PROGRAM LISTINGS June 28 - July 4, 2015Arts, Drama, CultureLAST TANGO IN HALIFAXSeason 3, Part 1 of 6 Sun., June 28, 7:00 pm Thurs., July 2, 11:00 pm New Enjoy the third season of this award-winning series that celebrates life and love. Celia (Anne Reid) and Alan (Derek Jacobi) plan to make the most of their time together, Caroline (Sarah Lancashire) and Kate (Nina Sosanya) settle into married life and old habits come back to haunt Gillian (Nicola Walker). Part 1 of 6 An unexpected visitor forces Alan to think about his past, making Gillian and Caroline anxious. Meanwhile, Caroline and pregnant Kate set a date for their wedding. POLDARK ON MASTERPIECE Part 2 of 7 Sun., June 28, 8:00 pm New Captain Ross Poldark rides again in a swashbuckling new adaptation of the hit 1970s series. Aidan Turner stars as a redcoat who returns to Cornwall after the American Revolution; Eleanor Tomlinson plays the miner’s daughter taken in by the captain. Part 2 of 7 Determined to open his risky copper mine, Poldark seeks backers. Verity’s big chance leads to a showdown. THE CRIMSON FIELD Part 2 of 6 Sun., June 28, 9:00 pm New Oona Chaplin stars in a drama about WWI’s frontline medics – their hopes, fears, triumphs and tragedies. In a tented field hospital on the coast of France, a team of doctors, nurses and women volunteers works together to heal the bodies and souls of men wounded in the trenches. Part 2 of 6 The hospital readies for a convoy of new patients. With resources stretched, Sister Joan sees a chance for the volunteers’ skills to be put to good use, but Sister Margaret doesn’t think they’re ready to take on new responsibilities. THE FORSYTE SAGA Part 3 of 13 Sun., June 28, 10:00 pm Encore This dramatic miniseries, first aired in 2002, chronicles three generations of the Forsytes, an upper middle-class family in Victorian and Edwardian England. Damian Lewis, Gina McKee and Ioan Gruffudd star with Rupert Graves, Amanda Root and Corin Redgrave. Part 3 of 13 Irene and Bosinney fall in love. With the exception of June and Soames, the entire family seems to know about the affair. Soames is furious and when the house costs more to build and decides to sue Bosinney. NA MELE Led Kaapana, Dennis Kamakahi, & Cyril Pahinui Mon., June 29, 7:30 pm Encore NA MELE presents a traditional Hawaiian jam session featuring slack key masters Cyril Pahinui, Led Kaapana and the late Dennis Kamakahi. The program includes sentimental classics with each artist taking a turn on lead vocals and guitar. ANTIQUES ROADSHOW Vintage Denver Mon., June 29, 8:00 pm New The Roadshow revisits Denver, Colorado to uncover changes in the value of appraisals from 15 years ago. Highlights include a Bakelite collection, a 19th-century Tabor mining archive and some Jessie Willcox Smith paintings. ANTIQUES ROADSHOW Vintage Hartford Mon., June 29, 9:00 pm Encore Seventeen years have passed since ANTIQUES ROADSHOW visited Hartford, and some of the values of the items appraised have changed dramatically – some for the better, and some for the worse. A 1915 Coca-Cola jigsaw puzzle and an Emancipation Announcement print both gained value since 1998, but the big winner is a Tiffany aquamarine glass vase, which was originally appraised at $30,000 to $40,000 and is now valued between $90,000 and $100,000. POV The Overnighters Mon., June 29, 10:00 pm New Chasing the American dream, thousands of workers flock to a North Dakota town where the oil business is booming. But instead of well-paying jobs, many find slim work prospects and a severe housing shortage. Pastor Jay Reinke converts his church into a makeshift dorm and counseling center, allowing hundreds of men, some with checkered pasts, to stay despite the congregation’s objections and neighbors’ fears. When opposition to the “overnighters” reaches a boiling point, Pastor Jay makes a decision with shattering consequences. The film tells the story about the promise of redemption and the limits of compassion. LONG STORY SHORT WITH LESLIE WILCOX Susan Yamada Tues., June 30, 7:30 pm Encore Susan Yamada is Executive Director of the Pacific Asian Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Hawaii at Manoa’s Shidler College of Business. Yamada calls herself an “accidental entrepreneur,” with a career that moved from hospitality to publishing to leading tech companies. After a successful life in Silicon Valley during the dot-com boom, she came home to Hawaii, never needing to work again. But in this phase of her life, she has dedicated herself to giving back to her community by mentoring young future entrepreneurs. This program is available in high-definition and will be rebroadcast on Wed., July 1 at 11:00 pm and Sun., July 5 at 4:00 pm. A CHEF’S LIFE A Peanut Pastime Wed., July 1, 7:30 pm New A Chef’s Life is a documentary and cooking series that takes viewers inside the life of Chef Vivian Howard, who, with her husband Ben Knight, returned home to open a fine dining restaurant in small-town Eastern North Carolina. Each episode follows Vivian out of the kitchen and into cornfields, strawberry patches and hog farms as she hunts down the ingredients that inspire her menus. Using a chef’s modern sensibilities, Vivian explores Southern cuisine, past and present – one ingredient at a time. A celebration of true farm-to-table food, the series combines the action and drama of a high-pressure business with the joys and stresses of family life. A Peanut Pastime Vivian visits neighbor Marty Harper’s peanut farm just before and during harvest. Vivian’s dad introduces Ben and Vivian to an old school break snack, a pack of salted peanuts dumped into a Pepsi in a glass bottle. At the restaurant, Vivian translates the snack into Pepsi glazed pork belly with country ham braised peanuts. Vivian reinvents the popular Southern snack, boiled peanuts, for the local farmers’ market. NA MELE: Peter Medeiros Thurs., July 2, 9:00 pm Encore Slack key artist Peter Medeiros, accompanied by guitarist Josh Silva and bass player Nate Stillman, presents a fun evening of traditional slack key. Joining the trio are the dancers of Pua Ali'i 'Ilima, led by kumu hula Vicky and Jeff Kānekaiwilani Takamine. Songs performed include "Ulili E," "He'eia," "Ke Ala O Ka Rose" and "Kananaka." GLOBE TREKKER Nigeria Thurs., July 2, 10:00 pm Encore Host Adela Ucar kicks off her visit in the capital of Lagos, an anarchic and electric city with a vital night life. Next she journeys to Yoruba Land in the southwest, thought to be the site of the Queen of Sheba’s tomb. Adela later meets witch doctors in Oyo, travels to the historic walled cities in the north, visits the Kurmi Market and encounters a rare mountain gorilla in Nigeria’s eastern highlands. The National Mall: America’s Front Yard Fri., July 3, 9:00 pm Encore The National Mall, placed in the very center of our nation’s capital, is a landscape unlike any other. Lined by some of the world’s finest museums and dotted with monuments to the country’s most revered figures, the National Mall draws millions of visitors each year. Most of them have only a vague sense of the struggles involved in creating this unique space. This program presents the surprising story of the Mall’s birth and evolution, which includes the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial and the Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial. GREAT PERFORMANCES Annie Lennox: Nostalgia Live In Concert Fri., July 3, 10:00 pm Encore Throughout her four-decade career, music superstar Annie Lennox has defied categorization, diving into blues, soul, folk and pop to create songs that captivate and transcend boundaries. On her latest album, Nostalgia, Lennox reveals yet another dimension to her formidable talent. Although jazz is not the genre for which she is known, she couldn’t resist the magnetic pull of some of the most memorable melodies and lyrics from the Great American Songbook – songs like “Summertime,” “Georgia on My Mind,” “You Belong to Me,” “I Cover the Waterfront” and “God Bless the Child.” Four-Four-Two, F Company at War Sat., July 4, 7:00 pm New The 442nd Regimental Combat Team – comprised of Americans of Japanese ancestry – fought in Italy and France during World War II against the German Army of Hitler’s Third Reich. It earned a reputation for being a crack infantry unit and the regiment and its men received considerable battlefield honors and individual medals of valor. Follow the exploits of F Company through the letters of 1st Sergeant Jack Wakamatsu and interviews with five F Company veterans who recall in vivid detail their experiences from witnessing the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor to the Banzai charge up a hill in France where F Company wiped out a German company. A Capitol Fourth Sat., July 4, 7:30 pm Sat., July 4, 9:00 pm New Celebrating 35 spectacular years on the air, A CAPITOL FOURTH will kick off the country’s 239th birthday with an all-star musical extravaganza that puts viewers front and center for the greatest display of fireworks anywhere in the nation. America’s favorite Independence Day celebration is broadcast from the West Lawn of the United States Capitol, before a concert audience of hundreds of thousands. Scheduled to appear are Barry Manilow, Alabama, KC and the Sunshine Band, Nicole Scherzinger, Hunter Hayes and Lang Lang. Actor Bradley Whitford hosts the broadcast. MUSIC VOYAGER Eastern Tennessee: Cradle of Country Music Sat., July 4, 10:30 pm New Host Jacob Edgar begins his Tennessee journey in Bristol, the city in the northeast corner of the state that proudly calls itself the birthplace of country music. Then he heads to Knoxville for a visit to the legendary “Blue Plate Special”, a live radio program featuring the best in local music. Singer-songwriters Scott Miller and R.B. Morris show Jacob around their hometown. Finally, he passes through the revitalized city of Chattanooga, home to the New Binkley Brothers, and meets local dulcimer wizard Dan Landrum. AUSTIN CITY LIMITS Tweedy Sat., July 4, 11:00 pm Encore Wilco spin-off Tweedy performs. Songwriter Jeff Tweedy is joined by his son Spencer and members of the band Lucius for songs from the album Sukierae. Public AffairsFRONTLINEGrowing Up Trans Tues., June 30, 10:00 pm New Explore the struggles and choices facing transgender kids and their parents. Through moving, personal stories of children, parents and doctors, the film examines new medical interventions increasingly offered at younger ages. HIKI NŌ Thurs., July 2, 7:30 pm Encore This episode of HIKI NŌ is hosted by James Campbell High School in Ewa Beach in West Oahu. Top Story: Ewa Makai Middle School on Oahu introduces us to P.E. for the 21st century. When students take physical education at this high-tech middle school on the Ewa plain, they don’t just play dodge ball or run laps around the track. We learn how their innovative P.E. program is using computer technology to help students get fit both physically and digitally. Also Featured: Maui High School on the Valley Isle explores the challenges of designing schools to provide a healthy learning environment while keeping out intruders. Architect Charles Kaneshiro, president of Group 70 International based in Honolulu, shows the design elements he incorporated at Puʻu Kukui Elementary School in Wailuku, Maui, to provide “zones of supervision” throughout the multi-building campus. On Hawaii Island, Hawaii Preparatory Academy students Mason Dupont and Jacob McCafferty researched, designed and created a remote-controlled boat that can be used to study marine life such as whales. The boat wasn’t created for a traditional class in engineering or science, but for a self-directed, independent study project. Kapaa High School on Kauai tells us about a new program created by the Kauai Humane Society to encourage the adoption of dogs. Volunteers take dogs from the Kauai Humane Society on field trips to various places on the island to help them meet potential owners. Kamehameha Schools Kapalama on Oahu takes us into a classroom that takes 21st century skills to a new level as students learn the intricacies of cell division, land ecology and geographical mapping through the popular video game, Minecraft. Students experience hands-on interaction with the land, exploration of their Hawaiian culture, and, of course, video gaming! The results: collaboration that combines creativity, communication, critical thinking – and a little bit of chaos. Students of Kapaa Middle School on Kauai show us what makes their May Day program different from others in the state, and reveal what it takes to prepare for this beloved Hawaii tradition. This program encores Saturday, July 4 at 12:30 pm and Sunday, July 5 at 3:00 pm. You can also view HIKI NŌ episodes on our website, www.pbshawaii.org/hikino. INSIGHTS ON PBS HAWAII How Can Hawaii Be More Business-Friendly? Thurs., July 2, 8:00 pm New According to a new CNBC study, Hawaii is the worst state in which to do business. How can we improve our business climate, our infrastructure and our workforce to make Hawaii a more business-friendly state? Daryl Huff hosts the discussion. INSIGHTS ON PBS HAWAII is a live public affairs show that is also live streamed on PBSHawaii.org. Your questions and comments are welcome via phone, email, or Twitter. You may also email your questions ahead of time to insights@pbshawaii.org. WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL Fri., July 3, 7:30 pm New For 40 years, WASHINGTON WEEK has delivered one of the most interesting conversations of the week. Hosted by Gwen Ifill, it is the longest-running public affairs program on PBS and features a group of journalists participating in roundtable discussion of major news events. CHARLIE ROSE - THE WEEK Fri., July 3, 8:00 pm New This weekly series features the iconic TV anchor's focus on the events and conversations shaping this week and the week ahead. Drawing on conversations from his nightly PBS program and new insightful perspectives from around the world, it captures the defining moments in politics, science, business, culture, media and sports. THE MCLAUGHLIN GROUP Fri., July 3, 8:30 pm New THE MCLAUGHLIN GROUP is an unscripted forum featuring some of the greatest political analysts in the nation. Science and NatureOPERATION WILDPart 1 of 3 Wed., July 1, 8:00 pm New Join veterinary teams around the world as they undertake groundbreaking operations to try to save animals’ lives. Find out how pioneering human medicine is transforming ways to look after animals in some of the most remote places on earth. Witness dramatic stories of ingenuity, invention and dedication. Part 1 of 3 Learn whether an ingenious idea could help save giant pandas, and if an operation deep in the jungle can transform the life of a young gorilla. Watch as an elephant with a gunshot wound makes an extraordinary journey. HistoryAMERICAN EXPERIENCEMount Rushmore Tues., June 30, 9:00 pm Encore High on a granite cliff in South Dakota’s Black Hills tower the huge carved faces of four American presidents. Together they constitute the world’s largest sculpture. The massive tableau inspires awe and bemusement. How, and when, was it carved? Who possessed the audacity to create such a gargantuan work? The story of Mount Rushmore’s creation is as bizarre and wonderful as the monument itself. It is the tale of a hyperactive, temperamental artist whose talent and determination propelled the project, even as his ego and obsession threatened to tear it apart. It is the story of hucksterism and hyperbole, of a massive public works project in the midst of an economic depression. And it is the story of dozens of ordinary Americans who suddenly found themselves suspended high on a cliff face with drills and hammers as a sculptor they considered insane, Gutzon Borglum, directed them in the creation of what some would call a monstrosity and others a masterpiece. 1913: Seeds of Conflict Tues., June 30, 9:00 pm Fri., July 3, 11:00 pm New This film explores the little-known history of Palestine during the latter part of the Ottoman Empire, a time of relative harmony between Arabs and Jews. Living side by side in the multi-lingual, cosmopolitan city of Jerusalem, Jews, Christians and Muslims intermingled cultural fluidity. How did this land so diverse and rich in culture become the site of today’s bitter and seemingly intractable struggle? Was there a turning point when things could have been different? Weaving the raveled threads of Arab and Jewish narratives back together, the film provides new insights into events that took place in Palestine which presaged a century of unrest. FIRST PEOPLES Asia/Australia Wed., July 1, 9:00 pm New See how the mixing of prehistoric human genes led the way for our species to survive and thrive around the globe. Archaeology, genetics and anthropology cast new light on 200,000 years of history, detailing how early humans became dominant. Asia Discover the ancient humans living across Asia when Homo sapiens arrived. Our ancestors mated with them and their genes found a home within our DNA. More than that, they’ve helped us face down extinction. Australia When humans arrived in Australia, they were, for the first time, truly alone, surrounded by wildly different flora and fauna. How did they survive and populate a continent? There is a close cultural and genetic link between early Australians and modern-day Aborigines; here the ancient and modern stories intersect as nowhere else. The secret to this continuity is diversity. Intuitively, early Australians found the right balance between being separate and connected. DIYTHE WOODWRIGHT’S SHOPFitting Brass Sat., July 4, 2:00 pm New Using only the hand tools of the pre-industrial era, woodworker Roy Underhill and his guests prove that there was life before electricity. Whether you think muscle-powered tools are a thing of the past or a thing of the future, you’ll reconnect with your own inner craftsperson. Fitting Brass Chris Schwarz shows Roy how to fit brass corners and hardware flush with the surfaces of Campaign furniture. ASK THIS OLD HOUSE Sat., July 4, 2:30 pm Encore In this episode, the guys tackle practical solutions for drought. Richard and Kevin open the show at Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the country that’s only at 40 percent capacity. Roger visits Las Vegas to replace a water-guzzling lawn with a desert–appropriate alternative. Kevin meets with meteorologist Jim Cantore to hear cautionary tales from the front lines of the drought. And Richard travels to San Francisco to replace an old-fashioned toilet with a new “water sense” solution. THIS OLD HOUSE Charlestown Project 2014: Wood and Water Sat., July 4, 3:00 pm Encore Tom shows Norm the progress on the approved dormer and how he’s waterproofing its low slope roof. Inside, insulation is in and wallboard is going up. Out back, to tie in the new work with the old house, mason Mark McCullough installs a reclaimed brick veneer on the new kitchen bump out. Kevin checks on the kitchen design details, and Norm and Tom replace the fake shutters with operable shutters made of durable fiberglass and PVC. MARTHA STEWART’S COOKING SCHOOL Noodles Sat., July 4, 4:00 pm Encore Who doesn’t love a big bowl of noodles? In this episode, Martha shows viewers how to make three of her favorites. It’s hard to find another Thai dish that’s more popular than pad thai, and Martha’s recipe is so good you won’t be tempted to call for takeout. Next, she’ll cook a one-pan pasta that calls for just a few fresh ingredients and is on the table in 20 minutes. Then Martha shows the secret to making pho, a noodle dish from Vietnam that is one of Asia’s greatest street foods. AMERICA’S TEST KITCHEN FROM COOK’S ILLUSTRATED Introducing Caldo Verde and White Gazpacho Sat., July 4, 4:30 pm New Test cook Julia Collin Davison teaches host Christopher Kimball how to cook a traditional Portuguese Soup, caldo verde. Next, gadget guru Lisa McManus reviews her favorite ladles, and finally, test cook Becky Hays reveals the secrets to a Spanish garlic and almond soup. SARA’S WEEKNIGHT MEALS Italian with Joey Campanaro Sat., July 4, 5:00 pm New Chef Sara Moulton returns with a fourth season of SARA'S WEEKNIGHT MEALS, featuring simple but delicious recipes for putting flavorful, healthy, home- cooked meals on the table with minimal fuss. In addition, guest chefs from around the globe prepare their favorite dishes in Sara's home kitchen before taking her on a culinary expedition to their favorite local farms, ethnic enclaves and other secret food sources. Italian with Joey Campanaro Chef Joey Campanaro has such a cult following in New York City that it’s virtually impossible to get seats in his restaurant, the Little Owl. Lucky for us, he’s showing us how to make those prized dishes at home. First Joey prepares salad dressing chicken with escarole and bean salad. Then he makes grilled scallion Dijon lamb chops with parmesan watercress and pickled onion. MEXICO: ONE PLATE AT A TIME WITH RICK BAYLESS A Seafood Dream Sat., July 4, 5:30 pm New Chef Rick Bayless returns with the 10th season of his cooking and travel show, and this time he’s taking viewers all over the Federal District capital of Mexico’s sixteen boroughs to explore the vibrant restaurant scene, evolving cuisine and ancient culture that makes this amazing city so irresistible. A Seafood Dream Rick visits Restaurateur Gabriella Camara and Baja’s top Chef Jair Tellez at their restaurant, Mero Toro, in the vibrant Condesa neighborhood. Chef Jair shows Rick his simple, yet stunning, robalo with porcini and green garlic. At home, Rick makes tuna tostadas and a green adobo grilled fish. |