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2:00 Sesame Street DV 2:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV 3:30 Pinkalicious & Peterrific 4:00 The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That 4:30 Dinosaur Train DV 5:00 Let’s Go Luna 5:30 Ready Jet Go!
6 PM Nature Cat 7:00 Wild Kratts 8:00 Odd Squad 9:00 Arthur DV 10:00 Sesame Street DV 10:30 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV 11:30 Pinkalicious & Peterrific 12 M The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That 12:30 Dinosaur Train DV 1:00 Let’s Go Luna 1:30 Ready Jet Go! 2:00 Nature Cat 3:00 Wild Kratts 4:00 Odd Squad DV 5:00 Arthur DV
BLOCK PARTY LIVE! IN MARCH Stay tuned for details about all the fun happenings in March at our next Block Party LIVE! Watch this space and check unctv.org/rootle for all the details...coming your way soon!
SPECIAL VALENTINE’S TREATS February 11-15...from Pinkalicious & Peterrific! Enjoy four all-new episodes of Pinkalicious & Peterrific, February 11-15, to celebrate the most pink-tastic holiday of all—including a special Valentine’s Day story, Pink Love.
HOP ON THE DINOSAUR TRAIN Weekends, at 7 AM & 1 PM Explore a prehistoric world inhabited by amazing creatures! Join everinquisitive T-Rex tween Buddy and his adoptive Pteranodon family—including playful siblings Tiny, Shiny and Don—as they learn about natural science, history and paleontology aboard Dinosaur Train with Mr. Conductor and some very impressive guest dinostars. As always, Dr. Scott the Paleontologist pops in to wrap things up!
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evening&weekend listings 1 FRIDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour Get in-depth analyses of current events. NC BBC World News America Katty Kay shares unique global perspectives. EX Taste of History When America Spoke French 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report Seasoned reporters review financial news. EX New Orleans Cooking with Kevin Belton Fresh Catch 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Greece’s Peloponnese 7:30 TV NC SPIN Join Tom Campbell and his guests for informative, balanced debate. EX Smart Travels— Pacific Rim with Rudy Maxa Guadalajara & Puerto Vallarta 8:00 TV Washington Week Leading journalists analyze major news and events. NC North Carolina Weekend Deborah Holt Noel shows what’s up this weekend. EX 800 Words George and Fiona put the heat on their new relationship with a dinner party. 8:20 NC Sci NC—Shorts New Approach to Bee Health 8:30 TV FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman The political analyst and his guests discuss public affairs and policy issues. NC Exploring North Carolina Life at the Top 8:50 EX North Carolina Weekend—Shorts Muddy Creek Café 9:00 TV Great Performances at the Met: Marnie Isabel Leonard stars as a mysterious woman who assumes multiple identities. NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman EX Durrells in Corfu Season 3 on Masterpiece Episode 4 Larry’s friend Gigi comes to visit. 9:30 NC Washington Week
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0:00 NC NC SPIN 1 EX Doctor Blake Mysteries A Difficult Lie 10:30 NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover Bright minds and fresh voices debate important challenges facing our nation. 11:00 NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope Northwest Ontario: Lake Superior & Beyond 11:30 TV Amanpour & Company The acclaimed journalist and top peers explore today’s topics. EX In the Americas with David Yetman Mexico City: 600 Years of Urban Glory
2 SATURDAY 6 AM T V Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood DV NC Biographical Conversations with Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans Part 2 of 3 EX Carolina Outdoor Journal Watauga River Drift 6:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV EX Folkways Potters at Seagrove, Part 1 7:00 TV Sesame Street DV NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Watauga River Drift EX Exploring North Carolina Mines of the Past: Gold & Coal 7:30 TV Dinosaur Train DV NC Expeditions with Patrick McMillan The Longleaf Empire: Francis Marion National Forest EX Exploring North Carolina Circumnavigating the Albemarle Sound 8:00 TV Pinkalicious & Peterrific DV NC Exploring North Carolina Naturalists EX North Carolina Weekend 8:20 EX Sci NC—Shorts New Approach to Bee Health. 8:30 TV Curious George DV NC My Home, NC Chatham Rabbits/Mitchell’s Clothing/Rosalia TorresWeiner Artivist
EX My Home, NC Courage of Chris Rosati/ Salem Street Drum Company/Highland Brewing Company/Hospital to Home/Villa Verde 8:50 NC Sci NC—Shorts At Water’s Edge 9:00 TV Let’s Go Luna! DV NC North Carolina Weekend EX Confucius Was a Foodie Noodles: Long for Life, Food of Legends 9:20 NC Sci NC—Shorts New Approach to Bee Health 9:30 TV Nature Cat NC Our State Tweetsie/Silver Lining/ Brasstown Dancers 10:00 TV North Carolina Weekend NC Food Town: Durham, NC See this day in the life of the people behind the menus that make Durham one of America’s tastiest towns. EX New Scandinavian Cooking South West of Norway/ Fat Ducks & Sweet Apples 10:20 TV Sci NC—Shorts Marsh Living 10:30 TV EcoSense for Living Environmental Home Makeover NC A Craftsman’s Legacy The Chairmaker EX How To Cook Well with Rory O’Connell Macroom Mozzarella Salad 11:00 TV Growing a Greener World Northwest Garden Manifesto: One Couple’s Quest To Create a Sustainable Landscape NC The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill Steam Power Sawmill DV EX Taste of History Alexander Hamilton the Financier 11:30 TV P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home Cotton all Around NC The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill Harvard Side Table DV EX Lidia’s Kitchen Party Favorites Noon TV GardenSMART Get tips for establishing and maintaining a garden. NC Growing a Greener World Redeeming Your Ground
visit unctv.org Come along for a fascinating ride on Discovering Britain, premiering Saturday, February 2, at 8 PM, on the Explorer Channel.
EX Discovering Britain Series Premiere! Benedict Cumberbatch Celebrate the country’s history, culture and traditions. 8:50 TV My Home, NC— Shorts Mitchell Hardware EX North Carolina Weekend—Shorts Muddy Creek Café 9:00 TV Doc Martin From the Mouths EX Smart Travels— EX Born To Explore of Babes... Europe with Rudy Maxa with Richard Wiese NC David Holt’s Stockholm & Sweden Canada: Spirit Land State of Music 12:30 TV America’s Heartland 4:00 TV This Old House Hour Joe Newberry Sunflower Seed Snacks/ Energy Saving Installations/ EX Chris Tarrant: Building a Better Tomato Secret Garden Extreme Railways NC This American Land NC FRONT ROW Crossing the Baltics Forest Homes for Bats, with Marc Rotterman 9:30 NC Sun Studio Sessions Defenses Against Flooding, EX History Detectives McKenna Bray EX In the Americas Belgian War Medal/Wom 10:00 TV Hinterland with David Yetman en’s Voting Rights Pennant Penwyllt, Part 1 High in the Bogota to the Amazon: 4:30 NC NC SPIN hills above Aberystwyth, a A Trip Across Colombia 5:00 TV Carolina young man’s body is found 1:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Outdoor Journal at the bottom of a lake. Ca’ d’Zan, Part 1 Early Bass NC Music Row: NC Exploring NC PBS NewsHour Nashville’s Most North Carolina Weekend Famous Neighborhood Naturalists Gain insights about See how some humble EX Travelscope the week’s issues. bungalows became the Fiji: Island Hopping DV EX David Attenborough’s heart of country music. 1:30 NC Expeditions Natural Curiosities EX Great American with Patrick McMillan Spinners & Weavers Railroad Journeys Sound—The Fullness 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour Philadelphia to Gettysburg of Nature, Part 2 Weekend 11:00 TV Tunnel EX Burt Wolf: NC Washington Week Things turn bad for Karl Travels & Traditions EX Nature’s Microworlds as police get within a hair’s Volunteer Tourism, Part 1 Scottish Highlands breadth of the killer. 2:00 TV Rick Steves’ Europe 6 PM TV Lawrence Welk Show NC Austin City Limits Paris: Regal & Intimate Salute to Sinatra (1978) Buddy Guy/August Greene NC First in Future NC Classic Gospel EX Globe Trekker Leslie Boney of the God Bless the USA Papua New Guinea Islands Institute for Emerging EX Grand Tours of Issues engages leaders in Scotland’s Lochs 3 SUNDAY topics affecting our state. Legends of the West/ EX Globe Trekker Shelter from the Storm 6 AM TV Nature Cat Tough Trains: Vietnam 7:00 TV As Time Goes By NC Closer to Truth 2:30 TV Travelscope Visiting Rocky What’s Strong Emergence? Cappadocia, Turkey DV NC Songs at the Center EX History Detectives NC Story in the Kate Klim/Shaun Booker/ Belgian War Medal/WomPublic Square Sean Carney/Matty Monk en’s Voting Rights Pennant Caroline Orr EX Secrets of Britain’s 6:30 TV Wild Kratts 3:00 TV A Craftsman’s Legacy Great Cathedrals NC Education Matters The Arrow Maker Series Premiere! The Cor Learn about key issues NC To the Contrary nerstones: York Minster & affecting education in NC. with Bonnie Erbé Canterbury Cathedral 7:00 TV Ready Jet Go! DV National TV’s only women- 7:30 TV As Time Goes By NC Firing Line with centered news analysis Why? Margaret Hoover show tackles hot topics. NC Music Voyager EX Antiques Roadshow EX Samantha Brown’s Atlanta Unites Ca’ d’Zan, Part 1 Places to Love 8:00 TV Midsomer Murders 7:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s Santa Fe, NM Blood Wedding, Part 2 Neighborhood DV 3:30 TV Woodsmith Shop NC Song of the Mountains NC Consuelo Mack Puzzle Boxes David Holt & Josh Goforth WealthTrack NC Firing Line with Get advice for managing Margaret Hoover investments. February | 5
evening&weekend listings 8:00 TV Curious George NC Carolina Business Review Chris William and his guests discuss business news in the Carolinas. EX Finding Your Roots Dreaming of a New Land with Marisa Tomei, Sheryl Sandberg & Kal Penn 8:30 TV Wild Kratts NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 9:00 TV This Old House Hour Energy Saving Installations/ Secret Garden NC Washington Week EX Grand Tours of Scotland’s Lochs Legends of the West/ Shelter from the Storm 9:30 NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman 10:00 TV Exploring North Carolina Long Parks NC NC SPIN EX Inside Balmoral 1852-1954 10:30 TV Muse Glorifying Sisters of the Vine NC North Carolina Bookwatch Georgann Eubanks: The Month of Their Ripening 11:00 TV North Carolina Bookwatch Georgann Eubanks: The Month of Their Ripening NC Articulate with Jim Cotter In Philadelphia with Cellist David Finckel EX Secrets of Britain’s Great Cathedrals The Cornerstones: York Minster & Canterbury Cathedral 11:30 TV Black Issues Forum Empowering HBCU Alumni NC Story in the Public Square Daphne Matziaraki Noon TV FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Currituck Crappie EX Travelscope Ontario, Canada’s Niagara Peninsula: Toronto & Beyond DV 12:30 TV NC SPIN NC Fishing Behind the Lines A West Point Experience— Scott Granger & Doug Rothenbush EX Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions Cruising the Rhine, Part 1 6 | February
Henry Louis Gates Jr. shares surprising insights with S. Epatha Merkerson on Finding Your Roots Freedom Tales, Tuesday, February 5, at 8 PM, on UNC-TV.
1:00 TV Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television South American Classics NC Song of the Mountains David Holt & Josh Goforth EX 800 Words George and Fiona put the heat on their new relationship with a dinner party. 1:30 TV Martha Bakes Decorated Cupcakes 1:50 EX North Carolina Weekend—Shorts Muddy Creek Café 2:00 TV America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated Chinese Favorites NC David Holt’s State of Music Joe Newberry EX Durrells in Corfu Season 3 on Masterpiece Episode 4 Larry’s friend Gigi comes to visit. 2:30 TV Cook’s Country Reimagining ItalianAmerican Classics NC Sun Studio Sessions McKenna Bray 3:00 TV Sara’s Weeknight Meals Tuscan Villa Pasta NC Music Row: Nashville’s Most Famous Neighborhood A group of unremarkable bungalows in Nashville became the heart of the country music industry. EX Doctor Blake Mysteries A Difficult Lie 3:30 TV Lidia’s Kitchen The Dessert Table 4:00 TV New Orleans Cooking with Kevin Belton German Heritage NC Austin City Limits Buddy Guy/August Greene
EX Father Brown The Crackpot of the Empire 4:30 TV Pati’s Mexican Table Mexican Wine Country 4:50 EX My Home, NC— Shorts Mitchell Hardware 5:00 TV Washington Week NC PBS NewsHour Weekend EX Great Performances at the Met: Turandot Swedish soprano Nina Stemme sings Puccini’s demanding title role. 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour Weekend NC BBC Newsnight Get comprehensive coverage of international news & current events. 6 PM TV Father Brown The Tree of Truth NC Black Issues Forum Empowering HBCU Alumni 6:30 NC Blackademics Television Straubhaar/Delgado/King 6:50 TV My Home, NC— Shorts Chatham Rabbits 7:00 TV Grantchester Season 3 on Masterpiece Episode 5 A woman’s death is covered up. DV NC George Washington Carver: An Uncommon Life Discover complexities that reveal the full impact of Carver’s life and work. 7:30 EX Muse Arts Education: Carolina Manga Library/Shakespeare Summer Camp 7:50 EX My Home, NC— Shorts Kudzu Goat Brigade
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6:30 NC Nightly Business Report 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Athens & Side Trips 7:30 TV A Chef’s Life Persimmon Style EX Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Lake Geneva & the Valais, DV Switzerland 9:00 TV Victoria Season 3 8:00 TV Antiques Roadshow on Masterpiece Ca’ d’Zan, Part 2 Episode 4 Victoria faces NC Exploring the traumatic impact of a North Carolina cholera epidemic. NC’s Other Ocean EX Gorongosa Park— EX Midsomer Murders Rebirth of Paradise King’s Crystal, Part 2 Lion Mystery 8:30 NC Exploring 10:00 TV Tales from the North Carolina Royal Bedchamber Birds of Winter Historian Lucy Worsley 9:00 TV Antiques Roadshow reveals the importance of Celebrating Black regal bedrooms. Americana NC John Lewis— NC Earth Focus Get in the Way City Planning Follow the journey of the EX And Then congressman, human rights There Were None leader and civil rights hero. Aidan Turner (Poldark) EX Blue Planet stars in this update of the Frozen Seas Agatha Christie classic 11:00 TV EastEnders whodunnit. NC Our State 9:30 NC Changing Seas Dirt to Shirt/Fins & Feathers Lords of the Wetlands EX Globe Trekker 10:00 TV Independent Lens Food Hour: Southern China Black Memorabilia Meet 11:30 TV EastEnders people who reproduce and NC Folkways reclaim Black Americana. DV Pottery Revival in NC NOVA Catawba Valley First Face of America See a prehistoric teen’s 13,000year-old skeleton found in a 4 MONDAY Mexican underwater cave. 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour EX EastEnders NC BBC World News 10:30 EX EastEnders America 11:00 TV Amanpour EX Secrets of Britain’s & Company Great Cathedrals NC PBS NewsHour The Cornerstones: York EX History Detectives Minster & Canterbury Belgian War Medal/WomCathedral en’s Voting Rights Pennant 8:00 TV Victoria Season 3 on Masterpiece Episode 3 Victoria is eager to return to the palace and the business of politics. NC Jackie Robinson Part 1 Rising from humble origins, Robinson becomes Major League Baseball’s first Black player. DV EX Nature Naledi: One Little Elephant
6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Taste of Louisiana with Chef John Folse & Co. Italian Immigration to America 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report EX Jacques Pépin: More Fast Food My Way Breaking with Tradition DV 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Copenhagen 7:30 TV Flavor, NC Apple Brandy Beef, North Wilkesboro EX Smart Travels— Pacific Rim with Rudy Maxa Mexico City & Ixtapa 8:00 TV Finding Your Roots Freedom Tales with S. Epatha Merkerson & Michael Strahan NC North Carolina Bookwatch Stephanie Powell Watts: No One Is Coming to Save Us EX Grand Tours of Scotland’s Lochs Taming the Wild/Through the Rough Bounds 8:30 NC Story in the Public Square Daphne Matziaraki 9:00 TV Sealab: American Experience Submerge yourself in this exploration of 1969’s revolutionary underwater habitat. DV NC Comic Culture Erik Larsen EX Inside Balmoral 1955-1992 9:30 NC Articulate with Jim Cotter The Wildest Dreamers 10:00 TV FRONTLINE Predator on the Reservation Investigate a decades-long failure to stop a doctor accused of abusing Native American boys. NC Innerviews with Ernie Manouse Laurie Anderson EX Secrets of Britain’s Great Cathedrals London: St. Paul’s Cathedral & Westminster Abbey 10:30 NC On Story A Conversation with Dan Gilroy
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evening&weekend listings Anita Brown-Graham shares how our state’s communities are creating solutions on ncIMPACT, Thursdays, at 8 PM, starting February 7, on UNC-TV.
11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope Thousand Islands: Canadian Binational Adventure DV 11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman Our Warming Oceans: Biosphere to Bahamas
6 WEDNESDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Spy in the Wild: A Nature Miniseries Bad Behavior DV 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Denmark: Beyond Copenhagen 7:30 TV Muse Glorifying Sisters of the Vine EX Rick Steves’ Europe The Best of Sicily DV 8:00 TV Nature Arctic Wolf Pack DV NC High Point University Presents: David King Nido Qubein speaks with the CEO of LabCorp. EX Taste of Malaysia with Martin Yan Penang Heritage 8:30 EX My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas A Bite of Greek Red Wine 9:00 TV NOVA Decoding the Pyramids Archaeologists investigate how the ancient Egyptians built the pyramids of Giza.
Deborah Holt Noel shares a new North Carolina Weekend, Thursday, February 7, at 9 PM, on UNC-TV. 8 | February
NC Whole Truth with David Eisenhower Alternative Energy Futures EX Lidia’s Kitchen Southern Italian Salads 9:30 NC Maria Hinojosa: One-on-One Melissa Harris-Lacewell EX Joanne Weir’s Plates & Places Caviar 10:00 TV Dictator’s Playbook Francisco Franco NC Visionaries Fair Food Network & Crane Trust DV EX Confucius Was a Foodie The Big Picture 10:30 NC Trust Docs Adapting to Climate Change 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Great American Railroad Journeys Philadelphia to Gettysburg
7 THURSDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Tastemakers Extracted 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report EX Mike Colameco’s Real Food M Wells 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Istanbul 7:30 TV Our State Hope Plantation/Saluda/ An Artist’s Reflections EX Travelscope Easter Island: Mysteries & Myths DV
8:00 TV ncIMPACT Series Premiere! Pittsboro Host Anita Brown-Graham examines how Pittsboro is training more women to fill the growing need for skilled workers in construction. NC Flavor, NC J&B Herb Farms EX Great American Railroad Journeys Mattoon to Memphis 8:30 TV Muse Community Art: Greensboro Mural/Skateboard Park/FanDames Initiative NC Cooking 80/20 with Robin Shea All About Avocados 8:50 TV My Home, NC— Shorts Mitchell Hardware 9:00 TV North Carolina Weekend NC A Chef’s Life Gone Clamming, Part 2 EX Rick Steves’ Europe Scotland’s Highlands DV 9:20 TV Sci NC—Shorts Oyster Reef Building
Get vital information on Situation Report: A Reason to Live, premiering Thursday, February 7, at 10 PM, on UNC-TV.
visit unctv.org A mother fights for her son on the potent premiere of Live from Lincoln Center Pipeline, Friday, February 8, at 9 PM, on UNC-TV.
11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman Costa Rica: Laboratory of the Biosphere
9 SATURDAY 6 AM T V Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood DV NC Biographical Conversations with Mark Duke Biddle Trent Semans 7:00 TV Nightly 9:30 TV David Holt’s Part 3 of 3 Business Report State of Music EX Carolina NC PBS NewsHour Amythyst Kiah/Mipso Outdoor Journal EX Rick Steves’ Europe NC Around Summer Time Heat Iran’s Historic Capitals the Farm Table 6:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s 7:30 TV NC SPIN Poultry, Porcine & Pasta Neighborhood DV EX Travelscope EX Music Voyager EX Folkways Hong Kong: Asia’s Yellow Roads: Italy— Potters at Seagrove, Part 2 World City DV Amalfi Coast & Capri 7:00 TV Sesame Street DV 8:00 TV Washington Week 10:00 TV Situation Report: NC Carolina NC North Carolina A Reason to Live Outdoor Journal Weekend Premiere! Jeff Smith talks to Summer Time Heat E X 800 Words veterans about their experi EX Exploring ences with suicide and how George sees red when North Carolina Arlo secretly switches they decided to live. Ten Places To Learn Tar school subjects. NC North Carolina Heel Natural Heritage 8:20 NC Sci NC—Shorts Weekend 7:30 TV Dinosaur Train DV Oyster Reef Building EX Samantha Brown’s NC Expeditions 8:30 TV FRONT ROW Places to Love with Patrick McMillan with Marc Rotterman Seoul, South Korea California Superbloom—A NC ncIMPACT 10:20 NC Sci NC—Shorts World of Dramatic Change Pittsboro Host Anita Oyster Reef Building EX Exploring Brown-Graham examines 10:30 TV In Her Boots North Carolina how Pittsboro is training Ten female veterans share On the Border more women to fill the reflective and revealing 8:00 TV Pinkalicious growing need for skilled stories about their service. & Peterrific DV workers in construction. NC Our State NC Exploring 8:50 EX North Carolina Kruger Brothers/ North Carolina Weekend—Shorts Illuminating Personality Edge of Life Beaufort Grocery EX Born To Explore EX Discovering Britain 9:00 TV Live from Lincoln with Richard Wiese Benedict Cumberbatch Center: Pipeline India: Sacred Elephant Celebrate the country’s his This new play focuses on an 1:00 TV Amanpour 1 tory, culture and traditions. inner-city teacher desper& Company 8:30 TV Curious George DV ate to save her son. DV NC PBS NewsHour NC Sci NC NC FRONT ROW EX Travelscope Think Small with Marc Rotterman Northeast Ontario: 8:50 NC My Home, NC— EX Durrells in Corfu Canada’s Canoe Culture & Shorts Season 3 on Masterpiece Kudzu Goat Brigade First Nation’s People DV Episode 5 A new Italian 11:30 EX In the Americas 9:00 TV Let’s Go Luna! DV family settles in Corfu. with David Yetman NC North Carolina 9:30 N C Washington Week Mexico’s Sierra Pinacate Weekend 10:00 NC NC SPIN EX Confucius EX Doctor Blake Was a Foodie 8 FRIDAY Mysteries The Big Picture For Whom the Bell Tolls 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour 9:20 NC Sci NC—Shorts 10:30 TV Breaking Big NC BBC World News Oyster Reef Building Danai Gurira America 9:30 TV Nature Cat NC Firing Line with EX Taste of History NC ncIMPACT Margaret Hoover Orchids, Herbs & Rum Pittsboro Host Anita 11:00 TV Amanpour in Jamaica Brown-Graham examines & Company 6:30 NC Nightly how Pittsboro is training NC PBS NewsHour Business Report more women to fill the EX Travelscope EX New Orleans Cooking growing need for skilled San Antonio’s Fiesta: Olé! with Kevin Belton workers in construction. DV French Beginnings February | 9
evening&weekend listings 10:00 TV North Carolina Weekend NC Comic Culture Erik Larsen EX New Scandinavian Cooking The Mountain Region of Southern Norway on Top of Norway 10:20 TV Sci NC—Shorts Oyster Reef Building 10:30 TV ncIMPACT Pittsboro Host Anita Brown-Graham examines how Pittsboro is training more women to fill the growing need for skilled workers in construction. NC Muse Community Art: Greensboro Mural/Skateboard Park/FanDames Initiative EX How To Cook Well with Rory O’Connell Onion, Pepper, Rosemary & Anchovy Pissaladière 10:50 NC My Home, NC— Shorts Original Collard Sandwich 11:00 TV Growing a Greener World Working with Nature for Sustainable Landscape Design NC The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill A Crutch in Time DV EX Taste of History Cajun Cuisine of the Acadians 11:30 TV P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home Keep It Simple NC The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill Hancock Pedestal Table DV EX Lidia’s Kitchen A Seaside Buffet Noon TV GardenSMART Get a refresher course in gardening basics. NC Growing a Greener World Gardening in the Desert Southwest EX Smart Travels— Europe with Rudy Maxa Oslo & Norway 12:30 TV America’s Heartland Saving Historic Windmills & Rural Churches NC This American Land Farmland Runoff/Maintaining National Parks/Rafting EX In the Americas with David Yetman Gift of the Andes: Mendoza, Argentina & Its Wines 1:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Ca’ d’Zan, Part 2
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NC Exploring North Carolina Edge of Life EX Travelscope Alberta, Canada: The Canadian Rockies DV 1:30 NC Expeditions with Patrick McMillan New River Valley— Ancient Landscapes, Ancient Connections EX Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions Volunteer Tourism, Part 2 2:00 TV Rick Steves’ Europe Paris: Embracing Life & Art NC First in Future Nelle Hotchkiss EX Globe Trekker Tough Trains: India’s Independence Railroads 2:30 TV Travelscope South Africa: On Safari! DV NC Story in the Public Square Daphne Matziaraki 3:00 TV A Craftsman’s Legacy The Cowboy Hat Maker NC To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbé EX Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Seoul, South Korea 3:30 TV Woodsmith Shop Kitchen Cart NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover EX Born To Explore with Richard Wiese India: Sacred Elephant 4:00 TV This Old House Hour Net Zero Comes Together/ Closet Door NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman EX History Detectives California’s Prohibition Underground 4:30 NC NC SPIN 5:00 TV Carolina Outdoor Journal Surf Side Spanish NC PBS NewsHour Weekend EX David Attenborough’s Natural Curiosities Strange Parents 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour Weekend NC Washington Week EX Nature’s Microworlds Them & Us 6 PM TV Lawrence Welk Show Mardi Gras (1966) NC Classic Gospel Red Rocks Homecoming EX Grand Tours of Scotland’s Lochs Taming the Wild/ Through the Rough Bounds 7:00 TV As Time Goes By Misunderstandings
NC Songs at the Center Travis Meadows EX Secrets of Britain’s Great Cathedrals London: St. Paul’s Cathedral & Westminster Abbey 7:30 TV As Time Goes By The Cruise NC Music Voyager ATL Mojo of Collaboration 8:00 TV Independent Lens: Won’t You Be My Neighbor? Premiere—One Night Only! Embrace the lessons, ethics and legacy of children’s television icon Fred Rogers. NC Song of the Mountains Randall Hibbitts & Appalachia/The Banksters EX Discovering Britain Mica Paris 8:50 EX North Carolina Weekend—Shorts Beaufort Grocery 9:00 NC David Holt’s State of Music Molly Tuttle EX Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railways Return to Yugoslavia 9:30 NC Sun Studio Sessions The Chris Robinson Brotherhood 10:00 TV Hinterland Penwyllt, Part 2 NC Merle Travis: Guitar Man Delve into the life and musical legacy of the songwriter and guitarist. EX Great American Railroad Journeys Wilmington to Fort McHenry 11:00 TV Tunnel Karl falls apart as the Truth Terrorist’s change of direction becomes unbearable. NC ACL Presents: Americana Music Festival See today’s top acts performing in Austin. EX Globe Trekker Food Hour: The Story of Beef
10 SUNDAY 6 AM TV Nature Cat NC Closer to Truth What Exists, II? EX History Detectives California’s Prohibition Underground 6:30 TV Wild Kratts NC Education Matters 7:00 TV Ready Jet Go! DV NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover EX Antiques Roadshow Ca’ d’Zan, Part 2
visit unctv.org NC Sun Studio Sessions The Chris Robinson Brotherhood 3:00 TV Sara’s Weeknight Meals Amalfi Lemons NC Merle Travis: Guitar Man Delve into the life and musical legacy of songwriter and guitarist Merle Travis. EX Doctor Blake Mysteries For Whom the Bell Tolls 3:30 TV Lidia’s Kitchen Slow Cooking 4:00 TV New Orleans Cooking with Kevin Belton Meet Kai Lightner: World-Class Rock Climber on My Home, NC, Sunday, Shrimp Specialties February 10, at 10:50 PM, on UNC-TV. NC ACL Presents: Americana Music Festival 7:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s 11:30 TV Black Issues Forum See today’s top acts perNeighborhood DV Building Up NC’s forming in Austin. NC Consuelo Mack Public HBCUs EX Father Brown WealthTrack NC Story in the The Daughter of Autolycus 8:00 TV Curious George Public Square 4:30 TV Pati’s Mexican Table NC Carolina Julian Chambliss Loreto: Baja’s Hidden Gem Business Review Noon TV FRONT ROW 4:50 EX My Home, NC— EX Finding Your Roots with Marc Rotterman Shorts Freedom Tales with NC Carolina Kai Lightner: World-Class S. Epatha Merkerson Outdoor Journal Rock Climber & Michael Strahan Short Term Ladyfish 5:00 TV Washington Week 8:30 TV Wild Kratts EX Travelscope NC PBS NewsHour NC Firing Line with Cruising the Mediterranean Weekend DV Margaret Hoover EX Great Performances 9:00 TV This Old House Hour 12:30 TV NC SPIN at the Met: N C Fishing Net Zero Comes Together/ Madama Butterfly Behind the Lines Closet Door Kristine Opolais shines in Back to My Roots— NC Washington Week her heartbreaking interpreDon Meissner EX Grand Tours of tation of the title role. EX Burt Wolf: Scotland’s Lochs 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour Travels & Traditions Taming the Wild/Through Weekend Cruising the Rhine, Part 2 the Rough Bounds NC ncIMPACT 1:00 T V Christopher Kimball’s 9:30 NC FRONT ROW Pittsboro Host Anita Milk Street Television with Marc Rotterman Brown-Graham examines Everyday Turkish Favorites 10:00 TV Exploring how Pittsboro is training N C Song of the Mountains North Carolina more women to fill the Randall Hibbitts & Appala Canals of North Carolina growing need for skilled chia/The Banksters NC NC SPIN workers in construction. E X 800 Words EX Inside Balmoral 6 PM TV Father Brown George sees red when 1955-1992 The Jackdaws Revenge Arlo secretly switches 10:30 TV Muse NC Black Issues Forum school subjects. Community Art Greensboro Building Up NC’s Public 1:30 TV Martha Bakes Mural, Skateboard Park, HBCUs Perfect Puff Pastry The FanDames Initiative. 6:30 NC Blackademics 1:50 EX North Carolina NC North Carolina Television Weekend—Shorts Bookwatch Venson/Foster Stephanie Powell Watts: No Beaufort Grocery 6:50 TV My Home, NC— 2:00 TV America’s One Is Coming to Save Us Shorts Test Kitchen from 10:50 TV My Home, NC— Mitchell Hardware Cook’s Illustrated Shorts 7:00 TV Grantchester The Perfect Cookie Kai Lightner: World-Class Season 3 on Masterpiece N C David Holt’s Rock Climber Episode 6 Sidney tries to State of Music 11:00 TV North Carolina right a wrong. DV Molly Tuttle Bookwatch NC Boy Scouts E X Durrells in Corfu Stephanie Powell Watts: No of Harlem 759 Season 3 on Masterpiece One Is Coming To Save Us See how the Boy Scouts Episode 5 A new Italian NC Comic Culture change a group of boys from family settles in Corfu. Erik Larsen Harlem into young men. 2:30 TV Cook’s Country EX Secrets of Britain’s Southern Specialties Great Cathedrals London: St. Paul’s Cathedral & Westminster Abbey February | 11
evening&weekend listings Tensions mount as Victoria Season 3 on Masterpiece continues, Sunday, February 10, at 8 PM, on UNC-TV.
8:00 TV Victoria Season 3 on Masterpiece Episode 4 Victoria faces the traumatic impact of a cholera epidemic. NC Jackie Robinson Part 2 Robinson uses his fame to speak out against injustice, alienating many who had lauded him. DV EX Nature Arctic Wolf Pack DV 9:00 TV Victoria Season 3 on Masterpiece Episode 5 After an assassination attempt, the Royals visit Ireland where conflict and romance blossom. EX Gorongosa Park— Rebirth of Paradise Elephant Whisperer 10:00 TV Margaret: The Rebel Princess Premiere! Part 1 of 2 See how the princess mixed a rebellious modernity with respect for tradition in this deeply personal account. NC A Colored School Second Ward High School alumni share stories about the first public high school for Black students in the Charlotte area. EX Blue Planet Seasonal Seas 10:30 NC The Education of Harvey Gantt Discover the story of the first African-American person accepted to a white college in South Carolina. 11:00 TV EastEnders NC Our State Hunt Library/ Lockwood Folly River/ One Moment, One Meeting EX Globe Trekker Tough Trains: Bolivia 11:30 TV EastEnders NC Folkways Earth Skills
NC NOVA Decoding the Pyramids EX EastEnders 10:30 EX EastEnders 11:00 NC PBS NewsHour EX History Detectives California’s Prohibition Underground 11:30 TV Amanpour & Company
12 TUESDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Taste of Louisiana with Chef John Folse & Co. Italian Entrepreneurs 7:30 TV A Chef’s Life 6:30 NC Nightly Chasing Trout Business Report EX Samantha Brown’s EX Jacques Pépin: Places to Love More Fast Food My Way Santa Fe, NM Bread Flip DV 8:00 TV Antiques Roadshow 7:00 TV Nightly Ca’ d’Zan, Part 3 Business Report NC Exploring NC PBS NewsHour North Carolina EX Rick Steves’ Europe Giving Nature a Hand Croatia: Adriatic Delights EX Midsomer Murders 7:30 TV Flavor, NC The Axeman Cometh, Carrigan Farms, Mooresville Part 1 At Barnaby’s favorite EX Travelscope band’s reunion concert, a Riding the Range: Southern backup singer is murdered. Alberta, Canada DV 8:30 NC Exploring 8:00 TV Finding Your Roots North Carolina Roots in Politics with Paul Gone to Seed Ryan, Tulsi Gabbard & 9:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Marco Rubio Miami Beach, Part 1 NC North Carolina NC Earth Focus Bookwatch Adaptation to Global Water Tim Tyson: The Blood Shortages of Emmett Till EX Midsomer Murders EX Grand Tours of The Axeman Cometh, Scotland’s Lochs Part 2 A Rock & a Hard Place/ 9:30 NC Changing Seas An Enchanted Land Fishing the Flats for Science 8:30 NC Story in the 10:00 TV Independent Lens Public Square Hale County this Morning, Julian Chambliss This Evening DV
11 MONDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Secrets of Britain’s Great Cathedrals London: St. Paul’s Cathedral & Westminster Abbey 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Iran: Tehran & Side Trips 12 | February
Margaret: The Rebel Princess explores some royal resistance, Sunday, February 10, at 10 PM, on UNC-TV.
visit unctv.org 9:00 TV Greely Expedition: American Experience See how an 1881 scientific expedition turned into a horrid tale of shipwreck, mutiny and cannibalism. NC Comic Culture Jermaine Rivers EX Inside Balmoral 1992-2017 9:30 NC Articulate with Jim Cotter San Francisco 10:00 TV FRONTLINE The Abortion Divide Revisit a 35-year-old investigation. NC Innerviews with Ernie Manouse Roma Downey EX Secrets of Britain’s Great Cathedrals Salisbury Cathedral & Wells Cathedral 10:30 NC On Story A Conversation with Gale Anne Hurd 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope Following the Reformation Trail in Switzerland & Germany DV 11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman Dominican Republic: Of Baseball, Whales & Limping Devils
13 WEDNESDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Spy in the Wild, a Nature Miniseries Meet the Spies DV 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Dubrovnik & Balkan Sidetrips 7:30 TV Muse Community Art: Greensboro Mural/Skateboard Park/FanDames Initiative EX Rick Steves’ Europe Sicilian Delights DV 7:50 TV My Home, NC— Shorts Kai Lightner: World-Class Rock Climber 8:00 TV Nature Wild Way of the Vikings NC High Point University Presents: Julie Ann Freischlag, MD Nido Qubein speaks with the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center CEO.
Nido Qubein elicits insights on High Point University Presents: Julie Ann Freischlag, MD, Wednesday, February 13, at 8 PM, on the North Carolina Channel.
EX Taste of Malaysia with Martin Yan Langkawi 8:30 EX My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas The Lesvos Spirit 9:00 TV NOVA Rise of the Rockets Private companies are launching new technologies to bring space closer than ever. NC Whole Truth with David Eisenhower Is American Criminal Justice Just? EX Lidia’s Kitchen Everything Rice 9:30 NC Maria Hinojosa: One-on-One José Rivera EX Joanne Weir’s Plates & Places Moroccan Spice 10:00 TV Dictator’s Playbook Idi Amin NC Visionaries Aldea DV EX Confucius Was a Foodie Cantonese 10:30 NC Trust Docs Breaking Stereotypes 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Great American Railroad Journeys Wilmington to Fort McHenry
14 THURSDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Tastemakers Warm & Wooly 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report EX Mike Colameco’s Real Food Restaurant Gabriel Kreuther
7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe The Best of Slovenia 7:30 TV Our State Chinquapenn/Homeland Creamery/Land of Ahs EX Travelscope Southern Ethiopia: Tribal Lands, Primeval People DV 8:00 TV ncIMPACT Kinston Examine one of many communities that has come up with unique ways to revitalize its downtown to attract visitors and people seeking to relocate. NC Flavor, NC Atlantic Caviar & Sturgeon EX Ganges with Sue Perkins The Himalayas 8:30 TV Muse Art Abilities: UNCSA One Knot at a Time/ Scratchboard Artist NC Cooking 80/20 with Robin Shea Taco Tuesday 8:50 TV My Home, NC— Shorts Kai Lightner: World-Class Rock Climber 9:00 TV North Carolina Weekend NC A Chef’s Life What’s Your Beef? EX Rick Steves’ Europe Scotland’s Islands DV 9:20 TV Sci NC—Shorts Organ Pipes 9:30 TV David Holt’s State of Music The Kruger Brothers NC Around the Farm Table More Cheese, Please EX Music Voyager Yellow Roads: Italy— The Two Sicilies 10:00 TV Reel South Honky Tonk Heaven Take a toe-tapping tour of legendary Texas dancehall the Broken Spoke in Austin. NC North Carolina Weekend EX Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Lafayette & Cajun Country, LA 10:20 NC Sci NC—Shorts Organ Pipes 10:30 NC Our State Wild Horses/Dorton Arena/ Flag Man EX Born To Explore with Richard Wiese South Carolina: A Taste of the South February | 13
evening&weekend listings EX Discovering Britain Mica Paris 8:30 TV Curious George DV NC Sci NC New Discoveries Discover a metal foam that could revolutionize protections for our military, as well as a way to fight superbugs threatening our health. 8:50 NC My Home, NC— Shorts Sam Jones BBQ Gospel 15 FRIDAY 9:00 TV Let’s Go Luna! DV 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC North Carolina NC BBC World News Weekend America EX Confucius Oscar winner Shirley MacLaine hosts EX Taste of History Was a Foodie Great Performances: Movies Eliza Powel’s Sinful Feast for Grownups Awards 2019 Cantonese with AARP the Magazine, Friday, 6:30 NC Nightly 9:20 NC Sci NC—Shorts February 15, at 9 PM, on UNC-TV. Business Report Organ Pipes EX New Orleans Cooking 9:30 TV Nature Cat 10:00 NC NC SPIN with Kevin Belton NC ncIMPACT EX Doctor Blake Oysters Kinston Examine one of Mysteries 7:00 TV Nightly many communities that has The Visible World Business Report come up with unique ways 10:30 NC Firing Line with NC PBS NewsHour to revitalize its downtown Margaret Hoover EX Rick Steves’ Europe to attract visitors and 11:00 TV Amanpour Andalucia, Gibraltar & people seeking to relocate. & Company Tangier 10:00 TV North Carolina NC PBS NewsHour 7:30 TV NC SPIN Weekend EX Travelscope EX Travelscope NC Comic Culture Northern Ethiopia: Ancient Eastern Europe’s Trea Jermaine Rivers sures: From Budapest History & Spiritual Present EX New Scandinavian to Bucharest DV DV Cooking 11:30 EX In the Americas 8:00 TV Washington Week Southern Norway: A Modwith David Yetman NC North Carolina est but Generous Spud Cuba’s Far East Weekend 10:20 TV Sci NC—Shorts EX 800 Words Organ Pipes George and Fiona’s 10:30 TV ncIMPACT 16 SATURDAY romantic weekend escape Kinston Examine one of 6 AM TV Mister Rogers’ from the kids is a disaster. many communities that has Neighborhood DV 8:20 NC Sci NC—Shorts come up with unique ways NC Biographical Conver Organ Pipes to revitalize its downtown sations with Hugh Morton 8:30 TV FRONT ROW to attract visitors and Part 1 of 3 with Marc Rotterman people seeking to relocate. EX Carolina NC ncIMPACT NC Muse Outdoor Journal Kinston Examine one of Art Abilities: UNCSA many communities that has Surf Zone One Knot at a Time/ come up with unique ways 6:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s Scratchboard Artist Neighborhood DV to revitalize its downtown EX How To Cook Well X Folkways E to attract visitors and with Rory O’Connell people seeking to relocate. Legend of Tom Dula Carrot, Coconut & 7:00 T V Sesame Street DV 8:50 EX North Carolina Lemongrass Soup NC Carolina Weekend—Shorts 10:50 NC My Home, NC— Outdoor Journal Wright Brothers Shorts Surf Zone Visitor Center The Call of the Stache EX Exploring 9:00 TV Great Performances: 11:00 TV Growing a North Carolina Movies for Grownups Greener World Awards 2019 with AARP Haw Revival The Power of a Seed To 7:30 TV Dinosaur Train DV the Magazine Change the World NC Expeditions Celebrate filmmaking NC The Woodwright’s with Patrick McMillan that appeals to mature Shop with Roy Underhill Butterflies—Bringing movie lovers. Brian Boggs, Chairmaker Butterflies Home! NC FRONT ROW DV EX Exploring with Marc Rotterman EX Taste of History North Carolina EX Durrells in Corfu Yorktown—The Last Battle Season 3 on Masterpiece Life at the Top 11:30 TV P. Allen Smith’s 8:00 TV Pinkalicious Episode 6 Louisa wants a Garden Home & Peterrific DV party for Gerry, but he’s not Add a Little Color NC Exploring a little boy anymore. North Carolina 9:30 NC Washington Week Little Mountains 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope Following the Reformation Trail in Switzerland & Germany DV 11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman Oregon: Violent Past & Verdant Present
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visit unctv.org NC The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill Corner Cupboard, Part 1 DV EX Lidia’s Kitchen The Best Bar Food Noon TV GardenSMART Get environmentallyfriendly garden advice. NC Growing a Greener World Hope for Heroes: The Farmer Veteran Coalition EX Smart Travels— Europe with Rudy Maxa France’s Champagne Region 12:30 TV America’s Heartland Turning Hardwoods Into Heirloom Furniture NC This American Land Irrigation Revival, Partnerships for National Park EX In the Americas with David Yetman Coffee & Culture in Oaxaca 1:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Ca’ d’Zan, Part 3 NC Exploring North Carolina Little Mountains EX Travelscope Chile: From Seaside to Mountaintop DV 1:30 NC Expeditions with Patrick McMillan Jocassee—The Jewel of the Escarpment EX Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions Do the Right Thing 2:00 TV Rick Steves’ Europe London: Historic & Dynamic NC First in Future Dr. Robin Cummings EX Globe Trekker Wild West: USA 2:30 TV Travelscope Mozambique, Africa DV NC Story in the Public Square Julian Chambliss 3:00 TV A Craftsman’s Legacy The Spur Maker NC To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbé EX Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Lafayette & Cajun Country, LA 3:30 TV Woodsmith Shop Weekend Workbench NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover EX Born To Explore with Richard Wiese South Carolina: A Taste of the South 4:00 TV This Old House Hour Mid-Century Modern Makeover/Vertical Garden NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman
EX History Detectives African-American Confederate Photo 4:30 NC NC SPIN 5:00 TV Carolina Outdoor Journal Currituck Crappie NC PBS NewsHour Weekend EX David Attenborough’s Natural Curiosities Magical Appearances 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour Weekend NC Washington Week EX Nature’s Microworlds Making Worlds 6 PM TV Lawrence Welk Show Salute to New York City (1977) NC Classic Gospel The Gospel Music of Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives EX Grand Tours of Scotland’s Lochs A Rock & a Hard Place/ An Enchanted Land 7:00 TV As Time Goes By The Book Signing NC Songs at the Center Light EX Secrets of Britain’s Great Cathedrals Salisbury Cathedral & Wells Cathedral 7:30 TV As Time Goes By We’ll Always Have Paris NC Music Voyager Antigua & Barbuda 8:00 TV Midsomer Murders Shot at Dawn, Part 1 A family rivalry turns violent. NC Song of the Mountains Larry Sigmon & Martha Spencer/Presley Barker & Wayne Henderson EX Discovering Britain Peter Davison 8:50 TV My Home, NC— Shorts Kai Lightner: World-Class Rock Climber EX North Carolina Weekend—Shorts Wright Brothers Visitor Center 9:00 TV Doc Martin Accidental Hero NC David Holt’s State of Music Jerry Douglas EX Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railways Journey to the Holy Land 9:30 NC Sun Studio Sessions Billy Woodward 10:00 TV Hinterland The Girl in the Water, Part 1 Mathias becomes emotionally connected with a murder investigation.
NC Land Will Outlive Us All Singer/songwriter Susan Werner tackles challenges of rural life in America. EX Great American Railroad Journeys Washington to Mount Vernon 10:30 TV Hinterland The Girl in the Water, Part 2 11:00 NC Austin City Limits Ed Sheeran EX Globe Trekker Food Hour: The Story of Beer
17 SUNDAY 6 AM TV Nature Cat NC Closer to Truth Why Anything at All, II? EX History Detectives African-American Confederate Photo 6:30 TV Wild Kratts NC Education Matters 7:00 TV Ready Jet Go! DV NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover EX Antiques Roadshow Ca’ d’Zan, Part 3 7:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV NC Consuelo Mack WealthTrack 8:00 TV Curious George NC Carolina Business Review EX Finding Your Roots Roots in Politics with Paul Ryan, Tulsi Gabbard & Marco Rubio 8:30 TV Wild Kratts NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 9:00 TV This Old House Hour Mid-Century Modern Makeover/Vertical Garden NC Washington Week EX Grand Tours of Scotland’s Lochs A Rock & a Hard Place/ An Enchanted Land 9:30 NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman 10:00 TV Exploring North Carolina Report from the Birds NC NC SPIN EX Inside Balmoral 1992-2017 10:30 TV Muse Art Abilities: UNCSA One Knot at a Time/ Scratchboard Artist NC North Carolina Bookwatch Tim Tyson: The Blood of Emmett Till
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evening&weekend listings Rust-belt skater friends navigate families and futures on POV Minding the Gap, Monday, February 18, at 9 PM, on UNC-TV.
10:50 TV My Home, NC— Shorts Helen’s Love Story: Todd Mercantile 11:00 TV North Carolina Bookwatch Tim Tyson: The Blood of Emmett Till NC Comic Culture Jermaine Rivers EX Secrets of Britain’s Great Cathedrals Salisbury Cathedral & Wells Cathedral 11:30 TV Black Issues Forum NC Promise for HBCUs NC Story in the Public Square Edward Luce Noon TV FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Bass’n with Frogs EX Travelscope Christmas in Switzerland DV 12:30 TV NC SPIN NC Fishing Behind the Lines A Taste of the Wild— Wild Bill Locie EX Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions Sailing the Danube 1:00 TV Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television From Vietnam to Burma NC Song of the Mountains Larry Sigmon & Martha Spencer/Presley Barker & Wayne Henderson EX 800 Words George and Fiona’s romantic weekend escape from the kids is a disaster. 1:30 TV Martha Bakes Embellished Pies 1:50 EX North Carolina Weekend—Shorts Wright Brothers Visitor Center 2:00 TV America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated Elegant Dinner Party NC David Holt’s State of Music Jerry Douglas EX Durrells in Corfu Season 3 on Masterpiece Episode 6 Louisa wants a party for Gerry, but he’s not a little boy anymore. 2:30 TV Cook’s Country Tri-state Treats NC Sun Studio Sessions Billy Woodward 16 | February
3:00 TV Sara’s Weeknight Meals Costa Brava Tapas NC Land Will Outlive Us All Singer/songwriter Susan Werner tackles challenges of American rural life. EX Doctor Blake Mysteries The Visible World 3:30 TV Lidia’s Kitchen Heartwarming Favorites 4:00 TV New Orleans Cooking with Kevin Belton Egg Dishes NC Austin City Limits Ed Sheeran EX Father Brown The Rod of Asclepius 4:30 TV Pati’s Mexican Table La Paz: The Heart of Baja Sur 4:50 EX My Home, NC— Shorts Helen’s Love Story: Todd Mercantile 5:00 TV Washington Week NC PBS NewsHour Weekend EX Great Performances at the Met: Manon Lescaut Kristine Opolais and Jonas Kaufmann star as Puccini’s ill-fated lovers. 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour Weekend NC ncIMPACT Kinston Examine one of many communities that has come up with unique ways to revitalize its downtown to attract visitors and people seeking to relocate. 6 PM TV Father Brown The Kembleford Dragon NC Black Issues Forum NC Promise for HBCUs 6:30 NC Blackademics Television Curry/Evans-Winters/Keith
6:50 TV My Home, NC— Shorts Kai Lightner: World-Class Rock Climber 7:00 TV Grantchester Season 3 on Masterpiece Episode 7 A boy goes missing. DV NC Looking over Jordan: African Americans & the War Follow the Southern Black experience before, during and after the Civil War. 7:30 NC Graceful Voices See stories of Bahamian and African-American women in a planned community in Florida. EX Muse Glorifying Sisters of the Vine 8:00 TV Victoria Season 3 on Masterpiece Episode 5 After an assassination attempt, the Royals visit Ireland where conflict and romance blossom. NC Jazz Gumbo (Beginnings to 1917) Jazz is born in New Orleans’ unique musical cauldron. EX Nature Wild Way of the Vikings 9:00 TV Victoria Season 3 on Masterpiece Episode 6 Private pictures of the Royal family are made public. EX Gorongosa Park— Rebirth of Paradise New Blood 9:30 NC Frankie Manning: Never Stop Swinging Celebrate this dancer and his eight decade career. 10:00 TV Margaret: The Rebel Princess Part 2 of 2
visit unctv.org NC Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band Examine the life, career and legacy of the innovative, prolific jazz pianist and composer who capped her career at Duke University. EX Blue Planet Coral Seas 11:00 TV EastEnders NC Our State Mineral City/ Becoming Clyde EX Globe Trekker Delhi & Agra 11:30 NC Folkways Piedmont Blues TV EastEnders
18 MONDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Secrets of Britain’s Great Cathedrals Salisbury Cathedral & Wells Cathedral 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Granada, Cordoba & Spain’s Costa del Sol 7:30 TV A Chef’s Life Liver Lover EX Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Seoul, South Korea 8:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Hotel del Coronado, Part 1 NC Exploring North Carolina Beauty with Six Legs EX Midsomer Murders Death & Dust, Part 1 Barnaby and Jones investigate the death of a doctor killed by a hit-and-run driver. 8:30 NC Exploring North Carolina Bear Facts: NC’s Big Game 9:00 TV POV Minding the Gap Three young men bond together to escape volatile families in their Rust Belt hometown. NC Earth Focus Future of Foo EX Midsomer Murders Death & Dust, Part 2 9:30 NC Changing Seas The Future of Seafood 10:00 NC NOVA Rise of the Rockets Private companies are launching new technologies to bring space closer than ever. EX EastEnders
0:30 TV Breaking Big 1 Lee Daniels EX EastEnders 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX History Detectives African-American Confederate Photo
EX Secrets of Britain’s Great Cathedrals Bath Abbey & Gloucester Cathedral 10:30 NC On Story Script to Screen: Pete’s Dragon with David Lowery & Toby Halbrooks 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour 19 TUESDAY EX Travelscope 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour South Korea: NC BBC World News A Winter Journey DV America 11:30 EX In the Americas EX Taste of Louisiana with David Yetman with Chef John Folse & Co. Chiapas Highlands: St. Joseph’s Day Altars Mexico’s Indian Empire 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report 20 WEDNESDAY EX Jacques Pépin: More Fast Food My Way 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour Seafood Tricks DV NC BBC World News 7:00 TV Nightly America Business Report EX NOVA Wonders NC PBS NewsHour What Are Animals Saying? EX Rick Steves’ Europe Follow clues about how ani Oslo mals “talk” to each other. 7:30 TV Flavor, NC 6:30 NC Nightly Carolina Distillery, Lenoir Business Report EX Travelscope 7:00 TV Nightly Land Without Limits: The Business Report Cariboo Chilcotin Coast DV NC PBS NewsHour 8:00 TV Finding Your Roots EX Rick Steves’ Europe No Laughing Matter with Norway’s West: Fjords, Seth Meyers, Tig Notaro & Mountains & Bergen Sarah Silverman 7:30 TV Muse NC North Carolina Art Abilities: UNCSA Bookwatch One Knot at a Time/ Rich Rosen & Joe Mosnier: Scratchboard Artist Julius Chambers EX Rick Steves’ Europe EX Slovakia: Treasures Scotland’s Highlands DV in the Heart of Europe 7:50 TV My Home, NC— Explore the country’s hisShorts tory, culture, breathtaking Helen’s Love Story: landscapes, castles and Todd Mercantile medieval towns. 8:00 TV Nature 8:30 NC Story in the Living Volcanoes Public Square NC High Point University Edward Luce Presents: Anders Ericsson 9:00 TV Sammy Davis, Jr.: Nido Qubein speaks with American Masters the psychologist and expert See how the talented on experts. entertainer achieved the EX Taste of Malaysia American Dream in a time with Martin Yan of racial prejudice. DV Cradle of Malaysia NC Comic Culture 8:30 EX My Greek Table Bob Layton, Part 1 with Diane Kochilas EX Let There Be Light Greek Mountain Cheeses Meet the creators of 9:00 TV NOVA the National Cathedral’s The Next Pompeii stained glass windows. Experts search for clues 9:30 NC Articulate to determine if a volcanic with Jim Cotter eruption could devastate Unique Perspectives with a major Italian city. Yannick Nézet-Séguin & NC Whole Truth with Tobias Frere-Jones David Eisenhower 10:00 NC Innerviews with Identity Politics: Embracing Ernie Manouse Diversity or Creating a House Thomas Haden Church Divided Against Itself? EX Lidia’s Kitchen Chocolate & Dinner February | 17
evening&weekend listings 9:30 NC Maria Hinojosa: One-on-One Anita Snow EX Joanne Weir’s Plates & Places The Seafood of Greece 10:00 TV Secrets of the Dead The Nero File NC Visionaries Friends of the Children DV EX Confucius Was a Foodie Sichuan 10:30 NC Trust Docs Storytelling Across the Globe Virtual reality experiences and comic books help raise awareness of social problems. 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Great American Railroad Journeys Washington to Mount Vernon
21 THURSDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Tastemakers Pucker Up 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report EX Mike Colameco’s Real Food Lilia/Delaware & Hudson 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Stockholm 7:30 TV Our State Chimney Rock/For the Birds/Hidden Treasure EX Travelscope Sechselauten: Switzerland’s Spring Festival DV 8:00 TV ncIMPACT Winston-Salem This community takes an interesting approach to expand pre-K to ensure more children are ready for Kindergarten and challenges beyond. NC Flavor, NC Vollmer Farms Blackberries EX Ganges with Sue Perkins The Gangetic Plain 8:30 TV Muse Cultural Identity: Fashion Designer/NC Poet Laureate NC Cooking 80/20 with Robin Shea Grilled Italiano 8:50 TV My Home, NC— Shorts Helen’s Love Story: Todd Mercantile 18 | February
Take a closer look at the infamous Roman emperor on Secrets of the Dead The Nero File, Wednesday, February 20, at 10 PM, on UNC-TV.
9:00 TV North Carolina Weekend NC A Chef’s Life One Potato, New Potato EX Rick Steves’ Europe Glasgow & Scottish Passions DV 9:20 TV Sci NC—Shorts Drops on the Farm 9:30 TV David Holt’s State of Music Doyle Lawson/ St. John Unity Choir NC Around the Farm Table Ploughman’s Lunch EX Music Voyager Atlanta Unites 10:00 TV Reel South Shake ‘em on Down: The Blues According to Fred McDowell NC North Carolina Weekend EX Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Rhine River Cruise 10:20 NC Sci NC—Shorts Drops on the Farm 10:30 NC Our State Hart Square/ Poems for Everyone EX Born To Explore with Richard Wiese Canada: Spirit Bear
Sci NC—Shorts looks at Drops on the Farm, Thursday, February 21, at 9:20 PM, on UNC-TV.
11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope Hungary, Austria & Germany: Sampling the Danube DV 11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman Day of the Dead: A Mexican Celebration
22 FRIDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Taste of History Pittsburgh: From Frontier to Fortune 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report EX New Orleans Cooking with Kevin Belton Thanksgiving 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Galicia & the Camino de Santiago 7:30 TV NC SPIN EX Travelscope Dreamin’ California’s Coast: Malibu to Big Sur DV 8:00 TV Washington Week NC North Carolina Weekend EX 800 Words Jan’s pregnancy sparks a crisis; Katie gets Shay involved in an art scam. 8:20 NC Sci NC—Shorts Drops on the Farm 8:30 TV FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman NC ncIMPACT Winston-Salem This community takes an interesting approach to expand pre-K to ensure more children are ready for Kindergarten and challenges beyond.
visit unctv.org 8:50 EX North Carolina Weekend—Shorts Siamese Twins Museum 9:00 TV Charley Pride: American Masters Premiere! Follow the inspiring journey of this Country Music Hall of Fame member and Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner, whose artistic expression triumphed over prejudice and injustice. DV NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman EX Durrells in Corfu Season 3 on Masterpiece Episode 7 Writer Henry Miller visits Larry on Corfu and Sven is under scrutiny from the police for being gay. 9:30 NC Washington Week 10:00 TV Brad Paisley— Landmarks Live in Concert: A Great Performances Special The country music superstar returns to his Appalachian roots. NC NC SPIN EX Doctor Blake Mysteries A Lethal Combination 10:30 NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope The Cook Islands: Cultural Paradise DV 11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman In the Mouth of the Amazon
Celebrate a music legend on Charley Pride: American Masters, Friday, February 22, at 9 PM, on UNC-TV.
EX Exploring North Carolina Edge of Life 8:00 TV Pinkalicious & Peterrific DV NC Exploring North Carolina Wilderness Next Door EX Discovering Britain Peter Davison 8:30 TV Curious George NC Sci NC Ecosystems See how scientists work to preserve the state’s diverse ecology. 8:50 NC My Home, NC— Shorts So Good Pupusas 9:00 TV Let’s Go Luna! DV NC North Carolina Weekend EX Confucius Was a Foodie Sichuan 9:20 NC Sci NC—Shorts Drops on the Farm 9:30 TV Nature Cat Snow Way to Keep Warm/ So You Think You Know Nature 23 SATURDAY NC ncIMPACT 6 AM TV Mister Rogers’ Winston-Salem This comNeighborhood DV munity takes an interesting NC Biographical Converapproach to expand pre-K sations with Hugh Morton to ensure more children are Part 2 of 3 ready for Kindergarten and EX Carolina challenges beyond. Outdoor Journal 10:00 TV North Carolina Autumn Bite Weekend 6:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s NC Comic Culture Neighborhood DV Bob Layton, Part 1 EX Folkways EX New Scandinavian The Guitar Cooking 7:00 TV Sesame Street DV Western Norway: NC Carolina A World of Apples Outdoor Journal 10:20 TV Sci NC—Shorts Autumn Bite Drops on the Farm EX Exploring 10:30 TV ncIMPACT North Carolina Winston-Salem This com Naturalists munity takes an interesting 7:30 TV Dinosaur Train DV approach to expand pre-K NC Expeditions to ensure more children are with Patrick McMillan ready for Kindergarten and Sound—The Fullness of challenges beyond. Nature, Part 1
NC Muse Cultural Identity: Fashion Designer/NC Poet Laureate EX How To Cook Well with Rory O’Connell Beetroot & Raspberry Salad with Labnah 10:50 NC My Home, NC— Shorts Napoleon Hill 11:00 TV Growing a Greener World Bats: Unsung Heroes for Gardeners & Growers NC The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill Corner Cupboard, Part 2 DV
EX Taste of History The Mummers: Pistols, Parasols & Parades 11:30 TV P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home Chef Vs. Chef NC The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill Case of the Corner Cupboard EX Lidia’s Kitchen Pasta Party Noon TV GardenSMART Get below-ground gardening knowledge and ideas. NC Growing a Greener World The Green Bronx Machine: The Power of a Classroom EX Smart Travels— Europe with Rudy Maxa France’s Normandy 12:30 TV America’s Heartland Rodeo Riding School/ Buffalo Roundup NC This American Land Red Snapper/Habitat for Birds/Water Quality for Kids EX In the Americas with David Yetman Favelas & Samba: Brazil 1:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Hotel del Coronado, Part 1 NC Exploring North Carolina Wilderness Next Door EX Travelscope Chile: The Driest Place on Earth DV 1:30 NC Expeditions with Patrick McMillan Gardening for Life— Transforming Your Landscape EX Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions Kansas City, Part 2 2:00 TV Rick Steves’ Europe North England’s Lake District & Durham NC First in Future Pearce Godwin EX Globe Trekker Food Hour: Sicily February | 19
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24 SUNDAY 6 AM TV Nature Cat NC Closer to Truth Epistemology: How Can We Know God? EX History Detectives Dylan’s Newport Folk Fest Fender Stratocaster? 6:30 TV Wild Kratts NC Education Matters 7:00 TV Ready Jet Go! DV NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover EX Antiques Roadshow Hotel del Coronado, Part 1
7:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV NC Consuelo Mack WealthTrack 8:00 TV Curious George DV NC Carolina Business Review EX Finding Your Roots No Laughing Matter with Seth Meyers, Tig Notaro & Sarah Silverman 8:30 TV Wild Kratts NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 9:00 TV This Old House Hour Next Generation Demolition/Stucco Repair NC Washington Week EX Slovakia: Treasures in the Heart of Europe Explore the country’s history, culture, breathtaking landscapes, castles and medieval towns. 9:30 NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman 10:00 TV Exploring North Carolina On the Border NC NC SPIN EX Let There Be Light Meet the creators of the National Cathedral’s stained glass windows. 10:30 TV Muse Cultural Identity: Fashion Designer/NC Poet Laureate NC North Carolina Bookwatch Rich Rosen & Joe Mosnier: Julius Chambers 10:50 TV My Home, NC— Shorts Chef Cheetie Kumar 11:00 TV North Carolina Bookwatch Rich Rosen & Joe Mosnier: Julius Chambers NC Comic Culture Bob Layton, Part 1 EX Secrets of Britain’s Great Cathedrals Bath Abbey & Gloucester Cathedral 11:30 TV Black Issues Forum Nostalgic for Black History
visit unctv.org NC Story in the Public Square CJ Chivers Noon TV FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Big Reds EX Travelscope Passage Through Chile’s Tierra del Fuego Around Cape Horn DV 12:30 TV NC SPIN NC Fishing Behind the Lines West Coast Coastie— Lindsey Neumann, Part 1 EX Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions The Palm Beaches, FL 1:00 TV Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television Singapore Satay, Soup & Sling NC Song of the Mountains Blue Mafia/Ralph Stanley II & The Clinch Mountain Boys EX 800 Words Jan’s pregnancy sparks a crisis; Katie gets Shay involved in an art scam. 1:30 TV Martha Bakes Frosted Cakes 1:50 EX North Carolina Weekend—Shorts Siamese Twins Museum 2:00 TV America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated Sous Vide for Everybody NC David Holt’s State of Music Steep Canyon Rangers EX Durrells in Corfu Season 3 on Masterpiece Episode 7 While writer Henry Miller visits Larry on Corfu, Sven is under police scrutiny for being gay. 2:30 TV Cook’s Country Holiday Roast & Potatoes NC Sun Studio Sessions Patrick Sweany 3:00 TV Sara’s Weeknight Meals Paella in Spain NC J.D. Loudermilk Tribute Concert: A Music Gone Public Special Emmylou Harris, Rosanne Cash, Ricky Skaggs, Rodney Crowell, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver and more honor the late hit songwriter and Durham native. EX Doctor Blake Mysteries Sorrow Songs 3:30 TV Lidia’s Kitchen A Winter Garden 4:00 TV New Orleans Cooking with Kevin Belton Classic Creole
NC Austin City Limits Robert Plant & The Sensational Space Shifters EX Father Brown The Missing Man 4:30 TV Pati’s Mexican Table Road Trippin’ with Javier Plascencia 4:50 EX My Home, NC— Shorts Chef Cheetie Kumar 5:00 TV Washington Week NC PBS NewsHour Weekend EX Great Performances at the Met: Roberto Devereux Sondra Radvanovsky stars as Elizabeth I in the last opera of Donizetti’s Tudor trilogy. 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour Weekend NC ncIMPACT Winston-Salem This community takes an interesting approach to expand pre-K to ensure more children are ready for Kindergarten and challenges beyond. 6 PM TV Father Brown The Angel of Mercy NC Black Issues Forum Nostalgic for Black History 6:30 NC Blackademics Television Riders Against the Storm/ Adams/Kabui 6:50 TV My Home, NC— Shorts Helen’s Love Story: Todd Mercantile 7:00 TV Father Brown The Face of the Enemy NC Soar Celebrate the inspiring relationship between two sisters, one a quadruple amputee, who are both dancers. 8:00 TV Victoria Season 3 on Masterpiece Episode 6 Private pictures of the Royal family are made public. NC Jazz The Gift (1917-1924) The rhythms and spirit of jazz mirror the post WWI world. EX Nature Living Volcanoes 9:00 TV Victoria Season 3 on Masterpiece Episode 7 Albert and Palmerston put their reputations on the line. EX Gorongosa Park— Rebirth of Paradise Hidden Worlds Scientists find forests full of new species and unexplored caves.
10:00 TV Secrets of the Tower of London Unlock doors to secret rooms and learn surprising facts about the landmark. NC Sweet Dillard Follow the 2013-14 school year of the Dillard Center for the Arts Jazz Ensemble. EX Blue Planet Tidal Seas 11:00 TV EastEnders NC Our State Unconditional Love/ Atlantic Beach Pie/ Dressed for Success EX Globe Trekker Tough Boats: The Amazon Holly Morris travels by cargo boat down one stretch of the Amazon in Peru on a 250-mile journey. 11:30 NC Folkways Traditions of the Cherokee Indians TV EastEnders
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11:00 TV Amanpour 9:30 NC Articulate & Company with Jim Cotter NC PBS NewsHour Experiments Gone Right EX Travelscope with Balkrishna Doshi, 26 TUESDAY Peru: The Amazon & Josh Radnor & Ben Lee Beyond DV 10:00 TV FRONTLINE 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour Right To Fail A court orders 11:30 EX In the Americas NC BBC World News with David Yetman a man with schizophrenia to America The Pride of Guatemala: live on his own. EX Taste of Louisiana Tikal of the Mayas NC Innerviews with with Chef John Folse & Co. Ernie Manouse New Orleans’ Creoles Kevin Costner 6:30 NC Nightly EX Secrets of Britain’s Business Report Great Cathedrals EX Jacques Pépin: More Fast Food My Way Durham Cathedral & Lincoln Cathedral Dessert First! DV 10:30 NC On Story 7:00 TV Nightly A Conversation with Business Report Misha Green NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Basque Country 7:30 TV Flavor, NC In Good Heart Farm, Clayton EX Travelscope The broadcast of your favorite UNC-TV programming San Miguel de Allende, is made possible, in part, by the generous support Celebrating in the Heart of businesses and organizations like the following: of Mexico DV 8:00 TV Finding Your Roots Hard Times with Michael Blackhawk Hardware Moore, Laura Linney & Clegg’s Pest Control Chloe Sevigny NC North Carolina East Carolina University Bookwatch First Citizens Bank Kenneth Robert Janken: The Wilmington Ten Gardner Webb University EX Penelope Keith’s Gibsonville Antiques & Collectibles Coastal Villages Isle of Wight & West Sussex Hardwood Store of NC 8:30 NC Story in the North Carolina RV Dealers Association Public Square CJ Chivers Old Edwards Inn 9:00 TV Roads to Memphis: Outer Banks Visitors Bureau American Experience Follow the entwined stories Pitt Community College Foundation of assassin James Earl Ray SAS and his target, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Shen Yun NC Comic Culture St. Joseph of the Pines Bob Layton, Part 1 EX Wild Venice UNC Healthcare Magnificent atmospheric photography highlights unWakeMed expected, natural glories.
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