14 Friday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL AND NATIONAL JOURNAL — Moderator and managing editor Gwen Ifill leads a discussion by a panel of journalists on the news events of the week. Repeats Sat 12/15, 6:30pm 8:30 INSIDE WASHINGTON — See the Friday, December 7, 8:30 p.m. listing. Repeats Sat 12/15, 6pm 9:00 LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER: THE RICHARD TUCKER OPERA GALA — The Richard Tucker Music Foundation features its 2012 award winner, soprano Ailyn Pérez, joined by an array of opera luminaries and members of the Metropolitan Opera and the New York Choral Society in a program of favorite arias and ensembles with Maestro Patrick Summers on the podium. Audra McDonald hosts. 11:00 NEED TO KNOW 11:30 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon
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17 Monday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: GREATEST GIFTS — A Roadshow special features appraisals of items that guests received as presents. Repeats Tue 12/18, 2pm; Wed 12/19, 1pm 9:00 MARKET WARRIORS — Antiquing in Canton, TX. Repeats Tue 12/18, 3pm; Wed 12/19, 2pm; Thur 12/20, 1pm 10:00 CHRISTMAS WITH THE MORMON TABERNACLE CHOIR FEATURING JANE SEYMOUR AND NATHAN GUNN — Emmy and Golden Globe-winning actress Jane Seymour and Grammy Award-winning baritone Nathan Gunn join the renowned Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square in a Christmas special featuring seasonal songs. Repeats Tue 12/25, noon 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon
WETA Television
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 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 THE MIND OF A CHEF SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–11PM: 6:00 INSIDE WASHINGTON — R 6:30 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL AND NATIONAL JOURNAL — R 7:00 AS TIME GOES BY 7:30 KEEPING UP APPEARANCES 8:00 DOC MARTIN, SERIES V — Parts 4 & 5 of 8. Mother Knows Best/Remember Me. 9:33 THE WETA MOVIE: SOLDIER IN THE RAIN — The 1963 comic drama spotlights an Army supply sergeant (Steve McQueen) and his tragic hero: a portly master sergeant (Jackie Gleason) who knows his way around. Tuesday Weld co-stars. (1:28) Repeats Sun 12/16, 11:30am
8:00 MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: ZEN: VENDETTA — Surrounded by corruption, honest cop Detective Aurelio Zen (Rufus Sewell) works for justice in modern-day Italy in a trio of cases based on the bestselling novels by Michael Dibdin. In Vendetta, a killer is seeking those who wrongly imprisoned him. But Zen is too busy dealing with a politically-charged murder to notice that he’s on the hit list. Meanwhile, Zen is getting to know his officemate Tania Moretti (Caterina Murino). 9:30 MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: ZEN: CABAL — In Cabal, a disgraced aristocrat jumps off a bridge. Or was he pushed? As usual, Zen gets mixed signals from his scheming bosses. The plot thickens when it appears that the victim was trying to inform on a shadowy group with conspirators at the highest levels of Italian society. 11:00 MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: ZEN: RATKING — In Ratking, when a wealthy industrialist and political party funder is kidnapped, the Ministry of Justice wants Zen to get the hostage back alive. But these kidnappers don’t seem to be playing by the rules. (90 min.)
18 Tuesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 FIRST FREEDOM: THE FIGHT FOR RELIGIOUS LIBERTY — A film by Lee Groberg created in association with WETA explores how the Founding Fathers raised the ideal of religious freedom to the level of a human right — told through re-enactments, the Founding Fathers’ own words and the commentary of key experts. See the inside cover for details. The documentary profiles the lives and times of the colonial Americans — including Jefferson, Franklin and Washington — who codified freedom of conscience for the first time in human history as an inalienable right protected by law. {DVI} Repeats Wed 12/19, 3pm 9:30 THE IRANIAN AMERICANS — Filmed around the United States — from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C. — this documentary chronicles the history of a group of immigrants finding refuge, overcoming adversity and creating new lives in the United States.
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 11:00 GREAT ROMANCES 11:30 THE WETA MOVIE: SOLDIER IN THE RAIN — (1:28) R 1:00 SAVING THE TITANIC — R 2:00 NATURE: REVEALING THE LEOPARD — {DVI} R 3:00 NOVA: SECRETS OF STONEHENGE — {DVI} R 4:00 SECRETS OF THE DEAD: CHINA’S TERRACOTTA WARRIORS — R 5:00 GLOBE TREKKER SPECIAL: VOLCANOES, RING OF FIRE — Repeats Mon 12/17, 1:30pm SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–12:30AM: 6:00 MOYERS & COMPANY — Repeats Mon 12/17, 5pm 7:00 CHRISTMAS WITH THE MORMON TABERNACLE CHOIR FEATURING THE KING’S SINGERS — England’s King’s Singers join the renowned Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square in a magnificent Christmas celebration featuring some of the season’s most beloved songs.
COURTESY STEPHANE BEGOIN
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Wednesday, December 19 at 10 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD The second program of a NOVA double-header on Egypt (along with Riddles of the Sphinx at 9 p.m.), Building Pharaoh’s Ship follows a team of archaeologists and boat builders as they reconstruct the mighty vessel shown on a wall carving on one of Egypt’s most impressive temples and then launch the ship on a Red Sea voyage.
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