October 2008: The 'GBH Members' Guide

Produced in Boston, shared with the world

The Members’ Guide October 2008

The Choice 2008

A Frontline Election Special

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Discounts & Events for Members Only

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Leslie A. Miller uses her MemberCard at the Actors’ Shakespeare Project, Rebecca’s Café, Rosie’s Bakery and many other places.

Send us a picture of you using your MemberCard! For 200+ discounts, go to wgbh.org/ membercard.

New England Genealogical Society

Creative Arts

The Boston Philharmonic

Opera Boston

Sign up for theater, music or art lessons and receive $10 off the registration fee. Info: 781-942-9600; WeTeachCreativeArts.org

The Boston Phil kicks off its 30thanniversary season with performances of Bartok, Saint-Saëns and Dvorak. 10/15 and 10/19 at Sanders Theatre; 10/18 at Jordan Hall. WGBH members receive 2-for-1 admission on single tickets, limit once per season. Info: 617-236-0999; bostonphil.org

From its famous overture to its exciting conclusion, Der Freischütz (The Marksman) is a seminal work of German romanticism. 10/17, 10/19 and 10/21 at the Cutler Majestic Theatre. WGBH members receive 10% off tickets, limit four per MemberCard. Info: 800-233-3123; operaboston.org

Boston Jewish Film Fest

Members-Only Sale

A Christmas Celtic Sojourn

The 20th annual festival runs 11/5–16 and features an exciting array of fiction, documentaries and shorts at venues around Greater Boston. WGBH members receive $2 off tickets. Shown, The Beetle. Info: bjff.org

This month, save 20% on DVDs, books and more from your favorite PBS shows (including Masterpiece Contemporary/ The Last Enemy, see page 9) during the members-only sale at Shop.WGBH.org, 10/8 at 9am through 10/9 at 9am. That’s 5% extra savings on every item! Use discount code MEM907 at checkout.

Make your reservation early for A Christmas Celtic Sojourn, hosted by 89.7’s Brian O’Donovan 12/12– 21 at Boston’s Cutler Majestic Theatre.

WGBH members receive $5 off regularly priced tickets (use code CSMWGBH). Info: 800-233-3123; broadwayoffers.com

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Curious about your family history?

Start exploring today and save $10 off the annual research membership fee; $5 off the day pass fee. Info: 888-296-3447; newenglandancestors.org

Treat someone special to a bottle of wine—receive 20% off 12 bottles of regularly priced mix-and-match wines.

Info: 781-893-1900; gordonswine.com

King Lear and More

Hold Your Next Event at WGBH

See an exclusive free preview of Great Performances’ upcoming production of King Lear, directed by Trevor Nunn and starring Ian McKellen. Richard Price, the program’s award-winning producer, will introduce the film Thursday, 10/9 at WGBH’s Yawkey Theater (reservations required: wgbh.org/events). Other upcoming events include WGBH Kids & Family Day Saturday, 11/1 and a Member Open House Thursday, 11/6.

Searching for a dynamic, state-of-the-art space for your next function or company meeting? Rent WGBH’s studios, theater, atrium, or boardrooms.

Interested? Call Germaine Frechette: 617-300-5785.

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From Our Studios

Stay Connected

Frontline Turns Up the Heat “Climate change is the defining story of our times,” says Martin Smith.

And he should know. An award-winning documentary producer and prolific Frontline correspondent, Marty (below, standing, on location) has reported on the Cold War, the breakup of the Soviet Union, the rise of Al Qaeda, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

For this month’s Heat (premiering Tuesday, 10/21 at 9pm on WGBH 2), Marty traveled the globe to investigate how the world’s largest corporations and governments are responding to the Earth’s looming environmental disaster (see page 12).

His Frontline journey took him from coal mines in Appalachia to the corridors of power in Washington, from droughtstricken villages in Africa to the melting glaciers of Mt. Everest. Along the way, Marty got a close-up look at the impact of climate change on some of the planet’s most sensitive ecological systems, and at innovative ideas for reducing carbon emissions.

“It’s a complicated story,” Marty says, “but Frontline gave me the time, and support, to get it right.”

Heat is the latest installment in Frontline’s remarkable 25-plus year roster of outstanding investigative reports, for which the WGBH-produced series took home a special News and Documentary Emmy last fall, joining its unprecedented three duPont-Columbia Gold Batons.“We tackle ambitious topics and ask tough questions,” says Frontline Executive Producer David Fanning.“It’s what distinguishes us from our commercial and cable counterparts. It’s why we’re here.”

As with all Frontline projects—including The Choice 2008, Frontline’s quadrennial dual bio of the two major party presidential candidates (see page 11)—Heat begins a public conversation that continues online at wgbh.org/ frontline. Our new-media efforts enable Heat was made possible by generous a growing audience the opportunity to contributions to WGBH’s new Frontline watch more than 70 Frontline films in their Journalism Fund. To learn more about how entirety when and where you choose, and you can support investigative journalism to explore a rich library of video clips, on WGBH, contact WGBH Vice President interviews, transcripts, and resource links. for Development Winifred Lenihan at Filling the information gap. Engaging win_lenihan@wgbh.org. the public. Making a difference. We’re proud we’re able to create journalism that matters, on air and online, thanks to your ongoing support.

Jonathan Abbott President and CEO

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2/17/2009 DIGITAL TV DEADLINE 19 weeks left! WGBH wants to help you get ready! Learn more at wgbh.org/digitaltvswitchover.

On the Cover

Frontline’s two-hour special examines the rich personal and The Choice 2008 political biographies of John McCain and Barack Obama and goes behind the headlines to discover how each man arrived at this moment.

See page 11 for more.

Produced in Boston, shared with the world

On my “Don’t Miss” list this month . . .

On 2/44 • Latinos ’08, a timely look at the political impact of the growing Hispanic population in the US. See page 10.

On Radio • Jazz with Eric in the Evening/Avery Sharpe Trio Live The bassist salutes jazz legends McCoy Tyner, Archie Shepp, and Yusef Lateef. Wednesday, 10/15 at 9pm. See page 20.

On WGBH World • Destination America, an encore of veteran filmmaker David Grubin’s fascinating miniseries about the history of US immigration. See page 7 for Cable/Digital broadcast info.

The Members’ Guide October 2008

A Frontline Election Special Page 11

Full schedules and more program info: wgbh.org

Prime Time on

Be more informed! The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer airs weeknights at 6pm followed by Greater Boston with Emily Rooney at 7pm on 2. For tonight’s lineup, go to wgbh.org/greaterboston. Or, watch them anytime with WGBH On Demand (see page 7).

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Globe Trekker Food Hour: Southern India

Spain…On the Road Again

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Great Performances We Love Ella! A Tribute to the First Lady of Song

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The This Old House Hour

Wild Things Equator: The Power of the Sun (Pt. I)

Nature Dogs that Changed the World: The Rise of the Dog (Pt. I)

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Washington Week

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Frontline Sick Around the World

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The Civil War War is All Hell (1865) (Pt. VIII)/The Better Angels of Our Nature (1865) (Pt. IX)

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Masterpiece Contemporary The Last Enemy (Pt. I)

The Last Enemy (to 12mid)

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P.O.V. In the Family

Get Ready for Digital TV

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American Experience Jimmy Carter: Jimmy Who? (Pt. I)/Hostage (Pt. II) (to 12mid)

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Frontline Storm Over Everest

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Waking the Dead Fugue State, Pt. I

Silent Witness Buried Lies, Pt. I

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Secrets of the Dead Aztec Massacre

Latinos ’08

Journey to Planet Earth State of the Planet’s Wildlife

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Spain…On the Road Again

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Great Performances Andrea Bocelli: Tribute on Ice

Great Performances Primo

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Nature Dogs that Changed the World: Dogs By Design (Pt. II)

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America at a Crossroads The Trial of Saddam Hussein

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Scientific American Frontiers Future Car

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Masterpiece Contemporary The Last Enemy (Pt. II)

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American Experience Nixon (to 12mid)

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Frontline The Choice 2008

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Waking the Dead Fugue State, Pt. II

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Secrets of the Dead Aztec Massacre

A Cemetery Special

Lords of the Gourd: The Pursuit of Excellence

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Spain…On the Road Again

Nova Space Shuttle Disaster

Now Waiting for God

Now Waiting for God

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Great Performances Jerry Lee Lewis: Last Man Standing

Chef!

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The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo

Chef!

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(10:55pm) Wall Street

Masterpiece Contemporary The Last Enemy (Pt. II) Ask This Old House

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Spain…On the Road Again

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More Ways to Watch Us! For a full lineup of WGBH’s digital channels, see page 7. And for more information, go to wgbh.org/tvchannels.

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Taste of Louisiana

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The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer

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Travelscope Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions

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Fueling Our Future

The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer

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Daisy Cooks!

Rick Steves’ Europe

Garden Smart

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Global Warming: The Signs and the Science

Wide Angle Burning Season

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Travelscope Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions

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America at a Crossroads Campus Battleground

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Ciao Italia

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Cultivating Life

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Best Recipes in the World

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Nature White Falcon, White Wolf

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The Kalb Report Thank You, Mr. President

The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer

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Mexico—One Plate at a Time

Rick Steves’ Europe

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Frontline The War Briefing

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Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions Travelscope

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Synchronized Swimming: The Pursuit of Excellence

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Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions Scrapbook Memories

*Available to digital and fiber optic cable subscribers. For more information, see page 7 or go to wgbh.org/tvchannels.

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For Kids on WGBH

For more information on where to find ’GBH Kids, see page 7. Sign up for our parents’ e-newsletter at wgbh.org/newsletters or call 617-300-3300.

Go Fetch!

Part game show, part reality TV and part spoof, Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman features real kids, real challenges, real science and an unreal animated host—the dog known as Ruff Ruffman. Look for new shows this month, along with new episodes of everyone’s favorite aardvark, Arthur!

Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman Weekdays at 5:30pm on 2; 12noon and 12:30pm on ’GBH Kids Weekends at 9:30am on ’GBH Kids

Halloween Haunt

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Halloween PBS Kids Go! Fri, 10/31 at 3pm

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Thomas & Friends Special: The Great Discovery Fri, 10/3 at 12:30pm on 2 Mon, 10/6 at 11am on 44 Tue, 10/7 at 12:30pm on 2 Thu, 10/9 at 11am on 44

Full schedules and more program info: wgbh.org

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Radio WGBH 89.7 Boston, in Back Bay/Beacon Hill tune in 96.3 on Nantucket, tune in WNCK 89.5 in Canada, tune in Bell ExpressVu channel 965 All-Classical WGBH 89.7 HD2 Boston WCAI, WGBH’s Cape and Islands NPR® Station 90.1 Martha’s Vineyard 91.1 Nantucket 94.3 Brewster 89.7 HD3 Boston All channels available streaming, on wgbh.org/multimedia Full schedules and more program info: wgbh.org

TV Guidance Do-it-yourselfers Norm Abram and Kevin O’Connor from the original home improvement series This Old House offer digital television how-to advice to help us all make the switch to digital television before the federally mandated analog shutoff in February 2009. Awardwinning journalist María Hinojosa, the intrepid host of WGBH’s María Hinojosa: One-on-One, shares the latest DTV news from the field.

Get Ready for Digital TV Premieres Wed, 10/1 at 9pm on 2 and in HD on WGBH HD Repeats often during the month, see page 17

lab.wgbh.org Following in the footsteps of WGBH’s New Television Workshop, which brought video to life in an age of film, the WGBH Lab is a creative incubator for new filmmakers. At a time when any screen—your TV, computer, cell phone or PDA—is part of the media experience, the Lab seeks to develop new productions that stand at the intersection of broadband and broadcast. Check out the latest at lab.wgbh.org. Shown, a screengrab from Uncle Sam.

Farmhouse Food Getting back to the basics, the venerable crew of America’s Test Kitchen renovates a 200-year-old farmhouse to experiment with classic American recipes in this new cooking series. The Test Kitchen team, led by the bow-tied Christopher Kimball, explores the most reliable and cost-effective cookware, kitchen tools and supermarket foods for the home cook. Look for “country cooking classics” such as three-layered chocolate blackout cake, Lexington-style pulled pork and potluck mac-and-cheese.

Cook’s Country Saturdays (10/4, 11, 25) at 3:30pm on 2

Full schedules and more program info: wgbh.org

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Hispanic Heritage Month is September 15–October 15. Check daily listings and wgbh.org/stories for related programs and more information.

Wednesday 1 Weekday schedule See pgs 6, 17–18 or go to wgbh.org/schedules 6pm 2 NewsHour (cc)

44 Charlie Rose (cc) Only 19 weeks left! Go to wgbh.org/digitalswitchover.

7pm 2 Greater Boston (cc)

44 Nightly Business Report (cc) 7:30 2 Ask This Old House (cc)

44 As Time Goes By (cc) 8pm 2 Secrets of the Dead Executed in Error. In 1910, Hawley Crippen was convicted of the brutal murder of his wife. However, recent analysis proves the body is not his wife—it is not even a woman. (cc) HD

44 Globe Trekker Food Hour: Southern India (cc)(d) Great film: Global Voices presents international independent documentaries, Sundays at 10pm on WGBH World.

9pm 2 Get Ready for Digital TV (cc) HD See TV Guidance, this page

44 Spain…On the Road Again Gwyneth Paltrow, Mario Batali, Mark Bittman and Claudia Bassols take an unscripted roadtrip across Spain, enjoying culinary and cultural pleasures. (cc) 9:30 2 Ken Burns American Stories Huey Long. Long rose to become Louisiana’s Governor and US Senator on a platform of social justice. (cc) 10pm 44 Nova Sputnik Declassified.

Top secret documents reveal the real story behind the beginnings of the space race. (cc)(d) 11pm 2 Charlie Rose (cc)

44 NewsHour (cc) Overnight schedule See pgs 17–18 or go to wgbh.org/schedules

Thursday 2 6pm 2 NewsHour (cc)

44 Charlie Rose (cc) 7pm 2 Greater Boston (cc)

44 Nightly Business Report (cc) 7:30 2 Basic Black Black Health Check-up: A Conversation with Mass. Secretary of Health and Human Services JudyAnn Bigby (cc)

44 As Time Goes By (cc) 8pm 2 Great Performances We Love Ella! A Tribute to the First Lady of Song. This all-star tribute concert features Patti Austin, Quincy Jones and Stevie Wonder. (cc)

44 The This Old House Hour (cc) 9pm 44 Wild Things Equator: The Power of the Sun (Pt. I) (cc) 9:30 2 Great Performances Jerry Lee Lewis: Last Man Standing Live.

Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Norah Jones and Buddy Guy come together to perform with, and pay tribute to, “Killer” in this concert special. (cc) 10pm 44 Nature Dogs that Changed the World: The Rise of the Dog (Pt. I). This two-part encore tells the story of the wolf’s evolution and how “man’s best friend” changed human society. (cc)(d) 11pm 2 Charlie Rose (cc)

44 NewsHour (cc)

Friday 3 6pm 2 NewsHour (cc)

44 Charlie Rose (cc) 7pm 2 Beat the Press (cc)

44 Nightly Business Report (cc) 7:30 2 McLaughlin Group (cc)

44 As Time Goes By (cc)

8pm 2 Washington Week (cc)

44 The Civil War War Is All Hell (1865) (Pt. VIII)/The Better Angels of Our Nature (1865) (Pt. IX). The conclusion of Ken Burns’s critically acclaimed landmark, nine-part series on the war between the states. (cc) 8:30 2 Now (cc) 9pm 2 Bill Moyers Journal (cc) 10pm 2 Frontline Sick Around the World. This encore asks: Can the US learn from the rest of the world about healthcare? (cc)(d) 10:30 44 Ask This Old House (cc) 11pm 2 Charlie Rose (cc)

44 NewsHour (cc)

Saturday 4 6am 2 Curious George (cc)

44 Mr. Rogers (cc)(d) 6:30 2 Sid the Science Kid (cc)

44 Curious George (cc) 7am 2 Peep (cc)

44 Sesame Street (cc)(d) 7:30 2 WordWorld (cc)(d) 8am 2 Super Why! (cc)

44 Barney and Friends (cc) 8:30 2 Clifford (cc)(d)

44 Caillou (cc)(d) 9am 2 Curious George (cc)

44 Bob the Builder (cc)(d) 9:30 2 Sid the Science Kid (cc)

44 Thomas & Friends (cc)(d) 10am 2 Martha Speaks (cc)

44 Sid the Science Kid (cc) 10:30 2 WordGirl (cc)(d)

44 Mama Mirabelle’s Home Movies (cc) 11am 2 The Victory Garden (cc)(d)

44 María Hinojosa: One-on-One Willie Colón.

The Salsa legend has sold more than 30 million records. (cc) 11:30 2 Everyday Baking (cc)

44 Ask This Old House (cc) 12n 2 Everyday Food (cc)

44 Get Ready for Digital TV (cc)(See 10/1 at 9pm on 2) 12:30 2 Sara’s Weeknight Meals (cc)

44 Antiques Roadshow Mobile, Pt. III (cc) 1pm 2 Made in Spain (cc) 1:30 2 Lidia’s Italy (cc)

44 Nova Sputnik Declassified (cc)(d)(See 10/1 at 10pm on 44) 2pm 2 Food Trip with Todd English (cc) 2:30 2 Simply Ming (cc)

44 Great Performances We Love Ella! A Tribute to the First Lady of Song (cc)(See 10/2 at 8pm on 2) 3pm 2 America’s Test Kitchen (cc) 3:30 2 Cook’s Country (cc) See Farmhouse Food, page 8 4pm 2 Gourmet’s Diary of a Foodie (cc)

44 What’s Up, Doc? Peter Bogdanovich’s 1972 screwball comedy stars Barbra Streisand and Ryan O’Neal.

4:30 2 The New Yankee Workshop (cc) 5pm 2 The This Old House Hour (cc) See D.I.Y. Guys, this page 5:45 44 The Alamo John Wayne directed and stars in this 1960 film on the famous last stand, with Frankie Avalon and Denver Pyle.

6pm 2 Ask This Old House (cc) 6:30 2 Masterpiece Mystery!

The Shadow in the North.

Billie Piper stars as Philip Pullman’s sleuth Sally Lockhart in this tale of conjurors, thugs and millionaires. (cc)(d) 8pm 2 Keeping Up Appearances (cc) 8:30 2 Waiting For God (cc) 9pm 2 The Vicar of Dibley (cc)

44 The Searchers John Ford directed this 1956 film, based on an Alan Le May novel, that stars John Wayne, Natalie Wood and Harry Carey, Jr. 9:30 2 Chef! (cc) 10pm 2 New Tricks (cc) 11pm 2 Basic Black Black Health Check-up: A Conversation with Mass. Secretary of Health and Human Services JudyAnn Bigby (cc)

44 Nova Sputnik Declassified (cc)(d)(See 10/1 at 10pm on 44) 11:30 2 Ask This Old House (cc)

Sunday 5 6am 2 Clifford (cc)(d)

44 Antiques Roadshow Mobile, Pt. III (cc) 6:30 2 Martha Speaks (cc)

D.I.Y. Guys Demystifying home renovation and restoration, the Emmy Award-winning series This Old House is back with (left to right) Richard Trethewey, Norm Abram, Kevin O’Connor, Tom Silva and Roger Cook.

This season features the construction of a new timberframe home in Weston that reflects New England barns built centuries ago. Then, watch the season premiere of Ask This Old House, as the team helps perplexed homeowners tackle everyday repairs.

The This Old House Hour Premieres Sat, 10/4 at 5pm on 2 Airs Thursdays at 8pm on 44

Nowhere to Hide The world is wired.

Coexisting with surveillance cameras, wiretapping, metal detectors and electronic “paper trails,” can anyone truly stay below the radar?

This debut, WGBH-produced Masterpiece Contemporary thriller looks at the transformative powers of technology. The five-part series stars (left to right) Robert Carlyle (Trainspotting), Anamaria Marinca (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days) and Benedict Cumberbatch (To the Ends of the Earth). Each episode will be available online, to watch in its entirety, the week after broadcast. Explore more at wgbh.org/masterpiece.

Masterpiece Contemporary/The Last Enemy Premieres Sun, 10/5 at 9pm on 2 and in HD on WGBH HD Repeats Mon, 10/6 at 8pm on 44 7am 2 Super Why! (cc)

44 Religion & Ethics Newsweekly (cc) 7:30 2 Curious George (cc)

44 To the Contrary 8am 2 Curious George (cc)

44 MoneyTrack (cc) 8:30 2 Peep (cc)

44 Consuelo Mack WealthTrack (cc) 9am 2 Danger Rangers (cc)

44 Foreign Exchange (cc)

9:30 2 The Saddle Club (cc)

44 Beat the Press (cc) 10am 2 WordGirl (cc)(d)

44 Inside Washington (cc) 10:30 2 Design Squad (cc)(d)

44 Now (cc) 11am 2 María Hinojosa: One-on-One Willie Colón (cc)(See 10/4 at 11am on 44)

44 Bill Moyers Journal (cc) 11:30 2 Rick Steves’ Europe Paris: Grand & Intimate (cc) Full schedules and more program info: wgbh.org

Power Politics Examining the 2008 election through the prism of ethnic politics, this new documentary looks at how candidates and advocacy groups are trying to mobilize and attract an unpredictable group of voters. Latinos are less cohesive than other voting blocs, and they do not fit the black/ white racial binary that has long shaped American politics. The film asks: Will the Latino electorate coalesce nonetheless, united around the immigration issue and hemispheric foreign policy considerations?

Or will ethnic considerations be trumped by class, education and other factors?

Latinos ’08 Premieres Wed, 10/8 at 9pm on 2

Simply Delicious Dig into a new season of the WGBH-produced Simply Ming, hosted

by Emmy Award-winning chef Ming Tsai. With a focus on East-West ingredients, one-pot dishes and wine pairings, Tsai offers flavorful, simple solutions to preparing delicious meals.

From the beaches of Miami with chef Clay Conley, to the test kitchen of chef Rick Bayless in Chicago and back to Boston and Tsai’s kitchen studio, world-renowned chefs offer unique culinary insights.

Simply Ming New season premieres Sat, 10/11 at 2:30pm on 2 12n 2 Art Wolfe’s Travels to the Edge The Southwest: Zion and Canyon de Chelly (cc)

44 Ken Burns American Stories Huey Long (cc)(See 10/1 at 9:30pm on 2) 12:30 2 Basic Black Black Health Check-up: A Conversation with Mass. Secretary of Health and Human Services JudyAnn Bigby (cc) 1pm 2 Nova Sputnik Declassified (cc)(d)(See 10/1 at 10pm on 44) 1:30 44 Get Ready for Digital TV (cc)(See 10/1 at 9pm on 2)

4:30 44 Food Trip with Todd English (cc) 5pm 2 From the Top at Carnegie Hall (cc)

44 Gourmet’s Diary of a Foodie (cc) 5:30 2 Design Squad (cc)(d)

44 Simply Ming (cc) 6pm 2 Rick Steves’ Europe Paris: Grand & Intimate (cc)

44 This Old House (cc) 6:30 2 Gourmet’s Diary of a Foodie (cc)

44 Theater Talk (cc) 7pm 2 Globe Trekker Southern Mexico (cc)(d)

44 Oliver Twist Alec Guinness stars in this 1951 adaptation of Charles Dickens’s classic tale of a young orphan.

Be sure to tune in María Hinojosa: One-on-One, Tuesdays at 7:30pm on 2.

8pm 2 Nature Dogs that Changed the World: Dogs by Design (Pt. II) (cc)(d) HD (See 10/2 at 10pm on 44) 9pm 2 Masterpiece Contemporary The Last Enemy (Pt. I). (cc)(d) HD See Nowhere to Hide, page 9

44 P.O.V. In the Family. A film maker who tests positive for the “breast cancer gene” makes decisions about her future. (cc) 10:30 2 Masterpiece Contemporary The Last Enemy (Pt. I) (cc)(d)(See 10/5 at 9pm on 2)

44 Get Ready for Digital TV (cc)(See 10/1 at 9pm on 2) 11pm 44 Austin City Limits Bloc Party/Ghostland Observatory (cc)

Monday 6 2pm 2 Great Performances We Love Ella! A Tribute to the First Lady of Song (cc)(See 10/2 at 8pm on 2)

44 Equitrekking Kentucky (cc) 2:30 44 Primal Grill (cc) 3pm 44 Spain…On the Road Again (cc)(See 10/1 at 9pm on 44) 3:30 2 Great Performances Jerry Lee Lewis: Last Man Standing Live (cc)(See 10/1 at 9:30pm on 2) 4pm 44 Made in Spain (cc)

10 Full schedules and more program info: wgbh.org

6pm 2 NewsHour (cc)

44 Charlie Rose (cc) 7pm 2 Greater Boston (cc)

44 Nightly Business Report (cc) 7:30 2 Wild Chronicles (cc)

44 As Time Goes By (cc) 8pm 2 Antiques Roadshow Salt Lake City, Pt. I (cc)

44 Masterpiece Contemporary The Last Enemy (Pt. I) (cc)(d)(See 10/5 at 9pm on 2) 9pm 2 American Experience Jimmy Carter: Jimmy Who?

(Pt. I)/Hostage (Pt. II). This encore examines the “man from Plains” who became the 39th president of the US. (cc)(d) 9:30 44 The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo Rita Moreno narrates this look at the 20thcentury icon who became an international sensation in the worlds of modern art and politics. (cc) 11pm 44 NewsHour (cc)

Tuesday 7 6pm 2 NewsHour (cc)

44 Charlie Rose (cc) 7pm 2 Greater Boston (cc)

44 Nightly Business Report (cc) 7:30 2 María Hinojosa: One-on-One Janet Murguía. The president and CEO of the National Council of La Raza sits down with host Hinojosa. (cc)

44 As Time Goes By (cc) 8pm 2 Nova Arctic Dinosaurs.

Through the use of CGI, this new film breathes life into the polar dinosaurs’ lives and environment in vivid detail. (cc)(d) HD

44 Antiques Roadshow Salt Lake City, Pt. I (cc) 9pm 2 Frontline Storm Over Everest. This encore looks at a 1996 storm that trapped three climbing teams on Mount Everest. (cc)(d)

44 Waking the Dead Fugue State, Pt. I (cc) 10pm 44 Silent Witness Buried Lies, Pt. I (cc) 11pm 2 Charlie Rose (cc)

44 NewsHour (cc)

Wednesday 8 6pm 2 NewsHour (cc)

44 Charlie Rose (cc) 7pm 2 Greater Boston (cc)

44 Nightly Business Report (cc) 7:30 2 Ask This Old House (cc)

44 As Time Goes By (cc) 8pm 2 Secrets of the Dead Aztec Massacre. This encore paints a new picture of the violent relations between the Aztecs and the conquistadors. (cc)

44 Globe Trekker Indian Ocean Islands (cc)(d) 9pm 2 Latinos ’08 (cc) See Power Politics, this page

44 Spain…On the Road Again (cc)(See 10/1 at 9pm on 44) 10pm 2 Journey to Planet Earth State of the Planet’s Wildlife.

Matt Damon hosts and narrates this encore. (cc)

44 Nova Arctic Dinosaurs (cc) (d)(See 10/7 at 8pm on 2) 11pm 2 Charlie Rose (cc)

44 NewsHour (cc)

Thursday 9 6pm 2 NewsHour (cc)

44 Charlie Rose (cc) 7pm 2 Greater Boston (cc)

44 Nightly Business Report (cc) 7:30 2 Basic Black A Conversation with Bill T. Jones. The legendary choreographer, a recipient of a MacArthur “genius” award in 1994, has created more than 100 dances for his Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company. (cc)

44 As Time Goes By (cc) 8pm 2 Great Performances Andrea Bocelli: Tribute on Ice. In a unique presentation of art and athleticism, some of the world’s greatest figure skaters glide across the ice to Bocelli’s soaring vocals. (cc)

44 The This Old House Hour (cc)(See 10/4 at 5pm on 2) 9pm 2 Great Performances Primo. This one-man play starring Anthony Sher recounts the Holocaust experiences of Primo Levi, the Italian chemist who was held at Auschwitz. (cc)

44 Wild Things Equator: The Challenge of the Cold (Pt. II) (cc) 10pm 44 Nature Dogs that Changed the World: Dogs By Design (Pt. II) (cc)(d)(See 10/2 at 10pm on 44) 10:30 2 Get Ready for Digital TV (cc)(See 10/1 at 9pm on 2) 11pm 2 Charlie Rose (cc)

44 NewsHour (cc)

Friday 10 6pm 2 NewsHour (cc)

44 Charlie Rose (cc) 7pm 2 Beat the Press (cc)

44 Nightly Business Report (cc) 7:30 2 McLaughlin Group (cc)

44 As Time Goes By (cc)

8pm 2 Washington Week (cc)

44 Warplane Airplane to Air Force (Pt. I). Stacy Keach narrates this look at the evolution of the warplane. (cc) 8:30 2 Now (cc) 9pm 2 Bill Moyers Journal (cc)

44 Warplane Air Force to Air Power (Pt. II) (cc)(See 10/10 at 8pm on 44) 10pm 2 America at a Crossroads The Trial of Saddam Hussein.

This new film follows the courtroom drama surrounding the trial of Iraq’s former president. (cc)

44 Scientific American Frontiers Future Car. Alan Alda explores new auto technologies. (cc) 11pm 2 Charlie Rose (cc)

44 NewsHour (cc)

Saturday 11 6am 2 Curious George (cc)

44 Mr. Rogers (cc)(d) 6:30 2 Sid the Science Kid (cc)

44 Curious George (cc) 7am 2 Peep (cc)

44 Sesame Street (cc)(d) 7:30 2 WordWorld (cc)(d) 8am 2 Super Why! (cc)

44 Barney and Friends (cc) 8:30 2 Clifford (cc)(d)

44 Caillou (cc)(d) 9am 2 Curious George (cc)

44 Bob the Builder (cc)(d) 9:30 2 Sid the Science Kid (cc)

44 Thomas & Friends Special The Great Discovery (cc)(d) 10am 2 Martha Speaks (cc) 10:30 2 WordGirl (cc)(d)

44 Mama Mirabelle’s Home Movies (cc) 11am 2 The Victory Garden (cc)(d)

44 María Hinojosa: One-on-One Janet Murguía (cc)(See 10/7 at 7:30pm on 2) 11:30 2 Everyday Baking (cc)

44 Ask This Old House (cc) 12n 2 Everyday Food (cc)

44 Nova Arctic Dinosaurs (cc) (d)(See 10/7 at 8pm on 2) 12:30 2 Sara’s Weeknight Meals (cc) 1pm 2 Made in Spain (cc)

44 The Great Escape John Sturges’s 1963 film tells the story of an attempt to flee an “escape-proof” Nazi prison. The all-star

Your Choice It is one of the most memorable presidential elections in decades: a race that pits longtime senator John McCain against newcomer Barack Obama; the former prisoner of war against the first African American major party nominee. This 20th-anniversary broadcast of the WGBH-produced quadrennial presentation examines the rich personal and political biographies of these men and goes behind the headlines to discover how they arrived at this moment and what their very different candidacies say about America. For more, go to wgbh.org/frontline/choice2008.

Frontline/The Choice 2008 Premieres Tue, 10/14 at 9pm and in HD on WGBH HD Repeats Fri, 10/17 at 10pm on 2

Revolutionary With a stylized, innovative approach, writer and director Brett Morgen (The Kid Stays in the Picture) boldly mixes original animation with archival footage to explore the infamous 1969 conspiracy trial of the Chicago Seven. Set to the music of revolution, then and now, Chicago 10 is a parable of hope as it portrays the struggle of young Americans attempting to confront an armed government—their own. Terrence Howard returns to host the Emmy Award-winning series.

Independent Lens/Chicago 10 Premieres Sun, 10/19 at 9pm on 44 cast includes James Garner, Richard Attenborough, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasence and a motorcycle-riding Steve McQueen.

1:30 2 Lidia’s Italy (cc) 2pm 2 Food Trip with Todd English (cc) 2:30 2 Simply Ming (cc) See Simply Delicious, page 10 3pm 2 America’s Test Kitchen (cc) 3:30 2 Cook’s Country (cc)(See 10/4 at 3:30pm on 2)

4pm 2 Gourmet’s Diary of a Foodie (cc) 4:15 44 The Alamo (See 10/4 at 5:45pm on 44) 4:30 2 The New Yankee Workshop (cc) 5pm 2 The This Old House Hour (cc)(See 10/4 at 5pm on 2) 6pm 2 Get Ready for Digital TV (cc)(See 10/1 at 9pm on 2) 6:30 2 Masterpiece Contemporary The Last Enemy (Pt. I) (cc)(d)(See 10/5 at 9pm on 2)

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Quantum Leap Follow Mark Oliver Everett, lead singer of the rock band Eels, as he endeavors to learn about his father, physicist Hugh Everett III. Although they shared the same house, Mark knew nothing about his father’s work pioneering one of the most bizarre and influential theories: the “many worlds” interpretation of quantum mechanics. In this new film, Mark embarks on a journey back into his father’s life, meeting old friends and colleagues, and takes a crash course in the weird world of quantum mechanics in order to understand his father’s mind-blowing theory. Explore this WGBH-produced program and Nova’s new season at wgbh.org/nova.

Nova/Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives Premieres Tue, 10/21 at 8pm on 2 Repeats Wed, 10/22 at 10pm on 44

Green or Greed?

For years, big business—from oil and coal companies to electric utilities to car manufacturers— has resisted amending environmental policy and stifled the debate over climate change. Now, facing rising pressure from governments, green groups and investors, big business is promising to reshape its approach to the environment and transforming the politics of the debate. Frontline producer Martin Smith (Return of the Taliban) travels the globe, sizing up the climate problem firsthand, and examines what big business is really doing to address the issues. For more information on this WGBH production, see Frontline Turns Up the Heat, page 1 and go to wgbh.org/frontline.

Frontline/Heat Premieres Tue, 10/21 at 9pm on 2 and in HD on WGBH HD Repeats Fri, 10/24 at 10pm on 2 7:30 44 Lifeboat After their ship is torpedoed, a fur-clad journalist and crew members find themselves adrift in a lifeboat in this 1944 Alfred Hitchcock film starring Tallulah Bankhead and Hume Cronyn.

8pm 2 Keeping Up Appearances (cc) 8:30 2 Waiting For God (cc) 9pm 2 The Vicar of Dibley (cc)

9:15 44 12 Angry Men A dissent ing juror in a murder trial slowly manages to convince the others that the case is not as obviously clear as it seems. Sidney Lumet directed this 1957 film starring E. G. Marshall, Jack Klugman and Henry Fonda.

9:30 2 Chef! (cc) 10pm 2 New Tricks (cc)

12 Full schedules and more program info: wgbh.org

10:55 44 Wall Street Greed is good!

Oliver Stone’s 1987 take on the corporate world stars Charlie Sheen and Michael Douglas as the infamous Gordon Gekko.

11pm 2 Basic Black A Conversation with Bill T. Jones (cc)(See 10/9 at 7:30pm on 2) 11:30 2 Ask This Old House (cc)

Sunday 12 6am 2 Clifford (cc)(d)

44 Antiques Roadshow Salt Lake City, Pt. I (cc) 6:30 2 Martha Speaks (cc) 7am 2 Super Why! (cc)

44 Religion & Ethics Newsweekly (cc) 7:30 2 Curious George (cc)

44 To the Contrary 8am 2 Curious George (cc)

44 MoneyTrack (cc) 8:30 2 Peep (cc)

44 Consuelo Mack WealthTrack (cc) 9am 2 Danger Rangers (cc)

44 Foreign Exchange (cc) 9:30 2 The Saddle Club (cc)

44 Beat the Press (cc) 10am 2 WordGirl (cc)(d)

44 Inside Washington (cc) 10:30 2 Design Squad (cc)(d)

44 Now (cc) 11am 2 María Hinojosa: One-on-One Janet Murguía (cc)(See 10/4 at 7:30pm on 2)

44 Bill Moyers Journal (cc) 11:30 2 Rick Steves’ Europe South England: Dover to Lands’ End (cc) 12n 2 Art Wolfe’s Travels to the Edge India: Allahabad and Varanasi (cc)

44 Frontline Storm Over Everest (cc)(d)(See 10/7 at 9pm on 2) Global Warming: The Signs and the Science airs Thursday, 10/23 at 8pm on WGBH World.

12:30 2 Basic Black A Conversation with Bill T. Jones (cc)(See 10/9 at 7:30pm on 2) 1pm 2 Get Ready for Digital TV (cc)(See 10/1 at 9pm on 2) 1:30 2 Nova Arctic Dinosaurs (cc) (d)(See 10/7 at 8pm on 2) 2pm 44 Equitrekking Arizona (cc) 2:30 2 Great Performances Andrea Bocelli: Tribute on Ice (cc)(See 10/9 at 8pm on 2)

44 Primal Grill (cc) 3pm 44 Spain…On the Road Again (cc)(See 10/1 at 9pm on 44) 3:30 2 Great Performances Primo (cc)(See 10/9 at 9pm on 2) 4pm 44 Made in Spain (cc) 4:30 44 Food Trip with Todd English (cc) 5pm 2 From the Top at Carnegie Hall (cc)

44 Gourmet’s Diary of a Foodie (cc) 5:30 2 Design Squad (cc)(d)

44 Simply Ming (cc)(See 10/11 at 2:30pm on 2) 6pm 2 Rick Steves’ Europe South England: Dover to Lands’ End (cc)

44 Ask This Old House (cc) 6:30 2 Gourmet’s Diary of a Foodie (cc)

44 Theater Talk (cc) 7pm 2 Globe Trekker Venezuela (cc)(d)

44 The Searchers (See 10/4 at 9pm on 44) 8pm 2 Nature The Beauty of Ugly.

A bizarre look, in the animal kingdom, can provide a needed edge for survival. (cc)(d) 9pm 2 Masterpiece Contemporary The Last Enemy (Pt. II) (cc)(d)(See 10/5 at 9pm on 2)

44 P.O.V. Up the Yangtze. This new film explores lives transformed by the Three Gorges Dam in China, the biggest hydroelectric dam in history. (cc) 10pm 2 Masterpiece Contemporary The Last Enemy (Pt. II) (cc)(d)(See 10/5 at 9pm on 2) 10:30 44 Ask This Old House (cc) 11pm 2 Latinos ’08 (cc)(See 10/8 at 9pm on 2)

44 Austin City Limits Bettye LaVette/Pinetop Perkins (cc)

Monday 13 6pm 2 NewsHour (cc)

44 Charlie Rose (cc) 7pm 2 Greater Boston (cc)

44 Nightly Business Report (cc) 7:30 2 Wild Chronicles (cc)

44 As Time Goes By (cc)

8pm 2 Antiques Roadshow Salt Lake City, Pt. II (cc)

44 Masterpiece Contemporary The Last Enemy (Pt. II) (cc)(d)(See 10/5 at 9pm on 2) 9pm 2 American Experience Nixon. This encore traces the career of Richard Milhous Nixon—one marked by achievement and scandal. (cc)(d)

44 Mark Twain Pt. I. Ken Burns looks at one of America’s best writers, a critic of human nature who used humor to attack hypocrisy, greed and racism. (cc) 11pm 44 NewsHour (cc)

Tuesday 14 6pm 2 NewsHour (cc)

44 Charlie Rose (cc) 7pm 2 Greater Boston (cc)

44 Nightly Business Report (cc) 7:30 2 María Hinojosa: One-on-One María Elena Salinas. The Mexican American journalist is anchor of Univision’s nightly newscast. (cc)

44 As Time Goes By (cc) 8pm 2 Nova Space Shuttle Disaster.

Columbia disintegrated over Texas just before it was due to land.

This new film examines the tragedy and NASA itself. (cc)(d) HD

44 Antiques Roadshow Salt Lake City, Pt. II (cc) 9pm 2 Frontline The Choice 2008 (cc)(d) HD See Your Choice, page 11

44 Waking the Dead Fugue State, Pt. II (cc) 10pm 44 Silent Witness Buried Lies, Pt. II (cc) 11pm 2 Charlie Rose (cc)

44 NewsHour (cc)

Wednesday 15 6pm 2 NewsHour (cc)

44 Charlie Rose (cc) 7pm 2 Greater Boston (cc)

44 Nightly Business Report (cc) 7:30 2 Ask This Old House (cc)

44 As Time Goes By (cc) 8pm 2 Secrets of the Dead Aztec Massacre (cc)(See 10/8 at 8pm on 2)

44 Globe Trekker Southern Mexico (cc)(d) 9pm 2 A Cemetery Special Rick Sebak takes an unusual look at the way cemeteries interconnect many aspects of modern American culture. (cc)

44 Spain…On the Road Again (cc)(See 10/1 at 9pm on 44) 10pm 2 Lords of the Gourd: The Pursuit of Excellence Gardeners strive to raise the biggest giant pumpkin in the world. (cc)

44 Nova Space Shuttle Disaster (cc)(d)(See 10/14 at 8pm on 2) 11pm 2 Charlie Rose (cc)

44 NewsHour (cc)

Thursday 16 6pm 2 NewsHour (cc)

44 Charlie Rose (cc) 7pm 2 Greater Boston (cc)

44 Nightly Business Report (cc) 7:30 2 Basic Black Conversation and Poetry with Elizabeth Alexander. The 2006 Pulitzer finalist discusses the importance of language. (cc)

44 As Time Goes By (cc) 8pm 2 Great Performances The Nightingale. An animated interpretation of Igor Stravinsky’s adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale. (cc)

44 The This Old House Hour (cc)(See 10/4 at 5pm on 2) 9pm 2 Great Performances Maestro: Portrait of Valery Gergiev. Gergiev is the artistic and general director of the Mariinsky Theatre and principal conductor of the London Symphony. (cc)

44 Wild Things Nature’s Babies: Wild at Birth (cc) 10pm 2 Great Performances From Shtetl to Swing. The story of the melding of Jewish and African American musical influences that led to the development of American popular entertainment. (cc)

44 Nature The Beauty of Ugly (cc)(d)(See 10/12 at 8pm on 2) 11pm 2 Charlie Rose (cc)

44 NewsHour (cc)

Friday 17 6pm 2 NewsHour (cc)

44 Charlie Rose (cc)

Literary Retreat An unusual colony for writers in the bucolic town of Marshall, Illinois, the Handy Writers’ Colony and its quixotic leader, Lowney Turner Handy, provided a refuge for would-be writers during the 1950s. Lowney was both mistress and mentor to the colony’s charter member, James Jones, whose breakout novel, From Here to Eternity, was a publishing sensation. Narrated by Nick Clooney and featuring the voice of Jane Alexander as Handy, this is the story of one woman’s passion to change the course of American literature.

Inside the Handy Writers’ Colony Premieres Thu, 10/23 at 10pm on 2

Globe Trotters Rick Steves and Art Wolfe (right) are back with new seasons of their popular travel series. Steves always has the inside tip, no matter what corner of the globe he may be visiting. And internationally acclaimed photographer Wolfe lets you peer through his lens at some of the most beautiful spots on the planet. Bon voyage!

Rick Steves’ Europe Premieres Sun, 10/26 at 11:30am and 6pm on 2 Art Wolfe’s Travels to the Edge Premieres Sun, 10/26 at 12noon on 2 7pm 2 Beat the Press (cc)

44 Nightly Business Report (cc) 7:30 2 McLaughlin Group

44 As Time Goes By (cc) 8pm 2 Washington Week (cc)

44 Warplane Jet Age (Pt. III) (cc)(See 10/10 at 8pm on 44) 8:30 2 Now (cc) 9pm 2 Bill Moyers Journal (cc)

44 Warplane Age of Stealth (Pt. IV) (cc)(See 10/10 at 8pm on 44) 10pm 2 Frontline The Choice 2008 (cc)(d)(See 10/14 at 9pm on 2)

44 Scientific American Frontiers Losing It. Scientists examine the body’s weightregulation system, as Alan Alda and 10 volunteers diet. (cc) 11pm 44 NewsHour (cc)

Saturday 18 6am 2 Curious George (cc)

44 Mr. Rogers (cc)(d) 6:30 2 Sid the Science Kid (cc)

44 Curious George (cc) 7am 2 Peep (cc)

44 Sesame Street (cc)(d) 7:30 2 WordWorld (cc)(d) 8am 2 Super Why! (cc)

44 Barney and Friends (cc)

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Two-Headed Rock A Nashville band made up of three brothers and a cousin and raised by a traveling preacher, Kings of Leon rocks in support of its latest record, Because of the Times. Next up, psychedelic innovator and founding member of the 13th Floor Elevators, Roky Erickson (left) brings his particular brand of strangeness to the stage in a Texas two-fer with guest Reverend Billy F. Gibbons.

Austin City Limits Kings of Leon/Roky Erickson Premieres Sun, 10/26 at 11pm on 44

Hit the Road He’s given you the lowdown on the best hotdogs, ice cream and amusement parks. Now, the inimitable Rick Sebak travels across America’s first transcontinental highway, checking out the changing landscape along the route from Times Square to San Francisco.

This road trip examines American culture, history, food, family, traditions and the changing way of the automobile.

A Ride Along the Lincoln Highway Premieres Wed, 10/29 at 8pm on 2 and in HD on WGBH HD 8:30 2 Clifford (cc)(d)

44 Caillou (cc)(d) 9am 2 Curious George (cc)

44 Bob the Builder (cc)(d) 9:30 2 Sid the Science Kid (cc)

44 Thomas & Friends (cc)(d) 10am 2 Martha Speaks (cc)

44 Sid the Science Kid (cc) 10:30 2 WordGirl (cc)(d)

44 Mama Mirabelle’s Home Movies (cc) 11am 2 The Victory Garden (cc)(d)

44 María Hinojosa: One-on-One María Elena Salinas (cc)(See 10/14 at 7:30pm on 2) 11:30 2 Everyday Baking (cc)

44 Ask This Old House (cc) 12n 2 Everyday Food (cc)

44 Get Ready for Digital TV (cc)(See 10/1 at 9pm on 2)

12:30 2 Sara’s Weeknight Meals (cc)

44 A Cemetery Special (cc) (See 10/15 at 9pm on 2) 1pm 2 Made in Spain (cc) 1:30 2 Lidia’s Italy (cc)

44 Lords of the Gourd: The Pursuit of Excellence (cc)(See 10/15 at 10pm on 2) 2pm 2 Food Trip with Todd English (cc) 2:30 2 Simply Ming (cc)(See 10/11 at 2:30pm on 2)

44 Frontline The Choice 2008 (cc)(d)(See 10/14 at 9pm on 2) 3pm 2 America’s Test Kitchen (cc) 3:30 2 Cook’s Country (cc)(See 10/4 at 3:30pm on 2) 4pm 2 Gourmet’s Diary of a Foodie (cc)

14 Full schedules and more program info: wgbh.org

4:30 2 The New Yankee Workshop (cc)

44 12 Angry Men (See 10/11 at 9:15pm on 44) 5pm 2 The This Old House Hour (cc)(See 10/4 at 5pm on 2) 6pm 2 Ask This Old House (cc) 6:10 44 The Great Escape (See 10/11 at 1pm on 44) 6:30 2 Get Ready for Digital TV (cc)(See 10/1 at 9pm on 2) 7pm 2 Masterpiece Contemporary The Last Enemy (Pt. II) (cc)(d)(See 10/5 at 9pm on 2) 8pm 2 Keeping Up Appearances (cc) 8:30 2 Waiting For God (cc) 9pm 2 The Vicar of Dibley (cc)

44 Lifeboat (See 10/11 at 7:30pm on 44) 9:30 2 Chef! (cc) 10pm 2 New Tricks (cc) 11pm 2 Basic Black Conversation and Poetry with Elizabeth Alexander (cc)(See 10/16 at 7:30pm on 2)

44 Nature The Beauty of Ugly (cc)(d)(See 10/12 at 8pm on 2) 11:30 2 Ask This Old House (cc)

Sunday 19 6am 2 Clifford (cc)(d)

44 Antiques Roadshow Salt Lake City, Pt. II (cc) 6:30 2 Martha Speaks (cc) 7am 2 Super Why! (cc)

44 Religion & Ethics Newsweekly (cc) 7:30 2 Curious George (cc)

44 To the Contrary 8am 2 Curious George (cc)

44 MoneyTrack (cc) 8:30 2 Peep (cc)

44 Consuelo Mack WealthTrack (cc) 9am 2 Danger Rangers (cc)

44 Foreign Exchange (cc) 9:30 2 The Saddle Club (cc)

44 Beat the Press (cc) 10am 2 WordGirl (cc)(d)

44 Inside Washington (cc) 10:30 2 Design Squad (cc)(d)

44 Now (cc) 11am 2 María Hinojosa: One-on-One María Elena Salinas (cc)(See 10/14 at 7:30pm on 2)

44 Bill Moyers Journal (cc) 11:30 2 Rick Steves’ Europe (cc)

12n 2 Great Performances The Nightingale (cc)(See 10/16 at 8pm on 2)

44 Frontline The Choice 2008 (cc)(d)(See 10/14 at 9pm on 2) 1pm 2 Great Performances Maestro: Portrait of Valery Gergiev (cc)(d)(See 10/16 at 9pm on 2) 2pm 2 Great Performances From Shtetl to Swing (cc)(See 10/16 at 10pm on 2)

44 Equitrekking Belize (cc) 2:30 44 Primal Grill (cc) 3pm 2 Frontline The Choice 2008 (cc)(d)(See 10/14 at 9pm on 2)

44 Spain...On the Road Again (cc)(See 10/1 at 9pm on 44) 4pm 44 Made in Spain (cc) 4:30 44 Food Trip with Todd English (cc) 5pm 2 From the Top at Carnegie Hall (cc)

44 Gourmet’s Diary of a Foodie (cc) 5:30 2 Design Squad (cc)(d)

44 Simply Ming (cc)(See 10/11 at 2:30pm on 2) 6pm 2 Rick Steves’ Europe (cc)

44 This Old House (cc) 6:30 2 Gourmet’s Diary of a Foodie (cc)

44 Theater Talk (cc) 7pm 2 Globe Trekker Southwest Australia (cc)(d)

44 Oliver Twist (See 10/5 at 7pm on 44) 8pm 2 Nature Parrots in the Land of Oz. Parrots are plentiful in Australia. (cc)(d) HD 9pm 2 Masterpiece Contemporary The Last Enemy (Pt. III) (cc)(d)(See 10/5 at 9pm on 2)

44 Independent Lens Chicago 10 (cc) See Revolutionary, page 11 10pm 2 Masterpiece Contemporary The Last Enemy (Pt. III) (cc)(d)(See 10/5 at 9pm on 2) 11pm 2 A Cemetery Special (cc) (See 10/15 at 9pm on 2)

44 Austin City Limits Crowded House (cc)

Monday 20 6pm 2 NewsHour (cc)

44 Charlie Rose (cc)

7pm 2 Greater Boston (cc)

44 Nightly Business Report (cc) 7:30 2 Wild Chronicles (cc)

44 As Time Goes By (cc) 8pm 2 Antiques Roadshow Salt Lake City, Pt. III (cc)

44 Masterpiece Contemporary The Last Enemy (Pt. III) (cc)(d)(See 10/5 at 9pm on 2) 9pm 2 American Experience LBJ (Pt. I). An encore chronicle of Lyndon B. Johnson’s life. (cc)(d)

44 Mark Twain Pt. II (cc)(See 10/13 at 9pm on 44) 11pm 2 Charlie Rose (cc)

44 NewsHour (cc)

Tuesday 21 6pm 2 NewsHour (cc)

44 Charlie Rose (cc) 7pm 2 Greater Boston (cc)

44 Nightly Business Report (cc) 7:30 2 María Hinojosa: One-on-One Mercedes Doretti. The co-founder of the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team. (cc)

44 As Time Goes By (cc) 8pm 2 Nova Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives (cc)(d) See Quantum Leap, page 12

44 Antiques Roadshow Salt Lake City, Pt. III (cc) 9pm 2 Frontline Heat (cc)(d) HD See Green or Greed?, page 12

44 Waking the Dead Anger Management, Pt. I (cc) 10pm 44 Silent Witness Long Days, Short Nights, Pt. I (cc) 11pm 2 Charlie Rose (cc)

44 NewsHour (cc)

Wednesday 22 6pm 2 NewsHour (cc)

44 Charlie Rose (cc) 7pm 2 Greater Boston (cc)

44 Nightly Business Report (cc) 7:30 2 Ask This Old House (cc)

44 As Time Goes By (cc) 8pm 2 Secrets of the Dead Battle for the Bible. This encore profiles a group of men eager to spread scripture to people in their own languages. (cc)

44 Globe Trekker Venezuela (cc)(d) 9pm 2 Independent Lens Chicago 10 (cc)(See 10/19 at 9pm on 44) HD

44 Spain…On the Road Again (cc)(See 10/1 at 9pm on 44) 10pm 44 Nova Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives (cc)(d)(See 10/21 at 8pm on 2) 11pm 2 Charlie Rose (cc)

44 NewsHour (cc)

Thursday 23 6pm 2 NewsHour (cc)

44 Charlie Rose (cc) 7pm 2 Greater Boston (cc)

44 Nightly Business Report (cc) 7:30 2 Basic Black A Conversation with Randall Kennedy.

Kennedy’s writings have been called controversial. His new book is Sellout: The Politics of Racial Betrayal. (cc)

44 As Time Goes By (cc) 8pm 2 Great Performances Berenboim on Beethoven.

Pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim performs Beethoven piano sonatas at Berlin’s Staatsoper. (cc)

44 The This Old House Hour (cc)(See 10/4 at 5pm on 2) 9pm 44 Wild Things Nature’s Babies: Wild Bonds (cc) 10pm 2 Inside the Handy Writers’ Colony (cc) See Literary Retreat, page 13

44 Nature Parrots in the Land of Oz (cc)(d)(See 10/19 at 8pm on 2) 11pm 2 Charlie Rose (cc)

44 NewsHour (cc)

Friday 24 6pm 2 NewsHour (cc)

44 Charlie Rose (cc) 7pm 2 Beat the Press (cc)

44 Nightly Business Report (cc) 7:30 2 McLaughlin Group

44 As Time Goes By (cc) 8pm 2 Washington Week (cc)

44 Nature Christmas in Yellowstone (cc)(d) 8:30 2 Now (cc) 9pm 2 Bill Moyers Journal (cc)

44 Nature In the Valley of the Wolves. The epic history of the Druids, one of more than a dozen

Gala Evening Returning to Carnegie Hall for another opening night gala concert, this season premiere features the San Francisco Symphony under the baton of conductor and musical director Michael Tilson Thomas. He leads the orchestra in an all-Bernstein program celebrating the composer’s contributions to American music, including music from A Quiet Place, Mass and West Side Story. The orchestra is joined by soprano Dawn Upshaw, baritone Thomas Hampson, cellist Yo-Yo Ma and Broadway’s Christine Ebersole for an evening of unforgettable classics.

Great Performances/Carnegie Hall Opening Night 2008 Premieres Wed, 10/29 at 9pm on 2 and in HD on WGBH HD

Election Connection Kim McLarin returns to host a new season of WGBH’s long-running public affairs program with a live election special. Examining the impact of Barack Obama’s historic presidential campaign, Basic Black looks back at his extraordinary journey and forward to the pressing concerns of African Americans for the next administration. Using new media technology, this live half-hour special expands the studio conversation to your home. For more, go to wgbh.org/basicblack.

Basic Black Premieres Thu, 10/30 at 7:30pm on 2 Airs Thursdays at 7:30pm on 2 Funding for Basic Black is generously provided, in part, by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.

gray wolf packs occupying Yellowstone National Park. (cc)(d) 10pm 2 Frontline Heat (cc)(d)(See 10/21 at 9pm on 2)

44 Silence and Solitude: Yellowstone’s Winter Wilderness (cc) 11pm 44 NewsHour (cc)

Saturday 25 6am 2 Curious George (cc)

44 Mr. Rogers (cc)(d) 6:30 2 Sid the Science Kid (cc)

44 Curious George (cc) 7am 2 Peep (cc)

44 Sesame Street (cc)(d) 7:30 2 WordWorld (cc)(d) 8am 2 Super Why! (cc)

44 Barney and Friends (cc) 8:30 2 Clifford (cc)(d)

44 Caillou (cc)(d) 9am 2 Curious George (cc)

44 Bob the Builder (cc)(d) 9:30 2 Sid the Science Kid (cc)

44 Thomas & Friends (cc)(d) 10am 2 Martha Speaks (cc)

44 Sid the Science Kid (cc) 10:30 2 WordGirl (cc)(d)

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11am 2 The Victory Garden

44 María Hinojosa: One-on-One Mercedes Doretti (cc)(See 10/21 at 7:30pm on 2) 11:30 2 Everyday Baking (cc)

44 Ask This Old House (cc) 12n 2 Member Favorites

44 Member Favorites 7pm 2 Masterpiece Contemporary The Last Enemy (Pt. III) (cc)(d)(See 10/5 at 9pm on 2) 8pm 2 Member Favorites

Sunday 26 6am 2 Clifford (cc)(d)

44 Antiques Roadshow Salt Lake City, Pt. III (cc) 6:30 2 Martha Speaks (cc) 7am 2 Super Why! (cc)

44 Religion & Ethics Newsweekly (cc) 7:30 2 Curious George (cc)

44 To the Contrary 8am 2 Curious George (cc)

44 MoneyTrack (cc) 8:30 2 Peep (cc)

44 Consuelo Mack WealthTrack (cc) 9am 2 Danger Rangers (cc)

44 Foreign Exchange (cc) 9:30 2 The Saddle Club (cc)

44 Beat the Press (cc) 10am 2 WordGirl (cc)(d)

44 Inside Washington (cc) 10:30 2 Design Squad (cc)(d)

44 Now (cc) 11am 2 María Hinojosa: One-on-One Mercedes Doretti (cc)(See 10/21 at 7:30pm on 2)

44 Bill Moyers Journal (cc) 11:30 2 Rick Steves’ Europe (cc) See Globe Trotters, page 13 12n 2 Art Wolfe’s Travels to the Edge Japan: Hokkaido and Honshu (cc) See Globe Trotters, page 13

44 Member Favorites 12:30 2 Member Favorites 8pm 2 Nature White Falcon, White Wolf. On Canada’s remote Ellesmere Island, two species strive to raise a family. (cc)(d) HD 9pm 2 Masterpiece Contemporary The Last Enemy (Pt. IV) (cc)(d)(See 10/5 at 9pm on 2)

44 P.O.V. Soldiers of Conscience.

Eight US soldiers reveal the tension between spiritual values and military orders. (cc) 10pm 2 Member Favorites 10:30 44 Ask This Old House (cc) 11pm 44 Austin City Limits Kings of Leon/Roky Erickson (cc) See Two-Headed Rock, page 14

Monday 27 6pm 2 NewsHour (cc)

44 Charlie Rose (cc) 7pm 2 Greater Boston (cc)

44 Nightly Business Report (cc) 7:30 2 Wild Chronicles (cc)

44 As Time Goes By (cc) 8pm 2 Antiques Roadshow Jackpot! It’s every collector’s dream: turning a modest outlay into a staggeringly high return. (cc)

44 Masterpiece Contemporary The Last Enemy (Pt. IV) (cc)(d)(See 10/5 at 9pm on 2) 9pm 2 American Experience LBJ (Pt. II) (cc)(See 10/20 at 9pm on 2)

44 The Mystery of Love Actor, playwright and author Anna Deavere Smith hosts this multi-faceted look at love. (cc) 11pm 2 Charlie Rose (cc)

44 NewsHour (cc)

Tuesday 28 6pm 2 NewsHour (cc)

44 Charlie Rose (cc) 7pm 2 Greater Boston (cc)

44 Nightly Business Report (cc) 7:30 2 María Hinojosa: One-on-One Ana Ortíz.

Hinojosa sits down with the Ugly Betty actress. (cc)

44 As Time Goes By (cc) 8pm 2 Nova Hunting the Hidden Dimension. The dramatic story of a group of pioneering mathematicians behind the development and study of fractals. (cc)(d) HD

44 Antiques Roadshow Jackpot! (cc)(See 10/27 at 8pm on 2) 9pm 2 Frontline The War Briefing.

This new film offers viewers an inside look at the foreign policy choices facing the next president. (cc)(d) HD

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44 Waking the Dead Anger Management, Pt. II (cc) 10pm 2 Mandate: The President and the People This look at the presidency and public opinion is narrated by Lesley Stahl. (cc)

44 Silent Witness Long Days, Short Nights, Pt. II (cc) 11pm 2 Charlie Rose (cc)

44 NewsHour (cc)

Wednesday 29 6pm 2 NewsHour (cc)

44 Charlie Rose (cc) 7pm 2 Greater Boston (cc)

44 Nightly Business Report (cc) 7:30 2 Ask This Old House (cc)

44 As Time Goes By (cc) 8pm 2 A Ride Along the Lincoln Highway (cc) HD See Hit the Road, page 14

44 Globe Trekker Southwest Australia (cc)(d) 9pm 2 Great Performances Carnegie Hall Opening Night 2008 (cc) HD See Gala Evening, page 15

44 Spain…On the Road Again (cc)(See 10/1 at 9pm on 44) 10pm 44 Nova Hunting the Hidden Dimension (cc)(d)(See 10/28 at 8pm on 2) 11pm 2 Charlie Rose (cc)

44 NewsHour (cc)

Thursday 30 6pm 2 NewsHour (cc)

44 Charlie Rose (cc) 7pm 2 Greater Boston (cc)

44 Nightly Business Report (cc) 7:30 2 Basic Black Election 2008: Live Election Special (cc) See Election Connection, page 15

44 As Time Goes By (cc) 8pm 2 Debating Our Destiny II A look back at presidential and vice presidential debates beginning with the 2000 race. (cc)

44 The This Old House Hour (cc)(See 10/4 at 5pm on 2) 9pm 2 Great Performances Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story. The unlikely story of the record label behind Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Booker T. & the MG’s, Isaac Hayes and Richard Pryor. (cc)

44 Wild Things Nature’s Babies: Rearing to Grow (cc) 10pm 44 Nature White Falcon, White Wolf (cc)(d)(See 10/26 at 8pm on 2) 11pm 2 Charlie Rose (cc)

44 NewsHour (cc)

Friday 31 Weekday schedule See pgs 6, 17–18 or go to wgbh.org/schedules 6pm 2 NewsHour (cc)

44 Charlie Rose (cc) 7pm 2 Beat the Press (cc)

44 Nightly Business Report (cc) 7:3 2 McLaughlin Group

44 As Time Goes By (cc) 8pm 2 Washington Week (cc)

44 Secrets of the Dead Umbrella Assassin. The political murder of Bulgarian journalist Georgi Markov remains one of the Cold War’s greatest mysteries. (cc) 8:30 2 Now (cc) 9pm 2 Bill Moyers Journal (cc)

44 Secrets of the Dead Headless Romans. In a garden in York, England, 45 decapitated, Roman-era skeletons are unearthed. (cc) 10pm 2 Frontline The War Briefing (cc)(d)(See 10/27 at 9pm on 2)

44 Secrets of the Dead Gangland Graveyard. The story of the dramatic downfall of “Big Joey” Massino and the FBI effort to cripple the mob. (cc) 11pm 2 Charlie Rose (cc)

44 NewsHour (cc) Overnight schedule See pgs 17–18 or go to wgbh.org/schedules

Coming Up in November

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Arts & Music American Masters Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens Fri (10/31) 2am on 44 Austin City Limits Bloc Party/Ghostland Observatory Sun (10/5) 11pm on 44 Bettye LaVette/Pinetop Perkins Sun (10/12) 11pm on 44 Crowded House Sun (10/19) 11pm on 44 Kings of Leon/Roky Erickson Sun (10/26) 11pm on 44 Billy Joel: The Stranger Live Sun (10/5, 26) 1:30am on 2, Fri (10/10, 24) 1am on 2, Wed (10/15, 29) 2:30am on 2 Bob Dylan Live in Newport 1963-65 Fri (10/10, 17, 31) 2:30am on 2, Tue (10/21) 2:30am on 2, Tue (10/28) 1am on 2 Bob Marley & The Wailers Live Wed (10/22) 2:30am on 2 From the Top at Carnegie Hall Sun (10/5, 12, 19) 5pm on 2 Great Performances We Love Ella! A Tribute to the First Lady of Song Thu (10/2) 8pm on 2, Fri (10/3) 2pm on 44, Sat (10/4) 2:30pm on 44, Sun (10/5) 2pm on 2 Jerry Lee Lewis: Last Man Standing Thu (10/2) 9:30pm on 2, Sun (10/5) 3:30pm on 2 Andrea Bocelli: Tribute on Ice Thu (10/9) 8pm on 2, Sun (10/12) 2:30pm on 2, Tue (10/14) 2:30pm on 44 Primo Thu (10/9) 9pm on 2, Fri (10/10) 1:30pm on 44, Sun (10/12) 3:30pm on 2 The Nightingale Thu (10/16) 8pm on 2, Sun (10/19) 12noon on 2 Maestro: Portrait of Valery Gergiev Thu (10/16) 9pm on 2, Fri (10/17) 1:30pm on 44, Sun (10/19) 1pm on 2 From Shtetl to Swing Thu (10/16) 10pm on 2, Fri (10/17) 2:30pm on 44, Sun (10/19) 2pm on 2 Barenboim on Beethoven Thu (10/23) 8pm on 2, Fri (10/24) 1:30pm on 44, Tue (10/28) 1:30pm on 44 Carnegie Hall Opening Night 2008 Wed (10/29) 9pm on 2, Thu (10/30) 1am and 1:30pm on 44, Fri (10/31) 4am on 44 Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story Thu (10/30) 9pm on 2 Inside the Handy Writers’ Colony Thu (10/23) 10pm on 2, Fri (10/24) 2am on 44, Sat (10/25) 3am on 44 John Denver: A Song’s Best Friend Sat (10/4) 4:30am on 2, Wed (10/8) 2:30am on 2, Mon (10/13) 4:30am on 2, Fri (10/17, 31) 1am on 2, Wed (10/22) 1am on 2 The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo Mon (10/6) 9:30pm on 44 Mark Twain Pt. I Mon (10/13) 9pm on 44 Pt. II Mon (10/20) 9pm on 44 The Osmonds 50th Anniversary Reunion Fri (10/10) 4am on 2, Wed (10/22) 4am on 2 Soundstage Stevie Nicks, Pt. II Mon (10/6) 12mid on 44 Matchbox Twenty Mon (10/13) 12mid on 44 Kenny Chesney Mon (10/20) 12mid on 44

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Drama & Film Explore more programs like this on WGBH World (to find on your cable system, see page 7) The Alamo Sat (10/4) 5:45pm on 44, Sat (10/11) 4:15pm on 44 The Great Escape Sat (10/11) 1pm on 44, Sat (10/18) 6:10pm on 44 Independent Lens Chicago 10 Sun (10/19) 9pm on 44, Wed (10/22) 9pm on 2, Thu (10/23) 1am on 44, Fri (10/24) 3am on 44, Mon (10/27) 3am on 44 Dinner with the President: A Nation’s Journey Thu (10/30) 3am on 44 Lifeboat Sat (10/11) 7:30pm on 44, Sat (10/18) 9pm on 44 Lords of the Gourd: The Pursuit of Excellence Wed (10/15) 10pm on 2, Thu (10/16) 2am on 44, Sat (10/18) 1:30pm on 44, Mon (10/20) 5am on 44, Fri (10/31) 2:30pm on 44 Masterpiece Contemporary The Last Enemy (Pt. I) Sun (10/5) 9pm and 10:30pm on 2, Mon (10/6) 1am, 1:30pm and 8pm on 44, Tue (10/7) 4am on 44, Sat (10/11) 6:30pm on 2 The Last Enemy (Pt. II) Sun (10/12) 9pm and 10pm on 2, Mon (10/13) 1am, 1:30pm and 8pm on 44, Tue (10/14) 4am on 44,

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Made in Spain Sat (10/4, 11, 18) 1pm on 2, Sun (10/5, 12, 19) 4pm on 44 The New Yankee Workshop Sat (10/4, 11, 18) 4:30pm on 2 A Place of Our Own Mon-Fri 1pm on 44 Primal Grill with Steven Raichlen Sun (10/5, 12, 19) 2:30pm on 44 Qi Gong for Beginners Fri (10/3) 4am on 2, Tue (10/21) 4am on 4 Qi Gong: The Flow Question Fri (10/3, 24) 5am on 2, Mon (10/6, 20) 3am on 2, Thu (10/9) 2am on 2, Tue (10/14) 3am on 2, Wed (10/15, 29) 5am on 2, Tue (10/21, 28) 5am on 4 Sara’s Weeknight Meals Sat (10/4, 11, 18) 12:30pm on 2 Simply Ming Sat (10/4, 11, 18) 2:30pm on 2, Sun (10/5, 12, 19) 5:30pm on 44 Stay Rich Forever and Ever Sun (10/5, 12, 26) 12mid on 2, Wed (10/8, 15, 29) 1am on 2, Sat (10/11) 4:30am on 2, Mon (10/13, 27) 3am on 2, Thu (10/16, 30) 4:30am on 2, Sun (10/19) 4:30am on 2, Tue (10/21) 1am on 2, Thu (10/23) 2:30am on 2 Suze Orman: Women & Money Sat (10/4) 1am on 2, Mon (10/6) 12mid on 2, Wed (10/8) 4am on 2, Thu (10/16, 30) 2:30am on 2, Sat (10/18) 4am on 2, Mon (10/20) 4am on 2, Sat (10/25) 2am on 2 This Old House Sun (10/5, 12, 19) 6pm on 44 The This Old House Hour Thu 8pm on 44, Fri 1am on 44, Sat 5am on 44, Sat (10/4, 11, 18) 5pm on 2 The Victory Garden Sat 11am on 2

News & Public Affairs Explore more programs like this on WGBH World (to find on your cable system, see page 7) America at a Crossroads The Trial of Saddam Hussein Fri (10/10) 10pm on 2, Mon (10/13) 2am on 44 Basic Black Black Health Check-up: A Conversation with Mass. Secretary of Health and Human Services JudyAnn Bigby Thu (10/2) 7:30pm on 2, Sat (10/4) 11pm on 2, Sun (10/5) 12:30pm on 2 A Conversation with Bill T. Jones Thu (10/9) 7:30pm on 2, Sat (10/11) 11pm on 2, Sun (10/12) 12:30pm on 2 Conversation and Poetry with Elizabeth Alexander Thu (10/16) 7:30pm on 2, Sat (10/18) 11pm on 2 A Conversation with Randall Kennedy Thu (10/23) 7:30pm on 2 Election 2008: Live Election Special Thu (10/30) 7:30pm on 2 BBC World News Mon-Fri (10/6-31) 5pm on 44 Bill Moyers Journal Fri 9pm on 2, Sat 2am on 44, Sun (10/5) 5am and 11am on 44 Charlie Rose Mon-Fri 12noon and 6pm on 44, Mon-Fri (10/13, 7-10, 14-16, 20-23, 27-31) 11pm on 2, Tue (10/7, 14) 12mid on 2, Sat (10/18, 25) 12mid on 2 Foreign Exchange Sun 9am on 44 Frontline Sick Around the World Fri (10/3) 10pm on 2 Storm Over Everest Tue (10/7) 9pm on 2, Sun (10/12) 12noon on 44 The Choice 2008 Tue (10/14) 9pm on 2, Wed (10/15) 1am and 1:30pm on 44, Thu (10/16) 3am on 44, Fri (10/17) 10pm on 2, Sat (10/18) 2am and 2:30pm on 2, Sun (10/19) 2am and 12noon on 44, Sun (10/19) 3pm on 2, Tue (10/21) 1:30pm on 44 Heat Tue (10/21) 9pm on 2, Wed (10/22) 1am and 1:30pm on 44, Thu (10/23) 3am on 44, Fri (10/24) 10pm on 2, Sun (10/26) 2am on 44 The War Briefing Tue (10/28) 9pm on 2, Wed (10/29) 1am and 2:30pm on 44, Thu (10/30) 4am on 44, Fri (10/31) 10pm on 2 Greater Boston Mon-Fri 7pm on 2, Sun 9:30am on 44, TueSat (10/1-4, 8-11, 15-17, 21-24, 28-31) 12mid on 2, Tue (10/7, 14) 1am on 2, Sat (10/18, 25) 1am on 2 Inside Washington Sun 10am on 44 Latinos ’08 Wed (10/8) 9pm on 2, Thu (10/9) 1am and 1:30pm on 44, Fri (10/10) 3am on 44, Sun (10/12) 11pm on 2, Mon (10/13) 3am on 44 María Hinojosa: One-on-One Willie Colón Sat (10/4) 11am on 44, Sun (10/5) 11am on 2 Janet Murguía Tue (10/7)

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Folk on WGBH Sat, 10/18 at 5pm

Society and Culture Independent Minds: Peter Sellers David D’Arcy hosts an engaging look at this comic genius. We’ll hear Sellers’s collaborator Blake Edwards, as well as John Lithgow, Tracy Ullman and others, and rare interview segments with Sellers himself!

Arts & Ideas Sun, 10/19 at 11pm

Editor RL Hulsman Senior Editor/Writer Diane Carasik Dion Contributors Nancy Blacksin, Jennifer Goebel, Edgar Herwick, Maria Bruno Ruiz, Ben Schwartz, Jon Solins Designers Tong-Mei Chan, Douglass Scott Photo Research Lisa Abitbol, Deborah Paddock Production Staff Lauren Feinberg, Mark Hoffman Director, Design Administration Daniele Skopek Director, Constituent Communications Cynthia Broner Associate Director Susan Reed

Jazz with Eric in the Evening Wed, 10/15 at 9pm

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“ The Ralph Lowell Society offers a great way to match passion with philanthropy.”

Tedd Saunders President, EcoLogical Solutions Inc. Member, WGBH Ralph Lowell Society

Passions? In addition to my family and friends, my raison d’être for the past 18 years has been to create sustainable business models in the travel and tourism industry.

WGBH favorites? On TV, Frontline (I’m looking forward to Heat this month), Nova, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, Simply Ming. On WGBH Radio, Weekend Edition, Blues on WGBH, A Prairie Home Companion.

You’ve pioneered green practices in the business community through your family’s company, The Saunders Hotel Group. Why? Seeing the benefits of “greening” our family’s Lenox Hotel has allowed me to demonstrate, on a larger scale, how companies can “do well by doing good.”

Why support WGBH through an annual gift to the Ralph Lowell Society? WGBH needs and deserves significant support from everyone, citizens and businesspeople, whose lives it enriches.

The Ralph Lowell Society offers a great way to match passion with philanthropy.

Ralph Lowell Society members share the distinction of being WGBH’s most generous annual contributors—a diverse group of philanthropic individuals and families committed to helping WGBH make a difference via public television, on the radio, the Web, and in the community.

If you’d like to learn more about end-of-year giving options, or how an annual gift to the Ralph Lowell Society helps WGBH move forward with its mission to serve the public interest, call 617.300.3900 or email ralph_lowell_society@wgbh.org.

This Old TV Set will still work… but you have to take a few simple steps!

Photo: © WGBH/Anthony Tieuli

Are you ready?

2/17/2009 DIGITAL TV DEADLINE Starting February 17, 2009, federal law requires that all TV stations broadcast only a digital signal. If you use an antenna or rabbit ears to tune in 2 or 44, you’ll need a converter box or a new TV to continue to receive television over the air. To offset the cost of converter boxes, the government is offering consumers two $40 coupons per household. Don’t wait!

WGBH is here to help!

For more information, go to wgbh.org/digitaltvswitchover or call 617-300-3300