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evening&weekend listings 1 SATURDAY 6 AM TV Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood DV NC Biographical Conversations with Eva Clayton Part 2 of 3 EX Carolina Outdoor Journal Tide Driven Specs 6:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV EX Carolina Outdoor Journal Classics Transition Bass 7:00 TV Sesame Street DV NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Classics September Doves EX Exploring North Carolina Water in NC: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow, Part 1 7:30 TV Dinosaur Train DV NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Beetle Spin Approach EX Exploring North Carolina Water in NC: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow, Part 2 8:00 TV Pinkalicious & Peterrific DV NC Exploring North Carolina Living Collections EX North Carolina Weekend Deborah Holt Noel shows what’s up this weekend. 8:30 TV Splash & Bubbles DV NC Exploring North Carolina Cafeteria Line EX Articulate with Jim Cotter Ricky Reed, Danzy Senna & Donn T. 9:00 TV Curious George DV NC North Carolina Weekend EX Great British Baking Show Biscuits 9:30 TV Nature Cat NC Our State Clocks/Ferries/Parades 10:00 TV North Carolina Weekend NC Muse: The Arts Show ADF Dancers EX New Scandinavian Cooking Flavor of Roasted Coffee 10:30 TV Ecosense for Living Ocean Health— Tales of Recovery NC A Craftsman’s Legacy The Cowboy Hat Maker EX How To Cook Well with Rory O’Connell Pumpkin Soup 4 | September
Pick the season premiere of Growing a Greener World, Saturday, September 1, at 11 AM, on UNC-TV.
11:00 TV Growing a Greener World Season Premiere! Changing the Way America Eats NC The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill Holly Wood Spectaculars DV
EX Yan Can Cook: Spice Kingdom Fine Art, Fine Food 11:30 TV P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home Sensory Experiences NC The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill The Roubo Bookstand DV EX Lidia’s Kitchen Spiced Up Soup & Salad Night Noon TV Garden SMART The Latest in Hardscape Materials & Installation NC Growing a Greener World In Susan’s Garden: A Backyard Habitat in Harmony EX Smart Travels— Europe with Rudy Maxa Amsterdam & the Netherlands 12:30 TV America’s Heartland Season Premiere! Sunflower Seed Snacks/Building a Better Tomato NC Almanac Gardener Mulches: Straw Vs. Black Plastic/Growing Heirloom EX In the Americas with David Yetman Ice, Rock & Water: The Sierra Nevada 1:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Austin, Part 1 NC Exploring North Carolina Man & Mammoth in the Carolinas EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Adventures in California’s Tri-Valley DV
1:30 NC Exploring North Carolina 10,000 Years Before Contact EX Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions Basking with the Basques 2:00 TV Rick Steves’ Europe Greece’s Peloponnese NC First in Future Dr. Robin Cummings EX Antiques Roadshow Vintage San Francisco 2:30 TV Travelscope Chile—From Seaside to Mountaintop DV NC Growing Bolder The Magic of Mentoring 3:00 TV A Craftsman’s Legacy The Medieval Armormaker NC Situation Report Jeff Smith discusses topics and issues around the military and veterans. EX Finding Your Roots Southern Roots with Questlove, Dr. Phil & Charlayne Hunter-Gault 3:30 TV Rough Cut with Fine Woodworking Cherry Shaker Oval Boxes NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover The brightest minds and freshest voices debate challenges facing our nation. 4:00 TV The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill The Roubo Bookstand DV NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman The political analyst and his guests discuss public affairs and policy issues. EX History Detectives WWII POW Portrait Artist 4:30 TV This Old House Graduation Day NC NC SPIN Join Tom Campbell and his guests for informative, balanced discourse. 5:00 TV Carolina Outdoor Journal Season Premiere! Deep Water Bass NC PBS NewsHour Weekend Gain insights about the week’s issues. EX Life Plants 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour Weekend NC Washington Week Leading journalists analyze major news and events. 5:50 EX North Carolina Weekend—Shorts Fun at the Zoo 6 PM TV Lawrence Welk Show Songs from the Movies (1980)
visit unctv.org NC Classic Gospel The Hoppers Honor the First Families of Gospel EX Crossing South Tijuana: Tacos, Horses, Beer & Soccer 6:30 EX Crossing South Rosarito: Bike Race/GoCarts/R/C Airplanes & Food 7:00 TV As Time Goes By Lionel’s Ex-Wife NC Songs at the Center J. Scott Franklin, Eric Gnezda with Arkadiy Gips, Mary Bragg & Tracy Walker EX Wonders of Mexico Forests of the Maya 7:30 TV As Time Goes By Lionel’s New Hobby NC Live at the Charleston Music Hall Sister Hazel 8:00 TV Midsomer Murders Tainted Fruit, Part 2 NC Song of the Mountains Webb Wilder/ Sherman Holmes EX Great Performances Havana Time Machine 8:50 TV My Home, NC—Shorts North Carolina Ninja 9:00 TV Tunnel: Vengeance A boat carrying child refugees is torched in the middle of the Channel. NC Songs at the Center Christon Gray/ Whetherman/Danika Holmes with Jeb Hart EX International Jazz Day from Cuba World-renowned artists perform in Havana. 9:30 NC Sun Studio Sessions Lucero 10:00 TV Shetland Perez and team probe an old murder and a new one. NC Music City Roots Live from the Factory Chessboxer/Carrie Rodriguez/Jim Lauderdale EX Eternal Cuba with Enrique Chía Celebrate the culture and character of the country. 11:00 TV Coroner Dirty Dancing
Jimmy Perez returns to shed light on Shetland evils, starting Saturday, September 1, at 10 PM, on UNC-TV.
9:30 TV Ask This Old House Rain Chain, Vanity Installation NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman EX Lost LA Borderlands 10:00 TV Exploring North Carolina Long Parks NC NC SPIN EX Great Museums: Elevated Thinking— The High Line in New York City Explore this uniquely Will Laura and Karl’s optimism captivating park. continue? Find out as Tunnel: 10:30 TV My Home, NC Vengeance premieres Saturday, Salisbury’s Cheerwine September 1, at 9 PM, on UNC-TV. 100th/Boone’s Piano Man/ Wilkesboro’s Summerville/ NC Austin City Limits Chapel Hill’s Sunrise Biscuit Run the Jewels Kitchen/Winston Salem’s EX Wonders of Mexico NC Ninja/Nags Head’s Forests of the Maya Historic Beach Cottages 11:50 TV North Carolina NC North Carolina Weekend—Shorts Bookwatch FARM Café Daniel Wallace— Extraordinary Adventures 2 SUNDAY 11:00 TV North Carolina Bookwatch 6 AM TV Nature Cat Daniel Wallace— NC Closer to Truth Extraordinary Adventures Is the Multiverse Real? NC Articulate EX History Detectives with Jim Cotter WWII POW Portrait Artist Joyce DiDonato & 6:30 TV Wild Kratts Kenneth Goldsmith NC Education Matters EX Hudson River School: Learn about key issues Artistic Pioneers affecting education in NC. Delve into this artistic 7:00 TV Ready Jet Go! DV movement. NC Firing Line with 11:30 TV Black Issues Forum Margaret Hoover Black Wall Street EX Antiques Roadshow Homecoming Vintage San Francisco NC Muse: The Arts Show 7:30 TV Bob the Builder DV Painter & Sculptor NC Consuelo Mack Cher Shaffer WealthTrack Noon TV FRONT ROW Get advice for managing with Marc Rotterman investments. NC Carolina 8:00 TV Curious George Outdoor Journal NC Carolina Tide Driven Specs Business Review EX Travelscope Chris William and his guests St. Vincent & the Grenadiscuss business news. dines—Close to Home DV EX Genealogy Roadshow 12:30 TV NC SPIN New Orleans— NC Legends of Airpower Board of Trade General Henry Harley Arnold 8:30 TV Wild Kratts EX Burt Wolf: NC Market to Market Travels & Traditions Get solid reporting and Kansas City analyses about agriculture and commodities markets. 1:00 TV Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television 9:00 TV This Old House Milk Street Suppers Graduation Day NC Song of the Mountains NC Washington Week Webb Wilder/ EX America from Sherman Holmes the Ground Up EX Doc Martin Revolution 1775-1783 Control-Alt-Delete Dig into the archaeo 1:30 TV Martha Bakes logical sites that tell the Scandinavian Cookies real story of America’s War for Independence. September | 5
evening&weekend listings 2:00 TV America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated Pub-Style Favorites, Revisited NC Songs at the Center Christon Gray/ Whetherman/Danika Holmes with Jeb Hart EX Dancing on the Edge Stanley charts the ascent of the Louis Lester Band. 2:30 TV Cook’s Country Ultimate Comfort Foods NC Sun Studio Sessions Lucero 3:00 TV Sara’s Weeknight Meals One Pan Wonder NC Music City Roots Live from the Factory Chessboxer/Carrie Rodriguez/Jim Lauderdale EX Dancing on the Edge The band takes a train ride to a picnic. 3:30 TV Lidia’s Kitchen More Italian American Favorites 4:00 TV Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Kitchen Pecans—Louisiana’s Favorite Nut NC First in Future Dr. Robin Cummings EX Father Brown The Smallest of Things 4:30 TV Yan Can Cook: Spice Kingdom Small Bites NC Situation Report 5:00 TV Washington Week NC PBS NewsHour Weekend EX Midsomer Murders Secrets & Spies 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour Weekend NC BBC Newsnight Get comprehensive coverage of international news & current events. 6 PM TV Doc Martin Ever After NC Black Issues Forum Black Wall Street Homecoming EX Eternal Cuba with Enrique Chía Celebrate the country’s culture and character. 6:30 NC Black America Women & Depression with Benilde Little 7:00 TV A Place To Call Home Where Will the Baby’s Dimple Be? NC An Evening with Eric Holder Meet the former US Attorney General. DV 6 | September
EX International Jazz Day from Cuba World-renowned artists perform in Havana. 8:00 TV Poldark Season 3 on Masterpiece Episode 6 Rev. Whitworth puts Morwenna through the tortures of the damned. NC Mark Twain’s Journey to Jerusalem: Dreamland Retrace the cub reporter’s bold adventure. EX Nature India’s Wandering Lions DV 9:00 TV Sherlock Season 4 on Masterpiece The Final Problem DV NC Mark Twain Part 1 Journey through Sam Clemens’ early days. DV EX David Attenborough’s Natural Curiosities Curious Feeders 9:30 EX Changing Seas The Fate of Carbon 10:00 EX Life Primates 11:00 TV EastEnders NC Mark Twain’s Journey to Jerusalem: Dreamland Retrace the cub reporter’s bold adventure. EX Antiques Roadshow Vintage San Francisco 11:30 TV EastEnders
3 MONDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour Get in-depth analyses of current events. NC BBC World News America Katty Kay shares unique global perspectives. EX Hudson River School: Artistic Pioneers Explore this artistic movement. 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report Seasoned reporters review financial news. 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 Gone Clamming, Part 2 EX Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions St. Augustine, Florida 8:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Austin, Part 3 NC Exploring North Carolina Art in the Wild
EX Downton Abbey Season 6 on Masterpiece Episode 1—Changes Afoot DV
8:30 NC Exploring North Carolina Nature’s Classroom 9:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Bismarck, Part 1 NC My Home, NC Salisbury’s Cheerwine 100th/Boone’s Piano Man/ Wilkesboro’s Summerville/ Chapel Hill’s Sunrise Biscuit Kitchen/Winston-Salem’s NC Ninja/Nags Head’s Historic Beach Cottages EX Downton Abbey Season 6 on Masterpiece Episode 2—Troubles DV 9:30 NC SciTech Now North Carolina At Water’s Edge 10:00 TV POV Voices of the Sea Longing for a better life, a Cuban mother of four is desperate to leave the country. NC NOVA The Origami Revolution Scientists uncover the power of folding as the art reshapes our world. EX Midsomer Murders Birds of Prey, Part 1 10:50 EX My Home, NC—Shorts Frisco UFO 11:00 NC PBS NewsHour EX History Detectives WWII POW Portrait Artist 11:30 TV BBC World News Get comprehensive coverage of international news and current events.
4 TUESDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Taste of Louisiana with Chef John Folse & Co. Oysters—Empire, LA 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report EX Jacques Pepin: Heart & Soul Chef in Training 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Poland Rediscovered: Krakow, Auschwitz & Warsaw 7:30 TV From the Vineyard Woodmill/Windsor Run EX Smart Travels— Europe with Rudy Maxa Four Great Cities II
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8:00 TV Mark Twain Part 2 Unlike successful Twain, inept Clemens squanders his fortunes. DV NC North Carolina Bookwatch Alex & Margaret Sartor— Dream of a House EX America from the Ground Up The Science of Archaeology 8:30 NC Invitation to World Literature The Epic of Gilgamesh DV EX Lost LA Wild West 9:00 NC Muse: The Arts Show River Hymns: Youngsville Poet EX Inside the Tube: Going Underground World’s First Deep Tube Line 9:30 NC Articulate with Jim Cotter Kenny Scharf: Here to Stay 10:00 TV Mark Twain’s Journey to Jerusalem: Dreamland Retrace the cub reporter’s bold adventure. NC InnerVIEWS with Ernie Manouse Levar Burton EX Meet the Lords Premiere! Brexit & Exit Follow larger-than-life characters in the House of Lords. 10:30 NC Arts in Context Shakespeare on the Farm A starlit farm is the intimate setting for the bard’s works. 11:00 TV Amanpour on PBS Journalist Christiane Amanpour brings global issues into focus. NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope Guatemala—The Maya of the Western Highlands DV 11:30 TV BBC World News EX In the Americas with David Yetman Colombia: Cartagena & a Hidden Palenque
5 WEDNESDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Nature India’s Wandering Lions 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour
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EX David Attenborough’s Natural Curiosities Curious Feeders 7:30 TV My Home, NC Salisbury’s Cheerwine 100th/Boone’s Piano Man/ Wilkesboro’s Summerville/ Chapel Hill’s Sunrise Biscuit Kitchen/Winston Salem’s NC Ninja/Nags Head’s Historic Beach Cottages EX Nature’s Microworlds Canada’s Coastal Forests 8:00 TV Nature Nature’s Perfect Partners
NC White Lake: Remembering the Nation’s Safest Beach This small lake town once entertained over 10,000 visitors per day. 10:30 EX Trails to Tsukiji Hamachi 11:00 TV Amanpour on PBS NC PBS NewsHour EX Seeing Canada Nunavut & Yukon 11:30 TV BBC World News EX Travels with Darley Martinique Adventures
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6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Annabel Langbein: The Free Range Cook Life’s a Picnic 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report EX Mike Colameco’s Real Food Aquavit 7:00 TV Nightly DV Business Report NC The Outer Banks NC PBS NewsHour NC’s Coastal Treasure EX Rick Steves’ Europe EX New Scandinavian Lisbon & the Algarve Cooking 7:30 TV Our State Roasted Coastal Lamb Keeper of the Vine/ & Dried Kelp A Defiant Spirit/ 8:30 EX Mike Colameco’s A Muse in Wilmington Real Food EX Smart Travels— Hundred Acres/Vic’s Europe with Rudy Maxa 8:50 NC My Home, NC—Shorts Europe Just for Fun Topsail Beach Skating Rink 8:00 TV Exploring 9:00 TV Ancient North Carolina Invisible Cities Water in NC: Yesterday, Cairo Explore Egypt’s Today & Tomorrow, Part 1 ancient treasures through NC Flavor, NC 3D scanning. Carrigan Farms, Mooresville NC The Hammocks EX Seeing Canada From private hunting camp Nunavut & Yukon to African-American beach 8:30 TV My Home, NC resort, discover one of NC’s New! Albatross Fleet/ most pristine coastal parks. Kim’s Wig Center/Love & EX How To Cook Well Chocolate/Frisco UFO with Rory O’Connell NC Cooking 80/20 Roast Cauliflower, Red Onwith Robin Shea ions, Cumin & Muhammara Onion Power 9:30 NC Lumina: EX Seeing Canada Remembering the Light PEI/New Brunswick/ Discover a legendary, Nova Scotia/Quebec long-lost site for fun 8:50 TV Muse: The Arts summer memories at Show—Shorts Wrightsville Beach. Abby the Spoon Lady EX Kevin Belton’s 9:00 TV North Carolina New Orleans Kitchen Weekend Mama’s Deserts NC A Chef’s Life 10:00 TV NOVA Don’t Tom Thumb Your Secrets of the Shining Nose at Me! Part 2 Knight Master armorers re- EX Burt Wolf: engineer, then test armor. Travels & Traditions EX Kitchen Wisdom Visiting a Great Museum of Cecilia Chiang Can Reduce Stress Last Flight Out of Shanghai DV
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evening&weekend listings 9:30 TV Great Scenic Railway Journeys Glenbrook Vintage Railway & Other New Zealand Rail Journeys NC Taste of Louisiana with Chef John Folse & Co. Garfish/Caviar— Bayou Dularge, LA EX Curious Traveler Curious Copenhagen 10:00 TV World’s Most Famous Train Ride the luxurious and romantic Venice Simplon Orient Express. NC North Carolina Weekend EX Roadtrip Nation Breaking Down Barriers Three computer science students visit Netflix HQ. 10:30 NC Our State Sand & Wood/Harper House/Puppet Masters EX Fringe Benefits Fringe Favorites— Hartford, Buffalo, Cleveland & Louisville 11:00 TV Amanpour on PBS NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope Guatemala—Seeking the Past in Tikal & Yaxha DV 11:30 TV BBC World News EX In the Americas with David Yetman Peoples of Oaxaca & the Arrival of Holy Week
7 FRIDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Dancing on the Edge Stanley charts the ascent of the Louis Lester Band. 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Dancing on the Edge The band takes a train ride to a picnic. 7:30 TV NC SPIN 8:00 TV Washington Week NC North Carolina Weekend EX A Place To Call Home Where Will the Baby’s Dimple Be? 8:30 TV FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman NC Exploring North Carolina Native Intelligence 8:50 EX North Carolina Weekend—Shorts Zoo 8 | September
Discover the art and life of Elizabeth Murray on American Masters, premiering Friday, September 7, at 9 PM, on UNC-TV.
9:00 TV Elizabeth Murray: American Masters Follow the painter’s journey from impoverished youth to artistic maverick. DV NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman EX Call the Midwife A mother abandons her children; Valerie and Magda are in a beauty contest. 9:30 NC Washington Week 10:00 TV Andrew Wyeth: American Masters Uncover the iconic artist’s complex inner life. DV NC NC SPIN EX Death in Paradise Erupting in Murder 10:30 NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 11:00 TV Amanpour on PBS NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope Williamsburg, VA— America’s Historic Triangle DV
11:30 TV BBC World News EX In the Americas with David Yetman The Brazilian State of Ceará
8 SATURDAY 6 AM TV Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood DV NC Biographical Conversations with Eva Clayton Part 3 of 3 EX Carolina Outdoor Journal Deep Water Bass 6:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV EX Carolina Outdoor Journal Classics September Doves 7:00 TV Sesame Street DV NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Classics Light Tackle Speckle Trout EX Exploring North Carolina Water in NC: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow, Part 3
7:30 TV Dinosaur Train DV NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Deep Water Bass EX Exploring North Carolina Water in NC: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow, Part 4 8:00 TV Pinkalicious & Peterrific DV NC Exploring North Carolina Water in NC: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow, Part 1 EX North Carolina Weekend 8:30 TV Splash & Bubbles DV NC My Home, NC Albatross Fleet/Kim’s Wig Center/Love & Chocolate/ Frisco UFO EX Articulate with Jim Cotter Do Lab, Cheryl Boyce Taylor & Julien Baker 8:50 NC Muse: The Arts Show—Shorts Abby the Spoon Lady 9:00 TV Curious George DV NC North Carolina Weekend EX Great British Baking Show Pâtisserie 9:30 TV Nature Cat NC Our State Great Dismal Swamp/ Elizabeth II/Bath 10:00 TV North Carolina Weekend NC Muse: The Arts Show Editorial Cartoonist Dwane Powell EX New Scandinavian Cooking Arctic Fire 10:30 TV Ecosense for Living Ocean Health— Creatures Speak NC A Craftsman’s Legacy The Spur Maker EX How To Cook Well with Rory O’Connell Roast Cauliflower, Red Onions, Cumin & Muhammara 11:00 TV Growing a Greener World For the Love of Maples, Flat Rock NC The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill Rise of the Machines! DV EX Yan Can Cook: Spice Kingdom Back to Roots 11:30 TV P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home For the Pets NC The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill Hand Plane Essentials with Chris Schwarz DV
visit unctv.org EX Lidia’s Kitchen A Special Occasion Noon TV Garden SMART Installing Plants & Trees NC Growing a Greener World The Private Garden of a Public Gardener EX Smart Travels— Europe with Rudy Maxa Copenhagen & Denmark 12:30 TV America’s Heartland Saving Historic Windmills & Rural Churches NC Almanac Gardener Growing Colorful Cut Flowers/Identifying & Control EX In the Americas with David Yetman Fiesta in the Yucatan: Maya Traditions 1:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Austin, Part 2 NC Exploring North Carolina Fire in the Land of the Longleaf Pine EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Surprising Toronto DV 1:30 NC My Home, NC Albatross Fleet/Kim’s Wig Center/Love & Chocolate/ Frisco UFO EX Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions Coming to America 1:50 NC Muse: The Arts Show—Shorts Abby the Spoon Lady 2:00 TV Rick Steves’ Europe Copenhagen NC First in Future Pearce Godwin EX Globe Trekker Road Trip: Rust Belt Highway, USA 2:30 TV Travelscope Chile—The Driest Place on Earth DV NC Growing Bolder After the Fairytale Ends, Will You Keep Growing Bolder? 3:00 TV A Craftsman’s Legacy The Sand Caster NC Situation Report EX Finding Your Roots Funny Business with Amy Schumer & Aziz Ansari 3:30 TV Rough Cut with Fine Woodworking White Oak Craftsman-Style Dining Chair NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 4:00 TV The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill Rise of the Machines! DV NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman
EX History Detectives Civil War Boundary 4:30 TV This Old House Homeowner Going the Distance NC NC SPIN 5:00 TV Carolina Outdoor Journal Surf Zone Red Drum NC PBS NewsHour Weekend EX Life Primates 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour Weekend NC Washington Week 6 PM TV Lawrence Welk Show Down on the Farm (1973) NC Classic Gospel Gaither Vocal Band: We Have This Moment EX Crossing South Ensenada: Baja 500 & Ziplines 6:30 EX Crossing South Wine Country: Valle de Guadalupe 7:00 TV As Time Goes By Avoiding the County Set NC Songs at the Center American Gypsy/Grace Adele & Keenan Wade/ Isken/David LaMotte EX Wonders of Mexico Mountain Worlds 7:30 TV As Time Goes By Broadcast Plans NC Live at the Charleston Music Hall Toad the Wet Sprocket 8:00 TV Midsomer Murders Ring Out Your Dead, Part 1 NC Song of the Mountains Judy Marshall/Jim Lauderdale EX Rwanda: The Royal Tour President Kagame showcases his surprising country. 8:50 TV My Home, NC—Shorts The Courage of Chris Rosati 9:00 TV Tunnel: Vengeance Karl and Elise try to decode the Pied Piper’s demands. NC Songs at the Center Cheley Tackett/Micah Kesselring/Mandy Cook EX Morocco to Timbuktu: An Arabian Adventure Follow the ancient “Salt Roads.” 9:30 NC Sun Studio Sessions Graham Winchester & The Ammunition 10:00 TV Shetland DNA testing yields a surprising result. NC Music City Roots Live from the Factory Sarah Potenza/The McCrary Sisters/Bonnie Bramlett
EX Morocco to Timbuktu: An Arabian Adventure Follow the ancient “Salt Roads.” 11:00 TV Coroner The Drop Zone NC Austin City Limits Herbie Hancock EX Wonders of Mexico Mountain Worlds
9 SUNDAY 6 AM TV Nature Cat NC Closer to Truth Critical Realism in Science & Religion? EX History Detectives Civil War Boundary 6:30 TV Wild Kratts NC Education Matters 7:00 TV Ready Jet Go! DV NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover EX Antiques Roadshow Cleveland, Part 2 7:30 TV Bob the Builder DV NC Consuelo Mack WealthTrack 8:00 TV Curious George NC Carolina Business Review EX Genealogy Roadshow New Orleans—The Cabildo 8:30 TV Wild Kratts NC Market to Market 9:00 TV This Old House Homeowner Going the Distance NC Washington Week EX America from the Ground Up The Science of Archaeology 9:30 TV Ask This Old House Lawn Care/Workshop of the Future NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman EX Lost LA Wild West 10:00 TV Exploring North Carolina Water in NC: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow, Part 1 NC NC SPIN EX Inside the Tube: Going Underground World’s First Deep Tube Line 10:30 TV My Home, NC Albatross Fleet/Kim’s Wig Center/Love & Chocolate/ Frisco UFO NC North Carolina Bookwatch Alex & Margaret Sartor 10:50 TV Muse: The Arts Show—Shorts Abby the Spoon Lady
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evening&weekend listings 11:00 TV North Carolina Bookwatch Alex & Margaret Sartor NC Articulate with Jim Cotter Ricky Reed, Danzy Senna & Donn T. EX Meet the Lords Brexit & Exit 11:30 TV Black Issues Forum Images of Black Dads in Life & Pictures NC Muse: The Arts Show Mary’s Gone Wild Noon TV FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Albacore on the Fly EX Travelscope Istanbul—At the Crossroads of History DV 12:30 TV NC SPIN NC Legends of Airpower General Charles A. Horner EX Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions Guatemala, Part 1 1:00 TV Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television Home Cooking in Taiwan NC Song of the Mountains Judy Marshall/ Jim Lauderdale EX Doc Martin Other People’s Children 1:30 TV Martha Bakes Cookies of Australia & New Zealand 2:00 TV America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated Grown Up Comfort Classics NC Songs at the Center Cheley Tackett/Micah Kesselring/Mandy Cook EX Dancing on the Edge Lady Cremone and the Prince of Wales invite the band to perform. 2:30 TV Cook’s Country Ballpark Classics NC Sun Studio Sessions Graham Winchester & The Ammunition 3:00 TV Sara’s Weeknight Meals Tuscan Villa Pasta NC Music City Roots Live from the Factory Sarah Potenza/The McCrary Sisters/Bonnie Bramlett EX Dancing on the Edge Louis doubts Julian’s Parisian trip story. 3:30 TV Lidia’s Kitchen Olive Oil 4:00 TV Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Kitchen Latin America Meets Nola NC First in Future Pearce Godwin 10 | September
You’ll find no small suspense on The Miniaturist on Masterpiece, premiering Sunday, September 9, at 9 PM, on UNC-TV.
EX Father Brown The Crimson Feather 4:30 TV Yan Can Cook: Spice Kingdom Rising Stars NC Situation Report 5:00 TV Washington Week NC PBS NewsHour Weekend EX Midsomer Murders The Glitch 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour Weekend NC BBC Newsnight 6 PM TV Doc Martin Rescue Me NC Black Issues Forum Images of Black Dads in Life & Pictures EX Morocco to Timbuktu: An Arabian Adventure Follow the ancient “Salt Roads.” 6:30 NC Black America Alzheimer’s with Dan Gasby & B. Smith 7:00 TV A Place To Call Home And the Blind Shall See NC Am Evening with Sheila Johnson Meet this classically trained violinist, entrepreneur and philanthropist. DV EX Morocco to Timbuktu: An Arabian Adventure Follow the ancient “Salt Roads.” 8:00 TV Poldark Season 3 on Masterpiece Episode 7 George triumphs, but his relationship with Elizabeth crashes. NC The Great American Read Launch EX Nature Nature’s Perfect Partners DV
9:00 TV The Miniaturist on Masterpiece Premiere! Nella marries to save her family, but is her husband all she imagined?
EX David Attenborough’s Natural Curiosities Curious Cures 9:30 EX Changing Seas Majestic Mantas 10:00 TV My Mother & Other Strangers on Masterpiece Part 1 Emma’s date incites an international incident. NC Mark Twain Part 2 Unlike successful Twain, inept Clemens squanders his fortunes. DV EX Doing the Reptile Rumba from the Rainforest of Ranomafana A herpetologist turned his reptilian fascination into a teaching career. 11:00 TV EastEnders EX Globe Trekker Tough Trains: Vietnam 11:30 TV EastEnders
10 MONDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Meet the Lords Brexit & Exit 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 What’s Your Beef? EX Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions Have a Healthy Trip 8:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Bismarck, Part 2 NC Exploring North Carolina Maine to Florida in 1 Day EX Downton Abbey Season 6 on Masterpiece Episode 3—Wedding Dress Drama DV
visit unctv.org 8:30 NC Exploring North Carolina Knowing Your Estate (Your State Parks that Is) 9:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Bismarck, Part 3 NC My Home, NC Albatross Fleet/Kim’s Wig Center/Love & Chocolate/ Frisco UFO EX Downton Abbey Season 6 on Masterpiece Episode 4—Dilemmas DV 8:50 NC Muse: The Arts Show—Shorts Abby the Spoon Lady 9:30 NC SciTech Now North Carolina Moral Decisions 10:00 TV Amanpour & Company Premiere! The acclaimed journalist and top peers explore today’s topics. NC NOVA Secrets of the Shining Knight Master armorers reengineer, then test armor. EX Midsomer Murders Birds of Prey, Part 2 10:50 EX My Home, NC—Shorts Conner Stroud 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX History Detectives Civil War Boundary
11 TUESDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Taste of Louisiana with Chef John Folse & Co. Shrimp—Timbalier Bay, LA 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report EX Jacques Pepin: Heart & Soul Autumn Leaves 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe North Wales: Feisty & Poetic 7:30 TV From the Vineyard Cypress Bend/Surry Community College EX Smart Travels— Pacific Rim with Rudy Maxa Maui & Hawaii’s Big Island 8:00 TV The Great American Read Fall Kickoff The competition heats up as host Meredith Vieira searches for America’s best-loved novel.
NC North Carolina Bookwatch Ed Haag EX America from the Ground Up War of 1812 1795-1815 Investigate the archaeology of shipwrecks and forts. 8:30 NC Invitation to World Literature My Name Is Red DV EX Lost LA Building the Metropolis 9:00 TV American Masters: Margaret Mitchell— American Rebel Discover Gone With the Wind‘s Pulitzer Prize-winning author. DV NC Muse: The Arts Show Maestros: Father & Son Orchestra Conductors EX Inside the Tube: Going Underground History of the Central Line 9:30 NC Articulate with Jim Cotter The Care & Feeding of Michelle Cuevas 10:00 TV FRONTLINE TBA NC InnerVIEWS with Ernie Manouse Ed Asner EX Meet the Lords Brexit & Exit 10:30 NC Arts in Context Álante Flamenco 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope Madhya Pradesh, India— The Heart of India DV 11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman Havana: Inside the City
12 WEDNESDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Big Pacific Violent 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Edinburgh 7:30 TV My Home, NC Albatross Fleet/Kim’s Wig Center/Love & Chocolate/ Frisco UFO EX Mineral Explorers Spain
7:50 TV Muse: The Arts Show—Shorts Abby the Spoon Lady 8:00 TV Nature Wild France DV NC REEL SOUTH Shake ‘Em on Down: The Blues According to Fred McDowell EX New Scandinavian Cooking Burning Sweet Desire 8:30 EX Mike Colameco’s Real Food M Wells 9:00 TV Ancient Invisible Cities Istanbul NC REEL SOUTH Gip EX How To Cook Well with Rory O’Connell Braised Beef with Oysters & Oyster Mushrooms 9:30 EX Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Kitchen The Ubiquitous Eggplant 10:00 TV NOVA Iceman Reborn Murdered over 5,000 years ago, meet the oldest human mummy. NC Hines Farm Blues Club Take a sentimental journey in this tribute to a legendary blues mecca. EX Kitchen Wisdom of Cecilia Chiang Passing on the Wisdom DV 10:30 EX Trails to Tsukiji Explore every kind of fresh food at Tokyo’s iconic market. 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Seeing Canada PEI/New Brunswick/Nova Scotia/Quebec 11:30 EX Travels with Darley Hong Kong Urban Adventures
Get smart talk about today’s news on Amanpour & Company, Monday, September 10, at 10 PM, on UNC-TV. September | 11
evening&weekend listings 13 THURSDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Annabel Langbein: The Free Range Cook Effortless Entertaining 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report EX Mike Colameco’s Real Food Sicily, Part 1 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Naples & Pompeii 7:30 TV Our State Dirt to Shirt/Fins & Feathers EX Smart Travels— Pacific Rim with Rudy Maxa Oahu & Kauai 8:00 TV Exploring North Carolina Water in NC: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow, Part 2 NC Flavor, NC Carolina Distillery—Lenoir EX Rick Steves Special The Story of Fascism in Europe 8:30 TV My Home, NC Watson Brown/Davian Robinson/Kudzu Goat Gang NC Cooking 80/20 with Robin Shea Texas State of Mind 8:50 TV Muse: The Arts Show—Shorts Medical Wigs 9:00 TV North Carolina Weekend NC A Chef’s Life Apples EX Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions On the Road in America, Part 1 9:30 TV Great Scenic Railway Journeys The Overlander, TransCoastal & Other New Zealand Rail Journeys NC Taste of Louisiana with Chef John Folse & Co. Turtles—Lake Verret, LA EX Curious Traveler Curious Vancouver 10:00 TV Canadian Rockies by Rail See rich scenery and history of the Pacific Northwest and Canadian Rockies. NC North Carolina Weekend EX Roadtrip Nation Get the Ball Rolling Three computer science students visit DEF CON in Las Vegas. 12 | September
Celebrate compelling new stories on My Home, NC with goats and more, Thursday, September 13, at 8:30 PM, on UNC-TV.
0:30 NC Our State 1 Oak Island Light/ Hanging Rock State Park/ Heavy Metal EX Rhythm Abroad Tahiti, French Polynesia 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope Madhya Pradesh, India— India’s Rural Heart DV 11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman Ecuador: Native Peoples Meet the Oilmen
14 FRIDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Dancing on the Edge Lady Cremone and the Prince of Wales invite the band to perform. 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Dancing on the Edge Louis doubts Julian’s Parisian trip story. 7:30 TV NC SPIN 8:00 TV Washington Week NC North Carolina Weekend EX A Place To Call Home And the Blind Shall See 8:30 TV FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman NC Exploring North Carolina Highway to the Future 8:50 EX North Carolina Weekend—Shorts Saint Paul Vineyards 9:00 TV Basquiat: American Masters Discover the graffiti artist turned star of New York’s early 1980s art scene. DV
NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman EX Call the Midwife Sister Julienne navigates a complex situation with a Pakistani family. 9:30 NC Washington Week 10:00 NC NC SPIN EX Death in Paradise Secret of the Flame Tree 10:30 TV My Home, NC Watson Brown/Davian Robinson/Kudzu Goat Gang NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope Crossing the Swiss Alps DV 11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman Mexico City: 600 Years of Urban Glory
15 SATURDAY 6 AM TV Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood DV NC Biographical Conversations with Harvey Gantt Part 1 of 3 EX Carolina Outdoor Journal Surf Zone Red Drum 6:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV EX Carolina Outdoor Journal Classics Light Tackle Speckle Trout 7:00 TV Sesame Street DV NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Classics Float Trip Smallmouths EX Exploring North Carolina 7:30 TV Dinosaur Train DV NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Surf Zone Red Drum EX Exploring North Carolina
visit unctv.org 8:00 TV Pinkalicious & Peterrific DV NC Exploring North Carolina Water in NC: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow, Part 2 EX North Carolina Weekend 8:30 TV Splash & Bubbles DV NC My Home, NC Watson Brown/Davian Robinson/Kudzu Goat Gang EX Articulate with Jim Cotter Lila Downs/Heather-Dewey Hagborg/Steve Tobin/ Josh Ritter 8:50 NC Muse: The Arts Show—Shorts Medical Wigs 9:00 TV Curious George DV NC North Carolina Weekend EX Great British Baking Show 9:30 TV Nature Cat NC Our State Penland Craft School/ Spring Garden/Ivey Hayes 10:00 TV North Carolina Weekend NC Muse: The Arts Show Photographer Watson Brown EX New Scandinavian Cooking Hay Smoked Salmon 10:30 TV Ecosense for Living Great Smoky Mountains National Park & the Atlanta Coyote Project NC A Craftsman’s Legacy The Spoon Maker EX How To Cook Well with Rory O’Connell Braised Beef with Oysters & Oyster Mushrooms 11:00 TV Growing a Greener World Cemetery Gardens NC The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill Big Ash Mallet! DV EX Yan Can Cook: Spice Kingdom One Belt, One Road, One World 11:30 TV P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home Native Plants NC The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill Carving Away with Mary May DV EX Lidia’s Kitchen The Roast Noon TV Garden SMART Landscaping: From Paper to Reality NC Growing a Greener World The Compost Pedallers
EX Smart Travels— Europe with Rudy Maxa Athens & Delphi 12:30 TV America’s Heartland Turning Hardwoods into Heirloom Furniture NC Almanac Gardener Special Summer Plants at JC Raulston Arboretum EX In the Americas with David Yetman Panama: A City & a Canal 1:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Austin, Part 3 NC Exploring North Carolina Water in NC: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow, Part 1 EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Ontario’s Central Counties— Multicultural Adventures DV 1:30 NC My Home, NC Watson Brown/Davian Robinson/Kudzu Goat Gang EX Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions Nature Vs. Nurture 1:50 NC Muse: The Arts Show—Shorts Medical Wigs 2:00 TV Rick Steves’ Europe Denmark: Beyond Copenhagen NC First in Future Chris Suggs EX Globe Trekker Road Trip: Rust Belt Highway 2, USA 2:30 TV Travelscope West Virginia—Wild & Wonderful DV NC Growing Bolder It’s Not About Age; It’s About Attitude 3:00 TV A Craftsman’s Legacy The Yarn Spinner NC Situation Report EX Ultimate Restorations Cangarda: The Last American Steam Yacht 3:30 TV Rough Cut with Fine Woodworking Walnut & Butternut Table NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 4:00 TV The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill Hand Plane Essentials with Chris Schwarz DV NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman EX History Detectives Space Exploration 4:30 TV This Old House Final Touches NC NC SPIN 5:00 TV Carolina Outdoor Journal Trout Lesson: Rainbow Trout
NC PBS NewsHour Weekend EX Blue Planet The Blue Planet 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour Weekend NC Washington Week 6 PM TV Lawrence Welk Show Easy Listening (1980) NC Classic Gospel Johnny Cash Music Festival 2011 EX Crossing South Skyline, Sweets, Fair & Fancy 6:30 EX Crossing South Crooner, Tigers, Drinks & Food 7:00 TV As Time Goes By At Death’s Door NC Songs at the Center John Oates EX Wonders of Mexico Burning North 7:30 TV As Time Goes By Showered with Gifts NC Live at the Charleston Music Hall Jake Shimabakuro 8:00 TV Midsomer Murders Ring Out Your Dead, Part 2 NC Song of the Mountains Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver EX Cruising the Three Gorges Visit scenic spots along China’s Yangtze River. 8:50 TV My Home, NC—Shorts Sunrise Biscuit Kitchen 9:00 TV Tunnel: Vengeance A new Pied Piper message leads to a horrific discovery. NC Songs at the Center Peter Asher & Albert Lee EX Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions Hong Kong, Part 1 9:30 NC Sun Studio Sessions Chris Kearney & Reid Anderson EX Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions Hong Kong, Part 2 10:00 TV Shetland Airport CCTV reveals the victim met someone odd. NC Music City Roots Live from the Factory Bill & The Belles/Town Mountain/John Oates EX Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Shanghai, China 10:30 EX Samantha Brown’s Places to Love Xi’an, China 11:00 TV Coroner Perfectly Formed NC Austin City Limits Paul Simon EX Wonders of Mexico Burning North September | 13
evening&weekend listings Get the bear facts on the premiere of Animal Super Parent Going It Alone, Sunday, September 16, at 9 PM, on the Explorer Channel.
16 SUNDAY 6 AM TV Nature Cat NC Closer to Truth Why Consonance in Science & Religion? EX History Detectives Space Exploration 6:30 TV Wild Kratts NC Education Matters 7:00 TV Ready Jet Go! DV NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover EX Antiques Roadshow Cleveland, Part 3 7:30 TV Bob the Builder DV NC Consuelo Mack WealthTrack 8:00 TV Curious George NC Carolina Business Review EX Genealogy Roadshow Philadelphia—Historical Society of Pennsylvania 8:30 TV Wild Kratts NC Market to Market 9:00 TV This Old House Final Touches NC Washington Week EX America from the Ground Up War of 1812 1795-1815 Investigate the archaeology of shipwrecks and forts. 9:30 TV Ask This Old House Spitting Faucet, Painting 101 NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman EX Lost LA Building the Metropolis 10:00 TV Exploring North Carolina Water in NC: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow, Part 2 NC NC SPIN EX Inside the Tube: Going Underground History of the Central Line 10:30 TV My Home, NC Watson Brown/Davian Robinson/Kudzu Goat Gang NC North Carolina Bookwatch Ed Haag 10:50 TV Muse: The Arts Show—Shorts Medical Wigs 11:00 TV North Carolina Bookwatch Ed Haag NC Articulate with Jim Cotter Do Lab/Cheryl Boyce Taylor/Julien Baker EX Meet the Lords Rebel Lords 14 | September
11:30 TV Black Issues Forum Enhancing Black Communities & Living, Part 1 NC Muse: The Arts Show River Hymns: Youngsville Poet Noon TV FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Piedmont White Bass EX Travelscope Switzerland— Celebrating St. Moritz DV 12:30 TV NC SPIN NC Legends of Airpower Gen. Russell E. Dougherty EX Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions Guatemala, Part 2 1:00 TV Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television Quick Suppers from Madrid NC Song of the Mountains Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver EX Doc Martin Facta Non Verba 1:30 TV Martha Bakes North American Cookie 2:00 TV America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated Flavors of Thailand NC Songs at the Center Peter Asher & Albert Lee EX Dancing on the Edge Masterson wants to buy Stanley’s magazine. 2:30 TV Cook’s Country A Trip to Tar Heel Country Discover a secret recipe for NC dipped fried chicken. NC Sun Studio Sessions Chris Kearney & Reid Anderson 3:00 TV Sara’s Weeknight Meals Amalfi Lemons NC Music City Roots Live from the Factory Bill & The Belles/Town Mountain/John Oates EX Dancing on the Edge Stanley, Sarah and Pamela help Louis elude the police.
3:30 TV Lidia’s Kitchen Best of Zucchini 4:00 TV Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Kitchen Butter Up NC First in Future Chris Suggs EX Father Brown The Lepidopterist’s Companion 4:30 TV Yan Can Cook: Spice Kingdom Fine Art, Fine Food NC Situation Report 5:00 TV Washington Week NC PBS NewsHour Weekend EX Midsomer Murders The Glitch 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour Weekend NC BBC Newsnight 6 PM TV Doc Martin The Shock of the New NC Black Issues Forum Enhancing Black Communities & Living, Part 2 EX Meet the Lords Brexit & Exit 6:30 NC Black America Nobody with Marc Lamont Hill 7:00 TV A Place To Call Home Catch the Tiger NC An Evening with the Historymakers: Chicago Stories Celebrate the city’s AfricanAmerican community’s rich history and legacy. EX Penelope Keith’s Coastal Villages Isle of Wight & West Sussex 8:00 TV Poldark Season 3 on Masterpiece Episode 8 Elizabeth turns the tables on George. NC The Great American Read Fall Kickoff The competition heats up as host Meredith Vieira searches for America’s best-loved novel. EX Nature Wild France DV
visit unctv.org 9:00 TV The Miniaturist on Masterpiece Johannes makes a confession to Nella. NC Landscapes of the Heart: The Elizabeth Spencer Story See how her Southern lineage shaped this acclaimed Chapel Hill author. EX Animal Super Parents Going It Alone 10:00 TV My Mother & Other Strangers on Masterpiece Part 2 Francis goes poaching. EX Animals with Cameras: A Nature Miniseries Witness the secret lives of animals when they become the cinematographers. DV NC Uncommon Grace: The Life of Flannery O’Connor Trace the influences on the writer’s remarkable career. 11:00 TV EastEnders NC The Great American Read Fall Kickoff The competition heats up as host Meredith Vieira searches for America’s best-loved novel. EX Globe Trekker Tough Trains: India’s Independence Railroads 11:30 TV EastEnders
17 MONDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Meet the Lords Rebel Lords 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 One Potato, New Potato EX Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions Tea for Two 8:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Celebrating Latino Heritage NC Exploring North Carolina In Perfect Harmony: Fort Bragg—Woodpeckers & Parachuters EX Downton Abbey Season 6 on Masterpiece Episode 5—Deals DV
8:30 NC Exploring North Carolina In Perfect Harmony: Camp Lejeune—Leathernecks & Leatherbacks 9:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Birmingham, Part 1 NC My Home, NC Watson Brown/Davian Robinson/Kudzu Goat Gang EX Downton Abbey Season 6 on Masterpiece Episode 6—Violet’s on the Warpath DV 9:20 NC Muse: The Arts Show—Shorts Medical Wigs 9:30 NC SciTech Now North Carolina Fail Lab 10:00 TV POV 93Queen An all-female volunteer ambulance corps serves a Hasidic enclave of Brooklyn. NC NOVA Iceman Reborn Murdered over 5,000 years ago, meet the oldest human mummy. EX Midsomer Murders The Made-To-Measure Murders, Part 1 10:50 EX My Home, NC—Shorts Land of Oz 11:00 NC PBS NewsHour EX History Detectives Space Exploration 11:30 TV Amanpour & Company
18 TUESDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Taste of Louisiana with Chef John Folse & Co. Native America: Poverty Point 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report EX Jacques Pepin: Heart & Soul La Cocina Olé 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Tuscany’s Dolce Vita 7:30 TV From the Vineyard Sanctuary Vineyard/ Hanover Park EX Smart Travels— Pacific Rim with Rudy Maxa Seattle 8:00 TV The Great American Read Who Am I?
NC North Carolina Bookwatch Heather Bell Adams— Maranatha Road EX Lost LA Dream Factory 8:30 NC Invitation to World Literature Odyssey DV EX Lost LA Coded Geographies: The Negro Travelers’ Green Book & The Address Book. 9:00 TV Harper Lee: American Masters Mull the mysterious To Kill a Mockingbird author. DV NC Muse: The Arts Show Edwin Gil EX Inside the Tube: Going Underground World’s First Underground 9:30 NC Articulate with Jim Cotter Rum, Cigars & Mozart with the Havana Lyceum Orchestra & Peter Shire 10:00 NC InnerVIEWS with Ernie Manouse Constantine Maroulis EX Meet the Lords Joining the Club 10:30 TV North Carolina Bookwatch John Grisham— Camino Island NC Arts in Context Sing Me a Lullaby 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope Victoria, Australia DV 11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman Our Warming Oceans: Biosphere to Bahamas
19 WEDNESDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Big Pacific Voracious 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Italy’s Great Hill Towns 7:30 TV My Home, NC Watson Brown/Davian Robinson/Kudzu Goat Gang EX Mineral Explorers Portugal 7:50 TV Muse: The Arts Show—Shorts Medical Wigs
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evening&weekend listings 8:00 TV The Amazing Human Body Grow NC Independent Lens Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges & Universities DV EX Pati’s Mexican Table Season Premiere! Tijuana’s Culinary Revolution 8:30 EX Moveable Feast with Fine Cooking Season Premiere! Jeremiah Tower 9:00 TV The Amazing Human Body Survive EX How To Cook Well with Rory O’Connell Platter of Irish Oysters 9:30 NC Black Issues Forum Special Presentation: HBCU Legacy & Leadership EX Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Kitchen It’s Greek to Me 10:00 TV The Amazing Human Body Learn EX Mike Colameco’s Real Food Restaurant Gabriel Kreuther 10:30 NC Blackademics Television Glover/Thompson EX Trails to Tsukiji 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves Special The Story of Fascism in Europe
20 THURSDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Annabel Langbein: The Free Range Cook The Ultimate Cookout 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report EX Mike Colameco’s Real Food Sicily Part 2 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Vienna 7:30 TV Our State Hunt Library/Lockwood Folly River/One Moment, One Meeting EX Smart Travels— Pacific Rim with Rudy Maxa Vancouver & Victoria, British Columbia
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0:30 NC Our State 1 New River Adventure/The Carolina Chocolate Drops EX Rhythm Abroad Spain 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope Tasmania, Australia DV 11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman Mexico’s Sierra Pinacate
21 FRIDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News Sample a new season of Pati’s America Mexican Table, Wednesday, EX Dancing on the Edge September 19, at 8 PM, on the Masterson wants to buy Explorer Channel. Stanley’s magazine. 6:30 NC Nightly 8:00 TV Exploring Business Report North Carolina 7:00 TV Nightly Water in NC: Yesterday, Business Report Today & Tomorrow, Part 3 NC PBS NewsHour NC Flavor, NC EX Dancing on the Edge In Good Heart Farm— Stanley, Sarah and Pamela Clayton help Louis elude the police. EX Rick Steves Special: 7:30 TV NC SPIN Rome, Eternally Engaging 8:00 TV Washington Week Explore art, culture and NC North Carolina centuries of history. Weekend 8:30 TV My Home, NC EX A Place To Call Home Sam Jones’ BBQ Gospel/ Catch the Tiger Original Collard Sandwich/ 8:30 TV FRONT ROW So Good Pupusas with Marc Rotterman NC Cooking 80/20 NC Exploring with Robin Shea North Carolina Paula’s in the House! Where Rivers Are Born 8:50 TV Muse: The Arts 8:50 EX North Carolina Show—Shorts Weekend—Shorts Frank Thompson: FARM Café NC Silent Films 9:00 TV Art in the 9:00 TV North Carolina 21st Century Weekend Season Premiere! NC A Chef’s Life Johannesburg DV The Fish Episode, Y’all NC FRONT ROW EX Burt Wolf: with Marc Rotterman Travels & Traditions EX Call the Midwife On the Road in America, Lucille tries to win the Part 2 trust of a mother with a 9:30 TV Sweet Potato Tale: morbid fear of giving birth. Exporting NC’s 9:30 NC Washington Week Southern Spuds 10:00 TV Art in the Frank Graff gets the inside 21st Century scoop on this major export. Berlin DV NC Taste of Louisiana NC NC SPIN with Chef John Folse & Co. EX Death in Paradise Oysters—Empire, LA The Impossible Murder EX Curious Traveler 10:30 NC Firing Line with Curious Loire Valley Margaret Hoover 10:00 TV No Passport 11:00 TV Amanpour Required & Company Detroit NC PBS NewsHour NC North Carolina EX Travelscope Weekend Swiss Roots DV EX Roadtrip Nation 11:30 EX In the Americas The Door’s Wide Open with David Yetman Three computer science Costa Rica: Laboratory students visit MIT. of the Biosphere
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Join Robin Rhode in Johannesburg for the season premiere of Art in the 21st Century, Friday, September 21, at 9 PM, on UNC-TV.
2:30 TV America’s Heartland 1 Rodeo Riding School/ Buffalo Round-Up NC Almanac Gardener TBA EX In the Americas with David Yetman Bahia: Brazil’s African Connection 1:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Bismarck, Part 1 NC Exploring North Carolina Water in NC: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow, Part 2 EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Sault Saint Marie, Canada DV
1:30 NC My Home, NC Sam Jones’ BBQ Gospel/ 9:00 TV Curious George DV 22 SATURDAY Original Collard Sandwich/ NC North Carolina So Good Pupusas Weekend 6 AM TV Mister Rogers’ EX Burt Wolf: EX Blue Planet Neighborhood DV Travels & Traditions The Blue Planet NC Biographical Conver Women @ Work sations with Harvey Gantt 9:30 TV Nature Cat 1:50 NC Muse: The Arts NC Our State Part 2 of 3 Show—Shorts Bat Cave/Azalea Festival/ EX Carolina Frank Thompson: Airlie Gardens Outdoor Journal NC Silent Films 10:00 TV North Carolina Trout Lesson— 2:00 TV Rick Steves’ Europe Weekend Rainbow Trout NC Muse: The Arts Show Istanbul 6:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s NC First in Future Berlin & Back Again: Neighborhood DV Mebane Rash Uncsa Film Students EX Carolina Outdoor EX Globe Trekker EX New Scandinavian Journal Classics Tough Trains: The Cooking Float Trip Smallmouths Transcontinental Campfire Fish 7:00 TV Sesame Street DV Railroad, USA 10:30 TV Ecosense for Living NC Carolina Outdoor 2:30 TV Travelscope Biscayne National Park Journal Classics Austria: Celebrating & E.O. Wilson High Mountain Grouse the Vine in Vienna & NC A Craftsman’s Legacy EX Exploring the Burgenland DV The Murrini Glass Maker North Carolina NC Growing Bolder EX How To Cook Well On the Border Hope. Inspiration. with Rory O’Connell 7:30 TV Dinosaur Train DV Possibility. Platter of Irish Oysters NC Carolina 3:00 TV A Craftsman’s Legacy 11:00 TV Growing a Outdoor Journal The Puppet Maker Greener World Trout Lesson— NC Situation Report Waking up the Rainbow Trout EX Ultimate Garden Farm EX Exploring Restorations NC The Woodwright’s North Carolina The Lysander: Canada’s Shop with Roy Underhill Haw Revival Unsung Hero The airplane Dovetailed Grease Pot DV 8:00 TV Pinkalicious gets restored at Ottowa’s EX Taste of History & Peterrific DV Vintage Wings Museum. Remember Paoli NC Exploring 3:30 TV Rough Cut with 11:30 TV P. Allen Smith’s North Carolina Fine Woodworking Garden Home Water in NC: Yesterday, Shaker-Inspired Young Farmers Today & Tomorrow, Part 3 Curly Maple Table NC The Woodwright’s EX North Carolina NC Firing Line with Shop with Roy Underhill Weekend Margaret Hoover Lumberjack Fan Carving DV 8:30 TV Splash & Bubbles DV 4:00 TV The Woodwright’s EX Lidia’s Kitchen NC My Home, NC Shop with Roy Underhill Weeknight Dinner Sam Jones’ BBQ Gospel/ Big Ash Mallet! DV oon TV Garden SMART Original Collard Sandwich/ N NC FRONT ROW The Desert Can Be a So Good Pupusas with Marc Rotterman Beautiful Garden EX Articulate EX History Detectives NC Growing a with Jim Cotter Iwo Jima Map/Copperhead Greener World Jim Garland/Tank & The Cane/Theremin Urban Farm, Country Bangas/Ani DiFranco Town—The Spark in Sparta 4:30 TV This Old House 8:50 NC Muse: The Arts Move in Day EX Smart Travels— Show—Shorts NC NC SPIN Europe with Rudy Maxa Frank Thompson: Greek Islands NC Silent Films September | 17
evening&weekend listings Set sail on Great British Royal Ships, premiering Saturday, September 22, at 10 PM, on the Explorer Channel.
5:00 TV Carolina Outdoor Journal Crickets & Worms NC PBS NewsHour Weekend EX Blue Planet The Deep 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour Weekend NC Washington Week 6 PM TV Lawrence Welk Show Salute to the USA (1971) NC Classic Gospel Best of Gordon Mote EX Crossing South San Felipe & Tecate 6:30 EX Crossing South Ultralights, Baja Studios, Lobster 7:00 TV As Time Goes By The Stalker NC Songs at the Center Dianna Corcoran/Marti Dodson/ Patrick Buzzard EX Stephen Fry in Central America Mexico 7:30 TV As Time Goes By The Psychotherapist NC Live at the Charleston Music Hall Parker Millsap 8:00 TV Midsomer Murders Murder on St. Malley’s Day, Part 1 NC Song of the Mountains Bella Raye/Robert Lester/ The Band J4 EX Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railways Destination Timbuktu 8:50 TV My Home, NC—Shorts Cheerwine 9:00 TV Tunnel: Vengeance Facing a dead end in the case, Karl and Elise resort to unconventional means. NC Songs at the Center Emily Keener/Thor Platter/ Laurie Caner (Hey Mavis) EX Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railways Crossing the Baltics 9:30 NC Sun Studio Sessions Dale Watson 10:00 TV Shetland Perez and Tosh ignore Secret Service warnings. NC Music City Roots Live from the Factory Paul Burch/Nikki Lane EX Great British Royal Ships Premiere! Britannia: Secrets of the Royal Yacht 11:00 TV Coroner Those in Peril Foul play’s suspected when a lifeboat volunteer drowns. 18 | September
0:30 TV My Home, NC 1 Sam Jones’ BBQ Gospel/ Original Collard Sandwich/ So Good Pupusas NC North Carolina Bookwatch Heather Bell Adams— Maranatha Road 10:50 TV Muse: The Arts Show—Shorts Frank Thompson: NC Silent Films 11:00 TV North Carolina Bookwatch Heather Bell Adams— Maranatha Road NC Articulate with Jim Cotter Lila Downs/Heather-Dewey NC Austin City Limits Hagborg/Steve Tobin/ Miranda Lambert Josh Ritter EX Stephen Fry EX Meet the Lords in Central America Joining the Club Mexico 11:30 TV Black Issues Forum Enhancing Black Com 23 SUNDAY munities & Living, Part 2 NC Muse: The Arts Show 6 AM TV Nature Cat Maestros: Father & Son NC Closer to Truth Orchestra Conductors Does Consciousness Require a Radical Explanation? Noon TV FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman EX History Detectives NC Carolina Iwo Jima Map/Copperhead Outdoor Journal Cane/Theremin Late Season Stripers 6:30 TV Wild Kratts EX Travelscope NC Education Matters Switzerland—Scaling the 7:00 TV Ready Jet Go! DV Jungfrau Region DV NC Firing Line with 12:30 TV NC SPIN Margaret Hoover NC Legends of Airpower EX Antiques Roadshow Colonel John Glenn Austin, Part 1 EX Burt Wolf: 7:30 TV Bob the Builder DV Travels & Traditions NC Consuelo Mack Cruising the Baltic WealthTrack 1:00 TV Christopher Kimball’s 8:00 TV Curious George Milk Street Television NC Carolina Middle East Classics Business Review NC Song of the Mountains EX Genealogy Roadshow Bella Raye/Robert Lester/ Philadelphia— The Band J4 Franklin Institute EX Doc Martin 8:30 TV Wild Kratts The Doctor Is Out NC Market to Market 1:30 TV Martha Bakes 9:00 TV This Old House Cookies of Austria, Move in Day Germany & Switzerland NC Washington Week 2:00 TV America’s EX Lost LA Test Kitchen from Dream Factory Cook’s Illustrated 9:30 TV Ask This Old House How To Roast Everything Houston After Harvey NC Songs at the Center NC FRONT ROW Emily Keener/Thor Platter/ with Marc Rotterman Laurie Caner (Hey Mavis) EX Lost LA EX Dancing on the Edge Coded Geographies: The Lady Cremone becomes Negro Travelers’ Green suspicious of Masterson’s Book & The Address Book offer of such a large reward. 10:00 TV Exploring 2:30 TV Cook’s Country North Carolina New Recipes for the Grill Water in NC: Yesterday, NC Sun Studio Sessions Today & Tomorrow, Part 3 Dale Watson NC NC SPIN 3:00 TV Sara’s EX Inside the Tube: Weeknight Meals Going Underground Costa Brava Tapas World’s First Underground
visit unctv.org NC Music City Roots Live from the Factory Paul Burch/Nikki Lane EX Dancing on the Edge Stanley shares flashbacks about music and fame. 3:30 TV Lidia’s Kitchen Bolognese 4:00 TV Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Kitchen Vibrant Vietnamese NC First in Future Mebane Rash EX Father Brown The Alchemist’s Secret 4:30 TV Yan Can Cook: Spice Kingdom Back to Roots NC Situation Report 5:00 TV Washington Week NC PBS NewsHour Weekend EX Midsomer Murders Small Mercies 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour Weekend NC BBC Newsnight 6 PM TV Doc Martin It’s Good to Talk NC Black Issues Forum Enhancing Black Communities & Living, Part 2 EX Meet the Lords Rebel Lords 6:30 NC Black America Vision & Justice with Sarah Lewis 7:00 TV A Place To Call Home All Good Things NC An Evening with Valerie Jarrett Explore the life and career of a senior advisor to President Obama. EX Penelope Keith’s Coastal Villages Northumberland & Scottish Borders 8:00 TV Poldark Revealed Follow the cast and crew of the TV series Poldark on location in beautiful Cornwall. NC The Great American Read Who Am I? EX Nature Animal Reunions DV 9:00 TV The Miniaturist on Masterpiece Johannes is on trial for his life; Nella takes charge of the household. NC North Carolina Bookwatch Special NC Authors’ Fiction Workshop Clyde Edgerton hosts a conversation with Lee Smith, Jill McCorkle, Allan Gurganus and Shannon Ravenel. EX Animal Super Parents It Takes Two
10:00 TV My Mother & Other Strangers on Masterpiece Part 3 Nurse Tillie comes to the rescue, but will it be too late? NC Harper Lee: American Masters Mull the mysterious To Kill a Mockingbird author. DV EX Animals with Cameras: A Nature Miniseries Discover animals’ secret lives and unprecedented behaviors. DV 11:00 TV EastEnders EX Globe Trekker Wild West: USA 11:30 TV EastEnders NC My Home, NC Watson Brown/Davian Robinson/Kudzu Goat Gang
24 MONDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Meet the Lords Joining the Club 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Salzburg & Surroundings 7:30 TV A Chef’s Life Onions & Avetts EX Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions The Road to Ruin 8:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Birmingham, Part 2 NC Exploring North Carolina History & Future of Water in NC EX Downton Abbey Season 6 on Masterpiece Episode 7—Flashbacks DV 8:30 NC Exploring North Carolina Long Parks EX Downton Abbey Season 6 on Masterpiece Episode 8—It’s Complicated DV 9:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Birmingham, Part 3 NC My Home, NC Jones’ BBQ/Mitchell’s Clothing/Artivist 8:50 NC Muse: The Arts Show—Shorts Frank Thompson: NC Silent Films 9:30 NC SciTech Now North Carolina Oyster Farming
0:00 TV POV 1 Survivors Two heroic Sierra Leonean healthcare workers face the Ebola epidemic. NC Brain’s Way of Healing Cutting-edge Western brain science meets Eastern holistic insights. EX Midsomer Murders The Made-To-Measure Murders, Part 2 11:00 NC PBS NewsHour EX History Detectives Iwo Jima Map/Copperhead Cane/Theremin 11:30 TV Amanpour & Company
25 TUESDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Taste of Louisiana with Chef John Folse & Co. Native America: Sportsman’s Paradise 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report EX Jacques Pepin: More Fast Food My Way Viva Espana! DV 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Burgundy: Profound France 7:30 TV From the Vineyard Treehouse Vineyard/ Biltmore EX Smart Travels— Pacific Rim with Rudy Maxa Hong Kong 8:00 TV The Great American Read Heroes NC North Carolina Bookwatch Philip Gerard— The Dark of the Island EX Iconic Vision: John Parkinson, Architect of Los Angeles Discover the story of an immigrant whose building designs came to define LA. 8:30 NC Invitation to World Literature The Bacchae Disguised god Dionysus returns and demands worship. DV 9:00 TV The Mayo Clinic: Faith•Hope•Science Premiere! See how healthcare demands have been met here for 150 years. NC Muse: The Arts Show Best of NC Arts EX Inside the Tube: Going Underground The First Modern Tube Line September | 19
evening&weekend listings 9:30 NC Articulate with Jim Cotter Romantic Myths 10:00 NC InnerVIEWS with Ernie Manouse Sonia Sotomayor EX Mozart in London Follow the composer’s fruitful time in London. 10:30 NC Arts in Context Magna Carda 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope New Brunswick’s Acadian Festival DV 11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman Dominican Republic: Base-ball, Whales & Limping Devils
26 WEDNESDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Big Pacific Passionate 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe France’s Dordogne 7:30 TV My Home, NC Jones’ BBQ/Mitchell’s Clothing/Artivist EX Mineral Explorers Tucson 7:50 TV Muse: The Arts Show—Shorts Frank Thompson: NC Silent Films 8:00 TV Nature Owl Power DV NC POV Raising Bertie Three African-American boys face a precarious coming of age in rural Bertie County. EX Pati’s Mexican Table Tijuana: Stories from the Border 8:30 EX Moveable Feast with Fine Cooking French Flavors from San Francisco 9:00 TV NOVA Transplanting Hope Follow patients urgently needing transplants and families donating loved ones’ organs. EX How To Cook Well with Rory O’Connell Simple Delicious Christmas 9:30 NC Black Issues Forum The Hive of “Raising Bertie” Learn about life is in Bertie County. 20 | September
Sink your teeth into Food Town: Durham, NC, premiering Thursday, September 27, at 9:30 PM, on UNC-TV.
EX Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Kitchen The Berry Best 10:00 TV The Mayo Clinic: Faith•Hope•Science See how changing healthcare demands have been met here for 150 years. NC Independent Lens Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary EX Mike Colameco’s Real Food Lilia/Delaware & Hudson 10:30 EX Trails to Tsukiji 11:00 EX Rick Steves Special: Rome, Eternally Engaging Explore art, culture and centuries of history. 11:30 NC PBS NewsHour
27 THURSDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News America EX Julie Taboulie’s Lebanese Kitchen Garden of Dreams DV 6:30 NC Nightly Business Report EX Mike Colameco’s Real Food Alek Stupak 7:00 TV Nightly Business Report NC PBS NewsHour EX Rick Steves’ Europe Barcelona & Catalunya 7:30 TV Our State Mineral City/ Becoming Clyde EX Smart Travels— Pacific Rim with Rudy Maxa Sydney 8:00 TV Exploring North Carolina Water in NC: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow, Part 4 NC Flavor, NC Braswell Foods—Nashville
EX Rick Steves Special A Symphonic Journey Travel through seven European countries with the Cascade Symphony Orchestra. 8:30 TV My Home, NC Chatham Rabbits/Mitchell’s Clothing/Rosalia: Artivist NC Cooking 80/20 with Robin Shea Comfort Food 8:50 TV Muse: The Arts Show—Shorts Edwin Gil 9:00 TV North Carolina Weekend NC A Chef’s Life Obviously, It’s Pecans EX Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions On the Road in America, Part 3 9:30 TV Food Town: Durham, NC Premiere! Take a 24-hour dive into the people and menus making Durham one of America’s tastiest towns. NC Taste of Louisiana with Chef John Folse & Co. Shrimp—Timbalier Bay, LA EX Curious Traveler Curious Venice 10:00 TV No Passport Required New Orleans NC North Carolina Weekend EX Rhythm Abroad Switzerland 10:30 NC Our State Tweetsie/Silver Lining/ Brasstown Dancers EX Rhythm Abroad Alberta, Canada 11:00 TV Amanpour & Company NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope Germany’s Winter Carnival DV
visit unctv.org 11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman Oregon: Violent Past & Verdant Present
EX Carolina Outdoor Journal Crickets & Worms 6:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV EX Carolina Outdoor 28 FRIDAY Journal Classics 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour High Mountain Grouse NC BBC World News 7:00 TV Sesame Street DV America NC Carolina Outdoor EX Dancing on the Edge Journal Classics Lady Cremone becomes Deep Water Bottomfish suspicious of Masterson’s EX Exploring offer of such a large reward. North Carolina 6:30 NC Nightly Life at the Top Business Report 7:30 TV Dinosaur Train DV 7:00 TV Nightly NC Carolina Business Report Outdoor Journal NC PBS NewsHour Crickets & Worms EX Dancing on the Edge EX Exploring Stanley shares flashbacks North Carolina about music and fame. Naturalists 7:30 TV NC SPIN 8:00 TV Pinkalicious 8:00 TV Washington Week & Peterrific DV NC North Carolina NC Exploring Weekend North Carolina EX A Place To Call Home Water in NC: Yesterday, All Good Things Today & Tomorrow, Part 4 8:30 TV FRONT ROW EX North Carolina with Marc Rotterman Weekend NC Exploring 8:30 TV Splash & Bubbles DV North Carolina NC My Home, NC Living Collections Chatham Rabbits/Mitchell’s 8:50 EX North Carolina Clothing/Rosalia: Artivist Weekend—Shorts EX Articulate Old Baldhead Lighthouse with Jim Cotter 9:00 TV Art in the Shara Nova 21st Century 8:50 NC Muse: The Arts San Francisco Bay Area An Show—Shorts experimental atmosphere Edwin Gil attracts artists to the city. DV 9:00 TV Curious George DV NC FRONT ROW NC North Carolina with Marc Rotterman Weekend EX Call the Midwife EX Blue Planet Barbara helps a widowed, The Deep pregnant, homeless mother. 9:30 TV Nature Cat 9:30 NC Washington Week NC Our State 10:00 TV Hispanic Heritage Pullen Park/Old Salem Awards 2018 Bakery/West Jefferson Premiere! Celebrate with top 10:00 TV North Carolina Latinx names and honorees. Weekend NC NC SPIN NC Muse: The Arts Show EX Death in Paradise Rosalia Torres-Weiner Artivist Stumped in Murder EX New Scandinavian 0:30 NC Firing Line with 1 Cooking Margaret Hoover Roasted Coastal Lamb 11:00 TV Amanpour & Dried Kelp & Company 10:30 TV Ecosense for Living NC PBS NewsHour Solar Justice EX Travelscope NC A Craftsman’s Legacy Thailand—Rediscovering The Tool Chest Makers Bangkok DV EX How To Cook Well 11:30 EX In the Americas with Rory O’Connell with David Yetman Simple Delicious Christmas Cuba’s Far East 11:00 TV Growing a Greener World From Food Desert to 29 SATURDAY Urban Oasis 6 AM TV Mister Rogers’ NC The Woodwright’s Neighborhood DV Shop with Roy Underhill NC Biographical Conver Forging the Hold Fast DV sations with Harvey Gantt EX Taste of History Part 3 of 3 Settling Jamestown
11:30 TV P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home Designing Gardens NC The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill Chairmaker Brian Boggs DV EX Lidia’s Kitchen A Dinner Party Noon TV Garden SMART From Garden Rooms to Vegetables to Butterflies: A Great Garden NC Growing a Greener World New Ways of Growing America’s Favorite Vegetable EX Smart Travels— Europe with Rudy Maxa French Riviera 12:30 TV America’s Heartland New Sesame Seed Strategies NC Almanac Gardener Adams Vineyard at Willow Springs EX In the Americas with David Yetman Winter in the Caldera: January in the Yellowstone 1:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Bismarck, Part 2 NC Exploring North Carolina Water in NC: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow, Part 3 EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope Northwest Ontario— Lake Superior & Beyond DV 1:30 NC My Home, NC Chatham Rabbits/Mitchell’s Clothing/Rosalia: Artivist EX Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions The Girl with the Book 1:50 NC Muse: The Arts Show—Shorts Edwin Gil 2:00 TV Rick Steves’ Europe Iran: Tehran & Side Trips NC First in Future Dr. Ronald Paulus EX Globe Trekker Art Trails of the French Riviera 2:30 TV Travelscope Papua New Guinea— Cultural Encounters in an Ancient World DV NC Growing Bolder Are You Ready to Start Rebranding Aging? 3:00 TV A Craftsman’s Legacy The Duck Decoy Maker with Durham’s Ben Heinemann NC Situation Report EX Ultimate Restorations The Sierra #3 Locomotive: A Star Is Reborn September | 21
evening&weekend listings 3:30 TV Rough Cut with Fine Woodworking Table Lamp NC Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 4:00 TV The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill Carving Away with Mary May DV NC FRONT ROW with Marc Rotterman EX History Detectives Lauste Film Clip/Baker’s Gold/Transatlantic Cable Poster 4:30 TV This Old House Go on holiday with The Durrells in Corfu Season 3 on Masterpiece, Charleston: Singular premiering Sunday, September 30, at 8 PM, on UNC-TV. Single House NC NC SPIN 9:30 NC Sun Studio Sessions EX Iconic Vision: 5:00 TV Carolina Liz Brasher John Parkinson, Outdoor Journal 1 0:00 T V Shetland Architect of Los Angeles Autumn Speckle Trout After an attack, Perez must Discover the story of an NC PBS NewsHour reassess the investigation. immigrant whose building Weekend NC Music City Roots designs came to define LA. EX Blue Planet Live from the Factory 9:30 TV Ask This Old House Open Ocean Grant Farm/Jeff White Band Net Zero Community, 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour EX Great British Live Edge Weekend Royal Ships NC FRONT ROW NC Washington Week with Marc Rotterman 6 PM TV Lawrence Welk Show The Queen Mary: Our Royals at Sea 10:00 TV Exploring Salute to the Senior 11:00 TV Coroner North Carolina Citizens (1981) The Beast of Lighthaven Water in NC: Yesterday, NC Classic Gospel NC Austin City Limits Today & Tomorrow, Part 4 Best of Sue Dodge LCD Soundsystem NC NC SPIN EX Crossing South EX Stephen Fry EX Inside the Tube: Tijuana: Turista Libre in Central America Going Underground 6:30 EX Crossing South Belize to Guatemala The First Modern Tube Line Tijuana: Zonkeys & Polka 10:30 TV My Home, NC 7:00 TV As Time Goes By Chatham Rabbits/Mitchell’s 30 SUNDAY The Dinner Party Clothing/Rosalia: Artivist NC Songs at the Center 6 AM TV Nature Cat NC North Carolina Mary Bragg/Tracy Walker/ NC Closer to Truth Bookwatch J. Scott Franklin/ Cosmology & Creation? Philip Gerard— American Gypsy EX History Detectives The Dark of the Island EX Stephen Fry Lauste Film Clip/Baker’s 10:50 TV Muse: The Arts in Central America Gold/Transatlantic Cable Show—Shorts Belize to Guatemala Poster Edwin Gil 7:30 TV As Time Goes By 6:30 TV Wild Kratts 11:00 TV North Carolina What’s Wrong with NC Education Matters Bookwatch Mrs. Bale? 7:00 TV Ready Jet Go! DV Philip Gerard— NC Live at the NC Firing Line with The Dark of the Island Charleston Music Hall Margaret Hoover NC Articulate Sarah Jarosz EX Antiques Roadshow with Jim Cotter 8:00 TV Midsomer Murders Austin, Part 2 Jim Garland/Tank & The Murder on St. Malley’s Day, 7:30 TV Bob the Builder DV Bangas/Ani DiFranco Part 2 NC Consuelo Mack EX Mozart in London NC Song of the Mountains WealthTrack Follow the composer’s fruit Jeff Little Trio with 8:00 TV Curious George DV ful time in London. Wayne Henderson NC Carolina 11:30 TV Black Issues Forum EX Chris Tarrant: Business Review Byron Hurt on DocumentExtreme Railways EX Genealogy Roadshow ing Black Communities Return to Yugoslavia Best of Genealogy NC Muse: The Arts Show 8:50 TV My Home, NC—Shorts Roadshow Edwin Gil Mama Dip 8:30 TV Wild Kratts Noon TV FRONT ROW 9:00 TV Tunnel: Vengeance NC Market to Market with Marc Rotterman The search for Saban gets a 9:00 TV This Old House NC Carolina major breakthrough. Charleston: Outdoor Journal NC Songs at the Center Singular Single House Crappie Lesson Season’s Best NC Washington Week EX Travelscope EX Chris Tarrant: Guatemala’s Semana Extreme Railways Santa—Easter Week DV Journey to the Holy Land 22 | September
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