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Call the Midwife Season Premiere Inspired by the memoirs of Jennifer Worth, the series follows the nurses, midwives and nuns from Nonnatus House, who visit the expectant mothers of Poplar, providing the poorest women with the best possible care. In Season 4, the community prepares to enter a new decade — the 1960s. Tune in April 3 at 8 pm MASTERPIECE presents Grantchester, Season 2 Reverend Sidney Chambers and Inspector Geordie Keating return for another round of mysteries. Tune in April 3 at 9 pm MASTERPIECE presents Mr. Selfridge, Season 4 Follow the flamboyant American entrepreneur who founded the famous Selfridge’s department store. Tune in April 3 at 10 pm Jackie Robinson Examine the life and times of Jackie Robinson, who crossed baseball’s color line in 1947. Tune in April 11 and 12 at 9 pm NOVA presents “Can Alzheimer’s Be Stopped?” Join investigators as they untangle the cause of Alzheimer’s and race to develop a cure. Tune in April 13 at 9 pm FRONTLINE: Children of Syria Follow four children surviving in war-torn Aleppo and their escape to a new life in Germany. Tune in April 19 at 10 pm The National Parks: America’s Best Idea Explore the history and splendor of America’s national parks and the public’s passion for them. Tune in April 25-30 at 9 pm
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DAYTIME MONDAY–FRIDAY 6:00 Martha Speaks 6:30 Odd Squad 7:00 Wild Kratts 7:30 Ready Jet Go! 8:00 Nature Cat 8:30 Curious George 9:00 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 9:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 10:00 Sesame Street 10:30 1/Peg + Cat: Save the World Peg + Cat 11:00 Dinosaur Train 11:30 Dinosaur Train 12:00 Super Why! 12:30 Thomas & Friends 1:00 Sesame Street 1:30 The Cat in the Hat Knows All About That 2:00 Curious George 2:30 Curious George 3:00 Arthur 3:30 Nature Cat 4:00 Rick Steves’ Europe 4:30 Tavis Smiley 5:00 1/Rick Steves’ Europe WUFT News First at Five 5:30 BBC World News America 6:00 Deutsche Welle News 6:30 Nightly Business Report 7:00 PBS NewsHour
SATURDAY 6:00 Arthur 6:30 World Girl 7:00 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 7:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 8:00 Curious George 8:30 Nature Cat 9:00 Ready Jet Go! 9:30 Wild Kratts 10:00 Jacques Pepin Heart & Soul 10:30 Cooks Country 11:00 Sara’s Weeknight Meals 11:30 Lidia’s Kitchen III 12:00 The Chef’s Table with Randall White 12:30 Victory Garden’s Edible Feast 1:00 This Old House 1:30 This Old House 2:00 Ask This Old House 2:30 Motorweek 3:00 The Woodwright’s Shop 3:30 A Chef’s Life 4:00 Martha Stewart’s Cooking School 4:30 Martha Bakes History Detectives
SUNDAY 6:00 Sid the Science Kid 6:30 Peg + Cat 7:00 Sesame Street 7:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 8:00 Curious George 8:30 Nature Cat 9:00 Ready Jet Go! 9:30 Wild Kratts 10:00 Sewing with Nancy 10:30 America’s Test Kitchen 11:00 Lidia’s Kitchen 11:30 Simply Ming 12:00 The McLaughlin Group 12:30 Capitol Update 1:00 The Ilene Silverman Show 1:30 Travel Detective with Peter Greenberg 2:00 3/ Great Performances at the Met: Tannhauser 10/Great Performances at the Met: LuLu 17/Jackie Robinson 24/Great Performances at the Met: Othello 4:30 17/Jackie Robinson 5:00 24/Coastal Dune Lakes: Jewels of Florida’s Emerald Coast 5:30 10/PBS Previews: Best of Indies 6:00 3/In Their Own Words: Queen Elizabeth 10/The Secrets of Saint John Paul 24/Exotic Invaders: Pythons in the Everglades
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PRIMETIME jewelry. Which is the top find? (Part 2/3) 9:00 Antiques Roadshow Tonight from Detroit. A 1970 Andy Warhol poster, a collection of Pewabic pottery and a working script of The Wizard of Oz. (Part 1/3) 10:00 Independent Lens Welcome to Leith. Explore how residents of a North Dakota town struggle against a notorious white supremacist. 11:30 Capitol Report 12:00 Charlie Rose
Call the Midwife Sundays at 8 p.m., beginning April 3 1 — Friday 8:00 Washington Week 8:30 Charlie Rose This Week 9:00 Jazz Gumbo (Beginnings to 1917). Jazz is born in the musical and social cauldron of New Orleans at the turn of the 20th century. 10:30 JAZZ The Gift. (1917-1924). During the tumultuous “Jazz Age,” the rhythms and spirit of jazz mirror the post-WWI world. 12:30 Charlie Rose
2 — Saturday 6:00 The Lawrence Welk Show Farm. 7:00 Antiques Roadshow Tucson. See listing on 4/ at 8 p.m. 8:00 Doc Martin The Shock of the New. Martin begins therapy, and he may have met his match in the well-qualified Dr. Rachel Timoney. Louisa’s return from Spain only raises more questions about their relationship. 9:00 Miss Fisher Murder Mysteries Cocaine Blues. Invited to a relative’s home where a murder has just occurred, Phryne soon finds herself in a world of drug smuggling and illegal abortion. As she sets about solving the first crime, she ends up getting embroiled in the other two. 10:00 Vicar of Dibley Arrival.
10:30 Black Adder 11:00 Austin City Limits Beck. 12:00 Front and Center Ana Gasteyer.esday
3 — Sunday 7:00 MASTERPIECE Home Fires. Episode 1: With World War II imminent, the local Women’s Institute dissolves after Joyce resigns as president. Frances tries to revive the group with a jam-making project. 8:00 Call the Midwife Season 5: It’s 1961 and Poplar is beginning to feel the winds of social change, along with improvements in housing, sanitation and healthcare. Among the complex and challenging cases the nurses and midwives face are two babies born with severe deformities. 9:00 MASTERPIECE Grantchester, Season 2. Episode Two: A government agent warns Geordie to back off a case and Sidney is warned off an old flame. 10:00 MASTERPIECE Mr. Selfridge, Season 4. Episode 2: To Gordon’s horror, Harry and Jimmy make a high-risk deal. Meanwhile, Harry courts one of the Dolly twins, Jimmy courts Mae and Elizabeth Arden courts Kitty. 11:00 Miss Fisher Murder Mysteries
4 — Monday 8:00 Antiques Roadshow Tonight from Tucson, Arizona. A Jackie Robinson archive, a GMT Master Rolex and diamond and onyx
5 — Tuesday 8:00 10 Homes That Changed America Visit homes that transformed residential living, from grand estates to the pueblos of New Mexico. 9:00 The Secrets of John Paul A new documentary light on a three-decade-long friendship between Pope John Paul II and a PolishAmerican philosopher, Anna Teresa Timenyeska. 10:00 FRONTLINE Putin’s Way. Examine the accusations of criminality and corruption that have surrounded Putin’s reign in Russia. 11:00 Point Taken 11:30 Tavis Smiley 12:00 Charlie Rose
6 — Wednesday 8:00 NATURE Saving Otter 501. Witness the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s 501st attempt to save a stranded orphan otter. 9:00 NOVA Viking’s Unearthed. Search for the truth behind the legends of the Vikings and their epic journey to the Americas. 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Tavis Smiley 12:00 Charlie Rose
7 — Thursday 8:00 The This Old House Hour THIS OLD HOUSE: Erik installs the perimeter drain. ASK THIS OLD HOUSE: Tom restores a wood floor. 9:00 Doc Martin The Shock of the New. See listing on 4/2 at 8 p.m. 10:00 1916 The Irish Rebellion Episode two tells the dramatic story of the Rising itself; the way in which the clandestine and
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separatist Irish Republican Brotherhood infiltrated the Irish Volunteer Movement; the attempt to secure assistance from Britain’s enemy Germany; the arrest of Roger Casement and the botched gun-running off the coast of Ireland immediately before the Rising; the confusion surrounding the order and countermand for a call up of the Irish Volunteers on Easter Sunday; British Intelligence awareness of what was planned and an apparent lack of readiness to tackle what happened on Easter Monday. 12:00 Charlie Rose
8 — Friday 8:00 Washington Week 8:30 Charlie Rose This Week 9:00 JAZZ Our Language (1924-1928). Follow influential musicians, including Duke Ellington, who begins his career as jazz composer. 11:00 JAZZ The True Welcome (1929-1935). Amid the Depression, a new dance and a new kind of big band jazz begin to emerge.
9 — Saturday 6:00 The Lawrence Welk Show America at Play. 7:00 Antiques Roadshow Tucson. See listing on 4/4 at 8 p.m. 8:00 Doc Martin It’s Good to Talk. Martin decides to move out to give Louisa the space she needs. Louisa is intrigued to meet Martin’s therapist, but she is less enthusiastic about Dr. Timoney’s suggestion of couples therapy. 9:00 Miss Fisher Murder Mysteries Murder on the Ballarat Train. On a train ride to the country, Phryne saves the life of a fellow passenger but can’t prevent the death of the young woman’s mother. In tracking down the killer, she picks up a couple of runaway girls and begins to earn the respect of Inspector Jack Robinson. 10:00 Vicar of Dibley Songs of Praise. 10:30 Black Adder 11:00 Austin City Limits Nine Inch Nails. 12:00 The Kate Rickie Lee Jones.
10 — Sunday 7:00 MASTERPIECE Home Fires. Episode 2: The Women’s Institute
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JAZZ is back, and the RAF arrives in town. Pat endures abuse. Alison’s dog has a close call. The local doctor faces up to his fate. 8:00 Call the Midwife 9:00 MASTERPIECE Grantchester, Season 2. Episode Three: A false alarm turns into a real murder investigation. 10:00 MASTERPIECE Mr. Selfridge, Season 4. Episode 3: Frank turns into prey at a swank junket for the press. Josie arrives to console Grove. Harry faces a choice: settle a gambling debt or bankroll the Dolly twins’ dream job. 11:00 Miss Fisher Murder Mysteries Murder on the Ballarat Train. See listing on 4/2 at 9 p.m.
11 — Monday 8:00 Antiques Roadshow Tonight from Tucson. A Pete Seeger song, a George Hitchcock diptych and a Lincoln presidential pardon. See the top find! (Part 3/3) 9:00 Jackie Robinson Part One: Robinson integrates Major League Baseball, performing brilliantly despite threats and abuse. 11:00 Jackie Robinson See listing above.
12 — Tuesday 8:00 10 Parks that Changed America Explore spaces that offer city dwellers a respite, from Savannah’s squares to New York’s High Line. 9:00 Jackie Robinson Part Two. Robinson uses his fame to speak out against injustice, risking his enormous popularity.
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11:00 Jackie Robinson See listing above.
13 — Wednesday 8:00 NATURE India’s Wandering Lions. Witness the incredible story between Asia’s last wild lions and the villagers of India. 9:00 NOVA Can Alzheimer’s Be Stopped? Join investigators as they untangle the cause of Alzheimer’s and race to develop a cure. 10:00 Ride the Tiger Explore the bipolar brain’s biology and chemistry to learn if we can pre-empt or fix the disorder. 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Tavis Smiley 12:00 Charlie Rose
14 — Thursday 8:00 The This Old House Hour THIS OLD HOUSE: The living/dining room plan. ASK THIS OLD HOUSE: Roger learns about potatoes. 9:00 Doc Martin It’s Good to Talk. See listing on 4/9 at 8 p.m. 10:00 1916: The Irish Rebellion The concluding episode details the aftermath and response to the Rising in Ireland and abroad. The initial reaction of many Dubliners to the Rising gave way to a grudging respect that grew exponentially with the British response. The rebellion, while ostensibly a failure, created the conditions for a national revolution and changed the course of Irish history.
Tonight from Detroit. Marvin Gaye’s 1964 passport, Petrus van Schendel oil painting and a signed Lincoln photo album. (Part 2/3) 10:00 Independent Lens Democrats/Soft Vengeance. Watch history being made as Zimbabwe attempts to draft its first-ever democratic constitution. 12:00 Charlie Rose
19 — Tuesday
Mr. Selfridge: The Final Season Sundays at 10 p.m.
11:00 BBC News 11:30 Tavis Smiley 12:00 Charlie Rose
15 — Friday 8:00 Washington Week 8:30 Charlie Rose This Week 9:00 JAZZ Swing: Pure Pleasure (1935-1937). Big band jazz—swing—becomes the most popular music in America. 10:30 Everyone Has a Place 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Tavis Smiley 12:00 Charlie Rose
16 — Saturday 6:00 The Lawrence Welk Show Backstage with Our Musical Family. 7:00 Antiques Roadshow Tucson. See listing on 4/11 at 8 p.m. 8:00 Doc Martin Education, Education, Education. Louisa and Martin have their first therapy session together – though neither of them was expecting to be given homework. Over at the Surgery, Morwenna clashes with a new employee. 9:00 Miss Fisher Murder Mysteries The Green Mill Murder. Phryne goes out for a night of dancing at Melbourne’s top club, but the fun comes to an end after one of the patrons is stabbed to death. When a friend becomes the chief
suspect, Phryne not only has to prove he didn’t do it she has to prove who did. 10:00 Vicar of Dibley 10:30 Black Adder 11:00 Austin City Limits Tweedy. 12:00 Front and Center Jarrod Spector.
17 — Sunday 7:00 MASTERPIECE Home Fires. Episode 3: Alison takes desperate steps to pay a bill. Claire asks Spencer out. Pat makes a speech, but pays the consequences. The famer and vicar do their duty. 8:00 Call the Midwife 9:00 MASTERPIECE Grantchester, Season 2. Episode 3. Sidney performs an exorcism and Margaret makes her move. 10:00 MASTERPIECE Mr. Selfridge, Season 4. Episode 4: Grove and Josie make a new start. Frank is in the doghouse. Movie mogul Harry courts trouble with a mob boss and a press lord. 11:00 Miss Fisher Murder Mysteries
18 — Monday 8:00 Antiques Roadshow Tonight from Omaha. A Grant Wood lithograph, a Daytona model Rolex, and Prohibition liquor bottles. Which is $100,000? (Part 1/3) 9:00 Antiques Roadshow
8:00 10 Towns that Changed America Visit influential towns across the country from Greenbelt, Maryland, and Seaside, Florida, to Riverside, Illinois, and Levittown, New York, that had a lasting impact on the way our cities and suburbs are designed. 9:00 Shakespeare’s Curse Join the first-ever scientific investigation of Shakespeare’s grave, which reveals fascinating new evidence about what lies beneath the infamous “curse stone” - a warning against any man who “moves [my] bones.” 10:00 FRONTLINE Children of Syria. Follow four children surviving in war-torn Aleppo and their escape to a new life in Germany. 11:00 Point Taken 11:30 Tavis Smiley 12:00 Charlie Rose
20 — Wednesday 8:00 NATURE Leave it to Beavers. Learn how beavers are being recruited to reverse the effects of global warming and water shortages. 9:00 NOVA Wild Ways. Explore how newly established wildlife corridors offer hope to our planet’s endangered species. 10:00 The Best of Big Blue Live 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Tavis Smiley 12:00 Charlie Rose
21 — Thursday 8:00 The This Old House Hour THIS OLD HOUSE: Roof Shingles. ASK THIS OLD HOUSE: Conquering a tricky washer/dryer installation. 9:00 Doc Martin Education, Education, Education. See listing on 4/16 at 8 p.m. 10:00 The Gefilte Fish Chronicles This program tells the story of how a family
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embraces the Passover holiday: not only to celebrate a religious event, but to stay spiritually and physically connected through traditional meal preparations. 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Tavis Smiley 12:00 Charlie Rose
22 — Friday 8:00 Washington Week 8:30 Charlie Rose This Week 9:00 JAZZ Swing: The Velocity of Celebration (1937-1939) As the Great Depression deepens, jazz thrives and the saxophone emerges as an iconic instrument of the music. 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Tavis Smiley 12:00 Charlie Rose
23 — Saturday 6:00 The Lawrence Welk Show Keep a Song in Your Heart. 7:00 Antiques Roadshow Omaha. See listing on 4/18 at 8 p.m. 8:00 Doc Martin Control-Alt-Delete. Martin reaches his breaking point after years of being followed around by Buddy, but when he resolves to find a vet to have him put down, Morwenna and Louisa are forced to intervene. Meanwhile, Ruth finds out a secret about Bert. 9:00 Miss Fisher Murder Mysteries Death at Victoria Dock. The shooting death of a Latvian anarchist sets Phryne off in pursuit of the dead man’s fiance. In the process, she enters a dangerous underworld and puts not just herself in danger but her maid, Dot, as well. 10:00 Vicar of Dibley. Window. 10:30 Black Adder 11:00 Secrets Society 11:30 Secrets Society 12:00 Secrets Society 12:30 Secrets Society
24 — Sunday 7:00 MASTERPIECE Home Fires. Episode 4: Frances plans an air raid shelter. Alison breaks the law, so does Miriam. Steph hides a secret that threatens the farm. Kate gets shattering news. 8:00 Call the Midwife 9:00 MASTERPIECE
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The National Parks: America’s Best Kept Secret April 25-30 at 9 p.m. Grantchester, Season 2. Episode Five: Are Sidney and Geordie’s crime-fighting days over? 10:00 MASTERPIECE Mr. Selfridge, Season 4. Episode 5: Jimmy comes up with a plan to save Harry’s bacon. Gordon gives in. One couple breaks up, and another ties the knot. Plus, a love triangle meets an unfortunate end. 11:00 Miss Fisher Murder Mysteries
25 — Monday 8:00 Antiques Roadshow Tonight from Omaha. Discover hidden treasures such as 1955 Whitey Ford and 1951 Yogi Berra jerseys, an 1863 gilt bronze-mounted gaslight and an 1887 Seth Whipple oil painting. Which find is appraised at $130,000? (Part 2/3) 9:00 The National Parks: America’s Best Idea The Scripture of Nature (1851-1890). Examine the radical idea of creating national parks for the enjoyment of everyone. 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Capitol Report 12:00 Charlie Rose
26 — Tuesday 8:00 The Big Burn: American Experience Learn the story of a wildfire that devoured more than three million acres in the Rockies in 1910. 9:00 The National Parks: America’s Best Idea The Last Refuge (1890-1915). Investigate the efforts of Theodore Roosevelt, John Muir and others to preserve and protect pristine lands.
11:30 Point Taken 12:00 Charlie Rose
27 — Wednesday 8:00 NATURE Owl Power. Take a detailed look at owls and see how they’re influencing 21st-century technology and design. 9:00 The National Parks: America’s Best Kept Secret The Empire of Grandeur (19151919). Learn about the federal agency created to protect the parks and the fight over the Grand Canyon. 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Tavis Smiley 12:00 Charlie Rose
28 — Thursday 8:00 The This Old House Hour THIS OLD HOUSE: Drilling begins on geothermal system. ASK THIS OLD HOUSE: Tom saves an antique door. 9:00 The National Parks: America’s Best Kept Secret Going Home (1920-1933). Encounter the growing numbers of visitors to the parks and those who advocate for park expansion. 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Tavis Smiley 12:00 Charlie Rose
29 — Friday 8:00 Washington Week
8:30 Charlie Rose This Week 9:00 The National Parks: America’s Best Kept Secret Great Nature (1933-1945). Learn about the changes to the national parks during the Great Depression and World War II. 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Tavis Smiley 12:00 Charlie Rose
Miss Fisher’s Mysteries Saturdays at 9 p.m.
30 — Saturday 6:00 The Lawrence Welk Show Show Stoppers. 7:00 Antiques Roadshow Omaha. See listing on 4/25 at 8 p.m. 8:00 Doc Martin 9:00 The National Parks: America’s Best Kept Secret The Morning of Creation (19461980). Examine the proliferation of protected lands and the protection of predatory animals. 11:00 Austin City Limits Sarah Jorosz; The Milk Carton Kids. 12:00 The Kate Ann Wilson.
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