July 2011 - WETA Magazine by WETA

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A Capitol Fourth

Celebrates Independence Day on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD

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Cable Risdon

uly heralds the annual Independence Day celebration of the nation’s birthday, when Americans come together to enjoy the spirit of patriotism and fellowship, fun in the sun, and the delights of picnics and cook-outs, live music and fireworks. As per a long-running tradition, WETA will once again help share with the nation the festivities on the National Mall via the live concert broadcast A Capitol Fourth, a WETA co-production with Jerry Colbert of Capital Concerts that airs this month on WETA TV 26 and WETA HD. Of course, the concert on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol and spectacular fireworks display that follows are a cherished summer ritual for many in the Washington area. But the broadcast of A Capitol Fourth is also one of the most popular PBS television events each year for millions of viewers nationwide — and we at WETA are proud to participate in this Fourth of July tradition. On Classical WETA 90.9 FM this month, and on our classical-vocal radio channel VivaLaVoce, we spotlight another celebration — this one of classical music and opera at Virginia’s Castleton Festival, founded by eminent conductor Lorin Maazel and his wife Dietlinde Turban Maazel. We are delighted to present magnificent performances — recorded by WETA staff — from this annual regional music event that showcases world-class music and rising talent and celebrates the power and majesty of classical music. Enjoy A Capitol Fourth and music from the Castleton Festival, and thank you for your support.

Sharon Percy Rockefeller, President & CEO, WETA

Double Features of Nature

airs Saturdays at 8 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD

COURTESY AMERICAN PUBLIC TELEVISION

artin Clunes stars as the brash doctor Martin Ellingham, whose blunt opinions and tactless manner cause mayhem in a small, quirky Cornish community on the British comic-drama series Doc Martin. Ellingham — once a celebrated London surgeon — flees his job after developing a phobia to blood. After retraining as a general practitioner, he takes a job in the beautiful village of Portwenn, replacing the deceased local doctor. His abrasive personality, however, doesn’t mesh with the sleepy pace in his new surroundings, making for high drama. Tune in as the series starts all over again on July 30.

Sundays at 7 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD

hroughout July, WETA Television presents Sunday evening double features of the award-winning series that pioneered the television genre of wildlife filmmaking. On July 3, Nature spotlights bears and gorillas; on July 10, programs feature eagles, and cats and dogs; on July 17, the series follows skunks and explores the story of Yellowstone wolves; on July 24, programs spotlight endangered animals and two orphaned cheetahs; and on July 31, Nature explores flora and fauna of the Balkans and visits Southern Africa to learn about an extraordinary snake, the Black Mamba. COURTESY SIMON DE GLANVILLE; ©TIGRESS PRODUCTIONS

Doc Martin

Corporate support for Nature is provided by Canon U.S.A., Inc. Additional support is provided by the Lillian Goldman Charitable Trust, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television stations.

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WETA HD 26.1 Over the Air Cox 1026 FiOS 526 DirecTV 26, 26-1 RCN 613

Via Antenna Comcast 220 (in the D.C. area)

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(Baltimore area) Cover: A capitol fourth; courtesy ian livingston

In the Spotlight A Capitol Fourth airs Monday, July 4 at 8 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, repeating the same night

COURTESY CAPITAL CONCERTS

he annual broadcast of A Capitol Fourth once again celebrates the nation’s birthday with a traditional special concert that features some of the country’s best known and award-winning musicians in performance with the National Symphony Orchestra. WETA helps bring this enormously popular program — a co-production of Jerry Colbert of Capital Concerts, and WETA — to a nationwide audience live from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol. The show also is broadcast around the world for American troops via the American Forces Network. Jimmy Smits hosts an all-star lineup of performers, which includes Steve Martin, performing with the Steep Canyon Rangers; recording superstar Josh Groban; Glee’s Matthew Morrison; American Idol winner Jordin Sparks; rock ’n’ roll legend Little Richard with the cast of the Broadway smash Million Dollar Quartet; Broadway star Kelli O’Hara; and the National Symphony Orchestra under the baton of pops conductor Jack Everly. Also participating in the event will be the Choral Arts Society of Washington, along with the U.S. Army Herald Trumpets, the U.S. Army Ceremonial Band, the U.S. Air Force Band Ceremonial Brass, members of the Armed Forces carrying the state and territorial flags and the Armed Forces Color Guard provided by the Military District of Washington, D.C. This year’s broadcast also features the traditional spectacular fireworks display over the National Mall, captured from many vantage points with 20 television cameras stationed around the city and across the Potomac in Virginia. And the show, as always, will be capped with a rousing rendition of an audience favorite — Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture, complete with live cannon fire. Stay tuned following the broadcast for WETA’s D.C. Fireworks Extravaganza. Earlier on July 4, tune in to broadcasts of A Capitol Fourth from 2009 (at 8 a.m and 3 p.m. on WETA TV 26 and WETA HD), featuring Aretha Franklin, Barry Manilow and Michael Feinstein — and 2010 (at 9:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on WETA TV 26 and WETA HD), featuring Reba McEntire and Darius Rucker.

A Capitol Fourth 2011 is made possible by grants from The Boeing Company, the National Park Service, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Department of the Army, the National Endowment for the Arts, PBS, and public television stations nationwide. Air travel is provided by American Airlines.

WETA HD Channel Numbers Changing on Cox

lease note that Cox Communications is moving their HD cable channel number group from the 700s to the 1000s. WETA HD in the Fairfax service area is moving from channel number 726 to 1026. WETA HD in the Fredericksburg service area is moving from channel number 726 to 1003. As of July 12, HD channels between 700 and 899 on Cox will be removed. WETA HD viewers in those areas, please note the change so that you can continue to find WETA broadcasts!

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PBS NewsHour airs weeknights at 7 p.m. For full schedules and program information, visit weta.org

Classical WETA

WETA 90.9 FM Washington WGMS 89.1 FM Hagerstown WETA 88.9 FM Frederick classicalweta.org Charlie Rose airs latevivalavoce.org weeknights (check listings)

Drama & Mystery on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD

ETA Television presents an exciting lineup of drama programming each week in July. Sunday nights feature new episodes of Masterpiece Mystery! at 9 p.m., followed at 10:30 p.m. on WETA TV 26 and WETA HD by a new regular presentation, The WETA Mystery, which features mystery dramas. Wednesdays in July feature a reprised 8 p.m. airing of the blockbuster Masterpiece miniseries Downton Abbey, and Thursdays feature an entire evening of mysteries, starting with Sherlock Holmes at 8 p.m., followed this month at 9 p.m. by a set of classic Poirot episodes that haven’t aired in many years!

Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey

Downton Abbey

airs Wednesdays in July at 8 p.m.

ETA reprises the four-part Edwardian spellbinder, created by Oscar-winning writer Julian Fellowes (Gosford Park), starring Hugh Bonneville (Notting Hill), Maggie Smith (Harry Potter), Elizabeth McGovern (A Room with a View), Dan Stevens (Sense & Sensibility) and a host of other superb actors. The miniseries follows the intertwined lives of servants and aristocrats, spotlighting Britain on the verge of dramatic change in 1912. In the storyline, the death of the two direct male heirs to Downton Abbey sparks a family crisis: the current Lord Grantham has only daughters, albeit marriageable ones. His nearest male relative is a lawyer — a middle-class Manchester bachelor — who must learn to manage the sprawling country estate, with its army of devoted, bickering servants; its hunts; garden parties; and sexual intrigues.

Masterpiece Mystery!: Poirot XI: Hallowe’en Party

avid Suchet is back in a new Poirot episode, reprising his signature role as novelist Agatha Christie’s suave Belgian super sleuth who helps the police investigate crimes. In Hallowe’en Party, Ariadne Oliver (portrayed by Zoë Wanamaker of Harry Potter) returns to join forces with Poirot to investigate a drowning at a Halloween party. As they probe further, they uncover a series of mysterious deaths in the village and must explore possible connections between the cases. For more Poirot episodes, tune in for double features on Thursday nights at 9 p.m. throughout July.

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airs Sunday, July 3 at 9 p.m.

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Masterpiece Mystery!: Miss Marple VI: The Pale Horse ulia McKenzie (of the Cranford miniseries) returns to Masterpiece this month in her role as Miss Marple, Agatha Christie’s spinster detective with the gentle smile and probing mind, in the all-new episode The Pale Horse. In the storyline, Miss Marple’s old friend is found murdered, and when Marple receives a list of names sent by the victim before his death, she seeks justice. In July, after new installments of Masterpiece, watch for reprised Miss Marple mysteries on Sunday nights at 10:30 p.m. on The WETA Mystery.

Miss Marple

Masterpiece Mystery!: Zen

airs Sundays, July 17, 24 & 31 at 9 p.m.

n a new series from the makers of the Wallander mysteries, Rufus Sewell (Middlemarch, The Pillars of the Earth) portrays a brooding, brilliant, honest Rome cop, Detective Aurelio Zen, who brings justice to modern-day Italy. In the trio of episodes — Vendetta, Cabal and Ratking — shot on location in Rome and featuring cases based on the bestselling novels by Michael Dibdin, Zen must outwit corrupt prosecutors and politicians, in addition to mobsters, kidnappers and killers. He also pursues an office romance with Tania Moretti, played by Italian actress Caterina Murino (Casino Royale); they are joined by an international cast that includes familiar faces from Masterpiece productions past. 2 JULY 2011

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airs Sunday, July 10 at 9 p.m.

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WETA TV 26 & WETA HD

July primetime simulcast listings.

Weeknight primetime simulcast programming repeats the following weekday on WETA TV 26 starting at noon. 8:00

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Washington Week with Gwen Inside Washington Ifill and National Journal

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Doc Martin III (Pt 9 of 9. Happily Ever After) & Doc Martin IV (Pt 1 of 8. Better the Devil )

Sun

Nature: The Gorilla King

Mon

A Capitol Fourth 2011

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Antiques Roadshow: Washington D.C. (Ep 2 of 3)

Wed

Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey (Pt 1 of 4)

Thu

Sherlock Holmes: The Hound of the Baskervilles (Pt 2 of 2)

Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The ABC Murders (to 10:43pm) & Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Adventure of the Clapham Cook (to 11:35pm)

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Washington Week with Gwen Inside Washington Ifill and National Journal

This Emotional Life: Facing Our Fears (Pt 2 of 3) (to 11pm) & Need to Know (to 12m)

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Doc Martin IV (Pts 2 & 3 of 8. Uneasy Lies the Head/ Perish Together As Fools)

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Nature: Why We Love Cats and Dogs

Masterpiece Mystery!: Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple, Series VI: The Pale Horse (to 10:30pm) & The WETA Mystery: Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple, Series IV: Murder Is Easy (to 12m)

Mon

Antiques Roadshow: Chattanooga, TN (Ep 1 of 3)

Antiques Roadshow: San Antonio, TX

Tue

Britain’s Royal Weddings

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Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey (Pt 2 of 4)

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Sherlock Holmes: The Master Blackmailer Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Death in the Clouds (to 10:43pm) & (Pt 1 of 2) Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Murder in the Mews (to 11:35pm)

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Washington Week with Gwen Inside Washington Ifill and National Journal

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Doc Martin, Series IV (Pts 4 & 5 of 8. Driving Mr. McLynn/ The Departed)

Sun

Nature: In the Valley of the Wolves

Masterpiece Mystery!: Zen: Vendetta (to 10:30pm) & The WETA Mystery: Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple, Series IV: They Do It With Mirrors (to 12m)

Mon

Antiques Roadshow: Chattanooga, TN (Ep 2 of 3)

Antiques Roadshow: San Antonio, TX

Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided (Pt 4 of 6. The Dearest of All Things)

Tue

Secrets of the Dead: Airmen and the Headhunters

History Detectives

Frontline: TBA

Wed

Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey (Pt 3 of 4)

Thu

Sherlock Holmes: The Master Blackmailer Agatha Christie’s Poirot: One, Two, Buckle My Shoe (to 10:43pm) & (Pt 2 of 2) Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Adventure of Johnny Waverly (to 11:35pm)

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Washington Week with Gwen Inside Washington Ifill and National Journal

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Doc Martin IV (Pts 6 & 7 of 8. Midwife Crisis/Do Not Disturb)

Sun

Nature: The Cheetah Orphans

Masterpiece Mystery!: Zen: Cabal (to 10:30pm) & The WETA Mystery: Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple, Series IV: Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? (to 12m)

Mon

Antiques Roadshow: Chattanooga, TN (Ep 3 of 3)

Antiques Roadshow: Spokane, WA

Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided (Pt 5 of 6. The Frightful War)

Tue

Secrets of the Dead: The Silver Pharaoh

History Detectives

Frontline: TBA

Wed

Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey (Pt 4 of 4)

Thu

Sherlock Holmes: The Last Vampyre (Pt 1 of 2)

Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Four and Twenty Blackbirds (to 9:52pm) & Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Third Floor Flat (to 10:44pm)

(10:44pm:) Poirot (to 11:36pm)

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Washington Week with Gwen Inside Washington Ifill and National Journal

BBC Antiques Roadshow (three episodes)

Need to Know (to 11:30pm)

Sat

Doc Martin IV (Pt 8 of 8. The Wrong Goodbye) (to 8:47pm) & Doc Martin I (Pt 1 of 6. Going Bodmin) (to 9:33pm)

Sun

Nature: Black Mamba

(from 9:33pm:) The WETA Movie: Gorky Park (to 11:41pm)

Masterpiece Mystery!: Poirot XI: Hallowe’en Party (to 10:30pm) & The WETA Mystery: Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple, Series IV: A Pocketful of Rye (to 12m) WETA’s D.C. FireA Capitol Fourth 2011 (to 11:30pm) works Extravaganza Antiques Roadshow: Washington, D.C. (Ep 3 of 3)

History Detectives (to 11pm) & Frontline (to 12m)

NOVA: Ape Genius

Nature: The Gorilla King (to 11:30pm)

(from 9:33pm) The WETA Movie: All About Eve (to 12m)

Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided (Pt 3 of 6. Shattered) History Detectives (to 11pm) & Frontline (to 12m)

NOVA: Dogs Decoded

Nature: Clash: Encounters of Wolves & Bears (to 11:30pm)

This Emotional Life: Rethinking Happiness (Pt 3 of 3) (to 11pm) & Need to Know (to 12m)

WETA Television

(from 9:33pm) The WETA Movie: Run Silent, Run Deep (to 11:06pm)

NOVA: The Great Inca Rebellion

Nature: Wild Balkans (to 11:30pm)

Britain’s Royal Weddings (to 11pm) & Need to Know (to 12m) (from 9:33pm) The WETA Movie: Mississippi Burning (to 11:41pm)

NOVA: Arctic Dinosaurs

Nature: Invasion of the Giant Pythons (to 11:30pm)

(from 9:33pm) Razor’s Edge (to 12m)

Masterpiece Mystery!: Zen: Ratking (to 10:30pm) & The WETA Mystery: Inspector Lewis II: And the Moonbeams Kiss the Sea (to 12m)

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PBS NewsHour airs weeknights at 7 p.m.

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Charlie Rose airs late weeknights (check listings)

For full schedules and program information, visit weta.org

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This Emotional Life: Family, Friends & Lovers (Pt 1 of 3) (to 11pm) & Need to Know (to 12m)

W TA TV 26 & W TA HD July simulcast primetime listings, plus weekends for WETA TV 26

• Programming on WETA TV 26 and WETA HD is exactly the same — simulcast — Monday through Friday nights from 7 p.m. through Charlie Rose, and each weekend evening, beginning at 6 p.m. Saturdays and 7 p.m. Sundays.

• Please note that Saturday and Sunday daytime listings that follow are for WETA TV 26 only unless otherwise indicated. For complete 24-hour schedules of programs on WETA TV 26 and WETA HD, visit weta.org/tv.

• Weeknight primetime on WETA TV 26 repeats the next weekday on WETA TV 26 — see repeat listings. • WETA TV 26 is devoted to children’s programming 5 a.m.–noon weekdays and 6 a.m.–9 a.m. weekends. For 24 hours of children’s programming each day, tune in to the WETA Kids channel. See page 11 for schedule information.

COURTESY THIS EMOTIONAL LIFE

12:30 MADE IN SPAIN 1:00 AVEC ERIC 1:30 EVERYDAY FOOD 2:00 SARA’S WEEKNIGHT MEALS 2:30 BAKING WITH JULIA 3:00 LIDIA’S ITALY 3:30 JULIA AND JACQUES: COOKING AT HOME 4:00 JACQUES PÉPIN: MORE FAST FOOD MY WAY! 4:30 COOK’S COUNTRY FROM AMERICA’S TEST KITCHEN 5:00 AMERICA’S TEST KITCHEN FROM COOK’S ILLUSTRATED 5:30 RICK STEVES’ EUROPE SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–11:41PM: 6:00 INSIDE WASHINGTON — R 6:30 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL AND NATIONAL JOURNAL — R 7:00 AS TIME GOES BY/KEEPING UP APPEARANCES 8:00 DOC MARTIN, SERIES III — Part 9 of 9. Happily Ever After. 8:47 DOC MARTIN, SERIES IV — Part 1 of 8. Better Than the Devil. 9:33 THE WETA MOVIE: GORKY PARK — The 1983 suspense film, directed by Michael Apted, stars William Hurt as a Moscow detective whose investigation of a bizarre triple murder leads him to run-ins with the KGB and an American tycoon. Co-starring are Lee Marvin, Joanna Pacula, Brian Dennehy and Ian Bannen. (2:08)

Fridays, July 1, 8 & 15 at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD The miniseries This Emotional Life, hosted by Harvard psychologist Daniel Gilbert, explores how we can improve our relationships, learn to cope with depression and anxiety and become more positive individuals. Above: Bob Shumaker, Vietnam veteran and former P.O.W., relates his story of resilience.

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2 Saturday N WETA TV 26, 6AM–6PM. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD listings. O 6AM–9AM WETA KIDS PROGRAMMING 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 SIMPLY MING 11:30 PATI’S MEXICAN TABLE 12N GOURMET’S DIARY OF A FOODIE

3 Sunday N WETA TV 26, 6AM–7PM. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD listings. O 6AM–9AM WETA KIDS PROGRAMMING 9:00 WHITE HOUSE CHRONICLES 9:30 TO THE CONTRARY WITH BONNIE ERBE 10:00 THIS IS AMERICA WITH DENNIS WHOLEY 10:30 RELIGION AND ETHICS NEWSWEEKLY

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7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL AND NATIONAL JOURNAL — Moderator and managing editor Gwen Ifill leads a discussion by a panel of journalists on the news events of the week. Repeats Sat 7/2, 6:30pm 8:30 INSIDE WASHINGTON — Host Gordon Peterson moderates a roundtable discussion of the news of the week. Repeats Sat 7/2, 6pm 9:00 THIS EMOTIONAL LIFE — A series explores ways to improve social relationships, learn to cope with depression and anxiety and become more positive, resilient individuals. Harvard professor Daniel Gilbert, author of Stumbling on Happiness, hosts the production from the makers of NOVA. Part 1 of 3. Family, Friends & Lovers. The first episode looks at the importance of relationships and why they are central to emotional well-being. What are the cognitive and neurological processes underpinning everyday interactions, and can they help us understand why some relationships flourish and others fail? {DVI} Repeats Wed 7/6, 4pm; Thur 7/7, 1pm 11:00 NEED TO KNOW 12M CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

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WETA Television

Program Key n — WETA productions, co-productions or presentations. {DVI} — Descriptive Video Service. R — Aired within the month. Listings are accurate as of press time. For late-breaking program updates, call 703-998-2724 or visit weta.org/tv.

Sundays, July 3 & 10 at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD Masterpiece premieres new episodes of Poirot (David Suchet) and Miss Marple (Julia McKenzie). Stay tuned in for The WETA Mystery, which will feature mystery dramas each Sunday night at 10:30 p.m., starting this month with episodes of Miss Marple and Inspector Lewis. Also catch new airings of classic Poirot episodes each Thursday in July.

4 july 2011 For full schedules and program information, visit weta.org

4 Monday 8AM A CAPITOL FOURTH 2009 9:30 A CAPITOL FOURTH 2010 11AM MEMORIALS—THE WETA GUIDE; GREAT VIEWS—THE WETA GUIDE; UNION STATION—WETA ALL ACCESS; WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL—WETA ALL ACCESS 1PM WASHINGTON IN THE ’60S/WASHINGTON IN THE ’70S 3:00 A CAPITOL FOURTH 2009 4:30 A CAPITOL FOURTH 2010 6PM BBC WORLD NEWS AMERICA 6:30 NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 A CAPITOL FOURTH 2011 — See page 1. Public television celebrates America’s birthday with the annual concert broadcast live from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol, featuring a host of award-winning musicians performing with the National Symphony Orchestra. The broadcast is capped by the traditional fireworks display and a rendition of Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture. Repeats tonight 9:30 WETA’S D.C. FIREWORKS EXTRAVAGANZA 10:00 A CAPITOL FOURTH 2011— R 11:30 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

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Wednesdays in July at 8 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD WETA Television reprises the popular Masterpiece Classic series Downton Abbey, which follows a family of nobles and their household staff at a country estate in Edwardian England as they contend with a new heir and changing times. Above: Elizabeth McGovern stars.

5 Tuesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: WASHINGTON, D.C. — Episode 2 of 3. At the offices of the U.S. General Services Administration, host Mark L. Walberg interviews Inspector General Brian Miller about the New Deal’s WPA program and the tens of thousands of artworks produced under its auspices. Highlights of treasures brought into the Roadshow event at the D.C. Convention Center last August include an 1813 Congressional sword; an early 20th-century Tiffany & Co. Sinclair mantel clock; and an early 20th-century Charles Schreyvogel sculpture. Repeats Wed 7/6, 2pm 9:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: WASHINGTON, D.C. — Episode 3 of 3. At the Smithsonian Art Museum’s Lunder Conservation lab, host Mark L. Walberg and appraiser Nancy Druckman examine miniature portraits. More highlights of treasures from the August 2010 Washington Roadshow event include a circa 1840 temperance banner, and a circa 1925 oil painting by Jessie Willcox Smith, the Philadelphia artist famous for her depictions of children. Repeats Wed 7/6, 1pm, 3pm 10:00 HISTORY DETECTIVES — The team of history sleuths explores the stories behind local folklore, prominent figures, family legends, and objects found in attics or backyards around the country. In this episode, Wes Cowan investigates whether a particular spear or pike was used in abolitionist John Brown’s raid on the federal armory in Harpers Ferry. The word “Siberia” etched into a bullet makes Eduardo Pagán wonder why U.S. troops were in Siberia during World War I. And Elyse Luray sizes up a Ronald McDonald costume. Was it part of the first national Ronald McDonald ad campaign? 11:00 FRONTLINE — TBA. 12M CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

6 Wednesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: DOWNTON ABBEY — Created by Oscar-winning writer Julian Fellowes (Gosford Park), Downton Abbey depicts the lives of an aristocratic family and the staff who serve them at their country house in 1912 England. The drama features an all-star cast that includes Hugh Bonneville, Dame Maggie Smith and Elizabeth McGovern. Part 1 of 4. When the Titanic goes down, Lord Grantham loses his immediate heirs and his daughter Mary loses her fiancé, throwing Downton Abbey and its servants into turmoil. The new heir turns out to be Matthew, a lowly lawyer with novel ideas about country life. R epeats Thur 7/7, 4:30pm 9:30 NOVA: APE GENIUS — The great apes — which include chimps, orangutans, gorillas and bonobos — seem to have rich emotional lives similar to our own. How smart are these animals? And what separates us from these distant relatives? {DVI} Repeats Thur 7/7, 3pm 10:30 NATURE: THE GORILLA KING — {DVI} R 11:30 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

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11:00 ROGER EBERT PRESENTS AT THE MOVIES 11:30 THE WETA MOVIE: WINGED MIGRATION — An acclaimed documentary film directed by Jacques Perrin follows migrating birds through 40 countries and each of the seven continents. (1:30) 1:00 PIONEERS OF TELEVISION: SITCOMS — A four-part series features interviews and rare, archival clips, spotlighting television’s first stars. This episode focuses on five key “situation comedies”: I Love Lucy, The Honeymooners, Make Room for Daddy, The Andy Griffith Show and The Dick Van Dyke Show. 2:00 PIONEERS OF TELEVISION: LATE NIGHT — The stories of Steve Allen, Jack Paar, and Johnny Carson headline this episode about the formative years of late-night television. Also included are Merv Griffin, Regis Philbin, Dick Cavett and Arsenio Hall. 3:00 THE HOUSE OF WINDSOR — A series presents the story of England’s royal family. Long to Reign Over Us. Queen Elizabeth II is crowned in 1952. Her glamorous sister, Princess Margaret, is forced to choose between love and privilege. The Queen’s son and heir, Prince Charles, marries Lady Diana Spencer in 1981, and Diana proves popular with the public. But the royals are beset by crises, including divorces and Diana’s death. R 4:00 MASSIVE NATURE — Part 3 of 3. The Gauntlet. Every year, 40 million bats stream out of a cave in Florida and are awaited by a host of predators. Elsewhere, in Alaska, millions of salmon fight their way up rivers where grizzly bears and bald eagles congregate to intercept them. R 5:00 GLOBE TREKKER — Venice City Guide. 6:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: POLITICALLY COLLECT — R SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 7PM–12AM: 7:00 NATURE: ARCTIC BEARS — Polar bears, the descendants of grizzlies, long ago evolved to live and hunt on the frozen ice of the Arctic, but now are living on borrowed time as their habitat changes and food sources dwindle. Grizzlies, on the other hand, are masters at living off the land, and their range is expanding. {DVI} 8:00 NATURE: THE GORILLA KING — At the time of filming, Titus, king of the mountain gorillas of Rwanda, was one of only 700 of his kind alive today. Conservationist Ian Redmond documents the gorilla’s extraordinary life. {DVI} Repeats Tue 7/5, 1pm; Wed 7/6, 10:30pm 9:00 MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: POIROT XI: HALLOWE’EN PARTY — David Suchet returns as suave Belgian super sleuth Hercule Poirot in a new mystery based on the novels by Agatha Christie. In Hallowe’en Party, Ariadne Oliver (Zoë Wanamaker) returns to join forces with Poirot to investigate a drowning at a party, and they uncover a series of mysterious deaths in the village. Are they connected? 10:30 THE WETA MYSTERY: AGATHA CHRISTIE’S MISS MARPLE, SERIES IV: A POCKETFUL OF RYE — Acclaimed British actress Julia McKenzie portrays spinster sleuth Miss Marple; Matthew Macfadyen co-stars. When Miss Marple learns of the deaths of businessman Rex Fortescue, his young wife, Adele, and their housemaid, Gladys, the circumstances vividly recall the nursery rhyme “Sing a Song of Sixpence.” {DVI}

7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 SHERLOCK HOLMES:THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES — Part 2 of 2. Watson (Edward Hardwick) discovers that Holmes (Jeremy Brett) has been involved in the Baskerville case all along, while seemingly back in Baker Street. Meanwhile, the treacherous moor claims more victims. Repeats Fri 7/8, 1pm 9:00 AGATHA CHRISTIE’S POIROT: THE ABC MURDERS — David Suchet stars in his signature role as the great Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot. In this case, “A” is for Andover, the town where Mrs. Ascher is found battered to death. “B” is for Bexhill, where Betty Barnard is strangled. “C” is for Churston, the tiny Devonshire village where Sir Carmichael Clarke is murdered. Beside each body lies a copy of the ABC Railway Guide — open at the relevant page. The police are baffled, and Poirot investigates. Repeats Fri 7/8, 2pm 10:43 AGATHA CHRISTIE’S POIROT: THE ADVENTURE OF THE CLAPHAM COOK — Poirot (David Suchet) is unenthusiastic when Mrs. Todd asks him to find her cook. He is positively insulted when she proceeds to dismiss him — but he sees the case through, realizing that there is a great deal more to the cook’s disappearance than meets the eye. Repeats Fri 7/8, 4pm 11:35 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

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8 Friday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL AND NATIONAL JOURNAL — Moderator and managing editor Gwen Ifill leads a discussion by a panel of journalists on the news events of the week. Repeats Sat 7/9, 6:30pm 8:30 INSIDE WASHINGTON — Host Gordon Peterson moderates a roundtable discussion of the news of the week. Repeats Sat 7/9, 6pm 9:00 THIS EMOTIONAL LIFE — A series explores ways to improve social relationships, learn to cope with depression and anxiety and become more positive, resilient individuals. Part 2 of 3. Facing Our Fears. The second episode looks at emotions that are commonly regarded as obstacles to happiness — anger, fear, anxiety and despair. Why do we have these emotions and how can we best manage them? {DVI} Repeats Wed 7/13, 4pm; Thur 7/14, 1pm 11:00 NEED TO KNOW 12M CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

9 Saturday N WETA TV 26, 6AM–6PM. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD listings. O 6AM–6PM See the Saturday, July 2 listings. SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–12AM: 6:00 INSIDE WASHINGTON — R 6:30 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL AND NATIONAL JOURNAL — R 7:00 AS TIME GOES BY/KEEPING UP APPEARANCES 8:00 DOC MARTIN, SERIES IV — Part 2 of 8. Uneasy Lies the Head & Part 3 of 8. Perish Together as Fools. Repeats Mon 7/11, 4pm & 5pm 9:33 THE WETA MOVIE: ALL ABOUT EVE — Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s Best Picture-winning 1950 drama, for which he also won Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Screenplay, stars Bette Davis as a Broadway star who takes a young and seemingly naive aspiring actress, portrayed by Anne Baxter, under her wing. George Sanders co-stars. (2:18) Repeats Sun 7/10, 11:30am

— who created Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy; Monty Hall; and Betty White. 4:00 BREAKFAST IN WASHINGTON — Where should you go for the most important meal of the day? A WETA TV 26 production features two dozen delicious dining suggestions throughout Greater Washington, showcasing all-you-can-eat buffets, upscale power breakfasts, favorite greasy spoons, and even quick and tasty bites on-the-go. Repeats Tue 7/12, 5pm 5:00 GLOBE TREKKER — South Atlantic. Repeats Mon 7/11, 1:30pm 6:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: WICHITA, KS — Episode 1 of 3. R SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 7PM–12AM: 7:00 NATURE: AMERICAN EAGLE — Unique to North America, the bald eagle is the continent’s most recognizable aerial predator. In the 1960s, this symbol of the United States became an emblem of environmental degradation, as the pesticide DDT and other human pressures brought it to the brink of extinction. Following their protection as an endangered species, bald eagles have come roaring back. {DVI} 8:00 NATURE: WHY WE LOVE CATS AND DOGS — An investigation into the great divide between dog lovers and cat lovers features animal behaviorists, psychologists, trainers and devoted owners weighing in. Dogs, we learn, are geniuses at reading what we want; and the complex cat-human bond can be as fickle or as deep as a marriage. {DVI} Repeats Tue 7/12, 1pm 9:00 MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: AGATHA CHRISTIE’S MISS MARPLE, SERIES VI: THE PALE HORSE — Acclaimed British actress Julia McKenzie (of Masterpiece’s Cranford adaptation) stars as the beloved spinster sleuth Miss Marple in a new episode of Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple series. In The Pale Horse, Miss Marple’s old friend is found murdered, and when she receives a list of names sent by the victim before his death, Miss Marple seeks justice. Repeats Mon 7/11, 2:30pm 10:30 THE WETA MYSTERY: AGATHA CHRISTIE’S MISS MARPLE, SERIES IV: MURDER IS EASY — Julia McKenzie portrays spinster sleuth Miss Marple. Murder Is Easy. A woman on a train tells Miss Marple about a series of murders in her village. When the woman later falls to her death, Miss Marple vows to get to the bottom of the string of “accidents,” unearthing secrets about the village and its inhabitants. {DVI}

11 Monday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: CHATTANOOGA, TN — Episode 1 of 3. Repeats Tue 7/12, 2pm; Wed 7/13, 1pm; 9:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: SAN ANTONIO, TX — R epeats Tue 7/12, 3pm; Sun 7/17, 6pm 10:00 ABRAHAM AND MARY LINCOLN: A HOUSE DIVIDED: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE — A dual biography follows the Lincolns from their childhoods to their years in the White House. David McCullough narrates. Part 3 of 6. Shattered. When the Lincolns arrive in Washington in 1861, the country is breaking apart. The country’s president-elect is unknown, untested and mistrusted. As Abraham leads the Union through the most terrible conflict in their history, disaster strikes his own home: his son, Willie Lincoln, dies. Repeats Tue 7/12, 4pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

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10 Sunday N WETA TV 26, 6AM–7PM. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD listings. O 9AM–11:30AM See the Sunday, July 3 listings. 11:30 THE WETA MOVIE: ALL ABOUT EVE — (2:18) R 2:00 PIONEERS OF TELEVISION: VARIETY SHOWS — A film explores classic variety shows: Ed Sullivan’s Toast of the Town, Milton Berle’s Texaco Star Theater, The Carol Burnett Show, The Smothers Brothers and Laugh-in. 3:00 PIONEERS OF TELEVISION: GAME SHOWS — This episode traces one of broadcasting’s strongest genres — from its beginnings in radio through its heyday in the late 60s. Interviewees include Bob Barker; Merv Griffin

Saturday, July 9 at 9:33 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD The WETA Movie presents the 1950 Best Picture-winning drama All About Eve, starring Anne Baxter (left) and Bette Davis (right).

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10:43 AGATHA CHRISTIE’S POIROT: MURDER IN THE MEWS — Chief Inspector Japp (Philip Jackson) turns to Poirot (David Suchet) for assistance with his investigation into the apparent suicide of a beautiful young woman. The gun was found in her left hand, but the deceased is generally believed to have been right-handed. Was she in fact murdered? Repeats Fri 7/15, 4pm 11:35 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

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Tuesday, July 12 at 8 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD The BBC film Britain’s Royal Weddings follows the royals’ grand nuptials beginning with the Queen Mum’s in 1923, following the pomp and pageantry of these celebrated events. Above: Charles and Diana.

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13 Wednesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: DOWNTON ABBEY — Part 2 of 4. Mary entertains three suitors, including a Turkish diplomat whose boldness leads to a surprising event. Downstairs, the shocking former life of Carson, the butler, is unmasked and Bates risks his health to remain valet. Hugh Bonneville, Dame Maggie Smith and Elizabeth McGovern star. Repeats Thur 7/14, 4:30pm 9:30 NOVA: DOGS DECODED — NOVA investigates new discoveries in genetics that are illuminating the origin of dogs — with revealing implications for the evolution of human culture as well. Dogs have been domesticated for longer than any other animal on the planet, and humans have developed a unique relationship with them. {DVI} Repeats Thur 7/14, 3pm 10:30 NATURE: CLASH: ENCOUNTERS OF BEARS AND WOLVES — What happens when two great predators come face to face in Yellowstone? The grizzly bear is a loner, ranging far and wide in search of resources. The wolf hunts to survive and finds its strength in speed and teamwork. When these predators meet, the opposition must be measured, strengths must be tested and risks must be carefully weighed. {DVI} 11:30 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

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7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 BRITAIN’S ROYAL WEDDINGS — Exploring the intimate story of Britain’s royal weddings from the 1923 nuptials of the Queen Mother through to those of Charles and Diana, a BBC film captures all the emotion, excitement and style of these grand occasions, told from the point of view of people who were there. Repeats Wed 7/13, 2pm; Fri 7/22, 9pm 10:00 HISTORY DETECTIVES — The team of history sleuths investigates a Civil War soldier’s letter, fabric from an aircraft that could be linked to Charles Lindbergh and Igor Sikorsky, and a 1950s comic book Negro Romance. 11:00 FRONTLINE — TBA. 12M CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL AND NATIONAL JOURNAL — Moderator and managing editor Gwen Ifill leads a discussion by a panel of journalists on the news events of the week. Repeats Sat 7/16, 6:30pm 8:30 INSIDE WASHINGTON — Host Gordon Peterson moderates a roundtable discussion of the news of the week. Repeats Sat 7/16, 6pm 9:00 THIS EMOTIONAL LIFE — A series explores ways to improve social relationships, learn to cope with depression and anxiety and become more positive, resilient individuals. Part 3 of 3. Rethinking Happiness. The final episode explores happiness. It is critical to well-being, yet it remains such an elusive goal for many. What is it, why is it important and how can we attain more of it? {DVI} Repeats Wed 7/20, 4pm; Thur 7/21, 1pm 11:00 NEED TO KNOW 12M CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

N WETA TV 26, 6AM–6PM. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD listings. O 6AM–6PM See the Saturday, July 2 listings. SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–11:06PM: 6:00 INSIDE WASHINGTON — R 6:30 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL AND NATIONAL JOURNAL — R 7:00 AS TIME GOES BY/KEEPING UP APPEARANCES 8:00 DOC MARTIN, SERIES IV — Part 4 of 8. Driving Mr. McLynn & Part 5 of 8. The Departed. R epeats Mon 7/18, 4pm/5pm 9:33 THE WETA MOVIE: RUN SILENT, RUN DEEP — The 1958 war drama stars Clark Gable as a World War II submarine commander hunting for the Japanese destroyer that sank his last sub. Burt Lancaster and Jack Warden co-star. (1:34)

17 Sunday ON WETA TV 26, 6AM–7PM. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD listings. 6 AM–9AM WETA KIDS PROGRAMMING 9AM–11:30AM See the Sunday, July 3 listings. 11:30 THE WETA MOVIE: RUN SILENT, RUN DEEP — (1:34) R 1:03 washington national cathedral — weta All accesS 1:30 PIONEERS OF TELEVISION II: SCIENCE FICTION — A four-part series spotlights the early years of innovative television formats. Kelsey Grammer narrates. In Science Fiction, spotlighted are storytellers Gene Roddenberry (Star Trek), Irwin Allen (Lost in Space) and Rod Serling (The Twilight Zone). Guests include William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols and other science-fiction stars. {DVI}

7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE MASTER BLACKMAILER — Part 1 of 2. Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett) is on a campaign to thwart one of London’s most evil men; Charles Augustus Milverton is the king of all blackmailers. Holmes has few clues to work with and needs one of the blackmailed to help trap Milverton (Robert Hardy). Repeats Fri 7/15, 1pm 9:00 AGATHA CHRISTIE’S POIROT: DEATH IN THE CLOUDS — A particularly ingenious murder is committed on the noon flight from Paris to London. Poirot (David Suchet) is on board — but unfortunately he’s asleep when the killing takes place. It becomes a matter of pride for him to track down the murderer. Repeats Fri 7/15, 2pm

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Monday, July 11, 18 & 25 at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD American Experience continues a six-part biographical portrait of the Lincolns — Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided.

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2:30 PIONEERS OF TELEVISION II: WESTERNS — In Westerns, spotlighted are Fess Parker’s portrayal of Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett (which fueled the Disney empire); James Garner in Maverick; Linda Evans and Barbara Stanwyck in The Big Valley; Robert Conrad in The Wild Wild West, the popularity of Bonanza; and the creation of the classic series Gunsmoke with James Arness. {DVI} 3:30 BBC ANTIQUES ROADSHOW 4:00 NEIGHBORHOOD EATS—THE WETA GUIDE — A WETA TV 26 production visits eateries around Greater Washington, visiting such places as Eastern Market, the Five Guys burger chain, Arlington’s Bob and Edith’s Diner and Mrs. K’s Tollhouse in Silver Spring. 5:00 GLOBE TREKKER — The Netherlands. Repeats Mon 7/18, 1:30pm 6:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: SAN ANTONIO, TX — Ep. 1 of 2. R SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 7PM–12AM: 7:00 NATURE: IS THAT SKUNK? — Intrepid researchers and cameramen track skunks day and night in locations such as California, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Ohio and even Martha’s Vineyard, uncovering how they hunt, forage, mate and raise amazingly cute babies. {DVI} 8:00 NATURE: IN THE VALLEY OF THE WOLVES — Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Bob Landis spent more than three years with the first wolves reintroduced into Yellowstone, creating a dramatic and intimate record of their lives in the park’s beautiful Lamar Valley. {DVI} Repeats Tue 7/19, 1pm 9:00 MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: ZEN: VENDETTA — Surrounded by corruption, honest cop Detective Aurelio Zen works for justice in modern-day Italy in a trio of cases based on the bestselling novels by Michael Dibdin. Rufus Sewell stars. In Vendetta, a killer is on a vendettafuelled rampage against those who wrongly imprisoned him. But Zen is too busy dealing with a politicallycharged murder to notice that he’s on the psychopath’s hit list. Ordered by his boss to apprehend the chief suspect in the murder case, guilty or not, and by a justice official to free the suspect, Zen is in a no-win situation — although he has won the heart of his officemate Tania Moretti. Can he solve the murder, keep his job, stay alive, and get to know Tania? Repeats Mon 7/18, 2:30pm 10:30 THE WETA MYSTERY!: AGATHA CHRISTIE’S MISS MARPLE, SERIES IV: THEY DO IT WITH MIRRORS — Acclaimed British actress Julia McKenzie portrays spinster sleuth Miss Marple. During rehearsal for an amateur show, the power goes out, commotion ensues and a murder takes place elsewhere in the house. As witness to the confusion, Miss Marple must decipher the elaborate conjuring trick played by the killer.

20 Wednesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: DOWNTON ABBEY — Part 3 of 4. Growing into his role as heir, Matthew brings out the bitter rivalry between sisters Mary and Edith. Servants Thomas and O’Brien scheme against Bates, while head housemaid Anna is increasingly attracted to him. Lady Violet’s winning streak in the flower show is threatened. Hugh Bonneville, Dame Maggie Smith and Elizabeth McGovern star. Repeats Thur 7/21, 4:30pm 9:30 NOVA: THE GREAT INCA REBELLION — The first collaboration of NOVA and National Geographic Television visits a suburb of Lima, Peru, where an excavation of mummies offers evidence of battles almost 500 years ago pitting club-wielding Inca warriors against Spanish cavalry. {DVI} Repeats Thur 7/21, 3pm 10:30 NATURE: WILD BALKANS — Thick forests, vast wetlands, deep chasms — this is a wild, inaccessible place, but is home to bears and wolves. Middle Europe’s landscape is still relatively untouched, and in it are wild animals that have all but vanished from the rest of the continent. {DVI} Repeats Sun 7/31, 7pm 11:30 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

21 Thursday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE MASTER BLACKMAILER — Part 2 of 2. In Holmes’ effort to bring Charles Augustus Milverton to justice, he impersonates a plumber to get inside of Milverton’s gated-fortress estate. And Holmes (Jeremy Brett) appears to have fallen in love! Robert Hardy plays Milverton. Repeats Fri 7/22, 1pm 9:00 AGATHA CHRISTIE’S POIROT: ONE, TWO, BUCKLE MY SHOE — The great sleuth Hercule Poirot (David Suchet) dislikes his dentist. But one of his patients liked Mr. Morley even less — and shot him a few moments after Poirot had left his surgery. Which patient did the deed? Repeats Fri 7/22, 2pm 10:43 AGATHA CHRISTIE’S POIROT: THE ADVENTURE OF JOHNNY WAVERLY — Poirot (David Suchet) is called in to investigate a series of kidnap threats against the three-year-old son of a wealthy aristocrat. However, once installed at Waverly Court, Poirot becomes suspicious about the child’s parents. Repeats Fri 7/22, 4pm 11:35 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

18 Monday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: CHATTANOOGA, TN — Episode 2 of 3. Repeats Tue 7/19, 2pm; Wed 7/20, 1pm 9:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: SAN ANTONIO, TX — R epeats Tue 7/19, 3pm; Sun 7/24, 6pm 10:00 ABRAHAM AND MARY LINCOLN: A HOUSE DIVIDED: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE — Part 4 of 6. The Dearest of All Things. Tormented by her grief and losing her grip on sanity, Mary Lincoln turns to spiritualists for comfort. Though bowed down with sorrow, her husband never loses sight of the tragedy consuming the nation. With the war going badly, Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863 issues the Emancipation Proclamation, liberating millions of Americans from bondage. Repeats Tue 7/19, 4pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

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Wednesday, July 20 at 9:30 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD NOVA: The Great Inca Rebellion visits Lima, Peru to examine evidence of battles between Inca warriors and Spanish cavalry.

7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 SECRETS OF THE DEAD: AIRMEN AND THE HEADHUNTERS — A documentary investigates the extraordinary survival story of a crew of airmen shot down over the jungles of Japanese-occupied Borneo during World War II. {DVI} Repeats Wed 7/20, 2pm 9:00 HISTORY DETECTIVES — The team of sleuths investigates a propeller from a World War II drone, a wooden club that could be Teddy Roosevelt’s and a letter that Clara Barton could have written concerning a soldier’s life. Repeats Wed 7/20, 3pm 10:00 FRONTLINE — TBA. 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

Tuesday, July 26 at 8 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD Secrets of the Dead: The Silver Pharaoh spotlights ancient Egyptian treasures found in the tomb of the pharaoh Psusennes I.

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8:00 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL AND NATIONAL JOURNAL — Moderator and managing editor Gwen Ifill leads a discussion by a panel of journalists on the news events of the week. Repeats Sat 7/23, 6:30pm 8:30 INSIDE WASHINGTON — Host Gordon Peterson moderates a roundtable discussion of the news of the week. Repeats Sat 7/23, 6pm 9:00 BRITAIN’S ROYAL WEDDINGS — See the Tuesday, July 12, 8 p.m. listing. R 11:00 NEED TO KNOW 12M CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon Saturday, July 23 at 9:33 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD The WETA Movie presents Mississippi Burning, starring (above) Gene Hackman and Willem Defoe as FBI agents investigating the disappearance of three civil rights activists in 1964 in Mississippi.

was trying to inform on a shadowy group called the Cabal, with conspirators at the highest levels of Italian society. Repeats Mon 7/25, 2:30pm 10:30 THE WETA MYSTERY: AGATHA CHRISTIE’S MISS MARPLE, SERIES IV: WHY DIDN’T THEY ASK EVANS? — Acclaimed British actress Julia McKenzie portrays spinster sleuth Miss Marple. As the sole witness to a dying man’s enigmatic last words, a young adventurer seeks to solve the riddle they pose by forming an unlikely alliance with Miss Marple and a beautiful socialite. Together, they navigate a hotbed of stifled emotion, murder, treachery and poisonous deceit to reveal the truth. {DVI}

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N WETA TV 26, 6AM–7PM. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD listings. O 6AM–9AM WETA KIDS PROGRAMMING 9AM–11:30AM See the Sunday, July 3 listings. 11:30 WASHINGTON IN THE 60s — R 12:30 WASHINGTON IN THE 70s — R 1:30 BBC ANTIQUES ROADSHOW 2:00 PIONEERS OF TELEVISION II: CRIME DRAMAS — Creative geniuses emerged in the crime show genre in the forms of Jack Webb (Dragnet), Desi Arnaz (The Untouchables) and Bruce Geller (Mannix and Mission: Impossible). Interviewees include Bill Cosby (I Spy), Angie Dickinson (Police Woman), Barbara Bain and Martin Landau (Mission: Impossible); Peter Falk’s role as Columbo is recalled, and James Garner recounts the success of The Rockford Files. {DVI} 3:02 PIONEERS OF TELEVISION II: LOCAL KIDS’ TV — Performers such as Willard Scott, Ernest Borgnine and William Shatner all honed their skills on kids’ programs in live TV. Spotlighted are Time for Beany; Muppets creator Jim Henson; actor Chuck McCann (originator of New York’s Puppet Hotel); performer Pat McMahon (a star of Phoenix’s Wallace and Ladmo); and Nancy Claster’s Baltimore series Romper Room. {DVI} 4:00 THE WETA GUIDE TO FINE DINING — A WETA TV 26 production visits fine restaurants throughout Greater Washington, meeting the chefs and exploring their sumptuous preparations. 5:00 GLOBE TREKKER FOOD HOUR — Morocco. Repeats Mon 7/25, 1:30pm; Wed 7/27, 4pm 6:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: SAN ANTONIO, TX — Ep. 2 of 2. R SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 7PM–12AM: 7:00 NATURE: THE LONELIEST ANIMALS — The loneliest animals are the most endangered species on the planet. Collected and protected by dedicated scientists, these animals represent the end of the line for their species. In many cases, intensive captive breeding programs have been launched with the aim of sustaining these animals. {DVI} Repeats Wed 7/27, 5pm 8:00 NATURE: THE CHEETAH ORPHANS — Filmmaker Simon King takes in two cheetah cubs, Toki and Sambu, orphaned when their mother is killed by a lion. It’s a two-year emotional rollercoaster as he prepares to return them to the wild. {DVI} Repeats Tue 7/26, 1pm 9:00 MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: ZEN: CABAL — Honest cop Detective Aurelio Zen (Rufus Sewell) works for justice in modern-day Italy in a trio of cases based on the bestselling novels by Michael Dibdin. In Cabal, a disgraced aristocrat jumps off a bridge. Or was he pushed? Zen gets mixed signals from his scheming bosses: the Ministry of Justice wants a ruling of suicide, while a powerful and beautiful female prosecutor expects a murder investigation. The plot thickens when it appears that the victim

7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: CHATTANOOGA, TN — Episode 3 of 3. Repeats Tue 7/26, 2pm; Wed 7/27, 1pm 9:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: SPOKANE, WA — Repeats Tue 7/26, 3pm; Sun 7/31, 6pm 10:00 ABRAHAM AND MARY LINCOLN: A HOUSE DIVIDED: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE — Part 5 of 6. The Frightful War. As 1863 begins, it seems the Civil War will never end. Union soldiers desert daily and hundreds die of disease. Opposition to the war begins to spread. Weighed down by criticism, Abraham is desperately anxious. Mary Lincoln, worried about her husband, spends money compulsively, plunging herself into debt. Repeats Tue 7/26, 4pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

26 Tuesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 SECRETS OF THE DEAD: THE SILVER PHARAOH — The royal tomb of Pharaoh Psusennes I is one of the most spectacular of all the ancient Egyptian treasures. The tomb, filled with lavish jewels and treasure, was discovered in 1939 by the French archaeologist Pierre Montet while he was excavating in northern Egypt. One of the most startling discoveries inside the tomb was the exquisite silver sarcophagus in which the Pharaoh’s body was held. Repeats Wed 7/27, 2pm 9:00 HISTORY DETECTIVES — The team of sleuths explore whether Japanese characters carved into a cane can unlock the mystery of a family’s past in a World War II relocation camp. The history detectives also trace an unusual wooden telescope to its Revolution-era ancestor. And they explore the story of a drawing of huge, eight-pound gold nuggets — is it Gold Rush hype? Repeats Wed 7/27, 3pm; Thur 7/28, 1pm 10:00 FRONTLINE — TBA. 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

27 Wednesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: DOWNTON ABBEY — Part 4 of 4. The heir crisis at Downton Abbey takes an unexpected turn. Meanwhile, rumors fly about Mary’s virtue. Her sister Sybil takes a risk in her secret political life, Anna unearths Bates’ past, and O’Brien and Thomas plot their exit strategy. Repeats Thur 7/28, 4:30pm 9:30 NOVA: ARCTIC DINOSAURS — How is it that dinosaurs managed to survive and even thrive in the gloom of the

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N WETA TV 26, 6AM–6PM. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD listings. O 6AM–6PM See the Saturday, July 2 listings. SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–11:41PM: 6:00 INSIDE WASHINGTON — R 6:30 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL AND NATIONAL JOURNAL — R 7:00 AS TIME GOES BY/KEEPING UP APPEARANCES 8:00 DOC MARTIN, SERIES IV — Part 6 of 8. Midwife Crisis & Part 7 of 8. Do Not Disturb. Repeats Mon 7/25, 4pm/5pm 9:33 THE WETA MOVIE: MISSISSIPPI BURNING — Alan Parker’s 1988 drama stars Gene Hackman and Willem Defoe as FBI agents facing racism while investigating the disappearance of three civil rights activists in 1964 Mississippi. Frances McDormand co-stars. (2:08)

Sunday, July 31 at 8 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD Nature visits southern Africa to spotlight a deadly snake known as the Black Mamba. Above: educating schoolchildren about the mamba.

dark and frigid polar regions? A unique field expedition covered by NOVA sets out for Alaska’s North Slope to find new fossil clues. {DVI} Repeats Thur 7/28, 3pm 10:30 NATURE: INVASION OF THE GIANT PYTHONS — Thousands of non-native predatory pythons — which can each grow to 20 feet and weigh nearly 300 pounds — have made their way into the protected wilderness of Everglades National Park and thrived there, making the refuge more a killing ground than a haven for the endangered fauna there. {DVI} Repeats Thur 7/28, 2pm 11:30 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

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28 Thursday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE LAST VAMPYRE — Part 1 of 2. Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett) and Watson (Edward Hardwicke) investigate a case of bizarre tragedies in a village that seem to point to a man acting like a vampire — whom the villagers believe has returned to avenge his family. Repeats Fri 7/29, 1pm 9:00 AGATHA CHRISTIE’S POIROT: FOUR AND TWENTY BLACKBIRDS — Poirot (David Suchet) is dining out at a London chop house one evening when eminent artist Henry Gasgcoine enters the restaurant for his customary dinner. The next morning, Poirot is intrigued to read in the newspaper that the painter has been found dead. Repeats Fri 7/29, 2pm 9:52 AGATHA CHRISTIE’S POIROT: THE THIRD FLOOR FLAT — Poirot (David Suchet) is bored —he hasn’t had a case to probe for weeks. But no sooner has a new tenant moved into the third floor apartment of Poirot’s building than she is murdered, giving Poirot a crime to solve on his own doorstep. Repeats Fri 7/29, 3pm 10:44 AGATHA CHRISTIE’S POIROT: TRIANGLE AT RHODES — Hercule Poirot (David Suchet) is holidaying at the Palace Hotel in Rhodes. He and his fellow guests are interested in the arrival of famous and beautiful divorcee Valentine, accompanied by her fifth husband. They can’t help but notice how Valentine immediately starts flirting with other men — and soon, Valentine is dead. Repeats Fri 7/29, 4pm 11:36 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

29 Friday 8:00 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL AND NATIONAL JOURNAL — Moderator and managing editor Gwen Ifill leads a discussion by a panel of journalists on the news events of the week. Repeats Sat 7/30, 6:30pm 8:30 INSIDE WASHINGTON — Host Gordon Peterson moderates a roundtable discussion of the news of the week. Repeats Sat 7/30, 6pm 9:00 BBC ANTIQUES ROADSHOW — (three episodes) 10:30 NEED TO KNOW 11:30 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

30 Saturday N WETA TV 26, 6AM–6PM. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD listings. O 6AM–6PM See the Saturday, July 2 listings. SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–12M: 6:00 INSIDE WASHINGTON — R 6:30 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL AND NATIONAL JOURNAL — R 7:00 AS TIME GOES BY/KEEPING UP APPEARANCES 8:00 DOC MARTIN, SERIES IV — Part 8 of 8. The Wrong Goodbye. Repeats Mon 8/1, 4pm 8:47 DOC MARTIN, SERIES I — Part 1 of 6. Going Bodmin. Repeats Mon 8/1, 5pm 9:36 THE WETA MOVIE: RAZOR’S EDGE — The 1946 drama stars Tyrone Power as an idealistic war veteran who embarks on a quest for the meaning of life and loses his fiancée. The film is based on a tale by W. Somerset Maugham. Gene Tierney, John Payne and Anne Baxter (who won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress) costar. (2:25) Repeats Sun 7/31, 11:30am

31 Sunday N WETA TV 26, 6AM–7PM. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD listings. O 6AM–9AM WETA KIDS PROGRAMMING 9AM–11:30AM See the Sunday, July 3 listings. 11:30 THE WETA MOVIE: RAZOR’S EDGE — (2:25) R 2:00 GREAT PERFORMANCES: HARRY CONNICK JR. IN CONCERT ON BROADWAY — Three-time Grammy Award-winner Harry Connick, Jr. returns to Broadway to perform a program of favorites in his trademark New Orleans style. Connick performs a mix of evergreen standards, show tunes and jazz classics in the concert, taped in July 2010 at New York’s Neil Simon Theater. 3:30 BBC ANTIQUES ROADSHOW 4:00 UNION STATION—WETA ALL ACCESS — A WETA TV 26 production offers a behind-the-scenes look at Greater Washington’s main rail transportation hub and explores Union Station’s role as a premier entertainment, dining and shopping destination. 4:30 WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL—WETA ALL ACCESS — A WETA TV 26 production explores the history and many facets of the 100-year old grand gothic cathedral, which towers over Washington, D.C. from the top of Mt. St. Alban. 5:00 GLOBE TREKKER — Turkey 2. R epeats Mon 8/1, 1:30pm 6:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: SPOKANE, WA — Ep. 1 of 3. R SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 7PM–12AM: 7:00 NATURE: WILD BALKANS — See the Thursday, July 20, 10:30 p.m. listing. {DVI} 8:00 NATURE: BLACK MAMBA — Nature spotlights one of Africa’s most feared and dangerous snakes. The black mamba is known for its aggressiveness, rearing up four feet above the ground, striking with deadly precision, and delivering toxic venom that is 10 times more deadly than needed to kill an adult human. Without fast treatment, the mortality rate from a bite is 100 percent. {DVI} Repeats Tue 8/2, 1pm 9:00 MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: ZEN: RATKING — Surrounded by corruption, honest cop Detective Aurelio Zen works for justice in modern-day Italy in a trio of cases based on the bestselling novels by Michael Dibdin. Rufus Sewell stars. In Ratking, when a wealthy industrialist and political party funder is kidnapped, the Ministry of Justice wants Zen to get the hostage back alive at any cost. But these kidnappers don’t seem to be playing by the rules. Repeats Mon 8/1, 2:30pm 10:30 THE WETA MYSTERY: INSPECTOR LEWIS, SERIES II: AND THE MOONBEAMS KISS THE SEA — Kevin Whately portrays Oxford detective Inspector Lewis, joined by Laurence Fox as his young colleague, DS Hathaway. Stolen rare books and the murders of a brilliant Oxford fine arts student and a library maintenance engineer lead Lewis and Hathaway to connect the crimes to a local gambling addiction group and two painters. {DVI}

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Providing a Safe Haven for Children WETA Kids offers safe programming for our young viewers, presenting educational television broadcasts 24 hours each day, seven days a week. Below you can find weekday daytime listings for WETA Kids. Note that children’s programming also airs each morning on WETA TV 26. Please visit weta.org/kids to find complete schedules of children’s programs on the WETA Kids channel and WETA TV 26. Monday through Friday on the WETA Kids channel

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WordGirl, 4:30pm Fetch!, 5pm Wild Kratts, 5:30pm Super WHY!, M–Th, 6pm Martha Speaks, M–Th, 6:30pm (Mama Mirabelle on Fridays) Curious George, 7pm Zula Patrol, 7:30pm The Electric Company, 8pm Sid the Science Kid, 8:30pm Biz Kid$, 9pm Barney & Friends, 9:30pm Sesame Street, 10pm Bob the Builder, 11pm Thomas & Friends, 11:30pm Caillou, midnight

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oiced by actor Martin Short, Dr. Seuss’s The Cat in the Hat guides friends Sally and Nick on fun-filled adventures where they make naturalscience discoveries, from how bees make honey to why owls sleep during the day. Filled with both adventure and silliness, The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! appeals to preschoolers’ natural curiosity and engages them in the process of scientific exploration and discovery. The series introduces scientific inquiry skills, teaching core science concepts and vocabulary, and preparing preschoolers for science curricula. Each episode begins with a question posed by Sally or Nick. Along with the insatiably curious Cat, they travel in his Thinga-ma-jigger, a marvelously Seuss-ian contraption, to find the answers wherever they might be. The kids observe, collect and manage clues, make connections, construct and evaluate theories, and have discussions — all in a preschool-appropriate manner.

Note: You’ll also find children’s programming on WETA TV 26: WEEKDAYS ON WETA TV 26 Sesame Street, 5am Clifford The Big Red Dog, 6am Super WHY!, 6:30am Arthur, 7am Martha Speaks, 7:30am Curious George, 8am The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!, 8:30am WordGirl, 9am WordWorld, 9:30am Dinosaur Train, 10am Wild Kratts, 10:30am The Electric Company, 11am Sid the Science Kid, 11:30am

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Between the Lions, 6am Clifford The Big Red Dog, 6:30am Super WHY!, 7am Arthur, 7:30am Martha Speaks, 8am Curious George, 8:30am The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!, 9am WordGirl, 9:30am WordWorld, 10am Dinosaur Train, 10:30am Wild Kratts, 11am The Electric Company, 11:30am Sid the Science Kid, noon A Place of Our Own, 12:30pm Sesame Street, 1pm Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, 2pm Angelina Ballerina, 2:30pm Peep and the Big Wide World, 3pm Maya & Miguel, 3:30pm Arthur, 4pm

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Inspiring Lifelong Learning and Creativity WETA Create presents “how-to” lifestyle programming, 24 hours each day, seven days a week, featuring public television’s finest series devoted to explorations of home improvement, cooking, crafts, travel, woodworking, painting, gardening and much more. This channel draws on more than 35 series. For a complete schedule of WETA Create programming, please visit weta.org/create.

Among the programs you’ll find on WETA Create are:

Made in Spain

ased in Washington, D.C., this cooking series spotlights the culinary traditions and cultural riches of Spain with dynamic chef José Andrés. In each episode, Andrés — who makes his home here and in Spain — explores the exciting flavors of his native country with easy and informative recipes created in his Washington kitchen using products found in the U.S. Each cooking segment is woven into a gastronomic and cultural tour of one of Spain’s 17 vibrant regions, where Andrés introduces many of the nation’s greatest artisan cheese makers, wine makers and restaurateurs. Visiting the source and inspiration of the dishes he prepares in his own kitchen, the chef demonstrates that the flavors made in Spain can be created at home. Andrés is chef/owner of ThinkFoodGroup, the management company for Washington’s popular dining spots Café Atlántico, Zaytinya, Oyamel, Jaleo (one of America’s first successful tapas restaurants) and minibar by josé andrés, featuring avant garde Spanish cuisine.

ARTS & CRAFTS The Best of the Joy of Painting Gary Spetz’s Painting Wild Places Knit and Crochet Now! Lap Quilting with Georgia Bonesteel Martha’s Sewing Room One Stroke Painting with Donna Dewberry Sewing with Nancy

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Funding for Made in Spain is provided by ICEX/Regional Governments, Turespaña, Freixenet, MSN and Garcia Baquero.

American Woodshop Ask This Old House For Your Home Garden Smart Hometime Katie Brown Workshop P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home This Old House Victory Garden Woodwright’s Shop

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TRAVEL & CULTURE Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions Globe Trekker Music Voyager Passport to Adventure Rick Steves’ Europe Seasoned Traveler Smart Travels—Europe with Rudy Maxa Travelscope

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osted by Dean Johnson, here with his colleague Miriam Johnson (no relation), Hometime is a long-running home improvement series that aims to help homeowners achieve professional-looking results from their home renovation projects. The Hometime crew tackles everything from landscaping, painting, and kitchen facelifts to managing new construction and major additions to older houses. The programs demonstrate both do-it-yourself- and contractor-performed projects, ranging from simple weekend projects to complete homes. Hometime episodes have covered an enormous range of home construction and maintenance projects. Originally conceived as a series of videotapes distributed through hardware stores and home centers, the program premiered on television in 1986, founded by Dean Johnson to provide do-it-yourselfers with a new source of how-to information.

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America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated Avec Eric Baking with Julia Ciao Italia Cook’s Country from America’s Test Kitchen Everyday Food Food Trip with Todd English Jacques Pépin: More Fast Food My Way Julia and Jacques: Cooking at Home Lidia’s Italy Made in Spain Pati’s Mexican Table Sara’s Weeknight Meals Simply Ming Vine Talk

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hroughout July, Classical WETA 90.9 FM’s local concert broadcast Front Row Washington ushers you right inside the Festival Tent for this summer’s Castleton Festival orchestra concerts, which are staged in Virginia on the Rappahannock County farm of conductor Lorin Maazel and his wife Dietlinde Maazel, and are being recorded by WETA staff. Maestro Maazel conducts the Castleton performances featured on Front Row Washington in July. On the broadcast on Monday, July 4 at 9 p.m., renowned mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves reprises her signature role as Carmen in excerpts from Bizet’s beloved opera. The all-Bizet program also features the Symphony in C and excerpts from L’Arlésienne. The broadcast on Monday night, July 11 at 9 p.m., presents two iconic works by George

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Gershwin: An American in Paris, and Rhapsody in Blue, featuring pianist Kevin Cole. The following week on Classical WETA, on July 18 at 9 p.m., violinist Jennifer Koh joins Maestro Maazel and Castleton Festival resident conductors for a program that includes Chabrier’s Espagne; Weber’s second clarinet concerto; Ravel’s famous musical spoof, Boléro; and Maazel’s own Music for Violin and Orchestra, featuring Ms. Koh as soloist. Classical WETA wraps up July Castleton offerings on the 25th at 9 p.m., with a visit to George Mason University’s new Hylton Performing Arts Center for a concert of music commemorating the 150th anniversary of the First Battle of Manassas at Bull Run. Denyce Graves returns to the Castleton stage for songs of the era and other works performed by the Castleton Festival Orchestra.

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lassical WETA’s weekly Sunday night choral music broadcast Choral Showcase spotlights American singing in the first three programs in July. On July 3, the day before Independence Day, the program features Masses by three Americans. Gunther Schuller conducts John Knowles Paine’s Mass, which, reflecting its composition in the 19th century, is still searching for an American voice. Leonard Bernstein’s Missa brevis, on the other hand, is thoroughly American. It was composed after Bernstein’s Mass (which was written for the opening of the Kennedy Center), although based on material from many years before. Libby Larsen’s Mass for the Earth (Missa Gaia) concludes the July 3 program, and uses non-liturgical texts to address humans’ relationship with our world. The July 10 program is built around Daniel Pinkham’s Wedding Cantata, with the July 17 program dedicated to the Magnificat, including Alan Hovhaness’s setting. Presenting Classical Music All Day, Every Day With David Ginder, mornings • Marilyn Cooley, middays • John Chester, afternoons/overnights • Nicole Lacroix, evenings And hosting on the weekend: Jean Inaba, mornings • Operas from the Castleton Festival Judy Gruber, afternoons • Chip Brienza, evenings

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July 2: Puccini’s Il Trittico (2010 Castleton Festival) July 9: Puccini’s La Bohème (2011 Castleton Festival) July 16: Double bill: Kurt Weill’s Seven Deadly Sins & Maurice Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges (2011 Castleton Festival) July 23: George Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess (2011 Castleton Festival)

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