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Investing Early in Our Future The North Carolina Channel Monday, February 5, 8 AM to 6 PM Experience the 2018 Emerging Issues Forum: kidoNomiCs: Investing Early in Our Future exclusively on the North Carolina Channel. This daylong forum from NC State's Institute for Emerging Issues features attendees and speakers from across the nation exploring how investing in childhood services benefits our state and its economy. See all 10 hours of this important event live on the North Carolina Channel and online at ncchannel.org/stream.
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UNC-TV’s 24/7 Kids Channel ALL DAY & ALL NIGHT 6 AM Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman 6:30 Cyberchase 7:00 Read-a-roo’s Block Party—Peg + Cat (weekends, until 10 AM) 7:30 WordGirl 8:00 Arthur 9:00 The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That 9:30 Sesame Street DV 10:00 Peg + Cat 10:30 Super WHY! 11:00 Clifford’s Puppy Days
CELEBRATE 50 YEARS OF KINDNESS! We're celebrating Mister Rogers' Neighborhood's 50th Anniversary with episodes of Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood followed by the original Mister Rogers' Neighborhood episodes that inspired them, all week, starting Monday, February 26!
11:30 Caillou Noon Sid the Science Kid 12:30 WordWorld 1:00 Peep & the Big Wide World Read-a-roo’s Block Party—Peg + Cat (weekends, until 4 PM) 1:30 Super WHY! DV 2:00 Sesame Street DV 2:30 Dinosaur Train DV 3:30 Splash & Bubbles
4:00 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV 5:00 Ready Jet Go! DV Pinkalicious & Peterrific Premiere! (starting 2/19) 6 PM Nature Cat 7:00 Wild Kratts 8:00 Odd Squad 9:00 Arthur DV 10:00 Sesame Street DV 10:30 Dinosaur Train DV 11:30 Splash & Bubbles 12 M Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV 1:00 Ready Jet Go! DV Pinkalicious & Peterrific (starting 2/19) 2:00 Nature Cat 3:00 Wild Kratts 4:00 Odd Squad DV 5:00 Arthur DV
PEG + CAT IS BACK! Weekends, at 7 AM & 1 PM This multiple Emmy™ award-winning animated preschool series features a curious and energetic child, Peg, and her sidekick, Cat, as they encounter amazing challenges requiring arithmetic and problem-solving skills (and a lot of fun songs).
PINKALICIOUS & PETERRIFIC JOIN THE ROOTLE LINEUP Premiering Monday, February 19, at 5 PM Rootle welcomes this all-new animated series that encourages children from three to five to explore the arts and spark creativity. Based on Victoria Kann's best-selling Pinkalicious book series, Pinkalicious, an artist at heart, imagines creative possibilities everywhere. She knows what she likes, and she’s not afraid to express herself. Celebrate the arts and join in creative fun as Pinkalicious, her brother, Peter, and their neighborhood friends find ways to turn the everyday into the extraordinary.
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2 FRIDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX A Taste of History Yorktown—The Last Battle 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report EX Pati’s Mexican Table Pot Luck Party 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Midsomer Murders The Magician’s Nephew, Hear from the business news anchor Part 2 on High Point University Presents: 7:30 TV NC SPIN Betty Liu, Thursday, February 1, at Tom Campbell and guests 10 PM, on UNC-TV. offer balanced debate for the Old North State. EX Rudy Maxa’s World: 7:50 EX SciTech—Shorts Escape to French Aspirin of the Future Polynesia 8:00 TV Washington Week Tahiti & Bora Bora Leading journalists analyze 8:30 TV Exploring major news and events. North Carolina NC North Carolina Report from the Birds Weekend 9:00 TV North Carolina EX A Place To Call Home Weekend New Beginning Deborah Holt Noel shows 8:30 TV Front Row what’s up this weekend. with Marc Rotterman EX Samantha Brown’s The political analyst and Places to Love his guests discuss public Huntsville, AL affairs and policy issues. 9:30 TV Flavor, NC NC MUSE: The Arts Show BBQ: Heritage Hogs Painter & Sculptor EX Born To Explore Cher Shaffer with Richard Wiese 8:50 EX North Carolina Morocco: Secret Village Weekend—Shorts 10:00 TV High Point University Conservators Center Presents: Betty Liu 9:00 TV Soundbreaking HPU President Nido Qubein The Human Instrument See speaks with the Bloomberg how the most challenging Television news anchor. part of a song is captured. NC The Editor & the NC Front Row Dragon: Horace Carter with Marc Rotterman Fights the Klan EX Call the Midwife Follow a Tabor City pub The midwives discover lisher’s KKK reporting in that a young woman the pre-Civil Rights era. with Down Syndrome is EX Crossing South six months pregnant. Mexicali & San Felipe 9:30 NC Washington Week 10:30 EX Travel Detective 10:00 TV Soundbreaking with Peter Greenberg Going Electric Jimi Hendrix Hidden Gems of Sydney and Stevie Wonder unleash 11:00 TV Amanpour on PBS new sounds. Christiane Amanpour brings NC NC SPIN global issues into focus. EX Father Brown NC PBS NewsHour The Rod of Asclepius EX Joseph Rosendo’s 10:30 NC Carolina Travelscope Business Review Easter Island— Chris William and his guests Mysteries & Myths DV discuss business news in 11:30 TV BBC World News the Carolinas. Get comprehensive cover10:50 EX North Carolina age of international news Weekend—Shorts and current events. WWI Exhibit EX In the Americas 11:00 TV Amanpour on PBS with David Yetman NC PBS NewsHour Peru: A Train to the Clouds
visit unctv.org EX New Scandinavian Cooking Rich Farmland 10:30 TV Exploring North Carolina For the Birds NC Craftsman’s Legacy The Chairmaker EX My Greek Table 3 SATURDAY with Diane Kochilas 6 AM TV Mister Rogers’ Santorini: Flavors of Neighborhood DV a Volcano NC Biographical Conver 11:00 TV Growing a sations with Betty McCain Greener World Part 1 of 3 Gardening for Butterflies & EX Carolina Other Beneficial Insects Outdoor Journal NC The Woodwright’s Tide Driven Specs Shop with Roy Underhill 6:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s Rise of the Machines! DV Neighborhood DV EX A Taste of History EX Carolina Outdoor Alexander Hamilton Journal Classics the Financier Marshland Duck Hunt 11:30 TV P. Allen Smith’s 7:00 TV Sesame Street DV Garden Home NC Carolina Outdoor Best of Travel DV Journal Classics NC The Woodwright’s Fall Kings Shop with Roy Underhill EX Exploring Shaker Rocker Seat DV North Carolina EX Pati’s Mexican Table Smoky Mountain Diversity Pot Luck Party 7:30 TV Dinosaur Train DV Noon TV Almanac Gardener NC Carolina The Blooming of Outdoor Journal Rare Plants Beetle Spin Approach NC Growing a EX Exploring Greener World North Carolina The Private Garden of Birds of Winter a Public Gardener 8:00 TV Daniel Tiger’s EX Rudy Maxa’s World Neighborhood DV South Africa: Safari NC Exploring 12:30 TV America’s Heartland North Carolina Farmers with Disabilities/ Naturalists NYC Farm Museum EX North Carolina NC Almanac Gardener Weekend Finding Great Bargain 8:30 TV Splash & Bubbles Plants NC Exploring EX In the Americas North Carolina with David Yetman Edge of Life Heart of the Wilderness: EX My Home, NC Wyoming’s Wind Mama Dip, Coming of River Range the Shad, Land of Oz, 1:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Banjo Earth, Glass Artist New Orleans, Part 1 Ronnie Hughes NC Exploring 9:00 TV Curious George DV North Carolina NC North Carolina Naturalists Weekend EX Travels with Darley West Virginia Adventures 9:30 TV Nature Cat NC Our State Elizabeth City/Window Dressing/Pines & Needles EX Travel Detective with Peter Greenberg Hidden Gems of Oahu 10:00 TV North Carolina Weekend NC MUSE: The Arts Show Weaverville’s Master Puppeteer Hobey Ford EX Midsomer Murders The Magician’s Nephew, Part 2 11:30 TV BBC World News 11:50 EX North Carolina Weekend—Shorts Timberlake Gallery
Join innovative cellist Ben Sollee on Woodsongs, Saturday, February 3, at 6 PM, on the North Carolina Channel.
EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Easter Island— Mysteries & Myths DV 1:30 NC Exploring North Carolina Edge of Life EX Curious Traveler Curious Oslo 2:00 TV Rick Steves’ Europe Highlights of Paris: Eiffel & Monet to Crème Brûlée NC First in Future Rhett Mabry EX Globe Trekker Tough Trains: Cuba’s Sugar Railroads 2:30 TV Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Hungary, Austria & Germany: Sampling the Danube DV NC Innovate NC Asheville 3:00 TV Craftsman’s Legacy The Arrow Maker with Cherokee’s Noel Grayson NC Discussions of War NC Museum of History, Raleigh EX Secrets of the Dead Jamestown’s Dark Winter Forensic anthropologists unearth dark secrets at the early American colony. DV 3:30 TV American Woodshop Shaker-Inspired Wall Rack NC Comic Culture Hilary Price (Rhymes with Orange) 4:00 TV The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill Rise of the Machines! DV NC Front Row with Marc Rotterman EX History Detectives Mysterious Airplane Engine Parts & a Forbidden Hawaiian Island 4:30 TV This Old House Graduation Day NC NC SPIN 5:00 TV Carolina Outdoor Journal Tide-Driven Specs NC PBS NewsHour Weekend EX Antiques Roadshow Knoxville, Part 2 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour Weekend NC Washington Week 6:00 TV Lawrence Welk Show Salute to Sinatra (1978) NC Woodsongs Ben Sollee/Luke Bulla EX Rudy Maxa’s World: Escape to French Polynesia Tahiti & Bora Bora
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evening&weekend listings 7:00 TV As Time Goes By A Deeply Personal Problem NC Jammin at Hippie Jack’s Sweetback Sisters EX Seeing Canada Series Premiere! Nimmo Bay & Manitoulin Island 7:30 TV As Time Goes By Animal Magnetism NC Jammin at Hippie Jack’s Outlaw Gospel, Part 2 EX Born To Explore with Richard Wiese Namibia: Painted People of the Desert 8:00 TV Midsomer Murders Death in Chorus, Part 1 Barnaby and Jones try to unravel a choir member and a bird watcher’s deaths. NC Song of the Mountains The Boxcars EX Globe Trekker Top 10 South American Adventures 8:50 TV My Home, NC—Shorts Sunrise Biscuit Kitchen— Chapel Hill 9:00 TV Midsomer Murders Death in Chorus, Part 2 NC Songs at the Center Dianna Corcoran/Marti Dodson/Patrick Buzzard EX Are We There Yet? Ireland Series Premiere! Dublin A penniless pair of British personalities must sing, cook and dance for their food and lodging; if they fail, they sleep in the van. 9:30 NC Live at the Charleston Music Hall Series Premiere! Edwin McCain 9:50 TV SciTech—Shorts Blackbeard the Wave Glider EX North Carolina Weekend—Shorts Clemmons Kitchen 10:00 TV Death in Paradise Erupting in Murder NC Kate Maurice Hines EX Ballyfin: Portrait of an Irish Country House Explore this eye-popping Irish estate with nearly 200 years of fascinating history. 11:00 TV Sherlock Season 4 on Masterpiece The Six Thatchers DV NC Austin City Limits LCD Soundsystem EX Globe Trekker Nigeria
EX Finding Your Roots Southern Roots with Questlove, Dr. Phil & Charlayne Hunter-Gault 8:30 TV Wild Kratts NC Market to Market Get solid reporting and analyses about agriculture and commodity markets. 9:00 TV This Old House Graduation Day NC Washington Week EX Secrets of the Dead Scanning the Pyramids 9:30 TV Ask This Old House Rain Chain/ Vanity Installation NC Front Row with Marc Rotterman 10:00 TV MUSE: The Arts Show Painter & Sculptor Cher Shaffer Take a new look at our neighbor to the NC NC SPIN north as Seeing Canada premieres Saturday, February 3, at 7 PM, on EX Secrets of the Dead The Explorer Channel . Cleopatra’s Lost Tomb DV 10:30 TV SciTech Now North Carolina 4 SUNDAY Carolina Bays & 6 AM TV Nature Cat Synchronous Fireflies NC Closer to Truth NC North Carolina Evolution & Theology Bookwatch EX History Detectives Stephanie Powell Watts— Mysterious Airplane Engine No One Is Coming To Parts & a Forbidden Save Us Hawaiian Island 11:00 TV North Carolina 6:30 TV Wild Kratts Bookwatch NC Education Matters Stephanie Powell Watts— Learn about key issues No One Is Coming To affecting education in NC. Save Us 7:00 TV Ready Jet Go! DV NC Articulate NC Truth About Money with Jim Cotter with Ric Edelman Orchestrating Hits with The financial advisor shares Larry Gold his investment insights. EX Secrets of the Dead EX Globe Trekker Teotihuacan’s Lost Kings DV Wild West: USA 11:30 TV Black Issues Forum 7:30 TV Bob the Builder DV Visit unctv.org/bif. NC Consuelo Mack NC MUSE: The Arts Show WealthTrack Acorn Drop 8:00 TV Curious George DV NC Carolina Business Review
Cheer on British broadcasting favorites Danile Coll (L) and Charlie Lawson (R) as they find creative ways to travel with no money as Are We There Yet? Ireland premieres Saturday, February 3, at 9 PM, on The Explorer Channel. 6 | February
visit unctv.org 8:00 TV Penelope Keith at Her Majesty’s Service Caernarfon Castle Meet a royal harpist and champion dog breeders in Wales. NC Jackie Robinson Part 2 The American hero uses his fame to speak out against injustice, alienating many who lauded him. DV EX Wildest Arctic Arctic Ocean: The Frozen Sea DV 9:00 TV Victoria Season 2 on Masterpiece Faith, Hope & Charity Edwin McCain kicks off the new series Live at the Charleston Music Hall, EX Nature’s Treasure premiering Saturday, February 3, at 9:30 PM, on the North Carolina Channel. Islands: A Journey to the UK Overseas Territories Noon TV Front Row Series Premiere! Atlantic EX Masterpiece with Marc Rotterman Arks: Ascension, Saint HelMYSTERY! NC Carolina ena and Tristan da Cunha Grantchester, Part 5 Sidney Outdoor Journal and Geordie show Scotland 10:00 TV Changing Face of... Tide-Driven Specs the Queen yard a thing or two. DV EX Joseph Rosendo’s The story of the royal family 3:30 TV Lidia’s Kitchen Travelscope is told through changes Slow Cooking Northeast Ontario— in the Queen’s image 4:00 TV Mexico— Canada’s Canoe Culture & and wardrobe. One Plate at a Time First Nations People DV NC One Night in March with Rick Bayless 12:30 TV NC SPIN Follow Mississippi State Dreaming of Sustainable NC Fishing Behind University’s basketball Agriculture the Lines program during the NC First in Future Gary Rosenberg: Hunt for Civil Rights movement. Rhett Mabry the Monster Muskie EX Martin Clunes: EX Father Brown EX Born To Explore Islands of Australia The Eagle & the Daw with Richard Wiese Lord Howe Island 4:30 TV Pati’s Mexican Table Tanzania: The Last 10:30 NC An Unlikely Friendship In Search of La Mixteca Stone Age Tribe A Durham KKK leader and NC Comic Culture 1:00 TV Ellie’s Real a black activist develop a J.M. DeMatteis Good Food surprising friendship. 5:00 TV Washington Week Snack Attack 11:00 TV EastEnders NC PBS NewsHour NC Song of the Mountains NC Our State Weekend Terry Baucom & The Dukes Somerset Place/Fort Bragg/ EX Midsomer Murders of Drive/Dave Adkins Band King’s Crystal, Part 2 Siler City EX Doc Martin EX Globe Trekker 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour The Admirer Food Hour: Southern China Weekend 1:30 TV Martha Bakes 11:30 TV EastEnders NC BBC Newsnight Yeasted Breakfast Favorites 6:00 TV Doc Martin NC Folkways 2:00 TV America’s Music of Surry County Blood Is Thicker Test Kitchen from NC Black Issues Forum Cook’s Illustrated Visit unctv.org/bif. 5 MONDAY Season Premiere! Grown-Up EX Samantha Brown’s Comfort Classics 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour Places to Love NC Songs at the Center NC BBC World News Huntsville, AL Dianna Corcoran/Marti America 6:30 NC Black America Dodson/Patrick Buzzard EX Secrets of the Dead Human Computers EX Durrells in Corfu Teotihuacan’s Lost Kings DV with Margot Shetterly on Masterpiece 6:30 NC Nightly (Hidden Figures) Bad moods and bad luck Business Report EX Born To Explore threaten the Durrells’ idyll. 7:00 TV Nightly with Richard Wiese 2:30 TV Cook’s Country Business Report Morocco: Secret Village Southern Discoveries NC PBS NewsHour 7:00 TV A Place To Call Home NC Echo Sessions EX Rick Steves’ Europe I Believe After Bert’s death, Music by The Resonant The Best of Slovenia all involved are struggling. Rogues 7:30 TV A Chef’s Life NC Blackademics 3:00 TV Sara’s A Road Trip for Rice Television Weeknight Meals EX Crossing South Straubhaar/Delgado/King Soul of the South Turista Libre EX Globe Trekker NC Austin City Limits Food Hour: Ireland LCD Soundsystem 7:30 NC Blackademics Television Venson/Foster February | 7
evening&weekend listings EX Secrets of the Dead The Lost Gardens of Babylon DV 8:30 NC First in Future Brian Etheridge, Leadership, North Carolina 9:00 TV Gilded Age: American Experience Premiere! National wealth grows, but disparities spark debates that rage today.
See how a dike built to protect Hyde County farmland from salt water intrusion may now protect coastal farmland from sea level rise on SciTech Now North Carolina, Monday, February 5, at 9:30 PM, on the North Carolina Channel.
8:00 TV Antiques Roadshow New Orleans, Part 2 NC Exploring North Carolina On the Border EX Midsomer Murders The Black Book 8:30 NC Exploring North Carolina Fort Bragging Rights 8:50 EX My Home, NC—Shorts FARM Café 9:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Jacksonville, Part 1 NC Changing Seas Grand Cayman’s Famous Stingrays EX Midsomer Murders The Black Book 9:30 NC SciTech Now North Carolina At Water’s Edge 10:00 TV Independent Lens Premiere! Winnie Explore the life of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and her work to bring down apartheid. DV NC Animals with Cameras, a Nature Miniseries Part 1 of 3 See the secret lives of animals when they become the cinematographers. DV EX Death in Paradise Erupting in Murder 11:00 NC PBS NewsHour EX History Detectives Mysterious Airplane Engine Parts & a Forbidden Hawaiian Island 11:30 TV Amanpour on PBS
Catch all the action on Animals with Cameras, a Nature Miniseries, Monday, February 5, at 10 PM, on the North Carolina Channel. 8 | February
6 TUESDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Taste of Louisiana with Chef John Folse & Co. Dr. Jocinda Bonzillan 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report EX Mexico— One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless Baking Up Comfort 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Andalucia, Gibraltar & Tangier 7:30 TV Flavor, NC BBQ: Heritage Hogs EX Smart Travels— Europe with Rudy Maxa Carcassonne & the Pyrenees 8:00 TV We’ll Meet Again Lost Children of Vietnam NC North Carolina Bookwatch James Dodson— The Range Bucket List
Relive a time relevant to today on Gilded Age: American Experience, Tuesday, February 6, at 9 PM, on UNC-TV.
NC MUSE: The Arts Show Mary’s Gone Wild EX Secrets of the Dead The Mona Lisa Mystery DV 9:30 NC Comic Culture Bob McLeod (Superman, New Mutants, Star Wars) 10:00 NC Live at the Charleston Music Hall Edwin McCain EX Secrets of the Dead Resurrecting Richard III DV 10:30 NC Songwriters Gretchen Peters 11:00 TV Amanpour on PBS NC PBS NewsHour EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope The Many Faces of Los Cabos, Mexico DV 11:30 TV BBC World News EX In the Americas with David Yetman Chiloe & Chilotes: Proud Islanders of Chile
visit unctv.org Be astounded with Impossible Builds. This new series premieres Wednesday, February 7, at 10 PM, on UNC-TV.
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EX Pati’s Mexican Table Isla Mujeres Inspired 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour 8:30 EX Mike Colameco’s NC BBC World News Real Food America The Clam/Louro EX Attenborough’s 9:00 TV NOVA Birds of Paradise First Face of America The David Attenborough 13,000-year-old skeleton of highlights the mystery and a teenager is found in an scientific revelation surunderwater Mexican cave. rounding the elusive birds. EX My Greek Table 6:30 NC Nightly with Diane Kochilas Business Report Santorini: Flavors 7:00 TV Nightly of a Volcano Business Report 9:30 EX Cooking Odyssey NC PBS NewsHour Livadia EX Rick Steves’ Europe 10:00 TV Impossible Builds Oslo The Scorpion Tower 7:30 TV SciTech Now NC The Ties That Bind North Carolina Premiere! This story of a At Water’s Edge NC transgender woman’s EX Born To Explore personal strength moves with Richard Wiese from secrets and shame to Indonesia: Orangutans— tolerance and hope. People of the Forest EX Great British 8:00 TV Animals with Cameras, Baking Show a Nature Miniseries Botanical Part 2 of 3 DV 11:00 TV Amanpour on PBS NC My Future NC NC PBS NewsHour Raleigh In its first meeting, EX Are We There Yet? the My Future NC CommisIreland sion discusses how to get Dublin all North Carolinians better 11:30 TV BBC World News educated.
7:30 TV Our State Living with an Island/ Island Inspirations/ Nocturnal Visitors EX Smart Travels— Europe with Rudy Maxa Bordeaux & the Dordogne 8:00 TV MUSE: The Arts Show Mary’s Gone Wild NC Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise Keep Your Head Up/ Touch the Sky Explore America’s changing racial landscape with Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Eric Holder. DV EX Are We There Yet? Ireland Dublin 8:30 TV Exploring North Carolina On the Border 9:00 TV North Carolina Weekend EX Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Vancouver, Canada 9:30 TV Flavor, NC Wines EX Born To Explore with Richard Wiese Uganda: Mountain Gorillas
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Join a former U.S. Secretary of Education, UNC System President Margaret Spellings, on My Future NC, Wednesday, February 7, at 8 PM, on the North Carolina Channel.
6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Nick Stellino: Storyteller in the Kitchen Bacon or Pancetta 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report EX New Orleans Cooking with Kevin Belton Jazz Brunch 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Norway’s West: Fjords, Mountains & Bergen
The North Carolina Channel debuts the transformative Ties That Bind, Wednesday, February 7, at 10 PM. February | 9
evening&weekend listings 10:00 TV World’s Most Expensive Food Coffee, Caviar & Cognac NC Chairman Jones: An Improbable Leader A rural farmer’s fight for equal education for black children transforms him and Northampton County. EX Dream of Italy Venice 10:30 EX Travel Detective with Peter Greenberg Hidden Gems of Oahu 11:00 TV Amanpour on PBS NC PBS NewsHour EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Hong Kong—Asia’s World City DV 11:30 TV BBC World News EX In the Americas with David Yetman The Cry for Mexican Independence
9 FRIDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX A Taste of History The Mummers: Pistols, Parasols & Parades 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report EX Pati’s Mexican Table Brunch at the Jinich House 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Midsomer Murders Days of Misrule, Part 1 7:30 TV NC SPIN 8:00 TV Washington Week NC North Carolina Weekend EX A Place To Call Home Secret Love 8:30 TV Front Row with Marc Rotterman NC MUSE: The Arts Show Mary’s Gone Wild 8:50 EX North Carolina Weekend—Shorts La Farm Bakery 9:00 TV Soundbreaking Four on the Floor Chart the progression of the beat from drum and bass to beat box and beyond. NC Front Row with Marc Rotterman EX Call the Midwife Shelagh decides to talk to Dr. Turner about adopting a baby; Patsy struggles to adapt to midwifery. 9:30 NC Washington Week
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Escape from the everyday with the season premiere of Dream of Italy Venice, Thursday, February 8, at 10 PM, on The Explorer Channel.
0:00 TV Soundbreaking 1 The World Is Yours Meet Hip-Hop pioneers and see how sampling created a new music genre. NC NC SPIN EX Father Brown The Missing Man 10:30 NC Carolina Business Review 10:50 EX North Carolina Weekend—Shorts Tryon Equestrian 11:00 TV Amanpour on PBS NC PBS NewsHour EX Midsomer Murders Days of Misrule, Part 1 11:30 TV BBC World News
10 SATURDAY 6 AM TV Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood DV NC Biographical Conversations with Betty McCain Part 2 of 3 EX Carolina Outdoor Journal Albacore on the Fly 6:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV EX Carolina Outdoor Journal Classics Fall Kings 7:00 TV Sesame Street DV NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Classics Crankin’ Bass EX Exploring North Carolina Gone to Seed 7:30 TV Dinosaur Train DV NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Tide Driven Specs EX Exploring North Carolina Bear Facts: NC’s Big Game
8:00 TV Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV NC Exploring North Carolina Little Mountains EX North Carolina Weekend 8:30 TV Splash & Bubbles NC Exploring North Carolina Wilderness Next Door EX My Home, NC Courage of Chris Rosati, Salem Street Drums, Highland Brewing, Hospital to Home, Villa Verde 9:00 TV Curious George DV NC North Carolina Weekend EX Travels with Darley France’s Western Front, Part 1 9:30 TV Nature Cat NC Our State Living with an Island/ Island Inspirations/ Nocturnal Visitors EX Travel Detective with Peter Greenberg Best Airline Safety Videos 10:00 TV North Carolina Weekend NC MUSE: The Arts Show NC State Cypher: Rap & Spoken Word EX New Scandinavian Cooking Popular Sausage 10:30 TV Exploring North Carolina Form & Function NC Craftsman’s Legacy The Weave Master EX My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas Life of Pie 11:00 TV Growing a Greener World Redeeming Your Ground
visit unctv.org EX Secrets of the Dead Lost Diary of Dr. Livingstone DV 3:30 TV American Woodshop Wood Burning Old Wood for Framed Art Displays NC Comic Culture Bob McLeod (Superman, New Mutants, Star Wars) 4:00 TV The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill Hand Plane Essentials with Chris Schwarz DV NC Front Row with Marc Rotterman EX History Detectives Take off with the Best Airline Safety Videos on Travel Detective with Peter Decoding a U.S. WWII Greenberg, Saturday, February 10, at 9:30 AM, on The Explorer Channel. Propaganda Leaflet 4:30 TV This Old House Homeowner Going 1:00 TV Antiques Roadshow NC The Woodwright’s the Distance New Orleans, Part 2 Shop with Roy Underhill NC NC SPIN NC Exploring Hand Plane Essentials with 5:00 TV Carolina North Carolina Chris Schwarz DV Outdoor Journal Little Mountains EX A Taste of History Albacore on the Fly EX Joseph Rosendo’s Cajun Cuisine of the NC PBS NewsHour Travelscope Acadians Weekend Hong Kong—Asia’s 11:30 TV P. Allen Smith’s EX Antiques Roadshow World City DV Garden Home Knoxville, Part 3 1:30 NC Exploring Best of Cooking DV 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour North Carolina NC The Woodwright’s Weekend Wilderness Next Door Shop with Roy Underhill NC Washington Week EX Curious Traveler Mary May, Woodcarver DV 6:00 TV Lawrence Welk Show Curious Bordeaux EX Pati’s Mexican Table Mardi Gras (1966) Brunch at the Jinich House 2:00 TV Rick Steves’ Europe NC Woodsongs Belgium: Bruges & Brussels Noon TV Almanac Gardener Victor Wainwright & NC First in Future When To Use a Treegator The Train/Birds of Chicago Brian Etheridge, Leadership NC Growing a EX Are We There Yet? North Carolina Greener World Ireland EX Globe Trekker The Compost Pedallers Lady & Sir James Galway Food Hour: Ireland EX Rudy Maxa’s World 7:00 TV As Time Goes By 2:30 TV Joseph Rosendo’s Edinburgh & the Scottish The Bathroom Travelscope Highlands NC Jammin at 12:30 TV America’s Heartland The Cook Islands: Hippie Jack’s Cultural Paradise DV Montana Farming & Bar Stool Romeos NC Innovate NC Fishing Family/Arkansas EX Seeing Canada Greensboro Produce Family Saskatoon & Winnipeg 3:00 TV Craftsman’s Legacy NC Almanac Gardener 7:30 TV As Time Goes By The Cowboy Hat Maker Growing Organic NC Surprising News NC Situation Report Strawberries/Culinary Herbs NC Jammin at Series Premiere! Jeff Smith EX In the Americas Hippie Jack’s tackles topics and issues for with David Yetman Bus Driver Tour the military and veterans. Vaquejada to Jangada: EX Born To Explore Into Rural Ceara, Brazil with Richard Wiese Scotland: Land of Loch Ness 8:00 TV Midsomer Murders Last Year’s Model, Part 1 Barnaby begins to doubt evidence against accused murderer Annie Woodrow. NC Song of the Mountains Terry Baucom & The Dukes of Drive/Dave Adkins Band EX Globe Trekker Tough Trains: Cuba’s Sugar Railroads 8:50 TV My Home, NC—Shorts Rosalia Torres Weiner— Artivist UNC-TV’s Jeff Smith shares information for veterans and the military every week on Situation Report, premiering Saturday, February 10, at 3 PM, on the North Carolina Channel.
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evening&weekend listings 9:00 TV Midsomer Murders Last Year’s Model, Part 2 NC Songs at the Center Theo Perry & Jonathan Elliott (The Floorwalkers)/ Savannah Buist & Katie Larson (The Accidentals)/ Korby Lenker EX Are We There Yet? Ireland Lady & Sir James Galway 9:30 NC Live at the Charleston Music Hall Sam Bush 10:00 TV Death in Paradise Secret of the Flame Tree NC Kate Rosanne Cash EX Flying to the Ends of the Earth The Himalayas 11:00 TV Sherlock Season 4 on Masterpiece The Lying Detective DV NC Austin City Limits Dan Auerbach/Shinyribs EX Globe Trekker Top 10 South American Adventures
11 SUNDAY 6 AM TV Nature Cat NC Closer to Truth New Visions of the Mind EX History Detectives Decoding a U.S. WWII Propaganda Leaflet 6:30 TV Wild Kratts NC Education Matters 7:00 TV Ready Jet Go! DV NC Truth About Money with Ric Edelman EX Globe Trekker Food Hour: Sicily 7:30 TV Bob the Builder DV NC Consuelo Mack WealthTrack 8:00 TV Curious George DV NC Carolina Business Review EX Finding Your Roots Funny Business with Amy Schumer & Aziz Ansari 8:30 TV Wild Kratts NC Market to Market 9:00 TV This Old House Homeowner Going the Distance NC Washington Week EX Secrets of the Dead Lost Gardens of Babylon DV 9:30 TV Ask This Old House Lawn Care/Workshop of the Future NC Front Row with Marc Rotterman 10:00 TV MUSE: The Arts Show Mary’s Gone Wild NC NC SPIN EX Secrets of the Dead The Mona Lisa Mystery DV 12 | February
Examine Portrayal & Perception: African American Men & Boys, premiering Sunday, February 11, at 7 PM, on the North Carolina Channel.
10:30 TV SciTech Now North Carolina At Water’s Edge NC North Carolina Bookwatch James Dodson— The Range Bucket List 11:00 TV North Carolina Bookwatch James Dodson— The Range Bucket List NC Articulate with Jim Cotter Ellen Harvey EX Secrets of the Dead Resurrecting Richard III DV 11:30 TV Black Issues Forum Visit unctv.org/bif. NC MUSE: The Arts Show Painter & Sculptor Cher Shaffer Noon TV Front Row with Marc Rotterman NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Albacore on the Fly EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope San Antonio’s Fiesta—Ole! DV
2:30 TV NC SPIN 1 NC Fishing Behind the Lines Terry & Paula Sutton: The Elusive Muskie
Discover Queen Elizabeth’s Secret Agents, Sunday, February 11, at 8 PM, on UNC-TV.
EX Born To Explore with Richard Wiese Chile: Kissed by the Sea 1:00 TV Ellie’s Real Good Food How To Fish NC Song of the Mountains John Cowan/ Darin & Brooke Aldridge EX Doc Martin The Holly Bears a Prickle 1:30 TV Martha Bakes Better (for You) Bake Sale 2:00 TV America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated Flavors of Thailand NC Songs at the Center Theo Perry & Jonathan Elliott (The Floorwalkers)/ Savannah Buist & Katie Larson (The Accidentals)/ Korby Lenker EX Durrells in Corfu on Masterpiece Big plans are afoot, but the Durrells can’t decide whether or not to proceed. 2:30 TV Cook’s Country Cast Iron Comforts NC Echo Sessions Music by Raising Caine 3:00 TV Sara’s Weeknight Meals Best Loved Italian Recipes NC Austin City Limits Dan Auerbach/Shinyribs EX Masterpiece MYSTERY! Grantchester, Part 6 Geordie’s life hangs in the balance. DV 3:30 TV Lidia’s Kitchen Heartwarming Favorites 4:00 TV Mexico— One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless Pit Cooking, Sacred & Smoky NC First in Future Brian Etheridge, Leadership North Carolina
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After an assassination attempt, Victoria and Albert seek peace in the Scottish Highlands on Victoria Season 2 on Masterpiece, Sunday, February 11, at 9 PM, on UNC-TV.
EX Father Brown The Smallest of Things 4:30 TV Pati’s Mexican Table Oaxaca Breakfast: Messy & Delicious NC Situation Report 5:00 TV Washington Week NC PBS NewsHour Weekend EX Midsomer Murders The Axeman Cometh, Part 1 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour Weekend NC BBC Newsnight 6:00 TV Doc Martin Aromatherapy NC Black Issues Forum Visit unctv.org/bif. EX Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Vancouver, Canada 6:30 NC Black America Where Are We in America with Rebecca Carroll EX Born To Explore with Richard Wiese Uganda: Mountain Gorillas 7:00 TV A Place To Call Home A Kiss to Build a Dream On Sarah’s Aunt Peg arrives on the eve of Sarah and George’s engagement.
NC Portrayal & Perception: African American Men & Boys Owning It EX Globe Trekker Hawaii 7:30 NC Portrayal & Perception: African American Men & Boys Teaching Success 8:00 TV Queen Elizabeth’s Secret Agents Premiere! Episode 1 of 3 Discover the network that protected Elizabeth I from assassination, terror and treason for over 40 years. NC Alvin Ailey American Dance The dance theatre showcases its spectacular range, diversity and artistry. DV EX Wildest Arctic Taiga: The Frozen Forests DV
9:00 TV Victoria Season 2 on Masterpiece The King over the Water EX Nature’s Treasure Islands: A Journey to the UK Overseas Territories Southern Ocean: Falklands, British Antarctic Territory, Elephant Island, Deception Island & South Georgia
onsider points raised by the award-winning documentary Do Not Resist on C POV, Monday, February 12, at 10 PM, on UNC-TV.
10:00 TV Prince Philip: The Plot to Make a King Examine Prince Philip’s upbringing and tensions behind his marriage to Queen Elizabeth. NC Musical Threads: Expression of a People Guitar virtuoso Tyron Cooper & soprano Marietta Simpson explore AfricanAmerican musical culture. EX Martin Clunes: Islands of Australia North & West 11:00 TV EastEnders NC Our State The Whalehead Club/ Crowders Mountain/ Grace in Granite EX Globe Trekker Tough Trains: Bolivia 11:30 TV EastEnders NC Folkways Dance!
12 MONDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Secrets of the Dead Resurrecting Richard III DV 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Stockholm 7:30 TV A Chef’s Life A Peanut Pastime EX Crossing South Zonkeys & Polka 8:00 TV Antiques Roadshow New Orleans, Part 3 NC Exploring North Carolina Haw Revival EX Midsomer Murders Secrets & Spies 8:30 NC Exploring North Carolina Two Lakes & a Pond 8:50 EX My Home, NC—Shorts Topsail Beach Skating Rink 9:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Jacksonville, Part 2 NC Changing Seas Billfish: Battle on the Line EX Midsomer Murders Secrets & Spies 9:30 NC SciTech Now North Carolina Moral Decisions 10:00 TV POV Do Not Resist Explore the rapid militarization of police in the U.S. NC Animals with Cameras, a Nature Miniseries Part 2 of 3 DV February | 13
evening&weekend listings EX Death in Paradise Secret of the Flame Tree 11:00 NC PBS NewsHour EX History Detectives Decoding a U.S. WWII Propaganda Leaflet 11:30 TV Amanpour on PBS
13 TUESDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Taste of Louisiana with Chef John Folse & Co. Martha Longman 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report EX Mexico— One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless The Splendor of Yucatan’s Enchanting Markets 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Galicia & the Camino de Santiago 7:30 TV Flavor, NC Wines EX Smart Travels— Europe with Rudy Maxa Alpine Christmas 8:00 TV We’ll Meet Again Heroes of 9/11 NC North Carolina Bookwatch John Hart—The Hush EX Secrets of the Dead The Lost Diary of Dr. Livingstone DV 8:30 NC First in Future Sepideh Saidi, Sepi Engineering & Construction 9:00 TV The Bombing of Wall Street: American Experience Learn about a 1920 bombing in the nation’s financial center. DV NC MUSE: The Arts Show River Hymns— Youngsville Poet
New evidence reveals the ingenious technology that helped save Allied forces from defeat on NOVA Great Escape at Dunkirk, Wednesday, February 14, at 9 PM, on UNC-TV.
EX Secrets of the Dead Carthage’s Lost Warriors DV 9:30 NC Comic Culture Mike Grell (Green Arrow) 10:00 NC Live at the Charleston Music Hall Sam Bush EX Secrets of the Dead Ben Franklin’s Bones DV 10:30 NC Songwriters Ray Stevens 11:00 TV Amanpour on PBS NC PBS NewsHour EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Hong Kong: A City of Festivals DV 11:30 TV BBC World News EX In the Americas with David Yetman Tultepec: Mexico’s Skyrocket Central
14 WEDNESDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX 10 Buildings That Changed America Geoffrey Baer explores 10 groundbreaking works of art and engineering.
Discover the fresh voice of award-winning Youngsville poet Tyree Daye on Muse: The Arts Show, Thursday, February 13, at 9 PM, on UNC-TV. 14 | February
6:30 NC Nightly Business Report 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Basque Country 7:30 TV SciTech Now North Carolina Moral Decisions EX Born To Explore with Richard Wiese Canada: The Mighty Polar Bear Migration 8:00 TV Animals with Cameras, a Nature Miniseries Part 3 of 3 DV NC My Future NC Greensboro Explore opportunities to smooth and strengthen educational pathways throughout life. EX Pati’s Mexican Table Cancun: We Meet Again 8:30 EX Mike Colameco’s Real Food Linton Street 9:00 TV NOVA Great Escape at Dunkirk Archaeologists recover ship and plane parts lost during the WWII operation. EX My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas Life of Pie 9:30 EX Cooking Odyssey Lamia 10:00 TV Impossible Builds Europe in the Desert NC While Time Stands Still Premiere! Through 100-plus interviews, learn what it’s like to be a military family during wartime, and what it takes to recover. EX Great British Baking Show Desserts
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16 FRIDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX A Taste of History Coffee Past, Present & Future 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report EX Pati’s Mexican Table Mexitalian! 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Midsomer Murders See what it means to be a military family in wartime on While Time Stands Days of Misrule, Part 2 Still, Wednesday, February 14, at 10 PM, on the North Carolina Channel. 7:30 TV NC SPIN 8:00 TV Washington Week 11:00 TV Amanpour on PBS EX Are We There Yet? NC North Carolina NC PBS NewsHour Ireland Weekend EX Are We There Yet? Lady & Sir James Galway EX A Place To Call Home Ireland 8:30 TV Exploring No Secrets, Ever Lady & Sir James Galway North Carolina 8:30 TV Front Row 11:30 TV BBC World News Haw Revival with Marc Rotterman NC Reel South NC MUSE: The Arts Show Soul City River Hymns— 15 THURSDAY 9:00 TV North Carolina Youngsville Poet 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour Weekend 8:50 EX North Carolina NC BBC World News NC Reel South Weekend—Shorts America Shake ‘em on Down: Clemmons Kitchen EX Nick Stellino: The Blues According to 9:00 TV Soundbreaking Storyteller in the Kitchen Fred McDowell Sound & Vision See how Family Matters EX Samantha Brown’s music videos transformed 6:30 NC Nightly Places to Love our experience of music. Business Report Hill Country, TX NC Front Row EX New Orleans Cook 9:30 TV Flavor, NC with Marc Rotterman ing with Kevin Belton Farm-Raised Crawfish EX Call the Midwife Rice Favorites EX Born To Explore Sister Julienne calms a new 7:00 TV Nightly with Richard Wiese mother who has put her Business Report South Africa: baby in grave danger. NC PBS NewsHour Turtles & Tsongas 9:30 NC Washington Week EX Rick Steves’ Europe 10:00 TV World’s Most 10:00 TV Soundbreaking Rome: Ancient Glory Expensive Food I Am My Music Discover 7:30 TV Our State Caviar, Truffles & Wines how formats determine Chimney Rock/For the NC Hines Farm Blues Club how and where we listen. Birds/Hidden Treasure A rural Ohio club served NC NC SPIN EX Smart Travels— as an African-American EX Father Brown Europe with Rudy Maxa cultural nexus and hosted a The Resurrectionists Out of Rome jazz and blues“who’s who.” 10:30 NC Carolina 8:00 TV MUSE: The Arts Show EX Dream of Italy Business Review River Hymns— Bologna 10:50 EX North Carolina Youngsville Poet 10:30 EX Travel Detective Weekend—Shorts NC The Hammocks with Peter Greenberg Mary’s Gone Wild Premiere! Explore the his Best Airline Safety Videos 11:00 TV Amanpour on PBS tory of one of NC’s most 11:00 TV Amanpour on PBS NC PBS NewsHour pristine coastal state parks. NC PBS NewsHour EX Midsomer Murders EX Joseph Rosendo’s Days of Misrule, Part 2 Travelscope 11:30 TV BBC World News Riding the Range in Southern Alberta, Canada DV 17 SATURDAY 11:30 TV BBC World News EX In the Americas 6 AM TV Mister Rogers’ with David Yetman Neighborhood DV In the Shadow of the Volca- NC Biographical Convernoes: Chile’s Melting sations with Betty McCain Part 3 of 3 EX Carolina Outdoor Journal Piedmont White Bass Discover the intriguing history of The Hammocks, Thursday, February 15, at 8 PM, on the North Carolina Channel. February | 15
evening&weekend listings 6:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV EX Carolina Outdoor Journal Classics Crankin’ Bass 7:00 TV Sesame Street DV NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Classics Late-Season Chukars EX Exploring North Carolina Women in Science 7:30 TV Dinosaur Train DV NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Albacore on the Fly EX Exploring North Carolina Basin Basics 8:00 TV Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV NC Exploring North Carolina Passion for the Land EX North Carolina Weekend 8:30 TV Splash & Bubbles NC Exploring North Carolina For the Birds EX My Home, NC Endurance Seafood, Connor Stroud, Kings BBQ, FARM Café, The Avett Brothers: Joe Kwon 9:00 TV Curious George DV NC North Carolina Weekend EX Travels with Darley France’s Western Front, Part 2 9:30 TV Nature Cat NC Our State Trailmakers/Wild Friends/ Wonders in Wood EX Travel Detective with Peter Greenberg Hidden Gems of Ras al-Khaimah 10:00 TV North Carolina Weekend NC MUSE: The Arts Show Jim McDowell: The Black Potter EX New Scandinavian Cooking It All Starts with Kids 10:30 TV Exploring North Carolina Currituck NC Craftsman’s Legacy The Cheesemaker EX My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas Crete: Mother of the Mediterranean 11:00 TV Growing a Greener World Gardening in the Desert Southwest
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Star bluegrass singer, mandolin player and guitarist Sierra Hull takes the stage on Jammin at Hippie Jack’s, February 17, at 7 PM, on the North Carolina Channel.
NC The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill Big Ash Mallet! DV EX A Taste of History Yorktown—The Last Battle 11:30 TV P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home NC The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill Wood & Water DV EX Pati’s Mexican Table Mexitalian! Noon TV Almanac Gardener Finding Great Bargain Plants NC Growing a Greener World Urban Farm, Country Town: The Spark in Sparta EX Rudy Maxa’s World London 12:30 TV America’s Heartland Utah Family Cattle Drive NC Almanac Gardener Gardening in the Shade/ Growing Asparagus EX In the Americas with David Yetman Bogota to the Amazon: A Trip Across Colombia 1:00 TV Antiques Roadshow New Orleans, Part 3 NC Exploring North Carolina Passion for the Land EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Riding the Range in Southern Alberta, Canada DV 1:30 NC Exploring North Carolina For the Birds EX Curious Traveler Curious Sorrento 2:00 TV Rick Steves’ Europe Provence: Legendary Light, Wind & Wine NC First in Future Sepideh Saidi, Sepi Engineering & Construction
EX Globe Trekker Hawaii 2:30 TV Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Peru—The Amazon & Beyond DV NC Innovate NC Pembroke 3:00 TV Craftsman’s Legacy The Spur Maker NC Situation Report EX Secrets of the Dead Carthage’s Lost Warriors DV 3:30 TV American Woodshop Making Electric Guitars with Hard Maple Bodies NC Comic Culture Mike Grell (Green Arrow) 4:00 TV The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill Big Ash Mallet! DV NC Front Row with Marc Rotterman EX History Detectives Harpers Ferry Federal Armory Raid/Ronald McDonald Costume 4:30 TV This Old House Final Touches NC NC SPIN 5:00 TV Carolina Outdoor Journal Piedmont White Bass NC PBS NewsHour Weekend EX Antiques Roadshow Jacksonville, Part 1 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour Weekend NC Washington Week 6:00 TV Lawrence Welk Show Salute to NYC (1977) NC Woodsongs John Oates EX Are We There Yet? Ireland Lady & Sir James Galway 7:00 TV As Time Goes By Future Imperfect
visit unctv.org NC Jammin at Hippie Jack’s Sierra Hull EX Seeing Canada Lake Louise & Niagara Falls 7:30 TV As Time Goes By Going Online NC Jammin at Hippie Jack’s Willie Sugarcapps, Part 2 EX Born To Explore with Richard Wiese South Africa: Amazing Encounters 8:00 TV Midsomer Murders Dance with the Dead, Part 1 The probe into a man’s apparent suicide in an armored car takes an even more sinister turn. NC Song of the Mountains John Cowan/ Darin & Brooke Aldridge EX Globe Trekker Food Hour: Ireland 8:50 TV My Home, NC—Shorts King’s Barbeque 9:00 TV Midsomer Murders Dance with the Dead, Part 2 NC Songs at the Center Tom Russell EX Are We There Yet? Ireland Waterford Crystal Factory 9:30 NC Live at the Charleston Music Hall Elise Testone 10:00 TV Death in Paradise The Impossible Murder NC Infinity Hall Live The Revivalists EX Flying to the Ends of the Earth Australia & Papua 11:00 TV Sherlock Season 4 on Masterpiece The Final Problem DV NC Austin City Limits Chris Stapleton/ Turnpike Troubadours EX Globe Trekker Tough Trains: Cuba’s Sugar Railroads
18 SUNDAY 6 AM TV Nature Cat NC Closer to Truth Analytic Theology EX History Detectives Harpers Ferry Federal Armory Raid/Ronald McDonald Costume 6:30 TV Wild Kratts NC Education Matters 7:00 TV Ready Jet Go! DV NC Truth About Money with Ric Edelman EX Globe Trekker North East England
7:30 TV Bob the Builder DV NC Consuelo Mack WealthTrack 8:00 TV Curious George DV NC Carolina Business Review EX Finding Your Roots Tragedy+Time=Comedy with Jimmy Kimmel, Norman Lear & Bill Hader DV 8:30 TV Wild Kratts NC Market to Market 9:00 TV This Old House Final Touches NC Washington Week EX Secrets of the Dead The Lost Diary of Dr. Livingstone DV 9:30 TV Ask This Old House Spitting Faucet/ Painting 101 NC Front Row with Marc Rotterman 10:00 TV MUSE: The Arts Show River Hymns— Youngsville Poet NC NC SPIN EX Secrets of the Dead Carthage’s Lost Warriors DV 10:30 TV SciTech Now North Carolina Moral Decisions NC North Carolina Bookwatch John Hart—The Hush 11:00 TV North Carolina Bookwatch John Hart—The Hush NC Articulate with Jim Cotter Feminist Fatale EX Secrets of the Dead Ben Franklin’s Bones DV 11:30 TV Black Issues Forum Visit unctv.org/bif. NC MUSE: The Arts Show Mary’s Gone Wild Noon TV Front Row with Marc Rotterman NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Piedmont White Bass EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Following the Reformation Trail in Switzerland & Germany DV 12:30 TV NC SPIN NC Fishing Behind the Lines Alejandro Villanueva: From the Battlefield to the Football Field EX Born To Explore with Richard Wiese Iceland: Fire & Ice 1:00 TV Ellie’s Real Good Food Unboring Salads NC Song of the Mountains Eddy Raven with Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road
EX Doc Martin Nowt so Queer 1:30 TV Martha Bakes Bakery-Style Cookies 2:00 TV America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated How To Roast Everything NC Songs at the Center Tom Russell EX Durrells in Corfu Season 2 on Masterpiece After Louisa meets a handsome fellow Brit, her landlady suddenly turns hostile. 2:30 TV Cook’s Country Plenty of Garlic & Parm NC Echo Sessions Music by Stephaniesid 3:00 TV Sara’s Weeknight Meals Beantown NC Austin City Limits Chris Stapleton/ Turnpike Troubadours EX Grantchester Season 2 on Masterpiece Episode One Sidney is suspected of murder, along with others. DV 3:30 TV Lidia’s Kitchen A Winter Garden 4:00 TV Mexico— One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless Examining the Yucatan’s Abundant Natural Resources NC First in Future Sepideh Saidi, Sepi Engineering & Construction EX Father Brown The Crimson Feather 4:30 TV Pati’s Mexican Table How I Got to Now NC Situation Report 5:00 TV Washington Week NC PBS NewsHour Weekend EX Midsomer Murders The Axeman Cometh, Part 2 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour Weekend NC BBC Newsnight 6:00 TV Doc Martin Always on My Mind NC Black Issues Forum Visit unctv.org/bif. EX Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Hill Country, TX 6:30 NC Black America Expanding the Eye for Art History with Kellie Jones EX Born To Explore with Richard Wiese South Africa: Turtles & Tsongas
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evening&weekend listings 7:00 TV A Place To Call Home What Your Heart Says NC Portrayal & Perception: African American Men & Boys Media Men EX Globe Trekker Papua New Guinea Islands 7:30 NC Portrayal & Perception: African American Men & Boys Journey to Medicine 8:00 TV Queen Elizabeth’s Secret Agents Episode 2 of 3 NC Biographical Conversations with Chuck Davis Part 1 of 3 EX Wildest Arctic Tundra: Deserts of Ice DV 9:00 TV Victoria Season 2 on Masterpiece The Luxury of Conscience NC Biographical Conversations with Chuck Davis Part 2 of 3 EX Nature’s Treasure Islands: A Journey to the UK Overseas Territories To the Ends of the Earth: The Chagos Archipelago & Pitcairn 10:00 TV Secrets of the Tower of London Discover secret rooms and other mysteries and history. NC Biographical Conversations with Chuck Davis Part 3 of 3 EX Martin Clunes: Islands of Australia South 11:00 TV EastEnders NC Our State Riding the Rails/Mule Power/In-Tune EX Globe Trekker Delhi & Agra 11:30 TV EastEnders NC Folkways Conversations with Doc Watson
Don’t miss the premiere of acclaimed documentarian Stanley Nelson’s Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges & Universities on Independent Lens, Monday, February 19, at 10 PM, on UNC-TV.
8:00 TV Antiques Roadshow St. Louis, Part 1 NC Exploring North Carolina Life at the Top EX Midsomer Murders The Glitch 8:30 NC Exploring North Carolina Invaders Among US 8:50 EX My Home, NC—Shorts Rescue Ranch—Statesville 9:00 TV Black Issues Forum Special Presentation: HBCU Legacy & Leadership Premiere! Examine the impact of historically black colleges and universities on American history, culture and national identity. NC Changing Seas The Secret Sex Life of Fish EX Midsomer Murders The Glitch 9:30 NC SciTech Now North Carolina Fail Lab
19 MONDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Secrets of the Dead Ben Franklin’s Bones DV 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Rome: Baroque Brilliance 7:30 TV A Chef’s Life Love Me Some Candied Yams! EX Crossing South Mexicali Zoo & Brew 18 | February
Elizabeth Kostova speaks with DG Martin’s on North Carolina Bookwatch, Tuesday, February 20, at 8 PM, on the North Carolina Channel
0:00 TV Independent Lens 1 Premiere! Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges & Universities Explore the pivotal role historically black colleges and universities have played in America. DV NC Animals with Cameras, a Nature Miniseries Part 3 of 3 DV EX Death in Paradise The Impossible Murder 11:00 NC PBS NewsHour EX History Detectives Harpers Ferry Federal Armory Raid/Ronald McDonald Costume 11:30 TV Amanpour on PBS
20 TUESDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Taste of Louisiana with Chef John Folse & Co. Agnes Wyatt 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report EX Mexico— One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless A Place of Deeply-Rooted Innovation 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Florence: Heart of the Renaissance 7:30 TV Flavor, NC Farm-Raised Crawfish EX Smart Travels— Europe with Rudy Maxa Four Great Cities II 8:00 TV We’ll Meet Again Freedom Summer NC North Carolina Bookwatch Elizabeth Kostova— The Shadow Land
visit unctv.org EX Secrets of the Dead Vampire Legend DV 8:30 NC First in Future Mary Danowitz, Dean, NC State University College of Education 9:00 NC MUSE: The Arts Show Maestros: Father & Son Orchestra Conductors EX Secrets of the Dead Cleopatra’s Lost Tomb DV 9:30 NC Comic Culture Sean Wang 10:00 NC Live at the Charleston Music Hall Elise Testone EX Secrets of the Dead The Alcatraz Escape DV 10:30 NC Songwriters Jim Weatherly 11:00 TV Amanpour on PBS NC PBS NewsHour EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Nicaragua—Culturally Rich & Naturally Beautiful DV 11:30 TV BBC World News EX In the Americas with David Yetman Two Millennia of Mayas: Guatemala’s Cultural Leg
21 WEDNESDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX 10 Parks That Changed America Explore serene spaces that offer city dwellers a respite from the hustle and bustle. 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Florentine Delights & Tuscan Side Trips 7:30 TV SciTech Now North Carolina Fail Lab EX Born To Explore with Richard Wiese Tanzania: Summit on Mt. Kilimanjaro 8:00 TV Nature The Last Rhino Follow the race to save the northern white rhino before the species dies out forever. NC Independent Lens Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges & Universities Explore the pivotal role historically black colleges and universities have played in America. DV EX Pati’s Mexican Table Turkey Day
7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Paris: Regal & Intimate 7:30 TV Our State Tryon Palace/David Holt/ Energy Xchange EX Smart Travels— Europe with Rudy Maxa Europe Just for Fun 8:00 TV MUSE: The Arts Show Maestros: Father & Son Orchestra Conductors Sample some delicious Flavor, NC NC Reel South with Lisa Price, Thursdays, at 9:30 PM, Bending Sticks on UNC-TV. EX Are We There Yet? Ireland 8:30 EX Mike Colameco’s Waterford Crystal Factory Real Food 8:30 TV Exploring NY Ice Cream North Carolina 9:00 TV NOVA Life at the Top Prediction by the Numbers 9:00 TV North Carolina Discover how predictions Weekend underpin many aspect of NC EARTHCASTER our lives, and why some Thomas Sayre’s evolution succeed while others fail. as an artist is documented EX My Greek Table as he builds two massive with Diane Kochilas earthen sculptures. Crete: Mother of the EX Samantha Brown’s Mediterranean Places to Love 9:30 NC Black Issues Big Sur & Monterey, CA Forum Special 9:30 TV Flavor, NC Presentation: HBCU Farm-Raised Crawfish Legacy & Leadership EX Born To Explore Examine the impact hiswith Richard Wiese torically black colleges and Australia: Secret Outback universities have had on 10:00 TV Moveable Feast American history, culture with Fine Cooking and national identity. Davidson, North Carolina— EX Cooking Odyssey Joe & Katy Kindred Mykonos Easter NC Curious Worlds: 10:00 TV Impossible Builds The Art & Imagination The Floating House of David Beck EX Great British The master sculptor, carver, Baking Show painter and miniature archi Tudor Week tect reflects on his process. 10:30 NC A Colored School EX Dream of Italy This stirring documentary Florence shares the unique history 10:30 TV Moveable Feast of Charlotte’s first high with Fine Cooking school for African-American Charleston, SC—Mike Lata students. & Jason Stanhope 11:00 TV Amanpour on PBS EX Travel Detective NC PBS NewsHour with Peter Greenberg EX Are We There Yet? Hidden Gems of Ras Ireland al-Khaimah Waterford Crystal Factory 11:00 TV Amanpour on PBS 11:30 TV BBC World News NC PBS NewsHour EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope 22 THURSDAY Southern Ethiopia—Tribal 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour Lands & Primeval People DV NC BBC World News 11:30 TV BBC World News America EX In the Americas EX Nick Stellino: with David Yetman Storyteller in the Kitchen Ice, Rock, & Water: The Tomato Whisperer The Sierra Nevada 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report EX New Orleans Cooking with Kevin Belton Traditional Mexican February | 19
evening&weekend listings 23 FRIDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX A Taste of History Queen of the Caribbean 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report EX Pati’s Mexican Table Girls Just Wanna Have Fun 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Midsomer Murders Talking to the Dead, Part 1 7:30 TV NC SPIN 8:00 TV Washington Week NC North Carolina Weekend EX A Place To Call Home I Believe 8:30 TV Front Row with Marc Rotterman NC MUSE: The Arts Show Maestros: Father & Son Orchestra Conductors 8:50 EX North Carolina Weekend—Shorts WWI Exhibit 9:00 TV Great Performances: Movies for Grown-Ups Awards with AARP the Magazine Premiere! Dame Helen Mirren receives a career achievement award in this first-ever broadcast. NC Front Row with Marc Rotterman EX Call the Midwife As preparations are made for Chummy to nurse her dying mother at home, Jenny feels drawn to help. 9:30 NC Washington Week 10:00 NC NC SPIN EX Father Brown The Sins of the Father 10:30 NC Carolina Business Review 10:50 EX North Carolina Weekend—Shorts Eyes on Main 11:00 TV Amanpour on PBS NC PBS NewsHour EX Midsomer Murders Talking to the Dead, Part 1 11:30 TV BBC World News
24 SATURDAY 6 AM TV Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood DV NC Biographical Conversations with Part 3 of 3 EX Carolina Outdoor Journal Late Season Stripers
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EX Travel Detective with Peter Greenberg Hidden Gems of Jordan 10:00 TV North Carolina Weekend NC MUSE: The Arts Show Lara Downes: Concert Pianist EX New Scandinavian Cooking Oil Adventure 10:30 TV Exploring North Carolina Logos Vs. Leaves NC Craftsman’s Legacy The Primitive Bowmaker EX My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas The Centaur’s Kitchen: Preserving Nature’s Bounty Join Dame Helen Mirren for Great 11:00 TV Growing a Performances: Movies for GrownGreener World Ups with AARP the Magazine, Hope for Heroes: The Friday, February 23, at 9 PM, on Farmer Veteran Coalition UNC-TV. NC The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill 6:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s Carving Away with Neighborhood DV Mary May DV EX Carolina Outdoor EX A Taste of History Journal Classics The Mummers: Pistols, Late-Season Chukars Parasols & Parades 7:00 TV Sesame Street DV 11:30 TV P. Allen Smith’s NC Carolina Outdoor Garden Home Journal Classics NC The Woodwright’s Ocean Reef Flounder Shop with Roy Underhill EX Exploring Steam Power Sawmill DV North Carolina EX Pati’s Mexican Table Flatland Lakes Girls Just Wanna Have Fun 7:30 TV Dinosaur Train DV Noon TV Almanac Gardener NC Carolina Growing Organic NC Outdoor Journal Strawberries/Culinary Herbs Piedmont White Bass NC Growing a EX Exploring Greener World North Carolina New Ways of Growing Forgotten Kingdom America’s Favorite 8:00 TV Pinkalicious & Vegetable Peterrific EX Rudy Maxa’s World NC Exploring Uzbekistan North Carolina 12:30 TV America’s Heartland Form & Function Soybeans EX North Carolina NC Almanac Gardener Weekend Moss Gardening/ 8:30 TV Splash & Bubbles Troubleshooting NC Exploring Houseplant Problems North Carolina EX In the Americas Currituck with David Yetman EX My Home, NC Gift of the Andes: Mendo Original Collard Sandwich, za, Argentina, & Its Wines Last Patternmaker, Napo 1:00 TV Antiques Roadshow leon Hill, The Chicken Lady, St. Louis, Part 1 Newton Grove Drug Store, NC Exploring Brown Mountain Lights North Carolina 9:00 TV Curious George Form & Function NC North Carolina EX Joseph Rosendo’s Weekend Travelscope EX Travels with Darley Southern Ethiopia—Tribal Missouri’s Route 66 & Lands & Primeval People DV St. Louis 1:30 NC Exploring 9:30 TV Nature Cat North Carolina NC Our State Currituck Gingerbread House/Maple EX Curious Traveler Creek Farm/Cheerwine Curious Stockholm
visit unctv.org 2:00 TV Rick Steves’ Europe French Riviera: Uniquely Chic NC First in Future Mary Danowitz, Dean, NC State University College of Education EX Globe Trekker Papua New Guinea Islands 2:30 TV Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Armenia—Ancient History & Modern Traditions, DV NC Innovate NC Wilmington 3:00 TV Craftsman’s Legacy The Spoon Maker NC Situation Report EX Secrets of the Dead The Lost Gardens of Babylon DV 3:30 TV American Woodshop Wall Desk & Room Organizer NC Comic Culture Sean Wang 4:00 TV The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill Carving Away with Mary May DV NC Front Row with Marc Rotterman EX History Detectives Aircraft Fabric May Link to Charles Lindbergh & Igor Sikorsky 4:30 TV This Old House Move-In Day NC NC SPIN 5:00 TV Carolina Outdoor Journal Late Season Stripers NC PBS NewsHour Weekend EX Antiques Roadshow Jacksonville, Part 2 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour Weekend NC Washington Week 6:00 TV Lawrence Welk Show Big Band Days (1973) NC Woodsongs George Winston/ The Outside Track EX Are We There Yet? Ireland Waterford Crystal Factory 7:00 TV As Time Goes By Time To Settle Down NC Jammin at Hippie Jack’s Mountain Heart 2 EX Seeing Canada Western Newfoundland & the Northwest Territories 7:30 TV As Time Goes By Wedding Plans NC Jammin at Hippie Jack’s Outlaw Gospel 3 EX Born To Explore with Richard Wiese India: Incredible Land
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David Kennedy and Condoleezza Rice explore ways in which we can unite on the premiere of American Creed, Tuesday, February 27, at 9 PM, on UNC-TV.
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