PROGRAM LISTINGS July 22 - July 28, 2012
Arts, Drama, Culture
QUEEN & COUNTRY
Traveller
Sun., July 22, 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.
Traveller
The Queen is head of the 16 realms that make up the Commonwealth. In Perth, Western Australia, she is on tour before opening the Heads of Government meeting, which is especially important for the monarchy. The Commonwealth countries are being asked to change the rules of succession so that a first-born girl may inherit the crown. If it's approved, it will be the single biggest change to the monarchy for centuries. At the age of 85, the Queen remains undaunted by long-haul travel - as this program shows.
MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!
Inspector Lewis, Series V
Sun., July 22, 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.
Fearful Symmetry
Lewis and Hathaway are drawn into a darker side of Oxford while investigating the murder of a suburban babysitter. Will the babysitter's secret life help the detectives unravel a tangled web of lies and deceit to find their killer?
TOMORROW BEYOND 3/11
Considering the Disaster
Sun., July 22, 9:30 pm
New
TOMORROW BEYOND 3/11 is a documentary series that focuses on Japan's long road to reconstruction following the earthquake and tsunami disaster of March 2011. World-renowned musicians, actors, designers, artists and scholars visit the hardest-hit regions in the hopes of inspiring those still striving to rebuild their lives.
Considering the Disaster
Political philosopher and Harvard professor Michael Sandel visits Japan on behalf of a charity organization in the days immediately following the earthquake. Two young Japanese people - one a mediator between the government and the earthquake victims, and the other a would-be volunteer who lost four family members in the tsunami - listen to his lecture at a local university and meet with Sandel to discuss their hopes for earthquake reconstruction.
NA MELE: TRADITIONS IN HAWAIIAN SONG
Na Palapalai
Mon., July 23, 7:30 pm
Encore
Na Hoku Hanohano Award-winning high energy trio Na Palapalai brings their falsetto style of Hawaiian music to the PBS Hawaii Studios in this special encore presentation.
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW
Vintage Pittsburgh
Mon., July 23, 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!
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW's event in the Steel City in 1997 featured such bright new discoveries as a gold, silver and ruby bracelet whose value has shined up from $6,000 to a current $10,000 to $12,000, while the value of a handsome Victorian sideboard has crumbled from $12,000 to $15,000 to $5,000 to $8,000.
MARKET WARRIORS
Antiquing in Philadelphia, PA
Mon., July 23, 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.
This week, pickers Miller, John, Bob and Kevin are in the City of Brotherly Love, working in close quarters at the 60-vendor Philadelphia Flea Market. The challenge is to find various items - within their fixed budgets - with an eye to selling their finds for profit at auction. Notable picks include a set by French jeweler Marcel Boucher and a Japanese mixed metal vase. It becomes clear whose strategy is working best when the items are auctioned at A.N. Abell Auction Company in Los Angeles.
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW
Madison, WI, Part 3 of 3
Mon., July 23, 10:00 pm
Encore
In Madison, ANTIQUES ROADSHOW visits a one-of-a-kind Wisconsin wonder with appraiser Noel Barrett: The House on the Rock, built on and around a chimney rock and filled to the rafters by its eccentric owner with antiques and collectibles. Highlights include an intricately carved turn-of-the-century Japanese bamboo sculpture; the happy marriage of Edwardian natural pearl earrings elongated with Art Deco pendants; and a massive oil painting by noted 19th-century California painter Thomas Hill, purchased at a church rummage sale for $25 and valued at $60,000 to $80,000.
LONG STORY SHORT WITH LESLIE WILCOX
Derek Kurisu
Tues., July 24, 7:30 pm
New
Leslie Wilcox talks story with Derek Kurisu, executive vice president of KTA Super Stores on Hawaii Island. Before "buy local, eat local" became a rallying cry, Derek championed food sustainability in Hawaii, while preserving the best traditions and values of the plantation culture he was raised in. Derek, who's been with KTA for over 40 years, is also a champion in fostering Hawaii Island's community. In his words, "Everybody gotta work together."
This program is available in high-definition and will be rebroadcast on Wed., July 25 at 11:00 pm and Sun., July 29 at 4:00 pm.
PBS ARTS
Homecoming: The Kansas City Symphony Presents Joyce DiDonato
Mon., July 24, 11:00 pm
Encore
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.
LEAHEY & LEAHEY
Wed., July 25, 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 25 at 11:30 pm and Sun., July 29 at 3:30 pm.
POV
Up Heartbreak Hill
Thurs., July 26, 10:00 pm
New
Thomas and Tamara are track stars at their rural New Mexico high school. Like many teenagers, they are torn between the lure of brighter futures elsewhere and the ties that bind them to home. For these teens, however, home is an impoverished town on the Navajo reservation, and leaving means separating from family, tradition and the land that has been theirs for generations. Take a moving look at a new generation of Americans struggling to be both Native and modern.
GLOBE TREKKER
Globe Trekker Food Hour: Scandinavia
Thurs., July 26, 11:00 pm
Encore
Host Merrilees Parker takes a culinary tour around Scandinavia, a region infused with Viking history and heritage. She begins her travels at a Viking festival, learns how to smoke herring in a Swedish village, assists with the smorgasbord at the Midsummer Festival, prepares food with Lars Backman - the inspiration for the Swedish Chef on "The Muppet Show" - and cooks with the Sami people at the Arctic Circle.
PBS ARTS
Havana, Havana!
Fri., July 27, 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.
Havana, Havana!
Tap your toes to the beat of this music documentary, which vibrates with the soul and energy of Afro-Cuban drummers, guajira guitarists and the pulsing melodies of celebrated Cuban musician Raul Paz, who brings together fellow musical stars Descemer Bueno, Kelvis Ochoa and David Torrens for a concert in Havana. All of them left Cuba years ago; their decision to return has injected a new spirit into Cuban music. Mirroring Cuba's growing relationship with the world, the program highlights the evolution of the country's musical expression in the 21st century.
SIMPLY MING
Samson Chan and Shellfish
Sat., July 28, 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.
On this episode, Ming meets up with Chef Samson Chan, the mastermind behind one of Singapore's favorite restaurants, Barnacles. Together they shop for some great living treasures from the South China Sea at Grand Atlantic Fishery. Bringing back the freshest seafood to Chef Samson's restaurant for an afternoon of cooking on the fly, they'll show us how easy it is to cook with the shell on!
Pedal America
Women of Red Rock: Sedona, Arizona
Sat., July 28, 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.
Women of Red Rock: Sedona, Arizona
It took 230 million years for Sedona, Arizona to surface from the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, but its receding waters left behind a spectacular field of red rock vortexes that many claim can heal and cleanse the body. We pedal through the Bellrock Pathway and Mystic Trail to learn why women who visit Sedona choose never to leave. We also learn about gear and apparel unique to women who bike.
RUDY MAXA'S WORLD
South Africa: Garden Route and Wine Country
Sat., July 28, 7:30 pm
Encore
The Garden Route has nothing to do with gardens and everything to do with a wild, rugged, gorgeous coastline. Its name comes from the astounding variety of plant species found here, many indigenous only to the region. Surfers brave enormous waves, while exotic birds watch visitors climb serpentine paths that rise above the coast. Capping this visually stunning episode is a visit to the heart of South Africa's lush wine country, the village of Franschhoek.
The International Violin Competition of Indianapolis
Sat., July 28, 8:00 pm
New
In the rarefied world of concert violinists, it is simply known as "The Indianapolis." At this prestigious music competition, the world's most talented young violinists undergo a lengthy application and elimination process in the hopes of making the finals and competing against their peers in a grueling four-round, 17-day event. At stake: a Carnegie Hall main stage debut, the use of a 1683 Stradivarius violin and other coveted prizes. These young virtuosos, ranging in age from 17 to 29, experience triumphs and disappointments as they yearn to make the cut, while knowing only one can earn the title of Gold Medalist.
Violin Masters: Two Gentlemen of Cremona
Sat., July 28, 9:00 pm
Encore
During the late 17th and early 18th centuries, two violinmakers from the same block in the small town were making the most sought-after violins ever created. Nearly everyone has heard of Antonio Stradivari, but few know the name Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù. Through interviews with historians, experts, luthiers and virtuosos, this documentary tells the story of these two masters of violinmaking and why today their stringed instruments are worth millions of dollars to musicians and collectors the world over. Alfred Molina narrates the programs, featuring violinists Joshua Bell, James Ehnes, Cho-Liang Lin, Loren Maazel, Midori, Elmar Oliveira, Peter Oundjian, Itzhak Perlman, Julian Rachlin, Vadim Repin and Pinchas Zukerman.
INDEPENDENT LENS
Strong!
Sat., July 28, 10:00 pm
New
A formidable figure standing 5'8" tall and weighing more than 300 pounds, Cheryl Haworth struggles to defend her champion status as her lifetime weightlifting career inches towards its inevitable end. Her journey as an elite athlete presents physical and personal challenges, including popular notions of power, strength, beauty and health.
AUSTIN CITY LIMITS
Kenny Chesney
Sat., July 28, 11:00 pm
Encore
Country music superstar Kenny Chesney hits the ACL stage for a tour through his greatest hits.
Public Affairs
MOYERS & COMPANY
Sun., July 22, 5:00 pm
New
Bill Moyers presents MOYERS & COMPANY, a weekly hour of compelling and vital conversation 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.
Heart of the Matter
Sun., July 22, 10:00 pm
New
This documentary examines America's #1 birth defect - congenital heart defects. Congenital heart defects (CHDs) occur in approximately one out every 100 live births in the U.S. The documentary features information about the disease; its history, present and future. The story is told through interviews with leading congenital heart specialists in the United States: doctors, nurses, scientists, patients and families. The focus of the documentary is a call for greater public awareness of America's #1 birth defect and the need for more research that will ultimately lead to better detection, increased survival rates, improved quality of life and, hopefully, eradication of congenital heart defects altogether. Several families are followed, telling the CHD story from infancy to adulthood. These stories are interspersed with discussions about the disease with leading experts in the field.
FRONTLINE
Alaska Gold
Tues., July 24, 10:00 pm
New
The Bristol Bay region of southwest Alaska is home to the last great wild sockeye salmon fishery in the world. It's also home to enormous mineral deposits - copper, gold, molybdenum - estimated to be worth more than $300 billion. Now, two foreign mining companies are proposing to extract this mineral wealth by digging one of North America's largest open-pit mines, the "Pebble Mine," at the headwaters of Bristol Bay. FRONTLINE travels to Alaska to probe the fault lines of a growing battle between those who depend on this extraordinary fishery for a living, the mining companies who are pushing for Pebble and the political framework that will ultimately decide the outcome.
HIKI NŌ: The Nation's First Statewide Student News Network
Thurs., July 26, 7:30 pm
Encore
Students from Moanalua High School in Honolulu host this edition of HIKI NŌ. In this episode, young correspondents at Aliamanu Middle School on Oahu feature students from military families who have lived across the globe. From Kauai, Waimea Canyon Middle School students report on the impact of beach litter.
Other schools featured in this episode: Connections Public Charter School and Konawaena High School (Hawaii Island); Hana K-12 School and Seabury Hall Middle School (Maui); and Punahou School and Waialua High and Intermediate School (Oahu).
This HIKI NŌ newscast encores Saturday, July 28 at 12:30 pm and Sunday, July 29 at 3:00 pm. You may also view HIKI NŌ episodes on our website, www.pbshawaii.org/hikino
INSIGHTS ON PBS HAWAII
Election 2012: US Representative District 2 Democratic Candidates
Thurs., July 26, 8:00 pm
New
Dan Boylan moderates this Election 2012 forum with the Democratic candidates for Hawaii's District 2 US Representative. District 2 represents the neighbor islands and Central, Windward, Leeward and the North Shore of Oahu. Scheduled to appear are candidates: attorney Rafael Del Castillo; Honolulu City Councilwoman Tulsi Gabbard; former Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann; former Office of Hawaiian Affairs chief advocate Esther Kia'āina; attorney Bob Marx and Vietnam War veteran Miles Shiratori.
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
WASHINGTON WEEK
Fri., July 27, 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 27, 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 27, 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
Enforcement
Fri., July 27, 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.
Enforcement
Cut through the heated rhetoric to explore how communities and the nation struggle to enforce inconsistent immigration policies.
WOMEN, WAR & PEACE
The War We Are Living
Fri., July 27, 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.
The War We Are Living
In a mountainous region in Colombia's Pacific southwest, two extraordinary Afro-Colombian women are fighting to hold onto the gold-rich land that has sustained their community through small-scale mining for centuries. Clemencia Carabali and Francia Marquez are part of a powerful network of female leaders, who discovered during Colombia's 40-year civil war that women can organize more freely than men. As they defy paramilitary death threats and steadfastly remain on their land, Carabali and Marquez are standing up for a generation of Colombians who have been terrorized and forcibly displaced as a deliberate strategy of war. Alfre Woodard narrates.
Science and Nature
NATURE
Bears of the Last Frontier: Arctic Wanderers
Wed., July 25, 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.
Arctic Wanderers
Morgan travels to the far north of Alaska, to the tiny North Slope town of Kaktovik. It's early November and winter is coming on. But each year, the polar bears struggle for extended periods on dwindling fat reserves, waiting for the opportunity to hunt on sea ice that takes longer to freeze. Later in spring, Morgan joins local hunters in Barrow, the northernmost city in Alaska, as they go out on their own hunts, facing some of the same challenges as the bears. Morgan also travels to the North Slope of the Brooks Range, where countless thousands of caribou cover the ground for miles. The grizzlies are waiting for them, as they have for thousands of years.
NOVA
The Fabric of the Cosmos: Quantum Leap
Wed., July 25, 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.
Quantum Leap
Dr. Greene takes us on a wild ride into the weird realm of quantum physics, which governs the universe on the tiniest of scales. Greene brings quantum mechanics to life in a nightclub like no other, where objects pop in and out of existence and things over here can affect others over there, instantaneously - without anything crossing the space between them.
NOVA
The Fabric of the Cosmos: Universe or Multiverse
Wed., July 25, 10:00 pm
Encore
Universe or Multiverse
Dr. Greene presents us with a brave new theory at the frontier of physics: that our universe may not be the only one. Instead, it may be just one of an infinite number of worlds that make up the multiverse. It won't be easy to prove, but if it's right, our understanding of space, time and our place in the universe will never be the same.
History
HISTORY DETECTIVES
Tues., July 24, 8:00 pm
New
America's top gumshoes are back for a 10th season. 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 this episode, Wes Cowan hunts for the identity of a man whose name is engraved on a rare matched set of Civil War-era pistols, still in the original case. Tukufu Zuberi tracks down the story behind an old 78 rpm, distributed by K.K.K. Records, containing songs titled "The Bright Fiery Cross" and "The Jolly Old Klansman." And Eduardo Pagán tries to prove that James Jamerson, a bass player whose bass line drove the Motown sound, owned a battered Ampeg B-15 amp that the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will display - but only if inductee Jamerson actually owned it.
HISTORY DETECTIVES
Tues., July 24, 9:00 pm
New
In this episode, Elyse Luray floors country music singer Clint Black with the information she uncovers about his turn-of-the-20th-century book of wanted posters. Then, can Eduardo Pagán link a chunk of molten metal to the B-25 Bomber that crashed into the Empire State Building in 1945? And how does a six-foot metal bar tell the story behind the original iconic Hollywood sign?
PBS HAWAII PRESENTS
Biography Hawaii: Joseph Nawahi
Thurs., July 26, 9:00 pm
Encore
This documentary tells the story of Hawaiian patriot Joseph Nawahi, a teacher, surveyor, lawyer, cabinet minister, newspaper editor and artist in Hawaii who lived from 1842 to 1896. Nawahi founded the anti-annexation political party Hui Aloha 'Aina and died a political prisoner deemed treasonous by the American-controlled Republic of Hawaii.