PRIMETIME

October 2020

PRIMETIME

October 2020

Photo courtesy of Beth Nakamura/The Oregonian

PRIMETIME

October 2020

Oregon Field Guide

The Timber WarsOctober 1, 8:30pm

primetime

2 OCTOBER 2020

Timber Wars:30 Years of Confl ictThirty years ago, the northern spotted owl was declared threatened under the Endangered Species Act, galvanizing a fi ght over the Pacifi c Northwest’s old growth forests.

Uncover the history of this epic battle in OPB’s new ‘Timber Wars’ podcast, and explore the ways it’s still playing out today with stories, videos and more, including a landmark investigation by OPB, ProPublica and The Oregonian/OregonLive.

Learn more at opb.org/timberpodcast

1 THURSDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Fri 12am) |

OPB+ This Old House Westerly/A Ranch Out Westerly

7:30 OPB+ Ask This Old House Sliding Barn Door/Drywell

8:00 OPB Oregon Art Beat Woven Together. The Bautista family brings four generations of weaving tradition to Oregon. (Also Sun 6pm) | OPB+ Secrets of the Dead King Arthur’s Lost Kingdom. Evidence may support the King Arthur legend. (Also Sat 12am)

8:30 OPB Oregon Field Guide The Timber Wars. It’s been 30 years since the spotted owl was listed as a threatened species and logging was curtailed throughout the Northwest. What’s happened since? (Also Sun 6:30pm)

9:00 OPB Doctor Blake Mysteries Hear the Angels Sing. A policeman’s death sparks chaos. (Also Sun 2am) | OPB+ Secrets of the Dead Viking Warrior Queen. Female remains rewrite our understanding of Viking society. (Also Sat 1am)

10:00 OPB Shetland Season 5, Ep 2. Perez establishes the probable cause for Daniel’s murder. (Also Sun 3am) | OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also Fri 5am)

11:00 OPB Masterpiece The Durrells in Corfu: Season 1, Ep 4. Leslie ends up in court. (Also Sun 4am) | OPB+ DW Global 3000 (Also Sat 2am)

11:30 OPB+ Articulate With Jim CotterLiving Legacies (Also Sat 2:30am)

2 FRIDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Sat 12am)

| OPB+ Africa’s Great CivilizationsCommerce and the Clash of Civilizations(R-Also Sun 10am)

8:00 OPB Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators Thy Fury Spent. A Shakespearean dispute unfolds. (Also Mon 1am) | OPB+ Washington Week (Also Sun 4:30pm OPB)

8:30 OPB+ American Masters Raul Julia: The World’s a Stage. Get to know the charismatic actor and humanitarian. (Also Sun 1pm)

9:00 OPB Doc Martin Education, Education, Education. Louisa and Martin receive homework. (Also Mon 2am)

10:00 OPB Masterpiece Mrs. Wilson, Ep 3. Alec’s handler drops a bombshell. (Also Mon 3am) | OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also Mon 5am)

11:00 OPB Professor T Swansong, Pt 2. John discovers who Rabet and Serge are working for. (Also Mon 4am) | OPB+ FrontlineGrowing Up Poor (R-Also Mon 2am)

10:00 OPB COBRA Ep 1. Britain’s Prime Minister assembles an emergency committee to combat a major crisis. (Also Tue 3am)

11:00 OPB Masterpiece Poldark: Season 1,Pt 5. Ross and Demelza start a family. (Also Tue 4am) | OPB+ The Draft The draft lit up every schism in American society.

5 MONDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour | OPB+ A Wider

World

8:00 OPB Antiques Roadshow Indianapolis, Hr 2 (Also Wed 1am) | OPB+ Rick Steves’ Egypt: Yesterday & Today (R-Also Sun 6pm)

9:00 OPB Oregon Experience Vanport. Former residents share stories about Vanport and the fl ood that destroyed it. (Also Wed 2am) |OPB+ Expedition With Steve BackshallGreenland: Ice Mountain (Also Sun 7pm)

10:00 OPB Tell Me More With Kelly CorriganBryan Stevenson (Also Wed 3am) | OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also Tue 5am)

11:00 OPB POV The Infi ltrators. Two immigrants get purposefully arrested by Border Patrol.

(Also Wed 4am) | OPB+ AfroPop: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange Mama Africa: Miriam Makeba! (Also Wed 2am)

3 SATURDAY5:00 OPB This Old House Designing Kitchens

(Also Mon 6pm) | OPB+ Marathon Lucky Chow, continued (until 7pm)

5:30 OPB PBS NewsHour Weekend

6:00 OPB Autumnwatch New England

7:00 OPB Rick Steves’ Egypt: Yesterday & Today Experience the historic and cultural wonders of Egypt. (Also Mon 8pm OPB+) |OPB+ Samurai Wall A stonemason revives ancient techniques.

8:00 OPB Frankie Drake Mysteries Out of Focus. The team visits a silent movie set. (Also Mon 12am) | OPB+ Neanderthal (Also Sun 2am OPB+)

9:00 OPB London: 2000 Years of HistoryLearn how an uninhabitable swamp became a world-famous city. | OPB+ Secrets of the Dead Graveyard of the Giant Beasts.Scientists compare prehistoric predators.(Also Sun 3am)

10:00 OPB Masterpiece Home Fires: Season 2, Ep 5. Sarah fi nds herself in a dangerous situation. | OPB+ POV About Love. Three generations live together in a Mumbai home.(Also Sun 12am)

11:00 OPB Vienna Blood Ep 3. Oskar asks Max for help.

11:30 OPB+ POV Shorts Cherish (Also Sun 1:30am)

4 SUNDAY5:00 OPB Firing Line With Margaret Hoover

| OPB+ Burt Wolf: Travels and TraditionsA History of Chocolate, Pt 2

5:30 OPB PBS NewsHour Weekend | OPB+ Rick Steves’ Europe Istanbul

6:00 OPB Oregon Art Beat Woven Together (R) | OPB+ Crossing South Ensenada: Baja 500 & Ziplines/Wine Country: Valle de Guadalupe

6:30 OPB Oregon Field Guide The Timber Wars (R)

7:00 OPB The Great British Baking ShowBiscuits (Also Sun 10/11 12am) | OPB+ Expedition With Steve Backshall Bhutan: White Water

8:00 OPB Last Tango in Halifax Season 4, Ep 3.Alan faces an unexpected challenge. (Also Tue 1am) | OPB+ We’ll Meet Again Rescued From Mount St. Helens (Also Tue 12am)

9:00 OPB Masterpiece Flesh and Blood, Ep 1.Enjoy an unconventional thriller about the perils of late-life romance. (Also Tue 2am) | OPB+ The WarWhen Things Get Tough.

Americans mobilize for war. (Also Tue 1am)

weekdaysMONDAY – FRIDAY

6:30 OPB Kids Programs (until noon)

7am OPB+ NHK Newsline

7:30 OPB+ Sit & Be Fit (M/W/F); Classical Stretch (Tu/Th)

8am OPB+ Sewing & Knitting

8:30 OPB+ Quilting

9am OPB+ Painting

10am OPB+ Woodworking

10:30 OPB+ Food & Cooking (until noon)

12pm OPB Painting | OPB+ Second Opinion (M); Gardening (Tu);Make 48 (W); In the Americas(Th); Ask This Old House (F)

12:30 OPB Food & Cooking | OPB+ Growing Bolder (M); GZero World (Tu); Start Up (W); Chavis Chronicles (Th); This is America and the World (F)

1pm OPB+ DW News

1:30 OPB Travel | OPB+ DW: The Day

2pm OPB Kids Programs (until 6pm) |OPB+ BBC Outside Source(M–Th); BBC Today (F)

2:30 OPB+ BBC World News America

3pm OPB+ News & Public Affairs

3:30 OPB+ NHK Newsline

4pm OPB+ PBS NewsHour

5pm OPB+ Travel

5:30 OPB+ Food & Cooking (until 7pm)

6pm OPB Home Repair (M/Tu); Travel (W/Th/F); PBS NewsHour Debates Vice Presidential Debates (10/7); Presidential Debate (10/15, 10/22)

6:30 OPB BBC Outside Source(M–Th); BBC Today (F)

3

weekdays

3 OCTOBER 2020

OPB = Comcast 10 or 710; antenna XX.1OPB+ = Comcast 310; antenna XX.2KIDS = Comcast 311; antenna XX.3Full channel list at opb.org/schedules

R = Repeat within a weekRepeats are on original channel unless notedFull schedule and VOD at opb.org/schedules

= Program premiere = Watch online at watch.opb.org

Programs are subject to change

6 TUESDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Wed 12am) |

OPB+ Nature Super Hummingbirds

8:00 OPB The Hispanic Heritage Awards Celebrate recipients of the Hispanic Heritage Awards with appearances by artists and visionaries. (Also Thu 1am) | OPB+ Wonders of Mexico Mountain Worlds (Also Sun 3pm)

9:00 OPB Latino Vote: Dispatches From the Battleground Go inside the high-stakes effort to get out the Latino vote in this year’s election. (Also Thu 2am) | OPB+ NatureCuba’s Wild Revolution (Also Sun 4pm)

10:00 OPB Frontline America’s Medical Supply Crisis. A fragmented global medical supply chain leads to deadly consequences.

(Also Fri 11pm OPB+) | OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also Wed 5am)

11:00 OPB Quakers: The Quiet Revolutionaries Explore Quakerism, from its beginnings to present day. (Also Thu 4am) | OPB+ Egypt’s Treasure Guardians(Also Thu 2am)

7 WEDNESDAY7:00 OPB+ Latino Americans War and

Peace. Uncover the rich and varied history of Latinos. (Also Thu 5am)

8:00 OPB Nature The Story of Cats: Asia to Africa. Discover how the fi rst cats spread across Asia. (Also Sun 10am) | OPB+ PBS NewsHour Debates: A Special Report2020 Vice Presidential Debate (R-Also Fri 12am)

9:00 OPB NOVA The Violence Paradox. Learn why violence has diminished over time. (Also Fri 2am)

10:00 OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also Thu 5am)

11:00 OPB Ancient Invisible Cities Athens. Uncover the hidden secrets of ancient Athens. (Also Fri 4am) | OPB+ The Good Nazi The tale of a German offi cer who listened to his conscience instead of his superiors. (Also Fri 2am)

8 THURSDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Fri 12am) |

OPB+ This Old House Westerly/Chimney Down and Walls Up

7:30 OPB+ Ask This Old House Nursery Paint/Record Stand

8:00 OPB Oregon Art Beat Carving a New Path. For sculptor Wataru Sugiyama, spirits guide his chisel and his life’s path. (Also Sun 6pm) | OPB+ Secrets of Spanish Florida: A Secrets of the Dead SpecialThe little-known history of America’s Spanish colonists. (Also Sat 12am)

8:30 OPB Oregon Field Guide Mount St. Helens Special. Three stories explore life on Mount St. Helens after the 1980 eruption.

(Also Sun 6:30pm)

9:00 OPB Classic Albums John Lennon: Plastic Ono Band (Also Sun 2am)

10:00 OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also Fri 5am)

10:30 OPB In This Together: A PBS American Portrait Story Americans share how the pandemic has affected their lives. (Also Sun 3:30am)

11:00 OPB Masterpiece The Durrells in Corfu: Season 1, Ep 5. Bad luck threatens to end the Durrells’ Greek idyll. (Also Sun 4am) |OPB+ DW Global 3000 (Also Sat 2am)

11:30 OPB+ Articulate With Jim Cotter No Frontiers (Also Sat 2:30am)

9 FRIDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Sat 12am) |

OPB+ Civilizations The Second Moment of Creation (Also Sun 10am)

8:00 OPB Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators Reputation, Reputation, Reputation! The competitive world of hairdressing involves backstabbing and deceit. (Also Mon 1am) | OPB+ Washington Week (Also Sun 4:30pm OPB)

8:30 OPB+ Beyond the Canvas All About the Music (Also Mon 12:30am)

9:00 OPB Doc Martin Control-Alt-Delete. Martin offl oads Buddy at a local vet. (Also Mon 2am) | OPB+ American MastersTed Williams. Discover the baseball legend’s many sides. (Also Sun 1pm)

10:00 OPB Spies of Warsaw Ep 1. A French military attaché to Warsaw spies on the Nazi regime. (Also Mon 3am) | OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also Mon 5am)

11:00 OPB Line of Separation Season 2, Ep 1.Tensions rise in 1960s Germany. (Also Mon 4am) | OPB+ Frontline America’s Medical Supply Crisis (R-Also Mon 2am)

10 SATURDAY5:00 OPB This Old House Factory Made

(Also Mon 6pm) | OPB+ Marathon Americas Now, continued (until 7pm)

5:30 OPB PBS NewsHour Weekend

6:00 OPB Autumnwatch New England

7:00 OPB Rick Steves’ Europe The Heart of England (Also Sun 9am) | OPB+ Eliades Ochoa: From Cuba to the World

7:30 OPB Rick Steves’ Europe European Travel Skills, Pt 1 (Also Sun 9:30am)

primetime

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Start watching this free stream now with the free PBS Video App or watch online at watch.opb.org/livestream.

4 OCTOBER 2020

9:00 OPB Oregon Experience Civilian Conservation Corps. Many of our parks and forests are the legacy of a New Deal program that put young men to work. (Also Wed 2am) | OPB+ Expedition With Steve Backshall Mexico: Maya Underworld (Also Sun 7pm)

9:30 OPB Oregon Experience The Oystermen. The history of the Northwest’s oyster industry. (Also Wed 2:30am)

10:00 OPB Tell Me More With Kelly CorriganJames Corden (Also Wed 3am) | OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also Tue 5am)

11:00 OPB POV Softie. A daring activist runs for offi ce in Kenya. (Also Wed 4am) |OPB+ AfroPop: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange Mama Colone (Also Wed 2am)

13 TUESDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Wed 12am) |

OPB+ Nature Hotel Armadillo

8:00 OPB Finding Your Roots Fashion’s Roots. Featuring icons of style Diane Von Furstenberg, Narciso Rodriguez and RuPaul Charles. (Also Thu 1am) | OPB+ Wonders of Mexico Burning North (Also Sun 3pm)

9:00 OPB Driving While Black The advent of the automobile brought new freedoms and perils for African Americans. (Also Thu 2am) | OPB+ Oregon Field Guide Cave Critters/Zumwalt Elk (Also Sun 4pm)

10:00 OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also Wed 5am)

8:00 OPB Frankie Drake Mysteries Whisper Sisters. Frankie and Trudy investigate the world of bootlegging. (Also Mon 12am) |OPB+ American Experience Chasing the Moon, Pt 1. Experience the space race in vivid detail. (Also Sun 2am)

9:00 OPB Jane Austen: Behind Closed Doors Trace the novelist’s life through her many residences.

10:00 OPB Masterpiece Home Fires: Season 2, Ep 6. Everyone prepares for a wedding. | OPB Independent Lens Made in Boise. Follow surrogate mothers in Idaho. (Also Sun 12am)

11:00 OPB Vienna Blood Ep 4. Max and Oskar enter a nationalist group.

11:30 OPB POV Shorts Drawing on Experience (Also Sun 1:30am)

11 SUNDAY5:00 OPB Firing Line With Margaret Hoover

| OPB+ Burt Wolf: Travels and TraditionsThe History of Water

5:30 OPB PBS NewsHour Weekend | OPB Rick Steves’ Europe Iran: Tehran and Side Trips

6:00 OPB Oregon Art Beat Carving a New Path (R) | OPB+ Rick Steves Egypt: Yesterday & Today (R)

6:30 OPB Oregon Field Guide Mount St. Helens Special (R)

7:00 OPB The Great British Baking ShowBread (Also Sun 10/18 12am) | OPB+ Expedition With Steve BackshallGreenland: Ice Mountain

8:00 OPB Last Tango in Halifax Season 4, Ep 4. Gillian reaches her breaking point. (Also Tue 1am) | OPB+ We’ll Meet AgainLost Children of Vietnam (Also Tue 12am)

9:00 OPB Masterpiece Flesh and Blood, Ep 2.Vivien and Mark grow closer. (Also Tue 2am)| OPB+ The War A Deadly Calling. Losses on the Pacifi c shock Americans. (Also Tue 1am)

10:00 OPB COBRA Ep 2. The Prime Minister works around the clock. (Also Tue 3am)

11:00 OPB Masterpiece Poldark: Season 1,Pt 6. Poldark confronts a cardsharp. (Also Tue 4am) | OPB+ The Windermere Children: In Their Own Words

12 MONDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour | OPB+ A Wider

World

8:00 OPB Antiques Roadshow Indianapolis, Hr 3 (Also Wed 1am) | OPB+ Weekend in Havana Meet Cuba’s dancers, musicians, architects and writers. (Also Sun 6pm)

11:00 OPB Love Wins Over Hate A hopeful portrait of how people can change. (Also Thu 4am) | OPB+ Chasing Shackleton Ep 1.Track Shackleton’s famous boat journey across the Southern Ocean. (Also Thu 2am)

14 WEDNESDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Thu 12am) |

OPB+ Latino Americans The New Latinos(Also Thu 5am)

8:00 OPB Nature The Story of Cats: Into the Americas. Track the rise of domestic cats. (Also Sun 10am) | OPB+ Reel South Fiesta Quinceanera (Also Fri 12am)

9:00 OPB NOVA Nature’s Fear Factor. Wild dogs are reintroduced to Mozambique. (Also Fri 2am) | OPB+ POV Brimstone & Glory. Experience a pyrotechnic festival in Mexico. (Also Fri 1am)

10:00 OPB Age of Nature Awakening. Innovative actions help to restore our ecosystems. (Also Fri 3am) | OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also Thu 5am)

11:00 OPB Ancient Invisible Cities Cairo. Discover Egypt’s ancient treasures. (Also Fri 4am) | OPB+ Babe Ruth at Sing Sing(Also Fri 2am)

15 THURSDAY7:00 OPB+ This Old House Westerly/The

Open Concept

7:30 OPB+ Ask This Old House Radiator/Fireplace Veneer

8:00 OPB Oregon Art Beat Postcards From the Pandemic. During an unprecedented crisis, these artists

are responding with inventive and powerful work. (Also Sun 6pm) | OPB+ PBSNewsHour Debates: A Special Report2020 Presidential Debate (R-Also Sat 12am)

8:30 OPB Oregon Field Guide Pika Comeback. Pika thrive in the cool, damp climate of the Columbia River Gorge. But when wildfi re struck, were they able to survive? (Also Sun 6:30pm)

9:00 OPB Masterpiece Baptiste, Ep 1. Julien Baptiste searches for a missing prostitute. (Also Sun 2am)

10:00 OPB Shetland Season 5, Ep 3. Sandy feels the heat. (Also Sun 3am) | OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also Fri 5am)

11:00 OPB Masterpiece The Durrells in Corfu, Season 1, Ep 6. The Durrells struggle with big decisions. (Also Sun 4am) | OPB+ DW Global 3000 (Also Sat 2am)

11:30 OPB+ Articulate With Jim CotterTransformers (Also Sat 2:30am)

SATURDAYS 6-10am OPB Kids Programs | OPB+

News, Politics & Business

10am OPB Gardening | OPB+ Marathons (until 7pm) Lucky Chow (10/3); Americas Now (10/10); Great American Read/Ex Libris (10/17); Poetry in America (10/24); Make it Artsy (10/31)

11:30 OPB Sewing & Quilting

1pm OPB Cooking

3pm OPB Motorweek

3:30 OPB Woodworking

4:30 OPB Home Repair

SUNDAYS 6-9am OPB Kids Programs | OPB+

Lifestyles

9am OPB Travel | OPB+ This Old House

10am OPB Islands of Wonder (10/4); Nature (10/11, 10/18, 10/25) | OPB+ Africa’s Great Civilizations (10/4); Civilizations

11am OPB NOVA | OPB+ POV Independent Lens Dolores (10/4);Secrets of Spanish Florida (10/11); Reel South (10/18); Orchestrating Change (10/25)

Noon OPB Great Performances Becoming Mozart (10/4); Maria Stuarda (10/11); Grammy Salute (10/18); American Masters Michael Tilson Thomas (10/25) | OPB+ POV Brimstone & Glory (10/18)

12:30 OPB+ Employment Matters (10/25)

1pm OPB Beyond the Canvas (10/4)| OPB+ American Masters Raul Julia (10/4); Ted Williams (10/11); Ursula K. Le Guin (10/18); Charlie Russell’s Old West (10/25)

1:30 OPB The Violin Alone (10/25)

2pm OPB Art in the 21st Century(10/4); Great Performances Tony Bennett & Diana Krall (10/18) | OPB+ Beyond the Canvas

2:30 OPB Between the Covers (10/11, 10/25) | OPB+ Between the Lines

3pm OPB News & Public Affairs (until 6pm) | OPB+ Wonders of Mexico (10/4, 10/11, 10/18); Magical Land of Oz (10/25)

4pm OPB+ Big Pacifi c (10/4); Nature(10/11); Oregon Field Guide (10/18, 10/25)

weekENDs

5 APRIL 2019 55 OCTOBER 2020

OPB = Comcast 10 or 710; antenna XX.1OPB+ = Comcast 310; antenna XX.2KIDS = Comcast 311; antenna XX.3Full channel list at opb.org/schedules

R = Repeat within a weekRepeats are on original channel unless notedFull schedule and VOD at opb.org/schedules

= Program premiere = Watch online at watch.opb.org

Programs are subject to change

18 SUNDAY5:00 OPB Firing Line With Margaret Hoover

| OPB+ Burt Wolf: Travels and TraditionsGreat Art Undiscovered

5:30 OPB PBS NewsHour Weekend | OPB+ Rick Steves’ Europe Iran’s Historic Capitals

6:00 OPB Oregon Art Beat Postcards From the Pandemic (R) | OPB+ Weekend in Havana (R)

6:30 OPB Oregon Field Guide Pika Comeback (R)

7:00 OPB The Great British Baking ShowDesserts (Also Sun 10/25 12am) | OPB+ Expedition With Steve Backshall Mexico: Maya Underworld

8:00 OPB The Trouble With Maggie Cole Ep 1. A local historian dishes village gossip on the radio. (Also Tue 1am) | OPB+ We’ll Meet Again Heroes of 9/11 (Also Tue 12am)

9:00 OPB Masterpiece Flesh and Blood,Ep 3. Vivien and Mark prepare to visit India.

(Also Tue 2am) | OPB+ The War Pride of Our Nation. Allied troops fi ght in the D-Day invasion. (Also Tue 1am)

10:00 OPB COBRA Ep 3. The team visits the country’s worst affected area. (Also Tue 3am)

11:00 OPB Masterpiece Poldark: Season 1,Pt 7. Verity makes her move. (Also Tue 4am)

11:30 OPB+ Legends of Airpower Harry Combs

19 MONDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour | OPB+ A Wider

World

8:00 OPB Antiques Roadshow Our 50 States, Hr 1 (Also Wed 1am) | OPB+ Story of India Beginnings (Also Sun 6pm)

9:00 OPB Oregon Experience Oregon’s Black Pioneers. Examine the largely unknown history of Oregon’s Black pioneers. (Also Wed 2am)| OPB+ Expedition With Steve BackshallSuriname: Ghost River (Also Sun 7pm)

9:30 OPB Oregon Experience State of Jefferson. The history of an enduring urban-rural divide. (Also Wed 2:30am)

10:00 OPB Tell Me More With Kelly CorriganJennifer Garner (Also Wed 3am) | OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also Tue 5am)

11:00 OPB Independent Lens Feels Good Man. When a comic character becomes an unwitting icon of hate, his creator fi ghts back.

(Also Wed 4am) | OPB+ AfroPop: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange The Faces We Lost (Also Wed 2am)

16 FRIDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Sat 12am)

| OPB+ Civilizations How Do We Look?(Also Sun 10am)

8:00 OPB Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators Best Beware My Sting. A tycoon hires Frank and Lu to watch his wayward daughter. (Also Mon 1am)| OPB+ Washington Week (Also Sun 4:30pm OPB)

8:30 OPB+ Beyond the Canvas (Also Mon 12:30am)

9:00 OPB Doc Martin Other People’s Children. Martin and Louisa struggle with therapy. (Also Mon 2am) | OPB+ American Masters Ursula K. Le Guin. The life of a remarkable author. (Also Sun 1pm)

10:00 OPB Spies of Warsaw Ep 2. Mercier faces an uncertain future. (Also Mon 3am) |OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also Mon 5am)

11:00 OPB Line of Separation Season 2, Ep 2. The people of Tannbach must choose sides. (Also Mon 4am) | OPB+ FrontlineNRA Under Fire (R-Also Mon 2am)

17 SATURDAY5:00 OPB This Old House Memorable Makers

(Also Mon 6pm)

5:30 OPB PBS NewsHour Weekend

6:00 OPB Grape to Glass: The Oregon Wine Experience

6:30 OPB Roadtrip Nation Lessons Learned

7:00 OPB Rick Steves’ Europe Austrian and Italian Alps (Also Sun 9am) | OPB+ The Book Makers What will become of books?

7:30 OPB Rick Steves’ Europe European Travel Skills, Pt 2 (Also Sun 9:30am)

8:00 OPB Frankie Drake Mysteries Ties That Bind. A case leads Frankie and Trudy to Chinatown. | OPB+ American Experience Chasing the Moon, Pt 2. Learn how the U.S. beat the Soviet Union to the moon. (Also Sun 2am)

9:00 OPB Midsomer Murders The Made-to-Measure Murders, Pts 1&2. A tailor’s widow is murdered.

10:00 OPB+ Independent Lens People’s Republic of Desire. The rise of virtual relationships in China. (Also Sun 12am)

10:30 OPB Vienna Blood Ep 5. A military school conceals barbaric traditions.

11:30 OPB On Story A Conversation With Lulu Wang | OPB+ POV Shorts There’s No Place Like Home (Also Sun 1:30am)

6 OCTOBER 2020

primetime8:00 OPB Oregon Art Beat Higher Ground.

Watch the diffi cult aerial art of pole dancing. (Also Sun 6pm) | OPB+ PBS NewsHour

Debates: A Special Report 2020 Presidential Debate (R-Also Sat 12am)

8:30 OPB Oregon Field Guide Coronavirus and Wildfi re. COVID-19 is adding new challenges to the already diffi cult job of being a wildland fi refi ghter. (Also Sun 6:30pm)

9:00 OPB Masterpiece Baptiste, Ep 2. Julien makes a shocking discovery. (Also Sun 2am)

10:00 OPB Shetland Season 5, Ep 4. Perez fi nds himself in turmoil over Alice. (Also Sun 3am) | OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also Fri 5am)

11:00 OPB Masterpiece The Durrells in Corfu: Season 2, Ep 1. Louisa meets a handsome fellow. (Also Sun 4am) | OPB+ DW Global 3000 (Also Sat 2am)

11:30 OPB+ Articulate With Jim CotterPioneering Spirits (Also Sat 2:30am)

23 FRIDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Sat 12am) |

OPB+ Civilizations God and Art (Also Sun 10am)

8:00 OPB Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators All That Glisters. Frank and Lu become podcasters. (Also Mon 1am) | OPB+ Washington Week (Also Sun 4:30pm OPB)

8:30 OPB+ Beyond the Canvas (Also Mon 12:30am)

9:00 OPB Doc Martin Facta Non Verba. Martin has new neighbors. (Also Mon 2am) |OPB+ Charlie Russell’s Old West (Also Sun 1pm)

10:00 OPB Spies of Warsaw Ep 3. The Germans capture Mercier. (Also Mon 3am) |OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also Mon 5am)

11:00 OPB Line of Separation Season 2, Ep 3. Anna mourns Friedrich. (Also Mon 4am) | OPB+ Frontline Whose Vote Counts(R-Also Mon 2am)

24 SATURDAY5:00 OPB This Old House Anatomy of

a Kitchen (Also Mon 6pm) | OPB+ Marathon Poetry in America, continued (until 7pm)

5:30 OPB PBS NewsHour Weekend

6:00 OPB Roadtrip Nation: At Your Fingertips

7:00 OPB Rick Steves’ Europe Swiss Alps(Also Sun 9am) | OPB+ Forgotten Fame: The Marion Miley Story

7:30 OPB Rick Steves’ Europe European Travel Skills, Pt 3 (Also Sun 9:30am)

8:00 OPB Frankie Drake Mysteries The Pilot Episode. An aviator’s son is kidnapped. |OPB+ American Experience Chasing the Moon, Pt 3. The triumph of the fi rst moon landing. (Also Sun 2am)

9:00 OPB Midsomer Murders The Sword of Guillaume, Pts 1&2. A killer wields an ancient sword.

10:00 OPB+ POV On Her Shoulders. A Yazidi survivor of genocide and slavery fi nds herself on the international stage. (Also Sun 12am)

10:30 OPB Vienna Blood Ep 6. Suspicion falls on an elite group of cadets.

11:30 OPB On Story A Conversation With David Benioff and D.B. Weiss | OPB+ POV Shorts Post-colonial Queer (Also Sun 1:30am)

25 SUNDAY5:00 OPB Firing Line With Margaret Hoover

| OPB+ Burt Wolf: Travels and TraditionsHow To Sell the Art You Create

5:30 OPB PBS NewsHour Weekend | OPB+ Rick Steves’ Europe Croatia: Adriatic Delights

6:00 OPB Oregon Art Beat Higher Ground (R)| OPB+ Story of India Beginnings

6:30 OPB Oregon Field Guide Coronavirus and Wildfi re (R)

7:00 OPB The Great British Baking ShowAlternative Ingredients | OPB+ Expedition With Steve Backshall Suriname: Ghost River

8:00 OPB The Trouble With Maggie Cole Ep 2. Maggie’s tell-all interview goes viral. (Also Tue 1am) | OPB+ We’ll Meet AgainFreedom Summer (Also Tue 12am)

9:00 OPB Masterpiece Flesh and Blood, Ep 4.Romantic relationships fl ounder. (Also Tue 2am) | OPB+ The War FUBAR. Victory in Europe seems imminent. (Also Tue 1am)

10:00 OPB COBRA Ep 4. A new threat emerges. (Also Tue 3am)

11:00 OPB Masterpiece Poldark: Season 2,Ep 1. Ross prepares for trial. (Also Tue 4am) | OPB+ A Happiness MachineA sharecropper contemplates joy and promise.

11:30 OPB+ Legends of Airpower Richard Steve Ritchie

26 MONDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour | OPB+ A Wider

World

8:00 OPB Antiques Roadshow Kooky & Spooky (Also Wed 1am) | OPB+ Story of

20 TUESDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Wed 12am) |

OPB+ Nature Natural Born Rebels: Hunger Wars

8:00 OPB Finding Your Roots DNA Mysteries. Featuring actor Tea Leoni and radio host Joe Madison. (Also Thu 1am)| OPB+ Magical Land of Oz Land. Follow Australian animal life. (Also Thu 12am)

9:00 OPB American Masters Walter Winchell: The Power of Gossip. Winchell pioneered the fast-paced, politically charged journalism of today. (Also Thu 2am) | OPB+ Oregon Field Guide The Lost City of Bayocean/Award Winners (Also Sun 4pm)

10:00 OPB Frontline Whose Vote Counts. Examine allegations of voter fraud and disenfranchisement. (Also Fri 11pm OPB+)| OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also Wed 5am)

11:00 OPB Ball of Confusion: The 1968 Election Follow an election impacted by assassinations, racial unrest and protests. (Also Thu 4am) | OPB+ Chasing Shackleton Ep 2. A man navigates the Southern Ocean. (Also Thu 2am)

21 WEDNESDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Thu 12am)

| OPB+ Latino Americans Pride and Prejudice (Also Thu 5am)

8:00 OPB NaturePandas: Born To Be Wild. Unlock the mysteries of wild pandas. (Also Sun 10am) | OPB+ Orchestrating ChangeFollow an orchestra

created by and for people with mental illness. (Also Fri 12am)

9:00 OPB NOVA Touching the Asteroid. Scientists attempt to retrieve part of an asteroid. (Also Fri 2am)

9:30 OPB+ Employment Matters (Also Fri 1:30am)

10:00 OPB Age of Nature Understanding. Explore surprising ways to fi x nature’s problems. (Also Fri 3am) | OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also Thu 5am)

11:00 OPB Ancient Invisible Cities Istanbul. Uncover invisible treasures in Turkey. (Also Fri 4am) | OPB+ The Violin Alone Two modern visionaries push music’s boundaries. (Also Sun 1:30pm OPB)

22 THURSDAY7:00 OPB+ Blue Sky Metropolis Wings

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7 OCTOBER 2020

Independent LensRepresentIn the heart of the American Midwest, three women on both sides of the aisle take on entrenched political systems in their fi ght to reshape local politics on their own terms.

Monday, October 26, 11pmOPB

10:00 OPB Age of Nature Changing. Nature may be our best tool to slow climate change.

(Also Fri 3am) | OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also Thu 5am)

11:00 OPB Life on the Reef Ep 1. View the Great Barrier Reef through the eyes of those who live there. (Also Fri 4am) | OPB+ America ReFramed Personal Statement(Also Fri 2am)

29 THURSDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Fri 12am) |

OPB+ Blue Sky Metropolis The Big Chill

8:00 OPB Oregon Art Beat Folding in Energy. Portland hosts the Pacifi c Coast OrigamiUSA Convention, which brings together artists and lovers of the Japanese paper folding art.

(Also Sun 6pm) | OPB+ NOVA Human Nature. We can now edit human DNA—but how far should we go? (Also Sat 12am)

8:30 OPB Oregon Field Guide Sea Otters. New science says conditions may be just right to restore sea otters to Oregon. (Also Sun 6:30pm)

9:00 OPB Masterpiece Baptiste, Ep 3. Edward fi nally confesses. (Also Sun 2am)

10:00 OPB Shetland Season 5, Ep 5. The search for Zezi intensifi es. (Also Sun 3am) | OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also Fri 5am)

11:00 OPB Masterpiece The Durrells in Corfu: Season 2, Ep 2. Leslie starts a distillery. |

India The Power of Ideas (Also Wed 12am)

9:00 OPB Oregon Experience Sam Hill. Hill had a great dream for the Pacifi c Northwest.

(Also Wed 2am) | OPB+ Expedition With Steve Backshall Oman: Desert Fortress(Also Wed 1am)

9:30 OPB Oregon Experience Abigail Scott Duniway. Follow a champion of women’s suffrage. (Also Wed 2:30am)

10:00 OPB Antiques Roadshow RecutNewport, Hr 3 (Also Wed 3am) | OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also Tue 5am)

10:30 OPB Generation Nation: A PBS American Portrait Story Learn how people of all ages see their place in America. (Also Wed 3:30am)

11:00 OPB Independent Lens Represent. See callout on this page. (Also Wed 4am)| OPB+ AfroPop: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange While I Breathe, I Hope (Also Wed 2am)

27 TUESDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Wed 12am)

| OPB+ Nature Natural Born Rebels: Survival

8:00 OPB Not Done: Women Remaking America Trace the last fi ve years of the women’s movement. (Also Thu 1am) |OPB+ Magical Land of Oz Ocean (Also Thu 12am)

9:00 OPB Frontline The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden. Explore the lives and characters of Joe Biden and Donald Trump as they compete to be president. (Also Fri 11pm OPB+) | OPB+ Oregon Field GuideRockfi sh/Adaptive Skiing (Also Thu 1am)

10:00 OPB+ Amanpour & Company

11:00 OPB The Book Makers (R-Also Thu 4am) | OPB+ Chasing Shackleton Pt 3.Injury and weather threaten the journey. (Also Thu 2am)

28 WEDNESDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Thu 12am) |

OPB+ Latino Americans Peril and Promise(Also Thu 5am)

8:00 OPB Nature Australian Bushfi re Rescue. People rescue the animal survivors of Australia’s devastating bushfi res. (Also Fri 1am) | OPB+ POV Dark Money. Enter the shadowy world of anonymous campaign contributions. (Also Fri 12am)

9:00 OPB NOVA Can We Cool the Planet? As global temperatures rise, scientists test various geoengineering solutions. (Also Fri 2am)

9:30 OPB+ POV Shorts Money Rules

OPB+ DW Global 3000 (Also Sat 2am)

11:30 OPB+ Articulate With Jim Cotter The Standouts (Also Sat 2:30am)

30 FRIDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Sat 12am) |

OPB+ Civilizations Encounters (Also Sun 10am)

8:00 OPB Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators O Thou Invisible Spirit of Wine. Paranormal activity is reported in a pub. (Also Mon 1am) | OPB+ Washington Week (Also Sat 6am)

8:30 OPB+ Washington Week 2020 Election Special

9:00 OPB Doc Martin The Doctor is Out. Annie asks Martin to save her husband.(Also Mon 2am) | OPB+ Robin Williams Remembered: A Pioneers of Television Special (Also Sun 1pm)

10:00 OPB Spies of Warsaw Ep 4. Mercier decides to aid France and Poland. (Also Mon 3am) | OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also Mon 5am)

11:00 OPB Line of Separation Season 2, Ep 4.People fl ee for the west. (Also Mon 4am) | OPB+ Frontline The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden (R-Also Mon 1am)

31 SATURDAY5:00 OPB This Old House Generation Next

| OPB+ Marathon Make it Artsy, continued (until 7pm)

5:30 OPB PBS NewsHour Weekend

6:00 OPB Roadtrip Nation: Community Driven

7:00 OPB Rick Steves’ Europe French Alps and Lyon

(Also Sun 9am) | OPB+ Leah Chase: The Queen of Creole Cuisine

7:30 OPB Rick Steves’ Europe Lisbon (Also Sun 9:30am)

8:00 OPB Frankie Drake Mysteries Ghosts. The horrors of war haunt Frankie. | OPB+ One Woman, One Vote (Also Sun 2am)

9:00 OPB Midsomer Murders The Silent Land, Pts 1&2. An unpopular librarian dies.

10:00 OPB+ Independent Lens Unrest. Follow a fi lmmaker’s battle with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. (Also Sun 12am)

10:30 OPB Monstrum: The History of Zombies

11:30 OPB On Story A Conversation With Catherine Reitman | OPB+ POV ShortsFollow the Leader (Also Sun 1:30am)

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