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8:00 MISS FISHER’S MURDER MYSTERIES: THE GREEN HILL MURDER — Glamorous lady detective Miss Phryne Fisher (Essie Davis) investigates crimes in 1920s Melbourne, Australia, to the dismay of police official Jack Robinson. Phryne’s investigations take her through the back alleys, jazz clubs and shady markets of the city. The Green Mill Murder. Fisher hopes to dance the night away at the hottest dancehall in town, the Green Mill, but death spoils the evening. In jazz-mad 1920s Melbourne, she finds there are hidden perils lurking in the smoky shadows — like a mystery man from her past — and it takes all her ingenuity, and her rusty flying skills, to unravel the trail of blackmail and murder. Repeats Fri 1/3, 1pm 9:00 MIDSOMER MURDERS: TAINTED FRUIT — After drugs and syringes are discovered stolen from a local veterinary office, DCI Barnaby and Sgt. Troy must weed through a dark world of adultery and lies to uncover the identity of the calculating perpetrator of several murders. Repeats Fri 1/3, 3pm 10:30 MISS FISHER’S MURDER MYSTERIES: DEATH AT VICTORIA DOCK — A young man with a blue tattoo is murdered, and Phryne promises to find out who is responsible. But she doesn’t yet know how deeply into the mire she’ll have to go, contending with bank robbery and the kidnapping of her beloved maid Dot. Her investigations lead her into the arms of a dangerous anarchist. Repeats 1/3, 2pm 11:30 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon
Sunday, January 5 at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD Season 4 of the Masterpiece drama Downton Abbey premieres following WETA’s presentation of the series’ complete Season 3 on Sunday, January 5. Above, Michelle Dockery (Mary), Elizabeth McGovern (Cora) and Laura Carmichael (Edith). For more British drama, tune in to the WETA UK channel (see pages 14–15).
11:30 CHARLIE ROSE: THE WEEK — A series by acclaimed journalist Charlie Rose features the best stories and interviews from his weeknight program Charlie Rose. From studios in New York City and locations around the world, Rose talks to people in every field who have “a great story to tell.” 12M CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon
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7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL — In WETA’s long-running production, moderator and managing editor Gwen Ifill leads a discussion by a panel of top journalists on the news events of the week. Repeats Sat 1/4, 6:30pm 8:30 SECRETS OF THE DEAD: BONES OF THE BUDDHA — Historian Charles Allen sets out to solve the mystery of bones reputed to be those of the Buddha. When colonial estate manager Willie Peppe set his workers digging at a hill in Northern India in 1898, he had no idea what they’d find. More than 20 feet down, they made an amazing discovery: a huge stone coffer, containing five reliquary jars, more than 1,000 separate jewels and some ash and bone. This seemed to be the most extraordinary find in Indian archaeology, but doubt and scandal have hung over this find for a century. 9:30 SECRETS OF THE DEAD: ULTIMATE TUT — Ninety years ago in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, the greatest archaeological find in history was made: the discovery of Tutankhamen’s tomb and its golden treasures. It made Tutankhamen the most famous name in ancient Egyptian history. But the real story has become shrouded in myth. This program combines the latest evidence from a team of archaeologists, anatomists, geologists and Egyptologists to build the ultimate picture of Tutankhamen. Repeats Mon 1/6, 2pm
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Saturday, January 4 at 9:33 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD The WETA Movie features James Cameron’s 1986 sequel sci-fi thriller Aliens, starring Sigourney Weaver, Bill Paxton and Michael Biehn. Also featured this month are the Billy Wilder classic Some Like It Hot (Jan. 11) and Agatha Christie’s Ten Little Indians (Jan. 18).
ON WETA TV 26, 6AM–6PM. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD listings. 6AM NEW SCANDINAVIAN COOKING 6:30 CHEF JOHN BESH’S NEW ORLEANS 7:00 CIAO ITALIA 7:30 HUBERT KELLER: SECRETS OF A CHEF 8:00 JOANNE WEIR’S COOKING CONFIDENCE 8:30 RICK STEVES’ EUROPE 9:00 EASTENDERS — (two episodes, simulcast on WETA TV 26 and WETA HD) Repeats Fridays, 5pm 10:00 THE THIS OLD HOUSE HOUR 11:00 ESSENTIAL PÉPIN 11:30 PATI’S MEXICAN TABLE — New Season 3 episodes! 12N THE MIND OF A CHEF 12:30 MEXICO—ONE PLATE AT A TIME WITH RICK BAYLESS 1:00 LIDIA’S ITALY IN AMERICA 1:30 SARA’S WEEKNIGHT MEALS 2:00 BAKING WITH JULIA 2:30 LIDIA’S KITCHEN 3:00 IN JULIA’S KITCHEN WITH MASTER CHEFS 3:30 JACQUES PÉPIN: MORE FAST FOOD MY WAY! 4:00 COOK’S COUNTRY FROM AMERICA’S TEST KITCHEN 4:30 AMERICA’S TEST KITCHEN FROM COOK’S ILLUSTRATED 5:00 MARTHA STEWART’S COOKING SCHOOL — New episodes! Season 3 begins this month. 5:30 MARTHA BAKES SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–2AM: 6:00 PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND — Hari Sreenivasan anchors a summary of the day’s news. 6:30 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL — R 7:00 KEEPING UP APPEARANCES — (two episodes) 8:00 DOC MARTIN, SERIES V & I — (two episodes) Series Five ends and Series One begins anew at 8:45 p.m. 9:33 THE WETA MOVIE: ALIENS — In James Cameron’s 1986 sci-fi horror film, Sigourney Weaver stars as the survivor of a horrific alien attack who returns to the planet LB 426 with Marines sent to investigate the situation. Bill Paxton, Carrie Henn and Michael Biehn co-star. (2:17) 12M INDEPENDENT LENS: HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE — An acclaimed film tells the story of ACT UP and TAG (Treatment Action Group), two groups whose activism and innovation helped turn AIDS from a death sentence into a manageable condition. (2 hrs.)
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SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 10:30AM–11PM: 10:30AM MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: DOWNTON ABBEY, SEASON 3 — Created by Oscar-winning writer Julian Fellowes (Gosford Park), the drama Downton Abbey, set at the fictional country estate in England, depicts the lives of the noble Crawley family and the staff who serve them. WETA reprises the third season: the Great War is over and the long-awaited engagement of Lady Mary and Matthew is on, but all is not tranquil as wrenching social changes, romantic intrigues, and personal crises grip the majestic English country estate. Shirley MacLaine joins the cast, which includes Dame Maggie Smith, Elizabeth McGovern, Hugh Bonneville, Dan Stevens, Michelle Dockery, Jim Carter, Penelope Wilton and many others. Part 1 of 7. Wedding guests descend on Downton Abbey, where disasters — large and small — threaten. One is Cora’s freewheeling American mother, who tries to loosen up her in-laws. {DVI} 12:30 MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: DOWNTON ABBEY, SEASON 3 — Part 2 of 7. The fate of Downton Abbey hinges on a letter from a dead man. Edith and Sir Anthony face their own fateful moment. Mrs. Hughes confronts a crisis. {DVI} 1:30 MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: DOWNTON ABBEY, SEASON 3 — Part 3 of 7. Two social revolutions arrive at Downton Abbey: the Irish civil war and the fight for women’s suffrage. A mysterious conspiracy keeps Anna and Bates apart. {DVI} 2:30 MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: DOWNTON ABBEY, SEASON 3 — Part 4 of 7. The Crawley family faces its severest test yet. Meanwhile, new faces try to fit into the tight-knit circle of servants; and new evidence turns up in a baffling case. {DVI} 3:30 MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: DOWNTON ABBEY, SEASON 3 — Part 5 of 7. Things go badly amiss at Downton Abbey. Robert and Cora aren’t speaking. The servants are shunning Matthew’s mother, Isobel. And Matthew and Robert have fallen out. Bates takes a gamble. {DVI} 4:30 MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: DOWNTON ABBEY, SEASON 3 — Part 6 of 7. Change arrives in a big way for several key characters at Downton Abbey. A yearly cricket match with the village sees old scores settled and new plots hatched. {DVI} 6:30 PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND — A NewsHour weekend broadcast anchored by Hari Sreenivasan provides a summary of the day’s national and international news. 7:00 MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: DOWNTON ABBEY, SEASON 3 — Part 7 of 7. The Crawleys head to a Scottish hunting lodge, while the downstairs staff stays behind at Downton. New romances flare up, and a crisis unfolds. {DVI} 9:00 MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: DOWNTON ABBEY, SEASON 4 — The blockbuster drama’s new season opens, finding the manor’s aristocrats coping with last season’s shocking finale. Change is also in the air as three generations of the Crawley family develop conflicting interests in the estate. Paul Giamatti makes an appearance alongside the returning ensemble, including Dame Maggie Smith, Elizabeth McGovern, Hugh Bonneville, Michelle Dockery, Jim Carter, Joanne Froggatt, guest
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star Shirley MacLaine and many others. Part 1 of 8. Six months after Matthew’s death, family and servants try to cure Mary and Isobel of their deep depression. Meanwhile, O’Brien causes a final crisis. {DVI} Repeats Mon 1/6, 4pm; Fri 1/10, 8:30pm; Sun 1/12, 2:30pm
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Tuesday, January 7 at 8 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD The Poisoner’s Handbook: American Experience explores the evolution of the science of forensic chemistry in U.S. crime investigations.
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7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 THE POISONER’S HANDBOOK: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE — A film based on the best-selling book by Deborah Blum explores how forensic chemistry was used in the early 20th century to convict murderers. In that era, the average American medicine cabinet was a would-be poisoner’s treasure chest. The scientific knowledge to detect and prevent the crimes lagged behind industrial innovations that expanded poisoners’ tools of the trade. This changed in 1918, when New York City hired its first scientifically trained medical examiner, Charles Norris. Over 15 years, Norris and his chief toxicologist, Alexander Gettler, turned forensic chemistry into a science, setting the standards that the rest of the country would ultimately adopt. Repeats Wed 1/8, 3pm; Thur 1/9, 1pm 10:00 FRONTLINE: TO CATCH A TRADER — Frontline tracks an ongoing seven-year investigation into the largest insider trading scandal in U.S. history. In just over two decades, Steven A. Cohen amassed a gigantic fortune. How did he do it? From small-time options trader to King of Wall Street hedge fund managers, Frontline investigates Cohen and his company, SAC Capital, and other Wall Street characters. 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon
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he half-hour, magazine-style WETA TV 26 series WETA Arts returns this month, spotlighting and celebrating visual and performing arts in Greater Washington and around the nation. WETA Around Town’s Robert Aubry Davis hosts the program. This month, WETA Arts spotlights an international dance troupe that incorporates industrial machinery into its work; features an in-depth review of an exhibition on art and destruction at the Hirshhorn Museum; offers an investigation into how physical limitations may have influenced Impressionist painters; and presents a behind-the-scenes look at the Corcoran Gallery of Art’s exhibition “An Unkindness” (above) with local artist Mia Feuer. The program repeats Monday, January 13 at 4:30 p.m., Wednesday, January 15 at 5:30 p.m., and Thursday, January 30 at 1:30 p.m. on WETA TV 26.
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as Machiavellian politician Francis Urquhart, scheming his way to Britain’s top political job at Number 10 Downing Street. Susannah Harker portrays Mattie Storin, the eager young journalist who naively believes Urquhart is her friend but is used to help him demolish rivals. Part 1 of 4. Urquhart is the perfect politician, diplomatic, charming, admired, trusted and respected by all. He has faithfully served his party without question, but events spark his ambition. When the longstanding Prime Minister dies, the hunt is on to find a replacement. Urquhart is a hard-line Conservative and believes in strong leadership. As Party Whip, his support is valuable and he is courted by the candidates. He must tread warily: supporting the loser could cost him his position, but supporting the winner could land him a Cabinet position. Repeats Thur 1/9, 5pm; Fri 1/10, 10:30pm; Sun 1/12, 4:30pm NATURE: LEGENDARY WHITE STALLIONS — Nature spotlights the story of the world-famous Lipizzaner stallions, from their origins in ancient times to the drama of their rescue in 1945. The film, which focuses on the bond that develops between horse and rider, visits the Spanish Riding School in Vienna. The Lipizzaner stallion was bred for its courage, strength and character, but the horse is also gentle, sensitive and exceptionally responsive to praise. {DVI} Repeats Thur 1/9, 3pm; Mon 1/13, 1:30pm; Tue 1/14, 1pm NOVA: ALIEN PLANETS REVEALED — NASA’s planethunting Kepler Telescope has discovered thousands of exotic new worlds far beyond our solar system. Are any of them like Earth? And what sort of life could flourish on them? With vivid animation and input from expert astrophysicists and astrobiologists, NOVA presents a mind-bending exploration of strange worlds and the creatures that might exist there. {DVI} Repeats Thur 1/9, 4pm; Mon 1/13, 2:30pm VIRGINIA STATE OF THE COMMONWEALTH ADDRESS CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon
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8:00 MISS FISHER’S MURDER MYSTERIES: RAISINS AND ALMONDS — When a young man is found dead in a bookshop at the Eastern Market, Phryne Fisher (Essie Davis) is plunged into the diverse worlds of Jewish politics, alchemy, and poison. She works her way through the mystery with help from the old faithfuls — Bert, Cec, Dot, Dr. Mac and Detective Inspector Jack Robinson. Ultimately, though, it’s her stealth and wits that solve the crime. Repeats Fri 1/10, 1pm 9:00 MIDSOMER MURDERS: RING OUT YOUR DEAD — In Midsomer Wellow, church bell-ringers are being murdered one by one. In hopes of winning a national competition, the bell group continues with rehearsals despite the deaths. As each is murdered, the killer leaves a line from a nursery rhyme by the body, though one of these notes has been altered to allude to a long-ago incident in the community’s past. DCI Barnaby (John Nettles) must find the culprit. Repeats Fri 1/10, 3pm; Sun 1/12, 7:30pm 10:30 MISS FISHER’S MURDER MYSTERIES: RUDDY GORE — At a gala performance of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Ruddigore, Phryne Fisher meets Lin Chung, who has rescued the theatre’s leading man from some thugs in a dark alley in Chinatown. The evening continues with a bizarre death onstage. Phryne must solve an old murder, find a new murderer, and banish the theatre’s ghost, who seems likely to kill again. Repeats Fri 1/10, 2pm 11:30 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon
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11 Saturday ON WETA TV 26, 6AM–6PM. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD listings. 6AM–6PM See the Saturday, January 4 listings. SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–11:30PM: 6:00 PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND 6:30 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL — R 7:00 KEEPING UP APPEARANCES — (two episodes) 8:00 DOC MARTIN, SERIES I — (two episodes) 9:33 THE WETA MOVIE: SOME LIKE IT HOT — In Billy Wilder’s classic 1959 comedy, two men (Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon) don skirts and makeup and join an all-girl band with a sizzling singer in order to escape gangsters. Marilyn Monroe co-stars. (1:59) Repeats Sun 1/12, 11:30am
12 Sunday ON WETA TV 26, 6AM–6PM. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD listings. 6AM–9AM WETA KIDS PROGRAMMING 9AM–10:30AM See the Sunday, January 5 listings. 10:30 RELIGION AND ETHICS NEWSWEEKLY 11:00 GREAT ROMANCES SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 11:30AM–12M: 11:30 THE WETA MOVIE: SOME LIKE IT HOT — (1:59) R 1:30 WETA ARTS — A WETA TV 26 magazine-style arts series explores and celebrates visual and performing arts in Greater Washington and around the nation. WETA Around Town’s Robert Aubry Davis hosts. Repeats Mon 1/13, 4:30pm; Wed 1/15, 5:30pm; Thur 1/30, 1:30pm 2:00 PIZZA IN WASHINGTON — A WETA TV 26 production explores the “pizza renaissance” taking place around Greater Washington, spotlighting a dozen eateries in the District, Maryland and Virginia. 2:30 MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: DOWNTON ABBEY, SEASON 4 — Part 1 of 8. {DVI} R 4:30 HOUSE OF CARDS — Part 1 of 4. R 5:30 MOYERS & COMPANY — Bill Moyers presents a weekly half-hour of conversation about life and the state of American democracy. 6:00 PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND
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6:30 PIE IN THE SKY, SERIES II — In the BBC drama series, Richard Griffiths stars as a top-notch detective who becomes a head chef. Episode 1. Hard Cheese. Henry investigates a prowler fond of older ladies, and begins to suspect the celibate supplier of his cheese. 7:30 MIDSOMER MURDERS: RING OUT YOUR DEAD — See the Thursday, January 9, 9 p.m. listing. 9:00 MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: DOWNTON ABBEY, SEASON 4 — The new season continues. Part 2 of 8. The fates of several characters converge at a house party. Gregson impresses Robert, and Anna faces trouble. Repeats Mon 1/13, 5pm; Fri 1/17, 8:30pm; Sun 1/19, 3:30pm 10:00 BORN TO ROYALTY — See the Monday, January 6, 9 p.m. listing. 11:30 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW BBC
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7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: BOISE, ID — Repeats Tue 1/14, 2pm; Wed 1/15, 1pm 9:00 THE QUEEN’S DIAMOND DECADES: THE 1950s — A six-part series tells the story of Queen Elizabeth II and the country she has reigned over for six decades, also spotlighting Britain’s place in world events. The 1950s. In 1952, the sudden death of King George VI changed Elizabeth’s life forever. Elizabeth was just 25, and mother to Prince Charles, 3 years old, and Princess Anne, 18 months old, when she came to the throne. Britain was still bandaging its war wounds and the coronation sparked the biggest party since VE Day. Terrible floods brought England back to earth and the Suez Crisis took the U.K. to the brink of war. 10:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: TULSA, OK — Repeats Tue 1/14, 3pm; Wed 1/15, 2pm 11:00 VIRGINIA GOVERNOR’S ADDRESS TO THE JOINT ASSEMBLY 12M CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon
7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 1964: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE — It was the year of the Beatles and the Civil Rights Act; of the Gulf of Tonkin and Barry Goldwater’s presidential campaign; the year that cities across the country erupted in violence and Americans tried to make sense of the Kennedy assassination. Based on The Last Innocent Year: America in 1964 by award-winning journalist Jon Margolis, this film follows some of the most prominent figures of the time — Lyndon B. Johnson, Martin Luther King, Jr., Barry Goldwater, Betty Friedan — and brings out from the shadows the actions of ordinary Americans whose frustrations, ambitions and anxieties began to turn the country onto a new and different course. Repeats Wed 1/15, 3pm; Thur 1/16, 1pm 10:00 FRONTLINE: SECRET STATE OF NORTH KOREA — Just two years in the job and armed with nuclear weapons, North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un is the world’s youngest dictator, ruling one of the world’s most isolated countries. Frontline goes inside the secret state to explore life under its new ruler, the enigmatic “Morning Star King.” 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon
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18 Saturday ON WETA TV 26, 6AM–6PM. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD listings. 6AM–6PM See the Saturday, January 4 listings. SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–3:07AM: 6:00 PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND 6:30 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL — R 7:00 KEEPING UP APPEARANCES — (two episodes) 8:00 DOC MARTIN, SERIES I — (two episodes) 9:33 THE WETA MOVIE: TEN LITTLE INDIANS — In George Pollack’s 1966 mystery-thriller, unwary houseguests meet their deaths when they are invited by an unknown host to a secluded mountain mansion in this Agatha Christie thriller. Hugh O’Brian and Shirley Eaton star. Pollack also directed several Miss Marple film adaptations. (1:31) Repeats Sun 1/19, 11:30am 11:00 INDEPENDENT LENS: AT BERKELEY — Filmmaker Frederick Wiseman presents a four-hour vérité documentary about the University of California at Berkeley. Eschewing narration and standard interviews, Wiseman’s film takes viewers from faculty meetings to classrooms, from financial aid seminars to research laboratories, to show the myriad aspects of university life. (4:07)
vanishes from the Pie in the Sky’s lavatories, and Henry soon finds himself investigating a counterfeit currency. 7:30 MIDSOMER MURDERS: MURDER ON ST. MALLEY’S DAY — See the Thursday, January 16, 9 p.m. listing. 9:00 MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: DOWNTON ABBEY, SEASON 4 — Love is in the air at Downton Abbey, and darker emotions too. Part 3 of 8. Mary, Edith, Tom and Anna each struggle with a dilemma. {DVI} Repeats Mon 1/20, 5pm; Fri 1/24, 8:30pm; Sun 1/26, 3:30pm 9:58 MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: SHERLOCK, SEASON 3: THE EMPTY HEARSE — Benedict Cumberbatch (The Fifth Estate, Star Trek Into Darkness) and Martin Freeman (The Hobbit, The Office UK) return as Sherlock Holmes and Watson in three new episodes of the contemporary reinvention of the Arthur Conan Doyle classic, written and created by Steven Moffat (Dr. Who) and Mark Gatiss (Game of Thrones). Repeats Mon 1/20, 3pm; Tue 1/21, 4pm; Fri 1/24, 10:30pm; Sun 1/26, 1:30pm
20 Monday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: BOISE, ID — Repeats Tue 1/21, 2pm; Wed 1/22, 1pm 9:00 THE QUEEN’S DIAMOND DECADES: THE 1960s — In the 1960s, the royal family was expanding fast. The queen gave birth to Prince Andrew in 1960, ten years after Princess Anne. Then Prince Edward was born in 1964. The queen’s sister, Princess Margaret, followed suit after her marriage. The Beatles topped charts on both sides of the Atlantic and swinging London’s pop culture dominated the world. At home, the U.K. mourned the passing of Winston Churchill, while England rejoiced a year later after winning the 1966 World Cup. The queen rounded off the decade by crowning Prince Charles the Prince of Wales. 10:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: TULSA, OK — Repeats Tue 1/21, 3pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon
21 Tuesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 WAR LETTERS: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE — This 2001 film explores a collection of personal correspondence that brings to life the deepest, most human side of war, from the American Revolution to the Gulf War. Based on Washington, D.C. native Andrew Carroll’s bestseller, War Letters: Extraordinary Correspondence from American Wars, the production transcends the subject of war by exploring the love, passion, pain, horror and hope of the men and women who fought and of those who waited at home. {DVI} Repeats Wed 1/22, 2pm 9:00 AMERICAN MASTERS: SALINGER — In its 200th episode, the biography series spotlights the life and work of late author J.D. Salinger, exploring his childhood, painstaking work methods, marriages, private world and secrets. Interviews with Salinger’s friends, colleagues, and members of his inner circle who have never spoken on the record before, as well as neverbefore-seen film footage and photographs, illuminate the enigmatic writer’s life. Repeats Wed 1/22, 3pm; Thur 1/23, 1pm; Sun 1/26, 11am 11:30 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon
ON WETA TV 26, 6AM–10:30AM. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD. 6AM–10:30AM See the Sunday, January 5 listings. 10:30 RELIGION AND ETHICS NEWSWEEKLY 11:00 GREAT ROMANCES SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 11:30AM–12M: 11:30 THE WETA MOVIE: TEN LITTLE INDIANS — (1:32) R 1:00 BORN TO ROYALTY — R 2:30 GLOBE TREKKER: COLORADO TO UTAH — (TV 26 only) 3:30 MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: DOWNTON ABBEY, SEASON 4 — Part 2 of 8. {DVI} R 4:30 HOUSE OF CARDS — Part 2 of 4. R 5:30 MOYERS & COMPANY 6:00 PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND 6:30 PIE IN THE SKY, SERIES II — In the BBC drama series, Richard Griffiths stars as a top-notch detective who becomes a head chef. Episode 2. Brown Bread. A corpse
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Saturday, January 18 at 11 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD Independent Lens: At Berkeley, a four-hour vérité documentary by Frederick Wiseman, spotlights life at the California university.
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10:30 MISS FISHER’S MURDER MYSTERIES: DEATH BY MISS ADVENTURE — Phryne investigates the death of a young female worker in a factory accident and soon learns that the woman’s death might not be the misadventure the police think it is. Faced with a wall of secrecy and lies, Phryne sends her trusty maid, Dot, undercover to investigate. When a second suspicious death occurs, Phryne must fight desperately to save one of her closest friends from the gallows. Repeats Fri 1/24, 2pm 11:30 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon
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Tuesday, January 21 at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD American Masters: Salinger examines the life and work of reclusive late writer J.D. Salinger, author of The Catcher in the Rye.
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25 Saturday ON WETA TV 26, 6AM–6PM. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD listings. 6AM–6PM See the Saturday, January 4 listings. SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–12:15AM: 6:00 PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND 6:30 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL — R 7:00 KEEPING UP APPEARANCES — (two episodes) 8:00 DOC MARTIN, SERIES I — (two episodes) 9:33 DOC MARTIN: THE MOVIE — Before the series Doc Martin was created, Doc Martin: The Movie — starring Martin Clunes — was a made-for-television movie based on Clunes’s character, Doctor Martin Bamford, in the 2000 film Saving Grace. Doc Martin: The Movie, a “prequel” to Saving Grace, explores how the doctor came to be in Cornwall. When successful but unhappy Doctor Martin Bamford discovers his wife, Petronella, is involved with three of his friends, his world is ripped apart. Bamford flees London and heads for the small fishing village of Port Isaac, on the north coast of Cornwall, to work out the big questions in his life. 11:00 DOC MARTIN AND THE LEGEND OF THE CLOUTIE — The Doc (Martin Clunes) is in need of a bit of distance from the small village of Port Isaac, setting his sights on ramshackle, middle-of-nowhere property Tregrunnt Farm. But a London family too has ideas for the property: holiday cottages. Increasingly desperate to buy the property, Doc decides various tactics to seal the deal, resorting to an old Cornish witch’s trick — a cloutie; a small ribbon of cloth which, if attached to a tree and wished upon, makes wishes come true. (1:15)
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7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 HOUSE OF CARDS — Part 3 of 4. Collingridge is in deep political trouble and he has no alternative but to step down as Prime Minister. Ironically, he still has great faith in Urquhart, whom he feels is the only man he can trust. However, as the scandals and leaked stories have gained momentum, political journalist Mattie Storin begins to suspect that Collingridge has been framed. But who is the culprit? By now, she is too emotionally involved with Urquhart (her loving “Daddy”) to realize how she has been used. Repeats Thur 1/23, 5pm; Fri 1/24, 9:30pm; Sun 1/26, 4:30pm 9:00 NATURE: MEET THE COYWOLF — The coywolf, a mixture of western coyote and eastern wolf, is a hauntingly beautiful carnivore found increasingly on the streets of North American cities. Its appearance is recent — within the last 90 years — in evolutionary terms, a blip in time. New York wildlife biologist Roland Kays is fascinated by this new hybrid, the product of a shifting gene pool that is now stabilizing. Kays tracks coywolves with remote motion sensor cameras, and unravels the mysteries that define this new species. {DVI} Repeats Mon 1/27, 1:30pm; Tue 1/28, 1pm; Wed 1/29, 5pm 10:00 NOVA: MONSTER TYPHOON — On November 8, 2013, Typhoon Haiyan slammed into the Philippines, whipping the islands with 200-mile-per-hour winds and sending a two-story-high storm surge flooding into communities, leaving thousands dead and millions homeless. What made Haiyan so destructive? Meteorologists explore the anatomy of the typhoon, revealing why the Pacific is such fertile ground for cyclones. NOVA also reveals how conditions deteriorated in the storm’s aftermath, paralyzing the relief effort. How can we prepare for the next monster typhoon? {DVI} Repeats Thur 1/23, 4pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon
7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL — In WETA’s long-running production, moderator and managing editor Gwen Ifill leads a discussion by a panel of top journalists on the news events of the week. Repeats Sat 1/25, 6:30pm 8:30 MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: DOWNTON ABBEY, SEASON 4 — Part 3 of 8. {DVI} R 9:30 HOUSE OF CARDS — Part 3 of 4. R 10:30 MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: SHERLOCK, SEASON 3: THE EMPTY HEARSE — {DVI} R 12:30AM CHARLIE ROSE: THE WEEK 1AM CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon
7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 MISS FISHER’S MURDER MYSTERIES: QUEEN OF THE FLOWERS — The Honorable Miss Phryne Fisher (Essie Davis) has been chosen to refine a group of delinquent flower maidens for the annual flower parade. When the body of one of her charges washes up on the beach, she begins to question the worth of table manners and dancing lessons. In the midst of her investigation, Jane’s mother unexpectedly resurfaces and Phryne fears losing her ward. Repeats Fri 1/24, 1pm 9:00 MIDSOMER MURDERS: MARKET FOR MURDER — When the head of a local book club is robbed and battered to death with her walking stick, suspicion soon falls on the members of her reading club. The investigation becomes increasingly urgent as more members of the club meet a lethal fate, and DCI Barnaby (John Nettles) must sort out a tangle of motives. Repeats Fri 1/24, 3pm; Sun 1/26, 7:30pm
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British history, the two most important positions in the country were now occupied by women. 10:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: EUGENE, OR — Repeats Tue 1/28, 3pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon
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Saturday, January 25 at 9:33 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD Before there was the series Doc Martin, there were feature films Doc Martin: The Movie and Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie. Catch them both on January 25, and stay tuned on Saturday nights in February as WETA presents Season 6 of the Doc Martin series.
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26 Sunday ON WETA TV 26, 6AM–11AM. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD. 6AM–11:00AM See the Sunday, January 12 listings. SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 11AM–12M: 11:00 SALINGER: AMERICAN MASTERS — R 1:30 MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: SHERLOCK, SEASON 3: THE EMPTY HEARSE — {DVI} R 3:30 MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: DOWNTON ABBEY, SEASON 4 — Part 3 of 8. {DVI} R 4:30 HOUSE OF CARDS — Part 3 of 4. R 5:30 MOYERS & COMPANY 6:00 PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND 6:30 PIE IN THE SKY — Episode 3. The Policeman’s Daughter. Fisher’s daughter joins a squat on Henderson’s field, and Henry is recruited to bring her back. 7:30 MIDSOMER MURDERS: MARKET FOR MURDER — See the Thursday, January 23, 9 p.m. listing. 9:00 MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: DOWNTON ABBEY, SEASON 4 — The new season continues. Part 4 of 8. Can Bates learn what’s troubling Anna? Meanwhile, Thomas installs a new ally and Alfred takes up cooking. {DVI} Repeats Mon 1/27, 5pm; Fri 1/31, 8:30pm 9:58 MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: SHERLOCK, SEASON 3: THE SIGN OF THREE — Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman return as Sherlock Holmes and Watson in new episodes. {DVI} Repeats Mon 1/27, 3pm; Tue 1/28, 4pm; Fri 1/31, 10:30pm
7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 THE AMISH: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE — A film answers many questions Americans have about this insistently insular religious community, whose intense faith and adherence to 500-year-old traditions have by turns captivated and repelled, awed and irritated, inspired and confused for more than a century. The film paints an intimate portrait of contemporary Amish faith and life and looks at what the future holds for a community whose existence is so rooted in the past. {DVI} Repeats Wed 1/29, 2pm 10:00 FRONTLINE: LEAGUE OF DENIAL: THE NFL’S CONCUSSION CRISIS — The National Football League is the richest and most powerful sports league in the world, generating more than $10 billion in revenues last year. Professional football is indisputably America’s pastime. Yet the sport is destroying the health of, and even killing, many of its players. For years the NFL denied scientific evidence that violence on the field causes catastrophic brain damage. Frontline joins ESPN journalists Steve Fainaru and Mark Fainaru-Wada on an investigation of the league. 12M CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon
29 Wednesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 HOUSE OF CARDS — Part 4 of 4. Urquhart’s ruthless scheming has worked. As the leadership election looms, all his leading rivals have been discredited. But even though the obstacles in his way have been erased, there is still no guarantee of his winning. Meanwhile, the truth is dawning on Mattie, though she can hardly bring herself to believe that “Daddy” is not what he seems. Repeats Thur 1/30, 5pm; Fri 1/31, 9:30pm 9:00 NATURE: THE FUNKIEST MONKEYS — Twenty-five years ago, filmmaker Colin Stafford-Johnson travelled to Sulawesi in Indonesia and fell in love with crested black macaques. These feisty monkeys are beach bums with punk hairstyles, expressive faces, copper-colored eyes and some very unusual habits, making them some of the most charismatic of all monkeys. They exist only on this one island. Learning that their numbers
7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: DETROIT, MI — Repeats Tue 1/28, 2pm; Wed 1/29, 1pm 9:00 THE QUEEN’S DIAMOND DECADES: THE 1970s — The 1970s were a mix of gloom and glitter. The queen and Prince Philip celebrated 25 years of marriage, and their daughter, Princess Anne, wed. But the troubles in Ireland spread to mainland Britain; strikes, a fuel crisis, and food shortages led to mounting discontent across the country and the long, hot summer of 1976 brought civil unrest. In 1977, the queen’s Silver Jubilee revived the nation; while Royal tragedy followed with the assassination of Prince Philip’s uncle, Earl Mountbatten. After Margaret Thatcher became the first female prime minister in
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Tuesday, January 28 at 8 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD The Amish: American Experience illuminates the traditions of the religious community.
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