WXXI Program Guide October 2021

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12:00am BBC World News 12:30am This Old House

Thursday, October 7 8:00pm Second Opinion with Joan Lunden Alzheimer's: A Public Health Crisis 8:30pm The Indian Doctor, Season 3 Trapped, Pt. 4/5 9:15pm The Indian Doctor, Season 3 Into the Light, Pt. 5/5 10:00pm Call the Midwife, Ep. 1 See 10/3 at 8pm for description. 11:00pm Amanpour and Company 12:00am BBC World News 12:30am This Old House

Friday, October 8 8:00pm Washington Week 8:30pm Graceful Voices This film captures the stories and experiences of the Bahamian and African American women who were raised in Coral Gables' MacFarlane Homestead Historic District, which was developed as a Black residential neighborhood, where many Bahamian immigrants built homes. 9:00pm 34th Hispanic Heritage Awards 2021 The evening includes performances & appearances by some of the country's most celebrated Hispanic artists & visionaries. 10:00pm Great Performances at the Met Three Divas at Versailles Sopranos Ailyn Perez, Nadine Sierra and mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard perform favorite arias. 11:00pm Amanpour and Company 12:00am BBC World News 12:30am This Old House

Saturday, October 9 4:00pm American Masters Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It See 10/5 at 9pm for description. 6:00pm PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30pm New York Now 7:00pm The Lawrence Welk Show Los Angeles 8:00pm Father Brown The Wrong Shape 9:00pm Escape to the Chateau A Floating Dome 10:00pm Agatha and the Midnight Murders 12:00am Austin City Limits Jade Bird/Dayglow

Sunday, October 10 1:00pm 3:00pm 4:00pm 4:30pm 5:00pm 5:30pm 6:00pm 6:30pm

Downton Abbey, Season 5 Episode 9 Jane Austen Behind Closed Doors This Old House NEW SEASON! Ask This Old House NEW SEASON! Reconnecting Roots Firing Line with Margaret Hoover PBS NewsHour Weekend Second Opinion with Joan Lunden Racial Disparities in Health

7:00pm Sanditon on Masterpiece, Ep. 2 8:00pm Call the Midwife, Ep. 2 Sister Frances finds herself in a tricky situation when a pregnant woman confides in her. 9:00pm Grantchester on Masterpiece, Ep. 2 Will and Geordie negotiate a complex family dispute that may be connected to the murder of the head of a local adoption agency. 10:00pm Margaret: The Rebel Princess, Pt. 2 of 2 11:00pm American Masters Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It See 10/5 at 9pm for description.

Monday, October 11

8:00pm Antiques Roadshow Modern Icons 9:00pm Unearthing Ogawa The life of a dead Japanese soldier is honored by an American who finds him with his diary in a battlefield cave and seeks to return it to the man's family. Decades later, the American's son retraces the footsteps and meets the Ogawa clan today. 10:00pm Independent Lens Cured When homosexuality was considered a mental illness to be "cured," renegade LGBTQ+ activists fought a powerful psychiatry establishment that had things dangerously backwards. 11:30pm Amanpour and Company 12:00am BBC World News 12:30am This Old House

Tuesday, October 12 8:00pm Finding Your Roots The Shirts On Their Backs Henry Louis Gates, Jr. reveals the immigrant roots of actors Tony Shalhoub & Christopher Meloni. 9:00pm Frontline Taliban Takeover The Taliban take over Afghanistan, and the threat of ISIS and Al Qaeda intensifies. On the ground, reporter Najibullah Quraishi investigates uncertainty and fear among the Afghan people and revisits the lead up to the U.S. defeat and Taliban's return. 11:00pm Amanpour and Company 12:00am BBC World News 12:30am This Old House

Wednesday, October 13

8:00pm Impossible Builds Ice World China's incredible Ice World will transform 37 acres of sub-tropical quarry into a sub-zero ski resort. The construction team will have to battle the worst nature can throw at them. But if they can pull it off, they'll make science fiction a reality. 9:00pm NOVA Arctic Drift Journey to the top of the world with scientists as they embark on the most ambitious Arctic research expedition of all time. 10:00pm Life from Above Patterned Planet Discover the weird and wonderful shapes that cover Earth's surface as seen from space. PG. 3


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