February 2013 - WETA Magazine

February 2013 magazine for members

WETA co-production exploring stories of the modern Women’s Movement airs February 26

The WETA co-production airs Tuesday, February 26 at 8 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD

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mong WETA’s greatest contributions to public media have been our television productions that spotlight American history, exploring our shared understanding of the nation’s story. Since 2008, WETA has been working with acclaimed filmmakers Dyllan McGee, Betsy West and Peter Kunhardt to bring to the public the fascinating, multi-dimensional project MAKERS, which illuminates inspiring stories of the courage, tenacity and achievements of American women pursuing their rights. The project is part of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s “Women and Girls Lead” initiative.

Through an extraordinary media partnership between WETA, PBS and AOL — and supported by the Unilever Simple® brand — the project launched MAKERS.com last year. The website is home to an unprecedented collection of video interviews of pioneering women.

This month, the groundbreaking documentary MAKERS: Women Who Make America, a WETA co-production, explores these stories in the context of the modern Women’s Movement.

I encourage you to tune in — and to visit the website. Thank you for your support of WETA, which helps to make important projects such as MAKERS possible.

Sharon Percy Rockefeller, President & CEO, WETA

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potlighting some of the most remarkable women in modern American history, a groundbreaking documentary film created in a five-year collaboration with WETA explores the modern American Women’s Movement in depth. MAKERS: Women Who Make America for the first time on television presents a comprehensive account of how women have transformed the nation over the last half-century. Produced by Kunhardt McGee Productions, Storyville Films and WETA, in association with Ark Media, the film chronicles unforgettable moments in history, telling the story of how women led one of the most sweeping social revolutions in our country’s history in pursuit of their rights to a full and fair share of political power, economic opportunity and personal autonomy.

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The three-hour documentary takes its cue from the Movement’s motto, “the personal is political,” delving into the personal lives of its subjects. MAKERS is built from first-person, intimate accounts of women who experienced an epoch of change. Actress Meryl Streep narrates the film, which features interviews with Movement leaders such as author and feminist activist Gloria Steinem and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton; opponents such as conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly; celebrities including media leaders Oprah Winfrey and Ellen DeGeneres, journalists Katie Couric and Barbara Walters; political figures such as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg; and many extraordinary “ordinary” women.

Visit MAKERS.com to view an

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COVER: JUSTICE SANDRA DAY O’CONNOR, MARLO THOMAS, D.C. DELEGATE ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON; BILLIE JEAN KING; GLORIA STEINEM

Through the perspectives of those who lived through these historic milestones, MAKERS recounts the seminal events in the Women’s Movement, such as the publication of The Feminine Mystique in 1963, the battles to end discriminatory laws and practices over the next decade, and Anita Hill’s testimony against Clarence Thomas before the Senate Judiciary Committee in 1991. It also tells unknown stories of women who broke barriers in their own chosen fields — from the coal mines of West Virginia to the boardrooms of Madison Avenue.

Expansive Video Resources Online The film builds on an unprecedented multi-platform video experience, MAKERS.com, created in a dynamic partnership between WETA, PBS and AOL. The website, which

launched in February 2012, is an interactive video platform that shares a host of individual stories of women whose pioneering contributions continue to shape the world in which we live. The featured women are professionals in fields spanning the arts, science, technology, business, sports, politics, education and other industries. MAKERS.com aims to become the largest collection of women’s stories ever assembled. For more information about the film, visit pbs.org/MAKERS. Follow the project on Twitter at @MAKERSwomen.

Filmmaker Dyllan McGee is the founder of the MAKERS project. She and Peter Kunhardt of the Emmy Award-winning documentary company Kunhardt McGee Productions — whose projects include productions with scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. — serve as executive producers of MAKERS: Women Who Make America, along with filmmaker Betsy West, a veteran of ABC News and CBS News. The film’s producer and director is Barak Goodman, a co-founder of Ark Media, creator of the 2012 American Experience film Clinton, written and directed by Goodman.

Major funding for MAKERS: Women Who Make America is provided by Simple® Facial Skincare, a Unilever brand; AOL; and The Charles H. Revson Foundation. Additional funding for pbs.org/MAKERS and MAKERS.com is provided by NoVo Foundation, Ford Foundation, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York, The Rice Family Foundation, The Rockefeller Foundation and others.

unprecedented WETA, PBS and AOL collection of women’s stories

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February TV Highlights

on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD

Doc Martin Film Double-Feature

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airs Saturday, February 2 at 9:30 p.m.

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fter the regular Saturday-night installments of British comic drama Doc Martin on February 2, experience the origins of the now-classic British comedy character, curmudgeon extraordinaire Doctor Martin Ellingham, as WETA presents a double feature of films — Doc Martin: The Movie and Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie — that star Martin Clunes in the role that preceded the famed television series.

The first of these “prequels,” Doc Martin: The Movie — a made-for-television movie based on Clunes’s character, Doctor Martin Bamford, in the 2000 film Saving Grace — explores the origins of the Doc Martin character and the story of his arrival on the Cornwall coast. In the film, Martin flees romantic disaster in London and works through an identity crisis while encountering quirky local characters and helping his new community unravel a mystery.

After Doc Martin: The Movie came Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie, in which the Doc falls in love with a ramshackle farm property. The film follows Martin’s trials and tribulations as he strives to secure the property from competitors, using methods both fair and foul. Fans of Martin Clunes can also tune in this month to his 1990s comedy series, Men Behaving Badly, airing Fridays at 10:30 p.m. on the WETA UK channel, beginning February 15.

Black History Month on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD American Experience: Freedom Riders Wed 2/13, 3pm Roads to Memphis Mon 2/18, 3:30pm; Sat 2/23, 1:30am American Masters: Sister Rosetta Tharpe: The Godmother of Rock and Roll Fri 2/22, 10pm Sam Cooke: Crossing Over Mon 2/25, 3:30pm Cab Calloway: Sketches Sun 2/17, 11pm; Rpts Tue 2/26, 5pm An Evening with: Berry Gordy—with Gwen Ifill Fri 2/22, 9pm; Rpts Wed 2/27, 2pm Smokey Robinson—with Gwen Ifill Sun 2/24, 3pm Black in Latin America Pts 1–4, Sundays, 4pm (4:30pm on 2/10) The Black Kungfu Experience Sat 2/9, 12:42am Independent Lens: More Than a Month Sat 2/2, 12:30am Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock Sun 2/3, 1pm The Black Power Mixtape 1967–1975 Sat 2/23, 11:12pm The Powerbroker: Whitney Young’s Fight for Civil Rights Sat 2/23, 12:42am Slavery by Another Name Fri 2/15, 10pm; Rpts Thur 2/21, 4pm Underground Railroad: The William Still Story Wed 2/20, 5pm

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Life in Cold Blood, with David Attenborough

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ith the conclusion of The Life of Mammals on Monday, February 4, the following week WETA TV presents the nature series Life in Cold Blood, the final installment of BBC natural history filmmaker Sir David Attenborough’s epic “Life…” series, which began 30 years ago with Life on Earth. In the five-part program Life in Cold Blood, the filmmaker explores the extraordinary success of the cold-blooded animals, which have survived ice ages and mass extinctions, and easily outnumber mammals and birds. Ruling the world for nearly 200 million years, there are today more than 14,000 varieties of reptiles and amphibians. Some are huge — among the deadliest creatures on Earth; others are tiny and number among the strangest. Where did they come from? How have they transformed themselves into the bizarre forms alive today? And what is the secret of their epic success? This series captures extraordinary reptilian and amphibian behavior in intimate detail, overturning the ideas that cold-blooded life is slow, solitary and primitive and revealing these creatures to be as social, sophisticated and passionate as warm-blooded animals. The February 11 episodes examine the sun’s effects on these animals in The Cold Blooded Truth and spotlight amphibians in The Land Invaders; on February 18, Dragons of the Dry explores the lizards and Sophisticated Serpents spotlights snakes; and on February 25, Armored Giants features turtles and crocodiles.

Congo airs Fridays, February 1–15 at 9 p.m.

Jungle airs Wednesday, February 27 at 9 p.m.

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o the west of the Serengeti and Lake Victoria, beyond the misty mountains of the Rift Valley, lies the second largest river system on earth: the Congo. This vast arena — a green carpet the size of Europe — is home to an array of wildlife richer and more varied than the grasslands of East Africa yet hardly known. The three-part miniseries Congo, airing on three consecutive Friday evenings, presents a natural history of Central Africa. The region includes a tangle of jungle with a reputation for venomous snakes, marauding spiders, deadly insects and cannibalistic peoples — but is a place that may fundamentally change our understanding of rainforest ecology, the mechanisms of evolution, and the origins of the very first hominids.

Another three-part miniseries, airing in its entirety on February 27, features British zoologist Charlotte Uhlenbroek exploring and comparing the rainforests of the Amazon, Congo and Borneo — three expansive jungles that contain more than half the species of all animals and plants found on Earth— to spotlight the planet’s most complex terrestrial habitat in all its glory. In the programs, using specially developed platforms, walkways and rope systems, Uhlenbroek visits the heart of the forests. Balloons and a helium bubble allow her to land on and fly over the canopy; infra-red and low-light cameras unmask the jungle at night; and time-lapse film and computer animation spotlight plant growth.

NOVA: Earth from Space

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n a special two-hour presentation, a groundbreaking NOVA special reveals a spectacular new space-based vision of Earth. Produced in consultation with NASA scientists, Earth from Space takes data from earth-observing satellites and transforms them into dazzling visual sequences, each one exposing the intricate web of forces that sustain life on earth. The program spotlights the astonishing beauty and complexity of our dynamic planet: how dust blown from the Sahara fertilizes the Amazon; how a vast submarine “waterfall” off Antarctica helps drive ocean currents around the world; and how the sun’s heating of the southern Atlantic gives birth to a colossally powerful hurricane.

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WETA TV 26 & WETA HD

February primetime simulcast listings.

Many weeknight primetime simulcast programs repeat the following weekday on WETA TV 26 — visit weta.org/tv.

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Doc Martin, Series II (Pts 2 & 3 of 8) (to 9:33pm)

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(from 7:30pm) Midsomer Murders: Market for Murder

Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey, Series 3 (Pt 5 of 7)

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Antiques Roadshow: Boston, MA

The Life of Mammals (Eps 9 & 10 of 10. The Social Climbers/ Food for Thought)

Market Warriors (to 11:30pm)

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Pioneers of Television: Miniseries

Silicon Valley: American Experience

Washington in the ’70s (to 11:30pm)

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Nature: Attenborough’s Life Stories (Pt 3 of 3. Our Fragile Planet)

NOVA: Building Pharaoh’s Chariot

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Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey, Series 3 (Pt 5 of 7)

Midsomer Murders: Tainted Fruit (to 10:30pm) & Midsomer Murders: Ring Out Your Dead (to 12:05am)

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Washington Week with Gwen Ifill

Congo (Ep 2 of 3. Spirits of the Forest)

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Doc Martin, Series II (Pts 4 & 5 of 8) (to 9:33pm)

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(from 7:30pm) Midsomer Murders: Worm in the Bud

Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey, Series 3 (Pt 6 of 7) (to 11pm) & Chatsworth House (Ep 3 of 3) (to 12m)

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Antiques Roadshow: Boston, MA

Life in Cold Blood (Eps 1 & 2 of 5. The Cold-Blooded Truth/ The Land Invaders)

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Frontline: Cliffhanger

PBS NewsHour Special Report: State of the Union Address

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Nature: Cold Warriors: Wolves and Buffalo NOVA: Earth from Space

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Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey, Series 3 (Pt 6 of 7)

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Washington Week with Gwen Ifill

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Doc Martin, Series II (Pts 6 & 7 of 8) (to 9:33pm)

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(from 7:30pm) Midsomer Murders: Garden of Death

Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey, Series 3 (Pt 7 of 7)

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Antiques Roadshow: Myrtle Beach, SC

Life in Cold Blood (Eps 3 & 4 of 5. Dragons of the Dry/ Sophisticated Serpents)

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Pioneers of Television: Westerns

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Frontline: Raising Adam Lanza

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Nature: A Murder of Crows

NOVA: Mind of a Rampage Killer

The Path to Violence

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Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey, Series 3 (Pt 7 of 7)

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Washington Week with Gwen Ifill

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Doc Martin, Series II (Pt 8 of 8) & Doc Martin, Series III (Pt 1 of 9) (to 9:33pm)

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(from 7:30pm) Midsomer Murders: Destroying Angel

Midsomer Murders: Electric Vendetta (to 10:30pm) & Midsomer Murders: Who Killed Cock Robin (to 12m)

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Antiques Roadshow: Myrtle Beach, SC

Life in Cold Blood (Ep 5 of 5. Armored Giants)

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MAKERS: Women Who Make America

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Battle for the Elephants

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Washington Cherry Blossoms: A Gift of Friendship

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(from 9:33pm) Doc Martin: The Movie (to 11pm) & Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie (to 12:30am) Chatsworth House (Eps 1 & 2 of 3) (to 12m)

Life on Fire (Pt 6 of 6. Pioneers of the Deep)

Shakespeare Uncovered (2 eps: Hamlet and The Tempest) (to 12m)

The WETA Movie: Hawaii (to 12:42am)

Market Warriors (in VA) (to 11:30pm)

Midsomer Murders: Murder on St. Malley’s Day (to 11:30pm)

Congo (Ep 3 of 3. Footprints in the Forest)

Slavery by Another Name (to 11:30pm)

The WETA Movie: The Spirit of St. Louis (to 11:51pm)

Market Warriors (to 11:30pm)

Midsomer Murders: Market for Murder (to 11:30pm)

An Evening with Berry Gordy—with Gwen Ifill

American Masters: Sister Rosetta Tharpe: The Godmother of Rock and Roll

The WETA Movie: Top Hat (to 11:12pm)

Market Warriors

Jungle (Episodes 1–3 of 3. Canopyworld/Underworld/Waterworld) (to 12m)

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Shakespeare Uncovered (2 eps: Richard II and Henry IV & Henry V (to 12m)

The Tenors: Lead with Your Heart

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W TA TV 26 & W TA HD February simulcast primetime listings, plus weekends for WETA TV 26

• Programming on WETA TV 26 and WETA HD is exactly the same — simulcast — Monday through Friday nights from 7 p.m. through Charlie Rose, and each weekend evening, beginning at 6 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.

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

• Weeknight primetime on WETA TV 26 often repeats the next weekday on WETA TV 26.

• WETA TV 26 is devoted to children’s programming 5 a.m.–noon weekdays and 6 a.m.–9 a.m. Sundays. For 24 hours of children’s programming each day, tune in to the WETA Kids channel. See page 11 for schedule information.

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

Repeats Sat 2/2, 6:30pm 8:30 INSIDE WASHINGTON — Host Gordon Peterson moderates a discussion of the news of the week. Repeats Sat 2/2, 6pm 9:00 CONGO — A BBC miniseries explores the natural history of Central Africa, spotlighting rainforest ecology, the mechanisms of evolution, and the origins of the very first hominids around the second largest river system on earth: the Congo. This vast area — the size of Europe — is home to an array of wildlife richer and more varied than the grasslands of East Africa. Part 1 of 3. The River That Swallows All Rivers. Part 1 visits the source of the Congo River in Zambia and follows it through the heart of Africa, spotlighting animals of the region.

10:00 SHAKESPEARE UNCOVERED — A six-part miniseries combines history, biography, iconic performances and the personal passion of its celebrated hosts to tell the stories behind Shakespeare’s greatest plays. Episode 3 of 6. Richard II with Derek Jacobi. Actor Derek Jacobi returns to a role he played 30 years ago, reveals why it could have cost Shakespeare his life, and shares some of the modern political parallels within the play that still resonate as dictators are deposed. Also featured are notable excerpts from the upcoming Great Performances film adaptation starring Ben Whishaw and Patrick Stewart. Repeats Sun 2/3, 2pm 11:00 SHAKESPEARE UNCOVERED — Episode 4 of 6. Henry IV & Henry V with Jeremy Irons. Actor Jeremy Irons (who stars as Henry IV in the upcoming new Great Performances film adaptation) uncovers the enduring appeal of Shakespeare’s “history plays.” Irons discloses what Shakespeare’s sources were — and how he distorted them. He invites the viewer behind the scenes at the filming of some of the most important sequences in

Sunday & Thursday nights on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD Drama series Midsomer Murders stars John Nettles as Detective Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby, who solves crimes in rural England.

the new Great Performances adaptations of both plays, starring Irons himself, with Tom Hiddleston as Prince Hal. Repeats Sun 2/3, 3pm 12M CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

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Fridays, February 1 & 8 at 10 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD Shakespeare Uncovered features actors such as Sir Derek Jacobi exploring the story behind the stories of the Bard’s greatest plays.

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

6AM NEW SCANDINAVIAN COOKING 6:30 NICK STELLINO COOKING WITH FRIENDS 7:00 CIAO ITALIA 7:30 HUBERT KELLER: SECRETS OF A CHEF 8:00 JOANNE WEIR’S COOKING CONFIDENCE 8:30 RICK STEVES’ EUROPE 9:00 EASTENDERS — (two episodes, simulcast on WETA TV 26 and WETA HD) Repeats Fridays, 5pm 10:00 THE THIS OLD HOUSE HOUR 11:00 ESSENTIAL PÉPIN 11:30 PATI’S MEXICAN TABLE 12N CUISINE CULTURE 12:30 MEXICO—ONE PLATE AT A TIME WITH RICK BAYLESS 1:00 CHEF JOHN BESH’S NEW ORLEANS 1:30 SARA’S WEEKNIGHT MEALS 2:00 BAKING WITH JULIA 2:30 LIDIA’S ITALY IN AMERICA 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–1:30AM: 6:00 INSIDE WASHINGTON — R 6:30 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL — R 7:00 AS TIME GOES BY/KEEPING UP APPEARANCES 8:00 DOC MARTIN, SERIES II — Parts 2 & 3 of 8. In Loco/ Blood Is Thicker.

9:33 THE WETA MOVIE: DOC MARTIN: THE MOVIE — [Before the series Doc Martin was created, Doc Martin: The Movie — starring Martin Clunes — was a made-fortelevision movie based on Clunes’s character, Doctor Martin Bamford, in the 2000 film Saving Grace. When successful but unhappy Doctor Martin Bamford

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

O 6AM–9AM WETA KIDS PROGRAMMING 9:00 WHITE HOUSE CHRONICLES 9:30 TO THE CONTRARY WITH BONNIE ERBE 10:00 THIS IS AMERICA WITH DENNIS WHOLEY 10:30 RELIGION AND ETHICS NEWSWEEKLY 11:00 GREAT ROMANCES 11:30 THE WETA MOVIE: DOC MARTIN: THE MOVIE — R 1:00 INDEPENDENT LENS: DAISY BATES: FIRST LADY OF LITTLE ROCK — A documentary tells the story of African-American feminist Daisy Bates and her public support for nine black students who registered to attend the all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.

2:00 SHAKESPEARE UNCOVERED — Episode 3 of 6. Richard II with Derek Jacobi. R 3:00 SHAKESPEARE UNCOVERED — Episode 4 of 6. Henry IV & Henry V with Jeremy Irons. R 4:00 BLACK IN LATIN AMERICA — Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. explores the African influence on society in six Latin American countries, discovering stories and people marked by African roots and distinctions in these cultures. Part 1 of 4. Haiti & the Dominican Republic: An Island Divided. In the Dominican Republic, Gates explores race in a society whose people reflect centuries of intermarriage. In Haiti, Professor Gates spotlights the first-ever black republic, and finds out how the slaves’ hard-fought liberation became a double-edged sword.

5:00 GLOBE TREKKER SPECIAL: PLANET OF THE APES — Repeats Mon 2/4, 1:30pm SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–12M: 6:00 MOYERS & COMPANY — Bill Moyers presents a weekly hour of conversation about life and the state of American democracy. Repeats Mon 2/4, 5pm 7:00 BBC ANTIQUES ROADSHOW 7:30 MIDSOMER MURDERS: MARKET FOR MURDER — The British mystery series based on the novels of Caroline Graham stars John Nettles as Detective Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby, who solves crimes in a fictional rural county in England. Market for Murder. When the head of a local book club is robbed and battered to death with her walking stick, suspicion falls on the members of her reading club. As more members of the club are killed, DCI Barnaby must sort out a tangle of motives.

Repeats Thur 2/21, 10pm 9:00 MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: DOWNTON ABBEY, SERIES 3 — Created by Oscar-winning writer Julian Fellowes (Gosford Park), the drama Downton Abbey, set at the fictional country estate in England, depicts the lives of the noble Crawley family and the staff who serve them.

Part 5 of 7. Things go badly amiss at Downton Abbey.

Robert and Cora aren’t speaking. The servants are shunning Matthew’s mother, Isobel. And Matthew and Robert have fallen out. Bates takes a gamble. Repeats Thur 2/7, 8pm; Fri 2/8, 1pm 10:00 CHATSWORTH HOUSE — A miniseries explores life for owners (the 12th Duke and Duchess of Devonshire) and staff of 700 at one of Britain’s most majestic stately homes. Part 1 of 3. The program follows preparations for the house to open to the public; spotlights the house tour; visits the farm shop; and documents lambing season.

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discovers his wife has become involved with three of his friends, his world is ripped apart. Bamford flees London and heads for the small fishing village of Port Isaac, on the Cornwall coast, to work out the big questions in his life. Repeats Sun 2/3, 11:30am 11:00 DOC MARTIN AND THE LEGEND OF THE CLOUTIE — In a sequel to Doc Martin: The Movie, the Doc (Martin Clunes) is in need of a bit of distance from the small village of Port Isaac, setting his sights on ramshackle, middleof-nowhere property Tregrunnt Farm. But a London family too has ideas for the property: holiday cottages.

Increasingly desperate to buy the property, Martin uses various tactics to seal the deal, resorting to an old Cornish witch’s trick — a cloutie: a small ribbon of cloth that helps wishes come true.

12:30AM INDEPENDENT LENS: MORE THAN A MONTH — Shukree Hassan Tilghman, a 29-year-old African-American filmmaker, is on a campaign to end Black History Month. This tongue-in-cheek journey investigates what the treatment of history tells us about race and equality in a “post-racial” America. (60 min.)

Sundays, February 3, 10 & 17 on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD The drama continues on Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey, Series 3.

Above: Maggie Smith (Dowager Countess) and Michelle Dockery (Mary).

On February 3 and 10, stay tuned after Downton Abbey for Chatsworth House, exploring the workings of one of Britain’s great estates.

11:00 CHATSWORTH HOUSE — Part 2 of 3. This episode follows two of the many special events that provide income to support the upkeep of the house — the Chatsworth International Horse Trials and the annual Chatsworth flower festival, “Florabundance.” (60 min.)

4 Monday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: BOSTON, MA — Repeats Tue 2/5, 2pm; Wed 2/6, 1pm; Thur 2/7, 5pm 9:00 THE LIFE OF MAMMALS — Written and presented

by BBC wildlife filmmaker Sir David Attenborough, a monumental series spotlights the world’s mammals.

Episode 9 of 10. The Social Climbers. In the penultimate episode, David Attenborough travels the globe to observe monkeys. Attenborough spotlights various species of monkeys in the forests of South America, Africa and South Asia. Repeats Tue 2/5, 4pm 9:45 THE LIFE OF MAMMALS — Episode 10 of 10. Food for Thought. The final episode of the miniseries illuminates our closest animal relatives, the intelligent Great Apes.

David Attenborough meets orangutans, chimpanzees and apes and considers how food gathering has been key to human evolution. Repeats Tue 2/5, 5pm 10:30 MARKET WARRIORS — Antiquing in Long Beach, CA. Repeats Tue 2/5, 3pm; Wed 2/6, 2pm; Thur 2/7, 1pm 11:30 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

5 Tuesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 PIONEERS OF TELEVISION: MINISERIES — The third season of this Emmy-nominated series reveals behind-the-scenes stories about television shows and programming genres that continue to influence the medium today. Miniseries. In this episode, stars of landmark miniseries comment on some of the top-rated programs in television history — from Roots to Rich Man, Poor Man and The Thorn Birds. Repeats Wed 2/6, 3pm; Mon 2/11, 3:30pm 9:00 SILICON VALLEY: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE — A documentary relates the story of the scientists who transformed rural Santa Clara County into the hub of technological ingenuity we know as Silicon Valley. The film spotlights the creativity of the founders of Fairchild Semiconductor. Their innovations would include the integrated circuit that helped make the U.S. a leader in space exploration and the personal computer revolution. {DVI} Repeats Wed 2/6, 4pm 10:30 WASHINGTON IN THE ’70S — An Emmy Award-winning WETA TV 26 documentary explores the political, social and cultural events that shaped Greater Washington during the 1970s. Bernard Shaw narrates.

11:30 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

6 Wednesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 NATURE: ATTENBOROUGH’S LIFE STORIES — In honor of Sir David Attenborough’s 60th anniversary on television, a miniseries spotlights the career of the world’s

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best-known wildlife filmmaker. Part 3 of 3. Our Fragile Planet. Sir David Attenborough reflects on the dramatic impact that human beings have had on the natural world during his lifetime. He tells personal stories of the changes he has seen, the pioneering conservationists in whose footsteps he has followed, and the revolution in attitudes towards nature that has taken place around the globe. {DVI} Repeats Thur 2/7, 2pm; Mon 2/11, 2:30pm; Tue 2/12, 1pm; Wed 2/13, 5pm 9:00 NOVA: BUILDING PHARAOH’S CHARIOT — Did the Egyptian chariot mark a crucial turning point in ancient military history, aiding Egypt’s greatest era of conquest known as the New Kingdom? A team of archaeologists, engineers, woodworkers and horse trainers builds and tests two accurate replicas of Egyptian royal chariots, driving them to their limits in the desert outside Cairo. {DVI} Repeats Thur 2/7, 3pm 10:00 LIFE ON FIRE — A series explores volcanoes and the struggles of life in proximity to them. Part 6 of 6. Pioneers of the Deep. In the Tongan archipelago, two animals have learned to cope with ephemeral volcanic lands: the sooty tern, a seabird that never dares wet its wings, and the Alvin shrimp, a blind crustacean. When an underwater volcano becomes an island, the fates of these two extraordinary creatures are linked. Repeats Thur 2/7, 4pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

Wednesday, February 6 at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD NOVA: Building Pharaoh’s Chariot follows a team of experts who build and test two accurate replicas of ancient Egyptian chariots.

7 Thursday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: DOWNTON ABBEY, SERIES 3 — Pt 5 of 7. See the Sunday, February 3, 9 p.m. listing. R 9:00 MIDSOMER MURDERS: TAINTED FRUIT — John Nettles portrays Detective Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby, who solves crimes in a fictional rural county in England.

Tainted Fruit. After drugs and syringes are discovered stolen from a local veterinary office, DCI Barnaby must weed through a dark world of adultery and lies to uncover the identity of the calculating perpetrator of several murders. Repeats Fri 2/8, 2pm 10:30 MIDSOMER MURDERS: RING OUT YOUR DEAD — In Midsomer Wellow, church bell-ringers are being murdered one by one. The killer leaves a line from a nursery rhyme by the body, though one of these notes has been altered to allude to a long-ago incident in the community’s past. DCI Barnaby investigates.

12:05AM CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

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

O 6AM–6PM See the Saturday, February 2 listings.

SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–1:42AM: 6:00 INSIDE WASHINGTON — R 6:30 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL — R 7:00 AS TIME GOES BY/KEEPING UP APPEARANCES 8:00 DOC MARTIN, SERIES II — Parts 4 & 5 of 8. Aromatherapy/Always on My Mind.

9:33 THE WETA MOVIE: HAWAII — In director George Roy Hill’s 1966 drama — based on the novel by James Michener, with screenplay by Dalton Trumbo and Daniel Taradash — a New England missionary (Max von Sydow) and his bride (Julie Andrews) bring Christianity to 1820s Hawaii. Richard Harris co-stars. (3:09) Repeats Sun 2/10, 11:25am 12:42AM THE BLACK KUNGFU EXPERIENCE — A documentary introduces African-American kungfu pioneers, who challenged convention and overturned preconceived notions while mastering the ancient martial art, which resonated in black communities across the United States.

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

Repeats Sat 2/9, 6:30pm 8:30 INSIDE WASHINGTON — Repeats Sat 2/9, 6pm 9:00 CONGO — A BBC natural history of Central Africa continues. Part 2 of 3. Spirits of the Forest. The BaAka pygmies of the Congo have lived in the area for many thousands of years and are the supreme naturalists and hunters of the rainforest. They talk of a huge creature they call Mokele Mbembe that lives in the swampy

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Tuesday, February 5 at 8 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD Pioneers of Television: Miniseries spotlights landmark television programs such as Roots; Rich Man, Poor Man; and The Thorn Birds.

Interviewees include Richard Chamberlain and Rachel Ward (above).

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

6 AM–11:30AM See the Sunday, February 3 listings.

11:25 THE WETA MOVIE: HAWAII — (3:09) R 2:35 SHAKESPEARE UNCOVERED — Episode 5 of 6. Hamlet with David Tennant. R 3:30 SHAKESPEARE UNCOVERED — Episode 6 of 6. The Tempest with Trevor Nunn. R 4:30 BLACK IN LATIN AMERICA — Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. explores the African influence on society in six Latin American countries. Part 2 of 4. Cuba: The Next Revolution. In Cuba, Professor Gates finds out how the culture, religion, politics and music of the island are linked to the slave labor imported to work in its 19thcentury sugar industry, and how race and racism have fared since Castro’s 1959 Communist revolution.

5:30 METRO—WETA ALL ACCESS — A WETA TV 26 production explores the workings of the Washington area’s public transit system and follows the people who keep the trains and buses moving.

SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–12M: 6:00 MOYERS & COMPANY — Repeats Mon 2/11, 5pm 7:00 BBC ANTIQUES ROADSHOW

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forests of the Ndoki, one of Africa’s last great wildernesses. A journey to the center of the Congo rainforest reveals encounters with wild creatures.

10:00 SHAKESPEARE UNCOVERED — Episode 5 of 6. Hamlet with David Tennant. An acclaimed Hamlet himself in recent performances, actor David Tennant meets with fellow Hamlets, including Jude Law, comparing notes on the titanic challenge of playing the most iconic of all roles. He also tries to master the meaning of the play and the reason why it is considered the greatest of Shakespeare’s works. Repeats Sun 2/10, 2:30pm 11:00 SHAKESPEARE UNCOVERED — Episode 6 of 6. The Tempest with Trevor Nunn. Trevor Nunn, the legendary director who has directed 30 of Shakespeare’s 37 plays and aims to complete them all before he retires, takes viewers through the world created in Shakespeare’s last complete play. Contributing ideas are the Archbishop of Canterbury, along with Helen Mirren and director Julie Taymor, who collaborated on the most recent film adaptation. Repeats Sun 2/10, 3:30pm 12M CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

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7:30 MIDSOMER MURDERS: WORM IN THE BUD — When the body of Susan Bartlett, wife of local farmer Simon Bartlett, is discovered in Setwale Wood, local villagers readily assume she committed suicide. But DCI Barnaby has other ideas, and the search for a motive becomes a hunt for a killer.

9:00 MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: DOWNTON ABBEY, SERIES 3 — The third season of the drama continues. Part 6 of 7.

Change arrives in a big way for several key characters at Downton Abbey. A yearly cricket match with the village sees old scores settled and new plots hatched.

Repeats Thur 2/14, 8pm; Fri 2/15, 1pm 11:00 CHATSWORTH HOUSE — Part 3 of 3. A house gilding and renovation is wrapping up; cottage rentals are supervised by the Duchess; the Duke oversees bronze bust installations in the garden; and the 48th Chatsworth Horticultural and Produce show is held. (60 min.)

11 Monday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: BOSTON, MA — Repeats Tue 2/12, 2pm; Wed 2/13, 1pm; Thur 2/14, 5pm 9:00 LIFE IN COLD BLOOD — A BBC wildlife series presented

by Sir David Attenborough captures extraordinary reptilian and amphibian behavior in detail. Episode 1 of 5. The Cold Blooded Truth. The series begins by challenging the myths that surround the creatures. Thermal cameras reveal that these animals are not truly cold but solarpowered; and this affects every aspect of their lives.

These animals can power down and hibernate when times get tough. Repeats Tue 2/12, 4pm 9:45 LIFE IN COLD BLOOD — Episode 2 of 5. The Land Invaders. Sir David Attenborough investigates the success of the amphibians — from five-foot-long giant salamanders battling in Japanese rivers to the ultimate frog chorus in the Panamanian rainforest. He strikes amphibian gold in a disused mine in Arkansas, where the walls glisten with hundreds of salamanders; and in the forests of Panama, where he meets the beautiful golden frog. R epeats Tue 2/12, 5pm 10:30 MARKET WARRIORS — Antiquing in Chantilly, VA. This week, the antiques pickers travel to Chantilly, Virginia, for the DC Big Flea. This six-times-a-year indoor show finds the pickers trying to make a big score on their target assignment to find miniature furniture. This week’s winner is a clear favorite from the moment the auction begins at Quinn’s Auction Galleries in Falls Church, Virginia. R epeats Tue 2/12, 3pm; Wed 2/13, 2pm; Thur 2/14, 1pm 11:30 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

14 Thursday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: DOWNTON ABBEY, SERIES 3 — Pt 6 of 7. See Sunday, February 10, 9 p.m. R 10:00 MIDSOMER MURDERS: MURDER ON ST. MALLEY’S DAY — After a pupil at the prestigious Devington School dies of a stab wound while competing in a race, shocked community members are sure the death can be linked to the rivalry between the school and the locals. DCI Barnaby investigates. Repeats Fri 2/15, 3pm 11:30 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

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

Repeats Sat 2/16, 6:30pm 8:30 INSIDE WASHINGTON — R epeats Sat 2/16, 6pm 9:00 CONGO — Part 3 of 3. Footprints in the Forest. Congo has the largest concentration of primates in the world, and the forests are home to all three closest living relatives of humans: chimps, bonobos (or pygmy chimps) and gorillas. Which gave rise to the human species? The final episode reveals an array of fresh insights which may re-write the history of human origins.

10:00 SLAVERY BY ANOTHER NAME — A Sundance Film Festival selection for 2012, this documentary based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Wall Street Journal senior writer Douglas A. Blackmon explores the little-known story of the post-Emancipation-era labor practices and laws that effectively created a new form of slavery in the South, persisting into the 20th century.

Laurence Fishburne narrates. Repeats Thur 2/21, 4pm 11:30 NEED TO KNOW 12M CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

12 Tuesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 FRONTLINE: CLIFFHANGER — Drawing on interviews with key players in Congress and the White House, Frontline investigates the inside history of how Washington has failed to solve the country’s problems of debt and deficit. The film explores the deep ideological divide inside the Republican Party and the struggle between House Majority Leader Eric Cantor and House Speaker John Boehner as they take on President Obama and the Democrats.

9:00 PBS NEWSHOUR SPECIAL REPORT: STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS — The NewsHour presents live coverage and analysis of President Obama’s State of the Union Address and the Republican response.

11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

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Mondays, February 11, 18 & 25 at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD The BBC miniseries Life in Cold Blood features wildlife filmmaker David Attenborough exploring the world of reptiles and amphibians.

7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 NATURE: COLD WARRIORS: WOLVES AND BUFFALO — A film spotlights the ancient life-and-death relationship of wolves and buffalo in Wood Buffalo National Park and across the northern edge of Canada’s central plains. The animals’ story is captured in thrilling cinematic glory by a lone filmmaker who has followed them for more than 20 years. {DVI} R epeats Thur 2/14, 2pm; Mon 2/18, 2:30pm; Tue 2/19, 1pm 9:00 NOVA: EARTH FROM SPACE — A groundbreaking special takes data from earth-observing satellites and transforms them into dazzling visual sequences, each one exposing the intricate web of forces that sustain life on earth. See the astonishing beauty and complexity of the planet: how dust blown from the Sahara fertilizes the Amazon; how a vast submarine “waterfall” off Antarctica helps drive ocean currents around the world; and how the sun’s heating of the southern Atlantic gives birth to a colossally powerful hurricane. {DVI} Repeats Thur 2/14, 3pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

Wednesday, February 13 at 8 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD Nature: Cold Warriors: Wolves and Buffalo spotlights the relationship between predator and prey in Canada’s Wood Buffalo National Park.

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

O 6AM–6PM See the Saturday, February 2 listings.

SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–12M: 6:00 INSIDE WASHINGTON — R 6:30 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL — R 7:00 AS TIME GOES BY/KEEPING UP APPEARANCES 8:00 DOC MARTIN, SERIES II — Parts 6 & 7 of 8. The Family Way/Out of the Woods.

9:33 THE WETA MOVIE: THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS — Billy Wilder’s 1957 biographical film stars Jimmy Stewart as Charles Lindbergh, portraying the famed aviator’s attempts to become the first man to fly nonstop across the Atlantic to Paris in 1927. Patricia Smith and Murray Hamilton co-star. (2:18) Repeats Sun 2/17, 11:30am

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

O 6AM–11:30AM See the Sunday, February 3 listings.

11:30 THE WETA MOVIE: THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS — (2:18) R 2:00 LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER: RING THEM BELLS! ROB FISHER CELEBRATES KANDER & EBB — Distinguished artistic director, conductor and pianist Rob Fisher honors the collaborations between John Kander and Fred Ebb, the duo behind Cabaret, Chicago and the song “New York, New York.” Performers Marin Mazzie and Jason Danieley, with special guests Joel Grey and Chita Rivera, join Fisher to showcase some of musical theater’s most cherished songs.

3:00 WASHINGTON IN THE ’60S — An Emmy Award-winning WETA TV 26 production explores the political, social and cultural events that collectively make up the history of the Washington, D.C. area during the seminal decade of the 1960s. Connie Chung narrates.

4:00 BLACK IN LATIN AMERICA — Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. explores the African influence on society in six Latin American countries. Part 3 of 4. Brazil: A Racial Paradise? In Brazil, Gates delves behind the façade of Carnival to discover how this “rainbow nation” is waking up to its legacy as the world’s largest slave economy.

5:00 GLOBE TREKKER FOOD HOUR: BRAZIL — Repeats Mon 2/18, 1:30pm

18 Monday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: MYRTLE BEACH, SC — Repeats Tue 2/19, 2pm; Wed 2/20, 1pm 9:00 LIFE IN COLD BLOOD — A BBC wildlife series presented

by Sir David Attenborough spotlights reptiles and amphibians. Episode 3 of 5. Dragons of the Dry. Around the globe, Attenborough illuminates varieties of lizards — from chameleons and geckoes of the forests to dragons and monitors of the deserts. Repeats Tue 2/19, 4pm 9:45 LIFE IN COLD BLOOD — Episode 4 of 5. Sophisticated Serpents. Snakes have developed the ultimate economy of design. By losing their limbs, they travel underground, overland, across water, up trees and even through the air with consummate ease. And they have become the ultimate hunters. Repeats Tue 2/19, 5pm 10:30 MARKET WARRIORS — Antiquing in Greenwich, NY. Repeats Tue 2/19, 3pm; Wed 2/20, 2pm; Thur 2/21, 1pm 11:30 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

19 Tuesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 PIONEERS OF TELEVISION: WESTERNS — Westerns were some of the most successful shows in American television history. Spotlighted are Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett; Maverick; The Big Valley; The Wild Wild West; Bonanza; and Gunsmoke. Repeats Wed 2/20, 4pm 9:00 GUNS IN AMERICA — A special program explores America’s enduring relationship with firearms, tracing the evolution of guns in America, their inextricable link to violence, and the clash of cultures that reflect competing visions of our national identity. Repeats Wed 2/20, 3pm 10:00 FRONTLINE: RAISING ADAM LANZA — In the wake of the Newtown school massacre, Frontline — in a special collaboration with the Hartford Courant — examines the life of the young perpetrator and the town he changed forever. Frontline also explores the national conversation about guns in America, following how those closest to the Newtown tragedy are now wrestling with our nation’s gun culture and laws.

11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

20 Wednesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 NATURE: A MURDER OF CROWS — Research shows that crows are among the most intelligent animals in the world, and able to use tools as only elephants and chimpanzees do, able to recognize each other’s voices and 250 distinct calls. {DVI} Repeats Thur 2/21, 2pm; Mon 2/25, 2:30pm; Tue 2/26, 1pm 9:00 NOVA: MIND OF A RAMPAGE KILLER — What makes a person walk into a theater or a church or a classroom full of students and open fire? What combination of circumstances compels a human being to commit the most inhuman of crimes? How much can science tell us about a brain at risk for violence — and can we recognize dangerous minds in time to stop the next Newtown? Repeats Thur 2/21, 3pm

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n the wake of the tragic shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, a series of special public television documentaries and news pieces provide context to the ongoing public conversation on gun laws, mental illness, school security, and gun violence in America. The “After Newtown” programming includes a Frontline special report, Raising Adam Lanza (February 19), profiling the Connecticut shooter and spotlighting the battle over America’s gun laws and gun culture; a NOVA documentary, Mind of a Rampage Killer (February 20), about violence and the brain; two independent documentaries — Guns in America (February 19), on the history of guns in America, and The Path to Violence (February 20), about school security; an update on political action in the nation’s capital surrounding gun control, from WETA public affairs series Washington Week With Gwen Ifill (February 22); and a Need to Know report (February 22) about the ripple effects of a fatal shooting incident. As part of its ongoing coverage of the aftermath of the Newtown shootings, PBS NewsHour will offer nightly reports, February 18–22, focusing on issues relating to the tragedy.

IMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–12M: S 6:00 MOYERS & COMPANY — Repeats Mon 2/18, 5pm 7:00 BBC ANTIQUES ROADSHOW 7:30 MIDSOMER MURDERS: GARDEN OF DEATH — A decision to turn Midsomer Deverell’s memorial garden into a tea shop proves to be a fatal mistake for some members of the commercial family. DCI Barnaby launches an investigation which unearths a tumultuous trail of ruined dreams, scandalous affairs and blackmail.

9:00 MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: DOWNTON ABBEY, SERIES 3 — The third season of the drama concludes. Part 7 of 7.

The Crawleys head to a Scottish hunting lodge, while the downstairs staff stays behind at Downton Abbey.

New romances flare up, and a crisis unfolds. Repeats Thur 2/21, 8pm; Fri 2/22, 1pm 11:00 AMERICAN MASTERS: CAB CALLOWAY: SKETCHES — American Masters explores the life of the pioneering jazz legend. A singer, dancer and bandleader, Cab Calloway led one of the most popular African-American big bands during the jazz and swing eras of the 1930s– 40s and influenced countless performers. (60 min.)

Repeats Tue 2/26, 5pm

Tuesday, February 26 at 8 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD Created from first-person accounts of women who experienced an epoch of change, Makers: Women Who Make America relates stories of how women have helped shape America since the 1960s.

10:00 THE PATH TO VIOLENCE — Ever since the Columbine massacre, schools and law enforcement have developed strategies to prevent attacks. Psychologists — working with law enforcement officers — have come up with the most helpful tools. This special tells the story of a Secret Service program — the Safe School Initiative — that has helped schools detect problem behavior in advance.

11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

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21 Thursday 8:00 MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: DOWNTON ABBEY, SERIES 3 — Part 7 of 7. See Sunday, February 17, 9 p.m. R 10:00 MIDSOMER MURDERS: MARKET FOR MURDER — See the Sunday, February 3, 7:30 p.m. listing. Repeats Fri 2/22, 3pm 11:30 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

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

This week’s program includes an update on political action surrounding gun control in the wake of the Newtown shootings. Repeats Sat 2/23, 6:30pm 8:30 INSIDE WASHINGTON — Repeats Sat 2/23, 6pm 9:00 AN EVENING WITH BERRY GORDY—WITH GWEN IFILL — WETA’s Gwen Ifill interviews Berry Gordy, founder in 1959 of Motown Records, which became the most successful African-American-owned enterprise in the nation. Gordy’s celebrated life as entrepreneur, songwriter, record producer, and movie director and producer has left an indelible influence on music and films in the U.S. and beyond. Repeats Wed 2/27, 2pm 10:00 AMERICAN MASTERS: SISTER ROSETTA THARPE: THE GODMOTHER OF ROCK AND ROLL — Biography series American Masters explores the life, music and influence of African-American gospel singer and guitar virtuoso Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915–1973). During the 1940s60s, Sister Rosetta introduced the spiritual passion of her gospel music into the secular world of rock ’n’ roll.

Tharpe influenced musicians such as Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash.

11:00 NEED TO KNOW — As part of the week’s “After Newtown” programming, Need to Know explores the ripple effects of a fatal shooting incident.

11:30 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

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

O 6AM–6PM See the Saturday, February 2 listings.

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IMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–1:42AM: S 6:00 INSIDE WASHINGTON — R 6:30 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL — R 7:00 AS TIME GOES BY/KEEPING UP APPEARANCES 8:00 DOC MARTIN, SERIES II — Part 8 of 8. Erotomania.

8:47 DOC MARTIN, SERIES III — Pt 1 of 9. On the Edge (I of II).

9:33 THE WETA MOVIE: TOP HAT — A woman mistakenly believes that an enamored dancer is her best friend’s husband in the classic 1935 musical romance. Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers and Edward Everett Horton star.

(1:39) Repeats Sun 2/24, 11:30am 11:12 INDEPENDENT LENS: THE BLACK POWER MIXTAPE 1967–1975 — A film takes a cinematic and musical journey into the black communities of America circa 1967–1975. Combining candid 16mm footage with contemporary audio interviews, the film looks at the people, society, culture and style that fueled an era of convulsive change.

12:42AM INDEPENDENT LENS: THE POWERBROKER: WHITNEY YOUNG’S FIGHT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS — A film profiles Whitney M. Young, Jr., one of the most celebrated and controversial leaders of the civil rights era, following his journey from segregated Kentucky to head of the National Urban League. (60 min.)

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

O 6AM–11:30AM See the Sunday, February 3 listings.

11:30 THE WETA MOVIE: TOP HAT — (1:39) R 1:00 BBC ANTIQUES ROADSHOW — (two episodes) 2:00 SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA: MISSION OF HOPE — A film explores the story of a Torah scroll carried by Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon on the ill-fated shuttle Columbia in January 2003. The documentary explores the journey of the scroll, from pre-war Europe, through the Holocaust, to Israel, to the United States and into space aboard Columbia.

3:00 AN EVENING WITH SMOKEY ROBINSON—WITH GWEN IFILL — WETA’s Gwen Ifill talks with Smokey Robinson, offering an insider’s look at the life and career of the Motown legend. The program was taped in 2009 at Northwestern University’s Thorne Auditorium.

4:00 BLACK IN LATIN AMERICA — Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. explores the African influence on society in six Latin American countries. Part 4 of 4. Mexico & Peru: The Black Grandma in the Closet. In Mexico and Peru, Gates explores the almost unknown history of the significant numbers of black people — the two countries together received far more slaves than did the U.S. — brought to these countries as early as the 16th and 17th centuries.

5:00 GLOBE TREKKER: PANAMA & COLOMBIA — Repeats Mon 2/25, 1:30pm SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–12M: 6:00 MOYERS & COMPANY — See the Sunday, February 3, 6 p.m. listing. Repeats Mon 2/25, 5pm 7:00 BBC ANTIQUES ROADSHOW 7:30 MIDSOMER MURDERS: DESTROYING ANGEL — With the death of Karl Wainwright, the Easterly Grange Hotel is left to four beneficiaries. When one disappears, DCI Barnaby launches an investigation, and the case takes on new urgency as fatal accidents begin to occur.

9:00 MIDSOMER MURDERS: ELECTRIC VENDETTA — A series of murders in Midsomer Parva begins with the discovery of a naked body in the center of a mysterious crop circle in a local field. When an extra-terrestrial expert interests himself in events, rumors abound that the death could be the work of some alien force. DCI Barnaby, however, has other ideas.

10:30 MIDSOMER MURDERS: WHO KILLED COCK ROBIN — DCI Barnaby comes face to face with a long-standing adversary, ex-con Melvyn Stockard, who claims to be a reformed man only concerned with his daughter’s impending marriage. When one of the wedding party is found dead, suspicions are aimed towards Stockard.

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7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: MYRTLE BEACH, SC — Repeats Tue 2/26, 2pm; Wed 2/27, 1pm 9:00 LIFE IN COLD BLOOD — A BBC wildlife series presented by Sir David Attenborough spotlights reptiles and amphibians. Episode 5 of 5. Armored Giants. Sir David Attenborough turns his focus on crocodiles and turtles.

He witnesses the clumsy courtship of giant tortoises in the Galápagos and the nesting of huge leatherback turtles in Trinidad. In Australia he watches saltwater crocodiles fishing for mullet. Repeats Tue 2/26, 4pm 10:00 MARKET WARRIORS — Antiquing in Oronoco, MN. Repeats Tue 2/26, 3pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

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27 Wednesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 BATTLE FOR THE ELEPHANTS — A National Geographic special explores the plight of the elephants, which today face market forces driving the value of their tusks to levels once reserved for gold. The special exposes the criminal network behind ivory’s supply and demand.

It also demonstrates how the elephant is far more complex than ever imagined.

9:00 JUNGLE — In a BBC miniseries, zoologist Charlotte Uhlenbroek explores the rainforests of Borneo, the Congo and the Amazon. Episode 1 of 3. Canopyworld.

Uhlenbroek spotlights life in the world’s tallest trees

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Wednesday, February 27 at 8 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD A special National Geographic film, Battle for the Elephants, spotlights the criminal network behind ivory’s supply and demand and explores the remarkable complexity of elephants: their highly evolved society; keen intelligence; ability to communicate across vast distances and to love, to remember — and to mourn.

in the jungles of Borneo. Episode 2 of 3. Underworld.

Uhlenbroek visits the Congo to spotlight the hidden world of the dark forest floor. Episode 3 of 3. Waterworld. Uhlenbroek visits the biggest river system on Earth in search of the region’s wildlife.

12M CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

28 Thursday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 WASHINGTON CHERRY BLOSSOMS: A GIFT OF FRIENDSHIP — Washington, D.C.’s cherry blossoms grace the Tidal Basin each year and are a focal point for the nation as the country welcomes spring. This special WETA production spotlights the blossoming cherry trees, exploring their history and taking a look at how the cherry blossoms have been enjoyed over the years.

9:30 THE TENORS: LEAD WITH YOUR HEART — The Canadian tenors — Victor Micallef, Clifton Murray, Remigio Pereira and Fraser Walters — showcase their operatic pop stylings in concert in the Reynolds Hall at the Smith Center in Las Vegas.

11:00 DR. FUHRMAN’S IMMUNITY SOLUTION! — Author and researcher Dr. Joel Fuhrman shows how we can supercharge our immune system to protect our bodies against disease — from the common cold to cancer.

1AM CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon 26.3 Over the Air Via Antenna Cox 801 Comcast 266 FiOS 472 RCN 38

The WETA Kids Channel offers a safe haven for young viewers, presenting educational broadcasts 24 hours each day, 7 days a week. Children’s programs also air on WETA TV 26 weekdays (5 a.m.–noon) and Sundays.

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WETA KIDS ON WEEKDAYS

Martha Speaks A series based on books by Susan Meddaugh follows the adventures of Martha, a family dog whose appetite for alphabet soup gives her the power of human speech. The series bolsters the vocabulary of 4- to 7-year-olds within the context of engaging stories.

WETA Kids Channel airings in black; WETA TV 26 in blue.

Clifford The Big Red Dog, 6:30am (6am) Super WHY!, 7am, 6pm (6:30am) Arthur, 7:30am, 4pm (7am) Martha Speaks, 8am, 6:30pm (7:30am) Curious George, 8:30am, 7pm (8am) The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!, 9am (8:30am) WordGirl, 9:30am, 4:30pm (9am) WordWorld, 10am (9:30am) Dinosaur Train, 10:30am (10am) Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, 11am, 5:30pm (10:30am) The Electric Company, 11:30am (11am) Sid the Science Kid, noon (11:30am) Raggs, 12:30pm Sesame Street, 1pm (5am) Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, 2pm Angelina Ballerina, 2:30pm Peep and the Big Wide World, 3pm Maya & Miguel, 3:30pm Wild Kratts, 5pm More listings at weta.org/kids.

Visit weta.org/kids for full listings of children’s programs on WETA Kids & WETA TV 26.

WeTa Television

7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 MAKERS: WOMEN WHO MAKE AMERICA — A coproduction of Kunhardt McGee Productions, Storyville Films and WETA, in association with Ark Media, explores the story of how women — including Hillary Clinton, Gloria Steinem, Ellen DeGeneres, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Oprah Winfrey, Barbara Walters and Katie Couric — have helped shape America over the last 50 years through one of the most sweeping social revolutions in U.S. history. The documentary builds on an unprecedented multi-platform video experience from PBS and AOL at MAKERS.com. Repeats Wed 2/27, 3pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

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British Television at Its Best The WETA UK channel is devoted to presenting the best in British television programming, broadcasting beloved classics and contemporary series around the clock, seven days a week. WETA UK offers a full schedule of great entertainment programming — featuring drama, action, mystery and comedy series — all delivered with an accent from the Isles. Visit wetauk.org for a complete schedule and program descriptions.

The WETA UK Event: The Complete Little Dorrit

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opping the bill on The WETA UK Event in February is Masterpiece’s sumptuous five-part adaptation of Dickens’ Little Dorrit, the author’s most moving love story.

Screenwriter Andrew Davies, who adapted Masterpiece’s Bleak House, brings the gripping tale of intimacy, debt, incarceration and deliverance to the small screen.

Claire Foy plays Amy “Little” Dorrit, alongside Matthew Macfadyen and Tom Courtenay. Following Little Dorrit, The WETA UK Event features Masterpiece productions South Riding and Return to Cranford.

Also Premiering on WETA UK This Month: • Courtroom drama Rumpole of the Bailey, with Leo McKern, airs Tuesdays (9 p.m.), beginning February 26.

• Comic drama Death in Paradise airs Wednesdays (9 p.m.), starting February 20.

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air Saturdays, February 2–16, 8 p.m.

• Crime series Dalziel and Pascoe follows Death in Paradise on Wednesday nights, (10 p.m.) starting February 20.

• Comedies Fresh Fields, May to December, Men Behaving Badly and People Like Us begin in February. See below.

EVENING PROGRAMMING ON WETA UK SUNDAY

4pm

Eastenders

MONDAY Primeval

Life of Mammals (Pts 5–8)

4:30pm

5pm

Born and Bred

Rosemary & Thyme

WEDNESDAY (from 3pm) Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey II & III Robin Hood

The Cafe

5:30pm

6pm

TUESDAY (from 3pm) Vera, Series II

Monarch of the Glen

Lark Rise to Candleford

Born and Bred

THURSDAY DCI Banks (2/7–2/14) Death in Paradise (2/21–2/28, 4pm) Dalziel and Pascoe (2/21–2/28, 5–6pm)

Ballykissangel

Monarch of the Glen

Ballykissangel

7:30pm

8pm

Yes Minister

8:30pm

Miranda

9pm

Blackadder

9:30pm

10pm

11:30pm

Red Dwarf

SUNDAY

May to December

Waiting for God

Inspector Morse (moves to 5pm on 2/23)

Fresh Fields

DCI Banks (to 2/16)

My Family

My Family

My Family

Death in Paradise (6pm as of 2/23)

Fresh Fields

May to December

Yes Minister

Keeping Up Appearances

As Time Goes By

Dalziel and Pascoe (7pm as of 2/23)

Inspector Morse

Sherlock Holmes

The Cafe

Reilly: Ace of Spies Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey II & III Vera, Series II

At 9pm: Rumpole of the Bailey begins 2/26

DCI Banks (to 2/13) Death in Paradise (9pm, 2/20–2/28)

MI-5 Ashes to Ashes

Red Dwarf

Agatha Christie’s Poirot (moves to 4pm on 2/23)

My Family

Doctor Who

11pm

My Family

My Family

Mr. Bean (2/3–2/10) People Like Us (2/17–2/24)

10:30pm

SATURDAY Yes Minister (to 2/16)

Antiques Roadshow Good Neighbors BBC (to 2/14)

6:30pm

7pm

FRIDAY My Family

MONDAY

Allo, Allo

TUESDAY

The WETA UK Event

Outnumbered

The Complete South Riding (2/16, 9:30pm– 12:30am)

Agatha Christie’s Poirot

Dalziel and Pascoe Waking the Dead (10pm, 2/20–2/28)

Coupling

Hustle (11pm as of 2/20)

Men Behaving Badly (starts 2/15) New Tricks

Benny Hill Benny Hill

Rosemary & Thyme

Benny Hill

WEDNESDAY

Benny Hill Allo, Allo

THURSDAY

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FRIDAY

Repeats noon Sundays The Complete Little Dorrit (2/1–2/16)

The Complete Return to Cranford (2/23)

Benny Hill

SATURDAY

Classical W TA 90.9 FM

Classical for Washington

A Musical Feast on Front Row Washington

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and Brahms & Sibelius on NSO Showcase

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here is something for everyone this month on the Classical WETA 90.9 FM weekly Monday-night, 9 p.m. broadcast Front Row Washington, beginning February 4 with a Phillips Collection recital by the young French guitarist Thibault Cauvin. A prodigy born into a musical family, his engaging program includes works by Astor Piazzola; fellow French guitarist Roland Dyens; and his bandleader father, Philippe Cauvin. The February 11 program features Four Nations Ensemble joined by soprano Rosa Lamoreaux in the program “The Global Baroque” at the Freer Gallery of Art, with works by early 18th-century Italian Thibault Cauvin missionaries in South America and China, as well as pieces by the well-known French Baroque composers Jean Philippe Rameau and Jean-Marie Leclair.

On the February 18 program is a recital of works by Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Albeniz and Granados by pianist Santiago Rodriguez, who returned to the University of Maryland as both former winner and current jury chair of the William Kapell International Piano Competition. The Borromeo String Quartet wraps up the month on Monday, February 25 in recital at Candlelight Concert Society in Columbia, Maryland, with a transcription of Bach’s famous Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, as well as The Named Angels by ArabAmerican composer Mohammed Fairouz, and Franz Schubert’s Death and the Maiden string quartet.

On the Classical WETA broadcast NSO Showcase, the February 6, 9 p.m. program echoes the National Symphony Orchestra’s travels as it embarks on its first European tour under Music Director Christoph Eschenbach with a work that will be performed during the tour: Brahms’ Symphony No. 2. The Classical WETA program opens with Jean Sibelius’ Symphony No. 5, which the composer premiered in Helsinki on his 50th birthday, declared a national holiday in Finland. Bartok’s Romanian Folk Dances and Dvorak’s ever-popular Serenade for Winds round out this month’s NSO Showcase program.

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Front Row Washington is supported in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Choral Showcase in February

ollowing the last Sunday in January’s early Mahler cantata (Das klagende Lied), Classical WETA 90.9 FM’s weekly Sunday, 9 p.m. broadcast Choral Showcase on February 3 presents a just-released recording of Mahler’s ultimate affirmation of love, his unparalleled 8th Symphony, by the Virginia Symphony (and many assisting musicians) conducted

by Music Director JoAnn Falletta. The performance was given during the Virginia Arts Festival in May 2012, and culminates a busy year of CD releases for Maestro Falletta.

Also on the broadcast is a prelude to next month during which Holy Week in the Christian calendar occurs, when the program will feature Passion performances. On the Saturday afternoons final Sunday in February — the 24th — Choral Showcase on Classical WETA 90.9 FM features a passion (although identified by the composer as an oratorio) by Ferdinando Paër. A well-established opera February 2: Rossini’s Le Comte Ory, 1 p.m. composer, and agile with dramatic expression in his stage February 9: Donizetti’s L’Elisir D’Amore, 1 p.m. works, Paër chose to spare no musical extremes of grief, February 16: Verdi’s Rigoletto, 1 p.m. frenzy and hope from his telling of Christ’s passion.

February 23: Bizet’s Carmen, 12:30 p.m.

Il Santo Sepolcro (“The Holy Sepulcher”) airs on the Visit classicalweta.org for details.

February 24 program from a recent Naxos CD.

Met Opera

Classical WETA: 90.9 FM Greater Washington; 88.9 FM Frederick; WGMS 89.1 FM Hagerstown; classicalweta.org

Classical WETA 90.9 FM

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French Drawings, Watercolors, and Pastels from Delacroix to Signac West Building January 27–May 26 Exquisite 19th- and 20th-century French works on paper from the collection of Helen Porter and James T. Dyke Organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington, in association with the Musée des impressionnismes, Giverny Hippolyte Petitjean, Promenade by a Lake (detail), 1890s, watercolor, Dyke Collection

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Victorian Art and Design, 1848–1900 West Building February 17–May 19 Art that shocked mid-19th-century Britain Organized by Tate Britain in collaboration with the National Gallery of Art, Washington. Made possible through the generous support of Sally Engelhard Pingree and The Charles Engelhard Foundation Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Lady Lilith (detail), 1866–1868, oil on canvas, Delaware Art Museum, Samuel and Mary R. Bancroft Memorial, 1935

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