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Best Bets #Me Too, Now What? This new five-part series takes the discussion to next level engaging both men and women. Tune in Fridays at 8:30 p.m. Animals with Cameras, A NATURE Miniseries Explore stories of animal lives “told” by the animals themselves. Tune in Feb. 7 and 14 at 8 p.m Home Fires on MASTERPIECE The acclaimed drama returns chronicling the lives of Women’s Institute members on the Home Front during the Second World War. Tune in Thursdays at 10 p.m. Beginning Feb. 15. Pinkalicious & Peterrific A new PBS Kids series encourages viewers to engage in the creative arts and self-expression. Premieres Feb. 19 at 9 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Movies for Grownups AARP The Magazine Awards AARP The Magazine celebrates and encourages films that focus on a grownup state of mind. Helen Mirren is honored during the broadcast. Tune in Feb. 23 at 9 p.m. Victoria, Season 2 on MASTERPIECE The second season ends with a Christmas surprise. Series Finale Feb. 25 at 9 p.m.
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February 2018 | Vol. 60 No. 2
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 Curious George 19,20,21,22,23,26,27,28/Pinkalicious & Peterrific 9:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 10:00 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 10:30 Splash and Bubbles 11:00 Splash and Bubbles 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 Nature Cat 19,20,21,22,23,26,27,28/Pinkalicious & Peterrific 3:00 Nature Cat 3:30 Wild Kratts 4:00 Rick Steves’ Europe 4:30 1/Burt Wolf’s Travels and Traditions 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 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 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 Bluegrass Underground 6:00 Classic Gospel
SUNDAY 6:00 Sid the Science Kid 6:30 Dinosaur Train 7:00 Sesame Street 7:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 8:00 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 25/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 Moveable Feast 11:30 4,11/A Chef’s Life Joanne Weir’s Plates and Places 12:00 Consuelo Mack Wealthtrack 12:30 Capitol Update 1:00 The Ilene Silverman Show 1:30 Eating Psychology 2:00 Rudy Maxa’s World 2:30 Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions 3:00 4,11, 18/Antiques Roadshow: New Orleans 25/Antiques Roadshow: St. Louis 4:00 Samantha Brown’s the Places You Will Love 4:30 Road Trip to the Arts: The Florida Keys 5:00 4//Secrets of Spanish Florida, A Secrets of the Dead Special Poldark on MASTERPIECE 6:00 Poldark on MASTERPIECE
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PRIMETIME 10:00 Queen Elizabeth’s Secret Agents Uncover the secret state that helped keep Queen Elizabeth I in power for more than 40 years. During a time when Britain was divided, unstable and violent, the world’s first secret service was born. 11:00 The Tunnel 12:00 The Tunnel
5 — Monday
We’ll Meet Again: Lost Children of Vietnam Feb. 6 at 8 p.m.
1 — Thursday 8:00 The This Old House Hour Apprentices graduate after 10 weeks. Richard installs a vanity. 9:00 Doc Martin Cats & Sharks. Bert Large’s restaurant is in financial trouble and he is unable to help with the charity event for Florence Dingle’s cat sanctuary. 10:00 MASTERPIECE MYSTERY! Sherlock, Series IV: The Final Problem. A dark secret in the Holmes family rears its head with a vengeance, putting Sherlock and friends through a series of sick, manipulative psychological and potentially fatal games. 11:30 Capitol Update 12:00 PBS NewsHour
2 — Friday 8:00 Washington Week 8:30 #Me Too, Now What? This new five-part series aims to take the discussion to another level, engaging both women and men from all generations and walks of life in dialogue about these difficult issues. 9:00 Great Performances Nas Live from the Kennedy Center: Classical Hip-Hop. Witness a symphonic rendition of Nas’ debut album Illmatic with the National Symphony Orchestra. 10:00 Alicia Keys – Landmark Live Concert: A Great Performances Special New pop music series debuts with Grammy winner Alicia Keys performing in various New York locales.
11:00 BBC News 11:30 Capitol Update 12:00 PBS NewsHour
3 — Saturday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow New Orleans. 8:00 Murder in Suburbia A Good Deal of Attention. When a secretary is run down outside the school where she works, Ash and Scribbs begin an investigation. 9:00 Miss Fisher Murder Mysteries Raisins and Almonds. Phryne Fisher is on the scene when a young man is found dead in a bookshop. 10:00 Crimson Field 11:00 Austin City Limits LCD Soundsystem. 12:00 Music City Roots Live from the Factory, Season 5
4 — Sunday 7:00 Secrets of the Dead Cleopatra’s Lost Tomb. Dr. Kathleen Martinez searches for Cleopatra’s lost tomb in a 35-meter deep underground shaft. 8:00 Victoria, Season 2 on MASTERPIECE Entente Cordiale. Victoria decides to try her hand at foreign relations and goes toe to toe with the French king. 9:00 Victoria, Season 2 on MASTERPIECE Faith, Hope and Charity. Finally learning of the famine in Ireland, the queen wants to help but meets surprising opposition.
8:00 Antiques Roadshow Tonight from New Orleans. A “Blade Runner” set decoration, Agnes Martin paintings and a feather golf ball, ca. 1840. (2/3) 9:00 Antiques Roadshow Tonight from Jacksonville. Laurel and Hardy “Swiss Miss” horn; Revolutionary War era silver cup; Thomas Hart Benton oil on tin. (1/3) 10:00 Independent Lens Winnie. Explore the complex life of Winnie Mandela and her decades-long struggle to bring down Apartheid. 11:30 Capitol Update 12:00 PBS NewsHour
6 — Tuesday 8:00 We’ll Meet Again Lost Children of Vietnam. Join Ann Curry for the dramatic reunions between people separated after the Vietnam War. 9:00 The Gilded Age: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Meet the titans and barons of the glittering late 19th century. 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Capitol Update 12:00 PBS NewsHour
7 — Wednesday 8:00 Animals with Cameras, A NATURE Miniseries The cameras capture young cheetahs learning to hunt in Namibia, reveal how fur seals of and Australian island evade the great white sharks offshore, and help solve a conflict between South African framers and cacma baboons. 9:00 NOVA First Face of America. Discover the extraordinary remains of a 13,000 year-old teenager in an underwater cave in Mexico.
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10:00 Impossible Builds The Scorpion Tower. Follow the complex construction of a unique skyscraper with its skeleton on the outside. 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Capitol Update 12:00 PBS NewsHour
8 — Thursday 8:00 The This Old House Hour Composite decking, quartz countertop and paving. Roger tends to a newly seeded lawn. 9:00 Doc Martin Ever After. Mrs. Tishell’s crush on Martin takes a dramatic turn when, believing him to be her child, she leaves town with baby James. 10:00 MASTERPIECE MYSTERY! Sherlock: The Abominable Bride. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson find themselves in 1890s London in this Christmas special. 11:30 Capitol Update 12:00 PBS NewsHour
9 — Friday 8:00 Washington Week 8:30 #Me Too, Now What? 9:00 Secrets of Spanish Florida, A Secrets of the Dead Special Watch a team of archaeologists, scientists and historians reveal colonial America’s Spanish roots 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Capitol Update 12:00 PBS NewsHour
10 — Saturday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow New Orleans. See listing on 2/5 at 7 p.m. 8:00 Murder in Suburbia Noisy Neighbors. When Bernard Lloyd is killed in his home workshop, Ash and Scribs have quite a few suspects to choose from. 9:00 Miss Fisher Murder Mysteries Ruddy Gore. Twenty years after an actress commits suicide, her ghost comes back to haunt the theater. 10:00 Crimson Field 11:00 Austin City Limits Dan Auerbach; Shinyribs. 12:00 Music City Roots Live from the Factory, Season 5
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Animals with Cameras, A NATURE Miniseries
Feb. 14 at 8 p.m. 11 — Sunday
7:00 Poldark on MASTERPIECE 8:00 Victoria, Season 2 on MASTERPIECE Faith, Hope and Charity. See listing on 2/4 at 9 p.m. 9:00 Victoria, Season 2 on MASTERPIECE The King Over the Water. Escaping to the Scottish highlands, Victoria and Albert revel in the chance to be a normal couple. 10:00 Queen Elizabeth’s Secret Agents Uncover the secret state that helped keep Queen Elizabeth I in power for more than 40 years. During a time when Britain was divided, unstable and violent, the world’s first secret service was born. 11:00 The Tunnel 12:00 The Tunnel
12 — Monday 8:00 Antiques Roadshow Tonight from New Orleans. Jamie Wyeth “Andy Warhol” portrait, Chinese wine vessel, ca. 1795, and Smith & Son pocket watch. (3/3) 9:00 Antiques Roadshow Tonight from Jacksonville. Travel to the St. Augustine Pirate and Treasure Museum to learn about a 17th century pirate book. 10:00 POV Do Not Resist. A vital and influential exploration of the rapid militarization of the police in the United States. 11:30 Capitol Update 12:00 PBS NewsHour
13 — Tuesday 8:00 We’ll Meet Again Heroes of 9/11. Join Ann Curry for dramatic reunions between people whose lives intersected on 9/11. 9:00 The Bombing of Wall Street: American Experience Explore the story behind the mostlyforgotten 1920 bombing in the nation’s financial center. 10:00 FRONTLINE The Gang Crackdown. Investigate killings linked to the MS-13 gang and the crackdown that swept up immigrant teens. 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Capitol Update 12:00 PBS NewsHour
14— Wednesday 8:00 Animals with Cameras, A NATURE Miniseries Deep-dive with Chilean devil rays in the Azores, track brown bears’ diets in Turkey, and follow dogs protecting flocks of sheep from gray wolves in Southern France. 9:00 NOVA Great Escape on Dunkirk. Archaeologists recover remains of ships and planes lost during World War II’s Dunkirk operation. 10:00 Impossible Builds Europe in the Desert. Trace one man’s dream to transform six sand islands off Dubai into a luxurious holiday destination. 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Capitol Update 12:00 PBS NewsHour
15 — Thursday 8:00 The This Old House Hour Final touches on the house. Repairing a water system and painting a room. 9:00 Doc Martin Sickness and Health. Portwenn is buzzing with arrangements for the wedding of the Doc and Louisa; Ruth has a hard time taking care of James; the power goes out. 10:00 Home Fires on MASTERPIECE With World War II imminent, the local Women’s Institute dissolves after Joyce resigns as president. Frances tries to revive the group with a jammaking project. 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Capitol Update 12:00 PBS NewsHour
Tell Them We Are Rising Feb. 19 at 910 p.m.
16 —Friday 8:00 Washington Week 8:30 #Me Too, Now What? 9:00 In Their Own Words Muhammad Ali. Follow Muhammad Ali’s rise from Columbia Gym in Louisville, Kentucky to international fame, as he transcended his great athletic achievements to become one of the most influential Americans of his time. 10:00 We Knew What We Had: The Greatest Jazz Story Never Told This documentary features the talent of international jazz legends andexplores the social conditions and events that made Pittsburgh one of the world’s leading music cities. 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Capitol Update 12:00 PBS NewsHour
17 — Saturday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow New Orleans. See listing on 2/12 at 7 p.m. 8:00 Murder in Suburbia Witches. Ash and Scribbs investigate a case of schoolgirl witchcraft. 9:00 Miss Fisher Murder Mysteries Murder in Montparnasse. When the widow of artist Pierre Sarcelle pays a visit, Phryne is reminded of the time she spent in Paris. 10:00 Crimson Field 11:00 Austin City Limits Chris Stapleton; Turnpike Troubadours. 12:00 Music City Roots Live from the Factory, Season 2
18 — Sunday 7:00 Poldark on MASTERPIECE 8:00 Victoria, Season 2 on MASTERPIECE The King Over the Water. See listing on 2/11 at 9 p.m. 9:00 Victoria, Season 2 on MASTERPIECE The Luxury of Conscience. When tragedy strikes, Victoria and Albert confront the true cost of standing by their convictions. 10:00 Secrets of the Tower of London Unlock doors to secret rooms and learn surprising facts about the famous Tower of London. 11:00 The Tunnel 12:00 The Tunnel
19 — Monday 8:00 Antiques Roadshow Tonight from St. Louis. A 1901 “Longest Bearded Man” banner, Chaucer book from 1602 and 15th c. Bodhisattva bronze. 9:00 Independent Lens Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities. Explore the pivotal role HBCUs have played in shaping American history, culture and national identity. 10:30 Education of Harvey Gantt On January 28, 1963 a young black man named Harvey Gantt enrolled at Clemson College, becoming the first African American accepted to a white school in South Carolina.
11:00 BBC News 11:30 Capitol Update 12:00 PBS NewsHour
20 — Tuesday 8:00 We’ll Meet Again Freedom Summer. Join Ann Curry for the dramatic reunions of people thrown together during the civil rights movement. 9:00 FRONTLINE Bitter Rivals: Iran and Saudi Arabia, Part 1. Examine the dangerous rivalry that has plunged the Middle East into sectarian war. 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Capitol Update 12:00 PBS NewsHour
21— Wednesday 8:00 NATURE The Last Rhino. Meet Sudan, the last male of his kind, the northern white rhino, living in a Kenyan sanctuary under 24-hour armed guard. Trace his harrowing journey as scientists and animal experts race to save the species before it dies out forever. 9:00 NOVA Prediction by the Numbers. Discover how predictions underpin nearly every aspect of our lives and why some succeed spectacularly while others fail. Explore entertaining real-world challenges and join experts as they tackle that ageold question: Can we forecast the future?
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10:00 Impossible Builds The Floating House. Follow the construction of a multi-million dollar floating home that sits above and below the water. 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Capitol Update 12:00 PBS NewsHour
22 — Thursday 8:00 The This Old House Hour Tour the renovated house. Follow the rebuilding efforts following Hurricane Harvey. 9:00 Doc Martin Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner. Martin has second thoughts about their nanny, who is constantly scratching; the nanny walks out; Penhale calls into a radio show to learn how to win friends. 10:00 Home Fires on MASTERPIECE The Women’s Institute 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. 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Capitol Update 12:00 PBS NewsHour
23 —Friday 8:00 Washington Week 8:30 #MeToo, What Now? 9:00 Great Performances Movies for Grownups Awards from AARP The Magazine. The AARP Movies for Grownups® multimedia franchise was established in 2002 to celebrate and encourage filmmaking with unique appeal to movie lovers with a grownup state of mind—and recognize the inspiring artists who make them. 11:00 BBC News 12:00 Capitol Update 12:30 PBS NewsHour
24 — Saturday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow St. Louis. See listing on 2/19 at 7 p.m. 8:00 Murder in Suburbia Estate Agents. A body is discovered in an office surrounded by hate mail.
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Impossible Builds Feb. 21 at 10 p.m.
9:00 Miss Fisher Murder Mysteries Queen of the Flowers. Phryne has been chosen to lead the flower maidens in the annual Flower Parade; a body of a young girl is washed up on the beach. 10:00 Miss Fisher Murder Mysteries Death by Miss Adventure. Dr MacMillan brings the case of a factory worker’s gruesome death amongst the machinery to Phryne’s attention. 11:00 Austin City Limits Ms. Lauryn Hill. 12:00 Music City Roots Live from the Factory, Season 5
25 — Sunday 7:00 Poldark Revealed Follow the cast and crew of POLDARK on location in beautiful Cornwall. 8:00 Victoria, Season 2 on MASTERPIECE The Luxury of Conscience. See listing on 2/18 at 9 p.m. 9:00 Victoria, Season 2 on MASTERPIECE Season Finale. Christmas brings surprise visitors, threats to Victoria and romantic tension throughout the palace. 10:30 Vermeer, Beyond Time Documentary that explores Johannes Vermeer’s work and life, including his conversion to Catholicism, his place within the Dutch Golden Age and his death in poverty. 12:00 James McNeill Whistler and the Case for Beauty Examine the life of the original art star, man about town and eminent modern painter.
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26 — Monday 8:00 Antiques Roadshow Tonight from St. Louis. Rookwood Shirayamadani vase, Elijah Pierce preaching stick and an Ozark Airlines poster. 9:00 Antiques Roadshow Tonight from Jacksonville. A NASA “Mercury 7” signed photo, ca. 1960; an 1862 Lincoln signed document; Tiffany gold necklace. (3/3) 10:00 Independent Lens Rat Film. Trace the history of Baltimore through the rat and the humans who love, live with and kill them. 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Capitol Update 12:00 PBS NewsHour
27 — Tuesday 8:00 We’ll Meet Again Coming Out. Join Ann Curry as those who met during the early days of the gay rights movement reunite. 9:00 American Creed Join Condoleezza Rice and David Kennedy to explore whether a set of beliefs can unite us. 10:00 FRONTLINE Bitter Rivals: Iran and Saudi Arabia, Part 2. See part two of a series about two rivals who have plunged the Middle East into sectarian war. 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Capitol Update 12:00 PBS NewsHour
28 — Wednesday 8:00 NATURE Snowbound: Animals of Winter. Travel across the snow globe to meet the animal survivors of winter, from penguins to bison. 9:00 Neanderthals: Meet Your Ancestors Follow Andy Serkis, the master of performance capture, Ella Al-Shamahi, a rising star in Neanderthal research, and a group of experts who create, for the first time ever, a scientifically accurate 3D Neanderthal. (Part 1) 10:00 Neanderthals: Meet Your Ancestors See listing above. (Part 2) 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Capitol Update 12:00 PBS NewsHour
Movies for Grownups Awards from AARP Feb. 23 at 9 p.m.
CIVILIZATIONS - premieres April 17 p.m.
This bold new series will reveal the role art and the creative imagination have played in the forging of humanity itself, and introduce a new generation to works of beauty, ingenuity and illumination created across cultures and continents.
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