; and 3 am Friday.

8:00 NOVA (TV-PG) Cracking Your Genetic Code. See article page 10. Repeated 1 am Thursday; and 4 am Friday.

9:00 Quest for the Lost Maya (TV-PG) Explore archaeological evidence of a previously unknown Mayan society—including their dramatic rise to prominence in the preclassic era as well as new evidence of the collapse of their civilization—based in the Yucatan Penisula of southern Mexico. Repeated 2 am Thursday.

10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served?

11:00 Charlie Rose

29Thursday 7:00 Mid-American Gardener (TV-G) Repeated 11 am Saturday.

7:30 This Old House (TV-G) 8:00 Hustle (TV-14) The Thieving Mistake. Clumsy burglar “Liability” Finch steals a Van Gogh painting in Rio but, due to publicity surrounding the theft, leaves it in a luggage locker back in Brazil.

9:00 Sherlock Holmes (TV-G) The Adventure of the Creeping Man. Professor Presbury refuses to believe his daughter’s story about a nightmarish intruder who appears at her window.

10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Are You Being Served?

11:00 Charlie Rose

30Friday 7:00 Friday Night Public Affairs See page 12.

8:00 Great Performances (TV-G) San Francisco Symphony at 100. This look at the Symphony, now in its centennial season, includes short video stories highlighting unique moments in its history, as well as a Sept. 2011 gala concert featuring guest artists Itzhak Perlman and Lang Lang performing works by Copland, Mendelssohn and Britten. Repeated 1 am Saturday.

10:00 Independent Lens (TV-PG) You’re Looking at Me Like I Live Here and I Don’t. See article page 10.

11:00 Charlie Rose

31Saturday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) El Paso, Texas. Part 1 of 3. Repeated from 7 pm Monday.

8:00 BritCom Saturday Night See page 12.

11:30 Austin City Limits (TV-PG) Sonic Youth/The Black Keys.

Photo: Courtesy of Jake Landis/PBS

Combining genealogy and genetics to explore race, culture and identity

A new 10-part PBS series builds on the success of African American Lives and Faces of America to uncover the ancestry of remarkable individuals, including Harry Connick Jr., Robert Downey Jr., Samuel L. Jackson, John Legend, Branford Marsalis, Condoleezza Rice, Barbara Walters and many others.

The basic drive to discover who we are and where we come from is at the core of Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr., premiering at 7 pm Sunday, March 25, on WILL-TV. 16 PATTERNS • MARCH 2012

Continuing the quest begun in his previous projects, Gates takes viewers on journeys with pairs of well-known people bound by an often hidden link. As they pore through layers of ancestral history, each celebrity pair uncovers surprises of their family trees and shares life-altering discoveries. Throughout the series, Gates and his production team work closely with leading U.S. genealogists, ancestry experts, top geneticists and DNA diagnosticians from around the world.

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The voices that defined the 70s Soul diva Patti LaBelle hosts Superstars of Seventies Soul Live (10:30 pm Sunday, March 4), a historic reunion of more than 18 classic Motown, R&B and soul recording artists of the 1970s, including the Commodores, original lead Eugene Record reuniting with the Chi-Lites, the Stylistics, Heatwave, the Trammps, the Emotions, the Manhattans and Yvonne Elliman.

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Idina Menzel Live: Barefoot at the Symphony (7 pm Wednesday, March 7) features Tony Award-winning Broadway (Wicked), television (Glee) and recording artist Idina Menzel, backed by an orchestra led by legendary composer/conductor Marvin Hamlisch, in a concert from The Royal Conservatory’s Koerner Hall in Toronto.

It’s a wide ranging journey through the American songbook, Menzel’s personal catalogue and fresh musical spins on contemporary songs.

Celebrating Fenway Park

s Idina Menzel

Using a Red Sox-Yankees game as a thread, Fenway Park at 100 (9 pm Monday, March 26) tells the story of the ballpark’s history as a venue for sports and as a public space, including hosting masses for WWI soldiers, a 1918 Irish Republican rally, FDR’s last presidential campaign speech, along with concerts by Bruce Springsteen and others. After being threatened with demolition in 1999, Boston’s most popular attraction survived to reach the centennial mark this year.

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Nothing unlucky about Great Britcom Vote XIII

Three previous Britcom candidates—including one winner—will vie with a new contestant at 8 pm Saturday, March 3, as viewer votes determine which of the following British comedies could earn the right to join BritCom Saturday Night on WILL-TV. First up at 8 pm is Ever Decreasing Circles starring Richard Briers as Martin Bryce, an obsessive middle-ager who meddles in his local surburban community. His orderly life with wife Ann (Penelope Wilton) takes an unexpected turn when their handsome new neighbor, ex-British Army officer Paul Ryman (Peter Egan) moves in.

A new entry, After You’ve Gone (above), is on at 8:45 pm. When Jimmy Venables’ ex-wife volunteers to go to East Africa to help the victims of a natural disaster, Jimmy agrees to take care of their two teenage kids full-time in an attempt to win her back. Unfortunately, his mother-in-law 18 PATTERNS • MARCH 2012

virtually moves in to keep order, keep an eye on things and undermine Jimmy whenever possible.

Then at 9:30 pm, it’s One Foot in the Grave, a classic bittersweet sitcom featuring Richard Wilson as the short-tempered Victor Meldrew, and Annette Crosbie as his long-suffering wife, Margrat, who struggles to cope with her husband’s rants against the world and the bad luck that befalls them.

Last up at 10:15 is To the Manor Born, winner of the original Britcom Vote in 2000.

After her husband dies, Audrey fforbesHamilton (Penelope Keith) is shocked to realize that she has to leave Grantleigh Manor, her longtime family home. To complicate things, she falls in love with the new owner, Richard DeVere (Peter Bowles), but they’re both too shy to let each other know.

2012 New WILL Benefit Tours just added Our second Civil War Train tour will span Sept. 7-15, 2012 and once again feature travel in restored 1950s first-class, private train cars as we journey from Champaign to Vicksburg, New Orleans and the War of 1812 Battlefield, Atlanta, the Kennesaw Mountain Southern Museum, the Chickamauga battlefields, Civil War Cyclorama, Southeastern Railway Museum, Confederate White House and the Museum of the Confederacy and much more. See the full itinerary at www.will.illinois.edu/willtravel for all the tour details and pricing information.

Due to the popularity of our 2011 Britain trip, we’ve also committed to a return tour Sept. 27-Oct. 10, 2012, to Holmfirth (Last of the Summer Wine location with the program’s producer Alan J.W. Bell and some of the show’s cast members), as well as North Wales, Devon and England featuring locations of Masterpiece and Mystery! —including Downton Abbey’s Highclere Castle (pictured above). Go to www.will.illinois. edu/willtravel for details and costs.

In addition, we’re finalizing details for a Spring 2012 tour to Washington D.C., including a special tour of NPR’s offices and studios. If you’re interested in receiving details when they’re available, call 217-333-7300 and leave your name and contact information with our customer service representative. t Gettysburg cannon

All Day Agricultural Outlook “Managing Risk in Volatile Markets” is the title and theme of Illinois Public Media’s 22nd annual All Day Ag Outlook meeting Tuesday, March 6, at the Beef House in Covington, Ind. The line-up of this year’s speakers includes: Mike Morris, chief appraiser at 1st Farm Credit Services; Purdue ag economist Chris Hurt; Joe Vaclavic from Straits Financial; and Steve Platt from Archer Financial Services. We’ll see many of you there, with a sold-out crowd expected. See the schedule online at willag.org.

Know someone who’s made a true difference in your community?

As we plan upcoming WILL-TV Illinois Pioneers programs, we’re looking for the leaders who have made significant impact in central Illinois and beyond.

If you know someone who’s blazed a trail to make a positive difference in your community and in the lives of others, please nominate that person by providing: • a one-paragaraph description of his or her accomplishments • his or her name, address, phone number and email • your name, address, phone number and email Email this information to will-tv@illinois.edu with “Pioneers” in the subject line or mail it to Illinois Public Media, 300 N. Goodwin Ave., Urbana IL 61801. And stay tuned as we bring you the next series of Illinois Pioneers!

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march By 2006, thousands of new electric cars were purposely destroyed by the same car companies that built them. Today, the electric car is back with a vengeance.

In Revenge of the Electric Car, director Chris Paine takes his film crew behind the closed doors of Nissan, GM, and the Silicon Valley start-up Tesla Motors to chronicle the story of the global resurgence of electric cars. Without using a single drop of foreign oil, this new generation of car is America’s future: fast, furious and cleaner than ever.

With almost every major car maker now producing new electric models, Revenge follows the race to be the first, the best and to win the hearts and minds of the public around the world. It’s not just the next gen-

eration of green cars that’s on the line. It’s the future of the automobile itself.

The film’s primary cast includes CEO and president of Renault and Nissan Carlos Ghosn; CEO of Tesla Motors Elon Musk; former vice chairman of GM Bob Lutz and EV do-it-yourselfer Greg “Gadget” Abbott.

A free screening of the film and a discussion of the issues it raises will take place at 6 pm Tuesday, March 6, in Robeson Rooms A & B of the Champaign Public Library (200 W. Green St.). Illinois Public Media and the library are partners in presenting the 10-film Community Cinema series for 2011-2012. The film will be shown with closed captions for the hearing impaired and an English Sign Language interpreter will sign the discussion.

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oon we’ll be opening up the windows, spending more time outdoors, getting out the bikes and planting flowers, so we’re highlighting some of our Program Underwriters who help you enjoy the season. We appreciate their support of the programs on WILL, and encourage you to thank these businesses for their partnership in making public broadcasting possible in east central Illinois.

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s Sales manager Brittany Bailey Frost and design manager Jim Minott.

Country Arbors Nursery 1742 Country Rd. 1400 North, Urbana 217-367-1072 www.countryarbors.com

Blossom Basket Florist 2522 Village Green Place, Champaign 217-359-7673 1002 N. Cunningham Ave., Urbana 217-367-8354 www.blossombasket.com

Every member of the Country Arbors family is well-trained, experienced and dedicated to sharing his or her knowledge with customers. The garden center offers an assortment of quality plants, most of which are locally grown by the Cultra families’ nurseries.

This full-service florist has served Champaign-Urbana and the surrounding communities for the past 55 years with excellent service and beautiful floral designs, from simple to simply magnificent.

Champaign Cycle 506 S. Country Fair Dr., Champaign 217-352-7600 www.champaigncycle.com

Landscape Recycling Center 1210 E. University Ave., Urbana 217-344-5323 www.landscaperecyclingcenter.org

Bicycling for commuting or for fun is also a great low-impact, highly aerobic exercise. The key to enjoying it is to have a bike that properly fits both the rider and the activity—that’s where the experts at Champaign Cycle can help.

Landscape Recycling Center (LRC) is a not-for-profit facility serving Champaign County. The site recycles local yard debris into all-natural mulches and compost that can be purchased to beautify local landscapes. Urbana city arborist and LRC manager Michael Brunk is a panelist on WILL-TV’s Mid-American Gardener.

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The Barber of Seville

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Interval: The Duke of Uke and His Novelty Orchestra

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Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir

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Dance for People with Parkinson’s

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