May 2009: The 'GBH Members' Guide

The Members’ Guide

May 2009

Kenneth Branagh is Wallander Page 11

Frontline’s The Madoff Affair Page 13

The Kennedys Page 14

Ken Burns Sneak Peek Page 16

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American Experience’s landmark series, We Shall Remain, continues this month with Geronimo premiering Monday, May 4 and Wounded Knee Monday, May 11.

Representing an unprecedented collaboration between Native and non-Native filmmakers, the series establishes Native history as an essential part of American history.

The documentary series is the heart of the widereaching initiative including ReelNative, an innovative short film project, and an extensive community engagement campaign. Go to pbs.org/ weshallremain for streaming video, and explore related lectures on the WGBH Forum Network at wgbh.org/forum.

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Kenneth Branagh and Rebecca Eaton have a lot in common: They’ve collaborated on three WGBH Masterpiece productions over the past 21 years, are both attracted to flawed fictional heroes, and are longtime fans of Swedish writer Henning Mankell’s atmospheric mystery novels.

Which makes Rebecca (the executive producer of WGBH’s Masterpiece) and the distinguished British actor the perfect pair to transport Inspector Kurt Wallander from the pages of Mankell’s moody international bestsellers to the Masterpiece Mystery! screen.

Wallander premieres this month (see cover and page 11) with Branagh as the Swedish sleuth battling crime and his own demons in a remote seaside town.

The star of Masterpiece’s Fortunes of War, Henry V, and Much Ado About Nothing embraced the “wonderfully complex and compelling” Wallander role, he tells us, because “it delivers on the page-turning qualities of a thriller.”

Rebecca, who has been watching the detectives for decades from her office here at ’GBH, agrees. Partnering with the BBC and other co-producers to bring American viewers the best in book-based British drama, she’s introduced us to such intrepid investigators as Jane Tennison, Adam Dalgleish, Christopher Foyle, and the enigmatic Endeavour Morse.

“My decisions about what airs are very subjective,” she says, “but informed by a sense of Masterpiece audience tastes, as well as some standardof-excellence measurements: Is it a good story? Are the writing, directing, acting, and production values top shelf?” Wallander, Rebecca continues, “meets all the criteria.”

Last year, Rebecca oversaw the evolution of WGBH’s new Masterpiece into three distinct seasons (Classic, Mystery!, and Contemporary), each with its own on-air host (for Mystery!, actor Alan Cumming).“We held fast to our literary roots,” she says, “while attracting new generations of drama fans, on screen and online, where wgbh/masterpiece now is the fifth mostsearched website on pbs.org.”

Great books, top talent, and an expanding audience hungry for first-rate material add up to truly timeless TV that you also can watch online, never more valued than today. Thanks to your generous support, WGBH can continue bringing masterpieces like Wallander—free—to everyone.

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For more information, go to wgbh.org/tvchannels

Radio WGBH 89.7 Boston, in Back Bay/Beacon Hill tune in 96.3 on Nantucket, tune in WNCK 89.5 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

Stay Connected WGBH Member Hotline 617-300-3300 weekdays 9am–5pm, membersonly@wgbh.org 24-Hour Program Feedback Line 617-300-5200 Leadership Circle MemberLine 617-300-3505 leadershipcircle@wgbh.org Ralph Lowell Society Hotline 617-300-3900 ralph_lowell_society@wgbh.org Local Corporate Sponsorship and Advertising 617-300-3730 rose_cullen@wgbh.org, wgbh.org/sponsorship Full schedules and more program info: wgbh.org

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Savings!

Plimoth Plantation

Roger Williams Park Zoo

Visit Discovery Play Station, a new exhibit designed for kids.

Explore life through imaginative play 17thcentury style and receive $4 off adult, $2 off child combination admission. Info: 508-746-1622; plimoth.org

Celebrate spring at the zoo! Choose from two Easter events and the weeklong “Party for the Planet.” WGBH members receive $1 off general child admissions, $2 off one adult. Info: 401-785-3510; rwpzoo.org

Plymouth Philharmonic

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The Plymouth Phil ends their season with Spring Pops, with special guest Rockapella on 5/9. WGBH members receive $3 off orchestra tickets, excluding preferred seating. Info: 508-746-8008; plymouthphil.org

Save 20% on DVDs, CDs and more from your favorite PBS and NPR shows (including Masterpiece Classic’s The Old Curiosity Shop) during the members-only sale at Shop.WGBH.org, 5/13 at 9am through 5/14 at 9am. That’s 5% extra savings on every item! Use discount code MEM907 at checkout.

Treats for Mom! Use your WGBH MemberCard to save on special gifts for the mom in your life, including flowers from Bow Street Flowers, sweet treats from Geoff & Drew’s or The Chocolate Truffle, a bottle of wine from Gordon’s Fine Wine & Liquors, or a gift certificate to Isis Holistic Clinic & Body Purification Spa. View these and other gift ideas at wgbh.org/mothersday.

Events

Back Bay Chorale Celebrating their 35th anniversary, the Back Bay Chorale, with music director Scott Allen Jarret, performs music by Brahms and Wachner.

5/16 at 8pm at Sanders Theatre, Harvard University. WGBH members receive 10% off tickets. Info: 617-648-3885; bbcboston.org/wgbh

Our way of saying thanks for your support

Hollywood Chinese

Hold Your Event at WGBH

Join us for a sneak preview of American Masters’ Hollywood Chinese (see page 17) and a panel discussion featuring Boston Globe critic Ty Burr. The new film examines cinema history from a Chinese American perspective. Thursday, 5/21, 6:30–8:30pm at WGBH’s Brighton studios; RSVP required, go to wgbh.org/hollywoodchinese.

WGBH Kids and Family Day Find out everything you need to know about bicycle safety and have fun with Arthur and his friends while you do, Saturday, 6/13, 1–3pm at WGBH’s Brighton Studios! This event is free, but RSVP is required at wgbh.org/ familyday.

Searching for a dynamic, state-of-the-art space for your next cocktail party, dinner or presentation? Rent WGBH’s studios, theater, atrium or boardrooms. Interested? Contact the WGBH Special Events Team at 617-300-4200 or events@wgbh.org.

Generously sponsored by Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, Garelick Farms and International Bicycle Center WGBH occasionally exchanges its mailing list with other non-profit organizations. To opt out, please call or email our Member Hotline (page 1) or write: WGBH Member Services, One Guest Street, Boston, MA 02135

For Kids

To find WGBH 2, 44 and ’GBH Kids on your cable service, see page 1.

Sign up for our free parents’ e-newsletter at wgbh.org/newsletters or call 617-300-3300.

Saturdays on 2 & 44 Weekdays on 2 6am 2 Curious George

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44 Curious George 7am 2 Peep and the Big Wide World

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

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44 Caillou (d) 9am 2 Curious George

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

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

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Curious George Sid the Science Kid Super Why! Clifford the Big Red Dog (d) Sesame Street (d) WordWorld (d) Sid the Science Kid Caillou (d) Thomas & Friends(d) Between the Lions (d) Martha Speaks Super Why! Maya & Miguel (d) Arthur (d) Curious George Curious George Cyberchase (d) WordGirl (d) Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman (d) (Mon–Thu); The Electric Company (Fri)

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Hurray for Heroes!

Join Whyatt and the Super Readers for a SuperWhy marathon Monday, 5/25 from 9–11am and 2–4pm. Dig in for two new stories that center on heroes: George and the Dragon and The Swiss Family Robinson.

All programming, unless noted (*), is closed captioned for viewers who are deaf or hard-of-hearing. (d) Described for viewers who are blind or visually impaired. To access video descriptions, activate the second audio program (SAP) on your stereo TV or VCR. For more information on WGBH’s services for people with disabilities, go to wgbh.org/access.

HD Airing in high-definition on WGBH HD. For more, see Where to Tune In on page 1 or go to wgbh.org/hd.

Full schedules and more program info: wgbh.org

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WWII Behind Closed Doors: Stalin, the Nazis and the West Unlikely Friends (Summer 1939 to Autumn 1941) (Pt. I of III)

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WWII Behind Closed Doors: Stalin, the Nazis and the West Dividing the World (January 1944 to August 1945) (Pt. III of III)

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The Jewish Americans Home (Pt. III of III)

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Ken Burns American Stories The West: One Sky Above Us (Pt. VIII of VIII)

(7pm) WWII Behind Closed Doors (Pt. III of III)

Battle of Hood and Bismarck

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Rick Steves’ Europe

Independent Lens Na Kamalei: The Men of Hula

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Sara’s Weeknight Meals

Masterpiece Mystery! Wallander: Firewall

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Bill Moyers Journal

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Independent Lens Crips and Bloods: Made in America McLaughlin Group

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Masterpiece Mystery! Wallander: Firewall

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The Vicar of Dibley Spring

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People Will Talk

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Independent Lens Stranded: The Andes Plane Crash Survivors Bill Moyers Journal

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Masterpiece Mystery! The Shadow in the North

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Global Voices Rules of the Game Travelscope

Buffalo Bill: American Experience Krakatoa Rick Steves’ Europe

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Waking the Dead Mask of Sanity, Pt. I

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Buffalo Bill: American Experience

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Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions

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Great Performances Lights Up: In the Heights on Broadway

American Masters Hollywood Chinese

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Nova Ocean Animal Emergency

Buffalo Bill: American Experience

Independent Lens Steal a Pencil for Me

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Rick Steves’ Europe

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Nature The Gorilla King

Nature Clever Monkeys

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Rick Steves’ Europe

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Rick Steves’ Europe

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Inherit the Wind

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The New Yankee Workshop Auction Countdown This Old House

History Detectives Barbecue America

Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions

Nature Holy Cow

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(7pm) Masterpiece Classic My Boy Jack

Independent Lens Steal a Pencil for Me

Green Builders

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Exploring Space: The Quest for Life

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Becoming American: The Chinese American Experience (Pt. II) Joanne Weir’s Cooking Class

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Preview National Parks

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Win Big at the 2009 WGBH Auction Friday, May 1–Saturday, May 30 Bid and Win in May! Auction.wgbh.org It’s easy and fun! Simply visit auction.wgbh.org, register (see inside front cover), and start bidding. Whether you’re a collector, an art enthusiast, a foodie or a world traveler, the Auction has something for you.

Night owls welcome! Bid and win online 24/7. Check back often—new items will be added and sold every day from May 1–30.

These are just some of the items up for bid, go to auction.wgbh.org for the complete list.

Automobiles & Accessories • Lojack anti-theft systems • New cars! (see pages 12, 18) Consumer Electronics • 42-inch plasma HD TV from

Home Theater Concepts • Digital camera from Newtonville Camera • HD radios from Polk Audio

Great Escapes North American Destinations • Captiva Island, Florida/ ’Tween Waters Inn • Ft. Lauderdale/Pelican Grand Beach Resort • Montreal/Le Cantlie Suites Hotel • New York Escape/Limoliner • Nova Scotia/Cape Bretton Resorts • Orlando, Florida/Anheuser-Busch Adventure Parks • Santa Fe, New Mexico/Inn of the Governors • Scottsdale, Arizona/Four Seasons Resort Scottsdale at Troon • Sedona, Arizona/Arizona Tourism Center Caribbean Destinations • Aruba/Radisson • Azores/Louis Karno & Company Communication • Caribbean/TNT Vacations 8

• Jamaica/Beaches Resorts • St. Martin/Radisson Resorts Cooking Tours • Cooking Vacations, Italy

Health & Fitness

Jewelry • Anderson’s Jewelers/Tourmaline

Ring • Carver Jewelers/Golden Diamond Ring • Swiss Watchmaker/His and Hers Watches

Spa treatments, memberships, personal training, and equipment Lifelong Learning • Az Studio/Azure Spa • The Boston Language Institute • Benefitness • Boston University-Center for • Cambridge Athletic Club Professional Education • Dahn Yoga and Healing • The Maine Media Workshops • Healthworks Fitness Centers for • Provincetown Fine Arts Work Women Center • Life in Synergy Sylvan Learning • • Mario Russo Salons • Mount Auburn Club New England Getaways • The Movement Center of Boston • Adair Country Inn • New England Eye Center • The Arlington Inn • Oak Square YMCA • Bar Harbor Inn • Optica • Bernerhoff Inn • Precision Fitness Equipment • Cape Codder Resort & Spa South Boston Yoga • • Captain Gosnold Village • Zoll Medical • The Constitution Inn • Foxwoods Resort Home Furnishings • Hawthorne Hotel • Autrefois • The Hotel Viking • Boston Art and Framing • The Inn at Clamber Hill • California Closets • The Inn at Essex • Devonia-Antiques for Dining • The Inn at Ocean’s Edge • The Frame Gallery • Noor Oriental Rugs Tune in Saturday, May 30 • Reed & Barton Seasons Four at 3pm on 2 for the • LIVE Auction Finale!

• Uniquely Global

For Auction questions, call 617-300-3000 Monday–Friday, 9am–5pm.

• Jay Peak Resort The Liberty Hotel • The Kendall Hotel • Lake Morey Resort • Lenox Hotel • The Liberty Hotel • Lord Camden Inn • Newport Marriott • Omni Parker Hotel • The Palmer House • Thatcher Brook Inn • The Tidewater Inn • The Vienna Restaurant & Historic Inn

• Wachusett Mountain Ski Area • Waterville Valley Resort Association • The Whalewalk Inn Sailing • Captain’s Cove Marina • Community Boating • The Liberty Fleet of Tall Ships • Piers Park • The Stephen Taber Schooner • Sunset Bay Marina Wining, Dining & More • Bakers’ Best, Inc. • Cuisine Chez Vous Catering • Eclano • Hungry I • Pigalle Sponsorship of this year’s Auction is generously provided by

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All programming, unless noted (*), is closed captioned for viewers who are deaf or hard-of-hearing.

May is Asian Pacific American Heritage month. Check daily listings and wgbh.org/stories for related programs and information.

Weekday schedule See pgs 6, 20–21 or go to wgbh.org/schedules 6pm 2 NewsHour

44 Charlie Rose 7pm 2 Beat the Press

44 Nightly Business Report 7:30 2 McLaughlin Group

44 As Time Goes By 8pm 2 Washington Week

44 New Tricks 8:30 2 Now 9pm 2 Bill Moyers Journal

44 Ken Burns American Stories The West (Pt. V of VIII). The saga of the American West is brought to life in this eight-part series.

10pm 2 Auction Bid to Win 10:30 2 Auction Highlights

44 Ask This Old House 11pm 2 Charlie Rose

44 NewsHour

Saturday 2 6am 2 Curious George

44 Mister Rogers (d) 6:30 2 Sid the Science Kid

44 Curious George 7am 2 Peep

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

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

44 Caillou (d) 9am 2 Curious George

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

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

44 Sid the Science Kid 10:30 2 The Electric Company

44 Mama Mirabelle 11am 2 Auction Bid to Win

44 María Hinojosa: One-on-One Dr. Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa 11:30 2 Auction Highlights

44 Ask This Old House 12n 2 Made in Spain

44 We Shall Remain: Trail of Tears: American Experience (Pt. III of V). The landmark, five-part series continues, see page 1.

12:30 2 Sara’s Weeknight Meals 1pm 2 Jacques Pépin 1:30 2 Lidia’s Italy

44 Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil and the Presidency 2pm 2 Food Trip with Todd English Peru Special 3pm 2 America’s Test Kitchen 3:30 2 Cook’s Country

44 Auction Bid to Win 4pm 2 Gourmet’s Diary of a Foodie

44 Auction Highlights 4:30 2 The New Yankee Workshop 44 The Mystery of Love

Anna Deavere Smith hosts.

5pm 2 The This Old House Hour HD 6pm 2 Auction Bid to Win 6:30 2 Masterpiece Classic The Tales of Charles Dickens: Little Dorrit (Pt. V of V). Screenwriter Andrew Davies (Bleak House) adapts Charles Dickens’s classic.

44 Anchors Aweigh George Sidney directed this 1945 musical comedy about a couple of sailors on leave in LA, starring Gene Kelly and the Chairman of the Board. (*) 8pm 2 Keeping Up Appearances Go paperless! wgbh.org/paperlessguide

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Going, Going, Gone!

Tune in for a preview of the 2009 WGBH Auction. Several half-hour programs let viewers peruse a variety of items being auctioned off this year. Show hosts will present travel packages including a cooking adventure in Italy from Cooking Vacations and a spa and salon package from Mario Russo. Also on the block: fine art, dining at some of Boston’s best restaurants and new cars—bid on a Volvo XC60 or a Toyota Prius! Airing throughout May, these programs offer viewers a chance to see a portion of the wide selection of items up for bid at auction.wgbh.org all month and live on May 30.

Auction Showcases Premieres Fri, 5/1 at 10pm on 2 and airs throughout the month Go to auction.wgbh.org!

8:30 2 Waiting for God 9pm 2 The Vicar of Dibley

44 On the Town Exuberant sailors Gene Kelly and Old Blue Eyes himself sing and dance their hearts out all over “New York, New York” in this 1949 musical. (*) 9:30 2 As Time Goes By

10pm 2 MI-5 11pm 2 Basic Black Black Health Check-up: A Conversation with Mass. Secretary of Health and Human Services Dr. JudyAnn Bigby

44 Live from the Artists Den Patty Griffin 11:30 2 Ask This Old House

Bid on a tourmaline ring from Anderson’s Jewelers, go to auction.wgbh.org!

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Secret History This new three-part documentary takes advantage of the window of opportunity allowed by a recent, brief opening of key Russian documents—classified now, once again. The true story of Stalin’s encounters—first with the Nazis and then with Churchill and Roosevelt—are laid out through astonishing dramatic reconstructions carefully sourced from archive material. An enthralling mix of high politics, the series offers a new way of understanding the most secret and dramatic events of the Second World War. Explore related lectures on the WGBH Forum Network at wgbh.org/forum.

WWII Behind Closed Doors: Stalin, the Nazis and the West Premieres Wed, 5/6 at 9pm on 2

Sunday 3 6am 2 Clifford (d)

44 Antiques Roadshow Grand Rapids, Pt. II 6:30 2 Martha Speaks 7am 2 Super Why!

44 Religion & Ethics

7:30 2 Curious George

44 To the Contrary 8am 2 Curious George

44 MoneyTrack 8:30 2 Peep

44 Consuelo Mack 9am 2 Peep

44 Foreign Exchange

10 Bid on a watch from Swiss Watchmakers, go to auction.wgbh.org!

9:30 2 The Saddle Club

44 Beat the Press 10am 2 WordGirl (d)

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

44 Now 11am 2 María Hinojosa: One-on-One Dr. Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa

44 Bill Moyers Journal 11:30 2 Rick Steves’ Europe Little Europe 12n 2 Auction Highlights

44 Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People (Pt. IV of IV). Sissy Spacek narrates.

12:30 2 Auction Bid to Win 1pm 2 Volvo Ocean Race 2008–2009 The “Everest of sailing” arrives in Boston this month.

44 Auction Bid to Win 2pm 2 Auction Highlights

44 e2 2:30 2 The Mystery of Love (See 5/2 at 4:30pm)

44 Equitrekking Spain 3pm 44 Spain…On the Road Again 4pm 44 Made in Spain 4:30 2 Auction Highlights

44 Lidia’s Italy 5pm 2 China from the Inside Shifting Nature (Pt. III of IV)

44 Gourmet’s Diary of a Foodie 5:30 44 Auction Highlights 6pm 2 Auction Bid to Win 6:30 2 We Shall Remain: Trail of Tears: American Experience (Pt. III of V, see 5/2 at 12noon) HD

44 Auction Bid to Win 7pm 44 People Will Talk Cary Grant stars in this 1951 Joseph Mankiewicz classic. (*) Our history: Citizen Tanouye is the true story of a hero’s fight against WWII internment camps, Friday, 5/8 at 9pm on WGBH World.

8pm 2 Nature Eagles of Mull 9pm 2 Masterpiece Classic The Tales of Charles Dickens: The Old Curiosity Shop. A teenage girl and her grandfather lose everything to a maniacal moneylender in this Dickens classic starring Sophie Vavasseur (Northanger Abbey) and Derek Jacobi (I, Claudius). (d)

44 Independent Lens At Home in Utopia. This encore looks at co-op apartments built in the Bronx in the 1920s by Jewish garment workers.

10pm 44 Independent Lens Na Kamalei: The Men of Hula 10:30 2 Masterpiece Classic The Old Curiosity Shop (d) (See 5/3 at 9pm) 11pm 44 Spain…On the Road Again

Monday 4 6pm 2 NewsHour

44 Charlie Rose 7pm 2 Greater Boston

44 Nightly Business Report 7:30 2 Auction Highlights

44 As Time Goes By 8pm 2 Antiques Roadshow Grand Rapids, Pt. III HD

44 Masterpiece Classic The Old Curiosity Shop (d) (See 5/3 at 9pm) 9pm 2 We Shall Remain: Geronimo: American Experience (Pt. IV of V, see 5/2 at 12noon) HD 9:30 44 Lost Royals This new film lifts the lid on royal indiscretions and tracks down illegitimate descendants of English royalty.

10:30 2 We Shall Remain: Geronimo: American Experience (Pt. IV of V, see 5/2 at 12noon) HD

44 Auction Bid to Win 11pm 44 NewsHour

Tuesday 5 6pm 2 NewsHour 44 Charlie Rose

7pm 2 Greater Boston

44 Nightly Business Report 7:30 2 María Hinojosa: One-on-One Kwame Anthony Appiah. The scholar discusses the possibility of a colorblind society.

44 As Time Goes By 8pm 2 Nova Cracking the Maya Code. A handful of pioneers deciphered Mayan hieroglyphs. (d)

44 Antiques Roadshow Grand Rapids, Pt. III 9pm 2 Frontline Sex Slaves. This look at the world of sexual slavery focuses on one man’s determination to save his trafficked wife.

44 Waking the Dead Deus Ex Machina, Pt. II

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John W. Ehrlich, Music Director 10pm 2 Auction Highlights

44 MI-5 10:30 2 Auction Bid to Win 11pm 2 Charlie Rose

44 NewsHour

Wednesday 6 6pm 2 NewsHour

44 Charlie Rose 7pm 2 Greater Boston

44 Nightly Business Report 7:30 2 Auction Highlights

44 As Time Goes By 8pm 2 Secrets of the Dead Dogfight Over Guadalcanal

44 The This Old House Hour 9pm 2 WWII Behind Closed Doors: Stalin, the Nazis and the West Unlikely Friends (Summer 1939 to Autumn 1941) (Pt. I of III) See Secret History, page10

44 Nova Cracking the Maya Code (d)(See 5/5 at 8pm) 10pm 44 We Shall Remain: Geronimo: American Experience (Pt. IV of V, see 5/2 at 12noon) To advertise Call 617-300-3730

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11pm 2 Charlie Rose 11:30 44 NewsHour

Thursday 7 6pm 2 NewsHour

44 Charlie Rose 7pm 2 Greater Boston

44 Nightly Business Report 7:30 2 Basic Black

44 As Time Goes By 8pm 2 Lost Royals (See 5/4 at 9:30pm)

44 Globe Trekker Planet of the Apes 9pm 2 The Jewish Americans They Came to Stay/A World of Their Own (Pt. I of III). David Grubin’s encore follows 350 years of JewishAmerican history.

44 Nature Eagles of Mull 10pm 44 Auction Bid to Win 10:30 44 Auction Highlights 11pm 2 Charlie Rose

44 NewsHour

Friday 8 6pm 2 NewsHour

44 Charlie Rose

Sleuthing Swede Kenneth Branagh stars as “the Norse Morse,” Inspector Kurt Wallander, the scruffy Swedish sleuth created by best-selling author Henning Mankell. In three whodunits, Mankell pits his hero against the creeping malaise affecting contemporary Sweden, where permissiveness and the collapse of the welfare state are slowly undermining the spirit of law and order. A maelstrom of bizarre crimes, involving axe murders, scalpings, random assassinations and cyber-terrorism, taxes Wallander’s wits. Find out more at wgbh.org/masterpiece.

Masterpiece Mystery!/Wallander Premieres Sun, 5/10 at 9pm on 2 7pm 2 Beat the Press

44 Nightly Business Report 7:30 2 McLaughlin Group

44 As Time Goes By 8pm 2 Washington Week

44 New Tricks 8:30 2 Now 9pm 2 Bill Moyers Journal

44 Ken Burns American Stories The West (Pt. VI of VIII, see 5/1 at 9pm)

10pm 2 Frontline Sex Slaves (See 5/5 at 9pm) 10:30 44 Auction Bid to Win 11pm 2 Charlie Rose

44 NewsHour

Saturday 9 6am 2 Curious George

44 Mister Rogers (d) 6:30 2 Sid the Science Kid

44 Curious George

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Bid on Cool Cars!

Check out the Volvo XC60, the fabulous new car, generously donated by Boston Volvo Village. Bid now at auction.wgbh.org!

44 Antiques Roadshow Grand Rapids, Pt. III 2:30 2 Simply Ming 3pm 2 America’s Test Kitchen

44 Secrets of the Dead Dogfight Over Guadalcanal 3:30 2 Cook’s Country 4pm 2 Gourmet’s Diary of a Foodie

44 WWII Behind Closed Doors: Stalin, the Nazis and the West Unlikely Friends (Summer 1939 to Autumn 1941) (Pt. I of III, see 5/6 at 9pm) 4:30 2 The New Yankee Workshop 5pm 2 The This Old House Hour HD 6pm 2 Auction Highlights

44 Dances with Wolves Kevin Costner directed and stars in this 1990 film about a soldier exiled to a remote western Civil War outpost. (*) 6:30 2 Masterpiece Classic The Old Curiosity Shop (d) (See 5/3 at 9pm) 8pm 2 Keeping Up Appearances 8:30 2 Waiting for God 9pm 2 The Vicar of Dibley 9:10 44 Moonstruck Nicolas Cage and Cher star in Norman Jewison’s 1987 romantic comedy. (*) 9:30 2 As Time Goes By 10pm 2 MI-5 11pm 2 Basic Black

44 Live from the Artists Den The Swell Season 11:30 2 Ask This Old House

Sunday 10 7am 2 Peep

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

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

44 Caillou (d) 9am 2 Curious George

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

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

44 Sid the Science Kid 10:30 2 The Electric Company

44 Mama Mirabelle 11am 2 The Victory Garden (d)

44 María Hinojosa: One-on-One Kwame Anthony Appiah (See 5/5 at 7:30pm) 11:30 2 Everyday Food

44 Ask This Old House 12n 2 Made in Spain

44 We Shall Remain: Geronimo: American Experience (Pt. IV of V, see 5/2 at 12noon) 12:30 2 Sara’s Weeknight Meals 1pm 2 Jacques Pépin 1:30 2 Lidia’s Italy

44 Auction Bid to Win 2pm 2 Food Trip with Todd English

12 Bid on a boating slip at Captain’s Cove Marina, go to auction.wgbh.org!

6am 2 Clifford (d)

44 Antiques Roadshow Grand Rapids, Pt. III 6:30 2 Martha Speaks 7am 2 Super Why!

44 Religion & Ethics 7:30 2 Curious George

44 To the Contrary 8am 2 Curious George

44 MoneyTrack 8:30 2 Peep

44 Consuelo Mack 9am 2 Peep

44 Foreign Exchange 9:30 2 The Saddle Club

44 Beat the Press 10am 2 WordGirl (d)

44 Inside Washington

10:30 2 Design Squad (d)

44 Now 11am 2 María Hinojosa: One-on-One Kwame Anthony Appiah (See 5/5 at 7:30pm)

44 Bill Moyers Journal 11:30 2 Rick Steves’ Europe Great Swiss Cities 12n 2 Art Wolfe’s Travels to the Edge Alaska

44 WWII Behind Closed Doors: Stalin, the Nazis and the West Unlikely Friends (Summer 1939 to Autumn 1941) (Pt. I of III, see 5/6 at 9pm) 12:30 2 Basic Black 1pm 2 Volvo Ocean Race 2008–09 (See 5/3 at 1pm) 2pm 2 Auction Bid to Win

44 e2 2:30 2 Auction Highlights

44 Equitrekking Scotland 3pm 2 WWII Behind Closed Doors: Stalin, the Nazis and the West Unlikely Friends (Summer 1939 to Autumn 1941) (Pt. I of III, see 5/6 at 9pm)

44 Auction Highlights 4pm 44 Made in Spain 4:30 44 Lidia’s Italy 5pm 2 China from the Inside Freedom and Justice (Pt. IV of IV)

44 Gourmet’s Diary of a Foodie 5:30 44 Simply Ming 6pm 2 Rick Steves’ Europe Great Swiss Cities

44 This Old House 6:30 2 We Shall Remain: Geronimo: American Experience (Pt. IV of V, see 5/2 at 12noon) HD

44 The Magnificent Seven Set in Mexico, this 1960 homage to Seven Samurai stars Yul Brynner and Charles Bronson. (*) 8pm 2 Nature Voyage of the Lonely Turtle (d) 9pm 2 Masterpiece Mystery!

Wallander: Sidetracked (d) See Sleuthing Swede, page 11

44 Independent Lens Wings of Defeat. A niece retraces the footsteps of her uncle, who trained as a Kamikaze pilot.

10pm 44 Auction Bid to Win 10:30 2 Masterpiece Mystery!

Wallander: Sidetracked (d) (See 5/10 at 9pm) 11pm 44 Spain…On the Road Again

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Monday 11 6pm 2 NewsHour

44 Charlie Rose 7pm 2 Greater Boston

44 Nightly Business Report 7:30 2 Auction Bid to Win

44 As Time Goes By 8pm 2 Antiques Roadshow Hartford, Pt. I HD

44 Masterpiece Mystery!

Wallander: Sidetracked (d) (See 5/10 at 9pm) 9pm 2 We Shall Remain: Wounded Knee: American Experience (Pt. IV of V, see 5/2 at 12noon) HD 9:30 44 Historic Pubs of Dublin Author Frank McCourt (Angela’s Ashes) serves as tour guide.

10:30 2 We Shall Remain: Wounded Knee: American Experience (Pt. IV of V, see 5/2 at 12noon) HD

44 Auction Highlights 11pm 44 NewsHour

Tuesday 12 6pm 2 NewsHour

44 Charlie Rose 7pm 2 Greater Boston

44 Nightly Business Report 7:30 2 María Hinojosa: One-on-One Lupe Ontiveros. The actress plays Juanita Solis on Desperate Housewives.

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

This encore examines the Columbia space shuttle tragedy. (d) HD

44 Antiques Roadshow Hartford, Pt. I 9pm 2 Frontline The Madoff Affair See Public Enemy #1, this page

44 Waking the Dead The Fall, Pt. I 10pm 2 Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority Mink was the first Asian American woman in US Congress and co-authored Title IX.

44 MI-5 11pm 2 Charlie Rose

44 NewsHour

Wednesday 13 6pm 2 NewsHour

44 Charlie Rose

7pm 2 Greater Boston

44 Nightly Business Report 7:30 2 Auction Highlights

44 As Time Goes By 8pm 2 Secrets of the Dead Michelangelo Revealed HD

44 The This Old House Hour 9pm 2 WWII Behind Closed Doors: Stalin, the Nazis and the West Cracks in the Alliance (Autumn 1941 to December 1943) (Pt. II of III, see 5/6 at 9pm)

44 Nova Space Shuttle Disaster (d)(See 5/12 at 8pm) 10pm 44 We Shall Remain: Wounded Knee: American Experience (Pt. IV of V, see 5/2 at 12noon) 11pm 2 Charlie Rose 11:30 44 NewsHour

Thursday 14 6pm 2 NewsHour

44 Charlie Rose 7pm 2 Greater Boston

44 Nightly Business Report 7:30 2 Basic Black

44 As Time Goes By 8pm 2 The Kamaka Ukelele

44 Globe Trekker South Korea 8:30 2 Auction Bid to Win 9pm 2 The Jewish Americans The Best of Times, the Worst of Times (Pt. II of III, see 5/7 at 9pm)

44 Nature Voyage of the Lonely Turtle 10pm 44 Nature Is that Skunk?

11pm 2 Charlie Rose

44 NewsHour

Friday 15 6pm 2 NewsHour

44 Charlie Rose 7pm 2 Beat the Press

44 Nightly Business Report 7:30 2 McLaughlin Group

44 As Time Goes By 8pm 2 Washington Week

44 New Tricks 8:30 2 Now 9pm 2 Bill Moyers Journal

44 Ken Burns American Stories The West (Pt. VII of VIII, see 5/1 at 9pm) 10pm 2 Frontline The Madoff Affair (See 5/12 at 9pm) 10:30 44 Auction Extravaganza 11pm 2 Charlie Rose

44 NewsHour

Public Enemy #1 Bernard Madoff’s success as a broker made the competition wonder how the man could produce such steady returns in good times and bad. The SEC investigated several times over the last two decades, but Madoff remained untouched until last December, when he admitted it was all “one big lie.” Frontline producers Martin Smith and Marcela Gaviria unravel the story behind the world’s first truly global Ponzi scheme—a deception that lasted longer, reached wider and cut deeper than any other business scandal in history. Explore more at wgbh.org/frontline.

Frontline/The Madoff Affair Premieres Tue, 5/12 at 9pm on 2

Saturday 16 6am 2 Curious George

44 Mister Rogers (d) 6:30 2 Sid the Science Kid

44 Curious George 7am 2 Peep

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

44 Barney and Friends

8:30 2 Clifford (d)

44 Caillou (d) 9am 2 Curious George

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

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

44 Sid the Science Kid 10:30 2 The Electric Company

44 Mama Mirabelle 11am 2 The Victory Garden (d)

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Camelot A saga of ambition, wealth, family loyalty and personal tragedy—no family has had such a powerful hold on the American imagination as the Kennedys.

This acclaimed encore presentation has been updated to emphasize the role of the Bay State’s senior Senator, Edward Kennedy (shown center, with brothers Robert and John). From the dark days of his accident at Chappaquiddick and his unsuccessful 1980 presidential campaign (which may have finally freed him of the burden of his father’s ambition) to his highly successful and influential Senate career, Kennedy’s story is a riveting look at recent American history. For related lectures, explore the WGBH Forum Network at wgbh.org/forum.

The Kennedys: American Experience Premieres Mon, 5/18 at 9pm on 2

44 María Hinojosa: One-on-One Lupe Ontiveros (See 5/12 at 7:30pm) 11:30 2 Everyday Food

44 Ask This Old House 12n 2 Made in Spain

44 We Shall Remain: Wounded Knee:

American Experience (Pt. IV of V, see 5/2 at 12noon) 12:30 2 Sara’s Weeknight Meals 1pm 2 Jacques Pépin 1:30 2 Lidia’s Italy

44 Auction Extravaganza 2pm 2 Auction Adventure

14 Bid on a cooking adventure in Italy from Cooking Vacations, go to auction.wgbh.org!

2:30 2 Simply Ming 3pm 2 America’s Test Kitchen

44 Frontline The Madoff Affair (See 5/12 at 9pm) 3:30 2 Cook’s Country 4pm 2 Gourmet’s Diary of a Foodie

44 WWII Behind Closed Doors: Stalin, the Nazis and the West Cracks in the Alliance (Autumn 1941 to December 1943) (Pt. II of III, see 5/6 at 9pm) 4:30 2 The New Yankee Workshop 5pm 2 The This Old House Hour HD 6pm 2 Auction Extravaganza

44 Auction Adventure 6:30 2 Masterpiece Mystery!

Wallander: Sidetracked (d) (See 5/10 at 9pm)

44 Inherit the Wind Stanley Kramer’s 1960 drama stars Spencer Tracy. (*) 8pm 2 Keeping Up Appearances 8:30 2 Waiting for God 8:45 44 The Magnificent Seven (*)(See 5/10 at 6:30pm) 9pm 2 The Vicar of Dibley Spring 10pm 2 MI-5 11pm 2 Auction Extravaganza

44 Live from the Artists Den Aimee Mann 11:30 2 Auction Adventure

Sunday 17 6am 2 Clifford (d)

44 Antiques Roadshow Hartford, Pt. I 6:30 2 Martha Speaks 7am 2 Super Why!

44 Religion & Ethics 7:30 2 Curious George

44 To the Contrary 8am 2 Curious George

44 MoneyTrack 8:30 2 Peep

44 Consuelo Mack 9am 2 Peep

44 Foreign Exchange 9:30 2 The Saddle Club

44 Beat the Press 10am 2 WordGirl (d)

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

44 Now 11am 2 María Hinojosa: One-on-One Lupe Ontiveros (See 5/12 at 7:30pm)

44 Bill Moyers Journal

11:30 2 Rick Steves’ Europe Vienna and the Danube 12n 2 Auction Extravaganza

44 WWII Behind Closed Doors: Stalin, the Nazis and the West Cracks in the Alliance (Autumn 1941 to December 1943) (Pt. II of III, see 5/6 at 9pm) 12:30 2 Auction Adventure 1pm 2 Volvo Ocean Race 2008–09 (See 5/3 at 1pm) 2pm 2 Auction Showcase

44 e2 2:30 2 Great Performances at the Met Orfeo ed Euridice.

The production by Mark Morris features costumes by fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi.

44 Equitrekking Québec City 3pm 44 Auction Showcase 4pm 44 Made in Spain 4:30 2 WWII Behind Closed Doors: Stalin, the Nazis and the West Cracks in the Alliance (Autumn 1941 to December 1943) (Pt. II of III, see 5/6 at 9pm)

44 Lidia’s Italy 5pm 44 Gourmet’s Diary of a Foodie 5:30 44 Simply Ming 6pm 44 Dances with Wolves (*) (See 5/9 at 6pm) 6:30 2 We Shall Remain: Wounded Knee: American Experience (Pt. V of V, see 5/2 at 12noon) HD 8pm 2 Nature Victoria Falls HD 9pm 2 Masterpiece Mystery!

Wallander: Firewall (d)(See 5/10 at 9pm)

44 Independent Lens Crips and Bloods: Made in America. Director Stacy Peralta interviews gang members, family members and experts. Shown, “Scrap” Grape Street Watts Crips.

10:30 2 Masterpiece Mystery!

Wallander: Firewall (d)(See 5/10 at 9pm)

44 Auction Extravaganza 11pm 44 Spain…On the Road Again

Monday 18 6pm 2 NewsHour

44 Charlie Rose 7pm 2 Greater Boston

44 Nightly Business Report 7:30 2 Auction Showcase

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44 As Time Goes By 8pm 2 Antiques Roadshow Hartford, Pt. II HD

44 Masterpiece Mystery!

Wallander: Firewall (d)(See 5/10 at 9pm) 9pm 2 The Kennedys: American Experience See Camelot, page 14 9:30 44 Touching the Void Based on Joe Simpson’s book, this film examines a mountain expedition gone horribly wrong.

11pm 44 NewsHour

Tuesday 19 6pm 2 NewsHour

44 Charlie Rose 7pm 2 Greater Boston

44 Nightly Business Report 7:30 2 María Hinojosa: One-on-One Sam Quiñones.

The Los Angeles Times reporter discusses immigration.

44 As Time Goes By 8pm 2 Nova Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives. The lead singer from the band the Eels examines his father’s scientific work. (d)

44 Antiques Roadshow Hartford, Pt. II

9pm 2 Frontline Inside the Meltdown. This encore examines the $700 billion bailout.

44 Waking the Dead The Fall, Pt. II 10pm 2 Most Honorable Son The encore story of a WWII war hero and spokesman against internment camps.

44 MI-5 11pm 2 Charlie Rose

44 NewsHour

Wednesday 20 6pm 2 NewsHour

44 Charlie Rose 7pm 2 Greater Boston

44 Nightly Business Report 7:30 2 Auction Extravaganza

44 As Time Goes By 8pm 2 Blueprint America This multi-platform initiative examines infrastructure issues.

44 The This Old House Hour 9pm 2 WWII Behind Closed Doors: Stalin, the Nazis and the West Dividing the World (January 1944 to August 1945) (Pt. III of III, see 5/6 at 9pm)

44 The Kennedys: American Experience (See 5/18 at 9pm)

11pm 2 Charlie Rose

Thursday 21 6pm 2 NewsHour

44 Charlie Rose 7pm 2 Greater Boston

44 Nightly Business Report 7:30 2 Basic Black

44 As Time Goes By 8pm 2 Auction Adventure

44 Globe Trekker Food Hour: Mexico 8:30 2 Auction Showcase 9pm 2 The Jewish Americans Home (Pt. III of III, see 5/7 at 9pm)

44 Nature Victoria Falls 10pm 44 Auction Adventure 10:30 44 Auction Showcase 11pm 2 Charlie Rose

44 NewsHour

Friday 22 6pm 2 NewsHour

44 Charlie Rose 7pm 2 Beat the Press

44 Nightly Business Report 7:30 2 McLaughlin Group

44 As Time Goes By

8pm 2 Washington Week

44 New Tricks 8:30 2 Now 9pm 2 Bill Moyers Journal

44 Ken Burns American Stories The West (Pt. VIII of VIII, see 5/1 at 9pm) 10pm 2 Frontline Inside the Meltdown (See 5/19 at 9pm) 11pm 2 Charlie Rose

44 NewsHour

Saturday 23 6am 2 Curious George

44 Mister Rogers (d) 6:30 2 Sid the Science Kid

44 Curious George 7am 2 Peep

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

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

44 Caillou (d) 9am 2 Curious George

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

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

44 Sid the Science Kid

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Seen in the Halls WGBH got footloose when Kevin and Michael Bacon dropped by to tape a segment for Greater Boston (see it at wgbh.org/gb) and perform for a small studio audience in WGBH’s Fraser Performance Studio.

The Bacon boys have other ’GBH connections, too. Michael composes music for American Experience, and received an Emmy for Outstanding Achievement in Music for his work on The Kennedys (see page 14); Kevin starred in American Playhouse’s Lemon Sky, a 1987 WGBH production filmed in our Western Ave. studios—where he also met his wife, co-star Kyra Sedgwick.

Sneak Peek Enjoy a behind-the-scenes look at Ken Burns’s upcoming documentary, The National Parks: America’s Best Idea. Slated to air this fall, the 12-hour, six-part series, coproduced by longtime colleague Dayton Duncan, is the story of an idea as uniquely American as the Declaration of Independence and just as radical: that the most special places in the nation should be preserved, not for royalty or the rich, but for everyone.

PBS Previews/The National Parks: America’s Best Idea Premieres in HD Sun, 5/24 at 9:30pm on 2 10:30 2 The Electric Company

44 Mama Mirabelle 11am 2 The Victory Garden (d)

44 María Hinojosa: One-on-One Sam Quiñones (See 5/19 at 7:30pm) 11:30 2 Everyday Food

44 Ask This Old House 12n 2 Made in Spain

44 Auction Showcase 12:30 2 Sara’s Weeknight Meals 1pm 2 Jacques Pépin 1:30 2 Lidia’s Italy 2pm 2 Lidia’s Italy

44 The Kennedys: American Experience (See 5/18 at 9pm) 2:30 2 Simply Ming 3pm 2 America’s Test Kitchen 3:30 2 Cook’s Country 4pm 2 Gourmet’s Diary of a Foodie

4:30 2 The New Yankee Workshop 5pm 2 The This Old House Hour HD

44 Auction Adventure 6pm 2 Ask This Old House 6:30 2 Masterpiece Mystery!

Wallander: Firewall (d)(See 5/10 at 9pm) 7pm 44 Moonstruck (*)(See 5/9 at 9pm) 8pm 2 Keeping Up Appearances 8:30 2 Waiting for God 9pm 2 The Vicar of Dibley Summer

44 People Will Talk (*)(See 5/3 at 7pm) 10pm 2 MI-5 11pm 2 Auction Showcase

44 Live from the Artists Den Crowded House 11:30 2 Auction Adventure

16 Bid on dinner for four with wine at Blue Ginger, go to auction.wgbh.org!

Sunday 24 6am 2 Clifford (d)

44 Antiques Roadshow Hartford, Pt. II 6:30 2 Martha Speaks 7am 2 Super Why!

44 Religion & Ethics 7:30 2 Curious George

44 To the Contrary 8am 2 Curious George

44 MoneyTrack 8:30 2 Peep

44 Consuelo Mack 9am 2 Peep

44 Foreign Exchange 9:30 2 The Saddle Club

44 Beat the Press 10am 2 WordGirl (d)

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

44 Now 11am 2 María Hinojosa: One-on-One Sam Quiñones (See 5/19 at 7:30pm)

44 Bill Moyers Journal 11:30 2 Rick Steves’ Europe The Czech Republic 12n 2 Art Wolfe’s Travels to the Edge Peru: Manu

44 WWII Behind Closed Doors: Stalin, the Nazis and the West Dividing the World (January 1944 to August 1945) (Pt. III of III, see 5/6 at 9pm) 12:30 2 Basic Black 1pm 2 Volvo Ocean Race 2008–09 (See 5/3 at 1pm) 1:30 2 The Kennedys: American Experience (See 5/18 at 9pm) 2pm 44 e2 2:30 44 Equitrekking Turkey 3pm 44 Auction Showcase 4pm 44 Made in Spain 4:30 2 WWII Behind Closed Doors: Stalin, the Nazis and the West Dividing the World (January 1944 to August 1945) (Pt. III of III, see 5/6 at 9pm)

44 Lidia’s Italy 5pm 44 Gourmet’s Diary of a Foodie 5:30 44 Simply Ming 6pm 44 This Old House 6:30 2 Medal of Honor

44 Theater Talk 7pm 44 Theater Talk 7:30 44 Masterpiece Classic A Room with a View. E.M.

Forster’s classic stars Elaine Cassidy (The Others). (d) 8pm 2 National Memorial Day Concert The annual extravagaza is hosted by Gary Sinise (CSI New York) and Joe Mantegna (The Simpsons), and features Colin Powell, Dianne Wiest and Denyce Graves. HD 9pm 44 Independent Lens Stranded: The Andes Plane Crash Survivors 9:30 2 PBS Previews The National Parks: America’s Best Idea HD See Sneak Peek, this page 10pm 2 Auction Adventure 10:30 2 Auction Showcase 11pm 2 Blueprint America (See 5/20 at 8pm)

44 Auction Extravaganza

Monday 25 6pm 2 NewsHour

44 Charlie Rose 7pm 2 Greater Boston

44 Nightly Business Report 7:30 2 Auction Showcase

44 As Time Goes By 8pm 2 Antiques Roadshow Hartford, Pt. III HD

44 Masterpiece Mystery!

The Shadow in the North.

Billie Piper (Doctor Who) reprises her role as young sleuth Sally Lockhart.

9pm 2 Buffalo Bill: American Experience A look at the man behind the legend. (d) HD 9:30 44 Krakatoa The 1883 volcanic eruption reduced the island of Krakatoa to a third of its former size and sent 100-foot waves crashing onto Asian shores.

10pm 2 Hallowed Grounds A rare visit to America’s overseas military cemeteries in England, France, the Philippines and elsewhere.

11pm 2 Charlie Rose

44 NewsHour

Tuesday 26 6pm 2 NewsHour

44 Charlie Rose 7pm 2 Greater Boston

44 Nightly Business Report 7:30 2 María Hinojosa: One-on-One Los Lonely Boys. Jojo, Henry and Ringo discuss their career and play some music.

44 As Time Goes By 8pm 2 Nova Ocean Animal Emergency. Marine mam mals are in danger. (d) HD

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44 Antiques Roadshow Hartford, Pt. III 9pm 2 Frontline/World

44 Waking the Dead Mask of Sanity, Pt. I 10pm 2 Frontline

44 MI-5 11pm 2 Charlie Rose

44 NewsHour

Wednesday 27 6pm 2 NewsHour

44 Charlie Rose 7pm 2 Greater Boston

44 Nightly Business Report 7:30 2 Auction Adventure

44 As Time Goes By 8pm 2 Great Performances Lights Up: In the Heights on Broadway. Get a behind-thescenes look at the surprise Broadway hit led by composer-lyricist Lin-Manuel Miranda. HD

44 The This Old House Hour 9pm 2 American Masters Hollywood Chinese HD See Telling Their Stories, this page

44 Nova Ocean Animal Emergency (d)(See 5/26 at 8pm) 10pm 44 Buffalo Bill: American Experience (See 5/25 at 9pm) 10:30 2 Auction Extravaganza 11pm 2 Charlie Rose

44 NewsHour

Thursday 28 6pm 2 NewsHour

44 Charlie Rose 7pm 2 Greater Boston

44 Nightly Business Report 7:30 2 Basic Black

44 As Time Goes By 8pm 2 The First Battle This encore examines at intern ment camps.

44 Globe Trekker Volcanoes: Ring of Fire 9pm 2 Exploring Space: The Quest for Life Scientists share opinions about the possibility of life beyond Earth.

44 Nature The Gorilla King 10pm 44 Nature Clever Monkeys 11pm 2 Charlie Rose

44 NewsHour

Telling Their Stories From the first Chinese American film produced in 1916 to Ang Lee’s triumphant Brokeback Mountain nine decades later, Chinese people have contributed to and been portrayed in an industry that was often ignorant about and dismissive of race. Moving beyond the stereotypical and exotic images of Suzy Wong and Bruce Lee, artists Wayne Wang, Joan Chen, Nancy Kwan, Amy Tan and more share their experiences of being “the other.” This is one of many programs airing in celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. For more information, go to wgbh.org/stories. Pictured: Wong Chew Mo and Chow Kun Ling.

American Masters/Hollywood Chinese Premieres in HD Wed, 5/27 at 9pm on 2

Friday 29 6pm 2 NewsHour

44 Charlie Rose 7pm 2 Beat the Press

44 Nightly Business Report

7:30 2 McLaughlin Group

44 As Time Goes By 8pm 2 Washington Week

44 New Tricks 8:30 2 Now 9pm 2 Bill Moyers Journal

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11am 2 The Victory Garden (d)

44 María Hinojosa: One-on-One Los Lonely Boys (See 5/26 at 7:30pm) 11:30 2 Everyday Food

44 Ask This Old House 12n 2 Made in Spain

44 Auction Countdown 12:30 2 Sara’s Weeknight Meals 1pm 2 Auction Countdown

44 Exploring Space: The Quest for Life (See 5/28 at 9pm) 3pm 2 The 2009 WGBH Auction Live Finale See Auction Finale!, this page

44 American Masters Hollywood Chinese (See 5/27 at 9pm) 4:30 44 Anchors Aweigh (*) (See 5/2 at 6:30pm) 7pm 44 On the Town (*)(See 5/2 at 9pm) 8:50 44 Inherit the Wind (*) (See 5/16 at 6:30pm) 11pm 2 Basic Black

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Auction Finale!

Bid and win during the live 2009 WGBH Auction Finale, Saturday, May 30 at 3pm on 2. You’ve perused and bid on items—including a new Toyota Prius—all month at auction.wgbh.org, now tune in for the exciting live on-air finale.

2009 WGBH Auction Finale Premieres LIVE Sat, 5/30 at 3pm on 2

44 The Marines This docu mentary examines the unique warrior culture.

10pm 2 Frontline/World 10:30 44 Auction Countdown 11pm 2 Charlie Rose

44 NewsHour

Saturday 30 6am 2 Curious George

44 Mister Rogers (d) 6:30 2 Sid the Science Kid 44 Curious George

7am 2 Peep

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

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

44 Caillou (d) 9am 2 Curious George

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

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

44 Sid the Science Kid 10:30 2 The Electric Company

44 Mama Mirabelle

18 Bid on a dive experience at New England Aquarium, go to auction.wgbh.org!

6am 2 Clifford (d)

44 Antiques Roadshow Hartford, Pt. III 6:30 2 Martha Speaks 7am 2 Super Why!

44 Religion & Ethics 7:30 2 Curious George

44 To the Contrary 8am 2 Curious George

44 MoneyTrack 8:30 2 Peep

44 Consuelo Mack 9am 2 Peep

44 Foreign Exchange 9:30 2 The Saddle Club

44 Beat the Press 10am 2 WordGirl (d)

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

44 Now 11am 2 María Hinojosa: One-on-One Los Lonely Boys (See 5/26 at 7:30pm)

44 Bill Moyers Journal 11:30 2 Rick Steves’ Europe Athens and Side Trips 12n 2 Art Wolfe’s Travels to the Edge Kenya

44 Ask This Old House 12:30 2 Basic Black

44 Becoming American: Personal Journeys (Pt. I

of III). Americans of Chinese descent discuss their life and work.

1pm 2 Volvo Ocean Race 2008–09 (See 5/3 at 1pm)

44 Personal Journeys (Pt. II of III) 1:30 44 Personal Journeys (Pt. III of III) 2pm 2 Frontline Inside the Meltdown (See 5/19 at 9pm)

44 e2 2:30 44 Equitrekking Wales 3pm 2 Great Performances Lights Up: In the Heights on Broadway (See 5/27 at 8pm)

44 Spain…On the Road Again 4pm 2 American Masters Hollywood Chinese (See 5/27 at 9pm)

44 Made in Spain 4:30 44 Lidia’s Italy 5pm 44 Gourmet’s Diary of a Foodie 5:30 2 Ask This Old House

44 Simply Ming 6pm 2 Rick Steves’ Europe

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

44 Theater Talk 7pm 2 Globe Trekker The Balkans

44 Masterpiece Classic My Boy Jack. Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) and Kim Cattrall (Sex and the City) star. (d) 8pm 2 Nature Holy Cow 9pm 2 Masterpiece Mystery!

Wallander: One Step Behind (d)(See 5/10 at 9pm)

44 Independent Lens Steal a Pencil for Me 10pm 44 Green Builders 10:30 2 Masterpiece Mystery!

Wallander: One Step Behind (d)(See 5/10 at 9pm) 11pm 44 Spain…On the Road Again Overnight schedule See pgs 20–21 or go to wgbh.org/schedules

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Programs, Repeats and Overnights 2009 WGBH Auction The 2009 WGBH Auction Live Finale Sat (5/30) 3pm on 2 Auction Showcases Fri (5/1) 10pm and 10:30pm on 2, Sat (5/2) 11am, 11:30am and 6pm on 2, Sat (5/2) 3:30pm and 4pm on 44, Sun (5/3) 12noon, 12:30pm, 2pm, 4:30pm and 6pm on 2, Sun (5/3) 1pm, 5:30pm and 6:30pm on 44, Mon (5/4) 7:30pm on 2, Mon (5/4) 10:30pm on 44, Tue (5/5) 3:30am, 10pm and 10:30pm on 2, Tue (5/5) 3pm on 44, Wed (5/6) 3am, 3:30am and 7:30pm on 2, Thu (5/7) 10pm and 10:30pm on 44, Fri (5/8) 10:30pm on 44, Sat (5/9) 1:30pm on 44, Sat (5/9) 6pm on 2, Sun (5/10) 1am, 1:30am, 2pm and 2:30pm on 2, Sun (5/10) 3pm and 10pm on 44, Mon (5/11) 7:30pm on 2, Mon (5/11) 10:30pm on 44, Tue (5/12) 3:30am on 2, Tue (5/12) 3pm on 44, Wed (5/13) 7:30pm on 2, Thu (5/14) 8:30pm on 2, Fri (5/15) 1:30am on 2, Fri (5/15) 10:30pm on 44, Sat (5/16) 1am, 3:30am, 2pm, 6pm, 11pm and 11:30pm on 2, Sat (5/16) 1:30pm and 6pm on 44, Sun (5/17) 12:30am, 1am, 1:30am, 12noon, 12:30pm and 2pm on 2, Sun (5/17) 3pm and 10:30pm on 44, Mon (5/18) 3:30am and 7:30pm on 2, Tue (5/19) 2am and 3:30am on 2, Wed (5/20) 7:30pm on 2, Thu (5/21) 8pm and 8:30pm on 2, Thu (5/21) 10pm and 10:30pm on 44, Sat (5/23) 1am, 1:30am, 11pm and 11:30pm on 2, Sat (5/23) 12noon and 5pm on 44, Sun (5/24) 1am, 1:30am, 10pm and 10:30pm on 2, Sun (5/24) 3pm and 11pm on 44, Mon (5/25) 4am and 7:30pm on 2, Wed (5/27) 3am, 3:30am, 7:30pm and 10:30pm on 2, Thu (5/28) 3:30am on 2, Thu (5/28) 3pm on 44, Fri (5/29) 10:30pm on 44, Sat (5/30) 1am, 1:30am, 3am, 3:30am, 1pm, 1:30pm, 2pm and 2:30pm on 2, Sat (5/30) 12noon and 11:30pm on 44

Arts & Music American Masters Hollywood Chinese Wed (5/27) 9pm on 2, Thu (5/28) 1am and 1:30pm on 44, Thu (5/28) 2am and 4am on 2, Fri (5/29) 3am on 44, Sat (5/30) 3pm on 44, Sun (5/31) 4pm on 2 Austin City Limits Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings/Carolyn Wonderland Sun (5/3) 12mid on 44 Aimee Mann/Iron & Wine Sun (5/10) 12mid on 44 Gnarls Barkley/Thievery Corporation Sun (5/17) 12mid on 44 Foo Fighters Sun (5/24) 12mid on 44 Manu Chao Sun (5/31) 12mid on 44 From the Top at Carnegie Hall Music Is Where the Heart Is Mon (5/4) 2:30am on 44, Mon (5/4) 5:30am on 2, Wed (5/6) 4:30am on 44 Rhythm and Strings Mon (5/11) 2:30am on 44, Mon (5/11) 5:30am on 2, Wed (5/13) 4:30am on 44 Great Performances Lights Up: In the Heights on Broadway Wed (5/27) 8pm on 2, Thu (5/28) 1am on 2, Fri (5/29) 5am on 44, Sun (5/31) 3am on 44, Sun (5/31) 5am and 3pm on 2 Great Performances at the Met La Rondine Sat (5/2) 3am on 2 Orfeo ed Euridice Sun (5/17) 2:30pm on 2 Heart Strings: The Story of the Kamaka Ukelele Tue (5/5, 12) 5:30am on 2, Thu (5/14) 8pm on 2, Fri (5/15) 1am on 2, Sun (5/17) 12mid on 2, Mon (5/18) 3am on 2 Live from Lincoln Center New York City Ballet: Romeo and Juliet Fri (5/22) 1am on 44 Live from the Artists Den Patty Griffin Sat (5/2) 11pm on 44 The Swell Season Sat (5/9) 11pm on 44 Aimee Mann Sat (5/16) 11pm on 44 Crowded House Sat (5/23) 11pm on 44 National Memorial Day Concert Sun (5/24) 8pm on 2, Mon (5/25) 12mid and 1:30pm on 44 Soundstage Counting Crows: Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings Sun (5/3) 1am on 44 Idina Menzel with Josh Groban and Ravi Coltrane Sun (5/10) 1am on 44 Foreigner Sun (5/17) 1am on 44 B.B. King Sun (5/24) 1am on 44 Umphrey’s McGee Sun (5/31) 1am on 44

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Becoming American: Personal Journeys David Ho and Shirley Young Sun (5/31) 12:30pm on 44 Gish Jen and Samuel Ting Sun (5/31) 1pm on 44 Maya Lin Sun (5/31) 1:30pm on 44 Dances with Wolves Sat (5/9) 6pm on 44, Sun (5/17) 6pm on 44 Independent Lens At Home in Utopia Sun (5/3) 3am and 9pm on 44 Na Kamalei: The Men of Hula Sun (5/3) 10pm on 44 Wings of Defeat Thu (5/7) 3am on 44, Sun (5/10) 9pm on 44 Crips and Bloods: Made in America Thu (5/14) 3am on 44, Sun (5/17) 9pm on 44 Stranded: The Andes Plane Crash Survivors Thu (5/21) 3am on 44, Sun (5/24) 9pm on 44 Steal a Pencil for Me Thu (5/28) 3am on 44, Sun (5/31) 9pm on 44 Inherit the Wind Sat (5/16) 6:30pm on 44, Sat (5/30) 8:50pm on 44 The Magnificent Seven Sun (5/10) 6:30pm on 44, Sat (5/16) 8:45pm on 44 Masterpiece Classic The Tales of Charles Dickens: Little Dorrit (Pt. V of V) Sat (5/2) 6:30pm on 2 The Tales of Charles Dickens: The Old Curiosity Shop Sun (5/3) 9pm and 10:30pm on 2, Mon (5/4) 1am, 1:30pm and 8pm on 44, Mon (5/4) 4am on 2, Tue (5/5) 3:30am on 44, Sat (5/9) 6:30pm on 2 A Room with a View Sun (5/24) 7:30pm on 44 My Boy Jack Sun (5/31) 7pm on 44 Masterpiece Mystery! Wallander: Sidetracked Sun (5/10) 9pm and 10:30pm on 2, Mon (5/11) 1am, 1:30pm and 8pm on 44, Mon (5/11) 4am on 2, Tue (5/12) 3:30am on 44, Sat (5/16) 6:30pm on 2 Wallander: Firewall Sun (5/17) 9pm and 10:30pm on 2, Mon (5/18) 1am, 1:30pm and 8pm on 44, Mon (5/18) 4am on 2, Sat (5/23) 6:30pm on 2 The Shadow in the North Mon (5/25) 8pm on 44 Wallander: One Step Behind Sun (5/31) 9pm and 10:30pm on 2 Moonstruck Sat (5/9) 9:10pm on 44, Sat (5/23) 7pm on 44 On the Town Sat (5/2) 9pm on 44, Sat (5/30) 7pm on 44 People Will Talk Sun (5/3) 7pm on 44, Sat (5/23) 9pm on 44 Theater Talk Sun (5/24, 31) 6:30pm on 44, Sun (5/24) 7pm on 44 Touching the Void Mon (5/18) 9:30pm on 44

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Lifestyle & How-To Explore more programs like this on WGBH Create (to find on your cable system, see page 1) America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated Sat (5/2, 9, 16, 23) 3pm on 2 Ask This Old House Mon–Fri 4:30pm on 44, Sat 11:30am on 44, Fri (5/1) 10:30pm on 44, Tue–Sat (5/2–6, 8–13, 15–30) 12:30am on 44, Sat (5/2, 9, 30) 11:30pm on 2, Sat (5/23) 6pm on 2, Sun (5/31) 12noon on 44, Sun (5/31) 5:30pm on 2 Consuelo Mack WealthTrack Sun 8:30am on 44 Cook’s Country from America’s Test Kitchen Sat (5/2, 9, 16, 23) 3:30pm on 2 Everyday Food Sat (5/9, 16, 23, 30) 11:30am on 2, Fri (5/22) 4:30am on 2 Food Trip with Todd English Sat (5/2, 9) 2pm on 2 Get Ready for Digital TV Thu (5/14) 5:30am on 44, Fri (5/22) 5:30am on 44, Tue (5/26) 4:30am on 44 Gourmet’s Diary of a Foodie Sun 5pm on 44, Sat (5/2, 9, 16, 23) 4pm on 2, Sun (5/31) 6:30pm on 2 Jacques Pépin: More Fast Food My Way Sat (5/2, 9, 16, 23) 1pm on 2 Lidia’s Italy Sun 4:30pm on 44, Sat (5/2, 9, 16, 23) 1:30pm on 2, Sat (5/23) 2pm on 2 Made in Spain Sat 12noon on 2, Sun 4pm on 44, Fri (5/22) 5am on 2, Sun (5/24) 5am on 2 The New Yankee Workshop Sat (5/2, 9, 16, 23) 4:30pm on 2 A Place of Our Own Mon–Fri 1pm on 44 Sara’s Weeknight Meals Sat 12:30pm on 2, Fri (5/22) 5:30am on 2, Sun (5/24) 5:30am on 2 Simply Ming Sat (5/9, 16, 23) 2:30pm on 2, Sun (5/10, 17, 24, 31) 5:30pm on 44 This Old House Sun (5/3, 10, 24, 31) 6pm on 44 The This Old House Hour Wed 8pm on 44, Sat (5/2, 9, 16, 23) 5pm on 2, Fri (5/8, 15, 29) 1am on 44, Fri (5/8, 15, 29) 4am on 2 The Victory Garden Sat (5/9, 16, 23, 30) 11am on 2, Fri (5/22) 4am on 2

News & Public Affairs Explore more programs like this on WGBH World (to find on your cable system, see page 1) Basic Black Thu 7:30pm on 2, Sat (5/9, 30) 11pm on 2, Sun (5/10, 24, 31) 12:30pm on 2 Black Health Check-Up: A Conversation with Mass. Secretary of Health and Human Services JudyAnn Bigby Sat (5/2) 11pm on 2 BBC World News Mon–Fri 5pm on 44 Bill Moyers Journal Fri 9pm on 2, Sun 5am and 11am on 44, Sat (5/9, 16, 23, 30) 5am on 2, Tue (5/19) 5am on 2 Blueprint America Wed (5/20) 4am and 8pm on 2, Fri (5/22) 1am on 2, Sun (5/24) 3am on 44, Sun (5/24) 11pm on 2, Mon (5/25) 3am on 2, Mon (5/25) 5am on 44 Charlie Rose Mon–Fri 12noon and 6pm on 44, Mon–Fri (5/1, 5–8, 12–15, 19–29) 11pm on 2, Tue (5/5, 12, 19) 12mid on 2 China from the Inside Shifting Nature (Pt. III of IV) Sun (5/3) 5pm on 2 Freedom and Justice (Pt IV of IV) Sun (5/10) 5pm on 2 Cry for Help Sat (5/2) 1am on 2, Mon (5/4) 2am on 2, Mon (5/4) 3am on 44, Wed (5/6) 4am on 2 Foreign Exchange Sun 9am on 44 Frontline The Released Sat (5/2) 5am on 2, Sun (5/3) 2am on 44, Sun (5/3) 5am on 2, Mon (5/4) 1am on 2 Growing Up Online Mon (5/4) 3am on 2 Sex Slaves Tue (5/5) 9pm on 2, Wed (5/6) 1am on 44, Wed (5/6) 2am on 2, Thu (5/7) 4am on 44,

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SPEAKER SERIES 2009

LIVE & UNCENSORED MAY 27 JAMES CARVILLE & KARL ROVE INTERVIEWED BY CHARLIE ROSE Tickets for individual nights available at citicenter.org, the Citi Performing Arts Center Box Office, or by calling 866-348-9738. TTY orders call 888-889-8587.

Premium tickets include VIP reception with speaker meet & greet and photo opportunity.

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The Golden Age of Jazz The jazz community celebrates the golden anniversaries of a number of classic jazz recordings this month, including Miles Davis’s best-selling album, Kind of Blue. Widely regarded as one of the most influential jazz albums of all time, Kind of Blue went quadruple platinum (4 million albums sold) in October 2008. Also hitting the 50-year mark are John Coltrane’s Giant Steps; Ornette Coleman’s Shape of Jazz to Come; Charles Mingus’s Mingus Ah Um; and many more by Coleman Hawkins, Red Garland, Benny Golson, Art Pepper, Lee Konitz, Art Blakey and others. Tune in every Friday in May at 8pm as Jazz from Studio Four host Steve Schwartz features landmark recordings from these giants of jazz.

Charles Mingus

Miles Davis makes several more appearances on our jazz agenda in May, as Eric Jackson, host of WGBH 89.7’s Jazz with Eric in the Evening, pays tribute to the legendary jazz trumpeter who would have turned 83 on May 25. Davis was at the forefront of jazz from the 1940s to the ’90s, playing and often leading the development of bebop, cool jazz, hard bop, modal jazz, jazzfunk, jazz fusion and, on his final album, a blend of jazz and rap. On Monday, 5/18 beginning at 8pm, Jackson highlights Davis’s early career, focusing on his work with John Coltrane and Gil Evans. And, on Monday, 5/25 at 8pm, Jackson examines Davis’s fascination with electric instruments—electric pianos, guitars, even a wah-wah on his trumpet— in his later years.

Also in our jazz lineup for May is a special live performance by Fred Hersch, one of the most prolific solo jazz pianists of his generation, on Jazz from Studio Four at 8pm on Friday, 5/15. And, on Friday, 5/29, Schwartz features an evening of Latin-flavored straight-ahead and bebop jazz with trumpet and flugelhorn player Claudio Roditi. Be sure to join us!

If you’re still searching for more jazz, be sure to check our website, wgbh.org/ jazz. Here you’ll find downloads and streams of the most recent editions of Jazz with Eric in the Evening and Jazz from Studio Four, performances recorded live in the Fraser Performance Studio, Jazz Conversations with Eric Jackson podcasts, a series of “Jazz Portraits” from the WGBH Archives, and a slideshow of photos of some jazz greats by our own Steve Schwartz.

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Miles Davis

Fred Hersch

Benny Golson

What’s Your Passion?

Classical—wgbh.org/classical Jazz—wgbh.org/jazz Celtic—wgbh.org/celtic Blues—wgbh.org/blues Folk—wgbh.org/folk

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May Radio Highlights 20th-Century Mash-Up Man

On Demand

Described as the “most significant creative figure in 20th-century Brazilian art music,” composer Heitor Villa-Lobos drew from Brazilian folk and European classical music traditions to forge a composition style all his own. To mark the 50th anniversary of his death, host Cathy Fuller features one of his 21 “concertos” each day this month.

Classics in the Morning Weekdays at 10am

ShovelWatch WGBH Radio co-production The Takeaway (with co-host Adaora Udoji) is partnering with ProPublica to investigate the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 in ShovelWatch and listeners are invited to participate and join this important conversation. This partnership is yet another way in which The Takeaway is changing the morning conversation and inviting in listeners along the way.

Cutting Edge

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Less than one year into its existence, The Discovery Ensemble—a collection of young musicians founded and led by Benjamin Zander protégé Courtney Lewis—is making a mark on the Boston classical scene. Hear why, as they join host Cathy Fuller in WGBH’s Fraser Performance Studio for a live concert.

Classics in the Morning Fri, 5/1 at 11am

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For WGBH 89.7’s final live broadcast of the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s 2008–09 season, English conductor Sir Colin Davis leads the monumental Te Deum by Berlioz with tenor Matthew Polenzani, the Tanglewood Festival Chorus and the PALS Children’s Chorus. Also on the program is Mozart’s majestic Piano Concerto No. 25, featuring soloist Imogen Cooper.

BSO Live Fri, 5/1 at 1pm

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Unrelenting in his search for “simple truth,” Galileo Galilei shatters beliefs held sacred for 2,000 years in this American premiere, translated by David Hare and directed by Martin Jarvis.

Arts & Ideas The Play’s the Thing/Life of Galileo Sun, 5/3 at 8pm

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Classical Performances Thurs, 5/7 at 2pm

Grammy Winners Live

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Host Cathy Fuller welcomes 2009 Grammy Award winners, the Pacifica String Quartet, to WGBH’s Fraser Performance Studio for a live performance.

Classics in the Morning Fri, 5/8 at 11am

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Tom Rush’s career stretches back to the halcyon days of the ’60s Cambridge folk scene when he was the first to record songs by then unknowns Joni Mitchell and James Taylor.

He’s just released his first new studio album in more than 30 years, and today he performs songs from that album and chats with host Brad Paul live from WGBH’s Fraser Performance Studio.

Folk on WGBH Sat, 5/2 at 5pm

Podcast NPR’s Podcasts In addition to hearing NPR news on WGBH 89.7 and WCAI, you can download NPR’s extensive collection of podcasts. Enjoy NPR’s coverage of topics ranging from politics and world affairs to personal finance and technology, all with the click of a mouse.

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Heritage

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To celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, WGBH 89.7 features host George Takei telling the stories of Asian sailors, traders and adventurers who were early pioneers in America—some before it was even a country.

Arts & Ideas Crossing East—First Contact Sun, 5/10 at 9pm

Great 88

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Described by The New York Times as “a master who plays it his way,” Grammy-nominated pianist and composer Fred Hersch visits WGBH’s Fraser Performance Studio for a live concert broadcast.

Jazz from Studio Four Fri, 5/15 at 9pm

WCAI, WGBH’s Cape and Islands NPR® Station Styles Friday mornings on WCAI, Alex Crowley covers lifestyle and culture on the Cape and Islands, reporting on the arts, social media, food and fashion.

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All month, host Brian McCreath marks the 200th anniversary of the death of Franz Joseph Haydn with works by the Viennese master each Saturday and Sunday morning. Today, hear the Auryn Quartet perform Haydn’s String Quartet No. 40 in F, recorded in WGBH’s Fraser Performance Studio.

Classical Weekend Sat, 5/16 at 9am

WCAI’s Styles can be heard Fridays at 7:30am, 12:30pm, and 5:44pm WCAI can be heard throughout the Cape, Islands, and South Coast on 90.1, 91.1, and 94.3; throughout the Boston area on WGBH 89.7 HD3; and online at capeandislands.org

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Blow Man, Blow!

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If ever there was a reason to refer to the sound of blues harmonica as the “Mississippi saxophone,” it is the playing of Little Walter. Join host Brendan Hogan tonight and hear why.

Blues on WGBH Sat, 5/16 at 11pm

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Join us as James Levine leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra with soprano Barbara Frittoli and tenor Marcello Giordani in Verdi’s rarely performed opera Simon Boccanegra, recorded in concert earlier this year.

Sunday Concert Sun, 5/17 at 2pm

Acoustic Miles/Electric Miles

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In the first installment of a two-part birthday tribute, Eric Jackson shines his Monday Night Spotlight on Miles Davis’s early “acoustic” work with saxophonist John Coltrane and pianist Gil Evans. Next Monday, it’s “electric” Miles!

Jazz with Eric in the Evening Mon, 5/18 at 8pm

Podcast The World’s Science Podcast Each weekday at 4pm and 7pm on WGBH 89.7, The World, with anchor Lisa Mullins, brings you the latest and greatest science news from all corners of the globe. Now you can hear science coverage anytime and anywhere you like with The World’s Science Podcast, produced by David Kohn.

Download The World’s weekly Science Podcast at theworld.org/podcasts or on iTunes.

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A Far Cry proudly proclaim themselves “a chamber orchestra bound together by their desire to share great music and great art with people who are young, people who are mature, those near, and far.” Today, they share their music live from WGBH’s Fraser Performance Studio.

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Described by The Boston Globe as “a perfect fit in this music-rich city,” the Boston Trio joins host Richard Knisely in WGBH’s Fraser Performance Studio for a live broadcast.

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Tune in for Garrison Keillor’s beloved variety show, complete with musical guests, comedy sketches, Guy Noir and The News from Lake Wobegon.

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’GBH Live Series Enjoy the magic of live performance, broadcast from our intimate, state-of-the-art Fraser Performance Studio, open to members of the WGBH Classical, Celtic & Folk and Jazz Clubs.

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WGBH Art Preview Party Sat, 5/2, 1–5pm, Yawkey Atrium Be the first to see and bid on more than 120 juried works of art soon to be up for bid in the 2009 WGBH Auction. Preview paintings, photographs, jewelry and crafts while enjoying refreshments. RSVP by calling 617-300-5400, or reserve your spot online at wgbh.org/artauction. Shown, Koi with Lily Pads by artist Michael Milburn.

From the Top Live Performance Sun, 5/3, 2pm, Fraser Performance Studio From the Top celebrates the passion, dedication and personal stories of the nation’s outstanding young classical musicians through radio and television broadcasts, online media and national tours. Join host Christopher O’Riley in our studios for an afternoon of stellar performances being recorded for radio broadcast. And be sure to tune in From the Top, Saturdays at 11am and Sundays at 6pm on 89.7.

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Violinist Irina Muresanu, pianist Heng-Jin Park and cellist Allison Eldredge are the Boston Trio, one of today’s most exciting chamber ensembles.

Classical Performances host Richard Knisely welcomes these acclaimed musicians to our studio for a live performance of piano trios by Arensky and Ravel. WGBH Classical Club, Leadership Circle and Ralph Lowell Society members are invited to join us.

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Coda Out of Africa with NPR’s Gwen Thompkins a deadline—people are counting on you, and you feel like you should have “MacGyvered” some way to do it!

National Public Radio’s East Africa correspondent Gwen Thompkins is based in Nairobi, Kenya and covers news from the Horn to the heart of Africa—most recently reporting from South Africa, Kenya, Sudan and the Congo.

In February, Thompkins presented the 2009 Morris Memorial Lecture at Harvard University, an honor awarded by the Neiman Foundation to an American overseas correspondent in memory of Joe Alex Morris, a foreign correspondent killed in 1979 during the Iranian Revolution. While in Boston, Thompkins discussed her reporting from East Africa with WGBH’s Jennifer Goebel.

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How did you become NPR’s East Africa correspondent?

I came to NPR as a senior editor for Weekend Edition and was on the show for 10 years. But I always nurtured this secret dream of becoming a foreign correspondent. When NPR was expanding its foreign desk a few years ago, I applied. I like storytelling, and I thought it would be great to go someplace new, where we hadn’t had a lot of coverage. I’ve been the East Africa correspondent for two years, and most days, I love it.

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How do you choose your stories?

Sometimes the news tells you where to go, as with the recent presidential election in the US. It had a tremendous effect on southwestern Kenya, where Barack Obama’s extended family lives, so I went there on election and inauguration day. But for the most part, I come up with the story ideas myself. When I first got to Kenya, I did a story on how Kenyans love country music—they adore Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton. Stories like these challenge people’s assumptions, and give them a different idea of what East Africa is really like. I also did a story on how “colored” and “black” South Africans view the post-apartheid era. Despite sometimes almost indistinguishable skin tones, a colored person and a black person may have starkly different ideas about what “walking into freedom” has meant.

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Tell me about covering Obama’s inauguration from Kenya.

I was in the western Kenyan town of Kisumu, the provincial capital of the region. We watched the inauguration from a sports ground, where thousands of people gathered to cheer and

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What cultural difference has surprised you the most?

I’ve gotten to see a different measure of wealth, and it’s refreshing. In Somalia, for instance, it’s all about the camels. You are nothing there if you don’t have camels. Westerners often come to talk to the Somalis about how to improve their lives and govern themselves, but in a way, the Somalis see the West as poor, because they have no camels.

dance, and they were thrilled that he mentioned them in his remarks. The people here are very proud of their connection to candidate, and now President Obama and have been inundated with tourists and international press over the past two years. And, because of that connection, this part of western Kenya is now getting attention from the government in terms of infrastructure: road paving, electricity and an expanded water supply.

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Is it hard to establish rapport with the local people when you’re a foreign correspondent?

People can peg me pretty fast as an American, but sometimes they will start speaking Swahili to me. When Africans mistake you for one of theirs, it can help you do your job better. And when you’re black and American, everyone wants to know if your ancestors come from this part of Africa. I have no idea where my ancestors come from, but it opens up a conversation, and you have to use whatever you can to get people talking.

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What’s the biggest challenge of your job?

It’s a very pedestrian thing—technology. The Internet in East Africa is horribly slow, service is terrible. I’m constantly lugging around machines that I hope will work and often don’t. What’s more, in most of countries I visit, the power goes out at the darnedest times. I have often written and edited my stories by candlelight.“Plan B” is the name of the game, and sometimes you need “Plan F” or even “M.” If I weren’t living on a western deadline, it would all be okay, but it’s terrible when you blow

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What do you think the value is to an American audience of NPR having an East Africa correspondent?

I think many Americans have an image of Africa as a tragic place, filled with starvation and violence. I look for the stories that fill out the picture—most people here are not displaced, not victims of terrible crimes. They’re getting medical and law degrees, they’re raising children, they’re going on vacations, and they have aspirations for the future. My job is to help our audience become more conversant about Africa and to give people a sense of how ordinary life can be.

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 Michael Delia Production Supervisor Lenore Lanier Gibson Director of Operations Daniele Skopek Director, Constituent Communications Cynthia Broner Associate Director Susan Reed ’GBH, May 2009: Volume 19, Number 5, (ISSN 1066-8586) (USPS 0008 -188).

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The World with Lisa Mullins All Things Considered with Robert Siegel, Melissa Block, Michele Norris and Don Goonan (Fri) The World with Lisa Mullins Jazz from Studio Four Jazz with Eric in the with Steve Schwartz Evening with Eric Jackson JazzSet with Dee Dee Jazz with Bob Parlocha Bridgewater Jazz Gallery with Al Davis

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with Angela Mariani 7am Classical Weekend

with Brian McCreath 11am From the Top

with Christopher O’Riley 12noon A Celtic Sojourn

with Brian O’Donovan 3pm Folk on WGBH 6pm A Prairie Home Companion

with Garrison Keillor 8pm Says You! with Richard Sher 9pm Blues on WGBH

with Brendan Hogan 1am Jazz Gallery with Kevin Ball

Listen to 89.7 online at wgbh.org/listen and on your HD radio on 89.7 HD1.

6am Sunday Baroque

with Suzanne Bona 7am Classical Weekend

with Brian McCreath 11am Says You! with Richard Sher 12noon A Prairie Home Companion

with Garrison Keillor 2pm BSO on Record 3pm Sunday Concert

with Ron Della Chiesa 5pm Sound & Spirit with Ellen Kushner 6pm From the Top

with Christopher O’Riley 7pm Jazz Decades with Ray Smith 8pm Arts & Ideas 10pm Jazz with Bob Parlocha 1am Jazz Gallery with Ron Gill

Listen to All-Classical WGBH online at wgbh.org/classical and on your HD radio on 89.7 HD2.

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Monday–Friday 5am BBC World Update with Dan Damon 6am The Takeaway

with John Hockenberry and Adaora Udoji 7am Morning Edition

with Steve Inskeep, Renée Montagne and Dan Tritle 9:30am The Point with Mindy Todd 10am Diane Rehm 12noon Day to Day with Alex Chadwick 1pm Fresh Air with Terry Gross 2pm Talk of the Nation 4pm All Things Considered with Robert Siegel, Melissa Block,

Michele Norris and Naomi Arenberg 6pm The World with Lisa Mullins 7pm Marketplace with Kai Ryssdal 7:30 The Point 8pm Fresh Air with Terry Gross 9pm The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer 10pm News from the BBC 12mid News & Notes 1am Talk of the Nation 3am Diane Rehm 4am News From the BBC

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with Garrison Keillor 3pm Selected Shorts 4pm Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen 5pm Weekend All Things Considered 6pm This American Life with Ira Glass 7pm Arts & Ideas with Jay Allison 11pm On the Media with Brooke Gladstone

and Bob Garfield 12mid Le Show with Harry Shearer 1am This American Life with Ira Glass 2pm Selected Shorts 3am On the Media 4am The State We’re In

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