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11/2017
Winterfest Specials • MUSE: The Arts Show—Dwane Powell • Holiday Parade • Crossing South
Set against the social, political and cultural landscape of his
North Carolina upbringing and the times in which he lived,
this definitive film brings saxophone great John Coltrane
to life, with help from narrator Denzel Washington. Catch
the premiere Monday, November 6, at 8 PM, on UNC-TV.
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Marc Rotterman NC MUSE: The Arts Show Editorial Cartoonist
Dwane Powell 8:50 EX North Carolina
Weekend—Shorts Lexington Glass Works 9:00 TV Great Performances:
In the Heights—Chasing Broadway Dreams
Premiere! Follow the cast and creative team from the musical’s small start to its Tony® award.
NC Front Row with Marc Rotterman
EX Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries
Death Defying Acts 9:30 NC Washington Week 10:00 TV Foo Fighters—
Landmarks Live in Concert: A Great Performances Special
Catch the band in peak performance at the ancient amphitheater at the Acropolis in Athens.
NC Charlie Rose— The Week
EX Father Brown The Truth in the Wine 10:30 NC Carolina
Business Review 10:50 EX North Carolina
Weekend—Shorts Bank Bistro & Bar 11:00 TV British Antiques
Roadshow Scone Palace NC PBS NewsHour EX Midsomer Murders They Seek Him Here, Part 2 11:30 TV BBC World News
11 SATURDAY 6 AM TV Mister Rogers’
Neighborhood DV
NC Biographical Conversations with James B. Hunt Jr.
Part 2 of 4 EX Carolina
Outdoor Journal Late Season Stripers 6:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s
Neighborhood DV
EX Carolina Outdoor Journal Classics
7:00 TV Sesame Street DV
NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Classics
EX Exploring North Carolina
Salamanders as Canaries 7:30 TV Sesame Street DV
NC Carolina Outdoor Journal
Late Season Stripers EX Exploring
North Carolina Native Intelligence 8:00 TV Daniel Tiger’s
Neighborhood DV
NC Discussions of War Jacksonville EX North Carolina
Weekend 8:30 TV Splash & Bubbles DV
NC Discussions of War Southern Pines EX From the Vineyard Cypress Bend/
Surry Community College 9:00 TV Curious George DV
NC North Carolina Stories of Service
Porter Halyburton EX Crossing South Rosarito: Bike Race,
Go-Carts, R/C Airplanes & Food
9:30 TV Nature Cat NC Discussions of War Welcome
EX Peregrine Dame Yangon, Myanmar 10:00 TV North Carolina
Weekend NC North Carolina
Stories of Service Ted Triebel EX New Scandinavian
Cooking Historical Garden 10:30 TV Exploring
North Carolina Long Parks NC Discussions of War Wilmington EX Moveable Feast
with Fine Cooking Vercelli, Italy 11:00 TV Growing a
Greener World Gardening in the Desert
Southwest NC Discussions of War NC Museum of History,
Raleigh EX Taste of History Cajun Cuisine of the
Acadians 11:30 TV P. Allen Smith’s
Garden Home Healthy for Generations DV
NC Discussions of War Fort Bragg EX Pati’s Mexican Table How I Got to Now Noon TV Almanac Gardener An Original NC Yard/
Growing Raspberries NC Vietnam: Learning,
Healing & Counseling Local experts provide
help and direction in this special broadcast.
EX Rudy Maxa’s World Rajasthan 12:30 TV America’s Heartland Ranch Life Photographer/
Inmate Harvesters/Classic Citrus/Artisanal Cheese
EX In the Americas with David Yetman
Colombia: Capital & Coffee
Follow talented young creators, led by Lin-Manuel Miranda, on Great Performances: In the Heights—Chasing Broadway Dreams, premiering Friday, November 10, at 9 PM, on UNC-TV.
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1:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Baton Rouge, Part 2 NC Fayetteville
Veterans Day Parade Honoring our Vietnam
Veterans Join over 100 active duty military, veteran, marching bands and other participants.
EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope
Eastern Europe’s Treasures: From Budapest to Bucharest DV
1:30 EX Curious Traveler Curious Oslo 2:00 TV Rick Steves’ Europe Assisi & Italian
Country Charm EX Globe Trekker Tough Trains: India’s
Independence Railroads 2:30 TV Joseph Rosendo’s
Travelscope Adventures in California’s
Tri-Valley DV
NC From B.A.R. to P.O.W.: The Harold Frank Story WWII European Theatre
Meet a Davidson County native who earned a Purple Heart, Bronze Star and the French Legion of Honor.
3:00 TV A Craftsman’s Legacy The Spur Maker NC Marines of
Montford Point: Fighting for Freedom
Louis Gossett Jr. narrates this look at the Marine Corps’ first African-American recruits.
EX The World’s Most Famous Train
Experience the Venice Simplon Orient Express, considered the world’s most luxurious, romantic train.
3:30 TV Woodsmith Shop Horizontal Routing 4:00 TV The Woodwright’s
Shop with Roy Underhill Big Ash Mallet! DV
NC North Carolina’s WWII Experience
Hear gripping firsthand accounts by vets from the greatest generation.
EX History Detectives Civil War Battle Lines 4:30 TV This Old House This Old House U. 5:00 TV Carolina
Outdoor Journal Crappie Lesson EX Antiques Roadshow Baton Rouge, Part 2 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour
Weekend 6 PM TV Lawrence Welk Show Youman’s Salute (1971)
NC Vietnam: Learning, Healing & Counseling
Local experts provide help and direction in this special broadcast.
EX Great American Railroad Journeys
Manhattan: Grand Central to World Trade Center
7:00 TV As Time Goes By Wedding Day Nerves NC NC Beat Campfires & Constellations EX Rick Steves’ Europe Southeast England 7:30 TV As Time Goes By Judith’s New Romance NC NC Beat The Midatlantic EX Born To Explore
with Richard Wiese Turkey: Journey to
Love Valley 8:00 TV Midsomer Murders Small Mercies NC Song of the Mountains The Dillards EX Globe Trekker Wild West: USA 8:50 TV My Home, NC—Shorts Brown Mountain Lights 9:00 TV Shetland Old ghosts return as Perez’s
enemies try to thwart him. NC Bluegrass
Underground Drew Holcomb &
The Neighbors EX 10 Towns That
Changed America Explore how these towns
left a lasting impact on how our communities are designed.
9:30 NC Echo Sessions Americana Country from
Raising Caine 10:00 TV Shetland The team is determined
to track down the person who helped the killer.
NC Live from the Artists Den
Young the Giant EX Billy Connolly’s
Tracks Across America Billy makes interesting
stops while traveling from Chicago to Seattle on the mighty Empire Builder.
11:00 TV Luther Luther must confront
his demons when faced with a killer’s crusade.
NC Austin City Limits The Head & the Heart/
Benjamin Booker EX Globe Trekker Tough Trains: India’s
Independence Railroads
12 SUNDAY 6 AM TV Nature Cat NC Closer to Truth How Did the Universe
Begin? EX History Detectives Civil War Battle Lines 6:30 TV Wild Kratts NC Education Matters 7:00 TV Thomas & Friends DV
NC Moneywise with Kelvin Boston
Avoiding Investment Fraud EX Globe Trekker Hawaii 7:30 TV Bob the Builder DV
NC Consuelo Mack WealthTrack
8:00 TV Curious George NC Carolina
Business Review EX Chris Tarrant:
Extreme Railways Night Train to Patagonia 8:30 TV Wild Kratts NC Charlie Rose—
The Week 9:00 TV This Old House This Old House U. NC Washington Week EX Africa’s Great
Civilizations Origins DV
9:30 TV Ask This Old House Tree Removal/Stud Finders/
Garage Door Opener NC Front Row with
Marc Rotterman 10:00 TV MUSE: The Arts Show Editorial Cartoonist
Dwane Powell NC North Carolina
Bookwatch Graham Allison:
Destined for War EX Great American
Railroad Journeys Manhattan: Grand Central
to World Trade Center 10:30 TV SciTech Now
North Carolina The Scientist & the
Oysterman NC First in Future Patrick Woodie 11:00 TV Carolina
Outdoor Journal Crappie Lesson NC Innovate NC Pembroke EX Stephen Fry in
Central America Mexico 11:30 TV Black Issues Forum Celebrate 30 Years from the
Archives Visit unctv.org/bif. NC Conversations Ira David Wood
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Noon TV North Carolina Bookwatch
Graham Allison: Destined for War
NC Carolina Outdoor Journal
Crappie Lesson EX Joseph Rosendo’s
Travelscope Taiwan Lantern Festival DV
12:30 TV Flavor, NC Winter Squash/Produce Box NC New Fly Fisher French River Musky EX Born To Explore
with Richard Wiese South Africa: Saving the
Mighty Rhino 1:00 TV Ellie’s Real
Good Food How to Fish NC Song of the Mountains Bill & Maggie Anderson/
VW Boys EX Doc Martin In Loco 1:30 TV Martha Stewart’s
Cooking School Kebabs 2:00 TV America’s Test
Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated
Big Easy Favorites NC Bluegrass
Underground Drew Holcomb &
The Neighbors EX Miss Fisher’s
Murder Mysteries Death Defying Acts 2:30 TV Cook’s Country Biting Into the Big Easy NC Echo Sessions Americana Country from
Raising Caine 3:00 TV Sara’s Weeknight
Meals Leftovers: Use It or Lose It NC Austin City Limits The Head & the Heart/
Benjamin Booker EX Doctor Blake
Mysteries Golden Years 3:30 TV Lidia’s Kitchen Spiced Up Soup & Salad
Night 4:00 TV Mexico—
One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless
It All Begins with Beans NC First in Future Patrick Woodie EX Father Brown The Fire in the Sky 4:30 TV Pati’s Mexican Table How I Got to Now NC Charlie Rose—
The Week
5:00 TV Charlie Rose— The Week
NC PBS NewsHour Weekend
EX Midsomer Murders Four Funerals & a
Wedding, Part 2 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour
Weekend NC BBC Newsnight 6 PM TV Doc Martin Facta Non Verba NC Black Issues Forum Celebrate 30 Years from the
Archives Visit unctv.org/bif. EX Majestic Life of
Queen Elizabeth II See how a young princess
became a great queen. 6:30 NC Black America Black Men in America with
Kevin Powell 7:00 TV A Place To Call Home Day of Atonement NC African Americans:
Many Rivers to Cross The Age of Slavery
(1800-1860) DV
7:30 EX Rick Steves’ Europe Southeast England 8:00 EX This Wild Life Problems in Paradise TV Durrells in Corfu
Season 2 on Masterpiece Vasilia makes the least-ro-
mantic proposal in history. NC Crisis of Faith Biblical interpretations of
slavery divided Civil War- era religious denominations.
8:30 NC Shiloh: The Devil’s Own Day
Explore one of the Civil War’s bloodiest conflicts.
EX Wonder of Animals Elephants 9:00 TV Poldark Season 3
on Masterpiece Episode 7 George tri-
umphs, as his relationship with Elizabeth collapses.
NC Civil War Songs & Stories
Renditions of Bonnie Blue Flag and Dixie capture Civil War-era sounds and tales.
EX Blue Planet Frozen Seas 10:00 TV The Collection
on Masterpiece Charlotte courts Claude for
her defiant fashion house. NC Civil War:
The Untold Story A Beacon of Hope EX Earth a New Wild Plains 11:00 TV EastEnders NC Our State Keeper of the Vine/
A Defiant Spirit/ A Muse in Wilmington
EX Globe Trekker Tough Boats:
The Nile, Egypt 11:30 TV EastEnders NC My Home, NC The Courage of Chris
Rosati/Salem Street Drum Company/Highland Brew-ing Company/Hospital to Home/Villa Verde
13 MONDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News
America EX Stephen Fry in
Central America Mexico 6:30 NC Nightly
Business Report 7:00 TV Nightly
Business Report NC Charlie Rose EX Rick Steves’ Europe Italy’s Riviera: Cinque Terre 7:30 TV A Chef’s Life Bourbon Country EX Family Travel
with Colleen Kelly Chattanooga, TN: Moon-
pies, Incline Railway & the View of Seven States
8:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Junk in the Trunk 7 NC Exploring
North Carolina Beauty with Six Legs EX Midsomer Murders Small Mercies 8:30 NC Exploring
North Carolina Homecomings 9:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Junk in the Trunk 3 NC Changing Seas Mysterious Microbes EX Midsomer Murders Small Mercies
It’s moody on the moors with Poldark Season 3 on Masterpiece, Sunday, November 12, at 9 PM, on UNC-TV.
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9:30 NC SciTech Now North Carolina
New Approach to Bee Health
10:00 EX DCI Banks Wednesday’s Child TV POV Almost Sunrise Two friends
haunted by combat experi-ences trek 2,700 miles on foot across America.
NC NOVA Killer Floods 11:00 NC PBS NewsHour 11:30 EX Rick Steves’ Europe Germany’s Frankfurt &
Nürnberg
14 TUESDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News
America EX Taste of Louisiana
with Chef John Folse & Co. Martha Butler 6:30 NC Nightly
Business Report EX Mexico—
One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless
A Passion for Cheese 7:00 TV Nightly
Business Report NC Charlie Rose EX Rick Steves’ Europe Amsterdam 7:30 TV Flavor, NC Atlantic Caviar & Sturgeon EX Smart Travels—
Europe with Rudy Maxa Paris 8:00 TV Finding Your Roots Children of the Revolution
Lupita Nyong’o, Carmelo Anthony and Ana Navarro investigate the political choices of their fathers.
NC North Carolina Bookwatch
Ronni Lundy: Victuals EX Africa’s Great
Civilizations The Cross & the Crescent
DV
8:30 NC First in Future Mor Aframian 9:00 TV The Vietnam War The History of the World
DV
NC MUSE: The Arts Show Photographer
Watson Brown EX Great American
Railroad Journeys Brooklyn to Montauk 9:30 NC Comic Culture Tom Lyle, Marvel & DC 10:00 NC Echo Sessions Soulful Rock from
The Broadcast EX Stephen Fry in
Central America Belize to Guatemala 10:30 NC NC Beat Laney Jones & the Spirits
11:00 TV Waiting for God The Funeral NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope Austria—Celebrating the
Vine in Vienna & the Burgenland DV
11:30 TV BBC World News EX In the Americas
with David Yetman ABC Islands: The Dutch
Legacy in the Caribbean
15 WEDNESDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News
America EX Nature’s Great Race Elephants 6:30 NC Nightly
Business Report 7:00 TV Nightly
Business Report NC Charlie Rose EX Rick Steves’ Europe The Netherlands Beyond
Amsterdam 7:30 TV SciTech Now
North Carolina New Approach to
Bee Health EX Born To Explore
with Richard Wiese South Africa:
Turtles & Tsongas 8:00 TV Focus on: Confeder-
ate Monuments Premiere! UNC-TV’s Deborah
Holt Noel and WFAE’s Mike Collins host a community forum examining the fate of our state’s Civil War memorials.
NC Reel South Private Violence EX Pati’s Mexican Table Juju’s Chocolate-Covered
Life 8:30 EX Christopher Kimball’s
Milk Street Television Milk Street Suppers 9:00 TV Year in Space Go behind-the-scenes with
astronaut Scott Kelly on the International Space Station.
NC Enough Is Enough Examine the domestic vio-
lence problem in our state. EX Moveable Feast
with Fine Cooking Carmel, California 9:30 NC POV Tough Love Having lost
custody of their children, two parents fight to win back the trust of the courts.
EX Family Ingredients Vietnam, Hanoi: Pho
Deborah Holt Noel cohosts Focus on: Confederate Monuments, with WFAE’s Mike Collins, Wednesday, November 15, at 8 PM, on UNC-TV.
Get hungry for reading with Ronni Lundy: Victuals on North Carolina Bookwatch, Tuesday, November 14, at 8 PM, on the North Carolina Channel.
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10:00 TV Beyond a Year in Space
Next generation astronauts train to leave Earth’s orbit and travel into deep space.
EX Nick Stellino: Storyteller in the Kitchen
The Great Outdoorsman 10:30 EX Taste the Islands
with Chef Irie Rich & Refreshing 11:00 TV Are You
Being Served? Strong Stuff This Insurance NC PBS NewsHour EX Chris Tarrant:
Extreme Railways Night Train to Patagonia 11:30 TV BBC World News
16 THURSDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News
America EX Nick Stellino:
Storyteller in the Kitchen Family Matters 6:30 NC Nightly
Business Report EX Jacques Pépin:
Heart & Soul Cuisine de Ma Chérie 7:00 TV Nightly
Business Report NC Charlie Rose EX Rick Steves’ Europe Prague 7:30 TV Our State Pullen Park/Old Salem
Bakery/West Jefferson EX Smart Travels—
Europe with Rudy Maxa London 8:00 TV MUSE: The Arts Show Photographer
Watson Brown NC Jeremiah Navy Commander Jeremiah
Denton was a POW in Vietnam and became a U.S. Senator from Alabama.
EX Music Voyager SeaSoN Premiere!
Atlanta: Atlanta’s Stage 8:30 TV Exploring
North Carolina History & Future of Water
in North Carolina EX Bare Feet with—
Mickela Mallozzi Jeju Fire Festival DV
9:00 TV North Carolina Weekend
NC The Vietnam War The Veneer of Civilization
DV
EX Born To Explore with Richard Wiese
Canada: The Mighty Polar Bear Migration
9:30 TV A Chef’s Life Persimmon Style EX Travels with Darley Martinique Caribbean
Culture 10:00 TV Food—
Delicious Science We Are What We Eat Dis-
cover how hidden chemis-try in every mouthful keeps our bodies fit and healthy.
EX Crossing South Ensenada: Baja 500 &
Ziplines 10:30 EX Peregrine Dame Hanoi, Vietnam 11:00 TV Keeping Up
Appearances The Christening NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope Papua New Guinea:
Cultural Encounters in an Ancient World DV
11:30 TV BBC World News EX In the Americas
with David Yetman Bahian Reconcavo of Brazil:
Quilombos, Candomblé & the Mata Atlantica
17 FRIDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News
America EX Taste of History Coffee Past, Present &
Future 6:30 NC Nightly
Business Report EX Pati’s Mexican Table Juju’s Chocolate-Covered
Life 7:00 TV Nightly
Business Report NC Charlie Rose EX Midsomer Murders Death in a Chocolate Box,
Part 1 7:30 TV North Carolina
Weekend 8:00 TV Washington Week NC North Carolina
Weekend EX A Place To Call Home The Prodigal Daughter 8:30 TV Front Row with
Marc Rotterman NC MUSE: The Arts Show Photographer
Watson Brown 8:50 EX North Carolina
Weekend—Shorts Southport 9:00 TV Great Performances:
Indecent An explosive moment in
theatrical history inspired Paula Vogel’s Tony® winner.
Grab a friend for the season premiere of Music Voyager, Thursday, November 16, at 8 PM, on The Explorer Channel.
Explore the future on Beyond a Year in Space, Wednesday, November 15, at 10 PM, on the North Carolina Channel.
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EX Crossing South Ensenada: Baja 500 &
Ziplines 9:30 TV Nature Cat NC Our State Riding the Rails/Mule
Power/In-tune EX Peregrine Dame Hanoi, Vietnam 10:00 TV North Carolina
Weekend NC 2017 WRAL Raleigh
Christmas Parade Premiere! Welcome the
holiday season with Rootle and your favorite PBS KIDS friends!
EX New Scandinavian Cooking
The South of Norway: Shellfish for Summer
10:30 TV Exploring North Carolina
Canals of North Carolina EX Moveable Feast
with Fine Cooking Carmel, California 11:00 TV Growing a
Greener World Hope for Heroes: The
Farmer Veteran Coalition EX Taste of History Yorktown—The Last Battle 11:30 TV P. Allen Smith’s
Garden Home The Local Life DV
EX Pati’s Mexican Table Juju’s Chocolate-Covered
Life Noon TV Almanac Gardener Solving Tomato Problems/
Backyard Blue Birds NC Growing a
Greener World Urban Farm, Country
Town—The Spark in Sparta EX Rudy Maxa’s World Istanbul, Turkey 12:30 TV America’s Heartland Crawfish Harvest/
Belgian Endive Recipes NC Almanac Gardener Carnivorous Bog Garden:
NC Aquarium, Pine Knoll Shores/Irrigation Indepen-dence: Going off the Grid
EX In the Americas with David Yetman
Sierra Nevada & the Making of California
1:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Baton Rouge, Part 3 NC Folkways: An
Overview of Folklife 1997 Special David Holt
shares NC’s rich and di-verse folk culture.
EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope
South Korea: A Winter Journey DV
1:30 EX Curious Traveler Curious Bordeaux 2:00 TV Rick Steves’ Europe Siena & Tuscany’s Wine
Country NC First in Future Mor Aframian EX Globe Trekker Wild West: USA 2:30 TV Joseph Rosendo’s
Travelscope Surprising Toronto DV
NC Innovate NC Wilson 3:00 TV A Craftsman’s Legacy The Spoon Maker NC David Rubenstein
Show: Peer to Peer Conversations
Eric Schmidt EX Great American
Railroad Journeys Manhattan: Grand Central
to World Trade Center 3:30 TV Woodsmith Shop Mortising Jig & Box
Assembly NC Comic Culture Tom Lyle, Marvel & DC 4:00 TV The Woodwright’s
Shop with Roy Underhill Carving Away with
Mary May DV
NC Front Row with Marc Rotterman
EX History Detectives Space Exploration 4:30 TV This Old House Approaching Half Way NC Charlie Rose—
The Week 5:00 TV Carolina
Outdoor Journal Redfish Marsh NC PBS NewsHour
Weekend EX Antiques Roadshow Baton Rouge, Part 3 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour
Weekend NC Washington Week 6 PM TV Lawrence Welk Show Thanksgiving (1981) NC Woodsongs John Oates EX Great American
Railroad Journeys Brooklyn to Montauk 7:00 TV As Time Goes By Improvements? NC NC Beat Shirlette Ammons with
Tommy Rau EX Rick Steves’ Europe England’s Cornwall 7:30 TV As Time Goes By The County Set NC NC Beat Almost People & Pink Drinks EX Born To Explore
with Richard Wiese Namibia: Wild Cheetah
NC Front Row with Marc Rotterman
EX Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries
Murder & the Maiden 9:30 NC Washington Week 10:00 NC Charlie Rose—
The Week EX Father Brown The Judgement of Man 10:30 NC Carolina
Business Review 10:50 EX North Carolina
Weekend—Shorts Bask Hotel 11:00 TV British Antiques
Roadshow WWI Special NC PBS NewsHour EX Midsomer Murders Death in a Chocolate Box,
Part 1 11:30 TV BBC World News
18 SATURDAY 6 AM TV Mister Rogers’
Neighborhood DV
NC Biographical Conversations with James B. Hunt Jr.
Part 3 of 4 EX Carolina
Outdoor Journal Crappie Lesson 6:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s
Neighborhood DV
EX Carolina Outdoor Journal Classics
7:00 TV Sesame Street DV
NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Classics
EX Exploring North Carolina
Highway to the Future 7:30 TV Sesame Street DV
NC Carolina Outdoor Journal
Crappie Lesson EX Exploring
North Carolina Where Rivers Are Born 8:00 TV Daniel Tiger’s
Neighborhood DV
NC Exploring North Carolina
10,000 Years Before Contact
EX North Carolina Weekend
8:30 TV Splash & Bubbles DV
NC Exploring North Carolina
Fire in the Land of the Longleaf Pine
EX From the Vineyard Sanctuary Vineyard/
Hanover Park 9:00 TV Curious George NC North Carolina
Weekend
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8:00 TV Midsomer Murders Small Mercies NC Song of the Mountains Bill & Maggie Anderson/
VW Boys EX Globe Trekker Food Hour: Sicily 8:50 TV My Home, NC—Shorts Highland Brewing Company 9:00 TV Shetland A shocking discovery finally
leads Perez to an identity. NC Bluegrass
Underground The McCrary Sisters EX 10 Parks That
Changed America Explore serene spaces that
offer city dwellers a respite from urban life.
9:30 NC Echo Sessions Mike Dillon Band 10:00 TV Shetland The murderer is closer to
home than Perez realized. NC Live from the
Artists Den Sturgill Simpson EX Billy Connolly’s
Tracks Across America Billy visits the West Coast
and Pacific Ocean, hurtling past jaw-dropping vistas.
11:00 TV Luther Luther must clear his name
and stop a killer. NC ACL Presents:
Americana Music Festival Spy local favorites as
you revel in 2017’s best performances.
EX Globe Trekker Wild West: USA
19 SUNDAY 6 AM TV Nature Cat NC Closer to Truth Is the Universe Theologi-
cally Ambiguous? EX History Detectives Space Exploration 6:30 TV Wild Kratts NC Education Matters 7:00 TV Thomas & Friends DV
NC Moneywise with Kelvin Boston
Making Money Going Green DV
EX Globe Trekker Papua New Guinea Islands 7:30 TV Bob the Builder DV
NC Consuelo Mack WealthTrack
8:00 TV Curious George NC Carolina
Business Review EX Chris Tarrant:
Extreme Railways The Diamond Railway
8:30 TV Wild Kratts NC Charlie Rose—
The Week 9:00 TV This Old House Approaching Half Way NC Washington Week EX Africa’s Great
Civilizations The Cross & the Crescent
DV
9:30 TV Ask This Old House Happy Holidays from
AskTOH! NC Front Row with
Marc Rotterman 10:00 TV MUSE: The Arts Show Photographer
Watson Brown NC North Carolina
Bookwatch Ronni Lundy: Victuals EX Great American
Railroad Journeys Brooklyn to Montauk 10:30 TV SciTech Now
North Carolina New Approach to
Bee Health NC First in Future Jenna Robinson 11:00 TV Carolina
Outdoor Journal Redfish Marsh NC Innovate NC Wilmington EX Stephen Fry in
Central America Belize to Guatemala 11:30 TV Black Issues Forum Celebrate 30 Years from the
Archives Visit unctv.org/bif. NC Conversations Dr. Assad Meymandi Noon TV North Carolina
Bookwatch Ronni Lundy: Victuals NC Carolina
Outdoor Journal Redfish Marsh EX Joseph Rosendo’s
Travelscope La Joie De Vivre in Quebec
City, Canada DV
12:30 TV Flavor, NC Hybrid Striped Bass NC New Fly Fisher Ohio Spring Steelhead EX Born To Explore
with Richard Wiese England: The Queen’s
Swan Warden 1:00 TV Ellie’s Real
Good Food Desserts with Benefits NC Song of the Mountains Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver EX Doc Martin Blood Is Thicker 1:30 TV Martha Stewart’s
Cooking School Festive Occasions 2:00 TV America’s Test
Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated
Pantry Pastas NC Bluegrass
Underground The McCrary Sisters EX Miss Fisher’s
Murder Mysteries Murder & the Maiden 2:30 TV Cook’s Country Prime Rib with All the
Fixings NC Echo Sessions Indie Pop from stephaniesid 3:00 TV Sara’s Weeknight
Meals On the Table in 20 NC ACL Presents:
Americana Music Festival Spy local favorites as
you revel in 2017’s best performances.
EX Doctor Blake Mysteries
Lucky Numbers 3:30 TV Lidia’s Kitchen A Special Occasion 4:00 TV Mexico—
One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless
The Hunt for Caribbean Lobster
NC First in Future Jenna Robinson
Enjoy old-time music with Maggie and Bill Anderson on Song of the Mountains, Saturday, November 18, at 8 PM, on the North Carolina Channel.
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EX Father Brown The Penitent Man 4:30 TV Pati’s Mexican Table Juju’s Chocolate-Covered
Life NC Charlie Rose—
The Week 5:00 TV Charlie Rose—
The Week NC PBS NewsHour
Weekend EX Midsomer Murders Country Matters, Part 1 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour
Weekend NC BBC Newsnight 6 PM TV Doc Martin The Doctor Is Out NC Black Issues Forum Celebrate 30 Years from the
Archives Visit unctv.org/bif. EX Royalty Close Up:
The Photography of Kent Gavin
The Queen & I/ Portraits of a Princess
6:30 NC Black America My Brother’s Keeper with
Michael J. Garner EX Royalty Close Up:
The Photography of Kent Gavin
By Royal Appointment/ William, Kate & Harry Too
7:00 TV A Place To Call Home That’s Amore NC African Americans:
Many Rivers to Cross Into the Fire (1861-1896) DV
7:30 EX Rick Steves’ Europe England’s Cornwall 8:00 EX This Wild Life Baby Elephant Rescue TV Durrells in Corfu
Season 2 on Masterpiece Louisa, Leslie and Spiro
rescue Dr. Petrides. NC Safe Harbor Follow the Underground
Railroad through a little-known passage to freedom in the northernmost corner of Pennsylvania.
8:30 EX Wonder of Animals Great Apes 9:00 TV Poldark Season 3
on Masterpiece Episode 8 Elizabeth turns
the tables on George. NC Voices for Freedom:
The Hyers Sisters’ Legacy Discover these African-
American opera prodigies of the 1870s and ‘80s.
EX Blue Planet Seasonal Seas 9:30 NC No Going Back:
Women & the War See how women’s lives and
societal roles changed dur-ing and after the Civil War.
10:00 TV The Collection on Masterpiece
Nina is torn between Claude, Billy and the baby she gave up for adoption.
NC Civil War: The Untold Story
River of Death EX Earth a New Wild Forests 11:00 TV EastEnders NC Our State Dirt to Shirt/Fins & Feathers EX Globe Trekker Road Trip: Patagonia 11:30 TV EastEnders NC My Home, NC Endurance Seafood/Con-
nor Stroud/Kings BBQ/FARM Café/The Avett Brothers’ Joe Kwon
20 MONDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News
America EX Stephen Fry in
Central America Belize to Guatemala 6:30 NC Nightly
Business Report 7:00 TV Nightly
Business Report NC Charlie Rose EX Rick Steves’ Europe Berlin 7:30 TV A Chef’s Life Persimmon Style EX Family Travel
with Colleen Kelly Dallas, TX: The Texas State
Fair, City Sunsets & Tex Mex 8:00 TV David Letterman:
The Mark Twain Prize Steve Martin, Bill Murray,
Eddie Vedder and more all-stars honor the Emmy®-winning comic.
NC Exploring North Carolina
Man & Mammoth in the Carolinas
EX Midsomer Murders The Creeper
8:30 NC Exploring North Carolina
10,000 Years Before Contact
9:00 NC Changing Seas Grouper Moon EX Midsomer Murders The Creeper 9:30 TV Independent Lens Shadow World Discover
the shocking realities of the global arms trade.
NC SciTech Now North Carolina
Laser-Branded Foods 10:00 EX DCI Banks A Piece of My Heart NC Beyond a Year in
Space Next generation astronauts
train to leave Earth’s orbit and travel into deep space.
11:00 TV Film School Shorts First Gen 101 First genera-
tion Americans navigate identity, love and accep-tance as cultures converge.
NC PBS NewsHour 11:30 TV BBC World News EX Rick Steves’ Europe Bulgaria
21 TUESDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News
America EX Taste of Louisiana
with Chef John Folse & Co. Marie Orgeron 6:30 NC Nightly
Business Report EX Mexico—
One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless
Market Inspirations, Local Genius
7:00 TV Nightly Business Report
NC Charlie Rose EX Rick Steves’ Europe Portugal’s Heartland 7:30 TV Flavor, NC Vollmer Farms Blackberries EX Smart Travels—
Europe with Rudy Maxa Belgium 8:00 TV Finding Your Roots Relatives We Never Knew
We Had Actors Tea Leoni and Gaby Hoffmann learn their ancestors’ stories.
NC North Carolina Bookwatch
Donna Everhart: Education of Dixie Dupree
EX Africa’s Great Civilizations
Empires of Gold DV
8:30 NC First in Future Randy Woodson
Join Dave for an all-star salute from top stars on David Letterman: The Mark Twain Prize, Monday, November 20, at 8 PM, on UNC-TV.
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9:00 TV The Vietnam War A Disrespectful Loyalty DV
NC MUSE: The Arts Show Weaverville’s Master
Puppeteer Hobey Ford EX Great American
Railroad Journeys New York City to Albany 9:30 NC Comic Culture Paulo Rivera, Marvel & DC 10:00 NC Echo Sessions Funky Jam Band Dopapod EX Stephen Fry in
Central America El Salvador to Nicaragua 10:30 NC NC Beat Campfires & Constellations 11:00 TV Waiting for God Two Nasty Children NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope Guatemala—The Maya of
the Western Highlands DV
11:30 TV BBC World News EX In the Americas
with David Yetman Colombia: Capital & Coffee
22 WEDNESDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News
America EX Nature’s Great Race Caribou 6:30 NC Nightly
Business Report 7:00 TV Nightly
Business Report NC Charlie Rose EX First Official
Thanksgiving Relive the story of the first
official Thanksgiving, held in the Americas in 1619.
7:30 TV SciTech Now North Carolina
Laser-Branded Foods EX Steven Raichlen’s
Project Smoke Thanksgiving Comes Early 8:00 TV Nature Nature’s Miniature Miracles
See survival stories of the world’s smallest animals. DV
NC Reel South 120 Days When a judge or-
ders a man to self-deport, he faces a tough choice.
EX Surviving Thanksgiv-ing with Sara Moulton
The chef offers time-saving dinner tips and techniques.
9:00 NC Harvest of Dignity Examine issues raised half a
century ago about immigra-tion policies, food safety and our state’s reliance on guest workers.
TV NOVA Extreme Animal Weapons
EX Heirloom Meals’ Thanksgiving
Cranberry-Stuffed Acorn Squash, Brazilian Cheese Rolls & Chipotle-Spiced Pumpkin Pie DV
9:30 NC POV Don’t Tell Anyone Meet
immigrant activist Angy Rivera, the country’s only advice columnist for un-documented youth.
10:00 TV FRONTLINE Poor Kids This intimate
portrait of the U.S. eco-nomic crisis focuses on what poverty means to children.
EX My Family & Other Turkeys with Nigel Marven
The avid birdwatcher sets out to discover the iconic bird’s remarkable history.
11:00 TV Are You Being Served?
The Apartment NC PBS NewsHour EX Chris Tarrant:
Extreme Railways The Diamond Railway 11:30 TV BBC World News
23 THURSDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News
America EX Victoria on
Masterpiece The Clockwork 6:30 NC Nightly
Business Report 7:00 TV Nightly
Business Report
NC Charlie Rose EX Victoria on
Masterpiece An Ordinary Woman 7:30 TV Our State French Broad River/
Biltmore House/Aquarium 8:00 TV Anne of Green
Gables: The Good Stars Premiere! Free-spirited
Anne Shirley turns 13 and faces complex situations.
NC American War Stories: Vietnam
Escalation EX Victoria on
Masterpiece The Queen’s Husband 9:00 NC The Vietnam War The History of the World DV
EX Victoria on Masterpiece
Engine of Change 9:30 TV A Chef’s Life Chasing Trout 10:00 TV North Carolina
Weekend EX Victoria on
Masterpiece Young England 10:30 TV Growing New Roots:
Exporting North Carolina’s Southern Spuds
Premiere! Frank Graff shares how our state is building a huge sweet potato export market to Europe.
11:00 TV Keeping Up Appearances
A Strange Man NC PBS NewsHour EX Chris Tarrant:
Extreme Railways The Diamond Railway 11:30 TV BBC World News
24 FRIDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News
America EX Taste of History Queen of the Caribbean 6:30 NC Nightly
Business Report EX Pati’s Mexican Table Cheesy 7:00 TV Nightly
Business Report NC Charlie Rose EX Midsomer Murders Death in a Chocolate Box,
Part 2 7:30 TV North Carolina
Weekend
Meet Nature’s Miniature Miracles on Nature, Wednesday, November 22, at 8 PM, on UNC-TV.
Get the dirt on Growing New Roots: Exporting North Carolina’s South-ern Spuds, Thursday, November 23, at 10:30 PM, on UNC-TV.
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November | 19
8:00 TV Washington Week NC North Carolina
Weekend EX A Place To Call Home The Welcome Mat 8:30 TV Front Row with
Marc Rotterman NC MUSE: The Arts Show Weaverville’s Master
Puppeteer Hobey Ford 9:00 TV Great Performances Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn—
The Broadway Musical NC Front Row with
Marc Rotterman EX Miss Fisher’s
Murder Mysteries Murder & Mozzarella 9:30 NC Washington Week 10:00 NC Charlie Rose—
The Week EX Father Brown The Time Machine 10:30 NC Carolina
Business Review 10:50 EX North Carolina
Weekend—Shorts Vortex Doughnuts 11:00 NC PBS NewsHour EX Midsomer Murders Death in a Chocolate Box,
Part 2 11:30 TV BBC World News
25 SATURDAY 6 AM TV Mister Rogers’
Neighborhood DV
NC Biographical Conversations with James B. Hunt Jr.
Part 4 of 4 EX Carolina
Outdoor Journal Redfish Marsh
6:30 TV Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood DV
EX Carolina Outdoor Journal Classics
7:00 TV Sesame Street DV
NC Carolina Outdoor Journal Classics
EX Exploring North Carolina
Living Collections 7:30 TV Sesame Street DV
NC Carolina Outdoor Journal
Redfish Marsh EX Exploring
North Carolina Cafeteria Line 8:00 TV Daniel Tiger’s
Neighborhood DV
NC Exploring North Carolina
Colors of the Earth EX North Carolina
Weekend 8:30 TV Splash & Bubbles DV
NC Exploring North Carolina
Maine to Florida in One Day
EX From the Vineyard Treehouse Vineyard/
Biltmore 9:00 TV Curious George NC North Carolina
Weekend EX Crossing South Wine Country:
Valle De Guadalupe 9:30 TV Nature Cat NC Our State Coast Protectors/Jackson
House/Jim McPhail EX Peregrine Dame Manila, Philippines 10:00 TV North Carolina
Weekend
NC From the Vineyard Treehouse Vineyard/
Biltmore EX New Scandinavian
Cooking Mid-Norway:
Old-fashioned Sweet Tooth 10:30 TV Exploring
North Carolina Report From the Birds NC A Craftsman’s Legacy The Arrow Maker EX Moveable Feast
with Fine Cooking Bologna, Italy 11:00 TV Growing a
Greener World The Green Bronx Machine:
The Power of a Classroom NC The Woodwright’s
Shop with Roy Underhill Carving Away with Mary
May DV
EX Taste of History The Mummers: Pistols,
Parasols & Parades 11:30 TV P. Allen Smith’s
Garden Home Melting Potluck DV
NC The Woodwright’s Shop with Roy Underhill
A Very Boring Program DV
EX Pati’s Mexican Table Cheesy Noon TV Almanac Gardener Growing Okra/Controlling
Voles in Your Landscape NC Growing a
Greener World New Ways of Growing
America’s Favorite Vegetable
EX Rudy Maxa’s World Turkey’s Turquoise Coast 12:30 TV America’s Heartland Wisconsin’s “Farm to Fork”
Student Program NC Almanac Gardener Mulches: Straw vs. Black
Plastic/Growing Heirloom Tomatoes
EX In the Americas with David Yetman
Brazil’s Land of Sand 1:00 TV Antiques Roadshow Our 50 States 2 NC Refuge Mattamuskeet EX Joseph Rosendo’s
Travelscope Hungary, Austria &
Germany: Sampling the Danube DV
1:30 EX Curious Traveler Curious Sorrento 2:00 TV Rick Steves’ Europe West England NC First in Future Randy Woodson EX Globe Trekker Food Hour: Sicily
Ella Ballentine and Martin Sheen star in Anne of Green Gables: The Good Stars, premiering Thursday, November 23, at 8 PM, on UNC-TV.
evening&weekendlistings
20 | November
EX Globe Trekker Rome II 8:50 TV My Home, NC—Shorts Ronnie Hughes-Glass Artist 9:00 NC Bluegrass
Underground Blues Traveler EX 10 Homes That
Changed America Visit Monticello and more
homes that transformed residential living.
9:30 NC Echo Sessions The Marcus King Band 10:00 NC Live from the
Artists Den The Lumineers EX Billy Connolly’s
Tracks Across America Billy travels the soulful
Crescent Route from San Antonio to New York.
10:30 TV Sgt. Pepper’s Musical Revolution
Roll up for a musical look at a band and album that changed music.
11:00 NC Austin City Limits Ms. Lauryn Hill EX Globe Trekker Food Hour: Sicily
26 SUNDAY 6 AM TV Nature Cat NC Closer to Truth Service & the Future of
Humanity EX History Detectives Iwo Jima Map/Copperhead
Cane/Theremin 6:30 TV Wild Kratts NC Education Matters 7:00 TV Thomas & Friends DV
NC Moneywise with Kelvin Boston
Buying a Foreclosed Home DV
EX Globe Trekker Food Hour:
The Story of Beef 7:30 TV Bob the Builder DV
NC Consuelo Mack WealthTrack
8:00 TV Curious George NC Carolina
Business Review EX Chris Tarrant:
Extreme Railways Trans-Caucasus Express 8:30 TV Wild Kratts NC Charlie Rose—
The Week 9:00 TV This Old House Generation Next Arrives NC Washington Week EX Africa’s Great
Civilizations Empires of Gold DV
9:30 TV Ask This Old House Backsplash/Leak Detection/
Rainwater NC Front Row with
Marc Rotterman 10:00 TV MUSE: The Arts Show Weaverville’s Master
Puppeteer Hobey Ford NC North Carolina
Bookwatch Donna Everhart:
Education of Dixie Dupree EX Great American
Railroad Journeys New York City to Albany 10:30 TV SciTech Now
North Carolina Laser-Branded Foods NC First in Future Ted Abernathy 11:00 TV Carolina
Outdoor Journal Spring Top Water Bass NC Innovate NC Wilson EX Stephen Fry in
Central America El Salvador to Nicaragua 11:30 TV Black Issues Forum Celebrate 30 Years from the
Archives Visit unctv.org/bif. NC Conversations William Henry Curry Noon TV North Carolina
Bookwatch Donna Everhart:
Education of Dixie Dupree NC Carolina
Outdoor Journal Spring Top Water Bass
2:30 TV Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope
Ontario’s Central Counties: Multi-Cultural Adventures DV
NC Innovate NC Asheville 3:00 TV A Craftsman’s Legacy The Murrini Glass Maker NC David Rubenstein
Show: Peer to Peer Conversations
Kenneth Chenault EX Great American
Railroad Journeys Brooklyn to Montauk 3:30 TV Woodsmith Shop Tray Centerpiece &
Table Saw Sleds NC Comic Culture Paulo Rivera, Marvel & DC 4:00 TV The Woodwright’s
Shop with Roy Underhill Dovetailed Grease Pot DV
NC Front Row with Marc Rotterman
EX History Detectives Iwo Jima Map/Copperhead
Cane/Theremin 4:30 TV This Old House Generation Next Arrives NC Charlie Rose—
The Week 5:00 TV Carolina
Outdoor Journal Spring Top Water Bass NC PBS NewsHour
Weekend EX Antiques Roadshow Kansas City, Part 1 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour
Weekend NC Washington Week 6 PM TV Lawrence Welk’s
TV Treasures See rare footage and
performances. NC Woodsongs George Winston &
The Outside Track EX Great American
Railroad Journeys New York City to Albany 7:00 NC NC Beat Gainsay EX Rick Steves’ Europe Portugal’s Heartland 7:30 NC NC Beat Wolves & Wolves &
Wolves & Wolves EX Born To Explore
with Richard Wiese India: Good Karma 8:00 TV Beatles: Eight Days a
Week—The Touring Years Premiere! Enjoy Ron
Howard’s documentary full of found footage featur-ing music, interviews and stories about the Fab Four!
NC Song of the Mountains Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
Ron Howard assembles a fab, fresh look at Beatles: Eight Days a Week—The Touring Years, premiering Saturday, November 25, at 8 PM, on UNC-TV.
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November | 21
EX Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope
Taiwan: Iron Pathways to Adventure, Part 1 DV
12:30 TV Flavor, NC Table Grapes NC New Fly Fisher Arluk Outfitters EX Born To Explore
with Richard Wiese Cyprus: Cleopatra’s
Secret Island 1:00 TV Ellie’s Real
Good Food One Basket, One Week,
Zero Waste NC Song of the Mountains Molly Jeanne/Michael Reno
Harrell/Mike Stevens EX Doc Martin Aromatherapy 1:30 TV Martha Stewart’s
Cooking School Small Bites 2:00 TV America’s Test
Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated
Refreshing Desserts NC Bluegrass
Underground Blues Traveler EX Miss Fisher’s
Murder Mysteries Murder & Mozzarella 2:30 TV Cook’s Country Big Flavors From Little Italy
NC Echo Sessions Southern Rock Legend
Colonel Bruce Hampton 3:00 TV Sara’s Weeknight
Meals Fruit & Meat NC Austin City Limits Ms. Lauryn Hill EX Doctor Blake
Mysteries Against the Odds 3:30 TV Lidia’s Kitchen The Roast 4:00 TV Mexico—
One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless
A Tour of Traditions NC First in Future Ted Abernathy EX Father Brown The Man in the Shadows 4:30 TV Pati’s Mexican Table Cheesy NC Charlie Rose—
The Week 5:00 TV Charlie Rose—
The Week NC PBS NewsHour
Weekend EX Midsomer Murders Country Matters, Part 2 5:30 TV PBS NewsHour
Weekend NC BBC Newsnight
6 PM TV Celtic Woman Homecoming: Ireland
Premiere! Celebrate the timeless emotion of such Irish classics as Walk Beside Me, Dulaman, Amazing Grace and more.
NC Black Issues Forum Celebrate 30 Years from the
Archives Visit unctv.org/bif. EX Changing Face of...
the Queen The story of the royal family
is told through the changes of the Queen’s royal image and wardrobe.
6:30 NC Black America The World of Book Publish-
ing with Lisa Lucas 7:00 NC African Americans:
Many Rivers to Cross Making a Way Out of No
Way (1897-1940) DV
EX Queen at 90 Royal family members share
memories of the Queen as monarch and mentor.
8:00 EX This Wild Life Elephant SOS TV Great Performances: Hitman Returns—
David Foster & Friends Natalie Cole, Earth, Wind
& Fire, Chaka Khan, Seal and more perform with the prolific producer.
NC Gettysburg Story Learn the battlefield story
with breathtaking imagery of legendary places of the battlefield.
8:30 EX Wonder of Animals Crocodiles 9:00 NC American Masters Alice Walker: Beauty in
Truth Follow the life of the first African-American woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for Literature.
EX Blue Planet Coral Seas 10:00 TV Human Nature:
Jukebox Premiere! Enjoy favorites
from these Aussie all-stars, among the world’s fore-most pop vocal ensembles!
EX Earth a New Wild Oceans 10:30 NC Civil War:
The Untold Story Death Knell of the
Confederacy 11:00 EX Globe Trekker Nigeria 11:30 TV EastEnders NC My Home, NC Original Collard Sandwich/
The Last Patternmaker/Na-poleon Hill/Chicken Lady/Newton Grove Drug Store/Brown Mountain LightsSing along to all your favorites with Human Nature: Jukebox, premiering
Sunday, November 26, at 8 PM, on UNC-TV.
Gather ‘round for the premiere of Celtic Woman Homecoming: Ireland, Sunday, November 26, at 6 PM, on UNC-TV.
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22 | November
27 MONDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News
America EX Nick Stellino:
Storyteller in the Kitchen The Tomato Whisperer 6:30 NC Nightly
Business Report EX Jacques Pépin:
Heart & Soul Sweet Endings with Shorey 7:00 TV Nightly
Business Report NC Charlie Rose EX Rick Steves’ Europe Heart of England &
South Wales 7:30 TV A Chef’s Life Chasing Trout EX Smart Travels—
Europe with Rudy Maxa Amsterdam & the
Netherlands 8:00 TV Cat’s Attic—
Yusuf Cat Stevens Premiere! Enjoy songs and
storytelling from this leg-endary singer-songwriter and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee.
NC Exploring North Carolina
Fire in the Land of the Longleaf Pine
EX Midsomer Murders The Great & the Good 8:30 NC Exploring
North Carolina Colors of the Earth 9:00 NC Changing Seas Coastal Carnivores EX Midsomer Murders The Great & the Good
10:00 EX DCI Banks Bad Boy NC NOVA Extreme Animal Weapons 11:00 NC PBS NewsHour 11:30 TV BBC World News EX Rick Steves’ Europe Romania
28 TUESDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News
America EX Taste of Louisiana
with Chef John Folse & Co. Brenda Martin 6:30 NC Nightly
Business Report EX Mexico—
One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless
Mexican Chocolate: The Next Chapter
7:00 TV Nightly Business Report
NC Charlie Rose EX Rick Steves’ Europe Scotland’s Islands &
Highlands 7:30 TV Flavor, NC Farm to Mess Hall EX Smart Travels—
Europe with Rudy Maxa Athens & Delphi 8:00 TV ‘60s Generation Catch essential R&B, pop
and folk rock from 1965-69. NC North Carolina
Bookwatch Tim Tyson:
The Blood of Emmett Till EX Africa’s Great
Civilizations Cities DV
8:30 NC First in Future Wayne Holden 9:00 NC MUSE: The Arts Show NC State Cypher:
Rap & Spoken Word
EX Great American Railroad Journeys
Schenectady to Niagara Falls 9:30 NC Comic Culture Monica Gallagher, Bonnie
N. Collide, 9-to-5 10:00 TV The Vietnam War The Weight of Memory DV
NC Echo Sessions Jam Band Leftover Salmon EX Stephen Fry in
Central America Costa Rica to Panama 10:30 NC NC Beat The Midatlantic 11:00 NC PBS NewsHour EX Travelscope Madhya Pradesh—
The Heart of India DV
11:30 EX In the Americas with David Yetman
Brazil’s Land of Sand
29 WEDNESDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News
America EX Nature’s Great Race Zebra 6:30 NC Nightly
Business Report 7:00 TV Nightly
Business Report NC Charlie Rose EX Rick Steves’ Europe Eastern Turkey 7:30 TV SciTech Now
North Carolina We’re Getting Wet Show EX Born To Explore
with Richard Wiese Turkey: Land of Legends 8:00 TV Folk Legends:
Isn’t This a Time! Peter, Paul & Mary, Arlo
Guthrie, Pete Seeger and The Weavers perform in this 2003 concert.
NC Reel South Deep Run A teen finds
new love and the courage to become a strong-willed transgender man.
EX Pati’s Mexican Table More than Just a Meal 8:30 EX Christopher Kimball’s
Milk Street Television Simply Spanish 9:00 NC Independent Lens Real Boy Follow this
coming-of-age story of a trans teenager with dreams of musical stardom.
EX Moveable Feast with Fine Cooking
Puerto Rico
Read CenterPiece online @ unctv.org/centerpiece.
Relive The ‘80s with Cyndi Lauper, Monday, November 27, at 9:30 PM, on UNC-TV.
Enjoy songs and stories on Cat’s Attic—Yusuf Cat Stevens, Monday, November 27, at 8 PM, on UNC-TV.
9:30 TV The ‘80s Premiere! Martha Quinn
takes you back to the era of the music video, with Bruce Springsteen, Cyndi Lauper, Pat Benatar, Kenny Log-gins, Madonna and more.
NC SciTech Now North Carolina
We’re Getting Wet Show
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November | 23
NC American War Stories: Vietnam
Turning Point EX Music Voyager Atlanta: Atlanta Canvas 8:30 TV Exploring
North Carolina Native Intelligence EX Bare Feet with—
Mickela Mallozzi The Lumbee Dance of the
Spring Moon, Robeson County DV
9:00 TV North Carolina Weekend
NC The Vietnam War A Disrespectful Loyalty DV
EX Born To Explore with Richard Wiese
Morocco: The Last Nomads
9:30 TV Great Performances: Moody Blues—Days of Future Passed Live
Premiere! Enjoy the 50th anniversary of this landmark album with a concert of the classics.
EX Family Ingredients Lana’i: Venison 10:00 NC Independent Lens Kumu Hina A transgender
teacher in Hawaii inspires a tomboyish girl to lead an all-male hula troupe.
EX Nick Stellino: Storyteller in the Kitchen
Vincenzo 10:30 EX Taste the Islands
with Chef Irie Kingston to Bridgetown 11:00 NC PBS NewsHour EX Chris Tarrant:
Extreme Railways Trans-Caucasus Express 11:30 TV BBC World News
30 THURSDAY 6 PM TV PBS NewsHour NC BBC World News
America EX Nick Stellino:
Storyteller in the Kitchen Dish to Name 6:30 NC Nightly
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Heart & Soul Viva Mexico! 7:00 TV Nightly
Business Report NC Charlie Rose EX Rick Steves’ Europe The Best of Sicily 7:30 TV Our State Flat Rock/Davidson/
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Premiere! Celebrate this acclaimed vocal group’s 75th anniversary by ringing in the season with festive favorites performed with its Chamber Choir and The Carolina Brass.
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