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The 1900 Island
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In The 1900 Island, four families go back in time to the start of the 20th century in a rural fishing community. On the island of Llanddwyn in northwest Wales, can these modern adventurers step up to the challenge of living in 1900s Britain? Fridays beginning July 9, 8:00 pm
Professor T
An all-new British version of the Belgian crime drama of the same name. Professor Jasper Tempest is obsessed with cleanliness, structure, and order. But his genius for solving crimes means he constantly has to get his hands dirty. Sundays beginning July 11, 9:00 pm
Icon: Music Through the Lens
Featuring irreverent interviews with some of the most famous music photographers, musicians, and music journalists, this series is an eyeopening thrill ride that captures what it was like on both sides of the camera. Fridays beginning July 16, 9:00 pm
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In the Spotlight
Photo: Rick Steves’ Europe (www.ricksteves.com)
Rick Steves
Rick Steves Island Hopping Europe
Join Rick on a tour of four of Europe’s most intriguing and surprising islands: Malta, Capri, Orkney, and Skye. This untraditional island-hopping adventure skips the hot sun and tiki drinks, but comes with remote beaches, Crusader castles, prehistoric wonders, windswept slopes, and salty traditional island lifestyles.
Thursday, July 1 10:30 pm
Thursday 1
EARLY MORNING 12:30 Finding Your Roots:
The Impression [R]
1:00 Mr. Tornado: American
Experience [R]
2:30 Frontline: Neo-Nazis
and the Far Right [R] 3:30 Prideland [R] 4:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
Portugal’s Heartland 5:30 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Food Around the World
EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Downton Abbey Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 7)
Two years into World War I, Downton Abbey is in turmoil, as Matthew and other young men go to war – or avoid it.
10:30 Rick Steves Island Hopping Europe 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company
Friday 2
EARLY MORNING 12:30 Nature: The Bat Man
of Mexico [R]
1:30 NOVA: First Horse
Warriors [R]
2:30 Wonders of Mexico: Forests
of the Maya (Part 1 of 3) [R] 3:30 The Lavender Scare [R] 4:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review 7:30 Washington Week 8:00 Check, Please! Izakaya Mita, Morena’s Kitchen, Monnie Burke’s 8:30 Norman Lear: American
Masters Discover how the prolific creator of All in the Family, The Jeffersons, and Good Times effected social change through his programs and activism.
10:00 Mary Tyler Moore:
a Celebration View dozens of classic TV and movie clips and hear comments from Moore’s co-stars… and Moore herself.
11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company
Saturday 3
EARLY MORNING 12:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 1:00 Chavis Chronicles 1:30 Great British Baking
Show: Sweet Dough [R]
2:30 Austin City Limits: Jackie Venson/Mavis Staples with Bonnie Raitt 3:30 Independent Lens: The People vs. Agent Orange 5:00 Chicago Tonight: The
Week in Review [R]
5:30 Yoga in Practice: Learning to Take a Leap
MORNING 6:00-9:30 WTTW Kids 9:30 J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom: Water – Nature’s Life Force 10:00 This Old House: Scandinavia (Part 1) 10:30 Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana: Lafourche Parish – Belton Family Home Place 11:00 Lidia’s Kitchen 11:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: Crete – Mother of the Mediterranean
AFTERNOON 12:00 Cook’s Country: The Perfect Cake 12:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: Cured and Smoked 1:00 Simply Ming 1:30 New Scandinavian Cooking: Flavor of Roasted Coffee 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Mexican Fare 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated 3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Vegetarian Makeovers 3:30 How She Rolls: This Was Not Part of the Plan 4:00 A Chef’s Life: The Buttermilk Belt 4:30 Check, Please! Izakaya Mita, Morena’s Kitchen,
Monnie Burke’s See Fri. July 2 at 8:00 pm. [R]
5:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: EVENING 6:00 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices 6:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend 7:00 Father Brown: The Wrong
Shape Leonard Quinton is found hanging in the conservatory. When Father Brown realizes that he could not have committed suicide, the
In the Spotlight
A Capitol Fourth 2021
Celebrate our country’s 245th birthday with a star-studded musical extravaganza. The 41st edition of America’s Independence Day celebration features performances by top stars from pop, country, R&B, classical, and Broadway, capped off with patriotic classics and a spectacular fireworks display over the Washington, DC skyline.
