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FRIENDS OF WILL MEMBERSHIP MAGAZINE

may 2012

Illinois Public Media

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Public icon, private man The first in-depth look at the King of Late Night

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may 2012 Volume XXXIX, Number 11

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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 9-16.

Online

will.illinois.edu

PATTERNS • MAY 2012

Losing a trusted friend

By Bob Culkeen, Station Manager “We are currently unable to watch evening TV because of transmission problems;” “Who is asleep at the wheel?” and “This breakup of signal renders the shows totally unwatchable,” are samplings of communications WILL received from DirecTV viewers.

Grabbing my Doctor Who screwdriver, I began to ponder the why, when, where and how of this situation. The WILL technical team swept our technical plant and found a clean signal at all points of delivery. DirecTV also swept their signal path and found no technical issues. It appeared that something was generating a signal within the WILL frequency range. After intense exploration and working with a consultant engineer, it was found that our signal deteriorated between the hours of 5:25 pm and 6:25 am, only on DirecTV. We found a small geographical area in Springfield to be the interference field.

Federal authorities were contacted to lead an investigation. At the time of this writing, the source of the interference has not been identified. The FCC has spent time researching this situation and multiple evenings in Springfield searching for the source. It is our hope, as you are reading this issue of Patterns, that the situation has been resolved.

DirecTV suggested that we use 17 percent of our Designated Market Area to determine the audience they serve. That equates to 65,647 households experiencing the interference problem. DirecTV subscribers were experiencing a loss of quality programming, information and entertainment.

They were passionate about getting WILL back into their daily lives. I want to personally thank them for their understanding and patience during this trying and frustrating time.

I can’t help but think about the “what if ” factor.

What if funding, grants and your support of Illinois Public Media went away? Over 386,160 viewers in our region would feel the frustration of loss recently experienced by our audience of 65,647 DirecTV viewers. Judging by the voices of our DirecTV audience, public television is a valuable and trusted resource they did not want to live without.

Thank you for your support.

American Masters gets unprecedented access to the Carson archives Emmy-winning filmmaker Peter Jones has finally produced the definitive tribute to Johnny Carson he initially envisioned in 1988. That’s when Jones first wrote to the legendary television icon to request Carson’s cooperation in the production of a documentary. Following Carson’s death in 2005, Jones began appealing to Carson’s nephew, Jeff Sotzing, who controls his uncle’s archives. In 2010, Sotzing agreed to cooperate, granting unprecedented access to the entertainer’s personal and professional archives including family photo albums, home movies, memorabilia and all existing episodes of The

Tonight Show from 1962 until Carson’s retirement in 1992.

The result is American Masters’ presentation of Johnny Carson: King of Late Night, which airs at 8 pm Monday, May 14, on WILL-TV. The program features 45 original interviews with Carson’s friends, family and colleagues, including his second wife, Joanne, along with Dick Cavett, Doc Severinsen and other Tonight Show staff.

Performers who appeared or began their careers on the show—including David Letterman, Jay Leno, Mel Brooks, Jerry Seinfeld, Ray Romano, Drew Carey, Steve Martin, Ellen DeGeneres, Conan O’Brien, Joan Rivers and many others—are also interviewed.

Voted the greatest icon in the history of television in a 2007 TV Land/Entertainment Weekly poll, Carson commanded, at the peak of his show’s popularity, a nightly audience of 16 million viewers—double the current audience of Leno and Letterman combined. Because he rarely granted interviews, Carson remained a private man whose public persona made him an American superstar. Now American Masters explores this dichotomy and enigma, unearthing clues about Carson’s Nebraska childhood, his first magic act performances at age 14 as “The Great Carsoni,” his early days in the business and personal and professional life.

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Celebrated and neglected Telling an athlete’s story He was the most famous athlete of his time, whose stunning triumph at the 1936 Olympic Games captivated the world even as it infuriated the Nazis. Now American Experience tells the complete story of fourtime Olympic gold medalist Jesse Owens— from attending a public university where he was not allowed to live on campus to being stripped of his amateur athlete status after refusing to fulfill a post-Olympics fundraising tour of Europe to benefit the Amateur Athletic Union.

The film explores Owens’ experiences as a cautionary tale of the life of an athlete—a celebrated, then neglected figure—which could also be an emblematic story about sports in America. Jesse Owens comes to WILL-TV at 7 pm Tuesday, May 1.

Happy 20th anniversary

The popular WILL-TV program that answers questions about plant pests, flower and vegetable gardening, trees and lawn care debuted May 21, 1992, as Illinois Gardener with Jack Kelly as host.

In 1999, Dianne Noland, a Gardener panelist and horticulture instructor of five courses in the University of Illinois Department of Crop Sciences, succeeded Kelly as host.

In October 2008, the program began airing on public televisions statewide, including WEIU in Charleston, WUSI in Olney, WSIU in Carbondale, WYCC in Chicago and WTVP in Peoria. With the exception of WUSI and WSIU, these stations continue to carry Gardener and have been joined

by WSEC in Springfield, WQEC in Quincy and WMEC in Macomb. The program expanded its focus in 2011 with a name change to Mid-American Gardener.

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“The goal has always been to share ideas and knowledge with our viewers in the gardening community, to both educate and entertain,” Dianne said. “It’s exciting to have new ways of doing that, including technologies we couldn’t have imagined 20 years ago!”

Today, the show and its 35 panelists have expanded their reach with a website, midamericangardener.org, where each Thursday’s live 7 pm broadcast from WILL’s TV studio is videostreamed and then archived. Each live show offers an online chat feature.

Panelists also contribute knowledge, tips and resources to a blog on the program website to give gardeners additional information.

Don’t miss the May 24 program when Dianne and the Gardener panelists will celebrate the show’s anniversary.

Vintage Vinyl Sale

2012

This year’s event is Saturday, May 5, at 1803 Philo Road in Urbana, directly north of Hot Slots: 1/32 Slot Car Racing.

“We have a great selection of CDs and 80s LP music this year, and hope WILL supporters will help make this the biggest sale yet,” said Deane Geiken, event organizer and director of WILL’s Illinois Radio Reader program.

The sale opens with a $5 admission fee from 8 to 11 am.

There’s no fee from 11 am to 3 pm.

Doors close from 3 to 4 pm to prepare for the half-price sale from 4-6 pm.

Each item you donate to the Vintage Vinyl Sale benefits WILL’s Illinois Radio Reader, which provides news and information to blind and visually impaired residents of central Illinois.

For more information or to volunteer at the sale, please contact Deane at dgeiken@ illinois.edu or at 217-333-6503.

Projects to change habits and attitudes about food and exercise Illinois Public Media News reporter Sean Powers continues his series of reports on health and wellness this month with three new stories that will air during Morning Edition on WILL-AM 580 and FM 90.9 and on The Afternoon Magazine on WILL-AM 580.

First, on Tuesday, May 1, he reports on the annual Champaign-Urbana Bike to Work event, which takes place that day. Urbana City Planner Rebecca Bird says during the first year of the program, more than 700 people took part. The following year, the turnout grew. Bird says she suspects the event is changing the attitudes about exercise in the community.

also encouraged to take part in culturally relevant activities, such as Mexican folk dancing.

His third story looks at efforts in Urbana schools to promote healthy eating for students, using a grant from the Illinois State Board of Education to increase access to fresh fruits and vegetables.

The series is funded, in part, by a grant from the Lumpkin Family Foundation.

Look for videos, photos and archived stories at willconnect.org.

Sean is also working on a story about efforts by the University of Illinois Family Resiliency Center to improve the health of Spanish-speaking families. The project uses a family-centered approach to help people overcome health issues such as obesity. Participants are encouraged to spend more time eating together as family, and consuming more fruits and vegetables and fewer sugary beverages. They are

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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!

WILL-FM 90.9 and HD1 106.5 in Danville

5/9 Erik Nielsen, Larry Rachleff, conds

WAGNER; SHOSTAKOVICH 5/16 Kent Nagano, cond SCHUBERT 5/23 Cliff Colnot; Leo McFall, conds

R. STRAUSS; DVORAK 5/30 Cliff Colnot, cond BERLIOZ

The Keeping Score Series: 13 Days When Music Changed Forever 5/2

Noon Live and Local with Kevin Kelly

5/9

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.

5/23

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.

5/16

5/30

Thursday: Live! At the Concertgebouw

with Robert Siegel, Melissa Block and Michele Norris

5/3

5/10

5/17

7 pm The Evening Concert

5/24

5 pm NPR All Things Considered

Great orchestras from the great concert venues.

Listings are subject to change.

Monday: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra 5/7

Manfred Honeck, cond; Serge Zimmermann, violin TCHAIKOVSKY 5/14 Manfred Honeck, cond; Lars Vogt, piano BEETHOVEN 5/21 Pinchas Zukerman, cond; Stewart Goodyear, piano MOZART 5/28 Manfred Honeck, cond; Yuja Wang, piano

RACHMANINOFF; BEETHOVEN

Tuesday:

5/31

Prairie Performances 5/4

5/11

5/1

5/18

Chicago Symphony Orchestra 5/8 Sir Mark Elder, cond; Lawrence Power, viola BERLIOZ 5/15 Sir Mark Elder, cond

DELIUS; ELGAR

The New York Philharmonic This Week 5/22

5/29

Jaap van Zweden, cond; Yuja Wang, piano PROKOFIEV; MAHLER Herbert Blomstedt, cond; Garrick Ohlssohn, piano MOZART; TCHAIKOVSKY

Wednesday:

Civic Orchestra of Chicago 5/2

Esa-Pekka Salonen, cond MAHLER; SIBELIUS

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Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Semyon Bychkov, cond; Joshua Bell, violin BRUCH; SHOSTAKOVICH Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic Frans Bruggen, cond MOZART; MENDELSSOHN Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra Jaap van Zweden, cond; Nicolai Lugansky, piano TCHAIKOVSKY; PROKOFIEV Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Giovanni Antonini, cond; Giuliano Carmignola, violin TARTINI; VIVALDI Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Bernard Haitink, cond; Alexander Gavrylyuk, piano PROKOFIEV; RACHMANINOFF

Friday:

The New York Philharmonic This Week Alan Gilbert, cond; Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano GERSHWIN; BERNSTEIN

The first public performance of the “Eroica”: BEETHOVEN The launch of the first “Ring” cycle at Bayreuth: WAGNER Opening Day of the Exposition Universelle in Paris: DEBUSSY The premiere of “Elektra”: RICHARD STRAUSS The Premiere of the Ballet, The Rite of Spring: STRAVINSKY

5/25

EIU Symphony and Chamber Orchestra Ovations (4/1/12) R. Robert Rossi, cond; Anna Cromwell, violin Ka-Wai Yu, cello; Kent Conrad, piano SIBELIUS; BEETHOVEN Illinois Chamber Orchestra Fresh & Fortuitous (3/16/12 & 3/17/12) Ken Lam, cond VAUGHAN WILLIAMS; GINASTERA; BEETHOVEN C-U Symphony Struggles and Triumphs (4/14/12) Steven Larsen, cond; Alon Goldstein, piano BORODIN; RACHMANINOFF; SHOSTAKOVICH Illinois Symphony Orchestra Brilliant & Beautiful (3/30/12 & 3/31/12) Andrew Sewell, cond; Vadim Gluzman, violin BERLIOZ; BRAHMS; SHOSTAKOVICH

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.

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

Photo: Dario Acosta

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

s Matthew Polenzani (noon, 5/12)

John Frayne’s weekly exploration of memorable recordings from the 20th century.

5/5 Everybody’s Got to Start Somewhere! Unusual Beginnings for Famous Composers 5/12 Joseph Szigeti: Great Virtuoso Recorded in His Prime 5/19 Slow Movements of Quartets Become Classics on Their Own! 5/26 Down Memory Lane in the 78 RPM Catalogs: Leon Goossens, Oboe; Albert Spalding, Violin

sundays

Noon Afternoon at the Opera

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

The Met season ends May 5. The Lyric Opera of Chicago season begins May 12.

5/5 THE MAKROPULOS CASE (Janacek). Jiri Belohlavek, cond, with Karita Mattila, Kurt Streit and Johan Reuter and the Met Chorus and Orchestra.

5/12 THE TALES OF HOFFMAN (Offenbach).

Emmanuel Villaume, cond, with Matthew Polenzani, James Morris, Alyson Cambridge and the Lyric Opera Chorus and Orchestra.

5/19 LUCIA DE LAMMERMOOR (Donizetti). Massimo Zanetti, cond, with Susanna Phillips, Giuseppe Filianoti, Brian Mulligan and the Lyric Opera Chorus and Orchestra.

5/26 BORIS GODUNOV (Mussorgsky). Sir Andrew Davis, cond, with Ferruccio Furlanetto, Stefan Margita, Andrea Silvestrelli and the Lyric Opera Chorus and Orchestra.

4 pm NPR All Things Considered

7 am NPR Weekend Edition with Rachel Martin

9 am Sunday Baroque

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.

5 pm A Prairie Home Companion

◆Special: A Woman’s Love and Life, 5/13. See article page 6.

Garrison Keillor and friends present music, skits, and the latest news from Lake Wobegon. [Also Sundays at 2 pm]

10 pm Harmonia

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.

FSC MIX paper from responsible sources

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

A Woman’s Love and Life on WILL-FM for Mother’s Day

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his Mother’s Day, WILL-FM features one of our own, Illinois Public Media’s Dee Breeding, in a performance of Robert Schumann’s song cycle, Frauenliebe und leben, or A Woman’s Love and Life. In this beautiful retelling of the love of a woman for her man, she reflects on their first meeting, their love, courtship, marriage, the birth of a child, her man’s death, and her grief after he’s gone.

During the Mother’s Day special airing at 5 pm, Sunday, May 13, host Roger Cooper will also talk to Dee, a mezzo-soprano who is our human resources specialist, about how much the story of the song cycle mirrors her own life as wife and mother. “This song cycle is my life,” Dee said. “I’ve been married for 35 years; I’m a mother of two grown children. It’s beautiful when the music is sung by someone my age because we have the life experience and history to relate to the words.”

Dee’s performance was recorded at a recital for Richard Hertel’s voice studio. She was accompanied by pianist Rachel Jensen.

Roger also will talk about mother’s pride with Gloria McCauley, the mother of WILL-FM Live and Local host Kevin Kelly. Perhaps she’ll offer a few secrets from Kevin’s past that only a mother dares to tell. We’ll also enjoy a performance by a group Kevin directs, the East Central Illinois Youth Orchestra.

What better way to celebrate motherhood than with this collection of performances and interviews?

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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

BBC Business Daily

2:36

The World

3:00

The Tavis Smiley Show ◆Special: U of I commencement, 5/13 (tentative) See article page 19.

Wait Wait ...

All Things Considered with Jeff Bossert

4:00

NPR All Things Considered

All Things Considered

5:00

The People’s Pharmacy

Keepin’ the Faith

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

11:07

10:07 am

Focus monthly guests 5/8 Lawn & Garden Care 5/9 Nutrition 5/18 Personal Finance 5/21 Home Care 5/3 Computers 5/4 Dog Care & Behavior 5/21 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.

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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; Gourmet’s Adventures with Ruth; Caprial and John’s Kitchen Cooking for Family; Christina Cooks

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; Travel With Kids Tue and Thu: Burt Wolf Travels and Traditions; OpenRoad

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; American Woodshop; 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 Every Day is a Holiday (5/7); One Voice

(5/14); Independent Lens (5/21); My Vietnam,

Your Iraq (5/28) 8:00 Nature 11:00 Finding Your Roots

Tuesdays

7:00 The Golden Game: Minor Leagues (5/1); The

National Park-to-Park Highway (5/8); Purdy

(5/15); Global Voices (5/22) 7:30 Golden Game: Baseball in Sacramento (5/1);

POV (5/29) 8:00 Nature (5/1); Blue Ridge Parkway (5/8);

Made in India (5/15); Necessary Journey

(5/22) 11:00 Rosenblatt: The Final Inning (5/1); The

National Park-to-Park Highway (5/8); POV

(5/15, 5/29); Dabbawallas (5/22)

Wednesdays

7:00 Frontline (5/2); Independent Lens (5/9, 5/23) 8:00 Frontline (5/9, 5/16, 5/23, 5/30) 11:00 Independent Lens (5/2); Circus Dreams

(5/9); Fighting Hunger in the Coffeelands

(5/16); Doha Debates (5/23); Lest We Forget:

A Survivor’s Story (5/30) 11:30 Independent Lens (5/16, 5/30)

Thursdays

7:00 America Revealed (5/3); NOVA (5/10, 5/24);

Bones of Turkana (5/17); Inside Nature’s

Giants (5/31) 8:00 Pioneers in Aviation (5/3, 5/10); Secrets of

the Dead (5/17, 5/24, 5/31) 11:00 NOVA

Arts and Crafts

(5-6 am; 11-noon; 5-6 pm; 11-midnight) Sun and Wed: Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting; Donna Dewberry Show Mon and Fri: Sewing with Nancy; Best of Simply Painting: Across Europe Tue and Thu: Scheewe Art Workshop; Best of the Joy of Painting

Saturday Marathons in April

A six-hour block of themed programming May 5: Pizza Party Create chefs offer fresh interpretations, including with chorizo and hoisin chicken sausage.

May 12: Fresh Air Fun Tour beautiful sights of the world as you’ve never seen them before.

May 19: Spring Garden Learn new ways to include your garden’s spring vegetables in meals.

May 26: Red, White and Barbecue Grill master Steven Raichlen shows how to cook the perfect steak and ribs.

See the full Create schedule at will.illinois.edu/tv/ schedule

12.2 Fridays

7:00 American Experience: Jesse Owens (5/4);

American Experience: Clinton (5/11, 5/18) 8:00 Jim Thorpe: World’s Greatest Athlete (5/4);

Intelligence Squared (5/25) 11:00 Fighting Hunger in the Coffeelands (5/4);

President’s Photographer (5/11); Patsy Mink

(5/18); Civilization: The West and the Rest

(5/25) 11:30 Filipinos in California’s Heartland (5/4)

Saturdays

7:00 Washington Week 7:30 McLaughlin Group 8:00 Need to Know 8:30 Illinois Lawmakers 9:00 Broadside (5/5); American Masters (5/12,

5/19); Last Ridge (5/26) 10:00 Broadside (5/5); 60 Years After the Battle of

the Bulge (5/26) 10:30 Maria Hinojosa: One-on-One (5/12) 11:00 Moyers & Company

Sundays

7:00 Apple Pushers (5/6); California’s Emergency

Rooms (5/13); Parents’ Survival Guide:

Childhood Obesity (5/20); Walking Into

the Unknown (5/27) 7:30 California’s School Nursing Shortage (5/13) 8:00 Last Chapter (5/13); Roots of Health (5/20);

Foul Water, Fiery Serpent (5/27) 8:30 Digital Doctors: Future of Healthcare (5/6) 9:00 Global Voices 10:00 POV (5/6); Global Voices (5/13, 5/27) 10:30 Fighting Hunger in the Coffeelands (5/20) 11:00 Apple Pushers (5/6); California’s Emergency

Rooms (5/13); Parents’ Survival Guide:

Childhood Obesity (5/20); Walking Into

the Unknown (5/27) 11:30 California’s School Nursing Shortage (5/13) See the full World schedule at will.illinois.edu/tv/schedule

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WILL-TV daytime

David Thiel, Program Director

Monday - Friday

Saturday

Sunday

5:00

Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood

French in Action

5:30

Angelina Ballerina

Destinos

Sid the Science Kid

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

Curious George The Cat in the Hat Super WHY! Dinosaur Train Thomas & Friends Bob the Builder Sid the Science Kid Motorweek Growing a Greener World; Pedal America (begins 5/12)

Curious George The Cat in the Hat Super WHY! Dinosaur Train Cyberchase Fetch!

Electric Company Biz Kid$ Moyers & Company

WordWorld

10:30 P. Allen Smith’s

Super WHY! Barney & Friends

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

America’s Heartland Market to Market

The Cat in the Hat Sid the Science Kid

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

T he McLaughlin Group Religion + Ethics Newsweekly

Sewing Programs

1:00 1:30

Essential Pepin

2:00

Joanne Weir’s Cooking Confidence

Martha Speaks

2:30

Simply Ming

Arthur

Equitrekking

Wild Kratts

3:00 3:30 4:00

Electric Company/ Fetch! (F)

4:30

This Old House Hour

Market to Market (M) Nightly Business Report (T-F) Body Electric (M, W, F) Sit and Be Fit (T, Th) Clifford Wild Kratts Curious George The Cat in the Hat Super WHY! Dinosaur Train Sesame Street

Garden Home

▲ ▲

How To Programs

▲

Painting and How To Programs

WordGirl

Hubert Keller: Secrets of a Chef

Heartland Highways Hometime

PBS NewsHour

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: Beauty of Oil Painting Th: Color World with Gary Spetz F: Katie Brown Workshop

Nightly Business Report

5/13 1:00, Great Performances at

the Met: Faust 4:30, Mother-Daughter Bond 5:00, Hustle 5/20 1:00, World Peace and Other Achievements 2:00, Nobel Peace Prize Concert 3:00, Sherlock Holmes 4:00, Sherlock Holmes 5:00, Hustle 5/27 1:00, This Is Where We Take

Our Stand 2:00, Long Road Home 3:00, Sherlock Holmes 4:00, Sherlock Holmes 5:00, Hustle

5:00 5:30 6:00

BBC World News

SPECIALS 5/6 1:00, Made in India 2:00, The Game Changers 3:00, Parents’ Survival Guide:

Childhood Obesity 4:00, Sherlock Holmes 5:00, Hustle

Rick Steves’ Europe Lawrence Welk

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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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A fitting tribute on Memorial Day

Join co-hosts Gary Sinise (CSI: New York) and Joe Mantegna (Criminal Minds) in a night of remembrance featuring dignitaries, actors and musical artists in performance with the National Symphony Orchestra, live from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol, at 7 pm Sunday, May 27.

Explaining the influence of the West

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Photo: Courtesy of Nelson Walker

t In one of three new offerings this month from Independent Lens, experience the story of a young nomadic couple living with their infant daughter in the high grasslands of eastern Tibet.

Summer Pasture (9 pm Friday, May 11) offers a rare window into a highly insular community seldom seen by outsiders. In the collective imagination of Tibet, nomads have traditionally occupied a dual role— romanticized as embodying the purest form of Tibetan identity and mocked as being backwards, uncivilized and inferior.

In a major new book, historian Niall Ferguson (above) sought to explain the prevalence of Western economic power over the past five centuries using six principles of prosperity: competition, science, modern medicine, democracy, consumerism and work ethic. Adapted from his book Civilization: The West and the Rest, Ferguson brings his concepts to a new program in two parts at 7 pm Tuesdays, May 22 and 29.

Courtesy of ©Terramater/Photographer Chad Cocking

t Don’t miss the story of two remarkable and extremely rare lion cubs on their journey to adulthood when Nature presents The White Lions at 7 pm Wednesday, May 9. The sisters, born pure white in May 2009 in South Africa’s Kruger Park, face additional challenges from their high visibility as they grow up on the savanna.

Photo: Courtesy of Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera

Bluegrass meets classical

Come visit the island

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Marvel at the artistry of four string virtuosos (right): bassist Edgar Meyer, mandolin wizard Chris Thile, renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma, and bluegrass fiddler Stuart Duncan. They come together at Boston’s House of Blues for their first concert to create what critics are now hailing as “a most remarkable and organic cross-genre project in which the fire and drive of the bluegrass world meets the clarity and class of the classical music world.” The project, The Goat Rodeo Sessions Live, airs at 8 pm Friday, May 25.

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Eminent conductor William Christie leads an all-star cast featuring David Daniels, Joyce DiDonato, Danielle de Niese (far left), Luca Pisaroni, Lisette Oropesa and Anthony Roth Costanzo, with special guest star Placido Domingo (left) when Great Performances at the Met presents The Enchanted Island at 8 pm Friday, May 18. This new work finds the lovers from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream shipwrecked on the other-worldly island of The Tempest, and showcases arias and ensembles

by Handel, Vivaldi, Rameau and others, and a new libretto by Jeremy Sams.

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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

1Tuesday 7:00 American Experience Jesse Owens. See article page 2. Repeated 2 am Wednesday; 3 am Thursday; and 4 am Monday.

8:00 Frontline Money, Power and Wall Street. Frontline interviews leading bankers and officials to probe big banks, how they developed, how they crashed and whether many of the practices that contributed to the crisis remain clear and present dangers. Repeated midnight Wednesday; and 1 am Sunday.

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

11:00 Charlie Rose

2Wednesday 7:00 Nature (TV-PG) (DVS) Born Wild: The First Days of Life. Discover how animals born in the wild have evolved over time, and how animal parents interacting with their young can mirror our own experiences. Repeated midnight Thursday; and 2 am Friday.

8:00 NOVA (TV-G) (DVS) Smartest Machine On Earth. Go inside an IBM lab where a crack team worked to perfect a machine that could beat expert contestants in the TV quiz show Jeopardy. Repeated 1 am Thursday; and 3 am Friday.

9:00 America Revealed (TV-G) Made in the U.S.A. Part 4 of 4. Cross the country with host Yul Kwon to look at manufacturing, including the engineers who are designing items, and the workers who are making the products. Repeated 2 am Thursday; 4 am Friday; and midnight Tuesday.

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

11:00 Charlie Rose

3Thursday 7:00 Mid-American Gardener (TV-G) Repeated 11 am Saturday.

7:30 This Old House (TV-G) 8:00 Hustle (TV-PG) The Hush Heist. The crew is locked up after they pull a con where the mark is an undercover police officer; two MI6 officers force them to work on targeting a security box in the National Bank of Syria. Repeated 5 pm Sunday.

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9:00 Sherlock Holmes (TV-G) The Red Circle. Signor Zamba is murdered by a member of the notorious “Red Circle.”

Repeated 4 pm Sunday.

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

11:00 Charlie Rose

4Friday 7:00 Friday Night Public Affairs See left.

8:00 Art in the Twenty-First Century (TV-PG) (DVS) Balance. Rackstraw Downes, Robert Mangold and Sarah Sze create ordered and precise works that explore the gap between art and existence. Repeated 1 am Saturday; and 2 am Monday.

9:00 Independent Lens (TV-PG) Circo. The Ponce family’s hardscrabble circus has performed on the back roads of Mexico since the 19th century, struggling to make a living from its artistry, sweat and wit against the backdrop of Mexico’s collapsing rural economy. Repeated 3 am Sunday.

10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Illinois Lawmakers 11:00 Charlie Rose

5Saturday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Atlanta, Ga. Part 3 of 3. Repeated from 7 pm Monday.

8:00 BritCom Saturday Night See left.

11:30 Live from the Artists Den (TV-PG) Adele.

6Sunday 7:00 Finding Your Roots (TV-PG) Part 8 of 10. This episode features Emmy Award-winning CNN medical correspondent and neurosurgeon Sanjay Gupta, comedian and actress Margaret Cho and lifestyle expert Martha Stewart. Repeated 2 am Tuesday.

8:00 Masterpiece Mystery! (TV-PG) (DVS) Sherlock, Series II. A Scandal In Belgravia.

See article page 16. Repeated 12:30 am Monday; and 3 am Tuesday.

9:30 Official Best of Fest (TV-G) 10:00 Globe Trekker Food Hour: Israel & the Palestinian Territories.

11:00 Woodsongs (TV-G) Tommy Emmanuel.

7Monday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Minneapolis, Minn. Part 1 of 3. Repeated 1 am Tuesday; 4 am Wednesday; and 7 pm Saturday.

8:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Fame and Fortune.

9:00 Designing Healthy Communities (TV-G) Searching for Shangri-La. Part 4 of 4. A search of past and present America for healthy, sustainable communities that could serve as models for the rest of our nation uncovers

WILL-TV Roseto, Penn., Prairie Crossing, Ill., New York City, Charleston, S.C. and Lafayette Park in Detroit, Mich.

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

11:00 Charlie Rose

8Tuesday 7:00 American Experience (TV-PG) (DVS) Clinton. Part 1 of 2. Unprecedented access to Clinton insiders as well as interviews with foreign leaders, members of the Republican opposition, childhood friends, biographers and journalists reveals a new portrait of one of the most successful politicians of modern history.

Repeated 1 am Wednesday; 3 am Thursday; and 3 am Monday.

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

11:00 Charlie Rose

9Wednesday 7:00 Nature (DVS) The White Lions. See article page 11. Repeated midnight Thursday; and 3 am Friday.

8:00 NOVA (TV-PG) Deadliest Tornadoes. A look at the April 2011 tornado outbreak through the experiences of those affected and the scientists who are both trying to predict future storms and understand how they may be related to global climate change. Repeated 1 am Thursday; and 4 am Friday.

9:00 NOVA (TV-PG) Hunt for the Supertwister. Featuring footage of tornadoes, 3-D graphics generated by the National Center for Supercomputing Applications and research from two scientists developing radically different approaches to forecasting the storms. Repeated 2 am Thursday; and 3 am Saturday.

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

11:00 Charlie Rose

10Thursday 7:00 Mid-American Gardener (TV-G) Repeated 11 am Saturday.

7:30 This Old House (TV-G) 8:00 Hustle (TV-PG) Silent Witness. The gang pulls out all the stops when Eddie’s niece gets scammed by Wendy Stanton, a ruthless ice-queen modeling agent.

Repeated 5 pm Sunday.

9:00 Sherlock Holmes (TV-G) The Mazarin Stone. While Sherlock Holmes is in the Highlands, Mycroft is called in to recover the Mazarin stone. Repeated 3 pm 5/20.

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

11:00 Charlie Rose

11Friday

8:00 Craft In America (TV-PG) Threads. Explore woven textiles and story quilts by artists Faith Ringgold of Harlem, Randall Darwall of Cape Cod, Consuelo Jimenez Underwood of California and Terese Agnew of Wisconsin. Repeated 1 am Saturday.

9:00 Independent Lens (TV-PG) Summer Pasture. See article page 10.

Repeated 2 am Sunday.

10:30 Illinois Lawmakers 11:00 Charlie Rose

12Saturday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Minneapolis, Minn. Part 1 of 3. Repeated from 7 pm Monday.

8:00 BritCom Saturday Night See page 12.

11:30 Live from the Artists Den (TV-PG) The Fray.

13Sunday 7:00 Finding Your Roots (TV-PG) Part 9 of 10. This episode features musician John Legend and comedienne Wanda Sykes.

8:00 Masterpiece Mystery! (TV-PG) (DVS) Sherlock, Series II. The Hounds of Baskerville.

See article page 16. Repeated 12:30 Monday; and 3 am Tuesday.

9:30 Official Best of Fest (TV-G) 10:00 Globe Trekker Bangladesh.

11:00 Woodsongs (TV-G) The Blind Boys of Alabama.

14Monday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Minneapolis, Minn. Part 2 of 3. Repeated 2 am Tuesday; 2 am Friday; and 7 pm Saturday.

8:00 American Masters (TV-PG) Johnny Carson: King of Late Night. See article page 1. Repeated midnight Tuesday; 3 am Wednesday; and 3 am 5/21.

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

11:00 Charlie Rose

15Tuesday 7:00 American Experience (TV-PG) (DVS) Clinton. Part 2 of 2. Unprecedented access to Clinton insiders as well as interviews with foreign leaders, members of the Republican opposition, childhood friends, biographers and journalists reveals a new portrait of one of the most successful politicians of modern history. Repeated 1 am Wednesday; and 3 am Thursday.

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

11:00 Charlie Rose

7:00 Friday Night Public Affairs See page 12.

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16Wednesday 7:00 Nature (DVS) Cracking the Koala Code. Join scientists studying an extended family of koalas to discover new insights into their basic language and social structure. Repeated midnight Thursday; and 3 am Friday.

8:00 NOVA (TV-PG) (DVS) The Great Inca Rebellion. With the help of new evidence from an ancient Lima cemetery, NOVA reveals the protracted and complex war of brutality that almost led to the Spanish losing their precarious foothold in the Andes.

Repeated 1 am Thursday; and 4 am Friday.

9:00 Bones of Turkana (TV-PG) Follow famed paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey and his colleagues as they work in the arid northern regions of Kenya’s Turkana Basin to unravel the mysteries of human evolution. Repeated 2 am Thursday.

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

11:00 Charlie Rose

17Thursday 7:00 Mid-American Gardener (TV-G) Repeated 11 am Saturday.

7:30 This Old House (TV-G) 8:00 Hustle (TV-PG) Old Sparks Come New. Emma’s ex-boyfriend faces eviction, so the team takes on the owner of a corrupt law firm. Repeated 5 pm Sunday.

9:00 Sherlock Holmes (TV-G) The Cardboard Box. Mary Cushing enlists Sherlock Holmes in investigating the disappearance of her sister, Susan. Repeated 4 pm Sunday.

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

11:00 Charlie Rose

18Friday 7:00 Friday Night Public Affairs See page 12.

8:00 Great Performances at the Met (TV-G) The Enchanted Island. See article page 11.

Repeated 1 am Saturday.

11:30 Illinois Lawmakers

19Saturday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Minneapolis, Minn. Part 2 of 3. Repeated from 7 pm Monday.

8:00 BritCom Saturday Night See page 12.

11:30 Live from the Artists Den (TV-PG) Death Cab for Cutie.

20Sunday 7:00 Finding Your Roots (TV-PG) Part 10 of 10. This episode features actress Michelle Rodriguez, actor Adrian Grenier and author Linda Chavez. Repeated 2 am Tuesday.

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8:00 Masterpiece Mystery! (TV-PG) (DVS) Sherlock, Series II. The Reichenbach Fall. See article page 16. Repeated 12:30 am Monday; and 3 am Tuesday.

9:30 Official Best of Fest (TV-G) 10:00 Globe Trekker East Texas.

11:00 Woodsongs (TV-G) Hot Tuna and Mountainheart.

21Monday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Minneapolis, Minn. Part 3 of 3. Repeated 1 am Tuesday; 4 am Wednesday; and 7 pm Saturday.

8:00 Burt Bacharach & Hal David: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song in Performance at the White House A star-studded tribute to the songwriting team whose collaboration produced 70 top 40 hits, “I’ll Never Fall in Love Again” and “Alfie.” Repeated midnight Tuesday; and 3 am Wednesday.

9:00 Independent Lens (TV-PG) Precious Knowledge. Filmmakers spent a year in classrooms to document Tucson High School’s Mexican American Studies Program which has become a national model of educational success, with 100 percent of enrolled students graduating from high school and 85 percent going on to college.

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

11:00 Charlie Rose

22Tuesday 7:00 Civilization: The West and the Rest with Niall Ferguson (TV-G) Part 1 of 2. See article page 10. Repeated 1 am Wednesday; and 3 am Thursday.

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

11:00 Charlie Rose

23Wednesday 7:00 Nature (TV-G) (DVS) Salmon: Running The Gauntlet. In its exposure of a complex and expensive approach to managing salmon, this program explores possible paths to salmon recovery. Repeated midnight Thursday; and 2 am Friday.

8:00 NOVA (TV-PG) (DVS) Killer Subs In Pearl Harbor. With unprecedented access to the USS Arizona wreckage, NOVA teams up with the Hawaii Undersea Research Lab to use manned deep submersibles in an attempt to resurrect a midget submarine now thought to be responsible for bringing down the ship. Repeated 1 am Thursday; and 3 am Friday.

9:00 NOVA Missing In MiG Alley. Follow the efforts of family members to trace what happened to pilots who went missing in Korea and, through rare archival footage and interviews, experience the pilots’ split-second duels from the cockpit.

Repeated 2 am Thursday; 4 am Friday; and 1 am Sunday.

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

11:00 Charlie Rose

24Thursday 7:00 Mid-American Gardener (TV-G) 20th Anniversary. See article page 2.

Repeated 11 am Saturday.

7:30 This Old House (TV-G) 8:00 Hustle (TV-PG) Clearance from a Deal. Mickey and Albert pay a visit to Wendell Casino, but soon realize it isn’t the place for a con. Repeated 5 pm Sunday.

9:00 Sherlock Holmes (TV-G) The Sign of Four. Part 1 of 2. The mysterious disappearance of Mary Morstan’s father and an annual gift from an anonymous benefactor intrigues Holmes enough to become involved in the case. Repeated 3 pm Sunday.

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

11:00 Charlie Rose

25Friday 7:00 Friday Night Public Affairs See page 12.

8:00 The Goat Rodeo Sessions Live (TV-G) See article page 11.

9:00 Independent Lens (TV-PG) Left by the Ship. A look at the psychological and social consequences of the U.S. military presence in the Philippines, including the forgotten children left behind by their biological fathers. Repeated 3 am Sunday.

10:00 Last of the Summer Wine 10:30 Illinois Lawmakers 11:00 Charlie Rose

26Saturday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Minneapolis, Minn. Part 3 of 3. Repeated from 7 pm Monday.

8:00 BritCom Saturday Night See page 12.

11:30 Live from the Artists Den (TV-14) Kid Rock.

27Sunday 7:00 National Memorial Day Concert (TV-G) See article page 10. Repeated 8:30 pm.

8:30 National Memorial Day Concert (TV-G) Repeated from 7 pm.

10:00 Globe Trekker Food Hour: Morocco.

11:00 Woodsongs (TV-G) Gary Morris & The Roys.

28Monday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Jackpot! Repeated 1:30 am Tuesday; and 3 am Wednesday.

8:00 Antiques Roadshow (TV-G) Raleigh, N.C. Part 1 of 3. Repeated 4 am Wednesday.

9:00 Independent Lens (TV-PG) Hell and Back Again. The life of a Marine on the frontlines of war is interwoven with the life of the same Marine in recovery at home to create a realistic depiction of what the experiences are like. Repeated midnight Tuesday.

10:30 Are You Being Served?

11:00 Charlie Rose

29Tuesday 7:00 Civilization: The West and the Rest with Niall Ferguson (TV-G) Part 2 of 2. See article page 10. Repeated 1 am Wednesday; and 3 am Thursday.

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

11:00 Charlie Rose

30Wednesday 7:00 Nature (TV-PG) (DVS) Black Mamba. In the tiny country of Swaziland in southern Africa, a team of herpetologists hopes their six-week study will change public perception of what they feel is the world’s most misunderstood snake. Repeated midnight Thursday.

8:00 NOVA (TV-PG) (DVS) Venom: Nature’s Killer. Follow scientists on expeditions to track down and capture the planet’s most deadly creatures for miniscule amounts of venom that could be medicine’s brightest new hope. Repeated 1 am Thursday.

9:00 Inside Nature’s Giants (TV-PG) (DVS) Monster Python. Reptile experts explore the science of slithering, the development of sight capabilities that enable pythons to hunt warmblooded prey in the dark and a flexible jaw that allows them to stretch their mouths around huge prey. Repeated 2 am Thursday.

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

11:00 Charlie Rose

31Thursday 7:00 Mid-American Gardener (TV-G) Repeated 11 am Saturday.

7:30 This Old House (TV-G) 8:00 Hustle (TV-PG) Benny’s Funeral. When the gang attends the funeral of a fellow hustler, they see a man in the crowd who looks remarkably similar, leading them to question whether their old friend is actually deceased.

9:00 Sherlock Holmes (TV-G) The Sign of Four. Part 2 of 2. While following the case of Mary Morstan, an apparently wronged heiress, Holmes comes across eccentric twin brothers, a missing treasure and a one-legged man with a very small companion.

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

11:00 Charlie Rose

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WILL-TV Benedict Cumberbatch (War Horse, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) returns as the world’s foremost consulting detective, with Martin Freeman (The Hobbit) as the stalwart, if edgy, Dr. John Watson when Masterpiece Mystery! presents new episodes in the second series of Sherlock at 8 pm Sundays, May 6, 13 and 20.

In the first show, A Scandal in Belgravia, Sherlock and Watson are plunged into a case of blackmail involving crafty dominatrix Irene Adler.

The second program, The Hounds of Baskerville, finds Sherlock and Watson pursuing the trail of the Baskerville experiments— top-secret government research on genetically engineered gigantic animals for military use. Then in the third installment, The Reichenbach Fall, Sherlock faces Moriarty’s diabolical plot that begins when the criminal mastermind breaks into the Crown Jewels.

Sherlock is back!

s Clockwise from top: Martin Freeman as Watson and Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock; Andrew Scott as Jim Moriarty; and Lara Pulver as Irene Adler.

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WILL’s talk show staff members to retire David Inge, longtime host of WILL-AM’s morning talk show Focus, has announced his plans to retire from the University of Illinois and WILL Radio before July 1, as have the station’s Afternoon Magazine host Celeste Quinn and Focus producer Harriet Williamson.

The loss of three key public affairs staff members in a short time period, partly because of upcoming changes to the U of I retirement system, will be a challenge, said Illinois Public Media general manager Mark Leonard. However, WILL remains committed to interactive local talk radio programming as a way to engage listeners around issues and ideas, he said.

“David’s insatiable curiosity, patience and grace will be impossible to replace,” Leonard said. “His daily program is a safe haven for complex ideas and discussion, moderated with the deft touch that is David’s signature.

“We are planning to carry on the strong tradition that he, Celeste and Harriet have established over the last 30 years,” Leonard

said. “We’ll be hiring people for several positions to help us do that.”

Inge, who will retire June 30, estimates he has conducted more than 12,000 Focus interviews in his 30 years as the program’s host. He started working at WILL Radio as a classical music announcer, then became a reporter, and became one of the rotating hosts when Focus first went on the air.

He also hosted WILL-TV’s public affairs program Talking Point from 1992 until it ended in 2001, and numerous WILL-TV specials, including recent programs on community hunger and housing.

Inge said that after 35 years in radio, he’s ready to explore using his skills in other ways. “I’ve had this great opportunity to do a program and make it mine,” he said. “I hope I’ve made a contribution to life in the community. I’d like to find other ways to contribute.”

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continued from page 17 and the city councils before hosting The Afternoon Magazine beginning in 1993. She also hosts Focus when regular guests on dog training, computers and nutrition appear, and for the past year, has been editor of WILLConnect, Illinois Public Media’s community engagement website. She retired April 30.

“Celeste’s passion about individuals, their lives and their experiences has translated into great stories and interviews on The Afternoon Magazine and our listeners will miss her, as will we,” said Kimberlie Kranich, director of community content and engagement for Illinois Public Media.

Williamson joined the WILL staff in 1996 after careers as a medical librarian and nurse.

She researches and develops topics, and schedules guests for the program. “She’s been an integral part of the Focus program,” said Inge.

“People don’t realize how important the producer is for shaping the show.”

Quinn said the decision to retire was difficult for all three of them. “Especially in this time of transition for the talk programming, we hope people will continue to enthusiastically support Illinois Public Media,” she said.

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s From left: David Thiel, Ken Kitson, Danda Beard and Alan J.W. Bell on the 2011 Masterpiece & Mystery tour.

What are your 2012 travel plans?

Why not leave the coordination and transportation to us? When you travel with WILL on our Civil War Train trip (Sept. 7-15) or Britain’s Masterpiece & Mystery tour (Sept. 27-Oct. 2), your itinerary is planned and special details have already been taken care of so you can relax and enjoy! Plus, every reservation helps support the WILL stations. See full itineraries and pricing for these tours at will.illinois.edu/willtravel, and contact Judy McElfresh at TourGroupPlanners (217-422-5002 or tollfree 877-386-4777) for more information.

Samuelson, Roberts commencement speeches on WILL-AM Here’s what travelers on these 2011 adventures told us about their experiences: • Linda and Michael Luepke, Springfield “Tour guide Tony Pitch really brought history to life with his tour of Washington, D.C., combining new perspectives on people and historic events with excellent storytelling. We also enjoyed the personal tour of Gettysburg.

The train cars are unbelievably beautiful, the staff provided the utmost in service and the food was well-prepared and delicious. When you add in the concepts of no unpacking and repacking during the trip as well as the contribution to WILL included in the tour price, this cruise on rails is the whole package.”

• Jackie and John Stuemke, Springfield “The small group made the Britain trip friendly, cohesive and most enjoyable. The guides were incredibly knowledgeable. Our favorite part was the visit to Holmfirth and meeting Alan J.W. Bell and Ken Kitson, the actor who played one of the policemen on Last of the Summer Wine.

Having been fans of the show for some time, this was our primary reason for taking the trip.

It was very special to visit and tour the village on a sunny day—in fact, we did not get enough of Holmfirth, so we are going on the 2012 tour with WILL!” • Janice and Tom Bonilla, Petersburg “Never had a tour like this one! The ease of traveling and the thoughtful extras—a tour guide remembering all of our names, for example—made this tour special. Having Danda Beard and David Thiel from WILL bonded our group of initial strangers and made it so much more enjoyable. Holmfirth and meeting with Alan J.W. Bell was priceless; without WILL’s involvement, this could not have been possible. Other highlights included the Doctor Who exhibit in London and having a tea and real Bakewell tart in Derbyshire! We found the courtesy, helpfulness and friendly smiles of the people of Yorkshire could brighten the most gray of English days.”

In a commencement special at 3 pm Sunday, May 13, WILL-AM 580 will broadcast the University of Illinois commencement addresses from Orion Samuelson, widely regarded as the best-known agricultural broadcaster in the U.S., and Cokie Roberts, senior news analyst for NPR News and a political commentator for ABC News.

Samuelson is heard over a syndicate of 260 stations broadcasting his National Farm Report daily.

He also offers opinions and observations on the agricultural community with the weekly series Samuelson Sez. Since 1975, he has produced and hosted U.S. Farm Report, a weekly television program seen on 190 Midwest stations.

Roberts, who provides analysis for all ABC network news programming, co-anchored This Week from 19962002 with Sam Donaldson. In her more than 40 years in broadcasting, she has won numerous awards, including three Emmys. She is a member of the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame, and was cited by American Women in Radio and Television as one of the 50 greatest women in the history of broadcasting.

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Giving a new definition to

strength

Cheryl Haworth is a young woman with a big dream—to be the strongest woman in the world. As the 300-pound weightlifter prepared for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, she struggled with injury, confidence and her place in a world where larger women are not readily accepted. Filmmaker Julie Wyman’s movie, Strong!, chronicles the challenges Haworth faced, exploring popular notions of power, strength, beauty and health.

A free screening of the film and a discussion of the issues it raises will take place at 6 pm Tuesday, May 1, 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, which concludes with the May event. The film will be shown with closed captions for the hearing impaired and an English Sign Language interpreter will sign the discussion.

To the Manor Born garners most votes

Our loyal British comedy viewers once again showed support for their Saturday night lineup by contributing $5,463 in pledges during the Great BritCom Vote XIII on Saturday, March 3. Thank you!

Through the popular poll, voters also indicated that WILL program director David Thiel should consider To the Manor Born as part of the BritCom lineup.

With Penelope Keith and Peter Bowles leading the cast, the program follows the love-hate relationship of their characters, upper-class Audrey fforbes-Hamilton and nouveau riche millionaire Richard DeVere, which culminates with their marriage in the final episode.

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City of Urbana Farmer’s Market

s The Market’s roughly 160 vendors each grow or create their goods, ranging from fresh produce, plants and flowers, farm products such as meat, cheeses and eggs, honey, fresh baked goods and other prepared foods, to art and crafts.

The City of Urbana’s Market at the Square opens at 7 am Saturday, May 5. Located at the corner of Illinois and Vine Streets near downtown Urbana, the Market will remain open each Saturday from 7 am-noon through Nov. 3.

“We’re very excited about the crop of new vendors applying for space within the Market this season,” said Market director Lisa Bralts. “It’s likely the Market will be at capacity on some weekends with vendors, offering Market patrons even more locally produced goods to choose from.”

Several changes will further heighten enthusiasm among vendors and patrons.

The first, monthly performances by area artists and musicians in addition to the other performances within the Market, are co-sponsored by the City of Urbana’s Public Arts Program. These performances will take place on the same days that the arts program hosts its Art at the Market workshops, starting in late May. In addition, Illinois’ new Cottage Food Law, which went into effect in January, will give shoppers new options for unique prepared foods.

“The new law means that some home food producers are able to sell certain foods at

the Market as long as they meet particular criteria,” Bralts said. “This brings back vendors who were creating one-of-a-kind home-baked goods, certain jams and jellies, and a few other foods. Those foods are part of what makes a farmers market so special and different—they’re only available there, on that day.”

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