CenterPiece May 2018

05/2018 Little Women Premieres • Roo’s Block Party Welcomes Cyberchase • Booming Debuts

Royal Wedding Coverage May 14-19

Don’t miss a minute of matrimonial pomp and everything royal, leading to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s May 19 nuptials, on The Explorer Channel.

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While we’re updating our all-encompassing multiplatform network’s identity to reflect our statewide reach better than ever, your favorite public media channels—UNC-TV PBS & More, Rootle 24/7 PBS KIDS Channel, North Carolina Channel and The Explorer Channel—are here for you as always. Learn all about it at unctv.org/pmnc!

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Get in on The Great American Read!

Premieres Tuesday, May 22, at 8 PM Meredith Vieira hosts this eightMeredith Vieira part series celebrating novels and the joy of reading. The Great American Read debuts with a two-hour special Tuesday, May 22, at 8 PM, on UNC-TV. The launch kicks off a summer of reading and voting with a list of 100 diverse books. Join experts, entertainers and everyday Americans advocating for their favorites and, in the fall, seven new episodes will search for America’s most beloved book.

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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—Cyberchase (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 1:00 Peep & the Big Wide World

Read-a-roo’s Block Party—Cyberchase (weekends, until 4 PM) 1:30 Super WHY! DV

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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

CATCH CYBERCHASE ACTION! Weekends, at 7 AM and 1 PM Join curious kids Inez, Jackie and Matt, and cyberpal Digit, to stop dastardly villain Hacker on his mad mission to take over Cyberspace.

Fortunately, the kids have a special weapon that Hacker and his blundering henchbots lack—brain power! So grab your noggin and join in the otherwordly superhero antics on each edition of Cyberchase! And after each animated episode, stick around for the For Real live-action segment to see how math can help solve real problems in the real world.

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evening&weekend listings 1 TUESDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour Get in-depth analyses of current events.

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

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

EX Joanne Weir’s Plates & Places Olives 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report

NC PBS NewsHour

EX Rick Steves’ Europe London: Mod & Trad 7:30 TV Flavor, NC Beef Cattle

EX Rudy Maxa’s World Edinburgh & the Scottish Highlands 8:00 TV Civilizations God & Art Explore the relationship between religion and art.

NC North Carolina Bookwatch Stephanie Elizondo Griest—All the Agents & Saints

EX Majestic Life of Queen Elizabeth II Royal biographers and historians reveal how a young princess became a great queen.

8:30 NC First in Future 9:00 TV Genius by Stephen Hawking Why Are We Here?

North Carolina Bookwatch welcomes Stephanie Elizondo Griest, Tuesday, May 1, at 8 PM, on UNC-TV. 4­ | May

Inspiring adults are Booming. Catch the premiere Tuesday, May 1, at 9 PM, on the North Carolina Channel.

NC Booming Premiere! Seniors active in their communities prove that growing up comes with new challenges and opportunities.

9:30 NC Aging Matters— Aging & the Workplace Series Premiere! Explore what the workforce of tomorrow will look like and what employers need to do now to adapt.

11:30 TV BBC World News Get comprehensive coverage of international news and current events.

EX In the Americas with David Yetman Brazil’s Pernambuco: The Forgotten Interior

2 WEDNESDAY

6 PM TV PBS NewsHour

NC BBC World News America

EX Precision: The Measure of All Things Time & Distance 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report

NC PBS NewsHour

EX Rick Steves’ Europe Highlights of Paris: Eiffel & Monet to Crème Brûlée 7:30 TV SciTech Now North Carolina Smoky Mountain Air Quality See Aging Matters—Aging &

EX Born To Explore the Workplace, Sunday, May 1, at 9:30 PM, on North Carolina Channel. with Richard Wiese Morocco: Secret Village

EX Princes of the Palace 8:00 TV Nature Natural Born Rebels: Follow the lives of three Survival Cockatoos, generations of British royal sloths, chimps and more princes through interviews animals will do whatever and archival footage. it takes to survive.

10:00 TV FRONTLINE

NC REEL SOUTH Blackout in Puerto Rico Divided City See deep Probe the humanitarian divisions about the and economic crisis after history and symbolism of Hurricane Maria.

Confederate monuments.

NC When I’m 65 EX Joanne Weir’s David Brancaccio questions Plates & Places myths about retirement and Taste of Alsace living longer.

8:30 NC REEL SOUTH 11:00 TV Amanpour on PBS Jonah Stands Up Journalist Christiane Jonah Bascle challenges Amanpour brings global stereotypes associated issues into focus. with differently-abled

NC PBS NewsHour individuals in New Orleans.

EX Joseph Rosendo’s

EX Mike Colameco’s Travelscope Real Food La Joie de Vivre in Alek Stupak Quebec City, Canada DV

visit unctv.org 9:00 TV NOVA Wonders What’s Living in You? Dive into the human microbiome, an ecosystem of bacteria and viruses.

NC Carry On: Finding Hope in the Canyon Follow a 14-year-old and his family through the challenges of dealing with a muscle-deteriorating disease and the tenacity to take on dreams of any size.

EX How To Cook Well with Rory O’Connell Scrambled Eggs with Smoked Salmon 9:30 EX Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Kitchen The Po-Boy Sandwich 10:00 TV NOVA Search for the Super Battery David Pogue sets out on a quest to discover how batteries work.

NC Soar Witness the inspiring relationship between two sisters, one a quadruple amputee, who are both dancers.

EX Yan Can Cook: Spice Kingdom

Series Premiere!

Panda-monium!

10:30 EX Trails to Tsukiji

Series Premiere! Explore fresh food at Tokyo’s iconic Tsukiji Market.

11:00 TV Amanpour on PBS

NC PBS NewsHour

EX Two for the Road Cruising the Greek Islands 11:30 TV BBC World News

EX Travels with Darley New Mexico’s Continental Divide Trail

Make a date with Martin Yan to explore fresh flavors on the premiere of Yan Can Cook: Spice Kingdom, Wednesday, May 2, at 10 PM, on The Explorer Channel.

8:00 TV Booming Seniors active in their communities prove that growing up comes with new challenges and opportunities.

NC Flavor, NC Table Grapes

EX Two for the Road Cruising the Greek Islands 8:30 TV Exploring North Carolina New! Things that Go Bump in the Night

NC Cooking 80/20 with Robin Shea Love & Flavor

EX Travels with Darley Guadeloupe Islands Caribbean Adventures 9:00 TV North Carolina Weekend Deborah Holt Noel shows what’s up this weekend.

NC A Chef’s Life King Cornbread

EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Christmas Celebrations Around the Globe 9:30 TV My Home, NC Original Collard Sandwich/ Last Patternmaker: Raleigh 3 THURSDAY Denim/Mural Art: Napoleon Hill/Chicken Lady/Newton 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour Grove Drug Store/Brown

NC BBC World News Mountain Lights America NC From the Vineyard

EX Christopher Kimball’s Hinnant/Lu Mil Milk Street Television

EX Weekends Milk Street Suppers with Yankee 6:30 NC Nightly Trade Business Report

EX New Orleans Cooking 10:00 TV REEL SOUTH 120 Days After an unexwith Kevin Belton pected traffic stop, a family Trio of Soups man in NC is ordered to 7:00 TV Nightly self-deport to Mexico.

Business Report

NC North Carolina

NC PBS NewsHour Weekend

EX Rick Steves’ Europe EX Italy’s Invisible Cities Belgium: Bruges & Brussels Venice 7:30 TV Our State 10:30 NC North Carolina— Thomas Built/Ranger An American Portrait Doug/Cherokee Culture This artful blend of history

EX Rudy Maxa’s World and photography explores London one of the country’s oldest and most diverse states.

1:00 TV Amanpour on PBS 1

NC PBS NewsHour

EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Taiwan—Iron Pathways to Adventure, Part 1 DV 11:30 TV BBC World News

EX In the Americas with David Yetman The Mata Atlantica: Brazil’sOther Rainforest

4 FRIDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour

NC BBC World News America

EX Taste of History When America Spoke French 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report

EX Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Kitchen Spring Fling 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report

NC PBS NewsHour

EX Rick Steves’ Europe French Riviera: Uniquely Chic 7:30 TV NC SPIN Join Tom Campbell and his guests for informative, balanced debate for the Old North State.

EX Rudy Maxa’s World Uzbekistan 8:00 TV Washington Week Leading journalists analyze major news and events.

NC North Carolina Weekend

EX A Place To Call Home L’Chaim, to Life George returns to Ash Park and plans to make a big announcement at his welcome home dinner.

8:30 TV FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman The political analyst & his guests discuss public affairs & policy issues.

NC MUSE: The Arts Show Acorn Drop 8:50 EX North Carolina Weekend—Shorts Mystery Hill 9:00 TV Live from Lincoln Center Stephanie J. Block in Concert Bold charisma and an immense voice mark this special night of cabaret. DV

NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman

EX Call the Midwife Barbara is caught between a stressed expectant mother and her impecunious husband.

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evening&weekend listings 9:30 NC Washington Week 10:00 TV Jazz Ambassadors Dizzy Gillespie and more jazz greats combatted racially charged Soviet propaganda through their music.

NC NC SPIN

EX Father Brown The Lepidopterist’s Companion 10:30 NC In Principle Michael Gerson and Amy Holmes explore today’s news and political conversations.

10:50 EX North Carolina Weekend—Shorts Turnage Theater 11:00 TV Amanpour on PBS

NC PBS NewsHour

EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Taiwan—Iron Pathways to Adventure, Part 2 DV 11:30 TV BBC World News

EX In the Americas with David Yetman Blackfeet & Bison

5 SATURDAY 6 AM TV Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood DV

NC Biographical Conversations with John Medlin Part 1 of 3

EX Carolina Outdoor Journal

Bluefish on Top 6:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV

EX Carolina Outdoor Journal Classics Float Trip Smallmouths 7:00 TV Sesame Street DV

NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Classics High Mountain Grouse

EX Exploring North Carolina Lawson’s Voyage to the Carolinas 7:30 TV Dinosaur Train DV

NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Caddis Hatch Trout

EX Exploring North Carolina The Green Gift 8:00 TV Pinkalicious & Peterrific DV

NC Exploring North Carolina Power in Nature

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

NC Exploring North Carolina Art in the Wild

EX Southern Accents Pine Mountain, GA 6­ | May

9:00 TV Curious George DV

NC North Carolina Weekend

EX Italy’s Invisible Cities Venice 9:30 TV Nature Cat

NC Our State William Ivey Long/ Natural Connections with Doug Elliott 10:00 TV North Carolina Weekend

NC MUSE: The Arts Show Maestros: Father & Son Orchestra Conductors

EX New Scandinavian Cooking Pale Fish 10:30 TV Exploring North Carolina Stuck in Clay

NC Craftsman’s Legacy The Tool Maker

EX How To Cook Well with Rory O’Connell Scrambled Eggs with Smoked Salmon 11:00 TV Growing a Greener World The Giving Garden: Ample Harvest Helps Share the Bounty

NC The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill Combination Planes DV

EX Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television Milk Street Italian 11:30 TV P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home Sensory Experiences

NC The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill Joined Chest with Peter Follansbee DV

EX Pati’s Mexican Table Sami’s Big Day Noon TV Almanac Gardener Growing Okra/Controlling Voles in Your Landscape

NC Booming Seniors active in their communities prove that growing up comes with new challenges and opportunities.

EX Rudy Maxa’s World Tokyo 12:30 TV America’s Heartland Direct-to-Consumer Rice/ Record Harvests

NC Aging Matters— Aging & the Workplace Explore what the workforce of tomorrow will look like and what employers need to do now to adapt.

EX In the Americas with David Yetman Colombia: Cartagena & a Hidden Palenque

1:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Green Bay, Part 2

NC When I’m 65 David Brancaccio questions myths about retirement and living longer.

EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope The Many Faces of Los Cabos, Mexico DV 1:30 EX Samantha Brown’s Places To Love Xi’an, China 2:00 TV Rick Steves’ Europe Edinburgh

NC First in Future

EX Globe Trekker Tough Trains: India’s Independence Railroads 2:30 TV Travelscope Manzanillo, Mexico & the Costa Alegre

NC Booming Seniors active in their communities prove that growing up comes with new challenges and opportunities.

3:00 TV Craftsman’s Legacy The Goldsmith—Alexander NC’s Susan McDonough

NC Situation Report Jeff Smith discusses topics and issues around the military and veterans.

EX Secrets of the Dead Graveyard of the Giant Beasts DV 3:30 TV American Woodshop Turned Urns & Pepper Mills

NC Comic Culture Walter Simonson (Thor) 4:00 TV The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill Van Gogh’s Chair DV

NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman

EX History Detectives Civil War-Era Pistols’ Owner 4:30 TV This Old House Charleston— Rough Plumbing

NC NC SPIN 5:00 TV Carolina Outdoor Journal Structured Bass

NC PBS NewsHour Weekend Gain insights about the week’s issues.

EX Antiques Roadshow Green Bay, Part 2 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour Weekend

NC Washington Week 6 PM TV Lawrence Welk Show Salute to Cole Porter (1973)

visit unctv.org It’s a wild western mystery on Midsomer Murders Blood on the Saddle, Saturday, May 5, at 8 PM, on UNC-TV.

9:30 TV Ask This Old House Gutterless Gutters/ Desert Plan

NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman 10:00 TV Booming Seniors active in their communities prove that growing up comes with new challenges and opportunities.

NC NC SPIN 10:30 TV SciTech Now

NC Smithville 11:00 TV Tunnel: Sabotage North Carolina Fiddlers’ Jamboree Elise struggles to face Smoky Mountain Air Quality Junior and senior fiddlers her past.

NC North Carolina duel to determine the

NC Austin City Limits Bookwatch grand champion of the Ed Sheeran Stephanie Elizondo 45th Annual Smithville

EX Globe Trekker Griest—All the Fiddlers’ Jamboree.

Tough Boats: The Amazon Agents & Saints

EX Penelope Keith’s

EX Princes of the Palace Hidden Villages Interviews and archival

6 SUNDAY Pembrokeshire footage chronicle the lives 7:00 TV As Time Goes By 6 AM TV Nature Cat of three generations of Visiting Rocky

NC Closer to Truth British royal princes.

NC Woodsongs What Exists?

11:00 TV North Carolina

Premiere! Béla Fleck &

EX History Detectives Bookwatch Abigail Washburn Civil War-Era Pistols’ Owner Stephanie Elizondo

EX Two for the Road 6:30 TV Wild Kratts Griest—All the Cruising the Greek Islands

NC Education Matters Agents & Saints 7:30 TV As Time Goes By Learn about key issues

NC Articulate Why? affecting education in NC. with Jim Cotter

EX Dream of Italy 7:00 TV Ready Jet Go! DV The Care & Feeding of Venice

NC Truth About Money Michelle Cuevas 8:00 TV Midsomer Murders with Ric Edelman 11:30 TV Black Issues Forum Blood on the Saddle The financial advisor shares Fair & Just Immigration A visiting wild west show his financial insights.

Reform inspires a killer.

EX Globe Trekker

NC MUSE: The Arts Show

NC Song of the Mountains Tough Trains: Cuba’s Cabaret Warsaw Mark Templeton & Pocket Sugar Railroads Noon TV FRONT ROW Change/Jackson Dale/ 7:30 TV Bob the Builder DV with Marc Rotterman Mike Shirley

NC Consuelo Mack

NC Carolina

EX Globe Trekker WealthTrack Outdoor Journal Tough Trains: Vietnam Get advice for managing

Bluefish on Top 8:50 TV My Home, NC—Shorts investments.

EX Joseph Rosendo’s Hospital to Home 8:00 TV Curious George DV Travelscope 9:00 TV Doctor Blake

NC Carolina France—Bordeaux DV Mysteries Business Review 12:30 TV NC SPIN The Price of Love Chris William and his guests NC Fishing Behind

NC Lara Downes: discuss business news in the Lines Sounds Like America the Carolinas.

A West Point Experience— The renowned pianist

EX Finding Your Roots Scott Granger & Doug Rot performs as Alexander Black Like Me with Bryant

EX Weekends Bernstein narrates this Gumbel, Tonya Lewis-Lee with Yankee special tribute to his & Suzanne Malveaux Back to the Land father, composer 8:30 TV Wild Kratts 1:00 TV Christopher Kimball’s Leonard Bernstein, at

NC Market to Market Milk Street Television the NC State Capitol.

Get solid reporting and Tahini Rules!

EX Italy’s Invisible Cities analyses about agriculture

NC Song of the Mountains Florence and commodities markets. Mark Templeton & Pocket 10:00 TV Death in Paradise 9:00 TV This Old House Change/Jackson Dale/ Season Premiere! Murder Charleston— Mike Shirley from Above Rough Plumbing

EX Doc Martin

NC Kate

NC Washington Week Dry Your Tears Black Violin

EX Majestic Life of 1:30 TV Martha Stewart’s

EX Great American Queen Elizabeth II Cooking School Railroad Journeys See how a young princess Noodles Philadelphia to Gettysburg became a great queen.

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evening&weekend listings 2:00 TV America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated Diner-Style Favorites with a Twist

NC Lara Downes: Sounds Like America The renowned pianist performs as Alexander Bernstein narrates this special tribute to his father, composer Leonard Bernstein at the NC State Capitol.

EX Downton Abbey Season 2 on Masterpiece Part 4: Climactic War Battle 2:30 TV Cook’s Country A Taste of Tennessee 3:00 TV Sara’s Weeknight Meals Sustainable Surf

NC Kate Black Violin

EX Downton Abbey Season 2 on Masterpiece Part 5: Post-War Rebuilding 3:30 TV Lidia’s Kitchen Salt 4:00 TV Mexico— One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless The Splendor of Yucatan’s Enchanting Markets

NC First in Future Leslie Boney of the Institute for Emerging Issues engages leaders in topics affecting our state.

EX Father Brown The Hangman’s Demise 4:30 TV Pati’s Mexican Table Tamaliza!

NC Situation Report 5:00 TV Washington Week

NC PBS NewsHour Weekend

EX Midsomer Murders Shot at Dawn, Part 1 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour Weekend

NC BBC Newsnight Get comprehensive coverage of international news & current events.

6 PM TV Doc Martin City Slickers

NC Black Issues Forum Fair & Just Immigration Reform

EX Rick Steves’ Europe: Great German Cities Hamburg, Dresden, Leipzig, Frankfurt & Nürnberg 6:30 NC Black America Social Media with Marcus Mabry 7:00 TV A Place To Call Home L’Chaim, to Life George returns to Ash Park.

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Find inspiration on Defining Hope, Sunday, May 6, at 9 PM, on the North Carolina Channel.

NC Power To Heal: Medicare & the Civil Rights Revolution Follow efforts to gain equal, adequate healthcare for all Americans.

8:00 TV Call the Midwife The closing of a nearby maternity home causes an influx of expectant mothers.

NC Black Women in Medicine Meet black female doctors working diligently in all facets of medicine.

EX Mister Rogers: It’s You I Like Celebrate the children’s series that premiered nationally 50 years ago.

9:00 TV Unforgotten Season 2 on Masterpiece Episode 2 The victim’s messy life comes into focus, as Sara’s scandalous past comes to light. DV

NC Defining Hope Patients with lifethreatening illnesses make choices about how they want to live.

9:30 EX Great Performances Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga: Cheek to Cheek Live! The legendary singer and the pop diva perform swinging selections from their latest collaboration.

10:00 NC What Love Is— The Duke Pathfinders 50 Fifty women with incurable breast cancer heroically endure an experimental medical protocol.

10:30 TV Vicious Ash falls in love with the perfect woman...or is she?

11:00 TV EastEnders

NC Our State New River Adventure/The Carolina Chocolate Drops

EX Rick Steves’ Tasty Europe Food is a prime ingredient in what defines cultures all across Europe. DV

11:30 TV EastEnders

NC MUSE: The Arts Show Editorial Cartoonist Dwane Powell

EX Rick Steves’ Festive Europe Venture into Parisian streets on Bastille Day and take in London’s royal pageantry.

7 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 Provence: Legendary Light, Wind & Wine 7:30 TV A Chef’s Life Obviously, It’s Pecans

EX Samantha Brown’s Places To Love Xi’an, China 8:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Green Bay, Part 3

NC Exploring North Carolina Water in NC: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow, Part 2

EX Downton Abbey Season 2 on Masterpiece Part 6: The Spanish Flu 8:30 NC Exploring North Carolina Measuring the Mountain 9:00 TV REEL SOUTH 62 Days Follow a family’s journey, from tragedy to activism, fighting laws that restrict or deny a pregnant woman’s end-of-life decisions.

NC Expeditions with Patrick McMillan California, an Ecological Island 9:30 TV REEL SOUTH Driven Blind A champion drag racer struggles to adapt after being blinded in a racing accident.

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Oyster farming is the topic on SciTech Now North Carolina, Monday, May 7, at 9:30 PM, on the North Carolina Channel.

NC SciTech Now North Carolina Oyster Farm 10:00 TV Independent Lens No Man’s Land Anti-government protestors took over Oregon’s Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in 2016. DV

NC NOVA Wonders What’s Living in You? Dive into the human microbiome, an ecosystem of bacteria and viruses living right beneath our noses.

EX Midsomer Murders Ring Out Your Dead, Part 2 10:50 EX My Home, NC—Shorts Hot Dog World 11:00 NC PBS NewsHour

EX History Detectives Civil War-Era Pistols’ Owner 11:30 TV BBC World News

Enjoy the work of Daniel Pullen: Coastal Photographer on MUSE: The Arts Show, Tuesday, May 8, at 9 PM, on UNC-TV.

7:00 TV Nightly Business Report

NC PBS NewsHour

EX Rick Steves’ Europe Poland Rediscovered: Krakow, Auschwitz & Warsaw 7:30 TV Flavor, NC Sheep Milk & Cheese

EX Rudy Maxa’s World South Africa: Cape Town 8:00 TV Civilizations Encounters Advances in seafaring and a thirst for trade and exploration sent human beings around the planet.

NC North Carolina Bookwatch Cindy Geary & Lahoma Romocki—Going to School 8 TUESDAY

EX Penelope Keith at Her Majesty’s Service 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour Windsor

NC BBC World News 8:30 NC First in Future America 9:00 TV Genius by

EX Taste of Louisiana Stephen Hawking with Chef John Folse & Co. Where Did the Universe Coastal Erosion— Come From?

Louisiana Coast

NC MUSE: The Arts Show 6:30 NC Nightly Daniel Pullen: Business Report Coastal Photographer

EX Joanne Weir’s

EX Queen Elizabeth’s Plates & Places Secret Agents For the Love of Figs Uncover the secret state that helped keep Queen Elizabeth I in power for more than 40 years.

9:30 NC Poetry in America I Cannot Dance Upon My Toes—Emily Dickinson 10:00 TV FRONTLINE Myanmar’s Killing Fields Examine evidence that the country’s security forces committed crimes against humanity.

NC Articulate with Jim Cotter The Charming Incongruities of Kevin Barnes

EX Secrets of Join Emily Dickinson on Poetry Great British Castles in America, premiering Tuesday, Lancaster Castle May 8, at 9:30 PM, on the North Carolina Channel.

0:30 NC Make48 1 The teams present their products and creative marketing ideas to the judges in front of an audience.

11:00 TV Amanpour on PBS

NC PBS NewsHour

EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Uncovering South Korea DV

11:30 TV BBC World News

EX In the Americas with David Yetman Chesapeake Bay: Of Clams & Oysters

9 WEDNESDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour

NC BBC World News America

EX Precision: The Measure of All Things Mass & Moles 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report

NC PBS NewsHour

EX Rick Steves’ Europe Budapest: The Best of Hungary 7:30 TV SciTech Now North Carolina Oyster Farm

EX Born To Explore with Richard Wiese Uganda: Mountain Gorillas 8:00 TV Nature Natural Born Rebels: The Mating Game Promiscuous prairie dogs, backstabbing manakins, kidnapping macaques and hyenas are highlighted.

NC REEL SOUTH 120 Days After an unexpected traffic stop, a family man in NC is ordered to self-deport to Mexico.

EX Joanne Weir’s Plates & Places Moroccan Salads May | 9

evening&weekend listings 8:30 EX Mike Colameco’s Real Food Peru, Part 1 9:00 TV NOVA Wonders Are We Alone? Hunt for life, with telescopes, probes and robots, on worlds near and far.

NC Remarkable Journey: Founding the Asian Indian Community in North Carolina Indian immigrant families share stories of culture and integrating into our state.

EX How To Cook Well with Rory O’Connell Pan-Fried Hake with Herb Relish 9:30 EX Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Kitchen Spring Fling 10:00 TV NOVA Life’s Rocky Start Go around the world and back in time to investigate how minerals are vital to life.

NC Musings of an Iraqi Patriot Follow one man’s journey from accomplished artist and journalist in Baghdad to reluctant refugee in Burlington.

EX Yan Can Cook: Spice Kingdom Tomorrow’s Chengdu 10:30 NC Visa Dream An elderly couple in Mexico tries to get a tourist visa to visit their children in the U.S.

EX Trails to Tsukiji 11:00 TV Amanpour on PBS

NC PBS NewsHour

EX Two for the Road Adventure in the Canadian Arctic 11:30 TV BBC World News

EX Travels with Darley Santa Fe Arts & Culture

EX Rudy Maxa’s World South Africa: Garden Route & Wine Country 8:00 TV MUSE: The Arts Show Daniel Pullen: Coastal Photographer

NC Flavor, NC Spanish Mackerel

EX Two for the Road Adventure in the Canadian Arctic 8:30 TV Exploring North Carolina The Skeleton of NC

NC Cooking 80/20 with Robin Shea Meal Stacking with Chicken

EX Travels with Darley Maryland’s Eastern Shore 9:00 TV North Carolina Weekend

NC A Chef’s Life Sweet Corn & Expensive Tea

EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Taiwan Naturally 9:30 TV My Home, NC Endurance Seafood/Connor Stroud/FARM Café/ Kings Restaurant/Joe Kwon

NC Moveable Feast with Fine Cooking Davidson, NC— Joe & Katy Kindred

EX Weekends with Yankee Hidden Gems 10:00 TV REEL SOUTH 62 Days Follow a family’s journey, from tragedy to activism, fighting laws that restrict or deny a pregnant woman’s end-of-life decisions.

NC North Carolina Weekend

EX Italy’s Invisible Cities Florence See this romantic city through the latest 3D scanning technology.

10:30 TV REEL SOUTH Driven Blind A champion 10 THURSDAY drag racer struggles to 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour adapt after being blinded

NC BBC World News in a racing accident.

America

NC My Home, NC

EX Christopher Kimball’s Mama Dip/Coming of Milk Street Television the Shad/Land of Oz/ Milk Street Italian Banjo Earth 6:30 NC Nightly 11:00 TV Amanpour on PBS Business Report

NC PBS NewsHour

EX New Orleans Cooking EX Joseph Rosendo’s with Kevin Belton Travelscope Carnival San Francisco’s Changing 7:00 TV Nightly Neighborhoods DV Business Report 11:30 TV BBC World News

NC PBS NewsHour

EX In the Americas

EX Rick Steves’ Europe with David Yetman Lisbon & the Algarve Colombia: Cartagena 7:30 TV Our State & a Hidden Palenque Sculpting Glass/ Hillsborough/Bodie Island 10­ | May

Enjoy the dazzling Live from Lincoln Center Andrew Rannells in Concert, Friday, May 11, at 9 PM, on UNC-TV.

11 FRIDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour

NC BBC World News America

EX Taste of History Orchids, Herbs & Rum in Jamaica 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report

EX Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Kitchen St. Joseph’s Day 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report

NC PBS NewsHour

EX Rick Steves’ Europe England’s Bath & York 7:30 TV NC SPIN

EX Rudy Maxa’s World Korea 8:00 TV Washington Week

NC North Carolina Weekend

EX A Place To Call Home Somewhere Beyond the Sea 8:30 TV FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman

NC MUSE: The Arts Show Daniel Pullen: Coastal Photographer 8:50 EX North Carolina Weekend—Shorts Zoo 9:00 TV Live from Lincoln Center Andrew Rannells in Concert This sparkling set features the performer’s signature vocals and wry wit. DV

NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman

EX Call the Midwife The pressure is on to find the source of a dangerous case of typhoid.

9:30 NC Washington Week 10:00 TV Great Performances Chita Rivera: A Lot of Livin’ to Do This legendary performer has lit up Broadway for over 70 years.

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NC NC SPIN

EX Father Brown The Alchemist’s Secret 10:30 NC In Principle 10:50 EX North Carolina Weekend—Shorts Sylvan Heights Bird Park 11:00 TV Amanpour on PBS

NC PBS NewsHour

EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Adventures in California’s Tri-Valley DV 11:30 TV BBC World News

EX In the Americas with David Yetman Peoples of Oaxaca & the Arrival of Holy Week

12 SATURDAY 6 AM TV Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood DV

NC Biographical Conversations with John Medlin Part 2 of 3

EX Carolina Outdoor Journal Beetle Spin Approach 6:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV

EX Carolina Outdoor Journal Classics High Mountain Grouse 7:00 TV Sesame Street DV

NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Classics

Deep Water Bottomfish

EX Exploring North Carolina Changing Sands 7:30 TV Dinosaur Train DV

NC Carolina Outdoor Journal

Bluefish on Top

EX Exploring North Carolina Natural Boundary 8:00 TV Pinkalicious & Peterrific DV

NC Exploring North Carolina Nature’s Classroom

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

NC Exploring North Carolina Fort Bragging Rights

EX Articulate with Jim Cotter The Very Fortunate Daniel Handler 9:00 TV Curious George DV

NC North Carolina Weekend

EX Italy’s Invisible Cities Florence Explore this romantic city with the help of the latest 3D scanning technology.

9:30 TV Nature Cat

NC Our State Mule Rider, Bodie Island Lighthouse 10:00 TV North Carolina Weekend

NC MUSE: The Arts Show Edwin Gil

EX New Scandinavian Cooking A Traveller’s Bite 10:30 TV Exploring North Carolina Fossil Fields

NC Craftsman’s Legacy The Chocolatiers Host Eric Gorges meets Dan and Jael Rattigan at their chocolate factory in Asheville.

EX How To Cook Well with Rory O’Connell Pan-Fried Hake with Herb Relish 11:00 TV Growing a Greener World Regenerating Detroit Through Urban Gardening

NC The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill Paneled Chest with Peter Follansbee DV

EX Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television Simply Spanish 11:30 TV P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home For the Pets

NC The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill Early Iron with Peter Ross DV

EX Pati’s Mexican Table Modern Mexico Noon TV Almanac Gardener Carnivorous Bog Garden: NC Aquarium, Pine Knoll Shores

NC Growing a Greener World Community Gardens: Growing So Much More Than Plants

EX Rudy Maxa’s World Hokkaido 12:30 TV America’s Heartland Yurts & Free-Range Poultry

NC Almanac Gardener Adams Vineyard at Willow Springs

EX In the Americas with David Yetman Peoples of Oaxaca & the Arrival of Holy Week 1:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Green Bay, Part 3

NC Exploring North Carolina Water in NC: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow, Part 1

EX Rick Steves’ Europe: Great German Cities Hamburg, Dresden, Leipzig, Frankfurt & Nürnberg

1:30 NC Exploring North Carolina Water in NC: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow, Part 2 2:00 TV Rick Steves’ Europe Naples & Pompeii

NC First in Future 2:30 TV Travelscope Flathead Valley, Montana

NC Age Wise Where We Live Explore living options for seniors, from retirement communities to small-scale urban living.

3:00 TV Craftsman’s Legacy The Potter—Asheville’s Akira Satake

NC Situation Report

EX Gregory Porter— Live in Berlin The Grammy-winning jazz/soul singer performs a sold-out show at the Berlin Philharmonie.

3:30 TV American Woodshop Scrolled Kitchen Trenchers & Trivets

NC Comic Culture Tom Lyle (Marvel & DC Comics) 4:00 TV The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill Sliding Lid Boxes DV

NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman 4:30 TV This Old House Charleston—Smithies

NC NC SPIN

EX Independent Lens Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges & Universities 5:00 TV Carolina Outdoor Journal Pamlico Sound Mixed Bag

NC PBS NewsHour Weekend 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour Weekend

NC Washington Week 6 PM TV Lawrence Welk Show Mother’s Day (1956)

NC Smithville Fiddlers’ Jamboree The old-time Smithville Fiddlers’ Jamboree and Crafts Festival highlights great dance and music.

6:30 EX ‘70s Soul Superstars Patti LaBelle hosts an all-star reunion of the legends of 1970s Motown, R&B and soul.

7:00 TV As Time Goes By Misunderstandings

NC Woodsongs Tommy Emmanuel 7:30 TV As Time Goes By The Cruise

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evening&weekend listings The wait is over for the winsome, new Little Women on Masterpiece, premiering Sunday, May 13, at 8 PM, on UNC-TV.

8:00 TV Midsomer Murders Blood on the Saddle A visiting wild west show inspires a killer.

NC Song of the Mountains

J. D. Crowe/Wildfire 8:50 TV My Home, NC—Shorts The Coming of the Shad 9:00 TV Doctor Blake Mysteries

A Difficult Lie

NC David Holt’s State of Music Bryan Sutton/ Rhiannon Giddens

EX Doo Wop Generations The Duprees and more vocal group greats pass the torch to a new generation of performers.

9:30 NC David Holt’s State of Music Josh Goforth/ The Branchettes 10:00 TV Death in Paradise The Stakes Are High

NC Kate Jarrod Spector/Kelli Barrett 11:00 TV Tunnel: Sabotage The connection between Elise and Eryka intensifies.

NC Austin City Limits Florence + The Machine/ Andra Day 11:30 EX Rick Steves’ Festive Europe Rick ventures into the Parisian streets on Bastille Day and takes in the royal pageantry in London.

12:30 TV NC SPIN 8:30 TV Wild Kratts

NC Fishing Behind

NC Market to Market the Lines 9:00 TV This Old House Back to My Roots— Charleston—Smithies Don Meissner

NC Washington Week

EX Weekends

EX Penelope Keith at with Yankee Her Majesty’s Service Quintessential Villages Windsor 1:00 TV Christopher Kimball’s 9:30 TV Ask This Old House Milk Street Television Paint Stripping/ Fridge Hookup Mexico Every Single Day

NC Song of the Mountains

NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman

J. D. Crowe & Wildfire EX Doc Martin 10:00 TV MUSE: The Arts Show Born with a Shotgun Daniel Pullen: Coastal Photographer 1:30 TV Martha Stewart’s Cooking School

NC NC SPIN Braising

EX Queen Elizabeth’s Secret Agents 2:00 TV America’s Test Kitchen from Uncover the secret state Cook’s Illustrated that helped keep Queen Elizabeth I in power for Italian Seafood Suppers more than 40 years.

NC David Holt’s State of Music 10:30 TV SciTech Now North Carolina Bryan Sutton/ Rhiannon Giddens Oyster Farm

EX Downton Abbey

NC North Carolina Season 2 on Masterpiece Bookwatch Part 6: The Spanish Flu Cindy Geary & Lahoma Romocki—Going to School 2:30 TV Cook’s Country 13 SUNDAY in Black & White The Devil Made Me Do It 6 AM TV Nature Cat

NC David Holt’s 11:00 TV North Carolina

NC Closer to Truth State of Music Bookwatch How did the Universe Begin? Cindy Geary & Lahoma Josh Goforth/

EX History Detectives The Branchettes Romocki—Going to School Clint Black’s Early 20th in Black & White 3:00 TV Sara’s Century Wanted Posters Weeknight Meals NC Articulate 6:30 TV Wild Kratts with Jim Cotter Fan Fare

NC Education Matters

NC Kate Rum, Cigars & Mozart 7:00 TV Ready Jet Go! DV Jarrod Spector/Kelli Barrett

EX Secrets of

NC Truth About Money Great British Castles 3:30 TV Lidia’s Kitchen with Ric Edelman Gnocchi Lancaster Castle

EX Globe Trekker 4:00 TV Mexico— 11:30 TV Black Issues Forum Food Hour: Ireland One Plate at a Time Untangling Your DNA 7:30 TV Bob the Builder DV with Rick Bayless

NC MUSE: The Arts Show

NC Consuelo Mack A Place of Deeply Acorn Drop WealthTrack

NC First in Future Noon TV FRONT ROW 8:00 TV Curious George with Marc Rotterman

EX Father Brown

NC Carolina The Crackpot of the Empire

NC Carolina Business Review Outdoor Journal 4:30 TV Pati’s Mexican Table

EX Finding Your Roots Mexamericana Beetle Spin Approach Children of the Revolu NC Situation Report

EX Joseph Rosendo’s tion with Lupita Nyong’o, Travelscope 5:00 TV Washington Week Carmelo Anthony NC PBS NewsHour Taiwan’s Penghu Islands DV & Ana Navarro Weekend 12­ | May

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EX Midsomer Murders Shot at Dawn, Part 2 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour Weekend

NC BBC Newsnight 6 PM TV Doc Martin The Admirer

NC Black Issues Forum Untangling Your DNA

EX Evening with Lucia Micarelli The violin virtuoso performs classical, jazz, traditional fiddle and Americana music.

6:30 NC Black America #BlackPerspectivesMatter with Tonya Pinkins 7:00 TV A Place To Call Home

Somewhere Beyond the Sea

NC Locked Out: The Fall of Massive Resistance Explore Virginia’s refusal to allow black students into public schools in 1958.

7:30 EX André Rieu: Waltzing Forever Enjoy enchanting music in a stunning medieval town square in the Netherlands.

8:00 TV Little Women on Masterpiece Series Premiere! Part 1 Emily Watson, Michael Gambon, Angela Lansbury lead the cast in this faithful, all-new adaptation!

NC Voices of North Carolina NCSU professor Dr. Walt Wolfram examines our state’s diverse dialects.

9:00 NC Carolina Brogue Take a lively tour of the dialect and culture of NC’s Outer Banks.

EX Great Performances Hitman: David Foster & Friends Celine Dion, Josh Groban and other top performers celebrate the legendary producer.

TV Unforgotten Season 2 on Masterpiece Episode 3 Tessa, Sara, Colin and Marion each have a motive—but also alibis. DV 9:30 NC Indian by Birth The Lumbee Dialect 10:00 NC Bare Feet with Mickela Mallozzi The Lumbee Dance of the Spring Moon DV 10:30 NC Equitrekking Carolinas Explore some of the 100 miles of Appalachian trails surrounding the Biltmore Equestrian Center.

TV Vicious Freddie and Stuart expect a long-awaited guest at their awkward and eventful anniversary party.

1:00 TV EastEnders 1

NC Our State Tweetsie/Silver Lining/ Brasstown Dancers

EX National Park Symphony—The Mighty Five Celebrate the majesty of Utah’s five national parks set to glorious music from the Utah Symphony.

11:30 TV EastEnders

NC MUSE: The Arts Show Photographer Watson Brown

14 MONDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour

NC BBC World News America

EX Secrets of Great British Castles Lancaster Castle 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report

NC PBS NewsHour

EX Rick Steves’ Europe Sevilla 7:30 TV A Chef’s Life Turnips—The Roots

EX Samantha Brown’s Places To Love Ireland’s Northwest Coast 8:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Newport, Part 1

NC Exploring North Carolina Water in NC: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow, Part 3

EX Downton Abbey Season 2 on Masterpiece Part 7: Christmas Finale 8:30 NC Exploring North Carolina NC’s Other Ocean 9:00 TV REEL SOUTH See the Keepers Witness the complexity of caring for animals in captivity at the Memphis Zoo.

NC Expeditions with Patrick McMillan California—Hope, Survival & Resilience 9:30 NC SciTech Now North Carolina Gravity Games 10:00 TV REEL SOUTH Red Wolf Revival The fate of wild red wolves hinges on significant biological, cultural and economic challenges.

NC NOVA Wonders Are We Alone? Hunt for life, with telescopes, probes and robots, on worlds near and far.

EX Royal Wedding Watch Series Premiere! Part 1: A Wedding Is Announced Get the latest news from the heart of London counting down to the wedding of the decade!

10:30 TV REEL SOUTH Can’t Stop the Water Isle de Jean Charles, LA, and the Native American community fight to save its culture.

11:00 TV Amanpour on PBS

NC PBS NewsHour

EX History Detectives Clint Black’s Early 20th Century Wanted Posters 11:30 TV BBC World News

15 TUESDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour

NC BBC World News America

EX Taste of Louisiana with Chef John Folse & Co. Fishing Tournaments— Grand Isle, LA 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report

EX Joanne Weir’s Plates & Places Taste of Alsace 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report

NC PBS NewsHour

EX Rick Steves’ Europe North Wales: Feisty & Poetic 7:30 TV Flavor, NC Vineyards: Elkin Creek, Carolina Heritage, Burntshirt

EX Rudy Maxa’s World Tahiti & Bora Bora 8:00 TV Civilizations Renaissances Explore the connections and rivalries between Renaissance Italy and the Islamic empires.

NC North Carolina Bookwatch Mark de Castrique— Hidden Scars

EX Penelope Keith at Her Majesty’s Service Inveraray & Holyroodhouse 8:30 NC First in Future 9:00 TV Genius by Stephen Hawking What Are We?

NC MUSE: The Arts Show A Little Weather: Hand Weaving by Jessica Green

EX Queen Elizabeth’s Secret Agents Elizabeth’s enemies grow in strength, but her spymaster Robert Cecil also fights an enemy within.

9:30 NC Poetry in America Fast Break—Edward Hirsch May | 13

evening&weekend listings 10:00 TV Genius by Stephen Hawking Where Are We?

NC Articulate with Jim Cotter Scents & Sensibility

EX Royal Wedding Watch Part 2: What to Wear Join historian Lucy Worsley for royal wedding fashions.

10:30 NC Make48 The top three products begin their long journey to the marketplace.

First stop, redesign.

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 The Brazilian State of Ceará

16 WEDNESDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour

NC BBC World News America

EX Precision: The Measure of All Things Heat, Light & Electricity 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report

NC PBS NewsHour

EX Rick Steves’ Europe Edinburgh 7:30 TV SciTech Now North Carolina Gravity Games

EX Born To Explore with Richard Wiese South Africa: Turtles & Tsongas 8:00 TV Nature Super Hummingbirds See this fast-paced world through high-speed camerawork and breakthrough science. DV

NC REEL SOUTH 62 Days Follow a family’s journey, from tragedy to activism, fighting laws that restrict or deny a pregnant woman’s end-of-life decisions.

EX Joanne Weir’s Plates & Places The Greek Kitchen 8:30 NC REEL SOUTH Driven Blind A champion drag racer struggles to adapt after being blinded in a racing accident.

EX Mike Colameco’s Real Food Peru, Part 2

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9:00 TV NOVA Wonders Can We Build a Brain?

Advances in artificial intelligence are explored. Are we handing over too much power to machines?

NC 4 Wheel Bob Meet the first wheelchair hiker to cross California’s 11,845 foot Kearsarge Pass.

EX Two for the Road Cambodia 8:30 TV Exploring North Carolina New! Tom Earnhardt debuts an exciting episode.

NC Cooking 80/20 with Robin Shea Cooking with Chef Chris Perry DV

EX Travels with Darley

EX How To Cook Well Belgium: Brussels & Beyond with Rory O’Connell 9:00 TV North Carolina Baked Dover Sole on the Weekend Bone with Bretonne Sauce NC A Chef’s Life 9:30 EX Kevin Belton’s Strawberry Stay at Home New Orleans Kitchen

EX Burt Wolf: St. Joseph’s Day Travels & Traditions 10:00 TV Brain’s Way Making a Restaurant, Part 1 of Healing 9:30 TV My Home, NC A new kind of medicine Courage of Chris Rosati/ combines cutting edge Salem Street Drum Company/ Western brain science and Highland Brewing/Villa Eastern holistic insights.

Verde/Hospital to Home

NC Hawking

NC Moveable Feast Explore the life of Stephen with Fine Cooking Hawking, one of the Charleston, SC—Sean Brock most remarkable minds & Benjamin “B.J.” Dennis of the modern age.

EX Weekends

EX Royal Wedding Watch with Yankee Part 3: Ceremony Explore Labors of Love the traditions at the heart 10:00 TV REEL SOUTH of a royal wedding.

See the Keepers Consider 11:00 TV Amanpour on PBS the complexity of caring

NC PBS NewsHour for animals in captivity

EX Two for the Road at the Memphis Zoo. Cambodia

NC North Carolina 11:30 TV BBC World News Weekend

EX Travels with Darley

EX Royal Wedding Watch Finger Lakes & Part 4: How To Celebrate Monongahela Forests Learn about everything from the cake to the carriage procession.

17 THURSDAY 10:30 NC My Home, NC 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour Endurance Seafood/Con NC BBC World News nor Stroud/Kings BBQ/ America FARM Café/The Avett

EX Christopher Kimball’s Brothers’ Joe Kwon Milk Street Television 11:00 TV Amanpour on PBS Simply Spanish

NC PBS NewsHour 6:30 NC Nightly

EX Joseph Rosendo’s Business Report Travelscope

EX New Orleans Cooking Ontario’s Central Counties— with Kevin Belton Multicultural Advent DV Down Home 11:30 TV BBC World News 7:00 TV Nightly

EX In the Americas Business Report with David Yetman

NC PBS NewsHour Day of the Dead:

EX Rick Steves’ Europe A Mexican Celebration Naples & Pompeii 7:30 TV Our State 18 FRIDAY Weaverville/Pumpkin Delights/Stickbuilt 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour

EX Rudy Maxa’s World

NC BBC World News The Islands of Polynesia America 8:00 TV MUSE: The Arts Show EX Taste of History A Little Weather: Hand Eliza Powel’s Sinful Feast Weaving by Jessica Green 6:30 NC Nightly

NC Flavor, NC Business Report Vineyards: Dobbins Creek, Laurel Gray, Baker Buffalo Creek

visit unctv.org Discover the beautiful mind of a Hollywood star on Hedy Lamarr: American Masters, Friday, May 18, at 9 PM, on UNC-TV.

EX Royal Wedding Watch Part 1: A Wedding Is Announced Get the latest news from the heart of London counting down to the wedding of the decade!

7:00 TV Nightly Business Report

NC PBS NewsHour 7:30 TV NC SPIN

EX Royal Wedding Watch Part 2: What to Wear Join historian Lucy Worsley for royal wedding fashions.

8:00 TV Washington Week

NC North Carolina Weekend 8:30 TV FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman

NC MUSE: The Arts Show A Little Weather: Hand Weaving by Jessica Green

EX Royal Wedding Watch Episode 3: Ceremony Explore the traditions at the heart of a royal wedding.

9:00 TV Hedy Lamarr: American Masters

Premiere! Discover one of the world’s most beautiful women and an ingenious inventor. DV

NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman 9:30 NC Washington Week

EX Royal Wedding Watch Part 4: How To Celebrate Learn about everything from the cake to the carriage procession.

10:00 NC NC SPIN 10:30 TV PBS Previews: The Best of PBS Indies Sample independent documentaries, including I Am Not Your Negro, Dolores and more.

EX Royal Wedding Watch Part 5: Happily Ever After See where Harry and Meghan will reside.

NC In Principle 11:00 TV Amanpour on PBS

NC PBS NewsHour 11:30 TV BBC World News

EX New Scandinavian Cooking Norwegian Versions of Classic Recipes 10:30 TV Exploring North Carolina Fishy Science

NC Craftsman’s Legacy The Flute Maker—Duke Alumna Geri LittleJohn

EX How To Cook Well with Rory O’Connell Baked Dover Sole on the Bone with Bretonne Sauce 19 SATURDAY 11:00 TV Growing a 6 AM TV Mister Rogers’ Greener World Neighborhood DV Masters of the

NC Biographical ConverEdible Landscape sations with John Medlin NC The Woodwright’s Part 3 of 3 Shop with Roy Underhill

EX Royal Wedding Live! Try Square with See the wedding of Prince Christopher Schwarz DV Harry and Meghan Markle EX Christopher Kimball’s live. Coverage starts at Milk Street Television 4:30 AM and continues Not Your Mother’s Cake through 9:30 AM (encores 11:30 TV P. Allen Smith’s 5/20, at 8 AM).

Garden Home 6:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s Native Plants Neighborhood DV

NC The Woodwright’s 7:00 TV Sesame Street DV Shop with Roy Underhill

NC Carolina Outdoor Dutch Tool Chest with Journal Classics Christopher Schwarz DV Trophy Bluegill

EX Pati’s Mexican Table 7:30 TV Dinosaur Train DV Family Favorites

NC Carolina Noon TV Almanac Gardener Outdoor Journal Mulches: Straw vs.

Beetle Spin Approach Black Plastic 8:00 TV Pinkalicious

NC Growing a & Peterrific DV Greener World NC Exploring Growing Big Flavors North Carolina in Small Spaces Two Lakes & a Pond

EX Rudy Maxa’s World 8:30 TV Splash & Bubbles DV Kyushu

NC Exploring 12:30 TV America’s Heartland North Carolina Donated Crops for Food Invaders Among Us Programs/Farm to Fork 9:00 TV Curious George DV Cauliflower Frittata

NC North Carolina

NC Almanac Gardener Weekend Caring for Orchids/

EX Italy’s Mystery Growing Fall Collards Mountains

EX In the Americas Geologists working near with David Yetman Bologna and Mt. Etna The Brazilian State of Ceará explore the creation of the 1:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Italian peninsula. DV Newport, Part 1 9:30 TV Nature Cat

NC Exploring

NC Our State North Carolina Lighter than Air/Mrs. Hanes’ Water in NC: Yesterday, Moravian Cookies Today & Tomorrow, Part 3

EX New Scandinavian

EX Rick Steves’ Cooking Europe Travel Skills A Traveller’s Bite Get practical advice for 10:00 TV North Carolina a fun, affordable and Weekend culturally broadening trip.

NC MUSE: The Arts Show Best of North Carolina Arts: Hobey Ford, Jim McDowell & ADF Dancers May | 15

evening&weekend listings 1:30 NC Exploring North Carolina Water in NC: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow, Part 4 2:00 TV Rick Steves’ Europe

Italy’s Amalfi Coast

NC First in Future 2:30 TV Travelscope New Brunswick, Canada

NC Age Wise How to Age in Place See ways to remain independent, including design features and community programs.

3:00 TV Craftsman’s Legacy The Saddle Maker

NC Situation Report

EX Rick Steves Special A Symphonic Journey Take a musical journey through seven European countries with the Cascade Symphony Orchestra.

3:30 TV American Woodshop Decorative Turnings

NC Comic Culture Paulo Rivera (Marvel, DC) 4:00 TV The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill Carved Oak Desk Box DV

NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman 4:30 TV This Old House Charleston—Rainbow Row

NC NC SPIN

EX British Beat Rare archival performance films are mixed with new live performances of 1960s British Invasion hits.

5:00 TV Carolina Outdoor Journal Caddis Hatch Trout

NC PBS NewsHour Weekend 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour Weekend

NC Washington Week 6 PM TV Lawrence Welk Show Childhood Memories (1972)

NC Fiddler’s Grove: A Celebration of Old-Time Music Join pickers, singers and dancers for more than 40 traditional tunes at the 1994 Fiddler’s Grove Festival.

6:30 EX 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.

7:00 TV As Time Goes By The Book Signing

NC Woodsongs McLain Family Band 7:30 TV As Time Goes By We’ll Always Have Paris

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8:00 TV Midsomer Murders The Silent Land An unpopular village librarian turns up dead during a spooky ghost tour.

NC Song of the Mountains Emi Sunshine/ETSU Bluegrass Pride Band 8:50 TV My Home, NC—Shorts Newton Grove Drug Store 9:00 TV Doctor Blake Mysteries For Whom the Bell Tolls

NC David Holt’s State of Music Bruce Molsky/Balsam Range

EX Concert for George Celebrate George Harrison’s life in this 2002 memorial concert with Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, Tom Petty and more musical legends.

9:30 NC David Holt’s State of Music Steep Canyon Rangers 10:00 TV Death in Paradise Written in Murder

NC Kate Jimmy Webb with Ashley Campbell 11:00 TV Tunnel: Sabotage Karl and Elise try get to Vanessa in time.

NC Austin City Limits Zac Brown Band 11:30 EX Rick Steves’ Tasty Europe Food is a prime ingredient in what defines cultures all across Europe. DV

20 SUNDAY 6 AM TV Nature Cat

NC Closer to Truth Is the Universe Theologically Ambiguous?

EX History Detectives Tattered Red Fabric & Pivotal Civil War Moment 6:30 TV Wild Kratts

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

NC Truth About Money with Ric Edelman

EX Globe Trekker Hawaii 7:30 TV Bob the Builder DV

NC Consuelo Mack WealthTrack 8:00 TV Curious George

NC Carolina Business Review

EX Royal Wedding Live!

Relive the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle (complete coverage through 1 PM).

8:30 TV Wild Kratts

NC Market to Market

9:00 TV This Old House Charleston—Rainbow Row

NC Washington Week 9:30 TV Ask This Old House Reface Fireplace/ Kitchen Faucet

NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman 10:00 TV MUSE: The Arts Show A Little Weather: Hand Weaving by Jessica Green

NC NC SPIN 10:30 TV SciTech Now North Carolina Gravity Games

NC North Carolina Bookwatch Mark de Castrique— Hidden Scars 11:00 TV North Carolina Bookwatch Mark de Castrique— Hidden Scars

NC Articulate with Jim Cotter Wealth, Insecurity & Partying?

11:30 TV Black Issues Forum Science of Race

NC MUSE: The Arts Show Daniel Pullen: Coastal Photographer Noon TV FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman

NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Tide-Driven Specs 12:30 TV NC SPIN

NC Fishing Behind the Lines A Taste of the Wild— Wild Bill Locie 1:00 TV Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television Milk Street Suppers

NC Song of the Mountains Emi Sunshine/ETSU Bluegrass Pride Band

EX Doc Martin Mother Knows Best 1:30 TV Martha Stewart’s Cooking School Rice 2:00 TV America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated Mexican Dinner Party

NC David Holt’s State of Music Bruce Molsky/Balsam Range

EX Downton Abbey Season 2 on Masterpiece Part 7: Christmas Finale 2:30 TV Cook’s Country Latin Heat

NC David Holt’s State of Music Steep Canyon Rangers 3:00 TV Sara’s Weeknight Meals Mideast Meets West

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Visit Austin’s famed Broken Spoke on REEL SOUTH Honky Tonk Heaven, Monday, May 21, at 9 PM, on UNC-TV.

NC Kate Jimmy Webb with Ashley Campbell 3:30 TV Lidia’s Kitchen Cooking with Wine 4:00 TV Mexico— One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless Chocolate Dreams, Cacao Fantasies

NC First in Future

EX Father Brown The Daughter of Autolycus 4:30 TV Pati’s Mexican Table Cooking with the Fans

NC Situation Report 5:00 TV Washington Week

NC PBS NewsHour Weekend

EX Midsomer Murders Left for Dead, Part 1 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour Weekend

NC BBC Newsnight 6 PM TV Doc Martin The Holly Bears a Prickle

NC Black Issues Forum Science of Race

EX Rock, Rhythm & Doo Wop Frankie Valli hosts performances by Little Richard, The Five Satins and more music legends.

6:30 NC Black America Documenting Our Existence in Photography with Deborah Willis 7:00 TV A Place To Call Home Too Old To Dream Sarah makes a difficult decision.

NC 1964: The Fight for a Right Examine the struggles of African-American citizens in 1960s Mississippi fighting for the right to vote.

8:00 TV Little Women on Masterpiece Part 2

NC North Carolina’s Mountain Treasures Celebrate the cultural richness of our state’s mountain areas.

EX ‘60s Pop, Rock & Soul Peter Noone (Herman’s Hermits) and the late Davy Jones (The Monkees) host hot hits from Paul Revere & The Raiders, Gary Lewis & The Playboys, The Kingsmen, The Ventures, Question Mark & The Mysterians and more!

8:30 NC Old Salem: Keeping the Faith Explore the Moravians and their community in Winston-Salem.

9:30 NC Outer Banks: North Carolina’s Coastal Treasure David Holt visits Ocracoke Island, the Currituck Beach Lighthouse, the Wright Brothers National Memorial and a state aquarium.

10:00 EX Rhythm, Love & Soul Join such legends of R&B, Motown and soul as Aretha Franklin, Gloria Gaynor and The Manhattans.

TV Royal Wives at War Dramatic monologues by the Queen Mother and Wallis Simpson highlight the abdication crisis of 1936.

NC Lumina: Remembering the Light Discover a legendary, long-lost site for fun summer memories at Wrightsville Beach.

11:00 TV EastEnders

NC Our State Elizabeth City/Window Dressing/Pines and Needles 11:30 TV EastEnders

NC MUSE: The Arts Show Berlin & Back Again: UNCSA Film Students

6 PM TV PBS NewsHour

NC BBC World News America

EX Secrets of Great British Castles Leeds Castle 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report

NC PBS NewsHour

EX Rick Steves’ Europe

Italy’s Amalfi Coast 7:30 TV A Chef’s Life Turnips—The Greens

EX Samantha Brown’s Places To Love Orange County, California 8:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Newport, Part 2

NC Exploring North Carolina Water in NC: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow, Part 4

EX Downton Abbey Season 3 on Masterpiece Part 1: Wedding Festivities & Foibles 8:30 NC Exploring North Carolina Giving Nature a Hand 9:00 TV REEL SOUTH Honky Tonk Heaven Take a toe-tapping tour of a legendary Texas dancehall— Austin’s Broken Spoke.

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