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5:00 GLOBE TREKKER: PAPUA NEW GUINEAU — Repeats Wed 9/5, 5pm SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–12M: 6:00 MOYERS & COMPANY — Bill Moyers presents a weekly hour of conversation about life and the state of American democracy. Repeats Mon 9/3, 5pm 7:00 DOC MARTIN, SERIES V — Part 7 of 8. Bert Large’s restaurant business runs into financial trouble. Eleanor comes to Bert’s rescue with a plan to boost business, but an emergency puts Eleanor’s life in jeopardy and Martin must act fast. Martin plans his departure from Portwenn to resume his career in London. 8:00 ROYAL MEMORIES: PRINCE CHARLES’ TRIBUTE TO THE QUEEN — Britain’s Prince Charles shares memories and recalls events from Queen Elizabeth’s public and private life, adding his own commentary and insights. Previously unseen photographs and films from Her Majesty’s private collection — many of them shot by the queen herself — capture royal family life. Repeats Thur 9/6, 5pm 9:00 MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: INSPECTOR LEWIS, SERIES IV: THE GIFT OF PROMISE — Kevin Whately stars as Oxford sleuth Inspector Lewis; Laurence Fox portrays his young colleague DS Hathaway. During an investigation of a brutal bludgeoning, what seems to be a blackmail plot gone wrong turns into a case much more sinister. {DVI} Repeats Tue 9/4, 4pm; Fri 9/7, 1:30pm 10:30 MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: ENDEAVOUR — In the 1960s prequel to the Inspector Morse series, rookie Constable Morse, fed up with police work, is ready to hand in his resignation. But a murder turns up that only he can solve. Shaun Evans stars as the young Endeavour Morse. {DVI} (90 min.) Repeats Fri 9/7, 3pm; Thur 9/20, 9pm
Sundays, September 9, 16 & 23 at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD Masterpiece Mystery! features three new Wallander episodes with Kenneth Branagh reprising his role as the Swedish sleuth.
8:00 PBS CONVENTION COVERAGE: A NEWSHOUR SPECIAL REPORT: DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION — The NewsHour provides live gavel-to-gavel coverage — co-anchored by Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff — of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina. The special broadcast is a co-production of MacNeil/Lehrer Productions and WETA. 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon
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7AM–5PM FINDING YOUR ROOTS — Parts 1–10 of 10. A 10-part series featuring Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. delves into the genealogy and genetics of famous Americans. Professor Gates explores stories and surprises in the family trees of Kevin Bacon, Robert Downey, Jr., Branford Marsalis, John Legend, Martha Stewart, Barbara Walters and Rick Warren, among others. 5PM MOYERS & COMPANY — R 6:00 BBC WORLD NEWS AMERICA/NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: MOBILE, AL — Repeats Tue 9/4, 2pm 9:00 MARKET WARRIORS — Antiquing in Brimfield, MA. Part 1. The pickers seek art glass in Brimfield, MA, home of the largest outdoor market in the world. Repeats Tue 9/4, 3pm; Thur 9/6, 1pm; Sun 9/16, 7pm 10:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: PHOENIX, AZ — Repeats Wed 9/5, 1pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon
7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 PBS CONVENTION COVERAGE: A NEWSHOUR SPECIAL REPORT: DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION — See the Tuesday, September 4, 8 p.m. listing. 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon
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7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 PBS CONVENTION COVERAGE: A NEWSHOUR SPECIAL REPORT: DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION — See the Tuesday, September 4, 8 p.m. listing. 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 9/8, 6:30pm 8:30 INSIDE WASHINGTON — Repeats Sat 9/8, 6pm 9:00 AMERICAN MASTERS: SAM COOKE: CROSSING OVER — Before Otis Redding, before Motown, before Aretha Franklin became the Queen of Soul, Sam Cooke put the spirit of the black church into popular music. American Masters explores his life and music. 10:00 GREAT PERFORMANCES: PAUL MCCARTNEY’S LIVE KISSES — In an intimate concert recorded at the historic Capitol Studios in Los Angeles, Paul McCartney — along with Diana Krall — performs a collection of standards beloved by McCartney since childhood, including “I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter,” “It’s Only a Paper Moon,” “Always,” “Bye Bye Blackbird” and more. 11:00 NEED TO KNOW 11:30 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon
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Friday, September 7 at 10 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD Great Performances presents Paul McCartney’s Live Kisses, in which the former Beatle performs favorite standards with Diana Krall.
ON WETA TV 26, 6AM–6PM. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD listings. 6AM–6PM See the Saturday, September 1 listings. SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–1AM: 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 II — Parts 7 & 8 of 8. Out of the Woods/Erotomania. 9:33 THE WETA MOVIE: THUNDERBOLD AND LIGHTFOOT — In Michael Cimino’s 1974 comic drama, an irreverent young drifter (Jeff Bridges) joins a Montana preacher and former bank robber (Clint Eastwood) in a heist. (1:55) Repeats Sun 9/9, 11:30am
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11:30 INDEPENDENT LENS: OUR DISAPPEARED/NUESTROS DESAPARECIDOS — Director Juan Mandelbaum returns to his native Argentina to discover what happened to friends and loved ones who “disappeared” during the 1976–1983 military dictatorships there. (90 min.)
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9 Sunday ON WETA TV 26, 6AM–6PM. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD listings. 6AM–11:30AM See the Sunday, September 2 listings. 11:30 THE WETA MOVIE: THUNDERBOLT AND LIGHTFOOT — (1:55) R 1:30 AMERICAN MASTERS: YOU MUST REMEMBER THIS: THE WARNER BROS. STORY — A miniseries celebrates 85 years of the legacy and evolution of the Warner Bros. film company. Clint Eastwood narrates. Episodes 1 & 2 of 5. You Ain’t Heard Nothin’ Yet (1923–1935)/ Good War, Uneasy Peace (1935–1950). 3:30 CALIFORNIA STATE OF MIND: THE LEGACY OF PAT BROWN — A biography of former California Governor Edmund G. “Pat” Brown — father of the state’s current governor, Jerry Brown — was created by Brown’s granddaughter and award-winning director Sascha Rice. With access to Brown’s personal and family archives, the film presents an intimate look into political power and a family dynasty hailed as “the West Coast Kennedys.” Repeats Wed 9/12, 4pm 5:00 GLOBE TREKKER FOOD HOUR: BRAZIL — Repeats Mon 9/10, 1:30pm; Tue 9/11, 4:30pm SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–12M: 6:00 MOYERS & COMPANY — Repeats Mon 9/10, 5pm 7:00 DOC MARTIN, SERIES V — Part 8 of 8. Mrs. Tishell’s long-standing crush on the doctor takes a dramatic turn. 8:00 BROADWAY OR BUST — A three-part documentary tracks the real-life stories of America’s top high school musical performers, vying in a competition to find the nation’s best young theater stars. After regional theatrical competitions, 60 finalists descend on Broadway for a week of rehearsals, coaching, mentoring and competition. Finalists are selected by audition and these “best of the best” take part in the June 2012 The National High School Musical Theatre Awards. Part 1 of 3. The Casting Call. Repeats Mon 9/10, 4pm 9:00 MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: WALLANDER, SERIES III: AN EVENT IN AUTUMN — Kenneth Branagh returns to his Emmy-nominated role as the Swedish detective created by novelist Henning Mankell. An Event in Autumn. A pregnant woman leaps to her death from the side of a ferry. Or was she pushed? Wallander’s work gets close to home as he follows the leads of two investigations that become increasingly entangled. {DVI} Repeats Tue 9/11, 3pm; Fri 9/14, 2pm 10:30 MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: WALLANDER, SERIES II: FACELESS KILLERS — In a reprised episode from Series II, Wallander (Kenneth Branagh) investigates the brutal slaying of an elderly couple at an isolated farmhouse. {DVI} Repeats Fri 9/14, 3:30pm
Saturday, September 15 at 9:33 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD The WETA Movie features the American Masters film Judy Garland: By Myself. The documentary follows the actor’s film and stage career, with Garland telling her own story in recordings she made in preparation for writing her autobiography.
10 Monday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: MOBILE, AL — Repeats Tue 9/11, 2pm; Wed 9/12, 1pm 9:00 GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET: WAGNER’S RING CYCLE: WAGNER’S DREAM — Robert Lepage’s acclaimed new production of Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen — airing this week — is preceded by the broadcast of filmmaker Susan Froemke’s documentary Wagner’s Dream, which chronicles the backstage story of the Metropolitan Opera’s new staging of the Cycle, opera’s most monumental work. 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon
11 Tuesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 NOVA: ENGINEERING GROUND ZERO — With extraordinary access granted by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, NOVA follows the five-year construction of One World Trade Center (1 WTC) and the National September 11 Memorial & Museum. {DVI} Repeats Wed 9/12, 3pm 9:00 GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET: WAGNER’S RING CYCLE: DAS RHEINGOLD (THE RHINE GOLD) — The theft of Rhine gold sets in motion a chain of misery and destruction. In the first opera in the Ring cycle, the evil Alberich steals gold from the Rhine and uses it to forge a ring of unimaginable power. Wotan, the king of the gods, uses magic to steal the ring, but Alberich places a curse that guarantees misery for whoever wears it. Wotan’s unwillingness to part with the ring leads to his own destruction. James Levine conducts, with Wendy Bryn Harmer (Freia), Stephanie Blythe (Fricka), Bryn Terfel (Wotan), Eric Owens (Alberich), Franz-Josef Selig (Fasolt) and Hans-Peter König (Fafner). 12M CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon
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Monday–Friday, Sept. 10–14 at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD Great Performances at the Met presents Wagner’s Ring Cycle, opera’s most monumental work, featuring Richard Wagner’s epic operas Das Rheingold, Die Walküre, Siegfried and Götterdämmerung on four consecutive nights. The productions are preceded Monday, Sept. 10 by Wagner’s Dream, a documentary chronicling the story of this new staging of the Cycle. Above is Jay Hunter Morris as Siegfried.
7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 NATURE: ELSA’S LEGACY: THE BORN FREE STORY — The year 2010 marked the 50th anniversary of the publication of Born Free — a book and film that changed the way we think about wildlife. Nature explores what has happened to lions since this story, what has happened to the people featured in the film, and what Born Free has taught us. {DVI} Repeats Thur 9/13, 2pm 9:00 GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET: WAGNER’S RING CYCLE: DIE WALKÜRE (THE VALKYRIE) — The mysterious hero Siegmund finds shelter in the arms of a lonely woman named Sieglinde. Their forbidden love leads Wotan’s daughter, the warrior maiden Brünnhilde, to defy morality and intervene on behalf of the hero. Brünnhilde’s transgression forces her father to choose between his love for his favorite daughter and his duty to his wife, the formidable goddess Fricka. Wotan takes away Brünnhilde’s godlike powers and puts her to sleep on a mountaintop, surrounded by a ring
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of magic fire. James Levine conducts, with Deborah Voigt (Brünnhilde), Eva-Maria Westbroek (Sieglinde), Stephanie Blythe (Fricka), Jonas Kaufmann (Siegmund) and Bryn Terfel (Wotan). 1:30AM CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon
7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE DEVIL’S FOOT — Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett) is on holiday in the countryside in Cornwall on the advice of his physician when one morning his routine is violently interrupted by an extraordinary affair that has occurred during the night. Repeats Fri 9/14, 1pm 9:00 GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET: WAGNER’S RING CYCLE: SIEGFRIED — The young hero Siegfried grows up in the wilderness. He puts together the broken pieces of the sword Nothung, uses it to slay the fearsome dragon Fafner and takes the ring for himself. To fulfill his destiny, he must overcome one more opponent — Wotan, now disguised as the Wanderer — and cross through the magic fire to awaken his true love, Brünnhilde. Fabio Luisi conducts, with Deborah Voigt (Brünnhilde) and Jay Hunter Morris (Siegfried). 1:30AM CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon
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15 Saturday ON WETA TV 26, 6AM–6PM. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD listings. 6AM–6PM See the Saturday, September 1 listings. SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–1AM: 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 — Parts 1 & 2 of 9. On the Edge. 9:33 THE WETA MOVIE: AMERICAN MASTERS: JUDY GARLAND: BY MYSELF — A biography follows the actor and musical artist’s career, featuring rare MGM archival film and Garland telling her own story through recordings she made in preparation for an autobiography. (2:00) Repeats Sun 9/16, 11:30am 11:33 INDEPENDENT LENS: WASTE LAND — A film follows renowned artist Vik Muniz as he “paints” portraits of Brazilian catadores — pickers of recyclable materials — using garbage. (90 min.)
16 Sunday ON WETA TV 26, 6AM–6PM. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD listings. 6AM–11:30AM See the Sunday, September 2 listings. 11:30 THE WETA MOVIE: AMERICAN MASTERS: JUDY GARLAND: BY MYSELF — (2:00) R 1:30 AMERICAN MASTERS: YOU MUST REMEMBER THIS: THE WARNER BROS. STORY — A miniseries celebrates 85 years of the legacy and evolution of the Warner Bros. film company. Clint Eastwood narrates. Episodes 3–5 of 5. A New Reality (1950–1970)/ Woodstock Notions (1970–1989)/The Big Tent (1980–Present). 4:30 GEORGE BELLOWS — Narrated by Ethan Hawke, a film produced by the National Gallery of Art in conjunction with the exhibition George Bellows, open through
Tuesday, September 18 at 8 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD An American Experience two-hour special, Death and the Civil War explores the transformative effect on American society of the war’s appalling casualties. The film by Ric Burns draws on Drew Gilpin Faust’s acclaimed book, This Republic of Suffering.
October 8 at the Gallery, explores the life and work of the American painter (1882–1925), who is best known for depicting bustling urban life in New York City. The film is made possible by the HRH Foundation. Repeats Tue 9/18, 5:30pm 5:00 GLOBE TREKKER: PANAMA & COLOMBIA — Repeats Mon 9/17, 1:30pm; Wed 9/19, 5pm SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–12M: 6:00 MOYERS & COMPANY — Bill Moyers presents a weekly hour of conversation. Repeats Mon 9/17, 5pm 7:00 MARKET WARRIORS — R 8:00 BROADWAY OR BUST — Part 2 of 3. Boot Camp. See Sunday, Sept. 9, 8 p.m. listing. Repeats Mon 9/17, 4pm 9:00 MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: WALLANDER, SERIES III: THE DOGS OF RIGA — Kenneth Branagh returns to his Emmy-nominated role as the soul-searching Swedish detective created by best-selling novelist Henning Mankell. The Dogs of Riga. A raft adrift in Swedish waters holds a grisly cargo: two horribly tortured dead Latvians. Arriving to investigate is an enigmatic police major, who then disappears. Alongside the major’s spouse, Wallander becomes embroiled in the case. {DVI} Repeats Tue 9/18, 4pm; Fri 9/21, 2pm 10:30 MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: WALLANDER, SERIES II: THE MAN WHO SMILED — In a reprised episode from Series II, an old friend contacts Wallander (Kenneth Branagh) with the belief that his father has been murdered, but events convince the detective that there is more to the case. {DVI} Repeats Fri 9/21, 3:30pm
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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 9/15, 6:30pm 8:30 INSIDE WASHINGTON — Repeats Sat 9/15, 6pm 9:00 GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET: WAGNER’S RING CYCLE: GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG (TWILIGHT OF THE GODS) — Siegfried and Brünnhilde’s love is torn apart by the curse of the ring. A trio of scheming humans separates the two heroes in a desperate attempt to steal the ring for themselves. Their villainous plan fails, but they succeed in murdering Siegfried. Heartbroken, Brünnhilde takes the ring and leaps into the hero’s funeral pyre, causing a global cataclysm and the twilight of the gods. Fabio Luisi conducts, with Deborah Voigt (Brünnhilde) and Jay Hunter Morris (Siegfried). 2AM CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon
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17 Monday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: SALT LAKE CITY, UT — Repeats Tue 9/18, 2pm; Wed 9/19, 1pm 9:00 MARKET WARRIORS — Antiquing in Springfield, OH. The pickers search the Springfield Extravaganza for cast iron to sell at auction in Los Angeles. Repeats Tue 9/18, 3pm; Wed 9/19, 2pm; Thur 9/20, 1pm; Sun 9/23, 7pm 10:00 JOHN LEGUIZAMO’S TALES FROM A GHETTO KLOWN—PBS ARTS — A film offers a behind-thescenes look at one of the entertainment industry’s most versatile actors: John Leguizamo. This profile of the actor/playwright looks at his unorthodox rise to success while capturing his struggles to mount his latest one-man show. From his Colombian and “NuyoRican” roots to his high-profile Hollywood career, Leguizamo bares his soul. 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon
18 Tuesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 DEATH AND THE CIVIL WAR: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE — Drawing on This Republic of Suffering, historian and Harvard president Drew Gilpin Faust’s acclaimed book, a film by Ric Burns explores the implications of the Civil War’s staggering and unprecedented death toll, which transformed hundreds of thousands of individual lives and the life of the nation. The film examines the
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Wednesday, September 19 at 8 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD Nature: Outback Pelicans spotlights an annual gathering of 100,000 of the birds at a great salt lake in the interior of Australia.
increasingly lethal years of the war, focusing on several key battles and concluding with a section on postwar reburial efforts and remembrance. Oliver Platt narrates. {DVI} Repeats Wed 9/19, 3pm; Thur 9/20, 2pm 10:00 FRONTLINE 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon
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19 Wednesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 NATURE: OUTBACK PELICANS — Every 10 years, rains flood into dried-up river beds and head inland to create the largest lake in Australia, and 100,000 pelicans — a third of all the pelicans in Australia — arrive to feed. {DVI} Repeats Mon 9/24, 2:30pm; Tue 9/25, 1pm 9:00 NOVA: MAKING STUFF STRONGER — What is the world’s strongest material? From steel to Kevlar and spider silk to carbon nanotubes, host David Pogue — technology columnist of The New York Times — looks at the ways in which science and nature work to make strong stuff. {DVI} 10:00 NOVA: MAKING STUFF SMALLER — In the information age, smaller is better: transistors, microchips and the laptops and cell phone that they power are triumphs of tiny. Technology expert David Pogue explores an even smaller world, profiling the latest in high-powered nano-circuits and micro-robots. {DVI} 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon
20 Thursday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 SHERLOCK HOLMES: SILVER BLAZE — England’s most remarkable racehorse is missing and his trainer has been murdered. The local constabulary has made an arrest, but Holmes (Jeremy Brett) is not convinced of the man’s guilt. Repeats Fri 9/21, 1pm 9:00 MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: ENDEAVOUR — R 10:30 MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: INSPECTOR LEWIS, SERIES IV: OLD, UNHAPPY, FAR OFF THINGS — Inspector Lewis (Kevin Whately) and his colleague DS Hathaway (Laurence Fox) solve criminal cases in the academic haven of Oxford. Old, Unhappy, Far Off Things. A reunion at Oxford’s remaining all-female college ends with the murder of a prominent student, which may be connected to a decade-old case. {DVI} 12M CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon
ON WETA TV 26, 6AM–6PM. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD listings. 6AM–1PM See the Saturday, September 1 listings. 1PM AMERICAN GRADUATE DAY — “American Graduate: Let’s Make It Happen” is a public media initiative — supported by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting — to help students stay on the path to on-time high school graduation and future success. A special broadcast spotlights the dropout crisis with celebrity guests, relevant spokespeople and compelling stories from students themselves. 3PM–6PM See the Saturday, September 1 listings. SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–3AM: 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 — Parts 3 & 4 of 9. The Apple Doesn’t Fall/Movement. 9:33 THE WETA MOVIE: DARK PASSAGE — In Delmer Davies’ 1947 noir mystery, a San Francisco art student (Lauren Bacall) hides a fugitive (Humphrey Bogart) who is trying to prove his innocence in a crime. (1:46) Repeats Sun 9/23, 11:30am 11:30 P.O.V.: I’M CAROLYN PARKER: THE GOOD, THE MAD, AND THE BEAUTIFUL — Academy Award-winning director Jonathan Demme’s film follows a woman intent on rebuilding her home, neighborhood and life in New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward after the devastation wreaked by Hurricane Katrina. 1AM THE STORM THAT SWEPT MEXICO — A film relates the epic story of the Mexican Revolution of 1910, led by two of the most intriguing and mythic figures in 20th-century history — Emiliano Zapata and Francisco “Pancho” Villa. (2 hrs.)
23 Sunday ON WETA TV 26, 6AM–6PM. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD listings. 6AM–11:30AM See the Sunday, September 2 listings. 11:30 THE WETA MOVIE: DARK PASSAGE — (1:46) R 1:30 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. 2:30 THE WETA GUIDE TO MORE UNUSUAL ATTRACTIONS — A WETA 26 production explores some of Greater Washington’s lesser-known landmarks, destinations and museums, including President Lincoln’s Cottage, the Awakening statue at National Harbor, the National Museum of Crime and Punishment, and Dinosaur Land. 3:00 ARTS & THE MIND — Lisa Kudrow hosts a special that reveals the crucial impact of the arts on the human brain across a lifetime and explores their vital role in human development during youth and age. The programs show how music, dance, painting, poetry and theater improve well-being at both ends of life. 5:00 GLOBE TREKKER: MADRID CITY GUIDE — Repeats Mon 9/24, 1:30pm SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–12M: 6:00 MOYERS & COMPANY — Bill Moyers presents a weekly hour of conversation. Repeats Mon 9/24, 5pm 7:00 MARKET WARRIORS — R
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 9/22, 6:30pm 8:30 INSIDE WASHINGTON — Repeats Sat 9/22, 6pm 9:00 FROM DUST TO DREAMS: OPENING NIGHT AT THE SMITH CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS — An opening night celebration at the new Smith Center for the Performing Arts in Las Vegas, Nevada, is hosted by actor Neil Patrick Harris. Artists performing include Willie Nelson, Jennifer Hudson, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Linda Eder, Savion Glover, Canadian Tenors, Arturo Sandoval, Joshua Bell, American Ballet Theater dancers, and a Broadway troupe. A short film written and directed by George Stevens, Jr. opens the program. 11:00 NEED TO KNOW 11:30 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon
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Wednesdays, September 19 & 26 at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD In NOVA’s miniseries Making Stuff, New York Times technology writer David Pogue explores the personal qualities behind the process of invention that turn a wild idea into something cutting edge.
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9:00 NOVA: MAKING STUFF CLEANER — Host David Pogue — technology columnist of The New York Times — explores using new green materials to build and power the devices of the future, from batteries grown from viruses, to plastics made of sugar, to solar cells that cook up hydrogen. {DVI} Repeats Thur 9/27, 4pm 10:00 NOVA: MAKING STUFF SMARTER — An army tanker truck that heals its own bullet wounds. An airplane wing that changes shape as it flies. Clothing that can monitor its wearer’s heart rate, health and mood. Host David Pogue looks into the growing number of smart materials. {DVI} Repeats Thur 9/27, 5pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon
24 Monday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: SALT LAKE CITY, UT — Repeats Tue 9/25, 2pm; Wed 9/26, 1pm 9:00 MARKET WARRIORS —Antiquing in Brimfield, MA, Part 2. The pickers seek the best piece of art pottery for auction in Cincinnati. Repeats Tue 9/25, 3pm; Wed 9/26, 2pm; Thur 9/27, 1pm; Sun 9/30, 7pm 10:00 AMERICAN MASTERS: THE DAY CARL SANDBURG DIED — A documentary explores the life, work and controversy surrounding the poet and author who, for much of the 20th century, was synonymous with the American experience. Sandburg was a three-time Pulitzer Prize-winner. Repeats Wed 9/26, 4pm 11:30 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon
25 Tuesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 MONEY AND MEDICINE — A documentary examines the medical, ethical and financial challenges of containing runaway healthcare spending, illuminating the so-called waste and overtreatment in our medical system and exploring promising ways to reduce healthcare expenditures while improving quality of care. Repeats Wed 9/26, 3pm; Thur 9/27, 2pm 9:00 FRONTLINE: DROPOUT NATION — Every year, hundreds of thousands of teenagers in the U.S. quit high school without diplomas — an epidemic of dropouts. Frontline follows an experiment to rescue students from the edge at Houston’s Sharpstown High — once a notorious “dropout factory” — in an investigation of the causes, challenges and potential solutions of this national emergency. 11:00 NOT IN OUR TOWN: LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS — In 2008, a series of attacks against Latino residents in Patchogue, New York, an ethnically diverse workingclass village in Suffolk County, ended with the killing of an Ecuadoran immigrant. A film follows the local mayor as he confronts the anti-immigrant bias in the town. 12M CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon
7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 SHERLOCK HOLMES: WISTERIA LODGE — A man enjoys dinner at Wisteria Lodge in the Surrey countryside, but in the morning, he can find no trace of his host, the footman or cook. Holmes (Jeremy Brett) investigates. Repeats Fri 9/28, 1pm 9:00 MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: INSPECTOR LEWIS, SERIES V: THE SOUL OF GENIUS — Kevin Whately stars as Oxford sleuth Inspector Lewis; Laurence Fox portrays his young colleague DS Hathaway. The Soul of Genius. When the body of an obsessive Oxford English professor is discovered ritually buried, Lewis and Hathaway set out to uncover the truth. {DVI} 10:30 MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: INSPECTOR LEWIS, SERIES V: GENERATION OF VIPERS — Suspicions abound as Inspector Lewis (Kevin Whately) and DS Hathaway (Laurence Fox) investigate the death of a lovelorn Oxford professor. {DVI} 12M CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon
28 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 in a special roadshow — an Election 2012 Town Hall Event — produced before a live audience in St. Louis, Missouri. See the magazine inside front cover for details. Repeats Sat 9/29, 6:30pm 8:30 INSIDE WASHINGTON — Repeats Sat 9/29, 6pm 9:00 MARILYN MONROE: BEYOND THE LEGEND — A film spotlights Marilyn Monroe’s great moments on film, featuring movie clips, home movies and archival footage. Interviewees include Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Susan Strasberg and Celeste Holm. Richard Widmark narrates. Repeats Sun 9/30, 4pm 10:00 NEED TO KNOW 10:30 VOCES ON PBS: TALES OF MASKED MEN — A documentary film explores the sport of “lucha libre” and its role in Latino communities in the United States and Mexico. Part circus and part athletic contest, the sport, famous for its masked wrestlers, provides a sense of “home” for new immigrants in the United States. Repeats Sat 9/29, 2:30am 11:30 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon
26 Wednesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 NATURE: THE ANIMAL HOUSE — Why do some animals build structures, while others don’t? And how do animals decide where to build? Nature investigates. {DVI} Repeats Thur 9/27, 3pm
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8:00 BROADWAY OR BUST — Part 3 of 3. And the Winner Is… See Sunday, Sept. 9, 8 p.m. listing. Rpts Mon 9/24, 4pm 9:00 MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: WALLANDER, SERIES III: BEFORE THE FROST — Kenneth Branagh returns to his Emmy-nominated role as the soul-searching Swedish detective created by best-selling novelist Henning Mankell. Before the Frost. An escapee from a psychiatric hospital commits horrific acts. Wallander finds that Anna, an old friend of his daughter, Linda, may be connected. {DVI} Repeats Tue 9/25, 4pm; Fri 9/28, 2pm 10:30 MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: WALLANDER, SERIES II: THE FIFTH WOMAN — In a reprised episode from Series II, two seemingly unconnected cases lead Wallander (Kenneth Branagh) to believe he is on the trail of a serial killer. {DVI} Repeats Fri 9/28, 3:30pm
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Wednesday, September 26 at 8 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD Nature: The Animal House spotlights a variety of animal homes, examining creatures’ choice of location and materials.
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ON WETA TV 26, 6AM–6PM. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD listings. 6AM–6PM See the Saturday, September 1 listings. SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–3:30AM: 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 — Parts 5 & 6 of 9. City Slickers/ The Admirer. 9:33 THE WETA MOVIE: DINER — In Barry Levinson’s 1982 drama, a group of immature twentysomething buddies (Steve Guttenberg, Mickey Rourke, Kevin Bacon, Daniel Stern, Paul Reiser and Tim Daly) beginning the passage to adulthood regroup at an all-night diner hangout after escapades in late-1950s Baltimore. Ellen Barkin co-stars. (1:50) Repeats Sun 9/30, 11:30am 11:30 P.O.V.: EL VELADOR (THE NIGHT WATCHMAN) — A documentary film follows a guard who watches over the extravagant mausoleums of some of Mexico’s most notorious drug lords. 12:30AM INDEPENDENT LENS: THE LONGORIA AFFAIR — A film explores how Private Felix Longoria’s burial in Texas after World War II helped launch the MexicanAmerican civil rights movement. 1:30AM P.O.V.: BIBLIOBURRO: THE DONKEY LIBRARY — A documentary relates the story of a courageous Colombian teacher who spends his weekends braving hardships to take a modest collection of precious books, via two hard-working donkeys, to the children of a poor, violence-ridden province. 2:30AM VOCES ON PBS: TALES OF MASKED MEN — R
Sunday, September 30 at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD In anticipation of new episodes in October, WETA Television reprises Masterpiece Classic: Upstairs Downstairs, the three-part 2011 sequel to the classic 1970s Masterpiece series. The drama follows the lives of masters and servants of a London house during the late 1930s. The cast includes Eileen Atkins (left), Claire Foy and Art Malik, Keeley Hawes and Ed Stoppard, and Jean Marsh (upper right).
30 Sunday ON WETA TV 26, 6AM–6PM. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD listings. 6AM–11:30AM See the Sunday, September 2 listings. 11:30 THE WETA MOVIE: DINER — (1:50) R 1:30 LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER: THE PHILHARMONIC OPENING GALA WITH ITZHAK PERLMAN — Itzhak Perlman, the world’s preeminent violinist, performs Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto. Also on the bill: the New York Philharmonic, under Maestro Alan Gilbert’s baton, illuminates the magic of Rome with Respighi’s glittering showpieces for virtuoso orchestra: Fountains of Rome and Pines of Rome. 3:00 THE CLIBURN: 50 YEARS OF GOLD — Every four years, a group of the world’s finest young pianists takes the stage at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in Fort Worth, Texas. The outcome there can COURTESY LAURENCE CENDROWICZ/©NEAL STREET PRODUCTIONS 2011
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Sundays, Sept. 30–Nov. 4 at 8 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD The acclaimed six-part, memoir-based BBC drama Call the Midwife follows a young woman taking up new duties as part of a team of midwives serving the poor in 1950s East London.
change their lives. Through the experience of 15 gold medalists, a film follows the 50-year history of one of the world’s most prestigious music competitions. 4:00 MARILYN MONROE: BEYOND THE LEGEND — R 5:00 GLOBE TREKKER ‘ROUND THE WORLD: LONDON TO ISTANBUL — Repeats Mon 10/1, 1:30pm SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–12M: 6:00 MOYERS & COMPANY — Bill Moyers presents a weekly hour of conversation about life and the state of American democracy. Repeats Mon 10/1, 5pm 7:00 MARKET WARRIORS — R 8:00 CALL THE MIDWIFE — A true-to-life drama BBC series based on a best-selling memoir tells colorful stories of midwifery and families in London’s East End in the 1950s. A young woman raised in the wealthy English countryside chooses to become a nurse midwife, ministering to London’s poorest expectant mothers. Episode 1 of 6. In the spring of 1957, newly qualified midwife Jenny Lee (Jessica Raine) arrives in the East End of London to begin her career. She quickly becomes immersed in her new life, experiencing the sorrows and joys that come with being a midwife. 9:00 MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: UPSTAIRS DOWNSTAIRS, SERIES I — Following up on the classic Masterpiece series from the 1970s, a sequel miniseries picks up the saga of 165 Eaton Place with new characters, following the lives of the masters upstairs and servants downstairs in three episodes set in 1936. Jean Marsh returns as Rose with a stellar cast including Dame Eileen Atkins, Keeley Hawes, Ed Stoppard, Claire Foy, Art Malik and Ellie Kendrick. Part 1 of 3. Sir Hallam (Stoppard) and Lady Agnes Holland (Hawes) move into the house and hire former parlormaid Rose (Marsh) to assemble a staff. The servants are soon put to the test. {DVI} 10:00 MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: UPSTAIRS DOWNSTAIRS, SERIES I — Part 2 of 3. A German-Jewish refugee comes to 165 Eaton Place as a maid, prompting a range of reactions from upstairs and down. Her experiences culminate in a crisis tied to the fascist movement sweeping Britain. {DVI} 11:00 MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: UPSTAIRS DOWNSTAIRS, SERIES I — 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 personal past. {DVI}
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