M AY 2012 MAGAZINE FOR MEMBERS
SHERLOCK Returns in Series II on Masterpiece
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ay heralds an array of engaging WETA television and radio broadcasts that are spotlighted in the pages that follow. On WETA TV 26 and WETA HD, we feature the eagerly awaited second season of the popular Masterpiece production Sherlock, a contemporary adaptation of Sherlock Holmes cases. With the premiere of Sherlock, Series II, we take the opportunity in this magazine to look back on favorite mystery series from years past. Fans of British drama and comedy, see page 1 for exciting news about a new WETA channel, WETA UK, which launches June 2. This month on WETA TV 26 and WETA HD, we also present the WETA-produced concert special Burt Bacharach & Hal David: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song In Performance at the White House, which honors the composer and lyricist team. And in May, WETA once again partners with Capital Concerts to present to the nation the annual National Memorial Day Concert program live from the grounds of the U.S. Capitol. Surrounding Memorial Day, we reprise the acclaimed 2007 documentary THE WAR, a monumental film about the American experience of World War II by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick and created in partnership with WETA. Also this month, we air a new film, Joan Miró: The Ladder of Escape, from our friends at the National Gallery of Art. On Classical WETA 90.9 FM, the chamber music series Center Stage from Wolf Trap commences a 13-week run of programs featuring performances by world-class ensembles recorded by WETA at the Barns at Wolf Trap in Virginia. And our weekly local concert broadcast Front Row Washington presents a prelude to the upcoming Fredericksburg Chamber Music Festival and features performances from the University of Maryland’s National Orchestral Institute. Tune in and enjoy these WETA broadcasts, created to enlighten and inspire. Thank you for your support.
Sharon Percy Rockefeller, President & CEO, WETA
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD
WETA Movie: Hiroshima Fri 5/18, 9pm Independent Lens: Village Called Versailles Sat 5/12, 12m 1421: The Year China Discovered Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo America? Wed 5/9 & 5/16, 5pm Sat 5/26, 11pm Anatomy of a Springroll Sat 5/26, midnight Bhutto Sat 5/19, 11pm Globe Trekker: (on WETA TV 26 only) Summer Pasture Sat 5/12, 1am Bangladesh Sun 5/6, 5pm Wings of Defeat Sat 5/5, midnight World War II in the Pacific Tue 5/29, 5pm One Voice Fri 5/25, 9:30pm Heart Strings: The Story of Kamaka P.O.V.: In the Matter of Cha Jung Hee ’Ukulele Sun 5/13, 3:30pm Sat 5/5, 11pm Journey of The Bonesetter’s Daughter Sat 5/12, 11pm Visit weta.org/asianpacific for program details.
Pacific Heartbeat: Waimea ’Ukulele & Slack Key Guitar Sun 5/6, noon Under a Jarvis Moon Sun 5/6, 1pm Papa Mau: The Wayfinder Sun 5/6, 2pm Keolo Beamer: Malama Ko Aloha (Keep Your Love) Sun 5/6, 3pm There Once Was an Island — Te Henua E Nnoho Sun 5/6, 4pm Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority Wed 5/23, 5pm; Rpts Sat 5/26, 1am
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WETA to Launch a New TV Channel
ttention British drama and comedy fans! WETA is creating an exciting new TV channel, WETA UK, that will present the best in British programming, around the clock, seven days a week. The service will launch June 2, featuring classics, new favorites, and contemporary series currently airing in Britain. WETA UK will complement channels WETA TV 26, WETA HD and WETA Kids and will present a full schedule of great entertainment programming featuring drama, action, intrigue, romance, mystery, and of course that trademark, wry British humor. To learn more, visit wetauk.org.
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Johnny Carson: American Masters Monday, May 14 at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD
ohnny Carson was a fixture of American life, drawing national audiences to late night TV’s standout program, The Tonight Show, through 30 years, 4,531 episodes and 23,000 guests. A new American Masters film profiles Carson, exploring the career, complexities and contradictions of the biggest star television has ever produced. American Masters secured from Carson’s estate firstever cooperation and unrestricted entrée into his personal archives and perhaps Carson’s greatest legacy, all episodes of The Tonight Show from 1962–1992. The film features 45 original interviews with friends, colleagues, family members, and an array of comedians and guests — David Letterman, Jay Leno, Ellen DeGeneres, Conan O’Brien, Jerry Seinfeld, Steve Martin, Joan Rivers, Mel Brooks, Angie Dickinson, Don Rickles, Carl Reiner and others — who appeared on the show. Kevin Spacey narrates. American Masters is made possible by the support of the National Endowment for the Arts and by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Additional funding is provided by Rosalind P. Walter, The Blanche & Irving Laurie Foundation, Rolf and Elizabeth Rosenthal, Cheryl and Philip Milstein Family, Jack Rudin, Vital Projects Fund, The André and Elizabeth Kertész Foundation, Michael & Helen Schaffer Foundation, and public television viewers.
Civilization: The West and the Rest
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Tuesdays, May 22 & 29 at 8 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD
Major funding for Civilization: The West and the Rest is provided by Kenneth and Anne Griffin, Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation, Marie-Josée & Henry R. Kravis Foundation, Peter Thiel and the Thiel Foundation, and James and Merryl Tisch. Additional support is provided by Joan Ganz Cooney and Peter G. Peterson.
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or the past five centuries, more people have been influenced by Western food, clothing, medicine, religion and government worldwide than by any other civilization. How did that happen? What led the West to be so influential and powerful? And how long will the West sustain its supremacy? In a two-part documentary, author Niall Ferguson explores the rise of the West’s economic ascendancy and why Eastern civilizations may now be taking the lead. Comparing civilizations ancient and modern, Ferguson embarks on a global expedition to 11 countries, from the Forbidden City in Beijing to Buckingham Palace in London, identifying six principles of prosperity: competition, science, modern medicine, democracy, consumerism and work ethic — and exploring them in historical context. The programs are adapted from Ferguson’s book, Civilization: The West and the Rest.
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or decades, WETA TV 26 has presented some of the finest drama productions on television, adaptations of great literature featuring themes of love and loss, fortunes and ruin, and of course, that other most entertaining and timeless of dramatic endeavors — mystery. Among WETA’s many broadcasts, the absorbing plots of the mystery and crime drama genre have proven exceptionally popular, especially when paired with a British accent and period costume or intriguing setting. An extraordinary parade of crimesolvers has appeared on WETA’s air to match wits with evildoers, especially since 1980. That was the year that Masterpiece Theatre rolled out sister series Mystery! (since 2008 folded into Masterpiece), which remains among the most successful series on PBS.
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For more than 30 years, Mystery! has brought to life great sleuths from the pantheon of classic and contemporary British novels by the likes of Agatha Christie, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Colin Dexter, P.D. James and others.
Superb Drama on Mystery! The popularity of 1970s Masterpiece Theatre adaptations of Dorothy Sayers mysteries featuring dapper British detective Lord Peter Wimsey helped launch Mystery!, which tapped the rich offerings of classic and contemporary British mystery literature. Heralded by the cartoons of Edward Gorey with the program’s opening and closing credits, and hosted first by Gene Shalit (first season only) before Vincent Price (1981–1989) and then Dame Diana Rigg (1989–2003), the series launched on February 5, 1980 with the eccentric mystery spoof She Fell Among Thieves. Among the offerings of the first season that helped clinch Mystery!’s success was the whimsical courtroom series Rumpole of the Bailey, written by John Mortimer, who had adapted Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited. Since those early days, the series has brought a truly remarkable array of adaptations to American audiences.
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Popular Productions Among many stellar Mystery! productions, several series stand out, creating great memories for WETA viewers: • Rumpole of the Bailey (1980–1995), with Leo McKern; • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984–1996), with Jeremy Brett; • Dalgliesh (1985–2006), starring Roy Marsden, and later, Martin Shaw; • Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple (2005–present), with Geraldine McEwan, and recently, Julia McKenzie (first Miss Marple with Joan Hicksen, 1985–1989); • Inspector Morse (1987–2001), with John Thaw and Kevin Whately; • Agatha Christie’s Poirot (1989–present), starring David Suchet; • Prime Suspect (1991–2006, partly on Masterpiece Theatre), starring Helen Mirren; • Cadfael (1994–1999), with Derek Jacobi; • Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (1997–2003), starring Patricia Routledge; • Touching Evil (1998–2001), starring Robson Green and Nicola Walker; • The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2001–2007), with Nathaniel Parker and Sharon Small; • Foyle’s War (2004–present), with Michael Kitchen; • and Inspector Lewis (2006–present), with Kevin Whately and Laurence Fox.
Other Memorable Sleuths Of course, there are many other highly regarded Mystery! programs and characters. Longtime viewers will remember Peter Davison in Campion; Michael Gambon as French sleuth Maigret; Trevor Eve in Heat of the Sun, set in colonial Kenya; and Helen Baxendale as P.D. James’s detective Cordelia Gray in An Unsuitable Job for a Woman. Clive Owen played a detective losing his vision in Second Sight; Diana Rigg starred in The Mrs. Bradley Mysteries; and Wes Studi and Adam Beach portrayed Navajo sleuths in American Mystery! specials based on Tony Hillerman stories. New additions include
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Masterpiece Mystery!: Sherlock, Series II
airs Sundays, May 6, 13 & 20 at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD
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his month, Masterpiece Mystery! presents exciting new adaptations in the acclaimed series Sherlock, which updates Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous stories to contemporary London. In the new episodes — Scandal in Belgravia, The Hounds of Baskerville and The Reichenbach Fall — Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson continue to battle the worst that modern criminality has to offer, including a computer-savvy arch-villain, Moriarty, who wants to rule the world. Benedict Cumberbatch (War Horse, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) returns as the world’s most famous consulting detective, with Martin Freeman (The Hobbit) as Dr. Watson and Andrew Scott as Moriarty. Funding for Masterpiece is provided by Viking River Cruises, with additional support from public television viewers and contributors to The Masterpiece Trust.
Wallander, with Kenneth Branagh; Zen, with Rufus Sewell; and Sherlock (above). WETA Television presents other crime dramas as well, acquiring for Washington-area viewers special acquisitions such as Waking the Dead; Life on Mars and sequel Ashes to Ashes; Hustle; Silent Witness and other engaging U.K. series. And there’s much more on the way.
More to Come More top-notch Masterpiece Mystery! episodes are in store for WETA TV 26 and WETA HD viewers, including, this summer, an Inspector Morse prequel, Endeavor. But even more British drama awaits. On June 2, WETA will launch an exciting new ancillary channel, WETA UK, that will air around the clock, seven days a week, and will feature exclusively British offerings, including classic mysteries such as Prime Suspect, Sherlock Holmes and Foyle’s War and contemporary U.K. drama and comedy series that will become new favorites. For the finest in mystery programming on television, tune in to WETA TV 26 and WETA HD on Sunday and Thursday nights — and watch for WETA UK on June 2.
WETA TV 26 & WETA HD May primetime simulcast listings.
Weeknight primetime simulcast programming repeats the following weekday on WETA TV 26 starting at noon.
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Jesse Owens: American Experience
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Nature: Born Wild: The First Days of Life
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Sherlock Holmes: The Sign of Four (to 9:45pm)
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Washington Week with Gwen Inside Washington Ifill and National Journal
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Doc Martin, Series IV (Pts 6 & 7 of 8. Midwife Crisis/ Do Not Disturb)
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Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr. Masterpiece Mystery! Sherlock, Series II: A Scandal in Belgravia (to 10:30pm) & (Pt 8 of 10) Masterpiece: Upstairs, Downstairs (Pt 3 of 3) (to 11:30pm)
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Antiques Roadshow: Minneapolis, MN
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Clinton: American Experience (Pt 1 of 2. The Comeback Kid)
Frontline: Law & Disorder
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Nature: The White Lions
NOVA: Deadliest Tornadoes
NOVA: Hunt for the Supertwister
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Sherlock Holmes: The Hound of the Baskervilles (Pt 1 of 2)
Masterpiece Mystery!: Sherlock, Series II: A Scandal in Belgravia
Poirot: Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb (to 11:30pm)
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Washington Week with Gwen Inside Washington Ifill and National Journal
The WETA Movie: Bringing Up Baby (to 10:42pm)
(from 10:42pm) Need to Know (to 11:15pm)
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Doc Martin, Series IV (Pt 8 of 8. The Wrong Goodbye & Doc Martin, Series I (Pt 1 of 6. Going Bodmin)
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Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr. Masterpiece Mystery! Sherlock, Series II: The Hounds of Baskerville (Pt 9 of 10)
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Antiques Roadshow: Minneapolis, MN
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Clinton: American Experience (Pt 2 of 2. The Survivor)
Frontline: The Meth Epidemic
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Nature: Cracking the Koala Code
NOVA: The Great Inca Rebellion
Bones of Turkana
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Sherlock Holmes: The Hound of the Baskervilles (Pt 2 of 2)
Masterpiece Mystery!: Sherlock, Series II: The Hounds of Baskerville
Poirot: The Underdog (to 11:30pm)
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Washington Week with Gwen Inside Washington Ifill and National Journal
The WETA Movie: Hiroshima
Need to Know
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Doc Martin, Series I (Pts 2 & 3 of 6. Gentlemen Prefer/ Sh*t Happens)
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Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr. Masterpiece Mystery! Sherlock, Series II: The Reichenbach Fall (Pt 10 of 10)
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Antiques Roadshow: Minneapolis, MN
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Civilization: The West and the Rest with Niall Ferguson (Pt 1 of 2)
Frontline: Cell Tower Deaths
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Nature: Salmon: Running the Gauntlet
NOVA: Missing in MiG Alley
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Sherlock Holmes: The Master Blackmailer Masterpiece Mystery! Sherlock, Series II: The Reichenbach Fall (Pt 1 of 2)
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Washington Week with Gwen Inside Washington Ifill and National Journal
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Doc Martin, Series I (Pts 4 & 5 of 6. The Portwenn Effect/ Of All the Harbors in All the Towns)
The WETA Movie: Key Largo (to 11:15pm)
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National Memorial Day Concert 2012
The WETA Guide to Memorials
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Antiques Roadshow: Jackpot!
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Civilization: The West and the Rest with Niall Ferguson (Pt 2 of 2)
Frontline: Fast Times at West Philly High
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Nature: Black Mamba
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Sherlock Holmes: The Master Blackmailer Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Case of the Missing Will & Agatha (Pt 2 of 2) Christie’s Poirot: The Adventures of the Italian Nobleman
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Frontline: Money, Power and Wall Street (Pt 2 of 2) (to 12m)
NOVA: Secrets Beneath the Ice
America Revealed: Made in the USA
(from 9:45pm) Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The King of Clubs & (from 10:30pm) Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Dream (to 11:30pm)
The WETA Movie: Bullitt (to 11pm) & Need to Know (to 11:30pm) Doc Martin, Series V (Pts 3 & 4 of 8)
Krakatoa: The Last Days
Antiq. Roadshow: Fame & Fortune (to 11:30pm)
Doc Martin, Series V (Pts 5 & 6 of 8) Foyle’s War: Russian House (to 11:30pm)
Johnny Carson: American Masters
Doc Martin, Series V (Pts 7 & 8 of 8)
Burt Bacharach & Hal David: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song In Performance at the White House
NOVA: Killer Subs in Pearl Harbor
Antiques Roadshow: Raleigh, NC
NOVA: Venom: Nature’s Killer
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Antiques Roadshow: Roadshow Remembers
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Poirot: Yellow Iris (to 11:30pm) Need to Know
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W TA TV 26 & W TA HD May 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 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 often 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 12 for schedule information. Program Key ■ — 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.
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Friday, May 4 at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD The WETA Movie features Steve McQueen in the 1968 crime drama Bullitt. Other films this month include Bringing Up Baby (May 11), the BBC docu-drama Hiroshima (May 18), and Key Largo (May 26).
warming planet? NOVA follows an Antarctic investigation by a state-of-the-art drilling probe that recovers rock cores revealing details of climate and fauna from the distant past. {DVI} Repeats Thur 5/3, 5pm 10:00 AMERICA REVEALED: MADE IN THE USA — A miniseries explores the interdependent and intricately interwoven networks that make America work. Part 4 of 4. Made in the USA. Host Yul Kwon journeys across the country to look at American manufacturing and how it is changing from a system based on the movement and assembly of raw materials to a system in which ideas and information are the raw materials of a new economy. {DVI} Repeats Thur 5/3, 4pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon
2 Wednesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 NATURE: BORN WILD: THE FIRST DAYS OF LIFE — A film follows the birth and first day of several species — from marmoset and moose to elephant and gorilla — presenting stories of miniature drama and huge spectacle, and coming to some surprising conclusions about human beings. {DVI} Repeats Thur 5/3, 3pm 9:00 NOVA: SECRETS BENEATH THE ICE — Can Antarctica’s climate past offer clues to what may happen to our
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Tuesday, May 1 at 8 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD American Experience profiles U.S. athlete Jesse Owens, who famously triumphed at the 1936 Berlin Olympics in the face of Nazi racism.
7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE SIGN OF FOUR — Parts 1 & 2 of 2. For months Holmes (Jeremy Brett) has been in the grip of the dreadful frustration of enforced inactivity. But with the entrance of Mary Morstan, an apparently wronged heiress, a new adventure begins. The mysterious disappearance of Morstan’s father years before, and an annual gift from an anonymous benefactor, intrigues Holmes. Repeats Fri 5/4, 1pm 9:45 AGATHA CHRISTIE’S POIROT: THE KING OF CLUBS — Poirot (David Suchet) and Hastings visit some studios where a friend is directing a film; they are shocked by the behavior of the studio owner, who treats the cast and crew appallingly. That evening, one of the actors is implicated in murder. Repeats Fri 5/4, 3pm 10:30 AGATHA CHRISTIE’S POIROT: THE DREAM — Poirot (David Suchet) receives a note from manufacturer Benedict Farley urgently requesting a meeting. The elderly tycoon recounts a recurring dream of suicide and asks Poirot if a victim could be hypnotized into committing such an act. Repeats Fri 5/4, 4pm 11:30 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon
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7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 JESSE OWENS: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE — A documentary film traces the story of African-American athlete Jesse Owens’ remarkable victories in the face of Nazi racism during the 1936 Olympics, where Owens won four gold medals. Repeats Wed 5/2, 3pm; Tue 5/8, 3pm 9:00 20TH CENTURY BATTLEFIELDS: VIETNAM — A BBC documentary explores the conduct of the war in Vietnam, covering the Tet Offensive of 1968 and particularly the fighting at Saigon and Khe Sanh, and focuses on the Battle of Hue. Hosting are respected British journalist Peter Snow, a former diplomatic/defense correspondent and longtime BBC Newsnight presenter, and his son Dan Snow, an Oxford-trained military historian. Repeats Wed 5/2, 4pm 10:00 FRONTLINE: MONEY, POWER AND WALL STREET — A Frontline special chronicles the struggle to rescue and repair America’s economy. Part 2 of 2. Frontline explores the story of the big banks — how they developed, how they crashed and whether they still present dangers — pivoting the investigation to the inner workings of global high finance. Repeats Thur 5/3, 1pm 12M CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon
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Saturdays at 9:30 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD Season five of the British comic drama Doc Martin, starring Martin Clunes and Caroline Catz, continues each Saturday night.
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 5/5, 6:30pm 8:30 INSIDE WASHINGTON — Gordon Peterson moderates a discussion of the week’s news. Repeats Sat 5/5, 6pm 9:00 THE WETA MOVIE: BULLITT — In Peter Yates’ 1968 crime drama, Steve McQueen stars as a San Francisco police detective who gets hold of a mob-witness corruption case and won’t let go. Jacqueline Bisset and Robert Vaughn co-star. (1:44) 11:00 NEED TO KNOW — The current affairs series explores issues in the run-up to Election 2012. 11:30 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon
5 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 — Watch for Alexandria and Annapolis content on May 12 and 19, respectively. 11:00 ESSENTIAL PÉPIN 11:30 PATI’S MEXICAN TABLE 12N CUISINE CULTURE 12:30 MEXICO—ONE PLATE AT A TIME WITH RICK BAYLESS 1:00 CHEF JOHN BESH’S NEW ORLEANS 1:30 JOANNE WEIR’S COOKING CONFIDENCE 2:00 SARA’S WEEKNIGHT MEALS 2:30 BAKING WITH JULIA 3:00 LIDIA’S ITALY 3:30 IN JULIA’S KITCHEN WITH MASTER CHEFS 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–11PM: 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 — Parts 6 & 7 of 8. Midwife Crisis/Do Not Disturb. 9:30 DOC MARTIN, SERIES V — Parts 3 & 4 of 8. Part 3: Sleepless nights are taking their toll on Martin and Louisa and tempers are frayed. Aunt Ruth has problems of her own: she is dealing with an intruder on the farm. Part 4: Portwenn Fun Day has the village buzzing; to Louisa’s dismay, her mother — whom she hasn’t seen for years — arrives in town.
6 Sunday N WETA TV 26, 6AM–6PM. 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 11:00 GREAT ROMANCES 12N PACIFIC HEARTBEAT: WAIMEA ’UKULELE & SLACK KEY GUITAR — Running the gamut from documentaries to musical showcases, an anthology miniseries
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journeys into the heart, mind and soul of Pacific Island culture. This first broadcast, a performance documentary, captures concert performances by the world’s finest ’ukulele and guitar artists. 1:00 PACIFIC HEARTBEAT: UNDER A JARVIS MOON — A film documents the clandestine U.S. mission which sent young Hawaiian men to occupy tiny, isolated Pacific islands during the early years of World War II. 2:00 PACIFIC HEARTBEAT: PAPA MAU: THE WAYFINDER — A film recounts the role that master wayfinder Mau Piailug (“Papa Mau”) played in reawakening Polynesian pride by teaching young Hawaiians the art of traditional open-sea canoe navigation. – 3:00 PACIFIC HEARTBEAT: KEOLA BEAMER: MALAMA KO ALOHA (KEEP YOUR LOVE) — Keola Beamer, one of Hawaii’s premier singer-songwriters, arrangers and composers, and master of the Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar, collaborates with Native American flute master R. Carlos Nakai and jazz pianist Geoffrey Keezer. 4:00 PACIFIC HEARTBEAT: THERE ONCE WAS AN ISLAND —TE HENUA E NNOHO — A documentary explores the environmental crisis that is facing the Takuu atoll in Papua New Guinea, giving a human face to the issue of global climate change. 5:00 GLOBE TREKKER: BANGLADESH — Repeats Mon 5/7, 1:30pm SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–11:30PM: 6:00 MOYERS & COMPANY — Bill Moyers presents a weekly hour of conversation about life and the state of American democracy, featuring a range of scholars, artists, activists, scientists, philosophers and newsmakers who bring context, insight and meaning to important topics. Repeats Mon 5/7, 5pm 7:00 NATURE: FELLOWSHIP OF THE WHALES — A film presents the story of the first year in a humpback whale’s life, following her migration from Hawaii to Alaska. Before the youngster sets out on her own, she must learn the seas’ dangers and how to communicate with other whales. {DVI} Repeats Mon 5/7, 2:30pm; Tue 5/8, 1pm 8:00 FINDING YOUR ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES JR. — Renowned cultural critic and Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. delves into the genealogy and genetics of famous Americans, exploring personal identity and American history. Part 8 of 10. Sanjay Gupta, Margaret Cho and Martha Stewart. Gates explores three distinct yet overlapping experiences of families leaving their homes and becoming American. 9:00 MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: SHERLOCK, SERIES II: A SCANDAL IN BELGRAVIA — Benedict Cumberbatch returns as Holmes, with Martin Freeman as Dr. John Watson and Andrew Scott as evil mastermind Moriarty, in cases set in 21st-century London. A Scandal in Belgravia. Sherlock and Watson are plunged into a case of blackmail involving crafty dominatrix Irene Adler (Laura Pulver). It seems she has incriminating photos of a session with a British royal. Can she outsmart Sherlock at his own game? And at a battle he is ill-prepared to wage — love? Repeats Thur 5/10, 9pm; Fri 5/11, 2pm 10:30 MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: UPSTAIRS, DOWNSTAIRS — Part 3 of 3. As 1936 comes to a close, 165 Eaton Place is in turmoil: the king is about to abdicate, Agnes (Keeley Hawes) is about to give birth, Persie (Claire Foy) toys with fascism and Sir Hallam (Ed Stoppard) makes a shocking discovery about his past. Jean Marsh and Dame Eileen Atkins also star. (60 min.)
Monday, May 7 at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD The BBC film Krakatoa: The Last Days dramatizes the cataclysmic 1883 volcanic eruption that destroyed the Indonesian island.
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8 Tuesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 CLINTON: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE — A documentary explores the life and career of President William Jefferson Clinton, who rose from a turbulent childhood in Arkansas to become one of America’s most successful politicians — and most conflicted and complex public figures. Part 1 of 2. The Comeback Kid. Episode one follows Clinton’s life before politics, his bumpy road to the 1992 presidential victory and the first two years of his presidency. Repeats Wed 5/9, 3pm; Thur 5/10, 1pm 10:00 FRONTLINE: LAW & DISORDER — In a reprised report, Frontline — along with ProPublica and the New Orleans Times-Picayune — investigates charges that New Orleans Police Department officers inappropriately used lethal force against New Orleans citizens in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and tried to cover up their actions. {DVI} 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon
9 Wednesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 NATURE: THE WHITE LIONS — A film presents the story of two remarkable and extremely rare white lion cubs on their journey to adulthood. Both are female — sisters born in May 2009 in South Africa’s Kruger Park. {DVI} Repeats Thur 5/10, 3pm 9:00 NOVA: DEADLIEST TORNADOES — In April 2011, the worst tornado outbreak in decades left a trail of destruction across the U.S., killing more than 360 people. What caused such an extreme outbreak? Why did so many die? {DVI} Repeats Thur 5/10, 4pm 10:00 NOVA: HUNT FOR THE SUPERTWISTER — A NOVA camera team follows tornado hunters as they chase twisters across the Midwest during one of the worst tornado seasons on record to try to develop new forecasting methods that can provide earlier warning of the destructive storms. {DVI} Repeats Thur 5/10, 5pm 11:00 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 5/12, 6:30pm 8:30 INSIDE WASHINGTON — Repeats Sat 5/12, 6pm 9:00 THE WETA MOVIE: BRINGING UP BABY — A stuffy museum director meets a young heiress who complicates his life through a series of misadventures that include the loss of a dinosaur bone and the pursuit of a lost leopard, “Baby.” Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant star in Howard Hawks’ 1938 comedy. (1:42) 10:42 NEED TO KNOW 11:15 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon
12 Saturday N WETA TV 26, 6AM–6PM. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD listings. O 6AM–6PM See the Saturday, May 5 listings. SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–11PM: 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 — Pt 8 of 8. The Wrong Goodbye. 8:47 DOC MARTIN, SERIES I — Pt 1 of 6. Going Bodmin. 9:30 DOC MARTIN, SERIES V — Parts 5 & 6 of 8. Part 5: P.C. Joe Penhale has an unexpected visitor: his ex-wife Maggie, who appears to have become unhinged. Meanwhile, Martin and Louisa’s baby is still nameless, and soon the State may intervene. Part 6: Penhale resorts to desperate measures to try to keep Maggie in Portwenn. Meanwhile, Aunt Ruth uncovers a chest of family heirlooms at the farm that contributes to heightened tensions between Louisa and Martin.
13 Sunday N WETA TV 26, 6AM–6PM. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD listings. O 6AM–9AM WETA KIDS PROGRAMMING 9AM–12N See the Sunday, May 6 listings. 12N GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET: FAUST — With Jonas Kaufmann in the title role, René Pape as the devil and Marina Poplavskaya as Marguerite, Gounod’s retelling of the Faust legend is directed by Tony Award-winner Des McAnuff, who updates the story to the 20th century. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts.
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7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: MINNEAPOLIS, MN — Repeats Tue 5/8, 2pm; Wed 5/9, 1pm 9:00 KRAKATOA: THE LAST DAYS — A BBC docu-drama reconstructs events surrounding the cataclysmic May 1883 eruption of the Krakatoa volcano — between Java and Sumatra — which was heard 5,000 miles away and altered the world’s temperatures for five years. The film weaves personal stories, photographs, newspaper articles and scientific research to chronicle what some consider the world’s first global media event. 10:30 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: FAME AND FORTUNE — This special edition spotlights celebrities and headliners through objects connected to their lives. Repeats Tue 5/8, 5pm; Wed 5/9, 2pm 11:30 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon
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Wednesday, May 9 at 8 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD Nature: The White Lions chronicles the young lives of two rare lion cubs born in May 2009 in South Africa’s Kruger National Park.
to Holmes’ attention. Holmes (Jeremy Brett) remains in London, sending Watson to unravel the mysterious happenings on the foggy moor. Repeats Fri 5/11, 1pm 9:00 MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: SHERLOCK, SERIES II: A SCANDAL IN BELGRAVIA — See the Sunday, May 6, 9 p.m. listing. Repeats Fri 5/11, 2pm 10:30 AGATHA CHRISTIE’S POIROT: THE ADVENTURE OF THE EGYPTIAN TOMB — When archaeologist Sir John Willard discovers a pharaoh’s tomb in the Valley of the Kings, he smashes it open to reveal the treasures within — and dies suddenly. Poirot (David Suchet) investigates. Repeats Fri 5/11, 3:30pm 11:30 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon
Tuesdays, May 8 & 15 at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD Clinton: American Experience explores the life and political career of America’s 42nd president, William Jefferson Clinton.
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14 Monday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: MINNEAPOLIS, MN — Repeats Tue 5/15, 2pm 9:00 JOHNNY CARSON: AMERICAN MASTERS — The biography series explores the life and career of The Tonight Show host through unprecedented access to Carson’s archives, including existing episodes of The Tonight Show from 1962–1992. Interviews with family, colleagues and performers who appeared on the show illuminate Carson’s story. Kevin Spacey narrates. Repeats Tue 5/15, 3pm; Wed 5/16, 1pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon
15 Tuesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 CLINTON: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE — Part 2 of 2. The Survivor. The 1994 victory in the midterm elections boosts Republicans, giving rise to the “Contract with America.” By spring of 1995, the GOP pursues a plan to eliminate the federal budget deficit, leading to a government shutdown. Clinton reclaims the political center, and then wins the 1996 election in a landslide in one of the greatest turnarounds in political history. He sails into his second term, but a personal scandal leads Congress to initiate impeachment hearings. {DVI} Repeats Wed 5/16, 3pm; Thur 5/17, 1pm 10:00 FRONTLINE: THE METH EPIDEMIC — In a reprised report, Frontline, in association with The Oregonian, investigates the methamphetamine rampage in America. {DVI} 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon
9:00 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 5/17, 4pm 10:00 BONES OF TURKANA — A National Geographic film follows famed paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey, his family and colleagues as they work in the arid northern regions of Kenya’s Turkana Basin to unravel the mysteries of human evolution. Repeats Thur 5/17, 5pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon
17 Thursday 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. And, perhaps the legend of the dangerous hound has some basis in reality after all — the treacherous moor claims more victims. Repeats Fri 5/18, 1pm 9:00 MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: SHERLOCK, SERIES II: THE HOUNDS OF BASKERVILLE — See the Sunday, May 13, 9 p.m. listing. Repeats Fri 5/18, 2pm 10:30 AGATHA CHRISTIE’S POIROT: THE UNDERDOG — After a mystery fire at his factory, businessman Sir Rueben Astwell decides to file the details of a newly discovered chemical compound at home. Astwell’s ambitions to cash in on war with Germany are thwarted when he is killed. Poirot investigates. Repeats Fri 5/18, 3:30pm 11:30 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon
18 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 5/19, 6:30pm 8:30 INSIDE WASHINGTON — Repeats Sat 5/19, 6pm 9:00 THE WETA MOVIE: HIROSHIMA — A BBC docu-drama explores the story of the first atomic bomb and its impact on the people of Hiroshima, Japan. Set in the three weeks from the first test explosion in New Mexico to the dropping of the bomb, the film unfolds events from U.S. and Japanese perspectives. 10:30 NEED TO KNOW 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon
19 Saturday N WETA TV 26, 6AM–6PM. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD listings. O 6AM–6PM See the Saturday, May 5 listings. SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–11PM: 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
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3:30 HEART STRINGS: THE STORY OF THE KAMAKA ’UKULELE — For 100 years, Kamaka and Sons, in their tiny shop in Honolulu, have crafted the instrument that has become the gold standard for ’ukuleles. 4:00 WILLIAM & MARY, SERIES I — Repeats Tue 5/15, 4pm 5:00 GLOBE TREKKER: EAST TEXAS — Repeats Mon 5/14, 1:30pm SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–12M: 6:00 MOYERS & COMPANY — See the Sunday, May 6, 6 p.m. listing. Repeats Mon 5/14, 5pm 7:00 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 a rich variety of resources. The wolf hunts to survive and finds its strength in speed and teamwork. When these predators meet, strengths and risks must be carefully weighed. {DVI} Repeats Mon 5/14, 2:30pm; Tue 5/15, 1pm 8:00 FINDING YOUR ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES JR. — Part 9 of 10. John Legend, Wanda Sykes and Margarett Cooper. Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. explores the stories of free black ancestors of musician John Legend, comedian Wanda Sykes, and Gates’s 98-yearold friend Margarett Cooper. 9:00 MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: SHERLOCK, SERIES II: THE HOUNDS OF BASKERVILLE — New adaptations set in 21st-century London star Benedict Cumberbatch as the great sleuth Sherlock Holmes, with Martin Freeman as Dr. John Watson. The Hounds of Baskerville. Sherlock and Watson pursue the trail of the Baskerville experiments — rumored to be top-secret government research on genetically engineered animals for military use. Repeats Thur 5/17, 9pm; Fri 5/18, 2pm 10:30 MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: FOYLE’S WAR, SERIES VI: THE RUSSIAN HOUSE — Michael Kitchen stars as World War II-era detective Inspector Christopher Foyle. The Russian House. In June 1945, in the aftermath of the celebration of V-E Day, a wave of crime leads Foyle to stumble upon a cover-up that could reveal War Office secrets and bring down the government. {DVI}
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Wednesday, May 16 at 8 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD Nature: Cracking the Koala Code follows a group of the intriguing mammals on a small Australian island, observing their behavior.
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THE WAR, BY KEN BURNS & LYNN NOVICK A WETA CO-PRODUCTION Sundays, May 20 & 27 at 11 a.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD WETA Television reprises THE WAR, an acclaimed 15-hour, seven-part documentary — created by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick in partnership with WETA — that premiered in 2007. The film explores World War II from an American perspective, following the experiences of a handful of men and woman on the home front and on the battlefront. THE WAR relates the story of the conflict around the globe as it honors and celebrates the bravery, endurance and sacrifice of the generation of Americans who lived through the conflagration.
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7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: MINNEAPOLIS, MN — Repeats Tue 5/22, 2pm; Wed 5/23, 1pm 9:00 BURT BACHARACH & HAL DAVID: THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS GERSHWIN PRIZE FOR POPULAR SONG IN PERFORMANCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE — A WETA co-production presents a star-studded tribute to the songwriting team that penned such classic tunes as “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head,” “What the World Needs Now Is Love,” “Walk on By” and “Alfie.” Composer Burt Bacharach and lyricist Hal David’s collaboration has produced numerous hits and enjoyed a resurgence in popularity. Repeats Tue 5/22, 3pm 10:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: ROADSHOW REMEMBERS — A special edition spotlights 10 years of treasures on the series, featuring intriguing objects, unforgettable stories and surprising prices. Repeats Tue 5/22, 5pm; Wed 5/23, 2pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon
8:00 DOC MARTIN, SERIES I — Parts 2 & 3 of 6. Gentlemen Prefer/Sh*t Happens 9:30 DOC MARTIN, SERIES V — Parts 7 & 8 of 8. Part 7: Bert Large’s restaurant business runs into financial trouble. Eleanor comes to Bert’s rescue, but an emergency puts Eleanor’s life in jeopardy and Martin must act fast. Part 8: Mrs. Tishell’s long-standing crush on the doctor takes a dramatic turn in this final episode. With Doc and Louisa’s baby in her care, she boards a bus out of the village, leaving an enigmatic message for Martin.
22 Tuesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 CIVILIZATION: THE WEST AND THE REST WITH NIALL FERGUSON — Part 1 of 2. A two-part documentary examines the rise of the West’s economic ascendancy based on author Niall Ferguson’s six principles of prosperity: competition, science, modern medicine, democracy, consumerism and work ethic. The programs are adapted from Ferguson’s book, “Civilization: The West and the Rest.” {DVI} Repeats Wed 5/23, 3pm; Thur 5/24, 1pm 10:00 FRONTLINE: CELL TOWER DEATHS — A reprised report, a joint investigation by Frontline and ProPublica, explores the hazardous work of independent contractors who are building and servicing America’s expanding cellular infrastructure. {DVI} 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon
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N WETA TV 26, 6AM–11AM. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD listings. O 6AM–9AM WETA KIDS PROGRAMMING 9AM–11AM See the Sunday, May 6 listings. SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 11AM–12M: 11AM THE WAR — A seven-part documentary series — a coproduction of Florentine Films and WETA that was directed and produced by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick — explores World War II from the perspective of ordinary Americans. Episode 1 of 7. A Necessary War (December 1941–December 1942). Inhabitants of Mobile, Alabama; Sacramento, California; Waterbury, Connecticut; and Luverne, Minnesota recall their communities on the eve of war. Episode 1 explores the war from Pearl Harbor through the Pacific battles of Midway and Guadalcanal. {DVI} 1:30 THE WAR — Episode 2 of 7. When Things Get Tough (January 1943–December 1943). By January 1943, Americans have been at war for more than a year. The Germans still occupy most of Western Europe. In North Africa, American troops are beaten back by Erwin Rommel’s seasoned veterans, but after George Patton assumes command, U.S. forces begin to advance. Across the USA, manufacturing is converted to the war effort and women enter the work world en masse. {DVI} 3:30 THE WAR — Episode 3 of 7. A Deadly Calling (November 1943–June 1944). Despite American victories in the Solomons and New Guinea, the Japanese empire still stretches 4,000 miles. In November 1943, U.S. Marines assault the Pacific atoll of Tarawa. In Italy, Allied forces stall at Monte Cassino south of Rome. A risky landing at Anzio ends in failure, but by June 4, Rome is liberated. {DVI} 5:30 THE WAR — Episode 4 of 7. Pride of Our Nation (June 1944–August 1944). By June 1944, the tide of the war seems to be turning. On June 6, 1944 — D-Day — a million and a half Allied troops embark on the invasion of France. The Allies tear a gap in Hitler’s Atlantic Wall, but bog down for months before routing German forces during the summer. In the Pacific, the long climb from island to island toward the Japanese homeland is underway, but the enemy defends to the death each piece of territory. {DVI} 8:00 FINDING YOUR ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES JR. — Part 10 of 10. Michelle Rodriguez, Adrian Grenier and Linda Chavez. Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. explores how the American experience has been shaped
by people who were in the New World long before the Mayflower landed. 9:00 MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: SHERLOCK, SERIES II: THE REICHENBACH FALL — New adaptations set in 21st-century London star Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes, with Martin Freeman as Dr. John Watson and Andrew Scott as the evil genius, Moriarty. The Reichenbach Fall. In what may be the climactic case of his career, Sherlock faces Moriarty’s diabolical plot to “get Sherlock,” which begins when the criminal mastermind breaks into the Crown Jewels. Repeats Thur 5/24, 9pm; Fri 5/25, 2pm 10:30 MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: FOYLE’S WAR, SERIES VI: KILLING TIME —Michael Kitchen stars as World War II-era detective Inspector Christopher Foyle, fighting crime on the south coast of England. Killing Time. When a local girl is found murdered, suspicion fueled by racial prejudice points to a GI at a U.S. military base. In order to reveal the truth, Foyle must go head-to-head with the U.S. Army. {DVI}
IN PERFORMANCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE A WETA CO-PRODUCTION Monday, May 21 at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD Burt Bacharach & Hal David: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song In Performance at the White House features a tribute to the hitmaking composer and lyricist by a host of musical artists who join the pair in a special concert filmed this month.
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the Kamehameha Schools Song Contest. Every year in Hawai’i, 2,000 high school students compete in the contest, in which young leaders direct their peers in singing Hawaiian music in four-part harmony. 10:30 NEED TO KNOW 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon
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Friday, May 25 at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD Joan Miró: The Ladder of Escape, a National Gallery of Art film, explores the life and work of the Spanish artist, whose works are featured in a special exhibition opening May 6 at the gallery.
7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 NATURE: SALMON: RUNNING THE GAUNTLET — Nature investigates the parallel stories of collapsing Pacific salmon populations and how biologists and engineers have engaged in audacious experiments aimed at saving the species. {DVI} Repeats Thur 5/24, 3pm 9:00 NOVA: KILLER SUBS IN PEARL HARBOR — NOVA joins a dive beneath the waters of Pearl Harbor to trace new clues to the 1941 sinking of the battleship USS Arizona in which 1,177 crew members perished — the greatest loss of life in United States naval history. {DVI} Repeats Thur 5/24, 4pm 10:00 NOVA: MISSING IN MiG ALLEY — NOVA spotlights lethal split-second duels in the skies during the world’s first jet war. In 1950, Russian and American fighters clashed over Korea in dogfights between the two most advanced planes of their day, the American F-86 Sabre and the Soviet MiG-15, in MiG Alley, a strip of airspace on the Korean-Chinese border. {DVI Repeats Thur 5/24, 5pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon
24 Thursday 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 Charles Augustus Milverton, the king of all blackmailers. Holmes has few clues to work with and needs one of the blackmailed to help trap Milverton. Repeats Fri 5/25, 1pm 9:00 MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: SHERLOCK, SERIES II: THE REICHENBACH FALL — See the Sunday, May 20, 9 p.m. listing. Repeats Fri 5/25, 2pm 10:30 AGATHA CHRISTIE’S POIROT: YELLOW IRIS — A yellow iris arrives with the mail, which reminds Poirot (David Suchet) of his trip to Buenos Aires two years before. Iris, one of his dinner companions in Buenos Aires, was murdered and Poirot was deported before he could investigate. Repeats Fri 5/25, 3:30pm 11:30 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon
27 Sunday N WETA TV 26, 6AM–11AM. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD listings. O 6AM–9AM WETA KIDS PROGRAMMING 9AM–11AM See the Sunday, May 6 listings. SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 11AM–11:30PM: 11AM THE WAR — Episode 5 of 7. FUBAR (September 1944– December 1944.) By September 1944, the Allies are moving toward victory in Europe, but plans go wrong. Allied commanders gamble on a risky — and ultimately costly — paratrooper operation behind enemy lines in Holland. Elsewhere, American soldiers fight their way into Germany. In the Pacific, General MacArthur is poised to invade the Philippines and the 1st Marine Division is ordered first to take the island of Peleliu. {DVI} 1:30 THE WAR — Episode 6 of 7. The Ghost Front (December 1944–March 1945.) By December 1944, Americans have become weary of the cost of the war. In Europe, Hitler launches a massive counterattack in the Ardennes Forest in Belgium and Luxembourg — the Battle of the Bulge. The Allies begin massive bombing raids on Germany; but before similar raids can begin on Japan, the airstrip on the island of Iwo Jima must be taken in desperate fighting. {DVI} 3:30 THE WAR — Episode 7 of 7. A World Without War (March 1945–December 1945.) In the Pacific, the battle for Okinawa — the gateway to Japan — is a horror. Meanwhile, as Allied forces push across Germany, they discover Nazi barbarism in the concentration camps. Finally, on May 8, Germany surrenders. The Pacific campaign continues, and in early August 1945, American planes drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Japan surrenders, and American troops begin to return home. {DVI} 6:00 THE WETA GUIDE TO MEMORIALS — A WETA TV 26 production explores the history and meaning of Greater Washington’s memorials and monuments to the armed forces, military campaigns and presidents. Repeats tonight
25 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 5/26, 6:30pm 8:30 INSIDE WASHINGTON — Repeats Sat 5/26, 6pm 9:00 JOAN MIRÓ: THE LADDER OF ESCAPE — A film by the National Gallery of Art spotlights the celebrated modern artist, whose works went on display May 6 in a special exhibition at the gallery. The film and exhibit explore Miró’s passionate, political response through his art to one of the most turbulent periods in European history — the Spanish Civil War, World War II, and decades of dictatorship in Spain — and examine the artist’s Catalonian identity. Repeats Wed 5/30, 5pm 9:30 ONE VOICE — Through the personal stories of student song directors, a music documentary tells the story of
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N WETA TV 26, 6AM–6PM. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD listings. O 6AM–6PM See the Saturday, May 5 listings. SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–11:15PM: 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 I — Parts 4 & 5 of 6. The Portwenn Effect/Of All the Harbors in All the Towns. 9:30 THE WETA MOVIE: KEY LARGO — Edward G. Robinson, Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall star alongside Lionel Barrymore and Clair Trevor in the 1948 drama about a gangster who takes over a remote hotel in the Florida Keys during a hurricane and holds a GI and others hostage. (1:41)
Monday, May 28 at 10 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD The documentary film Independent Lens: To Hell and Back Again explores the experience of a U.S. Marine both at war in Afghanistan and adjusting to life back home while recovering from a wound.
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6:30 NATIONAL MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT 2011 — The co-production of Capital Concerts and WETA features last year’s concert on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol. Joe Mantegna and Gary Sinese host alongside guests Gen. Colin L. Powell USA (Ret.), American Idol’s Kris Allen, actress Dianne Wiest, musical artist B.B. King, classical superstar Hayley Westenra, and tenor Daniel Rodriguez, appearing with the National Symphony Orchestra under the direction of conductor Jack Everly. 8:00 NATIONAL MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT 2012 — The co-production of Capital Concerts and WETA presents this year’s Memorial Day concert live from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol. Joe Mantegna and Gary Sinese return as hosts, appearing with guests Gen. Colin L. Powell USA (Ret.), rock band Daughtry, pop music star Natalie Cole; country music star Trace Adkins; actress Ellen Burstyn; actor and Vietnam veteran Dennis Franz, and world-renowned tenor Russell Watson; with the National Symphony Orchestra under the direction of pops conductor Jack Everly. Repeats tonight; Mon 5/28, 4:30pm 9:30 THE WETA GUIDE TO MEMORIALS — R 10:00 NATIONAL MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT 2012 — R
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29 Tuesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 CIVILIZATION: THE WEST AND THE REST WITH NIALL FERGUSON — See the Tuesday, May 22, 8 p.m. listing. {DVI} Repeats Wed 5/30, 3pm; Thur 5/31, 1pm 10:00 FRONTLINE: FAST TIMES AT WEST PHILLY HIGH — Students and teachers from one of the most disadvantaged neighborhoods in Philadelphia defy expectations as they design and build two super-hybrid cars for international competition. Also in this hour, evidence suggests that the make-or-break moment for high school dropouts may actually be in middle school. {DVI} 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon
30 Wednesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 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 preci-
sion, and delivering deadly toxic venom. Without fast treatment, the mortality rate from a bite is 100 percent. {DVI} Repeats Thur 5/31, 3pm 9:00 NOVA: VENOM: NATURE’S KILLER — NOVA follows two scientists on their expeditions to track down and capture the planet’s most deadly creatures, risking life and limb just to tease out milligrams of venom and get it back to the lab. {DVI} Repeats Thur 5/31, 4pm 10:00 THE SPACE SHUTTLE — Three decades after the first space shuttle, Columbia, was launched, a BBC film offers a biography of the space shuttle program — characterized by incredible triumphs, but blighted by devastating tragedies — and explores its legacy. Repeats Thur 5/31, 5pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon
31 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! 9:00 AGATHA CHRISTIE’S POIROT: THE CASE OF THE MISSING WILL — When academic Andrew Marsh dies shortly after changing his will, Poirot (David Suchet) suspects foul play. Before he died, Marsh asked Poirot to be executor of his new will in which he left his entire estate to Violet, his ward, and left out many other expectant beneficiaries. 10:00 AGATHA CHRISTIE’S POIROT: THE ADVENTURES OF THE ITALIAN NOBLEMAN — Captain Hastings finally decides to buy an Italian car in Mr. Vizzini’s showroom, but a dubious character arrives with the message that Vizzini’s time is up. Time is also up for another of Vizzini’s compatriots when Count Foscatini is found murdered. Poirot (David Suchet) investigates. 11:00 AGATHA CHRISTIE’S POIROT: THE CHOCOLATE BOX — Accompanied by Poirot, Inspector Japp is visiting Brussels where he is to receive the “Branche d’Or for his services to Belgium. A remark of Commissaire de Police Chantalier brings back memories of a case which Poirot “failed” to solve two decades before. 12M CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon
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9AM MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: INSPECTOR LEWIS MARATHON — WETA TV 26 presents five 90-minute episodes of Inspector Lewis, Series II starring Kevin Whately and Laurence Fox. Airing are And the Moonbeams Kiss the Sea (9am); Music to Die For (10:30am); Life Born of Fire (noon); The Great and the Good (1:30pm); and Allegory of Love (3pm). 4:30 NATIONAL MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT 2012 — R 6:00 BBC WORLD NEWS AMERICA/NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: JACKPOT! — The series celebrates every collector’s dream: turning a modest outlay into a staggeringly high return on investment. Repeats Tue 5/29, 2pm; Wed 5/30, 1pm 9:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: RALEIGH, NC — Repeats Tue 5/29, 3pm; Wed 5/30, 2pm 10:00 INDEPENDENT LENS: TO HELL AND BACK AGAIN — A film features two overlapping narratives intercut — the life of a Marine at war on the front in Afghanistan and the life of the same Marine in recovery at home — offering a strikingly realistic depiction of how Marines experience this war. 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon
Sunday, May 27 at 8 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD National Memorial Day Concert 2012, a production of Capital Concerts and WETA, features the annual concert live from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol. Joe Mantegna and Gary Sinese (above) host, with Trace Adkins, Natalie Cole, Daughtry, Ellen Burstyn, Dennis Franz, Russell Watson, Gen. Colin Powell USA (Ret.), and the National Symphony Orchestra led by conductor Jack Everly.
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Raggs, 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 Wild Animal Baby Explorers, 12:30pm Sesame Street, 1pm Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, 2pm Angelina Ballerina, 2:30pm Peep and the Big Wide World, 3pm
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airs weekdays at 10:30 a.m. on the WETA Kids channel
reated by Craig Bartlett, Dinosaur Train is an animated series produced by the Jim Henson Company for three- to six-year-olds. Set in a whimsically realistic, prehistoric world of jungles, swamps, active volcanoes, and oceans, the show features a curious T-rex named Buddy. Together with his adoptive Pteranodon family, Buddy takes the dinosaur train to meet, explore and have adventures with all kinds of dinosaurs, encouraging young viewers at home to make observations and comparisons about their own world and foster a lifelong interest in learning. This month, WETA Kids features a one-hour Dinosaur Train special: “Dinosaurs A-Z.” The special includes two new episodes in which all the dinosaurs in the “Dinosaurs A-Z” song gather for a picnic at Troodon Town. The special premieres Monday, May 14, at 10:30 a.m. and repeats on Saturday, May 19 at 12:30 p.m. and on Saturday, May 26 at 2 p.m. Note: You’ll also find children’s programming on WETA TV 26: WEEKDAYS ON WETA TV 26
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MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ON THE WETA KIDS CHANNEL
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 Super WHY!
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Joan Miró: The Ladder of Escape
George Bellows
May 6–August 12
June 10–October 8
East Building
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Organized by Tate Modern, London, in collaboration with Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, and in association with the National Gallery of Art, Washington. The exhibition is made possible through the generous support of the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation. Additional support is provided by Buffy and William Cafritz. The Institut Ramon Llull is an exhibition sponsor in Washington and London. This exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.
Organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington.The exhibition is made possible by Nippon Television Network Corporation, Tokyo, Japan. The Terra Foundation for American Art is the proud sponsor of the exhibition in Washington and London. The exhibition is generously supported by the Henry Luce Foundation. In Washington, it is also made possible by the Cordover Family Foundation, with additional support provided by The Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Horowitz Foundation for the Arts. This exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.
Joan Miró, Portrait IV (detail), June 1938, oil on canvas, Collection of Samuel and Ronnie Heyman, New York © 2012 Successió Miró/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris
George Bellows, Stag at Sharkey’s (detail), 1909, oil on canvas, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection. Photo © The Cleveland Museum of Art
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