February 2015 - WETA Magazine

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s part of our mission of service to the public, WETA celebrates diversity in our broadcasts and in the productions we create on behalf of viewers in Greater Washington and beyond. Just as we take pride in marking Heritage Months throughout the year with special broadcasts — such as our Black History Month presentations in February — so too do we delight in producing programs that relate the stories of specific communities and how they have shaped America. This month, we are delighted to roll out an intriguing new four-hour series, The Italian Americans, spotlighting the community’s engaging history, distinct experience and culture.

The series joins a WETA portfolio that includes the acclaimed film The Jewish Americans and the recent production Latino Americans, winner of a Peabody Award.

Also this month, a special WETA production presents a preview of our upcoming major series Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies, which premieres nationwide in March. As a cancer survivor, I am very excited to share this fascinating, informative series with viewers around the country. It was my great pleasure to participate in the roundtable discussion in the WETA preview program, details of which are below this column.

Enjoy all that WETA has to offer this month. Thank you for your support.

Sharon Percy Rockefeller, President & CEO, WETA

(l-r) Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee, Sharon Percy Rockefeller, Ken Burns and Katie Couric

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Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies — A Conversation

WETA preview program airs Friday, February 13 at 9:30 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, repeating February 15 & 22 and throughout March

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ETA has produced a 30-minute special that offers a first glimpse at the upcoming WETA series Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies —a three-part, six-hour documentary that premieres nationwide on PBS stations March 30, 31 and April 1, presenting a comprehensive report on the history of the disease, the state of cancer today, the treatments and the promise of ongoing research.

The preview program, titled Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies — A Conversation, was taped before a live audience in December at The George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health. It features a roundtable conversation moderated by journalist and Stand Up To Cancer co-founder Katie Couric, with panelists Sharon Percy Rockefeller, WETA president and C.E.O. and a cancer survivor; executive producer Ken Burns, who lost his mother to cancer when he was 11; and Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, on which the WETA series Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies is based. Through excerpts from the documentary series, as well as personal stories and insights, Couric, Rockefeller, Burns and Mukherjee explore the themes, issues and stories that will be presented in Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies.

For more about the WETA series, visit CancerFilms.org and follow the project at @CancerFilm and #CancerFilm.

Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies — A Conversation was made possible by Alan and Marsha Paller. Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies is made possible by Genentech, Cancer Treatment Centers of America, Siemens, David H. Koch, Bristol-Myers Squibb, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Kovler Fund, The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, the American Association for Cancer Research, the American Cancer Society, The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, the Entertainment Industry Foundation, Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C), the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and PBS.

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ETA’s superb Sunday drama lineup continues as Season 5 of Masterpiece drama Downton Abbey unfolds throughout February, wrapping up on March 1 with an episode that aired in the U.K. as the Season 5 Christmas special. In this Downton season finale, the Crawley family takes a trip to the north for a shooting party at Abbey a castle in Northumberland and returns to Downton for a Christmas holiday; surprises abound with both sad developments and glad tidings. Then the wait begins for Season 6! Also in February, after Downton Abbey tune in for Grantchester stories on Masterpiece Mystery!, featuring James Norton (Death Comes to Pemberley) as jazz-loving, vicar-turned-sleuth Sidney Chambers, with Robson Green as his police ally, Inspector Geordie Keating. Together, the two men investigate a series of challenging cases in a beautiful English hamlet, revealing the dark side of early 1950s England — jealousy, prejudice, class conflict and plain, old passion.

Funding for Downton Abbey is provided by Viking River Cruises and Ralph Lauren Corporation with additional support from public television viewers and contributors to The Masterpiece Trust, created to help ensure the series’ future. Funding for the local broadcast of Downton Abbey is provided by Cancer Treatment Centers of America, Your Part-Time Controller and GEICO. Viking River Cruises is the exclusive corporate funder of Grantchester on Masterpiece, with additional funding provided by PBS, WGBH and The Masterpiece Trust.

Nature Wednesdays on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD

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Earth—A New Wild premieres February 4, 9–11 p.m.

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ach Wednesday in February, WETA presents the finest in science and nature programming. The series Nature this month reprises Legendary White Stallions (February 4), spotlighting Austria’s prized Lipizzaner horses, and Animal Odd Couples (February 11), investigating unlikely cross-species relationships. New programs Owl Power (February 18) and The Last Orangutan Eden (February 25) explore, respectively, what makes owls such special creatures and efforts to save wild orangutan populations in the jungles of Northern Sumatra.

Also on Wednesdays, five-part National Geographic miniseries Earth—A New Wild, hosted by leading conservation scientist Dr. M. Sanjayan (lower, left), presents a stunning visual journey exploring how humans are inextricably woven into every aspect of the planet’s natural systems.

Filmed in 29 countries, the series features spectacular natural history footage from the most striking places on Earth, documenting encounters between wild animals and the people who live and work with them to demonstrate that these co-habitations can work — and be mutually beneficial.

Funding for Earth—A New Wild is provided by a generous grant from the Anne Ray Charitable Trust. Support for Nature is made possible in part by the Arnhold Family in memory of Clarisse Arnhold, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, the Estate of Elizabeth A. Vernon, the Lillian Goldman Charitable Trust, the Kate W. Cassidy Foundation, the Filomen M. D’Agostino Foundation, Susan Malloy and the Sun Hill Foundation, by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and by the nation’s public television stations.

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Midsomer Murders, Series I

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In the Spotlight n Thursday nights in February, WETA presents Midsomer Murders in double features, reprising the very first episodes of the long-running, classic British mystery series. The investigations are adapted by Anthony Horowitz — creator and writer of Foyle’s War — from Caroline Graham’s acclaimed novels. In what would become a signature role, John Nettles stars as Detective Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby, who probes murder cases in a fictional rural county in England with a no-nonsense, professional style. Daniel Casey portrays Barnaby’s young sidekick, Detective Sergeant Gavin Troy. Midsomer Murders, Series I also airs on the WETA UK channel on Monday nights beginning February 9.

Aging Backwards with Miranda Esmonde-White

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new special provides valuable insights on combating the physical signs and consequences of aging. Scientific, yet entertaining and accessible, Aging Backwards with Miranda Esmonde-White shares practical information on slowing down and potentially reversing the aging process through exercise and other lifestyle choices. Miranda Esmonde-White, a former National Ballet of Canada dancer and host of the public television series Classical Stretch, offers tips on stretching and strengthening, motivational testimonials from stretching practitioners of all ages, and interviews with doctors and physiotherapists. Clear explanations from Esmonde-White illustrate the damage that can be caused by a sedentary lifestyle and the benefits of exercise at every stage of life.

Black History Month Programming Throughout February on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD

The Abolitionists Sun 2/1, 2:30pm–5:30pm An Evening with Ursula Burns—with Gwen Ifill Tue 2/3, 4pm; Wed 2/18, 2pm An Evening with Valerie Simpson—with Gwen Ifill Tue 2/3, 5pm Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson Wed 2/4, 1pm–5pm; Rpts Sat 2/7, 1:30am American Masters: Cab Calloway: Sketches Thur 2/5, 5pm; Rpts Tue 2/17, 5pm Independent Lens: The Black Power Mixtape 1967–1975 Sat 2/7, midnight An Evening with Gwen Ifill Sun 2/8, 3:30pm An Evening with Vernon Jordan—with Gwen Ifill Sun 2/8, 4:30pm; Rpts Thur 2/12, 5pm Slavery By Another Name Tue 2/10, 3:30pm; Rpts Sat 2/14, 12:30am Black in Latin America Wed 2/11, 1–5pm; Rpts Sat 2/14, 2am An Evening with Berry Gordy—with Gwen Ifill Thur 2/12, 4pm; Wed 2/18, 1pm Independent Lens: The Powerbroker: Whitney Young’s Fight for Civil Rights Sun 2/15, 3:30pm The March Sun 2/15, 4:30pm Independent Lens: Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People Mon 2/16, 10pm; Rpts Tue 2/17, 3:30pm; Wed 2/25, 1pm American Masters: August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand Fri 2/20, 9:30pm; Rpts Sat 2/21, 1am; Tue 2/24, 4:30pm The Black Kungfu Experience Sat 2/21, midnight Freedom Riders: American Experience Sun 2/22, 3pm Independent Lens: American Denial Mon 2/23, 10pm

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The WETA co-production premieres Tuesdays, February 17 & 24, 9–11 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD

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rom the WETA team that created the Peabody Award-winning series The Bennett Family Latino Americans and the film The Jewish Americans comes a new four-hour with young Tony documentary series about the Italian experience in America. Seven years in the making, the WETA film The Italian Americans premieres this month on public television nationwide, exploring the evolution of Italian Americans — from the late 19th century to the present — from “outsiders” to some of the most prominent leaders of business, politics and the arts today. Written and produced by John Maggio and narrated by Academy Award-nominated actor Stanley Tucci, the series is a production of WETA and Ark Media, in association with John Maggio Productions.

The Italian Americans explores a universal aspect of the immigrant story — the struggle of a group to adapt to a new environment and become participants in American life — while illuminating the distinct experience and unique, engaging culture of Italian Americans. Through extensive archival materials, and interviews with historians and journalists, and Italian Americans such as Tony Bennett (right, as a child), David Chase, Dion DiMucci, Gay Talese, Adriana Trigiani and John Turturro, the WETA series spotlights those who played vital roles in shaping the relationship between Italians and mainstream American society. The film includes the stories of Amadeo Giannini, who founded Bank of America; early 20th-century union activist and poet Arturo Giovannitti; Rudolph Valentino, the 1920s film star and sex symbol; Joe DiMaggio, one of the most celebrated baseball players of his generation; and U.S. Representative Nancy Pelosi, former New York Governor Mario Cuomo and U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, who each broke new ground for Italian Americans in public service.

“The first waves of Italian immigrants in this country weren’t embraced very warmly by mainstream society,” said John Maggio. “They were basically held at arm’s length and looked upon with a certain amount of disdain and suspicion. But eventually, the children of those first immigrants, and their children, began to gain a foothold in positions of power and would become some of the most influential and important leaders of American life in the 20th century.”

Mario Cuomo (left), Corona, Queens, 1987

Corporate funding for The Italian Americans is provided by DelGrosso Foods. Foundation and government funding is provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations and the Annenberg Foundation. Major funding is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and by PBS. Special thanks to project community engagement and promotion partner The National Italian American Foundation. Visit pbs.org/ItalianAmericans and follow #ItaliansPBS on Twitter.

Attend a Local Screening of the Film On Wednesday, February 4 at 6:45 p.m., join WETA, the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) and The George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs for a preview screening and discussion of The Italian Americans. The event, which features a discussion and Q&A with filmmaker John Maggio and series companion book author Maria Laurino, takes place in Washington at GWU’s Jack Morton Auditorium, 805 21st St., NW. This public event is free, but reservations are required. Email wetaevents@weta.org to R.S.V.P.

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February primetime simulcast listings.

Weeknight primetime simulcast programming repeats the following weekday on WETA TV 26 starting at noon.

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Nature: Legendary White Stallions

Earth–A New Wild (Eps 1 & 2 of 5. Home/Plains)

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Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries (Ep 5: Raisins and Almonds)

Midsomer Murders, Series I: The Killings at Badger’s Drift & Written in Blood (to 12m)

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Doc Martin, Series III

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Masterpiece: Downton Abbey, Season 5 (Pt 5 of 9)

Masterpiece: Downton Abbey, Season 5 (Pt 6 of 9)

Masterpiece Mystery!: Grantchester (Pt 4 of 6)

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Antiques Roadshow: Austin, TX (Ep 3 of 3)

The Great British Baking Show (Ep 7 of 10. Pastries)

A Path Appears (Ep 3 of 3) (to 11:30pm)

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Genealogy Roadshow, Season 2 (Ep 5 of 7) The Forgotten Plague: American Experience

Frontline: Being Mortal

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Nature: Animal Odd Couples

NOVA: Colosseum–Roman Death Trap

Earth–A New Wild (Ep 3 of 5. Forests)

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Midsomer Murders, Series I: Death of a Hollow Man & Faithful Unto Death (to 12m)

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Doc Martin, Series IV

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Masterpiece: Downton Abbey, Season 5 (Pt 6 of 9)

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The Great British Baking Show (Ep 8 of 10. Ind. Lens: Black Photographers and the Advanced Dough) Emergence of a People (to 11:30pm)

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Doc Martin, Series IV

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Antiques Roadshow: Bismarck, ND (Ep 2 of 3)

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Nature: The Last Orangutan Eden

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Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever

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My Music: My Yearbook: 1960–1963

Masterpiece Mystery!: Grantchester (Pt 3 of 6)

The Great British Baking Show (Ep 6 of 10. Continental Cakes)

A Path Appears (Ep 2 of 3) (to 11:30pm)

Masterpiece: Downton Abbey, Season 5 (Pt 5 of 9)

Shakespeare Uncovered: The Taming of the Shrew with Morgan Freeman & Othello with David Harewood (to 11:30pm) (from 9:33pm) The WETA Movie: Four Weddings and a Funeral (to 11:30pm)

Masterpiece: Downton Abbey, Season 5 (Pt 6 of 9)

Cancer — A Conversation

Shakespeare Uncovered: Antony & Cleopatra + Romeo & Juliet (to 12m)

(from 9:33pm) The WETA Movie: Broadcast News (to 11:44pm)

Masterpiece: Downton Abbey, Season 5 (Pt 7 of 9)

Masterpiece Mystery!: Grantchester (Pt 5 of 6)

Earth–A New Wild (Ep 4 of 5. Oceans)

American Masters: August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand (from 9:33pm) The WETA Movie: Casablanca (to 11:15pm)

NOVA: Hagia Sophia–Istanbul’s Ancient Mystery

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Earth: A New Wild (Ep 5 of 5. Water) Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever (to 12m)

Aging Backwards with Miranda Esmonde-White

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Great Performances: Barbra Streisand: Back to Brooklyn (to 11:30pm) Celtic Woman: Fan Favorites (to 11:30pm)

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February simulcast primetime listings, plus weekends for WETA TV 26

• Programming on WETA TV 26 and WETA HD is exactly the same — simulcast — Monday through Friday from 7 p.m. through Charlie Rose, and weekend evenings, beginning at 6 p.m. Saturdays and 5:30 p.m. Sundays.

• Please note that Saturday and Sunday daytime listings that follow are for WETA TV 26 only unless otherwise indicated. For complete 24-hour schedules of programs on WETA TV 26 and WETA HD, visit weta.org/tv.

• The weeknight primetime schedule on WETA TV 26 often repeats the next weekday afternoon on WETA TV 26.

• WETA TV 26 is devoted to children’s programming 5 a.m.–noon weekdays and 6–9 a.m. Sundays. For 24 hours of children’s programming each day, tune in to the WETA Kids channel. See page 12 for schedule information.

Program Key ■ — WETA productions, co-productions or presentations. {DVI} — Descriptive Video Service. R — Aired within the month.

Listings are accurate as of press time. For late-breaking program updates, call 703-998-2724 or visit weta.org/tv.

Mondays at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD The Great British Baking Show continues, with each program whittling down the competitors of the 10-week amateur baking contest series.

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Sundays at 10 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD Masterpiece Mystery!: Grantchester stars James Norton as a village vicar-turned-sleuth and Robson Green as his police inspector ally.

He launches an anti-slavery paper. John Brown meets with Douglass, revealing plans to raise an army, attack plantations and free slaves. Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” in 1852. A best-seller, and then wildly successful stage play, the novel influences millions of Americans.

THE ABOLITIONISTS: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE — Part 3 of 3. 1854–Emancipation and Victory. The battle between pro-slavery and free-soil contingents rises to fever pitch. During his raid on Harpers Ferry, John Brown is captured, and then he is executed, becoming a martyr for the cause. Abraham Lincoln is elected president in 1860. Southern states secede, war breaks out and the conflict drags on. On New Year’s Day 1863, it is announced that Lincoln has emancipated the slaves in rebel territory. In December 1865, the Thirteenth Amendment is ratified, banning slavery in all states.

SCI-TECH NOW — A newsmagazine program hosted by Hari Sreenivasan, anchor of PBS NewsHour Weekend and a senior correspondent for the nightly program PBS NewsHour, explores topics including technology, scientific discovery and innovation.

PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND BBC ANTIQUES ROADSHOW THE JEWEL IN THE CROWN — Based on Paul Scott’s Raj Quartet novels, this dramatic series, first broadcast in 1984, recounts the final years of the British Raj in India during World War II. Part 3 of 14. Questions of Loyalty. Daphne dies giving birth to Hari’s daughter, and her aunt, Lady Manners, decides to raise the child herself. About to be posted to the war front, Teddie Bingham and his fiancée, Susan Layton, decide to bring forward their marriage.

MASTERPIECE: DOWNTON ABBEY, SEASON 5 — Part 4 of 9. {DVI} R MASTERPIECE: DOWNTON ABBEY, SEASON 5 — The drama’s new season continues, with the Crawley family and the staff struggling with responsibilities and choices as they adjust to life in the Roaring Twenties.

Part 5 of 9. Rose makes a new acquaintance. Something is wrong with Thomas. Edith’s link to Marigold draws attention. Bricker and Robert lose control. {DVI} Repeats Mon 2/2, 4pm; Fri 2/6, 8:30pm; Sun 2/8, 8pm

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ON WETA TV 26, 6AM–11:30AM. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD. 6AM–9AM WETA KIDS PROGRAMMING 9:00 WHITE HOUSE CHRONICLES 9:30 TO THE CONTRARY WITH BONNIE ERBE 10:00 THIS IS AMERICA WITH DENNIS WHOLEY 10:30 RELIGION AND ETHICS NEWSWEEKLY 11:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW BBC SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 11:30AM–12:30AM: 11:30 THE McLAUGHLIN GROUP — The weekly public affairs series features a discussion of current political issues by a group of pundits, led by host John McLaughlin.

12N THE WETA MOVIE: DOC MARTIN AND THE LEGEND OF THE CLOUTIE — R 1:30 WETA ARTS — WETA film critics Tim Gordon and Travis Hopson take a close look at the Academy Award nominees for “Best Picture”; pianist Katie Mahan shares her views on music, art and her role in the world of classical music; and the program spotlights Iraqi-born poet Dunya Mikhail, who fled Iraq in the mid-1990s after discovering her name was on Saddam Hussein’s enemies list. Repeats Tue 2/3, 3:30pm; Sat 2/7, 11:30pm; Sun 2/8, 2pm; Tue 2/10, 5:30pm; Sat 2/14, midnight; Sun 2/15, 2:30pm; Sat 2/21, 11:30pm; Sun 2/22, 2pm 2:00 BBC ANTIQUES ROADSHOW 2:30 THE ABOLITIONISTS: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE — A three-part film brings to life the struggles of the men and women who fought to end slavery in America.

Part 1 of 3. 1820s–1838. Shared opposition to slavery brings together Angelina Grimké, Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, Harriet Beecher Stowe and John Brown. The abolitionist movement, however, is in disarray and increasing violence raises doubts about the efficacy of its pacifist tactics.

3:30 THE ABOLITIONISTS: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE — Part 2 of 3. 1838–1854. Douglass escapes slavery, eventually joining Garrison in the anti-slavery movement. Douglass flees to England, returning to the U.S. in 1847.

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10:00 MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: GRANTCHESTER — James Norton (Belle) stars as Sidney Chambers, a young vicar who turns amateur investigator when one of his parishioners dies under suspicious circumstances. Chambers turns to gruff police inspector Geordie Keating (Robson Green, Reckless) for help. Part 3 of 6. An old woman tells Sidney that someone wants her dead. Then she dies. Coincidence? The new curate delivers a surprising sermon. {DVI} Repeats Mon 2/2, 5pm 11:00 LEWIS: THE GREAT AND THE GOOD — Lewis and Hathaway track down the prime suspect in the assault of a teenage girl, but he has a seemingly watertight alibi from three pillars of the Oxford community. When the suspect is suddenly murdered, Lewis reveals a web of intrigue and sordid secrets that exposes the Oxford elite. (90 min.) Repeats Mon 2/2, 1pm Thursdays at 8 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD Australian drama Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries stars Essie Davis as an independent sleuth in 1920s Melbourne. After Miss Fisher, tune in at 9 p.m. for Midsomer Murders Season 1 double features.

7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: AUSTIN, TX — Episode 2 of 3.

Repeats Tue 2/3, 1:30pm 9:00 THE GREAT BRITISH BAKING SHOW — A series follows the trials and tribulations of amateur bakers competing to be named the U.K.’s best. Episode 6 of 10. Continental Cakes. And then there were six. The remaining bakers now must create three European cakes: a yeastleavened cake, a 24-step Swedish Princess torte; and a contemporary version of the Hungarian Dobos torte.

Repeats Tue 2/3, 2:30pm; Sat 2/7, 7pm 10:00 A PATH APPEARS — A distinguished group of American activists uncovers gender oppression and human rights violations in the U.S. and around the world. Episode 2 of 3. New York Times reporter Nicholas Kristof, Jennifer Garner, Eva Longoria and Alfre Woodard meet activists fighting for women’s rights in West Virginia, Colombia and Haiti. {DVI} 11:30 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

and beyond. The Big Burn presents a cautionary tale of heroism and sacrifice, arrogance and greed, hubris and, ultimately, humility in the face of nature’s power.

10:00 FRONTLINE 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

4 Wednesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 NATURE: LEGENDARY WHITE STALLIONS — Nature spotlights the story of the world-famous Lipizzaner stallions from their origins in ancient times to the almost unknown drama of their rescue in 1945. The film, which focuses on the bond that develops between horse and rider, visits the Spanish Riding School in Vienna. The Lipizzaner stallion was bred for its courage, strength and character, but the horse is also gentle, sensitive and exceptionally responsive to praise. {DVI} Repeats Thur 2/5, 2pm 9:00 EARTH—A NEW WILD: HOME/PLAINS — This five-part series, hosted by Dr. M. Sanjayan and co-produced by National Geographic Television, combines spectacular natural history images with compelling human stories to offer a fresh look at our relationship to earth’s wildest places. Episode 1 of 5. Home. The series travels deep into the wild to spotlight the big animals that live alongside us and to explore our changing relationships with the wilderness. Episode 2 of 5. Plains. Highlighting the giant herds that roam the wild grasslands of the plains, the series examines how humans and wildlife can live together on the plains in beneficial partnerships. Repeats Thur 2/5, 3pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

3 Tuesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 GENEALOGY ROADSHOW, SEASON 2 — A series follows participants from St. Louis, New Orleans and Philadelphia as they explore a genealogical mystery, using history and science to verify family lore. Episode 4 of 7. New Orleans – Board of Trade. In New Orleans, a local man seeks to recover history washed away in Hurricane Katrina; a woman discovers she has links to both sides of the Civil War; another unravels the mystery behind her grandfather’s adoption; and one man explores a link to the famous New Orleans Voodoo Queen, Marie Laveau. Repeats Wed 2/4, 5pm; Thur 2/5, 1pm 9:00 THE BIG BURN: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE — In the summer of 1910, an unimaginable wildfire devoured more than three million acres across the Northern Rockies, confronting the fledgling U.S. Forest Service with a catastrophe that would define the agency and the nation’s fire policy for the rest of the 20th century

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Premiering Wednesday, Feb. 4 at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD The five-part series Earth—A New Wild, hosted by Dr. M. Sanjayan, explores humans’ relationship with animals and wilderness. Parts 1-2 air Feb. 4 at 9 p.m.; parts 3–5 air Feb. 11, 18 & 25 at 10 p.m.

7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 MISS FISHER’S MURDER MYSTERIES: RAISINS AND ALMONDS — Glamorous lady detective Miss Phryne Fisher (Essie Davis, Girl with a Pearl Earring) investigates crimes in 1920s Melbourne, Australia. Episode 5.

Raisins and Almonds. When a young man is found dead in a bookshop at the Eastern Market, Phryne is plunged into the diverse worlds of Jewish politics, alchemy and poison. Repeats Fri 2/6, 1pm 9:00 MIDSOMER MURDERS, SERIES I: THE KILLINGS AT BADGER’S DRIFT — See the popular British mystery series from the very beginning! The series, based on the novels of Caroline Graham, stars John Nettles as Detective Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby, who solves crimes in a fictional rural county in England. The Killing at Badger’s Drift. The peace of the idyllic village of Badger’s Drift is shattered by the murder of an elderly lady, found dead in her cottage after witnessing something unsettling in the woods. DCI Barnaby and Detective Sergeant Troy (Daniel Casey) investigate. Repeats Fri 2/6, 2pm; Mon 2/9, 1pm; Sun 2/8, 11pm 10:30 MIDSOMER MURDERS, SERIES I: WRITTEN IN BLOOD — Gerald Hadleigh, the secretary of the writers circle in the village of Midsomer Worthy, was never in favor of inviting the best-selling novelist Max Jennings to attend one of their meetings. When Hadleigh is found

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battered to death, the other members of the circle wish they had heeded his reluctance. Barnaby and Troy investigate. Repeats Fri 2/6, 3:30pm; Mon 2/9, 2:30pm 12M CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

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O 6AM NEW SCANDINAVIAN COOKING 6:30 CHEF JOHN BESH’S NEW ORLEANS/CIAO ITALIA 7:30 HUBERT KELLER: SECRETS OF A CHEF 8:00 JOANNE WEIR’S COOKING CONFIDENCE 8:30 RICK STEVES’ EUROPE 9:00 EASTENDERS — (two episodes, simulcast on WETA TV 26 and WETA HD) 10:00 THE THIS OLD HOUSE HOUR 11:00 A CHEF’S LIFE 11AM On WETA HD: Great Performances at the Met: Eugene Onegin (11am) and The Nose (2pm) 11:30 PATI’S MEXICAN TABLE/THE MIND OF A CHEF 12:30 MEXICO—ONE PLATE AT A TIME WITH RICK BAYLESS 1:00 ESSENTIAL PÉPIN 1:30 SARA’S WEEKNIGHT MEALS 2:00 BAKING WITH JULIA/LIDIA’S KITCHEN 3:00 IN JULIA’S KITCHEN WITH MASTER CHEFS 3:30 JACQUES PÉPIN: MORE FAST FOOD MY WAY! 4:00 COOK’S COUNTRY FROM AMERICA’S TEST KITCHEN 4:30 AMERICA’S TEST KITCHEN FROM COOK’S ILLUSTRATED 5:00 MARTHA STEWART’S COOKING SCHOOL 5:30 MARTHA BAKES SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–1:30AM: 6:00 PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND

Friday nights, February 6 & 13 on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD Shakespeare Uncovered explores the Bard’s plays with Morgan Freeman (above with Tracy Ullman) and David Harewood, Feb. 6 at 9:30 p.m., and Kim Cattrall and Joseph Fiennes, Feb. 13 at 10 p.m.

Tuesday, February 10 at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD The Forgotten Plague: American Experience explores the impact of tuberculosis, which ravaged the nation into the early 1900s.

6:30 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL — R 7:00 THE GREAT BRITISH BAKING SHOW — Episode 6 of 10.

Continental Cakes. R 8:00 DOC MARTIN, SERIES III 9:33 THE WETA MOVIE: FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL — In Mike Newell’s 1994 film, a reserved Englishman meets a beautiful American woman at a wedding and falls in love with her, but his inability to express his feelings forestalls any possibility of relationship, until they meet again and again. Hugh Grant and Andie MacDowell star. (1:57) Repeats Sun 2/8, noon 11:30 WETA ARTS — See the February 1, 1:30 p.m. listing. R 12M INDEPENDENT LENS: THE BLACK POWER MIXTAPE 1967–1975 — A film takes a cinematic and musical journey into the black communities of America.

Combining candid 16mm footage with contemporary audio interviews from leading African-American artists, activists, musicians and scholars, the film looks at the people, society, culture and style that fueled an era of convulsive change. (90 min.)

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SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 11:30AM–12:30AM: 11:30 THE McLAUGHLIN GROUP 12N THE WETA MOVIE: FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL — (1:57) R 2:00 WETA ARTS — See the February 1, 1:30 p.m. listing. R 2:30 GLOBE TREKKER: INDONESIA: JAVA & SUMATRA — (TV 26 only) (An Evening with Valerie Simpson on WETA HD) 3:30 AN EVENING WITH GWEN IFILL — A special program features a one-on-one interview of WETA’s Gwen Ifill, moderator and managing editor of Washington Week with Gwen Ifill and co-anchor and co-managing editor of PBS NewsHour. The program, taped at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., and hosted by Ifill’s friend and fellow journalist Michele Norris, offers an insider’s perspective into Ifill’s development as a print and television correspondent.

4:30 AN EVENING WITH VERNON JORDAN — WETA’s Gwen Ifill interviews the iconic civic and business leader before a live audience at the New York Times Center in New York City. Repeats Thur 2/12, 5pm 5:30 SCI-TECH NOW — See the Feb. 1, 5:30 p.m. listing.

6:00 PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND 6:30 WETA ARTS — See the February 1, 1:30 p.m. listing. R 7:00 THE JEWEL IN THE CROWN — Part 4 of 14. Incidents at a Wedding. The arrangements for Susan and Teddie’s wedding are threatened, but Merrick provides a solution. The Layton family gathers at Mirat, but what should be a happy occasion is overshadowed by unexplained incidents.

8:00 MASTERPIECE: DOWNTON ABBEY, SEASON 5 — Part 5 of 9. {DVI} R 9:00 MASTERPIECE: DOWNTON ABBEY, SEASON 5 — Part 6 of 9. An ancient spark flares in Violet’s heart. While police deepen their probe, Bates tells Anna the truth. A long and painful mystery is solved. {DVI} Repeats Mon 2/9, 4pm; Fri 2/13, 8:30pm; Sun 2/15, 8pm 10:00 MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: GRANTCHESTER — Part 4 of 6. A shocking murder reveals the depths of homophobia in Cambridge. Geordie crosses swords with Sidney over conduct of the investigation. {DVI} Repeats Mon 2/9, 5pm 11:00 MIDSOMER MURDERS, SERIES I: THE KILLINGS AT BADGER’S DRIFT — (90 min.) R

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7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL — In WETA’s long-running production, moderator and managing editor Gwen Ifill leads a discussion by a panel of top journalists on the news events of the week. Repeats Sat 2/7, 6:30pm 8:30 MASTERPIECE: DOWNTON ABBEY, SEASON 5 — Part 5 of 9. See the February 1, 9 p.m. listing. {DVI} R 9:30 SHAKESPEARE UNCOVERED: THE TAMING OF THE SHREW/MORGAN FREEMAN — Actors explore the stories behind the Bard’s greatest plays. Episode 3 of 6.

The Taming of the Shrew with Morgan Freeman. In 1990, Morgan Freeman famously starred in a Wild West version of The Taming of the Shrew for Shakespeare in the Park in New York. Freeman sets out to understand how and why the play, one of the Bard’s first works, was written. Interviewees include Tracey Ullman, Sinead Cusack and Julia Stiles.

10:30 SHAKESPEARE UNCOVERED: OTHELLO/DAVID HAREWOOD — Episode 4 of 6. Othello with David Harewood. In 1997, David Harewood was the first black actor to play Othello at the National Theatre in London. He unravels the issues of prejudice and jealousy that are threaded throughout the play; and he returns to the National to meet Adrian Lester, the most recent actor to take on the role there. Interviewees are Simon Russell Beale, Ian McKellen, Julia Stiles and Patrick Stewart.

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7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: AUSTIN, TX — Episode 3 of 3.

Repeats Tue 2/10, 1:30pm 9:00 THE GREAT BRITISH BAKING SHOW — Episode 7 of 10.

Pastries. Week seven in the tent sees the bakers tested on all kinds of weird, wonderful pastries. The Technical challenge throws them into uncharted territory with a pastry none has heard of: the round and crusty kouign amann. Finally, Showstopper éclairs will give five lucky bakers a spot in the quarterfinals. Repeats Tue 2/10, 2:30pm; Sat 2/14, 7pm 10:00 A PATH APPEARS — Ep. 3 of 3. New York Times reporter Nicholas Kristof, Mia Farrow and Ronan Farrow meet activists fighting for women’s rights in Kenya. {DVI} 11:30 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

Cancer: the Emperor of all maladies — A conversation, A WETA Production Friday, February 13 at 9:30 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD A special WETA program features a discussion led by Katie Couric with cancer physician, researcher and author Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee; WETA C.E.O. Sharon Percy Rockefeller; and filmmaker Ken Burns, previewing the series Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies.

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7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 GENEALOGY ROADSHOW, SEASON 2 — Episode 5 of 7.

St. Louis – Union Station. A team of genealogists uncovers family stories from Missouri. A musician hopes to find connections to a famous St. Louis jazz composer; two sisters explore links to a survivor of the legendary Donner Party; an Italian-American woman finds out if she is related to Italian royalty; and a schoolteacher seeks answers about her past. Repeats Wed 2/11, 5pm; Thur 2/12, 1pm 9:00 THE FORGOTTEN PLAGUE: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE — Tuberculosis is the deadliest killer in human history, responsible for one in four deaths for almost two centuries. While it shaped medical pursuits, social habits, economic development and public policy, TB and its impact are poorly understood.

10:00 FRONTLINE: BEING MORTAL — Frontline teams up with writer and surgeon Atul Gawande to examine how doctors care for terminally ill patients. In conjunction with Gawande’s new book, Being Mortal, the film explores the relationships between doctors and patients nearing the end of life, and shows how many doctors struggle to talk honestly with their dying patients.

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and people condemned to death. Then, just as quickly, the Colosseum could be flooded with enough water for ships to engage in sea battles. Could these legends be true? {DVI} Repeats Thur 2/12, 2pm 10:00 EARTH—A NEW WILD: FORESTS — Episode 3 of 5.

Forests. The series, hosted by Dr. M. Sanjayan, journeys deep into the great forests of the world for a new way of looking at these wild places and the animals that live there. Repeats Thur 2/12, 3pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

12 Thursday 8:00 MISS FISHER’S MURDER MYSTERIES: RUDDY GORE — Episode 6. Ruddy Gore. At a gala performance of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Ruddigore, Phryne Fisher (Essie Davis) meets Lin Chung, who has rescued the theatre’s leading man from thugs. The evening continues with a bizarre death onstage. Repeats Fri 2/13, 1pm 9:00 MIDSOMER MURDERS, SERIES I: DEATH OF A HOLLOW MAN — In the village of Ferne Basset, an elderly resident is found drowned after a violent attack.

Meanwhile, at the Corn Exchange in Causton, a local amateur dramatic production of Amadeus reveals a backstage world of intrigue, passion and gossip. Repeats Fri 2/13, 2pm; Mon 2/16, 1pm; Sun 2/15, 11pm 10:30 MIDSOMER MURDERS, SERIES I: FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH — An investigation into the finances of a village community crafts center takes a sinister turn when Simone Hollingsworth, the wife of the center’s owner, disappears and a neighbor is murdered. Repeats Fri 2/13, 3:30pm; Mon 2/16, 2:30pm 12M CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

11 Wednesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 NATURE: ANIMAL ODD COUPLES — Informed by the observations of caregivers and noted scientists Temple Grandin and Marc Bekoff, Nature investigates why animals form special bonds in unlikely cross-species relationships — and explores what these bonds suggest about animal emotions. {DVI} 9:00 NOVA: COLOSSEUM–ROMAN DEATH TRAP — In Rome’s famed arena, tens of thousands of gladiators, slaves, prisoners and wild animals met their deaths.

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Wednesday, February 11 at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD NOVA: Colosseum—Roman Death Trap explores the construction secrets of the famed gladiator arena, a world heritage site.

7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL — In WETA’s long-running production, moderator and managing editor Gwen Ifill leads a discussion by a panel of top journalists on the news events of the week. Repeats Sat 2/14, 6:30pm 8:30 MASTERPIECE: DOWNTON ABBEY, SEASON 5 — Part 6 of 9. See the February 8, 9 p.m. listing. {DVI} R 9:30 CANCER: THE EMPEROR OF ALL MALADIES — A conversation — A half-hour WETA production previews the upcoming WETA documentary Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies, a six-hour film created for PBS that tells the comprehensive story of cancer. The preview program, taped live in December at The George Washington University, features journalist and Stand Up To Cancer co-founder Katie Couric moderating a conversation with filmmaker Ken Burns; cancer physician and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee; and WETA President and CEO Sharon Percy Rockefeller, a cancer survivor. Explored are the themes, issues and stories of the documentary (airing March 30, 31 and April 1) and the process of developing Mukherjee’s book The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer into a national television broadcast. Repeats Sun 2/15, 3pm; Sun 2/22, 2:30pm, 6:30pm; Tue 2/24, 4pm

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15 Sunday N WETA TV 26, 6AM–11:30AM. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD. O 6AM–11:30AM See the Sunday, February 1 listings.

SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 11:30AM–12:30AM: 11:30 THE McLAUGHLIN GROUP 12N THE WETA MOVIE: BROADCAST NEWS — (2:11) R 2:30 WETA ARTS — See the February 1, 1:30 p.m. listing. R 3:00 CANCER: The Emperor of all Maladies — A Conversation — See February 13, 9:30 p.m. R 3:30 INDEPENDENT LENS: THE POWERBROKER: WHITNEY YOUNG’S FIGHT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS — A film profiles Whitney M. Young, Jr., one of the most celebrated and controversial leaders of the civil rights era, following his journey from segregated Kentucky to head of the National Urban League.

4:30 THE MARCH — A documentary spotlights the August 1963 March on Washington, where Dr. Martin Luther King gave his stirring “I Have a Dream” speech, a watershed event in the Civil Rights Movement. The film reveals the dramatic story behind the peaceful event through the memories of key players, including March participants and leaders. Denzel Washington narrates.

Repeats Thur 2/19, 5pm 5:30 SCI-TECH NOW — See the Feb. 1, 5:30 p.m. listing.

6:00 PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND 6:30 WETA ARTS — See the February 1, 1:30 p.m. listing. R 7:00 THE JEWEL IN THE CROWN — Part 5 of 14. The Regimental Silver. Merrick apologizes to Sarah Manners about his presence at the wedding and explains the connections between Mirat and Mayapore, where Daphne was attacked. The events of that night also trouble Lady Manners as she works to procure Hari’s freedom from jail.

8:00 MASTERPIECE: DOWNTON ABBEY, SEASON 5 — Part 6 of 9. {DVI} R 9:00 MASTERPIECE: DOWNTON ABBEY, SEASON 5 — Part 7 of 9. Edith is found out. Mary finally shakes a suitor.

Isobel and Lord Merton reveal their plans. Robert throws another guest out of the house. {DVI} Repeats Mon 2/16, 4pm; Fri 2/20, 8:30pm; Sun 2/22, 8pm 10:00 MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: GRANTCHESTER — Part 5 of 6. On holiday in London, Sidney and Geordie happen upon a murder, allowing them to show Scotland Yard a thing or two. {DVI} Repeats Mon 2/16, 5pm 11:00 MIDSOMER MURDERS, SERIES I: DEATH OF A HOLLOW MAN — (90 min.) R

7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: BISMARCK, ND — Episode 1 of 3. Repeats Tue 2/17, 1:30pm 9:00 THE GREAT BRITISH BAKING SHOW — Episode 8 of 10. Advanced Dough. It’s the quarterfinals and only five bakers remain. The competitors must make sweet fruit loaves for their Signature Bake, followed by a Technical challenge that stretches them to the limit. Finally, the bakers must make 36 showstopping doughnuts.

Repeats Tue 2/17, 2:30pm; Sat 2/21, 7pm 10:00 INDEPENDENT LENS: THROUGH A LENS DARKLY: BLACK PHOTOGRAPHERS AND THE EMERGENCE OF A PEOPLE — A documentary spotlights the story of the pioneering African-American photographers — men and women, celebrated and anonymous — who have recorded the lives and aspirations of generations, from slavery to the present. {DVI} Repeats Tue 2/17, 3:30pm; Wed 2/25, 1pm 11:30 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

17 Tuesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 GENEALOGY ROADSHOW, SEASON 2 — Episode 6 of 7.

Philadelphia – Historical Society of Pennsylvania. A team uncovers family histories in Pennsylvania. A woman’s ancestor may have sparked historic labor laws; a pastor may have an outlaw in her family tree; a woman learns about slave genealogy and, with DNA testing, gets the answer she has waited for; and a woman learns her ancestor may have helped others escape the Holocaust. Repeats Wed 2/18, 5pm; Thur 2/19, 1pm 9:00 THE ITALIAN AMERICANS — A miniseries co-produced

by WETA traces the journey of Italian Americans from the late 19th century to the present day. Stanley Tucci narrates. Part 1 of 4. La Famiglia (1890–1910). A brief history of the Italian Risorgimento provides the context for the great flight from Italy’s mezzogiorno region. By the late 19th century, Italians begin to put down roots and “Little Italys” spring up in urban areas throughout the U.S. But the first generation, holding onto language and culture, is branded “outsiders” and mistrusted by non-Italians. Repeats Wed 2/18, 3pm 10:00 THE ITALIAN AMERICANS — Part 2 of 4. Becoming Americans (1910–1930). At the turn of the 20th century, more than four million Italians immigrate to America.

Leonard Covello is forced to give up his “old world” ways and adopt American mores, including changing his name; Arturo Giovannitti, a new immigrant, leads the largest labor strike of 1912, when Italian Americans push for better working conditions and wages.

Italian Americans are forced to worship in the basement of churches controlled by the Irish archdiocese; anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti are executed, reinforcing stereotypes that plague Italian Americans today; Prohibition breeds a new kind of criminal who seeks shortcuts to success. Repeats Wed 2/18, 4pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

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11AM On WETA HD: Great Performances at the Met: Tosca (11am) and Falstaff (1:30pm) SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–12:30AM: 6:00 PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND 6:30 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL — R 7:00 THE GREAT BRITISH BAKING SHOW — Episode 7 of 10.

Pastries. R 8:00 DOC MARTIN, SERIES IV 9:33 THE WETA MOVIE: BROADCAST NEWS — In James L. Brooks’ 1987 drama, William Hurt, Albert Brooks and Holly Hunter portray three TV newspeople — an anchorman, a reporter and a producer — struggling with work and love in a TV-network news bureau. (2:11) Repeats Sun 2/15, noon 12M WETA ARTS — R

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10:00 SHAKESPEARE UNCOVERED: ANTONY & CLEOPATRA/ KIM CATTRALL — Episode 5 of 6. Antony & Cleopatra with Kim Cattrall. Kim Cattrall has played the role of Cleopatra twice and meets others who have, as well — like Janet Suzman, who performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Together, they explore the truth behind Shakespeare’s “middle-aged” love story. Contributors include Harriet Walter and Vanessa Redgrave.

11:00 SHAKESPEARE UNCOVERED: ROMEO & JULIET/ JOSEPH FIENNES — Episode 6 of 6. Romeo & Juliet with Joseph Fiennes. The star of Shakespeare in Love examines Royal Ballet productions and musicals such as West Side Story to understand why the love story remains the most adapted and performed of all of Shakespeare’s works. Interviewees include Orlando Bloom, Condola Rashad and Stephen Sondheim.

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Monday, February 16 at 10 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD The documentary Independent Lens: Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People airs as part of WETA’s slate of Black History Month programming — see page 2.

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18 Wednesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 NATURE: OWL POWER — For centuries, owls have been fascinating hallmarks of children’s stories and folk tales the world over. What actually makes owls so special? Using camera technology, computer graphics, x-rays and ultra-microscopes, Nature takes a new look at owls in more detail than ever before. {DVI} R epeats Thur 2/19, 4pm 9:00 NOVA: PETRA–LOST CITY OF STONE — More than 2,000 years ago, the thriving city of Petra rose up in the desert of what is now Jordan. Once an oasis of culture and abundance, the city was built by wealthy merchants who carved spectacular temple-tombs into its cliffs, raised a monumental Great Temple and devised an ingenious system that channeled water to vineyards, bathhouses, fountains and pools. How was the city built? {DVI} Repeats Thur 2/19, 2pm 10:00 EARTH—A NEW WILD: OCEANS — Episode 4 of 5.

Oceans. Starting on the most pristine reef on Earth, home to more predators than prey, series host Dr. M. Sanjayan draws on his own ocean experiences to reveal a vibrant community of scientists, engineers and fishermen who are providing solutions that can help restore the oceans in astonishing ways. R epeats Thur 2/19, 3pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

19 Thursday 8:00 MISS FISHER’S MURDER MYSTERIES: MURDER IN MONTPARNASSE — Episode 7. As a young woman in Paris, Fisher posed for the famous artist Pierre Sarcelle. Now, 10 years later, Sarcelle’s widow arrives in Melbourne asking about her late husband’s paintings.

When Mme. Sarcelle disappears, Phryne discovers a connection between the woman and the death of an Australian war veteran who long before had witnessed the death of Mr. Sarcelle. R epeats Fri 2/20, 1pm 9:00 MIDSOMER MURDERS, SERIES I: DEATH IN DISGUISE — One of the founders of a new-age commune, The Lodge of the Golden Wind Horse, dies in a fall down the stairs, apparently accidentally. But when the other founder is mysteriously murdered in front of a roomful of people, the first death looks like it may have been deliberate as well. Barnaby investigates. Repeats Fri 2/20, 2pm; Sun 2/22, 11:09pm 10:30 MIDSOMER MURDERS, SERIES II: DEATH’S SHADOW — A successful theatrical director, Simon Fletcher, arrives in the village of Badger’s Drift, his head filled with disturbing childhood memories. Then, soon after being diagnosed with a brain tumor, a property developer in the village is savagely murdered with an Indian sword. Barnaby and Troy investigate. Repeats Fri 2/20, 3:30pm; Mon 2/23, 2pm 12M CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

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11AM On WETA HD: Great Performances at the Met: Rusalka (11am) and Prince Igor (2pm) SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–12M: 6:00 PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND 6:30 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL — R 7:00 THE GREAT BRITISH BAKING SHOW — Episode 8 of 10.

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8:00 DOC MARTIN, SERIES IV 9:33 THE WETA MOVIE: CASABLANCA — In Michael Curtiz’s classic 1942 drama, Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid and Claude Rains star in the story of a jaded café owner who helps an old flame and her husband escape from Nazis in Morocco. The film won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay. (1:42) Repeats Sun 2/22, noon 11:30 WETA ARTS — R

22 Sunday N WETA TV 26, 6AM–11:30AM. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD. O 6AM–11:30AM See the Sunday, February 1 listings.

SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 11:30AM–12:41AM: 11:30 THE McLAUGHLIN GROUP 12N THE WETA MOVIE: CASABLANCA — (1:42) R 2:00 WETA ARTS — R 2:30 CANCER: The Emperor of all Maladies — A Conversation — See February 13, 9:30 p.m. R 3:00 FREEDOM RIDERS: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE — From May until November 1961, more than 400 Americans, black and white, risked their lives — and many endured savage beatings and imprisonment — traveling together on buses and trains through the Deep South in a challenge to segregation. {DVI} 5:00 BBC ANTIQUES ROADSHOW 5:30 SCI-TECH NOW — See the Feb. 1, 5:30 p.m. listing.

6:00 PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND 6:30 CANCER: The Emperor of all Maladies — A Conversation — See February 13, 9:30 p.m. R 7:00 THE JEWEL IN THE CROWN — Part 6 of 14. Ordeal by Fire. Sarah tells Susan about her husband, and they learn of great bravery from an unexpected quarter.

Sarah embarks on a journey to bring comfort to a wounded man, and in Calcutta comes face to face with the war and its pain.

8:00 MASTERPIECE: DOWNTON ABBEY, SEASON 5 — Part 7 of 9. {DVI} R 9:00 MASTERPIECE: DOWNTON ABBEY, SEASON 5 — Part 8 of 9. Someone tries to derail Rose and Atticus’ happiness. Mrs. Patmore gets a surprise. Anna is in trouble.

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Wednesday, February 18 at 8 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD Nature: Owl Power explores the remarkable predators’ capabilities and advantages — and their influence on modern technology.

9:30 AMERICAN MASTERS: AUGUST WILSON: THE GROUND ON WHICH I STAND — A biographical film captures the legacy of the man some call America’s Shakespeare, from his roots as an activist and poet to his indelible mark on Broadway, telling of Wilson’s triumphs and struggles along the path to such seminal works as Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom; the Pulitzer Prize-winning Fences; Joe Turner’s Come and Gone; the Pulitzer Prizewinning The Piano Lesson; Two Trains Running and others. Repeats Sat 2/21, 1am; Tue 2/24, 4:30pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE: THE WEEK 11:30 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

20 Friday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL — In WETA’s long-running production, moderator and managing editor Gwen Ifill leads a discussion by a panel of top journalists on the news events of the week. Repeats Sat 2/21, 6:30pm 8:30 MASTERPIECE: DOWNTON ABBEY, SEASON 5 — Part 7 of 9. See the February 15, 9 p.m. listing. {DVI} R

Wednesday, February 18 at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD NOVA: Petra—Lost City of Stone explores how the spectacular city was constructed from desert cliffs in what is now Jordan.

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23 Monday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: BISMARCK, ND — Episode 2 of 3. Repeats Tue 2/24, 1:30pm 9:00 THE GREAT BRITISH BAKING SHOW — Episode 9 of 10.

Patisserie. It’s semi-finals time and the tension is palpable. First, bakers are challenged with baklava. Next is the 20-layer German schichttorte. In the Showstopper, the final four work non-stop to create two elegant entremets. Repeats Tue 2/24, 2:30 10:00 INDEPENDENT LENS: AMERICAN DENIAL — A film uses the story of a 1944 investigation of Jim Crow racism as a springboard to explore the power of unconscious biases and how the ideals of liberty, equality and justice still affect notions of race and class today. {DVI} 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

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25 Wednesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 NATURE: THE LAST ORANGUTAN EDEN — Ecologist Chris Morgan (Bears of the Last Frontier) travels to the jungles of Northern Sumatra to document efforts to save its wild orangutan population, which is quickly dwindling due to deforestation. {DVI} 9:00 NOVA: HAGIA SOPHIA–ISTANBUL’S ANCIENT MYSTERY — Istanbul’s magnificent Hagia Sophia is located on one of the world’s most active seismic fault lines, surviving devastating earthquakes since its construction in 537 AD. NOVA examines the building’s unique structure and the ingenious design strategies that have ensured its survival. {DVI}

Saturday, February 21 at 9:30 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD The WETA Movie features the classic 1942 film Casablanca, which won Oscar honors for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay.

10:00 EARTH—A NEW WILD: WATER — Episode 5 of 5. Water.

Series host Dr. M. Sanjayan explores humankind’s relationship with the Earth’s most important resource: water. Unraveling dramatic connections between fresh water and the health of the planet, he uncovers spectacular wildlife stories that center on managing the natural pulse of the planet’s water.

11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

26 Thursday 8:00 MOTOWN 25: YESTERDAY, TODAY, FOREVER — Hosted by comedian Richard Pryor, a 1983 special celebrated the 25th anniversary of Motown with reunions of The Miracles, The Supremes, The Jackson 5, The Temptations, The Four Tops and more. The Emmy Award-winning show features virtually every major Motown artist.

Repeats Fri 2/27, 1pm; Sat 2/28, 3pm 10:00 MOTOWN 25: YESTERDAY, TODAY, FOREVER — R 12M EASY YOGA: THE SECRET TO STRENGTH AND BALANCE WITH PEGGY CAPPY — Expert Peggy Cappy shows how yoga can aid anyone who seeks weightbearing exercise and a low-impact way to increase strength, mobility and balance.

1AM CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

27 Friday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL — In WETA’s long-running production, moderator and managing editor Gwen Ifill leads a discussion by a panel of top journalists on the news events of the week.

8:30 AGING BACKWARDS WITH MIRANDA ESMONDEWHITE — Former National Ballet of Canada dancer Miranda Esmonde-White, host of the series Classical Stretch (a program presenting a combination of scientific stretching, tai chi, ballet, physiotherapy and chiropractic movements), provides insights on combating aging. Repeats Sat 2/28, 5pm 9:30 GREAT PERFORMANCES: BARBRA STREISAND: BACK TO BROOKLYN — Streisand makes a historic homecoming to Brooklyn at the Barclays Center arena, marking the superstar’s first Brooklyn concert since her childhood years. Joined by special guests Il Volo and Chris Botti, Streisand performs an extensive selection of songs from throughout her five-decade career.

11:30 JJ VIRGIN’S SUGAR IMPACT SECRET — Sugar can be the real cause of inflammation, bloating, metabolic disorders, fatigue and weight gain. JJ Virgin shows how

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7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 GENEALOGY ROADSHOW, SEASON 2 — Episode 7 of 7.

Best of Genealogy Roadshow. Enjoy the most intriguing stories selected from both seasons of the series. From immigrant voyages and famous ancestors to murder mysteries and family connections, the episode revisits the journeys in cities across the country as people uncover their family histories. R epeats Wed 2/25, 5pm 9:00 THE ITALIAN AMERICANS — A miniseries co-produced

by WETA traces the journey of Italian Americans from the late 19th century to the present day. Part 3 of 4.

Loyal Americans (1930–1945). A second generation of Italian Americans begins to enter the labor movement, politics, sports and entertainment. Fiorello LaGuardia becomes mayor of New York City. Joe DiMaggio, the son of a San Francisco fisherman, becomes a baseball powerhouse and an American hero. But with the outbreak of World War II, loyalty to America is questioned and Italians are forced to choose between two nations at war. Repeats Wed 2/25, 3pm 10:00 THE ITALIAN AMERICANS — Part 4 of 4. The American Dream (1945–present). In post-war America, Italian Americans enter the middle class. Italian-American crooners define American cool, but even as Frank Sinatra skyrockets to fame, he is haunted by accusations of Mafia ties. Can Italian Americans fit into 1950s America? Have they finally shed the old stereotypes and become fully accepted? Governor Mario Cuomo and his sons, Justice Antonin Scalia, and Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi are among Italian Americans spotlighted. Repeats Wed 2/25, 4pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

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10:15 MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: GRANTCHESTER — Part 6 of 6. As Geordie’s life hangs in the balance, Sidney has to defy police to stop a killing spree. Sidney’s romantic life falls apart. {DVI} Repeats Mon 2/23, 5pm 11:09 MIDSOMER MURDERS, SERIES I: DEATH IN DISGUISE

to spot hidden sugars and retrain taste buds, restore sugar sensitivity, heal the digestive tract, and rev up the metabolism, turning sugar burners into fat burners and promoting weight loss. Repeats Sat 2/28, 7:30am 1AM CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

largest Catholic Church. The wide-ranging performance repertoire includes favorite hymns and great American folk classics.

8:00 MY MUSIC: MY YEARBOOK: 1960–1963 — A new music special explores golden pop songs of hope and heartbreak from the early 1960s. Bobby Vinton hosts.

Archival clips feature songs by the Everly Brothers, Paul Anka, Percy Faith, Ricky Nelson, Patsy Cline, Del Shannon, Neil Sedaka, Shelley Fabares, Ray Charles, Andy Williams and many other artists.

10:00 CELTIC WOMAN: FAN FAVORITES — Celebrating 10 years of performances by the popular Irish vocal-violin ensemble, a special presents favorites “Shenandoah” and “May It Be” at Dublin’s Helix Theater; “Danny Boy” and “Newgrange” at County Meath’s Slane Castle; “You Raise Me Up” and “Amazing Grace” at County Wicklow’s Powerscourt House and Gardens; “Dulaman” and “Orinoco Flow” from South Bend, Indiana; and “Ave Maria” at Atlanta’s Fox Theater.

11:30 GREAT PERFORMANCES: BRYAN ADAMS IN CONCERT — The husky-voiced Canadian rocker has been one of the most successful performers in contemporary pop music. Great Performances captures Adams in peak performance in Toronto during his current world tour, singing all the hits of his three-decade career.

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SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6AM–1:30AM: 6AM FLOWER EMPOWERED WITH SARAH VON POLLARO — In WETA’s production, Washingtonian Sarah von Pollaro demonstrates how anyone on any budget can create gorgeous, long-lasting floral designs for the home or for special occasions.

7:30 JJ VIRGIN’S SUGAR IMPACT SECRET — R 9:00 EASTENDERS 10:00 DR. CHRISTIANE NORTHRUP: GLORIOUS WOMEN NEVER AGE! — Wellness expert Dr. Northrup turns her attention to the subject of women and aging, replacing the notion of decline with the idea that growing older means an increase in wisdom and value. Northrup interprets research from astronaut studies, eldercare, the fields of sexuality, orthopedics and other areas, and combines them with her own clinical experience.

The result is 7 steps that women should take in their journey to getting older without “aging.”

11:30 THE WASHINGTON CHERRY BLOSSOMS: A GIFT OF FRIENDSHIP — A WETA production spotlights the Tidal Basin’s blossoming cherry trees, a gift of friendship from Japan in 1912, and explores the history of the trees and the annual National Cherry Blossom Festival, one of the nation’s largest springtime celebrations.

12:30 SUZE ORMAN’S FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS FOR YOU — In a program taped in Washington at American University, the personal finance expert presents up-to-date advice on a broad set of financial issues.

2:30 RICK STEVES’ EUROPE: PARIS 3:00 MOTOWN 25: YESTERDAY, TODAY, FOREVER — R 5:00 AGING BACKWARDS — R 6:00 PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND 6:30 ANGELS SING: LIBERA IN AMERICA — The Londonbased 32-voice boy choir Libera presents a concert recorded in Washington, D.C.’s Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, North America’s

Saturday, February 28 at 6:30 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD Angels Sing: Libera in America features the London-based boys choir performing favorite hymns and American folk classics at Washington’s Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.

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A one-hour Sesame Street special, The Cookie Thief, premiering Monday, February 16 at 11 a.m. on the WETA Kids channel (and 10 a.m. on WETA TV 26) features Cookie Monster in a story about a new cookie museum from which the art begins to disappear.

Rachel Dratch, above with Christopher L. Knowings, guest stars.

WETA Kids airings in black; WETA TV 26 in blue.

Peep/Pocoyo, 5am Maya & Miguel, 5:30am Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, 6am Clifford The Big Red Dog, 6:30am Caillou, 7am (6am) Arthur, 7:30am, 7pm (6:30am) Odd Squad, 8am, 8:30pm (7am) Wild Kratts, 8:30am, 7:30pm (7:30am) Curious George, 9am, 9:30am, 6pm (8am, 8:30am) Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, 10am, 10:30am, 5:30pm (9am, 9:30am) Sesame Street, 11am, 3pm (5am, 10am) Dinosaur Train, noon, 12:30pm (11am, 11:30am) Peg + Cat, 1pm, 1:30pm (Sundays, 8:30am) Super WHY!, 2pm (Sundays, 6am) Thomas & Friends, 2:30pm (Sundays, 6:30am) The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!, 3:30pm, 6:30pm (Sundays, 7:30am) Word World, 4pm Martha Speaks, 4:30pm (Sundays, 7am) Word Girl, 5pm (Sundays, 8am) More listings are available at weta.org/kids.

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British Television at Its Best The WETA UK channel is devoted to presenting the best in British television programming, broadcasting beloved classics and contemporary series around the clock, seven days a week. WETA UK offers a full schedule of great entertainment programming — featuring drama, mystery, comedy and documentary series — all delivered with an accent from the Isles. Visit wetauk.org for a complete schedule and program descriptions.

P.M. PROGRAMMING ON WETA UK IN FEBRUARY SUNDAY

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The Jewel in the Crown

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Last of the Summer Wine

Last of the Summer Wine

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My Family

My Family

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My Family

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Doctor Who

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New Tricks

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Mr. & Mrs. Murder

Waking the Dead

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Waking the Dead The Dr. Blake Mysteries I

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Foyle’s War

Hustle

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Hustle Pie in the Sky I

4:30pm The Great British Baking Show

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The Jewel in the Crown

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Miss Fisher’s Chef! I Murder Mysteries I

• Case Histories II (90 min.; 2/6–2/13) • Case Histories I (2 hrs.; 2/20–2/27)

Chef! I People Like Us I

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Doc Martin

Father Brown I My Family

My Family

My Family

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The Great British Baking Show

Pie in the Sky I

The Dr. Blake Mysteries I

Inspector Morse

Father Brown I

Rosemary & Thyme The Jewel in the Crown III

• Secret Life of Primates (2/1) • Globe Trekker (starts 2/8)

Midsomer Murders Doc Martin (Series I starts 2/9)

Inspector Lewis

(at 9pm:) • Case Histories II (90 min.; 2/5–2/12) • Case Histories I (2 hrs.; 2/19–2/26) (at 10:30pm:) • Shetland (2/5) • Mystery!: Grantchester (2/12) (at 11pm:) Mystery!: Grantchester (2/19 & 2/26)

Mr. & Mrs. Murder

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’Allo ’Allo ’Allo ’Allo 12m The Great British 12m Hustle Baking Show

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Poldark I Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries I (at 10:30pm, 2/28)

Father Brown I

The Great British Baking Show (at 11:30pm, 2/28)

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n ex-cop from Yorkshire jogs across the hills overlooking Edinburgh, listening to mournful American country singers and mulling over his tangled life. It’s private investigator Jackson Brodie, played by Jason Isaacs (Harry Potter) in a series of exciting mysteries based on bestselling novels

by Kate Atkinson, whose first novel in the Brodie series, Case Histories, was hailed by Stephen King as “the best mystery of the decade” after its publication in 2004. The author’s signature style is to entangle her hero in a web of cases — some involving Jackson’s work as a sleuth for hire and others dealing with crimes that he chances upon in his gritty encounters with Edinburgh’s seamier side. Series II episodes (from 2013), each 90 minutes long, begin January 29 on WETA UK; the original 2011 Masterpiece episodes, constituting Series I, feature two-hour cases and begin Thursday, February 19.

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ach hour-long program of the travel-adventure series Globe Trekker explores unforgettable destinations around the world, documenting the journeys of vibrant young guides — including Ian Wright, Megan McCormick (left, in Japan) and Zay Harding — as they venture off the beaten path to encounter local inhabitants, soak up the local culture, sample the cuisine and revel in breathtaking vistas. Presented by WETA to public television nationwide, Globe Trekker is now in its 13th season, traveling in the latest series to places such as Australia, Central and South America, India, Ireland, Japan, Pacific Islands, Sicily, Scandinavia, Spain and Switzerland, and presenting specials on tea, spice trails, art trails, World War II locations and more.

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ETA UK presents a special night of critically acclaimed mystery dramas each Wednesday with episodes of classic 1987–2000 series Inspector Morse followed by double features of spin-off drama Inspector Lewis (2006–present). In the former, John Thaw (at right, with Kevin Whately) portrays Oxford, England’s most famous export, Chief Inspector Endeavour Morse, one of the world’s most popular detectives.

Based on the novels by British author Colin Dexter, the cases feature the likeable but temperamental Jaguar-driving sleuth with the weakness for ale, Wagner opera, poetry, art, classics and cryptic crossword puzzles. Kevin Whately, Morse’s sidekick Sergeant Lewis in the original series, went on to become the protagonist of his own equally successful series as Inspector Lewis, also investigating crimes in Oxford.

Also this month on WETA UK: The classic British-in-India drama The Jewel in the Crown continues Saturdays at 8 p.m., the new season of Masterpiece blockbuster Downton Abbey, (left) continues to unfold each Saturday at 9 p.m.; and Revolutionary War-era British epic Poldark continues Saturdays at 10 p.m. On Sunday nights, The Great British Baking Show continues at 8 p.m.; and Midsomer Murders airs Monday nights at 9 p.m.

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his month, four Mondays bring four venues to Front Row Washington listeners, starting February 2 at 9 p.m. with Canadian violinist Lara St. John in recital at The Barns at Wolf Trap. Described by Gramophone as “technically dazzling” with “unfailingly musical interpretation,” St. John and pianist Lara St. John Martin Kennedy offer a passionate and intriguing program that includes sonatas by Beethoven and Bartók as well as Ravel’s Tzigane and their own arrangement of Liszt’s Totentanz.

Perhaps English mathematician Alan Turing, upon whose life the current film “The Imitation Game” is based, would have quickly solved the secret love story embedded in Alban Berg’s Lyrische Suite for String Quartet. The work was inspired

by Berg’s passionate love for —and secret affair with — the wife of a wealthy Czech industrialist. Replete with numerical references to their mystical union as well as the prominence of four pitches that spelled out the lovers’ initials, this lyric suite celebrates intense and joyful love, but ends with “Largo desolato” complete with a quotation from Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde.” Hear it February 9 at 9 p.m., along with a Haydn quartet and Dvorˇák’s A major piano quintet by Musicians From Marlboro at the Freer Gallery of Art. On February 16 at 9 p.m., Front Row Washington features a work that completely floored Robert Schumann, who proclaimed its composer — Felix Mendelssohn — the “Mozart of the 19th century!” The work was Mendelssohn’s first piano trio, written when the 31-year-old composer was at the height of his career in Germany. It’s performed by the Gould Piano Trio at the Phillips Collection in a recital that also includes a Haydn trio and Charles Villiers Stanford’s second Trio Con Brio piano trio, which he dedicated to his musician friends in Berlin.

Copenhagen Finally, if you’re going to form a chamber group, why not keep it close to home? That’s exactly what Danish pianist Jens Elvekjaer and his wife Soo-Kyung Hong did, inviting Soo-Kyung’s sister Soo-Jin along to form the Trio Con Brio Copenhagen. On Monday, February 23, Front Row Washington presents their recent recital at JCC of Greater Washington, where they’re joined by violist Ettore Causa for Brahms’ famous G minor piano quartet (with the rollicking “Rondo alla Zingarese” presto) and Maurice Ravel’s A minor piano trio.

Don’t miss February’s Front Row Washington: four Mondays, four venues, and an exciting foray into great chamber music, Monday nights at 9 p.m. on Classical WETA 90.9 FM.

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hat is it about Carmina Burana? Why is the piece so popular? Because the text is so racy? That’s part of it, probably. Its three sections celebrate spring, the tavern, and, especially expressive in the third, the pleasures of love. But, Orff was on to something else too: simplicity.

Oddly, the success of this adult piece is based on a successful concept that was developed for educating children.

Orff, keenly interested in figuring out a way to get young school students interested in music, realized that the key to his education goal was to have young people experience music that used simple melodies, rhythms and movements. Along the way, he pondered the potential of applying these education techniques to one of his own concert hall pieces. Orff tried it, and it worked brilliantly.

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The piece is Carmina Burana. In it, short, simple and attractive melodies are repeated, rhythm is appealing and irresistibly primitive, and the harmonic language is simple block harmony, with no fugues and counterpoint. With this major change in his writing, Orff declared that everything he had composed before was to be ignored.

Does this mean that everything else we play on Choral Showcase — Mass settings by Schubert; Walt Whitman’s celebration of the sea, set by Vaughan Williams; and Mendelssohn’s telling of Elijah, all this month alone — is not worth our time? Decide for yourself, but consider this: isn’t it a rich gift that all these very different expressions are available to us?! Carmina Burana starts the month, airing on Choral Showcase on the February 1, 9 p.m. broadcast.

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merican Soprano Marisol Montalvo — a former Miss America contestant and a protégée of Christoph Eschenbach — performed the Washington premiere of Matthias Pinscher’s Herodiade-Fragmente in a blood-red dress. You won’t be able to Soprano see the dress in Classical WETA’s February NSO Showcase proMarisol gram — this is radio, after all. But I guarantee you’ll be able to Montalvo hear the passion in her portrayal of Salome’s mother Herodias as she awaits the beheading of her great enemy, John the Baptist. Herodiade Fragments, wrote David Patrick Stearns in the Philadelphia Inquirer, “is one of the most intense, vocally jagged 24 minutes of music ever written for the soprano voice.”

It is also the piece with which Christoph Eschenbach opened his first subscription concert as National Symphony Orchestra Music Director in September 2010 at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Following that concert, “The audience,” wrote Washington Post critic Anne Midgette, “was fully ready to embrace its new music director…”

Not so the audience at the 1913 premiere of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring, who famously rioted over the revolutionary piece. “According to Stravinsky,” notes NSO Principal Bassoonist Sue Heineman, “the opening of Le Sacre du Printemps represents the awakening of nature. The bassoon starts things off in the high register — a sound unusual enough that many at the first performance couldn’t identify the instrument.”

Balancing these two ground-breaking works on our NSO Showcase program this month will be two C-major symphonies, written about 100 years apart, in a more or less classical style: Beethoven’s 1st, and Sibelius’ 3rd.

Beethoven’s First Symphony was premiered with the dawn of the new century — 1800 — a fitting farewell, as many have said, to the 18th century. In fact the work was unveiled at Beethoven’s first benefit concert in Vienna and took pride of place among works by Haydn and Mozart, the very composers to whom he paid homage in this early masterpiece. It is written in the typical triumphal style associated with C Major, with lots of drums and trumpets. Christoph Eschenbach conducted the NSO Showcase performance at the Kennedy Center last February.

Finnish conductor Osmo Vänskä led the NSO last April in Sibelius’ Third Symphony, dating from 1907. Like Beethoven’s First, it is also in the key of C Major. It utilizes a smaller orchestra, with reduced woodwinds, no tuba or harps, and no percussion save the timpani. The string section, however, is large and darkly colored, with eight each of the lower strings. The symphony has only three movements instead of the usual four, and the finale, according to Sibelius, represents “The crystallization of thought from chaos.”

This phrase aptly describes the music on February’s NSO Showcase program: the chaos of the Herodiade Fragments and Rite of Spring, beautifully balanced by the crystalline classicism of Beethoven and Sibelius. Look forward, as Classical WETA Announcers in the Community: always, to an exhilarating performance.

February 14: Bill Bukowski welcomes the audience to the

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Alexandria Symphony Orchestra’s Valentine’s Day (evening) performance at Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall & Arts Center

Saturday afternoons on Classical WETA

February 15: David Ginder introduces the Fauré Piano Quartett’s performance in the Recital Hall of the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

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February 26: Marilyn Cooley greets the audience at pianist Jenny Lin’s recital at the Mansion at Strathmore

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Verdi’s MacBeth (at 1 p.m.)

Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta & Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle (at 12:30 p.m.)

Mozart’s Don Giovanni (at 12:30 p.m.)

Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte (at 1 p.m.)

February 28: Bill Bukowski introduces the University of Maryland Symphony performance “Music in Mind: Prokofiev and Mahler 5” in the Concert Hall of the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

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PIERO DI COSIMO The Poetry of Painting in Renaissance Florence February 1–May 3

A spellbinding storyteller’s first retrospective includes religious images, mythological scenes, portraits, and more Organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and the Galleria degli Uffizi, Superintendency of Cultural Heritage for the City and the Museums of Florence.

Supported by Sally Engelhard Pingree and The Charles Engelhard Foundation.

Additional funding is provided by The Exhibition Circle of the National Gallery of Art.

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