April 2013 - WETA Magazine

APRIL 2013

MAGAZINE FOR MEMBERS

THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE A FILM BY KEN BURNS & DAVID MCMAHON & SARAH BURNS

The WETA co-production with Florentine Films premieres April 16 at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26 and WETA HD

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4 Thursday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 MIDSOMER MURDERS: GARDEN OF DEATH — The British mystery series stars John Nettles as police detective Tom Barnaby. A commercial decision to turn Midsomer Deverell’s memorial garden into a tea shop proves to be a fatal mistake for some members of the commercial family. DCI Barnaby unearths a tumultuous trail of ruined dreams, scandalous love affairs and vicious blackmail that lead to a killer. Repeats Fri 4/5, 1pm 9:30 MIDSOMER MURDERS: DESTROYING ANGEL — With the death of owner Karl Wainwright, the Easterly Grange Hotel falls into the hands of four beneficiaries.

When one of the new hotel owners does not attend Karl’s funeral, a search party forms, and DCI Barnaby launches a murder investigation. Repeats Fri 4/5, 3pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

Sundays in April at 8 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD Call the Midwife, Series 2, stars Pam Ferris as Sister Evangelina and Jessica Raine as Jenny Lee. The drama features stories of midwifery in East London during the 1950s. After Call the Midwife each Sunday, the Masterpiece drama Mr. Selfridge continues, starring Jeremy Piven as an American retail magnate in 1900s London.

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7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL — Moderator and managing editor Gwen Ifill leads a discussion by a panel of journalists on the news events of the week.

Repeats Sat 4/6, 6:30pm 8:30 INSIDE WASHINGTON — Host Gordon Peterson moderates a discussion by a panel of journalists on the news events of the week. Repeats Sat 4/6, 6pm 9:00 AMERICAN MASTERS: JEFF BRIDGES: THE DUDE ABIDES — Called “the most natural and least selfconscious screen actor that has ever lived,” actor Jeff Bridges is profiled on the biography series. The actor’s casual, easy-going air have endeared him to audiences for almost 40 years, starting with The Last Picture Show in 1971, reinforced in Starman in 1984, the cult classic The Big Lebowski in 1998, an acclaimed role in the 2009 film Crazy Heart, and the 2010 remake of True Grit.

10:30 NEED TO KNOW 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

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

6AM NEW SCANDINAVIAN COOKING 6:30 NICK STELLINO COOKING WITH FRIENDS 7:00 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) Repeats Fridays, 5pm 10:00 THE THIS OLD HOUSE HOUR 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 SARA’S WEEKNIGHT MEALS 2:00 BAKING WITH JULIA 2:30 LIDIA’S ITALY IN AMERICA

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Wednesday, April 3 at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD NOVA: Ancient Computer follows the sleuthing that decoded a sophisticated 2000-year-old Greek astronomical calculator.

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IN JULIA’S KITCHEN WITH MASTER CHEFS JACQUES PÉPIN: MORE FAST FOOD MY WAY! COOK’S COUNTRY FROM AMERICA’S TEST KITCHEN AMERICA’S TEST KITCHEN FROM COOK’S ILLUSTRATED MARTHA STEWART’S COOKING SCHOOL — New episodes!

5:30 MARTHA BAKES — New series! See page 4.

SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–12M: 6:00 INSIDE WASHINGTON — R 6:30 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL — R 7:00 AS TIME GOES BY/KEEPING UP APPEARANCES 8:00 DOC MARTIN, SERIES III — Parts 4 & 5 of 9. Movement/ City Slickers.

9:33 JAMES STEWART: A WONDERFUL LIFE — A film celebrates one of Hollywood’s best-loved actors, who rose to stardom portraying ordinary men who call on their inner strengths to accomplish extraordinary things. Johnny Carson hosts the film, which features interviews with Hollywood luminaries. Repeats Sun 4/7, 11:30am; Wed 4/10, 3:30pm 11:00 INDEPENDENT LENS: BLESSED IS THE MATCH — A documentary film narrated by Joan Allen spotlights Hannah Senesh, the World War II-era poet and diarist who became a paratrooper and resistance fighter and was captured and executed by the Nazis. (60 min.)

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

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 SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 11AM–12:30AM: 11:00 GREAT ROMANCES 11:30 JAMES STEWART: A WONDERFUL LIFE — R 1:00 INTO DEEP SPACE: THE BIRTH OF THE ALMA OBSERVATORY — In cooperation with the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, producer/writer/director Nils Cowan details the science behind the most powerful observatory in history as it comes alive in the fragile natural environment of Chile’s Atacama Desert.

Repeats Thur 4/11, 5pm 2:00 WETA ARTS — A new magazine-style arts series, hosted by WETA Around Town’s Robert Aubry Davis, kicks off Sunday afternoon fine arts programming. The show explores and celebrates visual and performing art from across the nation. A variety of stories, profiles, and critic discussions introduce emerging and established artists alike, with art history and trivia in the mix as well. The program’s local arts feature and events calendar spotlight what is happening in the Greater Washington arts scene. See page 1 for details.

2:30 MICHAEL FEINSTEIN’S AMERICAN SONGBOOK: SHOW TUNES — Michael Feinstein, America’s most passionate music preservationist, returns with more celebrations of the Great American Songbook. Show Tunes.

Stephen Sondheim, Angela Lansbury and Christine Ebersole appear in this episode about great American musicals. Sondheim reveals the composers he most admires; Tony Award-winner Ebersole gives a tour de force performance of great show tunes; and Lansbury reflects on her Broadway career, from Mame to Sweeney Todd and more. Feinstein performs the classics “Lullaby of Broadway” and “Let Me Entertain You.”

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3:30 MICHAEL FEINSTEIN’S AMERICAN SONGBOOK: LET’S DANCE — Fred Astaire was the favorite singer of Irving Berlin, Cole Porter and the Gershwins. Why was this dancer so beloved by these composers? That question launches musical artist Michael Feinstein into an exploration of the marriage of music and choreography.

Liza Minnelli, who knew Astaire and Gene Kelly, offers a fascinating deconstruction of a dance number; and Feinstein explores the popularity of ballroom dance in America and performs “Singin’ in the Rain” and “Let’s Dance.”

4:30 BBC ANTIQUES ROADSHOW 5:00 GLOBE TREKKER: AROUND THE WORLD: ACROSS AMERICA: ROUTE 66 & BEYOND — (TV 26 only) Repeats Mon 4/8, 3:30pm; Tues 4/9, 5pm 6:00 MOYERS & COMPANY — Bill Moyers presents a weekly hour of conversation about life and the state of American democracy. Repeats Mon 4/8, 5pm 7:00 NATURE: WHAT PLANTS TALK ABOUT — See the Wednesday, April 3, 8 p.m. listing. {DVI} R 8:00 CALL THE MIDWIFE, SERIES 2 — A second series based on the best-selling memoirs of the late Jennifer Worth, exploring her life as a midwife serving the poor alongside a community of nuns in London’s East End during the 1950s, continues. Part 2 of 8. The Nonnatus community is rocked when the Kelly family’s newborn son dies in unexplained circumstances. Cynthia, who had attended the birth, comes under intense scrutiny and suffers a crisis of confidence. Meanwhile, a chance encounter returns Jimmy to Jenny’s life.

9:00 MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: MR. SELFRIDGE — Jeremy Piven (of the hit HBO series Entourage) stars in a dramatization of the real-life story of retail magnate Harry Gordon Selfridge, the visionary, wheeling-dealing American founder of the famous London department store that revolutionized the modern shopping experience. Part 2 of 8. Harry skirts scandal by putting cosmetics at the front of the store. Meanwhile, his private life gets complicated as Ellen Love, Lady Mae and his wife, Rose, make waves. Repeats Mon 4/8, 2:30pm 10:00 DEFIANT REQUIEM: VOICES OF RESISTANCE — In the face of horrific living conditions, starvation and the threat of deportation to Auschwitz, the Jewish prisoners of Terezin concentration camp — artists, musicians, poets and writers — fought back with art and music, re-imagining a Catholic liturgical work, Verdi’s Requiem, as a condemnation of the Nazis. Six decades later, conductor Murry Sidlin and a new choir take Verdi’s Requiem back to Terezin.

11:30 UNION STATION—WETA ALL ACCESS — A WETA TV 26 production offers a behind-the-scenes look at Greater Washington’s main rail transportation hub and explores Union Station’s role as a premier entertainment, dining and shopping destination.

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Tuesday, April 9 at 10 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD Frontline: Syria Behind the Lines explores sectarian violence in Syrian society and the uprising against President Bashar Al Assad.

Above, moments after a deadly air strike hits a Sunni village, a Syrian woman pushes her stroller away from the blast.

9:00 A HOT DOG PROGRAM — Filmmaker Rick Sebak visits some of America’s best hot dog places to celebrate their tasty offerings. Repeats Tue 4/9, 3pm; Wed 4/10, 5pm; Thur 4/11, 1pm 10:00 MARKET WARRIORS — Antiquing in Chicago, IL. Repeats Tue 4/9, 3pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

9 Tuesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 AMERICAN MASTERS: CAROL BURNETT: A WOMAN OF CHARACTER — America in the 1960s and 70s was in turmoil. The civil rights struggle, the war in Vietnam and the sexual revolution defined a nation in conflict.

But at 10 o’clock every Saturday night, across the country Americans watched The Carol Burnett Show. For 11 years, the wacky performer won — and sometimes broke — audience’s hearts with her edgy, always sympathetic, characters. Yet, as with so many brilliant comedians, hers was a difficult path. Repeats Wed 4/10, 2pm; Fri 4/12, 9pm 9:30 PIONEERS OF TELEVISION: CAROL BURNETT & THE FUNNY LADIES — Composed of material from the “Funny Ladies” episode that led off the third season of documentary miniseries Pioneers of Television, this program focuses on Carol Burnett’s television comedy career and the funny ladies of television who joined her in paving the way for today’s TV comediennes.

10:00 FRONTLINE: SYRIA BEHIND THE LINES — In this highly charged documentary, award-winning filmmaker Olly Lambert lives on both sides of Syria’s sectarian frontline, witnessing the devastating effect of a religious feud that, regardless of the outcome of the current war, is shaping Syria’s future as its society begins to collapse. As the conflict spirals into a sectarian blood feud of cyclical revenge, friends and neighbors of different faiths are taking up arms against each other after co-existing peacefully for generations.

11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

8 Monday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: CINCINNATI, OH — Repeats Tue 4/9, 2pm; Wed 4/10, 1pm

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Sunday, April 7 at 10 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD Defiant Requiem: Voices of Resistance explores the story of Jewish prisoners at Terezin concentration camp who fought back against the Nazis through art and music. Other Holocaust Remembrance Month programs airing this month include Independent Lens: Blessed is the Match (April 6, 11 p.m.); Orchestra of Exiles (April 14, 10 p.m.) and Frontline: Never Forget to Lie (April 30, 10 p.m.).

7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 NATURE: CLASH: ENCOUNTERS OF BEARS AND WOLVES — What happens when two great predators come face to face in Yellowstone? The grizzly bear is a loner, ranging far and wide in search of a rich variety of resources. The wolf hunts to survive and finds its strength in speed and teamwork. When these predators meet, the opposition must be measured, strengths must be tested and risks must be carefully weighed. {DVI} Repeats Thur 4/11, 2pm; Mon 4/15, 1:30pm; Tue 4/16, 1pm 9:00 NOVA: AUSTRALIA’S FIRST 4 BILLION YEARS — What can Australia reveal about how Earth was born and life took hold? Of all the continents on Earth, none preserves a more spectacular story of its origins. Geologist Richard Smith hosts. Part 1 of 4. Awakening. First stop on the Road of Time is Western Australia, around four and a half billion years ago, to encounter the Earth shortly after its fiery birth. Hidden in the red hills of Australia are clues to the mysteries of when the Earth was born, how life first arose, and how it transformed the planet into the world we now live on. Experts unveil the earliest forms of life: bacteria that would flood the atmosphere with oxygen and spark the biological revolution that conquered the planet. {DVI} Repeats Thur 4/11, 3pm

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10:00 THE TRUTH ABOUT EXERCISE WITH MICHAEL MOSLEY — Join British journalist and physician Michael Mosley on his journey to uncover the truth about exercise.

Mosley reveals the latest scientific discoveries about how our bodies respond to a workout and why individuals respond differently. Repeats Thur 4/11, 4pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

11 Thursday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 MIDSOMER MURDERS: ELECTRIC VENDETTA — A series of murders in Midsomer Parva begins with the discovery of a naked body in the center of a mysterious crop circle in a local field. Rumors abound that the vicious death could be the work of some alien force. DCI Barnaby, however, has other ideas. Repeats Fri 4/12, 1pm 9:30 MIDSOMER MURDERS: WHO KILLED COCK ROBIN — After a horse whisperer disappears in Newton Magna, DCI Barnaby comes face to face with a long-standing adversary, ex-con Melvyn Stockard, who claims to be a reformed man only concerned with his daughter’s impending marriage. When one of the wedding party is found dead in a local well, all suspicions are aimed towards Stockard. Repeats Fri 4/12, 3pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

Wednesdays, April 10–May 1 at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD The four-part NOVA miniseries Australia’s First 4 Billion Years explores how life took hold on Earth, examining fossil evidence preserved in Australia and following the story through the eons to the emergence of the world as we know it today.

11:13 INDEPENDENT LENS: THE HOUSE I LIVE IN — More than 40 years since it began, the war on drugs is the longest conflict in American history. It has resulted in more than 45 million arrests and made the United States the world’s largest jailer. It has fueled armed conflict overseas, devastated poor communities and disproportionately targeted people of color. Still, drugs are cheaper, stronger and more plentiful than ever. (2 hrs.)

12 Friday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL — Moderator and managing editor Gwen Ifill leads a discussion by a panel of journalists on the news events of the week.

Repeats Sat 4/13, 6:30pm 8:30 INSIDE WASHINGTON — Repeats Sat 4/13, 6pm 9:00 AMERICAN MASTERS: CAROL BURNETT: A WOMAN OF CHARACTER — See the Tuesday, April 9, 8 p.m. listing. R 10:30 NEED TO KNOW 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

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COURTESY PHOTOGRAPHY BY RANDEE ST. NICHOLAS

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

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

SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–1:30AM: 6:00 INSIDE WASHINGTON — R 6:30 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL — R 7:00 AS TIME GOES BY/KEEPING UP APPEARANCES 8:00 DOC MARTIN, SERIES III — Parts 6 & 7 of 9. The Admirer/ The Holly Bears a Prickle.

9:33 THE MAGIC OF AUDREY — Featuring film clips, screen tests and interviews, a program revisits classic roles of Audrey Hepburn, who lit up the silver screen for decades as a Hollywood star. Repeats Sun 4/14, 11:30am; Tue 4/16, 5pm 10:23 JOAN CRAWFORD: ALWAYS THE STAR — A profile of the glamorous and hugely popular actress, born Lucille LeSueur in San Antonio, Texas, relates how she raised herself from brutal poverty to chorus girl to Academy Award-winning stardom with guts, determination and hard work. Repeats Sun 4/14, 12:20pm; Thur 4/18, 5pm

Tuesday, April 9 at 8 p.m. (Rpts 4/12) on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD American Masters: Carol Burnett: A Woman of Character pays tribute to the incomparable entertainer who transformed herself into a veritable one-woman army of comedic characters. Film clips survey the actress’ decades-long career in show business.

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

6AM–11:30AM See the Sunday, April 7 listings.

SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 11:30AM–12:30AM: 11:30 THE MAGIC OF AUDREY — R 12:20 JOAN CRAWFORD: ALWAYS THE STAR — R 1:30 UNION STATION—WETA ALL ACCESS — A WETA TV 26 production offers a behind-the-scenes look at Greater Washington’s main rail transportation hub and explores Union Station’s role as a premier entertainment, dining and shopping destination.

2:00 WETA ARTS — A new magazine-style arts program, hosted by WETA Around Town’s Robert Aubry Davis, kicks off an afternoon of fine arts programming. See page 1 for details.

2:30 LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER: JOSH GROBAN: ALL THAT ECHOES — Crossover sensation Josh Groban, whose versatility ranges from opera to pop and everything in between, performs a special one-night event at Lincoln Center. The singer became a household name after his break-out version of “You Raise Me Up” in 2001, followed by many other hits. Groban’s concert features career-spanning favorites.

3:30 GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET: LA CLEMENZA DE TITO — El-ina Garanˇ ca, Giuseppe Filianoti, Barbara Frittoli, Lucy Crowe and Kate Lindsey star in the Met ropolitan Opera’s production of Mozart’s opera, conducted

by Harry Bicket. The opera seria spotlights an emperor’s clemency after palace intrigues in ancient Rome.

6:30 MOYERS & COMPANY — Bill Moyers presents a weekly hour of conversation about life and the state of American democracy. Repeats Mon 4/15, 5pm 7:30 BBC ANTIQUES ROADSHOW 8:00 CALL THE MIDWIFE, SERIES 2 — Part 3 of 8. Jenny is seconded to a short-staffed London Hospital to work on the male surgical ward. Hesitant about her temporary assignment, she becomes increasingly uneasy when she finds herself working under an intimidating surgeon.

Back in Poplar, Jane, a new addition to the household, lends a hand in Jenny’s absence. In one of their most unusual cases, the nuns and midwives meet a forthright pair of identical twins, one of whom is pregnant.

The two must come to terms with the impact a baby will have on each of them.

9:00 MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: MR. SELFRIDGE — Part 3 of 8. Ellen’s future as the Spirit of Selfridge is on the line.

Renowned ballerina Anna Pavlova causes a sensation at the store. Rose makes a revelation to her doting portrait painter, Roddy. Repeats Mon 4/15, 2:30pm 10:00 ORCHESTRA OF EXILES — A film relates the story of the great Jewish violinist Bronislaw Huberman, who, in 1936, was able to move 70 of the best Jewish musicians from Germany to Palestine to found what would become the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Huberman’s efforts ultimately rescued 1,000 Jews from the Holocaust.

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A WETA PRODUCTION Wednesday, April 16 at 8 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD Memphis Soul: In Performance at the White House, the 50th special in WETA’s long-running series spotlighting America’s performing arts, features an all-star lineup celebrating the songs of musical artists such as Al Green, Otis Redding, Mavis Staples and Carla Thomas.

President and Mrs. Obama host the concert in the East Room.

11:30 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.

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15 Monday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: CINCINNATI, OH — Repeats Tue 4/16, 2pm; Wed 4/17, 1pm 9:00 SANDWICHES THAT YOU WILL LIKE — Filmmaker Rick Sebak celebrates outstanding eateries and their sandwich offerings in locations around the country.

Repeats Tue 4/16, 3pm; Wed 4/17, 5pm; Sun 4/21, 11pm 10:00 MARKET WARRIORS — Antiquing in Rochester, MN. Repeats Tue 4/16, 4pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

16 Tuesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 MEMPHIS SOUL: IN PERFORMANCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE — A music special, produced by WETA in association with The GRAMMY Museum and AEG Ehrlich Ventures, celebrates the timeless classic songs of Memphis Soul. The all-star concert, hosted by President and Mrs. Obama in the East Room of the White House, honors memorable soul sounds from the mid- to late-1960s that emanated from Memphis, Tennessee, and legendary labels such as Stax-Volt Records that featured artists like Al Green, Mavis Staples, Carla Thomas and Otis Redding. The evening pays homage to Memphis, a segregated city in the 1960s where whites and blacks nonetheless came together to make soulful music, a mix of gospel and potent rhythmic grooves. Repeats Wed 4/17, 4pm; Thur 4/18, 1pm; Fri 4/19, 9pm 9:00 THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE — A new Ken Burns film, a co-production of Florentine Films and WETA, tells the story of the five black and Latino teenagers from Harlem who were wrongly convicted of raping a white woman in New York City’s Central Park in 1989. The film chronicles the Central Park jogger case, for the first time from the perspective of the five young men whose lives were upended by a miscarriage of justice. {DVI} Repeats tonight; Wed 4/17, 2pm 11:00 THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE — {DVI} R 1AM CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

17 Wednesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 NATURE: THE MYSTERY OF EELS — Though much of the natural world is discovered and understood, a few great mysteries remain. One is the eel. We know little about its life. Now James Prosek, artist, writer and eminent naturalist, takes on the mystery, shedding light on the animal. {DVI} Repeats Thur 4/18, 2pm; Sun 4/21, 7pm; Mon 4/22, 1:30pm; Tue 4/23, 1pm

9:00 NOVA: AUSTRALIA’S FIRST 4 BILLION YEARS — Part 2 of 4. Life Explodes. How did life storm the beaches and dominate Planet Earth? Ancient Australian fossils offer clues. Half a billion years ago, the oceans were teeming, but the world above the waves remained a lifeless wasteland. All that changed in the Silurian period, when the conquest of the land began. Host Richard Smith introduces Planet Earth’s forgotten pioneers: the scuttling arthropod armies and waves of plants that invaded the shores. NOVA’s prehistoric adventure continues with four-legged animals walking onto dry land. {DVI} Repeats Thur 4/18, 3pm 10:00 GUTS WITH MICHAEL MOSLEY — British journalist and physician Michael Mosley explores the secret life of the human digestive tract in this eye-opening and detailed exploration of a part of the body we seldom see. The BBC film enters the strange and mysterious world of the human stomach. Repeats Thur 4/18, 4pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

18 Thursday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 MIDSOMER MURDERS: A TALENT FOR LIFE — When the corpses of two people rumored to be having affairs are discovered by the river alongside one another, Barnaby and Sgt. Troy embark on an investigation which uncovers a deep vein of resentment running through a village. Repeats Fri 4/19, 1pm 9:30 DCI BANKS: AFTERMATH — Stephen Tompkinson and Andrea Lowe star as the tenacious and stubborn Chief Inspector Alan Banks and the feisty and headstrong Detective Sergeant Annie Cabbot in thrilling crime stories set in the Yorkshire countryside. The mysteries are based on the “Inspector Banks” novels by Peter Robinson. Aftermath. When two police officers stumble across the lair of a serial killer, Inspector Banks finds himself faced with a chilling murder investigation that will test him to the limit. Repeats Fri 4/19, 3pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

19 Friday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL — Moderator and managing editor Gwen Ifill leads a discussion by a panel of journalists on the news events of the week.

Repeats Sat 4/20, 6:30pm 8:30 INSIDE WASHINGTON — Repeats Sat 4/20, 6pm 9:00 MEMPHIS SOUL: IN PERFORMANCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE — See the Tuesday, April 16, 8 p.m. listing. R 10:00 NOTE BY NOTE (THE MAKING OF THE STEINWAY L1037) — A film follows the creation of a handcrafted Steinway concert grand piano, #L1037, from forest floor to concert hall, in a process spanning 12 months, 12,000 parts, 450 craftsmen and countless hours of fine-tuned labor.

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

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

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

SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–12:30AM: 6:00 INSIDE WASHINGTON — R 6:30 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL — R 7:00 AS TIME GOES BY/KEEPING UP APPEARANCES 8:00 DOC MARTIN, SERIES III — Parts 8 & 9 of 9. Nowt So Queer/Happily Ever After.

9:33 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. Repeats Sun 4/21, 11:30am; Wed 4/24, 5pm 10:23 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. Repeats Sun 4/21, 12:20pm; Wed 4/24, 4pm 11:30 INDEPENDENT LENS: WONDER WOMEN! THE UNTOLD STORY OF AMERICA’S SUPERHEROINES — From the birth of the comic book superheroine in the 1940s to the blockbusters of today, a film looks at how popular representations of powerful women reflect society’s anxieties about women’s liberation. (60 min.)

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21 Sunday ASSOCIATED PRESS; BLACK SUNDAY; OKLAHOMA; APRIL 14, 1935

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

6AM–11:30 See the Sunday, April 7 listings.

SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 11:30AM–12:30AM: 11:30 CARY GRANT: THE LEADING MAN — R 12:20 GREGORY PECK: HIS OWN MAN — R 1:30 METRO—WETA ALL ACCESS — A WETA TV 26 production explores the workings of the Washington area’s public transit system and follows the people who keep the trains and buses moving.

2:00 WETA ARTS — A new magazine-style arts program, hosted by WETA Around Town’s Robert Aubry Davis, kicks off an afternoon of fine arts programming. See page 1 for details.

2:30 LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER: CELEBRATION: STEPHANIE BLYTHE MEETS KATE SMITH — Stephanie Blythe’s rich mezzo-soprano voice has captivated audiences in many of the world’s great opera houses. This concert, part of Lincoln Center’s American Songbook series, features an up-close look at works made famous by the late Kate Smith, whose voice helped both to comfort and galvanize the nation during World War II. 3:30 GREEN FIRE: ALDO LEOPOLD AND A LAND ETHIC FOR OUR TIME — An Emmy Award-winning film spotlights the famed father of conservationism, Aldo Leopold.

Peter Coyote is the voice of Leopold, and the film’s on-screen guide is Curt Meine, Leopold’s biographer.

The film explores Leopold’s life in the early part of the twentieth century and the many ways his land ethic idea continues to be applied all over the world today.

4:30 BBC ANTIQUES 5:00 IN MY LIFETIME — A film examines the 68-year history of nuclear weapons. Filmed in Europe, Japan and the U.S., the program focuses on the continuing struggle of citizens, scientists and political leaders working to reduce or eliminate the atomic threat, while others search for ways to build nuclear weapons.

6:00 MOYERS & COMPANY — Bill Moyers presents a weekly hour of conversation about life and the state of American democracy. Repeats Mon 4/22, 5pm 7:00 NATURE: THE MYSTERY OF EELS — See the Wednesday, April 17, 8 p.m. listing. R 8:00 CALL THE MIDWIFE, SERIES 2 — Part 4 of 8. Returning from her stint at the London Hospital, Jenny needs all her midwifery skill when she and Sister Evangelina assist at the birth of a baby born with spina bifida. The parents struggle to understand and accept their son’s condition. Jenny, who has never delivered a disabled child, struggles to accept the implications the illness could have for the child’s future. Nonnatus House, meanwhile, plays host to an acquaintance of Chummy’s — an eccentric cleric who befriends Jane.

9:00 MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: MR. SELFRIDGE — Part 4 of 8.

Spunky shop girl Agnes Towler returns to work. But all is not well, as Harry and Rose face a moment of truth, Ellen confronts Harry, and alcohol, pills and driving under the influence take their toll. Repeats Mon 4/22, 2:30pm 10:00 THE BLETCHLEY CIRCLE — A three-part mystery drama follows four women code-breakers whose skills were honed during World War II when they worked

A WETA C0-PRODUCTION Tuesdays, April 23 & 30 at 8 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD Ken Burns’s two-part film, The Dust Bowl, a co-production of WETA and Florentine Films, explores the story of the worst man-made ecological disaster in American history, when the southern plains were ploughed up and a historic drought unleashed massive, deadly dust storms that ravaged the land and its people.

22 Monday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: RAPID CITY, SD — Repeats Tue 4/23, 2pm; Wed 4/24, 1pm 9:00 AN ICE CREAM SHOW — Filmmaker Rick Sebak traverses the country celebrating the frosty treat and places it’s served.

10:00 MARKET WARRIORS — Antiquing in Liberty, NC. The pickers travel to Liberty, North Carolina, to find a 20th-century American item that will be auctioned at Ken Farmer Auctions in Radford, Virginia. Repeats Tue 4/23, 3pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

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Thursdays, April 18 & 25 at 9:30 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD Airing after Midsomer Murders, the crime drama DCI Banks stars Stephen Tompkinson as a tenacious Yorkshire detective in a series based on the “Inspector Banks” books by Peter Robinson.

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undercover at Bletchley Park, site of the United Kingdom’s main decryption establishment. Now, in 1952, Susan, Millie, Lucy and Jean have returned to civilian life, keeping their wartime work a secret, but a series of ghastly murders re-unites the team as they set out to try to decode the pattern behind the crimes. Part 1 of 3. Susan, noticing a pattern in a string of London murders, contacts her old friends from Bletchley to try to identify the killer. Repeats Mon 4/22, 3:30pm 11:00 SANDWICHES THAT YOU WILL LIKE — R 12M NEED TO KNOW

7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 THE DUST BOWL — Part 1 of 2. The Great Plow-Up (1890–1935). A Ken Burns film — co-produced by Florentine Films and WETA — surveys the causes of the worst man-made ecological disaster in American history, when the wheat boom of the “Great Plow-Up,” followed by a decade-long drought during the 1930s, nearly swept away the breadbasket of the nation. Interviews with survivors of those hard times, combined with dramatic photographs and seldom–seen movie footage, chronicle the Dust Bowl. Part 1 explores Plains history, homesteading, the plowing of the land, the Great Depression, the onset of drought, and the storms that followed. Repeats Wed 4/24, 2pm 10:00 FRONTLINE: THE RETIREMENT GAMBLE — Ten trillion dollars in Americans’ retirement savings are invested in accounts managed by banks, brokerages, mutual funds and insurance companies. But whether your IRA or 401K will assure a safe retirement is largely a gamble. Frontline raises troubling questions about how America’s financial institutions protect our savings, revealing how fees, self-dealing and kickbacks bring great profits to Wall Street while imperiling the prospects of a secure future for individuals. Who has the consumer’s best interests in mind, and is there a better way to manage our retirements?

11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

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Saturday, April 27 at 9:33 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD The WETA Movie presents the classic 1968 science-fiction film Planet of the Apes, starring Charlton Heston as an astronaut who travels to a future planet ruled by apes who have enslaved humans.

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24 Wednesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 NATURE: JUNGLE EAGLE — The most powerful raptor in the world, the harpy eagle, hides away deep in the South American jungle. They are barely ever seen, let alone filmed. In this extraordinary documentary, an intrepid team steps into the world of this eagle to capture images of them bringing large monkeys to the nest to feed their young. {DVI} Repeats Thur 4/25, 2pm; Sun 4/28, 7pm; Mon 4/29, 1:30pm; Tue 4/30, 1pm 9:00 NOVA: AUSTRALIA’S FIRST 4 BILLION YEARS — Part 3 of 4. Monsters. Host Richard Smith spotlights the dawn of the Mesozoic Era about 250 million years ago, the Age of Dinosaurs, exploring the previously unknown reptilian rulers of prehistoric Australia. In the dry desert heart, scientists unearth an ancient inland ocean, full of sea monsters. Opalized fossils of some of these beasts paint a colorful picture of the Cretaceous seascape. But reptiles didn’t have the world all to themselves. Mammals like the platypus lived alongside them, ready for their moment in the sun. And 65 million years ago, they saw that day arrive. {DVI} Repeats Thur 4/25, 3pm 10:00 NATURE: KANGAROO MOB — Spotlighted are a “mob” of street-smart kangaroos that moves into Australia’s capital city and the ecologists who follow their every move. Over the course of one drought-stricken year, Nature follows the group, observing what happens when human development encroaches on wildlife habitat. {DVI} Repeats Thur 4/25, 4pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL — Moderator and managing editor Gwen Ifill leads a discussion by a panel of journalists on the news events of the week.

Repeats Sat 4/27, 6:30pm 8:30 INSIDE WASHINGTON — Repeats Sat 4/27, 6pm 9:00 AMERICAN MASTERS: JUDY GARLAND: BY MYSELF — A biography follows the actor and musical artist’s career, featuring rare MGM archival film and Garland telling her own story through recordings she made in preparation for an autobiography.

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

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

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

SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–1AM: 6:00 INSIDE WASHINGTON — R 6:30 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL — R 7:00 AS TIME GOES BY/KEEPING UP APPEARANCES 8:00 DOC MARTIN, SERIES IV — Parts 1 & 2 of 8.

9:33 THE WETA MOVIE: PLANET OF THE APES — The 1968 science fiction drama stars Charlton Heston as an astronaut who travels by time warp to a future planet ruled by smart apes who keep humans as slaves. Roddy McDowall and Kim Hunter co-star. (1:52) Repeats Sun 4/28, 11:30am 11:25 INDEPENDENT LENS: THE ISLAND PRESIDENT — A documentary lifts the issue of global warming out of the theoretical and into the personal: President Mohamed Nasheed’s nation of 385,000 people, living on 1,200 low-lying islands — the Maldives — is sinking into the Indian Ocean as sea levels rise. (90 min.)

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

6AM–11:30 See the Sunday, April 7 listings.

SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 11:30AM–5PM: 11:30 THE WETA MOVIE: PLANET OF THE APES — (1:52) R 1:30 BBC ANTIQUES ROADSHOW 2:00 WETA ARTS — A new magazine-style arts program, hosted by WETA Around Town’s Robert Aubry Davis, kicks off an afternoon of fine arts programming. See page 1 for details.

2:30 LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER: RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN’S CAROUSEL WITH THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC — One of spring’s cultural highlights is the staging of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel, the iconic American musical beloved by generations.

7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 MIDSOMER MURDERS: DEATH AND DREAMS — DCI Barnaby is called in to investigate an apparent suicide but he suspects murder. The dead man turns out to be a divorced gambler who was being treated for depression. Repeats Fri 4/26, 1pm 9:30 DCI BANKS: PLAYING WITH FIRE — Stephen Tompkinson and Andrea Lowe star as Chief Inspector Alan Banks and Detective Sergeant Annie Cabbot in mysteries set in the Yorkshire countryside. Playing With Fire.

DCI Banks and DS Annie Cabbot are called to investigate an arson attack that caused two narrow boats to go up in flames. They discover a body in each boat. But who was the intended victim — the lonely book dealer, or the young girl, out of her mind on drugs? Repeats Fri 4/26, 3pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

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Monday, April 29 at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD The three-part history miniseries Egypt’s Golden Empire explores the dynastic rise of the great pharaohs of ancient Egypt — and their achievements. The three episodes air back-to-back.

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Guitar, Strings & Piano Concerts on Front Row Washington

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String Trio, written in the Theresienstadt concentration camp days before the 25-year-old was sent to Auschwitz.

The April 15 program features two pianists recorded during last year’s Cherry Blossom Festival at the National Gallery of Art: Robert Henry and Yoshikazu Nagai, who perform works by Prokofiev, Ravel, Scarlatti, Liszt and Chopin — including his “Heroic” Polonaise.

On the April 22 broadcast, don’t miss French guitarist Roland Dyens in one of his signature, improvisatory recitals, presented by the John E. Marlow Guitar series at Westmoreland Congregational Church in Bethesda, Maryland. Dyens is a celebrated composer for the Guitar Foundation of America (GFA).

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ust outside the Beltway you’ll find the Barns at Wolf Trap, an intimate, acoustically superb concert space that is home to The Discovery Series. Starting April 6, Classical WETA 90.9 FM presents highlights from the series’ chamber music recitals on the hourlong broadcasts Center Stage from Wolf Trap, airing Saturday nights at 9 p.m. for 13 weeks through the end of June. The series features world-class contemporary artists, including violinist Rachel Barton Pine, pianist Joyce Yang, the Ahn Trio, the East Coast Chamber Rachel Barton Pine Orchestra and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass Quintet. Each week’s program offers a mix of performances as well as an “Off the Beaten Track” selection of new music, all engagingly presented by hosts Rich Kleinfeldt and Bill McGlaughlin. The concerts were recorded at the Barns of Wolf Trap by Classical WETA’s Bruce Cain.

Programs this month include performances of works by — among other composers — Barber and Schumann (April 6); Dvoˇrák, Ravel, Auerbach and Richard Strauss (April 13); Schoenberg and Mahler (April 20); and Beethoven and Shostokovich (April 27). Learn more about Center Stage from Wolf Trap online at classicalweta.org.

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pril is awash with variety on Front Row Washington, the Classical WETA 90.9 FM weekly in-performance recital series that is broadcast each Monday night at 9 p.m. The programs feature concerts recorded in venues around Greater Washington. This month’s broadcasts begin April 1 with a celebration of guitar and strings from Candlelight Concert Society of Columbia, Maryland, featuring guitar virtuoso Jason Vieaux and the Curtis Institute of Music Ensemble. Led by violist and Curtis president Roberto Dìaz, the program includes a Curtis commission for strings and guitar by Zhou Tian, titled Red Trees, Wrinkled Amerigo Cliffs, along Trio with works

by Piazzolla and Kodaly, in addition to Paganini’s Quartet for guitar & strings in A minor.

On Monday, April 8, Front Row Washington features the Amerigo Trio, formed by New York Philharmonic Concertmaster Glenn Dicterow. In addition to presenting works by Sibelius and Beethoven, this Phillips Collection recital honors Holocaust Remembrance Day with Czech composer Gideon Klein’s

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