Jan 2011 - WETA Magazine

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The Space Age: NASA’s Story

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shering in the New Year with a great program lineup, this month, WETA TV 26 and WETA HD boast extraordinary offerings across a wide array of genres for television viewers around our community to sample and enjoy. From fascinating science and nature documentaries, to engaging dramas and mysteries, to a host of intriguing history and public affairs programs, we truly have something for everyone.

And, in addition to the primetime lineup simulcast on these two principal channels, WETA also offers another realm of exciting program alternatives on our WETA Create channel — for doers and dreamers interested in lifestyle content spotlighting cooking, travel, hobbies, arts and crafts, gardening, woodworking and much more.

Each day on WETA Create, we present these programs around the clock, featuring more than 35 series in rotation.

Daytime Create programming consists of the full array of lifestyle series until 6 p.m., after which we broadcast WETA TV 26-produced films about the Greater Washington community amid the finest in cooking shows by top chefs Julia Child, Jacques Pépin, Sara Moulton, Washington’s own José Andrés, Martha Stewart and her team at Everyday Food, the Cooks Illustrated team at America’s Test Kitchen, and many others.

Tune in to WETA TV 26 and WETA HD this month, and also sample WETA Create. Please note that while WETA Create may not be offered on every subscription cable and satellite television service, anyone can view the channel via over-the-air reception with an antenna. Visit weta.org/create for schedule information.

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Eyes on the Prize II on MLK Jr. Day

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airs Monday, January 17, 9:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. on WETA TV 26

n celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, WETA TV 26 broadcasts series two of the landmark film Eyes on the Prize, considered the definitive video history of America’s Civil Rights Movement. The full documentary airs on January 17, exploring the Movement from the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s. Among topics explored are black nationalism and the Black Power movement (Pt 1); separate and unequal societies, an urban uprising in Detroit, and King’s battle against segregation in Chicago housing (Pt 2); Cleveland’s election of a black mayor, and Oakland’s Black Panther Party (Pt 3); King’s Poor People’s Campaign and his assassination in Memphis (Pt 4); black consciousness at Howard University, and the organization of the National Black Power Convention (Pt 5); law enforcement agencies’ response to black activism (Pt 6); legal tests of antidiscrimination rights (Pt 7); and Miami riots and Chicago’s election of Harold Washington (Pt 8).

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(Baltimore area) Cover: Apollo 11 at liftoff, July 16, 1969. Photo: ©NASA

In the Spotlight The Space Age: NASA’s Story

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airs Tuesdays in January at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD

four-part BBC series, The Space Age: NASA’s Story presents a complete history of mankind’s journey into space, spotlighting the heroes, triumphs and tragedies of space exploration. The programs feature stunningly restored film footage and insightful interviews with the astronauts, journalists and family members who were part of the saga. Footage reveals space walks, moonwalks, exaltation and despair through the eyes and feelings of these participants. Starting with NASA’s beginnings during the Cold War, the series follows events from the race to get the first man in space to the first steps on the Moon. With triumph and achievement came risk — and disaster — as The Space Age: NASA’s Story also follows the white-knuckle suspense of Apollo 13 and tragedy in the space shuttle program.

Pioneers of Television II

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airs Tuesdays, Jan. 18 & 25 at 8 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD

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ollowing up on the 2008 series that explored sitcoms, late night programs, and variety and game shows, the four-part series Pioneers of Television II explores the inception of four other popular television genres. Narrated by Kelsey Grammer, programs premiering in January are Science Fiction (January 18), spotlighting morality plays by storytellers Gene Roddenberry (Star Trek, featuring Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner, at left) and Rod Serling (The Twilight Zone), plus Irwin Allen’s popular series Lost in Space; and Westerns (January 25), exploring such programs as Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett, Maverick, The Big Valley, Bonanza and Gunsmoke. The series continues in February with crime dramas and more.

Lost Treasures of the Ancient World

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Wednesdays at 8 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD

he history series Lost Treasures of the Ancient World explores the world’s great sites and civilizations of yesteryear. Following on the May 2010 airing of Series I, WETA Television now presents episodes from Series II on Wednesdays in January and February. This month’s programs spotlight the seven wonders of the ancient world (January 12), including the Hanging Gardens of Babylon and the Pyramids; wonders of ancient China (January 19), including the Great Wall, Beijing’s Forbidden City and Xian’s terracotta soldiers; and the samurai era in Japan (January 26).

Double Features of Doc Martin — and Series IV

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airs Saturdays, January 8, 15, 22 & 29 at 8 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD

ETA Television presents double features of British comic drama Doc Martin throughout January, completing Series III and beginning Series IV. In this month’s programs, the eccentricities of the colorful characters of the Cornish village of Portwenn continue to drive Doctor Martin Ellingham to distraction, while the romance between the blunt, socially inept doctor and local school headmistress Louisa takes a pointed turn — with interfering neighbors, a romantic rival and decisions about the future to come.

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PBS NewsHour airs weeknights at 7 p.m.

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Classical WETA

WETA 90.9 FM Washington WGMS 89.1 FM Hagerstown WETA 88.9 FM Frederick classicalweta.org Charlie Rose airs latevivalavoce.org weeknights (check listings)

TV Highlights Comes to Thursday Nights on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD

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Prime Suspect, Thursdays at 10:40 p.m.

Agatha Christie’s Poirot double features, Thursdays at 9 and 9:50 p.m.

Sherlock Holmes, featuring Jeremy Brett, Thursdays at 8 p.m.

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Prime Suspect

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he acclaimed series Prime Suspect joins the Thursday mysteries lineup on WETA TV 26 and WETA HD, starting with the 1991 Series I, featuring Helen Mirren in her debut as detective Jane Tennison, who strives to prove that she has what it takes to succeed in the male-dominated workplace of London police investigators. The gritty drama, written by dramatist and novelist Lynda LaPlante, launched a 15-year franchise, catapulted Mirren into a signature role, and along with its sequels won a host of television awards — including British Academy of Film and Television Arts honors for Best Drama Serial and Best TV Actress. Prime Suspect airs each Thursday night following presentations of Sherlock Holmes, starring Jeremy Brett in his signature role as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Baker Street sleuth (this month coming to an epic confrontation with his archrival) and double features of Agatha Christie’s Poirot, featuring David Suchet (left) as the great Belgian sleuth, who this month falls in love (!), investigates murders, tracks purloined gems, probes an Egyptian tomb’s curse, and picks up a cold case.

Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey

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premieres Sundays, January 9–30 at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD

reated by Oscar-winning writer Julian Fellowes (Gosford Park), the four-part Masterpiece Classic Edwardian drama Downton Abbey — reminiscent of Upstairs, Downstairs — depicts the lives of the noble Crawley family and the staff who serve them, set at their country house in 1912. The mini-series, kicking off the 40th season of Masterpiece, features an all-star cast, including Hugh Bonneville (Notting Hill), Dame Maggie Smith (Harry Potter) and Elizabeth McGovern (A Room with a View), Dan Stevens (Sense & Sensibility) and a host of other great actors. In the story, the Titanic has just gone down and taken with it the two male heirs of Downton Abbey, whose current lord has only daughters, albeit marriageable ones. The nearest male relative, a bachelor lawyer, soon learns the ropes of managing the sprawling estate, with its army of servants, and its hunts, garden parties, and sexual intrigues.

Nature Spotlights Birds of Paradise and More

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Sundays at 8 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD

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ature presents Birds of the Gods (Jan. 23), which features BBC filmmaker Sir David Attenborough introducing a young team of New Guinean scientists on a grueling expedition to the depths of the rainforest to find and film Birds of Paradise — the holy grail of wildlife filmmakers. The birds sport plumage of unimaginable color and beauty — when Europeans first saw these fabulous creatures in the 16th century, they believed they must be from heaven and called them birds of paradise. But finding these birds, and witnessing their mating displays, is an extraordinarily difficult task. Tune in on other Sundays at 8 p.m. as Nature spotlights lions in Elsa’s Legacy: The Born Free Story (Jan. 9); arctic fauna in White Falcon, White Wolf (Jan. 16) and animal newborns in Born Wild: The First Days of Life (Jan. 30).

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WETA TV 26 & WETA HD

January primetime simulcast listings.

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

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Great Performances: From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 2011

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Antiques Roadshow: Miami Beach, FL (Ep 1 of 3)

Robert E. Lee: American Experience

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NOVA: Killer Subs in Pearl Harbor

The Space Age: NASA’s Story (Pt 1 of 4. From the Ground Up)

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Masters of the Arctic Ice

Great Performances at the Met: Don Pasquale (to 11:30pm)

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Sherlock Holmes: The Resident Patient

Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Double Cure (to 9:50pm)

(from 9:50pm:) Agatha (10:40pm:) Prime Suspect (Pt 1) (to 11:30pm) Christie’s Poirot

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Washington Week with Gwen Inside Washington Ifill and National Journal

Antiques Roadshow: San Antonio, TX

BBC Antiques Roadshow

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Doc Martin, Series III (Pt 4 of 9. Movement) (to 8:46pm)

(from 8:46pm) Doc Martin, The WETA Movie: Dances with Wolves (to 12:32am) Series III (Pt 5 of 9)

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Nature: Elsa’s Legacy: The Born Free Story

Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey (Pt 1 of 4)

Doc Martin III (Pts 4 & 5 of 9) (to 12:30am)

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Antiques Roadshow: Miami Beach, FL (Ep 2 of 3)

U.S. Grant: Warrior: American Experience

QE2—The Last Voyage (to 11:30pm)

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NOVA: Building the Great Cathedrals

The Space Age: NASA’s Story (Pt 2 of 4. To the Moon)

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Lost Treasures of the Ancient World: The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

American Masters: Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides

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Sherlock Holmes: The Red Headed League

Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Theft of the Royal Ruby (to 9:50pm)

(from 9:50pm:) Agatha (10:40pm:) Prime Suspect (Pt 2) (to 11:30pm) Christie’s Poirot

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Washington Week with Gwen Inside Washington Ifill and National Journal

Antiques Roadshow: San Antonio, TX

BBC Antiques Roadshow

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Doc Martin, Series III (Pt 6 of 9. The Admirer) (to 8:46pm)

(from 8:46pm) Doc Martin, The WETA Movie: It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World Series III (Pt 7 of 9) (to 12:08am)

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Nature: White Falcon, White Wolf

Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey (Pt 2 of 4)

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Antiques Roadshow: Miami Beach, FL (Ep 3 of 3)

Paris: City of Dreams

Dinosaur Wars: American Experience

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Pioneers of Television II (Ep 1 of 4. Science Fiction)

The Space Age: NASA’s Story (Pt 3 of 4. Triumph & Tragedy)

Frontline: Are We Safer?

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Lost Treasures of the Ancient World: Ancient China

NOVA: Making Stuff Stronger

NOVA scienceNOW: Can We Make It to Mars?

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Sherlock Holmes: The Final Problem

Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Mystery of Hunter’s Lodge (to 9:50pm)

(from 9:50pm:) Agatha (10:40pm:) Prime Suspect (Pt 3) (to 11:30pm) Christie’s Poirot

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Washington Week with Gwen Inside Washington Ifill and National Journal

Antiques Roadshow: San Antonio, TX

BBC Antiques Roadshow

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Doc Martin, Series III (Pt 8 of 9. Nowt So Queer) (to 8:46pm)

(from 8:46pm) Doc Martin, The WETA Movie: The Night They Raided Minsky’s (to 11:12pm) Series III (Pt 9 of 9)

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Nature: Birds of the Gods

Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey (Pt 3 of 4)

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Antiques Roadshow: San Diego, CA (Ep 1 of 3)

Paris: Blood & Chocolate

Panama Canal: American Experience (to 11:30pm)

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Pioneers of Television II (Ep 2 of 4. Westerns)

The Space Age: NASA’s Story (Pt 4 of 4. Life & Death in Space)

Frontline: The Wounded Platoon (to 11:30pm)

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Lost Treasures of the Ancient World: Samurai Japan

NOVA: Making Stuff Smaller

NOVA scienceNOW: Can We Live Forever?

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Sherlock Holmes: The Empty House

Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Underdog (to 9:50pm)

(from 9:50pm:) Agatha (10:40pm:) Prime Suspect (Pt 4) (to 11:30pm) Christie’s Poirot

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Washington Week with Gwen Inside Washington Ifill and National Journal

Antiques Roadshow: Naughty or Nice

BBC Antiques Roadshow

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Doc Martin, Series IV (Pt 1 of 8. Better the Devil) (to 8:46pm)

(from 8:46pm) Doc Martin, (from 9:32pm) The WETA Movie: One, Two, Three (to 11:30pm) Series IV (Pt 2 of 8 )

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Nature: Born Wild: The First Days of Life

Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey (Pt 4 of 4)

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Antiques Roadshow: San Diego, CA (Ep 2 of 3)

Greely Expedition: American Experience

PBS NewsHour airs weeknights at 7 p.m.

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Frontline: Death by Fire

Need to Know (to 11:30pm)

Frontline: Battle for Haiti Making of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Need to Know (to 11:30pm)

Doc Martin III (Pts 6 & 7 of 9) (to 12:30am)

Need to Know (to 11:30pm)

Doc Martin III (Pts 8 & 9 of 9) (to 12:30am)

Need to Know (to 11:30pm)

Doc Martin IV (Pts 1 & 2 of 8) (to 12:30am)

Chautauqua: An American Narrative

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Princess Margaret: A Love Story (to 11:30pm)

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

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

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

• Weeknight primetime on WETA TV 26 repeats the next weekday on WETA TV 26 — see repeat listings.

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

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IMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6AM–1AM: S 6AM–9AM WETA VIEWER FAVORITES 9:00 EASTENDERS — (two episodes, simulcast on WETA TV 26 and WETA HD) Repeats Fridays, 5pm 10AM–8PM WETA VIEWER FAVORITES 8PM GREAT PERFORMANCES: FROM VIENNA: THE NEW YEAR’S CELEBRATION 2011 — Great Performances returns to the stately splendor of Vienna’s Musikverein for its 27th annual New Year’s Day celebration with the Vienna Philharmonic. Paula Zahn is host as Franz Welser-Most leads a festive selection of Strauss Family favorites to welcome the New Year.

9:30PM–1AM WETA VIEWER FAVORITES

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Tuesdays in January at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD The Space Age: NASA’s Story blends stunning footage with engaging interviews with astronauts, family members and journalists to relate the saga of the heroes, triumphs and tragedies of space exploration.

IMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6AM–1AM: S 6AM–1AM WETA VIEWER FAVORITES

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7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: MIAMI BEACH, FL — Ep. 1 of 3.

Repeats Tue 1/4, 2pm; Wed 1/5, 1pm; Sun 1/9, 3:30pm 9:00 ROBERT E. LEE: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE — A film examines the life and reputation of the leading Confederate general of the American Civil War. Lee’s military successes made him the scourge of the Union and a hero in the South. Repeats Tue 1/4, 3pm 10:30 PRINCESS MARGARET: A LOVE STORY — A BBC film explores Britain’s first modern royal scandal. The Queen’s sister, Princess Margaret, faced a heartbreaking decision: marry Peter Townsend, a divorced commoner twice her age, and give up her right to succession; or sacrifice her true love and honor her duty.

11:30 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

PHOTOS COURTESY MATTHEW BRADY/NARA; GRANT COURTESY

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Mondays, January 3 & 10 at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD American Experience presents biographies of Robert E. Lee (January 3) and Ulysses S. Grant (January 10), exploring their iconic careers as military leaders during the Civil War.

7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 NOVA: KILLER SUBS IN PEARL HARBOR — NOVA joins a dive beneath the waters of Pearl Harbor to trace new clues to the 1941 sinking of the battleship USS Arizona in which 1,177 crew members perished — the greatest loss of life in United States naval history. {DVI} Repeats Wed 1/5, 2pm; Thur 1/6, 1pm 9:00 THE SPACE AGE: NASA’S STORY — A four-part BBC series presents a complete history of mankind’s journey into space, blending restored footage with interviews with the people who took part. Part 1 of 4.

From the Ground Up. Born of the Cold War, NASA moves stridently from disastrous rocket tests to the glorious conclusion of the Gemini Program. The organization grapples with the massive challenges of sending a man into space. Then, building on the success of the pioneering Mercury program, Project Gemini helps NASA take the next giant leap — to land men on the Moon.

Repeats Wed 1/5, 3pm; Sun 1/9, 2:30pm 10:00 FRONTLINE: DEATH BY FIRE — Several controversial death penalty cases are currently under examination in the USA, but it’s the 2004 Texas execution of Cameron Todd Willingham — convicted for the arson deaths of his three young children — that’s now at the center of the national debate. Frontline examines the Willingham conviction. {DVI} Repeats Wed 1/5, 4pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

5 Wednesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 MASTERS OF THE ARCTIC ICE — Creatures that make their home in the Arctic are masters of survival, superbly adapted to the ice. But climate change has begun to eat away their habitat. A National Geographic production follows teams of researchers that are work-

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Thursdays in January at 10:40 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD The 1991 crime drama Prime Suspect stars Helen Mirren in what would become a signature role as London detective Jane Tennison, who battles police force sexism as she investigates crimes.

ing urgently to find out how global warming is affecting the Arctic world. Repeats Thur 1/6, 2pm 9:00 GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET: DON PASQUALE — Anna Netrebko — starring with Matthew Polenzani, Mariusz Kwiecien, and John Del Carlo (in the title role) — revives her role in Otto Schenk’s acclaimed production of Donizetti’s bel canto opera. Met Music Director James Levine conducts. Repeats Thur 1/6, 3pm 11:30 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

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7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE RESIDENT PATIENT — In return for substantial fees, Dr. Trevelyan is given a practice in London’s West End and a resident patient.

But the patient is terrified by a number of strange occurrences relating to his criminal past life. Holmes (Jeremy Brett) investigates. Repeats Fri 1/7, 1pm 9:00 AGATHA CHRISTIE’S POIROT: THE DOUBLE CLUE — For the first time in his life, the great detective Hercule Poirot (David Suchet) falls in love. The object of his affection is a beautiful Russian, the Countess Vera Rossakoff, whom Poirot meets during his investigation into four high-society jewel robberies. While Poirot’s attention is captivated by the Countess, Hastings and Miss Lemon probe the crimes. Repeats Fri 1/7, 2pm 9:50 AGATHA CHRISTIE’S POIROT: THE MYSTERY OF THE SPANISH CHEST — On a visit to the opera, Poirot (David Suchet) is approached by Lady Chatterton who asserts that the life of her friend, Marguerite Clayton, is threatened by Clayton’s jealous husband, Edward, who is suspicious about a relationship between his wife and a major. Repeats Fri 1/7, 3pm 10:40 PRIME SUSPECT, SERIES I — Part 1 of 4. The awardwinning 1991 crime drama, written by novelist Lynda LaPlante, stars Oscar-winning actress Helen Mirren as Detective Inspector Jane Tennison — a top-notch London detective battling to prove herself in a maledominated world. In Series I, Tennison feels she has once again been discriminated against when her superiors pass her over in favor of DCI John Shefford to head a murder investigation. But Tennison gets her chance to demonstrate that she has what it takes to succeed. R epeats Fri 1/7, 4pm 11:30 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

10:00 THE THIS OLD HOUSE HOUR 11:00 FOOD TRIP WITH TODD ENGLISH 11:30 HUBERT KELLER: SECRETS OF A CHEF 12N GOURMET’S DIARY OF A FOODIE 12:30 MADE IN SPAIN 1:00 AVEC ERIC 1:30 EVERYDAY FOOD 2:00 SARA’S WEEKNIGHT MEALS 2:30 BAKING WITH JULIA 3:00 LIDIA’S ITALY 3:30 JULIA AND JACQUES: COOKING AT HOME 4:00 JACQUES PÉPIN: MORE FAST FOOD MY WAY! 4:30 COOK’S COUNTRY FROM AMERICA’S TEST KITCHEN 5:00 AMERICA’S TEST KITCHEN FROM COOK’S ILLUSTRATED 5:30 RICK STEVES’ EUROPE SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–12:32AM: 6:00 INSIDE WASHINGTON — R 6:30 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL AND NATIONAL JOURNAL — R 7:00 AS TIME GOES BY/KEEPING UP APPEARANCES 8:00 DOC MARTIN, SERIES III — Martin Clunes stars as celebrated London surgeon Dr. Martin Ellingham, doctor to a small Cornish community. Part 4 of 9. Movement. In a life-changing decision, Bert Large abandons his plumbing business to open his own restaurant, but the opening is far from a success. The following day, a wave of food poisoning sweeps the town. Repeats Sun 1/9, 10:30pm; Mon 1/10, 4pm 8:46 DOC MARTIN, SERIES III — Part 5 of 9. City Slickers.

A family of city slickers seeking a new life by the sea disrupts the tranquility of Portwenn and spoils an intimate dinner Louisa has prepared for her and Martin.

Meanwhile, a car vandal is on the loose in Portwenn, but PC Penhale is strangely reluctant to investigate.

Repeats Sun 1/9, 11:30pm; Mon 1/10, 5pm 9:31 THE WETA MOVIE: DANCES WITH WOLVES — Kevin Costner stars (and made his debut as a director) in the epic 1990 drama, which follows a Civil War soldier on the American frontier as he befriends a Sioux tribe.

Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene and Rodney A. Grant co-star in the film, which won seven Academy Awards.

(3:01) Repeats Sun 1/9, 11:29am

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O 6AM–9AM WETA KIDS PROGRAMMING 9:00 WHITE HOUSE CHRONICLES 9:30 TO THE CONTRARY WITH BONNIE ERBE 10:00 THIS IS AMERICA WITH DENNIS WHOLEY 10:30 RELIGION AND ETHICS NEWSWEEKLY 11:00 GREAT ROMANCES OF THE 20TH CENTURY 11:29 THE WETA MOVIE: DANCES WITH WOLVES — (3:01) R 2:30 THE SPACE AGE: NASA’S STORY — Part 1 of 4. From the Ground Up. R 3:30 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW/BBC ROADSHOW — R 5:00 GLOBE TREKKER — Las Vegas City Guide. R epeats Mon 1/10, 1:30pm SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–12:30AM: 6:00 NATURE: THE VENOM CURE — Poisons, toxins and venoms are the defense and attack mechanisms of the natural world, but scientists are using them to find cures and help save lives. {DVI} Repeats Wed 1/12, 5pm

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7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL AND NATIONAL JOURNAL — Moderator and managing editor Gwen Ifill leads a discussion by a panel of journalists on the news events of the week. Repeats Saturday, 6:30pm 8:30 INSIDE WASHINGTON — Host Gordon Peterson moderates a roundtable discussion of the news of the week.

Repeats Saturday, 6pm 9:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW 10:00 BBC ANTIQUES ROADSHOW 10:30 NEED TO KNOW 11:30 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

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

O 6AM–9AM WETA KIDS PROGRAMMING 9:00 EASTENDERS — (two episodes, simulcast on WETA TV 26 and WETA HD) Repeats Fridays, 5pm

Saturday, January 8 at 9:30 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD Kevin Costner (at right, with Graham Greene) stars in and directs the blockbuster Dances With Wolves on The WETA Movie.

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7:00 SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE MAZARIN STONE — Holmes (Jeremy Brett) is away in the Highlands, so his brother Mycroft is called in to recover the Mazarin stone.

8:00 NATURE: ELSA’S LEGACY: THE BORN FREE STORY — The year 2010 marked the 50th anniversary of the publication of Born Free — a book and then a film that changed the way we think about wildlife. Nature explores what has happened to lions since this story, what happened to the people featured in the film, and what Born Free has taught us. {DVI} Repeats Tue 1/11, 1pm 9:00 MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: DOWNTON ABBEY — Created

by Oscar-winning writer Julian Fellowes (Gosford Park), Downton Abbey depicts the lives of the noble Crawley family and the staff who serve them, set at their Edwardian country house in 1912. The four-part drama features an all-star cast that includes Hugh Bonneville, Dame Maggie Smith and Elizabeth McGovern. Part 1 of 4. When the Titanic goes down, Lord Grantham loses his immediate heirs and his daughter Mary loses her fiancé, throwing Downton Abbey and its servants into turmoil. The new heir turns out to be Matthew, a lowly lawyer with novel ideas about country life. Repeats Mon 1/10, 2:30pm 10:30 DOC MARTIN, SERIES III — Parts 4 & 5 of 9. See the Saturday, January 8, 8 p.m. and 8:46 p.m. listings. R

9:00 THE SPACE AGE: NASA’S STORY — Part 2 of 4. To the Moon. The breathless pace and daring of the Apollo program sees NASA master previously unimagined tasks in the attempt to put men on the moon. From the ashes of tragedy on Apollo 1 emerges a determination that puts Apollo 8 in orbit around the Moon ahead of schedule. Apollo 9 and 10 each break bold new ground and pave the way for a moon landing — and Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s walk on the Moon. Repeats Wed 1/12, 3pm; Sun 1/16, 2:30pm 10:00 FRONTLINE: BATTLE FOR HAITI — Last year, in the chaos of the earthquake that devastated Haiti, thousands of the country’s worst criminals staged a mass escape from the National Penitentiary. Now gang leaders are re-asserting control in the capital, threatening the country’s stability. Repeats Wed 1/12, 4pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

12 Wednesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 LOST TREASURES OF THE ANCIENT WORLD: THE SEVEN WONDERS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD — A series explores ancient history’s greatest sites and civilizations. The Seven Wonders explores works of architecture regarded as the most extraordinary structures of antiquity, including the Pyramids and the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Repeats Thur 1/13, 2pm 9:00 AMERICAN MASTERS: JEFF BRIDGES: THE DUDE ABIDES — Called “the most natural and least selfconscious screen actor that has ever lived,” actor Jeff Bridges’ easy-going air has endeared him to audiences for almost 40 years, starting with The Last Picture Show in 1971, in Starman in 1984, in the cult classic The Big Lebowski in 1998, and in the acclaimed role of Bad Blake in Crazy Heart. Repeats Thur 1/13, 3pm 10:30 THE MAKING OF BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID — Actors Paul Newman and Robert Redford and director George Roy Hill narrate a candid behind-thescenes examination of the making of the 1969 Western.

Repeats Thur 1/13, 4:30pm 11:30 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: MIAMI BEACH, FL — Ep. 2 of 3. Repeats Tue 1/11, 2pm; Wed 1/12, 1pm; Sun 1/16, 3:30pm 9:00 U.S. GRANT: WARRIOR: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE — A film profiles one of America’s most paradoxical leaders, from his first days on the Ohio frontier to the darkest days of the Civil War. Ulysses S. Grant was a brilliant military strategist who rose from obscurity to a rank held previously only by George Washington. As the author of the great Union victory at Vicksburg, which etched his name in military history, he irrevocably altered the course of the war. Grant was the general who took Lee’s surrender at Appomattox and authored its generous terms. Repeats Tue 1/11, 3pm 10:30 QE2—THE LAST VOYAGE — A film celebrates the world’s longest serving and most beloved cruise ship, the RMS Queen Elizabeth 2, which sailed 40 years on the high seas after her beginnings as piles of steel and timber on “Yard Number 736” in Scotland. Repeats Tue 1/11, 4:30pm 11:30 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

13 Thursday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 SHERLOCK HOLMES:.THE RED HEADED LEAGUE — Jabez Wilson approaches Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett) about “The Red Headed League” and a mystery surrounding his employment — to spend each morning sitting in an office copying out pages from an encyclopedia. Holmes investigates. Repeats Fri 1/14, 1pm 9:00 AGATHA CHRISTIE’S POIROT: THEFT OF THE ROYAL RUBY — Poirot (David Suchet) is briefed by the Foreign Office about the London theft of a gem belonging to the petulant heir to the King of Egypt, and he must spend Christmas at the home of an expert on the stone — Egyptologist Colonel Lacey. Repeats Fri 1/14, 2pm 9:50 AGATHA CHRISTIE’S POIROT: THE AFFAIR AT THE VICTORY BALL — Radio star Coco Courtney is found dead from a cocaine overdose after attending a Victory Ball at which Poirot (David Suchet) was also present, albeit not in costume. Poirot and Inspector Japp investigate. Repeats Fri 1/14, 3pm 10:40 PRIME SUSPECT, SERIES I — Part 2 of 4. Helen Mirren stars as Detective Inspector Jane Tennison — a topnotch London detective battling to prove herself in a male-dominated world. Tennison has a brutal sex crime to solve, and she is working with a police force of men who don’t think she’s up to the job. Led by the odious Sergeant Otley, they try to sabotage her at every turn. A prime suspect emerges, but Tennison needs proof. R epeats Fri 1/14, 4pm 11:30 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

11 Tuesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 NOVA: BUILDING THE GREAT CATHEDRALS — Carved from 100 million pounds of stone, soaring atop a spider web of masonry, Gothic cathedrals are marvels of human achievement and artistry. But many of these architectural gems now teeter on the brink of collapse.

To save them, engineers, architects, art historians and computer scientists search the structures for clues to their construction. {DVI}

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Sundays, January 9–30 at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey presents a drama about a noble family and its staff of servants at an Edwardian country house in 1912. Hugh Bonneville and Elizabeth McGovern star.

14 Friday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL AND NATIONAL JOURNAL — Moderator and managing editor Gwen Ifill leads a discussion by a panel of journalists on the news events of the week. Repeats Sat 1/15, 6:30pm 8:30PM–11:30PM See Friday, January 7 listings.

11:30 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

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

O 6AM–9AM WETA KIDS PROGRAMMING 9AM–11:30AM See Sunday, January 9 listings.

11:30 THE WETA MOVIE: IT’S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD — (2:34) R 2:04 NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER—WETA ALL ACCESS — A WETA TV 26 production spotlights activities and scientists at NASA’s space laboratory, located in the Washington area. R epeats Wed 1/26, 4pm 2:30 THE SPACE AGE: NASA’S STORY — Part 2 of 4. To the Moon. R 3:30 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW/BBC ROADSHOW — R 5:00 GLOBE TREKKER — Indonesia: Java & Sumatra.

SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–12:30AM: 6:00 NATURE: SUPERSIZE CROCS — Some crocodile species, such as Nile crocs and American crocs, exceed 20 feet in length; the Asian-Pacific saltwater croc has been recorded to 23 feet. Today these gigantic creatures are rare, but renowned herpetologist Romulus Whitaker attempts to ensure their survival. {DVI} Repeats Wed 1/19, 5pm 7:00 SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE CARDBOARD BOX — Mary Cushing enlists Holmes (Jeremy Brett) in investigating the disappearance of her sister, Susan.

8:00 NATURE: WHITE FALCON, WHITE WOLF — A film follows the perilous parenthood of two species — enormous white gyrfalcons and rare Arctic wolves — on Canada’s remote Ellesmere Island, where winter lasts nine months and raising young is a daily struggle. {DVI} Repeats Tue 1/18, 1pm 9:00 MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: DOWNTON ABBEY — Part 2 of 4. Mary entertains three suitors, including a Turkish diplomat whose boldness leads to a surprising event.

ON WETA TV 26, 9:30AM–12M. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD listings.

9 :30AM–5:30PM EYES ON THE PRIZE II: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE — Marking Martin Luther King Day, WETA Television features the second series of the 1990 film Eyes on the Prize, documenting the civil rights movement from the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s. Each part is one hour. See the inside cover of this magazine for episode content. Part 1. The Time Has Come (1964–66). Part 2.

Two Societies (1965–68). Part 3. Power! (1967–68). Part 4.

The Promised Land (1967–68). Part 5. Ain’t Gonna Shuffle No More (1964–72). Part 6. A Nation of Law? (1968–71).

Part 7. The Keys to the Kingdom (1974–80). Part 8. Back to the Movement (1979–Mid-1980s). The series ends with a look back at those who made the civil rights movement a force for change. {DVI} 5 :30PM MEMORIALS — THE WETA GUIDE — A WETA TV 26 production explores the history and meaning of Greater Washington’s memorials and monuments to the armed forces, military campaigns and presidents.

6 PM–7PM BBC WORLD NEWS/NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 7PM–12M: 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: MIAMI BEACH, FL — Episode 3 of 3. Repeats Tue 1/18, 2pm; Wed 1/19, 1pm 9:00 PARIS — Art historian Sandrine Voillet reveals the history, beauty and soul of her city. Offering a tour of more than 400 years of Paris’ history, she celebrates the people, art, literature, music, films and design that have created the spectacular ‘City of Lights.’ Part 1 of 2.

City of Dreams. Voillet explores Paris from the Louvre to a magical fairy tale park to the subterranean labyrinth of the city sewers. She meets one of France’s great photographers — Willy Ronis — and relates the history of two Paris icons: the Basilica of Sacré Coeur and the Eiffel Tower. Repeats Tue 1/18, 3pm 10:00 DINOSAUR WARS: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE — Two nineteenth-century paleontologists — Othniel Charles Marsh and Edward Drinker Cope — uncovered the remains of 130 species of dinosaur and collected thousands of specimens, putting American science on the world stage in the late 1800s. But their rivalry eventually spiraled out of control and ultimately left both men alone and almost penniless. Repeats Tue 1/18, 4pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

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

O 6AM–6PM See Saturday, January 8 listings.

SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–12:08AM: 6:00 INSIDE WASHINGTON — R 6:30 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL AND NATIONAL JOURNAL — R 7:00 AS TIME GOES BY/KEEPING UP APPEARANCES 8:00 DOC MARTIN, SERIES III — Part 6 of 9. The Admirer.

Louisa Glasson is furious to discover she has a rival for Doc Martin’s affections — Carrie Wilson. Can Louisa contain her jealously and claim Martin as her man?

Repeats Sun 1/16, 10:30pm 8:46 DOC MARTIN, SERIES III — Part 7 of 9. The Holly Bears a Prickle. Martin and Louisa are finally going on their first date. However, in typical fashion, the doctor bungles it.

But there’s one more chance for Martin to redeem himself when he gets an urgent call for help from Louisa.

Repeats Sun 1/16, 11:30pm 9:32 THE WETA MOVIE: IT’S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD — In the 1963 comedy by Stanley Kramer, a motley assortment of characters embarks on a chaotic and slapstick-filled race to find $350,000 in buried bank loot. Starring are Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Buddy Hackett, Ethel Merman and Mickey Rooney.

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18 Tuesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 PIONEERS OF TELEVISION II — A series spotlights the early years of television, exploring science fiction shows, westerns, crime dramas and local kids’ shows.

Actor Kelsey Grammer narrates. Episode 1 of 4. Science Fiction. Storytellers Gene Roddenberry (Star Trek), Irwin

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Tuesday, January 11 at 8 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD In NOVA: Building the Great Cathedrals, an international team of engineers, architects, art historians and computer scientists illuminates the secrets of the construction of great gothic medieval cathedrals in order to try to save them from collapse.

Downstairs, the shocking former life of Carson, the butler, is unmasked and Bates risks his health to remain valet. Hugh Bonneville, Dame Maggie Smith and Elizabeth McGovern star. Repeats Mon 1/24, 1pm 10:30 DOC MARTIN, SERIES III — Parts 6 & 7 of 9. See the Saturday, January 15, 8 p.m. and 8:46 p.m. listings.

Mondays, January 17 & 24 at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD In the mini-series Paris, art historian Sandrine Voillet explores the soul of her city, presenting a tour of the French metropolis that spotlights its history, art, literature, music, design and people.

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Wednesday, January 19 at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD A new night for NOVA! Part 1 of Making Stuff, a four-part NOVA miniseries hosted by The New York Times technology columnist David Pogue, NOVA: Making Stuff Stronger explores the world’s strongest materials, from steel to Kevlar to spider silk and more.

Allen (Lost in Space) and Rod Serling (The Twilight Zone) created the best-loved futuristic television of their time. Guests include William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols and other science-fiction stars. {DVI} Repeats Wed 1/19, 2pm; Thur 1/20, 1pm 9:00 THE SPACE AGE: NASA’S STORY — Part 3 of 4. Triumph & Tragedy. With repeated triumphs and new challenges come increasing risk. The white-knuckle suspense thriller of Apollo 13’s famous near-disaster is only a triumphant prelude to darker moments ahead in the space program, which promised routine trips to Earth orbit via shuttle until the Challenger disaster. Eventually the shuttles return for 15 years of successful missions until disaster strikes again. Repeats Wed 1/19, 3pm; Sun 1/23, 2:30pm 10:00 FRONTLINE: ARE WE SAFER? — Frontline launches its new monthly magazine program with three reports, led by “Are We Safer?” In this first story, Pulitzer Prizewinning Washington Post reporter Dana Priest investigates the terrorism–industrial complex that grew up in the wake of 9/11. {DVI} Repeats Wed 1/19, 4pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

19 Wednesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 LOST TREASURES OF THE ANCIENT WORLD: ANCIENT CHINA — A series explores ancient history’s greatest sites, monuments and civilizations. Ancient China spotlights the Great Wall, the terracotta army and Beijing’s Forbidden City, and re-creates an ancient Chinese village. Repeats Thur 1/20, 2pm 9:00 NOVA: MAKING STUFF STRONGER — What is the world’s strongest material? From steel to Kevlar and spider silk to carbon nanotubes, host David Pogue — technology columnist of The New York Times — looks at the ways in which science and nature work to make strong stuff. {DVI} Repeats Thur 1/20, 3pm 10:00 NOVA SCIENCENOW: CAN WE MAKE IT TO MARS? — Hosted by astrophysicist, author and director of the Hayden Planetarium, Neil deGrasse Tyson, NOVA scienceNOW covers several timely science and technology stories per episode. In Can We Make It to Mars?, Tyson explores whether humans can survive the years-long journey to Mars and back, fraught with deadly meteoroids, bone and muscle wasting, and perilous levels of radiation. {DVI} Repeats Thur 1/20, 4pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

20 Thursday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE FINAL PROBLEM — Holmes (Jeremy Brett) infuriates evil professor Moriarty by spoiling his plan to sell the Mona Lisa, and the arch rivals come to their final reckoning at the Reichenbach Falls, Meiringen. Repeats Fri 1/21, 1pm 9:00 AGATHA CHRISTIE’S POIROT: THE MYSTERY OF HUNTER’S LODGE — Hastings is invited to a grouse shoot which goes disastrously wrong. Later that evening a mysterious figure arrives at Hunter’s Lodge and commits murder. Having taken to his bed at the local hotel with a high temperature, Poirot (David Suchet) shakes off his illness to find the cold-blooded killer.

Repeats Fri 1/21, 2pm

9:50 AGATHA CHRISTIE’S POIROT: THE ADVENTURE OF THE EGYPTIAN TOMB — Against the advice of his companions, when archaeologist Sir John Willard discovers King Men-her-Ra’s tomb in the Valley of the Kings, he smashes it open to reveal the treasures within. Poirot (David Suchet) investigates when those connected with the discovery begin to drop dead. Is the tomb cursed?

Repeats Fri 1/21, 3pm 10:40 PRIME SUSPECT, SERIES I — Part 3 of 4. Helen Mirren stars as Detective Inspector Jane Tennison — a topnotch London detective battling to prove herself in a male-dominated world. Tennison, forced to release her prime suspect, now learns of a new victim. Then, an eyewitness comes forward to identify the killer in a police lineup. Tennison watches nervously as the witness tries to identify the suspect — and make her case.

Repeats Fri 1/21, 4pm 11:30 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

21 Friday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL AND NATIONAL JOURNAL — Moderator and managing editor Gwen Ifill leads a discussion by a panel of journalists on the news events of the week. Repeats Sat 1/22, 6:30pm 8:30PM–11:30PM See Friday, January 7 listings.

11:30 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

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

O 6AM–6PM See Saturday, January 8 listings.

SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–11:12PM: 6:00 INSIDE WASHINGTON — R 6:30 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL AND NATIONAL JOURNAL — R 7:00 AS TIME GOES BY/KEEPING UP APPEARANCES 8:00 DOC MARTIN, SERIES III — Part 8 of 9. Nowt So Queer.

Portwenn is buzzing with the news about Dr. Martin Ellingham and headmistress Louisa Glasson. Meanwhile, an outbreak of illness hits the village; and Bert Large’s restaurant is in trouble and he needs help. Repeats Sun 1/23, 10:30pm; Mon 1/24, 4pm 8:46 DOC MARTIN, SERIES III — Part 9 of 9. Happily Ever After. Martin manages to offend — and injure — the local vicar and must find a replacement just hours before the wedding.Then, a medical emergency arises. Repeats Sun 1/23, 11:30pm; Mon 1/24, 5pm 9:33 THE WETA MOVIE: THE NIGHT THEY RAIDED MINSKY’S — In the 1968 musical comedy, a religious dancer (Britt Ekland) joins a burlesque show and invents the striptease. (1:39) Repeats Sun 1/23, 11:30am

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

O 6AM–9AM WETA KIDS PROGRAMMING 9AM–11AM See Sunday, January 9 listings.

11:00 ROGER EBERT PRESENTS AT THE MOVIES — Pt. 1.

11:30 THE WETA MOVIE: THE NIGHT THEY RAIDED MINSKY’S — (1:39) R 1:30 BREAKFAST IN WASHINGTON — A WETA TV 26 production features two dozen dining suggestions throughout Greater Washington, showcasing all-you-can-eat buffets, upscale power breakfasts, favorite greasy spoons, elegant brunches, and bites-on-the-go.

2:30 THE SPACE AGE: NASA’S STORY — Part 3 of 4. Triumph & Tragedy. R 3:30 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW/BBC ROADSHOW — R 5:00 GLOBE TREKKER — Pacific Islands: Fiji, Vanuatu & Solomon.

SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–12:30AM: 6:00 NATURE: ANDES: THE DRAGON’S BACK — When the great mountain range rose from the sea, it created a new continent and a bridge that joined North and South America, allowing flora and fauna from each to mix and diversify. Today, the Andes are home to a rich tapestry of environments. {DVI} Repeats Wed 1/26, 5pm 7:00 SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE DANCING MEN — Holmes and Watson (Jeremy Brett and David Burke) unravel the mystery of the “dancing men” and apprehend the man who has been threatening Mrs. Cubitt. But will they be in time to prevent her attempted suicide and catch the killer behind Mr. Cubitt’s tragic murder?

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8:00 NATURE: BIRDS OF THE GODS — Living in the depths of the New Guinean rainforest are birds of unimaginable color and beauty. But finding these birds in the wild is a supremely difficult assignment, and to witness their extraordinary mating displays is even tougher. The BBC’s Sir David Attenborough introduces a young team of New Guinean scientists on a grueling expedition to find and film these birds of paradise; the holy grail of wildlife filmmakers. {DVI} Repeats Tue 1/25, 1pm 9:00 MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: DOWNTON ABBEY — Part 3 of 4. Growing into his role as heir, Matthew brings out the bitter rivalry between sisters Mary and Edith.

Servants Thomas and O’Brien scheme against Bates, while head housemaid Anna is increasingly attracted to him. Lady Violet’s winning streak in the flower show is threatened. Hugh Bonneville, Dame Maggie Smith and Elizabeth McGovern star. Repeats Mon 1/24, 2:30pm 10:30 DOC MARTIN, SERIES III — Parts 8 & 9 of 9. See the Saturday, January 22, 8 p.m. and 8:46 p.m. listings.

Tuesday, January 25 at 8 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD Pioneers of Television II surveys classic television Westerns, including Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett, starring Fess Parker (above), and Maverick, The Big Valley, The Wild Wild West, Bonanza and Gunsmoke.

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9:00 THE SPACE AGE: NASA’S STORY — Part 4 of 4. Life & Death in Space. After visiting the Moon, humanity seeks to explore deep space and learn to live beyond the Earth. This leads to the building of NASA’s first space station — Skylab. The International Space Station unites more than a dozen nations, and, meanwhile, NASA’s greatest asset — the Hubble Space Telescope — reveals what is waiting for us deep in space, having begun its life as NASA’s most famous mistake. Repeats Wed 1/26, 3pm; Sun 1/30, 2:30pm 10:00 FRONTLINE: THE WOUNDED PLATOON — In a story of heroism, grief, vicious combat, depression, drugs, alcohol and brutal murder; an investigation into the Army’s mental health services; and a powerful portrait of what multiple tours and post-traumatic stress are doing to a generation of young American soldiers, Frontline tells the dark tale of the men of Third Platoon, Charlie Company, 1st battalion of the 506th infantry and how the Iraq War followed them home. {DVI} 11:30 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

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7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 LOST TREASURES OF THE ANCIENT WORLD: SAMURAI JAPAN — A series explores ancient history’s greatest sites, monuments and civilizations. Samurai Japan examines the stark contrast between the ways of Buddhism and the famous samurai warriors in ancient Japan. Repeats Thur 1/27, 2pm 9:00 NOVA: MAKING STUFF SMALLER — Here in the information age, smaller is better: transistors, microchips and the laptops and cell phone that they power are triumphs of tiny. Now, host David Pogue — technology columnist of The New York Times — takes us to an even smaller world, as he profiles the latest in high-powered nano-circuits and micro-robots that may one day hold the key to saving lives — and to building materials from the ground up. {DVI} Repeats Thur 1/27, 3pm 10:00 NOVA SCIENCENOW: CAN WE LIVE FOREVER? — Host Neil deGrasse Tyson explores the questions: Why do our bodies fall apart over time? Is there any way to stop the process? How well can we build body parts and organs to replace ones that get damaged? {DVI} Repeats Thur 1/27, 4pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 PIONEERS OF TELEVISION II — Episode 2 of 4. Westerns.

Westerns were some of the most successful TV shows in history. Fess Parker’s portrayal of Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett channeled the bravery, independence, honesty and rugged individualism of a young nation.

Westerns also gave viewers James Garner, who starred in Maverick. Parker and Garner tell their stories, and Linda Evans recalls how two strong female characters emerged with her onscreen interaction with Barbara Stanwyck in The Big Valley. This episode also examines the success of The Wild Wild West, Bonanza, and Gunsmoke with James Arness. {DVI} Repeats Wed 1/26, 2pm; Thur 1/27, 1pm

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Monday, January 24 at 10 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD Panama Canal: American Experience explores the story of the construction of the great canal, which opened in August 1914.

7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE EMPTY HOUSE — With Holmes’ return to Baker Street, talk turns to Moriarty and his demise at the Reichenbach Falls, where the great sleuth (portrayed by Jeremy Brett) escaped his presumed death. Repeats Fri 1/28, 1pm 9:00 AGATHA CHRISTIE’S POIROT: THE UNDERDOG — After a mystery fire at his factory, businessman Sir Rueben Astwell decides to file the details of his newly discovered compound at home. Astwell’s ambitions to cash in on the possible war with Germany are thwarted when he is killed. Poirot (David Suchet) probes this baffling case of murder and revenge. Repeats Fri 1/28, 2pm

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7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: SAN DIEGO, CA — Ep. 1 of 3.

Repeats Tue 1/25, 2pm; Wed 1/25, 2pm 9:00 PARIS — Part 2 of 2. Blood & Chocolate. Art historian Sandrine Voillet traces the growth of Paris from its origins on a small island in the River Seine to the world capital of revolution, revealing a city of haves and havenots. Voillet visits the eerie Catacombs, where human bones are stacked high, and the beautiful Basilica of Saint Denis — in search of the remains of the victims of the revolution that set Paris on course to becoming the world’s first truly modern city. Repeats Tue 1/25, 3pm 10:00 PANAMA CANAL: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE — On August 15, 1914, the Panama Canal opened, connecting the world’s two largest oceans and signaling America’s emergence as a global superpower. American ingenuity and innovation had succeeded — at the cost of a decade of grinding toil, an outlay of more than $350 million, and the loss of more than 5,000 lives. A film by Stephen Ives and Amanda Pollak unravels the story of one of the world’s most significant technological achievements.

Repeats Tue 1/25, 4pm 11:30 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

returning to school, Louisa discovers that the erratic headmaster has put her pupils in harm’s way — she alerts Martin and he rushes out to try to save the children. Repeats Sun 1/30, 11:30pm; Mon 1/31, 5pm 9:32 THE WETA MOVIE: ONE, TWO, THREE — In the 1962 comedy, a company executive (James Cagney) in West Germany panics when the Coca-Cola heiress (Pamela Tiffin) marries a communist (Horst Buchholz). (1:50) Repeats Sun 1/30, 11:30am 11:30 ROGER EBERT PRESENTS AT THE MOVIES — Pt. 1. R

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7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL AND NATIONAL JOURNAL — Moderator and managing editor Gwen Ifill leads a discussion by a panel of journalists on the news events of the week. Repeats Sat 1/29, 6:30pm 8:30PM–11:30PM See Friday, January 7 listings.

11:30 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

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

O 6AM–9AM WETA KIDS PROGRAMMING 9AM–11AM See Sunday, January 9 listings.

11:00 ROGER EBERT PRESENTS AT THE MOVIES — Pt. 2.

11:30 THE WETA MOVIE: ONE, TWO, THREE — (1:50) R 1:30 NEIGHBORHOOD EATS—THE WETA GUIDE — A WETA TV 26 production presents a guide to eateries around Greater Washington, visiting Eastern Market, the Five Guys burger chain, Arlington’s Bob and Edith’s Diner, Mrs. K’s Tollhouse in Silver Spring, and other spots.

2:30 THE SPACE AGE: NASA’S STORY — Part 4 of 4. Life & Death in Space. R 3:30 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW/BBC ROADSHOW — R 5:00 GLOBE TREKKER — Nepal. R epeats Mon 1/31, 1:30pm SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–12:30AM: 6:00 NATURE: OCEANS IN GLASS: BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM — Nature spotlights behind-the-scenes efforts to maintain the displays of realistic undersea environments at the renowned Monterey Bay Aquarium. {DVI} 7:00 SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE NAVAL TREATY — Holmes must find a missing document — a secret treaty between Great Britain and Italy — with world peace at stake. Jeremy Brett and David Burke star as Holmes and Watson.

8:00 NATURE: BORN WILD: THE FIRST DAYS OF LIFE — A film follows the birth and first day of several species — from marmoset and moose to elephant and gorilla — presenting stories of miniature drama and huge spectacle, and coming to some surprising conclusions about human beings. {DVI} 9:00 MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: DOWNTON ABBEY — Part 4 of 4. The heir crisis at Downton Abbey takes an unexpected turn. Rumors fly about Mary’s virtue. Her sister Sybil takes a risk in her secret political life. Anna unearths Bates’ mysterious past and O’Brien and Thomas plot their exit strategy. Repeats Mon 1/31, 2:30pm 10:30 DOC MARTIN, SERIES IV — Parts 1 & 2 of 8. See the Saturday, January 29, 8 p.m. and 8:46 p.m. listings.

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SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–12AM: 6:00 INSIDE WASHINGTON — R 6:30 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL AND NATIONAL JOURNAL — R 7:00 AS TIME GOES BY/KEEPING UP APPEARANCES 8:00 DOC MARTIN, SERIES IV — Episode 1 of 8. Better the Devil. Life in the beautiful Cornish village of Portwenn has become ever more infuriating for Martin since the decision to call off his marriage to local headmistress Louisa. Martin runs into an old girlfriend Edith, a top doctor; he learns of a surgeon’s job opening in London, but he must overcome his blood phobia. Then, Louisa unexpectedly returns to Portwenn — with news.

Repeats Sun 1/30, 10:30pm; Mon 1/31, 4pm 8:46 DOC MARTIN, SERIES IV — Part 2 of 8. Uneasy Lies the Head. Martin struggles to deal with Louisa — she is adamant that she wants nothing to do with him. Upon

7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: SAN DIEGO, CA — Ep. 2 of 3.

Repeats Tue 2/1, 2pm; Wed 2/2, 1pm 9:00 GREELY EXPEDITION: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE — A film reveals how a noble scientific mission turned into a human tragedy. In 1881, 25 men led by Lieutenant Adolphus Greely sailed from the harbor of St. John’s, Newfoundland. Their destination was the high Arctic, where they planned to collect scientific data. Three years later, six survivors returned with a story of shipwreck, starvation, mutiny and cannibalism.

10:00 CHAUTAUQUA: AN AMERICAN NARRATIVE — Founded 135 years ago in Western New York as a place of learning, renewal and inspiration, the Chautauqua Institution is an idyllic community where artists hone their craft, great thinkers speak their minds, and people come to engage in self-improvement. A film traces the Institution’s history and impact.

11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

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Sunday, January 30 at 8 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD Nature: Born Wild: The First Days of Life spotlights the birth and first day of a variety of animals, following newborns and their parents.

9:50 AGATHA CHRISTIE’S POIROT: YELLOW IRIS — A yellow iris arrives with the post, which reminds Poirot of his trip to Buenos Aires two years before. Iris, one of his dinner companions in Buenos Aires, was murdered and Poirot was deported before he could investigate.

Could the mysterious arrival of the flower be a request for Poirot to pick up the case again? Repeats Fri 1/28, 3pm 10:40 PRIME SUSPECT, SERIES I — Part 4 of 4. Helen Mirren stars as Detective Inspector Jane Tennison — a topnotch London detective battling to prove herself in a male-dominated world. Chief Inspector Jane Tennison and her team concentrate on finding the suspect’s missing car, and when her men can’t find it, she begins to doubt her suspicions and her obsession with the case begins to take a toll at work and at home. R epeats Fri 1/28, 4pm 11:30 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

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Providing a Safe Haven for Children WETA Kids offers safe programming for our young viewers, presenting educational television broadcasts 24 hours each day, seven days a week. Below you can find weekday daytime listings for WETA Kids.

Note that children’s programming also airs each morning on WETA TV 26. Please visit weta.org/kids to find complete schedules of children’s programs on the WETA Kids channel and WETA TV 26.

Between the Lions, 6am Clifford The Big Red Dog, 6:30am Super WHY!, 7am Arthur, 7:30am Martha Speaks, 8am Curious George, 8:30am The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!, 9am WordGirl, 9:30am WordWorld, 10am Dinosaur Train, 10:30am Wild Kratts, 11am Electric Company, 11:30am Sid the Science Kid, noon A Place of Our Own, 12:30pm Sesame Street, 1pm Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, 2pm Angelina Ballerina, 2:30pm Peep and the Big Wide World, 3pm Maya & Miguel, 3:30pm Arthur, 4pm WordGirl, 4:30pm

Wild Kratts Premieres Jan. 3

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Fetch!, 5pm Wild Kratts, 5:30pm Super WHY!, M–Th, 6pm (Animalia on Fridays) Martha Speaks, M–Th, 6:30pm (Mama Mirabelle on Fridays) Curious George, 7pm Zula Patrol, 7:30pm Electric Company, 8pm Sid the Science Kid, 8:30pm Biz Kid$, 9pm Barney & Friends, 9:30pm Sesame Street, 10pm Bob the Builder, 11pm Thomas & Friends, 11:30pm Caillou, midnight

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

ild Kratts, a new animated children’s series from the makers of the Emmy-winning series Zoboomafoo, premieres January 3, featuring animal adventures for 6- to 8-year-olds in programs that visit extraordinary creatures in their habitats in the wild and introduce key concepts of chemistry, physics, geology, biology and natural history through the actions and behaviors of the animals within the stories. The 40 new half-hour episodes feature zoologists Chris and Martin Kratt in a live-action segment starring actual animals as the brothers wonder what it would be like to experience a neverbefore-seen wildlife moment. Then the brothers transform into animated versions of themselves and lead explorations in exotic locales, giving children a glimpse into the lives of intriguing animals.

Note: You’ll also find children’s programming on WETA TV 26 each morning, 5 a.m.–noon.

See the inside cover for WETA TV 26 channel numbers.

WEEKDAYS ON WETA TV 26 Sesame Street, 5am Clifford The Big Red Dog, 6am Super WHY!, 6:30am Arthur, 7am Martha Speaks, 7:30am Curious George, 8am The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!, 8:30am WordGirl, 9am WordWorld, 9:30am Dinosaur Train, 10am Wild Kratts, 10:30am Electric Company, 11am Sid the Science Kid, 11:30am

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Inspiring Lifelong Learning and Creativity WETA Create presents “how-to” lifestyle programming, 24 hours each day, seven days a week, featuring public television’s finest series devoted to explorations of home improvement, cooking, crafts, travel, woodworking, painting, gardening and much more. This channel draws on more than 35 series.

For a complete schedule of WETA Create programming, please visit weta.org/create.

Among the programs you’ll find on WETA Create are:

Jacques Pépin: More Fast Food My Way

ARTS & CRAFTS The Best of the Joy of Painting Donna Dewberry Show Knit and Crochet Now! Martha’s Sewing Room Paint, Paper and Crafts Passport & Palette Scheewe Art Workshop

HOME & GARDEN For Your Home Garden Smart Katie Brown Workshop P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home Victory Garden

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ulinary icon Jacques Pépin, author of 23 cookbooks, demonstrates healthy, tasty home-cooked meals in his series More Fast Food My Way, creating nearly 100 fast, delicious recipes for every occasion — from a light snack to an elegant dinner — using readily available fresh foods, supermarket staples and simple techniques. Taking inspiration from around the world, Pépin’s quick lamb stew, paella of shellfish and chicken, Tibetan bread and tapioca banana coconut pudding incorporate Asian, Latin American and diverse European influences, including his classic French background.

Each episode contains four or more dishes, including minute-long recipes for such delights as croque monsieur tidbits, an instant red-pepper dip or butter bean canápes, along with Jacques’ valuable tips and techniques. Pépin’s recipes emphasize widely available flavorful ingredients, such as wild mushrooms, gourmet cheeses, and specialty spices.

Visit weta.org/supportcreate this month to pledge your support for “how-to” programming on WETA Create.

Baking with Julia

HOME IMPROVEMENT Ask This Old House This Old House Woodsmith Shop Woodturning Workshop Woodwright’s Shop

TRAVEL & CULTURE Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions OpenRoad Passport & Palette Rick Steves’ Europe Seasoned Traveler Smart Travels—Pacific Rim with Rudy Maxa

Visit weta.org/create for complete listings of “how-to” programs on WETA Create.

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aking with Julia, hosted by the late culinary grande dame Julia Child, features the country’s outstanding pastry chefs, bakers, teachers and cookbook authors — from Michel Richard to Martha Stewart — offering indispensable techniques, time-honored tips and meticulously tested recipes that make home baking successful and satisfying. Bakers demonstrate recipes for the extraordinary variety of breads now popular across the country — herbed focaccia, whole wheat loaves, muffins, naan and more — and the greatest examples of America’s favorite menu course: dessert.

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America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated Avec Eric Baking with Julia Caprial and John's Kitchen Christina Cooks Ciao Italia Cook’s Country from America’s Test Kitchen Daisy Cooks! with Daisy Martinez Everyday Food Gourmet’s Adventures with Ruth Jacques Pépin: More Fast Food My Way Joanne Weir’s Cooking Class Julia and Jacques: Cooking at Home Lidia’s Italy Made in Spain New Scandinavian Cooking Sara’s Weeknight Meals Simply Ming

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Choral Showcase in January Sundays at 9 p.m.

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Presenting Classical Music All Day, Every Day With David Ginder, mornings • Marilyn Cooley, middays •

John Chester, afternoons/overnights • Nicole Lacroix, evenings And hosting on the weekend: Jean Inaba, mornings • Judy Gruber, afternoons • Chip Brienza, evenings Special Programming: Mon–Fri at 7 p.m.: PBS NewsHour Mondays at 9 p.m.: Front Row Washington Saturdays at 1 p.m.: Classical WETA Opera House Sundays at 6 p.m.: From the Top Sundays at 9 p.m.: Choral Showcase First Wednesday of the month, 9 p.m.: NSO Showcase

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VivaLaVoce on vivalavoce.org Stream audio at classicalweta.org.

Metropolitan Opera Productions on Classical WETA Opera House Saturdays on Classical WETA 90.9 FM January 1, noon: Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande January 8, 1 p.m.: Puccini’s La Fanciulla del West January 15, 1 p.m.: Verdi’s La Traviata January 22, 1 p.m.: Verdi’s Rigoletto January 29, 1 p.m.: Puccini’s Tosca

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his month, Classical WETA 90.9 FM starts the New Year with the waltz during our themed “Waltz Weekend,’’ and on the weekly broadcast Choral Showcase on Sunday, January 2, the Monteverdi Choir, conducted by founder John Eliot Gardiner, performs Brahms’s Liebeslieder (Love Song) Waltzes in the original version with two pianists. The dancing theme continues on the January Is Mozart Month same program with Stravinsky’s ballet-opera, The Nightingale. Otherwise, Tune in to Classical WETA 90.9 FM Mozart is the theme throughout January on Choral Showcase, celebrating the anniversary of his birth on January 27, 1756. Marking the occasion with and VivaLaVoce throughout January as we celebrate the birthday of trumpets, drums, and exuberant chorus seems perfect, so on the January 9 composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart program, scheduled is a full-dressed, ceremonial setting of Regina coeli, in with broadcasts of many of his works, C Major. On January 16, Choral Showcase features Mozart’s Sancta Maria, including those less often heard. a loving farewell to Salzburg as the composer departed for Paris in 1777, and the composer’s “Great” Mass, K. 427, written with the intention of improving the strained relations between Mozart’s wife Constanze and his father Leopold — specifically to celebrate his father’s eventual acceptance of Constanze into the family. Constanze was the soprano soloist at the work’s premiere.

Tune in to Choral Showcase each Sunday night, and visit classicalweta.org to learn more about the broadcasts.

Deborah Voigt in the Met’s La Fanciulla del West

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