CenterPiece July 2018

07/2018 Roo’s Block Party Stars WordGirl • Song of the Mountains’ New Season • Wild Travels

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Get READy to have some fun when Read-a-roo brings her Block Party from the screen to the street—this time in New Bern! Our favorite kangaroo will celebrate her favorite hobby, reading, with this literacy-themed summer shindig. Joining Read-a-roo are some very special guests from WordGirl, Super WHY! and WordWorld—and they’re looking forward to meeting you, Saturday, August 25, from 10 AM to 2 PM, at the New Bern Riverfront Convention Center.

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evening&weekend listings 1 SUNDAY 6 AM TV Nature Cat

NC Closer to Truth Cosmology & Creation?

EX History Detectives Edison Afterlife Phonograph 6:30 TV Wild Kratts

NC Education Matters Learn about key issues affecting education in NC. 7:00 TV Ready Jet Go! DV

NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover The brightest minds and freshest voices engage in civil debate.

EX Antiques Roadshow Tucson, Part 2 7:30 TV Bob the Builder DV

NC Consuelo Mack WealthTrack Get advice for managing investments.

8:00 TV Curious George

NC Carolina Business Review Chris William and his guests discuss business news in the Carolinas.

EX We’ll Meet Again Heroes of 9/11 8:30 TV Wild Kratts

NC Market to Market Get solid reporting and analyses about agriculture and commodities markets.

9:00 TV This Old House Construction Gets a Jumpstart

NC Washington Week

EX Heart of the World: Colorado’s National Parks Examine humans’ important roles in the parks’ story.

9:30 TV Ask This Old House Patch Lawn/Swap Toilet

NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman The political analyst and his guests discuss public affairs & policy issues.

10:00 TV MUSE: The Arts Show Weaverville’s Master Puppeteer Hobey Ford

NC NC SPIN Tom Campbell and guests bring balanced debate for the Old North State.

EX Slovakia: Treasures in the Heart of Europe Explore history, culture, breathtaking landscapes, castles and medieval towns.

10:30 TV SciTech Now North Carolina Hurricane Hunters

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1:30 TV Martha Stewart’s Cooking School Salads 2:00 TV America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated Grilled Steak & Fruit Tart

NC The Embers: The Heart & Soul of Beach Music Soak up beach music history and The Embers’ role in its evolution.

EX Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey Season 4, Part 1—Sadness DV

2:30 TV Cook’s Country Pork & Pierogi 3:00 TV Sara’s Catch clever cases and cunning killers Weeknight Meals on new episodes of Endeavour Fancy Pasta Season 5 on Masterpiece, Sundays, 3:30 TV Lidia’s Kitchen at 9 PM, on UNC-TV. Crespelle 4:00 TV Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Kitchen

NC North Carolina Java Jive Bookwatch

NC First in Future Ali Standish— Leslie Boney of the The Ethan I Was Before Institute for Emerging 11:00 TV North Carolina Issues engages leaders in Bookwatch topics affecting our state.

Ali Standish—

EX Father Brown The Ethan I Was Before The Star of Jacob

NC Articulate 4:30 TV Pati’s Mexican Table with Jim Cotter Backyard Picnic

Niche Definers: Jim

NC Situation Report Garland, Tank & The Jeff Smith discusses topics Bangas & Ani DiFranco and issues around the

EX Death on military and veterans. the Matterhorn 5:00 TV Washington Week Examine the deaths of Leading journalists analyze Swiss mountaineers who major news and events. fell on descent in 1865.

NC PBS NewsHour 11:30 TV Black Issues Forum Weekend HBCU Special, Part 1

NC MUSE: The Arts Show Gain insights about the week’s issues.

NC State Cypher:

EX Midsomer Murders Rap & Spoken Word Days of Misrule, Part 1 Noon TV FRONT ROW 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour with Marc Rotterman Weekend

NC Carolina

NC BBC Newsnight Outdoor Journal Get comprehensive Spring Top Water Bass coverage of international

EX Travelscope news & current events.

New Brunswick’s 6 PM TV Doc Martin Acadian Festival DV Preserve the Romance 12:30 TV NC SPIN NC Black Issues Forum

NC Legends of Airpower HBCU Special, Part 1 Brigadier General Charles

EX Are We There Yet? Elwood “Chuck” Yeager Ireland

EX Weekends Fossetts, Ireland’s with Yankee Oldest Circus Hidden Gems 1:00 TV Christopher Kimball’s 6:30 NC Black America Women & Sports with Milk Street Television Wendy Hilliard Crazy Noodles

NC Song of the Mountains 7:00 TV A Place To Call Home The Love Undeniable After Marshall Brothers & High arguing with Gino, Anna Road/Williamson Branch temporarily moves home.

EX Doc Martin Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?

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Dive into amazing worlds teeming with creatures in Sir David Attenborough’s Life, premiering Sunday, July 1, at 10 PM, on the Explorer Channel.

NC Great Performances at the Met: Tosca Vittorio Grigolo and Sonya Yoncheva star in this new version of Puccini’s classic.

EX Slovakia: Treasures in the Heart of Europe Explore history, culture, breathtaking landscapes, castles and medieval towns.

8:00 TV Poldark Season 2 on Masterpiece Episode 3 Smugglers make Ross an offer.

EX Nature

Pets: Wild at Heart: Secretive Creature DV 9:00 TV Endeavour Season 5 on Masterpiece A pair of poisonings vex the team. DV

EX David Attenborough’s Natural Curiosities Bad Reputations 9:30 NC Great Performances: The Opera House Explore the Met’s Lincoln Center home and cultural life of the 1950s and ‘60s.

EX Nature’s Microworlds Yellowstone 10:00 EX Life Series Premiere!

Challenges of Life David Attenborough examines amazing survival measures of animals and plants.

10:30 TV Vicious Stuart secretly raises money to help Freddie buy a new coat for a fan club event.

11:00 TV EastEnders

EX Antiques Roadshow Vintage Oklahoma City 11:30 TV EastEnders

NC MUSE: The Arts Show

Maestros: Father & Son Orchestra Conductors Noon TV As Time Goes By A Trip to Los Angeles

NC Great Performances at the Met: Tosca Vittorio Grigolo and Sonya Yoncheva star in this new version of Puccini’s classic.

EX Doc Martin Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?

12:30 TV As Time Goes By Dealing with Sally 1:00 TV Midsomer Murders The Noble Art

EX Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey Season 4, Part 1—Sadness DV

2:00 TV Doctor Blake Mysteries Measure Twice 2:30 NC Airplay: The Rise & Fall of Rock Radio Crosby, Stills and Nash, Grace Slick, Bob Weir and legendary disc jockeys discuss rock radio.

3:00 TV Death in Paradise Dark Memories

EX Father Brown The Star of Jacob 4:00 TV Coroner That’s the Way To Do It

NC Our State Weaverville/Pumpkin Delights/Stickbuilt

EX Midsomer Murders Days of Misrule, Part 1 4:30 NC MUSE: The Arts Show

Maestros: Father & Son Orchestra Conductors

2 MONDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour Get in-depth analyses of current events.

NC BBC World News America Katty Kay shares unique global perspectives.

EX Death on the Matterhorn Examine the deaths of Swiss mountaineers who fell on descent in 1865.

6:30 NC Nightly Business Report Seasoned reporters review financial news.

7:00 TV Nightly Business Report

NC PBS NewsHour

EX Rick Steves’ Europe Galicia & the Camino de Santiago 7:30 TV A Chef’s Life Pretty in Peach

EX Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions The Beach Vacation, Part 2 8:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Vintage Savannah

NC Exploring North Carolina Stuck in Clay

EX Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey Season 4, Part 2—Secrets DV

8:30 NC Exploring North Carolina Colors of the Earth 9:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Vintage Tampa

NC Expeditions with Patrick McMillan

Blue Ridge: Crucible of Life

EX Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey Season 4, Part 3— House Party DV 9:30 NC SciTech Now North Carolina The Scientist & the Oysterman 10:00 TV POV Brimstone & Glory Mexico’s National Pyrotechnic Festival is unlike any other on Earth.

NC NOVA Rise of the Superstorms Examine the 2017 hurricane season and devastation of Houston and the Caribbean.

EX Midsomer Murders A Talent for Life, Part 1 10:50 EX My Home, NC—Shorts Judaculla Rock 11:00 NC Amanpour on PBS

Journalist Christiane Amanpour brings global issues into focus.

EX History Detectives Edison Afterlife Phonograph 11:30 TV BBC World News Get comprehensive coverage of international news and current events.

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evening&weekend listings 3 TUESDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour

NC BBC World News America

EX Taste of Louisiana with Chef John Folse & Co.

Redfish/Snapper— Caminada Pass 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report

EX Essential Pépin Fabulous Fins DV 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report

NC PBS NewsHour

EX Rick Steves’ Europe

Rome: Ancient Glory 7:30 TV Flavor, NC

Table Grapes: The Farm at Dover Vineyards/ The Asbury

EX Smart Travels— Europe with Rudy Maxa Sicily 8:00 TV Civilizations What Is Art (Good For)?

NC North Carolina Bookwatch Wiley Cash— The Last Ballad

EX Ganges with Sue Perkins Series Premiere! Himalayas 8:30 NC First in Future 9:00 TV The Great War: American Experience As America enters WWI, see how the violent conflict transformed our nation. DV

NC MUSE: The Arts Show Lara Downes: Concert Pianist

EX Himalaya Connection Nepal’s devastating 2015 earthquake inspired better scientific understanding. DV 9:30 NC Poetry in America To Prisoners— Gwendolyn Brooks 10:00 NC Articulate with Jim Cotter The Very Fortunate Daniel Handler

EX When the Mountain Calls: Nepal, Tibet, Bhutan A filmmaker reflects on his decades of traveling through the Himalayas.

10:30 NC Arts in Context Migrant Kids 11:00 TV Amanpour on PBS

NC PBS NewsHour

EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Mekong River Adventure, Part 1 11:30 TV BBC World News

EX In the Americas with David Yetman

ABC Islands: The Dutch Legacy in the Caribbean 6­ | July

Explore exotic locales as Ganges with Sue Perkins, premieres Tuesday, July 3, at 8 PM, on the Explorer Channel.

EX Nigella: At My Table Fried Bread & Tomato Hash 8:30 EX Mike Colameco’s 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour Real Food

NC BBC World News Red Hook, Brooklyn America 9:00 EX How To Cook Well

EX Forces of Nature with Rory O’Connell Shape Macroom Mozzarella Salad 6:30 NC Nightly

NC Cameron Business Report British/Indian agent 7:00 TV Nightly Alexander Cameron tries Business Report to outrun militiamen at

NC PBS NewsHour the start of the American

EX Rick Steves’ Europe Revolution.

Rome: Baroque Brilliance 9:30 TV A Capitol Fourth 7:30 TV SciTech Now John Stamos hosts this North Carolina star-spangled celebration, The Scientist & with Jimmy Buffett, The the Oysterman Beach Boys, Pentatonix,

EX Wild Travels The Temptations, Joshua Series Premiere! Celebrate Bell, Renée Fleming, the unusual, offbeat and the National Symphony eccentric parts of America.

Orchestra and more!

8:00 TV A Capitol Fourth NC Loyalty on Trial Premiere! John Stamos hosts Discover a historic judicial this star-spangled showcase from NC in 1787. case, with Jimmy Buffett,

EX Kevin Belton’s The Beach Boys, PentaNew Orleans Kitchen tonix, The Temptations, Joshua Bell, Renée Fleming, Latin America Meets NOLA 10:00 NC Thomas Paine’s the National Symphony To Begin the World Orchestra and more!

Over Again

NC Alamance Follow the life of the Follow the story of the illprovocative writer in this fated Regulator Movement acclaimed one-man play. DV of the late 1700s.

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Mamas got squeezeboxes! Discover interesting things as Wild Travels premieres Wednesday, July 4, at 7:30 PM, on the Explorer Channel.

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EX Yan Can Cook: Spice Kingdom Rising Stars 10:30 EX Trails to Tsukiji Cabbage 11:00 TV Amanpour on PBS

NC PBS NewsHour

EX Two for the Road

Alaska: Cruising the Inside Passage 11:30 TV BBC World News

EX Travels with Darley Southern States Road Trip

Join John Stamos and an all-star lineup for A Capitol Fourth, Wednesday, July 4, at 8 and 9:30 PM.

5 THURSDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour

NC BBC World News America

EX Annabel Langbein: The Free Range Cook A Decadent Dinner 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report

EX Mike Colameco’s Real Food The Clam/Louro 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report

NC PBS NewsHour

EX Rick Steves’ Europe

Rome: Backstreet Riches 7:30 TV Our State Mule Rider/ Bodie Island Lighthouse

EX Smart Travels— Europe with Rudy Maxa

Classical Europe: Ancient Greece & Rome 8:00 TV SciTech Now North Carolina New Approach to Bee Health

NC Flavor, NC Smith’s Blueberries/ Cornerstone Tea

EX Two for the Road

Alaska: Cruising the Inside Passage 8:30 TV Exploring North Carolina Stuck in Clay

NC Cooking 80/20 with Robin Shea Grilling 101

EX Travels with Darley

Wales: Isle of Anglesey & the Coast 9:00 TV North Carolina Weekend Deborah Holt Noel shows what’s up this weekend.

NC A Chef’s Life A Peanut Pastime

EX Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions Kansas City, Part 2 9:30 TV Great Scenic Railway Journeys

Alaska: Gold Rush Train/ White Pass & Yukon Route Railroad

NC Taste of Louisiana with Chef John Folse & Co. Crabs—Louisa, LA

EX Weekends with Yankee Winter in New England 10:00 TV Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railways Trans-Caucasus Express

NC North Carolina Weekend

EX Roadtrip Nation: Ready to Rise Three out-of-work youth travel the U.S. interviewing inspiring individuals.

10:30 NC Our State Somerset Place/ Fort Bragg/Siler City 11:00 TV Amanpour on PBS

NC PBS NewsHour

EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Mekong River Adventure, Part 2 11:30 TV BBC World News

EX In the Americas with David Yetman

Bahian Reconcavo of Brazil: Quilombos, Candomblé & the Mata Atlantica

6 FRIDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour

NC BBC World News America

EX Taste of History 300 Years of Service 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report

EX Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Kitchen Latin America Meets NOLA 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report

NC PBS NewsHour

EX Rick Steves’ Europe Florentine Delights & Tuscan Side Trips 7:30 TV NC SPIN

EX Smart Travels— Europe with Rudy Maxa Renaissance Europe

8:00 TV Washington Week

NC North Carolina Weekend

EX A Place To Call Home The Love Undeniable After arguing with Gino, Anna temporarily moves home.

8:30 TV FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman

NC Exploring North Carolina

Water in NC: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow, Part 4 8:50 EX North Carolina Weekend—Shorts Crowders Mountain State Park 9:00 TV The Great British Baking Show Desserts

NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman

EX Call the Midwife The team prepares for the birth of a baby they know may not survive.

9:30 NC Washington Week 10:00 TV Food Flirts Cape Cod Roadtrip

NC NC SPIN

EX Father Brown The Jackdaws Revenge 10:30 TV Food Flirts Thailand Meets Tres Leches

NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 10:50 EX North Carolina Weekend—Shorts Tattoo Archive 11:00 TV Amanpour on PBS

NC Breaking Big Jason Aldean

EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Taiwan Matsu Festival & Islands 11:30 TV BBC World News

NC PBS NewsHour

EX In the Americas with David Yetman

Colombia: Capital & Coffee

7 SATURDAY 6 AM TV Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood DV

NC Biographical Conversations with Henry Frye Part 3 of 3

EX Carolina Outdoor Journal Live Baiting Spanish 6:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV

EX Carolina Outdoor Journal Classics Crankin’ Bass July | 7

evening&weekend listings 7:00 TV Sesame Street DV

NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Classics Late Season Chukers

EX Exploring North Carolina

Water in NC: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow, Part 3 7:30 TV Dinosaur Train DV

NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Spring Top Water Bass

EX Exploring North Carolina

Water in NC: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow, Part 4 8:00 TV Pinkalicious & Peterrific DV

NC Exploring North Carolina Giving Nature a Hand

EX North Carolina Weekend 8:30 TV Splash & Bubbles DV

NC Exploring North Carolina Beauty with Six Legs

EX Articulate with Jim Cotter

Allora & Calzadilla: Displacement & Defamiliarization 9:00 TV Nature Cat: Ocean Commotion

NC North Carolina Weekend

EX Gorongosa Park— Rebirth of Paradise Roaring Back 9:30 NC Our State Letters from Home/ What It Was, Was Football/ Virginia Johnson 10:00 TV North Carolina Weekend

NC MUSE: The Arts Show

A Little Weather: Hand Weaving by Jessica Green

EX New Scandinavian Cooking New Nordic Cuisine 10:30 TV Exploring North Carolina

Water in NC: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow, Part 1

NC A Craftsman’s Legacy The Sword Smith

EX How To Cook Well with Rory O’Connell Macroom Mozzarella Salad 11:00 TV Growing a Greener World A Year in the Life of the Garden Farm, Part 1

NC The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill Tool Smithing with Peter Ross DV

EX Yan Can Cook: Spice Kingdom Hot Pot, Anyone?

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3:00 TV A Craftsman’s Legacy The Clockmaker

NC Situation Report

EX Finding Your Roots The Impression with Larry David & Bernie Sanders 3:30 TV American Woodshop Arts & Crafts End Table

NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 4:00 TV The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill Tool Chest Hinges & Latch DV

See Steve Wilson of Wilson Banjo Company on the 13th season premiere of Song of the Mountains, Saturday, July 7, at 8 PM, on the North Carolina Channel.

11:30 TV P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home Why Buy?

NC The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill Plain Pine Box DV

EX Nigella: At My Table Fried Bread & Tomato Hash Noon TV This American Land Wyoming Wilderness/ Rising Sea Levels

NC Growing a Greener World A Year in the Life of the Garden Farm, Part 1

EX Smart Travels— Europe with Rudy Maxa Genoa & the Italian Riviera 12:30 TV America’s Heartland City Slicker Cattle Drive

NC Almanac Gardener Gardening in the Shade/ Growing Asparagus

EX In the Americas with David Yetman

Hawaii’s Big Island: The Volcanos’ Gifts 1:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Vintage Savannah

NC Exploring North Carolina Invaders Among Us

EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Bhutan, Part 2—Land of the Thunder Dragon DV 1:30 NC Exploring North Carolina Fords & Mills

EX Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions Volunteer Tourism, Part 1 2:00 TV Rick Steves’ Europe

Burgundy: Profound France

NC First in Future

EX Antiques Roadshow Tucson, Part 3 2:30 TV Travelscope Desert Birds, Bats & Wildflowers

NC Growing Bolder A Masterclass in Active Longevity

NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman

EX History Detectives Atomic Secrets 4:30 TV This Old House All Decked Out

NC NC SPIN 5:00 TV Carolina Outdoor Journal Crappie Lesson

NC PBS NewsHour Weekend

EX Life Challenges of Life Sir David Attenborough examines amazing survival measures of animals and plants.

5:30 TV PBS NewsHour Weekend

NC Washington Week 6 PM TV Lawrence Welk Show Strike Up the Band (1964)

NC Classic Gospel

Bradley Walker: Blessed

EX Heart of the World: Colorado’s National Parks Explore the geological forces that created these amazing landscapes.

7:00 TV As Time Goes By Problems, Problems

NC Woodsongs Livingston Taylor/ Rebecca Loebe

EX Ganges with Sue Perkins The Himalayas 7:30 TV As Time Goes By A House Full of Women 8:00 TV Midsomer Murders The Noble Art

NC Song of the Mountains Season Premiere! Wilson Banjo Company/Clay Bank

EX Stephen Fry in Central America Mexico 8:50 TV My Home, NC—Shorts Villa Verde—Greenville, NC 9:00 TV Doctor Blake Mysteries All She Leaves Behind

NC Songs at the Center Carl Jackson, Larry Cordle & Jerry Salley

EX Stephen Fry in Central America Belize to Guatemala

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The Del McCoury Band kicks off the new season of Music City Roots Live from the Factory, Saturday, July 7, at 10 PM, on the North Carolina Channel.

9:30 NC Sun Studio Sessions Run River North 10:00 TV Death in Paradise Melodies of Murder

NC Music City Roots Live from the Factory Season Premiere! Raul Malo/ Del McCoury/Greg Garing

EX Stephen Fry in Central America El Salvador to Nicaragua 11:00 TV Coroner The Fisherman’s Tale

NC Austin City Limits Father John Misty/ The Black Angels

EX Billy Connolly’s Tracks Across America The Mighty Empire Builder— Chicago to Seattle

8 SUNDAY 6 AM TV Nature Cat

NC Closer to Truth What Is Philosophy of Biology?

EX History Detectives Atomic Secrets 6:30 TV Wild Kratts

NC Education Matters 7:00 TV Ready Jet Go! DV

NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

EX Antiques Roadshow Tucson, Part 3 7:30 TV Bob the Builder DV

NC Consuelo Mack WealthTrack 8:00 TV Curious George

NC Carolina Business Review

EX We’ll Meet Again Freedom Summer 8:30 TV Wild Kratts

NC Market to Market 9:00 TV This Old House All Decked Out

NC Washington Week

EX Ganges with Sue Perkins The Himalayas

9:30 TV Ask This Old House Radiator Swap/ Brick Repointing

NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman 10:00 TV MUSE: The Arts Show

NC State Cypher: Rap & Spoken Word

NC NC SPIN

EX Himalaya Connection Nepal’s devastating 2015 earthquake inspires better scientific understanding. DV 10:30 TV SciTech Now North Carolina First Down Science

NC North Carolina Bookwatch Wiley Cash— The Last Ballad 11:00 TV North Carolina Bookwatch Wiley Cash— The Last Ballad

NC Articulate with Jim Cotter Shara Nova

EX When the Mountain Calls: Nepal, Tibet, Bhutan A filmmaker reflects on his decades of traveling through the Himalayas.

11:30 TV Black Issues Forum HBCU Special, Part 2

NC MUSE: The Arts Show

Jim Mcdowell: The Black Potter Noon TV FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman

NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Live Baiting Spanish

EX Travelscope Germany’s Winter Carnival DV

2:30 TV NC SPIN 1

NC Legends of Airpower General Benjamin Oliver Davis Jr.

EX Weekends with Yankee Labors of Love

1:00 TV Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television Japan Fried Chicken

NC Song of the Mountains Wilson Banjo Company/ Clay Bank

EX Doc Martin The Tameness of a Wolf 1:30 TV Martha Stewart’s Cooking School Corn 2:00 TV America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated Spicing Up the Grill

NC Songs at the Center Carl Jackson, Larry Cordle & Jerry Salley

EX Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey Season 4, Part 2—Secrets DV

2:30 TV Cook’s Country Spicy & Sour for Supper

NC Sun Studio Sessions Run River North 3:00 TV Sara’s Weeknight Meals

Shellfish Asian Style

NC Music City Roots Live from the Factory Raul Malo/Del McCoury/ Greg Garing

EX Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey Season 4, Part 3—House Party DV 3:30 TV Lidia’s Kitchen Agrodolce 4:00 TV Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Kitchen The Po-Boy Sandwich

NC First in Future

EX Father Brown The Labyrinth of the Minotaur 4:30 TV Yan Can Cook: Spice Kingdom Panda-monium!

NC Situation Report 5:00 TV Washington Week

NC PBS NewsHour Weekend

EX Midsomer Murders Days of Misrule, Part 2 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour Weekend

NC BBC Newsnight 6 PM TV Doc Martin Dry Your Tears

NC Black Issues Forum HBCU Special, Part 2

EX Himalaya Connection Nepal’s devastating 2015 earthquake inspires better scientific understanding. DV 6:30 NC Black America Is the News Media Doing a Good Job with Pamela Newkirk

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evening&weekend listings

7:00 TV A Place To Call Home A Nagging Doubt

NC Great Performances at the Met: Der Rosenkavalier Renée Fleming stars in this classic Strauss opera.

EX When the Mountain Calls: Nepal, Tibet, Bhutan A filmmaker reflects on his decades of traveling through the Himalayas.

8:00 TV Poldark Season 2 on Masterpiece Episode 4 George moves Poldark toward checkmate.

EX Earth’s Natural Wonders Living Wonders Explore the Amazon and Bangladesh.

9:00 TV Endeavour Season 5 on Masterpiece Is a disappearance linked to a teen’s murder? DV

EX David Attenborough’s Natural Curiosities Shocking Senses 9:30 EX Nature’s Microworlds The Deep Sea 10:00 EX Life Reptiles & Amphibians 10:30 TV Vicious Freddie falls depressed when Ash lands a role.

NC Great Performances: Chita Rivera— A Lot of Livin’ To Do For over 70 years this legend has lit up Broadway.

11:00 TV EastEnders

EX Antiques Roadshow Vintage Savannah 11:30 TV EastEnders

NC MUSE: The Arts Show Edwin Gil

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Ride along the National Road on 10 Streets that Changed America, premiering Tuesday, July 10, at 8 PM, on UNC-TV.

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NC Exploring North Carolina Fossil Fields

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NC A Crisis: NC’s Opioid Battle Celebrate America’s culinary diversity with renowned chef Marcus Samuelsson, A Columbus County View pictured here with Lena Sareini in Detroit, as No Passport Required Join Les High, editor of premieres Tuesday, July 10, at 9 PM, on UNC-TV the News Reporter, for this discussion in Whiteville.

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EX Forces of Nature 11:00 TV Amanpour on PBS Elements

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NC BBC World News Explore the magnificent Rockies:

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NC Do No Harm: Business Report Series Premiere! Experience The Opioid Epidemic

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NC Taste of Louisiana with Chef John Folse & Co. Tilapia—Scott, LA

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10:30 NC Our State The Whalehead Club/ Crowders Mountain/ Grace in Granite 11:00 TV Amanpour on PBS

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EX In the Americas with David Yetman Brazil’s Land of Sand

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EX Taste of History Bonaparte in St. Lucia 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report

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EX Rick Steves’ Europe

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NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman

EX Call the Midwife Sister Ursula causes serious problems for Shelagh and Dr. Turner.

9:30 NC Washington Week 10:00 TV Food Flirts Pretzel Meets Chocolate

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EX Father Brown The Kembleford Dragon 10:30 TV Food Flirts What Is a Food Incubator?

NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 11:00 TV Amanpour on PBS

NC Breaking Big Ruth Zukerman (SoulCycle/ FlyWheel)

EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Taiwan Naturally 11:30 TV BBC World News

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EX In the Americas with David Yetman

Lake Superior: Circling the Sweet Water Ocean

6 AM TV Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood DV

NC Biographical Conversations with Jim Gardner Part 1 of 3

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Water in NC: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow, Part 2

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NC Growing a Greener World A Year in the Life of the Garden Farm, Part 2

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NC Almanac Gardener Moss Gardening/ Trouble-shooting Houseplant Problems

EX In the Americas with David Yetman

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EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope A San Antonio Christmas DV 1:30 NC Exploring North Carolina Works in Progress

EX Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions Volunteer Tourism, Part 2 2:00 TV Rick Steves’ Europe France’s Dordogne

NC First in Future

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NC Growing Bolder The Unexpected Path to a Happy, Bold Life 3:00 TV A Craftsman’s Legacy The Metal Engraver

NC Situation Report

EX Finding Your Roots Unfamiliar Kin with Fred Armisen, Christopher Walken & Carly Simon 3:30 TV Rough Cut with Fine Woodworking Shaker-Inspired Hall Table

NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 4:00 TV The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill Tool Chest From Bristol DV

NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman

EX History Detectives Capone Gang Shotgun 4:30 TV This Old House This Old House U.

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EX Life Reptiles & Amphibians 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour Weekend

NC Washington Week 6 PM TV Lawrence Welk Show The Great Gershwin (1972)

NC Classic Gospel A Few Good Men/ The Gaither Vocal Band/ The Gatlin Brothers/ The Oak Ridge Boys

EX Heart of the World: Colorado’s National Parks Witness distinct ways that water forms landscapes.

7:00 TV As Time Goes By Rewrites

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NC Song of the Mountains Hankensaw Boys

EX No Passport Required Detroit 8:50 TV My Home, NC—Shorts The Last Patternmaker— Raleigh 9:00 TV Doctor Blake Mysteries Measure Twice

NC Songs at the Center Christon Gray/ Whetherman/Danika Holmes with Jeb Hart

EX Rockies: Kingdoms of the Sky Experience the amazing wildlife and remarkable people who inhabit this 3,000-mile mountain range.

9:30 NC Sun Studio Sessions Blue Mother Tupelo 10:00 TV Death in Paradise Murder from Above

NC Music City Roots Live from the Factory Liz Longley/Maureen Murphy/Gillian Welch

EX Stephen Fry in Central America Costa Rica to Panama 11:00 TV Coroner Gilt

NC Austin City Limits Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit/ Amanda Shires

EX Billy Connolly’s Tracks Across America

West Coast & Pacific Ocean

15 SUNDAY 6 AM TV Nature Cat

NC Closer to Truth

Epistemology: How Do I Know?

EX History Detectives Capone Gang Shotgun 6:30 TV Wild Kratts

NC Education Matters 7:00 TV Ready Jet Go! DV

NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

EX Antiques Roadshow Omaha, Part 1 7:30 TV Bob the Builder DV

NC Consuelo Mack WealthTrack 8:00 TV Curious George

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Jim McDowell: The Black Potter

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Lara Downes: Concert Pianist Noon TV FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman

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Pee Dee Catfish

EX Travelscope Thailand—Rediscovering Bangkok DV 12:30 TV NC SPIN

NC Legends of Airpower Major General William Mitchell

EX Weekends with Yankee By the Shore 1:00 TV Food Flirts Burger Meets Dosa DV

NC Song of the Mountains Hankensaw Boys

EX Doc Martin Nobody Likes Me 1:30 TV Food Flirts Pastrami Meets Ramen DV 2:00 TV America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated Pork Chops & Corn Fritters, Perfected

NC Songs at the Center Christon Gray/ Whetherman/Danika Holmes with Jeb Hart

EX Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey Season 4, Part 4—Troubles DV

2:30 TV Cook’s Country Smoky Barbecue Favorites

NC Sun Studio Sessions Blue Mother Tupelo 3:00 TV Sara’s Weeknight Meals Sunday Supper

NC Music City Roots Live from the Factory Liz Longley/Maureen Murphy/Gillian Welch

EX Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey Season 4, Part 5—Surprises DV

3:30 TV Lidia’s Kitchen Herbs & Spices 4:00 TV Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Kitchen Spring Fling

NC First in Future

EX Father Brown The Eve of St. John

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4:30 TV Yan Can Cook: Spice Kingdom Tomorrow’s Chengdu

NC Situation Report 5:00 TV Washington Week

NC PBS NewsHour Weekend

EX Midsomer Murders Talking to the Dead, Part 1 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour Weekend

NC BBC Newsnight 6 PM TV Doc Martin Born with a Shotgun

NC Black Issues Forum What HBCUs Want

EX Story of China Ancestors/Silk Roads & China Ships DV 6:30 NC Black America Image, Beauty & Power with Michaela Angela Davis 7:00 TV A Place To Call Home Bad in a Good Way

NC Great Performances at the Met: Eugene Onegin See Tchaikovsky’s operatic take on Pushkin’s story.

8:00 TV Poldark Season 2 on Masterpiece Episode 5 Favors abound.

EX Earth’s Natural Wonders— Life at the Extremes Surviving the Extreme 9:00 TV Endeavour Season 5 on Masterpiece A photoshoot turns sinister.

7:00 TV Nightly Business Report

NC PBS NewsHour

EX Rick Steves’ Europe North England’s Lake District & Durham 7:30 TV A Chef’s Life Pickle Perfect

EX Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions Volunteer Tourism, Part 2 8:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Vintage Chicago

NC Exploring North Carolina Fishy Science

EX Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey Season 4, Part 6—Abroad DV

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NC Expeditions with Patrick McMillan Ghosts of the Plains

EX Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey Season 4, Part 7—Returns DV

9:30 NC SciTech Now North Carolina Laser-Branded Foods 10:00 TV POV Lindy Lou, Juror Number Two A juror who handed down the death penalty to a Mississippi man 20 years DV ago tackles past demons.

EX David Attenborough’s

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NC PBS NewsHour Havana Time Machine 11:30 TV BBC World News Past, present and future

EX Rick Steves’ Europe joyfully collide in Cuba.

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NC BBC World News 11:00 TV EastEnders America

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EX Taste of Louisiana Weaverville/Pumpkin with Chef John Folse & Co. Delights/Stickbuilt Bass/Crappie—

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EX Rick Steves’ Europe

NC BBC World News Venice & Its Lagoon America 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report

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NC Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution Follow efforts to secure equal, adequate access to healthcare for all Americans.

EX How To Cook Well with Rory O’Connell Carrot, Coconut & Lemongrass Soup 9:30 EX Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Kitchen Vibrant Vietnamese 10:00 TV NOVA

Treasures of the Earth: Metals

NC Independent Lens Birth of a Movement Learn Explore how a citizen deals with her role in imposing the death penalty on POV how D.W. Griffith’s 1915 Lindy Lou, Juror Number Two, Monday, July 16, at 10 PM, on UNC-TV. film The Birth of a Nation unleashed a battle about race relations. DV 7:30 TV Flavor, NC 18 WEDNESDAY

EX Yan Can Cook:

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NC PBS NewsHour 8:00 TV 10 Monuments that Natural Wonders—

EX Two for the Road Changed America Life at the Extremes Adventure in Patagonia Tour American originals Surviving the Extreme 11:30 TV BBC World News and explore the surprising 6:30 NC Nightly

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Business Report

Road Trip: Maryland,

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EX Rick Steves’ Europe 19 THURSDAY

EX Ganges European Travel Skills, 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour with Sue Perkins Part 1

NC BBC World News The Delta 7:30 TV SciTech Now America 8:30 NC First in Future North Carolina

EX Annabel Langbein: 9:00 TV No Passport Laser-Branded Foods The Free Range Cook Required

EX Wild Travels Italian Inspiration New Orleans 8:00 TV Earth’s 6:30 NC Nightly

NC MUSE: The Arts Show Natural Wonders— Business Report Editorial Cartoonist Life at the Extremes

EX Mike Colameco’s Dwane Powell Surviving with Animals Real Food

EX Story of China Wildlife holds the key NY Ice Cream Golden Age/The Ming DV to survival for people in 9:30 NC Poetry in America northern Australia, northern 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NY State of Mind—Nas Siberia and Vanuatu.

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EX Two for the Road 11:30 TV BBC World News Ivy Stark/Dos Caminos Adventure in Patagonia

EX In the Americas 9:00 TV Himalaya: with David Yetman Kingdoms of the Sky

Nicaragua: Land of the See extraordinary wildlife Shaking Earth Emerges and remarkable people.

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8:30 TV Exploring North Carolina Fishy Science

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NC A Chef’s Life Collard Green Queen

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NC Taste of Louisiana with Chef John Folse & Co.

Redfish/Snapper— Caminada Pass

EX Wild Travels 10:00 TV Great Continental Railway Journeys

Sofia to Istanbul

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EX Roadtrip Nation Don’t Forget Where You Came From New roadtrippers meet the scientist who saved Hawaii’s papayas.

10:30 NC Our State Riding the Rails/Mule Power/In-Tune

EX Roadtrip Nation Cross the Ocean, Build Bridges 11:00 TV Amanpour on PBS

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EX Travelscope Flathead Valley, MT 11:30 TV BBC World News

EX In the Americas with David Yetman

Pernambuco: Brazil’s Other Carnival

20 FRIDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour

NC BBC World News America

EX Taste of History Alexander Hamilton the Financier 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report

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EX Rick Steves’ Europe Western Turkey 7:30 TV NC SPIN

EX Smart Travels— Europe with Rudy Maxa Bologna & Emilia Romagna 8:00 TV Washington Week

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NC Exploring North Carolina Skeleton of North Carolina 8:50 EX North Carolina Weekend—Shorts Lexington Glass Works 9:00 TV The Great British Baking Show Puddings

NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman

EX Call the Midwife An expectant mother buckles under the strains of pregnancy.

9:30 NC Washington Week 10:00 TV Food Flirts Burger Meets Dosa DV

NC NC SPIN

EX Father Brown The Angel of Mercy 10:30 TV Food Flirts Pastrami Meets Ramen DV

NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 11:00 TV Amanpour on PBS

NC Breaking Big Christian Siriano

EX Travelscope New Brunswick, Canada 11:30 TV BBC World News

NC PBS NewsHour

EX In the Americas with David Yetman

Cuetzalan: The Celebration of San Francisco

21 SATURDAY 6 AM TV Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood DV

NC Biographical Conversations with Jim Gardner Part 2 of 3

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NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Classics Jordan Lake Crappie

EX Exploring North Carolina Art in the Wild 7:30 TV Dinosaur Train DV

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Pee Dee Catfish

EX Exploring North Carolina Nature’s Classroom 8:00 TV Pinkalicious & Peterrific DV

NC Exploring North Carolina 10,000 Years Before Contact

EX North Carolina Weekend 8:30 TV Splash & Bubbles DV

NC Exploring North Carolina Fire in the Land of the Longleaf Pine

EX Articulate with Jim Cotter The Care & Feeding of Michelle Cuevas

visit unctv.org 9:00 TV Curious George

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EX The Great British Baking Show Bread 9:30 TV Nature Cat

NC Our State Dirt to Shirt/Fins & Feathers 10:00 TV North Carolina Weekend

NC MUSE: The Arts Show Glorifying Sisters of the Vine

EX New Scandinavian Cooking Innovative & Old Fashioned 10:30 TV Exploring North Carolina

Water in NC: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow, Part 3

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NC The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill Carved Oak Desk Box DV

EX Yan Can Cook: Spice Kingdom The Voice of the Mountain 11:30 TV P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home Cotton All Around

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EX Nigella: At My Table Chicken with Red Grapes & Marsala Noon TV This American Land Farmland Runoff, Maintaining National Parks, Rafting

NC Growing a Greener World Epic Tomatoes in Raleigh

EX Smart Travels— Europe with Rudy Maxa Hill Towns of Tuscany & Umbria 12:30 TV America’s Heartland Sustainable farm practices save water and energy at California wineries.

NC Almanac Gardener

Xeriscaping: Drought Tolerant Landscaping

EX In the Americas with David Yetman The Cry for Mexican Independence 1:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Vintage Chicago

NC Exploring North Carolina First Lost Colony

EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Taiwan Lantern Festival DV 1:30 NC Exploring North Carolina Lawson’s Voyage to the Carolinas

EX Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions Do the Right Thing 2:00 TV Rick Steves’ Europe Barcelona & Catalunya

NC First in Future

EX Antiques Roadshow Omaha, Part 2 2:30 TV Travelscope Custer Country, MT

NC Growing Bolder On the Edge & in the Moment 3:00 TV A Craftsman’s Legacy The Wood Turner with Newland’s Alan Hollar

NC Situation Report

EX Finding Your Roots Puritans & Pioneers with Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen & William H. Macy 3:30 TV Rough Cut with Fine Woodworking American Ash Hanging Bow Front Cabinet.

NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 4:00 TV The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill Roman Work Bench DV

NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman

EX History Detectives Silent Stars Photo Album 4:30 TV This Old House Approaching Half Way

NC NC SPIN 5:00 TV Carolina Outdoor Journal Spring Top Water Bass

NC PBS NewsHour Weekend

EX Life Mammals 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour Weekend

NC Washington Week 6 PM TV Lawrence Welk Show From Polkas to Classics (1967)

NC Classic Gospel Country Roots, Gospel Favorites with The Gaither Vocal Band, The Gatlin Brothers & The Oak Ridge Boys

EX Heart of the World: Colorado’s National Parks Examine humans’ important roles in the parks’ story.

7:00 TV As Time Goes By The Affair

NC Woodsongs Billy Strings/Whisky Shivers

EX Ganges with Sue Perkins The Delta 7:30 TV As Time Goes By Welcome News 8:00 TV Midsomer Murders Not in My Back Yard

NC Song of the Mountains

Salt & Light/Dollywood’s Smoky Mountain String Band

EX No Passport Required New Orleans 8:50 TV My Home, NC—Shorts Damian Stamer— Hillsborough, NC 9:00 TV Doctor Blake Mysteries First Dance

NC Songs at the Center Bob Thompson, Todd Burge & Jessica Baldwin

EX Himalaya: Kingdoms of the Sky See extraordinary wildlife and remarkable people.

9:30 NC Sun Studio Sessions Southern Avenue 10:00 TV Death in Paradise The Stakes Are High

NC Music City Roots Live from the Factory Southern Avenue/Miss Tess/Band of Heathens

EX Martin Clunes: Islands of Australia Lord Howe Island 11:00 TV Coroner Capsized

NC Austin City Limits Gary Clark Jr./ Courtney Barnett

EX Billy Connolly’s Tracks Across America

Crescent Route: San Antonio to New York

22 SUNDAY 6 AM TV Nature Cat

NC Closer to Truth

God’s Sovereignty: A Tribute to Hugh McCann

EX History Detectives Silent Stars Photo Album 6:30 TV Wild Kratts

NC Education Matters 7:00 TV Ready Jet Go! DV

NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

EX Antiques Roadshow Omaha, Part 2 7:30 TV Bob the Builder DV

NC Consuelo Mack WealthTrack 8:00 TV Curious George

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EX Genealogy Roadshow Nashville 8:30 TV Wild Kratts

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EX Ganges with Sue Perkins The Delta 9:30 TV Ask This Old House Happy Holidays from AskTOH!

NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman 10:00 TV MUSE: The Arts Show

Lara Downes: Concert Pianist

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EX Story of China Golden Age/The Ming DV 10:30 TV SciTech Now North Carolina New Approach to Bee Health

NC North Carolina Bookwatch Julian Pleasants— Home Front 11:00 TV North Carolina Bookwatch Julian Pleasants— Home Front

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NC MUSE: The Arts Show American Dance Festival Dancers Noon TV FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman

NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Tagging Expedition— Grey Trout

EX Travelscope Thailand—From Golden Triangle to White Sands DV 12:30 TV NC SPIN

NC Legends of Airpower Commander Randall Cunningham

EX Weekends with Yankee Past & Present 1:00 TV Food Flirts Cape Cod Roadtrip

NC Song of the Mountains Salt & Light/Dollywood’s Smoky Mountain String Band

EX Doc Martin The Practice Around the Corner 1:30 TV Food Flirts Thailand Meets Tres Leches 2:00 TV America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated Chinese Classics

NC Songs at the Center Bob Thompson, Todd Burge & Jessica Baldwin 18­ | July

7:00 TV A Place To Call Home When You’re Smiling Sarah and Roy go to Sydney; James sorts his feelings out.

NC Great Performances at the Met: Idomeneo Mozart’s post-Trojan War story gets a fresh treatment.

8:00 TV Poldark Season 2 on Masterpiece Episode 6 A fugitive points the way to riches.

EX Earth’s Natural Wonders— Life at the Extremes Surviving with Animals Wildlife holds the key Matthew Polenzani stars in Mozart’s to survival for people in masterpiece on Great Performances northern Australia, northern at the Met: Idomeneo, Sunday, Siberia and Vanuatu.

July 22, at 7 PM, on the North Carolina 9:00 TV Endeavour Season 5 Channel. on Masterpiece

EX Doc Martin Morse probes a closed case Hazardous Exposure of attempted assassination.

DV 2:30 TV Cook’s Country

EX David Attenborough’s Smothered and Dowdied Natural Curiosities

NC Sun Studio Sessions Spinners & Weavers Southern Avenue 9:30 EX Nature’s Microworlds 3:00 EX Masterpiece Classic: Scottish Highlands Downton Abbey 10:00 EX Life Season 4, Part 6—Abroad DV Fish

TV Sara’s 10:30 TV Vicious Weeknight Meals Things look up for Ash, who Upside Down Day has fallen in love with the

NC Music City Roots Live perfect woman. Or is she? from the Factory

NC Great Performances: Southern Avenue/Miss In the Heights—Chasing Tess/Band of Heathens Broadway Dreams 3:30 TV Lidia’s Kitchen Follow the musical from its Steak House Favorites small start to Tony wins.

EX Masterpiece Classic: 11:00 TV EastEnders Downton Abbey

EX Antiques Roadshow Season 4, Part 7—Returns Vintage Chicago DV 11:30 TV EastEnders 4:00 TV Kevin Belton’s

NC MUSE: The Arts Show New Orleans Kitchen Damian Stamer St. Joseph’s Day

NC First in Future 23 MONDAY 4:30 TV Yan Can Cook: Spice Kingdom 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour Hot Pot, Anyone?

NC BBC World News

NC Situation Report America 5:00 TV Washington Week 6:30 NC Nightly

NC PBS NewsHour Business Report Weekend 7:00 TV Nightly

EX Midsomer Murders Business Report Talking to the Dead, Part 2 NC PBS NewsHour 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour

EX Rick Steves’ Europe Weekend European Travel Skills,

NC BBC Newsnight Part 3 6 PM TV Doc Martin 7:30 TV A Chef’s Life Mother Knows Best Prickly Business

NC Black Issues Forum

EX Burt Wolf:

Visit unctv.org/bif.

Travels & Traditions

EX Story of China Do the Right Thing Golden Age/The Ming DV 8:00 TV Antiques Roadshow 6:30 NC Black America Vintage Omaha The Criminal Justice System NC Exploring with Christina Swarns North Carolina Climate Changes in the Carolinas

visit unctv.org

EX Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey Season 4, Part 8— More Dilemmas DV 8:30 NC Exploring North Carolina Highway to the Future 9:00 TV American Masters: Ted Williams— The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived Premiere! Bob Costas, Wade Boggs and more help share the many sides of the baseball great. DV

NC Expeditions with Patrick McMillan

Grassy Balds: The Heart of Roan 9:30 NC SciTech Now North Carolina Cricket Farming

EX Rick Steves’ Europe Southeast England 10:00 TV POV The War To Be Her A girl disguises herself as a boy to play sports in a Talibancontrolled area of Pakistan.

NC NOVA

Treasures of the Earth: Metals

EX Midsomer Murders Death & Dreams, Part 2 10:50 EX My Home, NC—Shorts Mitchell’s Clothing 11:00 NC PBS NewsHour

EX History Detectives Silent Stars Photo Album 11:30 TV BBC World News

Catch the Baseball Hall of Famer on American Masters: Ted Williams— The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived, Monday, July 23, at 9 PM, on UNC-TV.

6:30 NC Nightly Business Report 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report

NC PBS NewsHour

EX Rick Steves’ Europe

France’s Loire: Chateau Country 7:30 TV SciTech Now North Carolina Cricket Farming

EX Wild Travels

EX Cruising the 8:00 TV Earth’s Three Gorges Natural Wonders— Visit scenic spots along Life at the Extremes China’s Yangtze River.

Surviving Against the 8:30 NC First in Future Odds People in Brazil, 9:00 TV No Passport Ethiopia, Laos, the Faroes Required and Switzerland push Chicago themselves to the limit.

NC MUSE: The Arts Show NC REEL SOUTH Photographer The State of Eugenics Watson Brown

EX New Scandinavian

EX Story of China Cooking The Last Empire/The Age

Stockfish & Amber of Revolution DV 8:30 EX Mike Colameco’s 9:30 NC Poetry in America Real Food The New Colossus— Chinatown/Wilson Tang Emma Lazarus Nom Wah Tea Parlor 10:00 TV FRONTLINE 9:00 TV Andes: Kingdoms UN Sex Abuse Scandal of the Sky Investigate sex abuse by Experience astonishUN peacekeepers in the ing natural life. world’s conflict zones.

NC Independent Lens

NC Articulate No Mas Bebes (No More with Jim Cotter Babies) Follow Mexican 24 TUESDAY

Gene Yang: Drawing American women who were on Knowledge sterilized at Los Angeles 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour 10:30 NC Arts in Context County+USC Medical

NC BBC World News The Grit of Soul with Center. DV America Shen “Sunny” Jun

EX How To Cook Well

EX Taste of Louisiana with Rory O’Connell with Chef John Folse & Co. 11:00 TV Amanpour on PBS NC PBS NewsHour Beetroot & Raspberry Salad Fish Markets/Gaspergou—

EX Travelscope with Labnah Baton Rouge, LA In the Path of the 9:30 EX Kevin Belton’s 6:30 NC Nightly Conquistadors New Orleans Kitchen Business Report

1 1:30 TV BBC World News Tailgating Dishes that Score

EX Essential Pépin

EX In the Americas 10:00 TV NOVA Fine Finishes DV with David Yetman

Treasures of the Earth: 7:00 TV Nightly

Alaska: The Wilderness Power Business Report of the Volcanoes

NC Beautiful Sin

NC PBS NewsHour Couples struggling with in EX Rick Steves’ Europe fertility try to get Costa Rica 25 WEDNESDAY Central Turkey to okay in vitro fertilization.

7:30 TV Flavor, NC 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour

EX Yan Can Cook: Sweet Potatoes

NC BBC World News Spice Kingdom

EX Smart Travels— America 1 Belt, 1 Road, 1 World Europe with Rudy Maxa

EX Earth’s 10:30 EX Trails to Tsukiji Italy’s Veneto & Dolomites Natural Wonders— 11:00 TV Amanpour on PBS 8:00 TV 10 Modern Marvels Life at the Extremes

NC PBS NewsHour that Changed America Surviving with Animals

EX Two for the Road Take a whirlwind tour of Wildlife holds the key Searching for Balance engineering feats. to survival for people in in Beijing

NC North Carolina northern Australia, northern 11:30 TV BBC World News Bookwatch Siberia and Vanuatu.

EX Travels with Darley Stephanie Powell Watts— Guadeloupe Islands No One Is Coming To Caribbean Escape Save Us July | 19

evening&weekend listings 26 THURSDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour

NC BBC World News America

EX Annabel Langbein: The Free Range Cook Cooking for a Crowd 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report

EX Mike Colameco’s Real Food Keens/Costata 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report

NC PBS NewsHour

EX Rick Steves’ Europe Paris Sidetrips 7:30 TV Our State Elizabeth Keckly/Great American Photographer

EX Smart Travels— Europe with Rudy Maxa Prague & Budapest 8:00 TV SciTech Now North Carolina Chemical Detecting Bugs

NC Flavor, NC Old Mill of Guilford/ J. Peppers

EX Two for the Road Searching for Balance in Beijing 8:30 TV Exploring North Carolina Climate Changes in the Carolinas

NC Cooking 80/20 with Robin Shea Pizza Party

EX Travels with Darley Hong Kong Island Hopping 9:00 TV North Carolina Weekend

NC A Chef’s Life The Buttermilk Belt

EX Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions Guatemala, Part 2 9:30 TV Great Scenic Railway Journeys Texas State Railroad

NC Taste of Louisiana with Chef John Folse & Co. Catfish—Lac des Allemands

EX Wild Travels 10:00 TV Great Continental Railway Journeys Vienna to Trieste

NC North Carolina Weekend

EX Roadtrip Nation Know Where Home Is 10:30 NC Our State Coast Protectors/Jackson House/Jim McPhail

EX Roadtrip Nation You Can Guide Your Future 11:00 TV Amanpour on PBS

NC PBS NewsHour

EX Travelscope Santa Ynez Valley, CA 20­ | July

11:30 TV BBC World News

EX In the Americas with David Yetman

Reefs, Ruins& Revivals: Belize’s Melting Pot

11:30 TV BBC World News

NC PBS NewsHour

EX In the Americas with David Yetman

Yakima: The Quest for Hops

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28 SATURDAY

6 PM TV PBS NewsHour

NC BBC World News America

EX Taste of History Cajun Cuisine of the Acadians 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report

EX Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Kitchen Tailgating Dishes That Score 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report

NC PBS NewsHour

EX Rick Steves’ Europe Palestine 7:30 TV NC SPIN

EX Smart Travels— Europe with Rudy Maxa Stockholm & Sweden 8:00 TV Washington Week

NC North Carolina Weekend

EX A Place To Call Home When You’re Smiling Sarah and Roy go to Sydney; James sorts his feelings out.

8:30 TV FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman

NC Exploring North Carolina Maine to Florida in One Day 8:50 EX North Carolina Weekend—Shorts Southport 9:00 TV The Great British Baking Show Sweet Dough

NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman

EX Call the Midwife Nonnatus House welcomes a new recruit.

9:30 NC Washington Week 10:00 TV Andrea Bocelli— Landmarks Live in Concert: A Great Performances Special The singer performs in Florence, Italy with conductor Zubin Mehta.

NC NC SPIN

EX Father Brown The Face of the Enemy 10:30 NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 11:00 TV Amanpour on PBS

NC Breaking Big Roxane Gay

EX Travelscope Newfoundland— Winter/Summer

6 AM TV Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood DV

NC Biographical Conversations with Jim Gardner Part 3 of 3

EX Carolina Outdoor Journal Structured Bass 6:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV

EX Carolina Outdoor Journal Classics Jordan Lake Crappie 7:00 TV Sesame Street DV

NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Classics Hatteras Surf Fishing

EX Exploring North Carolina Salamanders as Canaries 7:30 TV Dinosaur Train DV

NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Tagging Expedition— Grey Trout

EX Exploring North Carolina Native Intelligence 8:00 TV Pinkalicious & Peterrific DV

NC Exploring North Carolina Colors of the Earth

EX North Carolina Weekend 8:30 TV Splash & Bubbles DV

NC Exploring North Carolina Maine to Florida in One Day

EX Articulate with Jim Cotter Rum, Cigars & Mozart 9:00 TV Curious George DV

NC North Carolina Weekend

EX The Great British Baking Show Tarts 9:30 TV Nature Cat

NC Our State Hunt Library/Lockwood Folly River/One Moment, One Meeting 10:00 TV North Carolina Weekend

NC MUSE: The Arts Show

Series Finale: Best of Muse

EX New Scandinavian Cooking Plenty of Foods

visit unctv.org The spa is the serene scene to get Fit for Murder on Midsomer Murders, Saturday, July 28, at 8 PM, on UNC-TV.

6 PM TV Lawrence Welk Show Henry Mancini— Johnny Mercer (1973)

NC Classic Gospel

Sandi Patty: Forever Grateful

EX Himalaya Connection Nepal’s devastating 2015 earthquake inspired better scientific understanding. DV 7:00 TV As Time Goes By The Anniversary Party

NC Woodsongs 10:30 TV Exploring

EX Joseph Rosendo’s Julian Lage & Chris North Carolina Travelscope Eldridge/Aoife O’Donovan

Water in NC: Yesterday, La Joie De Vivre in Quebec

EX Cruising the Today & Tomorrow, Part 4 City, Canada DV Three Gorges

NC A Craftsman’s Legacy 1:30 NC Exploring

Visit scenic spots along The Table Maker North Carolina China’s Yangtze River.

EX How To Cook Well Changing Sands 7:30 TV As Time Goes By with Rory O’Connell

EX Burt Wolf: Wedding Preparations Beetroot & Raspberry Salad Travels & Traditions 8:00 TV Midsomer Murders with Labnah Kansas City, Part 2 Fit for Murder 11:00 TV Growing a 2:00 TV Rick Steves’ Europe

NC Song of the Mountains Greener World

Little Europe: San Marino, Dom Flemons/

Gardening for Butterflies & Monaco, Vatican City Darrell Webb Band Other Beneficial Insects

NC First in Future

EX No Passport

NC The Woodwright’s

EX Antiques Roadshow Required Shop with Roy Underhill Omaha, Part 3 Chicago Wedged Tusk Tenon DV 2:30 TV Travelscope 8:50 TV My Home, NC—Shorts

EX Yan Can Cook: Brittany, France Lawnmower Racing Love Spice Kingdom

NC Growing Bolder 9:00 TV Doctor Blake That Which Sustains Life Adventures in Mysteries 11:30 TV P. Allen Smith’s Growing Bolder

A Good Drop Garden Home 3:00 TV A Craftsman’s Legacy NC Songs at the Center Keep It Simple The Stained Glassmaker— Cheley Tackett, Micah Kes NC The Woodwright’s Ekaterina Reier selring & Mandy Cook Shop with Roy Underhill

NC Situation Report

EX Andes: Kingdoms Swedish Shrink Box DV

EX Finding Your Roots of the Sky

EX Lidia’s Kitchen The Vanguard with Experience astonishing Italian American Classics Ta-Nehisi Coates, Ava natural life. oon TV This American Land N DuVernay & Janet Mock 9:30 NC Sun Studio Sessions Irrigation Revival, Partner 3:30 TV Rough Cut with Delta Music Experience, ships for National Parks Fine Woodworking Part 1—Bobby Rush, James

NC Growing a Sunburst Walnut “Super Chikan” Johnson Greener World Veneer Pattern & Cedric Burnside

Gardening for Butterflies & NC Firing Line with 1

0:00 TV Death in Paradise Other Beneficial Insects Margaret Hoover The Healer

EX Smart Travels— 4:00 TV The Woodwright’s

NC Music City Roots Live Europe with Rudy Maxa Shop with Roy Underhill from the Factory Provence Staked Furniture DV Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley/ 12:30 TV America’s Heartland

NC FRONT ROW Colin Linden/ Cowboy Musician Michael with Marc Rotterman Tommy Emmanuel Martin Murphey

EX History Detectives

EX Martin Clunes:

NC Almanac Gardener WWII Tokyo Rose Disc Islands of Australia Growing Crinum Lilies/ 4:30 TV This Old House North & West Training Young Apple Trees Duct Dynasty 11:00 TV Coroner

EX In the Americas

NC NC SPIN The Salcombe Selkie with David Yetman 5:00 TV Carolina

NC Austin City Limits

Peru: People of Outdoor Journal Alabama Shakes/ the Altiplano Live Baiting Spanish Vintage Trouble 1:00 TV Antiques Roadshow

NC PBS NewsHour

EX Morocco to Timbuktu: Vintage Omaha Weekend An Arabian Adventure

NC Exploring

EX Life Writer/explorer Alice North Carolina Fish Morrison follows ancient Green Gift 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour “Salt Roads,” historically Weekend one of the world’s rich NC Washington Week est trading networks.

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EX Travelscope Fredericksburg, TX DV 6 AM TV Nature Cat 12:30 TV NC SPIN

NC Closer to Truth

NC Legends of Airpower

Mind in the World: A General James Harold Tribute to Hubert Dreyfus Doolittle

EX History Detectives

EX Weekends WWII Tokyo Rose Disc with Yankee 6:30 TV Wild Kratts Best of New England

NC Education Matters 1:00 TV Food Flirts 7:00 TV Ready Jet Go! DV Pretzel Meets Chocolate

NC Firing Line with

NC Song of the Mountains Margaret Hoover Dom Flemons/

EX Antiques Roadshow Darrell Webb Band Omaha, Part 3

EX Doc Martin 7:30 TV Bob the Builder DV Listen with Mother

NC Consuelo Mack 1:30 TV Food Flirts WealthTrack What Is a Food Incubator?

8:00 TV Curious George 2:00 TV America’s

NC Carolina Test Kitchen from Business Review Cook’s Illustrated

EX Genealogy Roadshow Summer Cookout Detroit

NC Songs at the Center 8:30 TV Wild Kratts Cheley Tackett, Micah

NC Market to Market Kesselring & Mandy Cook 9:00 TV This Old House

EX Doc Martin Duct Dynasty Departure

NC Washington Week 2:30 TV Cook’s Country

EX Cruising the BBQ Thighs & Three Gorges Fried Peach Pies Visit scenic spots along

NC Sun Studio Sessions China’s Yangtze River.

Delta Music Experience, 9:30 TV Ask This Old House Part 1—Bobby Rush, James Window Gap, Solar “Super Chikan” Johnson Drinking Water & Cedric Burnside

NC FRONT ROW 3:00 TV Sara’s with Marc Rotterman Weeknight Meals 10:00 TV MUSE: The Arts Show Build a Better Burger American Dance

NC Music City Roots Live Festival Dancers from the Factory

NC NC SPIN Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley/

EX Story of China Colin Linden/ The Last Empire/ Tommy Emmanuel The Age of Revolution DV

EX Masterpiece Classic: 10:30 TV SciTech Now Downton Abbey North Carolina Season 4, Part 8— Laser-Branded Foods More Dilemmas DV

NC North Carolina 3:30 TV Lidia’s Kitchen Bookwatch Sweet and Savory Stephanie Powell Watts— 4:00 TV Kevin Belton’s No One Is Coming to New Orleans Kitchen Save Us

Seriously Good Shellfish 11:00 TV North Carolina

NC First in Future Bookwatch 4:30 TV Yan Can Cook: Stephanie Powell Watts— Spice Kingdom No One Is Coming to Tea Time!

Save Us

NC Situation Report

NC Articulate

EX Rick Steves’ Europe with Jim Cotter England’s Cornwall Heidi Latsky, Gary Baseman 5:00 TV Washington Week & Bang on a Can

NC PBS NewsHour 11:30 TV Black Issues Forum Weekend Visit unctv.org/bif.

EX Midsomer Murders

NC MUSE: The Arts Show The Dogleg Murders Editorial Cartoonist 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour Dwane Powell Weekend oon TV FRONT ROW N

NC BBC Newsnight with Marc Rotterman 6 PM TV Doc Martin

NC Carolina Remember Me Outdoor Journal

NC Black Issues Forum Structured Bass Visit unctv.org/bif.

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EX Story of China The Last Empire/ The Age of Revolution DV 6:30 NC Black America The New Civil Rights Movement with Rashad Robinson 7:00 TV A Place To Call Home Home to Roost Elizabeth seizes the chance to battle Regina and Sir Richard at the prime minister’s dinner.

NC Great Performances at the Met: Rusalka Kristine Opolais stars in Dvorak’s fairy-tale opera.

8:00 TV Poldark Season 2 on Masterpiece Episode 7 Ross plays the game he despises.

EX Earth’s Natural Wonders— Life at the Extremes Surviving Against the Odds People in Brazil, Ethiopia, Laos, the Faroes and Switzerland push themselves to the limit.

9:00 TV Endeavour Season 5 on Masterpiece A teacher mysteriously disappears. DV

EX David Attenborough’s Natural Curiosities Strange Parents 9:30 EX Nature’s Microworlds Them & Us 10:00 NC Great Performances: Movies for Grownups Awards with AARP the Magazine

Iconic actress Helen Mirren is honored in 2017.

EX Life Birds 10:30 TV Vicious Freddie and Stuart await a guest at their awkward, eventful anniversary party.

11:00 TV EastEnders

EX Antiques Roadshow Vintage Omaha 11:30 TV EastEnders

30 MONDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour

NC BBC World News America 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report

NC PBS NewsHour

EX Rick Steves’ Europe The Best of Israel 7:30 TV A Chef’s Life If You Can’t Beet ‘Em...

EX Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions Kansas City, Part 2 8:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Vintage Birmingham

visit unctv.org 9:00 TV No Passport Required Queens

NC North Carolina Bookwatch Special An Evening with John Hart & John Grisham

EX Buddha Explore the life of the Buddha DV 10:00 TV FRONTLINE An American Family Living Under ISIS Follow a woman who survived two years in ISIS-controlled Raqqa with her children.

Enjoy the North Carolina Bookwatch Special: An Evening with John Hart & John Grisham, Tuesday, July 31, at 9 PM, on the North Carolina Channel.

NC Articulate with Jim Cotter

NC Exploring 7:30 TV Flavor, NC Ruebin Margolin Loves North Carolina From the Vineyard Special Making Waves Natural Symbols

EX Smart Travels— 10:30 NC Arts in Context of the State Europe with Rudy Maxa Sacred Hearts See how

EX Masterpiece Classic: Oslo & Norway Carrie Rodriguez finds Downton Abbey 8:00 TV 10 Homes that inspiration from a 1940s Season 5, Part 1—Snubs DV Changed America Chicana singing sensation.

8:30 NC Exploring Visit Thomas Jefferson’s 11:00 TV Amanpour on PBS North Carolina Monticello and more

NC PBS NewsHour Where Rivers Are Born transformational homes.

EX Travelscope 9:00 TV Antiques Roadshow

NC North Carolina Churchill’s Beluga Whales Vintage Baltimore Bookwatch & Polar Bears

NC Expeditions with James Dodson— 11:30 TV BBC World News Patrick McMillan The Range Bucket List

EX In the Americas The Rite of Spring

EX Richard Bangs’ with David Yetman 9:30 NC SciTech Now Adventures with Purpose Panama’s Wild West North Carolina Pearl River Chemical Detecting Bugs Hong Kong, Macau

EX Masterpiece Classic: & Guangdong: Downton Abbey Quest for Harmony Season 5, Part 2—Changes 8:30 NC First in Future DV

0:00 TV POV 1 Whose Streets? Citizens assert their right to live in this unflinching look at the Ferguson uprising.

NC NOVA

Treasures of the Earth: Power 10:30 EX Rick Steves’ Europe England’s Cornwall 11:00 NC PBS NewsHour

EX History Detectives WWII Tokyo Rose Disc 11:30 TV BBC World News

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NC BBC World News America

EX Taste of Louisiana with Chef John Folse & Co. Saltwater Fishing— Gulf of Mexico 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report

EX Essential Pépin Special Spuds DV 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report

NC PBS NewsHour

EX Rick Steves’ Europe

Italy’s Riviera: Cinque Terre

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