PROGRAM LISTINGS July 15 - July 21, 2012
Arts, Drama, Culture
QUEEN & COUNTRY
The Queen's Possessions
Sun., July 15, 7:00 pm
New
In 2012, all eyes are on Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's second longest-reigning monarch, as England marks Her Majesty's Diamond Jubilee. Join veteran newsman Sir Trevor McDonald as he looks at the traditions and institutions surrounding the monarchy, from the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace through the Queen's royal visits…to some of the greatest historic royal palaces.
The Queen's Possessions
The Queen has some surprising possessions. Among them are Westminster Abbey and the Chapels Royal. These are "peculiars of the crown" - as are the Channel Islands, where they still call Her Majesty the Duke of Normandy to remind outsiders that they were with William the Conqueror on the winning side at the Battle of Hastings. The Queen also owns the Tower of London - part of a collection of Historic Royal Palaces.
MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!
Inspector Lewis, Series V
Sun., July 15, 8:00 pm
New
Kevin Whately returns as Inspector Lewis for a fifth season of the popular detective series. In four new episodes, Lewis and his young partner DS Hathaway (Laurence Fox) continue solving cases in the seemingly perfect academic haven of Oxford.
Generations of Vipers
Suspicions abound as Lewis and Hathaway investigate the death of a lovelorn Oxford professor. Was her death caused by an embarrassing internet leak or something much more sinister?
PBS ARTS
Islamic Arts: Mirror of the Invisible World
Sun., July 15, 9:30 pm
Encore
Travel to nine countries and across 1,400 years of cultural history to explore the astonishing artistic and architectural riches of Islam. With the insights and commentary of leading art scholars from around the world, the film delves into the art of religious life in Islamic culture and into the secret world inside the palaces of the elite. Through the extraordinary array of metalwork, textiles, paintings and architecture that illuminate the culture, filmmaker Rob Gardner sheds light on the shared histories of western and Islamic societies, revealing more continuity than division. Award-winning actress Susan Sarandon narrates.
NA MELE: TRADITIONS IN HAWAIIAN SONG
Haunani Apoliona and Ku'uipo Kumukahi
Mon., July 16, 7:30 pm
Encore
Multiple Hoku Hanohano Award-winners Haunani Apoliona and Ku'uipo Kumukahi present classic Hawaiian songs in both solo and duet performances.
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW
Vintage San Francisco
Mon., July 16, 8:00 pm
New
For the past 16 years, ANTIQUES ROADSHOW has been bringing you antiques, collectibles and hidden treasures from around the country, but now we're turning the lens on ourselves - ROADSHOW is going back in time!
The 1997-1998 rainfall season in San Francisco was the second wettest (47.22 inches) in the 149 seasons recorded beginning in 1849. ANTIQUES ROADSHOW's 1998 trip to the City by the Bay featured a modest-looking Eskimo hunting helmet with an estimated value that has swelled from its original $65,000 to $75,000 to $100,000 to $125,000, while a 1385 English silver spoon declined from $10,000 to $20,000 to $5,000 to $8,000.
MARKET WARRIORS
Antiquing in Adamstown, PA
Mon., July 16, 9:00 pm, with an encore at 11:00 pm
New
Treasure hunters embark on an antiques adventure in MARKET WARRIORS, a new series from the producers of ANTIQUES ROADSHOW. The series features expert shoppers ("pickers") scouring flea markets across the country for vintage valuables, selling their finds at auction with an eye towards maximizing profit. In each episode, four pickers travel to different markets across the country to purchase items with a set amount of money, then use their knowledge and skills to see who can make the most profit at auction.
In the series premiere, the four pickers, Miller, John, Bob and Kevin, head to Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It's the home of Renningers Adamstown, a large indoor/outdoor flea market, where they will be challenged to find mid-century modern items amid the Pennsylvania Dutch antiques. Finds include an Eames chair, a Moss floor lamp and a Tiffany jelly jar. The winning picker is determined at A.N. Abell Auction Company in Los Angeles, California, where their chosen items go under the hammer.
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW
Madison, WI, Part 2 of 3
Mon., July 16, 10:00 pm
Encore
In Madison, Wisconsin, ANTIQUES ROADSHOW investigates the shocking heist of artifacts from the archives of the Wisconsin Historical Society. Highlights include photos of the owner's family taken by noted American photographer Edward Weston in the late 1930s or early 1940s; a table crafted for the owner's parents circa 1956 by mid-century-modern master furniture maker George Nakashima; and an ornate silver, enamel and turquoise-studded exhibition piece, crafted by Tiffany for the 1893 Columbian Exhibition in Chicago.
LONG STORY SHORT WITH LESLIE WILCOX
Ron Edmonds
Tues., July 17, 7:30 pm
Encore
In Washington, D.C., Leslie talks with Ron Edmonds, a photojournalist who was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the Ronald Reagan assassination attempt in 1981. This episode traces Ron's prolific career, starting with his first job at the Honolulu Star-Bulletin in the 1970s.
This program is available in high-definition and will be rebroadcast on Wed., July 18 at 11:00 pm and Sun., July 22 at 4:00 pm.
LEAHEY & LEAHEY
Wed., July 18, 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., July 18 at 11:30 pm and Sun., July 22 at 3:30 pm.
PBS HAWAII PRESENTS
Biography Hawaii: Princess Ruth Keelikolani
Thurs., July 19, 9:00 pm (English language version)
and 9:30 pm(Hawaiian language version)
Encore
A formidable presence in 19th-century Hawaii, Princess Ruth Keelikolani refused to speak English, practice Christianity, or leave the Hawaiian Islands. Though her life was darkened by the deaths of her children and her beloved first husband, she was a popular and strong force who resisted the kingdom's drift toward annexation. In keeping with Princess Ruth's own devotion to Hawaiian language and culture, this documentary is presented in two versions: English and Hawaiian.
GLOBE TREKKER
Spanish Islands
Thurs., July 19, 11:00 pm
Encore
Host Alex Riley explores the glorious Spanish Islands, visiting the Balearics off the coast of Spain and the Canary Islands near Africa. He begins on the millionaires' playground that is Mallorca and hops over to Ibiza and next travels to Formentera, a sparsely populated island famous for mud baths and massive boats. He then visits the Canary Islands, starting with Gran Canaria where he revels at the festival of the Virgen del Rosario and explores the island's ancient caves. On Tenerife, Alex hikes up the Tiede volcano, Spain's highest peak, and later swims alongside a mother whale and her calves. He tries kite surfing in Fuerteventura and later tests his corralling skills at a goat rodeo.
PBS ARTS
Homecoming: The Kansas City Symphony Presents Joyce DiDonato
Fri., July 20, 9:00 pm
New
The PBS Arts Summer Festival expands the scope and diversity of the arts on television, with a multi-part weekly series and new original online content that takes viewers across the country and around the world. Award-winning television, film and stage star Anna Deavere Smith serves as weekly host for the festival, airing Fridays at 9:00 pm through August 10 on PBS Hawaii.
Homecoming: The Kansas City Symphony Presents Joyce DiDonato Architect Moshe Safdie's extraordinary new Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts provides the stunning backdrop for a performance-documentary that profiles the Grammy Award-winning Kansas City Symphony, their vibrant artistic director and conductor Michael Stern, and the radiant, celebrated mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato. A concert wrapped by documentary narratives, this special tracks DiDonato's nostalgic return to her hometown - and her thrilling Kauffman Center debut- after a triumphant appearance with Placido Domingo at The Metropolitan Opera in New York.
SIMPLY MING
Michael Ruhlman and Salt
Sat., July 14, 5:30 pm
New
SIMPLY MING returns for its ninth season with 26 brand-new episodes featuring more mouthwatering recipes, celebrity appearances and road trips to visit some of host Ming Tsai's favorite chefs. Each episode features a technique demonstration, followed by two dishes - one prepared by a guest chef and one by Ming, who must create a meal "on the fly" using cooking staples found in Ming's kitchen and with an unknown secret ingredient.
Seasoning with salt. What could be simpler, right? Wrong! Think about how many meals you've had that were either too salty or under-seasoned! On this episode of SIMPLY MING, Ming zeroes in on a technique that is critical to successful cooking if done with a gentle hand. Joining him is the perfect man for the job, the ultimate scrutinizer of cooking techniques, author and chef Michael Ruhlman.
Pedal America
From Liquor Bottle to Water Bottle: Chicago, Illinois
Sat., July 21, 7:00 pm
New
PEDAL AMERICA aims to educate, inspire and encourage riders of all ages to rediscover the joys of cycling. In each episode, co-hosts Ira David Levy and Kati Lightholder cycle through a variety of North American locales - from national parks to urban centers - while emphasizing bicycle safety and the health benefits of this affordable and eco-friendly activity. The seven-part series showcases the best and safest routes; highlights the development of bike trails, bikeways and bike infrastructure; contains basic bicycle repair and maintenance tips; and features interviews with bike enthusiasts, who share inspiring personal stories about the transformative power of cycling.
From Liquor Bottle to Water Bottle: Chicago, Illinois
Ira David pedals along The Windy City's magnificent lakefront and downtown neighborhoods to show why Chicago is consistently ranked among the top five bicycling towns in North America. Stops include Museum Campus, Soldier Field, and the Lookingglass Theatre Company. Also, meet one Chicago resident, a former chain smoker and alcoholic, who traded in his liquor bottles for water bottles when he discovered the benefits of bicycling.
RUDY MAXA'S WORLD
South Africa: Cape Town
Sat., July 21, 7:30 pm
Encore
Cape Town is a nexus of cultures in a setting so stunning that it is often called the "new California" or "Africa's Riviera." Where else in the world can you wake up in a cosmopolitan city, spend the afternoon with penguins, ride a funicular to the edge of a continent and watch the sunset from a beach with a glass of local wine in hand? From the dizzying heights of the city's iconic symbol, Table Mountain, to the rugged cliffs and wild flowers of the Cape Peninsula, this episode captures the natural wonders that surround this city where an urbane waterfront contrasts with the nearby townships where most of Cape Town's three million residents live. This is an intimate look at a city reinventing itself as residents and government work to put the injustice of apartheid behind them.
GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET
Faust
Sat., July 21, 8:00 pm
New
With Jonas Kaufmann in the title role, René Pape as the devil and Marina Poplavskaya as Marguerite, Gounod's classic retelling of the Faust legend is directed by Tony Award-winner Des McAnuff. The story is updated to the first half of the 20th century in a production that won praise in London. Yannick Nézet-Séguin, on the heels of his Don Carlo success, conducts.
Public Affairs
MOYERS & COMPANY
Sun., July 15, 5:00 pm
New
Bill Moyers presents MOYERS & COMPANY, a weekly hour of compelling and vital conÂversation about life and the state of American democracy, featuring some of the best thinkers of our time. A range of scholars, artists, activists, scientists, philosophers and newsmakers bring context, insight and meaning to important topics. The series also occasionally includes Moyers' own timely and penetrating essays on society and government.
FRONTLINE
Fast Times at West Philly High
Tues., July 17, 10:00 pm
New
Students and teachers from West Philadelphia High School, a public high school serving one of the most disadvantaged neighborhoods in Philadelphia, defy expectations as they design and build two super-hybrid cars for international competition and compete for the chance to be part of a technological revolution. In summer 2010, the high school's EVX Team raced against mega-sized auto manufacturers, multimillion-dollar start-ups and university teams from around the world in the Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE competition. The challenge: Build an affordable, 100 miles-per-gallon car. The prize: $10 million dollars. FRONTLINE explores the viability of these cars, the potential that exists within our young people and the prospects of effective innovation in public education.
HIKI NŌ: The Nation's First Statewide Student News Network
Thurs., July 19, 7:30 pm
Encore
Students from H.P. Baldwin High School on Maui host this edition of HIKI NŌ. In this episode, Ke Kula Niihau O Kekaha on Kauai highlights the school's special relationship with the renowned Berklee College of Music. On Oahu, Mililani Middle School students profile a former UH football player who now counsels students.
Other schools featured in this episode: Connections Public Charter School, Hawaii Academy of Arts and Science and Waiakea High School (Hawaii Island); Kaimuki Middle School, Waianae High School and Waipahu High School (Oahu).
This HIKI NŌ newscast encores Saturday, July 21 at 12:30 pm and Sunday, July 22 at 3:00 pm. You may also view HIKI NŌ episodes on our website, www.pbshawaii.org/hikino
INSIGHTS ON PBS HAWAII
Election 2012: Senate District 25 Democratic Candidates + Political Advertising
Thurs., July 19, 8:00 pm
New
Election 2012 coverage continues with Dan Boylan moderating a candidates' forum for an East Oahu senate race, followed by a discussion on political advertising.
Senate District 25 Democratic Candidates
Senate District 25 includes the East Oahu neighborhoods of Hawaii Kai, Waimanalo and Kailua. Incumbent senator Pohai Ryan and challengers Levani Lipton and Laura Thielen are scheduled to appear. The winner of this primary will face veteran Republican legislator Fred Hemmings in the general election, as he attempts to win back the District 25 seat.
Political Advertising
Kathleen Hall Jamieson, a leading expert on political communication and campaign advertising, joins Boylan in-studio for the program's second half. Jamieson is Professor of Communication and Director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania. Annenberg runs FactCheck, a non-profit that examines the accuracy of factual claims in US political campaign advertisements.
INSIGHTS is also available online via live streaming. 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
POV
The Light in Her Eyes
Thurs., July 19, 10:00 pm
New
Houda al-Habash, a conservative Muslim preacher, founded a Qur'an school for girls in Damascus, Syria, 30 years ago. Every summer, her female students immerse themselves in a rigorous study of Islam. A surprising cultural shift is underway: women are claiming space within the mosque. View an extraordinary portrait, filmed just before the uprising in Syria erupted, of a leader who challenges the women of her community to live according to Islam, without giving up their dreams.
WASHINGTON WEEK
Fri., July 20, 7:30 pm
New
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., July 20, 8:00 pm
New
This weekly current affairs series covers the issues being considered by candidates and voters - from immigration to education to health care, environment, jobs and the economy - from Main Street's point of view.
The program also profiles up-and-coming political leaders and will report regularly from the road, hosting the program from key states whose issues are important to the national election. Essays, many from Jon Meacham and from a diverse group of other journalists and big thinkers, are a weekly feature.
Respected and experienced media professionals anchor the program and report from the field. They include: Jeff Greenfield, a seasoned political, media and culture reporter and commentator who has worked for CNN, CBS and NBC; Maria Hinojosa, host and managing editor of NPR's Latino USA and former senior correspondent of NOW On PBS; Scott Simon, longtime host of NPR's Weekend Edition; and Ray Suarez, co-anchor of the PBS NEWSHOUR.
THE MCLAUGHLIN GROUP
Fri., July 20, 8:30 pm
New
THE MCLAUGHLIN GROUP is an unscripted forum featuring some of the greatest political analysts in the nation.
HOMELAND: IMMIGRATION IN AMERICA
Jobs
Fri., July 20, 10:00 pm
New
Probe one of the nation's most polarizing issues and a key topic in the 2012 election: immigration. This short series presents contemporary stories of immigrants - legal and illegal - and those who confront them, help them, employ them and craft legislation that affects them. Ray Suarez, senior PBS NEWSHOUR correspondent, narrates.
Jobs
This episode looks at the spectrum of immigrant jobs and the complex maze of rules, regulations, caps and quotas challenging the country at many levels.
WOMEN, WAR & PEACE
Peace Unveiled
Fri., July 20, 11:00 pm
Encore
WOMEN, WAR & PEACE is a five-part series that focuses on the under-reported stories of the women who are changing the rules of engagement in conflict hotspots all over the world, reframing our understanding of modern warfare.
Peace Unveiled
When the U.S. troop surge was announced in late 2009, women in Afghanistan knew that the ground was being laid for peace talks with the Taliban. This episode follows three women who immediately began to organize to make sure that women would have a seat at the negotiating table. One is a savvy parliamentarian who participated in writing the Afghan constitution that guarantees equality for women; another, a former midwife who is one of the last women's rights advocates in Kandahar; and the third, a young activist who lives in a traditional family in Kabul. Convinced that the Taliban will make demands that jeopardize women's hard-earned gains, they maneuver against formidable odds to have their voices heard. Tilda Swinton narrates.
Science and Nature
NATURE
Bears of the Last Frontier: The Road North
Wed., July 18, 8:00 pm
Encore
In this three-part series, NATURE joins adventurer and bear biologist Chris Morgan on a year-long motorcycle odyssey deep into Alaska's bear country to explore the amazing resiliency and adaptability of these majestic animals as they struggle to make a living in five dramatically diverse Alaskan ecosystems: coastal, urban, mountain, tundra and pack ice.
The Road North
Chris Morgan explores the world of black bears caught in the crossroads of urban development in Anchorage and the wilderness. This is a new normal for bears and for their human neighbors. Some bears are so comfortable living in urban surroundings that their primary habitat is a golf course. In residential areas, bears frequently raid garbage bins and birdfeeders for easy snacks. But these behaviors are less than ideal for bears and residents alike. Morgan heads north out of Anchorage to Denali National Park, where the mountains loom over treeless plains and bears get by on a diet of thousands of berries a day. The grizzlies share the enormous park with foxes, wolves and moose - and with one intrepid bear biologist and his team. Morgan continues his journey north on a bone-shaking, 610-mile motorcycle journey from Denali to Prudhoe Bay along the only Alaskan highway to reach the Arctic. Prudhoe Bay, a once pristine area at the edge of the Arctic Ocean, has been changed forever by the oil industry.
NOVA
The Fabric of the Cosmos: The Illusion of Time
Wed., July 18, 9:00 pm
Encore
In this four-part NOVA miniseries, acclaimed physicist Brian Greene takes viewers on a mind-bending reality check and journey to the frontiers of physics to see how scientists are piecing together the most complete picture yet of space, time and the universe. With each step, audiences discover that just beneath the surface of our everyday experience lies a world we'd hardly recognize - a startling world far stranger and more wondrous than anyone expected.
The Illusion of Time
Take the ultimate time-travel adventure with Brian Greene, hurtling 50 years into the future before stepping into a wormhole to travel back to the past. Along the way, Greene reveals a new way of thinking about time in which moments past, present, and future - from the reign of T. Rex to the birth of your great-great-grandchildren - exist all at once.
NOVA
The Elegant Universe: The String's the Thing
Wed., July 18, 10:00 pm
Encore
Physicist Brian Greene has a rare gift for conveying physics in vivid everyday images, a gift that turned his book, The Elegant Universe, into a best-seller. Greene brings his talent and vitality to television in this encore production that makes the surreal world of string theory spring to life on the screen.
The String's the Thing
Greene describes the serendipitous steps that led from a forgotten 200-year-old mathematical formula to the first glimmerings of strings - quivering strands of energy whose different vibrations give rise to quarks, electrons, photons and all other elementary particles. Strings are truly tiny - smaller than an atom by the same factor that a tree is smaller than the entire universe. But, as Greene explains, it is possible - for the first time - to combine the laws of the large and the laws of the small into a proposal for a single, harmonious Theory of Everything.
History
MICHAEL WOOD'S STORY OF ENGLAND
The Birth of Modern England
Tues., July 17, 8:00 pm
New
Visit the village of Kibworth, Leicestershire, with historian Michael Wood as he tells the 2000-year-old story of this one settlement throughout English history. Kibworth, located in the heart of England, lived through the Black Death, the English Civil War, the Industrial Revolution and World War II. Intertwining local and national narratives, Wood presents a moving and informative picture of one local community through time.
The Birth of Modern England:
Track Kibworth's 17th-century dissenters; travel on the Grand Union Canal; learn about an 18th-century feminist writer from Kibworth who was a pioneer in the writing of children's books; hear the story of a young highwayman transported to Australia comes alive as his descendants visit Kibworth to uncover their roots; learn how the Industrial Revolution reached the village with framework knitting factories. Uncover the secret history of a Victorian village, visit World War I battlefields and recall life in World War II when the village was bombed. Lastly, see Kibworth as it is today - a growing, multicultural village.
HISTORY DETECTIVES
Tues., July 17, 9:00 pm
New
America's top gumshoes are back! Wesley Cowan, independent appraiser and auctioneer; Gwendolyn Wright, historian and professor of architecture, Columbia University; Elyse Luray, independent appraiser and expert in art history; Dr. Eduardo Pagan, professor of history and American studies at Arizona State University; and Tukufu Zuberi, professor of sociology and the director of the Center for Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania leave no stone unturned as they travel around the country to explore the stories behind local folklore, prominent figures and family legends.
In the 10th season premiere episode, Elyse Luray and Wes Cowan investigate whether they have found rock's Holy Grail, the long-lost electric Fender Stratocaster Bob Dylan plugged in at the '65 Newport Folk Festival, changing rock 'n' roll forever. Tukufu Zuberi tracks down some autographs allegedly signed for two brothers in Miami Beach during the Beatles' legendary 1964 "British Invasion" tour of the United States. Finally, Gwendolyn Wright investigates a $5 thrift store find and unearths a little-known artistic side of musical iconoclast Frank Zappa.