February 2014 - WETA Magazine

February 2014 magazine for members

A very Special

Gift to WETA From Philanthropist David M. Rubenstein Also inside: Spotlighting some of the many donors who help make WETA’s public service possible

A Very Special Gift from David Rubenstein Supports the WETA Public Service Mission W

ashington-based philanthropist David M. Rubenstein has made a remarkable contribution of one million dollars to WETA in support of the company’s broadcasts and services to the public. The gift, which endows The David M. Rubenstein Fund at WETA, builds on Rubenstein’s national legacy of philanthropy aimed at empowering lifelong learning. In announcing his contribution, Rubenstein said, “I believe in the power of public media to be a force for education, fostering an informed citizenry and sharing the vibrant culture and rich history of this country. Under Sharon Rockefeller’s leadership, WETA has operated at the highest standards and with ambitious goals. I hope that my gift will serve as a beacon to others, recognizing the unique role public media plays in our society and supporting the creation of intelligent content in service to the American people.”

A WETA Viewer and Listener One of America’s leading contemporary philanthropists and financiers, David Rubenstein is Co-Founder and CoChief Executive Officer of The Carlyle Group. Among many other philanthropic endeavors, he is the Chairman of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and a Regent of the Smithsonian Institution. He is also an avid WETA viewer and listener, and he explained why he decided to support WETA with a generous contribution: “WETA is a station that I watch a great deal. Over the 35 years that I’ve lived in Washington I’ve probably spent much more time watching WETA than everything else combined. So I owe a great deal to WETA and I’m just beginning to repay that debt.”

Rubenstein also enjoys Classical WETA 90.9 FM: “I love classical music. I’m not sure exactly where the love came from. My mother thought when I was very young that maybe I had the genes of Arthur Rubenstein. She sent me to a piano teacher and he said after two weeks, ‘Save your money.’ But nonetheless, I began to have an appreciation for classical music from a young age.

Because of my role at the Kennedy Center I get a chance to hear a great deal of classical music during the weekdays and weekends, and it’s something that I really enjoy.

Therefore, when I am listening to the radio in the car, I’m only listening to Classical WETA.”

Patriotic Philanthropy On why he gives, Rubenstein said, “I’m very fortunate. I came from very modest circumstances. My parents didn’t graduate from college or high school and as a result I recognized that if I was going to get somewhere in this world I’d have to do it through education. Now what I want to do is to spend the bulk of the remainder of my life trying to give back to the country.”

“I think all philanthropy in many ways is to be thought of as patriotic because generally when you’re helping your fellow man, you’re helping your country,” Rubenstein said. The effects of what he calls his “patriotic philanthropy” are visible in Greater Washington every day: he has made major gifts to the National Archives, including the loan of the 1297 Magna Carta that he purchased; to the Kennedy Center for its programs and expansion; to the National Zoo’s panda program; and to the current renovation of the Washington Monument, to name a few.

David Rubenstein (center) visits the WETA television studio with WETA President and CEO Sharon Rockefeller and COO Rick Schneider.

“As you consider opportunities for this year, I hope you will keep or put WETA on the list of places where your money can make a meaningful difference and really help our community. I recently decided to help WETA in what I hope will be an impactful way. But much more help is needed. If you are looking for ways that you can make life in the Washington area a bit better, please do what you can — in any amount — to help. You will be making an investment in the community and all of us will reap the dividends.”

— David M. Rubenstein

Everyone Can Be a Philanthropist In making his substantial donation to WETA, the philanthropist enjoins others to contribute in any way they can.

“Philanthropy is an ancient Greek word that meant ‘loving humanity,’ ” said Rubenstein. “You can do anything to help other people — giving your time, your energy and your ideas; that is philanthropy as well, not just writing checks. If you don’t have a lot of money you can do many other things to help people, and if you have a small amount of money you can contribute small amounts of money,” he said. “Really, philanthropy means ‘helping other people’.”

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ear WETA Members,

I am delighted to announce that Washington-based philanthropist David Rubenstein has made a very generous gift of one million dollars to WETA. We are absolutely thrilled. As a non-profit, we rely on members of our community to support our mission of public service. To earn the trust of such a civicminded donor of national stature is a wonderful vote of confidence in our broadcasts and services. It is the collective support of the members, donors, listeners, viewers, parents, teachers and many others in Greater Washington that sustains WETA’s important work on behalf of the public.

David very kindly volunteered his time to share publicly his personal reasons for giving, visiting the WETA television studio to film spots that you will see and hear on our air. His message?: Anyone can be a philanthropist, and your gift to WETA is a gift to the people of your community.

We agree, for through his support for WETA’s mission, David is helping others in our community and beyond, empowering audiences to share the joy of learning, to stay informed as citizens, to benefit from a deeper understanding of our nation’s history, and to experience the nourishment of the arts and sublime music. David’s investment in WETA will help us to create content of true consequence and bring important ideas to life in service to the public.

That is what your membership in WETA and your vital contributions help to do as well. Thank you for keeping WETA vibrant with your financial support.

In the pages that follow, learn about some of the many WETA donors who help make possible our superb programs and services.

Sharon Percy Rockefeller, President & CEO, WETA

The new WETA TV 26 production premieres Wednesday, February 5 at 8 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD

Photos by REBECCA TULKOFF

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powerful and poignant new WETA TV 26 production explores Arlington’s role as the nation’s cemetery, spot­lighting how this sacred place that honors the dead, their service and their sacrifice brings so much meaning and solace to the living.

The one-hour film Arlington National Cemetery delves into the intriguing history of the site from the Civil War to the present and examines why the cemetery is among the area’s top attractions, drawing more than three million visitors each year. The WETA TV 26 production team goes behind the scenes to reveal the inner life of Arlington’s surprisingly active grounds, introducing the dedicated people who orchestrate the complex operation in which as many as 30 burials are conducted each day.

Away from the somber rituals of official ceremony, Arlington National Cemetery also shares deeply personal stories, introducing several parents whose children are buried at the cemetery and examining the site’s emotional role in their lives.

The WETA production team visited the cemetery through multiple seasons to follow the staff, mourners and tourists at the renowned site where more than 400,000 people are interred and American history echoes at every turn. WETA producers followed soldiers of the Old Guard — the 3rd U.S. Army Infantry Regiment — who stand guard at The Tomb of the Unknowns and train the horses that pull the casket-bearing caissons. Filmmakers also interviewed National Park Service and cemetery staff to explore topics such as the story of Arlington House and the solemn duty of the “chain of custody,” through which the remains of those laid to rest at Arlington are tracked and identified.

WETA’s film also introduces volunteers who attend nearly

every military funeral and help family members cope with their loss.

With this program, WETA TV 26 continues a tradition of celebrating the fascinating people and extraordinary history of the region through locally created programming.

Past WETA TV 26 productions include acclaimed local history films Washington in the ’60s and Washington in the ’70s, and productions spotlighting Union Station, Washington National Cathedral, Metro, and the FBI Academy, among other programs exploring places and institutions around Greater Washington.

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Doug Gray & Family WETA Member Like so many WETA members, Rockville, Maryland, resident Doug Gray is a lifelong public television viewer. Doug grew up watching Sesame Street and has since appreciated and enjoyed many public television offerings, from the superb history films created by Ken Burns in partnership with WETA; to Mystery! and other dramas; to public affairs programming such as Frontline, Charlie Rose, and incarnations of the WETA co-production PBS NewsHour.

Supporting WETA was a natural choice when Doug and his wife Jen moved to the Washington area in 2004, and they have been renewing and contributing members since. Now Doug is passing along his love for WETA and public television to the next generation: the Grays’ 5-year-old son, Keon, delights in WETA Kids offerings. Doug says, “WETA brings so much — science, history and more — to life; its programs are innovative and thoughtful, like a college lecture. I have an education background, and viewing public television’s diverse programming is an amazing way for people to learn and enrich their lives. It’s so important.”

New Season!

Doc Martin, Series VI

Premieres Saturdays, starting Feb. 1 at 9:33 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD; and Tuesdays at 9 p.m. starting Feb. 4 on WETA UK

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ritish comic drama fans’ favorite curmudgeon is back, as WETA presents Season Six of popular series Doc Martin, starring Martin Clunes in his iconic role as Dr. Martin Ellingham, the general practitioner with a brusque bedside manner and a phobia of blood. Caroline Catz portrays Martin’s on-again, off-again girlfriend, Louisa Glasson, mother of his child and headmistress of the local primary school. The production’s eight new episodes, again set in the idyllic hamlet of Portwenn, explore the comic culture clash between big-city and small-town living. Series VI airs in double features each Saturday night in February on WETA TV 26 and WETA HD after a double-feature of episodes from earlier seasons.

The new programs continue to follow the lovable cast of characters. At the end of Season Five, Doc and Lousia’s baby boy, James Henry, was kidnapped and recovered. The nightmare brought the couple closer together and prompted a marriage proposal from the Doc to Louisa for a second time. As the new season gets under way, the town is buzzing with arrangements for the wedding. Martin continues to deal with the quirky personalities of Portwenn but, despite his best efforts, he continues to find trouble. And that crippling blood phobia is back.

New to WETA TV 26/HD!: Midsomer Murders, Series I & II

Premiering Sundays (7:30 p.m.) & Thursdays (8 p.m.) on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD; and Mondays at 9 p.m. on WETA UK (beginning February 10)

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ETA presents classic British mysteries each week in the long-running, iconic series Midsomer Murders, this month premiering on WETA Television the drama’s first two seasons, which have finally become available for acquisition. The pilot episode of Season I, “The Killings at Badger’s Drift,” became the highest-rated show on British television in 1997, and the series remains popular with its classic murder investigations adapted from the acclaimed series of books by Caroline Graham. The majority of Season I adaptation screenplays were written by Anthony Horowitz, creator and principal writer of Foyle’s War. At the center of Midsomer Murders is Detective Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby (John Nettles), who undertakes his investigations in a fictional rural county in England with a professional, no-nonsense style, ably assisted through scores of investigations by his chief deputy, Detective Sergeant Gavin Troy (Daniel Casey).

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Prudential Financial, Inc. WETA National Underwriter WETA partners with corporations of national stature, foundations, government institutions, and organizations to develop essential funding for WETA program production. These underwriters provide significant, critical resources that help bring WETA’s high-quality productions to air. One such corporate partner is Prudential Financial, Inc. — also known by its primary subsidiary The Prudential Insurance Company of America — which for four years has provided generous underwriting support for WETA’s acclaimed weekly public affairs series, Washington Week with Gwen Ifill. Bob DeFillippo, Prudential’s Chief Communications Officer, said, “Prudential supports WETA and Washington Week because we believe it is essential to have a continuing dialogue on the issues most important to Americans. Washington Week stands alone in providing the kind of news content that informs the national discussion.” Prudential Financial’s vital ongoing support helps WETA create and broadcast Washington Week on behalf of viewers nationwide who prize the program’s insights and political analysis.

More TV Highlights Sunday Night Drama on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD

Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey 4 continues each Sunday at 9 p.m. (and see the Feb. 17 catch-up!)

Masterpiece Mystery!: Sherlock 3 concludes Feb. 2 at 10 p.m., repeating Feb. 7 at 9:30 p.m.

The Making of a Lady airs Feb. 9 at 10 p.m.

Murder on the Home Front airs Feb. 16 at 10:15 p.m.

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ebruary heralds more superb drama on WETA Television, as blockbuster series Downton Abbey, Season 4 and Sherlock, Season 3 continue on Masterpiece, and WETA presents two new Sunday-night drama specials, The Making of a Lady and Murder on the Home Front. The programs air on WETA UK as well; see pages 16–17 for details.

The Making of a Lady, set in turn-of-the-20th-century England, stars Lydia Wilson as Emily Fox Seton, an educated but penniless young woman who assents to a pragmatic marriage to a wealthy widower, only to experience peril when the military man is posted to India and she remains in the Isles in the company of his controlling relatives. Based on the novel by celebrated author Frances Hodgson Burnett (The Secret Garden, Little Lord Fauntleroy), the story follows Emily as she increasingly begins to fear for her life.

In the mystery-drama Murder on the Home Front, set during the London Blitz of World War II, Patrick Kennedy (Boardwalk Empire, Parade’s End) portrays Dr. Lennox Collins, a passionate and brilliant Home Office pathologist at the cutting edge of forensic science, who, undertaking his first murder case, investigates serial killings while the German Luftwaffe bombs Britain’s capital. When young women are found murdered, Collins and his newly recruited reporterturned-secretary, Molly Cooper (Tamzin Merchant of Jane Eyre, The Tudors), clash with the police over just who the main suspect is. Employing groundbreaking forensic techniques, Lennox and Molly try to save a seemingly innocent man from the gallows and prove there may be more to these murders than meets the eye.

Black History Month Programming Throughout February on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD

The Powerbroker: Whitney Young’s Fight for Civil Rights Sat 2/1, 12:30am Underground Railroad: The William Still Story Sat 2/1, 1:30am The African Americans Sun 2/2, 11:30am–5:30pm An Evening with Valerie Simpson in Honor of Nick Ashford — with Gwen Ifill Wed 2/5, 4pm Black in Latin America Wednesdays, 5pm Independent Lens: Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock Thur 2/6, 3pm P.O.V.: American Promise Sat 2/8, 11pm P.O.V.: Homegoings Sat 2/8, 1am Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson Sun 2/9, 11am–3pm; Rpts Thur 2/13, 1pm Freedom Riders: American Experience Mon 2/10, 2:30pm American Masters: Cab Calloway: Sketches Tues 2/11, 1pm Frontline: The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela Tue 2/11, 10pm; Rpts Tue 2/25, 4pm An Evening with Berry Gordy — with Gwen Ifill Wed 2/12, 4pm Independent Lens: Spies of Mississippi Sat 2/15, 11pm For Love of Liberty: The Story of America’s Black Patriots Sat 2/15, midnight American Masters: Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth Sun 2/16, 1pm The March Sun 2/16, 2:30pm Slavery By Another Name Tue 2/18, 4pm An Evening with Ursula Burns — with Gwen Ifill Wed 2/19, 4pm Independent Lens: Soul Food Junkies Sun 2/23, 2pm The Black Kungfu Experience Sun 2/23, 11pm 4 february 2014

WETA TV 26 & WETA HD

February primetime simulcast listings.

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

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(from 7:30pm) Midsomer Murders, Series I: Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey, The Killings at Badger’s Drift Season 4 (Pt 5 of 8)

Masterpiece Mystery!: Sherlock, Season 3: His Last Vow (to 12m)

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Antiques Roadshow: Detroit, MI

The Queen’s Diamond Decades (Part 4 of 6. The 1980s)

Antiques Roadshow: Eugene, OR

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Secrets of Scotland Yard

The Amish: Shunned: American Experience

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Midsomer Murders, Series I: The Killings at Badger’s Drift

Midsomer Murders, Series I: Written in Blood

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Washington Week with Gwen Ifill

Masterpiece Mystery!: Sherlock, Season 3: His Last Vow (to 11:30pm)

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Doc Martin, Series II

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(from 7:30pm) Midsomer Murders, Series I: Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey, Written in Blood Season 4 (Pt 6 of 8)

The Making of a Lady (to 11:30pm)

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Antiques Roadshow: Detroit, MI

The Queen’s Diamond Decades (Pt 5 of 6. The 1990s)

Antiques Roadshow: Eugene, OR

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Billy the Kid: American Experience

Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid: American Experience

Frontline: The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela (to 12m)

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Nature: The Animal House

NOVA: Great Cathedral Mystery

Super Skyscrapers (Ep 2 of 4. Building the Future)

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Midsomer Murders, Series I: Death of a Hollow Man

Midsomer Murders, Series I: Faithful Unto Death

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Washington Week with Gwen Ifill

Great Performances: National Theatre: 50 Years on Stage (to 11:30pm)

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Doc Martin, Series II

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(from 7:30pm) Midsomer Murders, Series I: Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey, Death of a Hollow Man Season 4 (Pt 7 of 8) (to 10:15pm)

(from 10:15pm) Murder on the Home Front (to 11:45pm)

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Antiques Roadshow: Baton Rouge, LA

The Queen Diamond Decades (Pt 6 of 6. The 2000s)

Antiques Roadshow: Pittsburgh, PA

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Grand Coulee Dam: American Experience

The Rise and Fall of Penn Station: American Experience

Frontline: Generation Like

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Nature: Honey Badgers: Masters of Mayhem

NOVA: Mystery of Easter Island

Super Skyscrapers (Ep 3 of 4. The Vertical City)

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Midsomer Murders, Series I: Death in Disguise

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Washington Week with Gwen Ifill

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Doc Martin, Series II & III

(from 9:33pm) Doc Martin, Series VI

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(from 7:30pm) Midsomer Murders, Series I: Faithful Unto Death

Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey, Season 4 (Pt 8 of 8)

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Antiques Roadshow: Baton Rouge, LA

Our Queen

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Triangle Fire: American Experience

Frontline: Secrets of the Vatican

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Nature: Ireland’s Wild River

NOVA: Ground Zero Supertower

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The Washington Cherry Blossoms: A Gift of Friendship

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Washington Week with Gwen Ifill

Arlington National Cemetery

NOVA: Roman Catacomb Mystery

Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey, Season 4 (Pt 5 of 8)

Super Skyscrapers (Ep 1 of 4. One World Trade Center)

(from 9:33pm) Doc Martin, Series VI

Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey, Season 4 (Pt 6 of 8)

(from 9:33pm) Doc Martin, Series VI

Midsomer Murders, Series II: Death’s Shadow

Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey, Season 4 (Pt 7 of 8) (to 9:45pm)

(from 9:45pm) Great Performances: Sting: The Last Ship (to 11:15pm)

Antiques Roadshow: Pittsburgh, PA (to 11:30pm)

Super Skyscrapers (Ep 4 of 4. The Billionaire Building)

My Music: Classical Rewind

Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey, Season 4 (Pt 8 of 8)

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PBS NewsHour airs weeknights at 7 p.m.

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Washington Cherry Blossoms (to 12m)

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Charlie Rose airs late weeknights (check listings)

Premiering Sundays and Thursdays on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD: Midsomer Murders, Seasons I & II — see how the series began!

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(from 9:33pm) Doc Martin, Series VI—NEW SEASON!

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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 from 7 p.m. through Charlie Rose, and weekend evenings, beginning at 6 p.m. Saturdays, 7:30 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. See page 13 for schedule information.

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

Listings are accurate as of press time. For late-breaking program updates, call 703-998-2724 or visit weta.org/tv. ©NICK BRIGGS/CARNIVAL FILM & TV LTD 2013 FOR MASTERPIECE

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

O 6AM NEW SCANDINAVIAN COOKING 6:30 CHEF JOHN BESH’S NEW ORLEANS 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 THE MIND OF A CHEF 12:30 MEXICO—ONE PLATE AT A TIME WITH RICK BAYLESS 1:00 LIDIA’S ITALY IN AMERICA 1:30 SARA’S WEEKNIGHT MEALS 2:00 BAKING WITH JULIA 2:30 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–2:30AM: 6:00 PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND — A NewsHour weekend broadcast anchored by Hari Sreenivasan provides a summary of the day’s national and international news.

6:30 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL — R 7:00 KEEPING UP APPEARANCES — (two episodes) 8:00 DOC MARTIN, SERIES II — (two episodes) 9:33 DOC MARTIN, SERIES VI — NEW SEASON! Martin Clunes reprises his role as Dr. Martin Ellingham, the general practitioner with a brusque bedside manner and a phobia of blood, in eight new episodes of the popular drama set in the English seaside hamlet of

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Sunday & Thursday dramas on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD Premiering on Sunday nights at 7:30 p.m. and Thursdays at 8 p.m. are Midsomer Murders Seasons I and II, newly acquired by WETA. The mystery series stars John Nettles (left) as DCI Tom Barnaby.

Midsomer Murders is followed by ongoing series Downton Abbey 4 on Masterpiece each Sunday at 9 p.m.; tune in Feb. 17 at 11 a.m. for Season 4 catch-up airings. Above: Laura Carmichael as Lady Edith.

Portwenn. Parts 1 & 2 of 8. Sickness and Health/Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? Portwenn is buzzing with arrangements for the wedding of the Doc and Louisa; will they finally tie the knot? Then, in Episode 2, Martin and Louisa host a disastrous dinner party, the new nanny walks out, and Morwenna advertises for a lodger.

11:00 INDEPENDENT LENS: THE STATE OF ARIZONA — A vérité documentary captures the explosive emotions and complex realities behind Arizona’s struggle with illegal immigration. Tracking the year after Arizona passed SB1070, its controversial “papers please” law, the film tells the stories of Arizonans on all sides of this divisive issue — and depicts a state and its people testing the edges of our democratic values.

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Mary Jane Ruhl WETA Legacy Donor Viewers and listeners around Greater Washington often support WETA through planned bequests via their Will — a legacy gift that generously helps to ensure that WETA broadcasts and community services will remain vibrant for future generations to enjoy. Mary Jane Ruhl, a resident of Alexandria, Virginia, and longtime WETA member, has named WETA as a beneficiary in her Will. Mary Jane views access to information as essential. She became a supporter of public broadcasting and WETA largely because of that priority. For Mary Jane, WETA’s news and public affairs television programming illuminates political and social issues, performing an incomparable public service. Arts and culture also play a big part in Mary Jane’s life, and she depends on WETA TV 26 and Classical WETA 90.9 FM for entertainment and music. From Masterpiece to Mozart, WETA brings joy to Mary Jane every day, which is why she named WETA as a beneficiary. “I cannot imagine a world without public broadcasting,” she says.

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12:30AM 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.

1:30AM UNDERGROUND RAILROAD: THE WILLIAM STILL STORY — Extraordinary people risked their lives to help fugitive slaves escape via the 19th-century clandestine Underground Railroad. Among them was William Still of Philadelphia, a free black man who accepted delivery of transported crates containing “human cargo.” This documentary reveals some of the stories behind this humanitarian enterprise. (60 min.)

Tuesday, February 4 at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD A special two-hour American Experience film, The Amish: Shunned, follows former members of an Amish community, relating their experiences and their reflections on leaving their insular sect.

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Mondays in February at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD The series The Queen’s Diamond Decades continues, exploring events during Elizabeth II’s reign each Monday, February 3–17; then, on Monday, February 24, the BBC film Our Queen spotlights Elizabeth II during 2012 Diamond Jubilee celebrations of her 60 years as queen.

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Atlantic (1500–1800), explores the global experiences that created the African-American people. Episode 2 of 6, The Age of Slavery (1800–1860), spotlights how black lives changed dramatically in the aftermath of the American Revolution. Episode 3 of 6, Into the Fire (1861– 1896), surveys a tumultuous period in African-American history: the Civil War, slavery’s end and Reconstruction.

Episode 4 of 6, Making a Way Out of No Way (1897–1940), examines the Jim Crow era, when African Americans struggled within the confines of segregation. Episode 5 of 6, Rise! (1940–1968), spotlights the long road to civil rights. Episode 6 of 6, A More Perfect Union. (1968–2013), reviews issues that remain unresolved.

MOYERS & COMPANY PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND — A NewsHour weekend broadcast anchored by Hari Sreenivasan provides a summary of the day’s national and international news.

PIE IN THE SKY, SERIES II — (TV 26 only) Richard Griffiths stars as a top-notch detective who becomes a head chef. Episode 4. The One That Got Away. The fish farmer’s fiancé appears to have been murdered, and it’s up to Henry to save his best trout supplier.

MIDSOMER MURDERS, SERIES I: THE KILLINGS AT BADGER’S DRIFT — See the popular British mystery series from the very beginning! The long-running 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. The Killings at Badger’s Drift. The peace of the idyllic village of Badger’s Drift is shattered by the murder of an elderly lady, found dead in her cottage after witnessing something in the woods. DCI Barnaby and Detective Sergeant Troy (Daniel Casey) investigate. Repeats Thur 2/6, 8pm; Fri 2/7, 1pm MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: DOWNTON ABBEY, SEASON 4 — The drama’s new season continues, following the lives of members of the noble Crawley family and their servants in 1920s England. Part 5 of 8. Rose’s surprise party for Robert risks scandal. Mary meets an old suitor, and Edith gets troubling news. {DVI} Repeats Mon 2/3, 5pm; Fri 2/7, 8:30pm; Sun 2/9, 4:30pm

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The Art League WETA Local Underwriter One of the many ways organizations and companies support WETA is by sponsoring — or “underwriting” — the station’s broadcasts. One of WETA’s longtime local underwriting partners is a Northern Virginia-based, non-profit visual arts education organization, The Art League, which for many years has supported programming on WETA TV 26/WETA HD and Classical WETA 90.9 FM. An art gallery, fine art school, art supply store, and mentor to artists in the community, The Art League reaches WETA audiences about its programs and services while supporting WETA and its mission.

Promoting education and supporting the arts are an integral part of WETA’s service to the community in Greater Washington, and collaborating with The Art League is a perfect fit. WETA is proud to work with Art League Executive Director Suzanne Bethel and Communications Director Erica Fortwengler, who say, “The Art League is delighted to invest and partner with WETA! WETA’s programming drives our curiosity in the cultural world and inspires all of us who serve in the arts to strive for more extraordinary programs for our community.”

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N WETA TV 26, 6AM–11AM. 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 SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 11AM–12M: 11:00 WETA ARTS — This month on the WETA arts magazine, film critics Jane Horwitz and Jen Chaney take an in-depth look at the Academy Award nominees for Best Picture; and rock legend Graham Nash presents a tour of his latest photography exhibition, revealing, “I’ve been a photographer longer than I’ve been a musician.”

Robert Aubry Davis hosts. Repeats Mon 2/3, 2:30pm; Thur 2/6, 4:30pm; Sun 2/9, 3pm; Thur 2/13, 5:30pm; Sun 2/16, noon; Tue 2/18, 5:30pm; Tue 2/25, 2pm 11:30 THE AFRICAN AMERICANS: MANY RIVERS TO CROSS — A six-hour series presented and written by Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. chronicles the full sweep of African-American history. Episode 1 of 6, The Black

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Wednesdays in February at 10 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD The miniseries Super Skyscrapers follows the creation of impressive new buildings in New York, London and Shanghai, examining their revolutionary innovations in design and construction.

10:00 MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: SHERLOCK, SEASON 3: HIS LAST VOW — Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman return as Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson in the third of three new episodes of the contemporary reinvention of the Arthur Conan Doyle classic, written and created by Steven Moffat (Dr. Who) and Mark Gatiss (Game of Thrones). His Last Vow. A case of stolen letters leads Sherlock Holmes into a long conflict with Charles Augustus Magnussen, the Napoleon of blackmail, and the one man he truly hates. But how do you tackle a foe who knows the personal weakness of every person of importance in the Western world? (2hrs.) Repeats Mon 2/3, 3pm; Tue 2/4, 4pm; Fri 2/7, 9:30pm

3 Monday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: DETROIT, MI — Repeats Tue 2/4, 2pm; Wed 2/5, 1pm 9:00 THE QUEEN’S DIAMOND DECADES: THE 1980s — A series tells the story of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and the nation over which she has reigned for six decades. Part 4 of 6. During the 1980s, marriage preparations for Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer consumed Britain, and their union would become “The Wedding of the Century”; victory in the Falkland Islands War in 1982 was followed by national celebration; future kings Prince William and Prince Harry were born; Prince Andrew married Sarah Ferguson; Margaret Thatcher won a third term and survived the Brighton bombing; and a politically charged decade ended with the fall of the Berlin Wall.

10:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: EUGENE, OR — Repeats Tue 2/4, 3pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

4 Tuesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 SECRETS OF SCOTLAND YARD — From Dickens to Sherlock Holmes, Agatha Christie to James Bond — no police institution in the world has caught the public imagination in the same way as Scotland Yard (whose name comes from the location of the original police headquarters building). Its officers and “Bobbies” are often seen as protectors of the Royal Family and British officials, but Scotland Yard is most often associated with police detectives. Some contemporary sleuths reveal the secrets of what it takes to become a modern-day Sherlock Holmes.

9:00 THE AMISH: SHUNNED: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE — A film follows seven former members of an Amish community, filmed over the course of 12 months, as they reflect on their decisions to leave one of the most closed and tightly knit communities in the United States. Estranged from family, the ex-Amish find themselves struggling to understand, and make their way in, modern America. Interwoven through the stories are the voices of Amish men and women who remain staunchly loyal to their traditions and faith. Repeats Wed 2/5, 2pm; Mon 2/24, 2pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY — A WETA TV 26 production spotlights Arlington National Cemetery, an active national cemetery, an extraordinary tourist destination, and a place of grief, reflection and healing for thousands of families whose loved ones are interred there. The production goes behind the scenes to reveal the inner life of the cemetery, introducing some of the people who orchestrate the complex operation of this sacred place. Repeats Thur 2/6, 5pm; Tue 2/11, 5pm; Sun 2/16, 11am; Mon 2/17, 6am; Wed 2/26, 1pm 9:00 NOVA: ROMAN CATACOMB MYSTERY — Beneath the streets of Rome lies an ancient city of the dead known as the catacombs — a labyrinth of tunnels, hundreds of miles long — a cemetery for the citizens of ancient Rome. In 2002, maintenance workers stumbled upon a complex of six small rooms, stacked with skeletons. It was a mass grave, hidden for nearly 2,000 years. Who were these people and what killed them? {DVI} 10:00 SUPER SKYSCRAPERS — Super skyscrapers are pushing the limits of engineering, technology and design to become greener, stronger, smarter and more luxurious than their predecessors. This series follows the creation of four extraordinary buildings. Episode 1 of 4. One World Trade Center. The 1,776-foot skyscraper, built on Ground Zero, is the tallest building in the western hemisphere and is engineered to be the safest and strongest skyscraper ever built. Repeats Thur 2/6, 2pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

6 Thursday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 MIDSOMER MURDERS I: THE KILLINGS AT BADGER’S DRIFT — See the popular series from the very beginning!

The peace of the seemingly idyllic village of Badger’s Drift is shattered by the murder of an elderly lady, Emily Simpson, found dead in her cottage after witnessing something unsettling in the woods. DCI Barnaby (John Nettles) and Detective Sergeant Troy (Daniel Casey) investigate. Repeats Fri 2/7, 1pm 9:30 MIDSOMER MURDERS, SERIES I: WRITTEN IN BLOOD — Gerald Hadleigh, the secretary of the writers circle in Midsomer Worthy, was never in favor of inviting the best-selling novelist Max Jennings to attend one of their meetings. Then Hadleigh is found brutally battered to death, and Barnaby and Troy probe the case.

Repeats Fri 2/7, 3pm; Sun 2/9, 7:30pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

7 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 2/9, 6:30pm

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Arlington National Cemetery A WETA TV 26 Production Wednesday, February 5 at 8 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD WETA’s production Arlington National Cemetery spotlights the sacred place as an active cemetery; place of grief, reflection and healing; and tourist destination, exploring the operation of the facility.

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

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SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–2AM: 6:00 PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND 6:30 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL — R 7:00 KEEPING UP APPEARANCES — (two episodes) 8:00 DOC MARTIN, SERIES II — (two episodes) 9:33 DOC MARTIN, SERIES VI — Parts 3 & 4 of 8. The Tameness of a Wolf/Nobody Likes Me. Ruth is invited on Radio Portwenn and attracts an unwanted mystery admirer, Doc and Louisa find a replacement nanny, and Louisa is Bert’s least favorite person when one of her pupils pens a damning review of his restaurant. In Episode 4, Martin takes James to playgroup, while Ruth is having problems with her new neighbor.

11:00 P.O.V.: AMERICAN PROMISE — A Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Award winner, a film spans 13 years as Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson, middle-class African-American parents in Brooklyn, New York, turn their cameras on their son and his best friend, who make their way through Manhattan’s Dalton School, one of the most prestigious private schools in the country.

Chronicling the boys’ divergent paths from kindergarten through high school graduation, this documentary presents complicated truths about America’s struggle to come of age on issues of race, class and opportunity.

1AM P.O.V.: HOMEGOINGS — Through the eyes of Harlem funeral director Isaiah Owens, the beauty and grace of African-American funerals are brought to life. Homegoings takes an up-close look at the rarely seen world of undertaking in the black community, drawing on a rich palette of tradition, history and celebration. (60 min.)

7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: DETROIT, MI — Repeats Tue 2/11, 2pm; Wed 2/12, 1pm 9:00 THE QUEEN’S DIAMOND DECADES: THE 1990s — Part 5 of 6. The 1990s began joyously for the queen, but this would be the decade in which the monarchy endured some of the worst crises of modern times. In 1992, the Royal Family’s private lives became a media sensation with three royal marital breakdowns. After Windsor Castle was ravaged by fire, the queen proclaimed 1992 an “Annus Horribilis.” In more positive events, the Channel Tunnel was opened in 1994, and weeks later the Queen marked the 50th anniversary of D-Day. But the late 1990s would be remembered above all for the death of Diana, Princess of Wales.

10:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: EUGENE, OR — Repeats Tue 2/11, 3pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

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Sunday, February 9 at 10 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD The drama The Making of a Lady, airing after Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey 4, is adapted from a 1901 novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett and stars Lydia Wilson as a young Englishwoman exposed to increasing peril while her new husband is away on army service.

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8:30 MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: DOWNTON ABBEY, SEASON 4 — Part 5 of 8. {DVI} R 9:30 MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: SHERLOCK, SEASON 3: HIS LAST VOW — R 11:30 CHARLIE ROSE: THE WEEK 12M CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

4:00 MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: DOWNTON ABBEY, SEASON 4 — Part 4 of 8. {DVI} R 5:00 MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: DOWNTON ABBEY, SEASON 4 — Part 5 of 8. {DVI} R 5:30 MOYERS & COMPANY 6:00 PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND 6:30 PIE IN THE SKY, SERIES II — (TV 26 only) Episode 5.

Dead Right. Henry becomes entangled with a psychic, and together they solve the mystery of a missing girl.

7:30 MIDSOMER MURDERS, SERIES I: WRITTEN IN BLOOD — See the Thursday, February 6, 9:30 p.m. listing.

9:00 MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: DOWNTON ABBEY, SEASON 4 — The new season continues. Part 6 of 8. When Robert and Thomas make a sudden trip, everyone’s life becomes more complicated. Mary and Blake come together over pigs. An unwelcome visitor appears.

Repeats Mon 2/10, 5pm; Fri 2/14, 8:30pm; Sun 2/15, 3:30pm 10:00 THE MAKING OF A LADY — Based on the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett (The Secret Garden), a drama features the story of the educated but penniless Emily (Lydia Wilson). A lady’s companion for Lady Maria (Joanna Lumley), she meets her employer’s nephew, Lord James Walderhurst (Linus Roache). Accepting his practical if unromantic marriage proposal, Emily finds solace with Walderhurst’s nephew Alec Osborn (James D’Arcy) and his wife, Hester (Hasina Haque), after Lord James rejoins his regiment. Emily, alone with the Osborns, comes under their control and begins to fear for her life.

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11 Tuesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 BILLY THE KID: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE — A documentary explores the life of the notorious 19th-century outlaw dubbed Billy the Kid, who was demonized by the ambitious sheriff who gunned him down. Spotlighted are Henry McCarty’s hardscrabble childhood, his violent life in New Mexico in the middle of an Irish-English

N WETA TV 26, 6AM–11AM. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD. O 6AM–9AM WETA KIDS PROGRAMMING 9AM–11:00AM See the Sunday, February 2 listings SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 11AM–12M: 11:00 UNFORGIVABLE BLACKNESS: THE RISE AND FALL OF JACK JOHNSON — Parts 1 & 2 of 2. This Ken Burns film, a co-production of WETA and Florentine Films, chronicles the life and career of boxer Jack Johnson, the first African-American heavyweight champion and one of the greatest fighters of the 20th century.

Johnson ultimately lost his title in a bout in Cuba in 1915, after fleeing the United States following his federal conviction for allegedly violating the Mann Act, a progressive-era law intended to crack down on commercialized vice but used against Johnson to create an example against, to quote the prosecutor, “the evils of miscegenation.” {DVI} Repeats Thur 2/13, 1pm 3:00 WETA ARTS — R

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Tuesday, February 11 at 8 & 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD American Experience films spotlight outlaws Billy the Kid (8 p.m.)

— and (above) Butch Cassidy (right) and the Sundance Kid (left) (9 p.m.), exploring the real stories of these Old West figures.

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conflict playing out in the Southwest, and his appeal to the Hispanic community. {DVI} Repeats Wed 2/12, 2pm 9:00 BUTCH CASSIDY & THE SUNDANCE KID: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE — Long before Paul Newman and Robert Redford immortalized them on screen, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid captivated Americans from coast to coast. In the 1890s, their exploits — robbing banks and trains in the West and then vanishing — became national news. How did the two come together to form the Wild Bunch gang? And how did they pull off the longest string of successful holdups in history? Repeats Wed 2/12, 3pm 10:00 FRONTLINE: THE LONG WALK OF NELSON MANDELA — Frontline profiles the late South African leader.

Credited with the reversal of apartheid in a South Africa controlled by two generations of stern Afrikaner leaders who enforced the ideology of racial separation, Mandela brought about his nation’s extraordinary peaceful transformation to democracy. The two-hour film offers an insider’s account of his will to lead and of the great risk and personal sacrifice he endured to achieve democracy and equality for the people of his nation.

Repeats Tue 2/25, 4pm 12M CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

12 Wednesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 NATURE: THE ANIMAL HOUSE — Why do some animals build structures, while others don’t? And how do animals decide where to build? Going above ground and under, Nature investigates what goes into making a home when you’re wild. {DVI} Repeats Tue 2/18, 1pm 9:00 NOVA: GREAT CATHEDRAL MYSTERY — The dome that crowns Florence’s great cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore — the Duomo — is a masterpiece of Renaissance ingenuity and an enduring source of mystery. Still the largest masonry dome on earth, it is taller than the Statue of Liberty and weighs as much as an average cruise ship. Historians and engineers have long debated how its architect, Filippo Brunelleschi, constructed the dome of more than four million bricks. To test the latest theories, a team of U.S. bricklayers help build a “mini-Duomo” using period tools and techniques. {DVI} 10:00 SUPER SKYSCRAPERS — Episode 2 of 4. Building the Future. Commonly known as “the cheese grater,” the Leadenhall Building is the pinnacle of London’s avant-garde architecture. A tapered tower with a steel exoskeleton, it’s the tallest skyscraper in the city.

This program follows the challenges that come with erecting this skyscraper: it will be constructed off-site, delivered to location, and stacked and bolted together like a giant Lego set. Repeats Thur 2/20, 2pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

14 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 2/15, 6:30pm 8:30 MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: DOWNTON ABBEY, SEASON 4 — Part 6 of 8. {DVI} R 9:30 GREAT PERFORMANCES: NATIONAL THEATRE: 50 YEARS ON STAGE — Founded in 1963, London’s Royal National Theatre has presented some the most thrilling productions in contemporary theater. It has also launched new plays, playwrights, directors and stars on an international stage. On November 2, 2013, the theatre celebrated its 50th anniversary with a special gala performance, welcoming an all-star cast of its alumni to perform excerpts from landmark productions, complemented by archival excerpts from its many productions. Guests include Benedict Cumberbatch, Dame Judi Dench, Ralph Fiennes, Dame Maggie Smith, Sir Derek Jacobi, Helen Mirren and Michael Gambon.

11:30 CHARLIE ROSE: THE WEEK 12M CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

15 Saturday N WETA TV 26, 6AM–11AM. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD. O 6AM–6PM See the Saturday, February 1 listings.

SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–4AM: 6:00 PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND 6:30 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL — R 7:00 KEEPING UP APPEARANCES — (two episodes) 8:00 DOC MARTIN, SERIES II — (two episodes) 9:33 DOC MARTIN, SERIES VI — Parts 5 & 6 of 8. The Practice around the Corner/Hazardous Exposure. Mrs. Tishell returns to the village, Martin has to work out what is wrong with beachcomber Lorna, Al and Morwenna each have an Internet dating disaster, and romance is blossoming for Bert. In Episode 6, Martin’s mother returns to Portwenn with some interesting news, Penhale spreads pandemonium throughout the village at the drop of the word “asbestos,” and Bert has a question for Jennifer.

11:00 INDEPENDENT LENS: SPIES OF MISSISSIPPI — A documentary spotlights a spy agency formed by the state of Mississippi in the ’50s–’60s to preserve segregation and maintain white supremacy. Over a decade, the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission employed a network of investigators and informants to help infiltrate the NAACP, CORE and SNCC.

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Wednesday, February 12 at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD NOVA: Great Cathedral Mystery explores the construction of the world’s largest dome atop Italy’s cathedral Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence. Other NOVA episodes this month spotlight Easter Island (February 19, 9 p.m.) and the completion of New York supertower One World Trade Center (February 26, 9 p.m.).

9:30 MIDSOMER MURDERS, SERIES I: FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH — An investigation into the finances of a village community crafts center takes a sinister turn when Simone Hollingsworth, the wife of the center’s owner, disappears and a neighbor is murdered. A number of aggrieved investors in the center become persons of interest to DCI Barnaby (John Nettles). Repeats Fri 2/14, 3pm; Sun 2/23, 7:30pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

13 Thursday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 MIDSOMER MURDERS, SERIES I: DEATH OF A HOLLOW MAN — In the village of Ferne Basset, an elderly resident is found drowned after a violent attack.

Meanwhile, at the Corn Exchange in Causton, a local amateur dramatic production of Amadeus reveals a backstage world of intrigue, passion and gossip. Repeats Fri 2/14, 1pm; Sun 2/16, 7:30pm

Sunday, February 16 at 10:15 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD The drama Murder on the Home Front, airing after Downton Abbey, follows a government pathologist (played by Patrick Kennedy) and his assistant (portrayed by Tamzin Merchant) as they investigate a series of murders amid the chaos of the World War II London Blitz.

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Tuesday, February 18 at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD American Experience: The Rise and Fall of Penn Station traces the brief life of the vast, iconic New York railway terminal, whose destruction by 1966 would spur landmarks preservation efforts.

17 Monday 6AM ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY — R 7AM JFK: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE — A biography offers a fresh assessment of President John F. Kennedy, the man, his accomplishments and his unfulfilled promise.

Part one follows JFK from his birth to his election as president in 1960. Part two follows Kennedy into the White House and through his assassination.

11AM MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: DOWNTON ABBEY, SEASON 4 — WETA reprises the first six episodes of the new season of Downton Abbey for those catching up. Episode one is two hours and the five that follow are one hour each.

6PM BBC WORLD NEWS AMERICA 6:30 NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: BATON ROUGE, LA — Repeats Tue 2/18, 2pm; Wed 2/19, 1pm 9:00 THE QUEEN’S DIAMOND DECADES: THE 2000s — Part 6 of 6.The new millennium has witnessed powerful events and poignant moments for Britain’s queen and her nation. Britain celebrated the 100th birthday of the Queen Mother in 2000. But 9/11 ushered in a dark new era, and London itself would be traumatized by terrorism. There was personal sorrow as the queen lost her sister and mother, but the queen enjoyed an outpouring of support during her Golden Jubilee. Then her son and heir, Prince Charles, married Camilla Parker Bowles; and the world was captivated by the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton.

10:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: PITTSBURGH, PA — Repeats Tue 2/18, 3pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

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Monday, February 17, 7 a.m.–6 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD Special President’s Day programming includes an acclaimed fourhour American Experience biography of John F. Kennedy and encore presentations of Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey 4 episodes.

7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 GRAND COULEE DAM: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE — American Experience explores how the tension between technological achievement and environmental impact hangs over the legacy of Grand Coulee Dam. Built in the wake of the Great Depression as part of FDR’s New Deal, Grand Coulee was the largest hydroelectric power facility in the world when completed in March 1941, helping to turn central Washington’s deserts into rich farmland. But the dam blocked one of the world’s greatest salmon rivers — with profound consequences. {DVI} Repeats Wed 2/19, 2pm 9:00 THE RISE AND FALL OF PENN STATION: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE — One of the greatest architectural and engineering achievements of its time, New York’s Pennsylvania Station opened to the public in 1910. The station was a massive project, covering nearly eight acres and requiring the construction of 16 miles of underground tunnels. No one could imagine that this marvel would be torn down a few decades later to make way for Madison Square Garden. Yet its destruction galvanized New York to preserve other historic landmarks. Repeats Wed 2/19, 3pm 10:00 FRONTLINE: GENERATION LIKE — Frontline examines the evolving, complicated relationship between teens and the companies that target them. Do marketers still hold the upper hand? Frontline explores how the teen quest for identity and connection has migrated to social media — and exposes the game of cat-and-mouse that corporations are playing with these consumers.

11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

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N WETA TV 26, 6AM–11AM. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD. O 6AM–11AM See the Sunday, February 2 listings.

SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 11AM–12:15AM: 11:00 ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY — R 12N WETA ARTS — R 12:30 PIZZA IN WASHINGTON — A WETA TV 26 production explores the “pizza renaissance” taking place around Greater Washington, spotlighting a dozen eateries in the District, Maryland, and Virginia.

1:00 AMERICAN MASTERS: ALICE WALKER: BEAUTY IN TRUTH — The biography series examines the life of writer/activist Alice Walker, author of The Color Purple and the first African-American woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for Literature. Born February 9, 1944, into a family of sharecroppers in rural Georgia, Walker came of age during the violent racism and seismic social changes of mid-20th-century America.

2:30 THE MARCH — A documentary spotlights the August 1963 March on Washington, where Dr. Martin Luther King gave his stirring “I Have a Dream” speech, a watershed event in the Civil Rights Movement. The film reveals the dramatic story behind the peaceful event through the memories of key players, including March participants and leaders, historians, journalists and authors. Denzel Washington narrates.

3:30 MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: DOWNTON ABBEY, SEASON 4 — Part 6 of 8. {DVI} R 4:30 GLOBE TREKKER FOOD HOUR: SOUTHERN CHINA — (TV 26 only) R epeats Thur 2/20, 1pm 5:30 MOYERS & COMPANY 6:00 PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND 6:30 PIE IN THE SKY, SERIES II — (TV 26 only) Ep. 6. Black Pudding. Henry is reunited with his hero, Hillary Smallwood, and becomes embroiled in her nephew’s wicked plot.

7:30 MIDSOMER MURDERS, SERIES I: DEATH OF A HOLLOW MAN — See the Thursday, February 13, 8 p.m. listing.

9:00 MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: DOWNTON ABBEY, SEASON 4 — Part 7 of 8. Robert and Thomas return from America.

Bates disappears for a day, Edith prepares to go abroad, suitors flock to Mary, and Rose makes her move. {DVI} Repeats Fri 2/21, 8:30pm; Sun 2/23, 3pm 10:15 MURDER ON THE HOME FRONT — In the 90-minute drama, when young women are found murdered amid the chaos of the London Blitz of World War II, brilliant Home Office pathologist Dr. Lennox Collins (Patrick Kennedy), on his first murder case, and his newly recruited assistant Molly Cooper (Tamzin Merchant) clash with the police over just who the main suspect is. Employing groundbreaking forensic techniques, can Lennox and Molly save a seemingly innocent man from the gallows and identify the killer?

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12M FOR LOVE OF LIBERTY: THE STORY OF AMERICA’S BLACK PATRIOTS — Introduced by Colin Powell, hosted

by Halle Berry and narrated by Avery Brooks, a twopart film uses letters, diaries, speeches, journalistic accounts, historical texts and military records to document the sacrifices and contributions of AfricanAmerican servicemen and women. (4 hrs.)

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8:00 MIDSOMER MURDERS, SERIES I: DEATH IN DISGUISE — One of the founders of a new-age commune, The Lodge of the Golden Wind Horse, dies in a fall down the stairs, apparently accidentally. But when the other founder is mysteriously murdered in front of a roomful of people, the first death looks like it may have been deliberate as well. Barnaby (John Nettles) investigates.

Repeats Fri 2/21, 1pm 9:30 MIDSOMER MURDERS, SERIES II: DEATH’S SHADOW — A successful theatrical director, Simon Fletcher, arrives in the village of Badger’s Drift, his head filled with disturbing childhood memories. Then, soon after being diagnosed with a brain tumor, a property developer in the village is savagely murdered with an Indian sword belonging to a vicar. Barnaby and Detective Sergeant Troy investigate the crime. Repeats Fri 2/21, 3pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon Wednesday, February 19 at 8 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD Nature: Honey Badgers: Masters of Mayhem visits South Africa to spotlights the fearless, aggressive little foragers in the wild, where they are known to confront lions, stand up to charging buffalos and battle venomous snakes, shrugging off their toxins.

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19 Wednesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 NATURE: HONEY BADGERS: MASTERS OF MAYHEM — The “thug of the savannah,” the honey badger is one the most fearless animals in the world, renowned for its ability to confront grown lions, castrate charging buffalo and shrug off the toxic defenses of stinging bees, scorpions and snakes. Little is known about its behavior in the wild or why it is so aggressive. This film follows badger specialists in South Africa who take on these masters of mayhem in ways that must be seen to be believed. {DVI} 9:00 NOVA: MYSTERY OF EASTER ISLAND — A remote, bleak speck of rock in the middle of the Pacific, Easter Island, or Rapa Nui, has mystified the world ever since the first Europeans arrived in 1722. How and why did the ancient islanders build and move nearly 900 giant statues, or moai, weighing up to 86 tons? With the help of a 15-ton replica statue, a NOVA team sets out to test a high-risk, seemingly unlikely theory. {DVI} 10:00 SUPER SKYSCRAPERS — Episode 3 of 4. The Vertical City. Shanghai Tower isn’t just a skyscraper — it’s a vertical city, a collection of businesses, services and hotels all in one place, fitting a population the size of Monaco into a footprint the size of a football field.

When complete, the structure will dominate Shanghai’s skyline, towering over its neighbors as a testament to China’s economic success and the ambitions of the city’s wealthy elite. Repeats Thur 2/20, 3pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

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21 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 2/22, 6:30pm 8:30 MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: DOWNTON ABBEY, SEASON 4 — Part 7 of 8. {DVI} R 9:45 GREAT PERFORMANCES: STING: THE LAST SHIP — Rock ’n’ roll star Sting has embarked on a new venture, a musical play for which he has written original music and lyrics. Exploring universal themes, The Last Ship dramatizes the impact of the demise of the shipbuilding industry in the artist’s home town in England, which for so long shaped the city’s community life. In a performance recorded at New York City’s Public Theater, Sting performs an intimate concert of highlights from the Broadway-bound show.

11:15 CHARLIE ROSE: THE WEEK 12M CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

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SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–12M: 6:00 PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND 6:30 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL — R 7:00 KEEPING UP APPEARANCES — (two episodes) 8:00 DOC MARTIN, SERIES II & III — (two episodes) 9:33 DOC MARTIN, SERIES VI — Parts 7 & 8 of 8. Listen with Mother/Departure. Martin reluctantly agrees to help Louisa hand out awards at her school’s sports day, Ruth and Margaret have a showdown, and Mike has a shady revelation from his past. Then, in the drama’s final episode, Louisa has surprising news for Martin, Bert and Jennifer’s party goes off with a bang, and Al has a business proposition for Ruth.

11:00 INDEPENDENT LENS: LAS MARTHAS — A film follows the Mexican-American girls who help preserve the Martha Washington debutante ball in Laredo, Texas.

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Wednesday, February 19 at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD NOVA: Mystery of Easter Island explores the remote Pacific isle’s enigmatic giant statues, posing theories about their construction.

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Wild Kratts, a science series for 6- to 8-year-olds, features animalpowered adventures with zoologist brothers Chris and Martin Kratt, creators of the Emmy-winning program Zoboomafoo. The Kratts appear as animated versions of themselves, allowing them to visit wild animals in their habitats and showcase key science concepts.

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Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, 6am Clifford the Big Red Dog, 6:30am, 8pm (6am) Martha Speaks, 7am, 6pm (6:30am) Arthur, 7:30am, 4:30pm (7am) Wild Kratts, 8am, 5:30pm (7:30am) Curious George, 8:30am, 4pm, 7pm (8am) The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! 9am, 3:30pm (8:30am) Peg + Cat, 9:30am, 3pm (9am) Dinosaur Train, 10am, 2:30pm (9:30am) Sesame Street, 10:30am, 10pm (5am, 10am) Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, 11:30am (11am) Sid the Science Kid, noon, 8:30pm Thomas & Friends, 12:30pm WordWorld, 1pm Caillou, 1:30pm Super WHY!, 2pm (11:30am) Word Girl, 5pm, 6:30pm Zula Patrol, 7:30pm More listings are available at weta.org/kids.

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SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 11:30AM–12M: 11:00 WASHINGTON IN THE ’70S — An Emmy Award-winning WETA TV 26 documentary charts the District’s rise from the ashes of the 1968 riots to its emergence as a cosmopolitan world capital and majority-African American-populated and -governed metropolis. Bernard Shaw narrates.

12N GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET: THE NOSE — The Metropolitan Opera presents Shostakovich’s satirical work The Nose, based on the Gogol story, in a performance designed by South African artist William Kentridge. Pavel Smelkov holds the baton, and the cast includes Andrey Popov and Alexander Lewis.

2:00 INDEPENDENT LENS: SOUL FOOD JUNKIES — Filmmaker Byron Hurt spotlights soul food, its relevance to black cultural identity, and its lasting health effects on African Americans.

3:00 MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: DOWNTON ABBEY, SEASON 4 — Part 7 of 8. {DVI} R 4:30 GLOBE TREKKER SPECIAL: World War II in the Pacific — (TV 26 Only)

5:30 MOYERS & COMPANY 6:00 PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND 6:30 PIE IN THE SKY, SERIES II — (TV 26 Only) Episode 7.

Swan in His Pride. Henry goes undercover in Bath to investigate the local constabulary, which is using a serial killer to mask its errors.

7:30 MIDSOMER MURDERS, SERIES I: FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH — See the Thursday, February 13, 9:30 p.m. listing.

9:00 MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: DOWNTON ABBEY, SEASON 4 — The new season concludes. Part 8 of 8. Lady Rose meets the Prince of Wales and faces a dilemma.

Trouble also plagues Cora’s mother, her brother, Edith and almost everyone else at Downton Abbey. {DVI} Repeats Mon 2/24, 4pm; Fri 2/28, 8:30pm 11:00 THE BLACK KUNGFU EXPERIENCE — A documentary introduces kungfu’s African-American pioneers — including Ron Van Clief, who starred in more than 40 kungfu films and earned the nickname “Black Dragon” from Bruce Lee. These men challenged convention and overturned preconceived notions while mastering the ancient martial art, which resonated in black communities across the United States. (60 min.)

WETA Television

Wednesday, February 26 at 8 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD Nature: Ireland’s Wild River follows a wildlife filmmaker’s canoe exploration of the river Shannon, spotlighting its flora and fauna through four seasons and documenting its natural history.

Greenwich Village. Factory owners kept the doors on the ninth floor locked, and the fire escape soon crumpled. Victims jumped from the windows before horrified onlookers — and the fire led to 146 deaths. Ensuing public outrage forced government action, resulting in landmark new safety laws. {DVI} 9:00 FRONTLINE: SECRETS OF THE VATICAN — Through interviews with those at the very heart of what happened — cardinals, priests, convicted criminals, police, prosecutors and whistle-blowers — a special two-hour Frontline unravels the remarkable series of events that led to the resignation of Pope Benedict, presenting a first-hand account of the final days of Benedict’s papacy and the current battle to set the church on a new path under Pope Francis. In Benedict’s wake, is Pope Francis taming the forces that helped destroy Benedict’s papacy?

11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

26 Wednesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 NATURE: IRELAND’S WILD RIVER — The Shannon is Ireland’s greatest geographical landmark and longest river. On its journey south, the Shannon passes through a huge palette of rural landscapes, where on littleknown backwaters, Ireland’s wild animals and plants still thrive as almost nowhere else. Wildlife cameraman Colin Stafford-Johnson follows the river by canoe through four seasons on a quest to film the natural history of the Shannon. {DVI} 9:00 NOVA: GROUND ZERO SUPERTOWER — NOVA returns to Ground Zero to witness the final chapter in an epic story of engineering, innovation and the perseverance of the human spirit: the completion of One World Trade Center, the skyscraper rising 104 stories and 1,776 feet from the site where the Twin Towers once stood. NOVA goes inside the construction of the new tower’s final floors and the installation of its soaring, 800-ton spire and beacon. The program also goes underground to see the construction of a multi-billion-dollar museum that will house artifacts from 9/11. {DVI} 10:00 SUPER SKYSCRAPERS — Episode 4 of 4. The Billionaire Building. Upon completion, One57, on Manhattan’s 57th Street, will rise more than 1,000 feet, making it the tallest residential tower in the western hemisphere and boasting spectacular views of Central Park. This episode follows the teams tasked with creating New York’s most luxurious residential skyscraper.

11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 THE 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, a gift of friendship from Japan in 1912, and explores the history of the trees and the annual National Cherry Blossom Festival, one of the nation’s largest springtime celebrations. Repeats Fri 2/28, 10:30pm 9:30 MY MUSIC: CLASSICAL REWIND — A visual and auditory joyride through the world of classical music spotlights the beauty, romance and dramatic power of musical masterpieces. Martin Goldsmith hosts, guiding the exploration of the world of classical music, with personal reflections from Itzhak Perlman, Joshua Bell and Stewart Copeland of The Police, among others.

11:00 HALEY’S HINTS — Author Graham Haley offers household advice, from cleaning tips to sewing hints, to hints on plumbing, painting and carpentry, using ordinary household items and products for extraordinary timeand money-saving uses.

1AM CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

28 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 2/1, 6:30pm 9:00 MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: DOWNTON ABBEY, SEASON 4 — The new season concludes. Part 8 of 8. Lady Rose meets the Prince of Wales and faces a dilemma.

Trouble also plagues Cora’s mother, her brother, Edith and almost everyone else at Downton Abbey. {DVI} R 10:30 THE WASHINGTON CHERRY BLOSSOMS: A GIFT OF FRIENDSHIP — R 12M TRAIN YOUR DOG LIKE A PRO — Internationally renowned dog behaviorist and best-selling author Don Sullivan hosts this special designed to provide struggling dog owners with the necessary tools and techniques to forge a lasting and loving relationship with their pet.

1AM CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

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The Washington Cherry Blossoms A WETA Production Thursday, February 27 at 8 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD The Washington Cherry Blossoms: A Gift of Friendship spotlights the annual spring splendor along the District’s Tidal Basin.

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P.M. PROGRAMMING ON WETA UK in February SUNDAY

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Last of the Summer Wine

Last of the Summer Wine

Last of the Summer Wine

Last of the Summer Wine

My Family

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MI-5 Mystery!: Sherlock 3 (2/2–2/9) • The Making of a Lady (2/16) • Murder on the Home Front New Tricks (1:30pm, 2/23)

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• House of Cards (2/2) Waking the Dead • House of Cards: To Play the King (3pm, 2/9; 2:30pm, 2/16; 3pm, 2/23)

Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead

Foyle’s War I (Season II starts 2/16)

Hustle

Hustle

Foyle’s War I (Season II starts 2/16)

• Tales from the Palaces (2/3) • Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries (starts 2/10)

Midsomer Murders Doc Martin VI (Series I starts 2/11) (starts 2/5)

Rosemary and Thyme

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My Family

My Family

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Pie in the Sky V

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• Lead Balloon (2/6) • Moone Boy (starts 2/13)

My Family

Chef! I (starts 2/4) Murders I (10:35pm, starts 2/10) • Spy (10:30pm, 2/3) Rumpole of the Bailey • Lead Balloon (11pm, 2/3) • MI-5 (11:30pm, 2/3)

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an Richardson returns as scheming Machiavellian politician Francis Urquhart in the second part of the Peabody Award-winning House of Cards drama trilogy.

In To Play the King, also adapted by celebrated screenwriter Andrew Davies from former Thatcher aide Michael Dobbs’ bestselling novels, Urquhart is now Britain’s prime minister but has gained a powerful new enemy — the freshly coronated king himself, portrayed by Michael Kitchen (Foyle’s War). Confiding directly to the cameras, Urquhart explains: “Britain has a new king, a wishy-washy liberal, with ideas of his own. He does not like my policies, which he says are uncaring and widening the gap between rich and poor. He accuses me of being tyrannical. So how am I, His Majesty’s humble servant, to react? Can I oppose our gracious sovereign or am I to betray the trust of the people who have elected me to power? I must admit, I rather relish the battle. We are, after all, quite evenly matched.” And so the struggle unfolds, with Urquhart up to his old tricks. Can he topple a monarch?

Twenty Twelve and Moone Boy

air Thursdays at 8:30 p.m. & 9 p.m. on WETA UK beginning February 6 ETA UK presents two contemporary British comedies, airing back-to-back each Thursday night in February.

From the writer and director of faux-documentary People Like Us comes the 2011 BBC series Twenty Twelve, starring Hugh Bonneville (left, of Downton Abbey), Jessica Hynes, Olivia Colman and Amelia Bullmore (Scott & Bailey). Deliciously topical, wickedly funny and sometimes uncannily close to real life, the six-part, documentary-style satire, narrated by David Tennant, spoofs behind-the-scenes preparations for the 2012 Olympic Games in London by a colorful team of event organizers.

On the second half of the bill is lively Irish family comedy Moone Boy, starring series creator and writer Chris O’Dowd as Seán, the imaginary friend of 11-year-old Martin (David Rawle), the youngest boy in the large, loud, chaotic Moone family. The series is set in a small town in rural Ireland during the late 1980s. Young Martin copes with life with the help of his mid-30s imaginary friend, who also narrates the boy’s adventures and contends with his wacky schemes, against his better judgment. ©BABY COW 2012

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I browsed, clicked on the ‘volunteer’ link, signed up, and have enjoyed a beautiful association with WETA ever since.”

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By Nicole Lacroix, Evening On-Air Host

By David Ginder, Morning On-Air Host

ianist Emanuel Ax headEmanuel Ax lines February’s NSO Showcase broadcast on Classical WETA. The renowned pianist, praised for his “incisive rhythm, bountiful imagination and thundering power”

by The New York Times, will join the National Symphony Orchestra and guest conductor Hugh Wolff in a performance of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2 recorded at the Kennedy Center in April 2013. Maestro Wolff is no stranger to Washington audiences — his first job out of graduate school was as NSO associate conductor under Mstislav Rostropovich! Chopin’s romantic Second Piano Concerto is the perfect prelude to Valentine’s Day, with its lyrical bel canto melodies inspired by his love for a certain young lady he was too shy to approach.

Maestro Wolff will also lead the NSO in Dvorˇák’s “pastoral” Symphony No.5, recorded in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall in April 2013; and rounding out the broadcast, Christoph Eschenbach takes over the podium for Beethoven’s 7th Symphony, the rhythmic tour de force that Wagner called “the apotheosis of the dance.” That performance was recorded in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall in July 2012.

Tune in to NSO Showcase on February 5 at 9 p.m.

he short month of February got us thinking about extremes, so we decided to explore them, in a choral sense, this month. The Choral Showcase program on February 2 presents the sacred and profane of Mozart, concluding with one of the finest mass settings of all time by anyone — Mozart’s “Great” C minor Mass. It’s a recording we’ve not heard before on Choral Showcase; William Christie conducts Les Arts Florissants. Starting off the show — “from the ridiculous to the sublime” will be our order that evening — two vocal canons by Mozart with texts we’ve chosen to not translate. At best, they’re nonsense.

Then, on February 9, we formalize a practice we often pursue on Choral Showcase but this time stretch the limits in each direction. We’ve scheduled church music from its beginnings to the present, starting with 9th-century chant.

Other early examples include Gregorio Allegri’s Miserere (from the 17th century). Then from recent times, we hear Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms, and two works by Washington Chorus Music Director Julian Wachner — his Missa Brevis, plus the music for a hymn he wrote on learning of Leonard Bernstein’s passing.

Extremes on the February 16 broadcast relate to length. We have two settings of the Mass.

One, by American John Knowles Paine, is 10 times longer than the other, by Josef Haydn!

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Metropolitan Operas on Classical WETA 90.9 FM, Saturdays at 1 p.m.

February 1: Puccini’s Madama Butterfly February 8: Dvoˇrák’s Rusalka with Renée Fleming February 15: R. Strauss’s Die Frau Ohne Schatten (Fall 2013 performance) February 22: R. Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier (Fall 2013 performance)

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Marya Fitzgerald Classical WETA Sustainer Member Many WETA members choose to become sustaining members — supporting beautiful classical music and high-quality television programming through automatically recurring monthly giving. These donors enjoy the convenience of automatic giving, knowing that their contributions are making a real difference by helping WETA provide superb programming to the community it serves. Marya Fitzgerald, of Alexandria, Virginia, is one such member. Marya chose to support WETA because of the programming on Classical WETA 90.9 FM, Greater Washington’s exclusive classical music radio service. “I became a sustaining contributor because it was more convenient,” she says. “I think it’s important to have all music represented on the air. WETA plays an important role in doing that in the Washington area. I feel as a sustaining member that I am giving to the community at large — people who can’t afford to sustain WETA can still listen to Classical WETA 90.9 FM because of my contribution.”

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from 18th-century Italy and Amsterdam performed by the internationally renowned early music consort, The Apollo Ensemble. And on President’s Day, February 17, we honor the “Father of our Country” with “The Battle of Trenton,” a 1796 work that composer James Hewitt dedicated to George Washington. Pianist Tanya Vegvary Plescia also performs Mozart’s B-flat major sonata, K. 333 in this National Gallery recital.

Finally, we wrap up the month’s Front Row Washington broadcasts on February 24 at 9 p.m. with a terrific young cellist named Sophie Shao. Winner of an Avery Fisher Career Grant, Ms. Shao makes her Phillips Collection debut performing Schumann’s Adagio and Allegro Op. 70 and Fantasy Pieces, Op. 73, Brahms’ E minor Sonata and Beethoven’s A major sonata, Op. 69. There’s something for everyone this month on Front Row Washington, each Monday night at 9 p.m. on Classical WETA.

his is a month of great performances and great variety on the Classical WETA 90.9 FM broadcast Front Row Washington, starting Monday, February 3 at 9 p.m. with a recital by guitarist Jason Vieaux, co-founder of the Curtis Institute’s new classical guitar department.

Vieaux’s program offers a remarkably diverse repertoire, from a Bach lute suite to Duke Ellington’s composition “In a Sentimental Mood.”

On the following week’s broadcast, February 10, we’re off to the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater for a Pro Musica Hebraica concert of Jewish Baroque treasures

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