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The Co-Production of Florentine Films and WETA Premieres September 17-21 & 24-28 on WETA TV 26 Also tune in to WETA TV 26 production Vietnam in Washington, airing Fridays, September 22 & 29 at 8:30 p.m. on WETA TV 26

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or more than 30 years, we at WETA have had the tremendous good fortune to partner with our friends Ken Burns and Lynn Novick on their extraordinary films. The productions that we have together brought to the American people — Baseball, Jazz, The War, Prohibition, to name just a few — have been some of the most important, acclaimed documentaries on television, speaking to who we are as a nation.

This month, we are very excited and proud to premiere The Vietnam War, the latest production in this remarkable collaboration. The film is undeniably Ken and Lynn’s masterpiece. A decade in the making, the expansive production takes an unflinching look at the formative event of a generation, and a watershed era in American history.

On this monumental project, we have been delighted as well to collaborate again with two veterans of many of Ken and Lynn’s films — historian and scholar Geoffrey Ward, writer of The Vietnam War and many of the team’s other superb documentaries, and longtime Florentine Films producer Sarah Botstein.

The 10-part series is the centerpiece of PBS programming this year, illuminating the story of the Vietnam War from many sides and perspectives while following ordinary individuals’ experiences. The broadcast of The Vietnam War is just the beginning. Our intent is that the film will spur a national conversation about this seminal historical event. We are also in the midst of an accompanying comprehensive outreach and engagement campaign reaching every state of the union.

We will be providing comprehensive educational packages to more than Filmmakers Ken Burns & Lynn Novick 20,000 high schools, and we have developed school curricula as well.

More than 350 local organizations are working with their local public broadcasting stations to create meaningful related events and projects in their communities.

The series and outreach project, related digital initiatives, and locally focused additional programming that includes WETA TV 26 production Vietnam in Washington exemplify the very highest ideals of public broadcasting — a massive, collective effort to explore our nation’s history, engage with complex subjects, encourage community dialogue and deepen our understanding of our culture. A project of this enormity is simply not possible without generous funders — including you, our members — and without committed, engaged outreach partners. We are enormously grateful for the outpouring of support for this important film.

As a country, we have long awaited this moment, to look back to this time in American history with serious and complex attention. Perhaps not since the Civil War has there been a more fractured time in our nation than during the years of the Vietnam War. Passions about the war divided friends and family, young and old. Our once commonly held ideas about freedom, authority, honor and our place in the world erupted into a massive cultural revolution.

The Vietnam War explores all this and much more, and the riveting narrative is complemented by an exceptional soundtrack, bringing together film and music in an extraordinary way.

Enjoy this fascinating, powerful series, and thank you for your support.

Sharon Percy Rockefeller, President & CEO, WETA

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Agatha Christie’s Witness for the Prosecution Saturday, September 30 at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26/HD

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n addition to Endeavour, Series 4 on Masterpiece and Thursday-night airings of The Brokenwood Mysteries, Series 2, WETA drama offerings on TV 26 this month include a two-hour 2016 adaptation of crime novelist Agatha Christie’s classic stage play, Witness for the Prosecution. Set in 1920s London, the storyline follows a murder and the search for justice in its aftermath. Kim Cattrall (Sex and the City) portrays the victim, the glamorous and rich Emily French. All the evidence, including the testimony of Emily’s housekeeper Janet Mackenzie (Monica Dolan, Wolf Hall), points to Leonard Vole (Billy Howle, Vera), to whom the heiress left her fortune. Leonard however, is adamant that his partner, the enigmatic chorus girl Romaine (Andrea Riseborough, Birdman), can prove his innocence. Tasked with representing Leonard are his solicitor John Mayhew (Toby Jones, The Hunger Games) and King’s Counsel, Sir Charles Carter (David Haig, Yes Minister).

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The 10-part series, co-produced by Florentine Films and WETA, airs Sundays through Thursdays, September 17-21 & 24-28 at 8 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, repeating each night

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monumental new 10-part documentary film series, The Vietnam War, created by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and producer Sarah Botstein in collaboration with WETA, tells the epic story of one of the most consequential, divisive and controversial events in American history. The riveting, immersive, landmark 18-hour series, a co-production of Florentine Films and WETA, airs on WETA TV 26 and PBS stations nationwide over the course of ten nights, Sundays through Thursdays, September 17-21 and 24-28.

The extraordinary film is the latest production in a decades-long collaboration between WETA and the filmmakers at Florentine Films that has resulted in some of the most acclaimed historical documentaries ever created. WETA has partnered with Ken Burns to bring 30 productions to the American public via PBS. The Vietnam War rounds out a trilogy of explorations of

American wars that began with Burns’s first major series, The Civil War (1990), followed by Burns and Novick’s seven-part series The War (2007), about World War II. Novick has been a principal collaborator of Burns since the early 1990s; her film credits also include Prohibition, Baseball, Jazz and Frank Lloyd Wright.

Botstein, also a longtime Florentine Films colleague, helped to create The War and Prohibition as well. The Vietnam War was written by historian Geoffrey C. Ward, who has collaborated with Burns on a host of major film projects that included, most recently, the 2014 series The Roosevelts: An Intimate History.

A Search for Meaning “The Vietnam War was a decade of agony that took the lives of more than 58,000 Americans,” Burns said.

“Not since the Civil War have we as a country been

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Viewers’ Guide The Vietnam War, a 10-part film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, premieres September 17-21, 24-28 on WETA TV 26/HD. Following are program airtimes:

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Pt 1. Déjà Vu (1858-1961) Sunday, Sept. 17 at 8 p.m., Rpts 9:30 p.m.

Pt 2. Riding the Tiger (1961-1963) Monday, Sept. 18 at 8 p.m., Rpts 9:30 p.m.

Pt 3. The River Styx (Jan 1964-Dec 1965) Tuesday, Sept. 19 at 8 p.m., Rpts 10 p.m.

Pt 4. Resolve (Jan 1966-June 1967) Wednesday, Sept. 20 at 8 p.m., Rpts 10 p.m.

Pt 5. This Is What We Do (July 1967-Dec 1967) Thursday, Sept. 21 at 8 p.m., Rpts 9:30 p.m.

Pt 6. Things Fall Apart (Jan 1968-July 1968) Sunday, Sept. 24 at 8 p.m., Rpts 9:30 p.m.

Pt 7. The Veneer of Civilization (June 1968-May 1969) Monday, Sept. 25 at 8 p.m., Rpts 10 p.m.

Pt 8. The History of the World (Apr 1969-May 1970) Tuesday, Sept. 26 at 8 p.m., Rpts 10 p.m.

Pt 9. A Disrespectful Loyalty (May 1970-Mar 1973) Wednesday, Sept. 27 at 8 p.m., Rpts 10 p.m.

Pt 10. The Weight of Memory (Mar 1973-Onward) Thursday, Sept. 28 at 8 p.m., Rpts 10 p.m.

“For nearly 10 years, Ken Burns and I have tried to find out what really happened, why things went so badly wrong, and why, for more than four decades, we as a people have been unable to put the Vietnam War behind us.”

Each episode repeats the following day at 2 p.m.

Episodes 1-5 repeat Sun., Sept. 24, 11:30 a.m.-8 p.m.

Vietnam in Washington, a production of WETA TV 26, airs Fridays, September 22 & 29 at 8:30 p.m.

so torn apart. There wasn’t an American alive then who wasn’t affected in some way — from those who fought and sacrificed in the war, to families of service members and POWs, to those who protested the war in open conflict with their government and fellow citizens. Americans can’t forget Vietnam, and we are still arguing about who was to blame and whether it was all worth it.”

“We are all searching for some meaning in this terrible tragedy,” Novick said. “Ken and I have tried to shed new light on the war by looking at it from the bottom up, the top down and from all sides. In addition to dozens of Americans who shared their stories, we interviewed many Vietnamese on both the winning and losing sides, and we were surprised to learn that the war remains as painful and unresolved for them as it is for us.

Within this almost incomprehensibly destructive event, we discovered profound, universal human truths, as well as uncanny resonances with recent events.”

Epic in Scope A decade in the making by Florentine Films and WETA, the series The Vietnam War is greater in scope and ambition than any film previously undertaken in the collaboration, including Baseball, Jazz, The War,

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The National Parks and other major projects. Distilling decades of history and new scholarship, The Vietnam War includes powerful interviews; rarely seen, digitally re-mastered archival footage from sources around the globe; photographs taken by some of the most celebrated photojournalists of the 20th century; historic television broadcasts; evocative home movies; and secret audio recordings from inside the Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon administrations.

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Multiple Perspectives, Diverse Testimonies Taking a fresh look at the conflict, The Vietnam War explores the human dimensions of the war through revealing and sometimes searing testimony from nearly 80 individuals — witnesses from all sides of the war. “Within the American experience there are people who fought in the war; and there are people fought against the war,” Novick said. “There was tremendous conflict in the United States about the war. And within Vietnam, there’s the winning side, there’s the losing side. They were our enemy and our ally. There are just so many different perspectives — we’ve tried to bring them all together in this film.”

“There’s been a lot done about the Vietnam War, but no one has tackled it the way that we have, which was to try to look at it in a very personal way — following the experiences of ordinary people who lived through it,” Novick said. “We have strived to convey what the big-picture geo-strategy and military strategy meant for ordinary people.”

“In many ways the Vietnam War was our second Civil War, ripping America apart — and it is important now to go back and try to understand it. This film is not an answer, but a set of questions about what happened.”

— Ken Burns

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The Vietnam War also features an extraordinary soundtrack, including more than 100 iconic musical recordings that defined the era and complement the film’s narrative: tracks from The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Simon & Garfunkel, Janis Joplin, Ben E. King, Led Zeppelin, Neil Young, Phil Ochs, Donovan, Johnny Cash, Barry McGuire, Buffalo Springfield, The Byrds, Otis Redding, Santana, Joni Mitchell, Nina Simone, The Temptations, Booker T. and the M.G.s, Pete Seeger and more. The film also presents new, original music written and recorded by Academy Award-winning composers Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. Grammy Award-winning cellist Yo-Yo Ma and The Silk Road Ensemble also arranged and performed new music in the production. Additional music was composed by David Cieri and Doug Wamble, longtime collaborators with Florentine Films.

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Broadcast Companions Visit pbs.org/vietnamwar to learn more about the film, and join the conversation at #VietnamWarPBS.

Chronicling History, Raising Questions

Vietnam in Washington on WETA TV 26/HD Surrounding the broadcast of The Vietnam War is a local television production created by WETA TV 26: Vietnam in Washington airs Fridays, September 22 and 29 at 8:30 p.m. The half-hour programs will examine the Vietnam War’s impact on Greater Washington.

Featuring moderated panels of scholars, veterans and civilians, the programs will explore how the war shaped life in the nation’s capital and changed the cultural landscape of the region.

On the Web At pbs.org/vietnamwar — the series website: • Preview the film The Vietnam War. • Watch clips and interviews with the filmmakers.

• Find and share stories about the war.

At weta.org/vietnam — for local stories: • View a historical timeline of events in Greater Washington related to the Vietnam War. • View locally focused micro-documentaries.

• Find articles about the local impact of the war in WETA’s history blog, Boundary Stones.

A National Conversation To accompany the film The Vietnam War, WETA, in partnership with PBS and other organizations, has launched an unprecedented nationwide outreach and public engagement campaign to spark a national conversation about the Vietnam War and the lessons to be learned from this watershed event and era.

The initiative, in collaboration with more than 350 organizations, is supporting more than 250 community events nationwide. Also, with funding from Lynda & Stewart Resnick through The Better Angels Society, teaching materials related to the film are being made available to educators — DVDs and other resources will be distributed to nearly 20,000 high schools across the country. Learn more at pbs.org/vietnamwar.

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Fought in the North and South of Vietnam, the war was also fought in the White House, in the halls of Congress, in America’s streets and colleges and living rooms.

The Vietnam War explores the complex history of the war and the era, chronologically following — through five U.S. administrations — the story of America’s 30-year experience in Southeast Asia and 10 years of war: from the ramp-up of American engagement to military campaigns, battles and tactics, and the widening of the war; from domestic politics and foreign policy, the anti-war movement and turmoil in America to the eventual forging of a peace and the extrication of American forces, the fall of South Vietnam, the war’s aftermath and the search for healing and reconciliation.

“The Vietnam War remains unfinished business in American history. In order to move on as a country, we have to understand what happened. And we’ve never done that with Vietnam,” said Novick.

“It is time now — the decades have passed,” Burns said.

“We’ve always felt that in any kind of historical presentation you’ve got to have 25 to 30 years of perspective.”

“There is no single truth to be extracted from the war,” Novick concluded.

“On all sides, questions remain that will never be fully answered. Who was right? Who was wrong?

What does it mean to be a citizen, and a patriot?

Were the sacrifices too high? Could it have turned out differently?”

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To Purchase The Vietnam War To buy the series companion book by Geoffrey C. Ward, with an introduction by Ken Burns & Lynn Novick, or the DVD or Blu-ray of The Vietnam War, visit the WETA website at weta.org/vietnam, where you can find links to make your purchase. When shopping through WETA’s site, you can receive a discount.

Funding for The Vietnam War is provided by Bank of America; Corporation for Public Broadcasting; PBS; David H. Koch; Blavatnik Family Foundation; Park Foundation; National Endowment for the Humanities; The Pew Charitable Trusts; John S. and James L. Knight Foundation; The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations; Ford Foundation Just Films; Rockefeller Brothers Fund; and Members of The Better Angels Society: Jonathan & Jeannie Lavine, Diane & Hal Brierley, Amy & David Abrams, John & Catherine Debs, Fullerton Family Charitable Fund, The Montrone Family, Lynda & Stewart Resnick, The Perry & Donna Golkin Family Foundation, The Lynch Foundation, The Roger & Rosemary Enrico Foundation, Richard S. & Donna L. Strong, Bonnie & Tom McCloskey, Barbara K. & Cyrus B. Sweet III, The Lavender Butterfly Fund. Funding for the local broadcast of The Vietnam War is provided by the Association of the United States Army and the National Gallery of Art.

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In Their Own Words Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Discuss The Vietnam War

Ken Burns and Lynn Novick directed the landmark new 10-part series The Vietnam War, a co-production of Florentine Films and WETA. Recently, they spoke about the film; their comments below include excerpts from a conversation with Heidi Zimmerman of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (VVMF).

Burns: We’ve worked closely with WETA and PBS to tell compelling American stories for three decades now, and it’s always like coming home. There is truly no other place that this film, The Vietnam War, could have been made — that we could have spent 10 years on this. Fortunately, we work with these partners that say, “Okay. That’s what we want you to do. Keep going.” There’s no one coming in, saying “too long, too short, not sexy enough, too violent, not violent enough.” WETA and PBS support us in our mission to just really get it right, and that’s extraordinary for us. Nowhere else could we be as immersive — and as free to devote the time and scholarship to do this, except public broadcasting. The relationship allows us to devote the kind of resources that we were able to dedicate, to spend the kind of time to dive into those archives, to explore finding all the people interviewed, to spend four years editing, to spend a lot of time continuing to read the scholarship and adjusting the narration, so we can end up with a compelling film that meets our standards of quality, integrity and artistry. We’ve got many more projects in the works in this great collaboration.

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Q: Can you tell us about your enduring partnership with public television?

Q: Why was it important for you to tell the story of Vietnam?

Q: How do you tell the story of the most divisive period within our nation during the 20th century?

Burns: I think the Vietnam War is arguably the most important event of the second half of the 20th century.

It’s a defining moment.

Novick: It’s an extraordinarily important period in history and it is very much unresolved. It is extremely painful and divisive in our culture and it is very poorly understood. I don’t think we can understand who we are as a country without understanding what happened during Vietnam.

We felt it was important to take a look at the story of the war, what happened and why. And perhaps most important — why is it such a difficult subject for us to talk about as a country? Mission One for us was to honor the service and sacrifice of the people who served and died; to give them their due respect as part of the larger story of what our country went through and also explore what this experience meant for the Vietnamese people.

Burns: I think you want to tell a complete story, so we’ve taken 10 episodes and 18 hours to do it. We’ve worked on this story for 10 years. The film represents 50 years of scholarship that adds on to the experiences of the service members. Obviously, war is human beings at their worst but it also paradoxically brings out the best as well, and we’ve not neglected to point out those positive aspects, those heroic aspects, at the same time we delve into a war that many Americans would rather ignore.

Novick: We set out to take a fresh look at this very complicated and divisive story through the eyes of the people who lived through it and to hear from as many different people with as many different experiences and perspectives that we could practically embrace. We interviewed close to 100 people. One of the tragedies of the Vietnam War is that America became involved in a conflict in a

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country far away that we didn’t really understand. We didn’t understand our allies or our enemies. We as filmmakers did not want to make that same mistake. I spent a lot of time in Vietnam getting to know people who lived through the war there and hearing from civilians and soldiers. And also speaking to Vietnamese-Americans who fled Vietnam after the war. What we found was that the war is as complicated and unresolved and as difficult to talk about for them on all sides as it is for us.

Q: How do you think the Vietnam Era changed our country?

Burns: I think it really split it down the middle and in some ways the divisions that we experience today had their seeds in the Vietnam War. Of course, the Civil War caused huge divisions that are still with us too, but I think the experience of the war in Vietnam led to people

becoming cemented in their views and blinded by their particular ideology. I think it’s important to try to step back and see the larger picture. I think Vietnam is a hugely important, watershed moment in American history.

Novick: I think it’s impossible to look at our country today and not trace many of the things that concern us back to the Vietnam era. It ties into how the soldiers felt disrespected and this question of blaming the warrior for the war. That, I really think, is the one lesson we learned as a country, and we’ll never make that mistake again.

Q: What did you learn from making this film?

Burns: I grew up in the war. I had a high draft number, and I didn’t go. I was completely aware that I came of age watching it. I felt like I knew something about it. I knew nothing about it — nothing. And so to me — it was this sheer humiliation of suddenly just realizing I knew nothing and that I had to really build back from the beginning.

The film is a deep, deep dive into the things that I thought I knew. I came to the understanding that not only I, but most of us, just have a conventional wisdom about it — a superficial knowledge.

Novick: One thing that I learned that I will carry with me is that history is a lot more complicated than we give it credit for. There is no story that I’ve tried to tell that is more complicated than this. With any one aspect that we tried to tell — there were at least three points of view or more. It was a constant exercise in compassion. To try to understand how you could look at this particular battle from this point of view versus that point of view. It’s important to be open to considering that things are not as simple as they seem.

Q: What impact do you think the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C., has had on our country?

Burns: Our scene of the [Vietnam Veterans Memorial] Wall in our last episode is one of the most powerful scenes in the entire film. We reference the Wall, without saying anything about it, in almost every episode. In our 10th episode, we tell the story of the competition, of the controversy, of the building and then the response, in which suddenly, in the presence of that memorial, it’s as if it just asked people to say “shh, shh, shh, be quiet, stop talking, you don’t need to argue — just come here.” It is beyond effective. It’s one of the greatest works of art that I know.

Novick: I think what it did was to offer a place to go to collectively mourn and to honor the dead and to contemplate the true cost of war and the sacrifice that people made. It gave people a physical place to do that. It’s a gift to our country. It transcends the Vietnam War. It’s evolved into a place where people can come together and contemplate the human condition. I think that’s why so many people come there and leave things. They contemplate what it means to be alive.

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WETA TV 26 & WETA HD September primetime simulcast listings.

Weeknight primetime programming 8:00

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Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, Series 1: Away with the Fairies

Latino Americans (Pts 1-3 of 6) (to 12m)

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The Manners of Downton Abbey: A Masterpiece Special

Endeavour, Series 4 on Masterpiece (Ep 3 of 4. Lazaretto)

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Antiques Roadshow: Rapid City, SD (Pt 3)

Antiques Roadshow: Seattle, WA (Pt 1)

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Walt Disney: American Experience (Pt 2 of 2)

Frontline: The Man Who Knew

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Earth’s Natural Wonders (Pt 1 of 3. Extreme Wonders)

NOVA: Killer Landslides

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The Brokenwood Mysteries, Series 2 (Ep 3 of 4. Catch of the Day) Endeavour, Season 4 on Masterpiece (Ep 3 of 4. Lazaretto)

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Washington Week

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Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, Series 1: Queen of the Flowers

Latino Americans (Pts 4-6 of 6) (to 12m)

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More Manners of Downton Abbey: A Masterpiece Special

Endeavour, Season 4 on Masterpiece (Ep 4 of 4. Harvest)

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Mon

Antiques Roadshow: Seattle, WA (Pt 2)

Antiques Roadshow: Seattle, WA (Pt 3)

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Martin Luther: The Idea That Changed the World

Frontline: Abacus: Small Enough to Jail (to 11:30pm)

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Wed

Earth’s Natural Wonders (Pt 3 of 3. Living Wonders)

The Farthest: Voyager in Space (to 12m)

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The Brokenwood Mysteries, Series 2 (Ep 4 of 4. Blood Pink)

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Washington Week

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Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, Series 1: Death by Miss Adventure

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The Vietnam War (Part 1 of 10. Déjà Vu)

Endeavour, The VietnamSeason War (repeat, 4 Part 1 of 10. Déjà Vu) on Masterpiece The

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The Vietnam War (Part 2 of 10. Riding the Tiger)

The Vietnam War (repeat, Part 2 of 10. Riding the Tiger)

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The Vietnam War (Part 3 of 10. The River Styx)

The Vietnam War (repeat, Part 3 of 10.

The River Styx) (to 12m)

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The Vietnam War (Part 4 of 10. Resolve)

The Vietnam War (repeat, Part 4 of 10.

Resolve) (to 12m)

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The Vietnam War (Part 5 of 10. This Is What We Do)

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Washington Week

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Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, Series 1: Blood and Circuses

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The Vietnam War (Part 6 of 10. Things Fall Apart)

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The Vietnam War (Part 7 of 10. The Veneer of Civilization)

The Vietnam War (repeat, Part 7 of 10.

The Veneer of Civilization) (to 12m)

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The Vietnam War (Part 8 of 10. The History of the World)

The Vietnam War (repeat, Part 8 of 10.

The History of the World) (to 12m)

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The Vietnam War (Part 9 of 10. A Disrespectful Loyalty)

The Vietnam War (repeat, Part 9 of 10.

A Disrespectful Loyalty) (to 12m)

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The Vietnam War (Part 10 of 10. The Weight of Memory)

The Vietnam War (repeat, Part 10 of 10.

The Weight of Memory) (to 12m)

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Washington Week

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Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, Series 1: Murder in the Dark

Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny: American Masters

Earth’s Natural Wonders (Pt 2 of 3. Wonders of Water)

WETA Neighborhood Eats

Vietnam in Washington

Vietnam in Washington

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Third Rail with OZY (Ep 1 of 7)

Beyond La Bamba

POV: My Love, Don’t Cross That River

Endeavour, Season 4 on Masterpiece (Ep 4 of 4. Harvest)

Ballet Hispánico (from Lincoln Center)

Third Rail with OZY (Ep 2 of 7)

The WETA Movie: Black Narcissus (to 10:41pm)

The Vietnam War (repeat, Part 5 of 10. This Is What We Do)

On Two Fronts: Latinos & Vietnam

Third Rail with OZY (Ep 3 of 7)

The WETA Movie: The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (to 10:45pm) The Vietnam War (repeat, Part 6 of 10. Things Fall Apart)

Latin Music USA (Pts 1 & 2 of 4. Bridges/The Salsa Revolution) (to 11pm) Latin Music USA (Pts 3 & 4 of 4. The Chicano Wave/Divas and Superstars) (to 1am) Agatha Christie’s Witness for the Prosecution

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• Programming on WETA TV 26 and WETA HD is exactly the same — simulcast — Monday through Friday from 7 p.m. through Charlie Rose, and weekend evenings, beginning at 6 p.m. Saturdays and 11:30 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 16 for schedule information.

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

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A WETA CO-PRODUCTION Saturdays, September 2 & 9 at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26/HD The Peabody Award-winning WETA co-production Latino Americans explores the rich and varied history of Latinos in the U.S. as part of WETA’s programming spotlighting Hispanic Heritage Month.

Above: Registering to Vote, New York City, 1960.

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. Repeats Sat 9/2, 6:30pm 8:30 WETA ARTS — In the WETA TV 26 arts magazine this month, noted stage director Kent Gash (Choir Boy, Wig Out!) discusses his work at Studio Theatre and collaborations with Moonlight writer Tarell Alvin McCraney; local group Story District teaches the art of storytelling; a photographer fashions her picture-perfect family — with mannequins; and a sculptor creates giant bugs from wood. Repeats Sun 9/3, 11:30am, 3:30pm; Fri 9/8, 5:30pm; Sun 9/10, 1:30pm; Mon 9/11, 5:30pm; Thur 9/14, 5:30pm; Fri 9/15, 5pm; Mon 9/18, 5pm 9:00 RICHARD LINKLATER: DREAM IS DESTINY: AMERICAN MASTERS — The biography series takes a look at the fiercely independent filmmaking style that emerged in the late 1980s-90s, sparked by the Oscar-nominated filmmaker of Boyhood, Slacker and Dazed and Confused.

The documentary features never-before-seen footage and interviews. Repeats Sun 9/10, 2:30pm 10:30 CHARLIE ROSE: THE WEEK 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

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CHEF JOHN BESH’S NEW ORLEANS CIAO ITALIA HUBERT KELLER: SECRETS OF A CHEF JOANNE WEIR’S COOKING CONFIDENCE RICK STEVES’ EUROPE GLOBE TREKKER THE THIS OLD HOUSE HOUR A CHEF’S LIFE PATI’S MEXICAN TABLE — New Season Starts Sept. 9!

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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 — New Season Starts Sept. 2!

3:30 MARTHA BAKES 4:00 COOK’S COUNTRY FROM AMERICA’S TEST KITCHEN — New Season Starts Sept. 2!

4:30 AMERICA’S TEST KITCHEN FROM COOK’S ILLUSTRATED 5:00 BREAKFAST IN WASHINGTON (Note: The series Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television starts September 9 at 5 p.m.)

SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM-1AM: 6:00 PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND 6:30 WASHINGTON WEEK — R 7:00 DOC MARTIN, SERIES 6 8:00 MISS FISHER’S MURDER MYSTERIES, SERIES 1: AWAY WITH THE FAIRIES — Phryne Fisher (Essie Davis) investigates the death of a magazine columnist. To get to the truth, she must unearth the deceptions and rivalries of the magazine’s working women — and dig into the past of their token male employee.

9:00 LATINO AMERICANS — A Peabody Award-winning, landmark six-hour production of WETA; Bosch and Co., Inc.; and Latino Public Broadcasting (LPB); in association with Independent Television Service (ITVS) chronicles the rich and varied history of Latinos, who for more than 500 years have helped shape what is today the United States and have become the country’s largest

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Sundays, September 3 & 10 at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26/HD Endeavour, Series 4 on Masterpiece continues, starring Shaun Evans as rookie detective Morse and Roger Allam as DI Fred Thursday.

minority group. Actor Benjamin Bratt narrates. Part 1 of 6. Foreigners in Their Own Land. The series surveys the history and people from 1565-1880 as the first Spanish explorers enter North America, as the U.S. expands into territories in the Southwest that had been home to Native Americans and English and Spanish colonies, and as the Mexican-American War strips Mexico of half its territories by 1848. Repeats Tue 9/5, 3pm; Wed 9/6, 1pm 10:00 LATINO AMERICANS — Part 2 of 6. Empire of Dreams.

The series explores how the American population is reshaped by Latino immigration starting in 1880 and continuing into the 1940s as Cubans, Mexicans and Puerto Ricans begin arriving in the U.S. and build communities in South Florida, Los Angeles and New York.

Repeats Tue 9/5, 4pm; Wed 9/6, 2pm 11:00 LATINO AMERICANS — Part 3 of 6. War and Peace. The series traces the World War II years and those that follow, as Latino Americans serve their new country by the hundreds of thousands — yet still face discrimination and a fight for civil rights in the United States.

Repeats Tue 9/5, 5pm; Wed 9/6, 3pm 12M VOCES ON PBS: EL POETA — A film spotlights renowned Mexican poet Javier Sicilia, who ignited an international movement for peace after the brutal murder of his 24-year old son — collateral damage in a drug war that has left more than 70,000 dead since 2006. (60 min.)

3 Sunday O N WETA TV 26, 6AM-11:30AM. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD. 6 AM-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 S IMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 11:30AM-12M: 11:30 WETA ARTS — R 12N GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET: DER ROSENKAVALIER — The Met’s first new production since 1969 of Strauss’s rich romantic masterpiece is conducted by Music Director James Levine and directed by Robert Carsen. Renée Fleming sings one of her signature roles as the Marschallin, opposite Elina Garancˇa in her first North American performances as Octavian, the impulsive young title character. The cast also includes Gunther Groissbock as Baron Ochs, Erin Morley as Sophie, Markus Brück in his Met debut as Faninal, and Matthew Polenzani as the Italian Singer.

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4:30 GLOBE TREKKER: TOUGH BOATS: THE ARCTIC — Repeats Mon 9/4, 1:30pm; Sat 9/9, 9am 5:30 SCI-TECH NOW 6:00 PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND 6:30 THE DAVID RUBENSTEIN SHOW: PEER-TO-PEER CONVERSATIONS — In a Bloomberg Media series, renowned Washington, D.C.-based financier and philanthropist David Rubenstein explores successful leadership, talking to business leaders about their stories and path to success. Repeats Mon 9/4, 1pm

7:00 THE GREAT BRITISH BAKING SHOW, SEASON 4 — Part 8 of 10. Tudor Week. Follow the five remaining bakers as they attempt to re-create dishes fit for the Tudors.

The signature is a savory stuffed pie; the technical is an unusual Tudor biscuit that has the bakers tied up in knots; the showstopper is a marzipan spectacle.

Repeats Mon 9/4, 2:30pm 8:00 THE MANNERS OF DOWNTON ABBEY: A MASTERPIECE SPECIAL — Enter the world of Edwardian manners with Alastair Bruce, historical advisor to the Downton Abbey production. Bruce and the series’ leading cast members explain how they re-created the authentic etiquette of aristocrats and servants. Repeats Mon 9/4, 5pm; Fri 9/8, 4pm; Sun 9/10, 11:30am 9:00 ENDEAVOUR, SERIES 4 ON MASTERPIECE: LAZARETTO — Shaun Evans stars as young Endeavour Morse; Roger Allam portrays DI Thursday. Episode 3 of 4. Whispers of a cursed hospital ward and a seemingly innocuous death begin a chain of events that lead to Endeavour’s investigation of the hospital, staff and patients. Meanwhile, he must confront his own ghosts as he discovers a chilling secret. Repeats Mon 9/4, 3:30pm; Thur 9/7, 9:30pm; Fri 9/8, 1pm 10:30 THE HEAD OF JOAQUIN MURRIETA — For more than a decade, filmmaker John J. Valadez searched for the remains of a legendary Mexican outlaw who blazed a trail of revenge and rebellion across California, and who in 1853 was caught and decapitated. Now Valadez embarks on a quixotic, cross-country road trip through history, memory and myth to bury the head of Joaquin Murrieta. The film provides a dissenting view of American history from a Chicano perspective, exploring a historical trauma: the lynching of Mexican Americans in the west. Repeats Thur 9/14, 5pm; Tue 9/19, 5pm 11:00 INDEPENDENT LENS: NO MÁS BEBÉS (NO MORE BABIES) — An independent film explores the case of Mexican-American women who claim they were coercively sterilized at an L.A. hospital in the late 1960s and 1970s. The film features the mothers, young Chicana lawyers and whistle-blowing doctors who exposed the practice. (60 min.)

4 Monday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: RAPID CITY, SD — Part 3.

Repeats Tue 9/5, 1pm 9:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: SEATTLE, WA — Part 1.

Repeats Tue 9/5, 2pm 10:00 POV: THE GROWN-UPS — In a school for individuals with Down Syndrome, four middle-aged friends yearn for a life of greater autonomy in a society that marginalizes them as disabled. The film offers a humorous and at times tragic look at the limbo of conscious adults.

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5 Tuesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 WALT DISNEY: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE — The American history series examines the complex life and enduring legacy of the master filmmaker who harnessed the power of technology and storytelling. See archival footage from the Disney vaults and interviews with biographers, animators and artists who worked on early films. Part 2 of 2. The film explores Disney’s career as he made films such as Cinderella and Mary Poppins and realized his dream project, Disneyland.

Part 1 repeats Wed 9/6, 4pm; Thur 9/7, 1pm; Part 2 repeats Wed 9/13, 4pm, Thur 9/14, 1pm 10:00 FRONTLINE: THE MAN WHO KNEW — Frontline reprises the saga of FBI Agent John O’Neill and his warnings about Osama bin Laden before the 9/11 attacks.

O’Neill’s story provides a rare glimpse inside the FBI and helps answer the question: What did the U.S. government know and when?

11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

6 Wednesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 EARTH’S NATURAL WONDERS — A miniseries explores the most extraordinary places on the planet, visiting six continents to learn how these natural wonders evolved and relate stories about their inhabitants. Episode 1 of 3.

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9:00 TYRUS: AMERICAN MASTERS — The biography series spotlights the art, life and enduring impact of Tyrus Wong, the renowned Chinese-American painter behind Bambi and Rebel Without a Cause, via new and neverbefore-seen interviews, movie clips and art. Wong once exhibited with Picasso and Matisse.

10:30 THIRD RAIL WITH OZY — Emmy-winning journalist Carlos Watson hosts a new seven-part series: each week, expert and celebrity guests engage with Watson to debate a timely, provocative topic, incorporating audience input and exclusive national polls.

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9 Saturday Wednesdays, September 6 & 13 at 8 p.m. on WETA TV 26/HD Miniseries Earth’s Natural Wonders spotlights extraordinary places on the planet, visiting locations on six continents to learn about natural wonders and the challenges their local inhabitants face.

Above: A Sherpa carries supplies to base camp at Mount Everest.

7 Thursday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 THE BROKENWOOD MYSTERIES, SERIES 2 — Unconventional Detective Senior Sergeant Mike Shepherd (Neill Rea) and his methodical young assistant, Detective Kristin Sims (Fern Sutherland), investigate crimes in the small New Zealand town of Brokenwood. Episode 3 of 4. Catch of the Day. When Jared discovers a severed human hand in a crayfish pot on Brokenwood Beach, Shepherd, Sims, and Breen set about finding who the hand belongs to and if he or she is still alive. Suspicion falls on the Keelys, who own the crayfish pot and fiercely protect their family’s fishing legacy and territories. Repeats Fri 9/8, 2:30pm 9:30 ENDEAVOUR, SERIES 4 ON MASTERPIECE: LAZARETTO — Episode 3 of 4. See the Sunday, September 3, 9 p.m. listing. Repeats Fri 9/8, 1pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

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Extreme Wonders. The series visits extreme locales, including Mount Everest’s Khumbu Icefall; the Grand Canyon, where conservationists try to ensure a condor chick’s survival; and the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, where farmers battle with elephants. {DVI} Repeats Thur 9/7, 4pm; Sat 9/9, midnight 9:00 EARTH’S NATURAL WONDERS — Episode 2 of 3. Wonders of Water. The series spotlights wonders created by the grand and unpredictable power of water, including Victoria Falls, where people risk death to reach fishing pools; the Camargue, where its man vs. bull; and ocean reefs, where a guardian seeks a manta ray to help save the species. {DVI} Repeats Thur 9/7, 5pm; Sat 9/9, 1am 10:00 NOVA: KILLER LANDSLIDES — As scientists strive to predict deadly landslides, discover the forces behind these mighty events — from the mudslide that engulfed a Washington state neighborhood to a disaster that buried 350 people in Afghanistan to the lurking threat in the Himalayas. {DVI} Repeats Thur 9/7, 3pm 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

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

5:30 WETA NEIGHBORHOOD EATS — R S IMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM-2AM: 6:00 PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND 6:30 WASHINGTON WEEK — R 7:00 DOC MARTIN, SERIES 6 8:00 MISS FISHER’S MURDER MYSTERIES, SERIES 1: QUEEN OF THE FLOWERS — Sleuth Miss Fisher (Essie Davis) has been chosen to refine a group of delinquent flower maidens for the annual flower parade. When the body of one of her charges washes up on the beach, she begins to question the worth of table manners and dancing lessons.

9:00 LATINO AMERICANS — A Peabody Award-winning WETA co-production chronicles the rich and varied history of Latinos. Part 4 of 6. The New Latinos. The series examines how, in the decades after World War II through the early 1960s, swelling numbers of immigrants from Puerto Rico, Cuba and the Dominican Republic seek economic opportunities in the United States. Repeats Tue 9/12, 3pm; Wed 9/13, 1pm 10:00 LATINO AMERICANS — Part 5 of 6. Prejudice and Pride.

The series explores the creation of the proud “Chicano” identity as labor leaders organize farm workers in California, and as activists push for better educational opportunities for Latinos, the inclusion of Latino studies, and empowerment in the political process.

Repeats Tue 9/12, 4pm; Wed 9/13, 2pm 11:00 LATINO AMERICANS — Part 6 of 6. Peril and Promise.

The final hour examines the past 30 years, as Cubans, Salvadorans, Nicaraguans and Guatemalans flee to the U.S., creating a debate over undocumented immigrants that leads to calls for tightened borders, English-only laws, and efforts to brand the undocumented as a drain on public resources. Simultaneously, the Latino influence is booming and Latino Americans become the largest and youngest growing sector of the American population. Repeats Tue 9/12, 5pm; Wed 9/13, 3pm 12M EARTH’S NATURAL WONDERS — Parts 1 & 2 of 3.

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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. Repeats Sat 9/9, 6:30pm 8:30 WETA NEIGHBORHOOD EATS — A half-hour WETA TV 26 special, a companion piece to the WETA Neighborhoods series, features culinary highlights from Washington D.C. areas Dupont Circle, Georgetown, Anacostia and Capitol Hill. From established fine dining locales and cherished mainstays to a new generation of upand-coming restaurateurs, Neighborhood Eats discovers a vibrant collection of restaurants, cafes and chefs that are proud to call themselves local. Repeats Sat 9/9, 5:30pm; Sun 9/10, 2pm; Mon 9/11, 5pm

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Thursdays, September 7 & 14 at 8 p.m. on WETA TV 26/HD The Brokenwood Mysteries, Series 2 continues, featuring mysteries set in small-town New Zealand. Neill Rea and Fern Sutherland star.

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10:00 POV: MY LOVE, DON’T CROSS THAT RIVER — Spouses 89-year-old Kang Gye-yeol and 98-year-old Jo Byeongman have shared a home for 76 years. While they spend every day together like a newlywed couple, they now must face the reality of their aging romance.

11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

Tuesday, September 12 at 10 p.m. on WETA TV 26/HD Frontline: Abacus: Small Enough to Jail, from the filmmaker who created Hoop Dreams, spotlights the only U.S. bank to be prosecuted after the 2008 financial crisis and the Chinese immigrant Sung family’s effort to clear its name.

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S IMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 11:30AM-12M: 11:30 THE MANNERS OF DOWNTON ABBEY — R 12:30 MORE MANNERS OF DOWNTON ABBEY — See 8 p.m.

1:30 WETA ARTS — R 2:00 WETA NEIGHBORHOOD EATS — R 2:30 RICHARD LINKLATER: AMERICAN MASTERS — R 4:30 GLOBE TREKKER FOOD HOUR: SOUTHERN CHINA — Repeats Mon 9/11, 1:30pm; Sat 9/16, 9am 5:30 SCI-TECH NOW 6:00 PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND 6:30 THE DAVID RUBENSTEIN SHOW: PEER-TO-PEER CONVERSATIONS — In a Bloomberg Media series, renowned Washington, D.C.-based financier and philanthropist David Rubenstein explores successful leadership, talking to business leaders about their stories and path to success. Repeats Mon 9/11, 1pm 7:00 THE GREAT BRITISH BAKING SHOW, SEASON 4 — Part 9 of 10. Patisserie. Join the four remaining bakers in the semi-final as they bash and fold pastry to achieve perfect lamination; make yeast cake with a fruity top and delicate chocolate work; and prepare a multiple minicake bake. Which three will go to the final? Repeats Mon 9/11, 2:30pm 8:00 MORE MANNERS OF DOWNTON ABBEY, A MASTERPIECE SPECIAL — Return to the world of manners with Alastair Bruce, 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 Fri 9/15, 4pm 9:00 ENDEAVOUR, SERIES 4 ON MASTERPIECE: HARVEST — Shaun Evans stars as young Endeavour Morse; Roger Allam portrays DI Thursday. Episode 4 of 4. Harvest. The extraordinary discovery of a 2,000-year-old body reveals a new lead in a missing-person case.

Endeavour and Thursday investigate the eerie village of Bramford, where nature is pitted against man and pagan rites hide nuclear mysteries. Repeats Mon 9/11, 3:30pm; Thur 9/14, 9:30pm; Fri 9/15, 1pm 10:30 BEYOND LA BAMBA — Through the compelling story of a young musician who leaves home to follow his dreams, Mexico’s 300-year-old son jarocho tradition comes vividly to life in this film. From the rural roots of Veracruz to the urban rhythms of the Midwest, a family of iconic musicians forges a new life but remains true to their music. Repeats Fri 9/15, 5:30pm; Sun 9/17, 4pm; Tue 9/19, 5:30pm; Sat 9/23, 11pm 11:00 INDEPENDENT LENS: EAST OF SALINAS — Meet José, a bright third grader, and his dedicated teacher, both sons of migrant farm workers. José was born in Mexico and is about to learn what that means for his future.

Experience a moving story of immigration, childhood and circumstance. (60 min.)

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7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 MARTIN LUTHER: THE IDEA THAT CHANGED THE WORLD — In the 500th anniversary year of the Reformation, this documentary examines the life of Martin Luther and the profound impact his ideas had on the course of Western history. Downton Abbey’s Hugh Bonneville narrates.

10:00 FRONTLINE: ABACUS: SMALL ENOUGH TO JAIL — Frontline presents the little-known story of the only U.S. bank prosecuted after the financial crisis. Director Steve James (Hoop Dreams, The Interrupters) chronicles the Chinese immigrant Sung family’s fight to clear their name.

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13 Wednesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 EARTH’S NATURAL WONDERS — Episode 3 of 3. Living Wonders. The series witnesses wonders created by the force of life itself. In the Amazon, boys face fierce animals in a rite of passage; and in Bangladesh, a father and son brave killer bees and man-eating tigers to find honey. {DVI} Repeats Thur 9/14, 4pm; Sat 9/16, 1:05am 9:00 NOVA: DEATH DIVE TO SATURN — For more than a decade, the Cassini space probe has been sending dazzling images of Saturn’s breathtaking rings and mysterious moons. Join NOVA on a suspenseful ride during Cassini’s final hours as it dives into Saturn’s atmosphere. {DVI} Repeats Thur 9/14, 3pm 10:00 THE FARTHEST: VOYAGER IN SPACE — Launched in 1977, NASA’s epic Voyager missions revolutionized our understanding of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and their spectacular moons and rings. In 2012, Voyager 1 left our solar system and ushered humanity into the interstellar age.

12M CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

14 Thursday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 THE BROKENWOOD MYSTERIES, SERIES 2 — Neill Rea and Fern Sutherland star. Episode 4 of 4. Blood Pink. Shepherd and Jared attend a country concert by Shepherd’s favorite musician, Holly Collins, at which she announces that it will be her final show. When she is found the next morning, dead from electrocution, Shepherd investigates, with only Holly’s dysfunctional band members and a note written in lipstick on the bathroom mirror as clues. Repeats Fri 9/15, 2:30pm 9:30 ENDEAVOUR, SERIES 4 ON MASTERPIECE — Episode 4 of 4. Harvest. See the Sunday, September 10, 9 p.m. listing. R 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

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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. Repeats Sat 9/16, 6:30pm 8:30 PBS PREVIEWS: THE VIETNAM WAR — A program spotlights the upcoming major series from Ken Burns and Lynn Novick: The Vietnam War, a WETA and Florentine Films co-production that premieres September 17-21 and 24-28. Featuring interviews with the filmmakers, behind-the-scenes footage, and clips from the series, the preview offers an advance look at this fall’s most anticipated film.

9:00 BALLET HISPANICO FROM LINCOLN CENTER — Enjoy two iconic works from the country’s premier Latino dance company: Carmen.maquia, a modern take on Bizet’s passionate opera, and Club Havana, a virtuosic reimagining of a sizzling nightclub by Cuban-born choreographer Pedro Ruiz.

10:30 THIRD RAIL WITH OZY — Emmy-winning journalist Carlos Watson hosts a new seven-part series: each week, expert and celebrity guests engage with Watson to debate a timely, provocative topic, incorporating audience input and exclusive national polls. Episode 2 of 7.

11:00 CHARLIE ROSE: THE WEEK 11:30 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

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

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BY MISS ADVENTURE — Phryne (Essie Davis) investigates the death of a young female worker in a factory accident and soon learns that the woman’s death might not be the misadventure the police think it is. Faced with a wall of secrecy and lies, Phryne sends her trusty maid, Dot, undercover to investigate. When a second suspicious death occurs, Phryne fights desperately to save one of her closest friends from the gallows.

9:00 THE WETA MOVIE: BLACK NARCISSUS — Deborah Kerr stars in Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s classic 1947 drama about five Anglican nuns who face a variety of pressures as they struggle to maintain a convent school and hospital in the Himalayas. David Farrar and Flora Robson co-star. (1:41) Repeats Sun 9/17, 11:30am 10:41 VOCES ON PBS: CHILDREN OF GIANT — In 1955, Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean and a massive crew descended on the Texas town of Marfa to begin production on the film, Giant. Now, more than 60 years later, Children of Giant explores the film’s still timely examination of racial prejudice. (90 min.)

12:08AM RUBEN SALAZAR: MAN IN THE MIDDLE—A VOCES SPECIAL — A documentary examines the life and death of pioneering Mexican-American journalist Ruben Salazar. At the heart of the story is his transformation from an establishment Los Angeles Times reporter to a supporter and primary chronicler of the radical Chicano movement of the late 1960s. Killed by a law enforcement officer in 1970, Salazar became a martyr to the Latino community. (57 min.)

17 Sunday O N WETA TV 26, 6AM-11:30AM. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD. 6 AM-11:30AM See the Sunday, September 3 listings.

S IMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 11:30AM-12M: 11:30 THE WETA MOVIE: BLACK NARCISSUS — (1:41) R 1:30 THE WETA MOVIE: THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR — (1:45) See the Saturday, September 23, 9 p.m. listing.

3:30 WETA ARTS — R 4:00 BEYOND LA BAMBA — R 4:30 GLOBE TREKKER: TOUGH TRAINS: BOLIVIA 5:30 SCI-TECH NOW 6:00 PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND

THE VIETNAM WAR IS A WETA CO-PRODUCTION Sun.-Thurs., Sept. 17-21, 24-28 at 8 p.m. on WETA TV 26/HD The Vietnam War, a new 10-part series by filmmakers and WETA partners Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, tells the epic story of the war and the era, featuring testimony from scores of witnesses, including many Americans who fought in the war and others who opposed it, as well as Vietnamese combatants and civilians from both sides. The 18-hour series, a co-production of WETA and Florentine Films, airs over the course of two weeks this month.

6:30 THE DAVID RUBENSTEIN SHOW: PEER-TO-PEER CONVERSATIONS — In a Bloomberg Media series, renowned Washington, D.C.-based financier and philanthropist David Rubenstein explores successful leadership, talking to business leaders about their stories and path to success.

7:00 THE GREAT BRITISH BAKING SHOW, SEASON 4 — Part 10 of 10. The Final. Find out who will be crowned the winner after the finalists wrestle with meringues, undertake a British classic with only one recipe instruction and no measurements, and tackle one of the most complex challenges ever seen on the series.

8:00 THE VIETNAM WAR — Ken Burns and Lynn Novick tell the epic story of the war as it has never before been told on film. The 10-part series, a co-production of WETA and Florentine Films, features testimony from nearly 80 witnesses, American and Vietnamese, bringing the war and its chaotic epoch viscerally to life. Part 1 of 10. Déjà Vu (1858-1961). After a long and brutal war, revolutionaries led by Ho Chi Minh end nearly a century of French colonial rule. With the Cold War intensifying, Vietnam is divided: communists hold the North, while America supports an untested regime in the South.

Repeats tonight; Mon 9/18, 2pm, 3:30pm; Sun 9/24, 11:30am 9:30 THE VIETNAM WAR — Part 1 of 10. Déjà Vu (1858-1961). R 11:00 FILM SCHOOL SHORTS 11:30 WETA ARTS — R

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18 Monday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 THE VIETNAM WAR — Ken Burns and Lynn Novick tell the epic story of the war in a series co-produced by WETA and Florentine Films. Part 2 of 10. Riding the Tiger (1961-1963). President Kennedy and his advisors wrestle with how deeply to get involved in South Vietnam. As the increasingly autocratic Diem regime faces a growing communist insurgency and widespread Buddhist protests, a grave political crisis unfolds. Repeats tonight; Tue 9/19, 2pm, 3:30pm; Sun 9/24, 1pm 9:30 THE VIETNAM WAR — Part 2 of 10. Riding the Tiger (19611963). R 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

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Friday, September 29 at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26/HD The four-hour, two-part series Latin Music USA explores the story of the rise of new American music forged from Latin roots — from Latin jazz and mambo to salsa, Tejano, Chicano rock, Latin pop and reggaetón — and reveals the influence of Latin music on jazz, hip hop, rhythm & blues and rock.

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19 Tuesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 THE VIETNAM WAR — Ken Burns and Lynn Novick tell the epic story of the war in a series co-produced by WETA and Florentine Films. Part 3 of 10. The River Styx (January 1964-December 1965). With South Vietnam in chaos, Hanoi accelerates the insurgency, sending combat troops to the South. Fearing Saigon’s collapse, President Johnson escalates, authorizing sustained bombing of the North and deploying U.S. ground troops in the South. Repeats tonight; Wed 9/20, 2pm, 4pm; Sun 9/24, 2:30pm 10:00 THE VIETNAM WAR — Part 3 of 10. The River Styx (January 1964-December 1965). R 12M CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

20 Wednesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 THE VIETNAM WAR — Ken Burns and Lynn Novick tell the epic story of the war in a series co-produced by WETA and Florentine Films. Part 4 of 10. Resolve (January 1966-June 1967). Defying American airpower, North Vietnamese troops and materiel stream down the Ho Chi Minh Trail, while Saigon struggles to pacify the countryside. As an antiwar movement builds at home, GIs discover that this war is nothing like their fathers’ war. Repeats tonight; Thur 9/21, 2pm, 4pm; Sun 9/24, 4:30pm 10:00 THE VIETNAM WAR — Part 4 of 10. Resolve (January 1966-June 1967). R 12M CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

21 Thursday

8:30 VIETNAM IN WASHINGTON — Created as companion pieces to the series The Vietnam War, two half-hour WETA TV 26 programs (tonight, and September 29 at 8:30 p.m.), examine the war’s political and cultural impact on Greater Washington. Featuring a moderated panel of scholars, veterans and civilians, Vietnam in Washington offers perspectives on how the war shaped the life and cultural landscape of the region.

9:00 ON TWO FRONTS: LATINOS & VIETNAM — A documentary examines the Latino experience during a war that placed its heaviest burden on working-class youth and their communities. Framing the film are memoirs of two siblings, Everett and Delia Alvarez, who stood on opposite sides of the Vietnam War, one as a POW and the other protesting at home.

10:30 THIRD RAIL WITH OZY — Emmy-winning journalist Carlos Watson hosts a new seven-part series: each week, expert and celebrity guests engage with Watson to debate a timely, provocative topic, incorporating audience input and exclusive national polls. Episode 3 of 7.

11:00 CHARLIE ROSE: THE WEEK 11:30 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

23 Saturday O N WETA TV 26, 6AM-6PM. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD. 6 AM-5:30PM See the Saturday, September 2 listings.

5:30 PIZZA IN WASHINGTON S IMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM-12:30AM: 6:00 PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND 6:30 WASHINGTON WEEK — R 7:00 DOC MARTIN, SERIES 7 8:00 MISS FISHER’S MURDER MYSTERIES, SERIES 1: BLOOD AND CIRCUSES — The carnival comes to town, and one of the sideshow acts is murdered. Independent sleuth Phryne Fisher (Essie Davis) poses as the magician’s assistant to investigate. The atmosphere of the carnival takes Phryne on a trip down memory lane — to the days when she and her sister, Janey, would sneak into the big top until the night Janey disappeared.

9:00 THE WETA MOVIE: THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR — Less ghost story than romantic fantasy, Joseph Mankiewicz’s moody 1947 classic, set on the picturesque turn-of-the-century New England coast, is a story of impossible love between a widow and the sea captain’s spirit haunting her cottage by the sea. Gene Tierney and Rex Harrison star. (1:45) 11:00 BEYOND LA BAMBA — R 11:30 THE SALINAS PROJECT — A film profiles children of migrant farm workers living in Alisal, a Latino neighborhood on the east side of Salinas, California, in which poverty, deplorable housing conditions and gang violence are part of daily life. (60 min.)

24 Sunday O N WETA TV 26, 6AM-11:30AM. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD. 6 AM-11:30AM See the Sunday, September 3 listings.

S IMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 11:30AM-12M: 11:30 THE VIETNAM WAR — Part 1 of 10. Déjà Vu (1858-1961). R

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7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 THE VIETNAM WAR — Ken Burns and Lynn Novick tell the epic story of the war in a series co-produced by WETA and Florentine Films. Part 5 of 10. This Is What We Do (July 1967-December 1967). Enemy body counts and American casualties mount as GIs chase an elusive foe and face deadly ambushes and artillery. While Hanoi lays plans for a massive surprise offensive, the Johnson Administration escalates the war while reassuring the public that victory is in sight. Repeats tonight; Fri 9/22, 2pm, 3:30pm; Sun 9/24, 6:30pm 9:30 THE VIETNAM WAR — Part 5 of 10. This Is What We Do (July 1967-December 1967). R 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

22 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. Repeats Sat 9/23, 6:30pm

Saturday, September 23 at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26/HD The WETA Movie: The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, a 1947 romantic drama

by Joseph Mankiewicz, stars Gene Tierney and Rex Harrison.

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8:00 THE VIETNAM WAR — Ken Burns and Lynn Novick tell the epic story of the war in a series co-produced by WETA and Florentine Films. Part 8 of 10. The History of the World (April 1969-May 1970). When troop withdrawals begin, American soldiers left in Vietnam ask what they are fighting for. News breaks of a shocking massacre at My Lai, and questions grow about the war’s rectitude. The Cambodia invasion sparks large protests, with tragic consequences. Repeats tonight; Wed 9/27, 2pm, 4pm 10:00 THE VIETNAM WAR — Part 8 of 10. The History of the World (April 1969-May 1970). R 12M CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon COURTESY RLJ ENTERTAINMENT/ACORN MEDIA

27 Wednesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 THE VIETNAM WAR — Ken Burns and Lynn Novick tell the epic story of the war in a series co-produced by WETA and Florentine Films. Part 9 of 10. A Disrespectful Loyalty (May 1970-March 1973). South Vietnamese forces fighting on their own suffer a terrible defeat in Laos.

After being re-elected in a landslide, Nixon strikes a peace deal with Hanoi that allows American prisoners of war finally to come home — to a bitterly divided country.

Repeats tonight; Thur 9/28, 2pm, 4pm 10:00 THE VIETNAM WAR — Part 9 of 10. A Disrespectful Loyalty (May 1970-March 1973). R 12M CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

Saturday, September 30 at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26/HD Agatha Christie’s Witness for the Prosecution, an adaptation of the mystery novelist’s stage play, stars Kim Cattrall and Billy Howle (above) along with Toby Jones, Andrea Riseborough and David Haig.

25 Monday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 THE VIETNAM WAR — Ken Burns and Lynn Novick tell the epic story of the war in a series co-produced by WETA and Florentine Films. Part 7 of 10. The Veneer of Civilization (June 1968-May 1969). With the country at odds over the war, draft-age Americans face wrenching choices. After chaos roils the Democratic Convention, Nixon narrowly wins the presidency. In Vietnam, soldiers on all sides witness terrible savagery and unflinching courage. Repeats tonight; Tue 9/26, 2pm, 4pm 10:00 THE VIETNAM WAR — Part 7 of 10. The Veneer of Civilization (June 1968-May 1969). R 12M CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

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28 Thursday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 THE VIETNAM WAR — Ken Burns and Lynn Novick tell the epic story of the war in a series co-produced by WETA and Florentine Films. Part 10 of 10. The Weight of Memory (March 1973-Onward). Nixon resigns amidst Watergate, while a brutal civil war continues in Vietnam. North Vietnamese troops overtake Saigon with overwhelming force. For the next 40 years, Americans and Vietnamese from all sides search for healing and reconciliation. Repeats tonight; Fri 9/29, 2pm, 4pm 10:00 THE VIETNAM WAR — Part 10 of 10. The Weight of Memory (March 1973-Onward). R 12M CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

29 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. Repeats Sat 9/30, 6:30pm 8:30 VIETNAM IN WASHINGTON — A WETA TV 26 program examines the Vietnam War’s political and cultural impact on Greater Washington. Featuring a moderated panel of scholars, veterans and civilians, Vietnam in Washington offers perspectives on how the war shaped the life and cultural landscape of the region.

9:00 LATIN MUSIC USA: BRIDGES/THE SALSA REVOLUTION — A series explores the rise of American music forged from powerful Latin roots, and the influence of Latin music on jazz, hip hop, rhythm and blues, and rock ‘n’ roll — and on American culture. Jimmy Smits narrates. Parts 1 & 2 of 4. Bridges/The Salsa Revolution. The first hour traces the rise of Latin jazz and the explosion of the mambo and the cha-cha as they swept the U.S. from East to West, as well looking at how Latin music infiltrated rhythm and blues and rock ‘n’ roll through the 1960s; the second hour explores how Puerto Ricans and other Latinos in New York reinvented the son cubano and the plena from Puerto

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1:00 THE VIETNAM WAR — Part 2 of 10. Riding the Tiger (19611963). R 2:30 THE VIETNAM WAR — Part 3 of 10. The River Styx (January 1964-December 1965). R 4:30 THE VIETNAM WAR — Part 4 of 10. Resolve (January 1966-June 1967). R 6:30 THE VIETNAM WAR — Part 5 of 10. This Is What We Do (July 1967-December 1967). R 8:00 THE VIETNAM WAR — Ken Burns and Lynn Novick tell the epic story of the war in a series co-produced by WETA and Florentine Films. Part 6 of 10. Things Fall Apart (January 1968-July 1968). Seeing the violence and brutality of the Tet Offensive unfold on television, Americans begin to doubt Johnson’s promise of “light at the end of the tunnel.” LBJ decides not to run again.

The United States is staggered by assassinations and unrest; America seems to be coming apart. Repeats tonight; Mon 9/25, 2pm, 3:30pm 9:30 THE VIETNAM WAR — Part 6 of 10. Things Fall Apart (January 1968-July 1968). R 11:00 FILM SCHOOL SHORTS 11:30 BURGERS IN WASHINGTON

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Rico by adding elements from soul and jazz to create salsa — which became a defining rhythm for Latinos the world over.

11:00 LATIN MUSIC USA: THE CHICANO WAVE/DIVAS AND SUPERSTARS — A series explores the rise of American music forged from Latin roots. Jimmy Smits narrates.

Parts 3 & 4 of 4. The Chicano Wave/Divas and Superstars.

Learn how music played an important role in the struggle for Chicano civil rights, and review the impact of the Latin pop explosion of the turn of the 21st century.

1AM CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

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

5:30 WETA NEIGHBORHOOD EATS SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM-12:30AM: 6:00 PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND 6:30 WASHINGTON WEEK — R 7:00 DOC MARTIN, SERIES 7 8:00 MISS FISHER’S MURDER MYSTERIES, SERIES 1: MURDER IN THE DARK — Phryne’s cousins and Aunt Prudence’s entire household come under suspicion when a young girl is found drowned in

her aunt’s fountain on the eve of a fancy-dress party.

Phryne and her aunt work together to investigate.

Was Murdoch Foyle really the man responsible for Phryne’s sister’s death or was it someone much closer to Phryne?

9:00 AGATHA CHRISTIE’S WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION — An adaptation of Agatha Christie’s novel follows a murder trial in 1920s London. Glamorous and rich Emily French (Kim Cattrall) is murdered, and all the evidence points to Leonard Vole (Billy Howle), a young chancer to whom the heiress left her vast fortune. That is the story that Emily’s dedicated housekeeper Janet Mackenzie (Monica Dolan) stands by in court. Leonard however, is adamant that his partner, the enigmatic chorus girl Romaine (Andrea Riseborough), can prove his innocence. Tasked with representing Leonard is his solicitor John Mayhew (Toby Jones) and King’s Counsel, Sir Charles Carter KC (David Haig).

11:00 POV: DON’T TELL ANYONE (NO LE DIGAS A NADIE) — A film spotlights immigrant activist Angy Rivera, the country’s only advice columnist for undocumented youth. In a community where silence is often seen as necessary for survival, she steps out of the shadows to share her own parallel experiences of being undocumented and sexually abused. (90 min.)

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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 each week.

Below are weekday daytime program listings for WETA Kids. Note that children’s programming also airs six days a week 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.

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WETA KIDS WEEKDAY SCHEDULE

Sesame Street

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airs weekdays, 6 a.m., noon & 12:30 p.m. on the WETA Kids channel and 11:30 a.m. on WETA TV 26

Sesame Street enters a new season (47) on September 18 (noon on The WETA Kids channel, 11:30 a.m. on TV 26). Also this month are a new Peg + Cat episode on September 15 (1:30 p.m. on the WETA Kids channel) in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month; and new episodes of Splash and Bubbles, airing the week of September 25.

WETA KIDS AIRINGS IN BLACK; WETA TV 26 IN BLUE • Sid the Science Kid, 5am • Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, 5:30am • Sesame Street, 6am • Thomas & Friends, 6:30am (6am) • The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!, 7am (6:30am) • Ready Jet Go!, 7:30am (7am) • Wild Kratts, 8am (7:30am) • Nature Cat, 8:30am (8am) • Curious George, 9am, 9:30am (8:30am, 9am) • Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, 10am, 10:30am (9:30am, 10am) • Splash and Bubbles, 11am, 11:30am (10:30am, 11am) • Sesame Street, 12n, 12:30pm (11:30am) • Super WHY!, 1pm (5am) • Peg + Cat, 1:30pm • Dinosaur Train, 2pm • Ready Jet Go!, 2:30pm • Nature Cat, 3pm, 3:30pm • Wild Kratts, 4pm, 4:30pm • Odd Squad, 5pm, 5:30pm • Arthur, 6pm, 6:30pm • Martha Speaks, 7pm • WordGirl, 7:30m • Sesame Street, 8pm, 8:30pm • Cyberchase, 9pm (5:30am) • Bob the Builder, 9:30pm • SciGirls, 10pm • Maya & Miguel, 10:30pm • Bob the Builder, 11pm • Thomas & Friends, 11:30pm • Arthur, 12m

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British Television at Its Best The WETA UK channel is devoted to presenting the best in British television programming, broadcasting beloved classics and contemporary series around the clock, seven days a week. WETA UK offers a full schedule of great entertainment programming — featuring drama, 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 SEPTEMBER SUNDAY

12pm

Globe Trekker

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

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

• Cradle to Grave • Jericho (starts 9/24)

New Tricks

New Tricks

New Tricks

New Tricks

New Tricks

Midsomer Murders, Series IX

MI-5

Agatha Christie’s Partners in Crime

Waking the Dead

12:30pm

1pm

MONDAY Are You Being Served?

MI-5

MI-5

MI-5

MI-5 Father Brown, Series III

2:30pm

3pm

Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead A Place to Call Home, Series III/IV

3:30pm

4pm

Foyle’s War, Series VI

• Cradle to Grave • Jericho (starts 9/25)

A Place to Call Home, Series III (Series IV starts 9/12)

Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, Series III

Inspector Morse, Series VI

Agatha Christie’s Partners in Crime

Midsomer Murders Series IX

Doctor Blake Mysteries, Series III

EastEnders (also • Jack Irish 9am Saturdays) (through 9/21) • Jericho of Scotland (9/28) • BBC Antiq Rdshw (9/28, 6:30pm)

4:30pm

5pm

Anzac Girls (starts 9/3)

5:30pm

6pm 6:30pm

7pm 7:30pm

8pm 8:30pm

9pm 9:30pm

10pm

• As Time Goes By (6pm, repeat) • WIA (6:30pm, repeat)

Midsomer Murders Series IX

Pie in the Sky, Series II (Series III starts 9/19)

Doc Martin Series VII

• People Like Us (7pm, repeat) • Lead Balloon (7:30pm, repeat)

Are You Being Served?

Are You Being Served?

Are You Being Served?

As Time Goes By

As Time Goes By

• As Time Goes By (8pm) • Cradle to Grave (8pm, starts 9/24) • WIA (8:30pm) (Series II starts 9/10)

Pie in the Sky, Series II (Series III starts 9/18)

• People Like Us (9pm) (Series II starts 9/24) • Lead Balloon (9:30pm) (Series II starts 9/24)

Father Brown, Series III Pie in the Sky, Series II/III

Are You Being Served?

• Cradle to Grave (through 9/15) • BBC Antiques Roadshow (9/22) • Janet King (starts 9/29)

• As Time Goes By • Cradle to Grave (starts 9/30)

Are You Being Served?

Are You Being Served?

As Time Goes By (two episodes)

As Time Goes By

As Time Goes By

As Time Goes By

Doctor Blake Mysteries, Series III

Inspector Morse, Series VI

Father Brown, Series III

Call the Midwife, Series VI

• The Syndicate (through 9/16) • Janet King, Series I (starts 9/23)

Silent Witness, Series XVII

Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, Series III

• Cradle to Grave (9/7, 9/14) • Jericho (starts 9/21)

Foyle’s War, Series VI (Series I starts 9/8)

• Agatha Christie’s Partners in Crime • The Coroner, Series I (starts 9/30)

Globe Trekker

Midsomer Murders, Series IX

Doc Martin, Series VII

Anzac Girls (starts 8/31)

A Place to Call Home, Series III (Series IV starts 9/8)

Serangoon Road

Doctor Who Peter Davison Movies (to 12:30am)

Father Brown, Series III

Hustle, Series II

• Jack Irish (series debut) (to 9/20, 9-11pm) • Jericho of Scotland Yard (starts 9/27, 9-10:30pm) • The Refugees (starts 9/27, 10:30-11:30pm) • Hustle (11pm through 9/20, 11:30pm on 9/27)

Waking the Dead, Series I (Series II starts 9/21)

New Tricks, Series V (Series VI starts 9/15)

Silent Witness, Series XVII (starts 9/2)

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

10:30pm

11pm

BBC Antiques Roadshow Anzac Girls

1:30pm

2pm

SATURDAY Doctor Blake Mysteries, Series III

11:30pm SUNDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

FRIDAY

WIA, Series I/II

SATURDAY

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WETA UK September Highlights Jack Irish (series debut)

Wednesdays at 9 p.m. starting September 6 on WETA UK

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fter featuring Jack Irish films last month, in September WETA UK presents a six-part Jack Irish series. Guy Pearce again stars as the former criminal lawyer who becomes an expert in finding those who don’t want to be found. The life of the part-time investigator and debt collector revolves around the racetrack, the local pub and an artisan woodwork shop where he is apprenticed. This thriller series takes Jack’s on-again, off-again lover Linda Hillier (Marta Dusseldorp) to Manila, where she has landed a job as a foreign correspondent for an Australian newspaper and is soon onto something big. But all is not as it seems. Jack, meanwhile lands a case out of the blue, gets into serious trouble — becoming a prime suspect in a murder — and meets enigmatic, alluring sculptor Sarah Longmore (Claudia Karvan).

Janet King, Series I

Saturdays at 8 p.m. starting September 23 on WETA UK

ETA UK reprises the eight-part Australian series Janet King, a contemporary legal drama and political thriller starring Marta Dusseldorp (Jack Irish, A Place to Call Home).

In the storyline, the senior crown prosecutor returns from maternity leave and is thrust into the spotlight as a prosecutor in a high-profile, controversial case involving a high-ranking police commissioner. Though she proves herself as a capable and gifted “crownie,” King suffers criticism and self-doubt while getting back into the swing of her high-pressure work and struggles to balance her roles at home with her incredible workload at the Department of Public Prosecutions (DPP). The series, a spin-off from the drama Crownies, grows in complexity from its opening premise and is followed by two sequels.

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The Coroner, Series I

Saturdays at 9 p.m. starting September 30 on WETA UK

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ETA UK also reprises the 10-part BBC series The Coroner, starring Claire Goose as high-flying city lawyer Jane Kennedy, who returns to her South Devon hometown to take a job as coroner and investigate crimes in the beautiful seaside region. Kennedy finds herself working alongside her childhood sweetheart Davey Higgins (Matt Bardock) — now the local detective sergeant for the South Dart Police — to probe the sudden or unexplained deaths of residents and tourists alike. The series, from the same production team that creates Father Brown, features a new case in each episode, and running alongside each mystery is the warmhearted ebb and flow of Jane’s relationships with colleagues, family and the local community. A second season follows further cases with Jane and Davey.

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Also in September on WETA UK: On Saturdays, The Syndicate continues at 8 p.m., Agatha Christie’s Partners in Crime continues at 9 p.m. and Serangoon Road continues at 10 p.m.; As Time Goes By, WIA, People Like Us and Lead Balloon continue Sunday nights, 8-10 p.m.; Silent Witness, Series XVII continues Mondays at 9 p.m.; Doc Martin enters Series VII, Tuesdays at 10 p.m.; Cradle to Grave continues Thursdays at 9 p.m.; Call the Midwife enters Series VI, Fridays at 8 p.m.; and A Place to Call Home enters Series IV, Fridays at 10 p.m.

Silent Witness, Series XVII

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Jericho of Scotland Yard

Wednesdays at 9 p.m. starting September 27 on WETA UK

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mid the turmoil of changing times, Chief Inspector Michael Jericho (Robert Lindsay, My Family, Horatio Hornblower) is a famous Scotland Yard detective investigating high-profile murders in 1950s London. Aided by his trusted sergeant, Clive Harvey (David Troughton, Sharpe’s Rifles), and the young and eager-to-please DC John Caldicott (Ciarán McMenamin), Jericho solves London’s most heinous crimes, whether they occur in posh homes or less refined surroundings. Though brilliant at his job and popular with the public, Jericho hides a dark and painful past and will stop at nothing to find justice. The four-part series is set during a time of dramatic change in Britain’s social history, when London saw an explosion of color, glamor and shifting attitudes after the Second World War.

Anzac Girls

Thursdays at 10 p.m. starting August 31 on WETA UK

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six-part Australian drama series set in Egypt during World War I spotlights a group of idealistic young nurses — part of the Australia New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) — who harbor romantic notions of their endeavors ahead. All too soon, however, they are faced with convoys of the dead and wounded from the doomed Gallipoli campaign across the Mediterranean. Realizing that war is not quite the “splendid adventure” they thought it would be, they rise to meet the challenge, finding love, heartbreak, and lasting friendship along the way. Georgia Flood, Caroline Craig, Anna McGahan, Antonia Prebble, and Laura Brent head an ensemble cast of more than 1,200 actors and extras in the stirring production. Based on true events, the drama celebrates the contributions of women to the war effort.

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enniless following the death of her husband, Annie Quaintain (Jessica Raine of Call the Midwife and Agatha Christie’s Partners in Crime) and her two children are tossed out of their village home and forced to start a new life in Jericho, a remote shanty town in the expansive and rugged Yorkshire dales. Jericho is home to a community of navies (men who built the railways), pioneers, and vagabonds who will live and die in the shadow of the viaduct they’ve been brought together to build. Rough and rustic, yet with a wild-west, carnival-like atmosphere, the community is a place where people with secrets can hide and love can flourish against the odds. Set against a frontier-like landscape, this eight-part drama series follows the creation of the community, and the human stories that emerge.

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Thursdays at 9 p.m. starting September 21 on WETA UK

The Refugees

Wednesdays, 10:30 p.m. starting Sept. 27 on WETA UK

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n this eight-part, emotional BBC thriller, humankind is about to suffer the greatest exodus in its history. Refugees from the future are descending on the present, fleeing a disaster they cannot discuss. In the story, Emma (Natalia Tena of Game of Thrones, Harry Potter) and Samuel (Will Keen of Silk, Titanic) are an ordinary couple trying to make ends meet, part of a small, tight-knit rural community, bound together by shared hardships. They have one child and another on the way. When Alex (David Leon, Vera) knocks on their door late one night, asking for shelter, he tells them an incredible story. He is a refugee from the future seeking shelter in the present. Something terrible has happened, and the time travelers cannot reveal what has precipitated their flight. But Alex divulges something about the couple’s future, and his visit is no coincidence.

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Carter Brey

Seldom-Heard Works on Front Row Washington Mondays at 9 p.m.

Morgenstern Trio

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his month, the beginning of the school year offers new adventures for students of all ages as well as for listeners of Classical WETA 90.9 FM’s weekly local performance broadcast, Front Row Washington. Our September Monday-night programs on Classical WETA present Phillips Collection recitals featuring seldom-heard works that are guaranteed to open your ears — and your mind.

We kick off the month on Monday, September 4 with cellist Carter Brey and pianist Benjamin Pasternack performing works by two native New Yorkers — both Pulitzer Prize-winning composers and virtual contemporaries: Elliott Carter and Leon Kirchner. Elliott Carter not only attended the 1924 New York premiere of Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring,” but went on to teach and compose until his death at 103. His 1948 Sonata for Cello and Piano sounds as if both instruments inhabit two different worlds, as the piano’s opening clock-like beat is met with an unrelated expressive melodic line from the cello. The composer says, as these two emotional worlds develop, “only the very last measures will tell which one gets the upper hand.”

Leon Kirchner originally composed his 1986 work For Solo Cello for a violin competition, but was convinced

by Yo-Yo Ma to also create a cello version. Dedicated “to Carter and Yo-Yo”, the piece has loads of fast runs, double stops, harmonics and pizzicatos, as well as expansive melodic lines. In short, a tour de force.

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On Monday, September 11 there’s more opportunity to hear new works on Front Row Washington with the Morgenstern Trio. Named for German poet Christian Morgenstern, the trio formed while its members were still students at conservatory. Within just two years, the ensemble garnered acclaim, including the 2010 Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio Award. The trio’s Phillips Collection recital features Germaine Tailleferre’s Piano Trio and Lili Boulanger’s D’un matin de printemps along with a work composed for the Morgenstern Trio by American composer Pierre Jalbert called Piano Trio No. 2.

The trio’s recital ends with Maurice Ravel’s iconic Piano Trio in A Minor.

Next this month is a solo piano recital — airing September 18 — by a Van Cliburn winner. Ukrainian pianist Vadym Kholodenko won the prestigious competition in 2013 and made his Washington, D.C. debut at the Phillips Collection. His performance features Schumann’s Kreisleriana, Ravel’s Sonatine and Tombeau de Couperin and two of Rachmaninoff’s signature Études-tableaux.

Last October, the Phillips Collection and the University of Maryland presented a joint concert celebrating the centenary of the French composer Henri Dutilleux. Born in 1916, Dutilleux came of age during World War II and developed a new musical language in the post-war era. In our September 25 broadcast, local performers including the Left Bank Quartet, NSO Principal Flute Aaron Goldman, UMD teacher and renowned opera singer Delores Ziegler, and pianists Audrey Andrist and Rita Sloan present works by Dutilleux, Ravel and Debussy.

Tune in to these live-in-performance local recitals Mondays at 9 p.m. on Classical WETA.

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Classical for Washington New On-Air Lineup on Classical WETA 90.9 FM

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lassical WETA 90.9 FM enjoys a strong line-up of knowledgeable and friendly presenters who greatly enrich the listening experience for audiences throughout Greater Washington. In August, Classical WETA listeners will have noted changes to the on-air host team heard throughout the week, as the roles of two familiar hosts have broadened. Linda Carducci is now the weekday morning host from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m., and John Banther now hosts weekday evenings from 7 p.m. to midnight. Carducci had been the weekend morning host of John Banther Linda Carducci Classical WETA for the past three years; she now brings to weekday mornings her bright, energetic presentation style and her experience as a classical pianist. Banther has also been with the station three years as a weekend host, a position he pursued alongside his career as a tuba soloist, orchestral musician and educator. His perspective as a professional musician adds depth and insight to his presentation of classical music.

Weekday announcers Bill Bukowski and Nicole Lacroix also changed their shifts in August; Bukowski now hosts programming during the mid-day hours, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and Lacroix hosts in the afternoons, 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Joining the roster is fill-in host Rich Kleinfeldt, who steps into regular evening on-air duties on Sundays, 6 p.m. to midnight, beginning September 10. The changes in announcer shifts were prompted by the departure of long-time hosts David Ginder and Marilyn Cooley, who relocated away from Greater Washington earlier this summer.

To learn more about Classical WETA announcers, visit classicalweta.org.

Classical WETA Opera House

Luciano Pavarotti in La Gioconda

Saturdays at 1 p.m. on Classical WETA 90.9 FM

Sept. 16: Ponchielli’s La Gioconda 1979 Archive Broadcast with Renata Scotto and Luciano Pavarotti.

Bruno Bartoletti conducts.

Yo-Yo Ma

September operas are from the LA Opera (September 2 & 9) and San Francisco Opera (September 16, 23 & 30) via the WFMT Radio Network.

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Sept. 30: Puccini’s Madama Butterfly With Lianna Haroutounian and Vincenzo Costanzo.

Yves Abel conducts.

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Sept. 9: Corigliano’s The Ghosts of Versailles With Patricia Racette, Christopher Maltman and Kristinn Sigmundsson.

James Conlon conducts.

Sept. 23: Verdi’s Aida With Leah Crocetto and Ekaterina Semenchuck.

Nicola Luisotti conducts.

RON SCHERL

Sept. 2: Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro With Roberto Tagliavini and Pretty Yende.

James Conlon conducts.

Wednesday, September 27 at 11 a.m. on Classical WETA 90.9 FM

lassical WETA 90.9 FM welcomes National Symphony Orchestra incoming music director Gianandrea Noseda to his new post this month, kicking off the new NSO season with a special delayed broadcast of highlights of the NSO Season Opening Concert, Wednesday, September 27 at 11 a.m. The concert (to be recorded September 24), part of the Bernstein at 100 celebration at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, features Noseda leading cellist Yo-Yo Ma and Tony-winning singer Cynthia Erivo in a tribute to the late Leonard Bernstein that includes the composer’s Overture to Candide, “Three Meditations” from Mass, “Symphonic Dances” from West Side Story, and a selection of vocal works.

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

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Season Opening Concert Gianandrea Noseda, conductor Yo-Yo Ma, cello Cynthia Erivo, vocals

Bernstein Overture to Candide Three Meditations from Mass Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

Photo by Cory Weaver

September 24 at 6 p.m. | Concert Hall

NOTHING COULD HOLD HER CAPTIVE… EXCEPT HIS HEART. Music by Giuseppe Verdi / Libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni

September 9–23 | Opera House In Italian with Projected English Titles | New Co-Production with San Francisco Opera, Seattle Opera, and Minnesota Opera

Copland’s Appalachian Spring Suite Cristian Ma˘ celaru, conductor Cameron Carpenter, organ The Choral Arts Society of Washington

Adams Short Ride in a Fast Machine Copland Symphony for Organ & Orchestra Copland Appalachian Spring Suite Bernstein Divertimento

September 28 & 30 | Concert Hall

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The NSO Music Director Chair is generously endowed by Victoria and Roger Sant.

WNO acknowledges the longstanding generosity of Life Chairman Mrs. Eugene B. Casey.

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