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Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book THE EMPEROR OF ALL MALADIES: A Biography of Cancer

by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Landmark WETA Co-Production Premieres March 30-31 & April 1 at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26

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his month, I am very proud that in service to the American public, WETA will premiere the fascinating new documentary series Ken Burns Presents CANCER: THE EMPEROR OF ALL MALADIES A Film By Barak Goodman on March 30–31 and April 1 on WETA TV 26/HD and on PBS stations nationwide. This important film — an engaging blend of history, science and human stories — and its extensive accompanying community engagement initiative have been made possible by extraordinary partnerships.

We have been delighted to collaborate on the project with our good friend Ken Burns and Florentine Films; with acclaimed filmmaker Barak Goodman and Ark Media, with Pam Williams at Laura Ziskin Pictures; with physician and cancer researcher Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee, upon whose Pulitzer Prize-winning book “The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer” the film is based; and with the organization Stand Up to Cancer (SU2C), a program of the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF), and an unprecedented array of incredible project supporters (please note them all, listed on the back cover).

This project is very personal to me as a cancer survivor — as it is to Ken, who lost his mother to cancer when he was very Barak Goodman, Siddhartha young. My journey began in early 2005 with a very late diagnoMukherjee and Ken Burns sis of advanced cancer followed by years of intensive, successful treatment. In 2010, during a hospital stay, I was riveted by Sid’s amazing book, which finally defined for me the enemy I was fighting. I wanted to share this information with the widest possible audience.

My cancer led me to Sid Mukherjee and to SU2C, whose co-founder, acclaimed film producer Laura Ziskin, successfully had urged EIF to obtain the rights to the book shortly after its publication. We lost Laura to cancer in 2011, but not before she knew that our shared dream of making this film would become a reality.

Through this film and the nationwide engagement campaign, all of us involved with this project hope to profoundly reshape Americans’ understanding of this affliction and to help people know their options and seek treatment early.

Cancer will touch everyone in some way. The statistics are staggering: in our lifetimes, 1 in 2 men, 1 in 3 women, and 1 in 300 children will have the disease. Let us bring conversations about cancer into the open, so that we become better advocates for ourselves, our loved ones and our society.

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orld-renowned conductor Sir Gilbert Levine leads a very special Washington performance in the television and radio programs A Celebration of Peace Through Music, respectively, on WETA TV 26/HD and on Classical WETA 90.9 FM in April during Holy Week, Easter and Passover. Conceived by Maestro Levine, these powerful programs feature moving musical tributes to Pope John XXIII, Pope John Paul II and Pope Francis, honoring those spiritual leaders’ commitment to peace and interfaith understanding. We at WETA have been delighted to join our distinguished partners Georgetown University President John J. DeGioia and Board Chairman Paul Tagliabue; the Archdiocese of Washington; and the embassies of Poland, Italy, Argentina and the Holy See in bringing this momentous concert event to air. It is our great privilege to present these productions, with their important message of tolerance and peace, to audiences in Greater Washington and around the country.

Sharon Percy Rockefeller, President & CEO, WETA

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Masterpiece: Wolf Hall Premieres April 5

airs Sundays, April 5–May 10 at 10 p.m. on WETA TV 26/HD

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new Masterpiece miniseries, Wolf Hall, based on Hilary Mantel’s Booker Prize-winning novels, joins the Sunday drama lineup in April. The film stars Mark Rylance (Twelfth Night) and Damian Lewis (Homeland), at right. This television event presents a provocative portrait of Thomas Cromwell (played by Rylance) — the brilliant, enigmatic consigliere to England’s King Henry VIII — as he maneuvers within the Tudor court. Lewis portrays the king, haunted by his brother’s premature death and obsessed with protecting the Tudor dynasty by securing his succession with a male heir to the throne. The cast includes Claire Foy (Little Dorrit) as future queen Anne Boleyn. BAFTA Award-winner Peter Kosminsky directs the production, adapted by Oscar nominee Peter Straughan (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy).

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Midsomer Murders 9 – New Season!

Thursdays at 9 p.m. beginning April 23 on WETA TV 26/HD

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iring on WETA TV 26 and WETA HD for the first time is Series 9 of the long-running mystery drama Midsomer Murders, starring John Nettles as the perceptive, meticulous criminal investigator Detective Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby. Set in the deceptively idyllic fictional English county of Midsomer, the series is based on the popular novels of Caroline Graham.

In Series 9, local constable Ben Jones (Jason Hughes) steps into DS Scott’s shoes as Barnaby’s new sidekick. Midsomer Murders airs in double features each Thursday; Series 9 begins April 23.

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April 27–28 Vietnam Specials on WETA TV 26/HD COURTESY ©BETTMAN/CORBIS

arking the 40th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, a two-hour American Experience presentation, the Academy Awardnominated documentary Last Days in Vietnam (Tuesday, April 28, 9 p.m.) anchors a special week of programming related to the Vietnam War. Directed by Rory Kennedy, the film explores the chaotic final days of the Vietnam War as the North Vietnamese Army closed in on Saigon.

Last Days in Vietnam is preceded by The Day the 60’s Died (April 28, 8 p.m.), which chronicles America’s upheaval after a May 1970 Vietnam War protest. The Draft (April 27, 9 p.m.) spotlights the history of America’s selective service system, and Dick Cavett’s Vietnam (April 27, 10 p.m.) looks back at the talk show host’s thoughtful conversations with high-profile public figures about the war. Watch for more about the Vietnam era: in 2017, WETA and filmmakers Ken Burns and Lynn Novick are slated to premiere a monumental new series, Vietnam, about the history and meaning of the war.

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 Last Days in Vietnam is provided by The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations: Dedicated to Strengthening America's Future Through Education; The Documentary Investment Group: Gretchen Stone Cook Charitable Foundation; Roxanne E. & Michael J. Zak; and by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting; and public television viewers.

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The film, based on the book THE EMPEROR OF ALL MALADIES: A Biography of Cancer

by Siddhartha Mukherjee, airs nightly on March 30-31 and April 1 at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26/HD and on PBS stations nationwide. The series is a production of Florentine Films, Laura Ziskin Pictures and WETA, in association with Ark Media.

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he monumental new WETA co-production Ken Burns Presents CANCER: THE EMPEROR OF ALL MALADIES A Film By Barak Goodman tells the comprehensive story of cancer, from its first description thousands of years ago in an ancient Egyptian scroll to the laboratories of modern research institutions. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by cancer physician and researcher Siddhartha Mukherjee, the three-part, six-hour film, airing March 30, 31 and April 1, interweaves a sweeping historical narrative about the disease with intimate stories about contemporary patients and an investigation into the latest scientific

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breakthroughs that may have brought us, at long last, within sight of lasting cures.

The project Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies comes at a moment when cancer research offers new hope. The film matches the epic scale of the disease, reshaping the way cancer is viewed and stripping away some of the fear and misunderstanding that have long surrounded it. The series examines cancer with a cellular biologist’s precision, a historian’s perspective and a biographer’s passion, weaving together a historical documentary, an intimate vérité film, and a scientific report.

Viewers’ Guide Ken Burns Presents CANCER: THE EMPEROR OF ALL MALADIES A Film By Barak Goodman premieres March 30–31 & April 1 on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD and on PBS stations nationwide: Part 1 of 3. Magic Bullets airs March 30 at 9 p.m.; repeats March 31 at 4 p.m. and April 1 at 2 p.m.

Part 2 of 3. The Blind Men and the Elephant airs March 31 at 9 p.m.; repeats April 1 at 4 p.m. and April 2 at 2 p.m.

Part 3 of 3. Finding the Achilles Heel airs April 1 at 9 p.m.; repeats April 2 at 4 p.m.

My work as a filmmaker is directly linked to the death of my mother from cancer when I was 11. From the age of three, I watched her suffer and struggle with this awful disease, forever creating for me a desire to explore the past and to listen deeply to the stories that we all have to tell.

I am honored to tell this story: The history of cancer. The future of cancer. Your story. Our story.

— Ken Burns

The Story The battle against cancer is one of the longest-running wars in human history. Fought with razor-sharp scalpels, invisible rays and lethal poisons, its battlegrounds are deep within the human cell. Its casualties number in the hundreds of millions: nearly one in two men and one in three women will fight cancer directly; nearly everyone will feel its collateral damage. The story of the war on cancer spans centuries and continents — a scientific story but also a deeply human narrative of doctors, researchers and especially patients who, through courage, suffering and occasional hubris, pushed the boundaries of knowledge.

These people helped define cancer as the scourge of the modern age and then mobilized the federal government and private industry to wage an all-out campaign against it — a campaign still being fought today.

The film is made possible by an unprecedented array of project supporters dedicated to fostering a better understanding of cancer and battling the disease.

Ken Burns Presents CANCER: THE EMPEROR OF ALL MALADIES A Film by Barak Goodman is made possible by project supporters Genentech; Cancer Treatment Centers of America; Siemens; David H. Koch; Bristol-Myers Squibb; the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation; Kovler Fund; The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations; the American Association for Cancer Research; the American Cancer Society; The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society; Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C), a program of the Entertainment Industry Foundation; the Corporation for Public Broadcasting; and PBS. Funding for the local broadcast of the film is made possible by the American Association for Cancer Research and GEICO.

Origins of the Project The project Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies began in 2010. Hollywood producer Laura Ziskin (Pretty Woman, Spider-Man) — a co-founder of the nationwide organization Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C), a program of the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) — had envisioned producing a documentary about cancer from the time she had been diagnosed with breast cancer in 2004. Having read an advanced review of Siddhartha Mukherjee’s book, Ziskin contacted the author, who then awarded the television and film rights to the Entertainment Industry Foundation for its Stand Up To Cancer initiative in December 2010, shortly after the book was published.

Simultaneously, WETA President and CEO Sharon Percy Rockefeller read the book during her treatment for cancer at The Johns Hopkins Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center in Baltimore. Rockefeller spoke about the book with Burns, who lost his mother to cancer when he was 11 years old. The two got in touch with Ziskin to discuss the project, and in early 2011 they brought on filmmaker Barak Goodman and moved forward with (continued on page 4)

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the film. Ziskin, who lived with cancer for seven years, died in June 2011, knowing the film would be made.

Five years in the making, the series is a production of Florentine Films, Laura Ziskin Pictures and WETA, in association with Ark Media. Longtime WETA collaborator Ken Burns is executive producer and senior creative consultant. The film was written by Geoffrey Ward and Ken Burns, and Barak Goodman and David Blistein — and is produced and directed by filmmaker Barak Goodman, co-founder of Ark Media. Executive producers are Dalton Delan, David S. Thompson, Pamela Oas Williams and Laura Ziskin.

Strides and Setbacks The film’s three episodes explore the historical search for a cure. Episode 1 highlights the story of Sidney Farber, who, defying conventional wisdom in the late 1940s, introduced the modern era of chemotherapy, eventually galvanizing a full-scale national campaign against the disease. Episode 2 picks up the story in the wake of the declaration of a “war on cancer” by Richard Nixon in 1971 and explores the story through the 1990s, when advances in research finally began to translate into more precise targeted therapies. Episode 3 follows the story at another

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Cancer is built into us: the genes that unmoor normal cell division are not foreign to our bodies but rather mutated, distorted versions of the very genes that allow us to grow, to adapt, to recover, to repair — to live. Malignant growth and normal growth are so genetically intertwined that unbraiding the two is one of the most significant scientific challenges faced by our species. If we seek immortality, then so, too, in a rather perverse sense, does the cancer cell.

— Siddhartha Mukherjee

moment of buoyant optimism — and setback — in the cancer world, when scientists believed they had made a particularly promising breakthrough, cracking the essential mystery of the malignant cell. As cancer revealed new layers of complexity and an array of unforeseen defenses, scientists went back to work, and the story explores how their efforts paid off by the second decade of the 2000s.

Interwoven throughout the three episodes are stories of patients, from a 14-month-old and a six-year-old diagnosed with leukemia to a surgical oncologist contending with invasive cancer to a NASCAR mechanic afflicted with the disease. See pages 9–10 for complete episode descriptions.

Engage on the Web WETA has created a website, CancerFilms.org, that presents an array of companion resources related to the film. The website is a place for a variety of groups — such as cancer survivors, patients, family and friends; caretakers, health care professionals and the research community; historians, educators and students — to understand the past, present and future of cancer in an interactive way. Also learn more about the film and the project on Twitter via @CancerFilm and #CancerFilm, and visit the project on Facebook at facebook.com/CancerFilm.

CancerFilms.org The expansive website features social and interactive media components. Among these are: • Nearly two dozen webcast short films executive produced by Ken Burns and created by Redglass Pictures. The films present the intimate stories of cancer patients, caregivers, researchers and survivors — and explore ideas and pose questions related to the documentary film. Story contributors include actors Maura Tierney and Terrence Howard.

• An interactive timeline, allowing users to explore the fight against cancer through video and other content that explains medical advances and profiles the people who have been instrumental in shaping the fight against cancer over time.

• A place to share your story — visit an interactive story wall and connect with others. Read, share and experience stories of others and the impact of cancer on their lives.

A National Conversation To accompany the film, WETA has developed an extraordinary, comprehensive national community engagement campaign in partnership with Stand Up To Cancer, a program of the Entertainment Industry Foundation, and an unprecedented array of other project supporters. Working with community educational, medical and cancer entities, the project partners and supporters have organized more than 90 film screenings, facilitating discussions around the nation about cancer issues. WETA has also created a curriculum based on the film that will be shared with teachers in schools throughout the country.

The project includes a companion radio series, Living Cancer, broadcast nationally on NPR and produced by New York City public radio broadcaster WNYC, the national radio partner on the project. Find the broadcasts at npr.org — the two week-long series premiered on NPR’s Morning Edition and All Things Considered, illuminating the frontiers of cancer research and treatment through personal stories of patients, doctors and scientists.

• A behind-the-scenes producers’ blog about the making of the documentary, with contributions from filmmaker Barak Goodman and others.

weta.org/cancer Visit weta.org/cancer to find local area cancer resources and view a WETA-produced half-hour preview program, Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies — A Conversation, which features journalist and Stand Up To Cancer co-founder Katie Couric moderating a conversation with filmmaker Ken Burns; cancer physician and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Siddhartha Mukherjee; and WETA President and CEO Sharon Percy Rockefeller, a cancer survivor.

To buy the companion book or the DVD or Blu-ray of the broadcast of Ken Burns Presents CANCER: THE EMPEROR OF ALL MALADIES A Film By Barak Goodman, visit weta.org/cancer, where you can find links to make your purchase.

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GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

The special WETA television presentation airs Friday, April 3 at 8:30 p.m. and Sunday, April 5 at 3:30 p.m. on WETA TV 26/HD, repeating April 20 at 9 p.m.; the WETA radio presentation airs Sunday, April 5 at 7 p.m. on Classical WETA 90.9 FM.

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ETA presents A Celebration of Peace Through WETA HD, repeating on Monday, April 20 at 9 p.m.

Music, a special concert that was created by renowned In addition to presenting the concert performance, American conductor Sir Gilbert Levine and took place the program follows Levine as he visits Venice, Kraków, on May 5, 2014 at DAR Constitution Hall in WashingThe Vatican, Buenos Aires and Vienna to spotlight places ton, D.C. Levine leads the performance, which features that were inspirations to the men and the music featured the Kraków Philharmonic Choir, the Orchestra of St. in the production. In each city, the conductor delivLuke’s and the Choral Arts Society of Washington. The ers fascinating historical and biographical context for concert was conceived by Levine — known as “the each piece of music in the performance and provides Pope’s Maestro” for his long friendship and work with viewers with a heightened appreciation for the music, John Paul II — as a musical tribute honoring Pope the composers, the three pontiffs honored, and, most John XXIII, Pope John Paul II, and Pope Francis, who importantly, that sense of universal humanity which canonized his two predecessors a year ago. The local can be, in Levine’s words, transformational. performance and resulting television and radio A radio version of the full-length concert productions, now being made available to A Celebration of Peace Through Music airs public broadcasting stations nationwide, Sunday, April 5 at 7 p.m. on Classical celebrate the three leaders’ spiritual WETA 90.9 FM. Hosted by Classical legacies: from Pope Francis’ current WETA announcer Nicole Lacroix, efforts to promote interfaith dialogue the radio production features Maestro to Pope John XXIII and Pope John Levine discussing his work and friendPaul II’s belief in a universal bond ship with John Paul II and offering between all religions. commentary on the relevance of the The two-hour television special airs musical selections to the three pontiffs’ Sir Gilbert Levine Friday, April 3 at 8:30 p.m. and Sunday, messages of peace and understanding to April 5 at 3:30 p.m. on WETA TV 26 and people of all faiths.

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The Project and Its Inspiration

Major funding for the broadcast of A Celebration of Peace Through Music is provided by Tom and Gayle Benson; Alfred H. Moses and Fern Schad; Chandler and Paul Tagliabue; and The Hariri Foundation. The radio and television programs are co-productions of Pax Per Musicam Foundation and Georgetown University, in association with WETA.

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The concert performance, which took place last spring after the April canonization ceremony, was the result of a very special collaboration between WETA, Maestro Levine, Georgetown University and its board chairman Paul Tagliabue, the Archdiocese of Washington, and the embassies of Poland, Italy, Argentina and the Holy See. The embassies represent the native countries of Pope John XXIII (Italy), Pope John Paul II (Poland), and Pope Francis (Argentina).

“I had the incredible honor to work closely with His Holiness Pope John Paul II for 17 Among the locations years, from 1988 until his passing Sir Gilbert Levine visits in 2005, creating and conducting in the television program concerts on the theme of tolerare (top) St. Peter’s Basilica, Rome; Tempel Synagogue, ance and mutual respect among Kraków; and St. Mary’s people…,” said Levine, who is Basilica, Kraków.

Jewish and of Polish descent.

“Through our 17-year relationship, Pope John Paul II came to believe that music was a ‘way,’ as he called it, to powerfully bring people together without words.”

“His Holiness’s belief in my art to serve his overarchleaders’ commitment to peace, tolerance and understanding vision of a more peaceful world was at the root of our ing. In the television and radio programs, Levine conducts relationship,” the conductor said. “When Pope Francis works by Copland, Bernstein, Verdi, Brahms and others. announced that he would be canonizing John XXIII and John Paul II together, I knew that I had to create a concert Sir Gilbert Levine to celebrate this great event in the language — music — Sir Gilbert Levine has led a distinguished international that I knew John Paul would have wished.” career, conducting the world’s great orchestras and making history along the way. He was the first American to lead a major orchestra in the Communist bloc, appointed artistic The Power of Music director of the Kraków Philharmonic in 1987. From 1988 to Said Levine, “This spirit of peace through music is a 2005, Maestro Levine created and conducted televised conlegacy of these three towering spiritual leaders — saints certs for Saint John Paul II, at the Vatican and around the John XXIII and John Paul II, and Pope Francis — one world, including the historic Papal Concert to Commemothat all of us can build on, whatever our faith tradition. rate the Holocaust (1994), with the Royal Philharmonic, Music has the power to bring people together, to bridge and the Papal Concert of Reconciliation (2004), with the any difference. Through its transcendent language on this Pittsburgh Symphony. For this work of peace through historic occasion, our musical tribute to these three great music, he was accorded the highest Pontifical Knighthood men offers a powerful uplifting message for our time.” since Mozart. Sir Gilbert Levine is one of America’s most The music for A Celebration of Peace Through Music televised conductors; A Celebration of Peace Through Music was selected to commemorate and celebrate historical moments related to each of the three pontiffs — and these is his tenth concert special for public television.

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Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies (Pt 2 of 3. The Blind Men and the Elephant)

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NOVA: Alien Planets Revealed

Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies (Pt 3 of 3. Finding the Achilles Heel)

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Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries (Ep 9. Queen of the Flowers)

Midsomer Murders, Series 8 (Orchis Fatalis & Bantling Boy) (to 12m)

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Washington Week with Gwen Ifill

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Doc Martin, Series V

(from 9:33pm) The WETA Movie: Barabbas (to 11:47pm)

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Call the Midwife, Season 4 (Pt 2 of 8)

Masterpiece Classic: Mr. Selfridge, Season 3 (Pt 2 of 8)

Masterpiece: Wolf Hall (Pt 1 of 6)

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Antiques Roadshow: Birmingham, AL (Ep 2 of 3)

Antiques Roadshow: Billings, MT

Independent Lens: Little Hope Was Arson/ A City in Flames (to 11:30pm)

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Twice Born: Stories from the Special Delivery Unit (Ep 2 of 3)

Inside the Court of Henry VIII

Frontline: The Trouble with Chicken

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Nature: Animal Homes (Ep 1 of 3. The Nest) NOVA: Emperor’s Ghost Army

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Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries (Ep 10. Death By Miss Adventure)

Midsomer Murders, Series 8 (Second Sight & Hidden Depths) (to 12m)

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Washington Week with Gwen Ifill

180 Days: Hartsville

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Doc Martin, Series VI

(from 9:33pm) The WETA Movie: Black Narcissus (to 11:12pm)

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Call the Midwife, Season 4 (Pt 3 of 8)

Masterpiece Classic: Mr. Selfridge, Season 3 (Pt 3 of 8)

Masterpiece: Wolf Hall (Pt 2 of 6)

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Antiques Roadshow: Birmingham, AL (Ep 3 of 3)

Antiques Roadshow: Biloxi, MS

Independent Lens: The Homestretch

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Twice Born: Stories from the Special Delivery Unit (Ep 3 of 3)

Escape from a Nazi Death Camp

Frontline: Memory of the Camps

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Nature: Animal Homes (Ep 2 of 3. Location, Location, Location)

NOVA: The Great Math Mystery

Kamikaze

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Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries (Ep 11. Blood and Circuses)

Midsomer Murders, Series 8 (Sauce for the Goose & Midsomer Rhapsody) (to 12m)

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Washington Week with Gwen Ifill

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Doc Martin, Series VI

(from 9:33pm) The WETA Movie: That’s Entertainment I (to 11:45pm)

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Call the Midwife, Season 4 (Pt 4 of 8)

Masterpiece Classic: Mr. Selfridge, Season 3 (Pt 4 of 8)

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Antiques Roadshow: Santa Clara, CA (Ep 1 of 3)

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The National Mall – America’s Front Yard

Mai Lai: American Experience

Frontline: American Terrorist (to 11:30pm)

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Nature: Animal Homes (Ep 3 of 3. Animal Cities)

NOVA: Invisible Universe Revealed

Nazi Mega Weapons: The Siegfried Line

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Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries (Ep 12. Murder in the Dark)

Midsomer Murders, Series 9 (The House in the Woods & Dead Letters) (to 12m)

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Call the Midwife, Season 4 (Pt 5 of 8)

Masterpiece Classic: Mr. Selfridge, Season 3 (Pt 5 of 8)

Masterpiece: Wolf Hall (Pt 4 of 6)

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The Draft

Dick Cavett’s Vietnam

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The Day the 60’s Died

Last Days in Vietnam: American Experience

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Nature: Mystery Monkeys of Shangri-La

NOVA: Dawn of Humanity

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Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries (Ep 13. King Memses’ Curse)

Midsomer Murders, Series 9 (Vixen’s Run & Down Among the Dead Men) (to 12m)

A Celebration of Peace Through Music

WETA Arts

American Masters: Jascha Heifetz: God’s Fiddler

Washington in the ’60s

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PBS NewsHour airs weeknights at 7 p.m.

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Nazi Mega Weapons: Hitler’s Megaships

Live From Lincoln Center: Norm Lewis: Who Am I?

Masterpiece: Wolf Hall (Pt 3 of 6)

America’s Ballroom Challenge (Ep 1 of 3)

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Inside the Court of Henry VIII (to 11:30pm)

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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 from 7 p.m. through Charlie Rose, and weekend evenings, beginning at 6 p.m. Saturdays and 5:30 p.m. Sundays.

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

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

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

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

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

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11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

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7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 TWICE BORN: STORIES FROM THE SPECIAL DELIVERY UNIT — A miniseries spotlights the Special Delivery Unit of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP),

A CELEBRATION OF PEACE THROUGH MUSIC, A WETA PRESENTATION Friday, April 3 at 8:30 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD A Celebration of Peace Through Music features a special concert led

by Sir Gilbert Levine at DAR Constitution Hall, honoring three popes and their commitment to interfaith understanding and peace.

where rare surgeries are performed on babies inside the womb. Episode 1 of 3. Dr. Holly Hedrick performs a rare procedure and attempts to remove a tumor from a fetus still attached to her mother. Two parents anxiously wait to find out if they are candidates for fetal surgery to repair their baby’s spine. Repeats Wed 4/8, 2pm 9:00 CANCER: THE EMPEROR OF ALL MALADIES — The WETA co-production continues. Part 2 of 3. The Blind Men and the Elephant, directed by Deborah Dickson.

This episode picks up the story in the wake of the declaration of a “war on cancer” by Richard Nixon in 1971 and the search for a cure. In the lab, rapid progress is made in understanding the essential nature of the cancer cell, leading to the revolutionary discovery of the genetic basis of cancer, but few new therapies become available. Not until the late 1990s do advances in research begin to translate into more precise targeted therapies with breakthrough drugs. Following the history during these fraught decades, the film intertwines the contemporary story of an oncologist diagnosed with cancer. Repeats Wed 4/1, 4pm; Thur 4/2, 2pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

PATI’S MEXICAN TABLE, A WETA CO-PRODUCTION Saturdays at 11:30 a.m. on WETA TV 26 Pati’s Mexican Table begins a new season on April 4, featuring the Washington-area chef Pati Jinich showcasing Mexican cuisine.

APRIL 1 Wednesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 NOVA: ALIEN PLANETS REVEALED — NASA’s planethunting Kepler Telescope has discovered thousands of exotic new worlds far beyond our solar system. Are any of them like Earth? And what sort of life could flourish on them? {DVI} Repeats Thur 4/2, 1pm

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9:00 CANCER: THE EMPEROR OF ALL MALADIES — A three-part film — a co-production of Florentine Films, Laura Ziskin Pictures and WETA, in association with Ark Media — based on an acclaimed book by Siddhartha Mukherjee tells the story of cancer from ancient times to today. The series, executive produced by Ken Burns and produced and directed by Barak Goodman, interweaves a sweeping historical narrative with stories about contemporary patients and an investigation into the latest scientific breakthroughs. Part 1 of 3. Magic Bullets, directed by Jack Youngelson. The search for a “cure” for cancer is the greatest epic in the history of science, spanning centuries and continents. This episode follows that centuries-long search, highlighting the story of Sidney Farber, who in the late 1940s introduces the modern era of chemotherapy, eventually galvanizing a “war on cancer.” Interwoven is the contemporary story of a young girl diagnosed with leukemia. Repeats Tue 3/31, 4pm; Wed 4/1, 2pm

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9:00 CANCER: THE EMPEROR OF ALL MALADIES — The WETA co-production continues. Part 3 of 3. Finding the Achilles Heel, directed by Chris Durrance. This episode starts at a moment of optimism: Scientists believe they have cracked the mystery of the malignant cell, and the first targeted therapies have been developed. But very quickly cancer reveals new layers of complexity and a formidable array of defenses. Many call for a new focus on prevention and early detection as the most promising fronts in the war on cancer. By the second decade of the 2000s, the complexity of the cancer cell yields to a more ordered picture, revealing new vulnerabilities and avenues of attack. Perhaps most exciting is the prospect of harnessing the human immune system to defeat cancer. A NASCAR mechanic with melanoma and a six-year-old with leukemia are pioneers in new immunotherapy treatments, which the documentary follows as their stories unfold. Repeats Thur 4/2, 4pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

Sunday-night drama on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD New seasons of the popular dramas Call the Midwife (above) and Masterpiece Classic: Mr. Selfridge air on Sunday nights, 8–10 p.m.

Beginning April 5 at 10 p.m. on Masterpiece is Wolf Hall, featuring Damian Lewis as Henry VIII and Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell.

8:00 MISS FISHER’S MURDER MYSTERIES: QUEEN OF THE FLOWERS — Episode 9. The Honorable Miss Phryne Fisher (Essie Davis) has been chosen to refine a group of delinquent flower maidens for the annual flower parade. When the body of one of her charges washes up on the beach, she questions the worth of table manners and dancing lessons. Repeats Fri 4/3, 1pm 9:00 MIDSOMER MURDERS, SERIES 8: ORCHIS FATALIS — Disappointed at coming in third at the Midsomer Malham Orchid Society’s Annual Show, a man consoles himself in secret with his real prize — a priceless, one-of-a-kind yellow orchid, illegally smuggled from Borneo. Then a classics scholar is poisoned, and DCI Barnaby investigates. Repeats Fri 4/3, 2pm 10:30 MIDSOMER MURDERS, SERIES 8: BANTLING BOY — Horse trainer Bruce Hartley is killed after refusing to go along with the other owners in selling their racehorse, Bantling Boy. But the syndicate is based on a dark secret, and as one death follows another, DCI Barnaby and Detective Sergeant Scott are drawn deeper into the owners’ lives. Repeats Fri 4/3, 3:30pm 12M CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

commitment to peace and interfaith understanding. Selections include works by Copland, Bernstein, Verdi and Brahms. Repeats Sun 4/5, 3:30pm; Tue 4/7, 3:30pm; Mon 4/20, 9pm; Tue 4/21, 2:30pm; Wed 4/22, 4pm 10:30 WETA ARTS — The WETA art magazine visits “Words, Beats, and Life,” a D.C. non-profit that uses Hip-Hop to engage youth; spotlights an Alexandria animal shelter that hosts an art show celebrating pets; follows a prima ballerina; meets a Vietnam vet who transcends language through sculpture; and explores how two new exhibits at the Phillips Collection combine surrealism and science. Repeats Fri 4/10, 8:30pm and throughout the month 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE: THE WEEK 11:30 CHARLIE ROSE — R epeats next weekday, noon

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3 Friday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL — In WETA’s long-running production, moderator and managing editor Gwen Ifill leads a discussion by a panel of top journalists on the news events of the week. Repeats Sat 4/4, 6:30pm 8:30 A CELEBRATION OF PEACE THROUGH MUSIC — A two-hour special, a co-production of Per Pax Musicam Foundation and Georgetown University, in association with WETA, presents a concert taped in May 2014 at DAR Constitution Hall. Renowned conductor Sir Gilbert Levine leads the performance, which celebrates music and spirit for people of all faiths, honoring the canonizations of Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II, in the spirit of Pope Francis, and the pontiffs’ shared

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Hour-long special Curious George Swings into Spring airs April 3 at 8 a.m. on WETA TV 26 and 9 a.m. on the WETA Kids channel.

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O 6AM NEW SCANDINAVIAN COOKING 6:30 CHEF JOHN BESH’S NEW ORLEANS/CIAO ITALIA 7:30 HUBERT KELLER: SECRETS OF A CHEF 8:00 JOANNE WEIR’S COOKING CONFIDENCE 8:30 RICK STEVES’ EUROPE 9:00 EASTENDERS — (two episodes simulcast on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD) R epeats Fridays, 5pm 10:00 THE THIS OLD HOUSE HOUR 11:00 A CHEF’S LIFE 11:30 PATI’S MEXICAN TABLE — NEW SEASON! 12N THE MIND OF A CHEF 12:30 MEXICO—ONE PLATE AT A TIME WITH RICK BAYLESS 1:00 ESSENTIAL PÉPIN 1:30 SARA’S WEEKNIGHT MEALS 2:00 BAKING WITH JULIA/LIDIA’S KITCHEN 3:00 IN JULIA’S KITCHEN WITH MASTER CHEFS 3:30 JACQUES PÉPIN: MORE FAST FOOD MY WAY! 4:00 COOK’S COUNTRY FROM AMERICA’S TEST KITCHEN 4:30 AMERICA’S TEST KITCHEN FROM COOK’S ILLUSTRATED 5:00 MARTHA STEWART’S COOKING SCHOOL 5:30 MARTHA BAKES SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–11:47PM: 6:00 PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND 6:30 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL — R 7:00 GLOBE TREKKER SPECIAL: GREAT NATURAL WONDERS — Repeats Mon 4/6, 1pm 8:00 DOC MARTIN, SERIES V 9:33 THE WETA MOVIE: BARABBAS — In Richard Fleischer’s 1961 drama, Anthony Quinn portrays a biblical thief who toils, turns gladiator and seeks salvation after being pardoned in place of Christ. Silvana Mangano and Arthur Kennedy co-star. (2:14) Repeats Sun 4/5, noon

5 Sunday N WETA TV 26, 6AM–12N. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD. 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

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7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: BIRMINGHAM, AL — Episode 2 of 3. Repeats Tue 4/7, 1:30pm; Wed 4/8, 1pm; Mon 4/13, 2pm

Tuesdays, March 31–April 14 at 8 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD Twice Born: Stories from the Special Delivery Unit spotlights rare in-utero surgeries on babies at a Philadelphia children’s hospital.

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Wednesdays, April 8, 15 & 22 at 8 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD Nature presents Animal Homes, a three-part miniseries hosted by ecologist Chris Morgan that explores where animals choose to live.

9:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: BILLINGS, MT — Repeats Tue 4/7, 2:30pm; Thur 4/9, 5pm 10:00 INDEPENDENT LENS: LITTLE HOPE WAS ARSON/A CITY IN FLAMES — A film presents a portrait of a community terrorized from the inside out, exploring how the burning of 10 churches ignited the largest criminal investigation in East Texas history.

11:30 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

7 Tuesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 TWICE BORN: STORIES FROM THE SPECIAL DELIVERY UNIT — Episode 2 of 3. Doctors remove the remainder of newborn Lilly’s tumor, while Tina and Brion receive devastating news about their unborn twins. As Shelly and the baby undergo a procedure to repair the fetus’s spine, get a close-up look at this surgery on a baby in the womb — the first time ever in a major television broadcast. Repeats Wed 4/8, 3pm 9:00 INSIDE THE COURT OF HENRY VIII — Part Renaissance prince, part medieval tyrant, Henry VIII is the most famous of English kings. A film ventures beyond the facade of his glamorous court to understand the danger and intrigue that routinely cost courtiers their heads.

Repeats Wed 4/8, 4pm; Fri 4/24, 10:30pm 10:00 FRONTLINE: THE TROUBLE WITH CHICKEN — Frontline investigates the spread of dangerous pathogens in our meat — particularly poultry — and why the food-safety system isn’t stopping the threat. Focusing on an outbreak of Salmonella Heidelberg at one of the nation’s largest poultry processors, the film shows how contaminants are evading regulators and causing severe illnesses.

11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

8 Wednesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 NATURE: ANIMAL HOMES — This three-part series explores how animals build their amazing homes and spotlights the intriguing behaviors and social interactions that take place in and around them. Ecologist Chris Morgan serves as guide. Episode 1 of 3. The Nest.

All over the world, birds in the wild arrive at diverse nesting grounds to collect, compete for, steal and begin to build with carefully selected materials, crafting homes for the task of protecting their eggs and raising their young. {DVI} Repeats Thur 4/9, 2pm 9:00 NOVA: EMPEROR’S GHOST ARMY — To defend himself in the afterlife, the first Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, was buried in a vast mausoleum accompanied by around 9,000 life-sized terracotta statues. NOVA investigates the secrets of how and why the astonishing figures were made and the technology behind the advanced crossbows, spears, and swords carried by the clay warriors. {DVI} Repeats Thur 4/9, 3pm 10:00 NAZI MEGA WEAPONS: HITLER’S MEGASHIPS — Hitler saw the battleship as the ultimate status symbol for his new Third Reich — and ordered the construction of two vessels that were bigger, more powerful and more heavily armored than anything else afloat. Repeats Thur 4/9, 4pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — R epeats next weekday, noon

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11:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW BBC 11:30 THE MCLAUGHLIN GROUP — The weekly public affairs series features a discussion by a group of pundits, led by host John McLaughlin, of current political issues in a round table format.

SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 12N–11PM: 12N THE WETA MOVIE: BARABBAS — (2:14) R 2:30 BURGERS IN WASHINGTON — A WETA TV 26 production celebrates the region’s love affair with the all-American classic, exploring 17 of the most notable purveyors of hamburgers in Greater Washington.

3:00 WETA ARTS — See April 3, 10:30 p.m.

3:30 A CELEBRATION OF PEACE THROUGH MUSIC — See the Friday, April 3, 8:30 p.m. listing.

5:30 SCI-TECH NOW — A newsmagazine program hosted by Hari Sreenivasan, anchor of PBS NewsHour Weekend and a senior correspondent for the nightly program PBS NewsHour, explores topics including technology, scientific discovery and innovation.

6:00 PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND 6:30 BBC ANTIQUES ROADSHOW 7:00 THE JEWEL IN THE CROWN — Based on Paul Scott’s Raj Quartet novels, this dramatic series, first broadcast in 1984, recounts the final years of the British Raj in India during World War II. Part 8 of 14. The Day of the Scorpion. Sarah returns to Pankot to find her sister Susan becoming increasingly agitated by her new baby.

Merrick, too, is close to madness. Who will snap first?

8:00 CALL THE MIDWIFE, SEASON 4 — Inspired by the memoirs of Jennifer Worth, the series follows the nurses, midwives and nuns from Nonnatus House, who aid impoverished expectant mothers of London’s East End. Part 2 of 8. New nurse Phyllis Crane is not going to fit in easily; and Sister Julienne and a prospective benefactor appear to have known each other years before. Meanwhile, all involved in a difficult birth are overwhelmed by the outcome, Patsy is poised to take over as scout leader and Tom dampens Trixie’s plans for a big engagement party. Repeats Mon 4/6, 3pm 9:00 MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: MR. SELFRIDGE, SEASON 3 — The third season of the popular series, which stars Jeremy Piven as the flamboyant American entrepreneur who founded the famous Selfridge’s department store, picks up the story in 1919. Part 2 of 8. Harry attends a fateful auction. Henri has a flashback. Edwards’ book instigates a crisis for Kitty. Repeats Mon 4/6, 4pm 10:00 MASTERPIECE: WOLF HALL — Mark Rylance and Emmy-winner Damian Lewis (Homeland) star as Thomas Cromwell and King Henry VIII in this adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s Booker Prize-winning novels, which chart the meteoric rise of Cromwell in the Tudor court — from blacksmith’s son to Henry VIII’s closest advisor.

Part 1 of 6. Having failed to secure the annulment of the King Henry’s marriage to Katherine of Aragon, Cardinal Wolsey is stripped of his powers. His hopes of returning to the king’s favor lie with the ever-loyal Thomas Cromwell. Repeats Mon 4/6, 5pm

8:00 MISS FISHER’S MURDER MYSTERIES: DEATH BY MISS ADVENTURE — Episode 10. Phryne investigates the death of a young worker in a factory accident and soon learns that the woman’s death might not be the misadventure the police think it is. Faced with a wall of secrecy and lies, Phryne sends her trusty maid, Dot, undercover to investigate. Repeats Fri 4/10, 1pm 9:00 MIDSOMER MURDERS, SERIES 8: SECOND SIGHT — John Ransom collapses and dies outside a pub after a fight with his brother-in-law. Ransom has electrical scars across the top of his head from being experimented upon by his brother, who suspected Ransom of having the ability, known as “second sight,” to predict events that should be unpredictable. DCI Barnaby (John Nettles) investigates. Repeats Fri 4/10, 2pm 10:30 MIDSOMER MURDERS, SERIES 8: HIDDEN DEPTHS — Solicitor Nick Turner falls from his roof in an apparent suicide. However, Barnaby uncovers evidence to suggest the opposite as Turner’s neighbor Jack Wilmot is missing and a number of dodgy deals are discovered.

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10 Friday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL — In WETA’s long-running production, moderator and managing editor Gwen Ifill leads a discussion by a panel of top journalists on the news events of the week. Repeats Sat 4/11, 6:30pm 8:30 WETA ARTS — See the April 3, 10:30 p.m. listing. R 9:00 180 DAYS: HARTSVILLE — A program follows a Southern town’s efforts to address the urgent demand for reform in American public schools, exploring what happens when the systems that can either fuel or diffuse that reform — bureaucracy, economic opportunity and fixed mindsets — interact and intersect. Repeats Tue 4/14, 3:30pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE: THE WEEK 11:30 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

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SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–11:12PM: 6:00 PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND 6:30 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL — R 7:00 GLOBE TREKKER: Mumbai City Guide — Repeats Mon 4/13, 1pm 8:00 DOC MARTIN, SERIES VI 9:33 THE WETA MOVIE: BLACK NARCISSUS — Deborah Kerr stars in the classic 1947 film about five Anglican nuns who face a variety of pressures as they struggle to maintain a convent school and hospital in the Himalayas. (1:39)

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SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 12N–11PM: 12N GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET: DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NURNBERG — James Levine conducts this epic Wagner comedy — back at the Met for the first time in eight years — about a group of Renaissance “master singers” whose song contest unites a city.

Michael Volle, Johan Botha and Annette Dasch lead the cast in this charming and magisterial celebration of the power of music and art.

5:00 WETA ARTS — See the April 3, 10:30 p.m. listing.

5:30 SCI-TECH NOW 6:00 PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND 6:30 BBC ANTIQUES ROADSHOW 7:00 THE JEWEL IN THE CROWN — Part 9 of 14. The Towers of Silence. Susan’s baby is rescued from a ring of fire and Barbie makes an appalling discovery.

8:00 CALL THE MIDWIFE, SEASON 4 — Part 3 of 8. A mother’s life is turned upside down when her husband is arrested for gross indecency with a man. After Nurse

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Tuesday, April 14 at 10 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD Marking this week’s Holocaust Remembrance Day, Frontline features Memory of the Camps, a historical film that presents footage shot as Allied forces entered Nazi concentration camps.

Preceding Frontline, at 9 p.m. the film Escape from a Nazi Death Camp recounts a 1943 mass escape from Sobibor in Poland.

Crane meets a clearly malnourished pregnant woman, a home visit reveals a mystery. Trixie is delighted when Tom asks her to oversee an official church duty.

At Nonnatus House, Sister Monica Joan deliberately undermines Fred’s attempts to bring a rat infestation under control. Repeats Mon 4/13, 3pm 9:00 MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: MR. SELFRIDGE, SEASON 3 — Part 3 of 8. Surprising accomplices turn up in the search for Kitty’s assailants. Agnes and Henri come to a crossroads, and Harry and Nancy reach an understanding. Repeats Mon 4/13, 4pm 10:00 MASTERPIECE: WOLF HALL — Mark Rylance and Damian Lewis (Homeland) star as Thomas Cromwell and King Henry VIII in this adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s Booker Prize-winning novels, which chart the meteoric rise of Cromwell in the Tudor court. Part 2 of 6. Cardinal Wolsey has been forced to move to York. Cromwell remains in London, seeking to return the cardinal to the king’s favor. As Cromwell’s relationship with Henry deepens, there is unexpected news from the north.

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13 Monday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: BIRMINGHAM, AL — Episode 3 of 3. Repeats Tue 4/14, 1:30pm; Wed 4/15, 1pm; Mon 4/20, 2pm 9:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: BILOXI, MS — Repeats Tue 4/14, 2:30pm 10:00 INDEPENDENT LENS: THE HOMESTRETCH — A film follows three smart and ambitious Chicago teens who brave frigid winters, high school pressures and homelessness as they fight to stay in school, graduate and build a future.

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14 Tuesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 TWICE BORN: STORIES FROM THE SPECIAL DELIVERY UNIT — Episode 3 of 3. This episode follows Lilly’s plastic surgery procedure and Bobby and Shelly’s delivery of their baby girl, Luelle. Geneva and Reggie visit the hospital to seek help for their unborn child, who has developed a lower urinary tract obstruction. Repeats Wed 4/15, 2pm 9:00 ESCAPE FROM A NAZI DEATH CAMP — In October 1943, 300 Jewish prisoners staged a bloody breakout from Sobibor, the remote Nazi death camp in east Poland. This film, by Darlow Smithson Productions

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and National Geographic Television, travels back to Sobibor with the last remaining survivors to relate their extraordinary story of courage, desperation and determination. Repeats Wed 4/15, 3pm 10:00 FRONTLINE: MEMORY OF THE CAMPS — A landmark historical film discovered by Frontline in a museum vault decades ago has been called “Hitchcock’s lost Holocaust film.” First broadcast by Frontline in 1985, the documentary shows the first horrifying footage shot as Allied troops entered the Nazi death camps. Drawing on initial editing done by director Alfred Hitchcock before the film was shelved 70 years ago, Frontline reconstituted the reels and script and showed them in public for the first time.

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8:00 MISS FISHER’S MURDER MYSTERIES: BLOOD AND CIRCUSES — Episode 11. The carnival comes to town, and one of the sideshow acts is murdered. Phryne (Essie Davis) poses as the magician’s assistant to

Thursdays at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD Beginning April 23, double-features of Midsomer Murders present Season 9 episodes, each a WETA broadcast premiere. John Nettles stars as detective Tom Barnaby, and Jason Hughes joins the cast.

investigate. The heady atmosphere of the carnival takes Phryne on a bittersweet trip down memory lane — to the days when she and her sister, Janey, would sneak into the big top until the night Janey disappeared. Her pain is reignited when she discovers that Murdoch Foyle, the man accused of murdering her sister — was the mastermind behind a prison escape plan. R epeats Fri 4/17, 1pm 9:00 MIDSOMER MURDERS, SERIES 8: SAUCE FOR THE GOOSE — At the general meeting of Plummer & Son Famous Relish, Ralph Plummer (James Fleet, Vicar of Dibley) angers his family members by refusing to sell the business. Then a body is discovered at the factory, and Barnaby investigates. Repeats Fri 4/17, 2pm 10:30 MIDSOMER MURDERS, SERIES 8: MIDSOMER RHAPSODY — Old music teacher Arthur Leggot is killed when confronting an intruder in his home who apparently came for a music manuscript. And, predictably, where the manuscript goes, murders follow. Barnaby investigates. Repeats Fri 4/17, 3:30pm 12M CHARLIE ROSE — R epeats next weekday, noon

17 Friday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL — In WETA’s long-running production, moderator and managing editor Gwen Ifill leads a discussion by a panel of top journalists on the news events of the week. Repeats Sat 4/18, 6:30pm 8:30 AMERICAN MASTERS: JASCHA HEIFETZ: GOD’S FIDDLER — A film spotlights the mysterious violin virtuoso through archival performances and home movies and commentary by violinist Itzhak Perlman. Heifetz’s story embodies the paradox of artistic genius: how a mortal man lives with immortal gifts, honored at a lifelong price. {DVI} Repeats Sun 4/19, 3pm; Sat 4/18, 12m 9:30 LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER: NORM LEWIS: WHO AM I? — Stage and screen star Norm Lewis (Phantom of the Opera, Scandal) presents a show that crosses stylistic boundaries, from opera to cabaret to gospel and everything in between. Repeats Sun 4/19, 11pm 10:30 CHARLIE ROSE: THE WEEK 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — R epeats next weekday, noon

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Wednesday, April 15 at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD NOVA: The Great Math Mystery, featuring Dr. Mario Livio, explores the story of how mathematics evolved through the centuries. Other NOVA programs spotlight the Hubble Space Telescope (April 22) and the discovery of hominid fossils in South Africa (April 29).

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SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–11:45PM: 6:00 PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND 6:30 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL — R 7:00 GLOBE TREKKER: POLAND — Repeats Mon 4/20, 1pm; Tue 4/21, 5pm 8:00 DOC MARTIN, SERIES VI 9:33 THE WETA MOVIE: THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT I — The 1974 film presents a collection of top sequences from nearly 100 MGM musical movie classics from the years 1929 to 1958 — from Anchors Aweigh and Babes in Arms

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7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 NATURE: ANIMAL HOMES — Episode 2 of 3. Location, Location, Location. Finding a good base of operations is key to successfully raising a family. One must find the right stream or tree, the right building materials, neighbors and sometimes tenants. In the wild, every home is a unique Do-It-Yourself project, every head of household a designer and engineer. Cameras chart the building plans and progress of beavers, tortoises, hummingbirds and woodrats, examining layouts and cross sections, evaluating the technical specs of their structures, documenting their problem–solving skills. {DVI} Repeats Thur 4/16, 3pm 9:00 NOVA: THE GREAT MATH MYSTERY — NOVA leads a mathematical mystery tour — a provocative exploration of math’s astonishing power across the centuries. The program spotlights math’s signature in the swirl of a nautilus shell, the whirlpool of a galaxy and the spiral in the center of a sunflower. But where does math get its power? Astrophysicist and writer Mario Livio, along with a colorful cast of mathematicians, physicists and engineers, follows math from Pythagoras to Einstein and beyond. {DVI} Repeats Thur 4/16, 4pm 10:00 KAMIKAZE — As America threatened to invade Japan in 1944, the Japanese turned to desperate tactics — kamikaze suicide bombers. Now, experts are uncovering the clues to the terrifying weapons Japan sent into war: killer planes, rocket bombs and super torpedoes, all guided by human pilots. On Japan’s coast, caves, overgrown bunkers and top-secret bases reveal the secrets to how kamikaze weapons were built and launched. Repeats Thur 4/16, 5pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

9:00 A CELEBRATION OF PEACE THROUGH MUSIC — In a two-hour special taped in May 2014 at DAR Constitution Hall, Sir Gilbert Levine conducts a concert that celebrates music and spirit for people of all faiths. See the Friday, April 3, 8:30 p.m. listing. Repeats Tue 4/21, 2:30pm; Wed 4/22, 4pm; Thur 4/23, 1pm 11:00 INDEPENDENT LENS: THE GREAT INVISIBLE — A film follows stories behind the disastrous Deepwater Horizon oil spill, from fallout to aftermath, and its continuing effects on a region dependent on nature. The film includes unprecedented access to footage from the oil rig before the spill.

12:30AM CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

Tuesday, April 21 at 8 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD The National Mall – America’s Front Yard, a National Geographic film, explores the story of the evolution of this grand public space.

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to Singin’ in the Rain, The Wizard of Oz and more, with an array of hosts who include Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Gene Kelly, Liza Minnelli, Donald O’Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Mickey Rooney, Frank Sinatra, Jimmy Stewart and Elizabeth Taylor. (2:12) Repeats Sun 4/19, noon

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SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 12N–11PM: 12N THE WETA MOVIE: THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT I — (2:12) R 2:30 WETA ARTS — R 3:00 AMERICAN MASTERS: JASCHA HEIFETZ: GOD’S FIDDLER — R 4:00 RX: THE QUIET REVOLUTION — Filmmaker David Grubin, the son of a general practitioner, takes his camera across America to focus on the challenges and triumphs in our country’s health care delivery system.

The program introduces viewers to a diverse group of doctors, nurses and health care professionals who are transforming the way we receive medical care: lowering costs by placing the patient at the center of their practices. Repeats Sat 4/25, 1am 5:30 SCI-TECH NOW 6:00 PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND 6:30 BBC ANTIQUES ROADSHOW 7:00 THE JEWEL IN THE CROWN — Part 10 of 14. An Evening at the Maharanee’s. Guy Perron, working in intelligence with Merrick, meets Sarah in 1945 Bombay.

8:00 CALL THE MIDWIFE, SEASON 4 — Part 4 of 8. Sister Winifred’s eyes are opened to Poplar’s seedy underworld when she cares for an expectant prostitute.

Meanwhile, Barbara struggles to understand why an expectant father would put undue pressure on his wife to bear a son, and Sister Monica Joan feels redundant as the busy midwives go about their work. The bishop’s meeting with Tom leads to an argument between Trixie and Tom. Repeats Mon 4/20, 3pm 9:00 MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: MR. SELFRIDGE, SEASON 3 — Part 4 of 8. When Locksley makes a surprise move, Harry ups the stakes. Princess Marie makes her own move. Victor and Violette are caught off guard. Repeats Mon 4/20, 4pm 10:00 MASTERPIECE: WOLF HALL — Mark Rylance and Damian Lewis (Homeland) star as Thomas Cromwell and King Henry VIII in this adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s Booker Prize-winning novels. Part 3 of 6. With the cardinal dead, it falls to Cromwell to orchestrate a marriage between the king and Anne Boleyn. The king rewards Cromwell for his loyalty, but he is being closely watched by his enemies. Repeats Mon 4/20, 5pm

20 Monday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: SANTA CLARA, CA — Episode 1 of 3. Repeats Tue 4/21, 1:30pm; Wed 4/22, 1pm; Mon 4/27, 2pm

7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 THE NATIONAL MALL – AMERICA’S FRONT YARD — The United States National Mall, set in the heart of the District of Columbia, is a place unlike any other on earth, and its history is equally fascinating. This special from National Geographic Television reveals the surprising and inspiring story of the Mall’s evolution.

Repeats Wed 4/22, 2pm 9:00 MY LAI: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE — A film by Barak Goodman (Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies) examines the 1968 My Lai massacre, its cover-up and efforts of soldiers who broke rank to halt atrocities. What drove a company of American soldiers to murder more than 300 unarmed Vietnamese civilians? Eyewitness accounts of Vietnamese survivors and men of the Charlie Company 11th Infantry Brigade and recordings from the Peers Inquiry recount one of the darkest chapters of the Vietnam War. {DVI} Repeats Wed 4/22, 3pm 10:00 FRONTLINE: AMERICAN TERRORIST — Frontline investigates American-born terrorist David Coleman Headley, who helped plan the deadly 2008 siege on Mumbai.

In collaboration with ProPublica, the film reveals how secret electronic surveillance missed catching the Mumbai plotters, and how Headley planned an assault against a Danish newspaper.

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22 Wednesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 NATURE: ANIMAL HOMES — Episode 3 of 3. Animal Cities. For some animals, living amid huge colonies of their own kind is the most secure and rewarding housing arrangement. Icelandic puffins form nesting colonies of more than a million, providing shared information about food sources and reducing the odds of attacks on individual birds. But colonies are useful for predators, too. {DVI} Repeats Thur 4/23, 3pm 9:00 NOVA: INVISIBLE UNIVERSE REVEALED — Twenty-five years ago, NASA launched one of the most ambitious experiments in the history of astronomy: the Hubble Space Telescope. In honor of Hubble’s landmark anniversary, NOVA tells the story of the telescope that forever changed our understanding of the cosmos and our place in it. For more than a generation, Hubble’s stunning images have brought the beauty of the heavens to Earth. {DVI} Repeats Thur 4/23, 4pm

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Fridays, April 24–May 8 at 9:30 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD America’s Ballroom Challenge, hosted by former U.S. dance champions Tony Meredith and Mary Murphy, follows ballroom competitions in four dance styles — and couples’ preparations.

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10:00 NAZI MEGA WEAPONS: THE SIEGFRIED LINE — Five times the length of Hadrian’s Wall, Hitler’s Siegfried Line was one of the greatest fortifications in the history of warfare. The campaign to breach it took six months and cost the American forces close to 140,000 casualties. This is the story of the men who built it and those who gave their lives fighting to defend — and destroy — it. Repeats Thur 4/23, 5pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

24 Friday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL — In WETA’s long-running production, moderator and managing editor Gwen Ifill leads a discussion by a panel of top journalists on the news events of the week. Repeats Sat 4/25, 6:30pm 8:30 WASHINGTON IN THE ’60S — An Emmy Award-winning WETA TV 26 production explores the political, social and cultural events that make up the history of the Washington, D.C. area during the seminal decade of the 1960s. Connie Chung narrates. Repeats Sun 4/26, 4pm; Tue 4/28, 3:30pm, 11pm 9:30 AMERICA’S BALLROOM CHALLENGE — Hosted by former U.S. dance champions Mary Murphy and Tony Meredith, a series features all four of the major styles of competitive ballroom dancing: American Smooth, American Rhythm, International Standard and International Latin. Episode 1 of 3. In the first hour, the six finalists in the American Smooth and American Rhythm divisions compete as a group.

10:30 INSIDE THE COURT OF HENRY VIII — R 11:30 CHARLIE ROSE: THE WEEK 12M CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

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

O 6AM–6PM See the Saturday, April 4 listings.

SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–1:15AM: 6:00 PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND 6:30 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL — R 7:00 GLOBE TREKKER: TOUGH TRAINS: VIETNAM — Repeats Mon 4/27, 1pm 8:00 DOC MARTIN, SERIES VI 9:33 THE WETA MOVIE: GONE WITH THE WIND — The 1939 blockbuster, based on Margaret Mitchell’s novel and directed by Victor Fleming, follows the epic story of a fiery Southern belle’s struggles to return her family’s estate to its former grandeur after the Civil War. Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable star alongside Leslie Howard and Olivia de Havilland. The film/cast won eight Academy Awards. (3:42) Repeats Sun 4/26, noon

Saturday, April 25 at 9:33 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD The WETA Movie presents the 1939 blockbuster Gone With the Wind, winner of eight Academy Awards. Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh star.

26 Sunday N WETA TV 26, 6AM–12N. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD. O 6AM–12N See the Sunday, April 5 listings.

SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 12N–11PM: 12N THE WETA MOVIE: GONE WITH THE WIND — (3:42) R 4:00 WASHINGTON IN THE ’60S — See the Friday, April 24, 8:30 p.m. listing.

5:00 WETA ARTS — R 5:30 SCI-TECH NOW 6:00 PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND 6:30 BBC ANTIQUES ROADSHOW 7:00 THE JEWEL IN THE CROWN — Part 11 of 14. Traveling Companions. Sarah is distressed to learn that Merrick is about to announce his engagement to Susan. She turns for help to an old friend who knows more about Merrick’s past than anyone.

8:00 CALL THE MIDWIFE, SEASON 4 — Part 5 of 8. Sister Julienne questions the nature of absolute faith when she meets a Christian Science couple who refuse medicine for their newborn. Things become more complex when they’re accused of harming their child. Meanwhile, Barbara tries to communicate with a pregnant woman who can’t speak English. Sister Mary Cynthia returns, and Fred meets a woman who catches his eye. Repeats Mon 4/27, 3pm 9:00 MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: MR. SELFRIDGE, SEASON 3 — Part 5 of 8. Gordon’s debut as store deputy skirts scandal. Kitty confronts her attackers. Doris wrestles with a dilemma, then takes a tragic step. Repeats Mon 4/27, 4pm 10:00 MASTERPIECE: WOLF HALL — Mark Rylance and Damian Lewis (Homeland) star as Thomas Cromwell and King Henry VIII in this adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s Booker Prize-winning novels. Part 4 of 6. Anne gives birth to a baby girl, failing to produce Henry’s longedfor male heir. Cromwell demands the nobility and church swear an oath acknowledging Anne as lawful queen, but will Thomas More agree? Repeats Mon 4/27, 5pm

27 Monday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: SANTA CLARA, CA — Episode 2 of 3. Repeats Tue 4/28, 1:30pm; Wed 4/29, 1pm 9:00 THE DRAFT — The question of who serves in America’s military has shaped battle strategy and foreign policy and stranded Americans in uniform for years on distant battlefields. From the Civil War to the conflicts of the Vietnam era, forced military service has torn the nation apart — and sometimes, as in World War II, united Americans in a common purpose. Featuring interviews with draft supporters and detractors, a film tells the

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8:00 MISS FISHER’S MURDER MYSTERIES: MURDER IN THE DARK — Episode 12. Phryne’s cousins and Aunt Prudence’s entire household come under suspicion when a young girl is found drowned in Prudence’s fountain on the eve of a lavish fancy dress party. Phryne and her aunt work together to investigate. Was Murdoch Foyle really the man responsible for her sister’s death or was it someone much closer to Phryne? Repeats Fri 4/24, 1pm 9:00 MIDSOMER MURDERS, SERIES 9: THE HOUSE IN THE WOODS — A WETA PREMIERE! Local PC Ben Jones (Jason Hughes) steps into CID and DS Scott’s shoes to help Barnaby investigate the garroting of two house hunters outside a deserted — supposedly haunted — house. The owner is anxious to sell, but the estate agent, Harriet Davis, who is representing Jack Magwood, seems reluctant to let anyone see the property.

Repeats Fri 4/24, 2pm 10:30 MIDSOMER MURDERS, SERIES 9: DEAD LETTERS — A WETA PREMIERE! The mother of a deceased one-time carnival queen is found dead in a stream. Once again, Barnaby must dig up the past to solve the case. Barnaby is convinced he has seen two people from an earlier mystery around the village. He is puzzled because the people in question were brutally murdered. Is Barnaby seeing ghosts? Simon Callow and Carolina Goddall guest star. Repeats Fri 4/24, 3:30pm 12M CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

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story of how a single, controversial issue continues to define a nation. Repeats Tue 4/28, 2:30pm 10:00 DICK CAVETT’S VIETNAM — On the 40th anniversary of the official end of the Vietnam War, a program examines the war and its impact on America through the prism of interviews conducted by the iconic host of The Dick Cavett Show, which featured thoughtful conversation and debate from all sides of the political spectrum.

The program combines interviews from Cavett’s shows with archival footage, network news broadcasts and audio/visual material from the National Archives to provide insight into this chapter of American history.

Repeats Tue 4/28, 4:30pm; Wed 4/29, 2pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

28 Tuesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 THE DAY THE 60’S DIED — In May 1970, four students were shot dead at Kent State. The mayhem that followed has been called the most divisive moment in American history since the Civil War. Exploring the era from college campuses to the jungles of Cambodia to the Nixon White House, this film returns to that turbulent spring 45 years ago. Repeats Wed 4/29, 3pm 9:00 LAST DAYS IN VIETNAM: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE — Rory Kennedy’s Oscar-nominated documentary explores the chaotic final days of the Vietnam War, as South Vietnamese resistance crumbled, North Vietnamese forces closed in on Saigon, and, with the clock ticking and the city under fire, an unlikely group of heroes took matters into their own hands. {DVI} Repeats Wed 4/29, 4pm; Thur 4/30, 1pm 11:00 WASHINGTON IN THE ’60S — An Emmy Award-winning WETA TV 26 production explores the political, social and cultural events that make up the history of the Washington, D.C. area during the seminal decade of the 1960s. Connie Chung narrates.

12M CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

30 Thursday 8:00 MISS FISHER’S MURDER MYSTERIES: KING MEMSES’ CURSE — Episode 13. Murdoch Foyle is at large and has been connected with the mysterious death of Albert Monkton, antique dealer. In investigating the murder, Phryne discovers Foyle’s involvement in a bizarre reincarnation cult, inspired by Ancient Egypt. Phryne’s hunt for the madman leads her on a disturbing trail of death and despair before she realizes her own significance in Foyle’s grand plan. Repeats Fri 5/1, 1pm 9:00 MIDSOMER MURDERS, SERIES 9: VIXEN’S RUN — A WETA PREMIERE! Wealthy, eccentric, obese aristocrat Freddy Butler (Joss Ackland) drops dead after gathering all three of his wives at his hall. Although the cause of death is revealed to have been natural causes, the case is far from simple when, soon after, his solicitor is killed in a house fire. Sian Phillips guest stars. Repeats Fri 5/1, 2pm 10:30 MIDSOMER MURDERS, SERIES 9: DOWN AMONG THE DEAD MEN — A WETA PREMIERE! Blackmail, revenge and, of course, murder strike again in Midsomer.

Barnaby has plenty of suspects with motives but no real proof. For once his investigations take him beyond the confines of Midsomer, with trips to the seaside. The real evidence, however, rests much closer to home, as Joyce and Cully discover. Julia McKenzie guest stars.

Repeats Fri 5/1, 3:30pm 12M CHARLIE ROSE — R epeats next weekday, noon

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Tuesday, April 28, 8–11 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD Marking the 40th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, films offer perspectives on the Vietnam era: The Day the 60’s Died (above) airs at 8 p.m., and Oscar-nominated documentary Last Days in Vietnam, by filmmaker Rory Kennedy, airs at 9 p.m. More films air April 27.

highest forests in the world. The survival of this monkey society depends on strong defensive strategies and the cooperation and interdependence of its members. {DVI} Repeats Thur 4/30, 3pm 9:00 NOVA: DAWN OF HUMANITY — NOVA and National Geographic present exclusive access to an astounding discovery of ancient fossil human ancestors. Deep in a South African cave, a special team of experts has brought to light an unprecedented wealth of fossils belonging to a crucial gap in the record of our origins that spans the transition between the ape-like australopithecines (such as the famous Lucy) and the earliest members of the human family. {DVI} Repeats Thur 4/30, 4pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

29 Wednesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 NATURE: MYSTERY MONKEYS OF SHANGRI-LA — Nature investigates a unique monkey society formed in response to the hardships of the Himalayas. This is the story of a family of Yunnan snub-nosed monkeys — hauntingly beautiful, elfin-like primates — living in the

Wednesday, April 29 at 8 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD Nature: Mystery Monkeys of Shangri-La spotlights a unique primate society in the high forests of the Himalayas. At 9 p.m., a twohour NOVA special, Dawn of Humanity, explores an exciting fossil find that sheds light on the evolution of ancient human ancestors.

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P.M. PROGRAMMING ON WETA UK IN APRIL SUNDAY

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• The Buccaneers (4/5, 12n–2pm) • Call the Midwife Holiday Special (4/26, 12n) • The Jewel in the Crown (4/5, 4/26, 2–3pm) • Poldark (4/5, 4/26, 3–4pm) • Foyle’s War (4/5, 4/26, 4–6pm) • Last of the Summer Wine (4/12, 11am–1pm) • Foyle’s War VI (4/12, 1–3:30pm) • Downton Abbey 5 Marathon, Pts 5–9 (4/12, 3:30–10pm) • Downton Abbey 5 Marathon, Pts 5–9 (4/19, 8am–2:30pm) • Being Poirot (4/19, 2:30–4:30pm) • Rosemary & Thyme (4/19, 4:30–6pm)

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7pm 7:30pm

8pm 8:30pm

9pm 9:30pm

10pm 10:30pm

11pm 11:30pm

• Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries (4/5, 4/26) • Father Brown (4/19, 6–7:30pm)

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WEDNESDAY Last of the Summer Wine

Last of the Summer Wine

Last of the Summer Wine

My Family

My Family

My Family

My Family

My Family

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

New Tricks

New Tricks

New Tricks

New Tricks

New Tricks

Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead

SATURDAY • The Buccaneers (4/4, at 11:30am) • The Jewel in the Crown (4/4, 12:30pm) • Globe Trekker (4/24, noon) • Agatha Christie’s Poirot (4/4 & 4/25, 1:30pm) • Sherlock Holmes (2:30pm, 4/4 & 4/25) • Pie in the Sky I (4/11, 12:30–3:30pm) • Downton Abbey 5 Marathon Pts 1–4 (4/18, 9am–1:30pm) • Sherlock Holmes (4/18, 1:30–4pm)

• Mr. & Mrs. Murder (4/4 & 4/25, 3:30pm) • Pie in the Sky (4/4 & 4/25, 4:30pm) • Downton Abbey 5 Marathon Pts 1–4 (4/11, 4:30–9pm) • Pie in the Sky (4/18, 4–6pm)

Hustle

Hustle

Hustle

Hustle

Hustle

• Kangaroo Dundee (4/6, 5–7pm) • Downton Abbey 5 Marathon Pts 1–2 (4/13, 5–7:30pm) • Globe Trekker (4/20, 5pm; 4/27, 6pm) • Great Continental Railway Journeys (4/27, 5pm)

• The Jewel in the Crown (exc. 4/14) • Downton Abbey 5 Marathon Pts 3–4 (4/14, 5–7pm)

• Mr. & Mrs. Murder (exc. 4/15) • Downton Abbey 5 Marathon Pts 5–6 (4/15, 5–7pm)

• Inspector Morse • Downton Abbey 5 Marathon Pts 7–8 (4/16, 5–7:30pm)

• Masterpiece Mystery!: Silk (exc. 4/17) • Downton Abbey 5 Chef! (4/4 & 4/25) Pt 9 (4/17, to 7pm)

Midsomer Murders Doc Martin V & VI (4/15, 7pm) (except 4/14)

My Family (except 4/13)

My Family (except 4/14)

• Kangaroo Dundee (4/5) • Great Continental Railway Journeys (4/26)

• Pie in the Sky II (exc. 4/13) • Mids. Murders IX (4/13, 8pm–12m)

• Mr. & Mrs. Murder Inspector Morse (8-11pm on 4/15) (except 4/14) • Doc Martin (4/14, 8–10pm)

• Kangaroo Dundee (4/5) • Inspector Morse (4/19, 9–10:30pm) • Globe Trekker (4/26)

Midsomer Murders Doc Martin V & VI Masterpiece Mys(see above for 4/13) (see above for 4/14) tery!: Endeavour I & II (exc. 4/15) Series IX begins April 13

The Jewel in the Crown (exc. 4/13)

• Father Brown II (except 4/14) • Foyle’s War VI (4/14, 10pm– 12:30am)

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’Allo ’Allo (except 4/14)

MONDAY

• Scott & Bailey IV Masterpiece Mystery!: Endeav- (exc. 4/17) our I & II (exc. 4/16) • Inspector Morse (4/17, at 6:30pm)

• Lead Balloon (4/4 & 4/25) • Doc Martin (4/18, 6–8pm)

Antiques Roadshow Doc Martin V & VI BBC (exc. 4/17) (4/4 & 4/25)

BBC Antiques Roadshow (except 4/13)

SUNDAY

FRIDAY

Last of the Summer Wine

• Father Brown (4/5, 4/26) • Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries (4/19, 7:30–9pm)

• Globe Trekker (4/5, 10pm) • Lead Balloon (4/26, 10pm) • Doctor Who (4/5, 4/26, 11pm) • Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries (4/12, 10–11:30pm) • Foyle’s War (4/12, 11:30pm–2am) • Sherlock Holmes I (4/19, 10:30pm–1am)

THURSDAY

Last of the Summer Wine

TUESDAY

My Family (except 4/15)

My Family (except 4/16)

My Family (except 4/17)

Father Brown (8-9:30pm on 4/16)

• Rosemary & Thyme I (4/3–4/17) • Death in Paradise IV (starts 4/24)

• Masterpiece Mystery!: Silk II (exc. 4/16) • Being Poirot (4/16, 9:30–11:30pm)

• Mr. & Mrs. Murder I (4/3 & 4/10) • Miss Fisher (4/17, at 9:30pm) • Vera V (starts 4/24)

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

• The Jewel in the Crown (4/4 & 4/25) • Doc Martin: Legend of the Cloutie (4/18, 8–9:30pm)

• The Buccaneers (4/4, 9pm) • Call the Midwife Holiday Special (4/25, 9pm) • Poldark Scott & Bailey IV Miss Fisher’s (4/4 & 4/25, 11pm) (except 4/16) Murder Mysteries I • Doc Martin: The & II (9:30pm on 4/17; Movie (4/11, 9–11pm) • Inspector Lewis V 10:30pm on 4/24) • Being Poirot (exc. 4/15) (4/11, 11pm–1am) • Doc Martin: • Mids. Murders IX • Sherlock Holmes • Father Brown II The Movie (4/18, 9:30–11:30pm) (exc. 4/16) (11:30pm on 4/24) (4/15, 11pm–1am) • Inspector Morse • My Family • Last of the (4/18, 11:30pm– (4/16, 11:30pm–1am) Summer Wine 2:30am) (4/17, to 1:30am)

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rime investigator Father Brown (Mark Williams, Harry Potter, Dr. Who) cycles back to solve more mysteries in Kembleford, a sleepy Cotswold village, in the charming BBC series based on the short stories of G.K. Chesterton. The series is set in 1950s England in a countryside dotted with small villages, rural parish churches and large country houses. Each of the 15 new episodes sees Father Brown investigate a crime in his own particular way, using intuition and psychology. Once again, the enigmatic priest is aided by his no-nonsense parish secretary Mrs. McCarthy (Sorcha Cusack), glamorous socialite Lady Felicia Montague (Nancy Carroll) and her chauffeur Sid (Alex Price). Tom Chambers portrays local detective Inspector Sullivan. In this season, Father Brown finds himself embroiled with the Secret Service; goes undercover into a theological college to flush out a killer; probes an audacious art heist by an old adversary; and contends with a surprising fugitive, wanted for murder and taking sanctuary in the parish.

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opular British crime drama Vera is back for a fifth season of four episodes. Based on the characters from the popular series of novels by Ann Cleeves, the production by ITV/Gallowgate follows the obsessive and driven Detective Chief Inspector (DCI) Vera Stanhope as she tries to crack some of the toughest cases in Northumberland. Brenda Blethyn reprises her role as the central character, whose offbeat manner and frumpy appearance belie a knack for catching killers; however, she’ll be getting a new sidekick in Season 5. Cast member David Leon, who played Vera’s right-hand man Joe Ashworth, has departed the show, as his character has received a promotion. Vera is joined instead

by DS Aiden Healey, played by Kenny Doughty. Episode One follows Vera and Aiden as they investigate a mysterious death at a caravan park.

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njoy the drama all over again or catch episodes you missed! After wrapping up its premiere on WETA TV 26 in March, this month, WETA UK airs Season 5 of Masterpiece blockbuster Downton Abbey in its entirety in two program marathon blocks on Saturday, April 11 and Sunday, April 12. The marathon is then reprised throughout the week — and on the following weekend, April 18–19. The top drama in public television history, Downton Abbey interweaves storylines that follow the noble English Crawley family and its servants at a fictional Yorkshire estate through changing and challenging times, joys and sorrows. Season 5 brings the characters into the 1920s. A sixth season is currently in the works.

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Also this month on WETA UK: Midsomer Murders features Season 9 programs on Mondays beginning April 13 at 8 p.m. (9 p.m. in following weeks), presenting episodes never before seen on WETA Television; Masterpiece Mystery: Endeavour enters Series 2 on Wednesdays at 9 p.m., beginning April 8; and legal drama Masterpiece Mystery!: Silk enters Series 2 on Thursdays at 9 p.m. beginning April 2. Note: This month, WETA mounts a membership campaign on WETA UK during weekend, evening and night-time programming, April 11–19.

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here do composers’ inspirations come Then, 20 years later, with the death of composer from? Sometimes it’s easy to figure out, as Pierre-Octave Ferroud (in a car crash, in his midwith French composer and pianist Francis 30s), Poulenc decided to return to the Church.

Poulenc’s best-known choral music, which He began writing choral music again, and chose we’re delighted to feature on Choral Showto temper his playful Les Six language. case this month from a new Naxos CD by the From the new Elora Festival Singers CD, Elora Festival Singers conducted by Artistic we’ve scheduled Poulenc’s Holy Week and Director Noel Edison. Early on, Poulenc Christmas Motets for Choral Showcase on EasFrancis Poulenc worked on the rebellious side. He was one of ter (April 5). These pieces are deeply respectful, Les Six — a name coined by Henri Collet for six French and show almost an abandonment of the frivolity of Les composers (including Poulenc, Milhaud and Honneger) Six. The Sept Chansons, airing on the April 19 broadcast, who distanced themselves from Wagner’s difficult-to-ignore were written shortly after Ferroud’s death, with each song shadow, as well as from the impressionism of Debussy and focusing on a different part of the human body. ConcludRavel. Les Six, in simple terms, utilized a less serious paling the Choral Showcase month is Poulenc’s Mass, airing ette. However, the year 1917 brought dramatic change for April 26. It’s dedicated to his father and is a brilliant comPoulenc: his father died, and the composer abruptly abanbination of reverence and the bold tonality and rhythm of doned Roman Catholicism, the faith of his formative years. the composer’s earlier years.

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riginating from four different venues this month, Classical WETA 90.9 FM’s Monday-night, 9 p.m. broadcast Front Row Washington also features the broadcast debut of an exciting new orchestra founded here in Washington.

We begin April 6 at the National Gallery of Art with Lithuanian pianist Edvinas Minkstimas performing a Mozart sonata, a Liszt transcription and preludes by Gershwin and new Orchestra of Washington fin de siècle Lithuanian composer Mikalojus Konstantinas Cˇiurlionis. Then, Japanese marimbist Naoko Takada plays her own improvisation on Sakura (“Cherry Blossom”) followed by Bach’s famous Chaconne.

A hop over to the Phillips Collection brings us the Calidore String Quartet, winner of several American awards, including the 2012 Chesapeake Chamber Music Competition. On the April 13 broadcast, quartets by Haydn and Beethoven are offset by Caroline Shaw’s wonderfully funny and derivative Entr’act. A Grammy-winning singer, Ms. Shaw is also the youngest-ever alejandro winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Music.

Hernandez-valdez On April 20, we present the broadcast debut of the New Orchestra of Washington (NOW.) A vibrant and versatile ensemble founded in 2012, NOW has already recorded their first CD thanks to a wildly successful Kickstarter campaign. Artistic Director Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez leads the group of energetic, young professional musicians in the original orchestration of Aaron Copland’s beloved Appalachian Spring, followed by the world premiere of a NOW commission, Chilean composer Javier Farías Caballero’s El vuelo de tu alma (“The flight of your soul”) featuring Alturas Duo playing guitar and the popular Andean guitar-like folk instrument, the charango.

We conclude the month at the Sackler Gallery of Art by tying into their current exhibit The Traveler’s Eye with French pianist David Kadouch’s recital, The Traveler’s Ear: Scenes From Music. His performance, airing April 27, features works by four composers who were inspired by travel: J.S. Bach, Robert Schumann, Franz Liszt and Béla Bartók.

For more details on Front Row Washington, visit classicalweta.org.

Concerts from the Library of Congress

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eginning in April, Classical WETA 90.9 FM will Borromeo string Quartet present Concerts from the Library of Congress, a 13-week broadcast series produced by CD Syndications and the Music Division of the Library of Congress and hosted by Bill McGlaughlin. The one-hour programs air Saturdays at 9 p.m. and feature recent performances by leading classical musicians recorded in the intimate and acoustically superb Coolidge Auditorium in the Library’s Jefferson Building. Many of the programs also offer a peek into the Library’s music collections of more than 22 million items, presented by expert curators from the Music Division.

April’s programs feature Schubert with the Borromeo String Quartet (April 4); Vivaldi with The English Concert (April 11); Debussy with Jean-Guihen Queyras and Alexandre Tharaud (April 18); and archival recordings of legendary singers, including Leontyne Price and Set Svanholm (April 25). Also featured in April programs are discussions about the Library’s “Songs of America” initiative with Music Division specialists Anne McLean and Nick Brown.

In association with the broadcast series, Classical WETA will present online and on-air “Classical Conversations” interviews that highlight the Library’s current concert season — its 90th — and its extensive “Songs of America” project.

Additional broadcasts will be presented on VivaLaVoce, Classical WETA’s online and HD2 station devoted to classical vocal music. Series and features details are available at weta.org/fm/features/loc.

Wednesday, april 1 at 9 p.m.

By Nicole Lacroix, Evening On-Air Host

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his month’s NSO Showcase honors Holy Week with a special performance of the final act of Wagner’s Parsifal, featuring the transcendent “Good Friday Music.”

Christoph Eschenbach conducted this concert version of the third act of Parsifal as part of the Kennedy Center’s Wagner bicentennial celebration in 2013.

Act III takes place in the Kingdom of the Holy Grail on a beautiful Good Friday. The once young and naïve Parsifal returns to the kingdom, having won the Holy Spear from the evil Klingsor. After a long and difficult journey, Parsifal has grown into a loving and compassionate knight, and he is now spiritually ready to heal the suffering of King Amfortas and to become the new King of the Grail.

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saturday afternoons on Classical Weta April 4 Verdi’s Ernani (at 1 p.m.)

April 11 Verdi’s Don Carlo (at noon) April 18 Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (at 1 p.m.)

April 25 Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana & Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci (at 12:30 p.m.)

Austrian tenor Nikolai Schukoff sings the role of Parsifal.

American baritone Thomas Hampson tenor nikolai is a noble and powerful King Amfortas. schukoff Making his NSO debut, St. Petersburgborn Yuri Vorobiev portrays Gurnemanz, the eldest knight of the Grail.

Premiered at Bayreuth in northern Bavaria just a year before the composer’s death, Parsifal is Wagner’s last work for the stage, and as Maestro Eschenbach says, “for me Parsifal is the culmination of Wagner’s work.”

Tune in to this month’s broadcast of NSO Showcase, Wednesday, April 1 at 9 p.m. on Classical WETA 90.9 FM.

Classical WETA Announcers in the Community: April 10: Marilyn Cooley introduces the Poulenc Trio’s chamber music performance at The Barns of Wolf Trap.

April 19: Nicole Lacroix greets visitors at the Folger Shakespeare Library’s annual Open House and Shakespeare’s Birthday celebration.

April 24: Deborah Lamberton greets the audience at the BBC Concert Orchestra’s performance at George Mason University’s Center for the Arts.

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