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24 Tuesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 DOC MARTIN — Series II. Always on my Mind/The Family Way. A man desperately angry with Martin over his wife’s death then needs the doctor to save him after an accident, Martin treats a patient with an odd hand malady, and PC Mylow’s romance heats up; Martin’s estranged parents make a surprise visit, and his charismatic father, a surgeon, wins over the villagers — meanwhile, Martin must confront his blood phobia in an emergency. Repeats Wed 8/25, 3pm 9:34 NOVA: THE FOUR-WINGED DINOSAUR — Ancient volcanic eruptions in China’s Liaoning province killed and buried victims quickly, capturing features not normally preserved in fossils — notably the feathers on animals that had never been known to have them before. These feathered dinosaurs challenge assumptions about the origin of bird flight. {DVI} Repeats Wed 8/25, 2pm; Thur 8/26, 1pm 10:30 THE APPALACHIANS — Part 2 of 3. The Appalachian region saw conflict over land, first between settlers and Native Americans, and again during the Civil War. Post-war industrialization brought coal mining, spawning new conflict — between workers’ unions and coal companies. Repeats Wed 8/25, 5pm 11:30 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon
25 Wednesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 JACK BENNY: COMEDY IN BLOOM — A film explores the life of one of the most beloved American comic
Sundays, August 22 & 29 at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD WETA Television reprises an episode of Inspector Lewis, Series II before presenting new cases in Series III, beginning August 29 on Masterpiece Mystery! Above, Kevin Whately (left) portrays Inspector Lewis, who cracks cases in Oxford, England, with his sidekick DS Hathaway (Laurence Fox).
entertainers of the 20th century, offering a sense of Benny’s humor and humble character through interviews with those who knew him best: Bob Hope, Dinah Shore, Johnny Carson, Ann Margret, Carol Burnett, Mel Blanc, his writers, his producers and his best friend, George Burns. Repeats Thur 8/26, 2pm 9:00 JACKIE GLEASON: GENIUS AT WORK — In the golden era of television, Jackie Gleason was king, drawing families to Saturday evening television to see his entertaining characters on The Jackie Gleason Show. A film features a collection of Gleason’s most memorable characters and skits from his long-running network television series. {DVI} Repeats Thur 8/26, 3pm 10:00 FRONTLINE: LAW & DISORDER — A year-long, ongoing collaboration between Frontline, ProPublica and the New Orleans Times-Picayune, investigates charges that NOPD officers inappropriately used lethal force against New Orleans citizens in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and then tried to cover up their actions. {DVI} Repeats Thur 8/26, 4pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon
26 Thursday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES — The Dying Detective. Holmes (Jeremy Brett) receives a visit from Adelaide Savage, who is worried about her husband Victor’s increasing habit of smoking opium to heighten his powers for writing poetry. Repeats Fri 8/27, 1pm; Sun 8/29, 7pm 9:00 AGATHA CHRISTIE’S POIROT: THE VEILED LADY — David Suchet stars as the great detective Hercule Poirot. In London’s famous Burlington Arcade a man grabs a handful of jewels and flees. Poirot then meets Lady Millicent Castle Vaugh, who explains that she is soon to marry the Duke of Southshire but is being blackmailed by an ex-lover. Repeats Fri 8/27, 2pm 10:00 AGATHA CHRISTIE’S POIROT: THE LOST MINE — While Poirot (David Suchet) is checking his account, the chairman of his bank is waiting for a Chinese man who is expected to sell the bank a map showing the location of a lost silver mine. Then Mr. Wu Ling is found dead near the Red Dragon Casino at the docks, and Poirot investigates. Repeats Fri 8/27, 3pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon
27 Friday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL AND NATIONAL JOURNAL — Moderator and managing editor Gwen Ifill leads a discussion by a panel of journalists on the news events of the week. Repeats Sat 8/28, 6:30pm 8:30 INSIDE WASHINGTON — Repeats Sat 8/28, 6pm 9:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: SALT LAKE CITY, UT. 10:00 BBC ANTIQUES ROADSHOW — Coventry. 10:30 NEED TO KNOW 11:30 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon
28 Saturday N WETA TV 26, 6AM–7PM. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD listings. O 6AM–9AM WETA KIDS PROGRAMMING
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7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: MILWAUKEE, WI — Episode 2 of 3. Repeats Tue 8/24, 2pm; Wed 8/25, 1pm; Fri 8/27, 4pm 9:00 HISTORY DETECTIVES — Jackie Robinson All-Stars/ Modoc Basket/Special Agent Five. The history sleuths explore the story of a baseball game in Pittsburgh featuring Jackie Robinson that may have been a test of reactions to integrated baseball, examine a basket that may have been woven by Toby Riddle, who played an important role in the Indian Wars in the American West, and visit FBI headquarters in Washington to learn about a radio script authorized by J. Edgar Hoover. {DVI} Repeats Tue 8/24, 3pm; Thur 8/26, 5pm 10:00 CRAFT IN AMERICA, SERIES II — Episode 2 of 2, Process, explores what inspires a person to choose a career in craft and demonstrates how they go about acquiring the knowledge and necessary skills. This episode also spotlights artists who turned to craft as a second career later in life. Repeats Tue 8/24, 4pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon
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6:00 NATURE: SILENT ROAR: SEARCHING FOR THE SNOW LEOPARD — After years of high altitudes, long waits, great risk and hard work, a legendary filmmaker captures the elusive Himalayan snow leopard on film. {DVI} Repeats Tue 8/24, 5pm 7:00 THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES — The Three Gables. R SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 8PM–11:30PM: 8:00 NATURE: RHINOCEROS — Millions of rhinos once roamed the Earth, but today, the rhinoceros is one of the planet’s rarest animals, with three of its species on the brink of extinction. {DVI} Repeats Tue 8/24, 1pm 9:00 MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: INSPECTOR LEWIS II: THE POINT OF VANISHING — Kevin Whately stars as Oxford policeman Inspector Lewis; Laurence Fox stars as his young colleague, DS Hathaway. The murder of a smalltime criminal leads Lewis and Hathaway to a prominent Oxford don-turned-celebrity atheist, who years earlier had been the intended target of a botched murder attempt. Could these incidents be connected? {DVI} Repeats Mon 8/23, 2:30pm 10:30 PRINCESS MARGARET: A LOVE STORY — A BBC film explores Britain’s first great modern royal scandal 50 years ago. The Queen’s sister, Princess Margaret, faced a heartbreaking decision: marry Peter Townsend, a divorced commoner twice her age, and give up her right to succession; or sacrifice her true love, honor her duty and put Queen and country above all else.