PROGRAM LISTINGS: January 8 - 14, 2012

Arts, Drama, Culture

MASTERPIECE CLASSIC
Downton Abbey Season 2
Part 1 of 7
Sun., Jan. 8, 8:00 pm
New
The Emmy-winning series resumes the story of aristocrats and servants of Downton Abbey during the tumultuous World War I era. The series stars Dame Maggie Smith, Elizabeth McGovern and Hugh Bonneville, as well as a drawing room full of new actors, portraying the loves, feuds and sacrifices of a glittering culture thrown into crisis.

Part 1 of 7: Two years into World War I, Downton Abbey is in turmoil, as Matthew and other young men go to war - or avoid it. The women also pitch in, and many couples see their romantic dreams dashed.

NA MELE: TRADITIONS IN HAWAIIAN SONG
Cyril Pahinui and Peter Moon
Mon., Jan. 9, 7:30 pm
Encore
This special NA MELE presentation is the first in a series of master-apprentice themed programs in which younger, up-and-coming musicians are mentored by older, more established artists. The pairing of Cyril Pahinui and Peter Moon Jr. has a special significance, as both are the sons of Hawaiian music icons: slack key guitar legend Gabby "Pops" Pahinui and Peter Moon Sr. - a seminal figure in the Hawaiian Renaissance of the 1970s.

Cyril and Peter Moon Jr.'s master-apprentice process is rooted in the "old style" approach to teaching: watch, listen and learn. That was how Cyril learned from his father, and this technique seems to bear fruit with Peter Moon Jr. as the two of them, along with special guest Jeff Ahoy on steel guitar, raise the roof in a jam session at the PBS Hawaii studio.

ANTIQUES ROADSHOW
Tulsa, OK, Part 2 of 3
Mon., Jan. 9, 8:00 pm
New
In Tulsa, Oklahoma, once nicknamed the "Oil Capital of the World," ANTIQUES ROADSHOW host Mark L. Walberg joins appraiser Noel Barrett at the Woolaroc Museum & Wildlife Preserve to check out some vintage collectibles. Highlights include a 1960 first-edition To Kill a Mockingbird with an inscription by Harper Lee; a collection of bronzes that may or may not be Remingtons and Russells; and an extremely rare 1924 Gibson F-5 "Lloyd Loar" mandolin, stored in a farmhouse closet since the Great Depression, and valued at $175,000.

ANTIQUES ROADSHOW
Tampa, FL, Part 2 of 3
Mon., Jan. 9, 9:00 pm
Encore
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW's second hour from Tampa, Florida, finds host Mark Walberg at the Tournament Players Club of Tampa Bay to view a range of golf collectibles. At the Tampa Convention Center, appraisers take a swing at some ace finds, including two outstanding pieces of Marblehead art pottery dating back to 1910; a collection of colorful pre-war German and Japanese character canes used as carnival prizes; and a set of Sioux artifacts - including a pair of breastplate decorations worn by the Sioux nation's most powerful chiefs in the 1870s; and an original copy of the first book ever printed in Wyoming, with an auction value of $100,000 to $150,000.

LONG STORY SHORT WITH LESLIE WILCOX
Nanci Kreidman
Tues., Jan. 10, 7:30 pm
Encore
Leslie Wilcox talks story with Nanci Kreidman, CEO of the Domestic Violence Action Center. A New Yorker who moved to Hawaii over 30 years ago, Kreidman opens up about the people she advocates for and how they've affected her along the way.

This program is available in high-definition and will be rebroadcast on Wed., Jan. 11 at 11:00 pm and Sun. Jan. 15, at 4:00 pm.

LEAHEY & LEAHEY
Wed., Jan. 11, 7:30 pm
New
Jim and Kanoa Leahey, Hawaii's father and son sports reporting duo, prove that the liveliest discussions happen with family and friends at the kitchen table. Join them as they talk story with special guests about "sports and other living things."

This program is available in high-definition and will be rebroadcast on Wed., Jan. 11, at 11:30 pm and Sun., Jan. 15, at 3:30 pm.

PBS HAWAII PRESENTS
Artist III
Thurs., Jan. 12, 9:00 pm
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Artist III looks at four different approaches to passing on artistic traditions from mentor to student, as told through the stories of noted artist and art professor Snowden Hodges, founder of Windward Atelier; taiko artist and teacher Kenny Endo; renowned gallery and exhibition designer Tom Klobe; and Sensei Cheryl Nakasone, master classical Okinawan dancer and teacher. The program won a regional Emmy award and was directed by filmmaker Stuart Yamane and produced by PBS Hawaii.

PBS HAWAII PRESENTS
Artist
Thurs., Jan. 12, 9:30 pm
Encore
This program looks at five prominent Hawaii artists. Though divergent in approach, these individuals share the unquenchable thirst to create something that never existed before. They are Hawaii's own and represent a thriving local arts community. Featured artists include Sally French, Leland Miyano, Maika'i Tubbs, Bobby Ingano and Marie Takazawa.

GREAT PERFORMANCES
Let Me Down Easy
Fri. Jan. 13, 9:00 pm
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Called "the most exciting individual in American theater" by Newsweek magazine, Anna Deavere Smith (The West Wing, Nurse Jackie) turns her theatrical exploration to matters of the human body. Deavere Smith interviews an eclectic range of people and then performs as the interviewees in their own words. This new gallery of indelible portraits ranges from boldface names such as cyclist Lance Armstrong, supermodel Lauren Hutton and Texas Governor Ann Richards, to lesser-known but equally memorable characters, including a rodeo bull rider, a New Orleans hospital doctor and the director of a South African orphanage - all sharing their experiences in confronting the price and politics of health, facing the end of life and the resilience of the human spirit.

An Evening with Eartha Kitt
Fri., Jan. 13, 11:00 pm
Encore
Gwen Ifill talks with legendary performer Eartha Kitt about her stage, dance and acting career, in a special taped several months before her death in December 2008. After baring her legs and her more personal side, Kitt closes the program by singing "Ain't Misbehavin'," "La Vie En Rose" and "Here's to Life."

KIMCHI CHRONICLES
The Pork Chronicles
Sat., Jan. 14, 5:30 pm
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As opposed to the lean-is-better preference in the United States, Koreans love their pork full of fat - and flavor. In this episode, Marja, and her friend Heather Graham eat classic pork barbeque at Heukdonga restaurant in Seoul. They also stop by Songgane Gamjatang, where Seoul's taxi drivers convene for pork bone soup and the grand pork dish known as bo ssam. At home in New York, Marja makes her own version of the cabbies' favorites while Jean-Georges prepares a delicious, fast stir-fry of sliced pork and colorful vegetables.

BURT WOLF: TRAVELS & TRADITIONS
Atlantic Crossing
Sat., Jan. 14, 7:00 pm
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In 1911, Burt's grandmother and her one-year old daughter, Burt's mother, boarded a ship in Hamburg, Germany and immigrated to the United States. To mark this anniversary, Burt and his family sailed back to Europe on Cunard's Queen Mary -- same route, different accommodations. This program covers the history of transatlantic passenger ships and introduces you to what it is like today.

TRAVELSCOPE
Taiwan: Culture of Tea
Sat., Jan. 14, 7:30 pm
Encore
The mystery and majesty of tea is explored as host Joseph Rosendo spotlights the culture of this royal beverage in Taiwan. During this adventure, he travels to Lujang to join in the creation of traditional tea snacks, visits an Assam tea farm in Nantou, participates in a formal tea ceremony in Tainan and tops it all off with a visit to the annual Lantern Festival in Chiayi. Along the way he meets the masters of Taiwan's pottery, tin-sculpting and lantern-making arts.

INTERNATIONAL DANCESPORT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2010
The Latin Championships
Sat., Jan. 14, 8:00 pm
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INTERNATIONAL DANCESPORT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2010 is a three-part series highlighting the year's championship competitions. Art, entertainment and sport are combined to create DanceSport - the flamboyant spectacle that continues to gather momentum on an international level. Top dancers from all over the world compete for prestigious titles in the three main ballroom dancing disciplines: Latin, Standard and World Ten.

In the Latin Championships, the Cha-Cha, Samba, Rumba, Paso Doble and Jive are performed.

PBS Arts from Cleveland: Women Who Rock
Sat., Jan. 14, 9:00 pm
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From Bessie Smith to Janis Joplin to Lady Gaga, this performance documentary vibrates with energy as it traces the indelible mark that amazing women musicians have made on America's soundtrack. Inspired by the Women Who Rock: Vision, Passion, Power exhibit at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, the program reveals new insights into what it means to be female in the male-dominated world of rock and roll, while exploring how those dynamics between the sexes have changed over time.

Do It Again
Sat., Jan. 14, 10:00 pm
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Geoff Edgers, a Boston Globe reporter dreading the approach of his 40th birthday, is on an unlikely quest: to reunite the surviving members of the Kinks, the long dormant British Invasion group of the 1960s who rose to the top of the rock world with hits such as "You Really Got Me," "Lola" and "Come Dancing." There are just two small problems: Edgars has absolutely no connection to the Kinks, aside from a passionate love for their music, and there is a long-standing feud between band members (and brothers) Ray and Dave Davies, who haven't spoken to each other in years. The film follows Edgers from Boston to California, and from Las Vegas to New York City. By the time he reaches London, he's ready to confront his heroes. But are they ready for him?

AUSTIN CITY LIMITS
Tom Waits
Sat., Jan. 14, 11:00 pm
Encore
Tom Waits is without equal as a chronicler of small-timers and the urban world they live in. No one can create a mood of the nightlife like Waits, as he did on this classic ACL episode from 1979. His onstage performances, backed by a four-piece jazz-inflected band, use a series of props to dramatize the characters and action of the songs.

Public Affairs

FRONTLINE
A Perfect Terrorist
Tues., Jan. 10, 10:00 pm
Encore
It has been called the most spectacular terror attack since 9/11. On the night of November 26, 2008, 10 men armed with guns and grenades launched an assault on Mumbai with a military precision that left 166 dead. India quickly learned the attackers belonged to Lashkar-e-Taiba, a Pakistani militant group associated with Pakistan's secretive intelligence agency, the ISI. But what wasn't known then was that a Lashkar/ISI operative had been casing the city for two years, developing a blueprint for terror. His name was David Coleman Headley and he'd been chosen for the job because he had the perfect cover: He was an American citizen. FRONTLINE and ProPublica reporter Sebastian Rotella team up to investigate the mysterious circumstances behind Headley's rise from heroin dealer and U.S. government informant to master plotter of the 2008 attack on Mumbai.

HIKI NŌ: The Nation's First Statewide Student News Network
Thurs., Jan. 12, 7:30 pm
New
Students from Aliamanu Middle School in Honolulu will host the next new HIKI NŌ. In this episode, correspondents from Moanalua High School show how four students and alumni are financing their college education. Also, in their first contribution to HIKI NŌ, students from Hālau Kū Māna demonstrate how to make pa'i'ai, the traditionally hand-pounded taro paste.

This week's other featured schools: Hilo High (Hawaii Island); Kapa'a High (Kauai); Lahainaluna High (Maui); Ka Waihona o ka Na'auao, Punahou and Waianae High School (Oahu).

This HIKI NŌ newscast encores Saturday, Jan. 14 at 12:30 pm and Sunday, Jan. 15 at 3:00 pm. You may also view this newscast and past episodes on our website, www.pbshawaii.org/hikino

INSIGHTS ON PBS HAWAII
Gifted and Talented Education
Thurs., Jan. 12, 8:00 pm
New
On this INSIGHTS, Dan Boylan and guests will discuss education for gifted and talented students in Hawaii. News coverage of Hawaii's schools often places emphasis on students in need of remedial learning; students at the other end of the spectrum – those who need greater challenges in the classroom – may seem less top-of-mind. However, parents, students, educators and field professionals will convene on January 9th to focus on curriculum, research and advocacy for gifted students. Learn more about what classifies a student as "gifted," as well as ongoing efforts of the DOE, private schools and organizations to ensure that the needs of gifted students are being met.

Scheduled guests include: Robyn McMullin, Gifted and Talented Curriculum Specialist, Assets School; Rod Todorovich, Lecturer, UH College of Education and Board Member, Hawaii Gifted Association; and Anna Viggiano, Program Manager, Hawaii Department of Education's Gifted and Talented Program.

We want to hear from you! Your questions and comments are welcome via phone, email, Twitter or live blogging. You may also email your questions ahead of time to insights@pbshawaii.org

WASHINGTON WEEK
Fri., Jan. 13, 7:30 pm
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For 40 years, WASHINGTON WEEK has delivered the most interesting conversation of the week. The program, hosted by Gwen Ifill, is the longest-running public affairs program on PBS and features a group of journalists participating in roundtable discussion of major news events.

NEED TO KNOW
Fri., Jan. 13, 8:00 pm
New
NEED TO KNOW is a cross-media news and public affairs magazine that culls stories from the best of the week's online reporting, culminating in a one-hour on-air broadcast every Friday night on PBS. The program features documentary-style reports, short features, studio-based interviews and covers five primary news beats: the economy, the environment and energy, health, national security and culture.

THE MCLAUGHLIN GROUP
Fri., Jan. 13, 8:30 pm
New
THE MCLAUGHLIN GROUP is an unscripted forum featuring some of the greatest political analysts in the nation.

Science and Nature

NATURE
Kangaroo Mob
Wed., Jan. 11, 8:00 pm
New
Meet the mob of street-smart kangaroos moving into Australia's capital city and the ecologists who follow their every move. Over the course of one drought-stricken year, follow mob leader, Black Spot, and kangaroo mother, Madge, with her two young joeys - mischievous Sonny and tiny pouch-bound Alice. This is a look at what happens when human development encroaches on wildlife habitat and two very different species are forced to co-exist.

NOVA
Bombing Hitler's Dams
Wed., Jan. 11, 9:00 pm
New
In 1943 a squadron of Lancaster bombers staged one of the most audacious raids in history - destroying two gigantic dams in Germany's industrial heartland and cutting the water supply to arms factories - with a revolutionary bouncing bomb invented by British engineer Barnes Wallis. Wallis and the pilots of 617 Squadron dealt a mighty blow to the German war machine. Now, NOVA's team of experts - from dam engineers to explosives specialists - steps into the shoes of the "dambusters" to re-create the extreme engineering challenges faced by Wallis and the pilots.

History

ANGLE OF ATTACK
Part 1 of 2
Sun., Jan. 8, 7:00 pm and Mon., Jan. 9, 11:00 pm
New
This series chronicles the 100-year history of naval aviation - from wobbly gliders and the first shipboard landing in 1911 to modern supersonic jets and unmanned aerial vehicles. The program deftly interweaves archival footage, interviews with historical and military experts, contemporary footage of cutting-edge aircraft and insights from today's fighter pilots in the Marine Corps and Navy.

The first part begins by following young men and women on their way to "earning their wings." In a rigorous course of instruction, they learn to lift off and land a supersonic aircraft on the deck of an aircraft carrier in the middle of the ocean, still considered one of the most difficult and hazardous tasks. Eugene Ely first attempted the death-defying feat in 1911. Ely's act of landing a fragile bi-plane on a make-shift wooden deck would eventually transform into a weapon of unprecedented power and influence. The episode concludes with World War II and the U.S. victory in the Pacific, when carrier aviation reigned supreme. However, naval aviation soon would face a threat to its existence - not from an enemy source, but from a competing technology - the nuclear bomb.

MARTIN LUTHER
The Reluctant Revolutionary
Mon., Jan. 9, 10:00 pm
Encore
The Catholic Church uses all of its might to try to silence Luther. Protected by his local ruler, Frederick the Wise, Luther continues to write radical critiques of the Church. In the process, he develops a new system of faith that places the freedom of the individual believer above the rituals of the Church. Aided by the newly invented printing press, his ideas spread rapidly. Risking torture and execution, Luther proclaims his inalienable right to believe what he wishes. His stand inspires revolution across Europe, overturning the thousand-year-old hegemony of the Church.

EGYPT'S GOLDEN EMPIRE
The Last Great Pharaoh
Tues., Jan. 10, 8:00 pm
Encore
This three-part special tells the story of the Egyptian empire from its beginning in 1560 BC to its collapse in 1080 BC. Interviews with scholars and dramatic re-creations bring the story to life.

Threatened from abroad, Ramses II led an army north to fight the Hittites at Kadesh. The battle became his crowning achievement and the basis for a new period of stability and wealth. Resources flooded into Egypt. A new capital was built, artisans reveled in an explosive period of building and The House of Life became the intellectual center for the empire. However, foreign powers again threatened, and some provinces questioned their allegiance. After the long reign of Ramses II, the great tombs were systematically looted and civil war ensued. Though Egypt was once again divided, the period known as the New Kingdom left a rich legacy that reverberated through the ages.

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
Billy the Kid
Tues., Jan. 10, 9:00 pm
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On April 28, 1881, 21-year-old Henry McCarty, alias Billy the Kid, just days from being hanged for murder, outfoxed his jailors and electrified the nation with the latest in a long line of daring escapes. Just a few weeks later, the notorious young outlaw was gunned down by an ambitious sheriff. Demonized by the lawman who killed him, the Kid was soon mythologized by a never-ending stream of dime-store romances and later, big-screen dramas.

But in all the narratives, Billy the Kid's real story has been obscured. Born to impoverished Irish immigrants, the Kid led a hardscrabble, itinerant life that became harder still when his mother died of tuberculosis. He came of age in a lawless corner of New Mexico, where an Irish immigrant ring held a vise-like grip on all money-making endeavors and the Mexican population was frequently cheated out of their property without recourse to the courts. Caught in the middle of a centuries-old Irish-English conflict playing out on the plains of the Southwest, the Kid captured national attention with his reckless violence. His fascination with Mexican culture, his flair for Spanish and his disdain for the Anglo authorities made him a hero of sorts to the Hispanic community, who hid him when the law came looking and mourned him when he was gone.

INDEPENDENT LENS
Have You Heard from Johannesburg?: Road to Resistance
Thurs., Jan. 12, 10:00 pm
New
Filmed throughout the world over the course of more than ten years, this five-part series is the definitive cinematic history of the worldwide effort to destroy South African apartheid. A story that has never been told in any medium before and featuring interviews with dozens of the major players, this formidable accomplishment is anything but dry and academic: it's a lively, tension-filled, heartrending, and ultimately thrilling portrait of an unprecedented global movement that forever changed a nation and the world.

Road to Resistance: Just as the United Nations adopts the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, South Africa heads in the opposite direction, instituting a system of racist and oppressive laws against non-whites and imprisoning opposition leaders, including Nelson Mandela.

INDEPENDENT LENS
Have You Heard From Johannesburg?: The New Generation
Thurs., Jan. 12, 11:00 pm
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The New Generation: When South Africa's ruling whites brutally suppress a youth uprising in Soweto and murder resistance leader Steven Biko, young people in the West join a growing international movement to sanction and isolate South Africa.