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9:30p ONLY IN THE CASTRO WITH TREVOR HAILEY See Close-up at right for details.

5:00p CALIFORNIA’S GOLDEN PARKS #131 Joshua Tree

10:00p MHZ WORLDVIEW PRESENTS...#518

MAIGRET AND THE LIBERTY BAR In French With English Subtitles 1954 on the Côte d’Azur, a certain Australian is stabbed to death while returning from one of his habitual boozing sessions. Arriving on the scene, Maigret begins his investigation, and discovers that that the suspects range from wife and son, to mistress and barkeeper.

5:30p WHITE HOUSE CHRONICLE #1021 6:00p JOURNAL #4108 6:30p WORLDFOCUS #1171 7:00p EASY THAI COOKING WITH TOMMY TANG #101 7:30p LIDIA’S ITALY #221 Hazelnut Haven

Early Tuesday

12:00a WALL OF SEPARATION 8:00p ELVIS LIVES: THE 25TH The First Amendment—separation of ANNIVERSARY CONCERT politics and religion—is examined to learn A quarter century after his death in 1977, what the Founding Fathers intended Elvis continues to astonish us. Through when they established the nation and the magic of modern technology Elvis wrote the Constitution and Bill of Rights. is reunited with his original TCB band, back-up singers and musical director for 1:00a WIDE ANGLE #501 18 With A Bullet a unique concert special.

In the early 1990s, hundreds of Salvadoran nationals living illegally in the U.S. were deported to their homeland. Some brought L.A. gang culture back with them to a country awash in arms. Discover Vacations and Stay-cation how the gang known as ì18î is helping to make El Salvador one of the most violent and crime-ridden countries in the world.

Tuesday 2 5:00p CALIFORNIA’S GOLDEN PARKS #101 Big Basin 5:30p WILD CHRONICLES #333 6:00p JOURNAL #4109 photo credit: © Rick Tomlinson/Volvo Ocean Race

Volvo Ocean Race 2008-2009 Tune in to this exciting weekly digest of one of yachting's premier racing events. The Volvo Ocean Race, often called the "Everest of Sailing" pits the worlds best sailors against one another as they circle the globe to vie for one of the sport's most highly coveted prizes. Seven high-definition cameras positioned on board the boats captures the high drama of living and racing on the open ocean. Over the course of nine months and 39,000 nautical miles, eight 70-foot yachts battle each other and nature's extremes: mammoth 50-foot waves, stinging snow and sleet, ice-encrusted decks, oppressive equatorial heat, voilent ocean storms and massive icebergs.

Every Monday-Friday June 1- June 26 at 12:00 n & 12:30 pm

6:30p WORLDFOCUS #1172 7:00p FOREIGN EXCHANGE #520 7:30p THINK TANK WITH BEN WATTENBERG #1509 The American Musical, Part 1 8:00p ED SLOTT’S STAY RICH FOR LIFE Tax expert Ed Slott gives advice for creating, managing and keeping family wealth in turbulent times.

9:30p ANSWERS WITHIN WITH DR. ISABEL Renowned psychologist, author and educator Dr. Isabel Gomez-Bassols leads viewers on a journey of self-discovery, sharing her wisdom and insights in her own spirited style laced with compassion and a sprinkling of humor.

June 2009 11:00p D-DAY: THE PRICE OF FREEDOM Follow this tribute to the courageous men who began the liberation of France more than 60 years ago and discover why these aging men remain heroes to the French people.

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Early Wednesday

12:00a WRITING CODE #101 The Greatest Invention 1:00a MHZ WORLDVIEW PRESENTS...#518

MAIGRET AND THE LIBERTY BAR In French With English Subtitles See Mon. 6/1 at 10:00 pm for details.

Wednesday 3 5:00p ANIMAL ATTRACTIONS TV #310 5:30p AMERICA’S HEARTLAND #213 6:00p JOURNAL #4110 6:30p WORLDFOCUS #1173 7:00p DESIGN SQUAD #105 Got Game?

7:30p SECOND OPINION: TAKING CHARGE OF YOUR HEALTHCARE #513 Mind Body Connection 8:00p GREAT PERFORMANCES #3301 Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Festival Chicago A spectacular gathering of blues, rock, and jazz guitar greats perform together on one concert stage in Chicago.

Only In The Castro with Trevor Hailey Follow renown walking tour guide Trevor Hailey (pictured) as she takes San Francisco visitors on a hilarious half hour romp through the backstreets and backstories of the world’s most celebrated gay neighborhood including a stop at Harvey Milk’s real-life camera store location.

Monday June 1 at 9:30 pm

10:30p SINGING LIFE Singing is both a joy and a mystery. Why Early Thursday do we sing? Take a moving look at this uniquely human phenomenon through the eyes and voices of Chanticleer, 12:00a ZORA’S ROOTS the internationally known male choral Examine the life of author and anthroensemble, and teenagers in a small town pologist Zora Neale Hurston, best known high school choir. for her novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, from the subtropical paradise that 11:00p ULTIMATE RESOURCE shaped her childhood and her life's work, In the last 25 years, millions of people— to the place she returned again and again 400 million in China alone—have climbed over the seven decades for research, out of extreme poverty of living on less inspiration and solace. than $1.00 per day. It is the largest movement out of poverty human history. 1:00a WIDE ANGLE #502 Follow individuals and families whose Mixed Blessings entrepreneurial spirits have flourished Take a look at Ireland’s dramatic transwithin free, competitive economies. formation from a poor nation of rolling green fields, farmers’ pubs and devout Catholics to an urbanized, secularized and giddily flush society.

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9:30p HE TOUCHED ME: THE GOSPEL MUSIC OF ELVIS PRESLEY The intensity of Elvis Presley’s love and devotion to gospel music was tested GARDENSTORY: INSPIRING many times by producers and record SPACES, HEALING PLACES #110 label executives, who were later surprised The Garden As Protector Of The Planet: when the Grammys overlooked Presley’s This Missouri Botanical Garden, St. No. 1 hits in favor of three of his best Louis, Missouri gospel performances.

FROM THE TOP: LIVE FROM 11:00p CALIFORNIA’S GOLDEN PARKS CARNEGIE HALL #103 #147 Banjo Makeover The California State Railroad Museum Located in beautiful Old Sacramento and JOURNAL #4111 regarded as one of North America’s finest and most visited railroad museums, The WORLDFOCUS #1174 California State Railroad Museum is also part of the California State Park System.

SCULLY/THE WORLD SHOW #1205 Explore the exhibits and ride beautifully restored railroad cars and locomotives EUROPEAN JOURNAL #2717 that illustrate a railroad history unique to PAUL SIMON: THE LIBRARY OF California and the West.

CONGRESS 11:30p TRACKS AHEAD #610 Paul Simon, one of America’s most Miniature Wonderland respected songwriters and musicians, will Visit Hamburg, Germany to see the be the recipient of the first annual Library largest HO layout in the world and an of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular O gauge layout which models the three Song. This newly created award recogareas of the Grand Canyon state. Meet nizes the profound and positive effect of a man who is a living repository for the popular music on the world’s culture. history of the Northern Pacific Railroad, and head into the hills of Colorado for a most unusual tourist attraction.

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Early Friday

12:00a ROSALIE SORRELS: WAY OUT IN IDAHO Filmed at Bruce Willis’ renovated Liberty Theater in 2005, Rosalie Sorrels has become one of folk music’s most enduring entertainers with a sound that “cuts like a knife and purrs like a kitten.”

Pictured: Huell howser, host of california's golden parks

California's Golden Parks Series The California's Golden Parks series features a visit to a different State Park. With over 260 State Parks containing a diverse collection of natural beauty, history, and a recreational wonderland unmatched anywhere else in the country, we can't get to them all, but we'll have fun trying..

Every Monday and Tuesday at 5:00 pm Thursday June 4 at 11:00 pm

1:00a MYSTERY! #2511 The Inspector Lynley Mysteries IV: In Pursuit Of The Proper Sinner While tackling cases from the wilds of Derbyshire to the seedy world of London prostitutes, Lynley and Havers’ prickly relationship is tested in a way it has never been before. Havers is demoted to a desk job, and she suspects that Lynley supported the action. When Lynley is sent to Manchester to investigate what appears to be a ritual killing, leaving a newly demoted Havers behind, she secretly gets herself back on the case and follows her own line of investigation to regain his support.

Friday 5 5:00p TO THE CONTRARY WITH BONNIE ERBE #1813

June 2009 5:30p MCLAUGHLIN GROUP #2723 6:00p JOURNAL #4112 6:30p WORLDFOCUS #1175 7:00p WORLD BUSINESS #915 7:30p MOTORWEEK #2840 Lexus Hs 250h

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9:00a JOHN DENVER: A SONG’S BEST FRIEND See Fri. 6/5 at 11:30 pm for details.

10:30a ELVIS LIVES: THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT See Mon. 6/1 at 8:00 pm for details.

12:00n GREAT PERFORMANCES #3301 Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Festival Chicago See Wed. 6/3 at 8:00 pm for details.

8:00p GREAT PERFORMANCES #3411 Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood: In Concert From Madison Square Garden 2:30p THE BORINQUENEERS The guitar legend and the frontman of Discover the never-before told story of Traffic perform Blind Faith songs and their the Puerto Rican 65th Infantry Regiment, individual hits. the only all-Hispanic unit in U.S. Army history. With a shared common language 10:00p ELVIS LIVES: THE 25TH and a strong cultural identity, they formed ANNIVERSARY CONCERT a tight-knit unit. They were also bound by See Mon. 6/1 at 8:00 pm for details. their determination to prove themselves against a backdrop of discrimination 11:30p JOHN DENVER: A SONG’S BEST within the Army and curtailed rights in FRIEND their own land, where to this day they Take a touching look at the man and can be drafted but cannot vote in U.S. his legacy, focusing on his most famous elections. songs, with background and insight from those closest to him.

4:00p ED SLOTT’S STAY RICH FOR LIFE See Tue. 6/2 at 8:00 pm for details.

Early Saturday 5:30p DR. ANDREW WEIL’S GUIDE TO 1:00a GREAT PERFORMANCES #3010 EATING WELL Operatunity Health is wholeness and balance, an Recently the English National Opera inner resilience that allows you to meet took on an unprecedented challenge: the demands of living without being overto conduct a nationwide search to find whelmed. Discover how feeling healthy someone with no operatic experience also brings with it a sense of strength and who could be coached to sing in Verdi’s joy so that you experience it as more than Rigoletto on the stage of the London just the absence of disease.

Coliseum, side by side with world-class performers. The result is “Operatunity,” 7:00p GOOD EVENING EV’RYBODY: the compelling human story of six, then IN CELEBRATION OF LOUIS ultimately two, raw talents whose operARMSTRONG atic dreams finally meet reality.

This never-before-released concert is believed to be Louis Armstrong’s last filmed performance at the 1970 Newport Jazz Festival in celebration of his 70th birthday.

6:00a CLASSICAL STRETCH: THE ESMONDE TECHNIQUE #426 8:00p THE BIG BAND YEARS This retrospective features the songs that 6:30a SIT AND BE FIT #711 brought the country through WWII and kick-started the baby boom, featuring a 7:00a LILIAS! #410 mix of vintage live, rare and unreleased Tao Yoga footage of bands and vocalists from the 1930s and 40s.

7:30a ONE STROKE PAINTING WITH DONNA DEWBERRY #507 10:00p HELMUT LOTTI: THE CROONERS Landscape International singing star Helmut Lotti performs some of the world’s most 8:00a BEAUTY OF OIL PAINTING WITH romantic ballads from the great era of GARY AND KATHWREN JENKINS crooning. #120 Tulip Garden 11:30p IN THE LIFE #1802 Lifesavers 8:30a JERRY YARNELL SCHOOL OF FINE ART #2207 Lilies, Part 1

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8:30a AMERICA’S HOME COOKING: EASY RECIPES FOR THRIFTY COOKING Guest cooks present recipes that are easy on the cook, the pocketbook, have been used by thrifty gourmets for years and use simple ingredients to make nourishing and filling family meals.

11:30a DR. WAYNE DYER: EXCUSES BEGONE! See Wed. 6/10 at 8:00 pm for details.

2:30p THE BIG BAND YEARS See Sat. 6/6 at 8:00 pm for details.

4:30p JOHN DENVER: A SONG’S BEST FRIEND See Fri. 6/5 at 11:30 pm for details.

Pictured: Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge / PelicanLanding Credit: Pelican Island N.W.R.

Where The Wild Things Live There is nothing else in the world like our system of 545 national wildlife refuges. Ranging in size from less than one acre to 20 million, there is at least one refuge in every state. Journey across the country to six wildlife refuges, seeking answers and maybe finding a little peace and quiet along the way.

Early Tuesday June 9 at 12:00 am

6:00p MCLAUGHLIN GROUP #2723 6:30p JOHN MCLAUGHLIN’S ONE ON ONE #2501 7:00p WORLD BUSINESS #915 7:30p INSIDE WASHINGTON #2107

8:00p MY MUSIC: LOVE SONGS OF THE 50S AND 60S This cross-over pop and R&B special includes never-before-seen performances with archival favorites of the 1950s and early 60s. New performances include Early Sunday “Earth Angel” by the original Penguins, “Once In A While” by Lenny Coco & The 12:00a TELLING THE TRUTH: THE BEST IN Chimes and many others.

BROADCAST JOURNALISM #401 Spotlights the winners of the Alfred I. 9:30p THE POWDER & THE GLORY duPont Awards for excellence in televiFollow the story of Elizabeth Arden sion and radio journalism. Interviews with (1884–1966) and Helena Rubinstein reporters and producers tell how some of (1871–1965), two pioneering entrethe award-winning stories came together. preneurs who, with next to nothing, created what is today the $150 billion 1:00a UPHILL CLIMB international health and beauty industry.

Take a look into the extraordinary life of One hundred years ago, these women Kyle Packer, a man often seen by others immigrated to America with the same through a prism colored by his disability, idea — to build an empire by giving to find resilience and courage, sensitivity women what they wanted: youth and and strength, and above all, an optimistic beauty. spirit that pervades every part of his life.

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11:00p RIDE ALONG THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY See Close-up below right for details.

6:00a CLASSICAL STRETCH: THE ESMONDE TECHNIQUE #601 Arms & Posture

Early Monday

6:30a SIT AND BE FIT #712 7:00a LILIAS! #411 Peace And Stress Meditation 7:30a FOR YOUR HOME #2503 Be Our Guest

12:00a FRONTLINE/WORLD #504 Zimbabwe: Shadows And Lies Go undercover in Zimbabwe to discover what has happened to a country once regarded as a beacon of democracy and prosperity in Africa. Posing as tourists, two reporters find a population struggling with hunger and poverty and living in fear of a government that has become a brutal dictatorship.

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7:30p THINK TANK WITH BEN WATTENBERG #1510 The American Musical, Part 2

5:00p CALIFORNIA’S GOLDEN PARKS #132 8:00p THE ARTIST’S WAY AT WORK WITH Carrizo Plain MARK BRYAN Stories of innovation and creativity from 5:30p WHITE HOUSE CHRONICLE #1022 author Mark Bryan’s best-selling book of the same name reveal the keys to ac6:00p JOURNAL #4113 cessing and applying creativity to achieve goals and lead more fulfilling lives.

6:30p WORLDFOCUS #1176 7:00p EASY THAI COOKING WITH TOMMY TANG #102 7:30p LIDIA’S ITALY #222 Italian—Austrian 8:00p GREAT PERFORMANCES #3215 Great Moments At The Met: Viewer’s Choice A showcase of fans’ favorite televised Met moments, chosen through online voting.

9:30p ANYONE AND EVERYONE This poignant and often heartbreaking documentary depicts families from a wide range of religions, nationalities and political leaning all connected by a common thread—a gay child—and their sometimes difficult journey to acceptance.

11:00p FLY BOYS: WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA’S TUSKEGEE AIRMEN Chronicles the “Tuskegee Airmen” program, a controversial military initiative designed to measure African-Americans’ 10:00p MHZ WORLDVIEW PRESENTS...#519 competence for flying the engines of war.

HOMICIDE SQUAD: CHARADE In Italian With English Subtitles Tough problem for Lazzaro’s squad: outside the office where a financial wheeler dealer lies dead, security Vacations and Stay-cation cameras show everyone who came and went-but the two groups don’t match up.

Early Tuesday

12:00a WHERE THE WILD THINGS LIVE See Close-up at left for details.

1:00a WIDE ANGLE #503 Class Of 2006 In May 2006, an imam academy in the city of Rabat holds a graduation ceremony.

But the class of 2006 is no ordinary group of students. Side by side with the male graduates are 60 women pioneers, among the first contemporary group of women to be officially trained as religious leaders in the Arab world. Follow the women as they fan out across Morocco to work as spiritual guides in mosques, schools, hospitals and prisons, even hosting their own television and radio talk shows.

Tuesday 9 5:00p CALIFORNIA’S GOLDEN PARKS #114 Madrona Marsh 5:30p WILD CHRONICLES #334 6:00p JOURNAL #4114 6:30p WORLDFOCUS #1177 7:00p FOREIGN EXCHANGE #521

Ride Along the Lincoln Highway Rick Sebak (pictured) celebrates the history, the various paths, small businesses, good food, friendly people and the unexpected charms of America's first coast-to-coast paved highway.

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Wednesday 10 5:00p ANIMAL ATTRACTIONS TV #311 5:30p AMERICA’S HEARTLAND #214 6:00p JOURNAL #4115 6:30p WORLDFOCUS #1178 7:00p DESIGN SQUAD #106 A Collective Collaboration

Silver Thread Throught the West: The California Zephyr A nostalgic documentary chronicling the design, operation, abandonment, and resurrection of one of America’s great Western trains, from its 1946 maiden run to its discontinuance in 1970 to its rebirth as part of Amtrak’s fleet. Archival film from inside and outside the Zephyr explores both railroad history and the rugged Western landscape of its route.

Wednesday June 10 at 11:00 pm Early Wednesday

7:30p WAGING WAR ON CANCER WITH PAULA ZAHN #101 History Of Cancer 8:00p DR. WAYNE DYER: EXCUSES BEGONE! After identifying the 18 most commonly used, self-defeating excuses, Dr. Dyer teaches a method that can immediately be used to change damaging habits and move into new realms of possibility.

11:00p SILVER THREAD THROUGH THE WEST: THE CALIFORNIA ZEPHYR See Close-up at left for details.

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June 2009 Early Thursday

12:00a ROYAL ACADEMY Mary Cane-Honeysett, a determined (if not slightly eccentric) 74-year-old amateur artist, has fought to have her work accepted by the prestigious Royal Academy of Art in London since 1965.

Follow her journey through the sometimes Byzantine world of the English art establishment.

backdrop for the narrow gauge journey back in time. This old steam train is a wonderful ride into the past.

11:30p TRACKS AHEAD #611 The Great Train Story Take a trip to Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry to see the all new, Great Train Story. Go back in time for a visit to one day in 1938 West Virginia, ride both a historic steam train and a riverboat in Connecticut, and experience a delightful meal as you view Seattle’s Lake Washington.

1:00a WIDE ANGLE #504 Flying Down To Kabul Danish artist and pilot Simone Aaberg Early Friday Kaern flies her rickety canvas-covered plane 3,000 miles from Denmark to Kabul 12:00a RIVER INTO THE NEW WORLD to find a 16-year-old Afghan girl who A look at Florida’s St. Johns River, startdreams of becoming a fighter pilot. ing in 1564, when it was discovered by Europeans, and the French settled on its banks. Included: comments from fishermen and ancient-artifact finders.

5:00p P. ALLEN SMITH’S GARDEN HOME 1:00a MYSTERY! #2512 #801 The Inspector Lynley Mysteries IV: A Winter Gardens Traitor To Memory Thinking she is still denied the recognition 5:30p FROM THE TOP: LIVE FROM she deserves, Havers is about to resign.

CARNEGIE HALL #104 Lynley isn’t happy, but there’s no time to Taste Of America argue as the two are caught up in a case involving a virtuoso violinist accused of 6:00p JOURNAL #4116

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6:30p WORLDFOCUS #1179 7:00p SCULLY/THE WORLD SHOW #1206

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7:30p EUROPEAN JOURNAL #2718 8:00p COUNTRY BLUEGRASS HOMECOMING Country, bluegrass, and classic gospel legends gather together in this musical celebration with appearances by George Jones, Marty Stuart, Vince Gill, Ralph Stanley, and more. Bill Gaither hots.

9:30p GREAT BIG SEA IN CONCERT The Canadian band Great Big Sea hails from Newfoundland and Labrador and is popular worldwide for performing energetic interpretations of traditional Celtic-flavored songs from the maritime provinces.

11:00p CALIFORNIA’S GOLD #9006 Yosemite Railroad Take an exciting 4-mile railroad excursion on Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad. Ride into history where powerful locomotives once hauled massive log trains through the Sierra Mountains, where mighty lumberjacks felled the timber and flumes carried lumber to the distant valley below. The Sierra National Forest’s majestic woods provide the (PROGRAM DESCRIPTION CONT IN NEXT COLUMN

Pictured: Two narrow gauge locomotives of the Rugenish Kleinbahn stand ready to roll at a restored rural station on Rugen Island, Germany. The island, once a part of East Germany, is a tourist destination on the Baltic Sea. Photo: © Milwaukee Public Television, 2005

Tracks Ahead Series The Tracks Ahead series explores every aspect of the railroads of the world. You'll see railroad prototypes, models, personalities and lore covering not only the railways and modelers of the past, but of the present and future. Explore everything involved with railroading, from model trains and museums to collectors and authors.

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Yanni Voices: Live From The Forum in Acapulco For the first time ever, New Age musician Yanni re-interprets his classic compositions with powerful lyrics and intoxicating vocal performances that will transport you into a world of romance, passion and sensuality.

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brothers from San Angelo, TX have created a unique sound that melds the core of the San Angelo music scene of the 1950s and ‘60s with a signature style they call “Texican.”

11:30p TOUCH THE EARTH—BRIAN RUST’S “EARTHEN BRIDGE” (RECONSTRUCTED) After a decade of observing the effects of time, weather and human impact on his creation, sculptor Brian Rust returns to the South Carolina Botanical Garden to revision his nature-based sculpture, Earthen Bridge, and to continue his exploration into “extended ephemeral” as an evolving nature-based public art.

Integrating wood, rock and clay into the landscape crossing the backwater of a woodland pond, Earthen Bridge (Reconstructed) invites viewers to witness the installation of a functional artwork that is a celebrated landmark and passageway to repose.

Early Saturday

12:00a JOHN MCLAUGHLIN’S ONE ON ONE #2502

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12:30a THIS IS AMERICA WITH DENNIS WHOLEY #1237

5:00p TO THE CONTRARY WITH BONNIE ERBE #1814

1:00a GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL: A NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC PRESENTATION #101 The Crucible Of Civilization

5:30p MCLAUGHLIN GROUP #2724 6:00p JOURNAL #4117 6:30p WORLDFOCUS #1180

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7:00p WORLD BUSINESS #916

6:00a CLASSICAL STRETCH: THE ESMONDE TECHNIQUE #602 Leg Sculpting

7:30p MOTORWEEK #2841 Drivers’ Choice Awards

6:30a SIT AND BE FIT #713

8:00p GREAT PERFORMANCES #3213 Lionel Richie: Live In Paris Still boasting an infectious grin and talent to burn, the venerable singer-songwriter works a crowd like no one else, effortlessly molding an easy stage presence with an arsenal of crowd-pleasing hits.

The five-time Grammy Award-winner performs current music, selections from his solo career as well as his days with The Commodores.

7:00a LILIAS! #412 Managing Stress 7:30a ONE STROKE PAINTING WITH DONNA DEWBERRY #508 Party Cakes & Cookies 8:00a BEAUTY OF OIL PAINTING WITH GARY AND KATHWREN JENKINS #121 Old Fashioned Musk Roses

8:30a JERRY YARNELL SCHOOL OF FINE 10:00p LOS LONELY BOYS COTTONFIELDS ART #2208 AND CROSSROADS Lilies, Part 2 Los Lonely Boys have rocked their way to the top of the American music industry, 9:00a COUNTRY BLUEGRASS determined to fulfill their father’s long-held HOMECOMING dream. The three Mexican-American See Thu. 6/11 at 8:00 pm for details.

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10:30a ANYONE AND EVERYONE See Tue. 6/9 at 9:30 pm for details.

7:00a LILIAS! #413 Relaxing With Music

12:00n GREAT PERFORMANCES #3215 Great Moments At The Met: Viewer’s Choice See Mon. 6/8 at 8:00 pm for details.

7:30a FOR YOUR HOME #2504 Project Runway

2:00p GREAT PERFORMANCES #3213 Lionel Richie: Live In Paris See Fri. 6/12 at 8:00 pm for details.

8:30a CURIOSITY QUEST GOES GREEN #113 Paper Recycling

8:00a CREATIVE LIVING #5522

4:00p MY MUSIC: MY GENERATION—THE 9:00a NEW FLYFISHER #313 Flowers River Salmon 60S See Sun. 6/14 at 8:00 pm for details.

9:30a WOODSMITH SHOP #209 Making Great Table Legs 6:00p YANNI VOICES: LIVE FROM THE FORUM IN ACAPULCO 10:00a GREAT PERFORMANCES #3410 See Close-up at left for details.

Stevie Wonder: Live At Last (W.T.) See Sat. 6/13 at 8:00 am for details.

8:00p GREAT PERFORMANCES #3410 Stevie Wonder: Live At Last (W.T.) 12:00n TURNING SETBACKS INTO The legendary musician performs in COMEBACKS WITH WILLIE JOLLEY London to celebrate the 50th anniversary Willie Jolley, the captivating speaker and of Motown Records. international best-selling author challenges viewers to embrace change and 10:00p JOHNNY MATHIS—WONDERFUL, take control of their lives. Jolley shares WONDERFUL! A GOLD 50TH his techniques for overcoming life’s chalANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION lenges, and delivers anecdotes, humorEver popular recording star Johnny ous insights and stories that encourage Mathis celebrates his 50th anniversary viewers to focus and take positive action. in show business with a hit-filled concert As Jolley puts it, “A setback is nothing recorded in Atlantic City. but a setup for a comeback!”

11:30p IN THE LIFE #1803 1:30p SNAP OUT OF IT NOW WITH DR. HIV/Aids ADRIANNE AHERN Early Sunday Too many of us are struggling to achieve while the hard-wiring of our brains sabotages our efforts. Dr. Ahern knows 12:00a WILDERNESS PLOTS: SONGS AND that our brains can be working for us, STORIES OF THE PRAIRIE rather than against us. Rewiring the brain Folk singers/songwriters Tim Grimm, to support success, well-being and life Carrie Newcomer, Krista Detor, Michael satisfaction is what Dr. A’s Snap Out of it White, and Tom Roznowski perform NOW! method is all about. genre-blending songs inspired by the book Wilderness Plots, a collection of 3:00p SEWING WITH NANCY MAGICAL stories which capture the hardships, FABRIC YO-YOS ironies, and aspirations of early pioneer Learn easy ways of making fabric yo-yos, life in the Ohio Valley. from the basic circle yo-yo to variations that simulate leaves, flowers, and hearts.

1:00a SPIRIT OF THE DANCE: WACIPI Explore ways of adding a few fabric Examine traditional Lakota dances. yo-yos to a project as a simple accent.

Interviews with traditional dancers and Or, see how to feature yo-yos on a experts in the Lakota community help tell holiday banner, a fabric photo frame, a the meaning of nine traditional dances, daisy patch table runner, or cherry bloslook at the meaning of the various regalia soms wall hangings. worn by the dancers and look at a traditional powwow.

4:30p ED SLOTT’S STAY RICH FOR LIFE See Tue. 6/2 at 8:00 pm for details.

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6:00p MCLAUGHLIN GROUP #2724 6:30p JOHN MCLAUGHLIN’S ONE ON ONE #2502 7:00p WORLD BUSINESS #916

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Monday 15 5:00p CALIFORNIA’S GOLDEN PARKS #133 Bidwell Park 5:30p WHITE HOUSE CHRONICLE #1023 6:00p JOURNAL #4118 6:30p WORLDFOCUS #1181 7:00p EASY THAI COOKING WITH TOMMY TANG #103

Hersheypark: Sweet Memories Follow this vintage tour of the transformation of HersheyPark from its beginnings as a small picnic grove to its growth into a world-famous attraction.

Wednesday June 17 at 11:00 pm

7:30p INSIDE WASHINGTON #2108

7:30p LIDIA’S ITALY #223 Stretch, Stuff, And Roll 8:00p GREAT PERFORMANCES #3306 Martina Mcbride: Live In Concert After 16 million records sold, 22 top-10 singles, the small-town girl with the big voice makes her Great Performances debut, featuring selections from her nine albums.

10:00p MHZ WORLDVIEW PRESENTS...#520 8:00p MY MUSIC: MY GENERATION—THE SCENE OF THE CRIME: A DOG’S 60S LIFE Hear the biggest hits by the original In German With English Subtitles 1960’s artists in this celebration and Dr. Rose Lang, a physician who works at collection of “folks” that lived through a home for senior citizens, is found dead the decade of change, peace, love and in a park near the home. The diagnosis: a protest music. broken neck.

10:00p LOOKING FOR LINCOLN #101 Early Tuesday This 2-part program dissects the myths that have grown up around Abraham 12:00a SHOW OF COURAGE Lincoln. The film address many outstandFollow a group of breast cancer patients ing questions that surround him— who are dealing with their diagnoses in questions about race, equality, religion, a very public way: beneath bright lights, depression and sexuality—by carefully on a runway, in a special fashion show interpreting the evidence provided by staged by oncology nurses whose sole people who actually knew him. purpose is to celebrate life and to raise spirits, not money.

11:00p SOUL SEARCHING: THE JOURNEY OF THOMAS MERTON 1:00a WIDE ANGLE #505 Follow the remarkable life and lasting Turkey’s Tigers impact of Thomas Merton, one of the For years, Turkey has been run by a spiritual masters of the 20th century. stridently secular business and political Examine Merton’s life in Kentucky, the elite struggling to align itself with the transformations he experienced, and how Western world, while its pious Muslims his influence as a writer and social critic have been pushed to the political and has continued since his death in 1968. economic fringes. Discover this modern, unexpected face of Islam unseen in Early Monday American media.

12:00a YOU’RE NOT ALONE Follow a multicultural group of families facing the relentless challenges of raising special needs children. Their enlightening and inspiring stories convey hope to this growing population of families that their special needs children can achieve productive and meaningful lives.

Tuesday 16 5:00p CALIFORNIA’S GOLDEN PARKS #111 Ano Nuevo 5:30p WILD CHRONICLES #335 6:00p JOURNAL #4119

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Early Thursday

7:00p FOREIGN EXCHANGE #522

12:00a RE-CONNECTIONS James Burke takes a lively tour through his career from memorable anecdotes on his series to his current works.

7:30p THINK TANK WITH BEN WATTENBERG #1713 8:00p HOLLYWOOD SINGING AND DANCING: A MUSICAL TREASURE A celebration of song and dance, beginning with the Busby Berkeley films that lifted the spirits of audiences during the Great Depression, through the patriotic musicals of the 1940s and ending with the collapse of the studio system in the 1950s.

9:30p NORTHERN LIGHTS: AN EVENING WITH SISSEL AND FRIENDS One of the brightest talents of the 21st century—the lovely and popular Sissel performs with acclaimed tenor Jose Carreras.

11:00p THANK YOU, EDDIE HART The bittersweet yet inspiring story of a soldier who made the ultimate sacrifice and a family who passed down the legacy of a promise kept.

Early Wednesday

12:00a WRITING CODE #103 The Literate Society

Wednesday 17 5:00p ANIMAL ATTRACTIONS TV #312 5:30p AMERICA’S HEARTLAND #215 6:00p JOURNAL #4120

1:00a WIDE ANGLE #506 Ransom City In Sao Paulo, someone is kidnapped every three days on average. Explore a twist in Brazil’s dangerous crime fad as the mothers of five celebrity soccer players are abducted and held for ransom in a six month period.

Thursday 18 5:00p P. ALLEN SMITH’S GARDEN HOME #802 A Capital Idea 5:30p FROM THE TOP: LIVE FROM CARNEGIE HALL #105 Piano Extravaganza 6:00p JOURNAL #4121 6:30p WORLDFOCUS #1184 7:00p SCULLY/THE WORLD SHOW #1207 7:30p EUROPEAN JOURNAL #2719 8:00p HIGH KINGS The High Kings are four top-class performers who created a unique ensemble and re-energized the great Irish ballad and introduced exciting new songs from Ireland.

9:30p HISTORIC PUBS OF DUBLIN See Close-up below for details.

6:30p WORLDFOCUS #1183 7:00p DESIGN SQUAD #107 Just For Kicks

Vacations and Stay-cation

7:30p WAGING WAR ON CANCER WITH PAULA ZAHN #102 Childhood Cancers 8:00p DR. WAYNE DYER: THE POWER OF INTENTION Dr. Dyer transforms conventional thinking about how things happen in life into an exhilarating exploration of the power of intention and a profound understanding of how each person possesses the power to co-create the life he or she desires.

11:00p HERSHEYPARK: SWEET MEMORIES See Close-up above left for details.

Historic Pubs of Dublin Go on an exciting and visually stunning tour of Dublin’s most notable historic pubs, as well as the many places of interest that surround them, to get insight into Irish culture and history.

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11:00p CALIFORNIA’S GOLD #8009 Solano Train Ferry Huell’s off to the San Francisco Bay area to learn about the largest train ferry ever 5:00p TO THE CONTRARY WITH BONNIE built. The Solano train ferry shuttled trains ERBE #1815 and passengers back and forth between Port Costa and Benicia. It once served as 5:30p MCLAUGHLIN GROUP #2725 a vital link in the Central Pacific and later the Southern Pacific Railroad Lines.

6:00p JOURNAL #4122 11:30p TRACKS AHEAD #612 Rugen Island Railway Join the Tracks Ahead crew as they explore the Rügenish Kleinbahn on an island in the Baltic Sea. Ride a restored portion of the old Sacramento Northern Railroad in central California, visit with a Colorado artist whose passions for photography and painting are carried over into his layout, and visit one of the largest home model railroad layouts around.

Early Friday

12:00a LOOKING FOR LINCOLN #101 See Sun. 6/14 at 10:00 pm for details.

6:30p WORLDFOCUS #1185 7:00p WORLD BUSINESS #917 7:30p MOTORWEEK #2842 Insight Vs. Prius 8:00p MARIACHI: THE SPIRIT OF MEXICO See performances from the 9th annual International Mariachi Festival where more than 500 mariachis from all around the world gather to celebrate the passionate music that has been the beating heart of the Mexican people for the past 100 years.

10:00p BLUES DIVAS #105 Bettye Lavette 1:00a MYSTERY! #2513 Veteran soul singer Bettye Lavette, The Inspector Lynley Mysteries IV: A Cry winner of the 2004 W.C. Handy Award For Justice for Best Comeback Album of the Year, is Lynley and Havers probe the death of featured with her Detroit-based band. a woman whose wrists were slashed to make it appear as if she had killed herself. This fools no one, but two lines of 11:00p LAURENT KORCIA: LIVE AT THE FOLIES BERGERE inquiry open up, and Lynley and Havers French star violinist Laurent Korcia per(who has been reinstated in her old job) forms the most beautiful movie themes of disagree as to which is more important. all times in one of the most famous and romantic music venues in the world—the Paris ‘Folies Bergere’, Special guests include 16-year old American singer Holly Stell, French popstar Camille, and the legendary Japanese pianist Fuzjko Vacations and Stay-cation Hemming.

Early Saturday

12:00a JOHN MCLAUGHLIN’S ONE ON ONE #2503 12:30a THIS IS AMERICA WITH DENNIS WHOLEY #1238 1:00a GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL: A NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC PRESENTATION #102 The Clash Of Civilizations pictured: Historic Skunk Train

California's Gold Series Huell Howser explores and celebrates many of the natural wonders of California. Our rich history, cultural diversity, natural wonders and amazing people.

Every Thursday at 11:00 pm

Saturday 20 6:00a CLASSICAL STRETCH: THE ESMONDE TECHNIQUE #604 6:30a SIT AND BE FIT #715 7:00a WAI LANA YOGA #401

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8:00a BEAUTY OF OIL PAINTING WITH GARY AND KATHWREN JENKINS #122 Lavender And Lace 8:30a JERRY YARNELL SCHOOL OF FINE ART #2209 Lilies, Part 3 9:00a BEST OF THE JOY OF PAINTING #2235 Barn In Snow Oval 9:30a MIMI’S ART STUDIO #107 Artist Interviews 10:00a GARDEN SMART #1406 American Renaissance Gardens In South Florida 10:30a VICTORY GARDEN #3209 Sky: Enjoy A Variety Of Garden Views 11:00a NEW SCANDINAVIAN COOKING WITH CLAUS MEYER #101 Sea Bed Soil 11:30a CIAO ITALIA #1826 Cooking Live With Frandon Boudet 12:00n MY MUSIC: MY GENERATION—THE 60S See Sun. 6/14 at 8:00 pm for details.

2:00p GREAT PERFORMANCES #3401 Pavarotti: A Life In Seven Arias See Mon. 6/22 at 8:00 pm for details.

4:00p SWISS RAIL JOURNEYS #104 Chemins De Fer Du Jura 5:00p RICK STEVES’ EUROPE #205 Cinque Terre: Italy’s Hidden Riviera 5:30p PASSPORT TO ADVENTURE #213 A Trip Through American History In Connecticut 6:00p FARMERS’ ALMANAC TV #103 Presidential Farmer, First African American Almanac 6:30p EQUITREKKING #401 Southern Spain 7:00p TRAVELSCOPE #113 Brittany, France 7:30p CALIFORNIA’S GOLD #9001 Spontaneous Adventures 8:00p THE LEGACY OF OTIS REDDING A tribute to the life and music of one of soul’s greatest singer/songwriters, Otis (PROGRAM DESCRIPTION CONT IN NEXT COLUM)

pictured: Hosts Mark Jennings and Julie Conover in montana

Passport to Adventure Series This is a dynamic travel series with a twist— cultural insights and history are interwoven with adventurous activities, allowing viewers to see the world and be inspired by its natural beauty, and the facinating people that share our planet.

Hosts Julie Conover and Mark Jennings travel on foot, bicycle, rafts or canoes, atop horses, camels and elephants to uncover ooff-thebeaten path excursions.

Saturday June 20 & June 27 at 5:30 pm Saturday June 27 at 4:30 pm Redding, told through vintage performances and rare interviews with family members and close colleagues.

9:30p ROCKABILLY LEGENDS: THEY CALLED IT ROCKABILLY LONG BEFORE THEY CALLED IT ROCK AND ROLL Travel from the Depression-Era cotton fields of Arkansas, Tennessee and Texas into the southern juke joints, honky-tonks, recording studios and rural churches, and onto the world’s stage. This compelling story is told by the legends themselves— the pioneers of Rockabilly and Rock ‘n’ Roll: Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Buddy Holly and more.

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method for treating this invisible epidemic of “broken brains” that affect 1 out of every 4 of us, and how, by healing our bodies, we can heal our brains automatically.

11:30p IN THE LIFE #1805 Mobilizing Hope Early Sunday

3:00p SEWING WITH NANCY: NANCY’S 25 FAVORITE SEWING TECHNIQUES Make your sewing, serging, quilting, and 12:00a SPEAKING WITH MUSIC embroidering more efficient and more The experiences of teenage contestants enjoyable by using 25 of Nancy’s favorite at the Inaugural New York Piano Compesewing techniques. tition are revealed.

1:00a GREAT AMERICAN QUILT REVIVAL Follow the events that propelled quilting from folk craft to mainstream art.

4:30p FONS & PORTER’S LOVE OF QUILTING #901 Homespun Galaxy Quilt

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6:00a CLASSICAL STRETCH: THE ESMONDE TECHNIQUE #605

6:00p MCLAUGHLIN GROUP #2725

6:30a SIT AND BE FIT #716 7:00a WAI LANA YOGA #402 7:30a FOR YOUR HOME #2505 Media Chic 8:00a CREATIVE LIVING #5523 8:30a KATIE BROWN WORKSHOP #401 Mother’s Day 9:00a NEW FLYFISHER #314 Flowers River Salmon 9:30a WOODSMITH SHOP #210 Making Great Table Legs 10:00a WOODTURNING WORKSHOP #126 Birdhouse Ornament 10:30a THIS OLD HOUSE #2820 New York City Project, Part 4 11:00a MOTORWEEK #2842 Insight Vs. Prius 11:30a LIDIA’S ITALY #205 Sea And Land The Roman Way

5:30p SOUTHERN ACCENTS #1711 6:30p JOHN MCLAUGHLIN’S ONE ON ONE #2503 7:00p WORLD BUSINESS #917 7:30p INSIDE WASHINGTON #2109 7:55p

MY MUSIC: THE 70’S EXPERIENCE Bell bottoms, 8-Tracks, pet rocks and more—its all part of the “Have a Nice Decade” 70s. Hosted by the Brady Bunch’s Barry Williams, tune in for new live and classic archival performances with some of the most loves tunes from the 1970s. Bring your platform shoes!

10:00p LOOKING FOR LINCOLN #102 Conclusion.

11:00p FIGHTING WORDS: A TALE OF HOW LIBERALS CREATED NEOCONSERVATISM WITH BEN WATTENBERG Ben Wattenberg examines the premise that by going too far to the left, the Democratic Party is responsible for the new right.

Early Monday

12:00n YOU ON A DIET WITH DR. MICHAEL 12:00a SS UNITED STATES: LADY IN ROIZEN WAITING Dr. Roizen provides an easy plan of The SS United States, retired in 1969 and action to re-program your body to fight lying derelict at a pier in Philadelphia, was against fat and control weight and waist once the fastest ocean liner in the world. gain.

A Norwegian cruise line plans to refit her as a modern-day state-of-the-art cruise 1:30p ULTRAMIND SOLUTION: DEFEAT ship.

DEPRESSION, OVERCOME ANXIETY AND SHARPEN YOUR 1:00a MYSTERY! #2301 MIND WITH MARK HYMAN, M.D. Dead Gorgeous Based on the best-selling, highly acIn 1946 postwar London, a chance claimed book, The UltraMind Solution, Dr. meeting between two women sets off a Mark Hyman shares a revolutionary new (PROGRAM DESCRIPTION CONT IN NEXT COLUMN)

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June 2009 tortuous chain of events. Both are unhappily married, but one finds a pragmatic solution to their problem: on a crowded underground platform, she pushes the other’s husband to his death—then doesn’t think it too much to ask for the favor in return...

Monday 22 5:00p CALIFORNIA’S GOLDEN PARKS #134 Columbia Diggins

they started their first year of school, often despite great odds. Three years later, a return visit looks in on their progress in school. The children are endearing, and their contrasting lives provide rich insight into the disparities of opportunity around the globe, with over 100 million children unable to attend even one day of school.

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5:30p WHITE HOUSE CHRONICLE #1024

5:00p CALIFORNIA’S GOLDEN PARKS #124 Alum Rock

6:00p JOURNAL #4123

5:30p WILD CHRONICLES #336

6:30p WORLDFOCUS #1186

6:00p JOURNAL #4124

7:00p EASY THAI COOKING WITH TOMMY TANG #104

6:30p WORLDFOCUS #1187

7:30p LIDIA’S ITALY #224 Serendipitous Celery 8:00p GREAT PERFORMANCES #3401 Pavarotti: A Life In Seven Arias When Luciano Pavarotti died in September 2007, the world lost one of the greatest voices in all of music. Look back over his legendary career, utilizing the arias with which he was most closely associated as a narrative framework.

10:00p MHZ WORLDVIEW PRESENTS...#521

HENNING MANKELL’S WALLANDER: THE AFRICAN In Swedish With English Subtitles A white car is parked by a side road in the beautiful landscape of Scania in southern Sweden. A child sits alone without an adult in sight. The child’s father has been reported as missing, while the mother is in a psychiatric institution, unresponsive and apathetic. The detectives are deeply affected when they discover the child has been unscrupulously tricked, exploited and humiliated, are more committed than ever to solving the case.

7:00p FOREIGN EXCHANGE #523 7:30p THINK TANK WITH BEN WATTENBERG #1714

Vacations and Stay-cation

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Early Tuesday

12:00a RIGHT TO RISK: A 15 DAY JOURNEY THROUGH ARIZONA’S GRAND CANYON See Close-up at right for details.

1:00a WIDE ANGLE #507 Back To School In 2003, children were profiled in seven countries: Afghanistan, Benin, Brazil, India, Japan, Kenya, and Romania-as (PROGRAM DESCRIPTION CONT IN NEXT COLUMN)

Right to Risk: A 15-day Journey Through Arizona's Grand Canyon Eight individuals with disabilities and their guides face the daunting challenges of rafting down 225 miles of the Colorado River amid the wilderness of the Grand Canyon. As they proceed downriver, the adventure becomes a life-affirming journey and an opportunity for reflection.

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12:00a RENEE’S STORY This moving story chronicles the devastation and revelations that accompany thirty-six-year-old Renee Graziano’s personal battle with recurring cancer.

1:00a MHZ WORLDVIEW PRESENTS...#521

HENNING MANKELL’S WALLANDER: THE AFRICAN In Swedish With English Subtitles See Mon. 6/22 at 10:00 pm for details.

Wednesday 24 Smokestack Lightning: A Day In The Life of Barbecue Vivid scenes of restaurants and barbecue haunts around the country are stirred together with legends and bargecue history. Discover the lore and traditions of the barbeque belt and learn recipes both common and exotic. Explore the history and tradition of this food from its rural beginings to its present-day incarnations. Though primariy a tradition of African-American communities of the South, barbecue also has roots in the Mexican-American and European immigrant communities. Travel from South Carolina, Texas, Kansas City to Memphis to discover the various traditions that comprise the world of barbecue to determine its role in American culture.

Wednesday June 24 at 11:00 pm

8:00p CHASING CHURCHILL: IN SEARCH OF MY GRANDFATHER #101 Wanted: Dead Or Alive Winston Churchill’s granddaughter, Celia Sandys, begins her pursuit of the enigmatic private life of Winston Churchill at Sandhurst Military Academy, which he left in 1894 and began a journey in search of adventure and danger to gain the adulation he craved.

5:00p ANIMAL ATTRACTIONS TV #313 5:30p AMERICA’S HEARTLAND #216 6:00p JOURNAL #4125 6:30p WORLDFOCUS #1188 7:00p DESIGN SQUAD #108 Functional Fashion 7:30p WAGING WAR ON CANCER WITH PAULA ZAHN #201 Cancer Pain: Easing The Agony 8:00p JOURNEY TO PLANET EARTH #601 The State Of The Planet’s Ocean Investigates the health and sustainability of the world’s oceans with a special emphasis on issues affecting marine preserves, fisheries, and coastal ecosystems in the United States and elsewhere.

Academy Award-winner Matt Damon hosts and narrates.

9:00p 400 YEARS OF THE TELESCOPE Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson narrates a visually stunning history of the telescope, which was invented in 1609

by Galileo, and it’s impact on astronomy and the three historical periods in its development.

9:00p MONARCHY: THE ROYAL FAMILY AT WORK #101 10:00p LINGUISTS The State Visit And More Follow the race of two scientists—David How do American hosts entertain a Harrison and Greg Anderson—to documonarch who has visited nearly every ment languages on the verge of extinccountry on earth and dined with 10 U.S. tion. In Siberia, India and Bolivia, the presidents over the course of her 55-year linguists confront head-on the very forces reign? Follow the elaborate preparations silencing languages: racism, humiliation as four localities get ready for a visit from and violent economic unrest. Their the queen. journey takes them deep into the heart of the cultures, revealing communities at risk 11:00p ANYONE AND EVERYONE when a language dies.

See Tue. 6/9 at 9:30 pm for details.

11:00p SMOKESTACK LIGHTNING: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF BARBEQUE See Close-up on above left for details.

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12:00a PLAYING FOR KEEPS Follow the challenges facing several African-American football players and their coach as they struggle to overcome obstacles on the field and in the classroom.

11:00p CALIFORNIA’S GOLD #6007 Skunk Train Following the coastal “Redwood Route” as it has since 1885, the Skunk Train takes an inspiring ride through ageless redwoods and over spectacular mountains. What once began as a logging train taking valuable lumber to the Mendocino Coast, now provides passengers a glimpse of history and scenic beauty.

1:00a WIDE ANGLE #508 Democracy In The Rough 11:30p TRACKS AHEAD #613 Two years ago Democratic Republic Empire Builder of Congo held its first elections in 45 Meet a man whose passion for model years—an election supported by more trains and the outdoors, has allowed him than $450 million from the United to combine both into a successful busiNations. Take an in depth look at a nation ness. Look in on a garden railroad which haunted by war, threatened by corruphas continued to discover gold, experition, and torn over how to move toward a ence some of the last, scheduled steam democratic and more promising future. railroad operations in the world, and visit Malcolm Furlow, a man who is artist, cowboy, and designer and who carries his artwork into his passion for trains.

5:00p P. ALLEN SMITH’S GARDEN HOME Early Friday #803 Garden Home 12:00a LOOKING FOR LINCOLN #102 5:30p FROM THE TOP: LIVE FROM Conclusion.

CARNEGIE HALL #106 Joshua Bell And Company

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7:00p SCULLY/THE WORLD SHOW #1208 7:30p EUROPEAN JOURNAL #2720 8:00p THE STORY OF INDIA #101 Beginnings Take a fascinating journey through the history of the Indian subcontinent to see the incredible richness and diversity of its peoples, cultures and landscapes. Beginning with the first human migrations out of Africa, using DNA and climate science, ancient manuscripts and oral tales, go from the tropical backwaters of South India to lost ancient cities in Pakistan— the scene of India’s first civilization—to the vibrant cities of the Ganges plain, where India’s ancient myths and histories still intertwine.

9:00p 1421: THE YEAR CHINA DISCOVERED AMERICA? The Chinese court burned all the records of the sailing exploits of legendary naval commander Zheng He and his gigantic fleet of Ming Dynasty treasure junks.

But Gavin Menzies, a retired British submarine commander, says he has found evidence that this extraordinary Chinese fleet was the first to discover America— decades before Columbus.

The Story of India For more than 2,000 years, India has been a massive component in world history. But what are the country's origins and how did it come to be what it is today? These are just two of the questions behind this intrepid journey around the contemporary subcontinent. Embark on an expedition through today's Indiak looking to the present for clues to its past, and to the past for clues to its future. The journey presents majestic landscapes and reveals some of the greatest monuments and artistic treasures on earth.

From Buudhism to Bollywood, from mathematics to outsourcing, discover India's impact on history.

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to the great-granduncle if the current 1:00a MYSTERY! #2514 owner by Annie Oakley herself?

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries IV: If Wishes Were Horses A murder inquiry hits home when Lynley 9:00p CEMETERY SPECIAL See Close-up below for details. discovers the deceased was once his pregnant wife Helen’s lover. Helen is severely injured in a car crash and Havers is 10:00p BLUES DIVAS #106 Ann Peebles accidentally shot. Is Lynley going to lose Memphis soul singer Ann Peebles, both of the women closest to him? primary female star of Willie Mitchell’s classic Hi Records label is the highlighted vocalist.

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5:00p TO THE CONTRARY WITH BONNIE ERBE #1816 5:30p MCLAUGHLIN GROUP #2726 6:00p JOURNAL #4127 6:30p WORLDFOCUS #1190 7:00p WORLD BUSINESS #918 7:30p MOTORWEEK #2843 Mazda Mx-5 8:00p HISTORY DETECTIVES #601 WWII Diary/1856 Mormon Tale/Annie Oakley Coin WWII Diary—The detectives try to get a diary written by a World War II pilot returned to a living relative. 1856 Mormon Tale—Are the shocking claims written on tattered pages of an anonymously authored 1856 book a true account of Mormon life? Annie Oakley Coin—Was a 1853 French Napoleon coin really given (PROGRAM DESCRIPTION CONT IN NEXT COLUMN)

Vacations and Stay-cation

11:00p MOUNTAIN STAGE: BRISTOL: THE BIRTHPLACE OF COUNTRY MUSIC In July 1927 Ralph Peer came to the small town of Bristol on the border of Virginia and Tennessee. He was searching for music to release on the Victor Talking Machine Company label, the nation’s largest record company at that time. At that Appalachian crossroads he found some of the most important musicians in American popular music history which came to be known as “The Bristol Sessions” or “The Big Bang of Country Music”.

Early Saturday

12:00a JOHN MCLAUGHLIN’S ONE ON ONE #2504 12:30a THIS IS AMERICA WITH DENNIS WHOLEY #1239 1:00a GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL: A NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC PRESENTATION #103 The Haves And Have-Nots

Saturday 27 6:00a CLASSICAL STRETCH: THE ESMONDE TECHNIQUE #606 Full Body Workout 6:30a SIT AND BE FIT #717 7:00a WAI LANA YOGA #403 Stand Tall 7:30a ONE STROKE PAINTING WITH DONNA DEWBERRY #510 Contemporary Paintings

Cemetery Special Go on a tour of just a few American cemeteries that are full of sculpture, history, trees and flowers, granite monuments, interesting stories and fascinating people, some of them alive and many dead.

Friday June 26 at 9:00 pm

8:00a BEAUTY OF OIL PAINTING WITH GARY AND KATHWREN JENKINS #123 Springtime Poppies 8:30a JERRY YARNELL SCHOOL OF FINE ART #2210 Lilies, Part 4

June 2009 9:00a BEST OF THE JOY OF PAINTING #2236 Falls In The Glen

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9:30a MIMI’S ART STUDIO #108 Barn In Snow, Acrylic 10:00a GARDEN SMART #1407 Gardening In Charleston, South Carolina 10:30a VICTORY GARDEN #3210 Friends: Entertain With A Twist 11:00a NEW SCANDINAVIAN COOKING WITH CLAUS MEYER #102 Ice Water Cooking 11:30a CIAO ITALIA #1901 How Do You Make Homemade Wine?— Come Si Fa Vino 12:00p MY MUSIC: THE 70’S EXPERIENCE See Sun. 6/21 at 7:55 pm for details.

3:00p VOLVO OCEAN RACE 2008-2009 #129 3:30p VOLVO OCEAN RACE 2008-2009 #130 4:00p VOLVO OCEAN RACE 2008-2009 #131 4:30p PASSPORT TO ADVENTURE #106 Exotic Northern Thailand 5:00p RICK STEVES’ EUROPE #216 Amsterdam And Dutch Sidetrips 5:30p PASSPORT TO ADVENTURE #101 Tbilisi & The Caucasus Mountains, Republic Of Georgia 6:00p FARMERS’ ALMANAC TV #104 A Country Star, Wind Power, Restoration Garden & Ice Climbing 6:30p EQUITREKKING #402 Scotland 7:00p BEST OF EXPEDITIONS WITH PATRICK MCMILLAN #101 Myths Of Snakes: The Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction 7:30p CALIFORNIA’S GOLD #11003 Hmong 8:00p NATURE #2609 Kilauea: Mountain Of Fire Kilauea, on Hawaii’s Big Island, is the world’s most active volcano. Its latest eruption began in 1983 and hasn’t stopped. It is here that filmmaker Paul Atkins finds himself getting a shot few have ever filmed — the cataclysmic meeting of 2,000-degree lava and 75degree ocean water.

pictured: Rick relaxes at the home of Salvador Dali in Cadaques, Spain

Rick Steves' Romantics' Europe Rick Steves shares his extensive knowledge of European history and culture as he winds his way through the most romantic spots in Spain, France and the Czech Republic.

Saturday June 27 at 9:00 pm

9:00p RICK STEVES’ ROMANTICS’ EUROPE See Close-up above for details.

11:00p IN THE LIFE #1806 Women Through The Lens 11:30p IN THE LIFE #1808 Early Sunday

12:00a SING BEHIND THE PLOW: JOHN C. CAMPBELL FOLK SCHOOL A profile of husband-and-wife Christian missionaries John C. and Olive Dame Campbell, who imported the Danish concept of folkehojskole (folk school) to the United States.

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1:00a HELEN HILL: CELEBRATING A LIFE 3:00p SEWING WITH NANCY #2215 IN FILM Sweatshirt Appliques For Kids Take a loving look at the Columbia, South 3:30p KNITTING DAILY #205 Carolina native and filmmaker who was Handpainted And To Dye For tragically murdered in her New Orleans home in January 2007 by an intruder.

This touching snapshot of Hill and many 4:00p QUILT IN A DAY #3004 Radio Windmill And Sky Rocket of the pivotal moments in her life gives a unique retrospective of her work.

4:30p QUILTING ARTS #312 Inks & Dyes

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6:00a CLASSICAL STRETCH: THE ESMONDE TECHNIQUE #607

5:30p SOUTHERN ACCENTS #1712

6:30a SIT AND BE FIT #718

6:00p MCLAUGHLIN GROUP #2726

7:00a WAI LANA YOGA #404

6:30p JOHN MCLAUGHLIN’S ONE ON ONE #2504

7:30a FOR YOUR HOME #2506 Outdoor Living

7:00p WORLD BUSINESS #918

8:00a CREATIVE LIVING #5524

7:30p INSIDE WASHINGTON #2110

8:30a KATIE BROWN WORKSHOP #402 Books

8:00p WAR OF THE WORLD #101 The Clash Of Empires Follow how economic volatility, ethnic conflict and empires in crisis were the fatal ingredients of The War of the World.

They spawned the twentieth century’s bloody conflicts and genocide, and led to the rise of the brutal regimes of Germany, Japan and Russia.

9:00a NEW FLYFISHER #315 Advanced Streamer Techniques 9:30a WOODSMITH SHOP #211 Shop Storage Solutions 10:00a WOODTURNING WORKSHOP #301 Shop Stool 10:30a THIS OLD HOUSE #2821 New York City Project, Part 5 11:00a MOTORWEEK #2843 Mazda Mx-5 11:30a LIDIA’S ITALY #206 Vegetarian Rome 12:00n MEXICO-ONE PLATE AT A TIME WITH RICK BAYLESS 12:30p NEW SCANDINAVIAN COOKING WITH CLAUS MEYER #102 Ice Water Cooking 1:00p CULINARY TRAVELS WITH DAVE ECKERT #819 Fantastic Monterey 1:30p TOMMY TANG’S LET’S GET COOKING #122 Chiang Mai 2:00p MARTHA’S SEWING ROOM #2912 Satin Stitch Applique With Quilting 2:30p LINDA MACPHEE’S WORKSHOP #503 Home Decor

9:00p MEDAL OF HONOR A profile of America’s greatest heroes— recipients of our country’s highest honor for military service, reflects on the extraordinary feats that ordinary people perform when placed in the cauldron of combat, and sadly, it reminds us of the exploits of those who have received the honor posthumously in conflicts up to and including the Iraq war.

10:30p A CLOSER WALK The first film to depict humankind’s confrontation with the global AIDS epidemic, it encompasses the broad spectrum of the global AIDS experience, the people affected, the relationship between health, dignity and human rights; and the universal need for action, compassion and commitment to counter what has become the worst plague in human history.

Early Monday

12:00a CHASING CHURCHILL: IN SEARCH OF MY GRANDFATHER #101 Wanted: Dead Or Alive See Tue. 6/23 at 8:00 pm for details.

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June 2009 1:00a THROUGH THE EYES OF THE SCULPTOR Examine the intense process that precedes a sculptor’s taking a hammer and chisel to stone that has rarely been documented.

Monday 29 5:00p CALIFORNIA’S GOLDEN PARKS #135 Yosemite Falls Trail 5:30p WHITE HOUSE CHRONICLE #1025 6:00p JOURNAL #4128 6:30p WORLDFOCUS #1191 7:00p EASY THAI COOKING WITH TOMMY TANG #105 7:30p LIDIA’S ITALY #225 Heavenly Baccala

Because how we view entrepreneurs— as greedy or altruistic, as virtuous or vicious—shapes the destinies of individuals and nations.

Tuesday 30 5:00p CALIFORNIA’S GOLD #11003 Hmong 5:30p WILD CHRONICLES #337 6:00p JOURNAL #4129 6:30p WORLDFOCUS #1192 7:00p FOREIGN EXCHANGE #524 7:30p THINK TANK WITH BEN WATTENBERG #1427 Uncovering Clemente, Baseball’s Last Hero

8:00p CHASING CHURCHILL: IN SEARCH OF MY GRANDFATHER #102 The Other Country 8:00p GREAT PERFORMANCES #3403 By focusing on Churchill’s growing gift Domingo, Netrebko & Villazon: Three with words and deepening passion for Stars In Vienna painting, Celia begins to get to know the Recorded live in the Imperial Park of inner man. The quest takes her throughhistoric Schönbrunn Summer Palace, out the United States and to the banks of tenors Plácido Domingo and Rolando Vilthe Nile in Egypt, which seemed to lure lazón join soprano Anna Netrebko for an Churchill at crucial moments throughout evening of Franz Lehar and other masters his life. of the operetta and zarzuela.

9:00p MONARCHY: THE ROYAL FAMILY 9:30p MICHELANGELO’S APOLLO AND AT WORK #103 PATHOS: THE HUMAN FORM Headquarters/Head Of State Comparisons of several of his most Tours some of Buckingham Palace’s 650 famous works illuminate Michelangelo’s rooms—the nerve center of the British extensive knowledge of the human monarchy—and follows Queen Elizabeth body, his exploration of the physical ideal as she prepares for her annual move to represented by the Greek god Apollo, Balmoral in Scotland. and his skill in portraying human suffering through bodily attitude. Both the marble 11:00p WIDE ANGLE #701 David and the Adam of the Sistine Heart Of Darfur Chapel ceiling are Apollo representations, With the Darfur Peace Agreement in while two female figures from the Medici shambles and fears rising that the region Chapel illustrate struggle and triumph. is headed for a new cycle of bloodletting, get an eyewitness account of what the 10:00p MHZ WORLDVIEW U.N. Secretary-General has called “the PRESENTS...#522 largest humanitarian crisis in the world.”

TBA Early Tuesday

12:00a JOURNEY TO PLANET EARTH #601 The State Of The Planet’s Oceans See Wed. 6/24 at 8:00 pm for details.

1:00a CALL OF THE ENTREPRENEUR Three men. One call. A merchant banker. A failing dairy farmer. A refugee from Communist China. One risked his savings. One risked his farm. One risked his life. Why do their stories matter?

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