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DECEMBER 2023

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EXPLORE GBH Chief Editor Barbara Ayotte Contributors Ron Bachman, Mary Crotty, Elizabeth He, Andrea Morris, Daphne Northrop Designers Tong-Mei Chan, Amy Saidens Production Manager Heidi Lewis Associate Creative Director Alison Kennedy Senior Creative Director Piper Rankine

DRAMA Doc Martin In Season 10, Martin finally admits that he wants to be a doctor again

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ON THE COVER Call the Midwife Holiday Special 2023 The midwives of Nonnatus House prepare for another festive holiday celebration.

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JOURNALISM A year after the Uvalde shooting, FRONTLINE documents the community’s efforts to heal

HISTORY & CULTURE

WHAT’S ON

Tony® Awardwinning Disney and Broadway star Lea Salonga and renowned actor Sir David Suchet shine in Season of Light: Christmas with The Tabernacle Choir

Primetime schedules for GBH 2, GBH 44, GBH Create and GBH WORLD

INSIDE

SCIENCE Celebrate 18 species of penguins from New Zealand, Cape Town, the Galapagos Islands and Antarctica

LIVING Join Chef Lidia Bastianich and her family and friends as they celebrate her 25 years on public television

LOOK FOR THIS MONTH’S: HIDDEN GEM

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

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COMING IN JANUARY All Creatures Great and Small, Season Four

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LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION!

Doc Martin

drama

more drama HIDDEN GEM MASTERPIECE

Around the World in 80 Days Marathon

Set sail in Jules Verne’s iconic hot air balloon with Phileas Fogg, Passepartout and Fix in a thrilling, modern adaptation of the classic adventure novel Around the World in 80 Days, starring David Tennant. Tue (12/12) at 8pm, 9pm, 10pm on GBH 44 Repeats: Sat (12/16) at 8pm, 9pm, 10pm on GBH 2 Sat (12/16) at 11pm on GBH 2 Repeat: Tue (12/19) at 8pm on GBH 44 Tue (12/19) at 9pm, 10pm on GBH 44 Repeats: Sat (12/23) at 8pm, 9pm on GBH 2

Traces Mondays at 9pm on GBH 44 Halifax: Retribution Mondays at 10pm, 10:45pm on GBH 44

MASTERPIECE/Guilt Thu (12/7, 12/14) at 9pm, 10pm on GBH 44 MASTERPIECE/ The Long Song Wed (12/13, 12/20, 12/27) at 10pm on GBH 44 MASTERPIECE/ Tom Jones Thu (12/21, 12/28) at 9pm, 10pm on GBH 44

MASTERPIECE

James Herriot and crew deal with sick animals, eccentric farmers, courtship and strict government mandates. Change is the order of the day as professional and emotional relationships mature in the rural Yorkshire veterinary practice immortalized by author James Herriot’s charming stories. Get ready for Season Four with this marathon. Sun (12/17, 12/24) at 9pm, 10pm, 11pm on GBH 2 Repeats: Sat (12/30) at 3pm–9pm on GBH 2

Season 10 Wed (12/13, 12/20, 12/27) at 9pm on GBH 44 Repeats: Mon (12/18, 12/25) at 6pm on GBH 44

Hope Street Thursdays at 8pm on GBH 44

Sat (12/23) at 10pm, 11pm on GBH 2 Repeats: Tue (12/26) at 8pm, 9pm on GBH 44

All Creatures Great and Small Season Three Marathon

It’s been a year since Martin (Martin Clunes) resigned his medical license, and Louisa is now the one seeing patients for her child counseling practice. When the mother of one of Louisa’s patients presents serious symptoms and refuses to allow Martin to examine her, he finally admits that he wants to be a doctor again.

Call the Midwife Holiday Special 2023 and Marathon

Watch a reprise of the last four Call the Midwife holidays specials, from 2019-2022. Two air on Christmas Eve and the other two on Christmas Day. For this year’s holiday special, a treacherous heavy snowfall may complicate the holiday celebrations for the midwives of Nonnatus House. Sun–Mon (12/24–12/25) at 2pm, 3:30pm on GBH 2 Mon (12/25) at 8pm, 9:30pm on GBH 2 Repeats: Tue (12/26) at 12pm on GBH 44 Sat (12/30) at 10pm on GBH 2

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FOR THE RECORD

more journalism

journalism

BBC News America Mon–Fri (12/11– 12/29) at 5:30pm on GBH 2 PBS NewsHour Mon–Fri at 6pm on GBH 2 Greater Boston Mon–Thu at 7pm on GBH 2

FRONTLINE

Inside the Uvalde Response

FRONTLINE, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune examine the real-time accounts of the response, missteps and trauma in the Uvalde school shooting. Using official body cam and audio, this film presents a reconstruction of the chaotic response at Robb Elementary and the lessons learned. Tue (12/5) at 10pm on GBH 2

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Talking Politics Fridays at 7pm on GBH 2 Repeats: Fridays at 8:30pm on GBH 44 FRONTLINE/ Discord Leaker Tue (12/12) at 10pm on GBH 2

HIDDEN GEM AMERICA REFRAMED

Sapelo

Journey to Sapelo, a unique American island off the Georgia coast, to hear the story of its matriarchal griot Cornelia Walker Bailey and her adopted sons who are coming of age in the last remaining enclave of the Saltwater Geechee people. Winner of a 2023 Daytime Emmy® for Short Form Program. Thu (12/21) at 8pm on GBH WORLD

FRONTLINE/ Shattered Dreams of Peace: The Road from Oslo Fri (12/15) at 9:30pm on GBH 44

America at a Crossroads with Judy Woodruff

Judy Woodruff sets out to explore how America arrived at this fractured political state and offers possible solutions, through travel and conversations with voters and local and national politicians, as well as discussions with writers, historians, religious and community leaders and policy experts. Tue (12/19) at 9pm on GBH 2 Repeat: Fri (12/22) at 10:30pm on GBH 44

POV

How to Have an American Baby

This film, told through a series of intimately observed vignettes, tells the story of a hidden global economy catering to Chinese tourists who travel to the U.S. to give birth in order to obtain citizenship. Witness the fortunes and tragedies that befall ordinary people caught up in this web. Mon (12/11) at 10pm on GBH 2

science

DISCOVERY ZONE

NATURE

Santa’s Wild Home

Get an intimate look at the wildlife of Lapland, a region in northern Finland, the fabled home of Santa Claus and actual home of reindeer, great gray owls, wolverines, eagles, wolves, musk oxen, brown bears and more. Wed (12/20) at 8pm on GBH 2 Repeat: Sat (12/23) at 8pm on GBH 44

more science Supernature— Wild Flyers Mon–Wed (12/11, 12/12, 12/13) at 3pm on GBH 2 NATURE/American Arctic Wed (12/13) at 4pm on GBH 2 NATURE/Canada: Surviving The Wild North Sat (12/16) at 8pm on GBH 44 Great Polar Bear Feast Sun (12/17) at 10pm on GBH 44 NOVA/Building Wonders: Hagia Sophia—Istanbul’s Ancient Mystery Wed (12/20) at 9pm on GBH 2

NOVA

Alaskan Dinosaurs

NOVA/Decoding the Great Pyramid Wed (12/27) at 9pm on GBH 2

Great Yellowstone Thaw

Journey with Kirk Johnson to Yellowstone, where wolves, grizzlies, beavers and great gray owls survive one of the greatest seasonal changes on the planet. As the temperature swings 140 degrees, cameras capture how the animals cope. Wed (12/13, 12/20, 12/27) at 10pm on GBH 2

HIDDEN GEM NATURE

Penguins: Meet the Family

Celebrate one of Earth’s most iconic and beloved birds in this documentary, featuring, for the first time, all 18 species of penguins, from New Zealand, Cape Town, the Galapagos Islands and Antarctica. Wed (12/27) at 8pm on GBH 2 Repeat: Thu (12/28) at 12pm on GBH 44

A team of intrepid paleontologists discovers that dinosaurs thrived in the unlikeliest of places—the cold and dark of winter in the Arctic Circle. How did they survive yearround and raise their young in frigid and dark winter conditions? Wed (12/27) at 9pm on GBH 2 Repeat: Mon (12/18) at 6pm on GBH 44

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living

HOME AND AWAY

Mary Berry’s Highland Christmas

Mary Berry spends Christmas in her mother’s homeland of Scotland enjoying a winter break, soaking up her Scottish heritage and enjoying traditional festive delights with familiar faces, as well as cooking up some of her own favorite dishes. Mon (12/18) at 9pm on GBH 2 Repeats: Sun (12/24) at 7pm on GBH 2 Tue (12/26) at 8pm on GBH 2

more living

STORIES FROM THE STAGE

Cook’s Country Sat (12/16) at 3:30pm on GBH 2

Families are woven into the fabric of society. While some families are tied together by biology, others are created when people welcome children into their hearts and homes through adoption. Betsy Komjathy helps her teenage son make contact with his birth mother; Dan Dahari tells his story of being smuggled out as an infant from Mexico, and Paul Brouillette’s relationship with his mom takes a twist when he adopts a baby boy. Three storytellers, three interpretations of family.

Conscious Living Sun (12/17, 12/24, 12/31) at 11am on GBH 2 Simply Ming Sun (12/17, 12/24) at 2pm on GBH 44 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television Sun (12/17, 12/24) at 2:30pm on GBH 44 Ask This Old House Sun (12/17, 12/24) at 5:30pm on GBH 44 The French Chef Sat (12/23) at 12:30pm–6:30pm on GBH 2

25 Years with Lidia: A Culinary Jubilee

Beloved Chef Lidia Bastianich is celebrating 25 years on public television. With one of the longest running cooking shows on PBS, Lidia is also an acclaimed restaurateur and a bestselling cookbook author. Join Lidia’s family and celebrity friends to get an intimate look at the memorable moments of her life both on and off screen. Mon (12/18) at 8pm on GBH 2 Repeat: Sun (12/24) at 9pm on GBH 44

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Finding Family

Mon (12/4) at 9:30pm on GBH WORLD Repeat: Sun (12/10) at 10:30am on GBH 2

HIDDEN GEM AMERICA REFRAMED

By Water

An unlikely hero’s journey into his own memories becomes a vehicle for reconciliation and healing for himself and his sibling. This animated short film was nominated for the Short Film Grand Jury Prize at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. Thu (12/14) at 8pm on GBH WORLD Repeat: Sat (12/16) at 10pm on GBH WORLD

THEN AND NOW

Opera Bash 2023

The latest edition of our annual marathon of Metropolitan Opera productions features the work of Verdi, Strauss, Giordano, Mozart, Wagner and more. Sat–Sun (12/30– 12/31) at 12pm on GBH 44

Lookingglass Alice

This critically acclaimed and muchbeloved theatrical adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking-Glass is innovatively physical, dazzlingly comedic and deeply touching, steeped in circus arts and acrobatic thrills that honor and embody Carroll’s dreamlike vision.

more history & culture

Fri (12/15) at 9pm on GBH 2 Repeats: Sun (12/17) at 1pm on GBH 2 Mon (12/18) at 12pm on GBH 44

Finding Your Roots Tue (12/12, 12/26) at 4pm on GBH 2 Iconic America: Our Symbols and Stories with David Rubenstein Sat (12/16, 12/23) at 9pm on GBH 44 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip Sun (12/17, 12/24) at 12pm on GBH 44

HIDDEN GEM

Agatha Christie: Lucy Worsley on the Mystery Queen

Anthony Williams’ Urban Nutcracker Thu (12/21) at 9pm on GBH 2

Lucy Worsley (above) discovers the origins of Agatha Christie’s macabre magic and, with some compelling characters, uncovers carefully concealed secrets.

Lucy Worsley’s 12 Days of Tudor Christmas Sat (12/23) at 7pm on GBH 44

Cat Among the Pigeons Sun (12/3, 12/17) at 8pm on GBH 2

Season of Light: Christmas with The Tabernacle Choir

Tony® Award-winning Disney and Broadway star Lea Salonga (below) and renowned actor Sir David Suchet shine in this holiday special that weaves together inspirational music with a hope-filled story from World War II to welcome the spirit of the season. Tue (12/12) at 8pm on GBH 2 Repeat: Fri (12/22) at 9pm on GBH 2

Craft In America Fri (12/29) at 9pm, 10pm on GBH 2

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(7:30) Member Favorites Hope Street Season Two, Episode Five America ReFramed Hayden & Her Family Milk Street Television Dooky Chase Kitchen

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J. Taboulie’s Lebanese Kitchen

America ReFramed Geographies of Kinship Richard Bangs’ Adventures with a Purpose Egypt

Richard Bangs’ Adventures with Purpose Assam India Halifax: Retribution Episode One PBS NewsHour Rick Steves’ Europe Afro-Latino Travels Frontline Inside the Uvalde Response PBS NewsHour Rick Steves’ Europe

Travelscope

Luna & Sophie Lost Sons PBS NewsHour Rick Steves’ Europe

Family Travel w/ Colleen Kelly

Masterpiece Guilt, Season One, Episode One Masterpiece Guilt, Season One, Episode Two Absence/Presence Our American Family: The Mays PBS NewsHour America’s Test Kitchen Milk Street Television Rick Steves’ Europe Travelscope

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8pm 8:30pm 9pm 9:30pm (7:30) Member Favorites Washington Week with the… Talking Politics Member Favorites (7pm) The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song Part 1 America’s Test Kitchen Dooky Chase Kitchen Sara’s Weeknight Meals America’s Test Kitchen (11am) Member Favorites (11am) Member Favorites (7pm) The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song Part 2 The Great American Recipe Best of the Joy of Painting Best of the Joy of Painting Agatha Christie: Lucy Worsley on the Mystery Queen Cat Among the Pigeons Member Favorites (11am) Member Favorites Nature Soul of the Ocean The Brain Revolution The Great American Recipe Sara’s Weeknight Meals America’s Test Kitchen (7:30) Member Favorites Midsomer Murders Season 22, Happy Families, Part Two Traces Season One, Episode Two (7pm) Inside the Vatican FILMS BYKIDS Stories from the Stage America’s Test Kitchen Dooky Chase Kitchen Milk Street Television J. Taboulie’s Lebanese Kitchen (7:30) Member Favorites Member Favorites Expedition with Steve Backshall Oman - Desert Canyon Expedition with Steve Backshall Greenland - Frozen Frontier Milk Street Television Dooky Chase Kitchen Cook’s Country Essential Pepin (7:30) Member Favorites The Hour Fallout Secrets of Her Majesty's Secret Service POV An Act of Worship POV Shorts The Calling Lidia’s Kitchen Dooky Chase Kitchen America’s Test Kitchen Milk Street Television

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(7:30) Member Favorites Washington Week with the… Talking Politics Firing Line with M. Hoover POV Let The Little Light Shine American Experience Billy Graham America’s Test Kitchen Paint This with Jerry Yarnell Make Your Mark Painting with Wilson Bickford (11am) Member Favorites (11am) Member Favorites Tyrus Wong: American Masters POV Shorts Le Frere The Great American Recipe Best of the Joy of Painting Best of the Joy of Painting Agatha Christie: Lucy Worsley on the Mystery Queen Destination Unknown Member Favorites (11am) Member Favorites Nature American Arctic Finding Your Roots Laughing on the Inside The Great American Recipe Make Your Mark Painting with Wilson Bickford Antiques Roadshow Tearjerkers Antiques Roadshow Body of Work Midsomer Murders Season 22, Scarecrow Murders, Part One Traces Season One, Episode Three Sabbath Part Two FILMS BYKIDS Stories from the Stage

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America’s Test Kitchen Knit and Crochet Now Weekends with Yankee J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom Rick Steves’ Europe Afro-Latino Travels Season of Light: Christmas with The Tabernacle Choir CLOWN By Quentin Blake Frontline Discord Leaks Masterpiece Around the World in 80 Days, Episode One Masterpiece Around the World in 80 Days, Episode Two Masterpiece Around the World in 80 Days, Episode Three Expedition with Steve Backshall Suriname - Lost World Expedition with Steve Backshall Mexico - Flooded Caves PBS NewsHour Milk Street Television P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home Craft in America Rick Steves’ Europe Travelscope Member Favorites Great Yellowstone Thaw Jamaica Inn Episode One Doc Martin I Will Survive Masterpiece The Long Song, Episode One (7pm) POV How To Have an American Baby Frontline PBS NewsHour Lidia’s Kitchen J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom Knit and Crochet Now Fons/Porter’s Love of Quilting Rick Steves’ Europe World’s Greatest Cemeteries (7:30) Member Favorites Hope Street, Season Two, Episode Six Masterpiece Guilt, Season One, Episode Three Masterpiece Guilt, Season One, Episode Four America ReFramed By Water America ReFramed Any Given Day PBS NewsHour Milk Street Television Magic of Christmas in Alsace Knit and Crochet Now P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home Rick Steves’ Europe Travelscope Stories from the Stage PBS Arts Talk Lookingglass Alice Washington Week with the… Talking Politics Firing Line with M. Hoover Frontline Shattered Dreams of Peace: The Road from Oslo In Their Own Words Pope Francis Holy Silence PBS NewsHour America’s Test Kitchen Weekends with Yankee Sara’s Weeknight Meals America’s Test Kitchen Cook’s Country Milk Street Television Masterpiece Around the World in 80 Days, Episode One Masterpiece Around the World in 80 Days, Episode Two Masterpiece Around the World in 80 Days, Episode Three Nature Canada: Surviving the Wild North Iconic America: Our Symbols and Stories with D. Rubenstein Iconic America: Our Symbols and Stories with D. Rubenstein Independent Lens The Picture Taker POV Shorts Shut Up and Paint America ReFramed By Water America ReFramed Any Given… The Great American Recipe Best of the Joy of Painting Best of the Joy of Painting Dooky Chase Kitchen Christmastime in New Orleans

PBS NewsHour Weekends with Yankee

J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom

America ReFramed Hayden & Her Family Rick Steves’ European Christmas

Your Health: A Sacred Matter Craft in America POV How To Have an American Baby Halifax: Retribution Episode Three PBS NewsHour

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9pm 9:30pm Masterpiece All Creatures Great and Small, Second Time Lucky Chef’s Life Holiday Special Great Yellowstone Thaw Sara’s Weeknight Meals America’s Test Kitchen Mary Berry’s Highland Christmas Traces Season One, Episode Four FILMS BYKIDS Stories from the Stage Cook’s Country Milk Street Television

10pm 10:30pm Masterpiece All Creatures Great and Small, Honeymoon’s Over Great Polar Bear Feast Connected: A Search for Unity The Rose That Grew From Concrete America’s Test Kitchen Special: Home for the Holidays Antiques Roadshow Out of This World Halifax: Retribution Episode Five PBS NewsHour Rick Steves’ Europe Afro-Latino Travels

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Finding Your Roots Country Roots Masterpiece Around the World in 80 Days, Episode Four Expedition with Steve Backshall Borneo - Dark Shadow Milk Street Television Christmastime in New Orleans Nature Santa’s Wild Home Jamaica Inn Episode Two America at a Crossroads with Judy Woodruff Lidia’s Kitchen European Christmas Markets

America at a Crossroads with Judy Woodruff Masterpiece Around the World in 80 Days, Episode Five Expedition with Steve Backshall Bhutan - White Water New Scandinavian Cooking The Jazzy Vegetarian Nova Building Wonders: Hagia Sophia - Istanbul’s Ancient Mystery Doc Martin One Night Only Frontline Sara’s Weeknight Meals Belton’s New Orleans Kitchen

Frontline Netanyahu, America and the Road to War in Gaza Masterpiece Around the World in 80 Days, Episode Six PBS NewsHour Rick Steves’ Europe Travelscope Great Yellowstone Thaw Masterpiece The Long Song, Episode Two PBS NewsHour Rick Steves’ Europe World’s Greatest Cemeteries

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This Old House Ask This Old House Hope Street Season Two, Episode Seven America ReFramed Sapelo Milk Street Television Sara’s Weeknight Meals Stories from the Stage PBS Arts Talk Washington Week with the… Talking Politics (7pm) A Town Called Victoria America’s Test Kitchen Dooky Chase Kitchen Masterpiece Around the World in 80 Days, Episode Five

Anthony Williams’ Urban Nutcracker Masterpiece Tom Jones, Season One, Episode One Will to Preach America’s Test Kitchen Special: Home for the Holidays Season of Light: Christmas with The Tabernacle Choir Firing Line with M. Hoover Frontline 20 Days in Mariupol A Town Called Victoria Milk Street Television Milk Street Television Masterpiece Around the World in 80 Days, Episode Six

The Urban Nutcracker… Masterpiece Tom Jones, Season One, Episode Two PBS NewsHour Rick Steves’ Europe Travelscope CLOWN By Quentin Blake

Iconic America: Our Symbols and Stories with D. Rubenstein POV Love & Stuff Best of the Joy of Painting Best of the Joy of Painting

Iconic America: Our Symbols and Stories with D. Rubenstein America ReFramed Sapelo America’s Test Kitchen Special: Home for the Holidays

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PBS NewsHour Milk Street Television Milk Street Television Masterpiece Around the World in 80 Days, Episode Seven

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8pm 8:30pm Agatha Christie: Lucy Worsley on the Mystery Queen Unfinished… Nova The Next Pompeii Nature Canada: Surviving The Wild North The Great American Recipe 25 Years with Lidia: A Culinary Jubilee Midsomer Murders Season 22, Scarecrow Murders, Part Two Chaplains Part Two America’s Test Kitchen Christmas on the Danube

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Masterpiece All Creatures Great and Small, What a Balls Up! 25 Years with Lidia: A Culinary Jubilee Nature Santa’s Wild Home No Passport Required Call the Midwife Holiday Special Midsomer Murders Season 22, For Death Prepare, Part One (7pm) Buddha America’s Test Kitchen The Jazzy Vegetarian Mary Berry’s Highland Christmas Masterpiece Around the World in 80 Days, Episode Seven Searching: Our Quest for Meaning in the Age of Science Milk Street Television Karamu: Feast for the 7th Day Nature Penguins: Meet the Family Jamaica Inn Episode Three Independent Lens Mama Bears

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Lidia’s Kitchen Dooky Chase Kitchen Milk Street Television Milk Street Television This Old House Ask This Old House Meredith Willson: America’s Music Man Hope Street, Season Two, Episode Eight Masterpiece Tom Jones, Season One, Episode Three America ReFramed From Here POV Shorts Under G-D Milk Street Television Dooky Chase Kitchen Milk Street Television Milk Street Television Stories from the Stage PBS Art Talk Craft in America Play Washington Week with the… Talking Politics Firing Line with M. Hoover America ReFramed Curtain Up! Earth’s Sacred Wonders Closer to the Divine Earth’s Sacred Wonders Visions of the Divine America’s Test Kitchen Karamu: Feast for the 7th Day Bare Feet with M. Mallozzi Lidia’s Kitchen Masterpiece All Creatures Great and Small, For Whom The Bell Tolls Masterpiece All Creatures Great and Small, Merry Bloody Christmas (6:30) Great Performances… Great Performances at the Met Don Giovanni Backs Against The Wall: The Howard Thurman Story Independent Lens Three Chaplains No Passport Required Best of the Joy of Painting Best of the Joy of Painting

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Member Favorites (7pm) Great Performances at the Met Medea Nature Penguins: Meet The Family No Passport Required

Great Yellowstone Thaw Milk Street Television

Milk Street Television Call the Midwife Holiday Special

Traces Season One, Episode Five FILMS BYKIDS Stories from the Stage Milk Street Television Milk Street Television The Nutcracker and the Mouse King Masterpiece Around the World in 80 Days, Episode Eight Searching: Our Quest for Meaning in the Age of Science Milk Street Television Milk Street Television Nova Decoding the Great Pyramid Doc Martin How Long Has This Been Going On? In the Night I Remember…

Great Yellowstone Thaw Bare Feet with M. Mallozzi

Masterpiece All Creatures Great and Small, Edward Finding Your Roots Country Roots Connected: A Search for Unity The Happy Farmer Weekends with Yankee P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home Halifax: Retribution Episode Seven PBS NewsHour Rick Steves’ Europe Bare Feet with M. Mallozzi CLOWN By Quentin Blake The Trick PBS NewsHour Rick Steves’ Europe Travelscope Great Yellowstone Thaw Masterpiece The Long Song, Episode Three PBS NewsHour Rick Steves’ Europe World’s Greatest Cemeteries Musher Masterpiece Tom Jones, Season One, Episode Four PBS NewsHour Rick Steves’ Europe Travelscope Craft in America Miniatures PBS NewsHour George Hirsch Lifestyle Karamu: Feast for the 7th Day Call the Midwife Holiday Special America ReFramed From Here Richard Bangs’ Adventures with Purpose Basel and Lucerne

Great Performances at the Met Die Zauberflote Connected: A Search for Unity Louisiana Life Lidia’s Kitchen Richard Bangs’ Adventures with Purpose Costa Rica

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To learn more or register for any of our events, visit gbh.org/events

BH invites you to participate in virtual or in-person events where you can engage with experts to learn something new, enjoy a reading with an exciting author or talk with other top-notch talent. Don’t forget: You can also visit our GBH Boston Public Library Studio to see a live taping or attend other community happenings. GBH will keep you informed and entertained with a full calendar of upcoming events.

Charlotte Gray with Passionate Mothers, Powerful Sons Mon (12/4) at 6pm ET (Virtual) In this dual biography of two famous women whose sons changed the course of the 20th century, award-winning historian Charlotte Gray breathes new life into Jennie Jerome Churchill and Sara Delano Roosevelt. Passionate Mothers, Powerful Sons offers a fulsome portrait of how leaders are not just born but made. Register here.

GBH Music presents a Holiday Celebration Wed (12/13) at 7:30pm ET (In-person and Virtual) Get into the holiday spirit by joining GBH Music for a festive evening live from GBH’s Calderwood Studio in Brighton! Come see the Handel and Haydn Youth Choruses Chamber Choir, the Renaissance Men, John Paul McGee’s jazz trio and more. Register here.

Lounge Thursdays featuring Ken Field Trio

Thu (12/7) at 6pm ET (In-person) Join us for an evening of music, wine and food. Come see saxophonist and composer Ken Field perform at the GBH BPL Studio. His work extends from experimental and improvisational brass bands to electronic modern music. His solo releases include a portfolio of layered saxophones and soundtracks for dance and film.

A Java Holiday at GBH Wed (12/20) at 12pm ET (In-person) Join Jimmy Hills and his guests at the GBH BPL Studio for an afternoon of soulful expression. We’ll celebrate the holidays and enjoy conversations with some of Boston’s own local singers, poets and musicians. Register here.

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