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5:00 GLOBE TREKKER: PAPUA NEW GUINEAU — Repeats Wed 9/5, 5pm

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

hour of conversation about life and the state of Ameri-can democracy. Repeats Mon 9/3, 5pm

7:00 DOC MARTIN, SERIES V — Part 7 of 8. Bert Large’s restaurant business runs into fi nancial trouble. Eleanor comes to Bert’s rescue with a plan to boost business, but an emergency puts Eleanor’s life in jeopardy and Martin must act fast. Martin plans his departure from Portwenn to resume his career in London.

8:00 ROYAL MEMORIES: PRINCE CHARLES’ TRIBUTE TO THE QUEEN — Britain’s Prince Charles shares memories and recalls events from Queen Elizabeth’s public and private life, adding his own commentary and insights. Previously unseen photographs and fi lms from Her Majesty’s private collection — many of them shot by the queen herself — capture royal family life. Repeats Thur 9/6, 5pm

9:00 MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: INSPECTOR LEWIS, SERIES IV: THE GIFT OF PROMISE — Kevin Whately stars as Oxford sleuth Inspector Lewis; Laurence Fox portrays his young colleague DS Hathaway. During an investiga-tion of a brutal bludgeoning, what seems to be a black-mail plot gone wrong turns into a case much more sinister. {DVI} Repeats Tue 9/4, 4pm; Fri 9/7, 1:30pm

10:30 MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: ENDEAVOUR — In the 1960s prequel to the Inspector Morse series, rookie Constable Morse, fed up with police work, is ready to hand in his resignation. But a murder turns up that only he can solve. Shaun Evans stars as the young Endeav-our Morse. {DVI} (90 min.) Repeats Fri 9/7, 3pm; Thur 9/20, 9pm

3 Monday 7AM–5PM FINDING YOUR ROOTS — Parts 1–10 of 10. A 10-part

series featuring Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. delves into the genealogy and genetics of famous Ameri-cans. Professor Gates explores stories and surprises in the family trees of Kevin Bacon, Robert Downey, Jr., Branford Marsalis, John Legend, Martha Stewart, Barbara Walters and Rick Warren, among others.

5PM MOYERS & COMPANY — R6:00 BBC WORLD NEWS AMERICA/NIGHTLY BUSINESS

REPORT 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: MOBILE, AL — Repeats Tue

9/4, 2pm 9:00 MARKET WARRIORS — Antiquing in Brimfi eld, MA. Part

1. The pickers seek art glass in Brimfi eld, MA, home of the largest outdoor market in the world. Repeats Tue 9/4, 3pm; Thur 9/6, 1pm; Sun 9/16, 7pm

10:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: PHOENIX, AZ — Repeats Wed 9/5, 1pm

11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

4 Tuesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR

8:00 PBS CONVENTION COVERAGE: A NEWSHOUR SPECIAL REPORT: DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION — The NewsHour provides live gavel-to-gavel coverage — co-anchored by Gwen Ifi ll and Judy Woodruff — of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina. The special broadcast is a co-production of MacNeil/Lehrer Productions and WETA.


5 Wednesdays 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 PBS CONVENTION COVERAGE: A NEWSHOUR SPECIAL

REPORT: DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION — See the Tues-day, September 4, 8 p.m. listing.


6 Thursday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 PBS CONVENTION COVERAGE: A NEWSHOUR SPECIAL

REPORT: DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION — See the Tues-day, September 4, 8 p.m. listing.


7 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 9/8, 6:30pm

8:30 INSIDE WASHINGTON — Repeats Sat 9/8, 6pm 9:00 AMERICAN MASTERS: SAM COOKE: CROSSING OVER

— Before Otis Redding, before Motown, before Aretha Franklin became the Queen of Soul, Sam Cooke put the spirit of the black church into popular music. American Masters explores his life and music.

10:00 GREAT PERFORMANCES: PAUL MCCARTNEY’S LIVE KISSES — In an intimate concert recorded at the historic Capitol Studios in Los Angeles, Paul McCart-ney — along with Diana Krall — performs a collection of standards beloved by McCartney since childhood, including “I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter,” “It’s Only a Paper Moon,” “Always,” “Bye Bye Blackbird” and more.

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

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

JOURNAL — R7:00 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: THUNDERBOLD AND LIGHTFOOT — In Michael Cimino’s 1974 comic drama, an irreverent young drifter (Jeff Bridges) joins a Montana preacher and former bank robber (Clint Eastwood) in a heist. (1:55) Repeats Sun 9/9, 11:30am

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Friday, September 7 at 10 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD

Great Performances presents Paul McCartney’s Live Kisses, in which the former Beatle performs favorite standards with Diana Krall.

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Sundays, September 9, 16 & 23 at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD

Masterpiece Mystery! features three new Wallander episodes with Kenneth Branagh reprising his role as the Swedish sleuth.


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10 Monday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: MOBILE, AL — Repeats Tue

9/11, 2pm; Wed 9/12, 1pm 9:00 GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET: WAGNER’S

RING CYCLE: WAGNER’S DREAM — Robert Lepage’s acclaimed new production of Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen — airing this week — is preceded by the broadcast of fi lmmaker Susan Froemke’s docu-mentary Wagner’s Dream, which chronicles the back-stage story of the Metropolitan Opera’s new staging of the Cycle, opera’s most monumental work.


11 Tuesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 NOVA: ENGINEERING GROUND ZERO — With ex-

traordinary access granted by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, NOVA follows the fi ve-year construction of One World Trade Center (1 WTC) and the National September 11 Memorial & Museum. {DVI} Repeats Wed 9/12, 3pm

9:00 GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET: WAGNER’S RING CYCLE: DAS RHEINGOLD (THE RHINE GOLD) — The theft of Rhine gold sets in motion a chain of misery and destruction. In the fi rst opera in the Ring cycle, the evil Alberich steals gold from the Rhine and uses it to forge a ring of unimaginable power. Wotan, the king of the gods, uses magic to steal the ring, but Alberich places a curse that guarantees misery for whoever wears it. Wotan’s unwillingness to part with the ring leads to his own destruction. James Levine conducts, with Wendy Bryn Harmer (Freia), Stephanie Blythe (Fricka), Bryn Terfel (Wotan), Eric Owens (Alberich), Franz-Josef Selig (Fasolt) and Hans-Peter König (Fafner).

12M CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

12 Wednesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 NATURE: ELSA’S LEGACY: THE BORN FREE STORY —

The year 2010 marked the 50th anniversary of the pub-lication of Born Free — a book and fi lm that changed the way we think about wildlife. Nature explores what has happened to lions since this story, what has hap-pened to the people featured in the fi lm, and what Born Free has taught us. {DVI} Repeats Thur 9/13, 2pm

9:00 GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET: WAGNER’S RING CYCLE: DIE WALKÜRE (THE VALKYRIE) — The mysterious hero Siegmund fi nds shelter in the arms of a lonely woman named Sieglinde. Their forbidden love leads Wotan’s daughter, the warrior maiden Brünnhil-de, to defy morality and intervene on behalf of the hero. Brünnhilde’s transgression forces her father to choose between his love for his favorite daughter and his duty to his wife, the formidable goddess Fricka. Wotan takes away Brünnhilde’s godlike powers and puts her to sleep on a mountaintop, surrounded by a ring

11:30 INDEPENDENT LENS: OUR DISAPPEARED/NUESTROS DESAPARECIDOS — Director Juan Mandelbaum returns to his native Argentina to discover what happened to friends and loved ones who “disappeared” during the 1976–1983 military dictatorships there. (90 min.)

9 Sunday ON WETA TV 26, 6AM–6PM. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD listings. 6AM–11:30AM See the Sunday, September 2 listings. 11:30 THE WETA MOVIE: THUNDERBOLT AND LIGHTFOOT —

(1:55) R 1:30 AMERICAN MASTERS: YOU MUST REMEMBER THIS:

THE WARNER BROS. STORY — A miniseries celebrates 85 years of the legacy and evolution of the Warner Bros. fi lm company. Clint Eastwood narrates. Episodes 1 & 2 of 5. You Ain’t Heard Nothin’ Yet (1923–1935)/ Good War, Uneasy Peace (1935–1950).

3:30 CALIFORNIA STATE OF MIND: THE LEGACY OF PAT BROWN — A biography of former California Governor Edmund G. “Pat” Brown — father of the state’s cur-rent governor, Jerry Brown — was created by Brown’s granddaughter and award-winning director Sascha Rice. With access to Brown’s personal and family ar-chives, the fi lm presents an intimate look into political power and a family dynasty hailed as “the West Coast Kennedys.” Repeats Wed 9/12, 4pm

5:00 GLOBE TREKKER FOOD HOUR: BRAZIL — Repeats Mon 9/10, 1:30pm; Tue 9/11, 4:30pm

SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–12M: 6:00 MOYERS & COMPANY — Repeats Mon 9/10, 5pm 7:00 DOC MARTIN, SERIES V — Part 8 of 8. Mrs. Tishell’s

long-standing crush on the doctor takes a dramatic turn. 8:00 BROADWAY OR BUST — A three-part documentary

tracks the real-life stories of America’s top high school musical performers, vying in a competition to fi nd the nation’s best young theater stars. After regional the-atrical competitions, 60 fi nalists descend on Broadway for a week of rehearsals, coaching, mentoring and competition. Finalists are selected by audition and these “best of the best” take part in the June 2012 The National High School Musical Theatre Awards. Part 1of 3. The Casting Call. Repeats Mon 9/10, 4pm

9:00 MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: WALLANDER, SERIES III: AN EVENT IN AUTUMN — Kenneth Branagh returns to his Emmy-nominated role as the Swedish detec-tive created by novelist Henning Mankell. An Event in Autumn. A pregnant woman leaps to her death from the side of a ferry. Or was she pushed? Wallander’s work gets close to home as he follows the leads of two in-vestigations that become increasingly entangled. {DVI} Repeats Tue 9/11, 3pm; Fri 9/14, 2pm

10:30 MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: WALLANDER, SERIES II: FACELESS KILLERS — In a reprised episode from Series II, Wallander (Kenneth Branagh) investigates the brutal slaying of an elderly couple at an isolated farmhouse. {DVI} Repeats Fri 9/14, 3:30pm

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Monday–Friday, Sept. 10–14 at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD

Great Performances at the Met presents Wagner’s Ring Cycle, opera’s most monumental work, featuring Richard Wagner’s epic operas Das Rheingold, Die Walküre, Siegfried and Götterdämmerung on four consecutive nights. The productions are preceded Monday, Sept. 10 by Wagner’s Dream, a documentary chronicling the story of this new staging of the Cycle. Above is Jay Hunter Morris as Siegfried.

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Saturday, September 15 at 9:33 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD

The WETA Movie features the American Masters fi lm Judy Garland: By Myself. The documentary follows the actor’s fi lm and stage career, with Garland telling her own story in recordings she made in preparation for writing her autobiography.



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October 8 at the Gallery, explores the life and work of the American painter (1882–1925), who is best known for depicting bustling urban life in New York City. The fi lm is made possible by the HRH Foundation. Repeats Tue 9/18, 5:30pm

5:00 GLOBE TREKKER: PANAMA & COLOMBIA — Repeats Mon 9/17, 1:30pm; Wed 9/19, 5pm


hour of conversation. Repeats Mon 9/17, 5pm 7:00 MARKET WARRIORS — R 8:00 BROADWAY OR BUST — Part 2 of 3. Boot Camp. See

Sunday, Sept. 9, 8 p.m. listing. Repeats Mon 9/17, 4pm 9:00 MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: WALLANDER, SERIES III:

THE DOGS OF RIGA — Kenneth Branagh returns to his Emmy-nominated role as the soul-searching Swedish detective created by best-selling novelist Henning Mankell. The Dogs of Riga. A raft adrift in Swedish waters holds a grisly cargo: two horribly tortured dead Latvians. Arriving to investigate is an enigmatic police major, who then disappears. Alongside the major’s spouse, Wallander becomes embroiled in the case. {DVI} Repeats Tue 9/18, 4pm; Fri 9/21, 2pm

10:30 MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: WALLANDER, SERIES II: THE MAN WHO SMILED — In a reprised episode from Series II, an old friend contacts Wallander (Kenneth Branagh) with the belief that his father has been mur-dered, but events convince the detective that there is more to the case. {DVI} Repeats Fri 9/21, 3:30pm

17 Monday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: SALT LAKE CITY, UT —

Repeats Tue 9/18, 2pm; Wed 9/19, 1pm 9:00 MARKET WARRIORS — Antiquing in Springfi eld, OH.

The pickers search the Springfi eld Extravaganza for cast iron to sell at auction in Los Angeles. Repeats Tue 9/18, 3pm; Wed 9/19, 2pm; Thur 9/20, 1pm; Sun 9/23, 7pm

10:00 JOHN LEGUIZAMO’S TALES FROM A GHETTO KLOWN—PBS ARTS — A fi lm offers a behind-the-scenes look at one of the entertainment industry’s most versatile actors: John Leguizamo. This profi le of the actor/playwright looks at his unorthodox rise to success while capturing his struggles to mount his latest one-man show. From his Colombian and “Nuyo-Rican” roots to his high-profi le Hollywood career, Leguizamo bares his soul.


18 Tuesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 DEATH AND THE CIVIL WAR: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

— Drawing on This Republic of Suffering, historian and Harvard president Drew Gilpin Faust’s acclaimed book, a fi lm by Ric Burns explores the implications of the Civil War’s staggering and unprecedented death toll, which transformed hundreds of thousands of individual lives and the life of the nation. The fi lm examines the

of magic fi re. James Levine conducts, with Deborah Voigt (Brünnhilde), Eva-Maria Westbroek (Sieglinde), Stephanie Blythe (Fricka), Jonas Kaufmann (Siegmund) and Bryn Terfel (Wotan).

1:30AM CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

13 Thursday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE DEVIL’S FOOT — Sherlock

Holmes (Jeremy Brett) is on holiday in the country-side in Cornwall on the advice of his physician when one morning his routine is violently interrupted by an extraordinary affair that has occurred during the night. Repeats Fri 9/14, 1pm

9:00 GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET: WAGNER’S RING CYCLE: SIEGFRIED — The young hero Siegfried grows up in the wilderness. He puts together the broken pieces of the sword Nothung, uses it to slay the fearsome dragon Fafner and takes the ring for himself. To fulfi ll his destiny, he must overcome one more oppo-nent — Wotan, now disguised as the Wanderer — and cross through the magic fi re to awaken his true love, Brünnhilde. Fabio Luisi conducts, with Deborah Voigt (Brünnhilde) and Jay Hunter Morris (Siegfried).

1:30AM CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon



8:30 INSIDE WASHINGTON — Repeats Sat 9/15, 6pm 9:00 GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET: WAGNER’S

RING CYCLE: GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG (TWILIGHT OF THE GODS) — Siegfried and Brünnhilde’s love is torn apart by the curse of the ring. A trio of scheming humans separates the two heroes in a desperate attempt to steal the ring for themselves. Their villainous plan fails, but they succeed in murdering Siegfried. Heartbroken, Brünnhilde takes the ring and leaps into the hero’s fu-neral pyre, causing a global cataclysm and the twilight of the gods. Fabio Luisi conducts, with Deborah Voigt (Brünnhilde) and Jay Hunter Morris (Siegfried).

2AM CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

15 Saturday ON WETA TV 26, 6AM–6PM. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD listings. 6AM–6PM See the Saturday, September 1 listings. 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 III — Parts 1 & 2 of 9. On the Edge. 9:33 THE WETA MOVIE: AMERICAN MASTERS: JUDY GAR-

LAND: BY MYSELF — A biography follows the actor and musical artist’s career, featuring rare MGM archival fi lm and Garland telling her own story through record-ings she made in preparation for an autobiography. (2:00) Repeats Sun 9/16, 11:30am

11:33 INDEPENDENT LENS: WASTE LAND — A fi lm follows renowned artist Vik Muniz as he “paints” portraits of Brazilian catadores — pickers of recyclable materials — using garbage. (90 min.)

16 Sunday ON WETA TV 26, 6AM–6PM. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD listings. 6AM–11:30AM See the Sunday, September 2 listings. 11:30 THE WETA MOVIE: AMERICAN MASTERS: JUDY

GARLAND: BY MYSELF — (2:00) R 1:30 AMERICAN MASTERS: YOU MUST REMEMBER THIS:

THE WARNER BROS. STORY — A miniseries celebrates 85 years of the legacy and evolution of the Warner Bros. fi lm company. Clint Eastwood narrates. Episodes 3–5 of 5. A New Reality (1950–1970)/ Woodstock Notions (1970–1989)/The Big Tent (1980–Present).

4:30 GEORGE BELLOWS — Narrated by Ethan Hawke, a fi lm produced by the National Gallery of Art in conjunction with the exhibition George Bellows, open through

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Tuesday, September 18 at 8 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD

An American Experience two-hour special, Death and the Civil War explores the transformative effect on American society of the war’s appalling casualties. The fi lm by Ric Burns draws on Drew Gilpin Faust’s acclaimed book, This Republic of Suffering.



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increasingly lethal years of the war, focusing on several key battles and concluding with a section on postwar reburial efforts and remembrance. Oliver Platt nar-rates. {DVI} Repeats Wed 9/19, 3pm; Thur 9/20, 2pm

10:00 FRONTLINE 11:00 CHARLIE ROSE — Repeats next weekday, noon

19 Wednesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 NATURE: OUTBACK PELICANS — Every 10 years, rains

fl ood into dried-up river beds and head inland to create the largest lake in Australia, and 100,000 pelicans — a third of all the pelicans in Australia — arrive to feed. {DVI} Repeats Mon 9/24, 2:30pm; Tue 9/25, 1pm

9:00 NOVA: MAKING STUFF STRONGER — What is the world’s strongest material? From steel to Kevlar and spider silk to carbon nanotubes, host David Pogue — technology columnist of The New York Times — looks at the ways in which science and nature work to make strong stuff. {DVI}

10:00 NOVA: MAKING STUFF SMALLER — In the information age, smaller is better: transistors, microchips and the laptops and cell phone that they power are triumphs of tiny. Technology expert David Pogue explores an even smaller world, profi ling the latest in high-powered nano-circuits and micro-robots. {DVI}


20 Thursday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 SHERLOCK HOLMES: SILVER BLAZE — England’s most

remarkable racehorse is missing and his trainer has been murdered. The local constabulary has made an arrest, but Holmes (Jeremy Brett) is not convinced of the man’s guilt. Repeats Fri 9/21, 1pm

9:00 MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: ENDEAVOUR — R 10:30 MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: INSPECTOR LEWIS, SERIES

IV: OLD, UNHAPPY, FAR OFF THINGS — Inspector Lewis (Kevin Whately) and his colleague DS Hathaway (Laurence Fox) solve criminal cases in the academic haven of Oxford. Old, Unhappy, Far Off Things. A reunion at Oxford’s remaining all-female college ends with the murder of a prominent student, which may be con-nected to a decade-old case. {DVI}




8:30 INSIDE WASHINGTON — Repeats Sat 9/22, 6pm 9:00 FROM DUST TO DREAMS: OPENING NIGHT AT THE

SMITH CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS — An opening night celebration at the new Smith Center for the Performing Arts in Las Vegas, Nevada, is hosted by actor Neil Patrick Harris. Artists performing include Willie Nelson, Jennifer Hudson, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Linda Eder, Savion Glover, Canadian Tenors, Arturo Sandoval, Joshua Bell, American Ballet Theater danc-ers, and a Broadway troupe. A short fi lm written and directed by George Stevens, Jr. opens the program.

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

22 Saturday ON WETA TV 26, 6AM–6PM. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD listings. 6AM–1PM See the Saturday, September 1 listings. 1PM AMERICAN GRADUATE DAY — “American Graduate:

Let’s Make It Happen” is a public media initiative — supported by the Corporation for Public Broadcast-ing — to help students stay on the path to on-time high school graduation and future success. A special broadcast spotlights the dropout crisis with celebrity guests, relevant spokespeople and compelling stories from students themselves.

3PM–6PM See the Saturday, September 1 listings. SIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–3AM: 6:00 INSIDE WASHINGTON — R 6:30 WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL AND NATIONAL

JOURNAL — R7:00 AS TIME GOES BY/KEEPING UP APPEARANCES

8:00 DOC MARTIN, SERIES III — Parts 3 & 4 of 9. The Apple Doesn’t Fall/Movement.

9:33 THE WETA MOVIE: DARK PASSAGE — In Delmer Davies’ 1947 noir mystery, a San Francisco art student (Lauren Bacall) hides a fugitive (Humphrey Bogart) who is trying to prove his innocence in a crime. (1:46) Repeats Sun 9/23, 11:30am

11:30 P.O.V.: I’M CAROLYN PARKER: THE GOOD, THE MAD, AND THE BEAUTIFUL — Academy Award-winning director Jonathan Demme’s fi lm follows a woman intent on rebuilding her home, neighborhood and life in New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward after the devastation wreaked by Hurricane Katrina.

1AM THE STORM THAT SWEPT MEXICO — A fi lm relates the epic story of the Mexican Revolution of 1910, led by two of the most intriguing and mythic fi gures in 20th-cen-tury history — Emiliano Zapata and Francisco “Pancho” Villa. (2 hrs.)

23 Sunday ON WETA TV 26, 6AM–6PM. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD listings. 6AM–11:30AM See the Sunday, September 2 listings. 11:30 THE WETA MOVIE: DARK PASSAGE — (1:46) R 1:30 THE WETA GUIDE TO FINE DINING — A WETA TV 26

production visits fi ne restaurants throughout Greater Washington, meeting the chefs and exploring their sumptuous preparations.

2:30 THE WETA GUIDE TO MORE UNUSUAL ATTRACTIONS — A WETA 26 production explores some of Greater Washington’s lesser-known landmarks, destinations and museums, including President Lincoln’s Cottage, the Awakening statue at National Harbor, the National Museum of Crime and Punishment, and Dinosaur Land.

3:00 ARTS & THE MIND — Lisa Kudrow hosts a special that reveals the crucial impact of the arts on the human brain across a lifetime and explores their vital role in human development during youth and age. The pro-grams show how music, dance, painting, poetry and theater improve well-being at both ends of life.

5:00 GLOBE TREKKER: MADRID CITY GUIDE — Repeats Mon 9/24, 1:30pm


hour of conversation. Repeats Mon 9/24, 5pm 7:00 MARKET WARRIORS — R

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Wednesday, September 19 at 8 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD

Nature: Outback Pelicans spotlights an annual gathering of 100,000 of the birds at a great salt lake in the interior of Australia.

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Wednesdays, September 19 & 26 at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD

In NOVA’s miniseries Making Stuff, New York Times technology writer David Pogue explores the personal qualities behind the process of invention that turn a wild idea into something cutting edge.



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8:00 BROADWAY OR BUST — Part 3 of 3. And the Winner Is…See Sunday, Sept. 9, 8 p.m. listing. Rpts Mon 9/24, 4pm

9:00 MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: WALLANDER, SERIES III: BEFORE THE FROST — Kenneth Branagh returns to his Emmy-nominated role as the soul-searching Swedish detective created by best-selling novelist Henning Mankell. Before the Frost. An escapee from a psychiat-ric hospital commits horrifi c acts. Wallander fi nds that Anna, an old friend of his daughter, Linda, may be con-nected. {DVI} Repeats Tue 9/25, 4pm; Fri 9/28, 2pm

10:30 MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: WALLANDER, SERIES II: THE FIFTH WOMAN — In a reprised episode from Series II, two seemingly unconnected cases lead Wallander (Kenneth Branagh) to believe he is on the trail of a serial killer. {DVI} Repeats Fri 9/28, 3:30pm

24 Monday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: SALT LAKE CITY, UT —

Repeats Tue 9/25, 2pm; Wed 9/26, 1pm9:00 MARKET WARRIORS —Antiquing in Brimfi eld, MA,

Part 2. The pickers seek the best piece of art pottery for auction in Cincinnati. Repeats Tue 9/25, 3pm; Wed 9/26, 2pm; Thur 9/27, 1pm; Sun 9/30, 7pm

10:00 AMERICAN MASTERS: THE DAY CARL SANDBURG DIED — A documentary explores the life, work and contro-versy surrounding the poet and author who, for much of the 20th century, was synonymous with the Ameri-can experience. Sandburg was a three-time Pulitzer Prize-winner. Repeats Wed 9/26, 4pm


25 Tuesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 MONEY AND MEDICINE — A documentary examines

the medical, ethical and fi nancial challenges of con-taining runaway healthcare spending, illuminating the so-called waste and overtreatment in our medical sys-tem and exploring promising ways to reduce healthcare expenditures while improving quality of care. Repeats Wed 9/26, 3pm; Thur 9/27, 2pm

9:00 FRONTLINE: DROPOUT NATION — Every year, hun-dreds of thousands of teenagers in the U.S. quit high school without diplomas — an epidemic of dropouts. Frontline follows an experiment to rescue students from the edge at Houston’s Sharpstown High — once a notorious “dropout factory” — in an investigation of the causes, challenges and potential solutions of this national emergency.

11:00 NOT IN OUR TOWN: LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS — In 2008, a series of attacks against Latino residents in Patchogue, New York, an ethnically diverse working-class village in Suffolk County, ended with the killing of an Ecuadoran immigrant. A fi lm follows the local mayor as he confronts the anti-immigrant bias in the town.


26 Wednesday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR 8:00 NATURE: THE ANIMAL HOUSE — Why do some ani-

mals build structures, while others don’t? And how do animals decide where to build? Nature investigates. {DVI} Repeats Thur 9/27, 3pm

9:00 NOVA: MAKING STUFF CLEANER — Host David Pogue — technology columnist of The New York Times — explores using new green materials to build and power the devices of the future, from batteries grown from viruses, to plastics made of sugar, to solar cells that cook up hydrogen. {DVI} Repeats Thur 9/27, 4pm

10:00 NOVA: MAKING STUFF SMARTER — An army tanker truck that heals its own bullet wounds. An airplane wing that changes shape as it fl ies. Clothing that can monitor its wearer’s heart rate, health and mood. Host David Pogue looks into the growing number of smart materials. {DVI} Repeats Thur 9/27, 5pm


27 Thursday 7:00 PBS NEWSHOUR

8:00 SHERLOCK HOLMES: WISTERIA LODGE — A man en-joys dinner at Wisteria Lodge in the Surrey countryside, but in the morning, he can fi nd no trace of his host, the footman or cook. Holmes (Jeremy Brett) investigates. Repeats Fri 9/28, 1pm

9:00 MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: INSPECTOR LEWIS, SERIES V: THE SOUL OF GENIUS — Kevin Whately stars as Oxford sleuth Inspector Lewis; Laurence Fox portrays his young colleague DS Hathaway. The Soul of Genius. When the body of an obsessive Oxford English profes-sor is discovered ritually buried, Lewis and Hathaway set out to uncover the truth. {DVI}

10:30 MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: INSPECTOR LEWIS, SERIES V: GENERATION OF VIPERS — Suspicions abound as Inspector Lewis (Kevin Whately) and DS Hathaway (Laurence Fox) investigate the death of a lovelorn Oxford professor. {DVI}



JOURNAL — Moderator and managing editor Gwen Ifi ll leads a discussion by a panel of journalists on the news events of the week in a special roadshow — an Election 2012 Town Hall Event — produced before a live audience in St. Louis, Missouri. See the magazine inside front cover for details. Repeats Sat 9/29, 6:30pm

8:30 INSIDE WASHINGTON — Repeats Sat 9/29, 6pm 9:00 MARILYN MONROE: BEYOND THE LEGEND — A fi lm

spotlights Marilyn Monroe’s great moments on fi lm, featuring movie clips, home movies and archival foot-age. Interviewees include Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Susan Strasberg and Celeste Holm. Richard Widmark narrates. Repeats Sun 9/30, 4pm

10:00 NEED TO KNOW10:30 VOCES ON PBS: TALES OF MASKED MEN — A docu-

mentary fi lm explores the sport of “lucha libre” and its role in Latino communities in the United States and Mexico. Part circus and part athletic contest, the sport, famous for its masked wrestlers, provides a sense of “home” for new immigrants in the United States. Repeats Sat 9/29, 2:30am


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American Masters: The Day Carl Sandburg Died chronicles the life and work of the American poet, a three-time Pulitzer Prize winner.

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JOURNAL — R 7:00 AS TIME GOES BY/KEEPING UP APPEARANCES 8:00 DOC MARTIN, SERIES III — Parts 5 & 6 of 9. City Slickers/

The Admirer. 9:33 THE WETA MOVIE: DINER — In Barry Levinson’s 1982

drama, a group of immature twentysomething buddies (Steve Guttenberg, Mickey Rourke, Kevin Bacon, Daniel Stern, Paul Reiser and Tim Daly) beginning the passage to adulthood regroup at an all-night diner hangout after escapades in late-1950s Baltimore. Ellen Barkin co-stars. (1:50) Repeats Sun 9/30, 11:30am

11:30 P.O.V.: EL VELADOR (THE NIGHT WATCHMAN) — A documentary fi lm follows a guard who watches over the extravagant mausoleums of some of Mexico’s most notorious drug lords.

12:30AM INDEPENDENT LENS: THE LONGORIA AFFAIR — A fi lm explores how Private Felix Longoria’s burial in Texas after World War II helped launch the Mexican-American civil rights movement.

1:30AM P.O.V.: BIBLIOBURRO: THE DONKEY LIBRARY — A documentary relates the story of a courageous Colombian teacher who spends his weekends braving hardships to take a modest collection of precious books, via two hard-working donkeys, to the children of a poor, violence-ridden province.

2:30AM VOCES ON PBS: TALES OF MASKED MEN — R

30 Sunday ON WETA TV 26, 6AM–6PM. See weta.org/hd for WETA HD listings. 6AM–11:30AM See the Sunday, September 2 listings. 11:30 THE WETA MOVIE: DINER — (1:50) R 1:30 LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER: THE PHILHARMONIC

OPENING GALA WITH ITZHAK PERLMAN — Itzhak Perlman, the world’s preeminent violinist, performs Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto. Also on the bill: the New York Philharmonic, under Maestro Alan Gilbert’s baton, illuminates the magic of Rome with Respighi’s glit-tering showpieces for virtuoso orchestra: Fountains of Rome and Pines of Rome.

3:00 THE CLIBURN: 50 YEARS OF GOLD — Every four years, a group of the world’s fi nest young pianists takes the stage at the Van Cliburn International Piano Com-petition in Fort Worth, Texas. The outcome there can

change their lives. Through the experience of 15 gold medalists, a fi lm follows the 50-year history of one of the world’s most prestigious music competitions.

4:00 MARILYN MONROE: BEYOND THE LEGEND — R 5:00 GLOBE TREKKER ‘ROUND THE WORLD: LONDON TO

ISTANBUL — Repeats Mon 10/1, 1:30pmSIMULCAST ON WETA TV 26 & WETA HD, 6PM–12M: 6:00 MOYERS & COMPANY — Bill Moyers presents a weekly

hour of conversation about life and the state of American democracy. Repeats Mon 10/1, 5pm

7:00 MARKET WARRIORS — R8:00 CALL THE MIDWIFE — A true-to-life drama BBC series

based on a best-selling memoir tells colorful stories of midwifery and families in London’s East End in the 1950s. A young woman raised in the wealthy English countryside chooses to become a nurse midwife, minis-tering to London’s poorest expectant mothers. Episode 1 of 6. In the spring of 1957, newly qualifi ed midwife Jenny Lee (Jessica Raine) arrives in the East End of London to begin her career. She quickly becomes im-mersed in her new life, experiencing the sorrows and joys that come with being a midwife.

9:00 MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: UPSTAIRS DOWNSTAIRS, SERIES I — Following up on the classic Masterpiece series from the 1970s, a sequel miniseries picks up the saga of 165 Eaton Place with new characters, fol-lowing the lives of the masters upstairs and servants downstairs in three episodes set in 1936. Jean Marsh returns as Rose with a stellar cast including Dame Eileen Atkins, Keeley Hawes, Ed Stoppard, Claire Foy, Art Malik and Ellie Kendrick. Part 1 of 3. Sir Hallam (Stoppard) and Lady Agnes Holland (Hawes) move into the house and hire former parlormaid Rose (Marsh) to assemble a staff. The servants are soon put to the test. {DVI}

10:00 MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: UPSTAIRS DOWNSTAIRS, SERIES I — Part 2 of 3. A German-Jewish refugee comes to 165 Eaton Place as a maid, prompting a range of reactions from upstairs and down. Her experiences culminate in a crisis tied to the fascist movement sweeping Britain. {DVI}

11:00 MASTERPIECE CLASSIC: UPSTAIRS DOWNSTAIRS, SERIES I — Part 3 of 3. As 1936 comes to a close, 165 Eaton Place is in turmoil: the king is about to abdicate, Agnes (Keeley Hawes) is about to give birth, Persie (Claire Foy) toys with fascism and Sir Hallam (Ed Stoppard) makes a shocking discovery about his personal past. {DVI}

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In anticipation of new episodes in October, WETA Television reprises Masterpiece Classic: Upstairs Downstairs, the three-part 2011 sequel to the classic 1970s Masterpiece series. The drama follows the lives of masters and servants of a London house during the late 1930s. The cast includes Eileen Atkins (left), Claire Foy and Art Malik,Keeley Hawes and Ed Stoppard, and Jean Marsh (upper right).


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David and Alice Rubenstein are the Presenting Underwriters of WNO.

Generous support for WNO Italian opera is provided by Daniel and Gayle D’Aniello.

General Dynamics is the proud sponsor of Anna Bolena.

KENNEDY CENTER OPERA HOUSETickets from $25

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SEASON OPENING CONCERTEschenbach and Mutter Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto

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Eschenbach and O’ConnorWagner, Lieberson, and Tchaikovsky

OCT. 4–6, 2012

Eschenbach and Stutzmann Wagner and Bruckner

OCT. 11–13, 2012

KENNEDY CENTER CONCERT HALLTickets from $10

General Dynamics is the proud sponsor of the NSO Classical Season.

David and Alice Rubenstein are the Presenting Underwriters of the NSO.

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

The Blue Series is sponsored by United Technologies Corporation.

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