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SEPTEMBER 2018 SEPTEMBER 2018
PRIMETIME PRIMETIME
Betty White:
First Lady
of Television
September 4, 8pm
Photo courtesy of Pioneers of Television Archives
primetime
9:30 OPB Brain Secrets with Dr. Michael
1 SATURDAY Merzenich Learn how to improve and
5:30 OPB PBS NewsHour Weekend | OPB+ maintain cognitive fitness as you age.
Rock Rewind 1967 The late ‘60s produced (Also Thu 2:30am) | OPB+ POV Don’t Tell
songs that echoed peace, protest, relevance Anyone. Immigrant activist Angy Rivera
and romance. is the country’s only advice columnist for
undocumented youth. (Also Thu 1:30am)
6:00 OPB & OPB+ Rick Steves’ Heart of
Italy Savor and embrace Italy’s sweet life, the 11:00 OPB+ PBS NewsHour (R)
‘dolce vita.’ (Also Sat 9/08 11:30pm OPB)
11:30 OPB Mindfulness Goes Mainstream
8:00 OPB & OPB+ Rick Steves’ Travel as Experience the transformative power of
a Political Act Rick Steves believes in the mindfulness meditation. (Also Fri 9:30pm)
importance of traveling in order to broaden
one’s perspective and gain empathy. (Also
Sun 9am OPB & OPB+) 5 WEDNESDAY
Bplanet/Shutterstock.com
7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Wed 11pm
9:30 OPB & OPB+ Grateful Dead: Downhill
OPB+) | OPB+ Bard in the Backcountry
from Here Watch a classic performance
from the peak of the band’s career. (Also
The Secret Life of Dogs Go behind the scenes of summer
Tue 2am OPB) Series Premiere performances of Shakespeare in the park.
Dogs are the most diverse species 8:00 OPB The Secret Life of Dogs Ep 1.
11:30 OPB & OPB+ Jimmy Buffett: Buried
See callout on this page. (Also Fri
Treasure Explore Buffett’s musical roots of mammal on the planet—there
12am) | OPB+ 800 Words Season 2, Eps
during his ‘pre-beach’ years. (Also Tue 4am are an incredible 340 breeds 15&16. George fears that Weld is losing its
OPB) each with their own distinctive innocence. (Also Fri 12am)
appearance, character, and
9:00 OPB Ken Burns: America’s Storyteller
2 SUNDAY superpower. But how much do
The War. A tribute to the acclaimed filmmaker
5:30 OPB PBS NewsHour Weekend | OPB+
we know about our four-legged features Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep, George
Rick Steves’ Tasty Europe Savor Europe’s friends? Follow a puppy from birth Lucas and many more. (Also Tue 8pm)
rich food culture. to motherhood to uncover the true
9:30 OPB+ On Story Carl Reiner: A
success of their species.
6:00 OPB & OPB+ Celtic Thunder X Conversation with a TV Legend (Also Fri
Celebrate ten years of Celtic Thunder with Wednesday, September 5, 8pm 1:30am)
a mix of Irish songs, classic hits and more. OPB 10:00 OPB+ Victorian Slum House The
(Also Sun 9/09 12:30pm OPB & OPB+)
1860s. A group of modern-day families are
8:00 OPB & OPB+ The Highwaymen Live challenged to endure the harsh living and
at Nassau Coliseum Willie Nelson, Waylon 9:30 OPB GI Jews: Jewish Americans in working conditions of Britain’s 19th-century
Jennings, Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson World War II Follow the story of the 550,000 slums. (Also Fri 2am)
shine in this 1990 performance. (Also Sat brave Jewish Americans who served in WWII,
11:00 OPB Rick Steves’ Dynamic Europe:
10pm OPB & OPB+) fighting not only for their country, but for their
Amsterdam, Prague, Berlin Rick Steves
beliefs and brethren across the world. (Also
9:30 OPB & OPB+ Fleetwood Mac: The shares valuable insights on art, culture and
Wed 2am)
Dance The group performs many hits in history. (Also Sun 4:30am) | OPB+ PBS
this intimate 1997 concert. (Also Tue 9/11 10:00 OPB+ Emin: Live from Russia with NewsHour (R-Also Thu 12am OPB)
10pm OPB) David Foster Recording star Emin and
special guests perform in St. Petersburg,
11:30 OPB & OPB+ Queen: Rock the World
Russia. (Also Wed 2am) 6 THURSDAY
Follow the British band during their 1977 tour.
11:00 OPB+ PBS NewsHour (R) 7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Thu 11pm
OPB+) | OPB+ This Old House Hour
3 MONDAY 11:30 OPB Age Reversed with Miranda
8:00 OPB Alone in the Wilderness After
Esmonde-White Learn how to combat the
7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Mon 11pm physical consequences of aging. (Also Wed constructing a log cabin by hand, self-
OPB+) | OPB+ The Coroner The Foxby 4am) educated naturalist Richard Proenneke lived
Affair (R) alone in the Alaska wilderness for nearly 30
years. (Also Sat 12am) | OPB+ Gorongosa
8:00 OPB Mister
Rogers: It’s You I
4 TUESDAY Park: Rebirth of Paradise Lion Mystery.
Scientists try to determine why Gorongosa’s
Like Celebrate Mister 7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Tue 11pm
lion population isn’t growing. (Also Sat 12am)
Rogers’ Neighborhood, OPB+) | OPB+ DruidShakespeare
the children’s series that This Irish theater company casts women 9:00 OPB+ NOVA Making North America:
premiered nationally as English kings and men as widows in Origins. Discover how forces of unimaginable
50 years ago. (Also Wed 12:30am) | OPB+ Shakespeare’s plays. (Also Sun 9/16 12am) power gave birth to the continent. (Also Sat
Magic Moments: The Best of ‘50s Pop 1am)
8:00 OPB Betty White: First Lady of
Take a stroll down memory lane with the pop
Television Celebrate the beloved star’s 80th 9:30 OPB Oregon Revealed: The Water
sounds of the mid-century. (Also Wed 12am)
anniversary in show business with this warm Around Us Oregon Field Guide
9:00 OPB+ Soundstage Cornerstones of look at her life and career. (Also Thu 1am) | photographers dive below the surface and
Rock (Also Wed 1am) OPB+ Voces on PBS Children of Giant (Also fly above the clouds to show you the water of
Thu 12am)
2 SEPTEMBER 2018
OPB = Comcast 10 or 710; antenna XX.1
OPB+ = Comcast 310; antenna XX.2
KIDS = Comcast 311; antenna XX.3
Full channel list at opb.org/tvchannels
R = Repeat within a week
Repeats are on original channel unless noted
Full schedule and VOD at opb.org/schedules
= Program premiere
= Watch online at watch.opb.org
Programs are subject to change weekdays
Oregon like you’ve never seen it before. (Also
Sat 1:30am)
Jones as they perform classic ‘60s songs.
(Also Mon 2:30am OPB) MONDAY - FRIDAY
10:00 OPB+ America Revealed Made in the 10:00 OPB & OPB+ The Highwaymen Live 5:30 OPB BBC World News
U.S.A. (Also Sat 2am) at Nassau Coliseum (R-Also Sun 11am
OPB & OPB+) 6am OPB Classical Stretch (M/F); Sit
11:00 OPB Survival Guide for Pain-Free
Living with Peggy Cappy Learn easy- 11:30 OPB Rick Steves’ Heart of Italy (R) | & Be Fit (Tu/Th); Power Yoga (W)
to-do stretches and other yoga moves for OPB+ Rick Steves’ Festive Europe (R) | OPB+ Lifestyles
pain relief. (Also Sat 4pm) | OPB+ PBS
6:30 OPB Kids Programs (until noon)
NewsHour (R)
9 SUNDAY
7am OPB+ Newsline (NHK from
5:30 OPB PBS NewsHour Weekend | OPB+
7 FRIDAY Rick Steves’ Europe: Remote, Sacred,
Japan)
7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Fri 11pm Wild Join Rick on a tour of Europe’s great 7:30 OPB+ Sit & Be Fit (M/W/F);
OPB+) | OPB+ Legends of Airpower outdoor and religious sites. Priscilla’s Yoga (Tu/Th)
Brigadier General Charles Elwood Yeager.
6:00 OPB & OPB+ Rock Rewind 1968 Take a
This series profiles the many legendary 8am OPB+ Sewing, Knitting &
time-tripping visit to the psychedelic pop era.
people of military aviation. (Also Wed 5am) Quilting
6:30 OPB & OPB+ An Evening with Lucia
7:30 OPB+ Legends of Airpower General
Micarelli Enjoy a showcase of classical, 9am OPB+ Painting
Benjamin Oliver Davis, Jr. (Also Wed
jazz and Americana music by the acclaimed
5:30am)
violinist. 10am OPB+ Woodworking
8:00 OPB Incredible Aging: Adding Life
8:00 OPB & OPB+ I Miss Downton Abbey! 10:30 OPB+ Food & Cooking (until
to Your Years Take a closer look at the
Revisit treasured moments from the noon)
complex and often confusing information
unforgettable series.
around healthy aging. | OPB+ Washington
Week (Also Sat 6am) 9:30 OPB & OPB+ Mannheim Steamroller Noon OPB Painting | OPB+ Second
30/40 Live Enjoy songs from Mannheim Opinion (M); Garden Home (Tu);
8:30 OPB+ Breaking Big Christian Siriano Articulate with Jim Cotter (W);
Steamroller’s annual Christmas tour. (Also
(Also Sun 9/16 3:30pm OPB) Trails to Tsukiji (Th); Make it
Tue 12:30am OPB)
9:00 OPB+ Gandhi’s Awakening & Gandhi’s Artsy (F)
11:00 OPB & OPB+ Brain Secrets with Dr.
Gift Pts 1&2. Trace the life and legacy of
Michael Merzenich (R) 12:30 OPB Food & Cooking | OPB+
Mohandas Gandhi and his timeless message
Re’flect: Successful Aging (9/3,
of nonviolence, equality and interfaith
9/10); Power Over Parkinson’s
harmony. (Also Mon 1am) 10 MONDAY (9/17); Never Too Late (9/24); iQ
9:30 OPB Mindfulness Goes Mainstream 7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour | OPB+ Sister smartparent (Tu); Start Up (W);
(R-Also Sat 3pm OPB & OPB+) Wendy at the Norton Simon Museum For Your Home (Th); Ask This
The world-famous ‘art nun’ surveys an Old House (F)
10:30 OPB Roy Orbison: Black & White
extraordinary collection in Pasadena,
Night 30 A newly remastered version of the
California. 1pm OPB+ Travel (M/Tu); Home,
legendary 1987 concert features Jackson
Garden & Crafts (W/Th/F)
Browne, Elvis Costello, k.d. lang, Bonnie 8:00 OPB Antiques Roadshow Bismarck, Hr 2
Raitt, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits and | OPB+ Great Performances The Hollow 1:30 OPB & OPB+ Travel
more. (Also Fri 9/14 10am OPB+) Crown: Henry VI, Pt 1. Divisions within the
English court threaten the crown. (Also Wed 2pm OPB Kids Programs (until 6pm)
11:00 OPB+ PBS NewsHour (R)
12am) | OPB+ Newsline (NHK from
9:00 OPB Oregon Experience The Braceros. Japan)
8 SATURDAY This WWII guest-worker program saved
2:30 OPB+ BBC World News
5:00 OPB & OPB+ Rick Steves’ Festive American agriculture and changed Oregon in
America
Europe See how Europeans embrace life unimaginable ways.
with inspirational gusto. (Also Sat 11:30pm
9:30 OPB Oregon Experience Sam Hill. 3pm OPB+ DW News
OPB+)
Get to know one of the most important and
5:30 OPB PBS NewsHour Weekend | OPB+ legendary figures in Oregon history. 3:30 OPB+ Nightly Business Report
Rock Rewind 1969 Revisit hits of the late
10:00 OPB Antiques Roadshow Bismarck, 4pm OPB+ PBS NewsHour
‘60s with Tommy James & The Shondells,
Hr 3 | OPB+ BSO 360 Eps 1&2. Get a
The Temptations and more.
backstage pass to the inner workings of the 5pm OPB+ Trails to Tsukiji (M);
6:00 OPB & OPB+ Dionne Warwick: Boston Symphony Orchestra with compelling Lifestyles & Culture (Tu/W/Th/F)
Then Came You Celebrate the legendary, stories, delightful music and in-depth profiles.
Grammy-winning singer and her greatest hits. (Also Wed 2am) 5:30 OPB+ Food & Cooking (until 7pm)
(Also Mon 1am OPB)
11:00 OPB Talent Has Hunger Gifted 6pm OPB Home Repair (M/Tu);
7:30 OPB & OPB+ Rick Steves’ Delicious students get lessons at master cello Travel (W/Th/F)
Europe To Europeans, eating well is living well. instructor Paul Katz’s New England
Conservatory of Music. | OPB+ 6:30 OPB Nightly Business Report
8:00 OPB & OPB+ ‘60s Pop, Rock & Soul
Amanpour & Company (Also Wed 4am)
Reminisce with hosts Peter Noone and Davy
SEPTEMBER 2018 3
primetime
11 TUESDAY 14 FRIDAY
7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Wed 12am) | 7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour | OPB+ Legends
OPB+ African American Museum Witness of Airpower Major General William Mitchell
the history and ingenuity found inside the (Also Wed 5am)
new museum in Washington D.C.
7:30 OPB+ Legends of Airpower
8:00 OPB Ken Burns: America’s Storyteller Commander Randall Cunningham (Also
The War (R-Also Thu 1am) | OPB+ Super Wed 5:30am)
Skyscrapers One World Trade Center. In
8:00 OPB Members’ Choice – TBA | OPB+
New York City, One World Trade Center’s final
Washington Week (Also Sat 6am)
year of exterior construction is showcased.
(Also Thu 12am) 8:30 OPB+ Breaking Big Mayor Carmen Yulin The Forge/Laurence Cendrowicz for BBC & MASTERPIECE
Cruz (Also Mon 12:30am)
9:00 OPB+ In Our Son’s Name A grieving
couple begins a journey of reconciliation after 9:00 OPB+ American Experience RFK. Masterpiece
losing their son on September 11, 2001. (Also Chronicles the pivotal role Robert Kennedy
Thu 1am) played in many of the major events of the The Miniaturist
10:00 OPB Fleetwood Mac: The Dance
1960s. (Also Mon 1am) In this three-part miniseries, a
(R-Also Thu 3am) | OPB+ 9/11 Inside 10:00 OPB Members’ Choice – TBA young bride’s new husband gives
the Pentagon Pentagon personnel, first her an extraordinary wedding gift:
11:00 OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also
responders and journalists tell stories of a cabinet that is a miniature replica
Tue 4am)
heroism and perseverance in the face of of their home—and seems to
tragedy. (Also Thu 2am) predict and unravel the future with
11:00 OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also 15 SATURDAY unsettling precision.
Thu 4am) 5:30 OPB PBS NewsHour Weekend Parts 1&2: September 16, 9pm
6:00 OPB & OPB+ Members’ Choice – TBA Part 3: September 23, 9:30pm
12 WEDNESDAY 9:00 OPB & OPB+ Members’ Choice – TBA OPB
7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Thu 12am)
| OPB+ Great Museums Sound Tracks:
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame & Museum. 16 SUNDAY 11:00 OPB POV Voices of the Sea. A
The museum’s fascinating collection skillfully 5:00 OPB Firing Line with Margaret Hoover 30-something Cuban mother of four longs
recreates the story of Rock. | OPB+ Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions for a better life and is desperate to leave the
Volunteer Tourism, Pt 1 country. (Also Tue 4am)
8:00 OPB Members’ Choice – TBA |
OPB+ Masterpiece My Mother and Other 5:30 OPB PBS NewsHour Weekend | OPB+
Strangers, Pts 1&2. Englishwoman Rose Rick Steves’ Europe Normandy: War-Torn 17 MONDAY
Coyne works to raise her son and daughter in yet Full of Life 7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour | OPB+ Great
Northern Ireland during WWII. (Also Fri 12am) Museums Elevated Thinking: The High Line
6:00 OPB The Great
10:00 OPB Members’ Choice – TBA | OPB+ American Read Fall in New York City. Recycled from a defunct,
Victorian Slum House The 1870s. The slum Kick Off. Join host elevated railroad, High Line Park winds
dwellers toil to make artificial flowers. (Also Meredith Vieira in the through 22 blocks of Manhattan.
Fri 2am) search for America’s 8:00 OPB Antiques Roadshow Celebrating
best-loved novel. The Latino Heritage (Also Wed 1am) | OPB+
11:00 OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also Fri
voting is underway, Great Performances The Hollow Crown:
4am)
and the competition is heating up—any book Henry VI, Pt 2. Bitter rivalries erupt while the
could win. | OPB+ Southeast Alaskan feeble King Henry is overshadowed by Queen
13 THURSDAY Odyssey with the Alaska String Band Margaret. (Also Wed 12am)
7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour | OPB+ This Old 7:00 OPB Masterpiece King Charles III. This 9:00 OPB Oregon Experience Luther
House Hour drama imagines Prince Charles’ ascension Cressman: Quest for First People. In the
to the throne following Queen Elizabeth’s 1930s, archaeologist Luther Cressman
8:00 OPB Members’ Choice – TBA | OPB+
death. | OPB+ Outdoor Idaho A Sawtooth uncovered ice age sandals in a rural Oregon
Gorongosa Park: Rebirth of Paradise
Celebration cave, changing theories about how and when
Elephant Whisperer. The team faces charging
elephants to gain insights into elephant 8:00 OPB+ Someplace with a Mountain people first arrived in the Americas. (Also
behavior. (Also Sat 12am) Pacific Islanders face rising sea levels. Wed 2am)
9:00 OPB+ NOVA Making North America: Life. 9:00 OPB Masterpiece The Miniaturist, 10:00 OPB Antiques Roadshow Birmingham,
Learn how life evolved in North America. Eps 1&2. See callout on this page. (Also Hr 1 (Also Wed 3am)
(Also Sat 1am) Sat 11pm) | OPB+ Seeking the Greatest 10:30 OPB+ BSO 360 Ep 3. Enjoy a
Good Explore Gifford Pinchot’s vision of retrospective on Boston Pops conductors
10:00 OPB Members’ Choice – TBA | OPB+
conservation and social justice. Arthur Fiedler, John Williams, Keith Lockhart
Aurora: Fire in the Sky Experience the col-
orful glow of the northern lights. (Also Sat 2am) 10:00 OPB+ The White House: Inside and more. (Also Wed 2:30am)
Story Gain access to America’s most iconic 11:00 OPB POV 93queen. A group of women
11:00 OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also
residence—a symbol of national history and create an all-female volunteer ambulance
Mon 4am)
democracy. corps in a Hasidic enclave of Brooklyn.
4 SEPTEMBER 2018
OPB = Comcast 10 or 710; antenna XX.1
OPB+ = Comcast 310; antenna XX.2
KIDS = Comcast 311; antenna XX.3
Full channel list at opb.org/tvchannels
R = Repeat within a week
Repeats are on original channel unless noted
Full schedule and VOD at opb.org/schedules
= Program premiere
= Watch online at watch.opb.org
Programs are subject to change weekENDs
(Also Wed 4am) | OPB+ Amanpour &
Company (Also Wed 4am)
20 THURSDAY SATURDAYS
7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour | OPB+ This Old 6-10am OPB Kids Programs | OPB+
House Hour
18 TUESDAY News, Politics & Business
8:00 OPB Oregon Art Beat Paper Arts. Paper
7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Wed 12am) 8am OPB Members’ Choice – TBA
artist Arnold World forms botanical creations
| OPB+ American Originals: Made on (9/1, 9/8, 9/15 until 12am)
made solely out of paper napkins. (Also
Main Street Discover unique craftspeople
Sun 6pm) | OPB+ Gorongosa Park: Rebirth
and businesses across America. 10am OPB Gardening | OPB+
of Paradise New Blood. For some animals
Members’ Choice – TBA (9/1,
8:00 OPB The Great American Read Who to recover from the wounds of war, the park
9/8, 9/15 until 12am); Marathons
Am I? From life lessons to spiritual journeys, needs to step in and help. (Also Sat 12am)
(until 8pm) Mexico: One Plate at
these books help us to understand our own
8:30 OPB Outdoor Idaho Valley of the Tetons. a Time (9/22); The Great British
identities and find our place in the world.
Idaho is known as the quiet side of the Baking Show (9/29)
(Also Thu 1am) | OPB+ Independent
Tetons. (Also Sun 6:30pm)
Lens East of Salinas. A moving story of 11am OPB Sewing & Quilting
immigration, childhood and circumstance. 9:00 OPB Midsomer Murders The Magician’s
(Also Thu 12am) Nephew, Pts 1&2. A prominent member 1pm OPB Cooking
of a secret pagan cult is found murdered.
9:00 OPB Mark Twain Pt 2. Unlike the wildly
(Also Sun 2am) | OPB+ NOVA Making North 3pm OPB Motorweek
successful Twain, Clemens is an inept
America: Human. Examine humanity’s impact
businessman who squanders his fortunes.
on the continent. (Also Sat 1am) 3:30 OPB Woodworking
(Also Thu 2am) | OPB+ The Salinas Project
Join children of immigrant farm workers living 10:00 OPB+ To Catch a Comet Watch the
4:30 OPB Home Repair
just south of Silicon Valley. (Also Thu 1am) historic landing of an orbiter on the surface of
a comet. (Also Sat 2am)
10:00 OPB+ Voces on PBS Now en Espanol
(Also Thu 2am) 10:40 OPB Doctor Blake Mysteries Family SUNDAYS
Portrait. Weeks before Blake’s own wedding,
11:00 OPB Frontline Weinstein. The Holly- 6-9am OPB Kids Programs | OPB+
a different groom is found dead. (Also Sun
wood mogul allegedly sexually harassed and Lifestyles
3:40am)
abused women over four decades. | OPB+
Amanpour & Company (Also Thu 4am) 11:00 OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also 9am OPB Members’ Choice – TBA
Mon 4am) (9/2, 9/9 until 12am); Travel
(9/16, 9/23); Marathon Poldark,
19 WEDNESDAY Season 3 (9/30 until 8pm) | OPB+
7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Thu 12am) |
21 FRIDAY Members’ Choice –TBA (9/2,
OPB+ Program About Unusual Buildings 7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour | OPB+ Legends 9/9 until 12am); Father Brown
& Other Roadside Stuff of Airpower General James Harold Doolittle The Missing Man (9/16); The
(Also Wed 5am) Resurrectionists (9/23)
8:00 OPB The Secret Life of Dogs Ep 2.
Through their extraordinary powers that en- 7:30 OPB+ Legends of Airpower Colonel 10am OPB Nature (9/16, 9/23) | OPB+
able them to join us in all walks of life, dogs Francis S. Gabreski (Also Wed 5:30am) Movie The Second Woman (9/16);
have truly earned the name of ‘man’s best Blood on the Sun (9/23)
8:00 OPB The Coroner Pieces of Eight. Jane
friend.’ (Also Fri 1am) | OPB+ Master-
investigates when a faceless man washes
piece My Mother and Other Strangers, Pts 11am OPB NOVA (9/16, 9/23)
up on the beach during Lighthaven’s Pirate
3&4. Nurse Tillie comes to the rescue. Emma
Festival. (Also Mon 7pm OPB+) | OPB+
gets man advice. (Also Fri 12am) 11:30 OPB+ Movie My Man Godfrey
Washington Week (Also Sat 6am)
(9/16); Patterns (9/23)
9:00 OPB The
8:30 OPB+ Breaking Big Danai Gurira
Amazing Human Noon OPB Great Performances
Body Grow. Learn 9:00 OPB Hinterland Season 2, Eps 1&2. DCI Cendrillon (9/16); American
how humans begin Tom Mathias is forced to return to the front Masters Eva Hesse (9/23)
life as a single line after an arson attack on a farmhouse.
cell and grow into (Also Mon 2am) | OPB+ American 1pm OPB+ Gorongosa Park: Rebirth
beings of more than Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story of Paradise (9/16, 9/23)
37 trillion cells. (Also Fri 2am) Niebuhr remains one of the most influential
public theologians of our time. 2pm OPB American Masters Elizabeth
10:00 OPB The Amazing Human Body
Murray (9/23) | OPB+ NOVA (9/16,
Survive. Discover the miracles the human 10:00 OPB+ To Begin the World Over Again:
9/23)
body goes through every day to stay alive The Life of Thomas Paine The acclaimed
and healthy. (Also Fri 3am) | OPB+ one-man play about the life of the provocative
3pm OPB News, Religion & Ethics
Victorian Slum House The 1880s. Upper- writer Thomas Paine. (Also Mon 2am)
(until 6pm) | OPB+ The Whole
class guests visit the slum. (Also Fri 2am)
10:35 OPB Masterpiece Sherlock, Season 4: Truth
11:00 OPB The Amazing Human Body The Final Problem. Long-buried secrets are
Learn. See how experience shapes the brain revealed as Sherlock and Watson face their 3:30 OPB+ Between the Lines
and body together, allowing them to adapt. greatest challenge ever. (Also Mon 3:35am)
(Also Fri 4am) | OPB+ Amanpour & 4pm OPB+ Travel (until 7pm)
11:00 OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also
Company (Also Fri 4am)
Tue 4am)
SEPTEMBER
NOVEMBER 2018
2013 5
primetime
10:00 OPB Antiques Roadshow Birmingham,
22 SATURDAY Hr 3 (Also Wed 3am)
5:00 OPB This Old House Move in Day (Also
10:30 OPB+ BSO 360 Ep 4. During the
Mon 6pm) | OPB+ Marathon Mexico: One
summer, conductor Thomas Wilkins travels to
Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless, continued
Boston schools with his popular workshops.
(until 8pm)
(Also Wed 2:30am)
5:30 OPB PBS NewsHour Weekend
11:00 OPB POV Survivors. Two healthcare
6:00 OPB The Great British Baking Show workers heroically face the Ebola epidemic
Pâtisserie (Also Sat 9/29 6pm OPB+) in Sierra Leone. (Also Wed 4am) | OPB+
Amanpour & Company (Also Wed 4am)
7:00 OPB Art Wolfe’s Travels to the Edge
Iceland: Earth, Air, Fire and Water (Also Sun
9:30am) 25 TUESDAY
7:30 OPB Rick Steves’ Europe Central Turkey Christopher Loren Ewers 7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Wed 12am) |
(Also Sun 9am) OPB+ Death in Paradise Season 3,
8:00 OPB Doc Martin Sickness and Health. The Mayo Clinic: Ep 1 (R)
Portwenn is buzzing about the wedding of
Martin and Louisa. Will they finally tie the
Faith, Hope, Science 8:00 OPB The Great American Read
Heroes. Follow the trials and tribulations of
knot? (Also Mon 12:05am) | OPB+ The Take a timely look at how one some of literature’s favorite protagonists.
Songwriters Gretchen Peters institution has met the changing (Also Thu 1am) | OPB+ Oceans of Pink
8:30 OPB+ The Songwriters Ray Stevens demands of healthcare for 150 Breast cancer survivors find community in
years—and what it can teach us dragon boat racing. (Also Thu 12am)
9:00 OPB Father Brown The Brewer’s
about facing the challenges of 9:00 OPB The Mayo Clinic: Faith, Hope,
Daughter. Sid falls for the heiress to a local
brewery, only for her to be arrested. (Also
patient care today. Science See callout on this page. (Also
Thu 2am) | OPB+ Independent Lens No
Wed 7pm) | OPB+ Austin City Limits The Tuesday, September 25, 9pm
Mas Bebes (No More Babies). The story
Head and the Heart/Benjamin Booker (Also OPB of Mexican-American women who were
Sun 5am)
coerced into sterilization in the late 1960s and
10:00 OPB Death in Paradise Season 3, early ‘70s. (Also Thu 1am)
Ep 1. Follow criminal investigations on the 8:00 OPB Anne of Green Gables: Fire &
10:00 OPB+ Voces on PBS El Poeta (Also Thu
Caribbean island paradise of Saint-Marie. Dew Anne Shirley journeys to Queen’s Col-
2am)
(Also Tue 7pm) | OPB+ Movie Farewell to lege in Charlottetown and feels overwhelmed
Arms (1932). Based on the novel by Ernest by city life. (Also Tue 1am) | OPB+ 11:00 OPB Frontline (Also Thu 4am) | OPB+
Hemingway, a nurse and an American soldier America’s Forests with Chuck Leavell Amanpour & Company (Also Thu 4am)
fall in love during WWI, but the horrors Eps 1&2. The people of Oregon engage with
surrounding them test their romance to the the woods in new ways. (Also Tue 1am)
limit. (Also Sat 11:30pm) 26 WEDNESDAY
9:00 OPB+ Of Race and Reconciliation In
11:00 OPB Masterpiece The Miniaturist, Pts 7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Thu 12am)
1885, Chinese immigrants were expelled from
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