NHPTV Connections Summer of Adventure
July 2017 Summer of Adventure in the 603
Big Pacific
Plunge into the Pacific with researchers and cinematographers to witness the ocean’s rare and dazzling creatures in a way never before seen on television. Filmed in cinematic 4K, the program examines an ocean that covers a third of the Earth’s surface. Traveling coast to coast and examining the micro to the mega, Big Pacific moves throughout the world’s largest ocean to present a broad range of locations, species, natural phenomena and behaviors.
Wednesdays, July 5 - July 19 • 8 PM on NHPTV PRIME
Story of China
Journey back in time to see the splendor of the last Chinese dynasty, the Qing. Witness the fateful First Opium War, which sparked the fall of the empire, and survey the three great revolutions that gave birth to today’s China. Travel with host Michael Wood as he visits wild mountain villages, describes the fall of the empire, visits Jazz Age Shanghai, and stays in the last communist commune.
Tuesday, July 11 • 8 PM on NHTPV PRIME
As the summer heats up, NHPTV invites you to travel the world from the comfort of your own home. Whether you choose to dive into a rare, natural world or investigate other cultures, we have plenty to satisfy your inner explorer. It wouldn’t be summer in New England without a few adventures right in your own backyard. In season 13 of Windows to the Wild, host Willem Lange takes you birding in the Boston Public Garden with Talkin’ Birds host Ray Brown. Next you’re invited on a unique “Holy Flotilla” of Episcopal bishops and their Lutheran colleagues on a trip down the Connecticut River. Later this summer, Willem introduces a new generation to an iconic Applachian Trail tradition, camping for the night and making friends at the newlyrenovated AMC lodge at Little Lyford Lake in Central Maine. And we’re celebrating the adventure of every day life through storytelling with our newest production, Our Hometown. Host Rebecca Rule and the production crew will take the show on the road this summer to Milford and Littleton. Join us as we collect stories and capture the essence of these unique towns and preserve the spirit of the places we call home. Thank you for your support. Peter Frid, NHPTV President & CEO
Weekend in Havana
Join Geoffrey Baer on a trip to Havana, and explore the city alongside the people who live there. Baer’s “high-octane” tour guides include a local architect, a flamenco dancer and a Grammy-nominated musician. They reintroduce Baer and his audience to the vibrant color, culture and history of a beautiful and sensuous city only recently re-opened to Americans. See this rich and memorable place in an entirely new way.
Tuesday, July 18 • 8 PM on NHPTV PRIME
Wild Alaska LIVE
Broadcasting live over three nights with hosts Chris and Martin Kratt, PBS, in partnership with the BBC, will turn the cameras on a must-see natural spectacle as thousands of the world’s wildest animals gather to take part in Alaska’s amazing summer feast.
July 23, 26 & 30 • 8 PM on NHPTV PRIME
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Vintage Antiques Roadshow
The War Show
Obaidah Zytoon captures the fate of Syria through the intimate lens of a circle of friends. Beginning with peaceful Arab Spring protests in 2011, take a four-year, groundlevel look at how the country spiraled into bloody civil war.
Monday, July 3 • 10 PM on NHPTV PRIME
Last Men In Aleppo
See memorable finds appraised at Roadshow 17 years ago. Highlights include an H. Siddons Mowbray painting, an 1802 Meriwether Lewis commission and Marilyn Monroe photos from 1953. Learn which item’s updated appraisal has increased by $165,000.
Monday July 3 • 8 PM on NHPTV PRIME
After five years of war in Syria, the remaining citizens of Aleppo are readying themselves for a siege. Through the volunteers known as the White Helmets, experience firsthand the daily struggle for sanity in a country at war.
Vintage Cleveland
Learn how the antiques and collectibles market has evolved in the last 15 years with updated appraisals like a 1979 Kent State apology, a Patek Philippe pocket watch, and a Herter Brothers sideboard and table. Which appraisal has increased by $50,000?
Monday July 10 • 8 PM on NHPTV PRIME
Monday, July 10 • 10 PM on NHPTV PRIME
Presenting Princess Shaw
View the extraordinary true story of Princess Shaw, an ambitious musician down on her luck, who inspired internationally famous YouTube artist Kutiman to create a magical collaboration that would bring her music to a whole new audience.
Vintage Seattle
Uncover how Seattle appraisals from 15 years ago have held up in the rising and falling antiques market. Highlights include a 1937 Birger Sandzen landscape, Babe Ruth-signed photos and WWII work incentive posters. Have the values soared or sunk?
Monday, July 17 • 8 PM on NHPTV PRIME
Monday, July 17 • 10 PM on NHPTV PRIME
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Program Top Picks Capitol Fourth
Remember Me
Tuesday, July 4 • 8 PM on NHPTV PRIME
Sundays, starting July 16 • 10 PM on NHPTV PRIME
Great Yellowstone Thaw
Rare - Creatures of the Photo Ark
America’s national Independence Day celebration kicks off our country’s 241st birthday with an all-star musical extravaganza broadcast live from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol. With 20 cameras positioned around the city, viewers are front and center for the greatest display of fireworks anywhere in the nation.
A Yellowstone winter is a brutal one. With temperatures that plunge down to minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit, the wildlife has to find strategies to survive. Some animals leave, some hide and some tough it out. Host Kirk Johnson, who’s the Sant Director of the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, visits this unique wilderness to unravel the story of one winter in Yellowstone.
Wednesdays, July 5 - 19 • 10 PM on NHPTV PRIME
Nature's Great Race
Follow three groups of animals – caribou, zebra and elephants – as they face the immense challenges of migration. Captured in real-time, using the latest satellite-tracking and filming technology, the program gives unparalleled access to the great obstacles facing each individual herd, from treacherous terrain to merciless predators, as they risk danger and death in a race for their lives.
Wednesdays, July 12 - 26 • 9 PM on NHPTV PRIME
In this British mystery drama, follow Tom Parfitt, played by Michael Palin, a frail and elderly Yorkshire man seemingly alone in the world whose admittance to a nursing home triggers a series of inexplicable events. On the day Tom leaves his home to move into residential care, he becomes the sole witness to a violent death. Investigators try to unravel the riddle of Parfitt’s mysterious past as they are drawn into an eerie and dangerous world of lost love and betrayal.
Renowned National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore is a natural-born storyteller. His Photo Ark project is a digital collection of the world’s mammals, fish, amphibians, birds, reptiles and insects. This captivating new three-part series follows Sartore as he documents threatened species at zoos, in nature preserves and in the wild.
Tuesdays, starting July 18 • 9 PM on NHPTV PRIME
From Hurricane to Climate Change: A Region Responds
Hear from meteorologists, climatologists, city planners, business leaders and ordinary citizens in this local, independent documentary that underscores the changes that southwest New Hampshire has experienced over the last several decades, as the climate has grown wetter and warmer.
Thursday, July 20 • 8 PM on NHPTV PRIME
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