August 2011 - WETA Magazine

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Music and Comedy Abound on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD

Learning Is in the Air Learning Is in the Air

WETA’s fundamental mission is to provide access to education for children and adults alike and to promote lifelong learning. To do so, we harness the power of television and new media to bring enriching programming and informative resources to the public. Among WETA’s educational broadcasts and new media offerings are, respec-tively, WETA KIDS, a television channel devoted exclusively to children’s programming and a safe harbor for young viewers, and WETA’s Learning Media websites (visit weta.org/learningmedia for details), which offer resources and

information on literacy, bilingual education, and traumatic brain injuries, and include the world’s leading site on learning disabilities and ADHD. The many ways that WETA pursues and fulfi lls its educational mission — on the air, online, and in the community — are highly valued by our members and by other important partners as well.

One such partner is Newman’s Own Foundation, which in 2011 has extended to WETA an important grant that can help us leverage the power of local funding to effi ciently raise even more fi nancial support for our public service efforts. The late actor and philanthropist Paul Newman was a true champion — and devoted viewer — of public television, and particularly of WETA’s own award-winning public affairs production, Washington Week with Gwen Ifi ll and National Journal. This year, Newman’s Own Founda-

tion generously offered membership challenge grants to public broadcasting stations around the nation and WETA is a fortunate — and appreciative — recipient of these matching funds. The grant provides a dollar-for-dollar matchup to $200,000 during our fundraising campaigns. Throughout August, WETA members and the general public will encounter messages on WETA TV 26, in mail from WETA, and on our website, weta.org, promoting this simple way to support the station.

The bulk of direct fundraising we undertake to pay for WETA’s broadcasts and operations is local, building sup-port from the community we serve. As you consider making pledges of support this month and throughout the rest of this year, please help us take advantage of this excellent opportunity to develop resources for all that WETA does in Greater Washington.

Thank you.

Sharon Percy Rockefeller, President & CEO, WETA

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Local Emmy Awards were announced June 25 by the National Capital Chesapeake Bay Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, and following in the footsteps of WETA’s award-winning 2009 documentary Washington in the ’60s, the acclaimed 2010 WETA TV 26 production Washington in the ’70s has also garnered an array of Emmys. The one-hour documentary charted the District’s rise from the ashes of the 1968 riots to its emergence as a world-class city and featured fi rst-hand accounts from those who shaped the events of the time. The fi lm won Emmys for the following categories: the Historical Documentary category (Jacqueline Todt, executive producer, and Simon Epstein, producer); the Editor/Program (Non-News) category (Doug Johncox, principal editor); and the Audio category (Antonio Pacheco, audio engineer). Among upcoming local documentaries from the WETA TV 26 fi lm-making team is More Unusual Attractions — The WETA Guide, a sequel to a 2007 WETA documentary, which explores Greater Washington’s lesser-known places and offers tips on where to fi nd quirky sights and diverting experiences around the area.

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PBS NewsHour airs weeknights at 7 p.m. Charlie Rose airs late weeknights (check listings)

The Ed Sullivan Comedy Special airs Sunday, August 7 at 7 p.m., repeating Thursday, August 11

and Saturday, August 13 on WETA TV 26 & WETA HDFor 23 years, The Ed Sullivan Show featured America’s premier comedy legends performing their acts live for millions of television viewers every week. Sullivan was a kingmaker, and being invited to appear on his show presented an enormous opportunity to performers trying to break into stardom. This special from the Sullivan archives brings back the original acts — and budding talents — that came to defi ne the history of comedy, in their prime, doing their original bits in now-classic appearances. The talent line-up includes Jack Benny, Bob Hope, Red Skelton, George Carlin (right), Richard Pryor, Flip Wilson, Joan Rivers, Phyllis Diller, Alan King, Jack Paar, Jackie Gleason, Victor Borge (whose program Victor Borge: 100 Years of Music and Laughter airs Saturday, August 6 at 6:30 p.m.) and many more.

Rick Steves’ Viva España!airs Saturday, August 6 at 10 a.m.,

repeating Sunday, August 7 at 8 a.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD

European travel expert Rick Steves spotlights sunny Spain, journeying throughout the country and sharing his adventures and travel tips in Rick Steves’ Viva España!. Steves experiences Andalucía — from dazzling Moorish palaces

to fl amboyant fl amenco — stopping in Granada, Córdoba and points in between. After a Costa del Sol paella feast, Steves continues through southern Spain, exploring whitewashed hill towns and then descending back to sea level to enjoy the windsurfi ng mecca Tarifa. He visits Gibraltar for a dose of Britain and sets sail for Africa on a side-trip to Tangier before heading to northern Spain to follow the old pilgrim trail from the French-Spanish border to Santiago de Compostela. Along the way, he runs with Pamplona bulls and savors Galicia’s Celtic culture — in which Riverdance meets fl amenco.

3 Steps to Incredible Health! with Joel Fuhrman, M.D.

airs Tuesday, August 16 at 8 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD

Family physician Dr. Joel Fuhrman, an expert on nutrition and natural healing, addresses the crisis of obesity and chronic disease plaguing America, offering a plan for shedding weight quickly and reclaiming vitality and good health. Fuhrman explores the relation-ship between calories and nutrients — presenting a case for nutrient-dense food in lower calorie meals that can reduce cravings for fat and high-calorie foods. Throughout the program, Fuhrman uses success stories from people who have followed his advice to illustrate the possibilities of eating a nutrient-dense diet, explaining how to help prevent chronic diseases and lose weight by eating more G.O.M.B.S. (Greens, Onions, Mushrooms, Beans, Seeds) and presenting three steps to healthfulness: The Power of Micronutrients; Eliminating Food Addictions; and Superfoods for Health and Pleasure.

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Great Performances: Vivere: Andrea Bocelli Live in Tuscany

airs Wednesday, August 10 at 8 p.m.; repeats August 14 & 19In 2007, after achieving international stardom in the music world, tenor Andrea Bocelli returned to his native Italy for a special concert of his greatest hits along with the debut of (then) new songs. Bocelli grew up in Lajatico, a rural village in Tuscany, where his family farms nearby. On the slopes of this ancient hill town, a special theater was constructed for a one-night-only performance. This month, WETA Television reprises this Great Performances program, taped at the Teatro di Silenzio, nestled in the beautiful, rolling Tuscan countryside. Bocelli performs romantic favorites, joined by special guests trumpeter Chris Botti; “grandissimo sassofonista” Kenny G.; musician, songwriter and producer David Foster; piano virtuoso Lang Lang; and divas Heather Headley and Sarah Brightman.

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Barbra Streisand — One Night Only at the Village Vanguard

airs Monday, August 8 at 8 p.m.; repeats August 14 In the early 1960s, clubs such as the Village Vanguard were scattered throughout Greenwich Village in New York City. Now the venue stands alone, the last of its kind. In September 2009, a select group of fans and friends had the rare opportunity to experience a performance by superstar singer Barbra Streisand in this up-close-and-personal setting. Barbra Streisand — One Night Only at the Village Vanguard presents the artist onstage at her most intimate, accompanied by piano, bass, guitar and drums. A tentative song list includes: “Make Someone Happy”; “My Funny Valentine”; “Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered”; and “The Way We Were.”

Legends of Folk: The Village Sceneairs Sunday, August 7 at 9 p.m. Hosted by Noel Paul Stookey of Peter, Paul & Mary, Legends of Folk: The Village

Scene celebrates the folk era in New York’s Greenwich Village in the 1960s. The epicenter of the folk, folk rock and singer songwriter movements, the Village, with its cafes and coffee houses, shaped one of the most important periods in American music. Legends of Folk: The Village Scene features rare performances by Bob Dylan; Simon & Garfunkel; Peter, Paul & Mary; Joan Baez; Judy Collins; Richie Havens; The Lovin’ Spoonful; The Mamas and the Papas; Don McLean; Neil Diamond; and The New Lost City Ramblers (left), offering up their most popular songs. The program also presents newly filmed interviews with many of the featured artists.

David Garrett: Rock Symphonies IIairs Friday, August 12 at 9 p.m.; repeats August 15Violin virtuoso David Garrett has carved out a special artistic path, creating a unique

musical experience as he performs works across many genres, ranging from compositions by Mozart to those of rock band Queen, and from Schubert to pop icon Michael Jackson. Enormously popular in his home country of Germany and in the U.K., Garrett is now gain-ing recognition in the United States. David Garrett: Rock Symphonies II presents the artist in a new concert, taped before a sold-out audience of 18,000 at Berlin’s open-air Wuhlheide Theater. In the program, Garrett weaves classical standards by Brahms, Vivaldi and Dvorák with rock and pop hits from the likes of rock acts John Fogerty, Guns N’ Roses and Nirvana.

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August Music on WETA TV 26 & WETA HDWETA Television features an array of exciting music programming this month, from folk legends to a top international

tenor, from one of America’s great divas to an up-and-coming violinist. See the TV Listings on pages 4–10 for other performance programming, including a Motown concert; great pop duets; and performances by Victor Borge,

Russia’s star vocalist Nikolai Baskov, and young singing sensation Jackie Evancho.

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10:309:308:308:00 9:00 10:00Antiques Roadshow: Spokane, WA Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House

Divided (Pt 6 of 6. Blind With Weeping)

Tina Fey: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize (to 11:30pm)

NOVA: Rat Attack Killer Stress: A National Geographic Special

The Amen Solution (to 12:30am)

Inside Washington My Music: Motown Memories Suze Orman’s Money Class (to 12:30am)

The Greatest Duets: It Takes Two (to 11:30pm)

Legends of Folk: The Village Scene

Suze Orman’s Money Class (to 11:30pm)

Stop Back Pain with Vijay Vad, M.D. (to 11:30pm)

The Amen Solution—Thinner, Smarter, Happier with Dr. Daniel Amen (to 12m)

My Music: Motown Memories (to 11:30pm)

Inside Washington David Garrett: Rock Symphonies II Legends of Folk (to 12m)

The Ed Sullivan Comedy Special (to 12m)

Great Performances: Vivere: Andrea Bocelli Live in Tuscany (to 11:30pm)

David Garrett: Rock Symphonies II

Out in America

Stop Back Pain (to 12m)

The Civil War (Ep 5. The Universe of Battle — 1863) (to 12m)

Inside Washington Great Performances: Vivere: Andrea Bocelli Live in Tuscany

Antiques Roadshow: Louisville, KY Life in a War Zone: Montgomery County

History Detectives Frontline: Football High

NOVA: Hunting the Hidden Dimension Masters of the Arctic Ice

Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Problem at Sea (to 9:52pm) & Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Incredible Theft (to 10:44pm)

(10:44pm:) Prime Suspect: Lost Child (to 11:36pm)

Inside Washington Restoring Genius: The Art of Agnolo Bronzino

Life in a War Zone: Montgomery County

(from 9:33pm) The WETA Movie: How I Won the War (to 11:30pm)

Masterpiece Mystery!: Inspector Lewis: Series III: The Dead of Winter & The WETA Mystery: Inspector Lewis: Series III: Dark Matter (to 12m)

Antiques Roadshow: Las Vegas, NV The WETA Guide to Montgomery County

History Detectives Frontline: The Man Who Knew

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NOVA: Becoming Human: Birth of Humanity

NOVA: Becoming Human: Last Human Standing

Antiques Roadshow: Grand Rapids, MI

Nature: Born Wild: The First Days of Life

Live from Lincoln Center: Mostly Mozart Festival Opening Night

Sherlock Holmes: The Last Vampyre

Washington Week with Gwen Ifi ll and National Journal

Malt Shop Memories: The Concert

(from 7pm:) The Ed Sullivan Comedy Special

Barbra Streisand – One Night Only at the Village Vanguard

Malt Shop Memories: The Concert

Great Performances: Vivere: Andrea Bocelli Live in Tuscany

The Ed Sullivan Comedy Special


My Music: Country Pop Legends

(from 7pm:) My Music: Moments to Remember

Great Performances: Jackie Evancho: Dream With Me in Concert

3 Steps to Incredible Health! with Joel Furhman, M.D.

My Music: Moments to Remember

My Music: Country Pop Legends


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Antiques Roadshow: Hartford, CT

An Ice Cream Show

Eden at the End of the World

Sherlock Holmes: The Abbey Grange


Doc Martin I (Pt 2 of 6. Gentlemen Prefer) (to 8:47pm) & Doc Martin I (Pt 3 of 6. Sh*t Happens) (to 9:33pm)

Nature: Is That Skunk?

Antiques Roadshow: Hartford, CT

Sandwiches That You Will Like

NOVA: Becoming Human: First Steps

WETA TV 26 & WETA HD August primetime simulcast listings.

Weeknight primetime simulcast programming repeats the following weekday on WETA TV 26 starting at noon.

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eta.orgPBS NewsHour airs weeknights at 7 p.m. Charlie Rose airs late weeknights (check listings)

The Amen Solution (to 12:30am)

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WETA’s summer membership drive airs August 4–21 on WETA TV 26 and WETA HD — please note that television listings during that period are subject to change.

1 Monday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: GRAND RAPIDS, MI —

Repeats Tue 8/2, 2pm; Wed 8/3, 1pm 9:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: SPOKANE, WA — Repeats Tue

8/2, 3pm; Wed 8/3, 2pm 10:00 ABRAHAM AND MARY LINCOLN: A HOUSE DIVIDED:

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE — A dual biography follows the Lincolns from their childhoods to their years in the White House. David Morse is the voice of Abraham Lincoln and Holly Hunter is the voice of Mary Todd Lincoln. David McCullough narrates. Part 6 of 6. Blind With Weeping. This fi nal episode tells the story of the battle of Gettysburg, the Union victory that changed the confl ict’s course; Lincoln’s battlefi eld dedication there that changed America’s conception of itself; his fi nal political struggles; the end of the war; and Lincoln’s assassination. Repeats Tue 8/2, 4pm

11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

2 Tuesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER: MOSTLY MOZART

FESTIVAL OPENING NIGHT — The 2011 Festival opens with a gala featuring the acclaimed violinist Christian Tetzlaff and violist Antoine Tamestit under music direc-tor Louis Langrée, who leads the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra in Mozart’s Sinfonia concertante in E-fl at major for violin and viola. American soprano Susanna Phillips joins the orchestra for Mozart’s Crudele?...Non mi dir, bell’idol mio, from Don Giovanni, and Bella mia fi amma…Resta, o cara. Langrée brings the program to a close with Mozart’s “Linz” Symphony. Repeats Wed 8/3, 3pm

10:00 TINA FEY: THE KENNEDY CENTER MARK TWAIN PRIZE — In WETA’s co-production, a lineup of top en-tertainers including Fred Armisen, Steve Carell, Jimmy Fallon, Jon Hamm, Jennifer Hudson, Jane Krakowski, Steve Martin, Seth Meyers, Lorne Michaels, Tracy Morgan, Amy Poehler and Betty White salute Tina Fey in the Concert Hall of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as she receives the arts institu-tion’s Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. Taped live on November 9, 2010, the event includes tributes to the humor and accomplishments of the popular writer, producer, actress and comedian.


3 Wednesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 NATURE: BORN WILD: THE FIRST DAYS OF LIFE —

A fi lm follows the birth and fi rst day of several species — from marmoset to moose, from elephant to gorilla — presenting stories of miniature drama and huge spectacle. {DVI}

9:00 NOVA: RAT ATTACK — In the remote Indian state of Mizoram, NOVA spotlights the half-century bloom of a bamboo species that leads to an explosion in the rat population. The bamboo bloom leads the rats that feed off the bamboo’s fruit to run amok, destroying crops and precipitating famine. {DVI}

10:00 KILLER STRESS: A NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SPECIAL — Humans are turning on an ancient innate stress response — and wallowing in corrosive hormones — while dealing with the tribulations of modern living. MacArthur “Genius Grant” recipient and Stanford University neurobiologist Robert Sapolsky and National Geographic examine why stress seems to be killing us. {DVI}


• Programming on WETA TV 26 and WETA HD is exactly the same — simulcast — Monday through Friday nights from 7 p.m. through Charlie Rose, and each weekend evening, beginning at 6 p.m. Saturdays and 7 p.m. Sundays.

• Please note that Saturday and Sunday daytime listings that follow are for WETA TV 26 only unless otherwise indicated. For complete 24-hour schedules of programs on WETA TV 26 and WETA HD, visit weta.org/tv.

• Weeknight primetime on WETA TV 26 repeats the next weekday on WETA TV 26 — see repeat listings.

• WETA TV 26 is devoted to children’s programming 5 a.m.–noon weekdays and 6 a.m.–9 a.m. weekends. For 24 hours of children’s programming each day, tune in to the WETA Kids channel. See page 11 for schedule information.

Program Key� — WETA productions, co-productions or presentations. {DVI} — Descriptive Video Service. R — Aired within the month.Listings are accurate as of press time. For late-breaking program updates, call 703-998-2724 or visit weta.org/tv.

W TA TV 26 & W TA HD August simulcast primetime listings, plus weekends for WETA TV 26

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Tuesday, August 2 at 8 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HDViolinist Christian Tetzlaff is featured in the concert broadcast Live from Lincoln Center: Mostly Mozart Festival Opening Night.

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Tuesday, August 2 at 10 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HDTina Fey: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize features a host of celebrities, including (from left) Jimmy Fallon, Steve Carell and Betty White, fêting the acclaimed writer, producer, actress and comedian.

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affects millions in the U.S. Through Dr. Barnard’s low-fat vegan diet, diabetics (and non-diabetics) can experi-ence weight loss, blood glucose control and reduced heart disease risk. Repeats Sun 8/7, 11am

7:30 A.D.D. AND LOVING IT! — A documentary explores Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Hosted by actor Patrick McKenna, who contends with adult ADD, the program visits with researchers, specialists and doctors as well as ordinary people facing these challenges. Repeats Mon 8/15, 11pm; Thur 8/18, 2:30pm

9:00 EASTENDERS — (two episodes, simulcast on WETA TV 26 and WETA HD) Repeats Fridays, 5pm

10:00 RICK STEVES’ VIVA ESPA~NA! — The European travel expert explores Spain, visiting Granada, Córdoba, the Costa del Sol and other places of interest in Andalucía. Then, he explores mountain towns before descending to sea level to visit Tarifa, experience a dose of Britain on the Rock of Gibraltar, and set sail for Africa to ex-plore the Moroccan city of Tangier. Then Steves heads to northern Spain to follow the Santiago de Compostela pilgrim trail. Along the way, he stops off in Pamplona to run with the bulls, and savors the Celtic culture of Galicia. Repeats Sun 8/7, 8am; Mon 8/8, 4pm; Fri 8/19, 3pm

12N 3 STEPS TO INCREDIBLE HEALTH! WITH JOEL FUHRMAN, M.D. — Dr. Joel Fuhrman addresses the crisis of obesity and chronic disease plaguing America. More than 65 percent of Americans are overweight or obese — and that number is growing. Dr. Fuhrman’s health plan offers knowledge and a healthy, effective, and scientifically proven plan for shedding weight quickly and reclaiming vitality and good health. Repeats Thur 8/11, 1pm, 11:30pm; Sat 8/13, 3pm, midnight; Tue 8/16, 8pm

1:30 SUZE ORMAN’S MONEY CLASS — See the Friday, August 5, 10:30 p.m. listing.

3:30 JULIA CHILD MEMORIES: BON APPETIT! — A tribute to the pioneering public television chef presents several episodes of Child’s original series The French Chef. As the woman who has been credited with introducing French cooking techniques to mainstream America, Child will be remembered as the country’s first celebrity chef — who brought the world of food to TV viewers, flipping a “groundbreaking” omelet on the air on Febru-ary 11, 1963. Repeats Sun 8/7, 6am; Tue 8/9, 2:30pm

5:30 EASY YOGA FOR ARTHRITIS WITH PEGGY CAPPY — The yoga expert demonstrates safe and effective yoga exercises designed to address arthritis problems. Repeats Sun 8/7, 10am; Fri 8/12, midnight; Sat 8/13, 6am; Thur 8/18, midnight

6:30 VICTOR BORGE: 100 YEARS OF MUSIC AND LAUGHTER — A special narrated by Rita Rudner features Borge’s funniest and most memorable skits from his eight-decades-long career in comedy, which blended one-liners, falls and double takes with masterful piano variations. Repeats Mon 8/8, 1pm

8:00 MALT SHOP MEMORIES: THE CONCERT — Recorded at Caesars in Atlantic City, a performance brings together 12 of the greatest living legends from the late ’50s and early ’60s for an evening of music. Hosted by Frankie Avalon, Bobby Rydell and Fabian, who also perform their greatest hits, the special also includes archival performances from The Four Seasons, Martha and The Vandellas, The Beach Boys and Dion and The Belmonts. Repeats Tue 8/9, 8pm; Wed 8/10, 1pm; Sat 8/13, 1pm

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4 Thursday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE LAST VAMPYRE — A feature

film–length production features Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes and Edward Hardwick as Watson, investigating a case of bizarre tragedies in a village that seem to point to a man acting like a vampire. Repeats Fri 8/5, 1pm

10:30 THE AMEN SOLUTION–THINNER, SMARTER, HAPPIER WITH DR. DANIEL AMEN — Psychiatrist and bestselling author Dr. Daniel Amen offers 10 steps aimed at help-ing people lose weight, boost memory and improve mood. Repeats Sun 8/7, 11pm; Thur 8/11, 4pm; Sat 8/13, 7am; Sun 8/14, 8am; Tue 8/16, 11pm

12:30AM VISIONS OF NORTHERN ITALY 1AM CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

5 Friday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL AND NATIONAL

JOURNAL — Moderator and managing editor Gwen Ifill leads a discussion by a panel of journalists on the news events of the week.

8:30 INSIDE WASHINGTON — Host Gordon Peterson moder-ates a roundtable discussion of the news of the week.

9:00 MY MUSIC: MOTOWN MEMORIES — The performance series spotlights great Motown acts, presenting archi-val hits and rare interviews from five Motown legends: the Temptations, the Four Tops, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Diana Ross and the Supremes, and Marvin Gaye. Mary Wilson, one of the original members of the Supremes, hosts. Repeats Mon 8/8, 11:30pm; Tue 8/9, 1pm; Thur 8/11, 10pm

10:30 SUZE ORMAN’S MONEY CLASS — Based on her book, the personal finance expert’s program explores what actions people need to take in light of the new economy. After the upheavals of the economic down-turn, Orman communicates her belief that it is critical that people rethink many of the traditional strategies they have been using to achieve their financial goals. Repeats Sat 8/6, 1:30pm, 11:30pm; Sat 8/13, 11am; Sun 8/14, 3:30pm; Fri 8/19, 11pm

12:30AM FREEDOM RIDERS: BEHIND THE SCENES — Freedom Riders is the powerful story of six months in 1961 that changed America, when more than 400 black and white Americans risked their lives as they challenged segregation, traveling together on buses and trains as they journeyed through the Deep South. This program takes a behind-the-scenes look at the film, featuring interviews with award-winning filmmaker Stanley Nelson and with the riders themselves.

1AM CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

6 Saturday SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6AM–1:30AM: 6AM TACKLING DIABETES WITH DR. NEAL BARNARD —

Nutrition researcher Neal Barnard reveals scientifically proven methods for controlling diabetes, a disease that

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Friday, August 5 at 10:30 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HDSuze Orman’s Money Class features the money expert offering counsel on personal finance strategies for the new economy.

Saturday, August 6 at 8 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HDCo-hosted by Fabian (above), Frankie Avalon and Bobby Rydell, Malt Shop Memories: The Concert presents top artists from the era of 1950s and 1960s pop music, performing their greatest hits.


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10:00 THE GREATEST DUETS: IT TAKES TWO — Since the earliest days of pop music, great vocal duets have conveyed a unique emotional power. Singer-songwriter Kenny Loggins spotlights 12 of the greatest duets in music history, showcasing some of the best super-star pairings in classic music videos and television performances, including Marvin Gaye and Tammi Ter-rell, Elton John and Kiki Dee, Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes, and many more.

11:30 SUZE ORMAN’S MONEY CLASS — R

7 Sunday SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6AM–1AM: 6AM JULIA CHILD MEMORIES: BON APPETIT! — R 8:00 RICK STEVES’ VIVA ESPA~NA! — R 10:00 EASY YOGA FOR ARTHRITIS WITH PEGGY CAPPY — R 11:00 TACKLING DIABETES WITH DR. NEAL BARNARD — R 12:30 THE CIVIL WAR — WETA presents a special broadcast

of episode five of Ken Burns’ acclaimed nine-part 1990 documentary film, a co-production of WETA and Florentine Films. Burns’s epic documentary brings to life America’s most destructive and defining conflict. Historian David McCullough narrates. The Universe of Battle — 1863. This episode opens with a dramatic account of the turning point of the war: the battle of Gettysburg. The program then chronicles the fall of Vicksburg, the New York Draft Riots, the first use of black troops in combat, and the battles at Chickamau-ga and Chattanooga. The episode closes with Lincoln’s Gettysburg address. Repeats Sun 8/14, 10am; Thur 8/18, 10pm

2:30 NIKOLAI BASKOV: ROMANTIC JOURNEY — A perfor-mance special features Russia’s most popular tenor, 34-year-old international star Nikolai Baskov, in concert at Moscow’s Hall of the Luzhniki Arena. Accompanied by a full orchestra, Baskov performs classic pieces from Tosca, La Boheme, Werther and Turandot, and international favorites such as “Granada” and “Back to Sorrento.” Soprano Montserrat Caballe and her daughter, Montserrat Marti, join Baskov for several duets. Repeats Sun 8/14, noon; Thur 8/18, 1pm

4:00 NATURE: ECHO: AN ELEPHANT TO REMEMBER — Echo, an elephant matriarch, was the subject of many films and the leader of a carefully studied herd of el-ephants in Africa. Recently, she died of natural causes. This film spotlights this remarkable animal. {DVI} Repeats Mon 8/8, 2:30pm; Wed 8/17, 1pm

5:30 DAVID GARRETT: ROCK SYMPHONIES II — This all-new concert special features the virtuoso violinist in perfor-mance. The show was taped before a sold-out audience of 18,000 at Berlin’s open-air Wuhlheide Theater. In the performance, Garrett weaves classical standards from Vivaldi, Brahms and Dvorák with rock and pop hits from the likes of John Fogerty, Guns N’ Roses and Nirvana. Repeats Thur 8/11, 2:30pm; Fri 8/12, 9pm; Sat 8/13, 4:30pm; Mon 8/15, 9:30pm; Tue 8/16, 4:30pm

7:00 THE ED SULLIVAN COMEDY SPECIAL — For 23 years, The Ed Sullivan Show featured America’s premier comedy legends performing their acts for millions of Americans every week. This special from the Sullivan

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archives brings back the original stars in their prime doing their original acts. The program features classic bits from Jack Benny, Bob Hope, Red Skelton, George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Flip Wilson, Joan Rivers, Alan King, Jack Paar, Jackie Gleason, Victor Borge and many other performers. Repeats Thur 8/11, 8pm; Fri 8/12, 1pm; Sat 8/13, 6pm, 10pm; Sun 8/14, 1:30pm

9:00 LEGENDS OF FOLK: THE VILLAGE SCENE — Directed and produced by four-time Emmy Award-winner Jim Brown and hosted by Noel Paul Stookey of Peter, Paul & Mary, a program celebrates the folk movement in Greenwich Village in the 1960s, featuring rare performances by Bob Dylan; Simon & Garfunkel; Peter, Paul & Mary; Joan Baez; Judy Collins; Richie Havens; The Lovin’ Spoonful; The Mamas and the Papas; Don McLean; Neil Diamond and others singing their best-loved songs and more, along with newly filmed interview segments. Repeats Tue 8/9, 11:30pm; Wed 8/10, 4:30pm; Fri 8/12, 10:30pm

10:30 THE AMEN SOLUTION–THINNER, SMARTER, HAPPIER WITH DR. DANIEL AMEN — R

8 Monday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 BARBRA STREISAND – ONE NIGHT ONLY AT THE

VILLAGE VANGUARD — In the early 1960s, clubs like the Village Vanguard were scattered throughout Green-wich Village. Now it stands alone, the last of its kind. In September 2009, a select group of fans and friends had the rare opportunity to experience Barbra Streisand’s performance in the ultimate up-close-and-personal setting of this historic club. Repeats Tue 8/9, 4:30pm; Sun 8/14, 5:30pm, 11:30pm

9:30 SUZE ORMAN’S MONEY CLASS — Based on her book, the personal finance expert’s program explores what actions people need to take in light of the new econ-omy. After the upheavals of the economic downturn, Orman communicates her belief that it is critical that people rethink many of the traditional strategies they have been using to achieve their financial goals.

11:30 MY MUSIC: MOTOWN MEMORIES — R 1AM CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

9 Tuesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 MALT SHOP MEMORIES: THE CONCERT — See the

Saturday, August 6, 8 p.m. listing. 10:00 STOP BACK PAIN WITH VIJAY VAD, M.D. — An expert

in chronic pain, Dr. Vijay Vad — author of “Stop Pain” and “Back Rx” — demystifies the causes of back pain and shares science-based self-help steps to back pain relief. Vad’s clinical research focuses on back care relief with non-surgical intervention. Repeats Wed 8/10, 3pm; Wed 8/17, 10:30pm

11:30 LEGENDS OF FOLK: THE VILLAGE SCENE — R 1AM CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

10 Wednesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 GREAT PERFORMANCES: VIVERE: ANDREA BOCELLI

LIVE IN TUSCANY — Tenor Andrea Bocelli returns to his native Italy for a concert of his greatest hits. Taped at the Teatro di Silenzio, nestled in the beautiful, rolling countryside near the ancient Tuscan village of Volterra, Bocelli’s concert features special guests Chris Botti, Heather Headley, Kenny G., David Foster, Lang Lang and Sarah Brightman, performing romantic favorites. Repeats Sun 8/14, 9:30pm; Fri 8/19, 9pm

10:00 THE AMEN SOLUTION–THINNER, SMARTER, HAPPIER WITH DR. DANIEL AMEN — Psychiatrist and bestsell-ing author Dr. Daniel Amen offers 10 steps aimed at helping people lose weight, boost memory and improve mood.

12M THE WASHINGTON CHERRY BLOSSOMS: BEAUTY ON THE BASIN — A WETA production celebrates and captures the beauty of one of Washington, D.C.’s peren-nial great attractions — the cherry blossoms surround-ing the Tidal Basin near the Jefferson Memorial. The film features spectacular photography of the trees in full flower, showcasing scenic views along the basin. Repeats Mon 8/15, 5pm; Wed 8/17, midnight


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Saturday, August 13 at 8 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HDMy Music: Country Pop Legends presents a concert that features stars of 1950s, ’60s and ’70s country music — such as BJ Thomas (above), Glen Campbell, Crystal Gale and others — in performance.


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10:00 THE GREATEST DUETS: IT TAKES TWO — Since the earliest days of pop music, great vocal duets have conveyed a unique emotional power. Singer-songwriter Kenny Loggins spotlights 12 of the greatest duets in music history, showcasing some of the best super-star pairings in classic music videos and television performances, including Marvin Gaye and Tammi Ter-rell, Elton John and Kiki Dee, Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes, and many more.

11:30 SUZE ORMAN’S MONEY CLASS — R

7 Sunday SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6AM–1AM: 6AM JULIA CHILD MEMORIES: BON APPETIT! — R 8:00 RICK STEVES’ VIVA ESPA~NA! — R 10:00 EASY YOGA FOR ARTHRITIS WITH PEGGY CAPPY — R 11:00 TACKLING DIABETES WITH DR. NEAL BARNARD — R 12:30 THE CIVIL WAR — WETA presents a special broadcast

of episode five of Ken Burns’ acclaimed nine-part 1990 documentary film, a co-production of WETA and Florentine Films. Burns’s epic documentary brings to life America’s most destructive and defining conflict. Historian David McCullough narrates. The Universe of Battle — 1863. This episode opens with a dramatic account of the turning point of the war: the battle of Gettysburg. The program then chronicles the fall of Vicksburg, the New York Draft Riots, the first use of black troops in combat, and the battles at Chickamau-ga and Chattanooga. The episode closes with Lincoln’s Gettysburg address. Repeats Sun 8/14, 10am; Thur 8/18, 10pm

2:30 NIKOLAI BASKOV: ROMANTIC JOURNEY — A perfor-mance special features Russia’s most popular tenor, 34-year-old international star Nikolai Baskov, in concert at Moscow’s Hall of the Luzhniki Arena. Accompanied by a full orchestra, Baskov performs classic pieces from Tosca, La Boheme, Werther and Turandot, and international favorites such as “Granada” and “Back to Sorrento.” Soprano Montserrat Caballe and her daughter, Montserrat Marti, join Baskov for several duets. Repeats Sun 8/14, noon; Thur 8/18, 1pm

4:00 NATURE: ECHO: AN ELEPHANT TO REMEMBER — Echo, an elephant matriarch, was the subject of many films and the leader of a carefully studied herd of el-ephants in Africa. Recently, she died of natural causes. This film spotlights this remarkable animal. {DVI} Repeats Mon 8/8, 2:30pm; Wed 8/17, 1pm

5:30 DAVID GARRETT: ROCK SYMPHONIES II — This all-new concert special features the virtuoso violinist in perfor-mance. The show was taped before a sold-out audience of 18,000 at Berlin’s open-air Wuhlheide Theater. In the performance, Garrett weaves classical standards from Vivaldi, Brahms and Dvorák with rock and pop hits from the likes of John Fogerty, Guns N’ Roses and Nirvana. Repeats Thur 8/11, 2:30pm; Fri 8/12, 9pm; Sat 8/13, 4:30pm; Mon 8/15, 9:30pm; Tue 8/16, 4:30pm

7:00 THE ED SULLIVAN COMEDY SPECIAL — For 23 years, The Ed Sullivan Show featured America’s premier comedy legends performing their acts for millions of Americans every week. This special from the Sullivan

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11 Thursday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 THE ED SULLIVAN COMEDY SPECIAL — For 23 years,

The Ed Sullivan Show featured America’s premier comedy legends performing their acts for millions of Americans every week. This special from the Sullivan archives brings back the original stars in their prime doing their original comedy acts. The program features classic bits from Jack Benny, Bob Hope, Red Skelton, George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Flip Wilson, Joan Rivers, Alan King, Jack Paar, Jackie Gleason, Victor Borge and many others. Repeats Fri 8/12, 1pm; Sat 8/13, 6pm, 10pm; Sun 8/14, 1:30pm

10:00 MY MUSIC: MOTOWN MEMORIES — The performance series spotlights great Motown acts, presenting archival hits and rare interviews from five Motown legends: the Temptations, the Four Tops, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Diana Ross and the Supremes, and Marvin Gaye. Mary Wilson, one of the original members of the Supremes, hosts.

11:30 3 STEPS TO INCREDIBLE HEALTH! WITH JOEL FURHMAN, M.D. — R


12 Friday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL AND NATIONAL



9:00 DAVID GARRETT: ROCK SYMPHONIES II — An all-new concert special features the violin virtuoso in perfor-mance. The show was taped before a sold-out audience of 18,000 at Berlin’s open-air Wuhlheide Theater. In the performance, Garrett weaves classical standards from Vivaldi, Brahms and Dvorák with rock and pop hits from the likes of John Fogerty, Guns N’ Roses and Nirvana. Repeats Sat 8/13, 4:30pm

10:30 LEGENDS OF FOLK: THE VILLAGE SCENE — See the Sunday, August 7, 9 p.m. listing.

12M EASY YOGA FOR ARTHRITIS WITH PEGGY CAPPY — R 1AM CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

13 Saturday SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6AM–1:30AM: 6AM EASY YOGA FOR ARTHRITIS WITH PEGGY CAPPY — R 7:00 THE AMEN SOLUTION–THINNER, SMARTER, HAPPIER

WITH DR. DANIEL AMEN — R 9:00 EASTENDERS 10:00 EASTENDERS 11:00 SUZE ORMAN’S MONEY CLASS — R 1:00 MALT SHOP MEMORIES: THE CONCERT — R 3:00 3 STEPS TO INCREDIBLE HEALTH! WITH JOEL

FURHMAN, M.D. — R 4:30 DAVID GARRETT: ROCK SYMPHONIES II — R 6:00 THE ED SULLIVAN COMEDY SPECIAL — See the Thurs-

day, August 11, 8 p.m. listing.

8:00 MY MUSIC: COUNTRY POP LEGENDS — Country pop legends unite to perform their biggest and best-loved hit recordings from the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s in this music special. Roy Clark hosts. New performances from Glen Campbell, Crystal Gayle, Hank Locklin, Bill Anderson, BJ Thomas, the Bellamy Brothers, the Browns and more are intermixed with full-length archival gems. Repeats Tue 8/16, 2:30pm; Thur 8/18, 8pm; Fri 8/19, 1pm

10:00 THE ED SULLIVAN COMEDY SPECIAL — R 12M 3 STEPS TO INCREDIBLE HEALTH! WITH JOEL

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14 Sunday SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6AM–1AM: 6AM NEW PLAY PIANO IN A FLASH: 3 STEPS TO PIANO

SUCCESS — Scott “The Piano Guy” Houston shares his “3 Steps to Piano Success” to help people simply sit down and have some fun playing piano.


10:00 THE CIVIL WAR — See the Sunday, August 7, 12:30 p.m. listing.

12N NIKOLAI BASKOV: ROMANTIC JOURNEY — R 1:30 THE ED SULLIVAN COMEDY SPECIAL — R 3:30 SUZE ORMAN’S MONEY CLASS — R 5:30 BARBRA STREISAND – ONE NIGHT ONLY AT THE

VILLAGE VANGUARD — In the early 1960s, clubs like the Village Vanguard were scattered throughout Green-wich Village. Now it stands alone, the last of its kind. In September 2009, a select group of fans and friends had the rare opportunity to experience Barbra Streisand’s performance in the ultimate up-close-and-personal setting of this historic club. Accompanied by piano, bass, guitar and drums, this is the artist at her most intimate. Repeats tonight; Mon 8/15, 3:30pm

7:00 MY MUSIC: MOMENTS TO REMEMBER — Patti Page, Nick Clooney, Peter Marshall, Wink Martindale and The Lawrence Welk Show’s Mary Lou Metzger co-host new performances and archival classics from the late 1950s and early 1960s pop era. Musical artists include Frankie Laine, the Four Lads, Four Aces, Four Fresh-men, Roger Williams and the Platters — with archival performances from Rosemary Clooney, Perry Como and Nat King Cole. Repeats Mon 8/15, 1pm; Wed 8/17, 8pm

9:30 GREAT PERFORMANCES: VIVERE: ANDREA BOCELLI LIVE IN TUSCANY — See the Wednesday, August 10, 8 p.m. listing.

11:30 BARBRA STREISAND – ONE NIGHT ONLY AT THE VILLAGE VANGUARD — R

15 Monday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 GREAT PERFORMANCES: JACKIE EVANCHO: DREAM

WITH ME IN CONCERT — The 11-year-old girl with the extraordinarily big voice — who came to national prominence on America’s Got Talent where she dazzled the audience with her rendition of Puccini’s “O Mio Babbino Caro” and Sarah Brightman’s hits “Piu Jesu”

Sunday, August 14 at 7 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HDMy Music: Moments to Remember presents a concert by Frankie Lane, the Four Lads, Roger Williams, the Platters and many other 1950s and early 1960s pop music acts. Patti Page (above) hosts.

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Thursday, August 11 at 10 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HDMotown Memories, hosted by Mary Wilson (above), spotlights top Motown artists: the Temptations, the Four Tops, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Diana Ross and the Supremes, and Marvin Gaye.


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and “Time to Say Goodbye” — returns to public televi-sion. Evancho’s solo concert was filmed at the grounds of the Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota, Florida. Repeats Tue 8/16, 1pm; Thur 8/18, 4:30pm

9:30 DAVID GARRETT: ROCK SYMPHONIES II — See the Friday, August 12, 9 p.m. listing.

11:00 A.D.D. AND LOVING IT! — R 1AM CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

16 Tuesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 3 STEPS TO INCREDIBLE HEALTH! WITH JOEL

FUHRMAN, M.D. — Dr. Joel Fuhrman addresses the crisis of obesity and chronic disease plaguing America. More than 65 percent of Americans are overweight or obese — and that number is growing. Dr. Fuhrman’s health plan offers knowledge and a healthy, effec-tive, and scientifically proven plan for shedding weight quickly and reclaiming vitality and good health.

9:30 OUT IN AMERICA — This uplifting collection of inspir-ing personal narratives is told through the lens of the country’s most prominent lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender figures and pioneers, as well as many average, yet extraordinary, citizens from the gay com-munity. The program weaves together diverse stories — from urban and rural America, from the heartland to New England, from San Francisco to Harlem.



17 Wednesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 MY MUSIC: MOMENTS TO REMEMBER — Patti Page,

Nick Clooney, Peter Marshall, Wink Martindale and The Lawrence Welk Show’s Mary Lou Metzger co-host new performances and archival classics from the late 1950s and early 1960s pop era. Musical artists include Frankie Laine, the Four Lads, Four Aces, Four Fresh-men, Roger Williams and the Platters — with archival performances from Rosemary Clooney, Perry Como and Nat King Cole.

10:30 STOP BACK PAIN WITH VIJAY VAD, M.D. — See the Tuesday, August 9, 10 p.m. listing.

12M THE WASHINGTON CHERRY BLOSSOMS: BEAUTY ON THE BASIN — R


18 Thursday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 MY MUSIC: COUNTRY POP LEGENDS — Country pop

legends unite to perform their hit recordings from the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s in this music special. Roy Clark hosts. New performances from Glen Campbell, Crystal Gayle, Hank Locklin, Bill Anderson, BJ Thomas, the Bellamy Brothers, the Browns and more are intermixed with full-length archival gems.

10:00 THE CIVIL WAR — See the Sunday, August 7, 12:30 p.m. listing.

12M EASY YOGA FOR ARTHRITIS WITH PEGGY CAPPY — R 1AM CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

19 Friday 8:00 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL AND NATIONAL



9:00 GREAT PERFORMANCES: VIVERE: ANDREA BOCELLI LIVE IN TUSCANY — See the Wednesday, August 10, 8 p.m. listing.

11:00 SUZE ORMAN’S MONEY CLASS — R 1AM CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

20 Saturday SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6AM–6AM: 6AM–9AM WETA VIEWER FAVORITES 9AM EASTENDERS — (two episodes, simulcast on WETA TV 26

and WETA HD) Repeats Fridays, 5pm 10AM–6AM WETA VIEWER FAVORITES

21 Sunday SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6AM–6AM: 6AM–6AM WETA VIEWER FAVORITES

22 Monday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: HARTFORD, CT — Repeats

Tue 8/23, 2pm; Wed 8/24, 1pm; Sun 8/28, 6pm 9:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: LOUISVILLE, KY — Repeats

Tue 8/23, 3pm; Wed 8/24, 2pm; Thur 8/25, 1pm 10:00 LIFE IN A WAR ZONE: MONTGOMERY COUNTY — A film

produced by Heritage Montgomery uses historic and contemporary images and written accounts from the 1860s to explore events in Montgomery County during the Civil War. Repeats Tue 8/23, 4pm; Wed 8/24, 3pm; Fri 8/26, 10pm; Sun 8/28, 2:30pm


23 Tuesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 AN ICE CREAM SHOW — Filmmaker Rick Sebak

traverses the country celebrating the frosty treat and places it’s served.

9:00 HISTORY DETECTIVES — The team of sleuths explores the stories behind objects and antiques. In this episode, the images and the words on a 1960s poster suggest a battle is brewing: a clenched fist, police described as “pigs.” Who made this poster and why? Then, was a woodcarving of a mouth and chin once part of the

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Wednesday, August 24 at 8 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HDEden at the End of the World explores the wilderness landscape and intriguing fauna of Tierra del Fuego at the tip of Patagonia.

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Thursday, August 18 at 10 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HDWETA Television reprises episode five of Ken Burns’s landmark 1990 documentary The Civil War, created in partnership with WETA. The episode covers the battles of Gettysburg, Chickamauga and Chattanooga, and culminates with Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. Above: the provost Guard of the 107th Colored Infantry at Fort Corcoran, part of the Civil War-era defenses of Washington.

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Andrew Jackson figurehead on the bow of the USS Constitution? And how is a basket connected to a woman honored by Congress as a heroine of the Modoc Indian Wars? Repeats Wed 8/24, 4pm

10:00 FRONTLINE — TBA. 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

24 Wednesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 EDEN AT THE END OF THE WORLD — Tierra del Fuego,

at the tip of Patagonia, is a rare and precious haven for some of Earth’s most indestructible creatures. This film tracks several species that call this extreme wilderness environment home and details how new conservation models may save them and preserve this region. Repeats Thur 8/25, 2pm; Sun 8/28, 3:30pm

9:00 NOVA: HUNTING THE HIDDEN DIMENSION — A revolu-tionary new branch of math called fractals has changed the way we see the world and opened up a vast new ter-ritory to scientific analysis and understanding — includ-ing what happened after the Big Bang, and the ultimate fate of our universe. {DVI} Repeats Thur 8/25, 3pm

10:00 MASTERS OF THE ARCTIC ICE — Creatures that make their home in the Arctic are masters of survival, superbly adapted to the ice. But climate change has begun to eat away the ice — their habitat. A National Geographic production follows two teams of researchers that are working urgently to find out how global warming is affecting the Arctic world. Repeats Thur 8/25, 4pm


25 Thursday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE ABBEY GRANGE — Sherlock

Holmes (Jeremy Brett) is called to investigate a brutal murder, but on arrival at the scene, the case seems to have been solved. Holmes, however, is uneasy about the outcome. Repeats Fri 8/26, 1pm

9:00 AGATHA CHRISTIE’S POIROT: PROBLEM AT SEA — Cruising around the Mediterranean, Poirot (David Suchet) and his fellow passengers approach Alexan-dria. Colonel Clapperton, whose overbearing wife has earned him some sympathy, disembarks for a trip around the port. He invites his wife to join him, but her brusque rejection is clearly overheard by Poirot and others. Later that evening, Mrs. Clapperton is mur-dered, and Poirot investigates. Repeats Fri 8/26, 2pm

9:52 AGATHA CHRISTIE’S POIROT: THE INCREDIBLE THEFT — Pre-war Britain is striving to produce a new fighter aircraft, and Minister for Armaments Lord Mayfield invites Air Marshall Carrington to his country home to discuss the secret plans. Due to the high security risk, Chief Inspector Japp (Philip Jackson) has the estate patrolled by police but a vital design sheet is somehow spirited out of the house. Poirot is on hand to track down the thief. Repeats Fri 8/26, 3pm

10:44 PRIME SUSPECT, SERIES IV: THE LOST CHILD — Helen Mirren stars as Detective Jane Tennison — a top-notch London crimefighter battling to prove herself in a male-dominated profession. Part 2 of 2. D.C.I. Tennison investigates a child’s death, which points to a convicted child molester who has completed his prison sentence and who lives with a woman and her two young daugh-ters and is keeping his dark past a secret. The man’s counselor, however, believes he is innocent. Repeats Fri 8/26, 4pm


26 Friday 8:00 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL AND NATIONAL

JOURNAL — Moderator and managing editor Gwen Ifill leads a discussion by a panel of journalists on the news events of the week. Repeats Sat 8/27, 6:30pm

8:30 INSIDE WASHINGTON — Host Gordon Peterson moder-ates a roundtable discussion of the news of the week. Repeats Sat 8/27, 6pm

9:00 RESTORING GENIUS: THE ART OF AGNOLO BRONZINO — A film follows art restorers at work in Italy as it spot-lights the life and accomplishments of 16th-century Florentine painter Agnolo Bronzino, court artist to Cosimo de’ Medici and a leading poet of his day. Repeats Sun 8/29, 1:30pm

10:00 LIFE IN A WAR ZONE: MONTGOMERY COUNTY — See the Monday, August 22, 10 p.m. listing.

11:00 NEED TO KNOW — A cross-media news and public affairs magazine culls stories from the best of the week’s online reporting. Alison Stewart hosts.

12M CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

27 Saturday ON WETA TV 26, 6AM–6PM. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD listings. 6AM–9AM WETA KIDS PROGRAMMING 9:00 EASTENDERS — (two episodes, simulcast on WETA TV 26

and WETA HD) Repeats Fridays, 5pm 10:00 THE THIS OLD HOUSE HOUR 11:00 SIMPLY MING 11:30 PATI’S MEXICAN TABLE 12N GOURMET’S DIARY OF A FOODIE 12:30 MADE IN SPAIN 1:00 CHEF JOHN BESH’S NEW ORLEANS 1:30 EVERYDAY FOOD 2:00 SARA’S WEEKNIGHT MEALS 2:30 BAKING WITH JULIA 3:00 LIDIA’S ITALY 3:30 IN JULIA’S KITCHEN WITH MASTER CHEFS 4:00 JACQUES PÉPIN: MORE FAST FOOD MY WAY! 4:30 COOK’S COUNTRY FROM AMERICA’S TEST KITCHEN 5:00 AMERICA’S TEST KITCHEN FROM COOK’S ILLUSTRATED 5:30 RICK STEVES’ EUROPE SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–11:30PM: 6:00 INSIDE WASHINGTON — R 6:30 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL AND NATIONAL

JOURNAL — R 7:00 AS TIME GOES BY/KEEPING UP APPEARANCES 8:00 DOC MARTIN, SERIES I — Part 2 of 6. Gentlemen Prefer. 8:47 DOC MARTIN, SERIES I — Part 3 of 6. Sh*t Happens. 9:33 THE WETA MOVIE: HOW I WON THE WAR — In Richard

Lester’s 1967 comedy, John Lennon and Roy Kinnear portray misfit British soldiers during World War II, serving under the inept command of Lieutenant Earnest Goodbody — played by Michael Crawford. (1:49) Repeats Sun 8/28, 11:30am

28 Sunday ON WETA TV 26, 6AM–7PM. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD listings. 6AM–9AM WETA KIDS PROGRAMMING 9:00 WHITE HOUSE CHRONICLES 9:30 TO THE CONTRARY WITH BONNIE ERBE 10:00 THIS IS AMERICA WITH DENNIS WHOLEY 10:30 RELIGION AND ETHICS NEWSWEEKLY 11:00 ROGER EBERT PRESENTS AT THE MOVIES 11:30 THE WETA MOVIE: HOW I WON THE WAR — (1:49) R 1:30 RESTORING GENIUS: THE ART OF AGNOLO BRONZINO

— R 2:30 LIFE IN A WAR ZONE: MONTGOMERY COUNTY — R 3:30 EDEN AT THE END OF THE WORLD — R 4:30 PBS PREVIEWS: PROHIBITION — Filmmakers Ken

Burns and Lynn Novick offer a sneak preview of their new film Prohibition, a co-production with WETA that premieres in October on WETA TV 26 and WETA HD and public television stations nationwide. The film explores the story of America’s “Great Experiment,” going beyond the oft-told tales of gangsters, rum runners,

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flappers and speakeasies to relate the rise, rule and fall of the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Repeats Wed 8/31, 5pm

5:00 GLOBE TREKKER — Peru & Amazon. Repeats Mon 8/29, 1:30pm

6:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: HARTFORD, CT — R SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 7PM–12M: 7:00 NATURE: FELLOWSHIP OF THE WHALES — A film

presents the story of the first year in a humpback whale’s life. With her mother, she makes the long journey from her birthplace in the subtropical waters in Hawaii to summer feeding grounds in the cold seas off Alaska’s southeast coast. Before the youngster sets out on her own, she encounters the seas’ dangers, and she must learn to use her flippers and tail to announce herself and to communicate with other whales. {DVI}

8:00 NATURE: IS THAT SKUNK? — Intrepid researchers and cameramen track skunks day and night in locations such as California, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Ohio and even Martha’s Vineyard, uncovering how they hunt, forage, mate and raise amazingly cute babies. {DVI} Repeats 8/30, 1pm

9:00 MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: INSPECTOR LEWIS, SERIES III: THE DEAD OF WINTER — Kevin Whately returns as Inspector Lewis in the popular detective series. Lewis and his young partner, Deputy Sergeant Hathaway (Laurence Fox) continue solving cases in the seemingly perfect academic haven of Oxford. The Dead of Winter. The discovery of a body on an Oxford bus leads Lewis and Hathaway to a sprawling Oxford estate where Hathaway spent much of his childhood. Guest stars include Nathaniel Parker (The Inspector Lynley Mysteries) as a house guest with suspiciously close ties to the estate owner’s wife. Repeats Mon 8/29, 2:30pm

10:30 THE WETA MYSTERY: INSPECTOR LEWIS, SERIES III: DARK MATTER — When the Master of Gresham College, an amateur astronomer, is found dead at the foot of the University Observatory stairs, Oxford sleuths Lewis and Hathaway find that the finger of suspicion points at the staff. Repeats Mon 8/29, 4pm

29 Monday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: HARTFORD, CT — Repeats

Tue 8/30, 2pm; Wed 8/31, 1pm 9:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: LAS VEGAS, NV — Repeats

Tue 8/30, 3pm; Wed 8/31, 2pm 10:00 THE WETA GUIDE TO MONTGOMERY COUNTY —

A WETA TV 26 production explores the communities, activities and history of Montgomery County, Maryland, from smaller municipalities such as the town of Boyds, established to house workers of the B&O railroad

in the late 1800s, to modern bustling suburbs such as Bethesda, with its trendy shops and restaurants. Repeats Tue 8/30, 4pm; Wed 8/31, 3pm


30 Tuesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 SANDWICHES THAT YOU WILL LIKE — Filmmaker

Rick Sebak celebrates outstanding eateries and their sandwich offerings in locations around the country.

9:00 HISTORY DETECTIVES — The team of sleuths explores the story behind objects and antiques. Spotlighted are a White House photographer’s camera possibly used during the Truman years; a child’s doll that families of the Confederate South may have used to smuggle medicine past a Northern blockade; and a 15th-century map with French, English and Spanish labels that may shed light on Florida’s history. Repeats Wed 8/31, 4pm

10:00 FRONTLINE: THE MAN WHO KNEW — FBI counter-terrorism agent John O’Neill sounded alarms about a major attack on America by Bin Laden before becoming head of security at the World Trade Center and perish-ing there on September 11, 2001.


31 Wednesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 NOVA: BECOMING HUMAN: FIRST STEPS — NOVA in-

vestigates discoveries that are transforming the picture of how humans developed from early hominids. Part 1 of 3. Part one explores fresh clues about our earliest ancestors in Africa, including the stunningly complete fossil nicknamed “Lucy’s Child.” These three-million-year-old bones from Ethiopia reveal humanity’s oldest and most telltale trait — upright walking, rather than a big brain. {DVI}

9:00 NOVA: BECOMING HUMAN: BIRTH OF HUMANITY — Part 2 of 3. The second program tackles the mysteries of how our ancestors managed to survive in a savannah teeming with vicious predators, and when and why they first left the African cradle to colonize the earth. {DVI}

10:00 NOVA: BECOMING HUMAN: LAST HUMAN STANDING — Part 3 of 3. In the final program, NOVA probes a wave of dramatic new evidence — based partly on cutting-edge DNA analysis — that reveals new insights into how we became the creative and “behaviorally modern” humans of today, and what really happened to the enig-matic Neanderthals who faded into extinction. {DVI}


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MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ON THE WETA KIDS CHANNEL

Between the Lions, 6amClifford The Big Red Dog, 6:30amSuper WHY!, 7amArthur, 7:30amMartha Speaks, 8amCurious George, 8:30amThe Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About

That!, 9amWordGirl, 9:30amWordWorld, 10amDinosaur Train, 10:30amWild Kratts, 11amThe Electric Company, 11:30amSid the Science Kid, noonA Place of Our Own, 12:30pmSesame Street, 1pmMister Rogers’ Neighborhood, 2pmAngelina Ballerina, 2:30pmPeep and the Big Wide World, 3pmMaya & Miguel, 3:30pmArthur, 4pm

WordGirl, 4:30pmFetch!, 5pm Wild Kratts, 5:30pmSuper WHY!, M–Th, 6pmMartha Speaks, M–Th, 6:30pm (Mama Mirabelle on Fridays)Curious George, 7pmZula Patrol, 7:30pmThe Electric Company, 8pmSid the Science Kid, 8:30pmBiz Kid$, 9pmBarney & Friends, 9:30pmSesame Street, 10pmBob the Builder, 11pmThomas & Friends, 11:30pmCaillou, midnight

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WETA Kids offers safe programming for our young viewers, presenting educational television broadcasts 24 hours each day, seven days a week. Below you can fi nd weekday daytime listings for WETA Kids. Note that children’s programming also airs each morning on WETA TV 26. Please visit weta.org/kids to fi nd complete schedules of children’s programs on the WETA Kids channel and WETA TV 26.

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Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps

airs 2:30 p.m., weekdays on the WETA Kids channelBased on the original best-selling children’s book series by author Katharine Holabird and illustrator Helen Craig, the computer-animated Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps follows eight-year-old mouseling Angelina — who dreams of being a prima ballerina — as she studies at a performing arts school, Camembert Academy. The series for four-to-seven-year-old children fi nds Angelina making new friends, facing challenges, and experiencing various forms of music and dance including ballet, modern, tap, jazz, opera, ballroom, and hip hop, as well as ethnic music and dance from around the world. Each episode also includes Camem-bert’s Shining Stars, a live-action interstitial featuring young performers who demon-strate their love of music and dance. With an arts education curriculum developed by dance instructors and music education specialists, Angelina Ballerina introduces kids to the joys of movement, artistic expression, musicality, imagination and coordination.

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WEEKDAYS ON WETA TV 26 Sesame Street, 5amClifford The Big Red Dog, 6amSuper WHY!, 6:30amArthur, 7amMartha Speaks, 7:30amCurious George, 8amThe Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot

About That!, 8:30amWordGirl, 9amWordWorld, 9:30amDinosaur Train, 10amWild Kratts, 10:30amThe Electric Company, 11amSid the Science Kid, 11:30am

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Among the programs you’ll fi nd on WETA Create are:

CULINARY ADVENTURES

America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated

Avec EricBaking with JuliaCiao ItaliaCook’s Country from America’s Test

KitchenEveryday FoodFood Trip with Todd EnglishJacques Pépin: More Fast Food My WayLidia’s Italy Made in SpainPati’s Mexican TableSara’s Weeknight MealsSimply MingVine Talk

ARTS & CRAFTS

The Best of the Joy of PaintingFons & Porter’s Love of QuiltingGary Spetz’s Painting Wild PlacesLap Quilting with Georgia BonesteelMartha’s Sewing RoomOne Stroke Painting with Donna

Dewberry

HOME & GARDEN

American WoodshopAsk This Old HouseFor Your HomeGarden SmartHometimeKatie Brown WorkshopP. Allen Smith’s Garden HomeP. Allen Smith’s Garden to TableThis Old HouseVictory GardenWoodwright’s Shop

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

Growing Bolder

TRAVEL & CULTURE

Burt Wolf: Travels & TraditionsGlobe TrekkerMusic VoyagerPassport to AdventureRick Steves’ EuropeSeasoned TravelerSmart Travels—Europe with

Rudy MaxaTravelscope

Visit weta.org/create for complete listings of “how-to”

programs on WETA Create.

P. Allen Smith’s Garden to Tableairs Wednesdays and Sundays at 8 a.m.

and 2 p.m. on WETA CreateFollowing in the footsteps of his popular public television series P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home, acclaimed lifestyle expert and garden designer P. Allen Smith presents a new series that offers tips on how to com-bine the gardening and dining experience. Smith features growing tips, seasonal recipes and decorating ideas designed to help incorporate the garden-to-table concept into one’s lifestyle. Highlights of P. Allen Smith’s Garden to Table include a tour of Smith’s orchard, an episode dedicated to the world of eggs, fruit recipes, everything you want to know about salad greens and how to turn even the smallest space into a mini farm—beehive included. Smith also welcomes guest chefs who are stars in the local food movement to demonstrate recipes with ingredients from his garden. All of the featured recipes contain fresh-from-the-garden produce, with some dishes (black-berry jam cake) honoring Smith’s Southern heritage.

WETA Create presents “how-to” lifestyle programming, 24 hours each day, seven days a week, featuring public television’s fi nest series devoted to explorations of home improvement, cooking, crafts, travel, woodworking, painting, gardening and much more. This channel draws on more than 35 series. For a complete schedule of WETA Create programming, please visit weta.org/create.

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Coastal Cooking with John Shields

airs Tuesdays and Thursdays at 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. beginning August 11 on WETA CreateChef John Shields, a nationally acclaimed expert in regional American

coastal cuisine and a culinary ambassador of the Chesapeake Bay, embarks on a culinary odyssey in Coastal Cooking with John Shields, exploring the cuisine of United States coastal regions. Each episode spotlights a different region — such as the shores of the Gulf States, New England, the Mid-Atlantic, the Pacifi c Northwest and the West Coast — and Shields is joined in the kitchen by guest chefs including Nathalie Dupree and Michelle Bernstein, who specialize in each area’s regional culinary and cultural

traditions. Guests also include fi shermen, innkeepers, local luminaries and cook-book authors. Organized like a meal, each episode features three recipes, plus an easy-to-prepare snack. The recipes naturally feature seafood from the coastal areas, but also meat, poultry, game, fruits and vegetables.

Funding for Coastal Cooking with John Shieldsis provided by Phillips Foods and Gertrude’s Restaurant.

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The John E. Marlow Guitar Series debuts on Classical WETA 90.9 FM’s local concert series Front Row Washingtonon Monday, August 15 at 9 p.m. with a recital by Trio Bolero recorded last January at Bethesda’s Westmoreland Congregational Church. Guitarists Miroslav Loncar and Nataša Klasinc, and cellist Rebekah Johnson comprise Trio Bolero, who for this recital present their own transcriptions of works by Vivaldi, Rachmaninoff, Bartók, and Fauré.

The John E. Marlow Guitar Series is a project of the International Conservatory of Music, a non-profi t organiza-tion dedicated to enriching the musical life of residents of metropolitan Washington, D.C. The guitar series began in 1993 in tribute to John Marlow (1939–1992), a composer, performer and educator who was on the faculty of the American University and who inspired and assisted legions of area guitarists.

On Monday, August 29 at 9 p.m., Front Row Washingtongives a parting nod to summer vacation with The Fessenden Ensemble’s concert — called “American Travels”— at Washington’s National City Christian Church. In addition

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John Chester, afternoons/overnights • Nicole Lacroix, evenings And hosting on the weekend: Jean Inaba, mornings • Judy Gruber, afternoons • Chip Brienza, evenings

Special Programming: Mon–Fri at 7 p.m.: PBS NewsHour Mondays at 9 p.m.: Front Row Washington Saturdays at 1 p.m.: Classical WETA Opera House Sundays at 6 p.m.: From the Top Sundays at 9 p.m.: Choral Showcase

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Classical WETA 90.9 FM’s weekly Sunday night, 9 p.m. broadcast Choral Showcase this month focuses on the “Other” category of choral music items. On the August 14 program, Classical WETA airs Prokofi ev’s music for Ivan the Terrible. After the success of Alexander Nevsky (the cantata from which we heard last month on Choral Showcase), fi lmmaker Sergei Eisenstein and Prokofi ev collaborated again. Neeme Järvi conducts the Ivan music scheduled for air. On Sunday, August 21, the broadcast celebrates the great choral conductor Robert Shaw, but this time his pencil rather than baton. Scheduled on Classical WETA is his English adaptation of Brahms’s German Requiem. The following week, on Sunday, August 28, it’s yet a different focus as Choral Showcase spotlights Heinrich Schütz’s setting of “How Lovely are They Tabernacles” (which is the text for the beautifully settled center movement of the Brahms composition), plus Schütz’s German Burial Mass, which, like Brahms’s German Requiem, uses text from various sources instead of the Catholic “Mass for the Dead.”

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to Libby Larsen’s 1989 composition Black Birds, Red Hills: A Portrait of Six Paintings of Georgia O’Keeffe, The Fessenden Ensemble performs a fl ute and string arrangement of John Corigliano’s 1983 composition Voyage — an instrumental version of a 1971 choral work — and a complete perform-ance of the original ballet version for chamber ensemble of Samuel Barber’s Medea, Op. 23 (Cave of the Heart).

Front Row Washington airs each Monday night on Classical WETA — for details, visit classicalweta.org.

Classical WETA Opera HouseOperas air Saturdays at 1 p.m.

on Classical WETA 90.9 FMAug. 6: Donizetti’s Anna Bolena (Vienna State Opera)with Anna Netrebko; Evelino Pidò, conductor

Aug. 13: Massenet’s Werther (Vienna State Opera)Frederic Chaslin, conductor

Aug. 20: Verdi’s Nabucco (Teatro dell’Opera, Rome)Riccardo Muti, conductor

Aug. 27: Massenet’s Hérodiade (Flanders Opera, Ghent)Dmitri Jurowski, conductor

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