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Monday-Friday Mornings
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5:30 Wild Kratts 6:00 Arthur 6:30 Nature Cat 7:00 Molly of Denali 7:30 Hero Elementary 8:00 Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum 8:30 Wild Kratts 9:00 Curious George 9:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 10:00 Donkey Hodie 10:30 Elinor Wonders Why 11:00 Sesame Street 11:30 Pinkalicious
Kid Grid advice on planning for and thriving in retirement. MORNING 5:30 Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide [R] 7:30 This Land is Your Land [R]
Afternoons 9:00 A History of Christianity: The First Christianity
12:00 Dinosaur Train (Part 1 of 6) Diarmaid 12:30 Clifford the Big Red Dog MacCulloch goes in search 1:00 Sesame Street of Christianity’s forgotten 1:30 Donkey Hodie origins, overturning the 2:00 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood familiar story that it all 2:30 Nature Cat began when the apostle 3:00 3:30 4:00 Let’s Go Luna Molly of Denali Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum 10:30 Paul took Christianity from Jerusalem to Rome. A History of Christianity: Catholicism – The Unpredictable Rise of Rome 4:30 Odd Squad (Part 2 of 6) More than one 5:00 Arthur billion Christians look to Rome, more than half of all Christians on the planet. But how did a small Jewish sect from the backwoods of first-century Palestine become the established religion of Western Europe?
SESAME STREET
Mondays-Fridays at 11:00 am and 1:00 pm
AFTERNOON 12:00 A History of Christianity: Orthodoxy – from Empire to Empire (Part 3 of 6)
MacCulloch charts Orthodoxy’s extraordinary fight for survival.
1:30 A History of Christianity: Reformation – The Individual
Before God (Part 4 of 6) The Amish today are peaceable folk, but five centuries ago their ancestors were seen as some of the most dangerous people in Europe. MacCulloch reveals how a faith based on obedience and authority gave birth to one based on individual conscience.
3:00 A History of Christianity: Protestantism – The Evangelical Explosion (Part 5
of 6) MacCulloch traces the growth of an exuberant expression of faith that has spread across the globe – Evangelical Protestantism.
4:30 A History of Christianity: God in the Dock (Part 6 of 6)
MacCulloch explores a distinctive feature about Western Christianity – skepticism – that has transformed both Western culture and Christianity.
EVENING 6:00 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices 6:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend 7:00 In Their Own Words: Princess Diana 8:00 Unforgotten Season 4 On Masterpiece (Part 5 of 6)
Cassie and Sunny interview two of the suspects again and get closer to the truth. Balcombe believes she knows the cause of Walsh’s Diarmaid MacCulloch
A History of Christianity Marathon
The first truly global history of Christianity, this six-part series is presented by Diarmaid MacCulloch, an Oxford history professor whose books about Thomas Cranmer and the Reformation have been acclaimed as masterpieces. Discover Christianity’s true origins.
Sunday, August 8 9:00 am
death. Things take an unexpected and devastating turn for Cassie.
9:00 Professor T: Sophie Knows
(Part 5 of 13) Professor T befriends a vulnerable girl and is convinced she is the key witness to a murder.
10:00 The Great British Baking
Show: Masterclass 2 Mary and Paul tackle challenges they set the bakers in dessert and pie weeks.
11:00 Austin City Limits: Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
Monday 9
EARLY MORNING 12:00 Father Brown: The
Face of Death See Sat. Aug. 7 at 7:00 pm. [R]
1:00 Death in Paradise
(Season 10, Part 8 of 8) See Sat. Aug. 7 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway – Private Investigators: The
Play’s the Thing See Sat. Aug. 7 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Icon: Music Through the
Lens: On the Cover See Fri. Aug. 6 at 10:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Classic Albums: Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon
See Fri. Aug. 6 at 11:00 pm. [R]
5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Hotel del Coronado (Part 1
of 3) Finds include a 1962 Baldessari oil, Sign for Rothko & Albers; a Fortuny Delphos gown; and a “Kitchen Debate” table with a signed Nixon photo.
9:00 Antiques Roadshow: Hotel del Coronado (Part 2 of 3)
Finds include a 1915 San Diego Exposition poster, a Joan Crawford archive from around 1940, and a Margaret Bourke-White photograph of Gandhi.
10:00 POV: Minding the Gap
Meet three young men who bond together to escape volatile families in their Rust Belt hometown.
11:30 BBC World News
Tuesday 10
EARLY MORNING 12:00 Amanpour and Company 1:00 In Their Own Words:
Princess Diana See Sun. Aug. 8 at 7:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Unforgotten Season 4 On
Masterpiece (Part 5 of 6) See Sun. Aug. 8 at 8:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Professor T: Sophie
Knows (Part 5 of 13) Sun. Aug. 8 at 9:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Chicago Tonight:
Black Voices [R] 4:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON 5:30-5:30 WTTW Kids 5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Finding Your Roots: Hard
Times Host Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the family stories of filmmaker Michael Moore and actors Laura Linney and Chloe Sevigny.
9:00 Frontline: In the Shadow of 9/11 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company
Wednesday 11
EARLY MORNING 12:30 Antiques Roadshow: Hotel del Coronado
(Part 1 of 3) See Mon. Aug. 9 at 8:00 pm. [R]
1:30 Antiques Roadshow: Hotel del Coronado
(Part 2 of 3) See Mon. Aug. 9 at 9:00 pm. [R] 2:30 POV: Minding the Gap See Mon. Aug. 9 at 10:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Chicago Tonight:
Latino Voices [R] 4:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON 5:30-5:30 WTTW Kids 5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Nature: Super Cats –
Science and Secrets See how new technologies help uncover some cats’ most intimate secrets.
9:00 NOVA: Operation Lighthouse
Rescue The Gay Head Lighthouse, a historic landmark perched high on the cliffs of Martha’s Vineyard, is soon to become the next victim of the ocean’s relentless erosion of the island’s cliffs.
10:00 Secrets of the Dead: Cleopatra’s Lost Tomb 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 12
EARLY MORNING 12:30 Finding Your Roots:
Hard Times See Tues. Aug. 10 at 8:00 pm. [R]
1:30 Frontline: In the Shadow
of 9/11 See Tues. Aug. 10 at 9:00 pm. [R]
In the Spotlight
Stanley “Sunny” Phanor
Frontline: In the Shadow of 9/11
This film tells the story of the so-called “Liberty City Seven” – a group of young Black men accused of assisting Al Qaeda in a plot to blow up buildings within the United States.
Tuesday, August 10 9:00 pm
Photo: Bentley Productions/American Public Television
Neil Dudgeon
Midsomer Murders Season 17 Marathon
Catch up with a whole season of new episodes of this British mystery series based on the novels of Caroline Graham. Follow DCI John Barnaby (Neil Dudgeon) and DS Charlie Nelson (Gwilym Lee) as they investigate the scandals and deadly deeds that lurk just beneath the well-manicured surface of the affluent English county of Midsomer. Watch the next season premiere this Friday!
Sunday, August 15 11:00 am
3:30 In Their Own Words:
Princess Diana [R] 4:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON 5:30-5:30 WTTW Kids 5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Downton Abbey Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 7 of 7)
In the Season 2 finale, the family gathers at Downton Abbey for Christmas.
10:00 Rick Steves Fascism in
Europe Rick Steves travels back a century to discover how fascism rose and then fell in Europe – taking millions of people with it. His goal is to learn from the hard lessons of 20th century Europe, and to recognize that ideology in the 21st century.
11:30 BBC World News EARLY MORNING 12:00 Amanpour and Company 1:00 Nature: Super Cats – Science
and Secrets See Wed. Aug. 11 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 NOVA: Operation
Lighthouse Rescue See Wed. Aug. 11 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Secrets of the Dead:
Cleopatra’s Lost Tomb See Wed. Aug. 11 at 10:00 pm. [R]
4:00 Samantha Brown’s Places to
Love: The Food Special [R] 4:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON 5:30-5:30 WTTW Kids 5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review 7:30 Washington Week 8:00 Ken Burns: The National
Parks Explore the beauty and grandeur of our nation’s magnificent parks, from Acadia to Yosemite, Yellowstone to the Grand Canyon. Filmmakers Burns and Dayton Duncan vividly reveal fascinating behindthe-scenes stories about the making of the series.
9:30 Icon: Music Through the Lens – On the Wall (Part 5
of 6) Trace the journey of music photography from a niche pastime to a highly collectable art form with stories from gallerists, art experts, and photographers whose work hang in some of the world’s most revered institutions.
10:30 Icon: Music Through the Lens – On the Net (Part 6
of 6) Tune in to how music photography fits into the contemporary, popular culture landscape alongside the rise and influence of social media.
11:30 BBC World News
Saturday 14
EARLY MORNING 12:00 Amanpour and Company 1:00 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 1:30 The Chavis Chronicles 2:00 Rick Steves Fascism
in Europe See Thurs. Aug. 12 at 10:00 pm. [R]
3:30 Dr. Fuhrman’s Food as Medicine 5:00 Chicago Tonight:
The Week in Review [R]
MORNING 5:30 Yoga in Practice: Plant a Good Garden 6:00 Easy Yoga: The Secret to Strength and Balance with Peggy Cappy 7:00 Change Your Brain, Heal Your Mind with
at 8:00 pm. [R]
3:30 Deepak Chopra: Becoming Metahuman 5:00 Overcoming Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, and Grief with Daniel
Amen, MD [R]
Daniel Amen, MD 8:30 This Old House: 40th
Anniversary Special Join hosts and cast members to celebrate 40 years of groundbreaking home improvement.
10:00 Ask This Old House: Power Washing, Deck Lights 10:30 Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana: Evangeline Parish – Cajun Heartland 11:00 Lidia’s Kitchen 11:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: Ancient Greece for Modern Cooks
AFTERNOON 12:00 Cook’s Country: Regional Seafood Specialties 12:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: Best Ribs Ever 1:00 Simply Ming 1:30 New Scandinavian Cooking: Flavors of the Eternal Forest 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Classic Chinese at Home 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: A Taste of Mexico 3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: New Israeli Cuisine 3:30 How She Rolls: You’re Gonna Need a Bigger Bakery 4:00 A Chef’s Life: Don’t Tom Thumb Your Nose at Me! Part 2 4:30 Rick Steves Fascism
in Europe [R]
EVENING 6:00 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices 6:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend 7:00 Father Brown: The Mayor
and the Magician When the mayor drops dead during his speech at the Kembleford village fete, Father Brown deduces that he was deliberately electrocuted.
8:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway – Private Investigators: This
Cursed Hand Failed actor Harold Hamworthy has a penchant for hogging the spotlight, but something finally upstages him – a dismembered human hand.
9:00 Death in Paradise (Season 9,
Part 1 of 8) New Year’s Eve celebrations are cut short when a masked man stabs a woman in her own home.
10:00 Professor T: Sophie
Knows (Part 5 of 13) [R]
11:00 Unforgotten Season 4 on
Masterpiece (Part 5 of 6) [R]
Sunday 15
EARLY MORNING 12:00 Downton Abbey Season 2 on
Masterpiece (Part 7 of 7) See Thurs. Aug. 12 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Ken Burns: The National
Parks See Fri. Aug. 13
MORNING 6:30 The Brain Revolution 8:00 America’s Test Kitchen 20th Anniversary Special
Cast members including Bridget Lancaster, Julia Collin Davison, Jack Bishop, and Adam Ried count down the series’ 20 most popular recipes and look back on moments from the show’s two decades on air. 9:30 Classical Rewind Experience the dramatic power of musical masterpieces in this visual and auditory joyride through the world of classical hits.
11:00 Midsomer Murders: The Dagger Club (Part 1 of 2)
The unveiling of a newly discovered novel by deceased Midsomer crime writer George Summersbee is jeopardized when the manuscript is stolen and a woman is
In the Spotlight
Rachel Shenton and Nicholas Ralph
All Creatures Great and Small: Between the Pages
Get to know the cast and creators of the hit series based on James Herriot’s beloved books. Savor the best moments from the first season, including Dame Diana Rigg in her final role as Mrs. Pumphrey, and look ahead to what might happen in season two.
Sunday, August 15 6:30 pm
fatally electrocuted by a booby-trapped roulette wheel.
11:50 Midsomer Murders: The Dagger Club (Part 2 of 2)
AFTERNOON 12:45 Midsomer Murders: Murder
by Magic (Part 1 of 2) When a pub landlady is crushed to death during a magic show, Barnaby and Nelson uncover conflict between the village church and ancient pagan traditions.
1:35 Midsomer Murders: Murder by Magic (Part 2 of 2) 2:30 Midsomer Murders: The Ballad of Midsomer County
(Part 1 of 2) Could a ballad made famous by late, lamented folk singer Johnny Carver be an inspiration for murder?
3:25 Midsomer Murders: The Ballad of Midsomer County (Part 2 of 2) 4:15 Midsomer Murders: A Vintage Murder (Part 1
of 2) The fizz goes out of a sparkling wine launch when the glasses are laced with poison. Who is targeting the Midsomer Vinae Winery?
5:05 Midsomer Murders: A Vintage Murder (Part 2 of 2)
In the Spotlight
Martha Gellhorn and Ernest Hemingway
Ken Burns: Hemingway
This special features exclusive interviews with filmmakers Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, writer Geoffrey Ward, and others who helped bring together the powerful and informative sixhour series, providing insights into the charismatic personality of Ernest Hemingway and his literary achievements.
Monday, August 16 10:00 pm
Photo: Ernest Hemingway Collection. JFK Presidential Library and Museum, Boston
EVENING 6:00 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices 6:30 All Creatures Great and Small: Between the Pages 8:00 Unforgotten Season 4 On Masterpiece (Part 6 of 6)
Despite a tragic turn of events, Sunny and the team narrow down the suspects. Will they succeed in bringing Walsh’s killer to justice?
9:00 Professor T: The Dutiful
Child (Part 6 of 13) When an attempt is made on a billionaire businessman’s life, Professor T suspects the culprit may be much closer to home than the police suspect.
10:00 The Great British Baking
Show: Masterclass 3 Get Paul and Mary’s tips for biscuits and pastry.
11:00 Austin City Limits: Allen Toussaint: New Orleans Legend
Monday 16
EARLY MORNING 12:00 Brain Secrets with Dr. Michael Merzenich 1:30 Longevity Paradox with Steven Gundry, MD 3:00 Change Your Brain, Heal Your Mind with
Daniel Amen, MD [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON 5:00-5:30 WTTW Kids 5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Hotel del Coronado (Part 3 of 3)
Finds include a Dr. Seussillustrated program and drawing, Seth Kinman’s Colt Model 1851 presentation pistol, and a 1920 John Fery oil.
9:00 Antiques Roadshow: Philbrook Museum (Part 1
of 3) Finds include a 2006 J.K. Rowling-signed Harry Potter book, the first “Yield” sign with documentation, and a 1949 Model 4500 Rolex and box.
10:00 Ken Burns: Hemingway 11:30 BBC World News
Tuesday 17
EARLY MORNING 12:00 Amanpour and Company 1:00 Unforgotten Season 4 On
Masterpiece (Part 6 of 6) See Sun. Aug. 15 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Rick Steves Island Hopping
Europe Join Rick on an untraditional tour of four of Europe’s most intriguing islands: Malta, Capri, Orkney, and Skye.
2:30 What to Eat When with Dr. Michael Roizen and MORNING-AFTERNOON 5:30-5:30 WTTW Kids 5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation: American Experience
This film brings Woodstock to life through the voices of those who were present at what became the defining moment of the counterculture revolution.
10:30 Rick Steves Island Hopping
Europe See 2:00 am. [R]
11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company
Wednesday 18
EARLY MORNING 12:30 Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation:
American Experience See Thurs. Aug. 18 at 8:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Deepak Chopra: Becoming
Metahuman [R] 4:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON 5:30-5:30 WTTW Kids 5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Hawaii: Islands of Wonder 9:00 NOVA: Operation Bridge
Rescue Follow the rebuilding of the 19th century Blenheim covered bridge.
10:00 Dolly Parton: I Will Always
Love You Celebrate the beloved singer-songwriter’s career from her early days to her success as a crossover pop superstar.
11:30 BBC World News
Thursday 19
EARLY MORNING 12:00 Amanpour and Company 1:00 Suze Orman’s Ultimate
Retirement Guide [R]
3:00 Change Your Brain, Heal Your Mind with
Daniel Amen, MD [R] 4:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON 5:30-5:30 WTTW Kids 5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Downton Abbey Season 3 on Masterpiece (Part 1
of 7) Wedding guests descend on Downton Abbey, where disasters – large Hawaiian monk seal
Hawaii: Islands of Wonder
Hawaii, the most remote island chain on Earth, offers sanctuary for wildlife that has reached its tropical shores. From humpback whales to waterfall-climbing fish, it’s home to an extraordinary wealth of wildlife.
Wednesday, August 18 8:00 pm
Neil Dudgeon and Gwilym Lee
Midsomer Murders
(Season 18)
On the heels of last Sunday’s marathon of the previous season, follow DCI John Barnaby (Neil Dudgeon) and his partner, DS Charlie Nelson (Gwilym Lee), as they encounter more bizarre cases of murder and mystery in the deceptively tranquil English county of Midsomer. This season, the two detectives stumble upon the world of body snatching, competitive cycling, UFO-spotting, and more.
Fridays beginning August 20, 8:00 pm
and small – threaten. One is Cora’s freewheeling American mother, who tries to loosen up her in-laws.
10:30 Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation:
American Experience [R]
Friday 20
EARLY MORNING 1:00 BBC World News 1:30 Amanpour and Company 2:30 Brain Fitness Program
4:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON 5:30-5:30 WTTW Kids 5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review 7:30 Washington Week 8:00 Midsomer Murders: Habeas
Corpus (Part 1 of 2) When wealthy landowner Gregory Lancaster’s body goes missing on the night of his death, a sinister web of secrets and lies is exposed. DCI John Barnaby, DS Charlie Nelson, and new Forensic Pathologist Dr. Kam Karimore are drawn into a macabre world of body-snatching as they seek to identify the villain.
8:48 Midsomer Murders: Habeas Corpus (Part 2 of 2) 9:32 All Creatures Great and Small: Between
the Pages See Sun. Aug. 15 at 6:30 pm. [R]
11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company
Saturday 21
EARLY MORNING 12:30 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 1:00 The Chavis Chronicles 1:30 3 Steps to Pain-Free Living 3:00 Suze Orman’s Ultimate
Retirement Guide [R]
5:00 Chicago Tonight:
The Week in Review [R]
MORNING 5:30 Yoga in Practice: From the Complex to the Simple – Chair Yoga 6:00 Dr. Fuhrman’s Food
as Medicine See Sat. Aug. 14 at 3:30 am. [R]
8:00 Suze Orman’s Ultimate
Retirement Guide [R]
10:00 Ask This Old House: Move Baseboard, Cooler Bench 10:30 Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana: Rapides Parish – Heart of Louisiana 11:00 Lidia’s Kitchen 11:30 My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas: Greek Yogurt for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
AFTERNOON 12:00 Cook’s Country: Taste of Summer 12:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire: Killer Barbecue – Hold the Meat 1:00 Simply Ming 1:30 New Scandinavian Cooking: King Crab Hotel 2:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated: Middle Eastern Dinner 2:30 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated 3:00 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Meatballs and More 3:30 How She Rolls: Fear is Good 4:00 A Chef’s Life: Apples 4:30 Check, Please! Monteverde, Lost Lake, Caspian Kabab 5:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: Sicilian Delights 5:30 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Ft. Myers and Sanibel Island, Florida
EVENING 6:00 Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices 6:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend 7:00 Father Brown: The Blue
Cross When his priceless Blue Cross is targeted by the infamous criminal Flambeau, Father Brown takes the initiative to try to save his soul.
8:00 Shakespeare & Hathaway – Private Investigators: Beware The Ides of March
When a falling studio light almost kills host Julienne Fortby live on air during her television show, the horrified psychic visits Frank and Lu.
9:00 Death in Paradise (Season 9,
Part 2 of 8) A celebrated artist is poisoned in her studio in confounding circumstances.
10:00 Professor T: The Dutiful
Child (Part 6 of 13) [R]
11:00 Unforgotten Season 4 on
Masterpiece (Part 6 of 6) [R]
Sunday 22
EARLY MORNING 12:00 Rick Steves: The Alps 2:00 Deepak Chopra: Becoming
Metahuman [R] 3:30 Brain Fitness Program See Fri. Aug. 20 at 2:30 am. [R]
5:00 Change Your Brain, Heal Your Mind with
Daniel Amen, MD [R]
MORNING 7:00 Chicago’s North Shore
Learn some surprising and little-known facts as Geoffrey Baer’s tour winds its way through Evanston, Winnetka, Glencoe, Wilmette, Kenilworth, and much more.
9:00 Fox River Valley and Chain
‘O’ Lakes In this travelogue, Geoffrey conducts a tour along the historic Fox River from the Chain-o’-Lakes in far northern Illinois to Aurora.
11:20 Chicago’s Western Suburbs: From Prairie Soil to Prairie
Style This tour covers such notables as Brookfield Zoo, McDonald’s headquarters, some Frank Lloyd Wright architectural treasures, Morton Arboretum, and much, much more.
AFTERNOON 1:40 Chicago’s North Shore
See 7:00 am. [R]
3:45 Fox River Valley and Chain
‘O’ Lakes See 9:00 am. [R]
EVENING 6:00 Chicago Tonight: Black Voices 6:30 PBS NewsHour Weekend 7:00 Prince Albert: A Victorian
Hero Revealed Discover the little-known yet profound role Prince Albert played in shaping Victorian Britain. Professor Saul David examines Albert’s
In the Spotlight
Geoffrey Baer
Sunday Morning Tour with Geoffrey Baer
Spend the morning with Geoffrey Baer exploring Chicago’s North Shore, a journey through the city’s northern suburbs; Fox River Valley and Chain ‘O’ Lakes, his tour of the historic Fox River from the Chaino’-Lakes to Aurora; and Chicago’s Western Suburbs: From Prairie Soil to Prairie Style, in which Geoffrey covers Brookfield Zoo, Morton Arboretum, and much more.
Sunday, August 22 7:00 am
influence and innovative ideas, which transformed the nation’s fortunes and created a legacy that lives on today.
8:00 In Their Own Words: Queen
Elizabeth II Follow Queen Elizabeth II’s remarkable life, from her youth to her uncle’s abdication, her father’s coronation as King George VI, her experience during World War II, her sudden ascension to the throne, and her eventful reign of more than 60 years.
9:00 In Their Own Words: Princess Diana
Monday 23
EARLY MORNING 12:05 Chicago’s Western Suburbs: From Prairie Soil
to Prairie Style See Sun. Aug. 22 at 11:20 am. [R]
2:30 Fox River Valley and
Chain ‘O’ Lakes [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON 5:00-5:30 WTTW Kids 5:30 BBC World News America
In the Spotlight
Photo: Courtesy of WNED PBS
Dion Johnstone as William Still
Underground Railroad: The William Still Story
This program tells the story of William Still, a writer, historian, and civil rights activist who was one of the most important yet unheralded individuals of the Underground Railroad. Still, who began as a humble Philadelphia clerk, risked his life shepherding almost eight hundred runaway slaves to freedom in the tumultuous years leading up to America’s Civil War.
Tuesday, August 24 8:00 pm
EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Philbrook Museum (Part 2
of 3) Finds include a Charles Wilda “The Hour of Prayer” oil, a 1950 Gibson SJ-200 guitar, and a Baroque bureau brise from about 1690.
9:00 Antiques Roadshow: Philbrook Museum (Part 2
of 3) Finds include a Dali “The Art Institute” etching, a 1964 Frank Sinatra letter, and a Mississippian culture effigy pot, 900-1500 AD.
10:00 Ken Burns: The
National Parks [R]
11:30 BBC World News
Tuesday 24
EARLY MORNING 12:00 Amanpour and Company 1:00 Prince Albert: A Victorian
Hero Revealed See Sun. Aug. 22 at 7:00 pm. [R]
2:00 In Their Own Words:
Queen Elizabeth II See Sun. Aug. 22 at 8:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Ken Burns: The
National Parks [R] 4:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON 5:30-5:30 WTTW Kids 5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Underground Railroad: The
William Still Story The story of William Still, one of the most important yet unheralded individuals of the Underground Railroad, details the accounts of Black abolitionists as they helped fugitives follow the North Star to Canada.
10:30 Big Burn: American
Experience In August 1910, a massive wildfire swept across the Northern Rockies, devouring more than three million acres in 36 hours. The catastrophe would define the fledgling U.S. Forest Service and the nation’s fire policy for much of the 20th century.
11:30 BBC World News
Wednesday 25
EARLY MORNING 12:00 Amanpour and Company 1:00 Antiques Roadshow: Philbrook Museum
(Part 2 of 3) See Mon. Aug. 23 at 8:00 pm. [R]
2:00 Antiques Roadshow: Philbrook Museum
(Part 2 of 3) See Mon. Aug. 23 at 9:00 pm. [R]
3:00 Underground Railroad: The
William Still Story See Tues. Aug. 24 at 8:00 pm. [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON 5:30-5:30 WTTW Kids 5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Salute to Budapest and Vienna 9:30 To be announced 11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company
Thursday 26
EARLY MORNING 12:30 Big Burn: American
Experience See Tues. Aug. 24 at 10:30 pm. [R] 2:30 Soul Legends Join host Pam Grier in a tribute to the greatest soul hits and performers from the 1970s and ’80s. 4:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON 5:30-5:30 WTTW Kids 5:30 BBC World News America
EVENING 6:00 PBS NewsHour 7:00 Chicago Tonight 8:00 Downton Abbey Season 3 on
Masterpiece (Part 2 of 7) The fate of Downton Abbey hinges on a letter from a dead man. Edith and Sir Anthony face their own fateful moment. Mrs. Hughes confronts a crisis.
9:20 Downton Abbey Season 3 on Masterpiece (Part 3
of 7) Two social revolutions arrive at Downton Abbey: the Irish civil war and the fight for women’s suffrage. A mysterious conspiracy keeps Anna and Bates apart.
11:00 BBC World News 11:30 Amanpour and Company
Friday 27
EARLY MORNING 12:30 Midsomer Murders: Habeas
Corpus (Part 1 of 2) See Fri. Aug. 20 at 8:00 pm. [R]
1:18 Midsomer Murders: Habeas
Corpus (Part 2 of 2) See Fri. Aug. 20 at 8:48 pm. [R]
2:02 Doo Wop to Pop Rock: My Music Celebrates 20
Years Celebrate 20 years of greatest hit songs from the 1950s to the 1970s featuring legendary performers The Kingston Trio, Glen Campbell, Aretha Franklin, Engelbert Humperdinck, Judy Collins, Davy Jones, Mel Carter, Patti Page, and more. 4:30 Chicago Tonight [R]
MORNING-AFTERNOON 5:30-5:30 WTTW Kids 5:30 BBC World News America
Performing “Blue Danube Waltz”
Salute to Budapest and Vienna
This exuberant celebration of song and dance features works from some of Europe’s most beloved composers, including Johann Strauss Jr., Emmerich Kálmán, and Franz Lehár. With songs from The Merry Widow, Die Fledermaus, Gipsy Love, Countess Maritza, and more, this production includes traditional Hungarian dances and the “Blue Danube Waltz.”
Wednesday, August 25 8:00 pm
Pianist Igor Levit
Great Performances: Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2021
The Vienna Philharmonic is joined by piano virtuoso Igor Levit and for the first time, guest conductor Daniel Harding for this open-air concert in the magnificent gardens of Vienna’s Imperial Schönbrunn Palace.
