Sister Boniface Mysteries
If you’re a British murder-mystery buff like I am, you may remember first being introduced to Sister Boniface in Season 1 of Father Brown back in 2013. The lovable, crime-fighting nun made her television debut in Episode 6, when she helped the lovable, crime-fighting priest solve a double murder at a Catholic convent. It was an exciting storyline that left viewers wanting more. Nine years later, the devout detective returned with a series of her own: Sister Boniface Mysteries.
Set in the fictional town of Great Slaughter (an apt name for a village prone to villainous crime), Sister Boniface Mysteries is now on its third season, and the premiere is a two-part holiday special. Titled “The Star of the Orient,” the episode gives a nod to Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express and, in proper Hercule Poirot form, Sister Boniface’s eccentricities give her an edge in unraveling the mystery. She finds herself stranded on a snowbound train when a precious jewel is stolen, and a passenger is murdered. Alongside the dashing Detective Inspector Sam Gillespie, our godly gumshoe puts her forensic science degree to good use. Back in the village, the Reverend Mother is leading a search party through the fierce blizzard while Detective Sergeant Felix Livingstone and Woman Police Constable Peggy Button are tracking down the identity of a frozen corpse. With time running out, it’s a race to ensure everyone’s safety before the dawn of Christmas morning.
If you’re not only a British murder-mystery buff but also a trivia fan, it may be entertaining to know that the creator of Sister Boniface Mysteries, Jude Tindall, was also the creator of Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators and a lead writer for Father Brown, having penned 15 episodes, including the one that gave our favorite nun her debut. While Jude passed away in August of this year, her whimsical characters live on and we’re excited to bring this new season to KQED viewers. Cozy up under a warm blanket, turn on the twinkle lights and be sure to tune in for Sister Boniface Mysteries starting on Monday, December 16, at 8pm on KQED Plus. —Elyce Berrigan, Managing Editor
COMING IN JANUARY
Finding Your Roots, Season 11
Check your January issue for dates and times
Over the course of 10 episodes, 19 celebrity guests — including actor Laurence Fishburne, novelist Amy Tan and model Chrissy Teigen — will sit down with Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. as he uses cutting-edge DNA analysis to solve mysteries that have plagued their families. Gates will also have his own familial mystery solved.
Countdown to 2025
Close out the year with Alma’s Way, Donkey Hodie and Lyla in the Loop, and catch new episodes of Carl the Collector, Sesame Street, and Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum! The winter celebrations will continue with various full episodes and movies from Nature Cat, Arthur, Let’s Go Luna! and more.
Image courtesy of Fred Rogers Productions.
SATURDAY NIGHT MOVIE
Paper Moon
Saturday, December 14, at 8pm on KQED 9
Starring the real-life father-daughter duo Ryan and Tatum O’Neal, this 1973 film set during the Great Depression is about a smooth-talking con man who meets his match in a young girl who believes he’s her father. They embark on a road trip where she learns, and eventually outdoes, his cunning ways.
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TELEVISION LISTINGS
Weekdays 6am–7pm on KQED 9
MORNING
6:00 Arthur
6:30 Odd Squad
7:00 Wild Kratts
7:30 Alma’s Way
8:00 Lyla in the Loop
8:30 Carl the Collector
9:00 Daniel Tiger
9:30 Rosie’s Rules
10:00 Sesame Street
10:30 Work It Out Wombats!
11:00 Donkey Hodie
11:30 Pinkalicious
AFTERNOON + EARLY EVENING
12:00 Elinor Wonders Why
12:30 Nature Cat
1:00 Molly of Denali
1:30 Xavier Riddle
2:00 This Old House
2:30 BBC News America
3:00 PBS News Hour
4:00 Amanpour & Co.
5:00 BBC News The Context
5:30 BBC News America
6:00 PBS News Hour
Discover KQED’s audio programs by visiting kqed.org/radio and kqed.org/podcasts
Weekdays 6am–7pm on KQED + MORNING
6:00 Daniel Tiger
6:30 Rosie’s Rules
7:00 Yoga/Sit and Be Fit
7:30 Classical Stretch
8:00 Sewing/Quilting
8:30 Gardening
9:00 This Old House
9:30 Home Improvement
10:00 Cooking
10:30 Check, Please! Bay Area
11:00 America’s Test Kitchen
11:30 Cook’s Country
AFTERNOON + EARLY EVENING
12:00 Cooking
2:00 History/Culture
3:00 Antiques Roadshow
4:00 History/Culture
5:00 Travel
6:30 Rick Steves’ Europe
To find the schedules for KQED World and the PBS Kids Channel, please visit kqed.org/tv.
Sunday 1
EARLY
mid 9 Austin City Limits #5008 Juanes.
+ Radio Bristol’s Farm and Fun Time ★ #211 The Wildmans, the Malpass Brothers.
1am 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1912 ROOH, The Barn, Kusan Uyghur Cuisine. R (9) 1pm, 12/2 7:30pm, 12/3 1:30am
+ NOVA #4216 Arctic Ghost Ship.
1:30 9 Antiques Roadshow Recut #404 Filoli, Part 4.
2am 9
LBJ: American Experience #401
LBJ: Beautiful Texas. D
+ Foyle’s War #301 The French Drop.
3:35 + Father Brown #1108 The Last Tango in Kembleford.
4am 9
LBJ: American Experience #402
LBJ: My Fellow Americans. D
4:30 + Doc Martin #805 From the Mouths of Babes.
5:30 + Reconnecting Roots #404 Shelter: House & Home.
6am 9 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood D
+ Classical Stretch: By Essentrics #1227 Shoulder Strengthening.
6:30 9 Rosie’s Rules D
+ Classical Stretch: By Essentrics #1229 Body Shaping.
7am 9 Sesame Street: The Nutcracker: Starring Elmo & Tango D
+ America’s Test Kitchen #2510
A Showstopping Chocolate-
Raspberry Trifle. R (9) noon; (+) 12/14 5:30pm
7:30 9 Work It Out Wombats! D R (9) 12/30 10:30am
+ Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television #812 The Weekend Baker. R (9) 12/29 11:30am
8am 9 The Joy of Painting with Nicholas Hankins: Bob Ross’ Unfinished Season #112 Pacific Coastline.
+ America the Bountiful #109 Ramps in West Virginia.
8:30 9 J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom #504 A Moment in Bloom.
+ New Scandinavian Cooking #804 Arctic Fire.
9am 9 New Scandinavian Cooking #807 Roasted Coastal Lamb & Dried Kelp. R (+) 12/22 8:30am
+ The Great American Recipe #107 Family.
9:30 9 Essential Pépin #109 Classic Conclusions. D
10am 9 Pati’s Mexican Table #1309 Hidden Guachochi. R (+) 12/2 noon
+ Pioneers of Television #204 Doctors and Nurses.
10:30 9 Baking with Julia #105 Marcel Desaulniers.
11am 9 Milk Street’s My Family Recipe #108 Tatiana’s Sauerkraut Soup.
+ Antiques Roadshow #2323 Out of This World. R (9) 4pm
11:30 9 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television #808 Italy’s Forgotten Pastas.
TV LEGEND
9 KQED 9
+ KQED Plus
★ This program (or episode) is airing on a KQED television channel for the first time.
This program is a KQED production, co-production or presentation.
R This program will be repeated on date/s noted.
D Descriptive video info for the sight-impaired is available on televisions with stereo capability.
AFTERNOON
noon 9 America’s Test Kitchen #2510 A Showstopping Chocolate-Raspberry Trifle. R (+) 12/14 5:30pm
+ Great Performances #4817 Land of Gold.
12:30 9 Cook’s Country #1710 Short Ribs and Baked Potatoes. R (+) 12/6 11:30am, 12/14 5pm 1pm 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1912 ROOH, The Barn, Kusan Uyghur Cuisine. R (9) 12/2 7:30pm, 12/3 1:30am 1:30 9 100 Days, Drinks, Dishes and Destinations #101 Reno/Tahoe, California and Nevada. R (+) 12/2 1pm + A Journey Into Lohengrin 2pm 9 Lidia’s Kitchen #1205 Make Traditions.
2:30 9 Sara’s Weeknight Meals #1306 Barcelona; Gaudi, Gin and Gambas. + Great Performances #4706 Keeping Company with Sondheim. 3pm 9 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love #602 Cruising the Inside Passage of Alaska.
3:30 9 Rick Steves’ Europe #701 Rome: Ancient Glory. 4pm 9 Antiques Roadshow #2323 Out of This World.
+ Great Performances #4813 The LA Phil Celebrates Frank Gehry. 5pm 9 Start Up ★ #1205 Blade Craft Barber Academy, Dallas, TX.
Programs are subject to change after press deadlines. For the latest program info, visit kqed.org/tv.
5:30 9 PBS News Weekend ★
+ Youth Music of the World ★ #101 Cadogan Hall, London International Choral Festival Concert.
6pm 9 In Their Own Words #203 Princess Diana.
+ Celebrity Antiques Road Trip #410 John Nettles OBE and Barbara Flynn. R (+) 12/30 4pm
EVENING
7pm 9 Real Crown: Inside the House of Windsor #104 Tomorrow’s People. R (9) 12/2 1am
+ Finding Your Roots #810 Where Did We Come From? R (+) 12/2 1am
8pm 9 Howards End on MASTERPIECE #5012 Episode 4, Series Finale. R (9) 12/2 2am
+ Birth of the Endless Summer ★ R (+) 12/2 2am
9pm 9 Little Women on MASTERPIECE #4816 Part 2. R (9) 12/2 3am
+ Outrage of Danny Sotomayor: American Stories D R (+) 12/2 3am
10pm 9 Wolf Hall on MASTERPIECE #4562 Episode 6. R (9) 12/2 4am
+ For the Love of Friends R (+) 12/2 4am
11:03 9 Luna & Sophie ★ #305 Irina. R (9) 12/2 5:03am
11:30 + Films ByKids Home Is Where You Find It (Mozambique). R (+) 12/2 5:30am
Monday 2
EARLY
1–6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule. 6am–7pm See page 4 for program schedule.
EVENING
7pm 9 America’s Test Kitchen #1906 The Perfect Cookie. R (9) 12/3 1am, 12/15 noon; (+) 12/8 7am, 12/23 11am + Miss Scarlet and the Duke on MASTERPIECE #5404 The Diamond Feather. D R (+) 12/3 1am
7:30 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1912 ROOH, The Barn, Kusan Uyghur Cuisine. R (9) 12/3 1:30am
8pm 9 Antiques Roadshow #2326 Junk in the Trunk 9. R (9) 12/3 2am, 12/8 4pm; (+) 12/6 3pm & 7pm, 12/7 1am, 12/8 11am
+ Father Brown ★ #1109 The Dead of Night. R (+) 12/3 2am & 5:10am, 12/7 9:35pm, 12/8 3:35am
8:46 + Doc Martin #806 Accidental Hero. R (+) 12/3 2:46am, 12/7
10:30pm, 12/8 4:30am 9pm 9 Antiques Roadshow #2722 Wags to Riches. R (9) 12/3 3am; (+) 12/5 3pm
9:33 + Sherlock on MASTERPIECE
#4030 Sherlock, Season 1: The Blind Banker. D R (+) 12/3 3:33am
10pm 9 Wine, Women & Dementia R (9) 12/3 4am
11pm 9 Beyond the Canvas #203 Women of Wonder. R (9) 12/3 5am
11:06 + Miss Friman’s War ★ #104. 11:30 9 The Caverns Sessions #312 Big Richard. R (9) 12/3 5:30am; (+) 12/14 mid
Tuesday 3
EARLY
1–6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule.
6am–7pm See page 4 for program schedule.
EVENING
7pm 9 Essential Pépin #103 Sweets for My Sweet. D R (9) 12/4 1am; (+) 12/4 noon
+ Call the Midwife #1104 Episode 4. D R (+) 12/4 1am
7:30 9 Sara’s Weeknight Meals ★ #1308 How Sweet It Is. R (9) 12/4 1:30am, 12/7 1pm, 12/15 2:30pm; (+) 12/11 10am
8pm 9 Finding Your Roots #616 Coming to America. R (9) 12/4 2am
+ The Good Karma Hospital ★ #102 Season 1, Episode 2. R (+) 12/4 2am
9pm 9 American Experience #3501 The Lie Detector. D R (9) 12/4 3am
+ Little Bird #104 Burning Down the House. D R (+) 12/4 3am 10pm 9 Rise of the Freemen ★ R (9) 12/4 4am
+ Hope Street #206. R (+) 12/4 4am
10:45 + Professor T #305 The Conference. D R (+) 12/4 4:45am
Wednesday 4
EARLY
1–6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule. 6am–7pm See page 4 for program schedule.
EVENING
7pm 9 Milk Street’s My Family Recipe ★ #110 My Grandmother’s Christmas Popovers. R (9) 12/5 1am, 12/15 11am
+ Finding Your Roots #901 Hidden Kin. R (+) 12/5 1am, 12/8 7pm, 12/9 1am
7:30 9 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television ★ #813 Thai Takeout. R (9) 12/5 1:30am; (+) 12/7 3:30pm, 12/8 7:30am
8pm 9 Dogs in the Wild, a Nature Miniseries #102 Secrets of Success. D R (9) 12/5 2am + Midsomer Murders #2201 The Wolf Hunter of Little Worthy, Part 1. R (+) 12/5 2am
8:46 + Midsomer Murders #2202
The Wolf Hunter of Little Worthy, Part 2. R (+) 12/5 2:46am
9pm 9 Planet California #101 Rivers of Gold. R (9) 12/5 3am
9:33 + Death in Paradise ★ #1307. R (+) 12/5 3:33am
10pm 9 Planet California #102 Close Encounters. R (9) 12/5 4am
10:30 + COBRA #301 Episode 1. D R (+) 12/5 4:30am
11pm 9 America’s Forests with Chuck Leavell: U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree R (9) 12/5 5am
11:30 9 America’s Forests with Chuck Leavell: Maine ★ #101 Part 1. R (9) 12/5 5:30am + Overheard with Evan Smith ★ Ari Berman. R (+) 12/5 5:30am
Thursday 5
EARLY
1–6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule. 6am–7pm See page 4 for program schedule.
EVENING
7pm 9 Cook’s Country #1512 Endless Dessert. R (9) 12/6 1am; (+) 12/23 11:30am + Pioneers of Television #205 Science Fiction. R (+) 12/6 1am & 2pm, 12/8 10am
7:30 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1501 Mourad, Niku Steakhouse, Causwells. R (9) 12/6 1:30am,
THE FIRST LADY
Thursday, December 5, at 8pm on KQED 9 Travel back in time for a revelatory, dramatic reframing of American leadership from the perspective of the nation’s first ladies. Starring Viola Davis as Michelle Obama, Michelle Pfeiffer as Betty Ford and Gillian Anderson as Eleanor Roosevelt, the series explores their political impacts and personal journeys in shaping the country.
TELEVISION LISTINGS
12/7 9am, noon & 7pm, 12/8 1am & 1pm; (+) 12/27 10:30am
8pm 9 The First Lady ★ #101 That White House. R (9) 12/6 2am, 12/7 10pm, 12/8 4am
+ Kennedy Package #103 Jackie: A Tale of Two Sisters. R (+) 12/6 2am
9pm 9 Hijos del Desierto (Sons of the Desert) ★ #111. R (9) 12/6 3am, 12/7 11pm, 12/8 5am
+ 100 Days #105 Fall of the Berlin Wall: 1989. R (+) 12/6 3am
9:50 + Lifeline: Pearl Harbor’s Unknown Hero R (+) 12/6 3:50am
10pm 9 Velvet ★ #108 The Day After. R (9) 12/6 4am
11:30 9 Variety Studio: Actors on Actors #1903. R (9) 12/6 5:30am
+ Metal Detector R (+) 12/6 5:30am
Friday 6
EARLY
1–6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule. 6am–7pm See page 4 for program schedule.
EVENING
7pm 9 Washington Week with The Atlantic ★ R (9) 12/7 1am
+ Antiques Roadshow #2326 Junk in the Trunk 9. R (9) 12/8 4pm; (+) 12/7 1am, 12/8 11am
7:30 9 Weathered: Earth’s Extremes ★ #105 Not Business as Usual. R (9) 12/7 1:30am
LUCY WORSLEY’S HOLMES VS. DOYLE
Sunday, December 8, at 8pm on KQED 9
For over a century, Sherlock Holmes has intrigued and excited fans with his powers of deduction. His creator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, soared to stardom as a result, but became disenchanted with his fictional character. In this series, historian and lifelong Sherlock enthusiast Lucy Worsley investigates the curiously fraught relationship between detective and writer.
8pm 9 American Experience #3401 Riveted: The History of Jeans. D R (9) 12/7 2am
+ Agatha Christie’s Poirot #601 Hercule Poirot’s Christmas. R (+) 12/7 2am
9pm 9 The M Factor: Shredding the Silence on Menopause R (9) 12/7 3am
10pm 9 Shot in the Arm ★ R (9) 12/7 4am
+ Hope Street #207. R (+) 12/7 4am, 12/10 10pm, 12/11 4am
11pm + The Marlow Murder Club on MASTERPIECE #5428. D R (+) 12/7 5am
11:30 9 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover ★ R (9) 12/7 5:30am
Saturday 7
EARLY
1–6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule. 6am–7pm See page 4 for program schedule.
EVENING
7pm 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1501 Mourad, Niku Steakhouse, Causwells. R (9) 12/8 1am & 1pm; (+) 12/27 10:30am
+ NOVA #5115 Building Stuff: Boost It! D R (+) 12/8 1am
7:30 9 Clown by Quentin Blake R (9) 12/8 1:30am
8pm 9 Saturday Night Movie #4045 Mrs. Brown. R (9) 12/8 2am
+ Foyle’s War #302 Enemy of Fire. R (+) 12/8 2am
9:35 + Father Brown #1109 The Dead of Night. R (+) 12/8 3:35am
10pm 9 The First Lady #101 That White House. R (9) 12/8 4am
10:30 + Doc Martin #806 Accidental Hero. R (+) 12/8 4:30am
11pm 9 Hijos del Desierto (Sons of the Desert) #111. R (9) 12/8 5am
11:30 + Reconnecting Roots #405 Weather: Field to Forecast. R (+) 12/8 5:30am
Sunday 8
EARLY
1–6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule. 6am–7pm See page 4 for program schedule.
EVENING
7pm 9 Real Crown: Inside the House of Windsor #105 Heirs and Spares. R (9) 12/9 1am
+ Finding Your Roots #901 Hidden Kin. R (+) 12/9 1am
8pm 9 Lucy Worsley’s Holmes vs. Doyle ★ #101 Doctor and Detective. R (9) 12/9 2am
+ Leonardo da Vinci #101 The Disciple of Experience. D R (+) 12/9 2am
9pm 9 Little Women on MASTERPIECE #4817 Part 3. R (9) 12/9 3am 10pm 9 Lucy Worsley Investigates #104 The Witch Hunts. D R (9) 12/9 4am + Free Exercise: America’s Story of Religious Liberty ★ R (+) 12/9 4am 11pm 9 Luna & Sophie ★ #306 Deadly Formula. R (9) 12/9 5am
Monday 9
EARLY
1–6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule. 6am–7pm See page 4 for program schedule.
EVENING
7pm 9 America’s Test Kitchen #2424 Holiday Cocktail Party. R (9) 12/10 1am, 12/14 11am; (+) 12/25 11am
+ Miss Scarlet and the Duke on MASTERPIECE #5405
The Calling. D R (+) 12/10 1am
7:30 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1503 Range Life, Royal Feast, Daughter Thai Kitchen. R (9) 12/10 1:30am; (+) 12/30 10:30am 8pm 9 Antiques Roadshow #2425 Junk in the Trunk 10. R (9) 12/10 2am, 12/15 4pm; (+) 12/13 3pm & 7pm, 12/14 1am, 12/15 11am + Father Brown ★ #1110 The Scars of War. R (+) 12/10 2am, 12/14 9:35pm, 12/15 3:35am 8:46 + Doc Martin #807 Blade on the Feather. R (+) 12/10 2:46am, 12/14 10:30pm, 12/15 4:30am 9pm 9 Antiques Roadshow #2723
Did Grandma Lie? R (9) 12/10 3am; (+) 12/12 3pm 9:35 + Sherlock on MASTERPIECE #4031 Sherlock, Season 1: The Great Game. D R (+) 12/10 3:35am 10pm 9 The Virgin of Guadalupe R (9) 12/10 4am 11pm 9 Beyond the Canvas #205 Modern Mexico. R (9) 12/10 5am 11:10 + Agatha Christie’s England R (+) 12/10 5:10am 11:30 9 Start Up #1201 Ampersand, Fort Worth, TX. R (9) 12/10 5:30am; (+) 12/14 9am
Tuesday 10
EARLY
1–6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule. 6am–7pm See page 4 for program schedule.
EVENING
7pm 9 Essential Pépin #105 Fine Finishes. D R (9) 12/11 1am; (+) 12/11 noon
+ Call the Midwife #1105 Episode 5. D R (+) 12/11 1am
7:30 9 Sara’s Weeknight Meals ★ #1309
Family Friendly Fare. R (9) 12/11
1:30am, 12/14 1pm, 12/22 2:30pm
8pm 9 Finding Your Roots #707
The New World. R (9) 12/11 2am
+ The Good Karma Hospital ★ #103 Season 1, Episode 3. R (+) 12/11 2am
9pm 9 Epic Bill R (9) 12/11 3am
+ Little Bird #105 I Want My Mom. D R (+) 12/11 3am
10pm 9 Frontline ★ Breakdown in Maine. Investigating the deadliest mass shooting in Maine history and missed opportunities to prevent it. R (9) 12/11 4am
+ Hope Street #207. R (+) 12/11 4am
10:45 + Professor T #306 Attachment Issues. D R (+) 12/11 4:45am
11pm 9 Roadtrip Nation: Paths Across Silicon Valley #101 Bay Bound. R (9) 12/11 5am
11:30 9 Run, Hide, Fight: Growing Up Under the Gun ★ D R (9) 12/11 5:30am
Wednesday 11
EARLY
1–6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule. 6am–7pm See page 4 for program schedule.
EVENING
7pm 9 Mary Berry: Love to Cook #104 For Family & Friends. R (9) 12/12 1am
+ Finding Your Roots #902 Salem’s Lot. R (+) 12/12 1am, 12/15 7pm, 12/16 1am
7:30 9 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television ★ #814 Milk Street Holiday. R (9) 12/12 1:30am; (+) 12/14 3:30pm, 12/15 7:30am, 12/24 10am
8pm 9 Dogs in the Wild, a Nature Miniseries #103 Defending Wild Dogs. D R (9) 12/12 2am + Midsomer Murders #2203 The Stitcher Society, Part 1. R (+) 12/12 2am
8:53 + Midsomer Murders #2204 The Stitcher Society, Part 2. R (+) 12/12 2:53am
9pm 9 NOVA #4913 Rebuilding Notre Dame. D R (9) 12/12 3am
9:33 + Death in Paradise ★ #1308. R (+) 12/12 3:33am
10pm 9 Elemental: Reimagine Wildfire ★ R (9) 12/12 4am
10:30 + COBRA #302 Episode 2. D R (+) 12/12 4:30am
11:30 9 America’s Forests with Chuck Leavell: Maine ★ #102 Part 2. R (9) 12/12 5:30am + Overheard with Evan Smith ★ Kirk Goldsberry. R (+) 12/12 5:30am
Thursday 12
EARLY
1–6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule. 6am–7pm See page 4 for program schedule.
EVENING
7pm 9 Cook’s Country #1211 Holiday Feast. R (9) 12/13 1am, 12/14 11:30am, 12/15 12:30pm; (+) 12/24 11:30am
+ Pioneers of Television #206 Sitcoms. R (+) 12/13 1am & 2pm, 12/15 10am
7:30 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1504 Big Country Kitchen, Denica’s Real Food Kitchen, Mama’s Royal Cafe. R (9) 12/13 1:30am, 12/14 9am, noon & 7pm, 12/15 1am & 1pm; (+) 12/31 10:30am
8pm 9 The First Lady ★ #102 Voices Carry. R (9) 12/13 2am, 12/14 10pm, 12/15 4am
+ Hitchcock Confidential R (+) 12/13 2am
9pm 9 Hijos del Desierto (Sons of the Desert) ★ #112. R (9) 12/13 3am, 12/14 11pm, 12/15 5am
+ 100 Days #106 Desert Storm: 1991. R (+) 12/13 3am
10pm 9 Velvet ★ #109 Alberto’s Choice. R (9) 12/13 4am
+ Puppy School #101. R (+) 12/13 4am, 12/16 11:10pm, 12/17 5:10am
11pm + My Grandparents’ War #101 Helena Bonham Carter. D R (+) 12/13 5am 11:30 9 Variety Studio: Actors on Actors #1904. R (9) 12/13 5:30am
Friday 13
EARLY
1–6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule. 6am–7pm See page 4 for program schedule.
EVENING
7pm 9 Washington Week with The Atlantic ★ R (9) 12/14 1am
+ Antiques Roadshow #2425 Junk in the Trunk 10. R (9) 12/15 4pm; (+) 12/14 1am, 12/15 11am
7:30 9 Weathered: Earth’s Extremes ★ #106 Climate Crossroads. R (9) 12/14 1:30am
8pm 9 KQED Live ★ Forum Live: Music as Medicine with Daniel Levitin. Neuroscientist Daniel Levitin joined Forum’s Alexis Madrigal live onstage in October 2024 to discuss the deep connections between music and the human brain. R (9) 12/14 2am
+ Agatha Christie’s Poirot #602 Hickory Dickory Dock. R (+) 12/14 2am 9pm 9 American Masters #3306 Keith Haring: Street Art Boy. D R (9) 12/14 3am
10pm 9 Violent Femmes 40th Anniversary with the Milwaukee Symphony ★ R (9) 12/14 4am
+ Hope Street #208. R (+) 12/14 4am, 12/17 10pm, 12/18 4am
11pm 9 Debbie Gibson Holiday: A Soundcheck Special R (9) 12/14 5am; (+) 12/21 mid, 12/22 1:30pm
+ The Marlow Murder Club on MASTERPIECE #5429. D R (+) 12/14 5am
11:30 9 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover ★ R (9) 12/14 5:30am
Saturday 14
EARLY
1–6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule. 6am–noon See page 4 for program schedule.
AFTERNOON
noon 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1504 Big Country Kitchen, Denica’s Real Food Kitchen, Mama’s Royal Cafe. R (9) 7pm, 12/15 1am & 1pm; (+) 12/31 10:30am + MotorWeek ★ #4415. 12:30 9 Lidia’s Kitchen #1211 Roll Up Your Sleeves. R (+) 12/19 12:30pm
+ Radical Restoration ★ #211. 1pm 9 Sara’s Weeknight Meals #1309 Family Friendly Fare. R (9) 12/22 2:30pm
+ Great Yellowstone Thaw #102. D
FORUM LIVE: MUSIC AS MEDICINE WITH DANIEL LEVITIN
Friday, December 13, at 8pm on KQED 9 Tune in to hear Daniel Levitin, neuroscientist and New York Times bestselling author, and Forum’s Alexis Madrigal discuss the deep connections between music and the human brain. Filmed live at KQED on Wednesday, October 16, 2024. Co-Presented by Litquake.
TELEVISION LISTINGS
1:30 9 Pati’s Mexican Table #1302 Canyon Cuisine.
2pm 9 Crossing South #408 Rancho Ojai, Tecate Beer, Asao.
+ Earth’s Natural Wonders: Life at the Extremes #203 Surviving Against the Odds. D
2:30 9 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love #210 Baltimore, MD.
3pm 9 View Finders #101 Amicalola Falls and the Len Foote Hike Inn.
+ Check, Please! Bay Area #1411 Beretta, 7 Mile House, the Cheese Board Collective.
3:30 9 Outside: Beyond the Lens #301 Alaska’s Kenai River.
+ Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television #814 Milk Street Holiday. R (+) 12/15 7:30am, 12/24 10am
4pm 9 The Good Road ★ #507 St. Croix, Charleston, Asheville: Bees!
+ Pati’s Mexican Table #1202 Guayabera World.
4:30 9 Ask This Old House #2305 Medicine Cabinet, Chimney Crown.
+ How She Rolls #101 How She Rolls. D
5pm 9 This Old House #4606 Nashville: Vince Gill’s Nashville. R (+) 12/16 9:30am, 12/20 9:30am
+ Cook’s Country #1710 Short Ribs and Baked Potatoes.
5:30 9 PBS News Weekend ★
+ America’s Test Kitchen #2510 A Showstopping ChocolateRaspberry Trifle.
6pm 9 Secrets of the Bermuda Triangle #101 Lost at Sea.
+ Nature #3902 The Alps: Winter’s Fortress.
EVENING
7pm 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1504 Big Country Kitchen, Denica’s Real Food Kitchen, Mama’s Royal Cafe. R (9) 12/15 1am & 1pm; (+) 12/31 10:30am
+ NOVA #5116 Building Stuff: Reach It! D R (+) 12/15 1am
7:30 9 Ball and Vase ★ R (9) 12/15 1:30am, 12/23 11pm, 12/24 5am
8pm 9 Saturday Night Movie ★ #4046 Paper Moon. R (9) 12/15 2am
+ Foyle’s War #303 They Fought in the Fields. R (+) 12/15 2am
9:35 + Father Brown #1110 The Scars of War. R (+) 12/15 3:35am
10pm 9 The First Lady #102 Voices Carry. R (9) 12/15 4am
10:30 + Doc Martin #807 Blade on the Feather. R (+) 12/15 4:30am 11pm 9 Hijos del Desierto (Sons of the Desert) #112. R (9) 12/15 5am
11:30 + Reconnecting Roots #406 Firefighting: Forging American Heroes. R (+) 12/15 5:30am
Sunday 15
EARLY
1–6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule.
6am 9 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood D
+ Classical Stretch: By Essentrics #1307.
6:30 9 Rosie’s Rules D
+ Classical Stretch: By Essentrics #1309.
7am 9 Sesame Street D R (9) 12/18 10am
+ America’s Test Kitchen #1904 The Perfect Cake. R (9) 12/30 7pm, 12/31 1am; (+) 12/20 11am
7:30 9 Work It Out Wombats! D
+ Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television #814 Milk Street Holiday. R (+) 12/24 10am
8am 9 Best of The Joy of Painting #4101 Hazy Day.
+ America the Bountiful #111 Maple Syrup in Vermont.
8:30 9 J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom #514 Holidays for Blooms. R (+) 12/21 7am
+ New Scandinavian Cooking #806 Campfire Fish.
9am 9 New Scandinavian Cooking #609 Happy Holiday Food. R (+) 12/17 noon
+ The Great American Recipe #201.
9:30 9 Essential Pépin #111 Cattle Call. D
10am 9 Pati’s Mexican Table #1204
A Family Affair. R (+) 12/28 4pm
+ Pioneers of Television #206 Sitcoms. 10:30 9 Baking with Julia #107 Norman Love. 11am 9 Milk Street’s My Family Recipe #110 My Grandmother’s Christmas Popovers.
+ Antiques Roadshow #2425 Junk in the Trunk 10. R (9) 4pm
11:30 9 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television #810 Parisian Sweets.
AFTERNOON
noon 9 America’s Test Kitchen #1906 The Perfect Cookie. R (+) 12/23 11am
+ Anthony Williams’ Urban Nutcracker
12:30 9 Cook’s Country #1211 Holiday Feast. R (+) 12/24 11:30am
1pm 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1504 Big Country Kitchen, Denica’s Real Food Kitchen, Mama’s Royal Cafe. R (+) 12/31 10:30am
1:30 9 100 Days, Drinks, Dishes and Destinations #103 Vienna, Austria. R (+) 12/16 1pm
+ Beyond the Stage: The Urban Nutcracker, Community & the Arts
2pm 9 Lidia’s Kitchen #1207 Take a Chance.
+ Classical Tahoe #103.
2:30 9 Sara’s Weeknight Meals #1308 How Sweet It Is.
3pm 9 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love #604 St. Augustine, FL. + Classical Tahoe #104.
3:30 9 Rick Steves’ Europe #703 Rome: Back-Street Riches. 4pm 9 Antiques Roadshow #2425 Junk in the Trunk 10.
+ All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914
5pm 9 Start Up ★ #1207 Veterans Moving America, Fort Worth, TX. 5:30 9 PBS News Weekend ★
+ Youth Music of the World ★ #103 Music students from Oklahoma and Illinois perform in London. 6pm 9 Victoria & Albert: The Wedding #101 Episode 1. D
+ Celebrity Antiques Road Trip #414 Christopher Timothy and Patrick Robinson.
EVENING
7pm 9 Margaret: The Rebel Princess #101 Part 1. R (9) 12/16 1am
+ Finding Your Roots #902 Salem’s Lot. R (+) 12/16 1am 8pm 9 Lucy Worsley’s Holmes vs. Doyle ★ #102 Fact and Fiction. R (9) 12/16 2am
+ Leonardo da Vinci #102 Painter-God. D R (+) 12/16 2am 9pm 9 All Creatures Great and Small on MASTERPIECE #5407 Broodiness. D R (9) 12/16 3am 10pm 9 All Creatures Great and Small on MASTERPIECE #5408 Carpe Diem. D R (9) 12/16 4am
+ Cities of Light: The Rise and Fall of Islamic Spain R (+) 12/16 4am 11pm 9 Luna & Sophie ★ #307 Death Flight. R (9) 12/16 5am
Monday 16
EARLY
1–6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule. 6am–7pm See page 4 for program schedule.
EVENING
7pm 9 America’s Test Kitchen ★ #2511 Christmas Baking. R (9) 12/17 1am, 12/21 11am, 12/22 noon; (+) 12/21 5:30pm, 12/22 7am
+ Miss Scarlet and the Duke on MASTERPIECE #5406
The Fugitive. D R (+) 12/17 1am
7:30 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1505 Kura Revolving Sushi, Agrodolce Osteria, Burmatown. R (9) 12/17 1:30am
8pm 9 Antiques Roadshow #2625 Junk in the Trunk 11. R (9) 12/17 2am, 12/22 4pm; (+) 12/20 3pm & 7pm, 12/21 1am, 12/22 11am
+ Sister Boniface Mysteries ★ #001 The Star of the Orient, Part 1. R (+) 12/17 2am, 12/21 9:35pm, 12/22 3:35am
8:46 + Doc Martin #808 All My Trials. R (+) 12/17 2:46am, 12/21 10:30pm, 12/22 4:30am
9pm 9 Antiques Roadshow #2623
Natural Wonders. R (9) 12/17 3am
9:35 + Sherlock on MASTERPIECE #4213 Sherlock, Season 2: A Scandal in Belgravia. D R (+) 12/17 3:35am
10pm 9 American Masters ★ #3703
Brenda Lee: Rockin’ Around. D R (9) 12/17 4am, 12/20 8pm, 12/21 2am, 12/24 9pm, 12/25 3am
11pm 9 Christmas in New England ★ R (9) 12/17 5am
11:10 + Puppy School #101. R (+) 12/17 5:10am
11:30 9 Start Up #1202 Desert Creek Honey, Blue Ridge, TX. R (9) 12/17 5:30am; (+) 12/21 9am
Tuesday 17
EARLY
1–6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule. 6am–7pm See page 4 for program schedule.
EVENING
7pm 9 Mary Berry’s Absolute Favourites #107 Christmas. R (9) 12/18 1am, 12/20 11pm, 12/21 5am
+ Call the Midwife #1106 Episode 6. D R (+) 12/18 1am
7:30 9 Sara’s Weeknight Meals ★ #1310
A Tale of Two Chinatowns. R (9) 12/18
1:30am, 12/21 1pm, 12/29 2:30pm
8pm 9 Joy: Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir ★ R (9) 12/18 2am, 12/24 10pm, 12/25 4am; (+) 12/22 noon
+ The Good Karma Hospital ★ #104 Season 1, Episode 4. R (+) 12/18 2am
9pm + Little Bird #106 Bineshi Kwe. D R (+) 12/18 3am
9:30 9 Too Hot to Handel: The Gospel Messiah ★ R (9) 12/18 3:30am; (+) 12/22 10:31pm, 12/23 4:31am
10pm + Hope Street #208. R (+) 12/18 4am
11pm 9 Roadtrip Nation: Paths Across Silicon Valley #102 Valley Ventures. R (9) 12/18 5am + Murder, They Hope #101 The Bunny Trap. R (+) 12/18 5am
11:30 9 The David Rubenstein Show: Peer to Peer Conversations Tim Cook. R (9) 12/18 5:30am
Wednesday 18
EARLY
1–6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule. 6am–7pm See page 4 for program schedule.
EVENING
7pm 9 Mary Berry: Love to Cook #105 For Beginners. R (9) 12/19 1am
+ Finding Your Roots #903 Secret Lives. R (+) 12/19 1am, 12/22 7pm, 12/23 1am
7:30 9 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television ★ #815 The Sichuan Kitchen. R (9) 12/19 1:30am; (+) 12/21 3:30pm, 12/22 7:30am
8pm 9 TBA ★ Programming to be announced. Please check kqed.org/tv for the most up-todate information. R (9) 12/19 2am, 12/25 8pm, 12/26 2am
+ Midsomer Murders #2205 Happy Families, Part 1. R (+) 12/19 2am
8:54 + Midsomer Murders #2206 Happy Families, Part 2 R (+) 12/19 2:54am
9pm 9 NOVA ★ #5118 Lost Tombs of Notre Dame. D R (9) 12/19 3am
9:33 + Death in Paradise #181 Christmas 2021, Part 1. R (+) 12/19 3:33am
10pm 9 Secrets of the Dead #2101 Eiffel’s Race to the Top. R (9) 12/19 4am
10:30 + COBRA #303 Episode 3. D R (+) 12/19 4:30am
11pm 9 Rick Steves’ European Christmas R (9) 12/19 5am; (+) 12/22 9pm, 12/23 3am, 12/25 6pm
11:30 + Overheard with Evan Smith ★ Noah Hawley. R (+) 12/19 5:30am
Thursday 19
EARLY
1–6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule. 6am–7pm See page 4 for program schedule.
EVENING
7pm 9 Cook’s Country ★ #1711. R (9) 12/20 1am, 12/21 11:30am, 12/22 12:30pm; (+) 12/21 5pm
+ Christmas Carol Goes Wrong R (+) 12/20 1am & 11pm, 12/21 5am, 12/24 9pm, 12/25 3am
7:30 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1506 Urban Putt, Lai Hong Lounge, Vesta. R (9) 12/20 1:30am, 12/21 9am, noon & 7pm, 12/22 1am & 1pm
8pm 9 The First Lady ★ #103 Please Allow Me. R (9) 12/20 2am, 12/21 10pm, 12/22 4am
+ Savoy at Christmas R (+) 12/20 2am, 12/22 8pm, 12/23 2am, 12/24 1am 9pm 9 Hijos del Desierto (Sons of the Desert) ★ #113. R (9) 12/20 3am, 12/21 11pm, 12/22 5am
+ The American St. Nick R (+) 12/20 3am
10pm 9 Velvet ★ #110 The Big Day. R (9) 12/20 4am
+ Puppy School #102. R (+) 12/20 4am, 12/23 11:12pm, 12/24 5:12am
11pm + My Grandparents’ War #102 Mark Rylance. D R (+) 12/20 5am 11:28 9 Real Bedford Falls: It’s a Wonderful Life R (9) 12/20
5:28am, 12/21 7:28pm, 12/22 1:28am; (+) 12/22 10pm, 12/23 4am
Friday 20
EARLY
1–6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule. 6am–7pm See page 4 for program schedule.
EVENING
7pm 9 Washington Week with The Atlantic ★ R (9) 12/21 1am + Antiques Roadshow #2625 Junk in the Trunk 11. R (9) 12/22 4pm; (+) 12/21 1am, 12/22 11am 7:30 9 San Francisco Boys Chorus ★ #2024 A Celebration of the Season. R (9) 12/21 1:30am, 12/24 11:30pm, 12/25 5:30am
8pm 9 American Masters #3703 Brenda Lee: Rockin’ Around. D R (9) 12/21 2am, 12/24 9pm, 12/25 3am
+ Agatha Christie’s Poirot #603 Murder on the Links. R (+) 12/21 2am 9pm 9 Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas R (9) 12/21 3am, 12/24 8pm, 12/25 2am 10pm 9 Meet and Eat at Lee’s Garden R (9) 12/21 4am
+ Hope Street #209. R (+) 12/21 4am, 12/24 10pm, 12/25 4am, 12/31 9pm
11pm 9 Mary Berry’s Absolute Favourites #107 Christmas. R (9) 12/21 5am
+ Christmas Carol Goes Wrong R (+) 12/21 5am, 12/24 9pm, 12/25 3am
JOY: CHRISTMAS WITH THE TABERNACLE CHOIR
Tuesday, December 17, at 8pm on KQED 9 This treasured holiday special returns to PBS for the 21st year! Broadway star Michael Maliakel and beloved British actress Lesley Nicol (Downton Abbey) join the iconic choir and orchestra at Temple Square in a stunning 90-minute theatrical program that features 500 festive cast members, including Bells at Temple Square and the Gabriel Trumpet Ensemble.
TELEVISION LISTINGS
11:30 9 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover ★ R (9) 12/21 5:30am
Saturday 21
EARLY
1–6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule.
6am 9 Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood D
+ Sit and Be Fit #1004.
6:30 9 Arthur D
+ Classical Stretch: By Essentrics #1508 Full Body Flexibility.
7am 9 Wild Kratts
+ J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom #514 Holidays for Blooms.
7:30 9 Alma’s Way D R (9) 12/23 7:30am, 12/25 7:30am
+ J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom #614 Winter in Bloom. R (9) 12/22 8:30am
8am 9 Best of The Joy of Painting #4032 Night Light.
+ GardenFit #205 Field of Dreams.
8:30 9 New Scandinavian Cooking #908 A Treat for the Holidays. R (9) 12/22 9am; (+) 12/24 noon
+ School of Greatness with Lewis Howes ★ Manifest Success with These Daily Affirmations. R (+) 12/30 mid
9am 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1506 Urban Putt, Lai Hong Lounge, Vesta. R (9) noon & 7pm, 12/22 1am & 1pm
+ Start Up #1202 Desert Creek Honey, Blue Ridge, TX.
CALL THE MIDWIFE HOLIDAY SPECIAL
Airing over the 2024 Holiday Season It’s Christmas 1969, and the funfair and carol concert add color to frosty Poplar. Yet, the festive spirit at Nonnatus House is dampened by the spread of influenza alongside growing fears of an escaped prisoner after a spate of break-ins.
9:30 9 Taste of Malaysia with Martin Yan #106 Penang Heritage.
+ Make48 #403 Innovate, Build, Invent!, Part 1.
10am 9 Mary Berry’s Absolute Favourites #108 Christmas Day. R (9) 12/24 7pm, 12/25 1am
+ Make48 #404 Innovate, Build, Invent!, Part 2.
10:30 9 Jacques Pépin: Heart & Soul #112 Catch o’ the Day.
+ Woodsmith Shop ★ #1812 Sliding-Door Buffet.
11am 9 America’s Test Kitchen #2511 Christmas Baking. R (9) 12/22 noon; (+) 5:30pm, 12/22 7am
+ This Old House #4607 Nashville: Shelter from the Storm. R (9) 5pm; (+) 12/23 9:30am, 12/27 9:30am
11:30 9 Cook’s Country #1711. R (9) 12/22 12:30pm; (+) 5pm
+ Ask This Old House #2307 Wallpaper Installation, Sump Pump. R (9) 12/28 4:30pm
AFTERNOON
noon 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1506 Urban Putt, Lai Hong Lounge, Vesta. R (9) 7pm, 12/22 1am & 1pm
+ MotorWeek ★ #4416.
12:30 9 Lidia’s Kitchen #1212 Time to Evolve. R (+) 12/26 12:30pm
+ Radical Restoration ★ #212. 1pm 9 Sara’s Weeknight Meals #1310 A Tale of Two Chinatowns. R (9) 12/29 2:30pm
+ Great Yellowstone Thaw #103. D
1:30 9 Pati’s Mexican Table #1303 Symphony of Flavors.
2pm 9 Crossing South #409 Camels, Jetpacks & Laja.
+ Evolution Earth #101 Earth.
2:30 9 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love #211 Food Around the World.
3pm 9 View Finders #102 Cloudland Canyon.
+ Check, Please! Bay Area #1416 Alamar Kitchen + Bar, Sabores Del Sur, Pearl 6101.
3:30 9 Outside: Beyond the Lens #302 Utah’s Zion and Bryce National Parks.
+ Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television #815 The Sichuan Kitchen. R (+) 12/22 7:30am
4pm 9 The Good Road ★ #508 Havana, Cuba: Cuba Inc.
+ Pati’s Mexican Table #1203 Flavors of Merida.
4:30 9 Ask This Old House #2306.
+ How She Rolls #102 Biscuits Rising ... in Charlotte. D
5pm 9 This Old House #4607 Nashville: Shelter From the Storm. R (+) 12/23 9:30am, 12/27 9:30am
+ Cook’s Country #1711. R (9) 12/22 12:30pm
5:30 9 PBS News Weekend ★
+ America’s Test Kitchen #2511 Christmas Baking. R (9) 12/22 noon; (+) 12/22 7am
6pm 9 Secrets of the Bermuda Triangle #102 Fallen From the Sky.
+ Nature #3903 Pumas: Legends of the Ice Mountains. D
EVENING
7pm 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1506 Urban Putt, Lai Hong Lounge, Vesta. R (9) 12/22 1am & 1pm + NOVA #5117 Building Stuff: Change It! D R (+) 12/22 1am
7:28 9 Real Bedford Falls: It’s a Wonderful Life R (9) 12/22 1:28am; (+) 12/22 10pm, 12/23 4am 8pm 9 Saturday Night Movie ★ #4047 New in Town. R (9) 12/22 2am
+ Foyle’s War #304 A War of Nerves. R (+) 12/22 2am
9:35 + Sister Boniface Mysteries #001 The Star of the Orient, Part 1. R (+) 12/22 3:35am
10pm 9 The First Lady #103 Please Allow Me. R (9) 12/22 4am
10:30 + Doc Martin #808 All My Trials. R (+) 12/22 4:30am 11pm 9 Hijos del Desierto (Sons of the Desert) #113. R (9) 12/22 5am 11:30 + Reconnecting Roots #407 Journalism: Pressing American Issues. R (+) 12/22 5:30am
Sunday 22
EARLY
1–6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule. 6am 9 Let’s Go Luna!: Luna’s Christmas Around the World D R (9) 12/24 noon, 12/25 10:30am + Classical Stretch: By Essentrics #1312.
6:30 + Classical Stretch: By Essentrics #1314.
7am 9 The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About Christmas! D R (9) 12/24 9am; (+) 12/24 6am + America’s Test Kitchen #2511 Christmas Baking. R (9) noon
7:30 + Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television #815 The Sichuan Kitchen.
8am 9 Best of The Joy of Painting #4102 Frozen Beauty in Vignette. + America the Bountiful #112 Cheese & Beer in Wisconsin.
8:30 9 J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom #614 Winter in Bloom.
+ New Scandinavian Cooking #807 Roasted Coastal Lamb & Dried Kelp. 9am 9 New Scandinavian Cooking #908 A Treat for the Holidays. R (+) 12/24 noon + The Great American Recipe #202. 9:30 9 Essential Pépin #112 Fruit Fete. D
10am 9 Pati’s Mexican Table #1205 Ode to the Egg.
+ Inside High Noon
10:30 9 Baking with Julia #108 Lauren Groveman.
11am 9 Family Ingredients #101
Hawai’i: Poi. D
+ Antiques Roadshow #2625
Junk in the Trunk 11. R (9) 4pm
11:30 9 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television #811 New Potatoes.
AFTERNOON
noon 9 America’s Test Kitchen #2511 Christmas Baking.
+ Joy: Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir R (9) 12/24 10pm, 12/25 4am
12:30 9 Cook’s Country #1711.
1pm 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1506
Urban Putt, Lai Hong Lounge, Vesta.
1:30 9 100 Days, Drinks, Dishes and Destinations #104 Calistoga, CA. R (+) 12/23 1pm
+ Debbie Gibson Holiday: A Soundcheck Special
2pm 9 Lidia’s Kitchen #1208 Serving Up Pasta.
+ Classical Tahoe #105.
2:30 9 Sara’s Weeknight Meals #1309 Family Friendly Fare.
3pm 9 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love #605 Big Sky, MT.
+ Classical Tahoe #106.
3:30 9 Rick Steves’ Europe #704 Florence: Heart of the Renaissance.
4pm 9 Antiques Roadshow #2625 Junk in the Trunk 11.
+ Season of Light: Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir
5pm 9 Start Up ★ #1208 Mansfield Funeral Home and Cremations, Mansfield, TX.
5:30 9 PBS News Weekend ★
+ Youth Music of the World ★ #104 Cadogan Hall, The LICF Gala Concert, Part 2.
6pm 9 Victoria & Albert: The Wedding #102 Episode: 2. D
+ Real Rail Adventures: Swiss Winter Magic
EVENING
7pm 9 Margaret: The Rebel Princess #102, Part 2. R (9) 12/23 1am
+ Finding Your Roots #903 Secret Lives. R (+) 12/23 1am
8pm 9 Lucy Worsley’s Holmes vs. Doyle ★ #103 Shadows and Sleuths. R (9) 12/23 2am
+ Savoy at Christmas R (+) 12/23 2am, 12/24 1am
9pm 9 All Creatures Great and Small on MASTERPIECE #5409 Right Hand Man. D R (9) 12/23 3am
+ Rick Steves’ European Christmas R (+) 12/23 3am, 12/25 6pm
10pm 9 All Creatures Great and Small on MASTERPIECE #5410 By the Book. D R (9) 12/23 4am
+ Real Bedford Falls: It’s a Wonderful Life R (+) 12/23 4am
10:31 + Too Hot to Handel: The Gospel Messiah R (+) 12/23 4:31am
11pm 9 Luna & Sophie ★ #308 A Mother’s Love. R (9) 12/23 5am
Monday 23
EARLY
1–6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule. 6am–7pm See page 4 for program schedule.
EVENING
7pm 9 America’s Test Kitchen #2301 Ultimate Yule Log. R (9) 12/24 1am; (+) 12/24 11am
7:30 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1507 Mahila by Azalina’s, Le Paradis, A Mano. R (9) 12/24 1:30am
8pm 9 Antiques Roadshow #2725 Junk in the Trunk 12. R (9) 12/24 2am, 12/29 4pm; (+) 12/27 3pm & 7pm, 12/28 1am, 12/29 11am + Sister Boniface Mysteries ★ #002 The Star of the Orient, Part 2. R (+) 12/24 2am, 12/28 9:35pm, 12/29 3:35am
8:50 + Doc Martin #901 To the Lighthouse. R (+) 12/24 2:50am, 12/28 10:30pm, 12/29 4:30am
9pm 9 Mary Berry’s Highland Christmas R (9) 12/24 3am, 12/25 10pm, 12/26 4am
9:38 + Sherlock on MASTERPIECE #4214 Sherlock, Season 2: The Hounds of Baskerville. D R (+) 12/24 3:38am
10pm 9 Mary Berry’s Ultimate Christmas D R (9) 12/24 4am, 12/25 11pm, 12/26 5am
11pm 9 Ball and Vase R (9) 12/24 5am
11:12 + Puppy School #102. R (+) 12/24 5:12am
11:30 9 Start Up #1203 Just Elope, Dallas, TX. R (9) 12/24 5:30am; (+) 12/28 9am
Tuesday 24
EARLY
1–6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule. 6am–7pm See page 4 for program schedule.
EVENING
7pm 9 Mary Berry’s Absolute Favourites #108 Christmas Day. R (9) 12/25 1am
+ Call the Midwife #1107 Episode 7. D R (+) 12/25 1am
7:30 9 Sara’s Weeknight Meals #1207 Festive Feasts. R (9) 12/25 1:30am
8pm 9 Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas R (9) 12/25 2am
+ The Good Karma Hospital ★ #105 Season 1, Episode 5. R (+) 12/25 2am
9pm 9 American Masters #3703 Brenda Lee: Rockin’ Around. D R (9) 12/25 3am
+ Christmas Carol Goes Wrong R (+) 12/25 3am
10pm 9 Joy: Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir R (9) 12/25 4am
+ Hope Street #209. R (+) 12/25 4am, 12/31 9pm
11pm + Murder, They Hope #102 Evil Under the Bun. R (+) 12/25 5am
11:30 9 San Francisco Boys Chorus #2024 A Celebration of the Season. R (9) 12/25 5:30am
Wednesday 25
EARLY
1–6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule. 6am–7pm See page 4 for program schedule.
EVENING
7pm 9 Mary Berry: Love to Cook #106 On a Budget. R (9) 12/26 1am
+ Finding Your Roots #904 Far from Home. R (+) 12/26 1am, 12/29 7pm, 12/30 1am
7:30 9 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television ★ #816 Basque Cheesecake. R (9) 12/26 1:30am; (+) 12/28 3:30pm, 12/29 7:30am 8pm 9 TBA ★ R (9) 12/26 2am + Midsomer Murders #2207 Scarecrow Murders, Part 1. R (+) 12/26 2am
8:50 + Midsomer Murders #2208 Scarecrow Murders, Part 2. R (+) 12/26 2:50am
9:33 + Death in Paradise #182 Christmas 2021, Part 2. R (+) 12/26 3:33am 10pm 9 Mary Berry’s Highland Christmas R (9) 12/26 4am
10:30 + COBRA #304 Episode 4. D R (+) 12/26 4:30am
11pm 9 Mary Berry’s Ultimate Christmas D R (9) 12/26 5am
11:30 + Overheard with Evan Smith ★ Douglas Emhoff. R (+) 12/26 5:30am
Thursday 26
EARLY
1–6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule. 6am–7pm See page 4 for program schedule.
TELEVISION LISTINGS
EVENING
7pm 9 Cook’s Country #1508 Two Tastes from the Bay Area. R (9) 12/27 1am; (+) 12/28 5pm
+ The Travelling Auctioneers #101 Sue & Chris, Shropshire. R (+) 12/27 1am & 2pm, 12/29 10am
7:30 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1508 Tú Lan, Bistro SF Grill, Attraversiamo Brentwood. R (9) 12/27 1:30am, 12/28 9am, noon & 7pm, 12/29 1am & 1pm
8pm 9 The First Lady ★ #104 Cracked Pot. R (9) 12/27 2am, 12/28 10pm, 12/29 4am
+ The Herriot Way R (+) 12/27 2am
9pm 9 Hijos del Desierto (Sons of the Desert) ★ #114. R (9) 12/27 3am, 12/28 11pm, 12/29 5am
+ Musher D R (+) 12/27 3am
10pm 9 Velvet ★ #111 The Remains of the Shipwreck. R (9) 12/27 4am
+ Puppy School #103. R (+) 12/27 4am, 12/30 11:10pm, 12/31 5:10am
11pm + My Grandparents’ War #103 Kristin Scott Thomas. D R (+) 12/27 5am
11:30 9 Karamu: Feast for the 7th Day R (9) 12/27 5:30am, 12/28 7:30pm, 12/29 1:30am; (+) 12/30 6pm
Friday 27
EARLY
1–6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule. 6am–7pm See page 4 for program schedule.
EVENING
7pm 9 Washington Week with The Atlantic ★ R (9) 12/28 1am
+ Antiques Roadshow #2725 Junk in the Trunk 12. R (9) 12/29 4pm; (+) 12/28 1am, 12/29 11am
7:30 9 Larry King: Beyond the Mic ★ R (9) 12/28 1:30am
8pm 9 Moving San Francisco Author/ historian Gary Kamiya hosts this eye-opening look at the city’s transit past and future. R (9) 12/28 2am
+ Agatha Christie’s Poirot #604 Dumb Witness. R (+) 12/28 2am
9pm 9 Craft in America ★ #1601 Science. R (9) 12/28 3am; (+) 12/28 7am
10pm 9 Craft in America ★ #1602 Collectors. R (9) 12/28 4am
+ Hope Street #210. R (+) 12/28 4am, 12/31 10pm 11pm 9 Show Must Go On! Show Must Go On! R (9) 12/28 5am
+ Funny Woman #101 Episode 1. R (+) 12/28 5am
11:30 9 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover ★ R (9) 12/28 5:30am
Saturday 28
EARLY
1–6am
Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule.
6am 9 Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood D
+ Sit and Be Fit #1008.
6:30 9 Arthur D R (9) 12/31 6am + Classical Stretch: By Essentrics #1509 Back Pain Relief.
7am 9 Wild Kratts
+ Craft in America #1601 Science.
7:30 9 Alma’s Way D
8am 9 Best of The Joy of Painting #4033 Mountain Glory.
+ GardenFit #206 Little Worlds with Big Ideas.
8:30 9 New Scandinavian Cooking #909 Grain for Food.
+ School of Greatness with Lewis Howes ★ Healthy Relationships & Emotions: Keys to a Longer Lifespan.
9am 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1508 Tú Lan, Bistro SF Grill, Attraversiamo Brentwood. R (9) noon & 7pm, 12/29 1am & 1pm
+ Start Up #1203 Just Elope, Dallas, TX.
9:30 9 Taste of Malaysia with Martin Yan #107 Langkawi.
+ Make48 #405 Innovate, Build, Invent!, Part 3.
10am 9 Julia Child: Cooking with Master Chefs #104 Lidia Bastianich.
+ Make48 #406 Clock Is Counting Down. Time Is Up.
10:30 9 Jacques Pépin: Heart & Soul #113 Julia Remembered.
+ Woodsmith Shop ★ #1813 Woodworking Tips.
11am 9 America’s Test Kitchen #2420 Mediterranean Mains.
+ This Old House #4608 Nashville: Southern Hospitality. R (9) 5pm; (+) 12/30 9:30am
11:30 9 Cook’s Country #1707 A Bold Brunch.
+ Ask This Old House #2308.
AFTERNOON
noon 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1508 Tú Lan, Bistro SF Grill, Attraversiamo Brentwood. R (9) 7pm, 12/29 1am & 1pm
+ MotorWeek ★ #4417.
12:30 9 Lidia’s Kitchen #1213 Dinner and a Song.
+ Radical Restoration ★ #213.
1pm 9 Lidia Celebrates America #1101 Changemakers. R (9) 12/31 7pm
+ California Watershed Healing 2pm 9 Crossing South #410 Rosarito Beach Hotel & Scuba.
+ Evolution Earth #102 Islands.
2:30 9 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love #212 Charleston, SC.
3pm 9 View Finders #103 Georgia’s Hidden Coast, Part 1.
+ Check, Please! Bay Area Kids #1423 Sam’s Chowder House, Sangeetha Restaurant, Gerard’s Paella Y Tapas.
3:30 9 Outside: Beyond the Lens #303 Utah Route 12 Road Trip.
+ Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television #816 Basque Cheesecake. R (+) 12/29 7:30am
4pm 9 Rick Steves’ Europe #1201 Rick Steves’ Europe: Art of Prehistoric Europe.
+ Pati’s Mexican Table #1204 A Family Affair.
4:30 9 Ask This Old House #2307 Wallpaper Installation, Sump Pump.
+ How She Rolls #103 This Was Not Part of the Plan. D
5pm 9 This Old House #4608 Nashville: Southern Hospitality. R (+) 12/30 9:30am
+ Cook’s Country #1508 Two Tastes from the Bay Area.
5:30 9 PBS News Weekend ★
+ America’s Test Kitchen #2421 Cast Iron Mornings.
6pm 9 Secrets of the Bermuda Triangle #103 Secrets of the Deep.
+ Cowboy and Preacher ★
EVENING
7pm 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1508 Tú Lan, Bistro SF Grill, Attraversiamo Brentwood. R (9) 12/29 1am & 1pm
+ NOVA #5114 Decoding the Universe: Quantum. D R (+) 12/29 1am
7:30 9 Karamu: Feast for the 7th Day R (9) 12/29 1:30am; (+) 12/30 6pm 8pm 9 Saturday Night Movie #4048 Pride. R (9) 12/29 2am + Foyle’s War #401 Invasion. R (+) 12/29 2am
9:35 + Sister Boniface Mysteries #002 The Star of the Orient, Part 2. R (+) 12/29 3:35am
10pm 9 The First Lady #104 Cracked Pot. R (9) 12/29 4am
10:30 + Doc Martin #901 To the Lighthouse. R (+) 12/29 4:30am 11pm 9 Hijos del Desierto (Sons of the Desert) #114. R (9) 12/29 5am
11:30 + Reconnecting Roots #408 Games: Rolls to Roles. R (+) 12/29 5:30am
Sunday 29
EARLY
1–6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule. 6am 9 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood D + Classical Stretch: By Essentrics #1317.
6:30 9 Rosie’s Rules D
+ Classical Stretch: By Essentrics #1401 Full Body Alignment.
7am 9 Sesame Street D
+ America’s Test Kitchen #1907 Elegant Dinner Party.
7:30 9 Work It Out Wombats! D R (9) 12/31 10:30am
+ Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television #816 Basque Cheesecake.
8am 9 Best of The Joy of Painting #4103 Double Take.
+ America the Bountiful #113 Massachusetts: Cranberry Bogging Through the Bay State.
8:30 9 J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom #506 Am I Blue?
+ New Scandinavian Cooking #808 Burning Sweet Desire.
9am 9 New Scandinavian Cooking #901 Flavors of the Eternal Forest.
+ The Great American Recipe #203.
9:30 9 Essential Pépin #113 Vegetable Bounty. D
10am 9 Pati’s Mexican Table #1206 Yucatan Meats.
+ The Travelling Auctioneers #101 Sue & Chris, Shropshire.
10:30 9 Baking with Julia #109 Mary Bergin.
11am 9 Family Ingredients #102 Okinawa: Soki Soba. D
+ Antiques Roadshow #2725 Junk in the Trunk 12. R (9) 4pm
11:30 9 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television #812 The Weekend Baker.
AFTERNOON
noon 9 America’s Test Kitchen #1902 Chocolate Delights.
+ Great Performances at the Met #1513 New Year’s Eve Gala.
12:30 9 Cook’s Country #1601 Texas Cookout.
1pm 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1508 Tú Lan, Bistro SF Grill, Attraversiamo Brentwood.
1:30 9 100 Days, Drinks, Dishes and Destinations #105 Undiscovered Danube, Europe. R (+) 12/30 1pm
+ Ready for London 2025
2pm 9 Lidia’s Kitchen #1209 Finding Belonging.
+ Classical Tahoe #201.
2:30 9 Sara’s Weeknight Meals #1310 A Tale of Two Chinatowns.
3pm 9 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love #606 Savannah, GA.
+ Classical Tahoe #202. Jessie Montgomery’s “Starburst.”
3:30 9 Rick Steves’ Europe #705 Florentine Delights and Tuscan Side Trips.
4pm 9 Antiques Roadshow #2725 Junk in the Trunk 12.
+ Musicians Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Concert ★
5pm 9 Start Up ★ #1209 Simpleaf, Dallas, TX.
5:30 9 PBS News Weekend ★
+ Youth Music of the World ★ #105 Atlanta & Charlottesville students at Santa Maria in Portico Campitelli, Rome.
6pm 9 Miss Scarlet and the Duke on MASTERPIECE #5401 Elysium. D
+ Celebrity Antiques Road Trip #416 Angela Rippon and Gloria Hunniford.
EVENING
7pm 9 Miss Scarlet and the Duke on MASTERPIECE #5402 Six Feet Under. D R (9) 12/30 1am
+ Finding Your Roots #904 Far from Home. R (+) 12/30 1am
8pm 9 Lucy Worsley’s Royal Myths & Secrets #102 Queen Anne: The Mother of Great Britain. D R (9) 12/30 2am
+ American Experience #3503 Ruthless: Monopoly’s Secret History. D R (+) 12/30 2am
9pm 9 All Creatures Great and Small on MASTERPIECE #5411 Papers. D R (9) 12/30 3am
+ American Experience #3602 Fly with Me. D R (+) 12/30 3am
10pm 9 All Creatures Great and Small on MASTERPIECE #5412 The Home Front. D R (9) 12/30 4am
11pm 9 Luna & Sophie ★ #309 It’s Your Fault. R (9) 12/30 5am
+ Chihuly Fire & Light R (+) 12/30 5am
Monday 30
EARLY
1–6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule. 6am–7pm See page 4 for program schedule.
EVENING
7pm 9 America’s Test Kitchen #1904 The Perfect Cake. R (9) 12/31 1am + Grantchester Season 4 on MASTERPIECE #4929 Episode 2. D R (+) 12/31 1am
7:30 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1511 R+D Kitchen, Just for You Cafe, Rice Barn Thai Eatery and Wine Bar. R (9) 12/31 1:30am
8pm 9 Antiques Roadshow #2622 Let’s Celebrate! R (9) 12/31 2am
+ Sister Boniface Mysteries ★ #301 Never Too Deadly to Die. R (+) 12/31 2am
8:46 + Doc Martin #902 The Shock of the New. R (+) 12/31 2:46am
9pm 9 Antiques Roadshow #2523 Body of Work. R (9) 12/31 3am
9:35 + Sherlock on MASTERPIECE #4215 Sherlock, Season 2: The Reichenbach Fall. D R (+) 12/31 3:35am
10pm 9 POV ★ Who I Am Not. D R (9) 12/31 4am
11:10 + Puppy School #103. R (+) 12/31 5:10am
11:30 9 Start Up #1204 Magdalena’s Catering and Events, Fort Worth, TX. R (9) 12/31 5:30am
Tuesday 31
EARLY
1–6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule. 6am–7pm See page 4 for program schedule.
EVENING
7pm 9 Lidia Celebrates America #1101 Changemakers.
+ Call the Midwife #1108 Episode 8. Behind the scenes. D
8pm 9 Next at the Kennedy Center ★ #303 Sara Bareilles: New Year’s Eve with the National Symphony Orchestra & Friends. R (9) 10:30pm
+ The Good Karma Hospital ★#106 Season 1, Episode 6. 9pm + Hope Street #209.
9:30 9 Next at the Kennedy Center #203 Cynthia Erivo & Friends: A New Year’s Eve Celebration.
10pm + Hope Street #210.
10:30 9 Next at the Kennedy Center #303 Sara Bareilles: New Year’s Eve with the National Symphony Orchestra & Friends.
11pm + Murder, They Hope #103 Dales of the Unexpected.
NEXT AT THE KENNEDY CENTER: SARA BAREILLES — NEW YEAR'S EVE WITH THE NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA & FRIENDS
Tuesday, December 31, at 8pm on KQED 9 Acclaimed singer, songwriter and actress Sara Bareilles takes the stage for an evening of song and celebration in this New Year's Eve special. From her first smash hit, "Love Song," to her Broadway debut, Waitress, Bareilles has won multiple Grammy and Tony awards.
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Hijos del Desierto (Sons of the Desert) New Episodes
The saga of two brothers continues in this 1930s Chilean drama set against a backdrop of political upheaval. In Spanish with English subtitles. Available with Passport December 1
King of Warsaw
Expires December 31! This Polish mafia story chronicles how a violent gang sowed fear and submission in the country’s capital leading up to WWII. In Polish with English subtitles.
MISS SCARLET, SEASON 5
Visiting my family over the holidays can often mean arguing over what to watch. But luckily, this year I think I have an option that will be a definite crowd-pleaser: Season 5 of Miss Scarlet. Though Eliza’s detective agency is thriving, she must decide how to move forward now that William Wellington has left for New York. Whether you’re watching for the clever mysteries, the period costumes or to see Eliza’s relationship develop with the new straightlaced detective inspector, this season has something for everyone. Passport members get an extra special present this holiday season: early access to the whole season on December 5, ahead of its broadcast premiere in January. —Emma Casley, TV Programming Manager
Doc Martin: Last Christmas in Portwenn
Celebrate the holidays with the Season 10 Christmas special. Leonard decides to show “Doc the Grinch” the magic of the holidays … with unintended consequences.
Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas
Learn the story of a group of Jewish songwriters, such as Irving Berlin, who wrote the soundtrack to the world’s most musical holiday. Available to stream only on Passport.
Virgin of Guadalupe
Pilgrims travel to Mexico’s Basilica of Guadalupe from the country’s most remote places, rediscovering their own cultural history in the process. Available December 1 with Passport.
Leonardo da Vinci
Explore one of humankind’s most innovative minds in this documentary series by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and David McMahon. Moving to Passport only starting December 17
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