December 2023 On KQED

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TV HIGHLIGHTS

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Meet up In-Person and Online

Explore the World of Passport

Discover KQED’s Radio & Podcasts

Holiday Programming

One Mystery Queen Investigates Another

Daytime Grids, Program Schedule

LIVE, ONLINE AND IN-PERSON EVENTS Our Events Series

Get informed about critical local issues, inspired by vivid expressions of creativity and civic imagination and involved in collectively envisioning a better Bay Area. Prices and events are subject to change. KQED Live is sponsored by Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Comcast Business, San Francisco Symphony and SFMOMA. For tickets, details and the latest updates on events, go to kqed.org/live.

DECEMBER LINEUP Rick Steves Rick Steves

Sunday, December 3, 7pm, $30 Learn how to get back into traveling with Rick Steves, America’s most beloved globetrotter. He'll share essential skills for post-pandemic travel, from itinerary planning to packing light, escaping the crowds, and maximizing your cultural and culinary experiences.

Celebrating the Holidays with Tamales Holidays with Tamales

Tuesday, December 12, 7pm, $15 Unwrap some holiday magic with a tour of three Bay Area tamalerxs! Indulge in tastings and a hands-on workshop to learn traditional techniques and explore delicious flavors.

PARTNER EVENTS Panto in the Presidio: Sleeping Beauty

Panto in the Presidio

Saturday, November 25, through Saturday, December 30, Ticket prices vary.

Presidio Theatre Performing Arts Center, 99 Moraga Ave., San Francisco Panto in the Presidio returns this season with Sleeping Beauty, a musical mashup of true love, talking dogs, singing chickens, a dancing ghost and enough fairy magic for the entire family. KQED members can receive 10 percent off with the code KQED10.

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Dancers: Carlos Venturo, LizAnne Roman Roberts, Vincent Chavez, and Emily Hansel.

Saturday, December 2, through Saturday, December 23, Ticket prices vary.

Cowell Theater, Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture, 2 Marina Blvd., San Francisco You’re invited to this zany 50-minute version of the classic Nutcracker story, designed for families with young children, performed with live music. KQED members can receive 10 percent off tickets using promo code KQEDNS23. Purchase tickets at fortmason.org/event/mark-foehringers-nutcracker-sweets.

IlluminOdyssey: The Science of Light at CuriOdyssey

IlluminOdyssey Cover: Photo courtesy of Lorian Reed-Drake.

Friday, November 10, through Sunday, January 28, Ticket prices vary.

CuriOdyssey Science Playground & Zoo, 1651 Coyote Point Dr., San Mateo Inspired by the science of light, IlluminOdyssey is an immersive installation that will mesmerize kids and adults alike and is included with admission. Guests enter a glowing maze of botanical geometry to play with rainbows and light. KQED members receive 10 percent off tickets (limit 4, in-person only).

TOP DOWN: PHOTO COURTESY OF RICK STEVES. PHOTO COURTESY OF LUNA MARINA. PHOTO COURTESY OF TERRY LORANT. PHOTO COURTESY OF MATT HABER. PHOTO COURTESY OF CURIODYSSEY.

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NEWS + NOTES

Miss Scarlet and The Duke; photo courtesy of MASTERPIECE.

Take Advantage of Your Passport to Mystery, Romance and Drama The New Year is fast approaching and with it comes a new lineup of incredible KQED and PBS programs that will whisk you away to worlds of unpredictable mystery, enchanting romance and turbulent drama. But did you know that as a Passport member, you can binge entire seasons of your favorite shows on demand? This means you can drop into Victorian London to solve crimes in the beauty- and banter-filled series Miss Scarlet and The Duke, enjoy all the Regency-era romance of Sanditon or tune into the heartfelt heroism of All Creatures Great and Small anytime you’d like. From MASTERPIECE to the Ken Burns’ collection, Passport provides a front-row seat to first-rate programs.

If you’re a KQED supporter who gives $5/month, you already have access to Passport, which means you have exclusive early streaming opportunities and an on-demand library of more than 2,000 programs. To ensure you have everything you need to explore the vast variety of content, here are the simple steps of how to confirm eligibility, activate your membership and access your premier Passport catalog. See just some of what you can already stream at pbs.org/explore.

How Do You Activate It? Once you access your PBS Passport token (see above), you should be in. If you run into problems, please contact us at kqed.org/memberhelp or at 415.553.2150.

How Do You Watch Passport Videos?

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Have Questions? We Can Help.

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• Get help from KQED Membership: kqed.org/memberhelp, or at 415.553.2150.

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KQED Passport is available to donors and supporters at or above the $60/year, or $5/month, level.

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Please note: Late-breaking Please note: Coronavirus and late-breaking news may affect the schedule below. news may affect the schedule below.

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Forum Repeats get a bad reputation. But, if you ask this writer, they really shouldn’t. As the days of the year tick down, many programs replay some of their favorite, most-memorable shows. It’s a chance to catch things you missed and reflect on the year that was. Last year, in the final week of December, Forum re-aired conversations with poet Javier Zamora; science writer Ed Yong; Bay Area author Ingrid Rojas Contreras; and a great panel on the year’s best movies. What will they choose this year? You’ll have to listen to find out — even this writer doesn’t know.

So whether you work straight through or take half the month off, tune in that last week of December to catch up on some of 2023’s best conversations.

Forum plays live on KQED weekdays at 9 and 10am, with a repeat at 8 and 9pm. Listen on KQED 88.5 FM or on the KQED App. —Devin Holt, On-Air Digital Programming Assistant

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There are podcast apps that come already installed on every phone. On iPhone, it’s simply called “Podcasts,” and on Android, it’s “Google Podcasts.” A lot of people choose to listen on other apps like Spotify too!

Here’s how to get started: 1. Open your podcast app of choice.

2. Search for your favorite KQED podcast or radio show or simply type in KQED. 3. Choose an episode that strikes your interest, and enjoy!

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What are podcasts?

Podcasts are like taking the radio with you anywhere you go and listening to your favorite shows whenever you want. They’ve been around since the early 2000s but have really become more prominent in the last couple of years — and KQED has some of the best! Whether you’re curious about the Bay Area's hidden stories (Bay Curious), interested in the future of learning (MindShift), like to stay connected to California's diverse issues (The California Report) or want to explore something else, KQED has got you covered.

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To activate the KQED Passport benefit, please go to kqed.org/passporthelp, where you’ll find everything you need to start streaming. To change your membership amount, please contact Member Services at 415.553.2150 or at kqed.org/memberhelp.

In the TV programming department, we start working on our schedules two to three months ahead of time, which means we started thinking about holiday programming even earlier than some of the displays started appearing in stores. Luckily, I love the holidays, and I am thrilled that Passport offers so much in addition to what can be found on broadcast. I find myself returning over and over again to enjoy the music on In Performance at the White House: Spirit of the Season and Happy Holidays with Bing and Frank; to find recipe inspiration from holiday-themed episodes of America’s Test Kitchen and Mary Berry’s Ultimate Christmas; to learn the holiday history on Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas and Cultural Expressions: Kwanzaa; and to discover decorating ideas on programs like J. Schwanke’s Life in Bloom: Holidays for Blooms. There are also full films on Passport, including Scrooge (1935) and A Christmas Wish (1950). Wishing everyone Happy Holidays!

—Meredith Speight, Director, TV Programming

Bingeworthy

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The Paris Murders, Season 7 Intuitive profiler Chloe Saint-Laurent solves the most puzzling cases with the Paris homicide division in this suspenseful and fast-paced series based on actual criminal cases.

Her exceptional sensitivity enables her to read the minds of killers and victims alike. Binge the season starting December 23.

From Walter's Choice, in French with English subtitles.

Early Streaming

Legends of the Canyon Watch and enjoy the emergence of rock music as it spawned in the garden of the Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles' Laurel Canyon. Stream it early on Passport starting December 1, before it airs on KQED Plus in January.

Photo courtesy of American Public Television.

Expiring Soon

December 5 Modus, Seasons 1 and 2 December 16 How Sherlock Changed the World December 26 Great Performances — Andrea Bocelli: Live in Central Park December 29 American Masters — Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page December 30 Van der Valk on MASTERPIECE (original), Seasons 3 and 4

More from Your Passport Library

American Experience American Masters America’s Test Kitchen Antiques Roadshow Baking with Julia Best of The Joy of Painting Check, Please! Bay Area Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television Cook’s Country Film School Shorts Finding Your Roots Great Performances Independent Lens Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Lidia’s Kitchen MASTERPIECE Nature NOVA Pati’s Mexican Table Rick Steves’ Europe Simply Ming The U.S. and the Holocaust This Old House Truly CA Walter’s Choice

L TO R: PHOTO COURTESY OF THE PARIS MURDERS. PHOTO COURTESY OF CARDINAL RELEASING. PHOTO COURTESY OF PUNT / ANEFO.

Holiday Programming

DECEMBER PICK

TELEVISION

Season of Light: Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir

Photo of Lucy Worsley on the SS Sudan, Egypt, courtesy of Lorian Reed-Drake.

One Mystery Queen Investigates Another which airs every Friday at 8pm on KQED Plus), Christie is a literary record-holder. According to the Guinness World Records, Agatha Christie is the world’s best-selling author of all time, having sold more than two billion copies.

My favorite blonde historian is back for more sleuthing! With a vast portfolio that includes popular KQED TV shows like Lucy Worsley Investigates; Lucy Worsley’s Royal Myths and Secrets; and Blitz Spirit with Lucy Worsley, there is no person more qualified (in my opinion) to investigate the ultimate mystery queen, the late Dame Agatha Christie, than our famed British author/curator/television presenter herself.

Christie, a writer during the Golden Age of detective fiction, is often referred to as the “Queen of Crime.” Having written an overwhelming amount of work comprising more than 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections (including every plot to the crimesolving adventures of Agatha Christie’s Poirot,

When considering the sheer amount of work Christie put into this world, one could only wonder how her mind came up with so much material. That is why Lucy Worsley has set out to explore the enigma of Agatha Christie over the span of three episodes. Watch episode one of Agatha Christie: Lucy Worsley on the Mystery Queen on Sunday, December 3, at 8pm on KQED 9 to uncover the complex woman whose life and work reflect the upheavals of the 20th century.

—Sophie Kim, Editorial + Production Assistant

Tuesday, December 12, at 8pm on KQED 9 This beloved annual holiday special returns for its 20th televised year with Tony Award-winning star Lea Salonga and worldrenowned screen and stage actor Sir David Suchet.

Held at Temple Square, the concert includes songs that honor Solanga’s Filipina heritage, as well as performances that combine timeless music with real-life examples of sharing light.

Photo courtesy of © 2023 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved.

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DID YOU KNOW? San Francisco's Own Literary Detective • Samuel Dashiell Hammet, who was a San Francisco detective before becoming a writer, named his lead detective in The Maltese Falcon, Sam Spade, after himself.

• John’s Grill, the restaurant from which Sam ordered “chops, baked potato and sliced tomatoes,” still serves the iconic menu item today.

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Great Performances: From Vienna — The New Year’s Celebration 2024 Monday, January 1, at 8pm on KQED 9 Celebrate the New Year with the Vienna Philharmonic and renowned conductor Christian Thielemann. Performed in the opulent Musikverein, this grand music celebration is an annual concert showcasing the artistry of classical music.

Photo of the full orchestra, courtesy of Lois Lammerhuber.

Eye of the Needle

Saturday, December 16, at 8pm on KQED 9 A ruthless German spy, Henry Faber (Donald Sutherland) is on his way home after gathering information for Hitler.

Known as the "Needle," a name that refers to his favorite method of killing, Henry becomes stranded with Lucy (Kate Nelligan) and her husband, David (Christopher Cazenove).

Lucy's strained relationship with David leaves her vulnerable to Henry's charms.

Photo courtesy of American Public Television.

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• The noir fiction classic is set in San Francisco, and investigator Sam Spade lives at 891 Post St., which was the real-life address of the author in the late 1920s.

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12:30 + Energy Switch ★ Solar Panel Recycling. R (+) 12/18 4pm 1am 9 Cook’s Country #1411 French Fare. + John Sebastian’s Folk Rewind (My Music Presents) R (9) 12/3 6pm, 12/4 mid 1:30 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1701 Palette Tea House, Rico Rico Taco, the Kitchen Table. R (9) 12/2 noon 2am 9 Young Forever with Mark Hyman, MD R (9) 12/2 8am, 12/6 10pm, 12/7 4am; (+) 12/2 1pm 3am + ’60s Pop, Rock & Soul (My Music Presents) R (+) 12/3 1pm4am 4am 9 Concert for George Harrison’s music. R (9) 12/2 6am & 6pm, 12/3 mid & 11am 5am + 5 Minute Yoga Fix with Peggy Cappy ★ R (9) 12/3 6am; (+) 12/6 11pm, 12/7 5am mid

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Concert for George R (9) 6pm, 12/3 mid & 11am Sit and Be Fit #1605 Neglected Areas of Body.

Classical Stretch: By Essentrics #1209 Back Pain Relief.

Mary Berry’s Ultimate Christmas Tips for a feast. R (9) 1pm; (+) 12/21 5:30pm Young Forever with Mark Hyman, MD R (9) 12/6 10pm, 12/7 4am; (+) 1pm Moments to Remember (My Music Presents) Late ’50s and early ’60s pop.

Great Scenic Railway Journeys 30th Anniversary Special Reviewing 30 years. R (+) 12/3 6pm, 12/4 mid Americas Home Cooking: Easy Recipes for Thrifty Cooking

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12:30 9 Lidia’s Kitchen #1002 Carry on Tradition.

1pm 9 Mary Berry’s Ultimate Christmas R (+) 12/21 5:30pm + Young Forever with Mark Hyman, MD R (9) 12/6 10pm, 12/7 4am

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8pm 9 Steve & Eydie: Memories of My Mom and Dad (My Music Presents) ★ Songs from ’50s rock ’n’ roll, ’60s pop, Tin pan Alley and Broadway. R (9) 12/3 2am; (+) 12/6 7pm, 12/7 1am + Sarah Brightman: a Christmas Symphony Featuring Andrew Lloyd Webber, Aled Jones and Gregorian choir. R (+) 12/3 2am & 3pm 9:30 + Barbra Streisand: Back to Brooklyn ★ R (+) 12/3 3:30am, 12/6 9pm, 12/7 3am 10pm 9 Cyndi Lauper Live ... at Last ★ R (9) 12/3 4am

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7am 9 How Great Thou Art, a Sacred Celebration ★ + Memory Makeover with Daniel Amen, MD 9am 9 Celtic Woman 20th Anniversary Concert R (+) 12/6 3pm + Your DNA Secrets Revealed 11am 9 Concert for George + Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide

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Monday, December 4, at 8pm on KQED Plus A spin-off of Father Brown, the critically acclaimed, light-hearted murder-mystery series returns with Season 2! It’s the 1960s and the Vespa-driving, crime-solving Catholic nun, Sister Boniface, continues to be an invaluable asset to the Great Slaughter Police Department. Tune in every Monday at 8pm to catch all 10 episodes.

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8pm 9 Agatha Christie: Lucy Worsley on the Mystery Queen ★ #101 Cat Among the Pigeons. D R (9) 12/4 2am + Neil Diamond: Thank You Australia R (+) 12/4 2am 9:30 9 The Highwaymen Live at Nassau Coliseum R (9) 12/4 3:30am, 12/6 1pm & 8:30pm, 12/7 2:30am + ’70s Soul Superstars (My Music) R (+) 12/4 3:30am 11pm 9 Aging Backwards 4: The Miracle of Flexibility with Miranda Esmonde-White (9) 12/4 5am

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2:30 9 Neil Diamond: Thank You Australia R (+) 12/3 8pm, 12/4 2am 3pm + England Made With Love 4pm 9 Finance for the People With Paco de Leon 4:30 + All Creatures Great and Small: Christmas in the Dales 5:30 9 PBS News Weekend ★ 6pm 9 Concert for George R (9) 12/3 mid & 11am + Celtic Woman 20th Anniversary Concert R (9) 12/3 9am; (+) 12/3 mid, 12/6 3pm

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9 America’s Test Kitchen #2322 Light Summer Meal. R (9) 12/5 1am + Father Brown #191 The Menace of Mephistopheles. R (+) 12/5 1am 7:30 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1702 Smelly’s Creole, Maison Danel, Roxx on Main. R (9) 12/5 1:30am 8pm 9 Antiques Roadshow #2325 The Gen X Years. R (9) 12/5 2am, 12/10 4pm; (+) 12/8 3pm & 7pm, 12/9 1am, 12/10 11am + Sister Boniface Mysteries ★ #201 Don’t Try This at Home.

An editor is murdered on set. R (+) 12/5 2am 8:47 + The Hour #205 Reckless to the Core. R (+) 12/5 2:47am 9pm 9 Antiques Roadshow #2424 Women’s Work. R (9) 12/5 3am; (+) 12/7 3pm 9:48 + RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service #101. Eliza’s first retrieval turns problematic. R (+) 12/5 3:48am 10pm 9 Independent Lens Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project. D R (9) 12/5 4am 10:33 + Seaside Hotel ★ #801 We’re Not Talking About That. R (+) 12/5 7pm

4:33am 11:30 9 The Caverns Sessions ★ #212 Kitchen Dwellers. R (9) 12/5 5:30am + People of the North #101 Finnmark Plateau (Alta). R (+) 12/5 5:30am

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9 Amanpour and Company ★ R (9) 4pm + Native Report ★ Call of the Moose. Assembling a birch bark moose call.

12:30 + The Good Road ★ #405 St. Croix, USVI: Farm Tech City. R (+) 12/18 6pm 1–6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule.

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9 Pati’s Mexican Table #1101 The Fire Kings. R (9) 12/6 1am + Sanditon on MASTERPIECE #5317. Charlotte distances herself from Colbourne. D R (+) 12/6 1am 9 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television ★ #712 One-Dish Skillet Dinners. R (9) 12/6 1:30am; (+) 12/17 7:30am,

12/19 10am 8pm 9 Finding Your Roots #708 Laughing on the Inside. Lewis Black and Roy Wood Jr. R (9) 12/6 2am; (+) 12/10 7pm, 12/11 1am, 12/13 7pm, 12/14 1am + Martin Clunes: Islands of the Pacific #103 Galapagos. R (+) 12/6 2am 8:50 + Hamish Macbeth #101 The Great Lochdubh Salt Robbery. R (+) 12/6 2:50am 9pm 9 Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas R (9) 12/6 3am, 12/24 mid 9:45 + Puppy School #101. Coordinating parenting styles. R (+) 12/6 3:45am, 12/10 6pm 10pm 9 Frontline ★ Inside the Uvalde Response. A reconstruction of the response at Robb Elementary. R (9) 12/6 4am 10:35 + The Travelling Auctioneers #101 Sue & Chris, Shropshire. R (+) 12/6 4:35am 11pm 9 Iconic America: Our Symbols and Stories with David Rubenstein #102 Fenway Park. D R (9) 12/6 5am 11:30 + Ireland With Michael #301 Puccini in the Pub; the Iveragh Peninsula. R (+) 12/6 5:30am & 5pm

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Friday, December 8, at 8pm on KQED 9 The Broken Promise is an unflinching documentary that explores the mechanics of genocide, the conditions that allow it to occur and the ideas and institutions that stand against it. The film presents raw first-person stories told by the survivors of genocide and examines how the trauma of this tragedy ripples through generations.

9 Amanpour and Company ★ R (9) 4pm + Laura Flanders Show ★ 12:30 + The Chavis Chronicles ★ 1–6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule.

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9 Rick Steves: The Mighty Alps ★ R (9) 12/7 1am; (+) 12/9 6pm, 12/10 mid + Steve & Eydie: Memories of My Mom and Dad (My Music Presents) R (+) 12/7 1am 8:30 9 The Highwaymen Live at Nassau Coliseum R (9) 12/7 2:30am 9pm + Barbra Streisand: Back to Brooklyn R (+) 12/7 3am 10pm 9 Young Forever with Mark Hyman, MD R (9) 12/7 4am 11pm + 5 Minute Yoga Fix with Peggy Cappy R (+) 12/7 5am 7pm

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9 Cook’s Country #1406 ItalianAmerican Comforts. R (9) 12/8 1am + Celebrity Antiques Road Trip ★ #715 Amol Rajan & Grace Dent. R (+) 12/8 1am, 12/10 10am 7:30 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1703 Ajanta, CyBelle’s Front Room, Syma’s Mexican Grill and Persian Cuisine. R (9) 12/8 1:30am, 12/9 noon, 12/10 1pm 8pm 9 Vera #801 Blood and Bone. R (9) 12/8 2am + Elvis and the USS Arizona R (+) 12/8 2am 9pm + Mavericks ★ Freestyle athletes in small Montana towns. R (+) 12/8 3am, 12/20 4:30pm 9:30 9 Astrid ★ #203 Fermi Paradox. R (9) 12/8 3:30am 10pm + Secrets of the Museum #101. R (+) 12/8 4am 10:30 9 Astrid ★ #204 Fermata. R (9) 12/8 4:30am 11pm + Rick Steves’ Art of Ancient Rome R (+) 12/8 5am 11:30 9 On Story #1307 A Conversation With Dede Gardner. R (9) 12/8 5:30am 7pm

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+ Antiques Roadshow #2325 The Gen X Years. R (9) 12/10 4pm; (+) 12/9 1am, 12/10 11am 7:30 9 Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan ★ David Brooks. R (9) 12/9 1:30am, 12/31 6:30pm; (+) 12/14 12:30am 8pm 9 Broken Promise ★ Warning signs of genocide, and what ordinary citizens can do. R (9) 12/9 2am + Agatha Christie’s Poirot #309 The Affair at the Victory Ball. R (+) 12/9 2am 9pm 9 Terence Blanchard in Dallas ★ Trumpeter/composer Blanchard. R (9) 12/9 3am + SS-GB #101. Detective Archer is under the SS in occupied London.

R (+) 12/9 3am 10pm 9 Christmas at Belmont #2021. R (9) 12/9 4am; (+) 12/24 3pm + COBRA #201 Episode 1. The prime minister assembles an emergency committee. D R (+) 12/9 4am 11pm 9 Bare Feet with Mickela Mallozzi ★ #603. R (9) 12/9 5am + COBRA #202 Episode 2. Disaster paralyzes the clean-up operation.

D R (+) 12/9 5am 11:30 9 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover ★ R (9) 12/9 5:30am

interrupted by fundraising intermissions.

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noon 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1703 Ajanta, CyBelle’s Front Room, Syma’s Mexican Grill and Persian Cuisine. R (9) 12/10 1pm 12:30 9 Lidia’s Kitchen #1011 A Frugal Feast. R (+) 12/14 12:30pm 1pm 9 By Request: Best of Pledge 5:30 9 PBS News Weekend 6pm 9 By Request: Best of Pledge + Rick Steves: The Mighty Alps R (+) 12/10 mid

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9 Amanpour and Company ★ R (9) 4pm + Wild Travels #206. “Shoe panties” and other wacky inventions.

12:30 + Energy Switch ★ Critical Minerals for Energy. Global issues around energy technologies. R (+) 12/25 4pm 1–6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule.

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9 Washington Week with The Atlantic ★ R (9) 12/9 1am

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9 Amanpour and Company ★ R (9) 12/11 4pm + Ireland in Music ★ #104 A Ceathair. Singer Larry Beau.

12:30 + The Caverns Sessions #207 Peter Rowan.

1–6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule.

6am 9 By Request: Best of Pledge Programs selected for this time slot will be announced at least a day ahead of broadcast.

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by Nathalie: Miami, FL. Finding success in shipping terrarium kits.

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Work It Out Wombats! D Yoga in Practice #202 Your Practice Is a Journey.

Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood D Classical Stretch: By Essentrics #1214 Spine Strengthening.

Sesame Street: The Nutcracker — Starring Elmo & Tango D R (9) 12/14 10am, 12/18 10am, 12/22 10am, 12/24 7am, 12/25 10am, 12/27 10am

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noon 9 America’s Test Kitchen #2206 Jewish Baking. R (9) 12/16 11am + Great Performances at the Met ★ #1709 Champion. Boxer Emile Griffith’s story.

12:30 9 Cook’s Country #1608 A Love Letter to the South.

1pm 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1703 Ajanta, CyBelle’s Front Room, Syma’s Mexican Grill and Persian Cuisine.

1:30 9 Key Ingredient with Sheri Castle #107 Cabbage Love.

2pm 9 Dooky Chase Kitchen: Leah’s Legacy #121 Father’s Day Breakfast.

2:30 9 Life of Loi: Mediterranean Secrets #112 The Power of Flour.

3pm 9 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love #302 The Florida Keys & Key West. R (+) 12/16 6:30pm + Great Performances #4811 Message in a Bottle.

3:30 9 Rick Steves’ Europe #1209 Rick Steves’ Europe: Baroque Art. 4pm 9 Antiques Roadshow #2325 The Gen X Years.

4:30 + Birthright Exploring family homes in Cuba. R (+) 12/13 4:30pm, 12/26 4:30pm 5pm 9 tasteMAKERS ★ #301 Triple J Shrimp. R (9) 12/16 2pm 5:30 9 PBS News Weekend ★ + The Latinx Photography Project 6pm 9 Beyond the Canvas #102 Taking the Stage. + Puppy School #101.

6:30 9 Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan Pete Buttigieg.

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9 Streit’s: Matzo and the American Dream R (9) 12/11 1am + Finding Your Roots #708 Laughing on the Inside. R (+) 12/11 1am, 12/13 7pm, 12/14 1am 8pm 9 Agatha Christie: Lucy Worsley on the Mystery Queen ★ #102 Destination Unknown. How Christie’s 1926 disappearance affected her work. D R (9) 12/11 2am + The Bright Path: The Johnny Bright Story ★ Life of football player Bright. R (+) 12/11 2am 9pm 9 All Creatures Great and Small on MASTERPIECE #5307 Second Time Lucky. D R (9) 12/11 3am + Stand: How One Gesture Shook the World R (+) 12/11 3am 10pm 9 All Creatures Great and Small on MASTERPIECE #5308 Honeymoon’s Over. D R (9) 12/11 4am 10:15 + Unrivaled: Sewanee 1899 R (+) 12/11 4:15am 11pm 9 Jamaica Inn #101 Episode 1.

Mary’s morals are challenged by her aunt. R (9) 12/11 5am 7pm

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Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule.

6am–7pm See page 8 for program schedule.

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4pm; (+) 12/15 3pm & 7pm, 12/16 1am, 12/17 11am Sister Boniface Mysteries ★ #202 The Shadow of Baron Battenburg. A sighting of the missing baron causes a frenzy. R (+) 12/12 2am, 12/16 9:45pm, 12/17 3:45am The Hour #206 Fallout. R (+) 12/12 2:46am Antiques Roadshow #2523 Body of Work. R (9) 12/12 3am; (+) 12/14 3pm RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service #102. Pete’s resentment toward Eliza erupts during a midair birth. R (+) 12/12 3:46am POV ★ How To Have an American Baby. Chinese tourists come to the U.S. to give birth. D R (9) 12/12 4am Seaside Hotel ★ #802 Chocolate and Whipped Cream. R (+) 12/12 4:30am People of the North #102 Treasures from the Barents Sea (Kjollefjord). R (+) 12/12 5:30am

Tuesday 12 EARLY

9 Amanpour and Company ★ R (9) 4pm + Native Report ★ Hotshot Artist and Smokejumpers. Firefighting with the Chief Mountain Hotshots of the Blackfeet Nation.

12:30 + The Good Road ★ #406 Charleston, SC: Hidden Histories.

Jewish, Gullah and LGBTQ+ activists as community influences.

R (+) 12/25 6pm 1–6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule.

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9 America’s Test Kitchen #2323 Blackened Chicken and Roasted Okra. R (9) 12/12 1am + Father Brown #192 The Viper’s Tongue. R (+) 12/12 1am, 12/16 10:32pm, 12/17 4:32am 7:30 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1704 Top Hatters Kitchen and Bar, KINSmoke, Reem’s California Mission. R (9) 12/12 1:30am 8pm 9 Antiques Roadshow #2522 Tearjerkers. R (9) 12/12 2am, 12/17 7pm

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9 Pati’s Mexican Table #1102 Sisters, Stew and Sass. R (9) 12/13 1am + Sanditon on MASTERPIECE #5318. Georgiana reunites with a ghost from her past. D R (+) 12/13 1am 7:30 9 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television ★ #713 Quick Noodles. R (9) 12/13 1:30am; (+) 12/24 7:30am, 12/26 10am 8pm 9 Season of Light: Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir ★ From Temple Square. R (9) 12/13 2am, 12/22 9pm, 12/23 3am; (+) 12/25 8pm, 12/26 2am 7pm

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+ America’s Test Kitchen #2206 Jewish Baking. R (9) noon, 12/16 11am 7:30 9 Rosie’s Rules D + Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television #711 Best Roasted Chicken. R (+) 12/12 10am 8am 9 Best of The Joy of Painting #3843 Ocean Sunset. + Wine First #208 Three Climatic Zones, Chile.

8:30 9 Sara’s Weeknight Meals ★ #1207 Festive Feasts. R (+) 12/20 10am + New Scandinavian Cooking #701 New Nordic Cuisine.

9am 9 Lidia’s Kitchen #1107 Embrace the New. + Dooky Chase Kitchen: Leah’s Legacy #117 Mardi Gras.

9:30 9 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire #406 Water Meets Fire. + Kitchen Queens: New Orleans #107 Comfort Food.

10am 9 Pati’s Mexican Table #1210 A Mayan League of Their Own. R (9) 12/30 1:30pm; (+) 12/16 4pm + Celebrity Antiques Road Trip #715 Amol Rajan & Grace Dent.

10:30 9 Baking with Julia #108 Lauren Groveman.

11am 9 Simply Ming #1801 Bok Choi. + Antiques Roadshow #2325 The Gen X Years. R (9) 4pm 11:30 9 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television #311 Milk Street Sweets. R (9) 12/16 10am

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Wednesday 13 EARLY

9 Amanpour and Company ★ R (9) 4pm + Laura Flanders Show ★ 12:30 + The Chavis Chronicles ★ 1–6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule.

6am–7pm See page 8 for program schedule. mid

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9 Lidia’s Kitchen #1108 Worth Celebrating. R (9) 12/14 1am, 12/16 12:30pm, 12/17 9am + Finding Your Roots #708 Laughing on the Inside. R (+) 12/14 1am

Doc Martin Tuesday, December 12, at 8pm on KQED Plus In the tenth and final season of Doc Martin, a year has passed since Martin (Martin Clunes) resigned his medical license, and it’s now his wife, Louisa (Caroline Catz), who is seeing patients in her new career as a child counselor. But does the Doc truly never want to practice medicine again?

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9 Dooky Chase Kitchen: Leah’s Legacy ★ #122 Christmas Traditions. R (9) 12/14 1:30am, 12/16 1pm, 12/17 2pm 8pm 9 Nature #4102 Canada: Surviving the Wild North. D R (9) 12/14 2am + Midsomer Murders #105 Death of a Hollow Man, Part 1. R (+) 12/14 2am 8:53 + Midsomer Murders #106 Death of a Hollow Man, Part 2. R (+) 12/14 2:53am 9pm 9 NOVA #4606 The Next Pompeii. R (9) 12/14 3am 9:42 + Death in Paradise #192 Christmas 2022, Part 2. R (+) 12/14 3:42am, 12/16 9pm, 12/17 3am 10pm 9 Secrets of the Bermuda Triangle #101 Lost at Sea. R (9) 12/14 4am 10:30 + La Otra Mirada #205 Masquerade. R (+) 12/14 4:30am 11pm 9 Planet California #101 Rivers of Gold. R (9) 12/14 5am 7:30

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6am–7pm See page 8 for program schedule.

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9 Cook’s Country ★ #1612 Mediterranean Meze. R (9) 12/15 1am; (+) 12/21 11:30am + Celebrity Antiques Road Trip ★ #716 Tim Vine & Ricky Grover. R (+) 12/15 1am, 12/17 10am 7:30 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1713 Butcher Crown Roadhouse, One Fish Raw Bar, Pillar Point Harbor.

R (9) 12/15 1:30am, 12/16 9am, noon & 7pm, 12/17 1am & 1pm 8pm 9 Vera #802 Black Ice. R (9) 12/15 2am 7pm

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+ Doc Martin ★ #1001 I Will Survive. Martin adjusts after resigning his medical license. R (+) 12/13 2am, 12/16 7pm, 12/17 1am 8:50 + Hamish Macbeth #102 A Pillar of the Community. R (+) 12/13 2:50am 9:30 9 Real Bedford Falls: It’s a Wonderful Life R (9) 12/13 3:30am, 12/23 7:29pm, 12/24 1:29am; (+) 12/17 5:30pm 9:45 + Puppy School #102. Labrador Molly becomes a better companion. R (+) 12/13 3:45am, 12/17 6:02pm 10:01 9 Frontline ★ The Discord Leaks.

How a National Guardsman leaked classified documents, the role of chat rooms and the worldwide impact. R (9) 12/13 4:01am 10:34 + The Travelling Auctioneers #102 Aneeta and Savita, Norfolk. R (+) 12/13 4:34am, 12/16 7:30am 11pm 9 Iconic America: Our Symbols and Stories with David Rubenstein #105 The Statue of Liberty. D R (9) 12/13 5am 11:30 + Ireland with Michael #302 Dublin Can Be Heaven. R (+) 12/13 5:30am

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9 Amanpour and Company ★ R (9) 4pm + Wild Travels #301. Polka-lovers at the Indiana pierogi fest.

12:30 + Energy Switch ★ EU Energy and Climate Policy, Part 1. The European energy crisis and international allies.

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9 Washington Week with The Atlantic ★ R (9) 12/16 1am + Antiques Roadshow #2522 Tearjerkers. R (9) 12/17 4pm; (+) 12/16 1am, 12/17 11am 7:30 9 San Francisco Boys Chorus: Celebrate the Season ★ #2023 A Holiday Celebration. R (9) 12/16 1:30am 8pm 9 Story of Queen Victoria #101 Queen Victoria: Passion and Power. R (9) 12/16 2am, 12/17 7pm, 12/18 1am & 11pm, 12/19 5am + Agatha Christie’s Poirot #310 The Mystery of Hunter’s Lodge. R (+) 12/16 2am 9pm 9 Lookingglass Alice ★ Down the rabbit hole with the Lookingglass Theatre Company of Chicago. R (9) 12/16 3am + SS-GB #102. Huth tries to swing Archer’s allegiance. R (+) 12/16 3am 10pm + COBRA #203 Episode 3. A new threat arises as public sentiment grows turbulent. D R (+) 12/16 4am 11pm 9 Bare Feet with Mickela Mallozzi ★ #604. R (9) 12/16 5am 7pm

Lookingglass Alice Friday, December 15, at 9pm on KQED 9 Imagination soars and awe abounds in this fantastical, dizzyingly playful and gravity-defying spectacle from the Tony Award-winning Lookingglass Theatre Company. Staged with endless wit, astonishing physicality and breathtaking aerial acrobatics, Lookingglass Alice is both deeply faithful to the Lewis Carroll stories and guided by an inventive artistic vision centered on collaboration and transformation.

+ COBRA #204 Episode 4. Anna seeks help from intelligence chief James. D R (+) 12/16 5am 11:30 9 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover ★ R (9) 12/16 5:30am

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9 Amanpour and Company ★ R (9) 12/18 4pm + Ireland in Music ★ #105 A Cuig. Musician Wallis Bird.

12:30 + The Caverns Sessions #208 Cedric Burnside.

1–6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule.

6am 9 Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood D + Sit and Be Fit #1701 Heel to Toe Functional Fitness.

6:30 9 Arthur D + Classical Stretch: By Essentrics #1217 Full Body Toning.

7am 9 Molly of Denali D + Getting Dot Older ★ #208 Riding for Fun. Empty nester begins horseback riding.

7:30 9 Alma’s Way D R (9) 12/22 7:30am, 12/25 7:30am + The Travelling Auctioneers #102 Aneeta and Savita, Norfolk.

8am 9 Best of The Joy of Painting #3922 Mountain Rhapsody.

8:15 + Secrets of the Museum #102.

8:30 9 New Scandinavian Cooking #609 Happy Holiday Food.

9am 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1713 Butcher Crown Roadhouse, One Fish Raw Bar, Pillar Point Harbor.

R (9) noon & 7pm, 12/17 1am & 1pm 9:03 + Real Rail Adventures: Swiss Winter Magic 9:30 9 Yan Can Cook: Spice Kingdom #108 Hot, Hot and Extra Hot! 10am 9 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television #311 Milk Street Sweets. + Rick Steves’ Art of Europe #105 Baroque.

10:30 9 Essential Pépin #114 Family Favorites. D 11am 9 America’s Test Kitchen #2206 Jewish Baking. + This Old House #4506 Lexington: Reworked and Rewired. R (9) 5pm; (+) 12/18 9:30am 11:30 9 Cook’s Country #1610 Jamaican Feast. R (9) 12/31 12:30pm + Ask This Old House #2206 Double Pane Window, Paint Bench. R (9) 12/23 4:30pm mid

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+ Hitchcock Confidential ★ Alma, Alfred’s wife, was a force in her own right. R (+) 12/15 2am, 12/17 8pm, 12/18 2am 9pm + The Unseen Alistair Cooke on MASTERPIECE #5118. R (+) 12/15 3am 9:30 9 Astrid ★ #205 Circe. R (9) 12/15 3:30am 10pm + Secrets of the Museum #102. R (+) 12/15 4am, 12/16 8:15am 10:30 9 Astrid ★ #206 Golem. R (9) 12/15 4:30am 11pm + Rick Steves’ Art of the Baroque Age R (+) 12/15 5am 11:30 9 On Story #1308 Re-Living Palm Springs With Andy Siara. R (9) 12/15 5:30am

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9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1713 Butcher Crown Roadhouse, One Fish Raw Bar, Pillar Point Harbor.

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+ Doc Martin #1001 I Will Survive. R (+) 12/17 1am 7:30 9 Eddy’s World ★ Yakity-Yak Teeth and other iconic toys from inventor Goldfarb. R (9) 12/17 1:30am 8pm 9 Saturday Night Movie #3094 Eye of the Needle. R (9) 12/17 2am + Christmas Carol Goes Wrong ★ R (+) 12/17 2am, 12/21 9pm, 12/22 3am, 12/24 10pm, 12/25 4am 9pm + Death in Paradise #192 Christmas 2022, Part 2. R (+) 12/17 3am 9:45 + Sister Boniface Mysteries #202 The Shadow of Baron Battenburg.

R (+) 12/17 3:45am 10pm 9 Anthony Williams’ Urban Nutcracker R (9) 12/17 4am 10:32 + Father Brown #192 The Viper’s Tongue. R (+) 12/17 4:32am 11:30 9 Start Up ★ #1110 Opnr: Grand Rapids, MI. Giving artists a voice in the industry. R (9) 12/17 5:30am + Christmas on the Danube R (+) 12/17 5:30am

Sunday 17 EARLY

9 Austin City Limits ★ #4907 Foo Fighters. R (9) 12/31 9:45pm + Song of the Mountains ★ #1814 McLain Family Band; The Klassen’s; Larry Efaw & the Bluegrass Mountaineers.

1–6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule.

6am 9 The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About Christmas! D R (+) 12/25 6am + Yoga in Practice #203 Nature and the Cycle of Creation.

6:30 + Classical Stretch: By Essentrics #1218 Psoas & Hip Strengthening.

7am 9 Sesame Street D R (9) 12/20 10am + America’s Test Kitchen #2301 Ultimate Yule Log. R (9) noon, 12/23 11am 7:30 9 Rosie’s Rules D mid

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+ Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television #712 One-Dish Skillet Dinners. R (+) 12/19 10am 8am 9 Best of The Joy of Painting #3844 Graceful Waterfall. + Wine First #209 Mendoza, Argentina.

8:30 9 Sara’s Weeknight Meals ★ #1208 Fish Whisperers. R (+) 12/27 10am + New Scandinavian Cooking #702 Very Local Stews.

9am 9 Lidia’s Kitchen #1108 Worth Celebrating. + Dooky Chase Kitchen: Leah’s Legacy #118 Creole Feast.

9:30 9 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire #407 Spits and Skewers. + Kitchen Queens: New Orleans #108 Fowl Play.

10am 9 Pati’s Mexican Table #801 A Local’s Tour of Culiacan. + Celebrity Antiques Road Trip #716 Tim Vine & Ricky Grover.

10:30 9 Baking With Julia #109 Mary Bergin.

11am 9 Simply Ming #1802 Okonomiyake. + Antiques Roadshow #2522 Tearjerkers. R (9) 4pm 11:30 9 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television #409 French Showstopper Desserts. R (+) 12/23 3:30pm AFTERNOON

noon 9 America’s Test Kitchen #2301 Ultimate Yule Log. R (9) 12/23 11am + Great Performances at the Met ★ #1710 Die Zauberflote. Director Simon McBurney and conductor Nathalie Stutzmann.

12:30 9 Cook’s Country #1609 Biscuits and Chicken.

1pm 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1713 Butcher Crown Roadhouse, One Fish Raw Bar, Pillar Point Harbor.

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noon 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1713 Butcher Crown Roadhouse, One Fish Raw Bar, Pillar Point Harbor.

R (9) 7pm, 12/17 1am & 1pm + MotorWeek ★ #4315.

12:30 9 Lidia’s Kitchen #1108 Worth Celebrating. R (9) 12/17 9am + Radical Restoration #102.

1pm 9 Dooky Chase Kitchen: Leah’s Legacy #122 Christmas Traditions.

R (9) 12/17 2pm + Come Back Anytime Ramen master Masamoto Ueda.

1:30 9 Pati’s Mexican Table #1208 Maya Today.

2pm 9 tasteMAKERS #301 Triple J Shrimp. + Kitchenistas 2:30 9 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love #205 Seoul, South Korea.

3pm 9 Weekends with Yankee #605 Preserving New England. + Check, Please! Bay Area Kids #1421 Dipsea Cafe, Ca’ Momi Osteria, New Mecca Cafe.

3:30 9 The Good Road #401 Mosul, Iraq: Hardwired. + Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television #314 Holiday Entertaining. R (9) 12/23 10am, 12/24 11:30am 4pm 9 Crossing South #501 Villa Del Valle. + Pati’s Mexican Table #1210 A Mayan League of Their Own. R (9) 12/30 1:30pm 4:30 9 Ask This Old House #2205 Generator Hookup, Brick Lintel Repair. + Essential Pépin #103 Sweets for My Sweet. D 5pm 9 This Old House #4506 Lexington: Reworked and Rewired. R (+) 12/18 9:30am + Cook’s Country #1509 Never Enough Chocolate.

5:30 9 PBS News Weekend ★ + America’s Test Kitchen #2318 Spring Chicken Dinner. R (+) 12/28 11am 6pm 9 Classical Tahoe ★ #201. R (+) 12/31 noon + Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope #1106 Zambia: Bush & River Safari.

7pm + Samantha Brown’s Places to Love #302 The Florida Keys & Key West.

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9 Dooky Chase Kitchen: Leah’s Legacy #122 Christmas Traditions.

9 Life of Loi: Mediterranean Secrets #113 Breakfast the Greek Way. 9 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love #303 Top of the South Island, NZ. R (+) 12/23 6:30pm 9 Rick Steves’ Europe #1210 Rick Steves’ Europe: Art of the Neoclassical and Romantic Ages. + Great Performances #4810 New York City Ballet in Madrid.

9 Antiques Roadshow #2522 Tearjerkers.

9 tasteMAKERS ★ #302 Hildebrand Farms Dairy. R (9) 12/23 2pm + Beyond the Stage: The Urban Nutcracker, Community & the Arts 9 PBS News Weekend ★ + Real Bedford Falls: It’s a Wonderful Life R (9) 12/23 7:29pm, 12/24 1:29am 9 Beyond the Canvas #103 Happiness. + Puppy School #102.

9 Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan Rachel Zoffness.

EVENING

9 Story of Queen Victoria #101 Queen Victoria: Passion and Power. R (9) 12/18 1am & 11pm, 12/19 5am + Finding Your Roots #709 On Broadway. Audra MacDonald; Mandy Patinkin. R (+) 12/18 1am, 12/20 7pm, 12/21 12:35am 8pm 9 Agatha Christie: Lucy Worsley on the Mystery Queen ★ #103 Unfinished Portrait. Becoming the queen of crime. D R (9) 12/18 2am + Hitchcock Confidential R (+) 12/18 2am 9pm 9 All Creatures Great and Small on MASTERPIECE #5309 Surviving Siegfried. D R (9) 12/18 3am + What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael R (+) 12/18 3am 10pm 9 All Creatures Great and Small on MASTERPIECE #5310 What a Balls Up! D R (9) 12/18 4am 11pm 9 Jamaica Inn #102 Episode 2. Mary lies about Jem’s smuggling. R (9) 12/18 5am + Design in Mind: Unlocking the Mysteries of Place with Gil Schafer ★ An award-winning architect. R (+) 12/18 5am 11:30 + Design in Mind: On Location with James Ivory R (+) 12/18 5:30am 7pm

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Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule.

6am–7pm See page 8 for program schedule.

1–6am

EVENING

9 America’s Test Kitchen #2324 Cherry and Berry Desserts. R (9) 12/19 1am + Father Brown #193 The Requiem for the Dead. R (+) 12/19 1am, 12/23 10:20pm, 12/24 4:20am 7:30 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1706 620 Jones, Radhaus, & I De La Presse. R (9) 12/19 1:30am 8pm 9 Antiques Roadshow #2323 Out of This World. R (9) 12/19 2am, 12/24 4pm; (+) 12/22 3pm & 7pm, 12/23 1am + Sister Boniface Mysteries ★ #203 The It Girl. Supermodel Robin returns. R (+) 12/19 2am, 12/23 9:30pm, 12/24 3:30am 8:46 + Queen: Anthology – a Life on Film R (+) 12/19 2:46am 9pm 9 Mary Berry’s Highland Christmas ★ Holiday traditions in Scotland. R (9) 12/19 3am 9:42 + RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service #103. A seven-year-old boy goes missing in the outback. R (+) 12/19 3:42am 10pm 9 Lucy Worsley’s 12 Days of Tudor Christmas R (9) 12/19 4am 10:30 + Seaside Hotel ★ #803 The Letter. R (+) 12/19 4:30am 11pm 9 Story of Queen Victoria #101 Queen Victoria: Passion and Power. R (9) 12/19 5am 11:30 + People of the North #103 Faeroerne Islands (Faeroerne Islands). R (+) 12/19 5:30am 7pm

Tuesday 19

+ Sanditon on MASTERPIECE #5319. Georgiana’s worst fears are realized. D R (+) 12/20 1am 8pm 9 Finding Your Roots #706 Country Roots. Clint Black and Rosanne Cash. R (9) 12/20 2am + Doc Martin ★ #1002 One Night Only. Martin resumes his medical practice; problems ensue. R (+) 12/20 2am, 12/23 7pm, 12/24 1am 8:50 + Hamish Macbeth #103 The Big Freeze. R (+) 12/20 2:50am, 12/23 11:05pm, 12/24 5:05am 9pm 9 America at a Crossroads with Judy Woodruff ★ Divisions fracturing the U.S. R (9) 12/20 3am 9:45 + Puppy School #103. Empty nesters adopt a cocker spaniel. R (+) 12/20 3:45am 10pm 9 Frontline ★ Netanyahu, America & the Road to War in Gaza.

Netanyahu’s U.S. and Palestinian relationships, and the road to war in Gaza. R (9) 12/20 4am 10:34 + The Travelling Auctioneers #103 Lucy and Jeremy, Somerset. R (+) 12/20 4:34am, 12/23 7:30am 11pm 9 Iconic America: Our Symbols and Stories with David Rubenstein #101 Fenway Park. D R (9) 12/20 5am 11:30 + Ireland with Michael #303 The Hills of Donegal. R (+) 12/20 5:30am

Wednesday 20 EARLY

9 Amanpour and Company ★ R (9) 4pm + Laura Flanders Show ★ 12:30 + The Chavis Chronicles ★ 1–6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule.

6am–7pm See page 8 for program schedule. mid

EVENING EARLY

9 Amanpour and Company ★ R (9) 4pm + Native Report ★ Native Perspectives on Climate Change.

12:30 + The Good Road ★ #407 NYC: Food Securities.

1–6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule.

6am–7pm See page 8 for program schedule. mid

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7pm

9 Blacks, Blues, Black! #101. R (9) 12/20 1am

9 25 Years with Lidia: a Culinary Jubilee ★ Celebrating with family and celebrity friends. R (9) 12/21 1am, 12/23 12:30pm, 12/24 9am + Finding Your Roots #709 On Broadway. R (+) 12/21 12:35am 8pm 9 Nature #3806 Santa’s Wild Home. D R (9) 12/21 2am; (+) 12/27 5:30pm + Midsomer Murders #107 Faithful Unto Death, Part 1. R (+) 12/21 1:35am 8:46 + Midsomer Murders #108 Faithful Unto Death, Part 2. R (+) 12/21 2:30am 7pm

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Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule.

6am–7pm See page 8 for program schedule.

1–6am

EVENING

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9 Cook’s Country ★ #1613 The Best Diner Food. R (9) 12/22 1am; (+) 12/28 11:30am + Celebrity Antiques Road Trip #717 Felicity Montagu & Clare Holman. R (+) 12/22 1am 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1707 Philomena, Amakara, Palm City Wines. R (9) 12/22 1:30am, 12/23 9am, noon & 7pm, 12/24 1am & 1pm

+ KQED Plus

★ This program (or episode) is airing on a KQED television channel for the first time.

This program is a KQED production, co-production or presentation.

8pm 9 Vera #803 Home. R (9) 12/22 2am + Savoy at Christmas ★ R (+) 12/22 2am, 12/23 9:03am, 12/24 9pm, 12/25 3am 9pm + Christmas Carol Goes Wrong R (+) 12/22 3am, 12/24 10pm, 12/25 4am 9:30 9 Astrid ★ #207 The Book. R (9) 12/22 3:30am 10pm + Secrets of the Museum #103. R (+) 12/22 4am, 12/23 8:15am 10:30 9 Astrid ★ #208 In Custody. R (9) 12/22 4:30am 11pm + Rick Steves’ Art of the Middle Ages R (+) 12/22 5am 11:30 9 On Story #1309 On Writing: Never Have I Ever With Lang Fisher.

R (9) 12/22 5:30am

The Brokenwood Mysteries Saturday, December 23, at 8pm on KQED Plus Get acquainted with the first three episodes of this quirky New Zealand series that follows DI Mike Shepherd, a seasoned investigator who arrives in the town of Brokenwood with a classic car, a country music collection and an indeterminate number of ex-wives. Assisted by DC Kristin Sims, Shepherd soon discovers that Brokenwood is full of secrets.

▲ This broadcast will be

interrupted by fundraising intermissions.

R This program will be repeated on date/s noted.

D Descriptive video info for the sight-impaired is available on televisions with stereo capability.

Friday 22 EARLY

9 Amanpour and Company ★ R (9) 4pm + Wild Travels #302. Mobile, Alabama, hosts America’s oldest Mardi Gras.

12:30 + Energy Switch ★ EU Energy and Climate Policy, Part 2. 1–6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule.

6am–7pm See page 8 for program schedule. mid

EVENING

9 Washington Week with The Atlantic ★ R (9) 12/23 1am + Antiques Roadshow #2323 Out of This World. R (9) 12/24 4pm; (+) 12/23 1am 7:30 9 Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan Melinda Gates. R (9) 12/23 1:30am 8pm 9 Story of Queen Victoria #102 Queen Victoria: Love, Lust and Leadership. R (9) 12/23 2am, 12/24 7pm, 12/25 1am & 11:12pm, 12/26 5:12am + Agatha Christie’s Poirot #401 The ABC Murders. R (+) 12/23 2am 9pm 9 Season of Light: Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir R (9) 12/23 3am; (+) 12/25 8pm, 12/26 2am 9:45 + SS-GB #103. Barbara convinces Archer to save his own life. R (+) 12/23 3:45am 10:30 9 Debbie Gibson Holiday: a Soundcheck Special ★ With Joey McIntyre. R (9) 12/23 4:30am; (+) 12/24 8am 10:35 + COBRA #205 Episode 5.

The Prime minister considers extreme measures. D R (+) 12/23 4:35am 11pm 9 Bare Feet with Mickela Mallozzi ★ #605. R (9) 12/23 5am 11:30 9 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover ★ R (9) 12/23 5:30am 11:32 + Samantha Brown’s Places to Love #609 The Makers. R (+) 12/23 5:32am 7pm

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9pm 9 NOVA #4604 Decoding the Great Pyramid. R (9) 12/21 3am 9:45 + Death in Paradise #193 Episode 1. An astronomer falls to his death during a rare astronomical event.

R (+) 12/21 3:30am 10pm 9 Secrets of the Bermuda Triangle #102 Fallen from the Sky. R (9) 12/21 4am 10:37 + La Otra Mirada #206 I Have a Dream. R (+) 12/21 4:30am 11pm 9 Planet California #102 Close Encounters. R (9) 12/21 5am

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9 Amanpour and Company ★ R (9) 12/25 4pm + Ireland in Music ★ #106 A Se. Musical group Kíla.

12:30 + The Caverns Sessions #209 Della Mae. 1–6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule.

6am 9 Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood D + Sit and Be Fit #1704 Exercise Interventions for Functional Fitness.

6:30 9 Arthur D + Classical Stretch: By Essentrics #1221 Connective Tissue.

7am 9 Let’s Go Luna!: Luna’s Christmas Around the World D + Getting Dot Older ★ #209 Playing Cards. Boomers playing bridge; writing obituaries.

7:30 + The Travelling Auctioneers #103 Lucy and Jeremy, Somerset.

8am 9 Best of The Joy of Painting #3923 Wintertime Discovery.

8:15 + Secrets of the Museum #103.

8:30 9 New Scandinavian Cooking #908 A Treat for the Holidays.

9am 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1707 Philomena, Amakara, Palm City Wines. R (9) noon & 7pm, 12/24 mid

1am & 1pm 9:03 + Savoy at Christmas R (+) 12/24 9pm, 12/25 3am 9:30 9 Yan Can Cook: Spice Kingdom #109 Small Bites.

10am 9 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television #314 Holiday Entertaining. R (9) 12/24 11:30am + Rick Steves’ European Christmas 10:30 9 Essential Pépin #115 All Puffed Up. D 11am 9 America’s Test Kitchen #2301 Ultimate Yule Log. + This Old House #4507 Lexington: Ramping Up. R (9) 5pm; (+) 12/25 9:30am 11:30 9 Cook’s Country #1211 Holiday Feast. R (9) 12/24 12:30pm; (+) 12/25 11:30am + Ask This Old House #2207 Rain Garden, Wrought Iron Railing. R (9) 12/30 4:30pm

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noon 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1707 Philomena, Amakara, Palm City Wines. R (9) 7pm, 12/24 1am & 1pm + MotorWeek ★ #4316.

12:30 9 25 Years with Lidia: a Culinary Jubilee R (9) 12/24 9am + Radical Restoration #103.

Call the Midwife Holiday Special 2023

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Monday, December 25, at 8pm on KQED 9 Call the Midwife returns on Christmas Day with a new holiday special to start Season 13. Donning all the festive trimmings, Nonnatus House is alight with activity as the residents of Poplar unite for yuletide celebrations. But with the New Year dawning, new challenges — and new characters — arrive, creating changes for the community.

7pm

+ Chef’s Life Holiday Special 9 Pati’s Mexican Table #1209 Pink.

9 tasteMAKERS #302 Hildebrand Farms Dairy. + America’s Test Kitchen Special: Home for the Holidays 9 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love #206 Lafayette and Cajun Country, LA. 9 Weekends with Yankee #606 The Enthusiasts. + Check, Please! Bay Area #1503 Range Life, Royal Feast, Daughter Thai Kitchen.

9 The Good Road #402 St. Thomas, USVI: Not Just a Rock. + Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television #409 French Showstopper Desserts.

9 Crossing South #502 Cuatro Cuatros. + Pati’s Mexican Table #901 Tucson: Gateway to Sonora.

9 Ask This Old House #2206 Double Pane Window, Paint Bench. + Essential Pépin #105 Fine Finishes. D 9 This Old House #4507 Lexington: Ramping Up. R (+) 12/25 9:30am + Cook’s Country #1510 Pennsylvanian Melting Pot. 9 PBS News Weekend ★ + America’s Test Kitchen #2319 Sweet and Savory Choux. R (+) 12/29 11am 9 Classical Tahoe ★ #202. R (+) 12/31 1pm + Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope #1201 Halloween in Ireland’s Ancient East. + Samantha Brown’s Places to Love #303 Top of the South Island, NZ.

EVENING

9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1707 Philomena, Amakara, Palm City Wines. R (9) 12/24 1am & 1pm + Doc Martin #1002 One Night Only. R (+) 12/24 1am 7:29 9 Real Bedford Falls: It’s a Wonderful Life R (9) 12/24 1:29am 8pm 9 Saturday Night Movie ★ #3096 The Lavender Hill Mob. R (9) 12/24 2am + Brokenwood Mysteries #101 Blood and Water. R (+) 12/24 2am 9:30 9 The Nutcracker and the Mouse King R (9) 12/24 3:30am + Sister Boniface Mysteries #203 The It Girl. R (+) 12/24 3:30am 10:20 + Father Brown #193 The Requiem for the Dead. R (+) 12/24 4:20am 7pm

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Saturday 23

TV LEGEND 11pm 9 Clown by Quentin Blake R (9) 12/24 5am 11:05 + Hamish Macbeth #103 The Big Freeze. R (+) 12/24 5:05am 11:30 9 Start Up ★ #1111 CritterPro: Jacksonville, FL. Learning from bad partnerships. R (9) 12/24 5:30am

9 KQED 9 + KQED Plus

★ This program (or episode) is airing on a KQED television channel for the first time.

This program is a KQED production, co-production or presentation.

Sunday 24

▲ This broadcast will be

interrupted by fundraising intermissions.

R This program will be repeated on date/s noted.

D Descriptive video info for the sight-impaired is available on televisions with stereo capability.

EARLY

9 Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas + Song of the Mountains ★ #1815 Presley Barker; Wayne Henderson & Friends.

1–6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule.

6am 9 Work It Out Wombats! D + Yoga in Practice #204 Find Balance to Find Peace.

6:30 9 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood D + Classical Stretch: By Essentrics #1222 Hip & Glute Flexibility.

7am 9 Sesame Street: The Nutcracker: Starring Elmo & Tango D R (9) 12/25 10am, 12/27 10am + America’s Test Kitchen #2211 Holiday Dessert and Salad. R (9) noon; (+) 12/25 11am 7:30 9 Rosie’s Rules D R (9) 12/25 9:30am + Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television #713 Quick Noodles. R (+) 12/26 10am 8am 9 Best of The Joy of Painting #3845 Early Autumn. + Debbie Gibson Holiday: a Soundcheck Special 8:30 9 Sara’s Weeknight Meals ★ #1209 Sketches of Spain. + Holiday Handbells: The Raleigh Ringers 9am 9 25 Years with Lidia: a Culinary Jubilee 9:30 + Christmas at DePaul 10am 9 Pati’s Mexican Table #802 Altata, Hidden Gem by the Sea of Cortez.

10:30 9 Baking with Julia #110 Steve Sullivan, Acme Bakery in Berkeley, CA. + Carols at the Cathedral ★ The Cathedral Choir in Denver.

11am 9 Simply Ming #1803 Miso Salmon. + Noel Triumphant ★ Sacred songs by an international choir and orchestra.

11:30 9 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television #314 Holiday Entertaining. mid

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EVENING

noon 9 America’s Test Kitchen #2211 Holiday Dessert and Salad. R (+) 12/25 11am + Christmas at Westminster: an Evening of Readings and Carols ★ The annual Westminster Choir concert. R (+) 6pm 12:30 9 Cook’s Country #1211 Holiday Feast. R (+) 12/25 11:30am 1pm 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1707 Philomena, Amakara, Palm City Wines. + Thrill of Hope: a Concordia Christmas ★ Carols at Concordia University.

1:30 9 Key Ingredient with Sheri Castle #109 Strawberry Fields Forever.

2pm 9 Dooky Chase Kitchen: Leah’s Legacy #123 Culinary School. R (9) 12/27 7:30pm, 12/28 1:30am + Crane Candlelight Concert ★ #2022 Let It Shine! Student musicians from SUNY Potsdam’s Crane School of Music.

2:30 9 Christmastime in New Orleans 3pm 9 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love #304 Sonoma County, California. R (+) 12/30 6:30pm + Christmas at Belmont #2021.

3:30 9 Rick Steves’ Europe #1211 Rick Steves’ Europe: Art of the Impressionists and Beyond.

4pm 9 Antiques Roadshow #2323 Out of This World. + Holidays at Murray State ★ #2023. The Murray State University Concert Choir.

5pm 9 tasteMAKERS ★ #303 Dale Hollow Winery. R (9) 12/30 2pm + Purdue 89th Anniversary Christmas Show 5:30 9 PBS News Weekend ★ 6pm 9 European Christmas Markets + Christmas at Westminster: An Evening of Readings and Carols 6:30 9 Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan Arianna Huffington.

9 Story of Queen Victoria #102 Queen Victoria: Love, Lust and Leadership. R (9) 12/25 1am & 11:12pm, 12/26 5:12am + Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas with Vanessa Williams. R (9) 12/25 mid; (+) 12/25 1am 8pm 9 All Creatures Great and Small on MASTERPIECE #5311 Edward. D R (9) 12/25 2am + George Perris — The Most Wonderful Time of the Year! ★ Big band holiday classics. R (+) 12/25 2am 9pm 9 All Creatures Great and Small on MASTERPIECE #5312 For Whom the Bell Tolls. D R (9) 12/25 3am + Savoy at Christmas R (+) 12/25 3am 10pm 9 All Creatures Great and Small on MASTERPIECE #5313 Merry Bloody Christmas. D R (9) 12/25 4am + Christmas Carol Goes Wrong R (+) 12/25 4am 11pm 9 Jamaica Inn #103 Episode 3. Mary discovers the bodies of Patience and Joss. R (9) 12/25 5am + The American St. Nick R (+) 12/25 5am & 4:30pm 7pm

Monday 25 Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule.

6am–7pm See page 8 for program schedule.

1–6am

EVENING

7pm

9 America’s Test Kitchen #2325 Spanish Summer Supper. R (9) 12/26 1am + Father Brown #194 The Children of Kalon. R (+) 12/26 1am, 12/30 9:40pm, 12/31 3:40am

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9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1708 Ettan, Octavia, Sue’s Kitchen. R (9) 12/26 1:30am 9 Call the Midwife Holiday Special ★ #2023 Holiday Special. R (9) 9:35pm, 12/26 2am & 3:35am + Season of Light: Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir R (+) 12/26 2am + 20 Years of Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir R (+) 12/26 3:30am 9 Call the Midwife Holiday Special #2023 Holiday Special. R (9) 12/26 2am & 3:35am 9 Story of Queen Victoria #102 Queen Victoria: Love, Lust, and Leadership. R (9) 12/26 5:12am + People of the North #104 Cod from Lofoten (Holmen Lofoten). R (+) 12/26 5:30am

Tuesday 26 EARLY

9 Amanpour and Company ★ R (9) 4pm + Native Report ★ Discovering the Moose. How the 1854 Treaty Authority fosters a healthy moose population.

12:30 + The Good Road ★ #408 Northern Iraq. Northern Iraq’s cultural and religiously pluralistic past.

1–6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule.

6am–7pm See page 8 for program schedule. mid

EVENING

9 Blacks, Blues, Black! #102. R (9) 12/27 1am + Call the Midwife #901 Episode 1.

Fred finds an abandoned baby. D R (+) 12/27 1am, 12/28 5am 8pm + Doc Martin ★ #1003 How Long Has This Been Going On? A former patient acts oddly as he starts a business. R (+) 12/27 2am, 12/30 7pm, 12/31 1am 8:02 9 Finding Your Roots #603 Homecomings. Sterling K. Brown, Sasheer Zamata and Jon Batiste. R (9) 12/27 2:02am 9pm + Hamish Macbeth #104 West Coast Story. R (+) 12/27 3am, 12/30 10:35pm, 12/31 4:35am 9:10 9 Cultural Expressions: Kwanzaa ★ The Kwanzaa celebration and way of life. R (9) 12/27 3:10am; (+) 12/30 9:02am 10pm + Puppy School #104. A French bulldog-pug trains as an assistance dog. R (+) 12/27 4am 7pm

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10:15 9 Frontline The Astros Edge: Triumph and Scandal in Major League Baseball. R (9) 12/27 4:15am 11pm + The Travelling Auctioneers #104 Jo and Dan, West Sussex. R (+) 12/27 5am, 12/30 7:30am

EVENING

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7:30

Wednesday 27 EARLY

9 Amanpour and Company ★ R (9) 4pm + Laura Flanders Show ★ 12:30 + The Chavis Chronicles ★ 1–6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule.

6am–7pm See page 8 for program schedule. mid

8pm 8:02 9:07

9:45 10:15

EVENING

9 Lidia’s Kitchen #1109 The Dinner Dance. R (9) 12/28 1am, 12/30 12:30pm, 12/31 9am + Finding Your Roots #710 Anchored to the Past. Journalists Gretchen Carlson and Don Lemon.

R (+) 12/28 1am 7:30 9 Dooky Chase Kitchen: Leah’s Legacy ★ #123 Culinary School.

R (9) 12/28 1:30am 8pm 9 Nature #4006 Penguins: Meet the Family. D R (9) 12/28 2am + Midsomer Murders #109 Death in Disguise, Part 1. R (+) 12/28 2am 8:50 + Midsomer Murders #110 Death in Disguise, Part 2. R (+) 12/28 2:50am 9:05 9 NOVA #4821 Alaskan Dinosaurs.

D R (9) 12/28 3:05am 10pm + Death in Paradise #194 Episode 2. A team member is poisoned inside a locked bunker. R (+) 12/28 4am 10:10 9 Secrets of the Bermuda Triangle #103 Secrets of the Deep. R (9) 12/28 4:10am 11pm + La Otra Mirada #207 There Is No Failure.

11:02 9 Great Polar Bear Feast R (9) 12/28 5:02am 7pm

Thursday 28 EARLY

9 Amanpour and Company ★ R (9) 4pm 12:30 + GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

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Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule.

6am–7pm See page 8 for program schedule.

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11:30

9 Cook’s Country ★ #1614 FrenchInspired Dinner. R (9) 12/29 1am + Celebrity Antiques Road Trip #718 Valerie Singleton & Diane Louise Jordan. R (+) 12/29 1am 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1709 Fob Kitchen, Miller & Lux, Creek House Dim Sum. R (9) 12/29 1:30am, 12/30 9am, noon & 7pm, 12/31 1am & 1pm + The Herriot Way R (+) 12/29 2am 9 Vera #804 Darkwater. R (9) 12/29 2:02am + Musher ★ One year in the life of sled-dog racers. D R (+) 12/29 3:07am 9 Agatha and the Truth of Murder R (9) 12/29 3:45am + Secrets of the Museum #104. R (+) 12/29 4:15am, 12/30 8:15am + Rick Steves’ Europe #1201 Rick Steves’ Europe: Art of Prehistoric Europe. R (+) 12/29 5:15am 9 On Story #1310 A Conversation With Edward Neumeier. R (9) 12/29 5:30am

Friday 29 EARLY

Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule.

6am–7pm See page 8 for program schedule.

1–6am

EVENING

9 Washington Week with The Atlantic ★ R (9) 12/30 1am + Antiques Roadshow #2401 Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library, Hour 1. R (9) 12/31 4pm; (+) 12/30 1am, 12/31 11am 7:30 9 Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan W. Kamau Bell. R (9) 12/30 1:30am 8pm 9 Story of Queen Victoria #103 Queen Victoria: Love, Loss and Leadership. R (9) 12/30 2am, 12/31 7pm + Agatha Christie’s Poirot #402 Death in the Clouds. R (+) 12/30 2am 9pm 9 Great Performances #4612 San Francisco Symphony Reopening Night. R (9) 12/30 3am 10pm + SS-GB #104. Mayhew tries to help the king. R (+) 12/30 4am 10:45 9 Bare Feet with Mickela Mallozzi ★ #606. R (9) 12/30 4:45am 11pm + COBRA #206 Episode 6.

The prime minister and Anna fight for their political lives. D R (+) 12/30 5am 7pm

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Saturday 30

★ This program (or episode)

+ KQED Plus is airing on a KQED television channel for the first time.

EARLY

9 Amanpour and Company ★ + Songs at the Center #701 John Gorka, Amilia K. Spicer & Rev. Robert B. Jones Sr. 12:30 + The Caverns Sessions #210 Darin & Brooke Aldridge.

1–6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule.

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9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1709 Fob Kitchen, Miller & Lux, Creek House Dim Sum. R (9) 12/31 1am & 1pm + Doc Martin #1003 How Long Has This Been Going On? R (+) 12/31 1am 7:30 9 Karamu: Feast for the 7th Day ★ Kwanzaa tradition and the final festival feast. R (9) 12/31 1:30am & 2:30pm 8pm 9 Saturday Night Movie ★ #3097 Z for Zachariah. R (9) 12/31 2am + Brokenwood Mysteries #102 Sour Grapes. R (+) 12/31 2am 9:40 + Father Brown #194 The Children of Kalon. R (+) 12/31 3:40am 9:45 9 Frontline Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover. R (9) 12/31 3:45am 10:35 + Hamish Macbeth #104 West Coast Story. R (+) 12/31 4:35am 11:32 + Rick Steves’ Europe #1011 Scotland’s Islands. R (+) 12/31 5:32am 7pm

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Work It Out Wombats! D Yoga in Practice #205 Finding Your Center.

Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood D Classical Stretch: By Essentrics #1226 Stomach Flattening.

Sesame Street D America’s Test Kitchen #2103 Simple Chicken Dinner. R (9) noon Rosie’s Rules D Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television #701 The Cooking of Colombia.

Best of The Joy of Painting #3846 Wayside Pond.

100 Days, Drinks, Dishes and Destinations #101 Reno/Tahoe,

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California and Nevada.

8:30 9 Sara’s Weeknight Meals ★ #1210 Southern Secrets. + New Scandinavian Cooking #703 Innovative and Old Fashioned.

9am 9 Lidia’s Kitchen #1109 The Dinner Dance. + Dooky Chase Kitchen: Leah’s Legacy #119 Multicultural Spirit.

9:30 9 Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire #408 Barbecue Takes Flight. + Kitchen Queens: New Orleans #109 Must-Try Savory Pies.

10am 9 Pati’s Mexican Table #803 South

By South of the Border With Vivian Howard. + Craft in America ★ #1501 Play.

How play and artistry connect.

10:30 9 Baking with Julia #111 Nancy Silverton.

11am 9 Simply Ming #1804 Pound Cake. + Antiques Roadshow #2401 Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library, Hour 1. R (9) 4pm 11:30 9 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television #706 Miso: The Magic Ingredient.

AFTERNOON

noon 9 America’s Test Kitchen #2103 Simple Chicken Dinner. + Classical Tahoe #201.

12:30 9 Cook’s Country #1610 Jamaican Feast.

1pm 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1709 Fob Kitchen, Miller & Lux, Creek House Dim Sum. + Classical Tahoe #202.

1:30 9 Key Ingredient with Sheri Castle #110 Fishing for Trout Compliments.

2pm 9 Dooky Chase Kitchen: Leah’s Legacy #124 Dooky Chase’s Second Act. + Classical Tahoe #203.

2:30 9 Karamu: Feast for the 7th Day 3pm 9 Samantha Brown’s Places to Love #305 Sailing The British Virgin Islands.

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+ Austin Opera Presents: Bella Noche de Música ★ Blending musical styles.

9 Rick Steves’ Europe #1212 Rick Steves’ Europe: Art of the 20th Century.

9 Antiques Roadshow #2401 Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library, Hour 1. + Stars of Tomorrow Opera Gala ★ University of Kentucky Opera Theatre students at the Lexington Opera House.

9 tasteMAKERS ★ #304 Mo Hives.

9 PBS News Weekend ★ 9 Beyond the Canvas #104. + Let’s Go London 2024 ★ More than 20 marching bands travel from the U.S. to London for the New Year’s Day Parade.

9 Tell Me More With Kelly Corrigan David Brooks. + Mr. Bean #101 Mr. Bean.

EVENING

9 Story of Queen Victoria #103 Queen Victoria: Love, Loss and Leadership. + Mr. Bean #102 The Return of Mr. Bean.

7:30 + Mr. Bean #103 The Curse of Mr. Bean.

8pm 9 Next at the Kennedy Center ★ #203 A New Year's Eve Celebration. R (9) 11pm 8:02 + Mr. Bean #104 Mr. Bean Goes to Town.

8:35 + Mr. Bean #105 The Trouble With Mr. Bean.

9:05 9 Austin City Limits #4907 Foo Fighters.

9:10 + Frank Ferrante’s Groucho 10:15 9 One Voice: The Songs We Share #102. Discover which Broadway showtunes were recorded by the Rat Pack, Johnny Mathis and others.

10:45 + When Comedy Went to School.

11pm 9 Next at the Kennedy Center #203 A New Year's Eve Celebration.

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America’s Heartland This American Land

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ICT Newscast with Aliyah Chavez

Holidays with PBS Kids New Let’s Go Luna and more

PBS Kids celebrates the holidays with seasonal episodes and specials airing throughout December. Sesame Street kicks off the holiday fun on Saturday, December 2, with “The Nutcracker: Starring Elmo & Tango.” Work It Out Wombats! premieres “The Treeborhood Parranda/Happy New Acorn Year!” on Monday, December 4, and Rosie’s Rules premieres “Rosie’s Christmas in Mexico” on Monday, December 11.

On Saturday, December 23, Let’s Go Luna! takes us on an adventure with Luna’s Christmas Around the World.

Other seasonal specials include Arthur’s Perfect Christmas; Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas; Wild Kratts: A Creature Christmas; Nature Cat: A Nature Carol; The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About Christmas!; and Peg + Cat + Holidays.

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France 24

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America ReFramed

Nature

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SATURDAY NIGHT MOVIE Z for Zachariah Saturday, December 30, at 8pm on KQED 9

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Democracy Now!

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Best of World Best of World

Following a disaster that wipes out most of civilization, a scientist (Chiwetel Ejiofor) and a miner (Chris Pine) compete for the love of a woman (Margot Robbie) who may be the last female on Earth.

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