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Join homegrown American roots band Mandolin Orange in celebration of 20 years of Yep Roc Records, Thursday, March 8, at 9 PM. Catch more exciting, new shows during UNC-TV’s Spring Fundraiser, March 3–18!
Morgan Wootten: The Godfather of Basketball premieres Sunday, March 11, at 9 AM.
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GIRL Power...It’s Electrifying! We’re shining a light on girls of ALL ages who lead, mentor, inspire and effect those around them by tapping into their unique strengths. Want to know more? Follow us on Instagram @ncGIRLpower and use #myGIRLpoweris to join the movement! Here’s to strong girls. May we know them. May we be them. May we raise them. GIRL Power!
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UNC-TV’s 24/7 Kids Channel ALL DAY & ALL NIGHT 6 AM Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman 6:30 Cyberchase 7:00 Read-a-roo’s Block Party—GIRL Power! (March 3 & 4, until 10 AM) Read-a-roo’s Block Party—Sid the Science Kid (weekends, until 10 AM) 7:30 WordGirl 8:00 Arthur 9:00 The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That 9:30 Sesame Street DV 10:00 Peg + Cat 10:30 Super WHY! 11:00 Clifford’s Puppy Days 11:30 Caillou Noon Sid the Science Kid 12:30 WordWorld LISTINGS KEY: TV U NC-TV PBS & More NC N orth Carolina Channel Stories with a Local Accent EX U NC-EX The Explorer Channel DV Descriptive voiceovers COLOR UNC-TV productions & local interest Shaded programs indicate Spring Fundraiser specials. PLEASE NOTE: While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of CenterPiece, on-air announcements, updates at unctv.org and posts to social media provide the latest scheduling information. Some program start and end times can vary slightly from our listings. Add at least five minutes when recording your favorite shows.
1:00 Peep & the Big Wide World Read-a-roo’s Block Party—GIRL Power! (March 3 & 4, until 4 PM) Read-a-roo’s Block Party—Sid the Science Kid (weekends, until 4 PM) 1:30 Super WHY! DV 2:00 Sesame Street DV 2:30 Dinosaur Train DV
3:30 Splash & Bubbles 4:00 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV 5:00 Pinkalicious & Peterrific 6 PM Nature Cat 7:00 Wild Kratts 8:00 Odd Squad 9:00 Arthur DV 10:00 Sesame Street DV 10:30 Dinosaur Train DV 11:30 Splash & Bubbles 12 M Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV 1:00 Pinkalicious & Peterrific 2:00 Nature Cat 3:00 Wild Kratts 4:00 Odd Squad DV 5:00 Arthur DV
SCIGIRLS, SID & MORE! Weekends, at 7 AM & 1 PM Kick off the month with a special GIRL Power Block Party, Saturday and Sunday, March 3 and 4! See girls rock in episodes of Peg + Cat, SciGirls and more. Tap into your GIRL Power! Then, Sid the Science Kid takes over the rest of March! Sid and curious classmates Gerald, May and Gabriela want to know everything about everything and, with teacher Susie, they find out why things work the way they do.
GET SET FOR STEM FUN! Get ready for a day full of fun and exploration at Read-a-roo’s STEMthemed Block Party LIVE, Sunday, March 18, from noon to 3 PM, at Valley Hills Mall in Hickory. Join Read-a-roo, Peg + Cat and more of your favorite PBS KIDS pals for this exciting day of learning and scientific fun!
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evening&weekend listings NC Southern Accents Asheville EX Travel Detective 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour with Peter Greenberg Get in-depth analyses Hidden Gems of Jordan of current events. 11:00 TV Amanpour on PBS NC BBC World News Journalist Christiane America Amanpour brings global Katty Kay shares unique issues into focus. global perspectives. NC PBS NewsHour EX Nick Stellino: EX Joseph Rosendo’s Storyteller in the Kitchen Travelscope Dish to Name Northern Ethiopia— 6:30 NC Nightly Ancient History & Spiritual Business Report Present DV Seasoned reporters review 11:30 TV BBC World News financial news. Get comprehensive cover EX New Orleans age of international news Cooking with Kevin Belton and current events. Soul Food EX In the Americas 7:00 TV Nightly with David Yetman Business Report Bahia: Brazil’s African NC PBS NewsHour Connection EX Rick Steves’ Europe Venice & Its Lagoon 7:30 TV Our State 2 FRIDAY Sand & Wood/Harper 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour House/Puppet Masters NC BBC World News EX Smart Travels— America Pacific Rim with EX Taste of History Rudy Maxa Washington’s Character, Oahu & Kauai Charisma & Ambition 8:00 TV MUSE: The Arts Show 6:30 NC Nightly Edwin Gil Business Report NC Flavor, NC EX Pati’s Mexican Table Beef Cattle Piñata Party EX Are We There Yet? 7:00 TV Nightly Ireland Business Report Blarney Castle & Gardens NC PBS NewsHour 8:30 TV Exploring EX Midsomer Murders North Carolina Talking to the Dead, Part 2 Naturalists 7:30 TV NC Spin NC Cooking 80/20 Join Tom Campbell and with Robin Shea his guests for informa Meet the Boys tive, balanced debate for 9:00 TV North Carolina the Old North State. Weekend 8:00 TV Washington Week Deborah Holt Noel shows Leading journalists analyze what’s up this weekend. major news and events. NC A Chef’s Life NC North Carolina Two-mato Weekend EX Samantha Brown’s EX A Place To Call Home Places to Love A Kiss to Build a Dream On Xi’an, China 8:30 TV Front Row with 9:30 TV Flavor, NC Marc Rotterman Wines: RagApple Lassie, Sanders Ridge, West Bend The political analyst and his guests discuss public affairs NC From the Vineyard and policy issues. Childress/Mothervine NC MUSE: The Arts Show EX Born To Explore Edwin Gil with Richard Wiese 9:00 TV FRONTLINE Turkey: Land of Legends Weinstein With sexual 10:00 TV Moveable Feast assault and harassment with Fine Cooking allegations going back to Durham—Brendan & his early years, explore the Andrea Reusing elaborate ways the Hol NC North Carolina lywood mogul’s accusers Weekend were silenced. EX Dream of Italy NC Front Row with Abruzzo Marc Rotterman 10:30 TV Moveable Feast with Fine Cooking Charleston, SC—Sean Brock & Benjamin “BJ” Dennis
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EX Call the Midwife Trixie faces an emotionally draining case. 9:30 NC Washington Week 10:00 TV Makers: Women Who Make America Women in Hollywood NC NC SPIN EX Father Brown The Wrath of Baron Samdi 10:30 NC Carolina Business Review Chris William and his guests discuss business news in the Carolinas. EX North Carolina Weekend—Shorts Mystery Hill at Blowing Rock 11:00 TV Amanpour on PBS NC PBS NewsHour EX Midsomer Murders Talking to the Dead, Part 2 11:30 TV BBC World News
3 SATURDAY 6 AM TV Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood DV NC Biographical Conversations with Wendell Murphy Part 1 of 3 EX Carolina Outdoor Journal Crappie Lesson 6:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV EX Carolina Outdoor Journal Classics Ocean Reef Flounder 7:00 TV Sesame Street DV NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Classics Jordan Lake Crappie EX Exploring North Carolina Stuck in Clay 7:30 TV Dinosaur Train DV NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Late Season Stripers EX Exploring North Carolina Fossil Fields 8:00 TV Pinkalicious & Peterrific DV NC Exploring North Carolina Logos Vs. Leaves EX North Carolina Weekend 8:30 TV Splash & Bubbles DV NC Exploring North Carolina Our Place in Space EX My Home, NC Topsail Skating Rink/Rescue Ranch, Statesville/Hot Dog World, Hendersonville/ Football Heroes, Beulaville/ Goat Lady Dairy, Climax
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Get ready to boogie with The Emotions and more chart-toppers on ‘70s Soul Superstars, Saturday, March 3, at 2:30 PM, on UNC-TV.
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SonicPromos 9:00 TV Curious George NC North Carolina Weekend EX Travels with Darley Tokyo, Japan 9:30 TV Nature Cat NC Our State Grandfather Mountain/Going Nuts/Vintage Vending EX Travel Detective with Peter Greenberg Crossing Border for Cheaper Airfare 10:00 TV Survival Guide for Pain-Free Living with Peggy Cappy Premiere! Get effective strategies for alleviating pain through easy-todo stretches and other yoga moves.
NC MUSE: The Arts Show ADF Dancers EX New Scandinavian Cooking Coastal Express 10:30 NC A Craftsman’s Legacy The Medieval Armormaker EX My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas Athens Rising
Feed your head with Deepak Chopra (L) and Dr. Rudy Tanzi on Brain Mind Body Connection, Saturday, March 3, at 11 AM, on UNC-TV.
11:00 TV Brain Mind Body Connection with Dr. Rudy Tanzi & Deepak Chopra Premiere! These preeminent experts answer some of the biggest questions about brain health, boosting energy, sleeping better, preventing dementia and more in this dynamic, interactive special.
Neuromuscular therapist Lee Albert (R) shares insights on Survival Guide for PainFree Living with Peggy Cappy, Saturday, March 3, at 10 AM, on UNC-TV.
Coffee Past, Present & Future 11:30 NC The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill Harvard Side Table EX Pati’s Mexican Table Piñata Party Noon NC Growing a Greener World The Giving Garden: AmpleHarvest Helps Share the Bounty EX Rudy Maxa’s World South Africa: Cape Town 12:30 TV Rick Steves’ Europe: Great German Cities Explore Hamburg, Dresden, Leipzig, Frankfurt and Nürnberg. NC Almanac Gardener Xeriscaping, DroughtTolerant Landscaping/ Building French Double Dug Raised Beds EX In the Americas with David Yetman Coffee & Culture in Oaxaca 1:00 NC Exploring North Carolina Logos Vs. Leaves EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Northern Ethiopia— Ancient History & Spiritual Present DV 1:30 NC Exploring North Carolina Our Place in Space EX Curious Traveler Curious French Villages 2:00 NC First in Future Nation Hahn, EdNC Leslie Boney of the Institute for Emerging Issues engages leaders in topics affecting our state. EX Globe Trekker Food Hour: Story of Beef 2:30 TV ‘70s Soul Superstars Patti LaBelle hosts an all-star Motown reunion. NC InnovateNC Wilson 3:00 NC Situation Report Jeff Smith discusses topics and issues around the military and veterans. EX Secrets of the Dead The Mona Lisa Mystery DV 3:30 NC Comic Culture Tom Rasch (Black Alpha) 4:00 NC Front Row with Marc Rotterman EX History Detectives WWII Drone Propellor/ TR’s Club? 4:30 NC NC SPIN March | 5
evening&weekend listings 5:00 TV Stories from the Vietnam War Premiere! PBS President Paula Kerger showcases stories documented by public media stations from across the country. NC PBS NewsHour Weekend EX Antiques Roadshow Jacksonville, Part 3 5:30 NC Washington Week 6 PM TV Lawrence Welk’s TV Treasures See rare footage and neverbefore-seen performances. NC Homegrown Music Fest Battle of the Bands EX Are We There Yet? Ireland Blarney Castle & Gardens 7:00 EX Seeing Canada Nunavut & Yukon 7:30 NC NC Beat Urban Soil EX Born To Explore with Richard Wiese Morocco: Secret Village 8:00 TV Doo Wop Generations Premiere! Original legends reunite to pass the torch to a new generation, with The Duprees, Charlie Thomas of the Drifters, Kenny Vance & the Planotones and more. NC Song of the Mountains Mountain Faith EX Globe Trekker Papua New Guinea Islands 9:00 NC Sun Studio Sessions Run River North EX Are We There Yet? Ireland Fossetts, Ireland’s Oldest Circus 9:30 NC Live at the Charleston Music Hall Sister Hazel 10:00 NC Infinity Hall Live Snarky Puppy EX Flying to the Ends of the Earth Siberia
Keep rocking with Mick, Keith, Charlie and Ronnie on Rolling Stones: Sticky Fingers at the Fonda Theatre, Saturday, March 3, at 10:30 PM, on UNC-TV.
10:30 TV Rolling Stones: Sticky Fingers at the Fonda Theatre Premiere! Enjoy the first and only time this legendary band performed its classic Sticky Fingers album live in its entirety. Songs include Brown Sugar, Wild Horses and more of the Stones’ biggest hits. 11:00 NC Austin City Limits Robert Plant & The Sensational Space Shifters EX Globe Trekker Hawaii
4 SUNDAY 6 AM TV Nature Cat NC Closer to Truth Death Disrupted EX History Detectives WWII Drone Propellor/ TR’s Club? 6:30 TV Wild Kratts NC Education Matters Learn about key issues affecting education in NC. 7:00 TV Ready Jet Go! DV NC Truth About Money with Ric Edelman EX Globe Trekker Road Trip: Rust Belt Highway, USA
Join Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Charlie Thomas of The Drifters on Doo Wop Generations, Saturday, March 3, at 8 PM, on UNC-TV. 6 | March
7:30 TV Bob the Builder DV NC Consuelo Mack WealthTrack 8:00 TV Curious George NC Carolina Business Review EX Finding Your Roots War Stories with Patricia Arquette, Julianne Moore & John McCain DV 8:30 TV Wild Kratts NC Market to Market Get solid reporting and analyses about agriculture and commodity markets. 9:00 TV Doo Wop Generations Original legends reunite to pass the torch to a new generation, with The Duprees, Kenny Vance & the Planotones and more. NC Washington Week EX Secrets of the Dead Teotihuacan’s Lost Kings DV 9:30 NC Front Row with Marc Rotterman 10:00 NC NC SPIN EX Secrets of the Dead Graveyard of the Giant DV 10:30 NC North Carolina Bookwatch John Grisham— Camino Island 11:00 NC Articulate with Jim Cotter Janet Echelman Looms Large EX Secrets of the Dead The Real Trojan Horse DV 11:30 TV Forever Painless with Miranda Esmonde-White Explore this eye-opening, groundbreaking look at chronic pain and its causes. NC MUSE: The Arts Show Maestros: Father & Son Orchestra Conductors Noon NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Crappie Lesson EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Eastern Europe’s Treasures: From Budapest to Bucharest DV
visit unctv.org 12:30 NC Fishing Behind the Lines Ben Carter: Wading for Trout EX Weekends with Yankee The Coast 1:00 TV Brain Mind Body Connection with Dr. Rudy Tanzi & Deepak Chopra These preeminent experts answer some of the biggest questions about brain health, boosting energy, sleeping better, preventing dementia and more in this dynamic, interactive special. NC Song of the Mountains Mountain Faith EX Doc Martin Better the Devil 2:00 NC Sun Studio Sessions Run River North EX Durrells in Corfu Season 2 on Masterpiece A birthday party for Louisa leaves her brooding about her age. Photo: Steve Worthy
7:00 NC Portrayal & Perception: African American Men & Boys Fine Arts & Artists EX Globe Trekker Food Hour: Story of Beer 7:30 NC Portrayal & Perception: African American Men & Boys Already Doing It 8:00 TV Concert for George Premiere! Join Paul From violin classics to fiddle McCartney and Tom Petty favorites, enjoy An Evening with in this 2002 celebration of Lucia Micarelli, Sunday, March 4, George Harrison’s life. at 6:30 PM, on UNC-TV. NC Landscapes of the Heart: The Elizabeth 4:30 TV ‘60s Pop, Rock & Soul Spencer Story Peter Noone (Herman’s Hermits) and the late Davy View an extraordinary author’s life and work Jones (The Monkees) host through the prism of hot hits from Paul Revere her Southern lineage. & The Raiders, Gary Lewis EX Nature & The Playboys, The Kings- Snowbound: Animals men, The Ventures, Quesof Winter DV tion Mark & The Mysterians 9:00 NC Uncommon Grace: and more! The Life of Flannery NC Situation Report O’Connor 5:00 NC PBS NewsHour Trace the people and Weekend events that shaped the EX Midsomer Murders writer’s remarkable career. Death & Dust, Part 2 EX Great 5:30 NC BBC Newsnight Yellowstone Thaw Get comprehensive cover Wildlife seek strategies to age of international news weather the brutal winter. and current events. 10:00 NC Anne Braden: 6 PM NC Black Issues Forum Southern Patriot Untangling Your DNA Discover the extraordinary EX Samantha Brown’s life of this civil rights leader Places to Love and social activist. Xi’an, China EX Red Dot on the 6:30 TV An Evening with Ocean: The Matthew Lucia Micarelli Rutherford Story Premiere! This exciting See Stanley Nelson’s acclaimed Independent Lens film Tell Them We violinist (Josh Groban, Chris Follow an attempt to sail Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges alone and nonstop around Botti, Jethro Tull)/actress & Universities, along with clips North and South America. (Treme) goes from classical focusing on our state’s HBCUs and 11:00 NC Our State to jazz to traditional fiddle leaders, Sunday, March 4, at 2:30 PM, More Waterway Tales/Face music and Americana. on UNC-TV. Time/Makeshift Music NC Black America EX Globe Trekker Eliminating Inequality with 2:30 TV Independent Lens Tough Trains: Vietnam Darren Walker Tell Them We Are Rising: 11:30 NC The Hammocks EX Born To Explore The Story of Black Colleges Explore the history of with Richard Wiese & Universities Explore the one of NC’s most pristine Turkey: Land of Legends pivotal role of HBCUs in coastal state parks. America. DV NC Live at the Charleston Music Hall Sister Hazel 3:00 NC Austin City Limits Robert Plant & The Sensational Space Shifters EX Grantchester Season 2 on Masterpiece Episode 3 A false alarm turns into a real murder investigation. DV 4:00 NC First in Future Nation Hahn, EdNC EX Father Brown The Alchemist’s Secret Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers perform for George Harrison on the classic Concert for George, Sunday, March 4, at 8 PM, on UNC-TV.
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Learn about one of our state’s most collectible crafts on Pottery Live! with Ben Owen III, Monday, March 5, at 8 PM, on UNC-TV.
EX Death in Paradise Stumped in Murder Man Overboard, Part 1 11:00 NC PBS NewsHour EX History Detectives WWII Drone Propellor/ TR’s Club? 11:30 TV BBC World News
Sing along with heavenly harmonies on Bee Gees One for All Tour— Live in Australia 1989, Wednesday, March 7, at 8 PM, on UNC-TV.
EX Secrets of the Dead After Stonehenge DV 8:30 NC First in Future 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour John Hood NC BBC World News 9:00 NC MUSE: The Arts Show America EX Taste of Louisiana with ADF Dancers/Black Potter/ Hobey Ford Chef John Folse & Co. EX Secrets of the Dead Sharon Jesowshek Van Gogh’s Ear 6:30 NC Nightly 9:30 TV Brain Mind Body Business Report Connection with Dr. Rudy EX Mexico— Tanzi & Deepak Chopra One Plate at a Time These preeminent experts with Rick Bayless answer some of the big Dreaming of Sustainable gest questions about brain Agriculture health, boosting energy, 7:00 TV Nightly sleeping better, preventing Business Report dementia and more in this NC PBS NewsHour dynamic, interactive special. EX Rick Steves’ Europe NC Comic Culture European Travel Skills, Dr. Moti Friedman Part 3 10:00 NC Live at the 7:30 TV Flavor, NC Charleston Music Hall Wines: RagApple Lassie, Sanders Ridge, West Bend Sister Hazel EX Secrets of the Dead EX Smart Travels— Nero’s Sunken City DV Pacific Rim with 10:30 NC Songwriters Rudy Maxa Beth Nielsen Chapman Seattle 11:00 TV Amanpour on PBS 8:00 TV Mister Rogers: NC PBS NewsHour It’s You I Like EX Joseph Rosendo’s Premiere! Celebrate kindTravelscope ness with the classic children’s series that premiered Zermatt, Switzerland— Under the Shadow of the nationally 50 years ago. Matterhorn DV NC North Carolina 1 1:30 TV BBC World News Bookwatch EX In the Americas Michele Tracy Berger— with David Yetman Reenu-you Whistles in the Mist: Whistled Speech in Oaxaca
6 TUESDAY 5 MONDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Secrets of the Dead The Real Trojan Horse DV 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe European Travel Skills, Part 1 Get practical advice on how to have a fun, affordable and culturally broadening trip. 7:30 TV A Chef’s Life The Buttermilk Belt EX Crossing South Mexicali & San Felipe 8:00 TV Pottery Live! with Ben Owen III E LIV New! Seagrove’s master at V! UNC-T potter shares his works of art—LIVE—in the UNC-TV studio! NC Exploring North Carolina Edge of Life EX Midsomer Murders The Creeper, Part 1 8:30 NC Exploring North Carolina Cradle of Forestry EX My Home, NC—Shorts Last Patternmaker—Raleigh 9:00 NC Changing Seas Manatees: Conserving a Marine Mammal EX Midsomer Murders The Creeper, Part 2 9:30 NC SciTech Now North Carolina Oyster Farming 10:00 TV Incredible Aging: Adding Life to Your Years Premiere! Transcend limits to enjoy your best possible health with Meredith Vieira. NC NOVA Prediction by the Numbers 8 | March
7 WEDNESDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX 10 Towns That Changed America Visit towns across the country that left a lasting impact on the design of our communities. 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report 7:00 TV Nightly Mister Rogers: It’s You I Like Business Report premieres Tuesday, March 6, at 8 PM, NC PBS NewsHour on UNC-TV, with top stars in heartfelt EX Rick Steves’ Europe tribute to the beloved children’s show. Western Turkey
visit unctv.org 7:30 TV SciTech Now North Carolina Oyster Farming EX Born To Explore with Richard Wiese Chile: Flowering of the Llamas 8:00 TV Bee Gees One for All Tour— Live in Australia 1989 Premiere! Enjoy the tight harmonies of Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb as they perform their greatest hits. NC Dr. Frank: The Life & Times of Dr. Frank Porter Graham Charles Kuralt narrates this Emmy® winning documentary. EX Pati’s Mexican Table José Andrés Takes Over 8:30 EX Mike Colameco’s Real Food Il Buco 9:00 NC Crossroads on the Hill Explore a pair of First Amendment controversies that rocked UNC-Chapel Hill in the 20th century. EX My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas Athens Rising 9:30 EX Cooking Odyssey Greek Potpourri 10:00 TV A Cat’s Attic— Yusuf/Cat Stevens Enjoy songs and stories from this legendary Rock & Roll Hall of Famer. EX Great British Baking Show The Final 10:30 NC A Colored School Discover the unique history of Charlotte’s first AfricanAmerican high school. 11:00 NC PBS NewsHour EX Are We There Yet? Ireland Fossetts, Ireland’s Oldest Circus 11:30 TV BBC World News
8 THURSDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Nick Stellino: Storyteller in the Kitchen The Great Outdoorsman 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report EX New Orleans Cooking with Kevin Belton Mom’s Saturday Staple 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Central Turkey
7:30 TV North Carolina Weekend EX Smart Travels— Pacific Rim with Rudy Maxa Vancouver & Victoria, British Columbia 8:00 TV MUSE: The Arts Show ADF Dancers/Black Potter/ LIV E at Hobey Ford V! UNC-T NC Flavor, NC Sheep Milk & Cheese EX Are We There Yet? Ireland Fossetts, Ireland’s Oldest Circus 8:30 NC Cooking 80/20 with Robin Shea Onion Power 9:00 TV Yep Roc Records Presents Mandolin Orange Premiere! Join Andrew IV E L at V! Marlin and Emily Frantz— UNC-T LIVE—in the UNC-TV studio as they share a tuneful concert celebrating Hillsborough’s Yep Roc Records’ 20th anniversary. NC A Chef’s Life Shake, Rattle & Pole (Beans) EX Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Ireland’s Northwest Coast 9:30 NC From the Vineyard Divine Llama/Adams EX Born To Explore with Richard Wiese Tanzania: The Last Stone Age Tribe 10:00 NC North Carolina Weekend EX Dream of Italy Basilicata with Francis Ford Coppola 10:30 TV North Carolina Weekend NC Southern Accents Chattanooga, TN EX Travel Detective with Peter Greenberg Crossing Border for Cheaper Airfare 11:00 TV Amanpour on PBS NC PBS NewsHour EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Land Without Limits: Cariboo-Chilcotin Coast DV
11:30 TV BBC World News EX In the Americas with David Yetman ABC Islands: The Dutch Legacy in the Caribbean
9 FRIDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Taste of History Charles Thomson’s Great Seal of the United States 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report EX Migrant Kitchen Alta California 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Paris Sidetrips 7:30 TV NC SPIN EX Smart Travels— Pacific Rim with Rudy Maxa Shanghai 8:00 TV Washington Week NC North Carolina Weekend EX A Place To Call Home What Your Heart Says 8:30 TV Front Row with Marc Rotterman NC MUSE: The Arts Show Berlin & Back Again: UNCSA Film Students 9:00 TV Great Performances: Hitman—David Foster & Friends Celine Dion, Josh Groban and other stars celebrate the legendary producer. NC Front Row with Marc Rotterman EX Call the Midwife Nurse Phyllis Crane is not going to fit in easily. 9:30 NC Washington Week 10:00 NC NC SPIN EX Father Brown The Star of Jacob 10:30 NC Carolina Business Review 11:00 TV Amanpour on PBS NC PBS NewsHour EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Surprising Toronto DV 11:30 TV BBC World News EX In the Americas with David Yetman Bahian Reconcavo of Brazil: Quilombos, Candomblé & the Mata Atlantica
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Join Laura Ritchie, host of MUSE: The Arts Show— LIVE in the studio—Thursday, March 8, at 8 PM, on UNC-TV. Photo: Emily McIntosh
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evening&weekend listings NC MUSE: The Arts Show Editorial Cartoonist 6 AM TV Mister Rogers’ Dwane Powell Neighborhood DV EX New Scandinavian NC Biographical Cooking Conversations with Fire in the Belly Wendell Murphy 10:30 NC A Craftsman’s Legacy Part 2 of 3 The Quilter EX Carolina EX Migrant Kitchen Outdoor Journal Alta California Redfish Marsh 11:00 NC The Woodwright’s 6:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s Shop with Roy Underhill Neighborhood DV Lumberjack Fan Carving DV EX Carolina Outdoor EX Taste of History Journal Classics Queen of the Caribbean Jordan Lake Crappie 11:30 TV Brain Secrets with 7:00 TV Sesame Street DV Dr. Michael Merzenich NC Carolina Outdoor Premiere! It’s never too late Journal Classics to improve your mental Hatteras Surf Fishing abilities. Get practical EX Exploring advice to understand who North Carolina you are now and how to be Fishy Science a better, stronger person. 7:30 TV Dinosaur Train DV NC The Woodwright’s NC Carolina Shop with Roy Underhill Outdoor Journal A Crutch in Time Crappie Lesson EX Pati’s Mexican Table EX Exploring Good Morning, Mexico North Carolina Noon NC Growing a Climate Changes Greener World in the Carolinas Regenerating Detroit 8:00 TV Pinkalicious Through Urban Gardening & Peterrific DV EX Rudy Maxa’s World NC Exploring South Africa: Garden Route North Carolina & Wine Country Smoky Mountain Diversity 12:30 NC Almanac Gardener EX North Carolina Growing Crinum Lillies/ Weekend Training Young Apple Trees 8:30 TV Splash & Bubbles DV EX In the Americas NC Exploring with David Yetman North Carolina Favelas & Samba: Brazil Birds of Winter 1:00 TV Pottery Live! EX My Home, NC with Ben Owen III Cheerwine 100th, Salisbury/ Seagrove’s master potter Piano Man, Boone/Sunrise shares his works of art in Biscuit Kitchen, Chapel Hill/ the UNC-TV studio! NC Ninja, Winston-Salem/ NC Exploring Historic Beach Cottages, North Carolina Nags Head Smoky Mountain Diversity 9:00 TV Curious George EX Joseph Rosendo’s NC North Carolina Travelscope Weekend Land Without Limits: EX Travels with Darley Cariboo-Chilcotin Coast DV Martinique Caribbean 1:30 NC Exploring Culture North Carolina 9:30 TV Nature Cat Birds of Winter NC Our State EX Samantha Brown’s Thomas Built/Ranger Places to Love Doug/Cherokee Culture Houston, TX EX Travel Detective with Peter Greenberg Overtourism 10:00 TV Forever Painless with Miranda Esmonde-White Explore this eye-opening, groundbreaking look at chronic pain and its causes.
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Witness an award-winning Bernstein tribute on Lara Downes: Sounds like America, Saturday, March 10, at 8 PM, on the North Carolina Channel. 10 | March
2:00 NC First in Future John Hood EX Globe Trekker Food Hour: Story of Beer 2:30 NC Conversations Jon Reep 3:00 TV A Cat’s Attic— Yusuf/Cat Stevens Enjoy songs and stories from this legendary Rock & Roll Hall of Famer. NC Situation Report EX Secrets of the Dead Resurrecting Richard III DV 3:30 NC Comic Culture Dr. Moti Friedman 4:00 NC Front Row with Marc Rotterman EX History Detectives Carved Cane WWII Relocation Camp Mystery 4:30 TV Rock, Rhythm & Doo Wop Frankie Valli hosts Little Richard, The Five Satins and more legends. NC NC SPIN 5:00 NC PBS NewsHour Weekend EX Antiques Roadshow Spokane, Part 1 5:30 NC Washington Week 6 PM NC Homegrown Music Fest On the Border EX Are We There Yet? Ireland Fossetts, Ireland’s Oldest Circus 6:30 TV Great Performances: Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga— Cheek to Cheek Live! The legendary crooner and the pop diva perform swinging selections from their latest sensation. 7:00 EX Seeing Canada Pei, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia & Quebec 7:30 EX Born To Explore with Richard Wiese Uganda: Mountain Gorillas 8:00 TV Beatles: Eight Days a Week—the Touring Years Explore the history of the Fab Four from their early days in Liverpool to their last concert in 1966. NC Lara Downes: Sounds like America Premiere! The renowned pianist performs, and Alexander Bernstein narrates, in this special tribute to composer Leonard Bernstein. EX Globe Trekker Food Hour: Story of Beef 9:00 NC Sun Studio Sessions Blue Mother Tupelo
visit unctv.org EX Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railways Railroad to Mandalay 9:30 NC Live at the Charleston Music Hall Toad The Wet Sprocket 10:00 NC Infinity Hall Live Hit Rewind with Barenaked Ladies, Melissa Etheridge, Rusted Root & More EX Flying to the Ends of the Earth South Pacific 10:30 TV Queen: Rock the World Premiere! The British band plays their greatest hits in a never-before-seen film of their 1977 tour, featuring We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions. 11:00 NC Austin City Limits James Bay/Rhiannon Giddens EX Globe Trekker Papua New Guinea Islands
NC Lara Downes: Sounds like America The renowned pianist performs, and Alexander Bernstein narrates, in this special tribute to composer Leonard Bernstein. EX Doc Martin Uneasy Lies the Head 2:00 NC Sun Studio Sessions Blue Mother Tupelo EX Durrells in Corfu Season 2 on Masterpiece A visiting spiritualist promises to reach Louisa’s dead husband. Freddie Mercury stands out on 2:30 TV Survival Guide Queen: Rock the World, Saturday, for Pain-Free Living March 10, at 10:30 PM, on UNC-TV. with Peggy Cappy Get effective strategies for 9:30 NC Front Row with alleviating pain through Marc Rotterman easy-to-do stretches and 10:00 NC NC SPIN other yoga moves. EX Secrets of the Dead NC Live at the Van Gogh’s Ear DV Charleston Music Hall 10:30 NC North Carolina Toad The Wet Sprocket Bookwatch 3:00 NC Austin City Limits Michele Tracy Berger— James Bay/ Reenu-you 11 SUNDAY Rhiannon Giddens 11:00 TV Easy Yoga: The 6 AM TV Nature Cat EX Grantchester Season 2 Secret to Strength & Bal- NC Closer to Truth on Masterpiece ance with Peggy Cappy How Does Faith Work Episode 4 An apparent See how yoga can help EX History Detectives suicide leads Sidney to increase strength and Carved Cane WWII Relocaperform an exorcism. DV mobility at any age. tion Camp Mystery 3:30 TV Concert for George NC Articulate 6:30 TV Wild Kratts Join Paul McCartney and with Jim Cotter NC Education Matters Tom Petty in this 2002 Ian Brennan & the Democ 7:00 TV Ready Jet Go! DV celebration of George Harratization of Music NC Truth About Money rison’s life. EX Secrets of the Dead with Ric Edelman 4:00 NC First in Future Nero’s Sunken City DV The financial advisor shares 11:30 NC MUSE: The Arts Show John Hood his investment insights. EX Father Brown Edwin Gil EX Globe Trekker The Sins of Others Noon TV National Park Sym Road Trip: Rust Belt High 4:30 NC Situation Report phony: The Mighty Five way 2, USA 5:00 NC PBS NewsHour Celebrate the majesty of 7:30 TV Bob the Builder DV Weekend Utah’s five national parks NC Consuelo Mack EX Midsomer Murders set to glorious music from WealthTrack Picture of Innocence, Part 1 the Utah Symphony. Get advice for managing 5:30 NC BBC Newsnight NC Carolina investments. 6 PM NC Black Issues Forum Outdoor Journal 8:00 TV Curious George Step Up to STEM Redfish Marsh NC Carolina EX Samantha Brown’s EX Joseph Rosendo’s Business Review Places to Love Travelscope EX Finding Your Roots Ireland’s Northwest Coast South Korea: A Winter Family Reunions with Sean 6:30 TV André Rieu: Journey DV Combs & LL Cool J DV Waltzing Forever 12:30 NC Fishing Behind 8:30 TV Wild Kratts Enjoy enchanting music in the Lines NC Market to Market a stunning medieval town Nicolas Côté: 9:00 TV Morgan Wootten: The square in the Netherlands. Canadian Walleye Godfather of Basketball NC Black America EX Weekends Premiere! Coach K, Roy Motherhood with with Yankee Williams, James Brown, Staceyann Chin Adventure in the Wild John Feinstein and more EX Born To Explore 1:00 TV Brain Mind Body top names tell the story of with Richard Wiese Connection with Dr. Rudy DeMatha Catholic High and Tanzania: The Last Stone Tanzi & Deepak Chopra its legendary, DurhamAge Tribe These preeminent experts born coach who changed 7:00 NC Portrayal & answer some of the bigbasketball and its players. Perception: African gest questions about brain NC Washington Week American Men & Boys health, boosting energy, EX Secrets of the Dead sleeping better, preventing The Next Generation After Stonehenge DV EX Globe Trekker dementia and more in this dynamic, interactive special. Myanmar March | 11
evening&weekend listings 7:30 NC A Colored School Discover the unique history of Charlotte’s first AfricanAmerican high school. 8:00 TV Great Performances: Hitman—David Foster & Friends Celine Dion, Josh Groban and other stars celebrate the legendary producer. NC Wings for Maggie Ray Explore the life and legacy of long-distance aviation racer Margaret Ringenberg. EX Nature Jungle Animal Hospital DV 9:00 NC Beyond the Powder: The Legacy of the First Women’s Cross-Country Air Race Meet female pilots of the 2014 Air Race Classic and 1929 Powder Puff Derby. EX Great Yellowstone Thaw Cameras continue following wildlife dramas as spring brings new challenges. 10:00 TV Great Performances: Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga— Cheek to Cheek Live! The legendary crooner and the pop diva perform swinging selections from their latest sensation. NC Breaking Through the Clouds: The First Women’s National Air Derby Discover the story of the first women’s national air derby in 1929. EX Ireland’s Wild Coast Join a wildlife cameraman for an odyssey along the rugged Atlantic coast. 11:00 EX Globe Trekker Tough Trains: India’s Independence Railroads 11:30 TV EastEnders NC Our State Hope Plantation/Saluda/ An Artist’s Refelections
12 MONDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Secrets of the Dead Nero’s Sunken City DV 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 A Chef’s Life Have Yourself Some Moonshine 12 | March
EX Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Houston, TX 8:00 TV Independent Lens Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges & Universities Explore the pivotal role of HBCUs in America. DV NC Exploring North Carolina Little Mountains EX Midsomer Murders The Great & the Good 8:30 NC Exploring North Carolina Works in Progress 9:00 NC Changing Seas Maug’s Caldera: A Natural Laboratory EX Midsomer Murders The Great & the Good 9:30 NC SciTech Now North Carolina Saving Wilson Bay 10:00 TV The New York Cantors Premiere! Three rising stars in the world’s Jewish music scene perform a stunning concert of sacred and secular music in Amsterdam’s revered 17th century Portuguese Synagogue. NC NOVA Iceman Murder Mystery DV EX Death in Paradise Man Overboard, Part 2 11:00 NC PBS NewsHour EX History Detectives Carved Cane WWII Relocation Camp Mystery 11:30 TV BBC World News
Enjoy inspiring vocals on The New York Cantors, Monday, March 12, at 10 PM, on UNC-TV.
NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe The Best of Israel 7:30 TV Flavor, NC Table Grapes: The Farm at Dover Vineyards & The Asbury EX Smart Travels— Pacific Rim with Rudy Maxa Hong Kong 8:00 TV ‘60s Generation Catch essential R&B, pop and folk rock from 1965-69. NC North Carolina Bookwatch Gov. Jim Martin— Revelation Through Science EX Inside the Tube: Going Underground Series Premiere! The World’s First Deep Tube Line 8:30 NC First in Future David Reese 9:00 NC MUSE: The Arts Show 13 TUESDAY Berlin & Back Again: 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour UNCSA Film Students NC BBC World News EX Penelope Keith’s America Hidden Villages EX Taste of Louisiana with Cotswalds Chef John Folse & Co. 9:30 NC Comic Culture Doug Guerin Anthony Synder (Collector) 6:30 NC Nightly 10:00 TV Stories from the Business Report Vietnam War EX Mexico— PBS President Paula Kerger One Plate at a Time showcases stories docuwith Rick Bayless mented by public media Pit Cooking, Sacred & stations from across the Smoky country. 7:00 TV Nightly NC Live at the Business Report Charleston Music Hall Toad The Wet Sprocket EX Hidden Killers Victorian Home 10:30 NC Songwriters Tom Douglas 11:00 TV Amanpour on PBS NC PBS NewsHour Mind the gap with engineer and urban explorer Rob Bell on Inside the Tube: Going Underground, Tuesday, March 13, at 8 PM, on The Explorer Channel.
visit unctv.org Unearth the early story on Jimmy Buffett: Buried Treasure, Wednesday, March 14, at 10 PM, on UNC-TV.
6:30 NC Nightly Business Report EX New Orleans Cooking with Kevin Belton NC Between Hope & Fear: New Year’s Traditions 7:00 TV Nightly Islam in North Carolina Business Report David Crabtree leads NC PBS NewsHour a provocative discus EX Rick Steves’ Europe sion about the Muslim Italy’s Riviera: Cinque experience in our state. Terre—Vernazza, Corniglia, EX Joanne Weir’s Manarola, Riomaggiore & Plates & Places Monterosso Risotto 7:30 TV North Carolina 8:30 EX Mike Colameco’s Weekend Real Food EX Smart Travels— Battersby/Dover Pacific Rim with 9:00 NC Musings of Rudy Maxa EX Joseph Rosendo’s An Iraqi Patriot Sydney Travelscope Follow a man’s remarkable Montreal, Quebec, Canada: journey, from accomplished 8:00 TV Morgan Wootten: The Godfather of Basketball Bonjour, Montreal DV artist in Baghdad to reluc Coach K, Roy Williams, 11:30 TV BBC World News tant refugee in Burlington. James Brown, John Fein EX In the Americas EX Food— stein and more top names with David Yetman Delicious Science tell the story of DeMatha Colombia: Capital & Coffee Food on the Brain Catholic High and its leg 9:30 NC Visa Dream endary, Durham-born coach Elderly parents in Mexico 14 WEDNESDAY who changed basketball try to get a tourist visa to and its players. 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour visit their children in the US. NC Flavor, NC NC BBC World News 10:00 TV Jimmy Buffett: Vineyards: Elkin Creek, America Buried Treasure Carolina Heritage, Burntshirt EX Trust Me, I’m a Doctor Travel though the music of EX Two for the Road Series Premiere! Can You Be Jimmy’s “pre-beach” years Adventure in Costa Rica, Fit & Fat? as you enjoy revealing Part 1 6:30 NC Nightly stories from his long career. Business Report NC Afropop: The Ultimate 8:30 NC Cooking 80/20 with Robin Shea 7:00 TV Nightly Cultural Exchange Texas State of Mind Business Report Days of Hope DV EX Travels with Darley NC PBS NewsHour EX I’ll Have What NY’s Southern Finger Lakes EX Rick Steves’ Europe Phil’s Having 9:00 NC A Chef’s Life Palestine Tokyo Prolific Peppers 7:30 TV SciTech Now 1:00 NC PBS NewsHour 1 EX Samantha Brown’s North Carolina EX Two for the Road Places to Love Saving Wilson Bay Adventure in Costa Rica, Orange County, CA EX Born To Explore Part 1 9:30 NC From the Vineyard with Richard Wiese 11:30 TV BBC World News Wine Competition/ South Africa: Saving the EX Travels with Darley Misty Creek Mighty Rhino NY’s Southern Finger Lakes EX Born To Explore 8:00 TV Bee Gees with Richard Wiese One for All Tour— 15 THURSDAY Chile: Kissed by the Sea Live in Australia 1989 10:00 TV Mister Rogers: Enjoy the tight harmonies 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour It’s You I Like of Barry, Robin and Maurice NC BBC World News Celebrate kindness with Gibb as they perform their America the classic children’s series greatest hits. EX Nick Stellino: that premiered nationally Storyteller in the Kitchen 50 years ago. The Heart of the Artichoke NC North Carolina Weekend EX Dream of Italy Castelvetere sul Calore (Italian Ancestry) 10:30 NC Southern Accents Atlanta, GA EX Travel Detective with Peter Greenberg Overtourism Delve into the confusing world of healthcare and get answers on Trust Me, I’m a Doctor, Wednesday, March 14, at 6 PM, on The Explorer Channel. March | 13
evening&weekend listings 1:00 NC PBS NewsHour 1 EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Sechselauten: Switzerland’s Spring Festival DV 11:30 TV BBC World News EX In the Americas with David Yetman Sierra Nevada & the Making of California
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6 AM TV Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood DV NC Biographical Conversations with Wendell Murphy Part 3 of 3 EX Carolina Outdoor Journal Spring Top Water Bass 6:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s 16 FRIDAY Neighborhood DV 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour EX Carolina Outdoor NC BBC World News Journal Classics America Hatteras Surf Fishing EX Taste of History 7:00 TV Sesame Street DV George Washington in NC Carolina Outdoor Barbados Journal Classics 6:30 NC Nightly Spring Mountain Trout Business Report EX Exploring EX Migrant Kitchen North Carolina Badmaash Natural Symbols 7:00 TV Nightly of the State Business Report 7:30 TV Dinosaur Train DV NC PBS NewsHour NC Carolina EX Rick Steves’ Europe Outdoor Journal Amsterdam Redfish Marsh 7:30 TV NC SPIN EX Exploring EX Smart Travels— North Carolina Pacific Rim with Story in Quarries Rudy Maxa 8:00 TV Pinkalicious Queensland, Australia & Peterrific DV 8:00 TV Washington Week NC Exploring NC North Carolina North Carolina Weekend Gone to Seed EX A Place To Call Home EX North Carolina The Ghosts of Christmas Weekend 8:30 TV Front Row with 8:30 TV Splash & Bubbles DV Marc Rotterman NC Exploring NC MUSE: The Arts Show North Carolina Rosalia Torres-Weiner— Bear Facts: NC’s Big Game "Artivist" EX The Hammocks 9:00 TV Rock, Rhythm Explore the history of & Doo Wop one of NC’s most pristine Frankie Valli hosts Little coastal state parks. Richard, The Five Satins 9:00 TV Curious George and more legends. NC North Carolina NC Front Row with Weekend Marc Rotterman EX Travels with Darley EX Call the Midwife NY’s Southern Finger Lakes A mother’s life is upset with 9:30 TV Nature Cat her husband’s arrest for NC Our State gross indecency with a man. Sculpting Glass/ 9:30 NC Washington Week Hillsborough/Bodie Island 10:00 NC NC SPIN EX Travel Detective EX Father Brown with Peter Greenberg Labyrinth of the Minotaur Hidden Gems of Memphis 10:30 NC Carolina 10:00 TV Mister Rogers: Business Review It’s You I Like 10:50 EX North Carolina Celebrate kindness with Weekend—Shorts this classic children’s series The F.A.R.M. Café in Boone that premiered nationally 11:00 TV Amanpour on PBS 50 years ago. NC PBS NewsHour NC MUSE: The Arts Show EX Joseph Rosendo’s Photographer Watson Travelscope Brown Ontario’s Central Counties: EX New Scandinavian Multicultural Adventures DV Cooking 11:30 TV BBC World News Captain Haddock EX In the Americas 10:30 NC A Craftsman’s Legacy with David Yetman The Shoemakers Brazil’s Land of Sand 14 | March
Petula Clark hosts an all-star reunion of ‘60s stars on British Beat, Saturday, March 17, at 6 PM, on UNC-TV.
EX Migrant Kitchen Badmaash 11:00 NC The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill Forging the Hold Fast DV EX Taste of History Washington’s Character, Charisma & Ambition 11:30 TV Forever Painless with Miranda Esmonde-White Explore this eye-opening, groundbreaking look at chronic pain and its causes. NC The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill Hancock Pedestal Table DV EX Pati’s Mexican Table Adventures in San Miguel Noon NC Growing a Greener World Masters of the Edible Landscape EX Rudy Maxa’s World Korea 12:30 NC Almanac Gardener An Original NC Yard/ Growing Raspberries EX In the Americas with David Yetman A Gaucho Gathering in Uruguay 1:00 TV Great Performances: Hitman—David Foster & Friends Celine Dion, Josh Groban and other stars celebrate the legendary producer. NC Exploring North Carolina Gone to Seed EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Sechselauten: Switzerland’s Spring DV 1:30 NC Exploring North Carolina Bear Facts: NC’s Big Game
visit unctv.org EX Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Bern Region, Switzerland 2:00 NC First in Future David Reese EX Globe Trekker Myanmar 2:30 NC Conversations Umar Muhammad 3:00 TV Jimmy Buffett: Buried Treasure Travel though the music of Jimmy’s “pre-beach” years as you enjoy revealing stories from his long career. NC Situation Report EX Secrets of the Dead Ben Franklin’s Bones DV 3:30 NC Comic Culture Anthony Synder (Collecter) 4:00 NC Front Row with Marc Rotterman EX History Detectives USS Constitution Andrew Jackson Figurehead Woodcarving 4:30 TV The Highwaymen Live at Nassau Coliseum Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson shine in this 1990 performance. NC NC SPIN 5:00 NC PBS NewsHour Weekend EX Antiques Roadshow Spokane, Part 2 5:30 NC Washington Week 6 PM TV British Beat British Invasion hits of the ‘60s get a fresh mix of new live performances and rare archival footage. NC Homegrown Music Fest Parmalee EX Inside the Tube: Going Underground The World’s First Deep Tube Line 7:00 EX Two for the Road Adventure in Costa Rica, Part 1 7:30 NC NC Beat Laney Jones & The Spirits EX Born To Explore with Richard Wiese South Africa: Turtles & Tsongas 8:00 TV Rhythm, Love & Soul Join such legends of R&B, Motown and soul as Aretha Franklin, Gloria Gaynor, The Manhattans and more. NC Song of the Mountains The Steel Drivers EX Globe Trekker Food Hour: Story of Beer 9:00 NC Sun Studio Sessions Southern Avenue EX Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railways Crossing the Andes
EX Inside the Tube: Going Underground The World’s First Deep Tube Line 9:30 NC Front Row with Marc Rotterman 10:00 NC NC SPIN EX Penelope Keith’s Hidden Villages presented by the Cotswalds Chamber Orchestra 10:30 NC North Carolina of the Triangle Bookwatch Gov. Jim Martin— Revelation Through Science 11:00 TV Best of 9:30 NC Live at the Spring Fundraiser Charleston Music Hall See what viewers like you Jake Shimabakuro like best! 10:00 TV Bee Gees NC Articulate One for All Tour— with Jim Cotter Live in Australia 1989 Gene Yang: Drawing on Enjoy the tight harmonies Knowledge of Barry, Robin and Maurice EX Hidden Killers Gibb as they perform their Victorian Home greatest hits. 11:30 NC MUSE: The Arts Show NC Infinity Hall Live ADF Dancers/Black Potter/ Blind Pilot Hobey Ford EX Flying to the Noon NC Carolina Ends of the Earth Outdoor Journal Peru Spring Top Water Bass 11:00 NC Austin City Limits EX Joseph Rosendo’s My Morning Jacket/ Travelscope Ben Harper Hungary, Austria & Germany: EX Globe Trekker Sampling the Danube DV Food Hour: Story of Beef 12:30 NC Fishing Behind the Lines 18 SUNDAY Ice Fishing EX Weekends 6 AM TV Nature Cat with Yankee NC Closer to Truth Buried Treasure How the Subconscious 1:00 NC Song of the Mountains Affects Us The Steel Drivers EX History Detectives EX Doc Martin USS Constitution Andrew Perish Together as Fools Jackson Figurehead 2:00 TV Best of Woodcarving Spring Fundraiser 6:30 TV Wild Kratts See what viewers like you NC Education Matters like best! 7:00 TV Ready Jet Go! DV NC Sun Studio Sessions NC Truth About Money Southern Avenue with Ric Edelman EX Durrells in Corfu EX Globe Trekker Season 2 on Masterpiece Tough Trains: The Trans Vasilia makes the least rocontinental Railroad, USA mantic proposal in history. 7:30 TV Bob the Builder DV 2:30 NC Live at the NC Consuelo Mack Charleston Music Hall WealthTrack Jake Shimabakuro 8:00 TV Curious George 3:00 NC Austin City Limits NC Carolina My Morning Jacket/ Business Review Ben Harper EX Finding Your Roots EX Grantchester Season 2 Pioneers with Neil Patrick on Masterpiece Harris, Gloria Steinem & Episode 5 Will Gary go to Sandra Cisneros DV the gallows? DV 8:30 TV Wild Kratts 4:00 TV Best of NC Market to Market Spring Fundraiser 9:00 TV The Best of Trains See what viewers like you Around North America like best! Relive favorite profiles NC First in Future and unforgettable stories David Reese of historic and scenic EX Father Brown tourist railroads. The Theatre of the Invisible NC Washington Week March | 15
evening&weekend listings 4:30 NC Situation Report 5:00 NC PBS NewsHour Weekend EX Midsomer Murders Picture of Innocence, Part 2 5:30 NC BBC Newsnight 6 PM TV Best of Spring Fundraiser See what viewers like you like best! NC Black Issues Forum Sisters in Medicine EX Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Orange County, CA 6:30 NC Black America Hollywood in Black America with Courtney B. Vance EX Born To Explore with Richard Wiese Chile: Kissed by the Sea 7:00 NC Colored Frames Reflect on the past 50 years of African-American art through the artists’ eyes. EX Globe Trekker Tough Boats: The Arctic 8:00 TV Best of Spring Fundraiser See what viewers like you like best! NC No Evidence of Disease Meet a unique rock band comprised of six gynecologic oncology surgeons from the Triangle area and across America. DV EX Nature My Congo DV 9:00 NC The Feminine Touch: The Struggle for Equality in Medicine Premiere! Learn about the women who overcame adversity to become osteopathic doctors in the 1890s, as well as some of today’s female physicians. EX Great Yellowstone Thaw Follow a wildfire in the Beartooth Mountains, a pack of wolves and orphaned young grizzlies. 10:00 NC Black Women in Medicine Discover diligent medical professionals across all disciplines. EX Ireland’s Wild Coast Clew Bay, Donegal & the Coast of Northern Ireland 11:00 TV EastEnders NC My Love Affair with the Brain: The Life & Science of Dr. Marian Diamond Meet this charming academic and a founder of modern neuroscience. 16 | March
Follow female medical pioneers on The Feminine Touch: The Struggle for Equality in Medicine, Sunday, March 18, at 9 PM, on the North Carolina Channel.
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19 MONDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Hidden Killers Victorian Home 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Italy’s Veneto: Verona, Padua & Ravenna 7:30 TV A Chef’s Life Blueberries & Boiling Over EX Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Bern Region, Switzerland 8:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Spokane, Part 3 NC Exploring North Carolina Wilderness Next Door EX Midsomer Murders Blood Wedding, Part 1 8:30 NC Exploring North Carolina First Lost Colony 9:00 TV Jackie Robinson Part 1 Robinson rises to become the first black major leaguer. DV NC Changing Seas Beneath the Bridge EX Midsomer Murders Blood Wedding, Part 2 9:30 NC SciTech Now North Carolina Marsh Living 10:00 NC NOVA Secrets of the Sun EX Death in Paradise In the Footsteps of a Killer 11:00 TV Amanpour on PBS NC PBS NewsHour
EX History Detectives USS Constitution Andrew Jackson Figurehead Woodcarving 11:30 TV BBC World News
20 TUESDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Taste of Louisiana with Chef John Folse & Co. Crabs—Louisa, LA 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report EX Mexico— One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless Examining the Yucatan’s Abundant Natural Resoures 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe The Netherlands Beyond Amsterdam 7:30 TV Flavor, NC Spanish Mackerel EX Smart Travels— Pacific Rim with Rudy Maxa New Zealand’s South Island 8:00 TV Al Capone: Icon Explore the celebrity gangster’s enduring impact on American culture. NC North Carolina Bookwatch Margaret Maron—Take Out EX Inside the Tube: Going Underground History of the Central Line 8:30 NC First in Future Grant Godwin 9:00 TV Jackie Robinson Part 2 Robinson speaks out against injustice. DV NC MUSE: The Arts Show Rosalia Torres-Weiner— "Artivist"
visit unctv.org EX Penelope Keith’s Hidden Villages Argyll & Bute 9:30 NC Comic Culture Ramzi Fawaz 10:00 NC Live at the Charleston Music Hall Jake Shimabakuro EX Hidden Killers Victorian Home 10:30 NC Songwriters Pat Alger 11:00 TV Amanpour on PBS NC PBS NewsHour EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Tokyo, Japan: Celebrating the Past & Present DV 11:30 TV BBC World News EX In the Americas with David Yetman Lake Superior: Circling the Sweet Water Ocean
9:30 NC White Lake: Remembering the Nation’s Safest Beach This spot once entertained over 10,000 visitors a day. 10:00 TV WWII Mega Weapons The Tunnels of Okinawa EX I’ll Have What Phil’s Having Italy NC Understanding the Opioid Epidemic Premiere! Get information from experts and those at the front of this battle. 11:00 TV Amanpour on PBS NC PBS NewsHour EX Two for the Road Adventure in Costa Rica, Part 2 11:30 TV BBC World News EX Travels with Darley New Mexico’s Continental Divide Trail
EX Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Montreal, Canada 9:30 TV Flavor, NC Table Grapes: The Farm at Dover Vineyards & The Asbury NC From the Vineyard Duplin/Raffaldini EX Born To Explore with Richard Wiese Iceland: Fire & Ice 10:00 TV Folkways Pottery Revival in Catawba Valley NC North Carolina Weekend EX Dream of Italy Tuscany 10:30 TV Folkways Face Jugs & Folk Pots NC Southern Accents Louisville, KY EX Travel Detective with Peter Greenberg 21 WEDNESDAY Hidden Gems of Memphis 22 THURSDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour 11:00 TV Amanpour on PBS NC BBC World News 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC PBS NewsHour America NC BBC World News EX Joseph Rosendo’s EX Trust Me, I’m a Doctor America Travelscope Could Simply Standing EX Nick Stellino: Dreamin’ California’s Coast: Transform Our Health? Storyteller in the Kitchen Malibu to Big Sur DV 6:30 NC Nightly Vincenzo 11:30 TV BBC World News Business Report 6:30 NC Nightly EX In the Americas 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report with David Yetman Business Report EX New Orleans Nicaragua: Land of the NC PBS NewsHour Cooking with Kevin Belton Shaking Earth Emerges EX Rick Steves’ Europe German Heritage Prague 7:00 TV Nightly 23 FRIDAY 7:30 TV SciTech Now Business Report North Carolina NC PBS NewsHour 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour Marsh Living EX Rick Steves’ Europe NC BBC World News EX Born To Explore Berlin America with Richard Wiese 7:30 TV Our State EX Taste of History England: The Queen’s New River Adventure/ Dr. Benjamin Rush: Father Swan Warden Carolina Chocolate Drops of American Psychiatry 8:00 TV Nature EX Smart Travels— 6:30 NC Nightly Forest of the Lynx DV Pacific Rim with Business Report NC Searching for a Fix Rudy Maxa EX Migrant Kitchen Intimate stories reveal the New Zealand’s North Island Omotenashi cost of addiction on our 8:00 TV MUSE: The Arts Show 7:00 TV Nightly families and communities. Rosalia Torres-Weiner— Business Report EX Joanne Weir’s "Artivist" NC PBS NewsHour Plates & Places NC Flavor, NC EX Rick Steves’ Europe It’s All Greek to Me Food Trucks Germany’s Dresden 8:30 NC Folkways EX Two for the Road & Leipzig Face Jugs & Folk Pots Adventure in Costa Rica, 7:30 TV NC SPIN EX Mike Colameco’s Part 2 EX Smart Travels— Real Food 8:30 TV Exploring Pacific Rim with Tao North Carolina Rudy Maxa 9:00 TV NOVA Wilderness Next Door Guadalajara & Roman Catacomb Mystery NC Cooking 80/20 Puerto Vallarta NC A Crisis: with Robin Shea 8:00 TV Washington Week NC’s Opioid Battle Paula’s in the House! NC North Carolina Premiere! Kelly McCullen and EX Travels with Darley Weekend NC’s top law, health and New Mexico’s EX A Place To Call Home insurance leaders look at Continental Divide Trail Auld Lang Syne opioid addiction and illegal 9:00 TV North Carolina 8:30 TV Front Row with distribution in our state. Weekend Marc Rotterman EX Food— NC A Chef’s Life NC MUSE: The Arts Show Delicious Science A Food Truck & a Pear Tree The Great Raleigh Acorn A Matter of Taste March | 17
evening&weekend listings 9:00 TV Understanding the Opioid Epidemic Get information from experts and those at the front of this battle. NC Front Row with Marc Rotterman EX Call the Midwife Sister Winifred’s eyes are opened when she cares for an expectant prostitute. 9:30 NC Washington Week 10:00 TV A Crisis: NC’s Opioid Battle Kelly McCullen and NC’s top law, health and insurance leaders look at opioid addiction and illegal distribution in our state. NC NC SPIN EX Father Brown The Eve of St John 10:30 NC Carolina Business Review EX North Carolina Weekend—Shorts Bald Head Island Lighthouse & Nature Preserve 11:00 TV Amanpour on PBS NC PBS NewsHour EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Sault Saint Marie, Canada
NC Almanac Gardener Solving Tomato Problems/ Backyard Blue Birds EX In the Americas with David Yetman Trinidad & Tobago: Where East Meets West 1:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Spokane, Part 3 NC Exploring North Carolina Women in Science EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Dreamin’ California’s Coast: Malibu to Big Sur DV 1:30 NC Exploring North Carolina Basin Basics EX Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Brooklyn, NY 2:00 TV Rick Steves’ Europe Poland Rediscovered: Krakow, Auschwitz & Warsaw NC First in Future David Reese EX Globe Trekker Tough Boats: The Arctic 2:30 TV Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Armenia: Ancient History & Modern Traditions DV DV NC Conversations 11:30 TV BBC World News Cash Michaels EX In the Americas 3:00 TV A Craftsman’s Legacy with David Yetman The Murrini Glass Maker Pernambuco: NC Situation Report Brazil’s Other Carnival EX Secrets of the Dead The Real Trojan Horse DV 3:30 TV American Woodshop 24 SATURDAY Natural Edge Slab Tables 6 AM TV Mister Rogers’ with Recycled Metal Legs/ Neighborhood DV Butcher Block Tops NC Biographical NC Comic Culture Conversations DV Ramzi Fawaz with Bob Timberlake EX Christopher Kimball’s 4:00 TV The Woodwright’s Part 1of 3 Milk Street Television Shop with Roy Underhill EX Carolina Homecooking, Chinese Dovetailed Grease Pot DV Outdoor Journal Style NC Front Row with Live Baiting Spanish 11:30 TV P. Allen Smith’s Marc Rotterman 6:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s Garden Home EX History Detectives Neighborhood DV Why Buy? DV First Female White House EX Carolina Outdoor NC The Woodwright’s Photographer’s Camera Journal Classics Shop with Roy Underhill 4:30 TV This Old House Spring Mountain Trout Brian Boggs, Chairmaker Move in Day DV 7:00 TV Sesame Street DV NC NC SPIN EX Pati’s Mexican Table 5:00 TV Carolina NC Carolina Outdoor Taco Night Journal Classics Outdoor Journal Outerbanks Waterfowl Hunt Noon TV Almanac Gardener Crappie Lesson Gardening in the Shade/ EX Exploring NC PBS NewsHour Growing Asparagus North Carolina Weekend NC Growing a Buffers EX Antiques Roadshow Greener World 7:30 TV Dinosaur Train DV Spokane, Part 3 The 50-mile Bouquet: Why 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour NC Carolina Local Matters with Flowers Outdoor Journal Weekend EX Rudy Maxa’s World Spring Top Water Bass NC Washington Week Tahiti & Bora Bora EX Exploring 6 PM TV Lawrence Welk Show 12:30 TV America’s Heartland Norma Zimmer Show (1965) North Carolina Transforming Field-Fresh Long-Bellied Friends NC Homegrown Minnesota Sugar Beets 8:00 TV Pinkalicious Music Fest into Sugar Products & Peterrific DV Bay Leaf Church 18 | March
NC Exploring North Carolina Women in Science EX North Carolina Weekend 8:30 TV Splash & Bubbles DV NC Exploring North Carolina Basin Basics EX Southern Accents Asheville 9:00 TV Curious George NC North Carolina Weekend EX Travels with Darley New Mexico’s Continental Divide Trail 9:30 TV Nature Cat NC Our State Weaverville/Pumpkin Delights/Stickbuilt EX Dream of Italy Venice 10:00 TV North Carolina Weekend NC MUSE: The Arts Show Berlin & Back Again: UNCSA Film Students EX New Scandinavian Cooking Rain & Rainbows 10:30 TV Exploring North Carolina Gone to Seed NC A Craftsman’s Legacy The Bicycle Maker EX Migrant Kitchen Omotenashi 11:00 TV Growing a Greener World The Green Bronx Machine: The Power of a Classroom NC The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill Brian Boggs, Chairmaker
visit unctv.org 9:30 TV Ask This Old House Houston After Harvey NC Front Row with Marc Rotterman 10:00 TV MUSE: The Arts Show The Great Raleigh Acorn NC NC SPIN EX Penelope Keith’s Hidden Villages Argyll & Bute 10:30 TV SciTech Now North Carolina Marsh Living NC North Carolina Bookwatch See why Parker Millsap is outstanding in his field on Live at the Charleston Margaret Maron—Take Out 11:00 TV North Carolina Music Hall, Saturday, March 24, at 9:30 PM, on the North Carolina Channel. Bookwatch Margaret Maron—Take Out EX Inside the Tube: NC Infinity Hall Live NC Articulate Going Underground Dave Mason with Jim Cotter History of the Central Line EX Chris Tarrant: Rueben Margolin Loves 7:00 TV As Time Goes By Extreme Railways Making Waves The Wedding Slow Train to EX Hidden Killers NC Homegrown Guantanamo Bay Victorian Home Music Fest 10:30 TV My Home, 11:30 TV Black Issues Forum She Returns from War NC—Shorts Black Folk Do EX Two for the Road Napoleon Hill NC MUSE: The Arts Show Adventure in Costa Rica, 11:00 TV Midsomer Murders Berlin & Back Again: Part 2 Midsomer Life, Part 2 UNCSA Film Students 7:30 TV As Time Goes By NC Austin City Limits Noon TV Front Row with What Now? Iggy Pop Marc Rotterman EX Born To Explore EX Globe Trekker NC Carolina with Richard Wiese Food Hour: Story of Beer Outdoor Journal Australia: Secret Outback 11:30 TV My Home, Live Baiting Spanish NC Highway 64: NC—Shorts Mackerel A Passing View Historic Beach Cottage Row EX Joseph Rosendo’s Journey along many of our Travelscope state’s scenic back roads. The Cook Islands: 25 SUNDAY 8:00 TV Midsomer Murders Cultural Paradise DV 6 AM TV Nature Cat Left for Dead, Part 1 A 12:30 TV NC SPIN N C Closer to Truth psychic discovers a couple NC Fishing Behind Can Metaphysics Discern murdered in their home. the Lines God, Part 1 NC Song of the Mountains Best of Fishing Behind E X History Detectives Loose Strings/Close Kin the Lines, Season3 First Female White House (Our Roots Run Deep) EX Weekends Photographer’s Camera EX Globe Trekker with Yankee 6:30 TV Wild Kratts Myanmar Celebrating Tradition NC Education Matters 8:30 TV My Home, 1:00 TV Ellie’s Real 7:00 TV Ready Jet Go! DV NC—Shorts Good Food NC Truth About Money The Original Collard Great Grains with Ric Edelman Sandwich NC Song of the Mountains EX Globe Trekker 9:00 TV Midsomer Murders Loose Strings/Close Kin Art Trails of the Left for Dead, Part 2 (Our Roots Run Deep) French Riviera NC Sun Studio Sessions EX Doc Martin 7:30 TV Bob the Builder DV Delta Music Experience, Driving Mr. Mclynn NC Consuelo Mack Part 1: Bobby Rush, James 1:30 TV Martha Bakes WealthTrack “Super Chikan” Johnson & Breads & Rolls 8:00 TV Curious George Cedric Burnside 2:00 TV America’s NC Carolina EX Chris Tarrant: Test Kitchen from Business Review Extreme Railways Cook’s Illustrated EX Finding Your Roots One Way Ticket to Siberia Ultimate Italian The Long Way Home with 9:30 NC Live at the NC Sun Studio Sessions Julianna Margulies, Azar Charleston Music Hall Delta Music Experience, Nafisi & Lidia Bastianich DV Parker Millsap Part 1: Bobby Rush, James 8:30 TV Wild Kratts TV My Home, “Super Chikan” Johnson & NC Market to Market NC—Shorts Cedric Burnside 9:00 TV This Old House The Call of the Stach EX Durrells in Corfu Move in Day 10:00 TV Midsomer Murders Season 2 on Masterpiece NC Washington Week Midsomer Life, Part 1 Dr. Petrides deals with EX Inside the Tube: When a dead body turns women in labor and Going Underground up, a local magazine owner a stabbing victim. History of the Central Line comes under scrutiny. March | 19
evening&weekend listings 2:30 TV Cook’s Country The Italian-American Kitchen NC Live at the Charleston Music Hall Parker Millsap 3:00 TV Sara’s Weeknight Meals Arkansas Eats NC Austin City Limits Iggy Pop EX Grantchester Season 2 on Masterpiece Episode 6 Sidney seeks oblivion, Sam seeks mercy and a dead girl’s parents seek revenge. DV 3:30 TV Lidia’s Kitchen Tomato Time 4:00 TV Mexico— One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless A Tour of Traditions NC First in Future David Reese EX Father Brown The Tanganyika Green 4:30 TV Pati’s Mexican Table Cheesy NC Situation Report 5:00 TV Washington Week NC PBS NewsHour Weekend EX Midsomer Murders They Seek Him Here, Part 1 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour Weekend NC BBC Newsnight 6 PM TV Doc Martin Out of the Woods NC Black Issues Forum Black Folk Do EX Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Montreal, Canada 6:30 NC Black America Racism with Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad EX Born To Explore with Richard Wiese Iceland: Fire & Ice 7:00 TV A Place To Call Home The Ghosts of Christmas Past NC Karamu: 100 Years in the House In Cleveland, OH, explore America’s oldest AfricanAmerican theater. EX Globe Trekker Food Hour: Southern China 7:30 NC Voices for Freedom: The Hyers Sisters’ Legacy Discover these AfricanAmerican opera prodigies of the 1870s and ‘80s. 8:00 TV Call the Midwife Season Premiere! Lucille, two days late and ill, is called from her sick bed to assist with a breech birth.
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NC Soldier On: Life After Deployment Three women confront the challenges of readjusting to civilian life. DV EX Nature Forest of the Lynx DV 9:00 TV Call the Midwife Lucille faces racism and prejudice when a new mother becomes ill. NC Service: When Women Come Marching Home Women warriors share their raw truths fighting in the battlefield called “home.” EX Into the Amazon: American Experience In 1914, Teddy Roosevelt and Candido Rondon explored the heart of the rainforest. DV 10:00 TV Dark Angel on Masterpiece Joanne Froggatt (Downton Abbey) stars as Britain’s first female serial killer, a Victorian poisoner. NC We Served Too: The Story of the Women’s Airforce Service Pilots Learn how WASPs broke barriers during WWII. 11:00 NC No Going Back: Women & the War See how women’s lives and roles changed during and after the Civil War. EX Globe Trekker Food Hour: Sicily 11:30 NC Perfect 36: When Women Won the Vote Consider the years of debate about women’s suffrage.
7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Germany’s Hamburg & the Luther Trail 7:30 TV A Chef’s Life Shrimp Sells EX Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Brooklyn, NY 8:00 TV Antiques Roadshow St. Louis, Part 3 NC Exploring North Carolina Passion for the Land EX Midsomer Murders Shot at Dawn, Part 1 8:30 NC Exploring North Carolina Lawson’s Voyage to the Carolinas 9:00 TV Into the Night: Portraits of Life & Death An astrophysicist, preacher and philosopher grapple with questions of mortality. NC Changing Seas Galapagos: Windows into the Future EX Midsomer Murders Shot at Dawn, Part 2 9:30 NC SciTech Now North Carolina New Lost Colony Discoveries 10:00 NC NOVA Roman Catacomb Mystery EX Death in Paradise Murder in the Polls 11:00 TV Amanpour on PBS NC PBS NewsHour EX History Detectives First Female White House Photographer’s Camera 11:30 TV BBC World News
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6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Hidden Killers Victorian Home 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report
6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Taste of Louisiana with Chef John Folse & Co. Tilapia—Scott, LA 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report EX Joanne Weir’s Plates & Places Risotto 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Germany’s Frankfurt & Nürnberg Meet Nonnatus House’s new nurse Lucille Anderson (Leonie Elliott) on the season premiere of Call the Midwife, Sunday, March 25, at 8 PM, on UNC-TV.
visit unctv.org Follow the life and work of labor leader and civil rights activist Dolores Huerta on Independent Lens, Tuesday, March 27, at 9 PM, on UNC-TV.
7:30 TV Flavor, NC Vineyards: Dobbins Creek, Laurel Gray, Baker Buffalo Creek, Rock of Ages EX Smart Travels— Pacific Rim with Rudy Maxa Mexico City & Ixtapa 8:00 TV Makers: Women Who Make America Women in Business NC North Carolina Bookwatch Daniel Wallace— Extraordinary Adventures EX Inside the Tube: Going Underground World’s First Underground 8:30 NC First in Future Tom Campbell 9:00 TV Independent Lens Premiere! Dolores Witness how activist Dolores Huerta tirelessly led the fight for racial and labor justice with Cesar Chavez. DV NC MUSE: The Arts Show EX Penelope Keith’s Hidden Villages North Yorkshire 9:30 NC Comic Culture Rafer Roberts (Valiant Entertainment) 10:00 NC Live at the Charleston Music Hall Parker Millsap EX Hidden Killers Edwardian Home 10:30 NC Songwriters Paul Overstreet 11:00 TV Amanpour on PBS NC PBS NewsHour EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope The Bonin/Ogasawara Islands—A Land Far, Far Away DV 11:30 TV BBC World News EX In the Americas with David Yetman Cuetzalan: The Celebration of San Francisco
28 WEDNESDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Trust Me, I’m a Doctor Can Hay Fever Be Cured? 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Bulgaria 7:30 TV SciTech Now North Carolina New Lost Colony Discoveries EX Born To Explore with Richard Wiese Cyprus: Cleopatra’s Secret Island 8:00 TV Nature Leave It to Beavers Scientists regard beavers as tools for reversing the effects of global warming and water shortages. DV NC Down Home: Jewish Life in North Carolina Discover this little-known slice of Tar Heel history. EX Joanne Weir’s Plates & Places Tangia 8:30 EX Mike Colameco’s Real Food NY Southern 9:00 TV NOVA The Great Math Mystery Math’s power across the centuries sheds light on how it works in our brains. NC Four Sons & All Their Sons: A Passover Tale Enjoy the beloved story that has been a part of Passover for centuries. EX Food— Delicious Science We Are What We Eat 10:00 TV WWII Mega Weapons Battleship Yamato
NC Gefilte-Fish Chronicles See how a family embraces Passover and connects through traditional meal preparations. EX I’ll Have What Phil’s Having Paris 11:00 TV Amanpour on PBS NC PBS NewsHour EX Two for the Road Adventure in Jackson Hole, WY 11:30 TV BBC World News EX Travels with Darley Santa Fe Arts & Culture
29 THURSDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television Homecooking, Chinese Style 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report EX New Orleans Cooking with Kevin Belton Shrimp Specialties 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Romania 7:30 TV Our State Tweetsie/Silver Lining/ Brasstown Dancers EX Rudy Maxa’s World Delhi & Agra, India 8:00 TV MUSE: The Arts Show NC Flavor, NC BBQ: Heritage Hogs EX Two for the Road Adventure in Jackson Hole, WY 8:30 TV Exploring North Carolina Passion for the Land NC Cooking 80/20 with Robin Shea Comfort Food EX Travels with Darley Santa Fe Arts & Culture 9:00 TV North Carolina Weekend NC A Chef’s Life Wanted: Broccoli EX Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Oregon RV Trip 9:30 TV Flavor, NC Spanish Mackerel
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evening&weekend listings NC From the Vineyard Woodmill/Windsor Run EX Born To Explore with Richard Wiese Africa: The Elephant Trunk Show 10:00 TV A Few Good Pie Places UNC-Chapel Hill alum Rick Sebak takes a tasty transcontinental tour of fruity and creamy pie shops. NC North Carolina Weekend EX Dream of Italy Rome 10:30 NC Southern Accents Birmingham, AL EX Travel Detective with Peter Greenberg Cruise Ship Ghosts DV 11:00 TV Amanpour on PBS NC PBS NewsHour EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope San Miguel de Allende, Celebrating in the Heart of Mexico DV 11:30 TV BBC World News EX In the Americas with David Yetman Alaska: The Wilderness of the Volcanoes
30 FRIDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Taste of History The Water of Life: Cognac 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report EX Migrant Kitchen Beyond Pho 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Siena & Tuscany’s Wine Country 7:30 TV NC SPIN EX Rudy Maxa’s World Rajasthan 8:00 TV Washington Week NC North Carolina Weekend EX A Place To Call Home No Other Love 8:30 TV Front Row with Marc Rotterman NC MUSE: The Arts Show 9:00 TV Eric Idle’s the Entire Universe Explore the history of the entire universe with Professor Brian Cox, a chorus of singers and dancers. NC Front Row with Marc Rotterman
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EX Call the Midwife Sister Julienne questions the nature of absolute faith when she meets a Christian Science couple. 9:30 NC Washington Week 10:00 TV Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs The popular star brings down the house with his acclaimed cabaret show. NC NC SPIN EX Father Brown 10:30 NC Carolina Business Review 10:50 EX North Carolina Weekend—Shorts Mystery Hill 11:00 TV Amanpour on PBS NC PBS NewsHour EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Northwest Ontario— Lake Superior & Beyond DV 11:30 TV BBC World News EX In the Americas with David Yetman Reefs, Ruins, and Revivals: Belize’s Melting Pot
31 SATURDAY 6 AM TV Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood DV NC Biographical Conversations with Bob Timberlake Part 2 of 3 EX Carolina Outdoor Journal Pee Dee Catfish 6:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV EX Carolina Outdoor Journal Classics Outerbanks Waterfowl Hunt 7:00 TV Sesame Street DV NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Classics Tidewater Puppy Drum EX Exploring North Carolina Power in Nature 7:30 TV Dinosaur Train DV NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Live Baiting Spanish EX Exploring North Carolina Art in the Wild 8:00 TV Pinkalicious & Peterrific DV NC Exploring North Carolina Flatland Lakes EX North Carolina Weekend 8:30 TV Splash & Bubbles DV NC Exploring North Carolina Forgotten Kingdom
EX Southern Accents Chattanooga, TN 9:00 TV Curious George NC North Carolina Weekend EX Travels with Darley Santa Fe Arts & Culture 9:30 TV Nature Cat NC Our State Living on Water/Camden County Jail/Playing by Heart EX Dream of Italy Bologna 10:00 TV North Carolina Weekend NC MUSE: The Arts Show Rosalia Torres-Weiner— "Artivist" EX New Scandinavian Cooking Packed To Go 10:30 TV Exploring North Carolina Bear Facts: NC’s Big Game NC A Craftsman’s Legacy The Furnituremaker EX Migrant Kitchen Beyond Pho 11:00 TV Growing a Greener World In Susan’s Garden: A Backyard Habitat in Harmony NC The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill Combination Planes DV EX Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television The New Baking 11:30 TV P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home Wedding Season DV NC The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill Corner Cupboard, Part 1 DV
EX Pati’s Mexican Table Summer Evening Party Noon TV Almanac Gardener Moss Gardening/ Troubleshooting Houseplant Problems NC Growing a Greener World Dominica: Island Ingenuity in Sustainability EX Rudy Maxa’s World The Islands of Polynesia 12:30 TV America’s Heartland Favorite Heartland Destinations NC Almanac Gardener Growing Okra/Controlling Voles in Your Landscape EX In the Americas with David Yetman Mexico City’s Markets: A Millennium of Trade 1:00 TV Antiques Roadshow St. Louis, Part 3 NC Exploring North Carolina Flatland Lakes
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A delicious world of cuisine inspired by the immigrant experience awaits on Migrant Kitchen, Saturday, March 31, at 10:30 AM, on The Explorer Channel.
EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope San Miguel de Allende, Celebrating in the Heart of Mexico DV 1:30 NC Exploring North Carolina Forgotten Kingdom EX Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Shanghai, China 2:00 TV Rick Steves’ Europe Budapest: The Best of Hungary NC First in Future Dr. Ken Dodge EX Globe Trekker Food Hour: Southern China 2:30 TV Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope France: Following the Rhone DV NC Conversations Lauren Kennedy Brady 3:00 TV A Craftsman’s Legacy The Tool Chest Makers NC Situation Report EX Secrets of the Dead Jamestown’s Dark Winter DV
3:30 TV American Woodshop Ottoman Storage Stool with Reversal Top NC Comic Culture Rafer Roberts (Valiant Entertainment)
4:00 TV The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill Lumberjack Fan Carving DV NC Front Row with Marc Rotterman EX History Detectives American Revolution Notes in 1775 Almanac 4:30 TV This Old House Charleston: Southern Charm NC NC SPIN 5:00 TV Carolina Outdoor Journal Redfish Marsh NC PBS NewsHour Weekend Gain insights about the week’s issues. EX Antiques Roadshow St. Louis, Part 3 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour Weekend NC Washington Week 6 PM TV Lawrence Welk Show Easter (1979) NC Homegrown Music Fest Taylor Leonhardt EX Inside the Tube: Going Underground World’s First Underground 7:00 TV As Time Goes By You Must Remember This, Part 1
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EX Two for the Road Adventure in Jackson Hole, WY 7:30 TV As Time Goes By You Must Remember This, Part 2 EX Born To Explore with Richard Wiese Turkey: Land of Legends 8:00 TV Midsomer Murders The Magician’s Nephew, Part 1 A prominent member of a secret pagan cult is found murdered. NC Song of the Mountains Jeff Little Trio/ Dale Ann Bradley EX Globe Trekker Tough Boats: The Arctic 8:50 TV My Home, NC—Shorts Goat Lady Dairy 9:00 TV Midsomer Murders The Magician’s Nephew, Part 2 NC Yep Roc Records Presents Mandolin Orange Chapel Hill’s popular Americana band performs a tuneful concert celebrating Hillsborough’s Yep Roc Records’ 20th anniversary. EX Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railways The Great Japanese Train Ride 9:50 TV My Home, NC—Shorts F.A.R.M. Café, Boone 10:00 TV Midsomer Murders Days of Misrule, Part 1 Detectives probe an explosion at a trucking company run by a man with many enemies. NC Infinity Hall Live Rhiannon Giddens EX Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railways The Railway that Created Canada 10:30 TV My Home, NC—Shorts Topsail Beach Skating Rink 11:00 TV Midsomer Murders Days of Misrule, Part 2 NC Austin City Limits Band of Horses/ Parker Millsap EX Globe Trekker Myanmar 11:50 TV My Home, NC—Shorts Rescue Ranch, Statesville
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