october 2013 - weta magazine

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The WETA TV 26 productionpremieres October 15

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W TA FocusAt WETA, we relish the opportunity to create and broadcast programs that spotlight the attractions of our area and the dazzling cultural events of Greater Washington. This month, we are excited to premiere a new

television special produced exclusively for our community and to bring to local radio listeners a special classical music concert recorded at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

On Wednesday, October 2, Classical WETA 90.9 FM presents a special program of highlights from the National Symphony Orchestra’s Season Opening Ball Concert, which is being held in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall on September 29. The performance — recorded and engineered by Classical WETA’s Charles Lawson — features super-star cellist Yo-Yo Ma and young organ virtuoso Cameron Carpenter with the ensemble, led by NSO Music Director Christoph Eschenbach. We are delighted to be able to produce this special program and share sublime music with Greater Washington. Details are on page 16.

On Tuesday, October 15, on WETA TV 26 and WETA HD, we roll out Burgers in Washington, a new half-hour program that joins our portfolio of productions spotlighting the attractions, institutions and offerings of our local community. Our local fi lms have included many culinary specials, and Burgers in Washington will inspire you to go out and sample the extraordinary fl avors that the Washington area’s thriving restaurant scene has to offer.

Enjoy these WETA broadcasts, and thank you for your support.

The co-production of Florentine Films and WETA airs October 2 & 9 at 10 p.m.

on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD

This month, WETA reprises the 2012 Ken Burns fi lm The Dust Bowl, a four-hour historical documentary created in partnership with WETA. The program, directed by Burns and co-produced with his Florentine Films colleagues Dayton Duncan and Julie Dunfey, explores the story of the worst manmade ecological disaster in American history.

The fi lm chronicles the environmental catastrophe that unfolded when a wheat boom spurred the “Great Plow-Up” of the Great Plains and was followed by a decade of drought during the 1930s, turning prairies into deserts, unleashing a pattern of massive, deadly dust storms, and impelling a great migration westward by people looking to start a new life elsewhere. The Dust Bowl encompassed 100 million acres in Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Colorado and New Mexico, and created an epic of suffering — a crucible of dust, drought and Depression. Featuring fi rst-hand testimony from survivors of those hard times, the fi lm The Dust Bowl explores this critical epoch in American history in all its complexities and human drama.

Funding for The Dust Bowl was provided by Bank of America, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, PBS, the National Endowment for the Humanities, The Rockefeller Foundation, Wallace Genetic Foundation and members of the Better Angels Society, including the Dana A. Hamel Family Charitable Trust and Robert and Beverly Grappone.

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More than any other culinary creation, the hamburger is celebrated as America’s iconic dish. In Greater Wash-ington, sales are booming and restaurants are engaged in a spirited game of one-upmanship. But how can you fi nd the juiciest, most delicious burger? For those who want to give their backyard grill a rest, the local dining scene offers an astonishing array of hearty options, and TV 26’s new production, Burgers in Washington, is the tour guide.

From its origins a century ago as a simple meat patty on a bun, the sandwich now comes in daz-zlingly diverse forms in Greater Washing-ton: from gourmet offerings to down-home plain and simple, in all shapes and sizes, with widely varying accompani-ments, and even featuring exotic meats

— or no meat at all! And don’t forget the fries or tater tots. Boasting secret seasonings and different oils and cuts, these burger sidekicks also cultivate devoted fans.

Starting at Silver Spring’s Quarry House Tavern, which has been serving up hamburgers for more than 70 years, Burgers in Washington visits 17 area eateries — every one a burger paradise. The fi lm visits establishments throughout the District, Maryland and Virginia to spotlight dry-aged beef burgers and lamb-bacon burgers, duck burgers and antelope sliders, vegetarian creations and raw vegan ones

too. There’s a chain offering organic burgers, and a restau-rant that offers a burger capped with pulled pork and fried pickles. Where can you get a burger stacked between onion rings, or a batter-fried burger straight out of a Dublin-style pub? How about a delicious, meatless burger made of almonds, hemp seeds and veggies that never touches a grill? Or perhaps your inner Elvis is craving a peanut butter bacon burger topped with tomato jam. Tune in to fi nd out where to get your hands on these and many other delectable creations.

Capping the program’s tour is a visit to Greater Washington’s biggest homegrown burger success story: Arlington-based Five Guys, which has grown from one humble location to become a popular nationwide chain over the last 25 years. Their classic grilled hamburgers and generous home-cut fries are a big hit from coast to coast. Is your mouth watering yet? Watch Burgers in Washington, and then take to the burger trail on your own voyage of discovery! To fi nd even more, visit weta.org/burgers.

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The WETA TV 26 production premieresTuesday, October 15 at 8 p.m.


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The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross airs Tuesdays, October 22–November 26 at 8 p.m.


A six-part series from Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., recounts the full trajectory of African-American history, from the origins of slavery on the African continent through five centuries of remarkable historic events up to the present. Presented and written by Gates, the series draws on some of America’s top historians and untapped primary sources, journeying across two continents to shed light on the experience of being African American. Gates chronicles the evolution of the African-American people, as well as the multiplicity of cultural institutions, political strategies, and religious and social perspectives they developed

— forging their own history, culture and society. Interviewees include former Black Panther Kathleen Cleaver, school integration pioneers Ruby Bridges (left, with Gates) and Charlayne Hunter-Gault, Congressman John Lewis, civil rights activist Diane Nash and former Secretary of State Colin Powell.

Major corporate support for The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross is provided by Bank of America. Additional corporate funding is provided by The Coca-Cola Company and McDonalds. Leadership support is generously provided by the Abby and Howard Milstein Foundation, in partnership with HooverMilstein and Emigrant Bank. Major funding is also provided by the Ford Foundation; Dr. Georgette Bennett and Dr. Leonard Polonsky in Memory of Rabbi Marc H. Tanenbaum; Richard Gilder; the Hutchins Family Foundation; the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Support is also provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and PBS.

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Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battleairs Tuesday, October 15, 8:30–11:30 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD

A three-hour documentary miniseries examines the dawn of the comic book genre and its legacy, tracing the evolution of the characters who leapt from the pages over the last 75 years and their ongoing cultural impact worldwide. The “disposable diversions” were created in large part by the children of immigrants whose fierce loyalty to a new homeland laid the foundation of a multi-billion-dollar industry that has become an influential part of our national identity. Liev Schreiber hosts and narrates. Airing back-to-back, episodes are: “Truth, Justice and the American Way” (1938–1958), which follows the fortunes of superheroes from the Depression through Superman’s television debut; “Great Power, Great Responsibility” (1959–1977), exploring how superheroes affect and reflect relevant social mores; and “A Hero Can Be Anyone” (1978–present), which tracks the enthusiasm for superheroes as they’re embraced in all media and by all demographics.

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Frontline: League of Denial: The NFL’s Concussion Crisis

airs Tuesday, October 8, 9–11 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD

The National Football League, a multibillion-dollar commercial juggernaut, presides over America’s indisputable national pastime. But the NFL is under assault as thousands of former players and a host of scientists claim the league has tried to cover up how football inflicted brain injuries on many players. What did the NFL know, and when did it know it? What’s the truth about the risks to players? What can be done? In a special two-hour investigation that touches on the risks to high school football players as well, Frontline and prize-winning journalists Mark Fainaru-Wada and Steve Fainaru of ESPN explore the story of the NFL, football, and brain injuries. The investigation explores how, for years, the league worked to refute scientific evidence that the violent collisions at the heart of the game are linked to an alarming incidence of early-onset dementia, catastrophic brain damage and other devastating consequences, even death.

Funding for Frontline is provided through the support of PBS viewers and by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Major funding for Frontline is provided by The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Additional funding is provided by Park Foundation, Inc.; the Wyncote Foundation; and the Frontline Journalism Fund.

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NOVA: Making Stuff, Series IIairs Wednesdays, Oct. 16–Nov. 6 at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD

Levitating trains. Self-driving cars. Hummingbird drones. Fish slime stronger than bulletproof Kevlar. Bomb-sniffing plants. Firefighting goo. Swarms of flying robots. Civilization is built on the human ability to invent — to create new materials and technologies from the raw materials of the earth. What will the stuff of the future be made of? New York Times technology correspondent and best-selling author David Pogue (at right, launching a remote-controlled flying “jellyfish”) returns to explore a new generation of cutting-edge materials that is powering a next wave of scientific and technological innovation in the four-part NOVA science series Making Stuff...Faster/Wilder/Colder and Safer. Pogue checks in with researchers around the globe who are pushing limits further than ever before, using biology and chemis try to create materials with new qualities that are expanding our technological frontiers.

National corporate funding for NOVA is provided by The Boeing Company. Major funding for NOVA is provid ed by David H. Koch Fund for Science, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers. Major funding for Making Stuff is provided by The National Science Foundation. Additional funding for Making Stuff is provided by the Department of Energy Office of Science.

Foyle’s War, Series I airs Sundays, October 13–October 27 at 10 p.m.


on Sunday nights after Masterpiece, WETA reprises the original Foyle’s War drama series starring Michael Kitchen as the laconic Christopher Foyle, detective chief super-intendent in the town of Hastings on the south coast of England. Combining uncompro-mising historical accuracy with compelling mysteries, the award-winning British series, which originally aired on Masterpiece, is set in the beautiful English countryside amid the disorder and danger of World War II. As the war ravages the social fabric of the small community, Foyle investigates crimes the conflict has fostered on the home front. His is an ordinary struggle, against everyday evil, in extraordinarily dangerous times. The series also stars Honeysuckle Weeks and Anthony Howell, and features guest actors including Edward Fox, Robert Hardy, David Horovitch, Rosamund Pike and Charles Dance.


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Masterpiece Classic: The Paradiseairs Sundays, October 6–November 17 at 9 p.m. on WETA TV 26 & WETA HD

A Victorian-era department store where ladies shop for suits and suitors is the setting for love, intrigue, and a revolution in retailing in the new, seven-part Masterpiece Classic drama series The Paradise. A love story, mystery, social comedy, and fairy tale all in one, the lavish costume drama stars Joanna Vanderham as Denise Lovett, a beautiful salesgirl; and Emun Elliott por-trays John Moray, the ruthless, enigmatic, handsome store owner who is driving smaller shops out of business. The shopping spectacle also stars Elaine Cassidy as Katherine Glendenning, Moray’s prime love interest; Patrick Malahide as Katherine’s father, a calculating banker who can pull the plug on Moray at any time; Sarah Lancashire as Miss Audrey, the imperious but endearing head of Ladies Wear; and David Hayman as Jonas, the sinister house detective, who sees and knows all. The Paradise is inspired by Émile Zola’s classic 1883 novel, Au Bonheur des dames (The Ladies’ Paradise), about the transformative powers of capitalism. The novel describes an exciting innovation of the era: the modern department store, an engine of commerce that was sweeping out the old and ushering in a glorious new consumer age.

Funding for Masterpiece is provided by Viking River Cruises and Ralph Lauren Corporation with additional support from public television viewers and contributors to The Masterpiece Trust. C

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10:309:308:308:00 9:00 10:00Frontline: Inside Japan’s Nuclear Meltdown

NOVA: Inside the Megastorm The Dust Bowl (Pt 1 of 2. The Great Plow-Up, 1890–1935) (to 12m)

Masterpiece Mystery!: Foyle’s War, Series VII: Sunfl ower

Inside Washington Charlie Rose: The Week

Great Performances: The Hollow Crown: Henry IV, Part 2 (to 12m)

(from 9:33pm) The WETA Movie: Raising Arizona (to 11:05pm)

Masterpiece Classic: The Paradise (Pt 1 of 7)

Genealogy Roadshow P.O.V.: Brooklyn Castle (to 11:30pm)

Frontline: League of Denial: The NFL’s Concussion Crisis

NOVA: Megastorm Aftermath The Dust Bowl (Pt 2 of 2. Reaping the Whirlwind, 1935–1940) (to 12m)

Masterpiece Mystery!: Wallander, Series II: The Fifth Woman


Great Performances: The Hollow Crown: Henry V (to 12m)

(from 9:33pm) The WETA Movie: Strangers on a Train (to 11:30pm)


Foyle’s War, Series I: The German Woman (to 11:30pm)

Genealogy Roadshow P.O.V.: 56 Up (to 12m)

Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle (Ep 1 of 3. Truth, Justice and the American Way, 1938–1958).

Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle (Episode 2 of 3. Great Power, Great Responsibility, 1959–1977)

Superheroes (Ep 3 of 3.) (to 11:30pm)

NOVA: Making Stuff Faster Raw to Ready (Ep 1 of 4. Komat’su)

Masterpiece Mystery!: Wallander, Series III: An Event in Autumn


Great Performances 40th Anniversary Celebration

(from 9:33pm) The WETA Movie: Wait Until Dark (to 11:30pm)


Foyle’s War, Series I: The White Feather (to 11:30pm)

Antiques Roadshow: Miami Beach, FL Burgers in Washington

Independent Lens: The Waiting Room (to 12m)

Siege in the Sahara Frontline: Hunting the Nightmare Bacteria

NOVA: Making Stuff Wilder Raw to Ready (Ep 2 of 4. Bentley)

Masterpiece Mystery!: Wallander, Series III: The Dogs of Riga



A Raisin in the Sun Revisited: The Raisin Cycle at Centerstage

(from 9:33pm) The WETA Movie: East of Eden (to 11:30pm)


Foyle’s War, Series I: A Lesson in Murder (to 11:30pm)

Antiques Roadshow: Dallas, TX Secrets of the Tower of London

War of the Worlds: American Experience Frontline: The Retirement Gamble

NOVA: Making Stuff Colder Raw to Ready (Ep 3 of 4. Mack Truck)

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Masterpiece Mystery!: Wallander, Series III: Before the Frost

Latino Americans (Pts 5 & 6 of 6. Prejudice and Pride/Peril and Promise.)

Midsomer Murders: A Talent for Life

Earthfl ight, a Nature Special Presentation: Asia & Australia

Washington Week with Gwen Ifi ll

Doc Martin, Series III

Last Tango in Halifax (Pt 5 of 6)

Antiques Roadshow: Hartford, CT

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Earthfl ight, a Nature Special Presentation: Flying High

Midsomer Murders: Death and Dreams



Last Tango in Halifax (Pt 6 of 6)

Antiques Roadshow: Hartford, CT


Nature: Saving Otter 501

Midsomer Murders: Painted in Blood



(from 7:30pm) Midsomer Murders: Painted in Blood

Antiques Roadshow: Miami Beach, FL

The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross (Ep 1 of 6. The Black Atlantic, 1500–1800)

Nature: Animal Odd Couples

Midsomer Murders: Tale of Two Hamlets



(from 7:30pm) Midsomer Murders: Tale of Two Hamlets

Antiques Roadshow: Miami Beach, FL

The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross (Ep 2 of 6. The Age of Slavery, 1800–1860)

Nature: Wolverine: Chasing the Phantom

Midsomer Murders: Birds of Prey

Weeknight primetime simulcast programming repeats the following weekday on WETA TV 26 starting at noon.

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Tuesday,October1at8p.m.onWETATV26&WETAHDThe landmark six-episode documentary Latino Americans, a WETA co-production chronicling the history of Latinos, concludes with explorations of Chicano identity, labor and civil rights activism, immigration, and contemporary Latino infl uence in America. Right: Labor leader Dolores Huerta calls for a strike, California, 1965.

•ProgrammingonWETATV26andWETAHDisexactlythesame—simulcast—MondaythroughFridaynightsfrom7p.m.throughCharlie Rose,andeachweekendevening,beginningat6p.m.SaturdaysandSundaysasnoted.

•PleasenotethatSaturdayandSundaydaytimelistingsthatfollowareforWETATV26onlyunlessotherwiseindicated.Forcomplete24-hourschedulesofprogramsonWETATV26andWETAHD,visitweta.org/tv.

•WeeknightprimetimeonWETATV26oftenrepeatsthenextweekdayonWETATV26.

•WETATV26isdevotedtochildren’sprogramming5a.m.–noonweekdaysand6a.m.–9a.m.Sundays.For24hoursofchildren’sprogrammingeachday,tuneintotheWETAKidschannel.Seepage13forscheduleinformation.

ProgramKey� — WETA productions, co-productions or presentations. {DVI} — Descriptive Video Service. R — Aired within the month.Listingsareaccurateasofpresstime.Forlate-breakingprogramupdates,call703-998-2724orvisitweta.org/tv.

1 Tuesday 7:00 PBSNEWSHOUR 8:00 LATINOAMERICANS— A landmark six-hour produc-

tion by WETA is the fi rst major television documentary series to chronicle the rich and varied history of Lati-nos, who for more than 500 years have helped shape what is today the United States and have become the country’s largest minority group. Actor Benjamin Bratt narrates. Parts 5 & 6 of 6. Prejudice and Pride/Peril and Promise. The series explores the creation of the proud “Chicano” identity as labor leaders organize farm workers in California; and as activists push for better education opportunities for Latinos, the inclusion of Latino studies, and empowerment in the political process. The fi nal hour examines the past 30 years, as a second wave of Cubans and hundreds of thousands of Salvadorans, Nicaraguans and Guatemalans fl ee to the U.S., creating a debate over undocumented immigrants that leads to calls for tightened borders, English-only laws and efforts to brand the undocumented as a drain on public resources. Simultaneously, the Latino infl u-ence is booming and Latino Americans become the largest and youngest growing sector of the American population. RepeatsWed10/2,3pm;Thur10/3,1pm

10:00 FRONTLINE11:00 CHARLIEROSE— Repeatsnextweekday,noon

2 Wednesday 7:00 PBSNEWSHOUR 8:00 EARTHFLIGHT,ANATURE SPECIALPRESENTATION:

ASIA&AUSTRALIA— The series Nature presents a breathtaking voyage with the world’s birds, soaring across six continents, witnessing great natural won-ders from the aerial perspective of a bird’s-eye view. Part 5 of 6. Asia & Aus-tralia. Japanese cranes dance in the snow, swallows and swifts visit the Forbidden City, lorikeets, cockatoos and budgies form giant fl ocks in Aus-tralia, pigeons guide viewers through India, and geese fl y miles above the Himalayas. {DVI} RepeatsThur10/3,3pm;Mon10/7,1:30pm;Tue10/8,1pm

9:00 NOVA:INSIDETHEMEGASTORM— Was the gigantic 2012 northeast storm Hurricane Sandy a freak combination of weather systems? Or are hurricanes increasing in intensity due to a warming climate? NOVA takes a moment-by-moment look at Hurricane Sandy, its impact and the future of storm protection. Through fi rst-person accounts from survivors and from experts and scientists, the program gives scientifi c context to a new breed of storm. {DVI} RepeatsThur10/3,4pm

10:00 THEDUSTBOWL— Part 1 of 2. The Great Plow-Up (1890–1935). A Ken Burns fi lm — co-produced by Florentine Films and WETA — surveys the causes of the worst man-made ecological disaster in American history, when the wheat boom of the “Great Plow-Up,” followed by a decade-long drought during the 1930s, nearly swept away the breadbasket of the nation. Interviews with survivors of those times, combined with dramatic photographs and seldom–seen movie footage, chronicle the Dust Bowl. Part one explores Plains history, homesteading, the plowing of the land, the Great Depression, the onset of drought, and the storms that followed.

12M CHARLIEROSE— Repeatsnextweekday,noon

3 Thursday 7:00 PBSNEWSHOUR 8:00 MIDSOMERMURDERS:ATALENTFORLIFE— The

British mystery series stars John Nettles as Detective Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby, who solves crimes in a fi ctional rural county in England. A Talent for Life. When the corpses of two people rumored to be having affairs are discovered by the river alongside one another, Barnaby and Sgt. Troy embark on an investigation that uncovers a deep vein of resentment running through a village. RepeatsFri10/4,1pm

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Wednesdays,October2&9at10p.m.onWETATV26&WETAHDWETA reprises the two-part 2012 Ken Burns fi lm The Dust Bowl, a co-production with WETA that spotlights the ecological disaster and killer dust storms that followed the “Great Plow-Up” and ensuing drought in the American Midwest during the 1930s. Above: the Black Sunday storm in Boise City, Oklahoma, April 14, 1935.

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9:00 MASTERPIECEMYSTERY!:FOYLE’SWAR,SERIESVII:SUNFLOWER— Detective Chief Superintendent Christopher Foyle (Michael Kitchen) and his loyal friend Sam (Honeysuckle Weeks) return in the mystery series, now set in post-war 1946–47 England. Sunflower. Foyle is tasked with protecting Karl Strasser, a Nazi officer turned MI5 informant who believes he’s in danger. America wants Strasser extradited for his involvement in a wartime event, but British Intelligence is deter-mined to protect him. As Foyle nears a solution to the case, the unfathomable truth of “Operation Sunflower” is revealed. RepeatsFri10/4,3pm

11:00 CHARLIEROSE— Repeatsnextweekday,noon

4 Friday 7:00 PBSNEWSHOUR 8:00 WASHINGTONWEEKWITHGWENIFILL— In WETA’s

long-running production, moderator and managing editor Gwen Ifill leads a discussion by a panel of top journalists on the news events of the week. RepeatsSat10/5,6:30pm

8:30 INSIDEWASHINGTON— Host Gordon Peterson moder-ates a discussion by a panel of journalists on the news events of the week.

9:00 CHARLIEROSE:THEWEEK— A series by acclaimed journalist Charlie Rose features the best stories and interviews from the nightly program Charlie Rose. From studios in New York City and locations around the world, Charlie Rose talks to people in every field who have “a great story to tell.”

9:30 GREATPERFORMANCES:THEHOLLOWCROWN:HENRY IV,PART 2— Great Performances presents a four-part miniseries that assembles four of Shake-speare’s history plays — Richard II, Henry IV (Parts I & II), and Henry V — into a single chronological narrative. The film adaptations feature a cast of superstar British and Hollywood talent. Henry IV, Part 2. In the aftermath of the Battle of Shrewsbury, Northumberland learns of the death of his son. The Lord Chief Justice (Geoffrey Palmer) attempts, on behalf of the increasingly frail king, to separate Falstaff (Simon Russell Beale) from Prince Hal (Tom Hiddleston). The rebels continue to plot insurrection. Falstaff is sent to recruit soldiers and takes his leave of his mistress, Doll Tearsheet (Maxine Peake). The rebel forces are overcome, bringing com-fort to the dying king, who is finally reconciled to his son. Falstaff rushes to Hal’s coronation with expecta-tions of high office, only to be rebuffed by the former prince who has now become King Henry V. RepeatsSun10/6,1pm


5 SaturdayONWETATV26,6AM–6PM.See weta.org/hd for WETA HD listings. 6AM NEWSCANDINAVIANCOOKING 6:30 CHEFJOHNBESH’SNEWORLEANS 7:00 CIAOITALIA 7:30 HUBERTKELLER:SECRETSOFACHEF 8:00 JOANNEWEIR’SCOOKINGCONFIDENCE 8:30 RICKSTEVES’EUROPE

9:00 EASTENDERS— (two episodes, simulcast on WETA TV 26 and WETA HD) RepeatsFridays,5pm

10:00 THETHISOLDHOUSEHOUR11:00 ESSENTIALPÉPIN11:30 PATI’SMEXICANTABLE 12N MINDOFACHEF— New!12:30 MEXICO—ONEPLATEATATIMEWITHRICKBAYLESS 1:00 SINGFORYOURSUPPERWITHBOBWAGGONER—

A new culinary reality show, a WETA presentation host-ed by award-winning chef and author Bob Waggoner, takes place on the stage of Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium before a live audience. In each episode, Waggoner calls upon a guest from the audience to as-sist him, along with a sommelier and a country music artist, whose favorite recipe serves as the centerpiece of every episode’s meal. As thanks, these musicians must then “sing for their supper.”

1:30 SARA’SWEEKNIGHTMEALS 2:00 BAKINGWITHJULIA 2:30 LIDIA’SITALYINAMERICA 3:00 INJULIA’SKITCHENWITHMASTERCHEFS 3:30 JACQUESPÉPIN:MOREFASTFOODMYWAY! 4:00 COOK’SCOUNTRYFROMAMERICA’STESTKITCHEN 4:30 AMERICA’STESTKITCHENFROMCOOK’S ILLUSTRATED 5:00 MARTHASTEWART’SCOOKINGSCHOOL 5:30 MARTHABAKESSIMULCASTONWETATV26&WETAHD,6PM–1:30AM: 6:00 PBSNEWSHOURWEEKEND— A NewsHour weekend

broadcast anchored by Hari Sreenivasan provides a summary of the day’s national and international news, featuring original field reporting and renowned experts providing in-depth analysis.

6:30 WASHINGTONWEEKWITHGWENIFILL—R 7:00 KEEPINGUPAPPEARANCES— (two episodes) 8:00 DOCMARTIN,SERIESIII 9:33 THEWETAMOVIE:RAISINGARIZONA— In the Coen

brothers’ 1987 comedy, a childless couple — an ex-con and an ex-cop — kidnap a quintuplet from an unfinished-furniture store magnate and get into more trouble than they bargained for. Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, Trey Wilson and John Goodman star. (1:32) RepeatsSun10/6,11:30am

11:05 INDEPENDENTLENS:THEPARKINGLOTMOVIE— A film chronicles the rarefied world of one small park-ing lot in a college town, and the asphalt philosophers who work as attendants there, scrutinizing cars and license plates, capitalism, anger, justice, drunkenness, spiritual awareness, class struggle, entitlement, and the plight of the service sector worker.

12M AMERICANMASTERS:JOANBAEZ:HOWSWEETTHESOUND— A comprehensive chronicle of the private life and public career of Joan Baez examines her history as a recording artist and performer as well as her journey as the conscience of a generation. (90 min.)

6 SundayONWETATV26,6AM–11AM.See weta.org/hd for WETA HD listings.6AM–9AMWETAKIDSPROGRAMMING 9:00 WHITEHOUSECHRONICLES 9:30 TOTHECONTRARYWITHBONNIEERBE10:00 THISISAMERICAWITHDENNISWHOLEY10:30 RELIGIONANDETHICSNEWSWEEKLYSIMULCASTONWETATV26&WETAHD,11AM–12M:11:00 GREATROMANCES11:30 THEWETAMOVIE:RAISINGARIZONA— (1:32)R 1:00 GREATPERFORMANCES:HENRY IV,PART 2—R

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Saturday,October5at9:33p.m.onWETATV26&WETAHDThe WETA Movie presents Raising Arizona, the Coen Brothers’ 1987 zany comedy starring Holly Hunter and Nicolas Cage as a childless couple who kidnap a retail magnate’s baby and get into big trouble. Other upcoming Saturday films include Wait Until Dark (Oct. 19) and three James Dean films, beginning with East of Eden (Oct. 26).


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3:30 THEWETAGUIDETOFINEDINING— A WETA TV 26 production visits fine restaurants throughout Greater Washington, meeting the chefs and exploring their sumptuous preparations. RepeatsThur10/10,2pm

4:30 GLOBETREKKER:SOUTHERNMEXICO— (TV 26 only) 5:30 PBSNEWSHOURWEEKEND— A new NewsHour week-

end broadcast anchored by Hari Sreenivasan provides a summary of the day’s national and international news.

6:00 MOYERS&COMPANY— Bill Moyers presents a weekly hour of conversation about life and the state of Ameri-can democracy. RepeatsMon10/7,5pm

7:00 PIEINTHESKY— In the BBC drama series, Richard Griffiths stars as a top-notch detective who takes on a second career as a restaurateur. Part 5 of 10. A Shot in the Dark. A narcotics investigation ends in a bitten hand for Fisher, and Henry finds a new source of escargots.

8:00 LASTTANGOINHALIFAX— Derek Jacobi and Anne Reid star in a comic drama about romance and second chances, portraying childhood sweethearts Alan and Celia, both widowed and in their 70s, who fall for each other all over again when they are reunited after nearly 60 years. Part 5 of 6. Caroline throws herself whole-heartedly into her new relationship, upsetting her mother and her estranged husband, who looks to Gillian for sympathy. Alan, unable to decide which of two friends should be his best man, asks both.

9:00 MASTERPIECECLASSIC:THEPARADISE— An adapta-tion of Émile Zola’s beloved French novel Au Bonheur des Dames presents the rags-to-riches story of a young woman seduced by the dangerous charms of the modern world set against the Victorian splendor of a British department store. Joanna Vanderham portrays a beautiful salesgirl and Emun Elliott is the ruthless, enigmatic store owner. Patrick Malahide, Elaine Cas-sidy, and Sarah Lancashire also star. Part 1 of 7. Young and ambitious country girl Denise Lovett arrives in a booming northern city and takes a job at The Paradise, the glittering department store across from her uncle’s drapery shop. It’s not long before her beauty and talent catch the eye of the store’s dashing owner, John Moray. Denise struggles to navigate the competing personali-ties in the department in which she has been placed. RepeatsMon10/7,2:30pm

11:00 HONORFLIGHT…AJOURNEYOFHEROES— A documentary chronicles the journey of a group of Northwest Florida World War II veterans as they travel to Washington D.C. on the inaugural trip of Emerald Coast Honor Flight to visit the World War II Memorial. The film features interviews with Senator Bob Dole and Congressman Jeff Miller and veterans’ recollec-tions of war.

7 Monday 7:00 PBSNEWSHOUR 8:00 ANTIQUESROADSHOW:HARTFORD,CT— Repeats

Tue10/8,2pm;Wed10/9,1pm 9:00 GENEALOGYROADSHOW— A miniseries follows a

diverse cast of participants on an emotional journey that uses history and science to verify family lore. The programs feature individuals from Nashville, Detroit, San Francisco and Austin. RepeatsTue10/8,3pm;Wed10/9,2pm

10:00 P.O.V.:BROOKLYNCASTLE— A film follows five members of a champion chess team from a below-the-poverty-line Brooklyn junior high, I.S. 318, which has won more national championships than any other in the country. The film explores the challenges the students face in their personal lives and on the chessboard. RepeatsTue10/8,4pm


8 Tuesday 7:00 PBSNEWSHOUR 8:00 TBA 9:00 FRONTLINE:LEAGUEOFDENIAL:THENFL’SCON-

CUSSIONCRISIS— The National Football League is the richest and most powerful sports league in the world, generating more than $10 billion in revenues last year. Professional football is indisputably America’s pastime. Yet the sport is destroying the health of, and even killing, many of its players. For years the NFL denied scientific evidence that violence on the field causes catastrophic brain damage, injuries that caused the maiming and killing of players, including some of the all-time greats. Frontline joins ESPN journalists Steve Fainaru and Mark Fainaru-Wada on an investigation of the NFL and the health crisis that threatens both its players and the long-term fortunes of the sport. RepeatsWed10/9,4pm


9 Wednesday 7:00 PBSNEWSHOUR 8:00 EARTHFLIGHT,ANATURE SPECIALPRESENTATION:

FLYINGHIGH— The series Nature presents a breath-taking voyage with the world’s birds, soaring across six continents. Part 6 of 6. Flying High. The final episode offers a behind-the-scenes look at how the Earthflight miniseries was made, including an examination of the extraordinary relationships between people and birds. Microlights, paragliders, drones and camera-carrying birds and much more helped along the way. {DVI} RepeatsThur10/10,3pm;Mon10/14,1:30pm;Tue10/15,1pm

9:00 NOVA:MEGASTORMAFTERMATH— In October 2012, superstorm Sandy cut a path of devastation across the Caribbean and the East Coast, killing hundreds

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Wednesday,October9at9p.m.onWETATV26&WETAHDNOVA: Megastorm Aftermath investigates the progress made toward making infrastructure more resilient in the wake of devastating destruction wrought on the East Coast by superstorm Sandy one year ago. Above: The community of Far Rockaway, Queens, devas-tated by fire and flooding, on October 30, 2012, the day after Sandy.


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and doing tens of billions of dollars in damage. Now, a year after Sandy’s deadly strike, correspondent Miles O’Brien and NOVA investigate critical questions raised by this historic storm, including: How can we prepare for the next Sandy, and what progress has been made toward making our urban infrastructure more resil-ient? {DVI} RepeatsThur10/10,4pm

10:00 THEDUSTBOWL— Part 2 of 2. Reaping the Whirlwind (1935–1940). Part two of the Ken Burns film, a co-production with WETA, explores the U.S. government’s efforts to rescue the desperate inhabitants of the Dust Bowl and spotlights the exodus of many families west-ward and the discrimination against them as “Okies.” Government experts worked with farmers to develop conservation techniques; and government aid proved vital to the region. At long last, a wet cycle returns and wheat booms again, setting the stage for a new Dust Bowl until the region taps a new source of water.


10Thursday 7:00 PBSNEWSHOUR 8:00 MIDSOMERMURDERS:DEATHANDDREAMS—

Detective Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby (John Nettles) is called in to investigate an apparent suicide but he suspects murder. The dead man turns out to be a di-vorced gambler who was being treated for depression. RepeatsFri10/11,1pm

9:30 MASTERPIECEMYSTERY!:WALLANDER,SERIESII:THEFIFTHWOMAN— Kenneth Branagh stars in his Emmy-nominated role as the Swedish detective cre-ated by best-selling novelist Henning Mankell. The Fifth Woman. Two seemingly unconnected cases lead the detective to believe he is on the trail of a serial killer bent on revenge. {DVI} RepeatsFri10/11,3pm


11Friday 7:00 PBSNEWSHOUR 8:00 WASHINGTONWEEKWITHGWENIFILL— In WETA’s


8:30 INSIDEWASHINGTON 9:00 CHARLIEROSE:THEWEEK 9:30 GREATPERFORMANCES:THEHOLLOWCROWN:

HENRY V— Great Performances presents a four-part miniseries that assembles four of Shakespeare’s history plays — Richard II, Henry IV (Parts I & II), and Henry V — into a single narrative. Henry V. Henry V (Tom Hiddleston) has settled onto the throne and has the makings of a fine king. The French ambas-sador (Jérémie Covillault) brings a challenge from the French dauphin. Inspired by his courtiers, including Exeter (Anton Lesser) and York (Paterson Joseph), Henry swears that he will, with all force, answer this challenge. After Exeter’s diplomacy is rebuffed by the French king (Lambert Wilson), Henry lays a heavy siege and captures Harfleur. The French now take Henry’s claims seriously and challenge the English army to battle at Agincourt. RepeatsSun10/13,1:30pm


12SaturdayONWETATV26,6AM–6PM.See weta.org/hd for WETA HD listings.6AM–6PMSeetheSaturday,October5listings.SIMULCASTONWETATV26&WETAHD,6PM–1AM: 6:00 PBSNEWSHOURWEEKEND 6:30 WASHINGTONWEEKWITHGWENIFILL—R 7:00 KEEPINGUPAPPEARANCES— (two episodes) 8:00 DOCMARTIN,SERIESIII— (two episodes) 9:33 THEWETAMOVIE:STRANGERSONATRAIN— Alfred

Hitchcock’s 1951 thriller, featuring a screenplay by Raymond Chandler, explores the story of two train pas-sengers who meet accidentally and plot to “exchange” murders. Robert Walker, Farley Granger and Ruth Roman star. (1:41) RepeatsSun10/13,11:30am

11:30 INDEPENDENTLENS:ART&COPY— A film spotlights the real Mad Men (and women), offering a glimpse at the people behind the curtain of modern consumer culture. You may thank (or curse) the artists in the film for such familiarly evocative slogans as “Just Do It,” “I ♥ NY,” “Where’s the Beef?” “Got Milk?” “Think Different,” and brilliant campaigns for everything from cars to presidents. (90 min.)

13SundayONWETATV26,6AM–11:30AMSee weta.org/hd for WETA HD.6AM–11:30AMSeetheSunday,October6listings.SIMULCASTONWETATV26&WETAHD,11:30AM–12M:11:30 THEWETAMOVIE:STRANGERSONATRAIN— (1:41)R 1:30 GREATPERFORMANCES:THEHOLLOWCROWN:

HENRY V—R 4:00 BBCANTIQUESROADSHOW 4:30 GLOBETREKKER:BUENOSAIRESCITYGUIDE—

(TV 26 only) RepeatsMon10/14,3:30pm 5:30 PBSNEWSHOURWEEKEND 6:00 MOYERS&COMPANY— RepeatsMon10/14,5pm 7:00 PIEINTHESKY— In the BBC drama series, Richard

Griffiths stars as a top-notch detective who takes on a second career as a restaurateur. Part 6 of 10. Undesir-able Elements. Steve investigates the burglary of Pie in the Sky, while Henry does battle with murderous private sector cops.

8:00 LASTTANGOINHALIFAX— Derek Jacobi and Anne Reid star in a comic drama about romance and second chances. Part 6 of 6. Celia and Alan’s relationship falters over Celia’s behavior toward Caroline’s partner, and the wedding is called off. Furious, Caroline chas-tises her mother, who apologizes. The next day, Celia is shocked to learn that Alan has suffered a medical emergency.

9:00 MASTERPIECECLASSIC:THEPARADISE— An adapta-tion of Emile Zola’s novel Au Bonheur des Dames is set in the Victorian splendor of a British department store. Joanna Vanderham and Emun Elliot star. Part 2 of 7. When a baby is found in the Ladieswear department, everyone at The Paradise becomes caught up in the commotion. The secrets of more than one employee are revealed, and emotions run high as reactions to the infant differ. Denise is faced with a situation which forces her to use all her cunning and take a bold step. RepeatsMon10/14,2:30pm

10:00 FOYLE’SWAR,SERIESI— While World War II rages across the Channel, police detective Christopher Foyle (Michael Kitchen) remains on duty in his quiet English coastal town, probing war-related cases of murder, espionage, and treason. The German Woman. In the first episode of the seven Foyle series, when a beautiful Austrian woman is found murdered with a swastika painted on a nearby tree, Foyle realizes the seemingly peaceful Sussex town harbors any number of suspects. RepeatsTue10/15,4pm

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14Monday 7:00 PBSNEWSHOUR 8:00 ANTIQUESROADSHOW:HARTFORD,CT— Repeats

Tue10/15,2pm 9:00 ANTIQUESROADSHOW:GENEALOGYROADSHOW:

SANFRANCISCO— Follow a diverse cast of partici-pants on an emotional journey that uses history and science to verify family lore. The programs feature individuals from Nashville, Austin, Detroit and San Francisco. RepeatsTue10/15,3pm;Wed10/16,1pm

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10:00 P.O.V.:56UP— P.O.V. returns to England for the eighth film in a series of landmark documentaries that have followed the same group since age seven: 49 years ago a diverse group of seven-year-old children from all over England was interviewed about their lives and their dreams for the future. Michael Apted, a research-er for the original film, has returned to interview the subjects every seven years since.


15Tuesday 7:00 PBSNEWSHOUR 8:00 BURGERSINWASHINGTON— A TV 26 production

celebrates the region’s love affair with the all-American classic. For those who crave neon nostalgia or the trendiest tastes, this program explores 17 of the most notable purveyors of hamburgers in Greater Washing-ton. From beef to antelope to no meat at all, the show explores the diversity and creativity of the area’s bur-geoning burger scene. RepeatsWed10/16,2pm;Thur10/17,1pm;Sun10/20,1:30pm,11:30pm;Mon10/21,10pm;Fri10/25,9:30pm

8:30 SUPERHEROES:ANEVER-ENDINGBATTLE— Liev Schreiber hosts and narrates the first documentary miniseries to examine the dawn of the American comic book genre and its legacy. Among on-camera talents in the film are Stan Lee, Adam West, Lynda Carter, Michael Chabon and Jules Feiffer. Episode 1 of 3. Truth, Justice and the American Way (1938–1958). During the Depres-sion, the popularity of dozens of superhero characters opens the door for a new generation of artists and writ-ers. World War II creates a patriotic fervor for star- spangled adventurers to represent the American spirit at war and on the home front, but in the 1950s, superheroes are caught in the fire of government scrutiny and regula-tion. RepeatsWed10/16,3pm;Sun10/27,1pm

9:30 SUPERHEROES:ANEVER-ENDINGBATTLE— Episode 2 of 3. Great Power, Great Responsibility (1959–1977). In the 1960s, a new breed of superhero emerges in pages of Marvel Comics, inspired by the age of atomic energy and space travel and, in turn, inspiring the pop culture and pop artists of the time. Spider-Man, the Hulk and others are the first to have “problems” with which an adult audience can identify, and contemporary social issues make their way into comic books. Black pow-erhouses such as the Black Panther and Luke Cage appear on the scene, and the pages of Green Lantern/Green Arrow explode with relevant storylines as comic books confront the reality of an increasingly complex world. RepeatsWed10/16,4pm;Sun10/27,2pm

10:30 SUPERHEROES:ANEVER-ENDINGBATTLE— Episode 3 of 3. A Hero Can Be Anyone (1978–Present). Superheroes are enthusiastically embraced in all forms of media and by all demographics, beginning with the historic Super-man movie featuring Christopher Reeve as the Man of Steel. In 1986, Batman is overhauled as The Dark Knight to reflect the nocturnal underside of his character, and Watchmen brings new sophistication to comic book narratives, illuminating a violent and politicized world. In the new millennium, superheroes take over popular culture with feature films, television shows and video games. RepeatsWed10/16,5pm;Sun10/27,3pm


16Wednesday 7:00 PBSNEWSHOUR 8:00 NATURE:SAVINGOTTER501— Nature presents the

story of the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s 501st attempt to save a stranded orphan otter. From her discovery as a newborn pup crying on the beach, through her reha-bilitation in secret roof tanks atop the Monterey Bay Aquarium, Nature follows Otter 501 as she learns how to survive in the wild. {DVI} RepeatsThur10/17,3pm;Mon10/21,1:30pm;Tue10/22,1pm

9:00 NOVA:MAKINGSTUFFFASTER— Four new episodes of the Making Stuff… miniseries explore how technology and applied science make “stuff” faster, wilder, colder and safer. Making Stuff Faster. Are there physical limits to how fast humans can go? New York Times technology writer David Pogue sets out to learn how much we can tweak physiology and engineering to move humans and machines even faster. He investigates electric muscle cars, ultra-sleek sailboats, ultra-fast cameras, quan-tum teleportation and more. RepeatsThur10/17,4pm

10:00 RAWTOREADY— This four-part miniseries ventures inside America’s factories to explore the science and innovation needed to transform the most basic ingredients into powerhouse machines. Episode 1 of 4. Komat’su. To extract precious metals found beneath the earth requires a massive 232-ton, two-story-tall dump truck — a giant earth-mover like the Komatsu 930-E. This engineering achievement is made possible by five essential raw ingredients: coal, chromium, mineral oil, latex rubber and sulphuric acid. RepeatsThur10/17,5pm


17Thursday 7:00 PBSNEWSHOUR 8:00 MIDSOMERMURDERS:PAINTEDINBLOOD— When

DCI Barnaby’s wife Joyce finds a dead woman while painting watercolors of the community Midsomer Florey, she unwittingly uncovers a nest of plots and double-dealings. RepeatsFri10/18,1pm;Sun10/20,7:30pm

9:30 MASTERPIECEMYSTERY!:WALLANDER,SERIESIII:ANEVENTINAUTUMN— Kenneth Branagh stars in his Emmy-nominated role as the soul-searching Swedish detective created by best-selling novelist Henning Mankell. An Event in Autumn. A pregnant woman leaps to her death from the side of a ferry — or was she pushed? Wallander follows the leads of two investiga-tions that become increasingly entangled. RepeatsFri10/18,3pm




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the girls as her substitute, causing the rivalry between Denise and Clara to intensify. Meanwhile, Katherine is enjoying the affections of new suitor Peter Adler, but she is still conflicted about her lingering feelings for Moray. A surprising character finds the cause of Miss Audrey’s illness, and Moray steps in to bring her back to health. RepeatsMon10/21,2:30pm

10:00 FOYLE’SWAR,SERIESI— Michael Kitchen stars as World War II-era police detective Christopher Foyle, who fights crime on the home front in England. The White Feather. The arrest of a young girl on a sabotage charge brings Foyle into contact with a group of English Nazi sympathizers. RepeatsTue10/22,4pm

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21Monday 7:00 PBSNEWSHOUR 8:00 ANTIQUESROADSHOW:MIAMIBEACH,FL— Repeats

Tue10/22,2pm;Wed10/23,1pm 9:00 ANTIQUESROADSHOW:MIAMIBEACH,FL— Repeats

Tue10/22,3pm;Wed10/23,2pm10:00 BURGERSINWASHINGTON— A TV 26 production

explores 17 of the most notable purveyors of hamburg-ers in Greater Washington. From beef to antelope to no meat at all, the show explores the diversity and creativ-ity of the area’s burger scene.

10:30 INDEPENDENTLENS:THEWAITINGROOM/LETMEDOWNEASY— An immersive documentary film (paired with the short film Let Me Down Easy) interweaves several stories that unfold in surprising ways in the ER waiting room at Oakland, California’s Highland Hospital — a facility stretched to the breaking point. The film is an intimate rendering of the story of the health care system at a moment of great change, told through the eyes of people stuck in the waiting room.


22Tuesday 7:00 PBSNEWSHOUR 8:00 THEAFRICANAMERICANS:MANYRIVERSTOCROSS

— A six-hour series chronicles the full sweep of African-American history, from the origins of slavery on the African continent through more than four cen-turies of historic events up to the present. Presented and written by Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., the series draws on some of America’s top historians and heretofore untapped primary sources. Episode 1 of 6. The Black Atlantic (1500–1800). The opening episode explores the global experiences that created the African-American people, spotlighting the earliest Af-ricans who arrived on these shores and examining the transatlantic slave trade. Through stories of individuals caught in its web, the program traces the emergence of plantation slavery in the American South and examines late 18th-century freedom movements, exploring what American, French and Haitian revolutions would mean for African Americans and for slavery in America. {DVI} RepeatsWed10/23,3pm;Thur10/24,1pm

8:30 INSIDEWASHINGTON 9:00 CHARLIEROSE:THEWEEK 9:30 GREAT PERFORMANCES40THANNIVERSARY

CELEBRATION — In celebration of the arts anthology series’ 40th anniversary on PBS, Great Performances hosts an all-star homecoming at Lincoln Center. Through performance and remembrance, a stellar roster of alumni shares their stories of what Great Performances and public television have meant to them. Appearing are Julie Andrews, Audra McDonald, Don Henley, Josh Groban, Itzhak Perlman, Peter Martins, Patti Austin & Take 6, Elina Garanca and Michael Bublé. RepeatsSun10/20,2pm


19SaturdayONWETATV26,6AM–6PM.See weta.org/hd for WETA HD listings.6AM–6PMSeetheSaturday,October5listings.SIMULCASTONWETATV26&WETAHD,6PM–12:30AM: 6:00 PBSNEWSHOURWEEKEND 6:30 WASHINGTONWEEKWITHGWENIFILL—R 7:00 KEEPINGUPAPPEARANCES— (two episodes) 8:00 DOCMARTIN,SERIESIII— (two episodes) 9:33 THEWETAMOVIE:WAITUNTILDARK— In Terence

Young’s 1967 thriller, starring Audrey Hepburn, intrud-ers terrorize a blind woman while they search her Greenwich Village apartment for a heroin-filled doll they believe is hidden on the premises. Alan Arkin and Richard Crenna co-star. (1:48) RepeatsSun10/20,11:30am

11:30 SUMMERSUNWINTERMOON— A thought-provoking documentary film explores the Native American perspective of Lewis and Clark’s legendary “Corps of Discovery” mission. (60 min.)

20SundayONWETATV26,6AM–11:30AM.See weta.org/hd for WETA HD.6AM–11:30AMSeetheSunday,October6listings.SIMULCASTONWETATV26&WETAHD,11:30AM–12M:11:30 THEWETAMOVIE:WAITUNTILDARK— (1:48)R 1:30 BURGERSINWASHINGTON—R 2:00 GREAT PERFORMANCES40THANNIVERSARY

CELEBRATION — R 3:30 BBCANTIQUESROADSHOW 4:00 GLOBETREKKER:AROUNDTHEWORLD—

PACIFICJOURNEYS:SANTIAGOTOPITCAIRN — (TV 26 only) RepeatsMon10/21,3:30pm;Wed10/23,5pm

5:00 PBSNEWSHOURWEEKEND 5:30 MOYERS&COMPANY— RepeatsMon10/21,5pm 6:30 PIEINTHESKY— In the BBC drama series, Richard

Griffiths stars as a top-notch detective who takes on a second career as a restaurateur. Part 7 of 10. Passion Fruit Fool. The girlfriend of Henry’s dry cleaner is kid-napped by a psychotic ex-lover.

7:30 MIDSOMERMURDERS:PAINTEDINBLOOD— See the Thursday, October 17, 8 p.m. listing.

9:00 MASTERPIECECLASSIC:THEPARADISE— An adapta-tion of Émile Zola’s novel Au Bonheur des Dames is set in the Victorian splendor of a British department store. Joanna Vanderham and Emun Elliot star. Part 3 of 7. Miss Audrey falls ill and Moray must appoint one of


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Friday,October18at9:30p.m.onWETATV26&WETAHDGreat Performances 40th Anniversary Celebration presents an all-star homecoming of talent performing and remembering great moments from the long-running public television performing arts series. Appearing are Julie Andrews, Audra McDonald, Michael Bublé, Elina Garanca, Josh Groban, Don Henley, Itzhak Perlman (above) and others.


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9:00 SIEGEINTHESAHARA— From the point of view of witnesses, a documentary explores the events of Janu-ary 2013, when al-Qaeda-linked terrorists stormed a gas plant in the Algerian desert and took more than 800 workers hostage. After a four-day siege, Algerian special forces gained control of the facility.


23Wednesday 7:00 PBSNEWSHOUR 8:00 NATURE:ANIMALODDCOUPLES— Informed by the

observations of caregivers and noted scientists Temple Grandin and Marc Bekoff, Nature investigates why animals form special bonds in unlikely cross-species relationships. {DVI} RepeatsThur10/24,3pm;Mon10/28,1:30pm;Tues10/29,1pm

9:00 NOVA:MAKINGSTUFFWILDER— What happens when engineers open up Nature’s toolbox? David Pogue explores bold new innova tions inspired by the Earth’s greatest inventor, Life itself. From robotic “mules” and “cheetahs” for the military, to swarms of robotic bees, Pogue travels the world seeing the “wildest” ideas put into action in new inventions and technologies. It is a journey that sees today’s bacteria turned into tomor-row’s metallurgists, viruses building batteries and even DNA, the Code of Life, put to work in “living” computers. {DVI} RepeatsThur10/24,4pm

10:00 RAWTOREADY— This four-part miniseries explores the science, innovation and sheer genius needed to transform the most basic ingredients into powerhouse machines. Episode 2 of 4. Bentley. The Bentley Motor Company has built common raw ingredients into their signature Mulsanne, an engineering achievement made possible by aluminum, leather, iron, wood and pigment. RepeatsThur10/24,5pm


24Thursday 7:00 PBSNEWSHOUR 8:00 MIDSOMERMURDERS:TALEOFTWOHAMLETS—

The death of a young film star at a Satanist event at his family’s ancestral home brings DCI Barnaby to investigate in the feuding villages of Upper and Lower Warden. RepeatsFri10/25,1pm;Sun10/27,7:30pm

9:30 MASTERPIECEMYSTERY!:WALLANDER,SERIESIII:THEDOGSOFRIGA— Kenneth Branagh stars as the Swedish detective created by best-selling novelist Hen-ning Mankell. The Dogs of Riga. A raft adrift in Swedish waters holds a grisly cargo: two dead Latvians who have been horribly tortured. Arriving to investigate is an enigmatic police major, who then disappears. Along-side the major’s spouse Kristina, Wallander becomes embroiled in the case. {DVI} RepeatsFri10/25,3pm




8:30 INSIDEWASHINGTON 9:00 CHARLIEROSE:THEWEEK 9:30 BURGERSINWASHINGTON— A TV 26 production

explores 17 of the most notable purveyors of hamburg-ers in Greater Washington, examining the diversity and creativity of the area’s burger scene.

10:00 A RAISIN IN THE SUNREVISITED:THERAISINCYCLEATCENTERSTAGE— A performance documentary explores the backstage challenges of mounting two issue-driven plays, Clybourne Park and Beneatha’s Place. Inspired by A Raisin in the Sun, the works revisit the questions of race and gentrification in America.


26SaturdayONWETATV26,6AM–6PM.See weta.org/hd for WETA HD listings.6AM–6PMSeetheSaturday,October5listings.

SIMULCASTONWETATV26&WETAHD,6PM–12:30AM: 6:00 PBSNEWSHOURWEEKEND 6:30 WASHINGTONWEEKWITHGWENIFILL—R 7:00 KEEPINGUPAPPEARANCES— (two episodes) 8:00 DOCMARTIN,SERIESIII— (two episodes) 9:33 THEWETAMOVIE:EASTOFEDEN— Elia Kazan’s

Academy Award-winning 1955 drama, based on the classic John Steinbeck novel, features the starring debut of movie legend James Dean in a riveting drama revolving around two brothers’ love for the same woman. Co-starring with Dean are Julie Harris and Raymond Massey. (1:55) Repeats10/27,11am

11:30 BURGERSINWASHINGTON—R 12M PIZZAINWASHINGTON— A WETA TV 26 production

explores the “pizza renaissance” taking place around Greater Washington, spotlighting a dozen eateries in the District, Maryland and Virginia.

27SundayONWETATV26,6AM–11AM.See weta.org/hd for WETA HD.6AM–11AMSeetheSunday,October6listings.SIMULCASTONWETATV26&WETAHD,11AM–12M:11:00 THEWETAMOVIE:EASTOFEDEN— (1:55)R 1:00 SUPERHEROES:ANEVER-ENDINGBATTLE— Episode

1 of 3. Truth, Justice and the American Way (1938–1958).R 2:00 SUPERHEROES:ANEVER-ENDINGBATTLE— Episode

2 of 3. Great Power, Great Responsibility (1959–1977).R 3:00 SUPERHEROES:ANEVER-ENDINGBATTLE— Episode

3 of 3. A Hero Can Be Anyone (1978–Present).R 4:00 GLOBETREKKER:AROUNDTHEWORLD—PACIFIC

JOURNEYS:TONGATONEWCALEDONIA — (TV 26 only) RepeatsMon10/28,3:30pm;Wed10/30,5pm

5:00 PBSNEWSHOURWEEKEND 5:30 MOYERS&COMPANY— RepeatsMon10/28,5pm 6:30 PIEINTHESKY— In the BBC drama series, Richard

Griffiths stars as a top-notch detective who takes on a second career as a restaurateur. Part 8 of 10. A Matter of Taste. Henry uncovers two separate wine scams in Middleton.

7:30 MIDSOMERMURDERS:TALEOFTWOHAMLETS— See the Thursday, October 24, 8 p.m. listing.

9:00 MASTERPIECECLASSIC:THEPARADISE— An adapta-tion of Émile Zola’s novel Au Bonheur des Dames is set in the Victorian splendor of a British department store. Joanna Vanderham and Emun Elliot star. Part 4 of 7. Moray forges ahead with his plans to buy up the other shops on the street, reluctantly taking on a partner, while Katherine meddles with his efforts in an attempt to get his attention. Some light is shed on Jonas’ mysterious past and Denise learns a lesson when her latest idea doesn’t go as planned. RepeatsMon10/28,2:30pm

10:00 FOYLE’SWAR,SERIESI— Michael Kitchen stars as World War II-era detective Christopher Foyle, who fights crime on the home front in England. A Lesson in Murder. A conscientious objector dies in police custody, setting in motion a series of suspicious deaths and a complicated puzzle for Foyle. RepeatsTue10/29,4pm

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28Monday 7:00 PBSNEWSHOUR 8:00 ANTIQUESROADSHOW:MIAMIBEACH,FL— Repeats

Tue10/29,2pm;Wed10/30,1pm 9:00 ANTIQUESROADSHOW:DALLAS,TX— RepeatsTue

10/29,3pm;Wed10/30,2pm10:00 SECRETSOFTHETOWEROFLONDON— Standing

guard over the city of London for nearly 1,000 years, the formidable Tower of London has been a royal castle, a prison, a place of execution and torture, an armory and the Royal Mint. This program unlocks the doors to secret rooms, visits with the people who do the jobs no one sees and reveals some surprising facts about one of England’s most famous icons.

11:00 INDEPENDENTLENS:THEGRADUATES— A two-part special examines the many roots of the Latino dropout crisis through the eyes of six inspiring young students who are part of an ongoing effort to increase gradu-ation rates for a growing Latino population. These student profiles offer a first-hand perspective on the challenges facing many Latino high school students.


29Tuesday 7:00 PBSNEWSHOUR 8:00 THEAFRICANAMERICANS:MANYRIVERSTOCROSS

— Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., chronicles the full sweep of African-American history, from the origins of slavery on the African continent up to the present. Episode 2 of 6. The Age of Slavery (1800–1860). This episode illustrates how black peoples’ lives changed dramatically in the aftermath of the American Revolution. King Cotton fueled the rapid expansion of slavery into new territories, and a Second Middle Passage forcibly relocated African Americans from the Upper South into the Deep South. Yet as slavery intensified, so did resistance. From individual acts to mass rebellions, African Americans demonstrated their determination to eradicate slavery. RepeatsWed10/30,3pm;Thur10/31,1pm

9:00 WAROFTHEWORLDS:AMERICANEXPERIENCE— On Sunday, October 30, 1938, millions of Americans gathered around their radios and heard a news bulletin about strange explosions on Mars, followed by other reports that led them to believe an alien invasion was in progress. Relive the thrill of Orson Welles’ infamous radio dramatization of H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds, 75 years after it set off one of the biggest mass hysteria events in U.S. history. RepeatsWed10/30,4pm;Thur10/31,2pm


30Wednesday 7:00 PBSNEWSHOUR 8:00 NATURE:WOLVERINE:CHASINGTHEPHANTOM—

Nature explores the secretive world of the largest and least-known member of the weasel family. Hard-wired to endure an environment of scarcity, the wolverine is one of the most efficient and resourceful carnivores on the planet. {DVI} RepeatsThur10/31,3pm

9:00 NOVA:MAKINGSTUFFCOLDER— For centuries we’ve fought cold, shunned it, and huddled against it. Cold has always been the enemy of life, but now it may hold the key to a new generation of science and technology that will improve our lives. David Pogue explores the frontiers of cold science, from saving the lives of severe trauma patients and cooling a warming planet to ultra-cold physics, where bizarre new properties of matter are the norm and the basis of new technologies. {DVI} RepeatsThur10/31,4pm

10:00 RAWTOREADY— This miniseries explores the science, innovation and sheer genius needed to transform the most basic ingredients into powerhouse machines. Episode 3 of 4. Mack Truck. The highway truck — a mod-ern workhorse vital to commerce — must be strong, durable and fuel-efficient like the Mack Pinnacle, an engineering achievement made possible by platinum, petroleum, copper, manganese and polyurethane. RepeatsThur10/31,5pm


31Thursday 7:00 PBSNEWSHOUR 8:00 MIDSOMERMURDERS:BIRDSOFPREY— DS Troy and

Constable Sarah Pearce are in Midsomer investigating a wildlife crime while DCI Barnaby follows up on the discovery of a local man’s car — and body — in the river. RepeatsFri11/1,1pm

9:30 MASTERPIECEMYSTERY!:WALLANDER,SERIESIII:BEFORETHEFROST— Kenneth Branagh stars as the Swedish detective created by best-selling novelist Henning Mankell. Before the Frost. An escapee from a psychiatric hospital commits horrific acts with fire. While investigating, Wallander links Anna, an old friend of his estranged daughter, to the case and must find her. {DVI} RepeatsFri11/1,3pm


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Tuesday,October29at9p.m.onWETATV26&WETAHDWar of the Worlds: American Experience chronicles Orson Welles’ October 1938 radio broadcast, a dramatization of H.G. Wells’ story that incited mass hysteria based on fears of a Martian invasion.

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That!, 9amNEW!: PEG + CAT, 9:30am Dinosaur Train, 10amSesame Street, 10:30amDaniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, 11:30amSid the Science Kid, noonThomas & Friends, 12:30pmDaniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, 1pmCaillou, 1:30pmSuper WHY!, 2pmDinosaur Train, 2:30pm

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The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!, 3:30pm

Curious George, 4pmArthur, 4:30pmWordGirl, 5pmWild Kratts, 5:30pmMartha Speaks, 6pmWordGirl, 6:30pmCurious George, 7pmZula Patrol, 7:30pmClifford The Big Red Dog, 8pmSid the Science Kid, 8:30pmBiz Kid$, 9pmBarney & Friends, 9:30pmSesame Street, 10pm

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Providing a Safe Haven for Children

Peg + Catairs 9:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. on the

WetA Kids channel, premiering October 7

A new, half-hour animated preschool series, Peg + Cat, joins a new schedule of program offerings this month on WETA Kids. The series follows a spirited young girl and her sidekick as they embark on adven-tures and learn foundational math concepts and skills. Co-creators Billy Aronson (Postcards from Buster) and Jennifer Oxley have teamed with The Fred Rogers Company (makers of Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood) to bring young viewers a new way to experience math through Peg and Cat’s often-hilarious adventures. Each episode features a story in which Peg and Cat encounter an unexpected challenge that requires them to use math and problem-solving skills in order to save the day. While teaching specifi c math lessons, the series displays the value of resilience and perseverance in problem-solving. The broadcast premieres with a special one-hour broadcast of two back-to-back episodes on October 7, along with integrated online and mobile content.

Peg + Cat is funded in part by the U.S. Department of Education through the Ready To Learn Initiative, a program that supports the development of innovative educational television and digital media targeted at preschool and early elementary school children and their families, and by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB).

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That!, 8:30amNEW!: PEG + CAT, 9amDinosaur Train, 9:30amSesame Street, 10amDaniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, 11amSuper WHY!, 11:30am

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British Television at Its Bestthe WetA UK channel is devoted to presenting the best in British television programming, broadcasting beloved classics and contemporary series around the clock, seven days a week. WetA UK offers a full sched-ule of great entertainment programming — featuring drama, comedy, mystery and documentary series — all delivered with an accent from the isles. visit wetauk.org for a complete schedule and program descriptions.

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The WETA UK EventMasterpiece: Mr. Selfridge (10/5–10/19, 9pm)

Land Girls (10/26, 9pm)

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The Country House Revealed (10/12–10/26, 11pm)


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Land Girls (10/27, noon)

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Masterpiece Mystery!:Inspector Lewis(10/3–10/17)

Rumpole of the Bailey (10/24–10/31)

Foyle’s War

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Rumpole of the Bailey

Hustle (to 12:30am)

Sherlock Holmes

Waking the Dead (to 12:30am)

Ladies of the Letters

Rosemary & Thyme

Queen Victoria’s Empire (10/4–11)

King George & Queen Mary (10/18)

Britain’s Royal Weddings (10/25)

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Father Brown Inspector Morse

Masterpiece Mystery!:Inspector Lewis(10/2–16)

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The WETA UK Event: Mr. Selfridge and Land Girlsairs Saturdays in October at 9 p.m. on WetA UK

WETA UK continues presenting episodes of The Complete Mr. Selfridge, starring Jeremy Piven (Entourage) as the fl amboyant American department store magnate who brings American retail strategies to early 1900s London. After the eight-part series ends this month, on October 30, WETA UK pre-mieres the fi ve-part drama Land Girls, a BBC series that commemorated the

70th anniversary of World War II. Boasting an all-star cast including Nathaniel Parker, Sophie Ward and Christine Bottomley, the production follows the lives, loves, highs and lows of four young English women — Nancy, Joyce, Bea and Annie — who leave their homes and families to join the Woman’s Land Army. A civilian organization, the WLA sent city women to rural farms to replace the male workers who had been called up to the military. In the series, the women perform their duties in the English countryside; and through scandal, pregnancy, death and marriage, the bonds between them are tested as they grow into womanhood in the war-weary environment of World War II England.

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Airing as part of WETA UK’s Sunday evening British documentary program-ming, the six-part BBC nature series Wild Africa explores the forces that have shaped the African continent, its habitats and wildlife. Rich, diverse and fascinat-ing, Africa is the mother continent, the core from which all the other continents were torn away millions of years ago. Since then, this mighty block of land has stayed in much the same place, standing alone and straddling the equator. It has also been protected from crippling ice ages and destructive invasions and has been nurtured by gentle changes in climate and geology. As a result, nowhere else has such a breathtaking variety of animals and plants fl ourished so successfully. With stunning photography, the BBC’s famed Natural History Unit explores Africa’s spectacular landscapes: episodes spotlight, respectively, the continent’s mountains (September 29), savannahs (October 6), deserts (October 13), coasts (October 20), jungles (October 27), and lakes and rivers (November 3).

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Set in the early 1950s in the heart of the beautiful English countryside — the Cotswolds — the ten-part, 2013 BBC drama series Father Brown stars Mark Williams (left) as the eponymous sleuth, a Catholic priest who happens to have a talent for solving crimes. Based on the short stories by G.K. Chesterton, Father Brown follows this kindly cleric as he cracks cases in his community using intuition and psychology. His is a quintessentially English world: drawing rooms in large country houses, miles of countryside, village halls and secret gardens, as well as country fairs, railway stations and rural parish churches. Many years spent hearing his parishioners’ confessions have given him an uncanny insight into the origins of evil and the workings of the criminal mind. Full of humor and compassion, but with big dramatic twists, the series features period charm combined with a contemporary edge to the storytelling.

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WETA UK Highlights

Tune in to Classical WETA 90.9 FM on Wednesday, October 2 at 11 a.m. as Classical WETA presents a special broadcast of highlights from this year’s September National Symphony Orchestra Season Opening Ball Concert. NSO

Music Director Christoph Eschenbach offi cially opens the orchestra’s 2013–14 season with superstar cellist Yo-Yo Ma performing Tchai-kovsky’s Rococo Variations. Also on the program are Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet and Bizet’s CarmenSuite No 2. The gala concert concludes with the NSO debut of sensational young organist Cameron Carpen-ter playing the fi nale of Saint-Saens’s famous “Organ Symphony” — Movement 4 from Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op.78.

Then, in November, Classical WETA’s exclusive broad-cast NSO Showcase resumes with a brand new season on Wednesday, November 6 at 9 p.m. with all-new programs airing the fi rst Wednesday of each month through July 2014. The NSO performances are recorded by Classical WETA’s own Charles Lawson, and the NSO Showcaseprograms are hosted by Classical WETA announcer Nicole Lacroix.

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October 5: Verdi’s I MasnadieriLa Fenice, VeniceDaniele Rustioni, conductor

Verdi’s drama about doomed romance and a wealthy crook who seems to get away with murder is a hot-blooded, somewhat-messy affair. Yet the opera features an array of brilliant musical numbers, including arias tailored for its fi rst leading lady, the legendary soprano Jenny Lind.

October 12: Verdi’s NabuccoRoyal Opera House, Covent Garden, LondonNicola Luisotti, conductorCast includes Plácido Domingo as Nabucco.Verdi’s fi rst hit opera comes to Classical WETA from Covent Garden, in a production featuring Plácido Domingo — reinventing himself as a baritone — in his fi rst-ever performance as this opera’s title character.

October 19: Listeners’ Choice OperaVerdi/Wagner EditionCelebrating the 200th birthday this year of two opera greats, Classical WETA asks listeners to visit classicalweta.org through October 5 to vote for their favorite Verdi and Wagner operas. The Classical WETA Opera House program begins October 19 at 1 p.m., counting down the top-10 operas by playing arias or excerpts from those works, wrapping up with a complete performance of the No.1 opera.

October 26: Verdi’s RigolettoBavarian State Opera, MunichMarco Armiliato, conductorIn this sensational drama, Verdi serves up over-the-top passion and appalling violence — all conveyed in music that careens vividly through its characters’ confl icting emotions.

Also tune into VivaLaVoce, Classical WETA’s all-vocal classical channel, which this month (Oct. 4–31) celebrates Verdi’s 200th birthday by presenting all of his 28 operas — in order — on the program Opera at 8. Listen at vivalavoce.org.

October Announcer AppearancesThis month, Classical WETA 90.9 FM announcers appear around Greater Washington at the following classical music events:

September 28: Marilyn Cooley welcomes the audience to the National Philharmonic concert Beethoven’s Eternal Masterworks at the Music Center at Strathmore.

October 6: David Ginder welcomes guests to the Chamber Orchestra Kremlin concert presented by the George Mason University Center for the Arts.

October 15: Nicole Lacroix welcomes the audience to the performance by mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe and Les Violons du Roy at the Music Center at Strathmore.

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This month, Classical WETA 90.9 FM’s local concert broadcast Front Row Washington presents recitals from four different venues, beginning with Dumbarton Concerts in Georgetown. On Monday, October 7, the program features guitarist Berta Rojas performing Fernando Sor’s Variations on a theme by Mozart, along with works by Agustín Pío Barrios, Francisco Tárrega and Heitor-Villa Lobos, including his ever-popular Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5, sung by soprano Rebecca Lister.

On Monday, October 14, Classical WETA is proud to present the debut of the Waterford Concert Series on Front Row Washington, with a recital by renowned pianist

John O’Conor. The Old School in the bucolic town of Waterford, Virginia, provides the stage for Mr. O’Conor’s performance, which features Haydn’s Sonata in F Major, Hob. XVI: 23, two nocturnes by John Field, Beethoven’s “Pathétique” Piano Sonata in C Minor, and Franz Schubert’s own Sonata in C minor, D. 958.

The October 21 program, recorded at the National Gallery of Art, features works by Mozart and Beethoven with musicians from the NGA String Quartet, the NGA Orchestra and the Phillips Camerata. Lithuanian-born pianist Edvinas Minkstimas opens the recital with Mozart’s Piano Sonata in A Minor, K. 310, after which all the musicians gather onstage to perform Mozart’s well-known Divertimento no. 1 in D Major, K. 136, and Beethoven’s early Piano Concerto no. 2, Op. 19.

The month’s Front Row Washington broadcasts wrap up Monday, October 28 with a delightful Phillips Collection concert featuring Swiss-born clarinetist Reto Bieri and pianist Benjamin Engeli. Together, they per-form Brahms’ F minor sonata, Op. 120, no. 1; Debussy’s Première Rhapsody; and Francis Poulenc’s engaging Sonata for clarinet and piano.

Choral Showcase in OctoberSundays at 9 p.m.

An a cappella program of rarities is the centerpiece of Classical WETA 90.9 FM’s Sunday-night broadcast Choral Showcase on October 20. The program begins with a work by Max Reger, who, outside his native Germany, has yet to catch on (at least, outside academic circles). His Motet, “O Lord, Rebuke me not” may be the start of a change. It is for five-part chorus, but quickly divides into even more voices (up to 9 at one point), reflecting his life-long love of counterpoint. The text comes from the Psalms. Its bow to the Baroque is clear, but not just in its counterpoint; it is constructed as a free fantasy with chorale and big double fugue. Next is Michael Tippett’s “The Weeping Babe,” with text by Edith Sitwell. The piece is a sad nativity carol that anticipates the Crucifixion. For Grechaninov’s Seven Days of Passion, the composer chose a text from the Orthodox Church, and the result is a moving and rich experience of Russian singing; the Classical WETA recording was the first ever of this music (made in the mid-1990s), conducted by Valéry Polyansky with the Russian State Symphonic Cappella.

The week before, on October 13, the broadcast features another premiere recording: Berlioz’s rarely performed Messe solennelle. The Classical WETA recording is conducted by John Eliot Gardiner (who rediscovered the work in 1991!), as is the performance of Brahms’s greatly loved German Requiem on the October 6 broadcast.

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Heaven and EarthArt of Byzantium from Greek CollectionsOctober 6–March 2

Charles Marville Photographer of ParisSeptember 29–January 5

The exhibition is organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington, in association with The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. The exhibition is made possible through the generous support of Leonard and Elaine Silverstein. Additional support is provided by The Exhibition Circle of the National Gallery of Art.

Image: Charles Marville, Cour Saint-Guillaume (ninth arrondissement) (detail), 1866–1867, albumen print from collodion negative, Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gilman Collection, Purchase, Alfred Stieglitz Society Gifts, 2005. Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The exhibition was organized by the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports, Athens, with the collaboration of the Benaki Museum, Athens, and in association with the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. The exhibition’s international tour is made possible by major funding from OPAP S.A. Financial support is also provided by the A.G. Leventis Foundation. The exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.

Image: Icon of the archangel Michael, first half of 14th century, tempera and gold, Byzantine and Christian Museum, Athens, Gift of a Greek of Istanbul, 1958

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