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11:30 9 On Story #904 Script to Screen: A Quiet Place. Screenwriters Scott Beck and Bryan Woods discuss A Quiet Place and the process of storytelling. R (9) 3/20 5:30am
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EARLY mid 9 Amanpour and Company H R (9) 4pm + Roadtrip Nation#1201Whirlwind of Awesomeness. Three new roadtrippers find inspiration by visiting the art-tech spectacle of Two Bit Circus. q 12:30 + Joseph Rosendo ’s Travelscope #711 A San Antonio Christmas. D 1-6am Repeats the previous night ’s 7pm to midnight schedule. 6am-7pm See page 7 for program schedule.
EVENING 7pm 9 KQED Newsroom H q R (9) 3/21 1am, 3/22 5pm + Antiques Roadshow #2214 Green Bay, Hour 2. A Renaissancerevival poison ring from 1875 and a 1939 Union Pacific premiere banner. R (+) 3/21 1am 7:30 9 Washington Week H R (9) 3/21 1:30am
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8pm 9 Truly CA: Our State, Our Stories Political Animals. Meet the four inspiring women who were the first openly gay legislators in California. R (9) 3/21 2am + Inspector Morse #128 Twilight of the Gods. R (+) 3/21 2am 9pm 9 Alice Waters: American Masters #1604 Alice Waters and Her Delicious Revolution. The Berkeley hippie turned her love for food into consciousness about the environment and nutrition. R (9) 3/21 3am 9:45 + Agatha Christie ’s Poirot #1104 Appointment with Death. Poirot accompanies an archaeological expedition searching for the skull
Frankie Drake Mysteries, Season 2 Premiere
▼ Monday, March 23, at 8:47pm on KQED Plus
Meet Toronto’s first female private detectives, who take on the cases the police and other agencies can’t or won’t solve. Set during Prohibition, Season 2 finds the team solving cases in museums, dance halls, high-fashion houses and baseball leagues.
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+ of John the Baptist in the Syrian Desert. R (+) 3/21 3:45am Fine Line: A Woman's Place Is in the Kitchen H Explore the why 7 percent of head chefs and restaurant owners are women. DR (9) 3/21 4am Firing Line with Margaret Hoover H R (9) 3/21 5:30am Bare Feet with Mickela Mallozzi #108 Waltzing in Vienna. Mickela dons a gown in celebration of Vienna’s world-renowned ball season. DR (+) 3/21 5:30am
Saturday 21
EARLY mid 9 Amanpour and Company H R (9) 3/23 4pm + Lost River Sessions #307 The Local Honeys. The Kentucky natives perform “Rock Andy” and “The L&N Don ’t Stop Here Anymore.” 12:30 + Lost River Sessions #308 Dead Broke Barons Return. Selfdescribed “funkgrass” band the Dead Broke Barons perform “Slow Down Susie” and “Curly Williams.” 1-6am Repeats the previous night ’s 7pm to midnight schedule. 6am 9 By Request: Best of Pledge s Programs selected for this time slot will be announced at least a day or two ahead of broadcast. For the latest info, check the Daily Schedule pages for any of our six KQED channels, available at http://www.kqed.org/tv/ schedules/daily/. R (9) 1pm & 6pm, 3/22 mid, 6am & 6pm, 3/23 mid, 3/28 6am, 1pm & 6pm, 3/29 mid, 6am & 6pm, 3/30 mid; (+) 3/22 mid & 6am, 3/23 mid, 3/28 6am, 3/29 mid 6am–mid + By Request: Best of Pledge s R (9) 1pm & 6pm, 3/22 mid, 6am & 6pm, 3/23 mid, 3/28 6am, 1pm & 6pm, 3/29 mid, 6am & 6pm, 3/30 mid; (+) 3/22 mid & 6am, 3/23 mid, 3/28 6am, 3/29 mid
16 AFTERNOON noon 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1411 Beretta, 7 Mile House, The Cheese Board Collective. q 12:30 9 Lidia ’s Kitchen H #723 Simply Delizioso. 1pm 9 By Request: Best of Pledge s R (9) 6pm, 3/22 mid, 6am & 6pm, 3/23 mid, 3/28 6am, 1pm & 6pm, 3/29 mid, 6am & 6pm, 3/30 mid; (+) 3/22 mid & 6am, 3/23 mid, 3/28 6am, 3/29 mid 5:30 9 PBS NewsHour Weekend H 6pm 9 By Request: Best of Pledge s R (9) 3/22 mid, 6am & 6pm, 3/23 mid, 3/28 6am, 1pm & 6pm, 3/29 mid, 6am & 6pm, 3/30 mid; (+) 3/22 mid & 6am, 3/23 mid, 3/28 6am, 3/29 mid
Sunday 22
EARLY mid-6am Repeats the previous night’s 6pm to midnight schedule. 6am-5pm 9 By Request: Best of Pledge s R (9) 6pm, 3/23 mid, 3/28 6am, 1pm & 6pm, 3/29 mid, 6am & 6pm, 3/30 mid; (+) 3/23 mid, 3/28 6am, 3/29 mid 6am-mid + By Request: Best of Pledge s R (9) 6pm, 3/23 mid, 3/28 6am, 1pm & 6pm, 3/29 mid, 6am & 6pm, 3/30 mid; (+) 3/23 mid, 3/28 6am, 3/29 mid
AFTERNOON 5pm 9 KQED Newsroom q 5:30 9 PBS NewsHour Weekend H 6pm 9 By Request: Best of Pledge s R (9) 3/23 mid, 3/28 6am, 1pm & 6pm, 3/29 mid, 6am & 6pm, 3/30 mid; (+) 3/23 mid, 3/28 6am, 3/29 mid
EVENING 8pm 9 Little Women on Masterpiece, Part 1 9pm 9 Little Women on Masterpiece, Part 2 10pm 9 Little Women on Masterpiece, Part 3 11pm 9 Resistance H #101. The risky task of delivering a rebel newspaper. R (9) 3/23 4am
Monday 23
EARLY mid-6am Repeats the previous night’s 6pm to midnight schedule. 6am-7pm See page 7 for program schedule. EVENING 7pm 9 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook ’s Illustrated H #2009. R (9) 3/24 1am; (+) 3/26 2:30pm + History Detectives #109 Sheridan ’s House, Mark Twain
East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story
▼ Tuesday, March 24, at 8pm on KQED 9
In 1970, the Atlanta Housing Authority opened East Lake Meadows, a public housing community. Initially praised, it was quickly overwhelmed by crime and violence. This documentary looks at the impact of racism on housing while also exploring the lives of the residents, raising crucial questions about race, poverty and who deserves public assistance. 7:30 9
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11:30 9 Watch, Prisoner Poem. Was this R (+) 3/24 1am, 3/25 10am Check, Please! Bay Area #1412 Teleferic Barcelona, Sodini ’s Trattoria, Jubba Somali Restaurant. q R (9) 3/24 1:30am Antiques Roadshow H #2409 R (9) 3/24 2am Father Brown #179 The Skylark Scandal. The Kembleford Ramblers’ annual outing takes a tragic turn when the local lord is found strangled. R (+) 3/24 2am Frankie Drake Mysteries H #201 The Old Switcheroo. An old rival turns up selling antiquities, and Frankie and the team try to prove it ’s all a scam. R (+) 3/24 2:47am & 11:07pm, 3/25 5:07am Antiques Roadshow #2410 R (9) 3/24 3am; (+) 3/27 7pm, 3/28 1am DCI Banks #114 To Burn in Every Drop of Blood. Drug dealer Damon Horsley is murdered at the woodland shrine of suicide Sian Haddon, with Sian ’s teen-aged friend Kyle Finn finding the body. R (+) 3/24 3:35am POV H The Rescue List. Two children in Ghana who were rescued from enslavement embark on a mission with their rescuer. R (9) 3/24 4am Anne Morgan ’s War The American heiress helped rebuild Picardy, a region in northern France, after World War I. R (+) 3/24 5:06am Sun Studio Sessions H #1107Amy Lavere. The artist performs several of her latest songs, including “No Battle Hymn” and “Love I ’ve Missed.” R (9) 3/24 5:30am
Tuesday 24
EARLY mid 9 Amanpour and Company H R (9) 4pm + Woodsongs #2308 Michael Johnathon and the Ohio Valley Symphony. Folksinger Michael Johnathon and the Ohio Valley Symphony fuse folk and classical-style music. 1-6am Repeats the previous night ’s 7pm to midnight schedule. 6am-7pm See page 7 for program schedule.
EVENING 7pm 9 Jamie’s Ultimate Veg H #102 Scruffy Lasagne and Bigged-Up Broccoli. R (9) 3/25 1am + The Forsyte Saga #101.
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11:07 + Penniless Irene Heron agrees to marry Soames Forsyte, a successful partner in the family law firm. R (+) 3/25 1am Sara ’s Weeknight Meals #910. R (9) 3/25 1:30am East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story H Explore the history of East Lake Meadows, a former public housing community in Atlanta. R (9) 3/25 2am A Place to Call Home #102 The Welcome Mat. Sarah takes up new lodgings at a boarding house, but the nosy landlady may make her regret the decision. R (+) 3/25 2am Downton Abbey Season 5 on Masterpiece #4501. A working-class prime minister is elected; Robert is snubbed by the village; Edith plays with fire. D R (+) 3/25 3am Frontline H NRA Under Fire. The NRA faces challenges from all sides. R (9) 3/25 4am, 3/31 10pm Downton Abbey Season 5 on Masterpiece #4502. Rose hits on a strategy to get a radio in the house; Sarah tutors Daisy; an art historian arrives. DR (+) 3/25 4:12am AfroPop: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange Gilda Brasileiro: Against Oblivion. R (9) 3/25 5am Frankie Drake Mysteries #201 The Old Switcheroo. R (+) 3/25 5:07am
Wednesday 25
EARLY mid 9 Amanpour and Company H R (9) 4pm + Travel Detective with Peter Greenberg #508 Hidden Gems of Riviera Nayarit. A chocolate garden and the world ’s largest vehicle suspension bridge. 12:30 + Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions #1802 Gone Fishing / Palm Beach, Part 2. Catch-and-release programs and women who have become stars of deep-sea fishing are highlighted. 1-6am Repeats the previous night ’s 7pm to midnight schedule. 6am-7pm See page 7 for program schedule.
EVENING 7pm 9 Lidia’s Kitchen #721 A Roman Interlude. R (9) 3/26 1am + Finding Your Roots #402 Unfamiliar Kin. Actors Fred Armisen and Christopher Walken and musician Carly Simon learn
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11pm 9 about their roots. R (+) 3/26 1am, 3/31 10am Simply Ming H #1713 Michael Schlow. R (9) 3/26 1:30am Nature #3513 The World ’s Most Wanted Animal. Conservationist Maria Diekmann attempts to save pangolins, the most trafficked animal in the world. DR (9) 3/26 2am; (+) 3/27 11am, 3/31 4pm Midsomer Murders #1505 Written in the Stars, Part 1. An amateur astronomer is killed by a blow to the head by a meteorite during an eclipse of the sun. R (+) 3/26 2am Midsomer Murders #1506 Written in the Stars, Part 2. R (+) 3/26 2:49am Nova #4509 Transplanting Hope. Follow patients who urgently need transplants and families deciding to donate organs of loved ones. R (9) 3/26 3am; (+) 3/26 4pm Death in Paradise #164 Season 8, Episode 8. A horse-trekking expedition comes to an abrupt end when Jack finds the dead body of a rider in the police station. R (+) 3/26 3:34am Earth ’s Sacred Wonders #101 House of the Divine. Journey to the world ’s landmark spiritual sites, captured in full glory with aweinspiring visuals. R (9) 3/26 4am Endeavour Season 3 on Masterpiece #4630 Arcadia. A young housewife dies seemingly of a mysterious tummy bug that has sickened half the police force. DR (+) 3/26 4:30am Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in Conversation Justice Ginsburg sits down with NPR ’s Nina Totenberg for a about her quartercentury on the nation ’s highest bench. R (9) 3/26 5am
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Thursday 26
EARLY mid 9 Amanpour and Company H R (9) 4pm + GZERO World with Ian Bremmer 12:30 + Reconnecting Roots #104. 1-6am Repeats the previous night ’s 7pm to midnight schedule. 6am-7pm See page 7 for program schedule.
EVENING 7pm 9 Joanne Weir’s Plates and Places #303 Salty Salzburg. R (9) 3/27 1am + Mankiller The legacy of Wilma Mankiller, who overcame sexism to emerge as the Cherokee Nation ’s first woman Principal Chief. R (+) 3/27 1am 7:30 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1413 Roosevelt Tamale Parlor, Bravas Bar de Tapas, International Smoke. q R (9) 3/27 1:30am, 3/28 noon 8pm 9 Vera #604 The Sea Glass. Vera investigates the mysterious death of a fisherman found tangled in the nets of a North Sea trawler. R (9) 3/27 2am + No Passport Required #202 Los Angeles. Chef Marcus Samuelsson explores the large and thriving Armenian community in Los Angeles. R (+) 3/27 2am 9pm + Holly Near American Masters #3204. Experience the power of song in the struggle for equality through the story of singer Holly Near. DR (+) 3/27 3am 9:30 9 Prime Suspect H #102 Price to Pay, Part 2. R (9) 3/27 3:30am 10pm + Elizabeth Murray: American Masters #320. Follow Elizabeth Murray ’s journey from an impoverished childhood to artistic maverick. DR (+) 3/27 4am 11pm + Austin City Limits#4403 Sam Smith / Anderson East. Sam Smith sings tunes from , and Alabama soul and R&B singer Anderson East performs. R (+) 3/27 5am
11:30 9 On Story H #509 Planet of the Apes: Reimagining a Sci-Fi Franchise. The writers of Rise of the Planet of the Apes discuss reimagining the popular sci-fi franchise. R (9) 3/27 5:30am
Friday 27
EARLY mid 9 Amanpour and Company H R (9) 4pm + Roadtrip Nation #1202 East Meets West. The roadtrippers talk to the creator of Frozen ’s Elsa and visit Patagonia designer John Rapp. q 12:30 + Joseph Rosendo ’s Travelscope #712 Taiwan Lantern Festival. D 1-6am Repeats the previous night ’s 7pm to midnight schedule. 6am-7pm See page 7 for program schedule.
EVENING 7pm 9 KQED Newsroom H q R (9) 3/28 1am, 3/29 5pm + Antiques Roadshow #2407 Crocker Art Museum. R (+) 3/28 1am 7:30 9 Washington Week H R (9) 3/28 1:30am 8pm 9 Truly CA: Our State, Our Stories The Migrant Kitchen. Explore Los Angeles ’s booming food scene through the eyes of a new generation of chefs whose cuisine is inspired by the immigrant experience. R (9) 3/28 2am + Inspector Morse #129 The Way Through the Woods. R (+) 3/28 2am 9pm 9 Somewhere South H #101. R (9) 3/28 3am 9:45 + Agatha Christie ’s Poirot #1201 Three-Act Tragedy. At a party at the Cornish mansion of great actor Sir Charles Cartwright, a local reverend dies while drinking a cocktail, but no poison is found in his glass. R (+) 3/28 3:45am 10pm 9 The Inn at Little Washington: A Delicious Documentary H Meet Patrick O ’Connell, a selftaught chef whose restaurant, The Inn at Little Washington, is considered one of the greatest dining experiences in America. R (9) 3/28 4am 11pm 9 tasteMAKERS#205. R (9) 3/28 5am 11:30 9 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover H R (9) 3/28 5:30am + Bare Feet with Mickela Mallozzi #109 Malaysia, Part 1. Mickela discovers the multifaceted cultural history in the metropolitan city of Kuala Lumpur. DR (+) 3/28 5:30am
Saturday 28
EARLY mid 9 Amanpour and Company H R (9) 3/30 4pm + Lost River Sessions #309 Becca Richardson. The songwriter performs a live set that includes “Ritual” and “Wanted.” 12:30 + Lost River Sessions#310 The Josephines. The American rockers perform “Fireball” and “Coal Mine Gone” in an energetic live set. 1-6am Repeats the previous night ’s 7pm to midnight schedule. 6am 9 By Request: Best of Pledge s R (9) 1pm & 6pm, 3/29 mid, 6am & 6pm, 3/30 mid; (+) 3/29 mid 6am-mid +By Request: Best of Pledge s R (9) 1pm & 6pm, 3/29 mid, 6am & 6pm, 3/30 mid; (+) 3/29 mid
AFTERNOON noon 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1413 Roosevelt Tamale Parlor, Bravas Bar de Tapas, International Smoke. q 12:30 9 Lidia ’s Kitchen H #724 From Italy to America. 1pm 9 By Request: Best of Pledge s R (9) 6pm, 3/29 mid, 6am & 6pm, 3/30 mid; (+) 3/29 mid 5:30 9 PBS NewsHour Weekend H 6pm 9 By Request: Best of Pledge s R (9) 3/29 mid, 6am & 6pm, 3/30 mid; (+) 3/29 mid
EVENING 8pm 9 Saturday Night Movie H #2010 Legally Blonde. Elle Woods, a fashionable sorority queen, is dumped by her boyfriend, and she decides to follow him to law school, discovering herself in the process. R (9) 3/29 2am 10pm 9 Saturday Night Movie H #2011 The Handmaid’s Tale. In a polluted, dystopian, right-wing religious tyranny, a young woman is put in sexual slavery because of her rare fertility. R (9) 3/29 4am 11pm 9 Resistance H #102. Lili and The Kid escape being arrested by the Gestapo and discover there’s a traitor in their midst. R (9) 3/20 5am, 3/23 5am
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EARLY mid-6am Repeats the previous night’s 6pm to midnight schedule. 6am-5pm 9 By Request: Best of Pledge s R (9) 6pm, 3/30 mid + Country Music #101 The Rub (Beginnings–1933). D 8am + Country Music #102 Hard Times (1933–1945). D 10am + Country Music #103 The Hillbilly Shakespeare (1945–1953). D
AFTERNOON noon + Country Music #104 I Can’t Stop Loving You (1953–1963). D 2pm + Country Music #105 The Sons and Daughters of America (1964–1968). D 4pm + Country Music #106Will the Circle Be Unbroken? (1968–1972). D 5pm 9 KQED Newsroom q 5:30 9 PBS NewsHour Weekend H 6pm 9 By Request: Best of Pledge s R (9) 3/30 mid + Country Music #107Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way? (1973–1983). DR (+) 3/30 mid
EVENING 8pm 9 Call the Midwife H #901. R (9) 3/30 2am 8:30 + Country Music #108 Don ’t Get Above Your Raisin (1984–1996). D R (+) 3/30 2:30am 9pm 9 The Chaperone on Masterpiece #4953. Follow the diffident chaperone to dancer Louise Brooks in this Jazz Age drama from Julian Fellowes. R (9) 3/30 3am 10:30 + Garth Brooks: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song H R (+) 3/30 4:30am 11pm 9 Resistance H #103. Lili joins a new resistance group led by Fredo, who trains her; The Kid is captured by the Germans. R (9) 3/30 5am
Monday 30
EARLY mid-6am Repeats the previous night’s 6pm to midnight schedule. 6am-7pm See page 7 for program schedule.
EVENING 7pm 9 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook ’s Illustrated H #2010. R (9) 3/31 1am + History Detectives#110The Love Dish, Rebel Gun, Prison Plaque. Find the facts and fiction behind a racy 18th-century gift and a gun thought to be from a bandit. R (+) 3/31 1am 7:30 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1414 Guiso Latin Fusion, Rich Table, Nyum Bai. q R (9) 3/31 1:30am
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11:02 + Antiques Roadshow H #2411Desert Botanical Garden, Hour 2. Interesting items include a Cartier jadeite pendant necklace and original artwork by Kanye West. R (9) 3/31 2am Father Brown #180 The Honourable Thief. Lady Felicia ’s home comes under threat, and Father Brown must seek help from an unlikely ally. R (+) 3/31 2am Frankie Drake Mysteries H #202 Last Dance. The team investigates a kidnapping gone wrong at the Palais Royale and races to save the victim. R (+) 3/31 2:47am & 11pm Antiques Roadshow#2001Spokane, Hour 1. Treasures include a 1919 Belmont Stakes trophy and 1963 “The Avengers” comics. R (9) 3/31 3am DCI Banks #115 A Little Bit of Heart. When a woman reports her property-owning philanthropist husband missing, Banks interviews several dissident family members. R (+) 3/31 3:35am Independent Lens H One-Child Nation. Filmmaker Nanfu Wang returns to China to explore the ripple effect of China ’s one-child policy. DR (9) 3/31 4am Revolution of the Heart:
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11:30 9 The Dorothy Day Story H Archival footage and interviews trace the life of social activist and Catholic convert Dorothy Day. R (+) 3/31 5:02am Sun Studio Sessions H #1108 Ghost Town Blues Band. The band performs “The Road Still Drives the Same” and “Heading Nowhere Fast.” R (9) 3/31 5:30am
Tuesday 31
EARLY mid 9 + Amanpour and CompanyH R (9) 4pm Woodsongs #2309 The Lee Boys and Grady Champion. The Lee Boys, one of America’s finest
Saturday Night Movie: Legally Blonde ▼ Saturday, March 28, at 8pm on KQED 9 Meet blonde sorority queen Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon). When her boyfriend dumps her for someone who’s more serious about a career, she follows him to law school, where she fights the dumb blonde stereotype and her life takes a surprising turn.
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“sacred steel” ensembles, perform eclectic, soulful music. 1-6am Repeats the previous night ’s 7pm to midnight schedule. 6am-7pm See page 7 for program schedule.
EVENING 7pm 9 Jamie’s Ultimate Veg H #103 Bean Burger, Charred Salad, Spicy Curry. + The Forsyte Saga #102. Irene has agreed to marry Soames. Two years later, Soames is concerned about his marriage. 7:30 9 Field Trip with Curtis Stone#101 Margaret River. A visit to the northern part of Western Australia finds Curtis in the quintessential outback. 8pm 9 Secrets of the Dead #1401 Ben Franklin’s Bones. + A Place to Call Home #103 Truth Will Out. Sarah arrives at her first day on the job only to face questions from Dr. Jack Duncan about her real name. 9pm 9 Polio Crusade: American Experience#2102. The decades-long crusade to eradicate one of the 20th century’s most dreaded diseases. D + Downton Abbey Season 5 on Masterpiece #4503. Mary and Lord Gillingham put their love to the test; Violet is reunited with an old friend. D 10pm 9 Frontline #3814 H Plastic Wars. Did the plastics industry use recycling to sell more plastic? With the industry expanding like never before and the crisis of ocean pollution growing, Frontline and NPR investigate. + Downton Abbey Season 5 on Masterpiece #4504. Lord Merton delivers a bombshell to Isobel; police suspicions deepen in an unexplained death. D 11pm 9 Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in School H + Frankie Drake Mysteries
Celebrate Women’s History Month in March
A stunning movie star (Hedy Lamarr) who was also an ingenious inventor (Hedy Lamarr). A Berkeley chef who sourced food seasonally and locally — and changed the way we eat (Alice Waters). A co-founder of the first farmworker’s union with Cesar Chavez (Dolores Huerta). In March, we celebrate the lives and work of these women and many others. Here are some highlights.
KQED 9 Julia Child: Best Bites Saturday, March 7, at 10am Truly CA: Our State, Our Stories “Political Animals” Friday, March 20, at 8pm Alice Waters: American Masters Friday, March 20, at 9pm Call the Midwife (new season) Sunday, March 29, at 8pm Vera Thursday, March 5, at 8pm
KQED PLUS Hedy Lamarr: American Masters Thursday, March 19, at 9pm Revolution of the Heart: The Dorothy Day Story Monday, March 30, at 11:02pm Frankie Drake Mysteries (new season) Monday, March 23, at 8:47pm Anne Morgan’s War Monday, March 23, at 11:06pm
Hedy Lamarr with Spencer Tracy in I Take This Woman, 1940.
WORLD Women, War and Peace Sunday, March 1, at 4pm Independent Lens: Dolores Sunday, March 1, at 7pm Janis Joplin: American Masters Saturday, March 28, at 5pm KIDS Xavier Riddle and the Secret Movie: I Am Madam President Monday, March 16
Women’s Liberation March, 1971
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Xavier Riddle and the Secret Movie: I Am Madam President This special episode, in honor of Women’s History Month, features Xavier’s sister, Yadina, meeting bold women in history and learning to do something that has never been done before.
Beecham House on Masterpiece Binge this entire new historical drama series set in Delhi before British rule began (starts March 1).
Moonstone Catch this fresh adaptation of a Victorian Era whodunit about the theft of a priceless Indian diamond (a Passport exclusive).
Whitechapel Follow along as a detective team confronts historical copycat murders in London’s enigmatic East End (a Passport exclusive).
22 Modus, Season 2 Discover what happens when America’s first female president is kidnapped while on an official visit to Sweden (subtitles; no FVOD streaming).
Austin City Limits Grab a front-row seat, wherever you are, as Miranda Lambert performs from The Weight of These Wings (expires March 3).
Jazz Before Country Music, Ken Burns told the story of jazz. Stream all ten episodes before they expire on March 9.
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio Radio was the first mass medium. There’s a fascinating story behind its founding. Who better than Ken Burns to tell it? (It expires March 9.)
Independent Lens: The Bad Kids Meet students at an alternative high school for at-risk kids in a desert community in this Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Award winner film (ends March 14).
Spectrum: A Story of the Mind Look at autism through the lives of people on the spectrum and explore the connection between it and sensory experiences with Dr. Temple Grandin (expires March 31).
COMING IN APRIL Spy in the Wild, a Nature Miniseries, Season 2 Animatronic spy cameras, disguised as animals, record rarely seen animal behavior in the wild. What will they reveal about the connection between animal behaviors and emotions — and ours?
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American Experience American Masters Baking with Julia Check, Please! Bay Area Check, Please! Bay Area Kids Film School Shorts Finding Your Roots Great Performances Jamestown Masterpiece Nature NOVA This Old House Truly CA We’ll Meet Again
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