WUFT TV Viewer Guide - April 2018

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Best Bets Rick Steves’ European Easter Rick Steves’ takes you on a journey through Spain, Slovenia, Switzerland, Italy and Greek celebrating a 2,000-year-old story in a variety of cultures.

Tune in April 1 at 7 p.m.

Unforgotten on MASTERPIECE Follow a stone-cold case of murder that tests the wits of crime-solving duo DCI Cassie Stuart (Nicola Walker, LAST TANGO IN HALIFAX) and DS Sunny Khan (Sanjeev Bhaskar, INDIAN SUMMERS).

Tune in Sundays at 9 p.m.

In Principle Journalists Michael Gerson and Amy Holmes will host in-depth interviews with leading thinkers on faith, history, culture and politics.

Tune in Fridays at 8 :30 p.m Beginning April 13 Civilizations Survey the history of art, from antiquity to the present, on a global scale.

Tune in April 17 and 23 at 8 p.m.

FRONTLINE: McCain Examine Sen. McCain’s complicated relationship with President Trump and his own Republican Party. Tune in April 17 at 10 pm.

Great Performances: Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga Cheek to Cheek Live!

Enjoy an evening of classic jazz standards in both vocal duets and solo performances.

Tune in April 26 at 8 p.m. .

NATURE: Natural Born Rebels April 25 at 8 p.m.

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DAYTIME MONDAY–FRIDAY 6:30 Wild Kratts 7:00 Ready Jet Go! 7:30 The Cat in the Hat Knows All About That 8:00 Nature Cat 8:30 Curious George 9:00 Pinkalicious & Peterrific 9:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 10:00 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 10:30 Splash and Bubbles 11:00 Sesame Street 11:30 Super Why! 12:00 Dinosaur Train 12:30 Peg + Cat 1:00 Sesame Street 1:30 Splash and Bubbles 2:00 Curious George 2:30 Pinkalicious & Peterrific 3:00 Nature Cat 3:30 Wild Kratts 4:00 Rick Steves’ Europe 4:30 Rick Steves’ Europe 5:00 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 Dinosaur Train 7:00 Bob the Builder 7:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 8:00 Pinkalicious & Peterrific 8:30 Splash and Bubbles 9:00 Curious George 9:30 Nature Cat 10:00 The Great British Baking Show 11:00 America’s Test Kitchen 11:30 Patti’s Mexican Table 12:00 The Chef’s Table with Randall White 12:30 Ask This Old House 1:00 This Old House 1:30 This Old House 2:00 Ask This Old House 2:30 Motorweek 3:00 The Woodright’s Shop 3:30 A Chef’s Life 4:00 Martha Stewart’s Cooking School 4:30 Martha Bakes 5:00 Ray Stevens CabaRay Nashville 5:30 Live at the Charleston Music Hall 6:00 Classic Gospel

Peg + Cat

Weekdays at 12:30 p.m.

SUNDAY 6:00 Sid the Science Kid 6:30 Dinosaur Train 7:00 Sesame Street 7:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 8:00 Pinkalicious & Peterrific 8:30 Splash and Bubbles 9:00 Curious George 9:30 Nature Cat 10:00 Sewing with Nancy 10:30 It’s Sew Easy 11:00 1,8,15/Moveable Feast

22,29/Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Kitchen 11:30 Joanne Weir’s Plates and Places 12:00 Conseulo Mack Wealthtrack 12:30 Capitol Update 1:00 The Ilene Silverman Show 1:30 Eating Psychology 2:00 1,8/Rudy Maxa’s World

Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope 2:30 Burt Wolf: Travels and Traditions 3:00 Antiques Roadshow 4:00 Samantha Brown’s Places You Will Love 4:30 1/Road Trip to the Arts: The

Florida Keys

Battleground Everglades 5:00 1/The Great British Baking Show:

Easter Masterclass

8/Generation Portraits of Autism

15/Trezoros: Forgotten Jews of Kastoria

22/Exotic Invader: Pythons in the Everglades

28/The Bomb 6:00 1/Search for the Last Supper

8/The Great Florida Cattle Drive:

Unbroken Circles

22/Coastal Dune Lakes: Jewel of

Florida’s Emerald Coast

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WUFT VOLUNTEER AMBASSADORS Dean, College of Journalism & Communications Executive Director

Editor

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Diane McFarlin Randy Wright Sue Wagner

Harry Daniels Louis Kalivoda Laurie Michaelson Melanie Ross Ingrid Scales

Chuck Siegel Ilene Silverman Kinnon Thomas Kent Walker Greg Young

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PRIMETIME NATURE: Sex, Lies and Butterflies

April 4 at 8 p.m.

far to go. Features conversations with Eric Holder, Shonda Rhimes and DeRay Mckesson.

11:00 BBC News 11:30 Nightly Business Report 12:00 PBS NewsHour

5 — Thursday

1 — Sunday 7:00 Rick Steves’ European Easter America’s expert on Europe explores the rich traditions, celebrations, and history behind some of Europe’s most colorful and charming Easter celebrations.

8:00 Call the Midwife Season 7, Episode 3: A mother abandons her children at the clinic, leaving the family devastated.

9:00 The Child in Time on MASTERPIECE A moment of distraction triggers a crisis in the lives of a happy, successful British couple in Ian McEwan’s haunting tale of a lost child and redeemed love, starring Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock) and Kelly Macdonald (Boardwalk Empire).

10:30 Little Women: A Timeless Story MASTERPIECE executive producer Rebecca Eaton hosts a behind-the-scenes look at the upcoming series.

11:00 King Charles III on MASTERPIECE The hit Broadway show King Charles III is adapted for television. A 2016 Tony nominee for Best Play, King Charles III imagines Prince Charles’ ascension to the throne following Queen Elizabeth’s death.

2 — Monday 8:00 Antiques Roadshow Tonight from Portland, Oregon. “Heller in Pink Tights” credits, Saarinen settee, Lincoln-inscribed photo. One is $70,000-$120,000! (1/3) 9:00 Antiques Roadshow Tonight from Little Rock. An Olin Travis oil, a

Gehrig autograph and an English cabinet-on-stand.

One is $80,000-$120,000! (1/3) 10:00 Independent Lens When God Sleeps. Explore the journey of an Iranian musician forced into hiding after a fatwa is issued for his death.

11:30 Nightly Business Report 12:00 PBS NewsHour

3 — Tuesday 8:00 Roads to Memphis: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Witness the fatefully entwined stories of assassin James Earl Ray and his target, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 9:00 Black in America Since MLK: And Still I Rise Out of the Shadows; Move on Up. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. takes a personal journey through the last 50 years of black history.

11:00 BBC News 11:30 Nightly Business Report 12:00 PBS NewsHour

4 — Wednesday

8:00 The This Old House Hour Demo starts on the Charleston projects. Kevin builds a sign with maker Jimmy DiResta.

9:00 Doc Martin Nobody Likes Me. Martin takes baby James to playgroup, where he is forced to sing along with the other moms; Al signs up for a dating web site; Bert finds Jennifer in the bathroom with a needle.

10:00 Home Fires on MASTERPIECE Episode 4: Secrets and lies are rife in the village for the women of the WI who navigate threats of exposure as they try to preserve the lives they’ve built for themselves and create an air raid shelter for the village.

11:00 BBC News 11:30 Nightly Business Report 12:00 PBS NewsHour

6 — Friday 8:00 Washington Week 8:30 #MeToo, Now What?

Series end.

9:00 Soundbreaking Going Electric. This episode explores how amps and electrification transformed sound.

10:00 Soundbreaking: Four on the Floor. This episode gives a look at rhythm in music, the pulse that stirs our senses.

11:00 Soundbreaking The World is Yours. This episode looks at the art of sampling and the musical revolution it inspired.

12:00 PBS NewsHour

8:00 NATURE Sex, Lies and Butterflies. Follows the lives of butterflies from egg to caterpillar to chrysalis to the emergence of the full-blown, winged creature.

9:00 Black in America Since MLK: And Still I Rise Keep Your Head Up; Touch the Sky. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores America’s changing racial landscape—celebrating how far we have come toward equality and asking why we still have so

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7 — Saturday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow Portland, Oregon. See listing on 4/2 at 8 p.m.

8:00 Murder in Suburbia Salsa. Ash and Scribbs investigate the murder of a beautiful young dancer, Sandra Foy. 9:00 Call the Midwife See listing on 4/1 at 8 p.m.

10:00 The Widower When Claire Morris (Sheridan Smith) confronts her new husband, Malcolm Webster (Reece Shearsmith) over his wild spending, he tries to control her with sedatives. Afraid he’ll soon be caught, he silences her once and for all. Three years on, he has a new bride … and history appears to be repeating itself.

11:00 Austin City Limits Cyndi Lauper.

12:00 Music City Roots Live from the Factory, Season 5

8 — Sunday 7:00 Selling Sunshine: The Florida Trains Actor Michael Gross hosts a look at the history of Florida’s railroad service. Pioneering Florida developers Henry Flagler and Henry Plant are also profiled in the program.

8:00 Call the Midwife Sister Julienne navigates a complex situation with a Pakistani family facing an unexpected pregnancy.

Sister Monica Joan’s pride and independence are in jeopardy as her sight deteriorates. Trixie struggles to cope after a break up.

9:00 Unforgotten, Season1 on MASTERPIECE Episode 1: Cassie and Sunny confront a skeleton buried in a cellar. Is it ancient or recent?

10:30 Last Tango in Halifax See how an unexpected visitor forces Alan to think about his past and makes the daughters anxious.

11:30 Vermeer Beyond Time

9 — Monday 8:00 Antiques Roadshow Tonight from Portland. Oregon State jacket and Rose Bowl trophy, Evel Knievel leathers, Ming Dynasty bowl. Which is $100K? (2/3) 9:00 Antiques Roadshow

INDEPENDENT LENS: The Art of the Shine Apri l 9 at 10 p.m.

Tonight from Little Rock. A Capote manuscript, a jazz musician archive and a Mississippian effigy.

Which is the top find? (2/3) 10:00 Independent Lens The Art of the Shine. Travel the globe to meet unforgettable people who are turning the job of shoe shiner into an art form.

11:00 BBC News 11:30 Nightly Business Report 12:00 PBS NewsHour

10 — Tuesday 8:00 Secrets of the Dead Hannibal in the Alps. Follow a team of experts as they solve the enduring mystery of exactly where Hannibal and his troops crossed the Alps to launch a surprise attack on Rome.

9:00 AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: The Perfect Crime. Re-examine the shocking story of Leopold and Loeb, who murdered a 14-year-old boy in 1924.

10:00 FRONTLINE Trump’s Takeover. Venture inside President Trump’s high-stakes battle for control of the Republican Party.

11:00 BBC News 11:30 Nightly Business Report 12:00 PBS NewsHour

11— Wednesday 8:00 NATURE Moose: Life for a Twig Eater. The program is a first-person account by cameraman and naturalist

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Hugo Kitching of his year spent in Jasper National Park in the Canadian province of Alberta, a wilderness area that covers over 4,000 square miles 9:00 NOVA Holocaust Escape Tunnel. Archaeologists probe a Nazi execution site to uncover the secrets of a hidden escape tunnel.

10:00 GI Jews: Jewish Americans in World War II Discover the story of the 550,000 brave Jewish Americans who served in World War II, fighting not only for their country, but for their beliefs and brethren across the world.

11:30 Nightly Business Report 12:00 PBS NewsHour

12 — Thursday 8:00 The This Old House Hour An old fireplace will house a new stove. Tom fixes a loose stair railing; Ross tours a smart house.

9:00 Doc Martin The Practice Around the Corner. Mrs. Tishell returns to the village; Martin has to work out what is wrong with beachcomber Lorna; Al and Morwenna have Internet dating disasters.

10:00 Home Fires on MASTERPIECE Episode 5: As everyone in Great Paxton adjusts to a new way of life, new revelations and difficult decisions haunt the women of the village.

11:00 BBC News 11:30 Nightly Business Report 12:00 PBS NewsHour

13 —Friday 8:00 Washington Week 8:30 In Principle 9:00 Soundbreaking: Sound and Vision. This episode follows the rise of MTV and how video overhauled the industry.

10:00 Soundbreaking I Am My Music. This episode explores how formats, from the LP to mp3s, have shaped our musical lives.

11:00 BBC News 11:30 Nightly Business Report 12:00 PBS NewsHour

14 — Saturday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow Portland, Oregon. See listing on 4/9 at 7 p.m.

8:00 Murder in Suburbia Dogs. Ashurst and Scribbins investigate when a popular dog walker is found dead in the woods.

9:00 Call the Midwife See listing on 4/7 at 8 p.m.

10:00 The Widower After two failed attempts on Felicity’s (Kate Fleetwood) life, Malcolm (Reece Shearsmith) returns to Scotland and reinvents himself — this time as a perfect boyfriend to Simone (Archie Panjabi). However, DS Henry (John Hannah) is hot on his heels and will stop at nothing to prevent the next murder.

11:00 Austin City Limits James Taylor.

12:00 Music City Roots Live from the Factory, Season 5

15 — Sunday 6:30 GI Jews: Jewish Americans in World War II See listing on 4/11 at 10 p.m.

8:00 Call the Midwife Lucille tries to win the trust of a mother who suffers from a morbid fear of giving birth.

9:00 Unforgotten, Season 1 on MASTERPIECE Episode 2: Cassie and Sunny dig deeper into Jimmy’s murder, which involved torture.

10:30 Last Tango in Halifax 11:30 Treblinka’s Last Witness

POV: Bill Nye the Science Guy

April 18 at 10 p.m.

16 — Monday 8:00 Antiques Roadshow Tonight from Portland. Picasso “Grand Oiseau Vert” pot, Ottoman zarf, and Tiffany Studios desk set. One is the big find! (3/3) 9:00 Antiques Roadshow Tonight from Little Rock. A Schulz Snoopy sketch, Chinese altar garniture and a Faulkner handmade book. One may draw $100,000! (3/3) 10:00 Independent Lens What Lies Upstream. Investigate a West Virginia chemical spill that left 300,000 people without clean water for months.

11:30 Nightly Business Report 12:00 PBS NewsHour

17 — Tuesday 8:00 Civilizations The Second Moment of Creation. Examine the formative role of art and the creative imagination in the forging of humanity itself.

9:00 AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: The Island Murder. Two dramatic criminal trials, one for rape and one for murder and both involving multiple defendants, forever changed the nature of Hawaiian race relations and politics.

10:00 FRONTLINE McCain. Examine Sen. McCain’s complicated relationship with President Trump and his own Republican Party.

11:00 BBC News 11:30 Nightly Business Report 12:00 PBS NewsHour

18 — Wednesday 8:00 NOVA Living with the Weather Machine. Join scientists on a quest to better understand the weather and climate machine we call Earth.

10:00 POV Bill Nye the Science Guy. Follow Bill Nye as he seeks to change the world through science.

11:30 Nightly Business Report 12:00 PBS NewsHour

19 — Thursday 8:00 The This Old House Hour A new foundation is poured. Richard fixes a shower; Roger looks at chainsaw safety.

9:00 Doc Martin Hazardous Exposure. Martin’s mother returns to Portwenn; questions about asbestos cause panic; Bert has a question for Jennifer.

10:00 Home Fires on MASTERPIECE Episode 6: Some young lovers get a second chance and others take a turn for the worse while the WI works to raise money and spirits In the Season 1 finale, as France’s expected defeat makes the possibility of Nazi invasion more real than ever before.

11:00 BBC News 11:30 Nightly Business Report 12:00 PBS NewsHour

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20 —Friday 8:00 Washington Week 8:30 In Principle 9:00 Live from Lincoln Center Sutton Foster in Concert. Tony-winner Sutton Foster brings her talent and charm to the stage; with guest Jonathan Groff.

10:00 will.i.am: Landmarks in Concert, A Great Performances Special Experience will.i.am live from Royal Albert Hall. Hosted by Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

11:00 BBC News 11:30 Nightly Business Report 12:30 PBS NewsHour

will.i.am: Landmarks in Concert

April 20 at 10 p.m.

21 — Saturday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow Portland. See listing on 4/16 at 8 p.m.

8:00 Murder in Suburbia The Golden Oldies. The Birch Grove elder home’s motto is Life begins at 70. Unfortunately, life also ends there for Johnny Jones, a 50s crooner drugged and drowned in his bathtub. It seems that the former heartthrob never lost his sex appeal.

9:00 Call the Midwife See listing on 4/14 at 8 p.m.

10:00 The Widower As Malcolm (Reece Shearsmith) continues to evade capture and plots to bigamously marry Simone (Archie Panjabi), DS Henry (John Hannah) is being thwarted at every step of his investigation. Time is running out when he stumbles across a legal ruling that could ultimately lead to Malcolm’s downfall.

11:00 Austin City Limits Leon Bridges; Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats.

12:00 Music City Roots Live from the Factory, Season 5

22 — Sunday 7:00 The Forgotten Coast: Return to Wild Florida Three friends leave civilization and enter a lost American wilderness.

8:00 Call the Midwife Barbara helps a widowed, pregnant mother of two; a furious mother objects to Lucille’s health class.

9:00 Unforgotten, Season1 on MASTERPIECE Episode 3: A second cold case solves the mystery.

10:30 Last Tango in Halifax 11:30 Defying the Nazi’s: The Sharps’ War 12:00 PBS NewsHour

23 — Monday 8:00 Antiques Roadshow Tonight from Green May, Wis. (Part 1/3) 9:00 Antiques Roadshow Tonight from Charleston. A Babe Ruth archive, a Japanese Komai vase and a Virginia cellarette.

Which is $80,000-$100,000? (1/3)

10:00 Independent Lens Look and See Wendell Berry’s Kentucky.

Experience the changing landscape of rural America through the eyes of the award-winning writer.

11:00 BBC News 11:30 Nightly Business Report 12:00 PBS NewsHour

24 — Tuesday 8:00 Civilizations How Do We Look? Explore images of the human body in ancient art.

9:00 First Civilizations War. 10:00 FRONTLINE Trafficked in America. Get the inside story of Guatemalan teens forced to work against their will in Ohio.

11:00 BBC News 11:30 Nightly Business Report 12:00 PBS NewsHour

WUFT-TV UNDERWRITERS GENERAL PROGRAMMING B&B Office Systems

Flying Biscuit Cafe

Thornebrook Chocolates

Embers Wood Grill

Gainesville Carpets Plus

Trippensee Optiticians

Dance Alive

Hippodrome

United Church of Gainesville

Duggan, Joiner & Company

Oak Hall School

Visit Gainesville Alachua County

Florida Cancer Center Specialists & Research Institute

Paddiwhack

Waldo’s Antique Village

Quality Plumbing

Wild Birds Unlimited

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25 — Wednesday 8:00 NATURE Natural Born Rebels: Hunger Wars. Meet the animals who will steal, cheat, and fight to get food, including kleptomaniac crabs, thieving macaques, con artist spiders, tricky tigers, and cannibalistic lizards.

9:00 NOVA Wonders What Are Animals Saying? The series premiere examines animal communication. Some animals demonstrate they can learn human language— like Chaser the dog, who recognizes hundreds of words, and Kanzi the gorilla, who understands some English spoken in context.

10:00 NOVA Bird Brain. Scientists test avian aptitude with brainteasers that reveal acute intelligence.

11:00 BBC News 11:30 Nightly Business Report 12:00 PBS NewsHour

26 — Thursday 8:00 Great Performances Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga: Cheek to Cheek Live! Enjoy an evening of classic jazz standards in both vocal duets and solo performances.

9:30 Little Women, A Timeless Story MASTERPIECE executive producer Rebecca Eaton hosts a behind-the-scenes look at the upcoming series.

11:00 BBC News 11:30 Nightly Business Report 12:00 PBS NewsHour

27 —Friday 8:00 Washington Week 8:30 In Principle 9:00 Live from Lincoln Center Leslie Odom, Jr. in Concert. The Tony-winner brings his remarkable talent to this intimate performance.

10:00 International Jazz Day from Cuba 2018 Enjoy the renowned jazz artists who perform a concert in Havana. Quincy Jones and Will Smith host.

11:00 BBC News 11:30 Nightly Business Report 12:30 PBS NewsHour

Little Women: A Timeless Story April 26 at 9:30 p.m.

28 — Saturday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow Green Bay. See listing on 4/23 at 8 p.m.

8:00 Masterpiece MYSTERY! Miss Marple 7: A Caribbean Mystery. While staying at a lavish tropical island hotel, Miss Marple investigates the sudden death of a fellow guest. With the help of a curmudgeonly business tycoon, Miss Marple unravels a web of deceit, murder and “dark magic,” leaving her to consider every one of the hotel’s guests as a suspect.

9:00 Call the Midwife See listing on 4/21 at 8 p.m.

10:30 Vicious 11:00 Austin City Limits TV on the Radio; The War on Drugs.

12:00 Music City Roots Live from the Factory, Season 5

29 — Sunday 7:00 The Mystery of Chaco Canyon This documentary examines the deep enigmas presented by the massive prehistoric remains

found in Chaco Canyon in northwestern New Mexico.

8:00 Call the Midwife Barbara’s in isolation at the hospital; Dr. Turner and Shelagh assist a man held in a remand home.

9:00 Unforgotten, Season 2 on MASTERPIECE Episode 1: A waterlogged suitcase holds the remains of David Walker, 25 years after he disappeared.

10:30 Last Tango in Halifax 11:30 Still Dreaming

30— Monday 8:00 Antiques Roadshow Tonight from Green Bay. (Part 2/3) 9:00 Antiques Roadshow Tonight from Charleston. A local regulator clock, a Wilde manuscript poem and a René Portocarrero oil. What is the big find? (Part 2/3) 10:00 Independent Lens True Conviction. Meet three exonerated exprisoners who start a detective agency.

11:30 Nightly Business Report 12:00 PBS NewsHour

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