February 2019 - WETA Magazine

FEBRUARY 2019 MAGAZINE FOR MEMBERS

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Neil Dudgeon joins the cast in Series 14 New to WETA TV 26/HD!

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hroughout February, WETA celebrates Black History Month with a wide slate of engaging programming that includes independent films, historical documentaries, biographies, performances and much more. Among these offerings, we are delighted to present a new locally focused installment of WETA Arts, the ongoing TV 26-produced magazine-style series about the visual and performing arts. As a producer of programs that spotlight Greater Washington, WETA is proud to bring you stories about the diverse cultural heritage of the national capital area and its many communities.

Learn more about the WETA Arts series and its February stories on page 3. Also among our Black History Month programs is a special February 5 themed episode in the ongoing series Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., a WETA co-production that features fascinating genealogical research on participants’ family histories. We are pleased also to reprise several acclaimed history productions on which WETA has collaborated with Skip Gates, our good friend and partner. Learn more about these and other Black History presentations on page 2.

In additional programming, we have riveting drama and much more in store for you this month, including a special broadcast of the superb documentary Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, which spotlights the extraordinary work and legacy of public television icon Fred Rogers. Enjoy all that WETA has to offer — and thank you for your support.

Sharon Percy Rockefeller, President & CEO, WETA

Independent Lens: Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

Saturday, February 9 at 8 p.m. on WETA TV 26/HD

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n an Independent Lens presentation, WETA broadcasts one of the most celebrated theatrical releases of 2018: the powerful, moving documentary film Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, which spotlights the lessons, ethics and remarkable legacy of iconic PBS children’s program host Fred Rogers. The film tells the story of the soft-spoken minister, puppeteer, writer and producer whose show Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood was beamed daily into homes across America for more than 30 years by the nation’s PBS stations, including WETA TV 26. In Rogers’ beloved program, the cardigan-clad host and his cast of puppets and friends spoke to young children about some of life’s weightiest issues in a simple, direct fashion.

There hadn’t been anything like Mister Rogers on television before, and there hasn’t been since.

Won’t You Be My Neighbor? delves into the heart of this creative genius, who inspired millions of children with compassion, limitless imagination and a land of make-believe. While the nation changed around him, Rogers stood firm in his beliefs about the power of kindness and the importance of protecting childhood. The 2018 production was directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Morgan Neville, whose acclaimed film 20 Feet from Stardom won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2014. Another of Neville’s recent films, Emmy-winning documentary Best of Enemies, exploring the debates between Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley Jr., aired on WETA TV 26/HD on Independent Lens in 2016.

Presented by ITVS, Independent Lens is funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the American people, with additional funding from PBS, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Wyncote Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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February Highlights on WETA TV 26/HD New to WETA! Midsomer Murders, Series 14

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here’s a new policeman in the picturesque but troubled fictional county of Midsomer — Detective Chief Inspector John Barnaby. Neil Dudgeon stars as the Barnaby cousin who takes the investigative reins in the program’s 14th season, coming to WETA TV 26/HD this month for the first time.

The new Barnaby joins DS Benjamin Jones to form a new team after the retirement of Tom Barnaby (John Nettles) and, while the chief may be new, the show’s dark humor and whimsy remain. The detectives continue to probe the scandals and deadly deeds that lurk in the seemingly idyllic countryside and lovely small villages. Jason Hughes portrays Jones; and Fiona Dolman stars as Sarah Barnaby, John Barnaby’s wife. The new Barnaby springs into action Saturday nights this month (with the exception of February 9, when preempted). Midsomer Murders is based on Caroline Graham’s books, originally adapted for television by Anthony Horowitz, the creator of Foyle’s War. Dudgeon remains in the starring role in the ongoing series, which was in its 20th season as of 2018. WETA airs the series as seasons become available for broadcast. Midsomer Murders, Series 14 airs on WETA UK as well, Wednesdays at 8 p.m.

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The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco Mondays at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26/HD

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he accomplished women codebreakers are back for more crime investigations in a new drama series spun off from the original Bletchley Circle programs and transplanted to the United States. The series follows two of the women on the previous team, feisty Millie Harcourt (Rachael Stirling), conversant in a host of languages, worldly and street smart, and Jean McBrian (Julie Graham), former head of the Bletchley Park codebreaking group, as they travel to the United States to continue to use their extraordinary talents to solve murders. The storyline begins in 1942 with the death of one of their colleagues working with American communications, and fast-forwards 14 years to when the two learn of murders in America with identical characteristics. Heading to San Francisco, the pair locates “Major Sixth” — American codebreaker Iris Bearden (Crystal Balint), with whom Jean had been in contact during the war. Iris introduces them to talented young Hailey Yarner (Chanelle Peloso). The four brilliant women, who keep their former intelligence work secret from family and friends, use their skills and intuition to match wits with criminals in eight episodes airing Monday nights in double features.

The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco airs on WETA UK as well, Wednesdays at 10 p.m.

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Celebrating Black History Month Throughout February on WETA TV 26/HD

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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and actress S. Epatha Merkerson in WETA co-production Finding Your Roots

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ETA presents special programming throughout February that celebrates Black History Month, featuring intriguing documentaries, biographies, independent films and more. Among the many offerings are WETA TV 26 production WETA Arts, which returns in February with Black History-themed stories of arts and culture in Greater Washington; and WETA co-production Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., which as part of its ongoing fifth season of in-depth ancestry explorations features a February 5 episode devoted to black history, spotlighting the family histories of actor S. Epatha Merkerson (left, with Gates) and athlete and television personality Michael Strahan. Reprised this month are Gates’ major history series Africa’s Great Civilizations and Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise, each produced in partnership with WETA. Among other presentations are the new film Hale County This Morning, This Evening on Independent Lens, spotlighting Hale County, Alabama, with an intimate look at life in the South’s Black Belt; and the new two-hour American Masters biography Sammy Davis, Jr.: I’ve Gotta Be Me, exploring the entertainer’s vast talent and journey for identity in 20th-century America.

In additional arts programming, the Live from Lincoln Center performance Pipeline stages Dominique Morisseau’s new play about a teacher trying to save her son. Visit weta.org/blackhistory to learn more.

Black History Month Program List WETA Arts Fri 2/1, 8:30pm; Rpts throughout the month Africa’s Great Civilizations Pts 1&2, Tue 2/5, 1pm; Pts 3&4, Wed 2/6, 1pm; Pts 5&6, Thur 2/7, 1pm Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise Pt 1 Sat 2/2, 11:30pm; Pt 2 Sat 2/9, 12m Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Season 5: Ep 5 Freedom Tales. Tue 2/5, 8pm; Rpts Wed 2/6, 5pm; Sun 2/10, 4pm Smokey Robinson: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song Fri 2/8, 1:30pm American Masters: Maya Angelou Sun 2/3, 11pm; Rpts Thur 2/14, 1pm; Sun 2/24, 2:30pm Fats Domino Wed 2/6, 3pm; Rpts Thur 2/14, 3pm B.B. King Wed 2/6, 4pm; Rpts Tue 2/12, 1pm; Fri 2/15, 2pm August Wilson Sun 2/10, 2:30pm; Rpts Wed 2/13, 1pm Sammy Davis, Jr. Tue 2/19, 9pm; Rpts Wed 2/20, 3pm; Thur 2/21, 1pm; Wed 2/27, 1pm An Evening with Ken Chenault Sat 2/16, 12m Antiques Roadshow: Celebrating Black Americana Tue 2/12, 3pm Independent Lens: Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities Sun 2/3, 2:30pm; Rpts Wed 2/13, 2:30pm Black Memorabilia Mon 2/4, 11pm Hale County This Morning, This Evening Mon 2/11, 11pm The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution Sun 2/10, 11pm I Am Not Your Negro Fri 2/22, 9:30pm John Lewis: Get in the Way Thur 2/7, 3pm; Rpts Fri 2/15, 1pm Live from Lincoln Center: Pipeline Fri 2/8, 9:30pm POV: Quest Sun 2/17, 11pm Roads to Memphis: American Experience Tue 2/26, 9pm; Rpts Wed 2/27, 4pm The Talk: Race in America Sat 2/23, 1am The WETA Movie: A Soldier’s Story Sat 2/2, 9:35pm; Rpts Sun 2/3, noon To Sir, with Love Sat 2/9, 10pm; Rpts Sun 2/10, noon 2 FEBRUARY 2019

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February Highlights on WETA TV 26/HD WETA Arts

TV 26 production airs Friday, Feb. 1 at 8:30 p.m. on WETA TV 26/HD, repeats throughout the month

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ETA TV 26 series WETA Arts, hosted by WETA Around Town’s Robert Aubry Davis, returns in February, spotlighting visual and performing arts in Greater Washington and celebrating the diverse cultural heritage of the nation’s capital. The half-hour magazine-style production presents a variety of stories, profiles and critic discussions, while introducing emerging and established artists alike. This month, the program presents four locally James Reese Europe focused stories with Black History Month themes. Watch for more and the 369th infantry WETA Arts programs from TV 26 in upcoming months.

One February segment, presented by the Kennedy Center’s Artistic Director for Jazz Jason Moran, focuses on James Reese Europe, a groundbreaking, renowned bandleader and World War I officer in the 369th Harlem Hellfighters, an all-black combat unit of the era. A re-creation of Europe’s band performs at the Kennedy Center, where Moran is on a mission to shine a light on this groundbreaking artist who helped popularize jazz around the world and whose importance to music transcends his legacy in the United States.

Another segment this month explores how the National Gallery of Art is bringing the world of visionary photojournalist Gordon Parks to local schools to teach what Parks called “the common search for a better life and a better world.” Parks documented the lives of black Americans on film for six decades. In other topics, WETA Arts in February examines how playwright Tom Minter used photographs and video of changing neighborhoods taken by Washington, D.C. high school students to inspire a play by the Washington National Opera; and the program presents a discussion of how photography has been used to counter stereotypes and create positive images of African American life. Rhea Combs, curator of film and photography at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, and Melani Douglass, director of public programs at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, show landmark photos (among subjects, at right, abolitionist and political activist Harriet Tubman) from the pre-Civil War era to the civil rights movement.

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Sammy Davis, Jr.: I’ve Gotta Be Me: American Masters

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Tuesday, February 19 at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26/HD

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two-hour documentary examines Sammy Davis, Jr.’s long career, exploring his journey for identity through the shifting tides of civil rights and racial progress during 20th-century America. Davis had the kind of career that was indisputably legendary, vast in scope and scale, and yet his life was complex, complicated and contradictory. He strove to achieve the American Dream in a time of racial prejudice and shifting political territory; and he was a veteran of increasingly outdated show business traditions and worked tirelessly to stay relevant. He frequently found himself bracketed by the bigotry of white America and the distaste of black America, and he was the most public black figure to embrace Judaism, binding his identity to that of another persecuted minority. In Duke Ellington’s words, he was “beyond category.” Featuring exclusive interviews with Billy Crystal, Whoopi Goldberg, Norman Lear, Jerry Lewis and Kim Novak, with never-before-seen photographs from Davis’ vast personal collection and rare footage from his performances in television, film and concert, American Masters explores the life and art of a uniquely gifted entertainer whose trajectory paralleled the major flashpoints of American society, from the Depression through the 1980s.

Major support for Sammy Davis, Jr.: I’ve Gotta Be Me is provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Additional support for this film is provided by The Leslie and Roslyn Goldstein Foundation, Cheryl and Philip Milstein Family, Seton Melvin, The Philip and Janice Levin Foundation, Judith and Burton Resnick, Ellen and James S. Marcus, and Lillian Goldman Programming Endowment. Major support for American Masters is provided by AARP. Additional support is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Rosalind P. Walter, Rolf and Elizabeth Rosenthal, The Blanche & Irving Laurie Foundation, Vital Projects Fund, Rhoda Herrick, Jack Rudin, The André and Elizabeth Kertész Foundation, Michael & Helen Schaffer Foundation, and public television viewers.

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February Highlights on WETA TV 26/HD Madagascar

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Fridays, February 8-22 at 8:30 p.m. on WETA TV 26/HD

three-part BBC natural history series narrated by Sir David Attenborough explores the extraordinary wildlife (lemurs!) and dramatic landscapes of the world’s fourth-largest island, one of the few places on Earth where there are still wildlife mysteries waiting to be discovered. Lying just off the east coast of Africa, Madagascar is a fascinating but fragile land of misty mountains, tropical rainforests and spiny desert scrub. There the wildlife has evolved in splendid isolation to become bizarre and unique. Island of Marvels (Feb. 8) explores why the island has such varied flora and fauna. Lost Worlds (Feb. 15) explores the mountainous, wet east side of Madagascar, the most diverse part of the island.

Land of Heat and Dust (Feb. 22) spotlights the island’s dry south, rich in wildlife as well.

Margaret: The Rebel Princess

iring after Victoria on two Sunday nights this month, a documentary offers an insider’s look at the tumultuous life and loves of Princess Margaret, the rebellious royal who defied expectations and paved the way for the new generation of Britain’s Royal Family. The film reveals Margaret, the queen’s younger sister, as the first truly modern princess. She introduced a flash of Hollywood glamour into Buckingham Palace and paved the way for Diana, Kate and Meghan.

A woman yearning for escape in a post-war world eager to shrug off its own constraints, Margaret became a powerful, unpredictable force, reflecting and driving fundamental changes in attitudes about the monarchy, celebrity, marriage and sex. But it was her relationship with her sister that was perhaps her most important, the woman against whom she defined herself all her life.

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Nature: Wild Way of the Vikings

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mong Wednesday-night presentations on Nature this month, a program spotlights the natural world through the eyes of the Vikings in a journey showcasing the wildlife of the North Atlantic. Ewan McGregor narrates the production, which combines natural-history filmmaking and dramatic recreations: Nature travels from Norway to Newfoundland, just as the seafaring warriors did in 1000 A.D., to get a glimpse of the Vikings’ world in the Americas hundreds of years before Columbus. The film explores the deep history and cultural relationship the Vikings had with the land and sea — from North Sea orcas to Scottish coast puffins and otters to Iceland’s volcanic mounts and Greenland’s frozen tundra. Additional Nature programs this month are Arctic Wolf Pack (Feb. 6); Living Volcanoes (Feb. 20); and Yosemite (Feb. 27).

Support for this Nature program was made possible in part by the Arnhold Family in memory of Clarisse Arnhold; Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III; the Kate W. Cassidy Foundation; the Lillian Goldman Charitable Trust; Kathy Chiao and Ken Hao; the Anderson Family Fund; the Filomen M. D’Agostino Foundation; Rosalind P. Walter; the Halmi Family in memory of Robert Halmi, Sr.; Sandra Atlas Bass; the Sun Hill Family Foundation; by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting; and by the nation’s public television stations.

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omedian Sue Perkins (Mekong River; The Ganges) explores the story of India through the life of one of its most beguiling, exuberant cities, Kolkata — formerly known as Calcutta.

From a grand history as the seat of British Imperial power to modern reincarnation as a center of commerce, the past, present and future of India co-exist in this cultural capital of the nation. Perkins immerses herself in the complexities of life in the West Bengal metropolis to learn how the city once known for its notorious “black hole” dungeon and impoverished street people has transformed into a diverse, 21st-century megacity with a booming property market and a reputation for tolerance. She meets people from every social strata, from some of the city’s 250,000 homeless children to its wealthy entrepreneurs; navigates with rickshaw wallahs; and explores the city’s infrastructure.

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WETA TV 26 & WETA HD February primetime simulcast listings.

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NEW TO WETA!: Midsomer Murders, Series 14 (Ep 1 of 8. Death in the Slow Lane) (to 9:35pm)

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Pride and Prejudice (Pt 5 of 6)

Victoria, Series 3 on Masterpiece (Pt 4 of 8)

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Antiques Roadshow: Ca’ d’Zan (Ep 2)

The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco (Pts 1 & 2 of 8) (to 11pm) & Independent Lens: Black Memorabilia (to 12m)

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Finding Your Roots, Season 5 (Ep 5 of 10. Freedom Tales)

Sealab: American Experience

Frontline: Predator on the Reservation

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Nature: Arctic Wolf Pack

NOVA: Decoding the Great Pyramid

The Dictator’s Playbook (Ep 5 of 6.

Francisco Franco)

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Doc Martin, Series 8 (Pt 7 of 8)

Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators (Pt 7 of 10)

Pride and Prejudice (Pt 5 of 6)

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Independent Lens: Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

WETA Movie: To Sir, with Love (to 12m) & Black America Since MLK (Pt 2 of 2) (to 2am)

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Pride and Prejudice (Pt 6 of 6)

Victoria, Series 3 on Masterpiece (Pt 5 of 8)

Margaret: The Rebel Princess (Pt 1 of 2) (to 11pm) & Black Panthers (to 1am)

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Antiques Roadshow: Ca’ d’Zan (Ep 3)

The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco (Pts 3 & 4 of 8) (to 11pm) & Independent Lens: Hale County This Morning, This Evening (to 12:30am)

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Finding Your Roots, Season 5 (Ep 6 of 10. Roots in Politics)

Greely Expedition: American Experience

Frontline: The Abortion Divide

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Nature: Wild Way of the Vikings

NOVA: Rise of the Rockets

The Dictator’s Playbook (Ep 6 of 6. Idi Amin)

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Doc Martin, Series 8 (Pt 8 of 8)

Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators (Pt 8 of 10)

Pride and Prejudice (Pt 6 of 6)

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Washington Week

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NEW TO WETA!: Midsomer Murders, Series 14 (Ep 2 of 8. Dark Secrets) (to 9:33pm)

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Secrets of Highclere Castle

Victoria, Series 3 on Masterpiece (Pt 6 of 8)

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Antiques Roadshow: Hotel Del Coronado (Ep 1)

The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco (Pts 5 & 6 of 8)

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Finding Your Roots, Season 5 (Ep 7 of 10. No Laughing Matter)

Sammy Davis, Jr.: I’ve Gotta Be Me: American Masters

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Nature: Living Volcanoes

NOVA: The Next Pompeii

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Secrets of Chatsworth

Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators (Pts 9 & 10 of 10)

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Washington Week

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NEW TO WETA!: Midsomer Murders, Series 14 (Ep 3 of 8. Echoes of the Dead) (to 9:35pm)

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Kolkata with Sue Perkins

Victoria, Series 3 on Masterpiece (Pt 7 of 8)

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Antiques Roadshow: Hotel Del Coronado (Ep 2)

The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco (Pts 7 & 8 of 8)

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Finding Your Roots, Season 5 (Ep 8 of 10. Hard Times)

Roads to Memphis: American Experience

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Nature: Yosemite

NOVA: The Great Human Odyssey

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Aging Backwards 2 with Miranda Esmonde-White

My Music: Rhythm, Love & Soul

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Great Performances at the Met: Marnie (to 11:30pm) (from 9:35pm) The WETA Movie: A Soldier’s Story (to 11:30pm) & Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise (Pt 1 of 2) (to 1:30am)

Madagascar (Ep 1 of 3. Island of Marvels)

Madagascar (Ep 2 of 3. Lost Worlds)

PBS NewsHour airs weeknights at 7 p.m.

Live from Lincoln Center: Pipeline

Movies for Grownups Awards 2019 with AARP the Magazine (to 11:30pm) (from 9:33pm) The WETA Movie: Carousel (to 12m) & An Evening with Ken Chenault (to 1am)

Madagascar (Ep 3 of 3. Land of Heat and Dust)

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More Manners of Downton Abbey (to 11pm) & Maya Angelou: American Masters (to 1am)

Margaret: The Rebel Princess (Pt 2 of 2) (to 11pm) & POV: Quest (to 12:30am)

Secrets of the Dead: The Nero Files

Independent Lens: I Am Not Your Negro (from 9:35pm) The WETA Movie: Eyewitness (to 11:30pm) & POV: Minding the Gap (to 1am)

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To Walk Invisible: The Bronte Sisters on Masterpiece (to 12m)

Frontline: Right to Fail

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

• Programming on WETA TV 26 and WETA HD is the same — simulcast — Monday through Friday from 6 p.m. through primetime programs, and weekends beginning at 5:30 p.m. on Saturdays and 10 a.m. Sundays.

• Please note that Saturday 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 ■ — WETA productions, co-productions or presentations. R — Aired within the month.

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

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7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR — WETA production PBS NewsHour provides in-depth analysis of current events with a news summary, live studio interviews and discussions of domestic and international issues. Judy Woodruff anchors. Visit pbs.org/newshour.

8:00 WASHINGTON WEEK — In WETA’s long-running weekly production, join moderator Robert Costa for a robust roundtable discussion with award-winning journalists who provide reporting and analysis of the major news stories emanating from the nation’s capital. Visit pbs.org/washingtonweek. Repeats Sat 2/2, 6:30pm 8:30 WETA ARTS — The WETA TV 26 arts magazine returns, spotlighting visual and performing arts in Greater Washington and celebrating the diverse cultural heritage of the national capital area. February stories include: a celebration of James Reese Europe, a groundbreaking bandleader and World War I commander, presented by the Kennedy Center’s Artistic Director for Jazz Jason Moran; an exploration of how the National Gallery of Art is bringing the world of photojournalist Gordon Parks to area schools; the story of how playwright Tom Minter’s operatic play was inspired by photography of D.C. students that documents their own neighborhoods; and a discussion on how landmark photos from the pre-Civil War era to the civil rights era counter stereotypes and create positive images of African American life. Repeats Sun 2/3, 6:30pm; Tue 2/5, 3pm; Fri 2/8, 1pm; Sun 2/10, 2pm; Mon 2/11, 1pm; Sun 2/17, 3pm; Wed 2/20, 2:30pm; Sun 2/24, 5:30pm; Mon 2/25, 1pm; Wed 2/27, 3:30pm 9:30 GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET: MARNIE — Composer Nico Muhly reimagines Winston Graham’s novel about a beautiful, mysterious woman who assumes multiple identities. In the Metropolitan Opera production, Isabel Leonard stars in the title role alongside

Mondays at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26/HD Drama series The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco features a team of women codebreakers who use their skills to solve crimes. Julie Graham, Rachael Stirling, Crystal Balint and Chanelle Peloso star.

The eight episodes air as double features on Monday nights.

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WETA ARTS A WETA TV 26 PRODUCTION Friday, February 1 at 8:30 p.m. on WETA TV 26/HD WETA TV 26 production WETA Arts returns with new local stories of visual and performing arts in Greater Washington. Above: Students learn about the work of visionary photojournalist Gordon Parks.

Christopher Maltman as Mark Rutland. Robert Spano conducts. Repeats Sat 2/2, 1:30am 11:30 AMANPOUR AND COMPANY — Christiane Amanpour leads conversations with global thought leaders on contemporary issues. Repeats noon, Monday

2 Saturday ON WETA TV 26, 6AM-5:30PM. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD. 6AM NEW SCANDINAVIAN COOKING 6:30 JULIE TABOULIE’S LEBANESE KITCHEN 7:00 CIAO ITALIA 7:30 NIGELLA: AT MY TABLE 8:00 JOANNE WEIR GETS FRESH 8:30 RICK STEVES’ EUROPE 9:00 SECRETS OF THE TOWER OF LONDON 2/2; ANTIQUES ROADSHOW (2/9 & 2/16); SECRETS OF SCOTLAND YARD (2/23) 10:00 THE THIS OLD HOUSE HOUR 11:00 A CHEF’S LIFE 11:30 PATI’S MEXICAN TABLE 12N YAN CAN COOK: SPICE KINGDOM 12:30 SARA’S WEEKNIGHT MEALS 1:00 BAKING WITH JULIA 1:30 LIDIA’S KITCHEN 2:00 IN JULIA’S KITCHEN WITH MASTER CHEFS 2:30 JACQUES PÉPIN: MORE FAST FOOD MY WAY! 3:00 MARTHA STEWART’S COOKING SCHOOL 3:30 MARTHA BAKES — New Season!

4:00 COOK’S COUNTRY FROM AMERICA’S TEST KITCHEN 4:30 AMERICA’S TEST KITCHEN FROM COOK’S ILLUSTRATED — New Season!

5:00 CHRISTOPHER KIMBALL’S MILK STREET TELEVISION SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 5:30PM-1:30AM: 5:30 SAMANTHA BROWN’S PLACES TO LOVE — New Season!

6:00 PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND 6:30 WASHINGTON WEEK — R

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3 Sunday ON WETA TV 26, 6AM-12N. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD. 6AM-9AM WETA KIDS PROGRAMMING 9:00 WHITE HOUSE CHRONICLE 9:30 TO THE CONTRARY WITH BONNIE ERBE 10:00 THIS IS AMERICA AND THE WORLD WITH DENNIS WHOLEY 10:30 DEFENSE NEWS WEEKLY 11:00 THE OPEN MIND 11:30 FIRING LINE WITH MARGARET HOOVER SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 12N-2AM: 12N THE WETA MOVIE: A SOLDIER’S STORY — (1:42) R 2:00 BBC ANTIQUES ROADSHOW 2:30 INDEPENDENT LENS: TELL THEM WE ARE RISING: THE STORY OF BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES — A film explores the pivotal role that historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have played in shaping American history, culture and national identity.

Repeats Wed 2/13, 2:30pm 4:00 FINDING YOUR ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR., SEASON 5 — Part 4 of 10. Dreaming of a New Land. R 5:00 PRIDE AND PREJUDICE — Part 4 of 6. R 6:00 PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND 6:30 WETA ARTS — R

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7:00 THE GREAT BRITISH BAKING SHOW, SERIES 1 — Follow 12 amateur bakers in their quest to be named Britain’s best. Judges are Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood, and Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins provide comic relief. Part 7 of 10. Repeats Sun 2/3, 1am 8:00 MIDSOMER MURDERS, SERIES 14 — NEW TO WETA TV 26/HD! There is a new policeman in town as DCI John Barnaby (Neil Dudgeon) joins DS Benjamin Jones (Jason Hughes) in investigations of scandals and deadly deeds in the seemingly idyllic (fictional) English county of Midsomer. Episode 1 of 8. Death in the Slow Lane. New DCI John Barnaby arrives in Midsomer and is bemused by the quaint villages and their quirky residents. But when a local DJ is killed at a traditional girls’ boarding school, the detective soon discovers that murder and deception are never far away. Samantha Bond (Downtown Abbey; Home Fires) guest stars.

9:35 THE WETA MOVIE: A SOLDIER’S STORY — In Norman Jewison’s 1984 crime drama, an Army lawyer probes the slaying of a sergeant from an all-black unit in 1944 Louisiana. Howard E. Rollins, Adolph Caesar and Denzel Washington star. (1:42) Repeats Sat 2/3, noon 11:30 BLACK AMERICA SINCE MLK: AND STILL I RISE — In a WETA co-production, scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. spotlights the past 50 years of African-American history — from Stokely Carmichael to Barack Obama, James Brown to Beyoncé — charting the remarkable progress made and raising hard questions about the obstacles that remain. Part 1 of 2. Out of the Shadows/ Move on Up. Gates explores African American history from 1965 through the early 1980s, from Selma marches and the Voting Rights Act through the white backlash that developed during the economic downturn of the 1970s and into the Reagan era. This episode includes conversations with Jesse Jackson, Nas and Donna Brazile. (2 hrs.)

4 Monday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: CA’ D’ZAN — Episode 2. Travel to sunny Sarasota for standout finds at Ca’ d’Zan, the home of circus royalty John and Mable Ringling.

9:00 THE BLETCHLEY CIRCLE: SAN FRANCISCO — Years after secretly serving during World War II as codebreakers, four remarkable women use their intellects to solve murders overlooked by police. Actors Rachael Stirling (Churchill’s Secret, Their Finest) and Julie Graham reprise their roles from the original series and are joined by Crystal Balint (as Iris Bearden) and Chanelle Peloso (as Hailey Yarner). Parts 1 & 2 of 8.

Presidio/Wake. When Millie learns of a woman’s death that resembles the murder of a wartime colleague, she persuades Jean to travel to San Francisco. Subsequent deaths make it clear: San Francisco is in the grip of a killer with a dark and complex agenda now menacing Iris’ own neighborhood. Repeats Tue 2/5, 4pm

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Sundays at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26/HD Victoria, Series 3 on Masterpiece continues in a weekly Sunday-night drama lineup that includes Pride and Prejudice and Downton Abbey.

7:00 DOWNTON ABBEY, SERIES 5 ON MASTERPIECE — WETA reprises the drama’s penultimate season, following the Crawley family as it adjusts to life in the Roaring Twenties. Part 7 of 9. Edith is found out. Mary finally shakes a suitor. Isobel and Lord Merton reveal their plans. Robert throws another guest out of the house.

Repeats Mon 2/4, 2pm 8:00 PRIDE AND PREJUDICE — WETA reprises the 1995 BBC adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel. Colin Firth portrays Mr. Darcy and Jennifer Ehle is Elizabeth Bennet. Part 5 of 6. Elizabeth and the Gardiners receive an invitation to Pemberley, where Darcy is more than hospitable.

The next morning, Elizabeth receives two letters from Jane, discussing Lydia’s elopement. Darcy offers his help, but, after digesting the bad news, takes his leave.

Elizabeth supposes she will never see him again. As the Bennets contend with the looming scandal, they receive word that Lydia and Wickham have been found and the situation can be resolved. Repeats Mon 2/4, 5pm; Thur 2/7, 10pm; Fri 2/8, 5pm; Sun 2/10, 5pm 9:00 VICTORIA, SERIES 3 ON MASTERPIECE — Jenna Coleman stars as the fearless young monarch, facing a crisis that threatens to end her reign; Tom Hughes portrays Prince Albert. Part 4 of 8. When Albert leaves the Palace for Cambridge, Victoria faces the impact of a cholera epidemic on the streets of London. Repeats Mon 2/4, 3pm 10:00 MORE MANNERS OF DOWNTON ABBEY, A MASTERPIECE SPECIAL — Return to the world of manners with Alastair Bruce, drama series Downton Abbey’s historical advisor. With interviews with cast members such as Hugh Bonneville and Michelle Dockery, the program navigates the social protocol of aristocrats and servants in the 1920s. Repeats Mon 2/4, 4pm 11:00 MAYA ANGELOU: AND STILL I RISE: AMERICAN MASTERS — The biography series chronicles the prolific life of the “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” author and activist who inspired generations with lyrical modern African-American thought. Featured are interviews with Oprah Winfrey, Common, the Clintons and others.

Repeats Thur 2/14, 1pm; Sun 2/24, 2:30pm 1AM GREAT BRITISH BAKING SHOW, SERIES 1 — Part 7. R

Wednesday, February 6 at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26/HD NOVA: Decoding the Great Pyramid explores new evidence that sheds light on the engineering of Egypt’s Great Pyramid of Giza.

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Tuesdays at 8 p.m. on WETA TV 26/HD Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Season Five continues with more genealogies of new series guests, who include actor Chloë Sevigny, pictured here with Professor Gates.

11:00 INDEPENDENT LENS: BLACK MEMORABILIA — From the South to Brooklyn to China, meet the people who reproduce, consume and reclaim black memorabilia, racially charged objects often wrapped in the protective embrace of antiquity and historical preservation.

12M AMANPOUR AND COMPANY — Repeats noon tomorrow

5 Tuesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 FINDING YOUR ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR., SEASON 5 — In a new season of this WETA coproduction, join Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. to uncover the surprising ancestral stories of 25 cultural trailblazers. Episode 5 of 10. Freedom Tales. Gates delves deep into the roots of two African-American guests, actor S. Epatha Merkerson and athlete and television personality Michael Strahan. Both discover unexpected stories that challenge assumptions about black history. Repeats Wed 2/6, 5pm; Sun 2/10, 4pm 9:00 SEALAB: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE — Discover the mostly forgotten story of the U.S. Navy’s daring and groundbreaking Sealab program, whose “Aquanauts” tested the limits of human endurance and revolutionized our understanding of underseas exploration.

10:00 FRONTLINE: PREDATOR ON THE RESERVATION — Frontline spotlights a pediatrician accused of sexually abusing Native American boys for years, investigating with The Wall Street Journal a decades-long failure to stop a government doctor who moved from reservation to reservation despite warnings.

11:00 AMANPOUR AND COMPANY — Repeats noon tomorrow

6 Wednesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 NATURE: ARCTIC WOLF PACK — Discover the white wolf, one of the most hardened predators on the planet, in Ellesmere Island’s unforgiving ice and snow. In a fight for survival, these roaming hunters must travel far from the den to feed their cubs, putting them at risk.

Repeats Thur 2/7, 5pm 9:00 NOVA: DECODING THE GREAT PYRAMID — Stunning new archaeological evidence provides clues about the Egyptians who built the Great Pyramid of Giza — and how they did it. Join researchers as they delve into the logbook of a work crew and discover how the massive project transformed Egypt. Repeats Thur 2/7, 4pm 10:00 THE DICTATOR’S PLAYBOOK — Learn how six dictators, from Benito Mussolini to Idi Amin, shaped the 20th century. How did they seize and lose power? What forces were against them? Episode 5 of 6. Francisco Franco. Learn how Francisco Franco used the tactics of colonial war to win control of Spain. Driven by a deeply conservative vision, he used torture, murder and incarceration to transform Spanish society.

11:00 AMANPOUR AND COMPANY — Repeats noon tomorrow

7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 DOC MARTIN, SERIES 8 — NEW TO WETA TV 26/HD! The popular British drama Doc Martin’s eighth season continues. Martin Clunes stars as Dr. Martin Ellingham and Caroline Catz portrays his wife, Louisa. Part 7 of 8.

Blade on the Feather. Penhale and Morwenna participate in the annual gig race against another town. Louisa buys a new car, and Martin’s blood phobia causes a disaster with a patient. Repeats Fri 2/8, 4pm 9:30 SHAKESPEARE & HATHAWAY: PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS — Mark Benton portrays private detective Frank Hathaway and Jo Joyner is his partner, Lu Shakespeare.

Part 7 of 10. The Fairest Show Means Most Deceit. At the detective agency, Frank is ambushed by an American, Martin, who claims to be his long lost uncle. In a workplace injury compensation claim investigation, owners of a gift shop suspect employee Lola of making a false compensation claim and need Lu and Frank to prove it.

But their prime suspects have cast-iron alibis. Repeats Fri 2/8, 3pm 10:00 PRIDE AND PREJUDICE — Part 5 of 6. See the Sunday, February 3, 8 p.m. listing. R 11:00 AMANPOUR AND COMPANY — Repeats noon tomorrow

8 Friday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 WASHINGTON WEEK — In WETA’s long-running weekly production, join moderator Robert Costa for a robust roundtable discussion with award-winning journalists who provide reporting and analysis of the major news stories emanating from the nation’s capital. Visit pbs.org/washingtonweek. Repeats Sat 2/9, 6:30pm 8:30 MADAGASCAR — A three-part BBC series narrated

by Sir David Attenborough explores the extraordinary wildlife and dramatic landscapes of the world’s fourth-largest island. Lying just off the coast of Africa, Madagascar is a land of misty mountains, tropical rainforests and spiny desert scrub. Here the wildlife has evolved in splendid isolation to become totally unique.

Episode 1 of 3. Island of Marvels. The great mystery of Madagascar is why it has such a unique and varied flora and fauna, a diversity of life that tops even that of the famed Galapagos Islands.

9:30 LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER: PIPELINE — Meet Nya, an inner-city public high school teacher desperate to save her only son, Omari, in Dominique Morisseau’s new play. When Omari gets in trouble at his private boarding school, Nya must confront his rage and her choices and try to reach him before he is pulled away forever. Karen Pittman and Namir Smallwood star.

11:00 AMANPOUR AND COMPANY — Repeats noon, Monday

9 Saturday ON WETA TV 26, 6AM-5:30PM. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD. 6AM-5:30PM See the Saturday, February 2 listings.

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Thursdays at 8 p.m. on WETA TV 26/HD Doc Martin, Series 8, new to WETA TV 26/HD, continues this month.

Above: Martin Clunes stars alongside Jessica Ransom (Morwenna).

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11:00 Saturday, February 9 at 8 p.m. on WETA TV 26/HD Documentary film Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, on Independent Lens, spotlights the life and legacy of PBS icon Fred Rogers.

ON WETA TV 26, 6AM-12N. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD. 6AM-12N See the Sunday, February 3 listings.

SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 12N-2AM: 12N THE WETA MOVIE: TO SIR, WITH LOVE — (1:45) R 2:00 WETA ARTS — R 2:30 AUGUST WILSON: THE GROUND ON WHICH I STAND: AMERICAN MASTERS — A film captures the legacy of the man some call America’s Shakespeare, from his roots as an activist and poet to his indelible mark on Broadway, telling of Wilson’s triumphs and struggles along the path to such seminal works as Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom; the Pulitzer Prize-winning Fences; Joe Turner’s Come and Gone; the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Piano Lesson; Two Trains Running and others before his untimely death in 2005. Repeats Wed 2/13, 1pm 4:00 FINDING YOUR ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR., SEASON 5 — Part 5 of 10. Freedom Tales. R 5:00 PRIDE AND PREJUDICE — Part 5 of 6. R 6:00 PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND 6:30 DOWNTON ABBEY, SERIES 5 ON MASTERPIECE — Part 8 of 9. Someone tries to derail Rose and Atticus’ happiness.

Mrs. Patmore gets a surprise. Anna is in trouble. Robert has a revelation. Repeats Mon 2/11, 1:30pm 8:00 PRIDE AND PREJUDICE — Colin Firth portrays Darcy and Jennifer Ehle is Elizabeth. Part 6 of 6. After Lydia carelessly mentions Darcy’s involvement in her wedding, Mrs. Gardiner relates to Elizabeth how Darcy helped to resolve the crisis. When Bingley and Darcy return to Netherfield in the autumn, Darcy apologizes to Bingley for intervening in his relationship with Jane. Lady Catherine de Bourgh pays Elizabeth an

11 Monday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: CA’ D’ZAN — Episode 3. Travel to sunny Sarasota for standout finds at Ca’ d’Zan, the home of circus royalty John and Mable Ringling.

9:00 THE BLETCHLEY CIRCLE: SAN FRANCISCO — Four women, former codebreakers, use their intellects to solve murders overlooked by police. Parts 3 & 4 of 8. Charlotte’s Web/Madhouse. The four delve into the mysterious death of Iris’ suburban friend, uncovering a complex cluster of marriages built on lies and deception. After a seemingly innocent man is charged with murder, the women become enmeshed in a tangled suburban tragedy, racing to find both the true killer and the methods before the scent goes cold.

Repeats Tue 2/12, 4pm 11:00 INDEPENDENT LENS: HALE COUNTY THIS MORNING, THIS EVENING — Visit the world of Hale County, Alabama. Composed of unencumbered moments in the lives of people in the community, the film offers a richly detailed glimpse of life in America’s Black Belt.

12:30AM AMANPOUR AND COMPANY — Repeats noon tomorrow

12 Tuesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 FINDING YOUR ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR., SEASON 5 — In a new season of this WETA coproduction, join Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. to uncover the surprising ancestral stories of 25 cultural trailblazers with fascinating histories. Episode 6 of 10. Roots in Politics. Gates explores the diverse family histories of politicians Paul Ryan, Tulsi Gabbard

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Repeats Sun 2/10, 1am 8:00 INDEPENDENT LENS: WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR? — Learn about Fred Rogers, America’s favorite neighbor, in one of the most celebrated theatrical releases of 2018. The documentary tells the story of the soft-spoken minister, puppeteer, writer and producer whose cast of puppets and friends on television program Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood spoke directly to young children about some of life’s weightiest issues in a simple, direct fashion for more than 30 years.

10:00 THE WETA MOVIE: TO SIR, WITH LOVE — In James Clavell’s 1967 drama, Sidney Poitier stars as a black engineer who, unable to find employment in his field, accepts a teaching position in a tough East End London school. (1:45) Repeats Sun 2/10, noon 12M BLACK AMERICA SINCE MLK: AND STILL I RISE — The WETA co-production with scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. continues, exploring the past 50 years of African-American history — charting the remarkable progress made and raising hard questions about the obstacles that remain. Part 2 of 2. Keep Your Head Up/Touch the Sky. Gates explores America’s changing racial landscape — celebrating how far we have come toward equality and asking why we still have so far to go, examining fissures in society that deepened through the 1980s and 1990s and into the 21st century. This episode features conversations with Eric Holder, Shonda Rhimes and DeRay Mckesson. (2 hrs.)

unannounced visit and has a heated discussion with Elizabeth about Darcy. Soon after, thanking Darcy for his role in Lydia’s marriage, Elizabeth resolves her feelings toward him. Repeats Mon 2/11, 5pm; Thur 2/14, 10pm; Fri 2/15, 5pm; Sun 2/17, 4:30pm VICTORIA, SERIES 3 ON MASTERPIECE — Jenna Coleman and Tom Hughes star. Part 5 of 8. After an assassination attempt, the Royal household visits Ireland. Intrigue, conflict and romance all blossom during a stay at the Palmerston estate. Repeats Mon 2/11, 3pm MARGARET: THE REBEL PRINCESS — Learn how Princess Margaret’s life and loves reflected the social and sexual revolution that transformed the western world during the 20th century and redefined society’s image of the modern princess. Part 1 of 2. Repeats Mon 2/11, 4pm INDEPENDENT LENS: BLACK PANTHERS: VANGUARD OF THE REVOLUTION — A film revisits the turbulent 1960s, when a new revolutionary culture emerged with the Black Panther Party at the vanguard. Filmmaker Stanley Nelson tells the story of a pivotal movement.

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Sundays, February 10 & 17 at 10 p.m. on WETA TV 26/HD Margaret: The Rebel Princess profiles Britain’s Princess Margaret, whose life and loves reflected the social and sexual revolution that transformed the western world during the 20th century.

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Tuesday, February 12 at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26/HD Greely Expedition: American Experience chronicles a harrowing 1881 Arctic expedition that ended in shipwreck, mutiny and cannibalism.

and Marco Rubio. They each see a shared vision of the American mosaic reflected in their ancestors’ stories.

Repeats Wed 2/13, 5pm; Sun 2/17, 3:30pm 9:00 GREELY EXPEDITION: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE — Hear the harrowing tale of one of the great scientific adventures of all time. In 1881, 25 men led by Lt. Adolphus Greely sailed to the high Arctic. Three years later, only six returned with a daunting story of shipwreck, mutiny and cannibalism. Repeats Wed 2/13, 4pm 10:00 FRONTLINE: THE ABORTION DIVIDE — At a Pennsylvania abortion clinic, women face unplanned pregnancies— and protesters outside. Drawing on a groundbreaking Frontline program 36 years ago, the film examines what has changed and follows both sides of the divide.

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13 Wednesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 NATURE: WILD WAY OF THE VIKINGS — Experience the natural world through the eyes of the Vikings. From the orca whales of the North Sea to the volcanic mounts of Iceland, learn of the deep history the Vikings had with the land and sea. Ewan McGregor narrates. Repeats Thur 2/14, 5pm 9:00 NOVA: RISE OF THE ROCKETS — Marvel at a new era of space exploration and accessibility, thanks to NASA’s return to crewed spaceflight, as well as private companies such as SpaceX and Virgin Galactic, and technologies that make rockets cheaper and more powerful than ever. Repeats Thur 2/14, 4pm 10:00 THE DICTATOR’S PLAYBOOK — Learn how six dictators, from Benito Mussolini to Saddam Hussein, shaped the 20th century. Episode 6 of 6. Idi Amin. See how Idi Amin used lessons learned in the colonial British Army to build a powerful dictatorship in Uganda. Though a combination of populist charm and brutal violence, he ruled for eight years — until his strategic blunders brought him down.

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14 Thursday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 DOC MARTIN, SERIES 8 — NEW TO WETA TV 26/HD! Martin Clunes and Caroline Catz star. Part 8 of 8. All My Trials. Martin stops practicing the week before his hearing, but patients continue to solicit his advice.

An American tourist asks Mrs. Tishell for help, and Penhale commissions a bust of himself. Sigourney Weaver guest stars. Repeats Fri 2/15, 4pm 9:00 SHAKESPEARE & HATHAWAY: PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS — Episode 8 of 10. The Chameleon’s Dish. Awkward teen Hamish is plagued with a recurring dream in which he sees the body of a murdered woman before waking. He’s sure it’s a premonition and asks Frank and Lu to tail him over the weekend. Pretending to be newlyweds, Frank and Lu end up at a silent retreat, run by Hamish’s hippy mother and stepfather. Goings-on in the night distract the pair from their mission and Frank wakes to learn that a death has occurred and Hamish is implicated. Repeats Fri 2/15, 3pm

7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 WASHINGTON WEEK — In WETA’s long-running weekly production, join moderator Robert Costa for a robust roundtable discussion with award-winning journalists who provide reporting and analysis of the major news stories emanating from the nation’s capital. Visit pbs.org/washingtonweek. Repeats Sat 2/16, 6:30pm 8:30 MADAGASCAR — Sir David Attenborough narrates an exploration of the extraordinary wildlife and landscapes of the island. Episode 2 of 3. Lost Worlds. On the east side of the island, rugged mountains rise dramatically from the Indian Ocean. These uplands catch drenching rains almost all year round; steep and inaccessible, they are the most diverse part of the island. This program travels from the highest mountains, where trees are few and it’s cold enough for frost, through the lush, cloaking rainforests, down to the tropical coast, discovering ringtailed lemurs, jeweled geckos and predatory wasps.

9:30 MOVIES FOR GROWNUPS AWARDS 2019 WITH AARP THE MAGAZINE — Watch filmmakers and actors receive the 2019 Movies for Grownups Awards. The awards were established to celebrate and encourage filmmaking that appeals to movie lovers with a grownup state of mind — and to recognize its artists.

This year, actor Shirley MacLaine receives a career achievement honor. Repeats Sat 2/16, 1am 11:30 AMANPOUR AND COMPANY — Repeats noon, Monday

16 Saturday ON WETA TV 26, 6AM-5:30PM. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD. 6AM-5:30PM See the Saturday, February 2 listings.

SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 5:30PM-1AM 5:30 SAMANTHA BROWN’S PLACES TO LOVE 6:00 PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND 6:30 WASHINGTON WEEK — R 7:00 GREAT BRITISH BAKING SHOW, SERIES 1 — Part 9 of 10.

Repeats Sun 2/17, 12:30am 8:00 MIDSOMER MURDERS, SERIES 14 — NEW TO WETA TV 26/HD! Neil Dudgeon and Jason Hughes star.

Episode 2 of 8. Dark Secrets. The reclusive lives of elderly eccentrics William and Mary Bingham (Edward Fox and Phyllida Law) come under police scrutiny when a social services investigator is murdered. Barnaby and Jones must unearth generations of family secrets and decipher astronomical charts to find the killer. Fiona Dolman stars as Sarah Barnaby, John Barnaby’s spouse.

9:33 THE WETA MOVIE: CAROUSEL — In Henry King’s 1956 fantasy-musical, a carnival barker (Gordon MacRae) finds a wife (Shirley Jones), dies in a robbery, and years later gets to return to Earth for one day to guide his teenage daughter. (2:09) Repeats Sun 2/17, noon 12M AN EVENING WITH KEN CHENAULT — Sportscaster James Brown, of Washington, D.C., interviews former American Express CEO Ken Chenault at New York City’s The New York Times Center in a November 2018 event. The program pays tribute to the extraordinary life and career of one of the nation’s most accomplished business and civic leaders, presenting stories of ambition and perseverance. (1 hr.)

17 Sunday ON WETA TV 26, 6AM-12N. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD. 6AM-12N See the Sunday, February 3 listings.

SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 12N-1:30AM: 12N THE WETA MOVIE: CAROUSEL — (2:09) R 2:30 BBC ANTIQUES ROADSHOW 3:00 WETA ARTS — R 3:30 FINDING YOUR ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR., SEASON 5 — Episode 6 of 10. Roots in Politics. R 4:30 PRIDE AND PREJUDICE — Part 6 of 6. R 5:30 PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND 6:00 DOWNTON ABBEY, SERIES 5 ON MASTERPIECE — The drama’s penultimate season concludes. Part 9 of 9. The Crawleys go to a shooting party at a castle in Northumberland and return to Downton for a joyful Christmas holiday. Repeats Mon 2/18, 1pm

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7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 FINDING YOUR ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR., SEASON 5 — In a new season of this WETA co-production, join Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. to uncover the surprising ancestral stories of 25 cultural trailblazers. Episode 7 of 10. No Laughing Matter. Gates shows comedians Seth Meyers, Tig Notaro and Sarah Silverman that their family trees are filled with people whose struggles laid the groundwork for their success. Gates also reveals to each one news of an unexpected DNA cousin. Repeats Wed 2/20, 5pm; Sun 2/24, 4:30pm 9:00 SAMMY DAVIS, JR.: I’VE GOTTA BE ME: AMERICAN MASTERS — Explore the entertainer’s vast talent and journey for identity through the shifting tides of civil rights and racial progress in 20th-century America.

Interviewees include Billy Crystal and Whoopi Goldberg

Wednesday, February 20 at 8 p.m. on WETA TV 26/HD Nature: Living Volcanoes explores the variety of activity, both human and natural, that occurs on the slopes of active volcanoes.

Above: Lava explodes out of Mount Etna during an eruption.

Tuesday, February 19 at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26/HD Sammy Davis, Jr.: I’ve Gotta Be Me: American Masters profiles the entertainer, spotlighting his vast talent and search for identity.

Above: Davis and friends, co-stars of the 1960 film Ocean’s 11.

and featured are clips from Davis’ television, film and concert performances. Repeats Wed 2/20, 3pm; Thur 2/21, 1pm; Wed 2/27, 1pm 11:00 AMANPOUR AND COMPANY — Repeats noon tomorrow

20 Wednesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 NATURE: LIVING VOLCANOES — Learn about the variety of activity, both human and natural, that occurs on the slopes of active volcanoes. See the surprising number of animals that survive and thrive alongside these fiery natural phenomena. Repeats Thur 12/21, 5pm 9:00 NOVA: THE NEXT POMPEII — Discover Campi Flegrei, a lesser-known volcano in the shadow of Vesuvius. If it erupts, millions of lives could be at risk. Meet the scientists exploring its geography and developing a warning system to prevent Naples from becoming the next Pompeii. Repeats Thur 2/21, 4pm 10:00 SECRETS OF THE DEAD: THE NERO FILES — Take a closer look at the life and legend of Nero, the infamous Roman emperor, as a forensics profiler attempts to find out what history may have gotten wrong about Nero’s alleged tyranny. Repeats Thur 2/21, 3pm 11:00 AMANPOUR AND COMPANY — Repeats noon tomorrow

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7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: HOTEL DE CORONADO — Episode 1. Discover covetable California items appraised at Hotel del Coronado. Repeats Tue 2/19, 2pm; Wed 2/20, 1pm; Fri 2/22, 1pm 9:00 THE BLETCHLEY CIRCLE: SAN FRANCISCO — Parts 5 & 6 of 8. Not Cricket/Iron in War. A bloodied and battered stranger collapses on Millie and Jean’s doorstep, dragging them into a mysterious criminal underworld.

Having uncovered a covert system of police corruption, the women must go it alone, crafting a sting operation in order to draw out two warring factions and see justice done. Repeats Tue 2/19, 4pm 11:00 AMANPOUR AND COMPANY — Repeats noon tomorrow

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8:00 SECRETS OF HIGHCLERE CASTLE — The 1,300-year-old English castle, now famous as the setting of Downton Abbey, was the social epicenter of Edwardian England.

See how the inhabitants of Highclere lived, from the aristocrats who enjoyed a life of luxury to the army of servants toiling “below stairs,” and find out how the current inhabitants, Lord and Lady Carnarvon, maintain the estate. Repeats Mon 2/18, 5pm; Tue 2/19, 1pm; Fri 2/22, 5pm 9:00 VICTORIA, SERIES 3 ON MASTERPIECE — Jenna Coleman and Tom Hughes star. Part 6 of 8. A Georgian ball at the Palace could not come at a worse time as private pictures of the royal family are made public.

Repeats Mon 2/18, 3pm 10:00 MARGARET: THE REBEL PRINCESS — Learn how Princess Margaret’s life and loves reflected the social and sexual revolution that transformed the western world during the 20th century and redefined society’s image of the modern princess. Part 2 of 2. Repeats Mon 2/18, 4pm 11:00 POV: QUEST — Watch an intimate film capturing eight years in the life of a black family from Philadelphia.

Follow Christopher “Quest” Rainey, and his wife, Christine’a “Ma Quest,” as they raise a family and nurture a community of hip-hop artists.

12:30AM GREAT BRITISH BAKING SHOW, SERIES 1 — Part 9. R

21 Thursday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 SECRETS OF CHATSWORTH — A program surveys the 500-year history of Britain’s Chatsworth estate and explores its American connections. Chatsworth has been home to an array of interesting notables. Repeats Fri 2/22, 4pm 9:00 SHAKESPEARE & HATHAWAY: PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS — Part 9 of 10. The Rascal Cook. When a dead rat makes an unwelcome appearance at Hiverna Restaurant on their most important evening, head chef Len Tekler is furious. Someone is trying to keep him from winning a Restaurant of the Year award and he wants to know who. He calls in Frank and Lu, but they’re unable to crack the case before the saboteur strikes again. An apoplectic Len swears revenge but events take a tragic turn. As the pair learn from acerbic blogger Paulina, there are many people with good reason to wish despotic Len ill, but who would want to silence him forever? Repeats Fri 2/22, 2pm 10:00 SHAKESPEARE & HATHAWAY: PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS — Part 10 of 10. Ill Met By Moonlight. An almighty crash in the middle of the night alarms Lady Tania. On investigation she discovers her rebellious daughter, Mia, is missing along with a precious necklace. Frustrated with her wayward daughter and distraught at the loss of her jewelry, she summons Frank and Lu to her stately home. Upon arriving, the pair spots workers preparing for the annual Autumn Equinox Ball. Lady Tania issues clear instructions: she’ll pay a tidy sum for the duo to crack the case, but only if they retrieve the missing jewel before the ball. Repeats Fri 2/22, 3pm 11:00 AMANPOUR AND COMPANY — Repeats noon tomorrow

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7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 WASHINGTON WEEK — In WETA’s long-running weekly production, join moderator Robert Costa for a robust roundtable discussion with award-winning journalists who provide reporting and analysis of the major news stories emanating from the nation’s capital. Visit pbs.org/washingtonweek. Repeats Sat 2/23, 6:30pm 8:30 MADAGASCAR — Sir David Attenborough narrates an exploration of the extraordinary wildlife and landscapes of the island. Episode 3 of 3. Land of Heat and Dust. The south of Madagascar is home to its most extraordinary landscapes, from forests of upside-down trees, to alien spiny deserts. In stark contrast to the east, this is a place that’s bone-dry for most of the year, but it’s rich in wildlife. Here only the toughest and most opportunistic survive, and some of the strategies for survival are ingenious.

9:30 INDEPENDENT LENS: I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO — An Academy Award-nominated documentary by Raoul Peck envisions the book James Baldwin never finished, a revolutionary and personal account of the lives and successive assassinations of three of his close friends: Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. 11:00 AMANPOUR AND COMPANY — Repeats noon, Monday

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WETA Television

ON WETA TV 26, 6AM-5:30PM. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD. 6AM-5:30PM See the Saturday, February 2 listings.

SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 5:30PM-3AM 5:30 SAMANTHA BROWN’S PLACES TO LOVE 6:00 PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND 6:30 WASHINGTON WEEK — R 7:00 GREAT BRITISH BAKING SHOW, SERIES 1 — Part 10 of 10. Repeats Sun 2/24, midnight 8:00 MIDSOMER MURDERS, SERIES 14 — NEW TO WETA TV 26/HD! Neil Dudgeon and Jason Hughes star. Episode 3 of 8. Echoes of the Dead. When a young woman is dressed like a bride and drowned in a bath, it triggers a spate of ghoulish murders in Great Worthy. The case takes Barnaby and Jones to a donkey sanctuary, a heritage steam railway and a pub run by an ex-copper and former brothel madam. With the serial killer still at large, could history be repeating itself? Pam Ferris (Call the Midwife) guest stars.

9:35 THE WETA MOVIE: EYEWITNESS — In Peter Yates’ 1981 crime drama, a janitor (William Hurt) pretends to know something about a murder to get close to a TV newswoman (Sigourney Weaver) but himself becomes a target. Christopher Plummer and James Woods co-star.

(1:43) Repeats Sun 2/24, noon

Sunday, February 24 at 10 p.m. on WETA TV 26/HD To Walk Invisible: The Bronte Sisters on Masterpiece presents the story of the famed literary trio and the sisters’ success in their era.

COURTESY BBC

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Sunday, February 24 at 8 p.m. on WETA TV 26/HD Kolkata with Sue Perkins features the comedian exploring the vibrant Indian megacity to learn about its people, its past and its future.

11:30 POV: MINDING THE GAP — A film spotlights three young men who bond together to escape volatile families in their Rust Belt hometown. As they face adult responsibilities, unexpected revelations threaten their decadelong friendship.

1AM THE TALK: RACE IN AMERICA — In the wake of tragic and fatal interactions between men of color and law enforcement, a program explores how black and Hispanic families counsel their kids to stay safe if they are stopped by the police. (2 hrs.)

24 Sunday ON WETA TV 26, 6AM-12N. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD. 6AM-12N See the Sunday, February 3 listings.

SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 12N-1AM: 12N THE WETA MOVIE: EYEWITNESS — (1:43) R 2:00 BBC ANTIQUES ROADSHOW 2:30 MAYA ANGELOU: AND STILL I RISE: AMERICAN MASTERS — R 4:30 FINDING YOUR ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR., SEASON 5 — Episode 7 of 10. No Laughing Matter. R 5:30 WETA ARTS — R 6:00 PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND 6:30 DOWNTON ABBEY, SERIES 6 ON MASTERPIECE — As the final season of the popular drama opens, the year is 1925. Momentous changes threaten the great house, its owners and staff, and past scandals loom. Episode 1 of 9. Extortion and downsizing threaten Downton Abbey.

Change is afoot at the hospital. Mrs. Hughes poses a delicate question. Daisy speaks her mind, and Anna and Bates wait for the word. Repeats Mon 2/25, 1:30pm 8:00 KOLKATA WITH SUE PERKINS — Comedian Sue Perkins explores the story of India through the life of one of its most beguiling and exuberant cities, Kolkata. From its grand history as the seat of British Imperial power to its modern reincarnation as a center of commerce, the past, present and future of India co-exist here like nowhere else. Through encounters with people from every strata of society, Perkins unravels the strands that make this megacity work. Repeats Tue 2/26, 1pm 9:00 VICTORIA, SERIES 3 ON MASTERPIECE — Jenna Coleman and Tom Hughes star. Part 7 of 8. Albert and Palmerston put their reputations on the line, and Victoria must fight against her better judgment to decide where to place her allegiance. Repeats Mon 2/25, 3pm 10:00 TO WALK INVISIBLE: THE BRONTE SISTERS ON MASTERPIECE — Learn the story of how, against all odds, the famous literary trio had their genius for writing romantic novels recognized in a male-dominated 19th-century world. Repeats Mon 2/25, 4pm 12M GREAT BRITISH BAKING SHOW, SERIES 1 — Part 10. R

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25 Monday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: HOTEL DE CORONADO — Episode 2. Discover covetable California items appraised at Hotel del Coronado. Repeats Tue 2/26, 2pm 9:00 THE BLETCHLEY CIRCLE: SAN FRANCISCO — Parts 7 & 8 of 8. Fog of War/In for a Pound. When a Russian diplomat dies in Iris’s arms, the FBI sweeps in to control the story and rule the death accidental, and Iris is forced to get involved to protect her family. A death in the Big Bop Club brings an international incident right to their doorstep, while the women grapple with Jean’s sudden disappearance. Repeats Tue 2/26, 4pm 11:00 AMANPOUR AND COMPANY — Repeats noon tomorrow

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The WETA Kids channel offers a safe haven for young viewers, presenting educational programming 24 hours each day, seven days a week.

WETA KIDS ON WEEKDAYS

27 Wednesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 NATURE: YOSEMITE — Yosemite is a land forged in wildfire and sculpted by water, but with climate change, water is scarcer and fire more common. Join scientists and adventurers to investigate how these global changes are affecting one of America’s greatest wildernesses.

9:00 NOVA: THE GREAT HUMAN ODYSSEY — Walk in the footsteps of our ancient ancestors as scientists trace the paths that led us out of Africa and around the world. From snowy Siberia to remote Pacific islands, discover how humans survived and thrived in every corner of the planet.

11:00 AMANPOUR AND COMPANY

28 Thursday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 AGING BACKWARDS 2 WITH MIRANDA ESMONDEWHITE — Many people think that how they age — whether or not they will remain mobile, healthy, and pain free throughout their entire lives — is a matter of luck. But we have a choice in how we age. Former professional ballerina Miranda Esmonde-White uses science to explain that the fountain of youth is within each of us and explores how to access it.

9:00 MY MUSIC: RHYTHM, LOVE & SOUL — A classic concert program hosted by the late Aretha Franklin and Lou Rawls features 20 legends of R&B, Motown, and Soul, reuniting to perform their biggest romantic and soul hits from the 1960s and ’70s. Artists include Gloria Gaynor, The Manhattans, Edwin Starr, Peaches & Herb, The Spinners, Thelma Houston and many others.

11:00 RETIRE SAFE & SECURE WITH ED SLOTT 2019 — What do recent tax code changes mean for you and your family, and how can you protect your hardearned savings? Retirement, tax and financial expert Ed Slott, CPA, explores these topics and more in this special. (90 min.)

WETA KIDS AIRINGS IN BLACK; WETA TV 26 IN BLUE • Curious George, 5am • Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, 5:30am • Sesame Street, 6am • Peg + Cat, 6:30am (6am) • Arthur, 7am (6:30am) • Ready Jet Go!, 7:30am (7am) • Wild Kratts, 8am (7:30am) • Nature Cat, 8:30am (8am) • Curious George, 9am (8:30am) • Let’s Go Luna!, 9:30am (9am) • Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, 10am, 10:30am (9:30am, 10am) • Pinkalicious and Peterrific, 11am (10:30am) • Sesame Street, 11:30am (11am) • Splash and Bubbles, 12N (11:30am) • Dinosaur Train, 12:30pm • The Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That!, 1pm • Sesame Street, 1:30pm • Super WHY!, 2pm (5am) • Pinkalicious and Peterrific, 2:30pm • Let’s Go Luna!, 3pm • Nature Cat, 3:30pm • Wild Kratts, 4pm, 4:30pm Visit weta.org/kids • Odd Squad, 5pm, 5:30pm for full listings of • Arthur, 6pm, 6:30pm children’s programs • Ready Jet Go!, 7pm on WETA Kids • WordGirl, 7:30pm & WETA TV 26.

• Sesame Street, 8pm, 8:30pm • Cyberchase, 9pm (5:30am) • Odd Squad, 9:30pm • SciGirls, 10pm • Maya & Miguel, 10:30pm • Let’s Go Luna!, 11pm • Ready Jet Go!, 11:30pm • Arthur, 12M

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7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 FINDING YOUR ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR., SEASON 5 — In a new season of this WETA co-production, join Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. to uncover the surprising ancestral stories of 25 cultural trailblazers. Episode 8 of 10. Hard Times. Gates explores the family stories of filmmaker Michael Moore and actors Laura Linney and Chloë Sevigny — three people whose distant ancestors overcame great hardships in ways that resonate with their lives today. Repeats Wed 2/27, 5pm 9:00 ROADS TO MEMPHIS: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE — A film by Stephen Ives examines the disparate but fatefully entwined stories of assassin James Earl Ray and his target, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., against the backdrop of the turbulent forces that led these two men to their violent collision in Memphis in 1968.

Repeats Wed 2/27, 4pm 10:00 FRONTLINE: RIGHT TO FAIL — After decades in institutions, a man with schizophrenia must now live on his own. In collaboration with ProPublica, Frontline investigates a court-ordered effort to move those with serious mental illness into independent living.

11:00 AMANPOUR AND COMPANY — Repeats noon tomorrow

Wednesday, February 27 at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26/HD NOVA: The Great Human Odyssey traces the path of Homo sapiens out of Africa and examines how humans spread around the planet.

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

P.M. PROGRAMMING ON WETA UK IN FEBRUARY SUNDAY

12pm

Pride and Prejudice

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WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

Are You Being Served?

Are You Being Served?

Are You Being Served?

Are You Being Served?

As Time Goes By

As Time Goes By

As Time Goes By

As Time Goes By

As Time Goes By

Victoria, Series 3 on Masterpiece

New Tricks

New Tricks

New Tricks

New Tricks

New Tricks

Doc Martin, Series 8

Midsomer Murders, Series 11 (Series 14 starts 2/10)

MI-5

MI-5

MI-5

MI-5

MI-5

Father Brown, Series 6

Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators

Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead

800 Words, Series 1

Foyle’s War, Series 6

Great British Baking Show Masterclasses

Midsomer Murders, Series 11 (Series 14 starts 2/12)

• Earth’s Great Seasons • Museum Secrets (starts 2/27)

Midsomer Murders, Series 14

800 Words, Series 1

Wallander, Series 2 & 3

Silk (Series 2 starts 2/10)

• Earth’s Great Seasons • Museum Secrets (2/25)

Pie in the Sky, Series 2

Doc Martin, Series 8

• Camp X • Spies of Warsaw (starts 2/21)

EastEnders

Great British Baking Show Series 2 Masterclasses

Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators

• Pride and Prejudice • Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (2/26)

Victoria, Series 3 on Masterpiece

Doc Martin, Series 8

Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators

Earth’s Great Seasons

Are You Being Served?

Are You Being Served?

Are You Being Served?

Are You Being Served?

Are You Being Served?

As Time Goes By

As Time Goes By

As Time Goes By

As Time Goes By

As Time Goes By

Great British Baking Show Series 2 & 3 Masterclasses

Pie in the Sky, Series 2

Doctor Blake Mysteries, Series 5 (Series 2 starts 2/12)

Midsomer Father Brown, Murders, Series 14 Series 6 (New to WETA!)

• Earth’s Great Seasons • Museum Secrets (starts 2/24)

• Pride and Prejudice • Miss Marple: At Bertram’s Hotel (2/25)

Doc Martin, Series 8

• Camp X • Spies of Warsaw (starts 2/20)

800 Words, Series 1 (Series 2 starts 2/28)

Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators

Victoria, Series 3 Silent Witness, Series 17 (Series 18 on Masterpiece starts 10:30pm, 2/25)

The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco (to 12m) (double feature)

Dreamland, Series 1 (Series 2 starts 2/28)

Secrets of: Tower of London (2/3); Selfridges (2/10); Scotland Yard (2/17); Underground London (2/24)

Father Brown, Series 6 (11:30pm on 2/25)

12:30pm

1pm

MONDAY Are You Being Served?

Doctor Blake Mysteries, Series 5 (Series 2 starts 2/16)

1:30pm

2pm 2:30pm

3pm 3:30pm

4pm 4:30pm

5pm 5:30pm

6pm 6:30pm

7pm 7:30pm

8pm 8:30pm

9pm 9:30pm

10pm 10:30pm

11pm 11:30pm

SUNDAY

MONDAY

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates, Series 2

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

Doc Martin, Series 8

Pie in the Sky, Series 2

• Downton Abbey, Series 6 (2/2, to 8pm) • BBC Antiques Roadshow (6:30pm, 2/9-2/23) • Camp X (7pm, 2/9-2/16) • Spies of Warsaw (7pm, starts 2/23)

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates, Series 2

Victoria, Series 3 on Masterpiece

Wallander, Series 2 (Series 3 starts 2/8)

Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators

Silk, Series 1 (Series 2 starts 2/9) Indian Summers, Series 1 on Masterpiece (2 hrs on 2/22)

Midsomer Murders, Series 14

Father Brown, Series 6 (12:30am on 2/22)

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

Silent Witness, Series 17

SATURDAY

VISIT WETAUK.ORG FOR A PRINTABLE FULL-DAY SCHEDULE.

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WETA UK February Highlights Coming to WETA UK this month!

Midsomer Murders, Series 14 (New to WETA!) Wednesdays at 8 p.m. starting Feb. 6 – See page 1

The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco

Wednesdays at 10 p.m. starting Feb. 6 – See page 1

Camp X

two-part Canadian docu-drama relates the story of North America’s first secretagent training school, including the role it played in defeating the Axis Powers during World War II, and its role in forging the world of modern espionage. These are investigated through the first archaeological dig of the former British facility’s site in Ontario; demonstrations of the school’s training techniques; first-person accounts of those who trained; and dramatic recreations of their exploits behind enemy lines.

Dubbed “the school of mayhem and murder,” Camp X and the training centers that it spawned educated more than 25,000 secret agents during the war.

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Spies of Warsaw

Wednesdays at 9 p.m. starting Feb. 20 on WETA UK

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avid Tennant and Janet Montgomery star in an adaptation of Alan Furst’s celebrated spy novel set in Poland, Paris and Berlin in the years leading up to World War II. At the French embassy in Warsaw, the new military attaché, Colonel Jean-Francois Mercier, is drawn into a world of abduction, betrayal and intrigue in the diplomatic salons and back alleys of the city as French and German intelligence operatives engage in a life-and-death struggle on the espionage battlefield. The aristocrat and decorated war hero is also involved in a passionate love affair with a Parisian woman of Polish heritage, Anna Szarbeck (Montgomery), a lawyer for the League of Nations. Risking his life, Mercier works in the shadows amid a remarkable cast of characters, some known to him as spies, some never to be revealed. Anton Lesser (Endeavour) and Tuppence Middleton (New Tricks) co-star.

Museum Secrets, Series 1

six-part series travels to the world’s most famous museums in search of fascinating stories connected to exhibits held in their collections. Why is a Vatican masterpiece covered in heretical graffiti? How does the Louvre protect the Mona Lisa? Why did Napoleon commission a painting full of lies? Each episode focuses on one museum and tells stories about 6-8 pieces held in the collection. The series explores revelations about the world’s most famous art, such as the Sistine Chapel and the Golden Mask of King Tutankhamun, and also delves into spaces the public doesn’t see: a newly discovered necropolis next to the Vatican Museums, the mysterious “tank room” of Britain’s Natural History Museum, and the research labs of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Also this month: Pride and Prejudice continues Mondays at 9 p.m.; Doc Martin, Series 8 continues Tuesdays at 9 p.m.; 800 Words and Dreamland continue Thursdays at 9 p.m. and 10 p.m., respectively, each entering series 2 on February 28; Wallander continues on Fridays at 9 p.m., entering Series 3 on February 8; Victoria, Series 3 on Masterpiece continues Saturdays at 8 p.m.; Shakespeare and Hathaway continues Saturdays at 9 p.m.; Silk continues Saturdays at 10 p.m., entering Series 2 on February 9; and Earth’s Great Seasons continues Sundays at 9 p.m.

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Classical WETA 90.9 FM Masterworks on Choral Showcase Sundays at 9 p.m.

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By Bill Bukowski, Midday On-Air Host

A River Runs through February’s NSO Showcase Wednesday, February 6 at 9 p.m.

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lassical WETA 90.9 FM’s monthly NSO Showcase broadcast in February celebrates the majesty of nature with Robert Schumann’s “Rhenish” Symphony and Igor Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring. Also featured on the program are Berlioz’ Overture to Les francs-juges and Mozart’s Violin Concerto No.3. The National Symphony Orchestra was recorded by WETA at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

In 1850, Schumann started a new job as music director in Dusseldorf. It was an exciting opportunity for the 40-yearold composer, and the 3rd Symphony, nicknamed “The Rhenish,” is a celebration of his new home in the Rhineland. Christoph Eschenbach conducts this NSO performance.

The idea for Stravinsky’s ballet The Rite of Spring came to him as “a fleeting vision...I saw in my imagination a solemn pagan rite: sage elders, seated in a circle, watched a young girl dance herself to death. They were sacrificing her to propitiate the god of spring.” Small wonder that the composition’s 1913 Paris premiere created such a riot. Leonard Slatkin conducts.

Berlioz’ first opera, Les francs-juges, was never performed, but he recycled some of the music into the Symphonie fantastique, and the overture became a favorite on the concert stage, especially popular with trombonists. The dark story concerned deadly secret trials in the Middle Ages; the composer called the opera “a hymn of despair.” Ludovic Morlot conducts.

Mozart was the second concertmaster in the Archbishop of Salzburg’s band, under Michael Haydn (Joseph’s little brother). He composed five violin concertos for his own use. The third — which we present — dates from 1775, when Mozart was 19. Concertmaster Nurit Bar-Josef (right) is featured in this performance conducted by Christoph Eschenbach.

Join me on February 6 for a varied program ranging from the shock of Stravinsky’s Rite of NSO Concertmaster Spring to the lyricism of Mozart.

NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA/STEVE WILSON

Classical WETA 90.9 FM

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horal Showcase in February presents two large works for chorus and orchestra, along with several works for smaller forces. On February 3, Osmo Vänskä conducts the Minnesota Orchestra in Kullervo, a choral symphony

by Jean Sibelius. Drawn from Finland’s national epic poem, The Kalevala, the saga of Kullervo offers a twist on the story of Oedipus: After a rival tribe massacres his “Kullervo Marches to War” family and enslaves him, Kullervo grows up to become a warrior. He seduces a young girl; when it turns out she is his long-lost sister, she drowns herself, and in his grief, he slays the rival tribe before killing himself. On February 10, Washington’s 21st Century Consort performs Sacred Songs and Meditations, a work composed for them by James Primosch. Also on the program, the medieval ensemble Sequentia performs Symphoniae, or Spiritual Songs, composed by the Sibyl of the Rhine: abbess, composer, mystic, and Doctor of the Church, St Hildegard von Bingen. On February 17, we have music for four voices: three mass settings, starting with William Byrd’s Mass for Four Voices sung by the Oxford Camerata led by Jeremy Summerly. The Missa in honorem Sancti Dominici (St Dominic Mass), written by 20th-century English composer Edmund Rubbra upon his conversion to Catholicism (on the feast of St Dominic), recalls the ancient Tudor style of Byrd and is performed by the Westminster Cathedral Choir directed by James O’Donnell. Wrapping up the program is Paul Hillier directing the Theatre of Voices in Arvo Pärt’s sublime Berlin Mass. On February 24, we present Die Schöpfung — The Creation by Franz Joseph Haydn, a work from his later years that brings all of his powers and all musical forces to bear to depict the story of Creation from the Book of Genesis. Join me for choral masterworks on Choral Showcase this month, Sundays at 9 p.m.

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Classical for Washington Music From China Ensemble and More on Front Row Washington Mondays at 9 p.m.

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By John Banther, On-Air Host and Producer

GREGORY FAVRE

e start this month of Front Row Washington with a celebration! It’s Lunar New Year, also known as Chinese New Year, on February 5, marking Music From China Ensemble the start of the year of the Pig (their chubby faces and big ears a sign of wealth!). On February 4 we celebrate with Music From China Ensemble’s exceptional concert at the Freer|Sackler.

Their performance was devoted to new music for Chinese and Western instruments, and included a world premiere by Grammy-nominated composer Zhou Tian. We’ll enjoy arrangements of traditional folk songs for Chinese and Western instruments, and 20th-century works such as Drinking Alone with the Moon by Wang Guowei and River Songs by Yang Yong.

Drinking Alone with the Moon is inspired by the poem of the same name by Tang dynasty poet, Li Bai. Composed in 2014 for erhu, cello and violin, each instrument plays a specific role. The erhu is the poet, the cello is his shadow, and the violin is the personification of the moon. River Songs, composed in 2001, was inspired by Hequ, a county in the Shanxi province that lies at the tip of the Yellow River delta. The people from this area are known for their singing, and River Songs gives insight into their lives over three avant-garde movements. Composed in 2018, Zhou Tian’s Hundred Antiques was inspired by traditional Chinese decorative arts and was co-commissioned by the Freer|Sackler and the Music From China Ensemble. Zhou Tian is able to reflect this deep tradition in a contemporary work for Chinese instruments (erhu and pipa), Western instruments (violin and cello) Cellist Edgar Moreau and Chinese Bells.

Also this month, we have the 2018 New York International Piano Competition winner, Youlan Ji, in her Phillips Collection performance on February 11. We listen to Edgar Moreau, cello, and Jessica Xylina Osborne, piano, from Candlelight Concert Society on February 18. To finish the month we enjoy a Phillips Collection concert of pianist Sergei Babayan on February 25. Join me every Monday evening at 9 p.m. for Front Row Washington on Classical WETA.

Classical WETA Opera House

Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcasts Feb. 2:

Bizet’s Carmen With Clémentine Margaine & Roberto Alagna Louis Langrée conducts

Feb. 9:

Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta & Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle (at 12:30 p.m.)

With Sonya Yoncheva & Matthew Polenzani; and with Gerald Finley Henrik Nánási conducts

Feb. 16: Mozart’s Don Giovanni With Luca Pisaroni, Rachel Willis-Sørensen, Federica Lombardi, Aida Garifullina, Stanislas de Barbeyrac and Ildar Abdrazakov Cornelius Meister conducts Feb. 23: Verdi’s Rigoletto With Nadine Sierra, Vittorio Grigolo and Roberto Frontali Nicola Luisotti conducts

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Nadine Sierra as Gilda in Verdi’s Rigoletto

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