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Best Bets I’ll Have What Phil’s Having The final show in the series travels to Los Angeles. Phil meets up with his Hollywood friends including Ray Romano.
Tune in Nov. 2 at 10 pm Earth’s Natural Wonders Explore the most extraordinary places on the planet in this three-part series.
Tune in Nov. 4, 11 and 18 at 8 pm 2015 University of Florida Homecoming Parade Enjoy a front row seat right in the comfort of your own home for live coverage of annual parade down University Avenue in Gainesville.
Tune in Nov. 6 at noon Indian Summers series finale The series concludes as Ralph holds Ramu’s fate in his hands, Aafrin makes fateful decisions and Ian becomes a local hero. A second season will begin production soon.
Tune in Nov. 22 at 9 pm Eddie Murphy: The Mark Twain Prize for Comedy Salute comedian and actor Eddie Murphy, the 18th recipient of the coveted prize for American humor.
Tune in Nov. 23 at 9 pm NATURE CAT joins the PBS Kids Program Block PBS KIDS new series NATURE CAT follows Fred, a house cat who dreams of exploring the great outdoors. In each episode, once his family leaves for the day, Fred transforms into Nature Cat, “backyard explorer extraordinaire.”
The Brain with David Eagleman Wednesdays at 10 p.m.
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DAYTIME MONDAY–FRIDAY 6:00 2,3,4,5,6,9,10,11,12,13,14/Caillou Martha Speaks 6:30 2,3,4,5,6,9,10,11,12,13,14/Martha Speaks Odd Squad 7:00 2,3,4,5,6,9,10,11,12,13,14/Odd Squad Wild Kratts 25,26,27/Wild Kratts Creature Christmas 7:30 2,3,4,5,6,9,10,11,12,13,14/Wild Kratts 25,26,27/Nature Cat Premiere 8:00 Curious George 8:30 Curious George 9:00 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 9:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 10:00 Sesame Street 10:30 Peg + Cat (begins 11/16) 11:00 Dinosaur Train 11:30 Dinosaur Train 6/UF Homecoming Preshow 12:00 2,3,4,5,6,9,10,11,12,13,14/Peg + Cat Super Why! 6/UF 2015 Homecoming Parade 12:30 2,3,4,5,6,9,10,11,12,13,14/Peg + Cat Thomas & Friends 1:00 2,3,4,5,6,9,10,11,12,13,14/Super Why! Peg + Cat 1:30 2,3,4,5,6,9,10,11,12,13,14/Thomas & Friends The Cat in the Hat Knows All About That 2:00 2,3,4,5,6,9,10,11,12,13,14/Sesame Street Curious George 2:30 2,3,4,5,6,9,10,11,12,13,14/Cat in the Hat Knows All About That Curious George 3:00 2,3,4,5,6,9,10,11,12,13,14/Curious George Arthur 25,26,27/Wild Kratts Creature Christmas 3:30 2,3,4,5,6,9,10,11,12,13,14/Curious George Arthur 30/Nature Cat 4:00 Rick Steves’ Europe 25,26,27/Nature Cat Premiere 4:30 Tavis Smiley 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 www.WUFT.org
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PRIMETIME to be having more luck in the romance department than his son. 10:00 Poirot Elephants Can Remember. Ariadne Oliver becomes an amateur sleuth when her goddaughter tasks her to find out the truth behind her parents’ mysterious deaths. 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Tavis Smiley 12:00 Charlie Rose
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6 — Friday Nov. 2 at 10 p.m. 1 —Sunday 7:00 The Forsyte Saga See why Irene tells her son Jon about her relationship with Soames. 8:00 MASTERPIECE: Home Fires 9:00 MASTERPIECE: Indian Summers Episode 6. A mountaineer makes trouble. Aafrin and Alice try to check their growing attraction. Ralph’s covert appointment is thwarted by tragedy. 10:00 The Guilty.
2 — Monday 8:00 Antiques Roadshow Tonight from Tulsa, OK. 9:00 Antiques Roadshow Tonight from Chicago. 8:30 Charlie Rose This Week Tonight from Chicago. 10:00 I’ll Have What Phil’s Having Los Angeles. Tag along as Phil introduces his Hollywood friends to the Los Angeles food scene. 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Tavis Smiley 12:00 Charlie Rose
3 — Tuesday 8:00 Secrets of the Dead Ultimate Tut. Follow scientists and Egyptologists who build the ultimate picture of Tutankhamen. 10:00 FRONTLINE Terror in Little Saigon. Join the search for assassins behind a reign of terror targeting Vietnamese-American journalists.
11:00 BBC News 11:30 Tavis Smiley 12:00 Charlie Rose
4 — Wednesday 8:00 Earth’s Natural Wonders Extreme Wonders. Visit locales that stand out as the most extreme—and test their inhabitants to the limit. 9:00 NOVA Making North America: Origins. Journey into the deep past to discover the mighty forces that shaped our continent. 10:00 The Brain with David Eagleman How Do I Decide? Learn how the brain navigates the thousands of conscious and unconscious decisions made every day. 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Tavis Smiley 12:00 Charlie Rose
5 — Thursday 8:00 The This Old House Hour THIS OLD HOUSE: Custom bay window; cantilever beam • ASK THIS OLD HOUSE: Replacing a trendy sink 9:00 Doc Martin The Practice Around the Corner. Mrs. Tishell returns to Portwenn, and Louisa is understandably worried. PC Penhale goes on a survival course to try to gain membership of an elite police unit but his luck and skills prove as lacking as ever. Bert seems
8:00 Washington Week 8:30 Charlie Rose This Week 9:00 Great Performances Chita Rivera: A Lot of Livin’ to Do. Portrait of legendary performer Chita Rivera, star of West Side Story, Bye Bye Birdie, and Chicago. 10:00 Robin Williams Remembered: A Pioneers of Television Special View a tribute to Williams that includes one of his last full-length interviews for the series. 11:00 Richard Pryor Icon Survey the profound and enduring influence of one of the greatest American comics of all time. 12:00 Charlie Rose
7 — Saturday 6:00 The Lawrence Welk Show The California Show. 7:00 Antiques Roadshow 8:00 Doc Martin The Practice Around the Corner. See listing on 11/5 at 9 p.m. 9:00 Vicar of Dibley 1997 Christmas Special. 10:00 Moone Boy 10:30 Black Adder 11:00 Austin City Limits TV on the Radio; The War on Drugs. 12:00 Live from the Artist’s Den Zac Brown Band.
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8 — Sunday
Iwo Jima: From Combat to Comrades
7:00 The Forsyte Saga See why Irene tells her son Jon about her relationship with Soames. 8:00 MASTERPIECE: Home Fires. 9:00 MASTERPIECE: Indian Summers Episode 7: A murder victim is found and a suspect confesses. Ian finds a cause. Aafrin is blackmailed. Meanwhile, the British Club performs Oscar Wilde. 10:00 The Guilty.
Nov. 10 at 8 p.m.
9 — Monday 8:00 Antiques Roadshow Tonight from Tulsa, OK. 9:00 Antiques Roadshow Junk in the Trunk. 5. See never-before-aired appraisals from this season’s tour, including a $40,000 to $60,000 treasure. (Part 1) 10:00 Independent Lens Stray Dog. Meet Ronnie “Stray Dog” Hall, a Vietnam vet trying to come to terms with his combat experience. 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Tavis Smiley 12:00 Charlie Rose
10 — Tuesday 8:00 Iwo Jima: From Combat to Comrades Follow survivors of perhaps the fiercest battle of WWII as they return to Iwo Jima for a Reunion of Honor on the only battlefield where former enemies come together in shared remembrance. Hosted by Ryan Phillippe. 9:00 Debt of Honor. Take an unflinching look at the reality of warfare and disability through interviews with prominent disabled veterans, including Representative Tammy Duckworth, former Georgia Senator Max Cleland and former Commander of Fort Belvoir, Gregory Gadson. 10:00 FRONTLINE Gunned Down. Examine why, despite the national trauma over gun violence, Washington hasn’t acted. 11:00 Veterans: The Telling Project Once a community institution, the U.S. military now has less than 1% of Americans serving in uniform. To help close the distance between civilian society and those who volunteer for duty, a group of six Tampa Bay veterans and one military spouse have embarked on a journey to share their stories. 12:00 Charlie Rose
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11 — Wednesday 8:00 Earth’s Natural Wonders Wonders of Water. See wonders created by the grand and unpredictable power of water—and the challenges for residents. 9:00 NOVA Making North America: Alive. Explore the story of life and land, from origins to dinosaurs to an ancient primate invasion. 10:00 The Brain with David Eagleman Why Do I Need You? See how the human brain depends on other brains to thrive and survive. 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Tavis Smiley 12:00 Charlie Rose
12 — Thursday 8:00 The This Old House Hour THIS OLD HOUSE: HVAC and interior design plans • ASK THIS OLD HOUSE: Brightening a dimly lit space. 9:00 Doc Martin Hazardous Exposure. The Doc’s sleeplessness affects Louisa, and she cracks when she learns that his haemophobia is worse than she thought. When it seems things couldn’t get worse, Martin’s mother arrives with sad news. 10:00 Poirot Labors of Hercules. Poirot’s pursuit of an infamous art thief leads him to a snowbound hotel in the Swiss Alps, where he is met with a plethora of mysteries and the reappearance of a familiar face from the past.
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11:30 Tavis Smiley 12:00 Charlie Rose
13 — Friday 8:00 Washington Week 8:30 Charlie Rose This Week 9:00 Live from Lincoln Center Act One. Few have captured the magic of the theatre better than Moss Hart, a poor kid from the Bronx who went on to become a lion of Broadway. 11:30 Tavis Smiley 12:00 Charlie Rose
14 — Saturday 6:00 The Lawrence Welk Show 7:00 Antiques Roadshow 8:00 Doc Martin Hazardous Exposure. See listing on 11/12 at 9 p.m. 9:00 Vicar of Dibley Dibley Live. 9:30 Vicious 10:00 Moone Boy 10:30 Black Adder 11:00 Austin City Limits Alabama Strikes.
15 — Sunday 7:30 MASTERPIECE Classic Downton Abbey, Season 4. 8:00 MASTERPIECE: Home Fires.
Curtains. An ailing Poirot returns to Styles with Hastings nearly three decades after solving their first mystery there in order to prevent a serial killer from claiming more victims. 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Tavis Smiley 12:00 Charlie Rose
20 — Friday 8:00 Washington Week 8:30 Charlie Rose This Week 9:00 First You Dream: The Music of Kander & Ebb Directed for stage by Eric Schaeffer and produced by HMS Media, FIRST YOU DREAM features sparkling new arrangements of some of the greatest songs to ever grace a Broadway stage, performed by a stellar Broadway cast. 10:00 Craft in America Music. Focus on finely crafted handmade instruments and the renowned artists who play them. 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Tavis Smiley 12:00 Charlie Rose
Earth’s Natural Wonders Wednesdays at 8 p.m. 9:00 MASTERPIECE: Indian Summers Episode 8: While Simla citizens look on, Ramu is tried for Jaya’s murder. Leena and Ian come to his defense. Sarah is humiliated. 10:00 Murder on the Homefront.
16 —Monday 8:00 Antiques Roadshow Tonight from Eugene, Oregon. 9:00 Antiques Roadshow Junk in the Trunk 5. Discover more previously unseen appraisals from the season tour. Which is tonight’s big find? (Part 2) 10:00 Independent Lens India’s Daughter. Learn how the harrowing rape and murder of a young Indian woman sparked an international movement. 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Tavis Smiley 12:00 Charlie Rose
17 — Tuesday 8:00 The Fidel Castro Tapes Survey the turbulent career of one of the world’s most contentious leaders. 9:00 American Comandante: American Experience Meet William Morgan, the larger-than-life American who rose to power in Cuba during the revolution. 10:00 FRONTLINE ISIS in Afghanistan. Witness the rise of ISIS in Afghanistan and how they’re training the next generation of jihadists.
11:00 BBC News 11:30 Tavis Smiley 12:00 Charlie Rose
18 — Wednesday 8:00 Earth’s Natural Wonders Living Wonders. Witness wonders created by the force that makes our planet unique—life itself. 9:00 NOVA Making North America: Human. Discover the human story of vast wealth—and lethal risks— hidden in North America’s landscape. 10:00 The Brain with David Eagleman Who Will We Be? Journey into the future with Eagleman as he asks what’s next for the brain and for our species. 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Tavis Smiley 12:00 Charlie Rose
19 — Thursday 8:00 The This Old House Hour THIS OLD HOUSE: Front porch framing; ductwork • ASK THIS OLD HOUSE: Lesson on a centuries-old drink. 9:00 Doc Martin Listen with Mother. The truth about Mike’s time in the army comes out, sending PC Penhale on a mission. Mrs Tishell begins to warm to the Doc again, though his relationship with Louisa comes under even more stress. An accident leads to a shocking announcement from Louisa. 10:00 Poirot
21 — Saturday 6:00 The Lawrence Welk Show Thanksgiving: America the Melting Pot. 7:00 Antiques Roadshow 8:00 Doc Martin Listen with Mother. See listing on 11/19at 9 p.m. 9:00 Vicar of Dibley Celebrity Vicar. 9:30 Vicious 10:00 Moone Boy 10:30 Black Adder 11:00 Austin City Limits Cage the Elephant.
22 — Sunday 6:00 Queen Victoria’s Empire The Moral Crusade; The Scramble for Africa. 8:00 MASTERPIECE Classic Downton Abbey, Season 5. 9:00 MASTERPIECE: Indian Summers Episode 9: Madeleine gets a shock. Ramu’s fate is in Ralph’s hands. Aafrin makes two fateful decisions. The club changes course. Ian becomes a local hero.
23 — Monday
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8:00 Antiques Roadshow Tonight from Eugene, Oregon. 9:00 Eddie Murphy: The Mark Twain Prize for Comedy Salute comedian and actor Eddie Murphy, the 18th recipient of the coveted prize for American humor. 10:30 Independent Lens Mimi and Dona. Meet an unforgettable, deeply connected mother-daughter duo facing tough choices as they both age. 11:30 Tavis Smiley 12:00 Charlie Rose
24 — Tuesday 8:00 The Pilgrims: American Experience Explore the harrowing truths behind the Pilgrims’ story and the myths of Thanksgiving. 10:00 Secrets of the Dead Jamestown’s Dark Winter. Follow forensic anthropologists as they excavate the early American colony and uncover dark secrets. 11:00 BBC News 11:30 Tavis Smiley 12:00 Charlie Rose
25 — Wednesday 8:00 NATURE Love in the Animal Kingdom. Get a delightful, provocative look at animal love life—the antics that go into finding a partner. 9:00 NOVA Inside Einstein’s Mind. Retrace Einstein’s thought experiments to discover how he reshaped our understanding of gravity. 10:00 NOVA Einstein’s Big Idea. See a dramatization of the remarkable story behind the famous equation E=mc2. 12:00 Charlie Rose
26 — Thursday 8:00 Doc Martin Departure. Al pitches yet another business plan, but circumstances lead to his presentation being a wash out. However his luck eventually turns. Martin confronts his mother about her motives and decides to go after Louisa, which turns into a race against time when he notices her brain scan: she shouldn’t be flying... 9:00 Alice’s Restaurant 50th Anniversary
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NOVA: Einstein’s Big Idea Nov. 25 at 10 p.m.
Concert Folk icon Arlo Guthrie brings The Alice’s Restaurant Massacree in its entirety to the stage. 10:30 Eric Clapton – Slowhand at 70: Live at the Royal Albert Hall Celebrate the legendary guitarist’s 70th birthday with this concert in the iconic Royal Albert Hall. 12:00 Charlie Rose
27 — Friday 8:00 Great Performances Andrea Bocelli: Cinema. From Hollywood, tenor Andrea Bocelli performs memorable favorites from blockbuster movies. 10:00 Aging Backwards with Miranda Esmonde-White This program provides valuable insights on combating the physical signs and consequences of aging. Scientific, yet entertaining and accessible, this special shares practical information on slowing down and potentially reversing the aging process through exercise and other lifestyle choices. 11:00 Washington Week 11:30 Charlie Rose This Week 12:00 Charlie Rose
28 — Saturday 6:00 Lawrence Welk’s TV Treasures This is the story of The Lawrence Welk Show during its years on commercial television from 1955-1982. The program is packed with interviews, behindthe-scenes stories, information and insights, and many of the weekly series’ great moments -- plus
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11 bonus songs (full performances). 8:00 Doc Martin Seven Grumpy Seasons The latest behind-the-scenes look at the international hit series about everyone’s series. Featuring interviews with producers, cast members, and director Ben Gregor, this special is an enjoyable sneak peek at what Martin Clunes – the Doc himself – is calling the “best” series yet. 10:30 Grateful Dead Fare Thee Well Tour In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Grateful Dead, the “core four” original members - Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, and Bob Weir reunited at Chicago’s Soldier Field on 4th of July weekend for one of the most anticipated concert events in recent history. This concert is the original members’ last performance together nearly 20 years to the day of the last Grateful Dead concert with Jerry Garcia.
29 — Sunday 6:30 Ken Burns: The Civil War Celebrate the 25th anniversary of the landmark series with this in-depth look at the iconic film. 7:30 The Carpenters: Close to You. This program presents the fascinating history of the top American music act of the 1970s - brother and sister duo Richard and Karen Carpenter - and the songs that made them famous: We’ve Only Just Begun, Rainy Days & Mondays, Top of The World, Superstar, For All We Know, Close To You and many others.
It celebrates the timeless appeal of the Carpenters’ unique sound, from Karen’s hauntingly beautiful and expressive voice to Richard’s diverse talents as arranger, pianist, composer and producer. 9:00 A Salute to Downton Abbey Join host Hugh Bonneville to recall the high points of the series storyline and its memorable cast of characters. 10:30 A Salute to Downton Abbey See listing above. 12:00 Eric Clapton – Slowhand at 70: Live at the Royal Albert Hall
30 —Monday 8:00 Songbook Standards: As Time Goes By A warm, nostalgic hit parade of the best-loved songs from the golden era of the 1940s, ‘50s and ‘60s. Hosted by crooner Jack Jones, this all-star special features a line-up of rare footage, featuring Judy Garland, Johnny Mathis, Rosemary Clooney, Nat King Cole, and other legends singing their popular songs. 10:00 Super Genes with Dr. Rudy Tanzi Where in the brain are memories stored? Are memories stored in the brain or somewhere else entirely? Dr. Rudolph Tanzi and Deepak Chopra explore this important question. 12:00 Charlie Rose
Salute to Downton Abbey Nov. 29 at 9 p.m.
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