April 2012 - WETA Magazine

april 2012 magazine for members

Doc Martin New season, new addition!

Series 5 of the popular British comic drama begins April 28

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ore than a half-century ago, during an era of segregation and unequal access to education, WETA was conceived to employ television as a teaching tool aimed at fostering lifelong learning for all who chose to tune in. In those days, educational television programming was largely absent from the commercial network airwaves, and publisher Willard Kiplinger, former Arlington School Board member Elizabeth Campbell and a group of likeminded visionaries worked hard to get WETA TV 26 on the air in Greater Washington in order to provide enriching viewing alternatives — especially for children.

Fifty years hence, the education of children remains at the core of WETA’s mission of public service; and this month, on the pages of this magazine, we spotlight the special services that we offer for the benefit of area youngsters. Our WETA Kids channel and its acclaimed research-based programming provide an enriching, trusted viewing environment, featuring some of the nation’s top-rated programs for preschoolers and primary school-age children. Our remarkable learning media websites offer parents and caregivers trusted resources on literacy, bilingual education, learning disabilities and ADHD. And our educational outreach in the community helps teachers and caregivers use WETA programming to foster literacy and learning.

Learn what your membership helps WETA do for children, and enjoy our many other intriguing broadcasts on WETA Television and Classical WETA 90.9 FM this month. Thank you for your support of WETA.

Sharon Percy Rockefeller, President & CEO, WETA

Grand Coulee Dam: American Experience airs Tuesday, April 3 at 8 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD

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remiering in the days leading up to Earth Day, a new American Experience film from Stephen Ives (who partnered with WETA to create both the film Reporting America at War and, with Ken Burns, the series The West) explores how the tension between technological achievement and environmental impact hangs over the legacy of Grand Coulee Dam. The great public works project, the largest hydroelectric power-producing facility in the world when completed in 1941, played a central role in transforming the Pacific Northwest, harnessing the power of the mighty Columbia River and diverting its waters for irrigation projects. But the dam barred one of the greatest salmon rivers in the world, obliterating one of the globe’s largest natural fish populations; and deprived of the salmon — their most important resource — the native people who lived along the Columbia witnessed a profound cultural decline.

Tune in as well this month for American Experience episodes that spotlight the arduous construction of the Panama Canal (April 3, 9:30 p.m.) in another film by Ives — and the development of the Hoover Dam (April 17, 9 p.m.), which transformed the American Southwest.

Exclusive corporate funding for American Experience is provided by Liberty Mutual Insurance.

Major funding is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Additional funding for Grand Coulee Dam is provided by The Kendeda Fund, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and public television viewers.

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(Baltimore area) Cover: Doc martin, starring martin clunes and caroline catz. Photo courtesy DRG.TV.

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On WETA TV 26 & WETA HD

Doc Martin, Series 5 Is Here!

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premieres Saturday, April 28 at 9:33 p.m.

artin Clunes returns for the much-awaited fifth season of British comic drama Doc Martin as the brash, abrasive doctor Martin Ellingham, whose blunt opinions and tactless manner make waves in a small community on England’s Cornish coast. Ellingham, once a celebrated London surgeon, fled his position after developing a phobia to blood. After retraining as a general practitioner, he replaced the deceased local doctor in the sleepy village of Portwenn, treating the ailments of the decidedly quirky locals. As the fourth season ended, Ellingham’s estranged partner, Portwenn schoolteacher Louisa Glasson (Caroline Catz) gave birth to their child as the doctor planned to return to London to resume his high-flying career. But the baby’s arrival changes life dramatically. In Series Five, the doctor tries to sort out his personal life, while dealing with the strange cases and stranger personalities of Portwenn.

Masterpiece Classic: Great Expectations

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airs Sundays, April 1 & 8 at 9 p.m.

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asterpiece Classic marks the bicentennial of Charles Dickens’ birth with a new adaptation of the author’s novel Great Expectations in a new production featuring Gillian Anderson (left, as Miss Havisham), David Suchet (Jaggers, Havisham’s attorney), Vanessa Kirby (Estella) and Ray Winstone (as fugitive felon Abel Magwitch). Newcomer Douglas Booth (left) portrays Pip, the battered orphan boy who meets the escaped convict, a crazed rich woman, and a bewitching girl, and grows up to have great expectations of wealth from a mysterious patron. Other Masterpiece broadcasts this month feature adaptations of Dickens’ last novel, the psychological thriller The Mystery of Edwin Drood (April 15), and Sebastian Faulk’s best-selling novel Birdsong (April 22 & 29), spotlighting two lovers torn apart by World War I. Funding for Masterpiece is provided by Viking River Cruises, with additional support from public television viewers and contributors to The Masterpiece Trust.

World DanceSport Federation Championships 2011 rtistry, athleticism, technique and aesthetics — these are the heart and soul of ballroom dance, which returns to WETA in an exciting three-part special, World DanceSport Federation Championships 2011, spotlighting top duos in the international dance competition. Five Latin and five standard dances are the mainstays of DanceSport. The five Latin dances are the Samba, Cha-ChaCha, Rumba, Paso Doble and Jive, featuring expressiveness, intensity and energy. The five somewhat more formal standard dances are the Waltz, Tango, Viennese Waltz, Slow Foxtrot and Quickstep.

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PBS NewsHour airs weeknights at 7 p.m.

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Classical WETA

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Serving Children in W

ETA’s fundamental mission is to provide access to education and to promote lifelong learning — and especially to serve the youngest members of our community.

For 50 years, with the generous support of members and funding partners, the station has harnessed the power of television to help educate children throughout Greater Washington, bringing enriching, trusted programming to this important constituency. WETA also produces a wealth of informative resources for parents and teachers to help them educate the children in their care.

Early Educational Programming Five decades ago, WETA TV 26 was founded to provide an educational alternative to commercial media, and the station’s earliest broadcasts were developed for use in local schools. WETA’s very first production was the 1958 elementary school series Time for Science; programs that followed, such as Elementary Spanish, Children’s Literature and Window on Our World, helped established a long tradition of creating educational programming. In the mid 1960s, WETA produced such programs as Sets and Systems, introducing Washington-area grade school teachers to new methods of teaching mathematics; Youth Wants to Know, featuring students exploring issues of the day; and What in the World?, an archaeology quiz game. The 1964

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program English — Fact and Fancy earned WETA its very first Emmy Award; and the reading series Cover to Cover premiered in 1965 and ran on TV 26 for years.

Then came Sesame Street in 1969, The Electric Company in 1971, Zoom in 1972, and other national PBS children’s programming that brought new creativity, energy and educational research to the flourishing medium in public television. A half-century hence, WETA continues to present an impressive portfolio of broadcasts just for children, composed principally of PBS’s sterling content for youngsters. These offerings are among the most popular children’s programs on television today.

Award-Winning Television Amid a dizzying program landscape in commercial and cable television, WETA’s educational broadcasts have long provided a safe haven that features age-appropriate content for preschool and early elementary schoolage viewers. The station currently airs children’s programming each morning on WETA TV 26, but also devotes an entire channel — WETA Kids — to programming exclusively for young viewers, around the clock. Broadcasts present awardwinning, diverse educational series such as Sesame Street, Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, Clifford The Big Red Dog, Curious George, WordWorld, Dinosaur Train, Martha Speaks, WordGirl and Super WHY! These offerings promote literacy and values-based learning, teach social skills and life lessons, and inspire curiosity about the world and a love of learning. Programs spotlight culture and language learning (Maya & Miguel), and foster science learning (Sid the Science Kid), mathematics skills (Cyberchase), natural sciences inquiry (Wild Kratts and The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!) and much more. This fall, watch for Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, a new series from the Fred Rogers Company.

WETA’s Acclaimed Learning Media Websites WETA also serves children and their families beyond the station’s broadcasts. Among the important educational resources developed by the station are four award-winning, WETA-created educational websites that offer free, trusted online resources for parents and educators nationwide.

AdLit.org is an acclaimed national multimedia project aimed at helping struggling adolescent readers and writers. ColorinColorado.org, a bilingual English-Spanish site, presents advice and resources to aid young English language learners.

LDOnLine.org is the world’s leading website on learning disabilities and ADHD. And multimedia literacy initiative Reading Rockets features a videorich website — ReadingRockets.org — that has attracted millions of visitors to its reading resources for parents and educators of young children.

In the Community

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Greater Washington

Independent Lens: Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey Friday, April 6 at 9 p.m., repeating April 9 at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD

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mong the early educational series on public broadcasting nationwide was the iconic program Sesame Street, which went on the air in 1969 and has since educated generations of American preschoolers. More than 40 years later, the beloved program remains in WETA Television’s on-air offerings. Among the keys to the program’s success are Sesame Street’s popular muppet characters, made famous by creative genius Jim Henson as an educational tool with which to engage and entertain children.

This month, film series Independent Lens features an acclaimed documentary that spotlights Baltimorean Kevin Clash (above), the man behind one of the most adored muppets, a furry red monster named Elmo. Being Elmo explores his story and chronicles the meteoric rise of Jim Henson in the process. Narrated by Whoopi Goldberg, Being Elmo offers a rare, behind-the-scenes look at Sesame Street and the Jim Henson legacy.

Through the WETA Ready To Learn (RTL) initiative, WETA aids families, caregivers and teachers in learning how to use WETA children’s television programming to help young viewers learn to read.

WETA staff conduct nearly 100 RTL literacy workshops each year, distributing thousands of books and training a host of participants who collectively care for more than 7,500 area children. Additional Where Literacy Begins workshops prepare caregivers of infants and toddlers to foster learning.

In the community, WETA sponsors public events throughout the area, giving children the chance to meet beloved characters from WETA Kids programming — and staff participate in such events as Read Across America Day, reading to local youngsters in area schools.

The station is also participating in “American Graduate,” a Corporation for Public Broadcasting initiative that is combating the drop-out crisis among American high school students.

Independent Lens is curated by ITVS and PBS and is funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, with additional funding provided by PBS and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Rely on WETA For a half-century, WETA TV 26 has engaged and inspired young viewers with educational programming that has presented stimulating adventures in learning; and the broadcast service and educational resources developed by the station for children will long remain centerpieces of WETA’s public broadcasting mission.

Parents and educators alike can continue to rely on WETA to help empower children for success in school and life. Tune in, and log on to weta.org, and explore what WETA has to offer in service to children in Greater Washington and beyond.

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WETA TV 26 & WETA HD April primetime simulcast listings.

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

For full schedules and program information, visit weta.org

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Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Masterpiece Classic: Great Expectations Jr. (Pt 3 of 10) (Pt 1 of 2)

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Antiques Roadshow: El Paso, TX

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Grand Coulee: American Experience

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Nature: Ocean Giants: Deep Thinkers

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Sherlock Holmes: The Three Gables & Sherlock Holmes: The Dying Detective (to 9:45pm)

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Washington Week with Gwen Inside Washington Ifill and National Journal

Independent Lens: Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey

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Doc Martin, Series III (Pts 7 & 8 of 9.

The Holly Bears a Prickle/Nowt So Queer)

(from 9:33pm) The WETA Movie: Bus Stop (to 11:07pm)

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Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Masterpiece Classic: Great Expectations (Pt 2 of 2) Jr. (Pt 4 of 10)

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Antiques Roadshow: El Paso, TX

Independent Lens: Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey

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The WETA Guide to Breakfast in Washington

The Titanic with Len Goodman

Frontline: Nuclear Aftershocks

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Nature: Ocean Giants: Voices of the Sea

NOVA: Deadliest Tornadoes

America Revealed: Food Machine

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Sherlock Holmes: The Golden Pince-Nez

Masterpiece Mystery!: Sherlock: A Study in Pink

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Washington Week with Gwen Inside Washington Ifill and National Journal

Shirley Temple: America’s Little Darling

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Doc Martin, Series III/IV (Pt 9 of 9. Happily Ever After & Part 1 of 8. Better the Devil)

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Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Masterpiece Classic: The Mystery of Edwin Drood Jr. (Pt 5 of 10)

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Antiques Roadshow: Atlanta, GA

World DanceSport Federation Championships 2011 (Pt 1 of 3)

Antiques Roadshow: Providence, RI

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Lidia Celebrates America: Weddings: Something Borrowed, Something New

Hoover Dam: American Experience

Frontline: The Real CSI

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Nature: River of No Return

NOVA: Why Ships Sink

America Revealed: Nation on the Move

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Sherlock Holmes: The Red Circle

Masterpiece Mystery!: Sherlock: The Blind Banker

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Washington Week with Gwen Inside Washington Ifill and National Journal

Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend

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Doc Martin, Series IV (Pts 2 & 3 of 8. Uneasy Lies the Head/ Perish Together as Fools)

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Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Masterpiece Classic: Birdsong (Pt 1 of 2) Jr. (Pt 6 of 10)

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Antiques Roadshow: Atlanta, GA

World DanceSport Federation Championships 2011 (Pt 2 of 3)

Antiques Roadshow: Providence, RI

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The Crash of 1929: American Experience

The Making of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Frontline: Money, Power and Wall Street (Pt 1 of 2) (to 12m)

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Nature: Radioactive Wolves

NOVA: Secrets of the Sun

America Revealed: Electric Nation

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Sherlock Holmes: The Mazarin Stone

Masterpiece Mystery!: Sherlock Holmes: The Great Game

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Washington Week with Gwen Inside Washington Ifill and National Journal

The WETA Movie: The French Lieutenant’s Woman (to 11:04pm)

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Doc Martin, Series IV (Pts 4 & 5 of 8. Driving Mr. McLynn/ The Departed )

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Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Masterpiece Classic: Birdsong (Pt 2 of 2) Jr. (Pt 7 of 10)

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Antiques Roadshow: Atlanta, GA

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American Masters: Margaret Mitchell: American Rebel

American Masters: Harper Lee: Hey Boo (to 11:30pm)

Panama Canal: American Experience NOVA: Hunting the Elements (from 9:45pm) Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Four and Twenty Blackbirds & Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Third Floor Flat (to 11:30pm)

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The WETA Guide to Great Views

Poirot: Triangle at Rhodes (to 11:30pm) Cary Grant: The Leading Man (to 11pm) & Need to Know (to 11:30pm)

(from 9:33pm) The WETA Movie: Arsenic and Old Lace (to 11:28pm)

Poirot: Problem at Sea (to 11:30pm) Gregory Peck: His Own Man (to 11pm) & Need to Know

(from 9:33pm) The WETA Movie: Key Largo (to 11:14pm) Masterpiece: Upstairs Downstairs (Pt 1 of 3)

Poirot: Incredible Theft (to 11:30pm)

(from 9:33pm:) Doc Martin, Series V (Pts 1 & 2 of 8)

World DanceSport Federation Championships 2011 (Pt 3 of 3)

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Edward & Wallis: A Story of Love and Destiny

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Masterpiece: Upstairs Downstairs (Pt 2 of 3)

Antiques Roadshow: Providence, RI

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W TA TV 26 & W TA HD April 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 nights from 7 p.m. through Charlie Rose, and each weekend evening, beginning at 6 p.m. Saturdays and 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.

• Weeknight primetime on WETA TV 26 often repeats the next weekday on WETA TV 26 — see repeat listings.

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

Program Key n — 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.

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Wednesday, April 4 at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD NOVA: Hunting the Elements features New York Times correspondent David Pogue exploring the world of chemistry as he probes the secrets of the elements, the ingredients of everything in our world.

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Monday, April 2 at 9 p.m. & 10 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD American Masters presents biographies of two literary giants: Margaret Mitchell (with Clark Gable), author of Gone With the Wind; and Harper Lee (with Gregory Peck), author of To Kill a Mockingbird.

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The film spotlights significant events in hockey’s 200year history. Repeats Tue 4/3, 5pm FINDING YOUR ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES JR. — Part 3 of 10. The 10-part series continues, with renowned cultural critic and Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr., journeying deep into the ancestry of a group of celebrity guests and providing new understanding of personal identity and American history. Featured in the series are Kevin Bacon, Cory Booker, Angela Buchdal, Geoffrey Canada, Margaret Cho, Harry Connick Jr., Robert Downey Jr., Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Samuel L. Jackson, John Legend, John Lewis, Branford Marsalis, Yasir Qadhi, Condoleezza Rice, Michelle Rodriguez, Kyra Sedgwick, Wanda Sykes, Ruth Simmons, Martha Stewart, Barbara Walters and Rick Warren.

MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: GREAT EXPECTATIONS — Gillian Anderson and Douglas Booth star in Charles Dickens’ tale of an orphan’s sudden expectations of wealth and true love. The classic story also stars David Suchet (Poirot), Ray Winstone and Vanessa Kirby. Part 1 of 2. An orphan boy raised by a blacksmith’s family finds that an eccentric rich lady is suddenly interested in him, wrenching him from his poor but honest life into a world of affluence and deceit.

EDWARD & WALLIS: A STORY OF LOVE AND DESTINY — In a thousand years of the British monarchy only one King has resigned his crown for a woman’s love. A film explores the story of England’s King Edward VIII, who gave up his birthright to pursue his obsession with his twice-divorced American mistress, Wallis Simpson.

HUSTLE, SERIES IV — Part 1 of 6. The hustlers are back and off to L.A. for their first con with a new boss, Danny, who is out to prove himself and talks them into a scam in Hollywood.

2 Monday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: EL PASO, TX — Repeats Tue 4/3, 2pm; Wed 4/4, 1pm

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O 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 GREAT ROMANCES — Repeats Mon 4/2, 4:30pm 11:30 THE WETA MOVIE: ARSENIC AND OLD LACE — Frank Capra’s 1944 comedy, with a screenplay by the Epstein brothers (Casablanca), features Cary Grant as a theater critic who learns that his two elderly aunts serve poisoned elderberry wine to lonely gentlemen callers.

(1:55) Repeats Sat 4/14, 9:33pm; Sun 4/15, 11:30am 1:30 BBC ANTIQUES ROADSHOW 2:00 SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE ADVENTURE OF THE ILLUSTRIOUS CLIENT — Intrigue and deception are the order of the day — but is it too much for Holmes?

Jeremy Brett stars. Repeats Mon 4/2, 3:30pm 3:00 PRIME SUSPECT VII: THE FINAL ACT — Part 4 of 4.

Tennison (Helen Mirren) learns some surprising facts about the victim, forging a new path for the investigation. She battles her own demons as the search for the killer concludes with a shattering confrontation.

4:00 WILLIAM & MARY, SERIES II — A romantic British drama stars Martin Clunes (Doc Martin) and Julie Graham as lonely hearts looking for love. Part 2 of 6.

The firm’s first funeral and a stillbirth complicate Rick and Molly’s big day. William hunts for a larger house for the extended family. Repeats Tue 4/3, 4pm 5:00 GLOBE TREKKER SPECIAL: MID-ATLANTIC STATES — A new season of Globe Trekker begins, featuring new travels around the globe. Repeats Mon 4/2, 1:30pm SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–12M: 6:00 MOYERS & COMPANY — Bill Moyers presents a weekly hour of conversation, featuring a range of scholars, artists, activists, scientists, philosophers and newsmakers who bring context, insight and meaning to important topics. Repeats Mon 4/2, 5pm 7:00 HOCKEY: MORE THAN A GAME — A documentary celebrates the spirit, traditions and compelling stories of the game described as “Canada’s gift to the world.”

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9:00 AMERICAN MASTERS: MARGARET MITCHELL: AMERICAN REBEL — A film explores the life of Pulitzer Prize-winner Margaret Mitchell, author of Gone With the Wind — one of the world’s best-selling novels that was adapted into one of the most popular films of all time. No ordinary writer — or woman — Mitchell was a charismatic force who challenged the Southern social order. Repeats Tue 4/3, 3pm 10:00 AMERICAN MASTERS: HARPER LEE: HEY BOO — A film examines the mysterious life of Harper Lee, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of To Kill a Mockingbird.

The documentary explores the context and history of the novel’s Deep South setting — and the social changes the book inspired after publication.

11:30 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

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 4/7, 6:30pm 8:30 INSIDE WASHINGTON — Repeats Sat 4/7, 6pm 9:00 INDEPENDENT LENS: BEING ELMO: A PUPPETEER’S JOURNEY — A film explores the story of Baltimore’s Kevin Clash — the man behind the success of Sesame Street character Elmo, one of the world’s most adored and recognizable puppet characters — and in the process chronicles the meteoric rise of Jim Henson, the creative force responsible for Sesame Street. Whoopi Goldberg narrates the behind-the-scenes look at Sesame Street. Repeats Mon 4/9, 9pm; Tue 4/10, 3pm 10:30 NEED TO KNOW 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

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7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 GRAND COULEE DAM: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE — American Experience explores how the tension between technological achievement and environmental impact hangs over the legacy of Grand Coulee Dam, the world's largest hydroelectric power facility when completed in March 1941. The dam helped turn central Washington into rich farmland but blocked access to one of the greatest salmon rivers in the world.

Repeats Wed 4/4, 2pm 9:30 PANAMA CANAL: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE — On August 15, 1914, the Panama Canal opened, connecting the world’s two largest oceans and signaling America’s emergence as a global superpower. American ingenuity had succeeded — but at an enormous cost, including more than 5,000 lives. {DVI} Repeats Wed 4/4, 3:30pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

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O 6AM–9AM WETA KIDS PROGRAMMING 9:00 EASTENDERS — (two episodes, simulcast on WETA TV 26 and WETA HD) Repeats Fridays, 5pm 10:00 THE THIS OLD HOUSE HOUR — Watch for D.C.-area content beginning April 28.

11:00 ESSENTIAL PÉPIN 11:30 PATI’S MEXICAN TABLE 12N CUISINE CULTURE 12:30 MEXICO—ONE PLATE AT A TIME WITH RICK BAYLESS 1:00 CHEF JOHN BESH’S NEW ORLEANS 1:30 JOANNE WEIR’S COOKING CONFIDENCE 2:00 SARA’S WEEKNIGHT MEALS 2:30 BAKING WITH JULIA/LIDIA’S ITALY 3:30 IN JULIA’S KITCHEN WITH MASTER CHEFS 4:00 JACQUES PÉPIN: MORE FAST FOOD MY WAY! 4:30 COOK’S COUNTRY FROM AMERICA’S TEST KITCHEN 5:00 AMERICA’S TEST KITCHEN FROM COOK’S ILLUSTRATED 5:30 RICK STEVES’ EUROPE SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–11:07PM: 6:00 INSIDE WASHINGTON — R

4 Wednesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 NATURE: OCEAN GIANTS: DEEP THINKERS — The brains of whales and dolphins are surprisingly complex. Whales and dolphins work cooperatively, show empathy and are self-aware. “Deep Thinkers” explores how clever — and how much like us — whales and dolphins might be. {DVI} Repeats Thur 4/5, 2pm 9:00 NOVA: HUNTING THE ELEMENTS — What are things made of? Fewer than 100 naturally occurring elements form the ingredients of everything in our world. David Pogue, host of NOVA’s Making Stuff series and a correspondent for The New York Times, explores the world of chemistry to illuminate the elements. {DVI} Repeats Thur 4/5, 3pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

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Tuesday, April 10 at 8 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD The WETA Guide to Breakfast in Washington features a wide array of suggestions for superb breakfast fare around the area.

9:45 AGATHA CHRISTIE’S POIROT: FOUR AND TWENTY BLACKBIRDS — Poirot (David Suchet) is dining out at a London chop house one evening when eminent artist Henry Gascoigne enters the restaurant for his customary dinner. The next morning, Poirot reads in the newspaper that the painter is dead. Repeats Fri 4/6, 3pm 10:32 AGATHA CHRISTIE’S POIROT: THE THIRD FLOOR FLAT — Poirot (David Suchet) is bored —he hasn’t had a case to probe for weeks. But a new tenant in Poirot’s building is murdered, giving the sleuth a crime to solve on his own doorstep. R epeats Fri 4/6, 4pm 11:30 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

5 Thursday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE THREE GABLES — A woman rejects her diplomat lover, Douglas Maberly, in favor of another man. With his life shattered, Douglas pens his life story and then dies in mysterious circumstances. Holmes (Jeremy Brett) investigates. Repeats Fri 4/6, 1pm 8:52 SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE DYING DETECTIVE — Holmes (Jeremy Brett) gets 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 4/6, 2pm

a weta presentation Sunday, April 8 at 7 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD Halsted explores the life and work of Dr. William Stewart Halsted (1852–1922), the pioneering father of American surgery who introduced a modern, scientific approach to medicine and was a founding professor of Baltimore’s Johns Hopkins Hospital.

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6:30 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL AND NATIONAL JOURNAL — R 7:00 AS TIME GOES BY/KEEPING UP APPEARANCES 8:00 DOC MARTIN, SERIES III — Parts 7 & 8 of 9. The Holly Bears a Prickle/Nowt So Queer.

9:33 THE WETA MOVIE: BUS STOP — In Joshua Logan’s 1956 comic-drama, a brash young cowboy (Don Murray) gets off the bus in Phoenix where he courts a cafe singer (Marilyn Monroe). (1:34) Repeats Sun 4/8, 11:30am

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7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: EL PASO, TX — Repeats Tue 4/10, 2pm; Wed 4/11, 1pm 9:00 INDEPENDENT LENS: BEING ELMO: A PUPPETEER’S JOURNEY — See the Friday, April 6, 9 p.m. listing. R 10:30 THE WETA GUIDE TO GREAT VIEWS — A WETA TV 26 production explores locations around Greater Washington that feature remarkable views of cityscapes, natural beauty, sunsets and more.

11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

10 Tuesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 THE WETA GUIDE TO BREAKFAST IN WASHINGTON — Where should you go for the most important meal of the day? A WETA TV 26 production features two dozen delicious dining suggestions throughout Greater Washington, showcasing all-you-can-eat buffets, upscale power breakfasts, favorite greasy spoons, and even quick and tasty bites on-the-go. Repeats Wed 4/11, 2pm; Thur 4/12, 1pm 9:00 THE TITANIC WITH LEN GOODMAN — British television personality Len Goodman examines the 100-year legacy of the Titanic, exploring the human stories that unfolded in the years after the ship sank. He meets descendants of passengers and crew and hears how, for the families of many on board, the sinking was just the beginning of the story. Repeats Wed 4/11, 3pm; Thur 4/12, 5pm 10:00 FRONTLINE: NUCLEAR AFTERSHOCKS — In March 2011 a devastating earthquake and tsunami crippled Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex, leaving the country’s energy program in shambles. Frontline examines the implications of the Fukushima accident for U.S. nuclear safety. Should the U.S. abandon nuclear energy?

11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

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N WETA TV 26, 6AM–6PM. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD listings.

O 6AM–9AM WETA KIDS PROGRAMMING 9AM–11:30AM See the Sunday, April 1 listings.

11:30 THE WETA MOVIE: BUS STOP — (1:34) R 1:00 LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER: RENÉE FLEMING AT THE PENTHOUSE — Celebrated soprano Renée Fleming offers an intimate performance in Lincoln Center’s Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse. Featuring the rarely performed operatic masterpiece Knoxville Summer of 1915 by Samuel Barber, the program also features Fleming performing songs from her pop album, Dark Hope, Broadway favorites and a duet with vocalist Josh Groban.

2:30 HEARTS OF GLASS — A film by Vincent Gaines documents the work of D.C.-based glass artist Tim Tate, capturing the inventiveness of technique that makes Tate’s glass sculptures so unique along with the spirit behind the artist’s work at the historic Corradetti Glass Studio in Baltimore and at Tate’s own Washington Glass School. Repeats Wed 4/11, 5:30pm 3:00 PRIME SUSPECT, SERIES I — The award-winning 1991 crime drama, written by and novelist Lynda LaPlante, stars Oscar-winning actress Helen Mirren as Detective Inspector Jane Tennison — a top-notch London detective battling to prove herself. Part 1 of 4. In Series I, Tennison feels she has been discriminated against when her superiors pass her over in favor of a man to head a murder case. But Tennison gets her chance to demonstrate that she has what it takes to succeed.

4:00 WILLIAM & MARY, SERIES II — Part 3 of 6. William suffers stress in the small house, but the new house isn’t progressing. Meanwhile, the firm receives death threats over the funeral of a convicted killer. Repeats Tue 4/10, 4:30pm 5:00 GLOBE TREKKER: WEST TEXAS — Repeats Mon 4/9, 1:30pm SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–12M: 6:00 MOYERS & COMPANY — See the Sunday, April 1, 6 p.m. listing. Repeats Mon 4/9, 5pm 7:00 HALSTED — WETA presents a documentary film spotlighting William Stewart Halsted (1852–1922), the pioneering father of American surgery and a founding professor of Baltimore’s Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Surgery in the mid-19th century consisted of crude and hurried amputations conducted in filthy operating rooms, often followed by horrendous infection.

Dr. Halsted helped institute sterile procedures, use of surgical gloves, careful handling of tissues, and local anesthesia — introducing a modern, scientific approach to medicine. Repeats Tue 4/10, 1pm 8:00 FINDING YOUR ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES JR. — Part 4 of 10. See the Sunday, April 1, 8 p.m. listing.

9:00 MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: GREAT EXPECTATIONS — Part 2 of 2. Pip goes to London to live as a young gentleman with great expectations. His shocking discoveries include meeting a rival for Estella’s hand and learning who is behind his life of dissipation and leisure.

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11 Wednesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 NATURE: OCEAN GIANTS: VOICES OF THE SEA — Humpback whales’ songs carry thousands of miles, while a sperm whale scans the ocean depths with a sonar laser beam louder than a thunderclap. Voices of the Sea reveals an underwater world where sound takes the place of sight. {DVI} Repeats Thur 4/12, 2pm 9:00 NOVA: DEADLIEST TORNADOES — In April 2011, the worst tornado outbreak in decades left a trail of destruction across the U.S., killing more than 360 people. Why was there such an extreme outbreak? How do such outbreaks form? With modern warning systems, why did so many die? This NOVA special offers a look at the science behind the storms. {DVI} Repeats Thur 4/12, 3pm

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Tuesday, April 10 at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD The Titanic with Len Goodman features the British television personality exploring human stories surrounding the great ship on the centennial of its infamous sinking in the North Atlantic. Tune in as well to NOVA on April 18 for the new special, Why Ships Sink.

11:00 HUSTLE, SERIES IV — Part 2 of 6. Back in the U.K., Danny is convinced the team needs a new grifter and begins interviews. Meanwhile, Dickie Brennan, a ruthless porn baron, is keen to own a prize-winning horse.

The team is willing to oblige with a new con.

Wednesday, April 11 at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD NOVA: Deadliest Tornadoes explores the science behind the terrible storms that killed hundreds around the nation in April 2011.

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10:00 AMERICA REVEALED — A four-part miniseries journeys high above the American landscape to explore the interdependent and intricately interwoven networks that feed and power the nation, produce millions of goods, transport people great distances and still come together to make America work. Technology expert Yul Kwon hosts. Part 1 of 4. Food Machine. Kwon explores how the American food machine keeps nearly 300 million Americans fed every day, considering the toll our insatiable appetites take on our health and environment and meeting the men and women who keep the food coming our way. Repeats Thur 4/12, 4pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

Thursdays, April 12, 19 & 26 on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD WETA Television reprises Masterpiece Mystery!: Sherlock, starring Benedict Cumberbatch (left) as Sherlock Holmes and Martin Freeman as his collaborator, Dr. Watson, in three cases set in modern-day London. New Sherlock episodes premiere in May.

7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE GOLDEN PINCE-NEZ — Holmes (Jeremy Brett) investigates when Willoughby Smith, secretary to Professor Coram, is found dead clutching a pince-nez. Repeats Fri 4/13, 1pm 9:00 MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: SHERLOCK: A STUDY IN PINK — A fast-paced, contemporary take on the Sherlock Holmes crime novels sets mysteries in present day London and stars Benedict Cumberbatch (The Last Enemy) as the Baker Street sleuth and Martin Freeman (The Office UK) as his loyal sidekick Doctor Watson. A Study in Pink. When an unidentified woman, dressed all in pink, turns up murdered in an abandoned building, Sherlock must use the science of deduction to catch the killer. Repeats Fri 4/13, 2pm 10:30 AGATHA CHRISTIE’S POIROT: TRIANGLE AT RHODES — Hercule Poirot (David Suchet) is holidaying at the Palace Hotel in Rhodes. He and his fellow guests are interested in the arrival of famous and beautiful divorcee Valentine, accompanied by her fifth husband.

Valentine immediately flirts with other men — and soon, a murder takes place. Repeats Fri 4/13, 3:30pm 11:30 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

14 Saturday N WETA TV 26, 6AM–6PM. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD listings.

O 6AM–6PM See the Saturday, April 7 listings.

SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–11:30PM: 6:00 INSIDE WASHINGTON — R 6:30 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL AND NATIONAL JOURNAL — R 7:00 AS TIME GOES BY/KEEPING UP APPEARANCES 8:00 DOC MARTIN, SERIES III/IV — Part 9 of 9. Happily Ever After/Part 1 of 8. Better the Devil.

9:33 THE WETA MOVIE: ARSENIC AND OLD LACE — See the Sunday, April 1, 11:30 a.m. listing. (1:55) R

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13 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 4/14, 6:30pm 8:30 INSIDE WASHINGTON — Repeats Sat 4/14, 6pm 9:00 SHIRLEY TEMPLE: AMERICA’S LITTLE DARLING — By the age of four, Shirley Temple had become a film star adored by adults and children alike, and had already broken records at the box office. A biography offers a retrospective of the life and times of the child star whose films saved a movie studio from bankruptcy and raised the morale of Depression-weary Americans.

10:00 CARY GRANT: THE LEADING MAN — Archival footage, interviews and film clips relate film star Cary Grant’s journey from working-class beginnings to the heights of Hollywood royalty.

11:00 NEED TO KNOW 11:30 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

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Wednesdays, April 11, 18 & 25 at 10 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD The series America Revealed tours the nation, exploring the networks that feed and power the country, produce millions of goods, transport people long distances and make America work.

N WETA TV 26, 6AM–6PM. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD listings.

O 6AM–9AM WETA KIDS PROGRAMMING 9AM–11:30AM See the Sunday, April 1 listings.

11:30 THE WETA MOVIE: ARSENIC AND OLD LACE — (1:55) R 1:30 ART IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY: CHANGE — The contemporary art series explores the work of Ai Weiwei, El Anatsui and Catherine Opie, who bear witness, through their creations, to transformation — cultural, material and aesthetic — and actively engage communities as collaborators and subjects. {DVI} 2:30 BBC ANTIQUES ROADSHOW — Repeats Mon 4/16, 4:30pm 3:00 PRIME SUSPECT, SERIES I — Part 2 of 4. Tennison’s got her hands full. Not only does she have a brutal sex crime to solve, but she’s working with a team of men who don’t think she’s up to the job. Led by the odious Sergeant Otley, they try to sabotage her at every turn.

Helen Mirren stars.

4:00 WILLIAM & MARY, SERIES II — Part 4 of 6. The new house project runs into trouble; meanwhile Mary takes on some of the independent midwives’ clients. Martin Clunes (Doc Martin) and Julie Graham star. Repeats Tue 4/17, 4pm 5:00 GLOBE TREKKER: PUERTO RICO — Repeats Mon 4/16, 1:30pm SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–12M: 6:00 MOYERS & COMPANY — See the Sunday, April 1, 6 p.m. listing. Repeats Mon 4/16, 5pm 7:00 NATURE: AMERICAN EAGLE — Unique to North America, the bald eagle is the continent’s most recognizable aerial predator. In the 1960s, eagles became an emblem of environmental degradation, as the pesticide DDT and other human pressures brought them to the brink of extinction. Following their protection as an endangered species, bald eagles have come roaring back. {DVI} Repeats Mon 4/16, 2:30pm; Tue 4/17, 1pm 8:00 FINDING YOUR ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES JR. — Part 5 of 10. See the Sunday, April 1, 8 p.m. listing.

9:00 MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD — An adaptation and completion of Charles Dickens’ last novel, left unfinished at the halfway mark at his death, The Mystery of Edwin Drood is a psychological thriller about a provincial choirmaster’s obsession with 17-year-old Rosa Bud and the lengths to which he will go to attain her. The cast includes Matthew Rhys and Julia MacKenzie (Miss Marple). {DVI} 11:00 HUSTLE, SERIES IV — Part 3 of 6. The grifters’ favorite barman, Eddie, is in trouble. The owner of his father’s nursing home is holding him ransom. Veronica Powell is a ruthless businesswoman, but she has a weakness: her wine collection. The con is on.

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7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: ATLANTA, GA — Repeats Tue 4/17, 2pm; Wed 4/18, 1pm 9:00 WORLD DANCESPORT FEDERATION CHAMPIONSHIPS 2011 — Part 1 of 3. Ballroom dance has seen a remarkable resurgence in popularity, boosted by the success of shows like Dancing with the Stars on network television. This miniseries presents highlights of an international dance competition held last year.

Repeats Tue 4/17, 3pm; Wed 4/18, 5pm 10:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: PROVIDENCE, RI — Repeats Tue 4/17, 5pm; Wed 4/18, 2pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

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18 Wednesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 NATURE: RIVER OF NO RETURN — Central Idaho’s Frank Church – River of No Return Wilderness is the largest contiguous wilderness area in the lower 48 States. This area is home to numerous species of wildlife, including wolves. Wolf biologist Isaac Babcock and his new bride chose this place to experience together a year of life in the wild. Repeats Thur 4/19, 2pm 9:00 NOVA: WHY SHIPS SINK — Are you safe aboard a modern cruise ship? Twenty million passengers embark on cruises each year, vacationing in deluxe “floating cities.” The ships just keep getting bigger, and some engineers fear that these towering behemoths are dangerously unstable. NOVA examines famous cruise disasters. {DVI} Repeats Thur 4/19, 3pm

Wednesday, April 18 at 8 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD Nature: River of No Return follows fauna in Central Idaho while chronicling the experience of a young couple living in the wild.

10:00 AMERICA REVEALED — Part 2 of 4. Nation on the Move.

Host Yul Kwon travels by air, road and rail, exploring America’s massive transportation system, which features 200,000 miles of railroads, 5,000 airports and four million miles of roads. These complex transportation systems help make Americans the most mobile people on earth. Repeats Thur 4/19, 4pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

19 Thursday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE RED CIRCLE — A man is murdered by a member of “The Red Circle” and Holmes (Jeremy Brett) takes up the investigation.

Repeats Fri 4/20, 1pm 9:00 MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: SHERLOCK: THE BLIND BANKER — Benedict Cumberbatch stars as supersleuth Sherlock Holmes and Martin Freeman is his sidekick Doctor Watson. The Blind Banker. When a banker is found dead inside his locked apartment, Sherlock and Watson follow the clues that lead to an underground crime gang. But who is the leader pulling the strings? Repeats Fri 4/20, 2pm 10:30 AGATHA CHRISTIE’S POIROT: PROBLEM AT SEA — Cruising around the Mediterranean, Poirot (David Suchet) and his fellow passengers approach Alexandria, Egypt. A couple’s brusque interaction is overheard by fellow passengers, and later a murder takes place.

Poirot investigates. Repeats Fri 4/20, 3:30pm 11:30 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

20 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 4/21, 6:30pm 8:30 INSIDE WASHINGTON — Repeats Sat 4/21, 6pm 9:00 MARILYN MONROE: BEYOND THE LEGEND — A film spotlights Marilyn Monroe’s great moments on film — in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, How To Marry a Millionaire, The Seven-Year Itch, Some Like It Hot, Bus Stop and The Misfits. The program features movie clips, home movies and archival footage. Repeats Sun 4/22, 11am 10:00 GREGORY PECK: HIS OWN MAN — The actor, unfashionably modest, narrates his own story: how a shy boy from a broken family rose to become one of Hollywood’s great leading men.

11:00 NEED TO KNOW 11:30 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

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Tuesday, April 17 at 8 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD Lidia Celebrates America features popular chef Lidia Bastianich (center) exploring diverse cultures through food — in this special spotlighting African-American, Indian-American, Korean-American, Irish-American and Italian-American wedding traditions.

N WETA TV 26, 6AM–6PM. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD listings.

O 6AM–6PM See the Saturday, April 7 listings.

SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–11:14PM: 6:00 INSIDE WASHINGTON — R 6:30 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL AND NATIONAL JOURNAL — R 7:00 AS TIME GOES BY/KEEPING UP APPEARANCES 8:00 DOC MARTIN, SERIES IV — Parts 2 & 3 of 8. Uneasy Lies the Head/Perish Together as Fools.

9:33 THE WETA MOVIE: KEY LARGO — Edward G. Robinson, Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall star alongside Lionel Barrymore and Clair Trevor in the 1948 drama about a gangster who takes over a remote hotel in the Florida Keys during a hurricane and holds a GI and others hostage. (1:41)

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7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 LIDIA CELEBRATES AMERICA: WEDDINGS: SOMETHING BORROWED, SOMETHING NEW — Celebrity chef and culinary author Chef Lidia Bastianich celebrates culture through food, with a focus on wedding traditions. Featured are an African-American wedding in New Orleans, Indian-American nuptials with food writer Madhur Jaffrey, a Korean-American wedding, and a marriage of Irish-American and Italian-American culture. {DVI} Repeats Wed 4/18, 3pm; Thur 4/19, 1pm 9:00 HOOVER DAM: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE — Rising more than 700 feet above the raging waters of the Colorado River, Hoover Dam was one of the greatest engineering feats in history. The Depression-era project drew men desperate for work to a remote canyon near Las Vegas.

There they built a colossus of concrete that brought electricity and water to millions, transforming the American Southwest. {DVI} Repeats Wed 4/18, 4pm; Thur 4/19, 5pm 10:00 FRONTLINE: THE REAL CSI — In America’s courtrooms forensic science is king. Expertise on fingerprints, ballistics and bite mark analysis is often called on to solve difficult criminal cases. Frontline investigates: how reliable is the science?

11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

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Sundays, April 22 & 29 at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD Masterpiece Classic: Birdsong features a two-part adaptation of Sebastian Faulk’s romantic novel about two lovers separated by World War I. Eddie Redmayne and Clémence Poésy star.

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22 Sunday N WETA TV 26, 6AM–6PM. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD listings.

O 6AM–9AM WETA KIDS PROGRAMMING 9AM–11AM See the Sunday, April 1 listings.

11:00 MARILYN MONROE: BEYOND THE LEGEND — R 12N GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET: RODALINDA — Handel’s opera stars soprano Renée Fleming in the title role, with German countertenor Andreas Scholl as Bertarido and mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe as his sister, Eduige. English countertenor Iestyn Davies makes his Met debut as Unulfo. Harry Bicket conducts.

3:00 PRIME SUSPECT, SERIES I — Part 3 of 4. After new revelations in the case, Tennison must find more solid evidence to prove the guilt of her prime suspect, George Marlow. Helen Mirren stars.

4:00 WILLAM & MARY, SERIES II — Part 5 of 6. With a week to go before the wedding, William makes a few hires; Mary prepares to take a year off work. Martin Clunes and Julie Graham star. Repeats Tue 4/24, 4pm 5:00 GLOBE TREKKER: CARIBBEAN ISLANDS: ST. LUCIA, MARTINIQUE & MONTSERRAT — Repeats Mon 4/23, 1:30pm SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–12:30AM: 6:00 MOYERS & COMPANY — See the Sunday, April 1, 6 p.m. listing. Repeats Mon 4/23, 5pm 7:00 NATURE: THE WOLF THAT CHANGED AMERICA — The encounter between an adventurous young man and a marauding wolf in the fall of 1893 in the wilds of New Mexico led to the establishment of the national park system and the Boy Scout movement after Ernest Thompson Seton recognized the crisis of the vanishing wilderness in his meeting with the animal. {DVI} Repeats Mon 4/23, 2:30pm; Tue 4/24, 1pm 8:00 FINDING YOUR ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES JR. — Part 6 of 10. See the Sunday, April 1, 8 p.m. listing.

9:00 MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: BIRDSONG — Two lovers are separated by World War I in this romance based on Sebastian Faulk’s bestselling novel. Eddie Redmayne and Clémence Poésy star as a frontline English lieutenant and the married Frenchwoman he longs to see again. Part 1 of 2. In 1910, Stephen Wraysford goes to France to study textile manufacturing and falls in love with a factory owner’s wife, Isabelle. On the Western Front in 1916, his memories haunt him.

10:30 MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: UPSTAIRS, DOWNSTAIRS — Following up on the classic Masterpiece series from the 1970s, a sequel miniseries picks up the saga of 165 Eaton Place with new characters, following the lives of the masters and servants of the house in three episodes set in 1936. Jean Marsh, Dame Eileen Atkins, Keeley Hawes, Ed Stoppard, Claire Foy and Ellie Kendrick star. Part 1 of 3. Sir Hallam (Stoppard) and Lady Agnes Holland (Hawes) move into the house and hire former parlormaid Rose (Marsh) to assemble a staff.

The servants are soon put to the test.

11:30 HUSTLE, SERIES IV — Part 4 of 6. Clarissa Bartwell is an immoral woman with a passion for fashion. Using the Emperor’s New Clothes as inspiration for the con, Billy steps up to play the inside with Danny. However, someone threatens to blow their cover.

7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: ATLANTA, GA — Repeats Tue 4/24, 2pm; Wed 4/25, 1pm 9:00 WORLD DANCESPORT FEDERATION CHAMPIONSHIPS 2011 — Part 2 of 3. A miniseries presents a three-part special featuring highlights of last year’s ballroom dance championship competitions. Repeats Tue 4/24, 3pm; Wed 4/25, 5pm 10:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: PROVIDENCE, RI — Repeats Tue 4/24, 5pm; Wed 4/25, 2pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

24 Tuesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 THE CRASH OF 1929: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE — In the “roaring twenties,” while the stock market was rising, there were few critics of America’s financial system. Wall Street leaders grew incredibly wealthy, helping to create an economic boom. But in October 1929, the market plunged, taking with it the finances of Wall Street titans and everyday investors alike. Repeats Wed 4/25, 3pm; Thur 4/26, 1pm, 5pm 9:00 THE MAKING OF BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID — Paul Newman and Robert Redford and director George Roy Hill narrate a candid behind-the-scenes examination of the making of the popular 1969 Western film. Repeats Wed 4/25, 4pm; Sun 4/29, 1:30pm 10:00 FRONTLINE: MONEY, POWER AND WALL STREET — A two-part Frontline special tells the story of the struggles to rescue and repair America’s shattered economy. Part 1 of 2. Michael Kirk (Inside the Meltdown, The Warning) investigates how two U.S. administrations have confronted the crisis — while dealing with sharp internal divisions and a relationship with Wall Street marked by mistrust and dependence, mutual interests and competing goals.

12M CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

25 Wednesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 NATURE: RADIOACTIVE WOLVES — Twenty-five years after the historic nuclear accident at Chernobyl, filmmakers and scientists set out to document the lives of the packs of wolves and other wildlife thriving in the “dead zone” that still surrounds the remains of the reactor. {DVI} Repeats Thur 4/26, 2pm 9:00 NOVA: SECRETS OF THE SUN — The sun contains 99.9 percent of all the matter in our solar system and sheds hot plasma at nearly a million miles an hour. The temperature at its core is a staggering 27 million degrees Fahrenheit. Now, with the help of new spacecraft and Earth-based telescopes, scientists are observing the sun as never before. {DVI} Repeats Thur 4/26, 3pm 10:00 AMERICA REVEALED — Part 3 of 4. Electric Nation.

Host Yul Kwon explores the intricacies, vulnerabilities and ingenuity of America’s modern electric power grid.

America’s power grid has been called the biggest and most complex machine in the world — delivering electricity over 200,000 miles of high-tension transmission lines. Repeats Thur 4/26, 4pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

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Wednesday, April 25 at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD NOVA: Secrets of the Sun spotlights Earth’s nearest star, sharing science gleaned from new spacecraft and Earth-based telescopes.

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7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE MAZARIN STONE — Holmes (Jeremy Brett) is away in the Highlands, so his brother Mycroft is called in to recover the Mazarin stone.

Repeats Fri 4/27, 1pm 9:00 MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE GREAT GAME — Benedict Cumberbatch is Sherlock Holmes and Martin Freeman is Watson. The Great Game. Sherlock must solve dangerous puzzles specifically laid out for him. Can he catch the villain before innocent people are harmed? Repeats Fri 4/27, 2pm 10:30 AGATHA CHRISTIE’S POIROT: THE INCREDIBLE THEFT — Pre-war Britain is striving to produce a new fighter aircraft, and officials meet at a country home to discuss the secret plans. A vital design sheet is stolen, and Poirot investigates. Repeats Fri 4/27, 3:30pm 11:30 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

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28 Saturday N WETA TV 26, 6AM–6PM. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD listings.

O 6AM–6PM See the Saturday, April 7 listings.

SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–12M: 6:00 INSIDE WASHINGTON — R 6:30 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL AND NATIONAL JOURNAL — R 7:00 AS TIME GOES BY/KEEPING UP APPEARANCES 8:00 DOC MARTIN, SERIES IV — Parts 4 & 5 of 5. Driving Mr. McLynn/The Departed.

9:33 DOC MARTIN, SERIES V — A new season of the British comic drama premieres. Parts 1 & 2 of 8. Part 1: Dr. Martin Ellingham (Martin Clunes) is struggling to come to terms with fatherhood. The baby boy born to him and his estranged partner, Louisa Glasson (Caroline Catz), is changing their lives, and the doctor is unprepared for a devastating personal blow. Part 2: Ellingham agrees to stay on in his practice until a replacement can be found. He asks Louisa to move into his house so he can help to raise their child. Aunt Joan’s sister Ruth Ellingham (Dame Eileen Atkins) visits; she shares her nephew’s temperament.

11:00 INDEPENDENT LENS: REVENGE OF THE ELECTRIC CAR — A documentary follows the race among major automakers to make and market electric cars.

29 Sunday N WETA TV 26, 6AM–6PM. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD listings.

O 6AM–9AM WETA KIDS PROGRAMMING 9AM–11:30AM See the Sunday, April 1 listings.

11:30 THE WETA MOVIE: THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT’S WOMAN — (2:04) R 1:30 THE MAKING OF BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID — R

Friday, April 27 at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD The WETA Movie: The French Lieutenant’s Woman stars Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons in a tale of romance based on John Fowles’ novel.

2:30 BBC ANTIQUES ROADSHOW — Repeats Mon 4/30, 4:30pm 3:00 PRIME SUSPECT, SERIES I — Part 4 of 4. Following up on leads, Tennison has her team search for Marlow’s missing car, which he claims was stolen. After beginning to doubt her suspicions, she finally gets a break in the case. Helen Mirren stars.

4:00 WILLAM & MARY, SERIES II — Part 6 of 6. Willam and Mary finally move into the new house, but two uninvited guests may ruin the wedding: Mary’s father, invited by Molly, and Reuben, who can’t give up the idea of him and Mary as a family. Martin Clunes (Doc Martin) and Julie Graham star.

5:00 GLOBE TREKKER FOOD HOUR: ISRAEL & THE PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES — Repeats Mon 4/30, 1:30pm SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–12:30AM: 6:00 MOYERS & COMPANY — See the Sunday, April 1, 6 p.m. listing. Repeats Mon 4/30, 5pm 7:00 NATURE: THE DRAGON CHRONICLES — Ancient maps, legends and fairy tales all tell of dragons in our world.

Stories of dragons exist in many cultures — where did these tales come from? Reptile expert Romulus Whitaker seeks to find out if dragon stories are based on real animals. {DVI} Repeats Mon 4/30, 2:30pm 8:00 FINDING YOUR ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES JR. — Part 7 of 10. See the Sunday, April 1, 8 p.m. listing.

9:00 MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: BIRDSONG — Part 2 of 2.

Stephen and his men go over the top in one of the bloodiest battles ever recorded, the Battle of the Somme. Will he survive and will he be reunited with Isabelle, the Frenchwoman he loved before the war?

10:30 MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: UPSTAIRS, DOWNSTAIRS — Part 2 of 3. A German-Jewish refugee comes to the house as a maid, prompting a range of reactions. Her experiences culminate in a crisis tied to the fascist movement sweeping Britain. Jean Marsh, Dame Eileen Atkins, Keeley Hawes and Ed Stoppard star.

11:30 HUSTLE, SERIES IV — Part 5 of 6. The team is celebrating another successful and lucrative con, but the fun soon ends when they are taken hostage.

30 Monday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: ATLANTA, GA — Repeats Tue 5/1, 2pm; Wed 5/2, 1pm 9:00 WORLD DANCESPORT FEDERATION CHAMPIONSHIPS 2011 — Part 3 of 3. The dance special concludes, presenting final highlights of last year’s championship competitions.

10:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: PROVIDENCE, RI — Repeats Tue 5/1, 5pm; Wed 5/2, 2pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

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Sid the Science Kid: Rock & Roll Easter

airs Tuesday, April 3 on the WETA Kids channel

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id the Science Kid is an educational animated television series, coproduced by The Jim Henson Company, which uses comedy to promote exploration, discovery and science readiness among preschoolers. The series features a practical in-school science curriculum, using music and humor to celebrate children’s natural curiosity about science in everyday life. Each episode begins with a new question (“Why are my shoes shrinking?” “Why do bananas get mushy?”) and Sid seeks answers. In a new special Easter-themed episode, “Rock & Roll Easter,” Sid and his friends hunt for Easter eggs in the backyard and find other treasures — interesting rocks.

Major funding for Sid the Science Kid is provided by The Boeing Company, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and VINCI Early Learning Systems. Additional funding is provided

by MetLife Foundation, The Rose Hills Foundation, the S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation, the Johnny Carson Foundation and The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations.

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Today Weekend,&1pm; classical music performances. Jazz Set with Dee Dee April 21: Wagner’s Siegfried, at 11 a.m.

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The World — (Mon–Fri, 9pm) News, April 28: music Wagner’s Walküre, features, and Die interviews from BBC PRI. With Katarina Dalayman, at and 11 a.m.

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Japan Spring

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Colorful Realm: Japanese Bird-and-Flower Paintings by Itō Jakuchū (1716–1800)

Hokusai: 36 Views of Mount Fuji

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visit nga.gov follow #JapanSpringDC on twitter This exhibition is organized by the National Gallery of Art, The Imperial Household Agency, and Nikkei Inc., in association with the Embassy of Japan. It has been made possible through the generous support of Toyota, Nikkei Inc., Airbus, the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation, and The Exhibition Circle of the National Gallery of Art. Additional sponsorship from Japan has been provided by Daikin Industries, Ltd., Ito En, Ltd., Mitsubishi Corporation, and Panasonic Corporation. The exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.

Detail: Itō Jakuchū, Peonies and Butterflies (J. Shakuyaku gunchō zu), c. 1757 (Hōreki 7), ink and color on silk, from Colorful Realm of Living Beings (J. Dōshoku sai-e), set of 30 vertical hanging scrolls, c. 1757–1766, Sannomaru Shōzōkan (The Museum of the Imperial Collections), The Imperial Household Agency.

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Masters of Mercy: Buddha’s Amazing Disciples m a rc h 10–j uly 8, 2012

visit asia.si.edu/sackler25 Masters of Mercy: Buddha’s Amazing Disciples is organized by the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Zōjōji and Nikkei Inc. in collaboration with Asano Laboratories Inc. Funding for the exhibition is provided by The Anne van Biema Endowment Fund.

Detail: The Great Wave at Kanagawa (from a Series of Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji); Japan, Edo period, c. 1830–1832; polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper; published by Eiudo. H. O. Havemeyer Collection, bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929 (JP1847); © The Metropolitan Museum of Art; image source: Art Resource, NY.