Summer is keeping my family busy with trips to the beach, ice cream sampling and projects around the house. When our granddaughter stays with us, and we’ve all had enough activity for the day, we’re happy to know there are great programs on NHPTV that suit the tastes of adults as well as kids. A few items of note: If you’ve been reading the Connections newsletter on your iPad each month, we want you to know we’ve switched to another application that will allow it to be read on all devices, mobile and otherwise. That launches this month and does not require a special app. Look for the link on our schedule page nhptv.org/schedule. And, I have two save-the-dates for you: our special preview of The Roosevelts next month (see box below), and our first NHPTV Family Fun Day here at NHPTV on September 27, complete with PBS characters and lots of fun! Peter Frid, NHPTV President & CEO and NHPTV Member Summer’s Best Join Us For A Preview & Discussion Of The Roosevelts In Manchester Find out how Ken Burns’ producers research and create his documentaries, and hear from Anne Roosevelt, granddaughter of Franklin Delano and Eleanor Roosevelt, at a screening preview of Burns’s new documentary The Roosevelts: An Intimate History at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm’s College September 10th at 7 p.m. This event is free of charge and open to the public, but registration is required as seating is limited. The seven-part, 14-hour film, which premieres on NHPTV September 14, follows Theodore, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt for more than a century. Together, these three individuals not only redefined the relationship Americans had with their government and with each other, but also redefined the role of the U.S. within the world. Info & tickets: nhptv.org/events NEW HAMPSHIRE PUBLIC TELEVISION • nhptv.org Questions or Comments? Call 800-639-8408 or email [email protected]NHPTV Connections August 2014 Documenting America’s Eras Telling the story of America’s politics and causes in unbiased detail is a PBS speciality. In a series of programs this month, this ability shines through in these programs. On Dick Cavett’s Watergate, the 40th anniversary of the Watergate scandal documents it in the words of the people who lived it: from the botched burglary at the Democratic National Headquarters; to the must-see TV of the daily Congressional Watergate hearings; to the ongoing behind-the-scenes battle between the White House and “The Dick Cavett Show,” culminating with the resignation of President Nixon on August 9, 1974. Friday, August 8 • 9 PM on NHPTV PRIME American Masters: Dorothea Lange - Grab A Hunk of Lightning explores, through Lange’s granddaughter’s eyes, the life story of the influential “Migrant Mother” photographer. Never-before- seen photos and film footage, family memories and new interviews reveal the artist who challenged America to know itself. Dorothea Lange’s celebrated photograph “Migrant Mother” is one of the most recognized and arresting images in the world, a haunting portrait that came to represent the suffering of America’s Great Depression. Friday, August 29 at 9:30 PM on NHPTV PRIME POV, (a cinema term for “point of view”) is PBS’ award-winning showcase for independent non-fiction films. This month, there are four POV documentaries airing Monday nights at 10 p.m. POV: 15 to Life: Kenneth’s Story follows a boy’s struggle for redemption in a place that routinely condemns children to die in prison. POV: A World Not Ours explores a Palestinian family’s multi-generational experience as permanent refugees in a passionate, bittersweet account by a Palestinian/Danish director. POV: Big Men offers an unprecedented inside look at the global deal-making and dark underside of energy development in Africa. POV: Mondays at 10 PM on NHPTV PRIME
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Summer is keeping my family busy with trips to the beach, ice cream sampling and projects around the house. When our granddaughter stays with us, and we’ve all had enough activity for the day, we’re happy to know there are great programs on NHPTV that suit the tastes of adults as well as kids.
A few items of note: If you’ve been reading the Connections newsletter on your iPad each month, we want you to know we’ve switched to another application that will allow it to be read on all devices, mobile and otherwise. That launches this month and does not require a special app. Look for the link on our schedule page nhptv.org/schedule.
And, I have two save-the-dates for you: our special preview of The Roosevelts next month (see box below), and our first NHPTV Family Fun Day here at NHPTV on September 27, complete with
PBS characters and lots of fun!
Peter Frid, NHPTV President & CEO and NHPTV Member
Summer’s Best
Join Us For A Preview & Discussion Of The Roosevelts In Manchester
Find out how Ken Burns’ producers research and create his documentaries, and hear from Anne Roosevelt, granddaughter of Franklin Delano and Eleanor Roosevelt, at a screening preview of Burns’s new documentary The Roosevelts: An Intimate History at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm’s College September 10th at 7 p.m. This event is free of charge and open to the public, but registration is required as seating is limited.
The seven-part, 14-hour film, which premieres on NHPTV September 14, follows Theodore, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt for more than a century. Together, these three individuals not only redefined the relationship Americans had with their government and with each other, but also redefined the role of the U.S. within the world. Info & tickets: nhptv.org/events
NEW HAMPSHIRE PUBLIC TELEVISION • nhptv.orgQuestions or Comments? Call 800-639-8408 or email [email protected]
NHPTV Connections August 2014
Documenting America’s ErasTelling the story of America’s politics
and causes in unbiased detail is a PBS speciality. In a series of programs this month, this ability shines through in these programs.
On Dick Cavett’s Watergate, the 40th anniversary of the Watergate scandal documents it in the words of the people who lived it: from the botched burglary at the Democratic National Headquarters; to the must-see TV of the daily Congressional Watergate hearings; to the ongoing behind-the-scenes battle between the White House and “The Dick Cavett Show,” culminating with the resignation of President Nixon on August 9, 1974.Friday, August 8 • 9 PM on NHPTV PRIME
American Masters: Dorothea Lange - Grab A Hunk of Lightning explores, through Lange’s granddaughter’s eyes, the life story of the influential “Migrant Mother” photographer. Never-before-seen photos and film footage, family memories and new interviews reveal the artist who challenged America to know itself.
Dorothea Lange’s celebrated photograph “Migrant Mother” is one of the most recognized and arresting images in the world, a haunting portrait that came to represent the suffering of America’s Great Depression. Friday, August 29 at 9:30 PM on NHPTV PRIME
POV, (a cinema term for “point of view”) is PBS’ award-winning showcase for independent non-fiction films. This month, there are four POV documentaries airing Monday nights at 10 p.m.
POV: 15 to Life: Kenneth’s Story follows a boy’s struggle for redemption in a place that routinely condemns children to die in prison.
POV: A World Not Ours explores a Palestinian family’s multi-generational experience as permanent refugees in a passionate, bittersweet account by a Palestinian/Danish director.
POV: Big Men offers an unprecedented inside look at the global deal-making and dark underside of energy development in Africa. POV: Mondays at 10 PM on NHPTV PRIME
Giuseppe Verdi bicentennial in 2013, Music Director Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic perform a thrilling concert of Verdi’s towering Requiem Mass at the Hollywood Bowl.
On August 22, led for the first time by a guest conductor Christoph Eschenbach, the renowned Vienna Philharmonic returns for another open-air concert in the magnificent gardens of Austria’s Imperial Schönbrunn Palace, a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site. The concert soloist is the acclaimed piano virtuoso Lang Lang. Friday, August 1 9 PM & August 22 9:30 PM on NHPTV PRIME
PBS Previews: The Roosevelts
Patricia Clarkson hosts this behind-the-scenes look at the seven-part series, The Roosevelts: An Intimate History, as filmmaker Ken Burns describes how he brings the story of Theodore, Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt to life. Follow the camera crews into the grand estates and intimate cottages of the Roosevelts. Visit the studio as Burns records the voices of the stars who read the diaries, letters and contemporary accounts of this noteworthy family Burns calls “the most influential family in American history.”. Friday, August 15 • 8:30 PM on NHPTV PRIME
My Wild AffairFollow a 25-year human/
seal friendship that weathered every kind of challenge, including blindness. The Seal Who Came Home is the true story of Andre, a two-day-old wild harbor seal who, in
1961, was rescued from certain death by Harry Goodridge from Rockport, Maine. Over the next 25 years, Andre and Harry established a friendship that brought Andre into the world of humans without Andre’s ever having to sacrifice his wildness. This interspecies friendship weathered every kind of challenge, including, at the end, Andre’s blindness. Wednesday, August 6 • 8 PM on NHPTV PRIME
Operation ManeaterVeterinarian Mark Evans uses
technology to tackle a deadly predator: the great white shark. When these animals attack humans, both sides lose. As more people are killed or maimed, more animals are killed in retaliation. Evans wants to find ways to break this circle
of violence and protect both humans and animals. Follow him as he tries out ingenious high-tech solutions to the most hostile wildlife conflicts on Earth, and finds non-lethal solutions to keep people and sharks safe from each other. Wednesday, August 27 • 10 PM on NHPTV PRIME
Program Top Picks
For complete listings, previews and more go to nhptv.org
Royal ToursIt’s Travel Night! Israel:
The Royal Tour is an unprecedented tour inside the country, with a very special guide: the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu. Hosted by CBS News Travel Editor Peter Greenberg, the program provides unprecedented access inside a sacred land that is at once ancient and modern, with a long history of conflict. Then at 9, watch Mexico: The Royal Tour, with a tour of that country’s extraordinary landmarks by its president. Thursday, August 7 • 8 PM on NHPTV PRIME
Chasing ShackletonIn this three-part series, follow a modern expedition that
re-creates Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Trans-Antarctic Expedition, which launched in 1914. A crew of five intrepid explorers, led by renowned adventurer, scientist and author Tim Jarvis, duplicates Shackleton’s epic sea-and-land voyage in a replica of the original explorers’ lifeboat, James Caird, using
only the tools and supplies his team used. Shackleton’s exploits have have inspired explorers across every continent over many generations. Tuesday, August 12 • 8 - 11 PM on NHPTV PRIME
signature role, playing Agatha Christie’s suave Belgian super-sleuth Hercule Poirot. In this episode of Poirot’s last season of sleuthing, “Dead Man’s Folly,” a wealthy financier and his wife stage a grand party at their new summer home. Poirot is a reluctant guest, urged to attend
by his old friend Ariadne Oliver (Zoë Wanamaker), who suspects the “murder hunt” game may turn out to be real.
Whether he’s on holiday abroad, taking a countryside break or simply going about his business, Poirot exercises his “little grey cells” by helping police investigate crimes and murders - whether they ask for his help or not.Poirot: Dead Man’s Folly • 8/3 at 9 PM on NHPTV PRIME
A medical series with astounding suspense, supreme satire, and smart sixties style, Breathless is a compelling drama about a vanished era. Set in London in 1961, it follows the exploits of doctors, nurses, and spouses connected with a busy obstetrics ward at a National Health Service hospital.
It’s a time when gynecologists are all men and nurses aspire to a trip down the aisle with a good-looking doctor. Abortion is illegal, the Beatles are still nobodies, and society is on the cusp of profound change. And no one seems to have more going for him than Dr. Otto Powell. Breathless • 3 parts • Sundays at 9 PM • 8/24, 8/31 on NHPTV PRIME • continues in September
Time Team America SpecialsPlunge into the grime and glory of real-life archaeology:
epiphany and exhaustion, discovery and disappointment. Through the dirt, the sweat, the dust and the rain, archeologists explore the mysteries of the past through what they find buried below the ground. Part adventure, part hard science, part reality show, Time Team America applies the latest technology and the team’s collective expertise to solving the riddles of the past — against a ticking clock. The team has just three days to find out what it can at each site. Viewers will feel they are right in the trenches with working archeologists as they uncover the artifacts of our past. Coming up:
• Tucked between upscale homes in suburban Maryland are the remains of an 1830’s plantation — once home to Josiah Henson, the slave who inspired Harriet Beecher Stowe’s famous novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin. What remains here of his life and legacy?
• In western Oklahoma, the bones of massive 10,000-year-old bison mingle with the remnants of early man-made weapons. What can these bison bones teach us?
• Camp Lawton, near Milan, Georgia, housed 10,000 Union prisoners at the end of the Civil War. The remains of the camp have long been lost to history.
• The site of what is believed to have been a 1,200-year-old village is located near Mesa Verde, Colorado. What did this settlement look like and how did life here shape human history? Tuesday, 8/19 & 8/26 at 8 PM • on NHPTV PRIME
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