february 2012 - weta magazine

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CLINTONThe new profi le

in American Experience’s Presidents Collection

premieres February 20–21

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Living in the national capital area, we Washingtonians have a unique relationship with America’s presidents. While they work on the national and international stages, they of course reside here, becoming part of the fabric of our local community while in offi ce. They are our neighbors in a way, local personalities whose political and personal lives — and leadership, charisma, successes and failures — are uniquely on display in our city. Perhaps our familiarity with them is what fuels our fascination with their individual stories: their pathways to the presidency, their leadership and legacies, and their journeys after leaving offi ce.

This month, an intriguing new American Experience fi lm spotlights our 42nd president. On February 20 and 21, WETA Television premieres the two-part documentary Clinton, which explores that charismatic president’s complex story as it examines a transformative epoch in the nation’s history between the fall of the Berlin Wall and 9/11. Clinton is the 16th American Experience fi lm in the series’ engaging Presidents Collection. These extraordinary, critically acclaimed profi les of American presidents have illuminated, among others, the lives of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan and, most recently, George H.W. Bush. The fi lms educate us about our leaders and about the nation’s history as well, focusing on the presidents’ public role and private life, their politics and policies, their character, and the events they navigated in offi ce.

Also this month, WETA presents In Performance at the White House: Red, White and Blues, the 48th production in our long-running series, which we celebrate in this magazine. In the program, which airs February 27 nationwide on PBS stations, President and Mrs. Obama host an all-star lineup of performers paying homage to iconic Blues artists.

Thank you for tuning in — and for your support of WETA.

Sharon Percy Rockefeller, President & CEO, WETA

“Ocean Giants,” a Nature Miniseriesairs Wednesday, February 22, 8–11 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD

A new, three-part Nature miniseries spotlights cetaceans — whales and dolphins — a constant source of fascination. How much do we really know about these remarkable creatures? These mammals of the seas may appear to be totally alien to us, but with their mental ability, group communication and the recent discovery that dolphins have individual names, they are closer to humans than ever previously imagined. This series provides new insights into the lives of whales and dolphins as two of the world’s top underwater cameramen — Doug Allan (Planet Earth’s polar specialist) and Didier Noirot (Cousteau’s front-line cameraman) — fi lm breathtaking encounters with these intelligent life forms.

Giant Lives, airing at 8 p.m. on February 22, spotlights the great whales. Deep Thinkers, at 9 p.m., explores how clever — and how much like us — whales and dolphins are (they work cooperatively, show empathy and are self-aware, and in some respects, their brains are more complex than ours). Completing the series at 10 p.m. is Voices of the Sea, which examines cetaceans’ communication — how, in the underwater world, sound takes the place of sight.

Major corporate support for Nature is provided by Canon U.S.A., Inc. Additional sup-port is provided by The Lillian Goldman Charitable Trust, the Filomena M. D’Agostino Foundation, Susan Malloy and the Sun Hill Foundation, Paul W. Zuccaire Foundation, Bradley L. Goldberg Family Foundation, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and the nation’s public television stations.

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PBS NewsHour airs weeknights at 7 p.m. Charlie Rose airs late weeknights (check listings)

Wild Indonesiaairs Wednesday, February 29, 8–11 p.m.

on WETA TV 26 & WETA HDA three-part BBC miniseries tells the story of Indonesia, exploring the stunning diversity of wildlife and landscapes in one of the world’s most fascinating regions, a 3,000-mile chain of 17,000 islands running along the Equator from Australia to Asia. An extraordinarily beautiful place, Indonesia is home to dinosaur-like komodo dragons, orangutans and tree kangaroos, tropical beaches and coral reefs, glaciers and snowy mountain peaks. Nicknamed “the ring of fi re,” the islands were created by volcanic eruptions 150 million years ago, and today, Indonesia is the most active volcanic region on earth. Wild Indonesia spotlights unique animals and their habitats; the underwater wonderland surrounding the islands; and Indonesia’s forest lands and their denizens.

Classical WETA Theme Weekends Tune in on weekends as Classical WETA 90.9 FM focuses on a particular theme in classical music, playing related musical selections once per hour from noon on Fridays through Sunday evenings. This month, featured during the weekend of February 3–5 is a musical celebration of composer Felix Mendelssohn’s birthday, spotlighting many of the musician’s works. Also listen for a celebration of Valentine’s Day during Great Romantics Theme Weekend, February 10–12. For more information on Classical WETA programs and features, visit classicalweta.org.

Drama and Mystery on MasterpieceDownton Abbey on Sundays at 9 p.m. — repeating Thursdays

at 8 p.m., followed by Miss Marple and Poirot on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD

Multiple Emmy winner (including Outstanding Miniseries 2011) Downton Abbey continues on Sunday nights in February on Masterpiece with the fi nal three episodes of Season 2, following

the story of aristocrats and servants of an English estate during the tumultuous World War I era. The international hit, written by Julian Fellowes (Gosford Park), stars Dame Maggie Smith, Elizabeth McGovern and Hugh Bonneville, and a host of new actors, portraying the loves, feuds and sacri-fi ces of a culture thrown into crisis. Also this month, tune in Thursday nights after the repeat of Downton Abbey for episodes of Masterpiece Mystery!, which feature adaptations of Agatha Christie

novels. Julia McKenzie stars as Miss Marple in The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side, The Secret of Chimneys and The Blue Geranium — and David Suchet is Hercule Poirot in Murder on the Orient

Express, The Third Girl and Appointment with Death. For more mysteries, tune in on Presidents Day for a Sherlock Holmes marathon, starring Jeremy Brett in his signature role.

Funding for Masterpiece is provided by Viking River Cruises, with additional support from public television viewers and contributors to the Masterpiece Trust.

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Black History Month on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD

American Masters: Cab Calloway: Sketches Mon 2/27, 10pmAmerican Masters: Marvin Gaye: What’s Going On Wed 2/22, 5pmAmerican Masters: Sam Cooke: Crossing Over Wed 2/8, 5pmAn Evening with:… Diahann Carroll (with Gwen Ifi ll) Thur 2/9, 2pm; Rpts Wed 2/29, 5pm Eartha Kitt (with Gwen Ifi ll) Tue 2/7, 5pm; Rpts Sat 2/11, 1am Quincy Jones (with Gwen Ifi ll) Wed 2/14, 5pm; Rpts Thur 2/23, 1pm Smokey Robinson (with Gwen Ifi ll) Mon 2/13, 10:30pm;

Rpts Wed 2/15, 5pm; Thur 2/23, 2pm Valerie Simpson in Honor of Nick Ashford (with Gwen Ifi ll)

Mon 2/6, 10pm; Rpts Fri 2/10, 4pmFor Love of Liberty: The Story of America’s Black Patriots Pt 1, Wed 2/8,

3pm; Pt 2, Wed 2/15, 3pm American Experience: Freedom Riders Tue 2/7, 8pmAmerican Experience: Roads to Memphis Fri 2/17, 3:30pmGreat Performances: Memphis Fri 2/24, 9pmIndependent Lens: The Black Power Mixtape 1967–1975 Sat 2/11, 11:30pm Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock Sat 2/5, midnight

More Than a Month Sat 2/25, 11:33pm When I Rise Thur 2/16, 2pm; Rpts Sat 2/18, 11:30pmIn Performance at the White House:

A Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement Wed 2/22, 2pm; Rpts Sat 2/25, 12:33amRed, White and Blues Mon 2/27, 9pm; Rpts Tue 2/28, 5pm

Slavery By Another Name Mon 2/13, 9pmUnderground Railroad: The William Still Story Mon 2/6, 11pm

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For Love of Liberty: The Story of America’s Black Patriots

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This month, the award-winning history series American Experience presents Clinton, a new documentary in the critically acclaimed collection of 16 presidential biogra-phies that includes fi lms FDR, LBJ, Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Reagan and George H.W. Bush. The series features compelling profi les of the men who have defi ned and re-defi ned the modern presidency, and who led the country through some of the most turbulent and consequential moments in American history. Focusing on the intersection of public and private, character and history, these presidential biographies have won virtually every award for documentary fi lm.

Clinton explores the fascinating story of an American president who rose from a turbulent childhood in Arkansas to become one of the most successful politi-cians in modern American history and one of the most complex characters ever to stride across the public stage. It recounts a presidency that would defi ne the crucial and transforma-tive period between the fall of the Berlin Wall and 9/11, following America’s 42nd president across his two terms as he confronted some of the key forces that would shape the future — including partisan political warfare and do-mestic and international terrorism — and struggled, with uneven success, to defi ne the role of American power in a post-Cold War world.

“William Jefferson Clinton is a lightning rod in American history,” says Mark Samels, executive producer of American Experience. “It’s hard to fi nd anyone who is

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neutral about the man or his presidency. At American Experience we like to explore the people who have shaped the times in which they live and Bill Clinton, both charis-matic and confounding, certainly had a profound effect on the country during his presidency.”

Clinton’s presidency was marked by both grand achieve-ments and personal scandal; American Experience’s fi lm

explores how Clinton made history, even as he enraged his enemies and confounded his friends. The program features scores of Clinton insiders, including White House Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers, White House Counsel Bernard Nussbaum, former White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta (current Secretary of Defense), and Deputy Chief of Staff Harold Ickes, as well as inter-views with Independent Counsel Ken Starr, members of the Republican opposition including former Senator Trent Lott, child-hood friends, foreign leaders, staffers from

Clinton’s years as governor of Arkansas, biographers and dozens of journalists.

From Emmy and Peabody Award-winning director Barak Goodman (My Lai), the four-hour, two-part fi lm premieres on Presidents Day. Goodman, a winner of the RFK Journalism Prize, has garnered an Emmy Award, Peabody Award and duPont-Columbia Award for his fi lms.

Exclusive corporate funding for American Experience is provided by Liberty Mutual. Major funding is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and public television viewers.

CL I N TONairs Monday, February 20 at 9 p.m. and Tuesday, February 21 at 8 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD; repeats Sunday, February 26 at 8 p.m.

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One of the important roles of public broadcasting in America is to present and to celebrate the great array of performing arts that contribute to our collective national culture. This programming celebrates the astonishing, vibrant diversity of our culture and its creative currents; and provides vital access to arts and performance program-ming to all our citizens for their enjoyment and inspira-tion. WETA has a very special role in producing arts programming for a nationwide PBS audience and, as the fl agship public television station in Greater Washington, also has a special responsibility to bring important arts broadcasts from the nation’s capital to viewers throughout the United States. During WETA’s half-century of service to Greater Washington and the nation, the station has produced a vast array of engaging performance specials.

Perhaps no series of broadcasts better represents

WETA’s commitment to bringing arts to the nation than In Performance at the White House, which WETA has pro-duced for nearly 35 years, spanning every administration since President Carter’s. The series, created to showcase the rich fabric of American culture in the setting of the nation’s most famous home, premiered with a 1978 East Room recital by legendary pianist Vladimir Horowitz. Since then, In Performance at the White House has fea-tured an astonishing breadth of talent and embraced virtu-ally every genre of American performance: pop, country, gospel, jazz, blues, theatre and dance among them.

A Complex UndertakingWETA has produced 47 programs in the In Performance at the White House series since it premiered February 26, 1978. Each production is a monumental undertaking, with enormously complex logistics. WETA and its pro-duction partners bring in television, lighting and sound crews (all cleared in advance for security) and a mobile production truck — and convert the elegant and historic East Room of the White House into a concert stage venue with lights and cameras to capture the proceed-ings as unobtrusively as possible. These performances, shared with the nation via PBS, are, after all, also special

In Performance at the White House

White House events for invited guests hosted by the President and First Lady. On occasion, more expansive performance settings are created on the South Lawn under the Truman Balcony. Over the years, many generous corporate funders — such as Ameritech; J.C. Penney, Inc.; Nabisco Brands; Northrop Grumman; and Pepsi-Cola — have joined with the Corporation for Public Broadcast-ing, PBS and foundations such as The Annenberg Foundation and the Anne Ray Charitable Trust to make these performance broadcasts possible.

Series HistoryGiving the series its start, President Carter hosted fi ve performances, featuring — in addition to pianist Horowitz — cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, soprano Leontyne Price, guitarist Andrés Segovia, and dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov. President Reagan holds the current record, hosting 17 programs in an array of musical genres, featuring artists ranging from country singer Merle Haggard to violinist Itzhak Perlman to jazz musician Dizzy Gillespie.

President George H.W. Bush hosted three concerts centered on national holidays, featuring artists ranging from John Denver to Lynn Redgrave, Patti LuPone to Simon Estes. During President Clinton’s years in offi ce, WETA produced 10 specials at the White House, featur-ing Aretha Franklin with Lou Rawls; Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville; Gladys Knight; dance, jazz and more. President George W. Bush hosted fi ve engaging produc-tions, among them featuring Natalie Cole in performance and spotlighting the Dance Theatre of Harlem and the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz.

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Recent Concerts — and the BluesPresident Obama too has embraced the series. Concerts have honored Stevie Wonder and Sir Paul McCartney as recipients of the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize, and other performances have included a dazzling South Lawn concert — Fiesta Latina — spotlighting Hispanic musical heritage; and concerts celebrating music of the civil rights movement, Broadway, Motown and, most recently, country music. In recent years, WETA has collaborated with the White House and The GRAMMY Museum to pair some of the evening concerts with educational workshops for middle- and high-school students, spotlight-ing the performing artists and the history of the concert’s featured musical genre. Many of the workshops and performances are streamed live and are available online at pbs.org/whitehouse.

Tune in this month for In Performance at the White House: Red, White and Blues and watch for more perfor-mances in future WETA television broadcasts. Through ongoing collaborations with the White House, WETA is committed to bringing the fi nest in performance program-ming to viewers in our community and around the nation, celebrating America’s rich cultural heritage.

In Performance at the White House: Red, White and Blues

airs Monday, February 27 at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD

This month, WETA is co-producing a special concert that pays homage to pioneering Blues music artists and the iconic songs for which they are best known. President and Mrs. Obama host an array of top musical artists in the White House East Room for the February concert.


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10:309:308:308:00 9:00 10:00NOVA: Ice Age Death Trap Inside Nature’s Giants: Great White Shark

Masterpiece Mystery!: Miss Marple, Series V: The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side (to 10:30pm) & Masterpiece Mystery!: Poirot, Series X: Murder on the Orient Express (to 12m)

Inside Washington The Life of Mammals (Eps 7 & 8 of 10. Return to the Water/Life in the Trees)

Need to Know

(from 9:33pm:) The WETA Movie: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (to 11:46pm)

Masterpiece Classic: Downtown Abbey, Season 2 (Pt 5 of 7)

Masterpiece Classic: A Room with a View (to 11:30pm)

Antiques Roadshow: Houston, TX An Evening with Valerie Simpson in Honor of Nick Ashford – with Gwen Ifi ll

Frontline: Rules of Engagement

NOVA: Separating Twins Inside Nature’s Giants: Big Cats

Masterpiece Mystery!: Miss Marple, Series V: The Secret of Chimneys (to 10:30pm) & Masterpiece Mystery!: Poirot, Series X: The Third Girl (to 12m)

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

Need to Know

(from 9:33pm:) The WETA Movie: Local Hero (to 11:24pm)

Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey, Season 2 (Pt 6 of 7)

Slavery By Another Name Smokey Robinson — with Gwen Ifi ll (to 11:30pm)

Frontline: The Interrupters

NOVA: Extreme Cave Diving Cave People of the Himalaya

Masterpiece Mystery!: Miss Marple, Series V: The Blue Geranium (to 11:30pm)

Inside Washington Michael Feinstein’s American Songbook, Season 2 (Eps 1-3 of 3. Time Machines/Lost and Found/Saloon Singers) (to 12m)

(from 9:33pm) The WETA Movie: Witness for the Prosecution (to 11:27pm)

Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey, Series 2 (Pt 7 of 7)

Clinton: American Experience (Pt 1 of 2)

Frontline: Cell Tower Deaths

Nature: Ocean Giants: Deep Thinkers Nature: Ocean Giants: Voices of the Sea

Masterpiece Mystery!: Poirot, Series X: Appointment with Death (to 11:30pm)

Inside Washington Great Performances: Memphis (to 11:30pm)

(from 9:33pm) The WETA Movie: Run Silent, Run Deep (to 11:06pm)

Clinton: American Experience (Pt 2 of 2) (to 12m)

In Performance at the White House: Red, White and Blues

American Masters: Cab Calloway: Sketches

Frontline: Japan’s Nuclear Meltdown

Wild Indonesia (Pt 2 of 3. Underwater Wonderland)

Wild Indonesia (Pt 3 of 3. Magical Forests)

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Nature: Wolverine: Chasing the Phantom

Washington Week with Gwen Ifi ll and National Journal


Doc Martin, Series II (Pts 3 & 4 of 8. Blood Is Thicker/Aromatherapy) (to 9:33pm)

Himalaya with Michael Palin (Pt 4 of 6. The Roof of the World)

Antiques Roadshow: Eugene, OR

Freedom Riders: American Experience

Nature: Raccoon Nation



Doc Martin, Series II (Pts 5 & 6 of 8. Always on My Mind/The Family Way) (to 9:33pm)

Himalaya with Michael Palin (Pt 5 of 6. Leaping Tigers)

Antiques Roadshow: Pittsburgh, PA

Tupperware!: American Experience

Nature: The Himalayas



Doc Martin, Series II (Pts 7 & 8 of 8. Out of the Woods/Erotomania) to 9:33pm)

Himalaya with Michael Palin (Pt 6 of 6. Bhutan to the Bay of Bengal )



Nature: Ocean Giants: Giant Lives



Doc Martin, Series III (Pts 1 & 2 of 9. On the Edge) (to 9:33pm)



The Amish: American Experience

Wild Indonesia (Pt 1 of 3. Island Castaways)

WETA TV 26 & WETA HD February primetime simulcast listings.

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

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PBS NewsHour airs weeknights at 7 p.m. Charlie Rose airs late weeknights (check listings)


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

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

• Weeknight primetime on WETA TV 26 often repeats the next weekday on WETA TV 26 — 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 15 for schedule information.

Program Key� — 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.

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

1 Wednesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 NATURE: WOLVERINE: CHASING THE PHANTOM —

Legend paints it as a solitary, blood-thirsty killer that roams the icy heart of the frozen north, taking down prey as large as moose. But the truth is more complex. This fi lm explores the secretive world of the largest and least-known member of the weasel family. Hard-wired to endure an environment of scarcity, the wolverine is one of the most effi cient carnivores on Earth. {DVI} Repeats Thur 2/2, 3pm

9:00 NOVA: ICE AGE DEATH TRAP — Racing against devel-opers in the Rockies, archaeologists uncover a unique site packed with astonishingly preserved bones of mammoths, mastodons and other giant extinct beasts, opening a window on the vanished world of the Ice Age. {DVI} Repeats Thur 2/2, 4pm

10:00 INSIDE NATURE’S GIANTS: GREAT WHITE SHARK — A series features veterinary specialists and biologists performing an autopsy on a large wild animal to un-cover the secrets of its anatomy. Great White Shark. The experts travel to South Africa to dissect a 15-foot-long great white shark, spotlighting the amazing array of senses the shark possesses and exploring the origins of the shark’s killing bite. {DVI} Repeats Thur 2/2, 5pm

11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

2 Thursday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: DOWNTON ABBEY, SEASON 2

— The multiple Emmy-winning miniseries continues. Part 4 of 7. In the climactic battle of the war, Matthew and William go over the top to an uncertain fate. Vera plays a cruel endgame with Bates and Anna, and Daisy faces the severest test of her life. {DVI}

9:00 MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: MISS MARPLE, SERIES V: THE MIRROR CRACK’D FROM SIDE TO SIDE — Acclaimed British actress Julia McKenzie (of Cranford) stars as the spinster sleuth Miss Marple in adapta-tions of Agatha Christie novels. In this episode, several people are found poisoned soon after a celebrated Hollywood actress and her fi lm director husband settle in St. Mary Mead. Miss Marple must fi nd the killer. {DVI}

10:30 MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: POIROT, SERIES X: MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS — Agatha Christie’s detective Hercule Poirot — portrayed by David Suchet in his signa-ture role — solves the greatest case of his career aboard the world’s most glamorous train, The Orient Express. Suchet is joined by a fi rst-class rail car full of great actors, including Dame Eileen Atkins, Barbara Hershey and Hugh Bonneville. {DVI} Repeats Fri 2/3, 1pm

12M CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

3 Friday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL AND NATIONAL

JOURNAL — Moderator and managing editor Gwen Ifi ll leads a discussion by a panel of journalists on the news events of the week. Repeats Sat 2/4, 6:30pm

8:30 INSIDE WASHINGTON — Host Gordon Peterson moder-ates a roundtable discussion of the news of the week. Repeats Sat 2/4, 6pm

9:00 THE LIFE OF MAMMALS — Written and presented by BBC wildlife fi lmmaker Sir David Attenborough, a mon-umental series spotlights the diversity of mammals on earth. Episode 7 of 10. Return to the Water. As the fi rst signs of life left its watery environment to colonize dry land, the race was on in the search for food. After millions of years the competition to survive made some mammals return to the water. Sir David Attenborough spotlights otters, seals, dolphins and whales.

9:47 THE LIFE OF MAMMALS — Episode 8 of 10. Life in the Trees. In this program, David Attenborough meets the

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Sundays, February 5, 12 & 19 at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HDTune in Sunday and Thursday nights for superb drama in February. Downton Abbey continues on Masterpiece with the fi nal episodes of Season 2. The programs repeat each Thursday night at 8 p.m., followed by Masterpiece Mystery! episodes from the Miss Marple and Poirot series. Above, Dan Stevens portrays Matthew Crawley and Michelle Dockery is Lady Mary in Downton Abbey.

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Fridays at 8 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HDGwen Ifi ll, moderator and managing editor of Washington Week with Gwen Ifi ll and National Journal, analyzes news of the 2012 political campaigns with the program’s roundtable of top journalists.

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2:00 SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE DISAPPEARANCE OF LADY FRANCES CARFAX — Lady Frances Carfax is caught between an old family quarrel with her brother and a sinister horseman who seems to haunt her life. Holmes (Jeremy Brett) investigates. Edward Hardwicke portrays Dr. Watson. Repeats Mon 2/6, 3:30pm

3:00 PRIME SUSPECT, SERIES VI: THE LAST WITNESS — Part 4 of 4. Tennison’s prime suspect is well protected, and the detective must find a way to secure justice. Helen Mirren stars in her signature role as the London detective.

4:00 WILLIAM & MARY, SERIES I — A romantic British dra-ma stars Martin Clunes (Doc Martin) and Julie Graham as lonely hearts looking for love. Episode 4 of 6. William and Mary’s romance hits a setback as their kids try to contend with the relationship. Repeats Tue 2/7, 4pm

5:00 GLOBE TREKKER: CENTRAL CHINA — Repeats Mon 2/6, 1:30pm

SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–12:30AM: 6:00 MOYERS & COMPANY — Bill Moyers presents a weekly

hour of conversation about life and the state of American democracy, featuring a range of scholars, artists, activists, scientists, philosophers and newsmakers who bring context, insight and meaning to important topics. Repeats Mon 2/6, 5pm

7:00 NATURE: A MURDER OF CROWS — New research has shown that crows are among the most intelligent ani-mals in the world, able to use tools as only elephants and chimpanzees do, and able to recognize each other’s voices and 250 distinct calls. {DVI} Repeats Mon 2/6, 2:30pm; Tue 2/7, 1pm

8:00 HIMALAYA WITH MICHAEL PALIN — The world-traveling former Monty Python star continues his exploration of the geography of Earth’s greatest mountain range and the cultures surrounding it — traveling from the borders of Afghanistan to Southwest China. Part 4 of 6. The Roof of the World. Leaving Everest Base Camp, Palin takes the high road into Chinese Tibet. In Lhasa, he visits the Potala Palace, and he explores the great monasteries of Tashilunpo and Sera. Palin then follows pilgrims north to the holy salt lake of Namtso, heats up in an Olympic-sized hot spring, learns how to milk a yak and travels to the summer horse festival in Yushu.

9:00 MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: DOWNTON ABBEY, SEASON 2 — The multiple Emmy-winning miniseries continues. Part 5 of 7. As the war nears its end, Downton’s aristo-crats and servants put their lives back together. Mary and Sir Richard go estate hunting; and a mysterious wounded officer makes a shocking revelation. Repeats Thur 2/9, 8pm

10:00 MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: A ROOM WITH A VIEW — In Andrew Davies’ adaptation of E.M. Forster’s novel, Elaine Cassidy stars as Lucy Honeychurch, who is disappointed upon her arrival at a guest house in Florence, Italy, because her room has no view. Timothy Spall and son Rafe Spall play Mr. Emerson and his eccentric son, George, who offer Lucy their room. {DVI}

11:30 HUSTLE, SERIES III — Part 3 of 6. There’s a new grifter in town and he is in search of a great crew. The stranger (Richard Chamberlain) is the grandson of a legendary 19th-century American con artist — and has come to avenge his death.

tree dwellers — those mammals that have adapted to a life at height. Some climb small trees to scout for dan-ger; others, like gibbons, live 100 feet or more above the forest floor and never descend to the ground.

10:30 NEED TO KNOW 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

4 Saturday ON WETA TV 26, 6AM–6PM. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD listings. 6AM–9AM WETA KIDS PROGRAMMING 9:00 EASTENDERS — (two episodes, simulcast on WETA TV 26

and WETA HD) Repeats Fridays, 5pm 10:00 THE THIS OLD HOUSE HOUR 11:00 ESSENTIAL PEPIN 11:30 PATI’S MEXICAN TABLE 12N CUISINE CULTURE 12:30 MEXICO—ONE PLATE AT A TIME WITH RICK BAYLESS 1:00 CHEF JOHN BESH’S NEW ORLEANS 1:30 JOANNE WEIR’S COOKING CONFIDENCE 2:00 SARA’S WEEKNIGHT MEALS 2:30 BAKING WITH JULIA 3:00 LIDIA’S ITALY 3:30 IN JULIA’S KITCHEN WITH MASTER CHEFS 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–1AM: 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 II — Parts 3 & 4 of 8. Blood Is

Thicker/Aromatherapy. R 9:33 THE WETA MOVIE: ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S

NEST — In Milos Forman’s Academy Award-winning 1975 film, adapted from a novel by Ken Kesey, mental patients rise up and follow social-misfit hero Randle P. McMurphy (Jack Nicholson) against an oppressive nurse (Louise Fletcher) and her rules. Forman, Nicholson and Fletcher each won Oscars. (2:13) Repeats Sun 2/5, 11:30am

12M INDEPENDENT LENS: DAISY BATES: FIRST LADY OF LITTLE ROCK — This program tells the story of African-American feminist Daisy Bates and her public support for nine black students who registered to at-tend the all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. Bates reaped the rewards of instant fame, but paid dearly for it. (60 min.)

5 Sunday ON WETA TV 26, 6AM–6PM. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD listings. 6AM–9AM WETA KIDS PROGRAMMING 9:00 WHITE HOUSE CHRONICLES 9:30 TO THE CONTRARY WITH BONNIE ERBE 10:00 THIS IS AMERICA WITH DENNIS WHOLEY 10:30 RELIGION AND ETHICS NEWSWEEKLY 11:00 GREAT ROMANCES 11:30 THE WETA MOVIE: ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S

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ing an autopsy on a large wild animal to uncover the secrets of its anatomy. Big Cats. The experts dissect a lion and a tiger and find it hard to tell them apart; they explore how the lion’s vocal apparatus works and describe the evolutionary arms race between predators and their prey. {DVI} Repeats Thur 2/9, 5pm



— Pt 5 of 7. See the Sunday, February 5, 9 p.m. listing. R 9:00 MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: MISS MARPLE, SERIES V:

THE SECRET OF CHIMNEYS — British actress Julia McKenzie portrays spinster sleuth Miss Marple in adaptations of Agatha Christie mystery novels. Miss Marple accompanies Lady Virginia Revel to a party at her family home of Chimneys. When a dignitary goes missing, the search reveals a decades-old murder that might be connected to a mysterious diamond theft. Stephen Dillane and Edward Fox guest star.

10:30 MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: POIROT, SERIES X: THE THIRD GIRL — The great detective Hercule Poirot — portrayed by David Suchet — believes in the innocence of an heiress who is convinced she has committed murder. An eccentric crime novelist, Ariadne Oliver, portrayed by Zoë Wanamaker, helps Poirot crack the case. {DVI} Repeats Fri 2/10, 1pm



JOURNAL — Moderator and managing editor Gwen Ifill leads a discussion by a panel of journalists on the news events of the week. Repeats Sat 2/11, 6:30pm

8:30 INSIDE WASHINGTON — Repeats Sat 2/11, 6pm 9:00 THE LIFE OF MAMMALS — Episode 9 of 10. The Social

Climbers. In the penultimate episode, David Attenbor-ough travels the globe to observe monkeys. This group of mammals started its life in the tree-tops. Atten-borough spotlights different species of monkeys with specialized skills and extraordinary behaviors in the forests of South America, Africa and South Asia.

9:47 THE LIFE OF MAMMALS — Episode 10 of 10. Food for Thought. In the final episode of the miniseries, we meet the intelligent Great Apes. David Attenborough meets orangutans, chimpanzees and apes and considers how food, and the methods apes use to find it, has been key to the evolution of our large brains.

10:30 NEED TO KNOW 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

11 Saturday ON WETA TV 26, 6AM–6PM. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD listings. 6AM–6PM See the Saturday, February 4 listings. SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–1AM: 6:00 INSIDE WASHINGTON — R 6:30 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL AND NATIONAL

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2/7, 2pm; Wed 2/8, 1pm 9:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: HOUSTON, TX — Repeats Tue

2/7, 3pm; Wed 2/8, 2pm 10:00 AN EVENING WITH VALERIE SIMPSON IN HONOR OF

NICK ASHFORD—WITH GWEN IFILL — WETA’s Gwen Ifill interviews Valerie Simpson, who for more than 40 years wrote hit-making songs with her husband, the late Nick Ashford. Ashford & Simpson’s classic songs include: “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,” “Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing,” “Reach Out and Touch (Somebody’s Hand)” and “I’m Every Woman.” Repeats Fri 2/10, 4pm

11:00 UNDERGROUND RAILROAD: THE WILLIAM STILL STORY — Extraordinary people risked their lives to help fugitive slaves escape via the 19th-century clandestine Underground Railroad. Among them was William Still of Philadelphia, a free black man who accepted delivery of transported crates containing “human cargo.” This documentary reveals some of the stories behind this humanitarian enterprise. {DVI}


7 Tuesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 FREEDOM RIDERS: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE — From

May until November 1961, more than 400 Americans, black and white, risked their lives — and many endured savage beatings and imprisonment — traveling together on buses and trains through the Deep South in a Civil Rights Era challenge to segregation. {DVI}

10:00 FRONTLINE: RULES OF ENGAGEMENT — After years of delays, U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Frank Wuterich went on trial in January 2012 in connection with the killings of 24 Iraqi civilians more than six years ago, one of the worst incidents of its kind of the war. What really happened on November 19, 2005, in the village of Haditha? Frontline investigates the incident and what it can tell us about the moral and legal maze of U.S. troops’ involvement in Iraq.


8 Wednesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 NATURE: RACCOON NATION — Are human beings,

in an effort to outwit raccoons, actually making them smarter and unwittingly contributing to their evolution-ary success — pushing the development of raccoon brains? In this film, scientists explore this scientific theory — and attempt to follow a family of urban raccoons in a big city. {DVI} Repeats Thur 2/9, 3pm

9:00 NOVA: SEPARATING TWINS — NOVA explores the ex-traordinary surgery that will allow twin girls, born joined at the head, to live separate lives. Abandoned shortly after birth at an orphanage in Bangladesh, the girls had little chance of survival, until they were taken to Austra-lia. After two years battling for life, the twins are ready for operations that will prepare them for separation surgery. {DVI} Repeats Thur 2/9, 4pm

10:00 INSIDE NATURE’S GIANTS: BIG CATS — A series features veterinary specialists and biologists perform-

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My Mind/The Family Way. R 9:33 THE WETA MOVIE: LOCAL HERO — In Bill Forsyth’s

1983 comic drama, an oilman (Peter Riegert) goes native in a quirky Scottish town his Texas boss (Burt Lancaster) expects him to buy for the construction of a refinery. (1:51) Repeats Sun 2/12, 11:30am

11:30 INDEPENDENT LENS: THE BLACK POWER MIXTAPE 1967–1975 — A film takes a cinematic and musical journey into the black communities of America circa 1967–1975. Combining fresh and candid 16mm footage that had lain undiscovered in the cellar of Swedish Television for the past 30 years, with contemporary audio interviews from leading African-American artists, activists, musicians and scholars, the film looks at the people, society, culture and style that fuelled an era of convulsive change. (90 min.)

12 Sunday ON WETA TV 26, 6AM–6PM. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD listings. 6AM–9AM WETA KIDS PROGRAMMING 9AM–11:30AM See the Sunday, February 5 listings. 11:30 THE WETA MOVIE: LOCAL HERO — (1:51) R 2:00 SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE PROBLEM OF THOR BRIDGE

— Maria Gibson, a dejected wife, arranges to meet her children’s governess Grace Dunbar at Thor Bridge but is gunned down in cold blood. Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett) and Dr. Watson (Edward Hardwicke) investigate. Repeats Mon 2/13, 3:30pm

3:00 PRIME SUSPECT VII: THE FINAL ACT — Helen Mirren reprises her iconic, Emmy Award-winning role as Lon-don sleuth Detective Superintendent Jane Tennison. In the series finale, the investigation of a schoolgirl’s brutal murder takes its toll on the battle-scarred detective. Part 1 of 4. When a 14-year-old star student is found stabbed to death in a secluded London park, Tennison casts aside retirement plans to take the case.

4:00 WILLIAM & MARY, SERIES I — Episode 5 of 6. William’s mother dies, he learns of a fraud that compelled him to enter the family business years before, and he mulls selling the firm. Meanwhile, Mary makes her own dis-covery — the identity of Rick’s new girlfriend. Repeats Tue 2/14, 4pm

5:00 GLOBE TREKKER: MICRONESIA — Repeats Mon 2/13, 1:30pm

SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–12M: 6:00 MOYERS & COMPANY — See the Sunday, February 5,

6 p.m. listing. Repeats Mon 2/13, 5pm 7:00 NATURE: BRAVING IRAQ — In the early 1990s, Saddam

Hussein destroyed the Mesopotamian Marshes when its inhabitants rebelled against him. Once the richest wildlife habitat in the Middle East, this beautiful “Garden of Eden” was reduced to scorched earth. Now one man is making an extraordinary effort to restore animals and people to the marshes. {DVI} Repeats Mon 2/13, 2:30pm; Tue 2/14, 1pm

8:00 HIMALAYA WITH MICHAEL PALIN — Part 5 of 6. Leap-ing Tigers. The former Monty Python star’s Himalayan adventure continues as Palin follows the Yangtze River into Yunnan in Southwest China, where he learns the intricacies of the Mosuos’ walking marriage, has a checkup with an octogenarian herbalist and experi-ences medieval Lijiang. Heading for Nagaland in India,

he meets some reformed headhunters, then takes the steam train to Tipong coal-mine, rides an elephant on one of the great tea estates of Assam, and spots some dancing monks dressed up as milkmaids in Brahma-putra. Near the Bhutan border, he encounters one-horned rhinos and loses a tug of war with an elephant.

9:00 MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: DOWNTON ABBEY, SEASON 2 — Part 6 of 7. The Spanish flu strikes Downton, disrupt-ing one match, hastening another and transforming the fortunes of all. Mary, Sybil and Robert each confront a moment of truth. Anna and Bates know a moment of happiness. Repeats Thur 2/16, 8pm

11:00 HUSTLE, SERIES III — Part 4 of 6. Harold (Renu Setna), an old friend of Albert’s, summons the team to take revenge on Kulvinda Samar (Silas Carson), a greedy sweat-shop owner who has caused pain and suffering to Harold’s sisters and the Asian community for many years. Samar is an ardent fan of Bollywood films — a perfect target for a classic movie-investor con.

13 Monday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: PITTSBURGH, PA — Repeats

Tue 2/14, 2pm; Wed 2/15, 1pm 9:00 SLAVERY BY ANOTHER NAME — A Sundance Film Fes-

tival selection for 2012, this new documentary based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Wall Street Journal senior writer Douglas A. Blackmon explores the little-known story of the post-Emancipation era and the labor practices and laws that effectively created a new form of slavery in the South that persisted well into the 20th century. Blackmon examines the concept of “neo-slavery,” which sentenced African Americans to forced labor for violating an array of laws that criminalized their everyday behavior. Laurence Fishburne narrates. Repeats Tue 2/14, 5pm; Fri 2/17, 4pm

10:30 AN EVENING WITH SMOKEY ROBINSON—WITH GWEN IFILL — WETA’s Gwen Ifill talks with Smokey Robinson, offering an insider’s look at the life and career of the Motown legend. The program, taped in 2009 before a theater audience at Northwestern University Thorne Auditorium, features former Motown executive and film producer Suzanne de Passe as mistress of ceremonies, and musical tributes from Grammy-nominated artists. Repeats Wed 2/15, 5pm


14 Tuesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 TUPPERWARE!: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE — In the

1950s, American women discovered they could earn thousands — even millions — of dollars from plastic food storage bowls. “Tupperware ladies” fanned out across the nation’s living rooms, selling efficiency and convenience to their friends and neighbors through home parties. Bowl by bowl, they built an empire that now spans the globe. This documentary, narrated by Kathy Bates, reveals the story of a small plastics company that became a cultural phenomenon. {DVI} Repeats Thur 2/16, 1pm

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9:00 FRONTLINE: THE INTERRUPTERS — During one week-end in Chicago in 2008, 37 people were shot, seven of them fatally. Now, a Frontline film by director Steve James (Hoop Dreams) presents an observational journey into the stubborn, persistent violence that plagues American cities, following a group of former gang leaders trying to “interrupt” shootings and protect their communities from the violence the gangs once committed. The film chronicles the inner workings of CeaseFire, an innovative program in Chicago designed to prevent shootings.


15 Wednesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 NATURE: THE HIMALAYAS — The Himalayan mountain

system is the planet’s highest and home to the world’s tallest peaks. Nature explores the diversity of wildlife and habitats of this mountain chain, home to the mys-terious snow leopard. {DVI} Repeats Thur 2/16, 3pm

9:00 NOVA: EXTREME CAVE DIVING — NOVA follows Dr. Kenny Broad as he dives into blue holes — underwater caves that formed during the last ice age when sea level was nearly 400 feet below what it is today. They are Earth’s least explored and perhaps most dangerous frontiers. With an interdisciplinary team of climatolo-gists, paleontologists and anthropologists, Broad investigates this beautiful “alternate universe.” {DVI} Repeats Thur 2/16, 4pm

10:00 CAVE PEOPLE OF THE HIMALAYA — In this National Geographic film, Everest climber and thrill-seeker Pete Athans returns to the Himalayas with Dr. Mark Aldenderfer in search of the caves and mummies of a lost civilization. There they risk their own safety to reveal evidence of a previously unknown 1,500-year-old death ritual high in the caves. Repeats Thur 2/16, 5pm



— Pt. 6 of 7. See the Sunday, Feb. 12, 9 p.m. listing. R 10:00 MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: MISS MARPLE, SERIES V:

THE BLUE GERANIUM —British actress Julia McKenzie stars as Agatha Christie’s spinster sleuth. While visiting an old friend, Miss Marple discovers that there may be new evidence concerning the notorious Blue Geranium murder case. Can Marple unlock the clues before the wrong person is found guilty of murder? Repeats Fri 2/17, 1pm




8:30 INSIDE WASHINGTON — Repeats Sat 2/18, 6pm

9:00 MICHAEL FEINSTEIN’S AMERICAN SONGBOOK, SEASON 2 — Performer and historian Michael Fein-stein presents more American music history in three new programs. Time Machines. Feinstein explores how technology has preserved — and altered — the way we think about the great songs and singers of the past. On a coast-to-coast tour with stops in New York, Palm Springs, Kansas City, and Los Angeles, Michael Feinstein introduces viewers to “soundies” (the original music videos), the historic building where “jam sessions” were born, and an array of performers and collectors who help keep the music alive.

10:00 MICHAEL FEINSTEIN’S AMERICAN SONGBOOK, SEASON 2 — Lost and Found. This program reveals Feinstein’s discovery of an undocumented, unknown song by one of the giants of American popular music and follows his quest to verify its authenticity. Along the way, he persuades another musical legend, Broadway composer and lyricist Jerry Herman, to teach him an unpublished, unrecorded song from his songwriting “trunk” that’s never been heard prior to this broadcast.

11:00 MICHAEL FEINSTEIN’S AMERICAN SONGBOOK, SEA-SON 2 — Saloon Singers. Feinstein examines the allure of musical nightlife, from Mississippi juke joints, where he dazzles the crowd with some impromptu boogie-woogie blues, to the neon of Las Vegas, where he has a private tour of the now-closed Liberace Museum. While keeping up his schedule of live performances, Feinstein delves into the history of nightclub entertainment.


18 Saturday ON WETA TV 26, 6AM–6PM. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD listings. 6AM–6PM See the Saturday, February 4 listings. SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–12:30AM: 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 II — Parts 7 & 8 of 8. Out of the

Woods/Erotomania. 9:33 THE WETA MOVIE: WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION

— Billy Wilder’s 1957 adaptation of an Agatha Christie play features Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich and Charles Laughton in the story of a sensational murder and subsequent trial full of surprises in which the defendant’s wife agrees to appear as a prosecution witness. (1:54) Repeats Sun 2/19, 11:30am

11:30 INDEPENDENT LENS: WHEN I RISE — A film chronicles the experience of Barbara Smith Conrad, a gifted Uni-versity of Texas music student who found herself at the epicenter of racial controversy, ultimately ascending to the heights of international opera. (60 min.)

19 Sunday ON WETA TV 26, 6AM–6PM. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD listings. 6AM–9AM WETA KIDS PROGRAMMING 9AM–11:30AM See the Sunday, February 5 listings. 11:30 THE WETA MOVIE: WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION

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1:30 GREAT ROMANCES 2:00 SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE ADVENTURE OF

SHOSCOMBE OLD PLACE — Sir Robert Norebertson has gambled all on the success of a horse in the Cham-pion Stakes — if it loses, he’ll be ruined. Jeremy Brett stars as Holmes.

3:00 PRIME SUSPECT VII: THE FINAL ACT — Helen Mirren stars in her signature role as London detective Jane Tennison, investigating the murder of a young girl. Part 2 of 4. The murdered girl’s father, coach, and surpris-ingly unsavory friends act suspiciously, and the prime suspect eludes capture before resurfacing to commit a second crime.

4:00 WILLIAM & MARY, SERIES I — Part 6 of 6. William keeps trying to sell the firm Shawcross & Sons; he can’t abide Mary’s ex-lover staying with her and breaks off the relationship with her. Repeats Tue 2/21, 5pm

5:00 GLOBE TREKKER: SRI LANKA & MALDIVES SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–12M: 6:00 MOYERS & COMPANY — See the Sunday, February 5,

6 p.m. listing. 7:00 NATURE: REVEALING THE LEOPARD — Leopards are

the most feline, the most intelligent, the most danger-ous and one of the least understood of the great cats. They hunt from South Africa to Siberia, from Arabia to Sri Lanka, and are the most widespread predator of their size on land — unseen and secretive; they are the beautiful killers that live in the shadows. This film puts together a psychological profile of this extraordinarily cunning cat. {DVI} Repeats Tue 2/21, 1pm

8:00 HIMALAYA WITH MICHAEL PALIN — Part 6 of 6. Bhutan to the Bay of Bengal. Trekking in Bhutan, Palin passes Tiger’s Nest monastery en route for Chomolhari Base Camp, where he meets a nomad with a penchant for yak songs. In Paro he attends the great Buddhist festival, and he witnesses the sacred Black Hat Dances in fortress-like Dzong. In a bar in Thimphu, Palin discusses reincarnation and the pursuit of happiness with the King’s cousins, and en route to Bangladesh — where his journey ends — he is taken to the Popshika Valley to see rare cranes.

9:00 MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: DOWNTON ABBEY, SEASON 2 — Part 7 of 7. In the season two finale, the family gath-ers at Downton Abbey for Christmas. Repeats Thur 2/23, 8pm

11:00 HUSTLE, SERIES III — Part 5 of 6. A newspaper’s scur-rilous and completely false exposé on Stacie’s closest friend, Emily, leads the team to their next marks — the editor and his weasely reporter. Both suffer from a se-rious lack of morals, and Stacie aims to destroy them.

20 Monday 8AM SHERLOCK HOLMES MARATHON — Jeremy Brett stars

in his signature role in eleven episodes as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s great sleuth. Episodes are 50 minutes each with a brief break in between — the following timings are approximate. Cases are The Empty House (at 8 a.m.); The Abbey Grange (at 8:54 a.m.); The Musgrave Ritual (at 9:48 a.m.); The Second Stain (at 10:42 a.m.); The Man with the Twisted Lip (at 11:35 a.m.); The Priory School (at 12:30 p.m.); The Six Napoleons (at 1:25 p.m.); The Devil’s Foot (at 2:20 p.m.); The Silver Blaze (at 3:14 p.m.); Wisteria Lodge (at 4:08 p.m.) and The Bruce Partington Plans (at 5:03 p.m.)

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7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: PITTSBURGH, PA — Repeats

Tue 2/21, 2pm; Wed 2/22, 1pm 9:00 CLINTON: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE — A documentary

explores the life and career of President William Jef-ferson Clinton, who rose from a turbulent childhood in Arkansas to become one of America’s most successful politicians — and most conflicted and complex public figures. Part 1 of 2. The Comeback Kid. Episode one follows Bill Clinton’s bumpy road to the 1992 presi-dential victory and chronicles the first two years of his presidency. Overcoming a troubled upbringing, Clinton is determined to succeed, first in Arkansas, then at Georgetown, Oxford and finally Yale. There he meets Hillary Rodham, who shares his intellect and ideal-ism, and together they forge a marriage and political partnership that takes them to the Arkansas governor’s mansion and ultimately the White House. Repeats Tue 2/21, 3pm; Sun 2/26, 8pm


21 Tuesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 CLINTON: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE — Part 2 of 2. The

Survivor. The 1994 victory in the midterm elections boosts Republicans, giving rise to the “Contract with America” — and by spring of 1995, House Speaker Newt Gingrich and his allies pursue a plan to eliminate the federal budget deficit. The plan leads to a govern-ment shutdown and slowly the tide begins to turn toward the president, who reclaims the political center. Clinton wins the 1996 election in a landslide, pulling off one of the greatest turnarounds in political history. He sails buoyantly into his second term, but a personal scandal becomes public, Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr reopens his stalled Whitewater investigation and Congress initiates impeachment hearings. Repeats Wed 2/22, 3pm; Sun 2/26, 10pm

10:00 FRONTLINE: CELL TOWER DEATHS — The demand for better and faster cell phone service comes with a hidden cost. This joint investigation by Frontline and ProPublica has found that the independent contrac-tors who are building and servicing America’s cellular infrastructure are 10 times more likely than an average construction worker to die on the job. Also this hour: Frontline explores child death cases in which people were jailed on medical evidence — involving abuse, assault, and “shaken baby syndrome” — that was later found unreliable or flat-out wrong.

11:00 U.S. HEALTH CARE: THE GOOD NEWS — Fifty-two million adults in America are without health insurance, health care spending topped $2.6 trillion in 2010, and all that spending isn’t making us healthier. So what’s the good news about health care? One small com-munity in the Colorado oil patch near the Utah border delivers the highest value for the money health care in the U.S. and in the process covers nearly everyone in town. How do they do it? Could other communities do it too? Correspondent T.R. Reid reports, traveling coast to coast.


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Sunday, February 19 at 7 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HDNature: Revealing the Leopard spotlights the successful predators, which now thrive in habitats from Siberian Russia to South Africa.


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22 Wednesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 NATURE: OCEAN GIANTS: GIANT LIVES — A three-part

series offers new insights into the lives of cetaceans: whales and dolphins. Giant Lives. The great whales — such as the blue and the bowhead — are the largest animals that have ever lived on our planet. Yet these mighty leviathans feed on tiny shrimp and sardines. {DVI} Repeats Thur 2/23, 3pm

9:00 NATURE: OCEAN GIANTS: DEEP THINKERS — In some respects, the brains of whales and dolphins are more complex than ours. Whales and dolphins work cooperatively, show empathy and are self-aware. “Deep Thinkers” finds out how clever — and how much like us — whales and dolphins might be. {DVI} Repeats Thur 2/23, 4pm

10:00 NATURE: OCEAN GIANTS: VOICES OF THE SEA — Humpback whales’ songs carry thousands of miles, while a sperm whale scans the ocean depths with a sonar laser beam louder than a thunderclap. Voices of the Sea reveals a surprising underwater world where sound takes the place of sight. {DVI} Repeats Thur 2/23, 5pm



— Part 7 of 7. In the season two finale, the family gathers at Downton Abbey for Christmas. R

10:00 MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: POIROT, SERIES X: APPOINTMENT WITH DEATH — In the Agatha Christie adaptation, an archaeological dig is the scene of mur-der in the Middle East, leading detective Hercule Poirot (David Suchet) to unravel a tragic tale of family secrets. The cast of suspects includes co-stars Tim Curry and Elizabeth McGovern. {DVI} Repeats Fri 2/24, 1pm




8:30 INSIDE WASHINGTON — Repeats Sat 2/25, 6pm 9:00 GREAT PERFORMANCES: MEMPHIS — A Tony Award-

winning musical turns back the dial to the 1950s, spot-lighting an interracial couple whose love for music, and for each other, is put to the test. The production tells the story of a white DJ, Huey Calhoun (Chad Kimball), whose love of music transcends race lines and airwaves. His romantic interest is Felicia Farrell (Montego Glover), a young black singer whose career is on the rise. The production is directed by Christopher Ashley (Xanadu) and choreographed by Sergio Trujillo (Jersey Boys).

11:30 NEED TO KNOW 12M CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

25 Saturday ON WETA TV 26, 6AM–6PM. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD listings. 6AM–6PM See the Saturday, February 4 listings. SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–12:33AM: 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 — Pts 1 & 2 of 9. On the Edge. R 9:33 THE WETA MOVIE: RUN SILENT, RUN DEEP — The

1958 war drama stars Clark Gable as a World War II submarine commander obsessively hunting for the Japanese destroyer that sank his last sub. Burt Lan-caster and Jack Warden co-star. (1:33) Repeats Sun 2/26, 11:30am

11:06 NOT IN OUR TOWN: CLASS ACTIONS — This program features stories of students and their communities standing together to stop hate and bullying. Among them, student leaders at the formerly segregated Uni-versity of Mississippi confront the practice of football fans reviving the chant “The South will rise again.”

11:33 INDEPENDENT LENS: MORE THAN A MONTH — Shukree Hassan Tilghman, a 29-year-old African-American filmmaker, is on a cross-country campaign to end Black History Month. This tongue-in-cheek journey investigates what the treatment of history tells us about race and equality in a “post-racial” America. (60 min.)

26 Sunday ON WETA TV 26, 6AM–6PM. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD listings. 6AM–9AM WETA KIDS PROGRAMMING 9AM–11:30AM See the Sunday, February 5 listings. 11:30 THE WETA MOVIE: RUN SILENT, RUN DEEP — (1:33) R 1:00 GREAT ROMANCES — (two episodes) 2:00 SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY

— A man is found dying beside a lake by his son; the trail leads to blackmail and Australian gold mines, and then Holmes (Jeremy Brett) makes a breakthrough. Repeats Mon 2/27, 3:30pm

3:00 PRIME SUSPECT VII: THE FINAL ACT — Part 3 of 4. A shocking new murder complicates the homicide case, especially since Tennison is a witness to the second slaying and appears to provoke the killer in surveillance camera footage.

4:00 WILLIAM & MARY, SERIES II — Part 1 of 6. As series two begins, William sells Shawcross & Sons and begins to set up a new business. William and Mary try to plan their wedding, and Molly and Rick surprise everyone. Repeats Tue 2/28, 4pm

5:00 GLOBE TREKKER SPECIAL: WORLD WAR II IN EUROPE — Repeats Mon 2/27, 1:30pm

SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–1AM: 6:00 MOYERS & COMPANY — See the Sunday, February 5,

6 p.m. listing. Repeats Mon 2/27, 5pm 7:00 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

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Friday, February 24 at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HDGreat Performances features Tony Award-winning musical Memphis, which follows an interracial couple’s romance and explores the story of the intersection of music and race in 1950s America.


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changed forever the way we think about wildlife. Nature explores what has happened to lions since this story, what has happened to the people featured in the film, and what Born Free has taught us. {DVI} Repeats Mon 2/27, 2:30pm; Tue 2/28, 1pm

8:00 CLINTON: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE — Part 1 of 2. See the Monday, February 20, 9 p.m. listing. R

10:00 CLINTON: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE — Part 2 of 2. See the Tuesday, February 21, 8 p.m. listing. R

12M HUSTLE, SERIES III — Part 6 of 6. The team is hauled off to the police station on false drug charges by an ambitious, fearless cop, DCI York. York’s latest obses-sion is to catch notorious thief, Adam Rice (aka The Ghost). His plan is to blackmail the gang into doing his dirty work for him. York promises to free the gang when they deliver Rice. But until they do, he is keeping Albert locked up.

27 Monday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: PITTSBURGH, PA — Repeats

Tue 2/28, 2pm; Wed 2/29, 1pm 9:00 IN PERFORMANCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE: RED,

WHITE AND BLUES — In this WETA production taped just days ago, a host of top musical artists join the President and Mrs. Obama in the East Room of the White House for a special concert celebrating iconic figures of the blues music genre — from John Lee Hooker to Muddy Waters — and the songs they made famous. Repeats Tue 2/28, 5pm

10:00 AMERICAN MASTERS: CAB CALLOWAY: SKETCHES — “Minnie the Moocher” was Cab Calloway’s signature song, and Harlem’s famous Cotton Club was his home stage. A singer, dancer and band leader, he was an exceptional figure in the history of jazz: a consummate musician, he charmed audiences around the world with boundless energy, bravado and elegant showmanship. Calloway was at the top of his game in the jazz and swing eras of the ‘30s and ‘40s, but his career then flagged until he was rediscovered.


28 Tuesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 THE AMISH: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE — A film answers

many questions Americans have about this insistently insular religious community, whose intense faith and adherence to 500-year-old traditions have by turns captivated and repelled, awed and irritated, inspired and confused for more than a century. The film paints an intimate portrait of contemporary Amish faith and life and looks at what the future holds for a community

whose existence is so rooted in the past. {DVI} Repeats Wed 2/29, 3pm

10:00 JAPAN’S NUCLEAR MELTDOWN — Frontline continues its investigation of nuclear safety with an unprecedent-ed account of the crisis inside the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex after a devastating earthquake and tsunami struck Japan on March 11, 2011. With exclu-sive testimony from key figures in the drama — includ-ing the Japanese Prime Minister and senior executives at the power company Tepco — Frontline explores how the disaster unfolded.


29 Wednesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 WILD INDONESIA — Strung out along 5,000 kilometers

of the Equator, between Asia and Australia, Indonesia’s 17,000 islands make up the largest and most varied archipelago on Earth. From freezing glaciers to coral reefs, orangutans to dinosaur-like Komodo dragons, the sheer diversity of landscapes and life defies the imagination. This BBC series tells the story of this region and its wildlife. Episode 1 of 3. Island Castaways. Shrouded in mystery, Indonesia is beautiful place, home to tree kangaroos, tropical beaches, snowy mountain peaks and 155 active volcanoes. Spotlighted are Komodo dragons, maleo birds on Sulawesi, probos-cis monkeys of Borneo, and red-knobbed hornbills.

9:00 WILD INDONESIA — Episode 2 of 3. Underwater Wonder-land. Indonesia is one of the world’s natural wonders. In its underwater wonderland, flamboyant reef fish, huge manta rays and shimmering schools of barra-cudas ride the strong currents that flow between the region’s islands. The coral reefs are the rainforests of the sea — spotlighted are bumphead parrotfish, hover-ing cuttlefish, octopi, whale sharks, pygmy seahorses no larger than a fingernail and batfish that swim along the sea bottom.

10:00 WILD INDONESIA — Episode 3 of 3. Magical Forests. Kangaroos in trees and flying foxes — nowhere else on the planet are their animals as weird and wonderful as in the forests of Indonesia. Despite deforestation, two thirds of Indonesia is still jungle and, as the islands of Indonesia connect Australia to Asia, it is a unique meeting point for wildlife from East and West. Visited are the steamy jungles of Borneo, Sumatra and Java — home to highly endangered Asian elephants and hairy rhinos; and the world’s largest flower, Rafflesia, and Amorphophallus, which has an 11-foot flower spike. Spotlighted are gibbons, orangutans, spiny echidnas (a primitive type of anteater) and quolls (cat-like marsupi-als). But the birds of paradise are the most glamorous stars of Indonesia’s forests.


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Wednesday, February 29, 8-11 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HDThe BBC miniseries Wild Indonesia explores the landscapes and fauna (including the Komodo dragon) of the island archipelago.

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Tuesday, February 28 at 8 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HDThe Amish: American Experience offers insights into the insular religious community, presenting a portrait of Amish faith and life.


Among the programs you’ll fi nd on WETA How-To are:America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s IllustratedAround the House with Matt and ShariArtist ToolboxBaking with JuliaBurt Wolf: Travels & TraditionsChef John Besh’s New OrleansCiao ItaliaCook’s Country from America’s Test KitchenEssential PépinFeast DelightGlobe TrekkerHistory DetectivesHubert Keller: Secrets of a ChefIn Julia’s Kitchen with Master ChefsJacques Pepin: More Fast Food My Way!Kimchi ChroniclesLidia’s ItalyNew Scandinavian CookingNick Stellino Cooking with FriendsPati’s Mexican TableRick Steves’ EuropeSara’s Weeknight MealsSimply MingTaste of Louisiana with Chef John Folse & Co.The This Old House HourUCook! with Chef BobVine TalkWild Photo Adventures

The WETA How-To channel presents lifestyle programming, 24 hours each day, seven days a week, featuring public television’s fi nest series devoted to explorations of cooking, home improvement, travel, hobbies and more. This channel draws on more than 25 engaging series each month. For a complete schedule of WETA How-To programming, please visit weta.org/how-to.

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WETA Kids offers safe programming for our young viewers, presenting educational television broadcasts 24 hours each day, seven days a week. Below you can fi nd 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 fi nd complete schedules of children’s programs on the WETA Kids channel and WETA TV 26.

MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ON THE WETA KIDS CHANNEL

Raggs, 6amClifford The Big Red Dog, 6:30amSuper WHY!, 7amArthur, 7:30amMartha Speaks, 8amCurious George, 8:30amThe Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About

That!, 9amWordGirl, 9:30amWordWorld, 10amDinosaur Train, 10:30amWild Kratts, 11amThe Electric Company, 11:30amSid the Science Kid, noonRaggs, 12:30pmSesame Street, 1pmMister Rogers’ Neighborhood, 2pmAngelina Ballerina, 2:30pmPeep and the Big Wide World, 3pmMaya & Miguel, 3:30pmArthur, 4pmWordGirl, 4:30pm

Fetch!, 5pm Wild Kratts, 5:30pmSuper WHY!, 6pmMartha Speaks, M–Th, 6:30pm

(Mama Mirabelle on Fridays)

Curious George, 7pmZula Patrol, 7:30pmThe Electric Company, 8pmSid the Science Kid, 8:30pmBIZ KID$, 9pm

WEEKDAYS ON WETA TV 26 Sesame Street, 5amClifford The Big Red Dog, 6amSuper WHY!, 6:30amArthur, 7amMartha Speaks, 7:30amCurious George, 8amThe Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot

About That!, 8:30amWordGirl, 9amWordWorld, 9:30amDinosaur Train, 10amWild Kratts, 10:30amThe Electric Company, 11amSid the Science Kid, 11:30am

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Sundays through Thursdays at 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Cook’s Country from America’s Test Kitchen, hosted by Christopher Kimball (at left), presents regional home cooking from across the country, approaching food in a practical, no-nonsense way. The program’s chefs, culinary experts and equipment specialists test recipes and kitchen gear while reinventing family-friendly recipes for the modern home cook.

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Classical WETA 90.9 FM’s weekly local concert broadcast Front Row Washington offers a lineup of wonderful programs this month, from a visit to Paris in the ’20s to the debut of The Phillips Camerata. On Monday, February 6 at 9 p.m., Classical WETA returns to the Candlelight Concert Society in Columbia, Maryland, for the Escher String Quartet with guitarist Jason Vieaux. The engaging program includes Mendelssohn’s E-fl at Major String Quartet, Op. 12; as well as a Bach lute suite; a Vivaldi guitar concerto; and works by Albéniz, Piazzolla and Boccherini. Then, on February 13, just in time for Valentine’s Day, the program travels to the City of Light for “Paris in the ’20s” at Dumbarton Concerts in Georgetown. The American Chamber Players perform works by Gabriel Pierné, Albert Roussel, Bohuslav Martin, as well as Gabriel Fauré’s G-minor piano quartet, Op. 45.

Front Row Washington wraps up the month with music from the Phillips Collection Sunday Concerts. Featured on February 20 is the second of two programs featuring world-renowned American cellist Wendy Warner and eminent Russian pianist Irina Nuzova performing Beethoven cello sonatas Nos. 3–5. On February 27 at 9 p.m., Classical WETA presents the inaugural performance of The Phillips Camerata, the fi rst-ever resident ensemble at the museum in its 90-year history. New York Philharmonic principal clarinetist Ricardo Morales is soloist in Carl Maria von Weber’s Clarinet Quintet in B-fl at, Op. 34, in a program that also includes the remarkable and rarely performed String Quartet, Op. 1 by Glenn Gould. Gould’s only string quartet, the work was composed in 1955 — the same year he made both his American debut at The Phillips Collection and released his iconic record-ing of the Bach Goldberg Variations.

For more information on Front Row Washington programs, visit classicalweta.org.

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World-Class Recitals on Front Row Washington

Mondays at 9 p.m.

American Chamber Players

Choral ShowcaseSundays at 9 p.m.

The last time the Classical WETA 90.9 FM broadcast Choral Showcase featured a program on the Stabat Mater — a 13th-century hymn to Mary on her suffering during Jesus’s cruci-fi xion — we played only part of Rossini’s setting (along with Verdi’s, Poulenc’s and Domenico Scarlatti’s). On February 5, Classical WETA airs all of Rossini’s composition, in a superb recording with soloists including Cecilia Bartoli and conductor Myung-Whun Chung. A bonus (and a prelude to the Rossini) is Pergolesi’s setting, from a new CD by Anna Netrebko and Mari-anna Pizzolato, with conductor Antonio Pappano. The piece is cheating a little for Choral Showcase because it includes no chorus, but the composer’s 300th birth anniversary was in 2010, and it seems okay. Besides, superstar vocalist Anna Netrebko said the piece and recording session were new and exciting for her. “I feel like I’ve turned a new page,” she said.

This month, Choral Showcase also presents romance programs on February 12 and 19 in honor of Valentine’s Day. Included are Monteverdi Madrigals, German Choral Folk Songs, cantatas by Thomas Arne and J.S. Bach, and Berlioz’s Romeo and Juliet.

Metropolitan Opera on Classical WETA Opera House

Saturday afternoons on Classical WETA 90.9 FMVisit classicalweta.org for details.

February 4: Donizetti’s Anna Bolena with Anna Netrebko — at 1 p.m.

February 11: Wagner’s Götterdämmerungwith Deborah Voigt and Jay Hunter Morris — at noon

February 18: Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia — at 1 p.m.

February 25: Verdi’s Ernani with Angela Meade — at 1 p.m.

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A Prairie Home Companionwith Garrison Keillorin association with Minnesota Public Radio & WAMU 88.5 FM

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Rodgers & Hammerstein’sSouth PacificthurS.–Sun., MAy 31–June 3Evenings and Matinees

An Evening withYanniUnder the StarsFri., June 8

Wolf Trap’s 23rd AnnualLouisiana Swamp romp™Sun., June 10

RiverdanceBack by Popular Demand!Fri.–Sun., June 15–17Evenings and Matinees

RAin—A tribute to the BeatlesFri. & SAt., June 22 & 23

Ballet hispanicotueS., June 26

The Pirates of Penzancenew york Gilbert & Sullivan PlayersFri. & SAt., June 29 & 30

Broadway RoCkS! Randall Craig Fleischer, conductor

Rob Evan, Morgan James, Capathia Jenkins & Doug LaBrecque

Fri., JuLy 6* The Music

of John Williams Steven Reineke, conductor

SAt., JuLy 7*Marvin hamlischFri., JuLy 13*The Wizard of oz Emil de Cou, conductorSAt., JuLy 14*

Beethoven’s 9thSAt., JuLy 28*

Happy Together Tour 2012the turtles feat. Flo & eddie, the Monkees Lead Singer Micky Dolenz, Gary Puckett & the union Gap, the Grass roots, the BuckinghamsSun., JuLy 29

Bill t. Jones/ Arnie Zane Dance CompanytueS., JuLy 31

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the temptationsthe Four topsthurS., AuGuSt 2

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ABBA— the ConcertSun., AuGuSt 12

Sing-A-Long Sound of MusicHUGE screens in-house & on the lawnSAt., AuGuSt 25

Rodgers & Hammerstein’sThe king and iFri.–Sun., AuGuSt 31–SePteMBer 2Evenings and Matinees

Face of America: Spirit of South FloridaParsons Dancetiempo LibreWolf Trap’s original

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CHAMBER ENSEMBLE OF THE SHANGHAI CHINESE ORCHESTRAFriday, February 3 . 8PM

e orchestra’s instrumentalists perform large-scale Chinese orchestralworks as well as chamber and solo pieces in this authentic expressionof Chinese musical culture. $45

ORPHEUS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA WITH JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, PIANOFriday, February 10 . 8PM

orpheus will be joined by Jean-Yves ibaudet, in a performance ofshostakovich’s Concerto for Piano, trumpet and strings, op. 35, no. 2as well as tippett’s divertimento on “sellingers’ round.” e secondhalf of the program features the ensemble in honegger’s Pastoraled’ete and tchaikovsky’s serenade in C for strings, op. 48. $45

KRONOS QUARTET AND THE ALIM QASIMOV ENSEMBLESaturday, February 18 . 8PM

Kronos Quartet will collaborate with alim Qasimov and his ensembleas they introduce our audiences to this ancient but ever-evolvingmusical form, in a concert that will feature each ensemble separatelybefore they combine in the second half of the program. $45

FORTUNE’S BONES: THE MANUMISSION REQUIEMSaturday, February 25 . 8PMSunday, February 26 . 3PM

e Fortune’s Bones cantata, performed by a full symphony, two choirs,seven soloists and a chorus of african bells, is the centerpiece of aperformance that celebrates the fullness of african-american life. $40

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