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PRIMETIME

September 2019

PRIMETIME

September 2019

Country MusicStarting September 15, 9pm

Johnny Cash at his home in California, 1960. Photo courtesy of Sony Music Archives

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Life from Above Moving PlanetBehold Earth as it’s never been seen before. Cameras in space tell stories of life on our planet from a brand-new perspective, revealing its incredible movements, colors, patterns and just how fast it’s changing.

Wednesday, September 4, 8pm OPB

10:30 OPB Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: 50 Years and Circlin’ Back Vince Gill, Jackson Browne and more celebrate the band’s musical milestones and hits. (Also Sun 2:30am)

11:00 OPB+ DW Global 3000 (Also Sat 2am)

11:30 OPB+ Asian American Life (Also Sat 2:30am)

6 FRIDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Sat 12am)

| OPB+ Super Skyscrapers One World Trade Center. In New York City, One World Trade Center’s final year of exterior construction is showcased.

8:00 OPB Downton Abbey Live! (R-Also Sat 9/14 8pm OPB & OPB+) | OPB+ Washington Week (Also Sat 6am)

8:30 OPB+ American Masters Basquiat: Rags to Riches. Meet the anonymous New York graffiti artist turned ‘80s art world star. (Also Mon 12:30am)

9:30 OPB 3 Steps to Pain-Free Living Treat the root cause of many painful conditions with this easy to follow plan. (Also Sat 10:30am OPB & OPB+)

10:30 OPB John Sebastian Presents: Folk Rewind A live reunion of folk singers includes Barry McGuire, Roger McGuinn and The Chad Mitchell Trio. (Also Tue 9/10 8pm)

11:00 OPB+ Secrets of the Dead World War Speed. Learn how the use of amphetamines affected the course of World War II. (Also Thu 2am)

4 WEDNESDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Thu 12am)

| OPB+ Art in the Twenty-First Century Chicago (Also Thu 5am)

8:00 OPB Life from Above Moving Planet. See callout on this page. (Also Sat 4pm OPB & OPB+) | OPB+ Masterpiece Poldark: Season 3, Ep 8. Elizabeth turns the tables on George. (Also Fri 12am)

9:00 OPB+ Secrets of the Manor House Enter the bygone world of Britain’s manor houses. (Also Fri 1am)

9:30 OPB Yellowstone Symphony Travel on a spectacular visual journey through the wonders of America’s first national park. (Also Sat 9/14 11pm OPB & OPB+)

10:00 OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also Thu 4am)

10:30 OPB Oregon Field Guide Oregon Revealed: Coastal Wonder. From the Oregon Coast to the canyons of the Owyhee, water creates the diverse landscapes we call home. (Also Sat 3:30am)

11:00 OPB+ The Dictator’s Playbook Saddam Hussein. To maintain power, Saddam Hussein used fear, intimidation and violence. (Also Fri 2am)

5 THURSDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Fri 12am)

8:00 OPB PBS Previews: Country Music Go behind the scenes of the sweeping new series from director Ken Burns. (Also Sun 10pm OPB & OPB+) | OPB+ Long View Students, educators and parents work to create lasting solutions in Oakland’s public school system. (Also Sat 12am)

9:00 OPB The Highwaymen Live at Nassau Coliseum Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson shine in this 1990 performance. (Also Sun 1am)

9:30 OPB+ Ohero:kon Under the Husk Two Mohawk girls follow their traditional passage rites to become Mohawk women. (Also Sat 1:30am)

10:00 OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also Fri 4am)

1 SUNDAY5:30 OPB PBS NewsHour Weekend | OPB+

Rick Steves’ Europe The Heart of England

6:00 OPB & OPB+ Rick Steves European Festivals Rick celebrates the top 10 festivals in Europe.

7:30 OPB & OPB+ Il Volo Notte Magica (Also Wed 12:30am OPB)

9:00 OPB & OPB+ Downton Abbey Live! Join the cast and creators of Downton Abbey for never-before-heard stories and exclusive clips of the upcoming movie. (Also Fri 8pm OPB)

10:30 OPB & OPB+ Downton Abbey Returns! Jim Carter hosts a celebration of the beloved hit series. (Also Sat 9/14 9:30pm)

2 MONDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Tue 12am) |

OPB+ Brazil with Michael Palin The Deep South (Also Tue 5am)

8:00 OPB Ken Burns: The National Parks From Acadia to Yosemite, explore the beauty and grandeur of our nation’s magnificent parks. (Also Thu 1am) | OPB+ Rivers of Life The Nile/The Amazon. The Nile River provides a lifeline for Africa’s incredible cultures and wildest animals. (Also Wed 12am)

10:00 OPB ‘60s Pop, Rock & Soul Revisit the sounds of ‘60s pop. (Also Tue 2:30am) | OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also Tue 4am)

11:00 OPB+ AfroPop: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange Mama Africa: Miriam Makeba! (Also Wed 2am)

3 TUESDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour | OPB+ NOVA The

Planets: Inner Worlds. The rocky planets have similar origins, but only one supports life. Was it always this way? (Also Wed 5am)

8:00 OPB American Experience Woodstock: Three Days that Defined a Generation. This film brings the three-day concert to life through the voices of those who were at Woodstock. (Also Fri 1am) | OPB+ Tending the Wild Indigenous people across California share their environmental knowledge. (Also Thu 12am)

9:00 OPB+ Gorongosa Park: Rebirth of Paradise Battle Lines. The arrival of a new lion sparks conflict. (Also Thu 1am)

10:00 OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also Wed 4am)

weekdaysMONDAY - FRIDAY

5:30 OPB BBC World News

6am OPB Classical Stretch (M/F); Sit & Be Fit (Tu/Th); Yoga (W) | OPB+ Lifestyles

6:30 OPB Kids Programs (until noon)

7am OPB+ Newsline (NHK from Japan)

7:30 OPB+ Sit & Be Fit (M/W/F); Priscilla’s Yoga (Tu/Th)

8am OPB+ Sewing, Knitting & Quilting

9am OPB+ Painting

10am OPB+ Woodworking

10:30 OPB+ Food & Cooking (until noon)

Noon OPB Painting | OPB+ Second Opinion (M); Garden to Table (Tu); Family Travel (W); Destination Craft (Th); Make it Artsy (F)

1pm OPB+ DW News

1:30 OPB Travel | OPB+ DW: The Day

2pm OPB Kids Programs (until 6pm) | OPB+ Newsline (NHK from Japan)

2:30 OPB+ BBC World News America

3:00 OPB+ News & Public Affairs

3:30 OPB+ Nightly Business Report

4pm OPB+ PBS NewsHour

5pm OPB+ Travel

5:30 OPB+ Food & Cooking (until 7pm)

6pm OPB Home Repair (M/Tu); Travel (W/Th/F)

6:30 OPB Nightly Business Report

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OPB = Comcast 10 or 710; antenna XX.1OPB+ = Comcast 310; antenna XX.2KIDS = Comcast 311; antenna XX.3Full channel list at opb.org/tvchannels

R = Repeat within a weekRepeats are on original channel unless notedFull schedule and VOD at opb.org/schedules

= Program premiere = Watch online at watch.opb.org

Programs are subject to change

10:00 OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also Mon 4am)

11:00 OPB Meditation for All of Us See how to use meditation for greater happiness. (Also Mon 3am) | OPB+ Frontline Blackout in Puerto Rico. Frontline investigates Puerto Rico’s humanitarian and economic crisis after Hurricane Maria. (Also Mon 2am)

7 SATURDAY5:30 OPB PBS NewsHour Weekend | OPB+

On Story A Conversation with Larry Wilmore

6:00 OPB & OPB+ Magic Moments: The Best of ‘50s Pop The McGuire Sisters, The Chordettes, The Four Aces and more take the stage. (Also Sat 9/14 9am OPB & OPB+)

8:00 OPB & OPB+ Neil Diamond: Hot August Night III Watch Neil Diamond’s triumphant return to the Greek Theatre. (Also Tue 1am)

9:30 OPB & OPB+ Straight from the Heart: Timeless Music from the ‘60s & ‘70s Join Tony Orlando and other stars for musical memories from the ‘60s and ‘70s. (Also Tue 2:30am)

11:00 OPB & OPB+ Aging Backwards 2: Connective Tissue Revealed with Miranda Esmonde-White Learn how to keep connective tissue healthy. (Also Tue 4am OPB)

8 SUNDAY5:30 OPB PBS NewsHour Weekend | OPB+

Rick Steves’ Europe Lisbon

6:00 OPB & OPB+ Rick Steves’ Tasty Europe The travel expert shows the importance of cuisine in cultures all across Europe.

6:30 OPB & OPB+ John Denver: Country Boy Celebrate the life and legacy of the singer, songwriter and activist. (Also Thu 8pm OPB)

8:00 OPB & OPB+ Country Music: Live at the Ryman A Concert Celebrating the Film by Ken Burns. Dierks Bentley, Rosanne Cash and more musicians celebrate the film by Ken Burns in this

concert. (Also Wed 1am OPB)

10:00 OPB & OPB+ PBS Previews: Country Music (R-Also Wed 11pm OPB)

11:00 OPB & OPB+ Easy Yoga: The Secret to Strength and Balance with Peggy Cappy Increase strength and mobility at any age. (Also Wed 4am OPB)

9 MONDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Tue 12am)

| OPB+ Roadtrip Nation: Rerouting (Also Tue 5am)

8:00 OPB Rick Steves Fascism in Europe Rick Steves travels back a century to learn how fascism rose and fell in Europe. (Also Thu 1am) | OPB+ The Great Ride Two married military veterans bike from Washington, D.C. to Pittsburgh. (Also Wed 12am)

9:00 OPB+ Red Dot on the Ocean: The Matthew Rutherford Story Rutherford risked it all to sail nonstop around North and South America. (Also Sun 7pm)

9:30 OPB Ken Burns: The Civil War Celebrate the landmark documentary. (Also Thu 2:30am)

10:00 OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also Tue 4am)

11:00 OPB Mindfulness Goes Mainstream Experience the transformative power of mindfulness meditation. (Also Thu 4am) | OPB+ AfroPop: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange Mama Colone (Also Wed 2am)

10 TUESDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Wed 12am) |

OPB+ NOVA The Planets: Mars. Mars was once a blue water world studded with active volcanoes. (Also Wed 5am)

8:00 OPB John Sebastian Presents: Folk Rewind (R-Also Sat 6pm OPB & OPB+) | OPB+ The Great Polar Bear Feast Polar bears gather on frozen shores to feast. (Also Thu 12am)

9:00 OPB+ Gorongosa Park: Rebirth of Paradise Roaring Back. Wildlife cameraman Bob Poole returns to a transformed Gorongosa. (Also Thu 1am)

10:00 OPB Great Performances Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration. Brandi Carlile, Glen Hansard, Emmylou Harris, Los Lobos and others perform Joni Mitchell’s songs. (Also Fri 3am) | OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also Wed 4am)

11:00 OPB+ Secrets of the Dead Galileo’s Moon. Featuring the astronomer’s original watercolor paintings, Galileo’s ‘Sidereus Nuncius’ changed our understanding of the cosmos. (Also Thu 2am)


| OPB+ Art in the Twenty-First Century Mexico City (Also Thu 5am)

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Country Music on OPB Passport Watch Ken Burns’ sweeping new series about the history of country music any time, on any device with OPB Passport starting September 15.

Watch it at opb.org/country.

15 SUNDAY5:00 OPB Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

| OPB+ Burt Wolf: Travels and Traditions Making a Restaurant, Pt 1

5:30 OPB PBS NewsHour Weekend | OPB+ Rick Steves’ Europe Portugal’s Heartland

6:00 OPB Oregon Art Beat The Shape of Things (R) | OPB+ The Great Ride

6:30 OPB Outdoor Idaho Where the Road Ends (R)

7:00 OPB Masterpiece The Durrells in Corfu: Season 2, Ep 4. A spiritualist promises to get in touch with Louisa’s dead husband. (Also Sun 9/22 12am) | OPB+ Red Dot on the Ocean: The Matthew Rutherford Story (R)

8:00 OPB The Queen’s Favourite Animals Get to know Queen Elizabeth II through her relationships with her animals. (Also Tue 1am) | OPB+ Voces on PBS Children of Giant (Also Tue 12am)

9:00 OPB Country Music The Rub (Beginnings – 1933). Country music reaches new audiences through phonographs and radio and launches big stars. (Also Tue 2am)

9:30 OPB+ Great Performances John Leguizamo’s Road to Broadway (Also Tue 1:30am)

10:30 OPB+ Visa Dream An elderly couple in Mexico tries to get a tourist visa so they can visit their children in the U.S. (Also Tue 2:30am)

11:00 OPB Opry Salute to Ray Charles Boyz II Men, Trisha Yearwood, and more artists perform the songs of the iconic singer and pianist. (Also Tue 4am) | OPB+ Home Truth One family’s pursuit of justice illuminates the impact of domestic violence.


OPB+ Painting Santa Fe See how Santa Fe, New Mexico, transformed into a world-renowned center for the arts. (Also Tue 5am)

8:00 OPB Antiques Roadshow Salt Lake City, Hr 1 (Also Wed 1am) | OPB+ Conexiones: A Mexican Cuban Connection Join musical group Los Cenzontles on tour in Cuba. (Also Wed 12am)

9:00 OPB Country Music Hard Times (1933 – 1945). Singing cowboys and country music grow in popularity during the Great Depression and World War II. (Also Wed 2am) | OPB+ Nature Viva Puerto Rico. Conservationists try to save Puerto Rico’s endangered animals. (Also Sun 7pm)

12:30am) | OPB+ Washington Week (Also Sat 6am)

8:30 OPB+ American Experience The Bombing of Wall Street. The story behind the 1920 bombing in the nation’s financial center. (Also Sun 1pm)

9:30 OPB+ The Whole Truth with David Eisenhower (Also Mon 2:30am)


10:30 OPB The O’Jays: Live in New York Join the R&B supergroup for a concert featuring their greatest hits and new songs. (Also Mon 3am)

11:00 OPB+ Frontline Terror in Europe. Go inside Europe’s fight against the rise of Islamist terrorism. (Also Mon 1:30am)

14 SATURDAY5:30 OPB PBS NewsHour Weekend | OPB+

On Story The Original Disney Princess: A Conversation with Linda Woolverton

6:00 OPB & OPB+ John Sebastian Presents: Folk Rewind (R)

8:00 OPB & OPB+ Downton Abbey Live! (R)

9:30 OPB & OPB+ Downton Abbey Returns! (R)

11:00 OPB & OPB+ Yellowstone Symphony (R-Also Sun 4am OPB)

8:00 OPB Nature A Squirrel’s Guide to Success. Join some of the world’s top squirrel scientists who are making groundbreaking discoveries. (Also Sat

1am) | OPB+ Secrets of the Six Wives Divorced. The happy first marriage of Henry VIII. (Also Fri 12am)

9:00 OPB+ Inside the Court of Henry VIII England’s most famous king was surrounded by danger and intrigue. (Also Fri 1am)

9:30 OPB Last of the Breed This once-in-a-lifetime concert features Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard and Ray Price. (Also Sat 2:30am)


11:00 OPB PBS Previews: Country Music (R-Also Sat 4am) | OPB+ The Dictator’s Playbook Benito Mussolini. Meet the man who created fascism. (Also Fri 2am)

12 THURSDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Fri 12am) |

OPB+ This Old House Hour Powering Net Zero/Concrete Walkway (Also Fri 5am)

8:00 OPB John Denver: Country Boy (R-Also Sat 4pm OPB & OPB+) | OPB+ City Rising Examine the affordable housing crisis, from gentrification to discriminatory laws and practices. (Also Sat 12am)

9:00 OPB+ Priced Out Explore the complex history of gentrification in Portland. (Also Sat 1am)

9:30 OPB Alone in the Wilderness Self-educated naturalist Richard Proenneke lived alone in the wilderness for nearly 30 years. (Also Sun 1:30am)


11:00 OPB Survival Guide for Pain-Free Living with Peggy Cappy Learn easy-to-do stretches and other yoga moves for pain relief. (Also Sat 1:30pm OPB & OPB+) | OPB+ DW Global 3000 (Also Sat 2am)



| OPB+ Super Skyscrapers Building the Future. The Leadenhall Building is the tallest skyscraper in London. (Also Sun noon)

8:00 OPB ‘70s Soul Superstars Patti LaBelle hosts an all-star reunion of the legends of 1970s Motown, R&B and soul. (Also Mon

SATURDAYS 6-10am OPB Kids Programs | OPB+

News, Politics & Business

8am OPB Member Drive Programs (9/7, 9/14 until 12am)

10am OPB Gardening | OPB+ Member Drive Programs (9/7, 9/14 until 12am); Marathons Touring Latin America (9/21); Crossing South/Wonders of Mexico (9/28)

11am OPB Sewing & Quilting

1pm OPB Cooking

3pm OPB Motorweek

3:30 OPB Woodworking

4:30 OPB Home Repair

SUNDAYS 6-9am OPB Kids Programs | OPB+

Lifestyles

9am OPB Member Drive Programs (9/1, 9/8 until 12am); Travel (9/15, 9/22, 9/29) | OPB+ Member Drive Programs (9/1, 9/8 until 12am); This Old House Hour (9/15, 9/22, 9/29)

10am OPB The Great Polar Bear Feast (9/15); Animal Babies (9/22, 9/29) | OPB+ Prohibition (9/15); When We Were Apollo (9/22); 8 Days: To the Moon and Back (9/29)

11am OPB NOVA (9/15, 9/22, 9/29)

11:30 OPB+ Super Skyscrapers (9/22, 9/29)

Noon OPB Great Performances Dialogues des Carmelites (9/15); Live from Lincoln Center Odyssey: Chamber Music Society in Greece (9/22); Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass (9/29) | OPB+ Super Skyscrapers (9/15)

12:30 OPB+ American Masters Terrance McNally (9/22); Raul Julia (9/29)

1pm OPB+ American Experience The Bombing of Wall Street (9/15)

1:30 OPB American Masters Raul Julia (9/22)

2pm OPB Great Performances Vivaldi: Something Completely Different (9/29) | OPB+ The Whole Truth

2:30 OPB+ Between the Lines

3pm OPB News & Public Affairs (until 6pm) | OPB+ Science & Nature (9/15, 9/22, 9/29 until 5pm)

weekENDs

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11:00 OPB POV Farmsteaders. As agriculture moves toward large-scale farming, the Nolans

try to resurrect their family’s dairy farm. (Also Wed 4am) | OPB+ AfroPop: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange The Faces We Lost (Also Wed 2am)

17 TUESDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Wed 12am) |

OPB+ NOVA The Planets: Jupiter. Jupiter’s massive gravitational force has made it both a wrecking ball and a protector of Earth. (Also Wed 5am)

8:00 OPB American Experience Feud. The bloody backwoods battle between Appalachian clans, the Hatfields and McCoys. (Also Thu 1am) | OPB+ Cyberwork and the American Dream Examine the impact of robotics and artificial intelligence on the future of work. (Also Thu 12am)

9:00 OPB Country Music The Hillbilly Shakespeare (1945 – 1953). The bluegrass sound spreads in postwar America and Hank Williams becomes a honky-tonk star. (Also Thu 2am) | OPB+ The Joy of AI Take an optimistic look at how AI is changing our lives for the better. (Also Thu 1am)


11:00 OPB Frontline Flint’s Deadly Water. Exposing the deadly toll from the Flint water crisis. (Also Fri 11pm OPB+) | OPB+ Shakespeare’s Tomb Explore the mysteries surrounding Shakespeare’s burial place. (Also Thu 2am)


| OPB+ Art in the Twenty-First Century Los Angeles (Also Thu 5am)

8:00 OPB Animal Babies: First Year on Earth Testing Limits. Baby animals face new challenges once they can get around on their own. (Also Fri 1am) | OPB+ Secrets of the Six Wives Beheaded, Died. Henry VIII breaks with the Roman Church to marry Anne Boleyn. (Also Fri 12am)

9:00 OPB Country Music I Can’t Stop Loving You (1953 – 1963). Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley usher in the era of rockabilly. Ray Charles records a country album. (Also Fri 2am) | OPB+ Secrets of the Tower of London Explore London’s formidable fortress. (Also Fri 1am)


11:00 OPB Magical Land of Oz Ocean. Australia’s three surrounding oceans create a unique environment. (Also Fri 4am) | OPB+ The Dictator’s Playbook Manuel Noriega. The Panamanian dictator rose to power through the military. (Also Fri 2am)


OPB+ This Old House Hour Roger’s Nod to Sod/Seismic Retrofit (Also Fri 5am)

8:00 OPB Oregon Art Beat The Natural World. Pebble mosaic artist Jeffrey Bale creates elaborate, intricate designs from stones he gathers in the wild. (Also Sun 6pm) | OPB+ On Two Fronts: Latinos & Vietnam Examine the Latino experience during the Vietnam War. (Also Sat 12am)

8:30 OPB Outdoor Idaho Land of the Lost River Range. The towns in the Lost River Valley have a distinctive history and culture all their own. (Also Sun 6:30pm)

9:00 OPB Doctor Blake Mysteries A Good Drop/Hear the Angels Sing. A leak to the paper puts Blake’s future with Jean in jeopardy. (Also Sun 2am)

9:30 OPB+ Beyond La Bamba Uncover the emotional toll of the immigrant experience and one of Mexico’s oldest folk music genres. (Also Sat 1:30am)


11:00 OPB The Woman in White Ep 4. Count Fosco and Sir Percival set their sinister plan into motion. (Also Sun 4am) | OPB+ DW Global 3000 (Also Sat 2am)



| OPB+ Super Skyscrapers The Vertical City. Shanghai Tower is both a skyscraper and a vertical city. (Also Sun 11:30am)

8:00 OPB The Coroner The Deep Freeze. Jane and Davey’s relationship is tested. (Also Mon 1am) | OPB+ Washington Week (Also Sat 6am)

8:30 OPB+ American Masters Terrence McNally: Every Act of Life. Follow the playwright’s six-decade career. (Also Sun 12:30pm)

9:00 OPB Masterpiece Downton Abbey: Season 4, Pt 1. Mary and Isobel mourn Matthew’s death. (Also Mon 2am)

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Masterpiece The Durrells in CorfuJoin the Durrell family for a final season on the idyllic island of Corfu. In the premiere, Louisa opens a new boarding house, but the arrival of a mysterious guest places the villa under police scrutiny.

Sunday, September 29, 8pm OPB

8:00 OPB Prince Charles at 70 Enjoy an intimate and revealing portrait of Charles, Prince of Wales. (Also Tue 1am) | OPB+ Marathon Latino Americans: Foreigners in Their Own Land/Empire of Dreams/War and Peace (Also Tue 12am)

9:00 OPB Country Music The Sons and Daughters of America (1964 – 1968). Country music reflects changing America. Loretta Lynn, Merle Haggard and Charley Pride are featured.

(Also Tue 2am)

11:00 OPB American Masters Charley Pride. The life of musician Charley Pride. (Also Tue 4am) | OPB+ Rise and Fall of the Brown Buffalo Oscar Zeta Acosta was a radical lawyer, author and countercultural icon.


OPB+ Painting the Falls of Yellowstone (R-Also Tue 5am)

8:00 OPB Antiques Roadshow Salt Lake City, Hr 2 (Also Wed 1am) | OPB+ 4 Wheel Bob Follow one man’s attempt to be the first wheelchair hiker to cross the Sierra Nevada. (Also Sun 6pm)

9:00 OPB Country Music Will the Circle Be Unbroken? (1968 – 1972). Country music responds to a nation divided by the Vietnam War, through songwriter Kris Kristofferson.

(Also Wed 2am) | OPB+ Walking the Camino: Six Ways to Santiago Modern-day pilgrims cross Spain on foot. (Also Sun 7pm)


11:00 OPB POV Grit. After a town was submerged by a tsunami of mud, Dian galvanized her neighbors to demand reparations. (Also Wed 4am) | OPB+ AfroPop: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange While I Breathe, I Hope (Also Wed 2am)

24 TUESDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Wed 12am)

| OPB+ NOVA The Planets: Saturn. NASA’s Cassini explores Saturn for 13 years. (Also Wed 5am)

8:00 OPB Finding Your Roots Southern Roots. Questlove, Dr. Phil and Charlayne Hunter-Gault discover tales of bondage in their family histories. (Also Thu 1am) | OPB+ Earth’s Great Seasons Autumn. Autumn brings the world’s most spectacular transformations. (Also Thu 12am)

9:00 OPB Country Music Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way? (1973 – 1983). Dolly Parton gets mainstream success. Hank Williams, Jr., Rosanne Cash and Willie Nelson are featured. (Also Thu 2am) | OPB+ Comet Encounter Scientists track a comet’s race toward the sun. (Also Thu 1am)


11:00 OPB+ USS Indianapolis Live: From the Deep Tour wreckage from the USS Indianapolis, the WWII vessel sunk in 1945. (Also Thu 2am)

11:30 OPB Breaking Big Jason Aldean (Also Thu 4:30am)


| OPB+ Art in the Twenty-First Century Vancouver (Also Thu 5am)

8:00 OPB Animal Babies: First Year on Earth New Frontiers. Baby animals learn to explore on their own. (Also Fri 1am) | OPB+ Secrets of the Six Wives Divorced, Beheaded, Survived. Worsley presents the last three wives of Henry VIII. (Also Fri 12am)

9:00 OPB Country Music Don’t Get Above Your Raisin (1984 – 1996). George Strait and the Judds help country music stay true to its roots. (Also Fri 2am) | OPB+ Secrets


11:00 OPB Masterpiece The Miniaturist. Nella marries to rescue her family from financial ruin. (Also Mon 4am) | OPB+ Frontline Flint’s Deadly Water (R-Also Mon 2am)

21 SATURDAY5:00 OPB This Old House (Also Mon 6pm)

| OPB+ Marathon Touring Latin America, continued (until 7:30pm)

5:30 OPB PBS NewsHour Weekend

6:00 OPB The Great British Baking Show Masterclass 1

7:00 OPB Art Wolfe’s Travels to the Edge The Southwest: Zion and Canyon de Chelly (Also Sun 9:30am)

7:30 OPB Rick Steves’ Europe Salzburg and Surroundings (Also Sun 9am) | OPB+ Talent Has Hunger Gifted students get lessons at master cello instructor Paul Katz’s New England Conservatory of Music.

8:00 OPB Doc Martin From the Mouths of Babes. With James teething, Martin and Louisa are desperate for more sleep. (Also Mon 12am)

9:00 OPB Father Brown The Angel of Mercy. A villager dies in her sleep. | OPB+ Austin City Limits Willie Nelson (Also Sun 5am)

10:00 OPB Professor T The Go-Between. Chief Inspector Rabet is confronted with the driver who killed his daughter. | OPB+ Independent Lens Harvest Season. Spend an agricultural year in Napa Valley. (Also Sun 12am)

11:00 OPB The Tunnel: Sabotage Ep 1. Elise and Karl investigate the mysterious abduction of a French couple.

11:30 OPB+ POV Shorts The Changing Same (Also Sun 1:30am)


| OPB+ Burt Wolf: Travels and Traditions Making a Restaurant, Pt 2

5:30 OPB PBS NewsHour Weekend | OPB+ Rick Steves’ Europe Travel Skills: Cruising

6:00 OPB Oregon Art Beat The Natural World (R) | OPB+ Weekend in Havana Meet Cuba’s dancers, musicians, architects and writers.

6:30 OPB Outdoor Idaho Land of the Lost River Range (R)

7:00 OPB Masterpiece The Durrells in Corfu: Season 2, Ep 5. Vasilia makes the least romantic proposal in history. (Also Sun 9/29 12am) | OPB+ Nature Viva Puerto Rico (R)

Joss Barratt/Sid Gentle Films & Masterpiece





7 SEPTEMBER 2019

of Underground London Take a look at the natural and manmade wonders beneath London. (Also Fri 1am)


11:00 OPB Magical Land of Oz Human. The human impact on wildlife has been dramatic in Australia. (Also Fri 4am) | OPB+ The Dictator’s Playbook Francisco Franco. Franco used the tactics of colonial war to win control of Spain. (Also Fri 2am)


OPB+ This Old House Hour Energy Saving Installations/Secret Garden (Also Fri 5am)

8:00 OPB Oregon Art Beat Winter Arts. The Portland Winter Light Festival brings together more than 60 illuminated art pieces. (Also Sun 6pm) | OPB+ Willie Velasquez: Your Vote is Your Voice Velasquez transformed the power of the Latino vote. (Also Sat 1am)

8:30 OPB Outdoor Idaho My Excellent Adventure. Follow eight expeditions into the Idaho wilderness. (Also Sun 6:30pm)

9:00 OPB Doctor Blake Mysteries Family Portrait. Weeks before Blake’s own wedding, a different groom is found dead. (Also Sun 2am) | OPB+ We’ll Meet Again Escape from Cuba. Two men search for those who helped them flee Castro’s Cuba.


11:00 OPB The Woman in White Ep 5. Sir Percival’s secret is exposed and Walter risks everything for the woman he loves. (Also Sun 4am) | OPB+ DW Global 3000 (Also Sat 2am)


27 FRIDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour (Also Sat 12am) |

OPB+ Super Skyscrapers The Billionaire Building. Follow the teams behind New York’s most luxurious residential skyscraper. (Also Sun 11:30am)

8:00 OPB The Coroner Dirty Dancing. A dancer dies at a Latin dance festival. (Also Mon 1am) | OPB+ Washington Week (Also Sat 6am)

8:30 OPB+ American Masters Raul Julia: The World’s a Stage. Discover the life of charismatic Puerto Rican actor Raul Julia. (Also Sat 2:30am OPB)

9:00 OPB Masterpiece Downton Abbey: Season 4, Pts 2&3. The fates of several characters converge at a glittering house party. (Also Mon 2am)


11:00 OPB Masterpiece The Miniaturist. Johannes makes a confession to Nella. (Also Mon 4am) | OPB+ Frontline Last Days of Solitary. Recently released prisoners go from solitary to the streets. (Also Mon 2am)

28 SATURDAY5:00 OPB This Old House Jamestown/Net

Zero Comes Together (Also Mon 6pm)

5:30 OPB PBS NewsHour Weekend | OPB+ Marathon Crossing South/Wonders of Mexico, continued (until 7pm)

6:00 OPB The Great British Baking Show Masterclass 2

7:00 OPB Art Wolfe’s Travels to the Edge India: Varanasi to Bandhavgarh (Also Sun 9:30am)

7:30 OPB Rick Steves’ Europe The Making of (Also Sun 9am) | OPB+ Emilio and Gloria Estefan: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song Enjoy an all-star tribute to Emilio and Gloria Estefan.

8:00 OPB Doc Martin Accidental Hero. Morwenna leaves for a weekend away with Al. (Also Mon 12am)

9:00 OPB Father Brown The Face of the Enemy. Lady Felicia returns to Kembleford. | OPB+ Austin City Limits Buddy Guy/August Greene (Also Sun 5am)

10:00 OPB Professor T Motherly Love. When a 6-year-old boy is kidnapped, Professor T questions the innocence of the child’s parents. | OPB+ POV Bisbee ‘17. Community members commemorate the story of the Bisbee Deportation. (Also Sun 12am)

11:00 OPB The Tunnel: Sabotage Ep 2. A surprising chain of events brings Karl and Elise closer to the abductors.


| OPB+ Burt Wolf: Travels and Traditions The Beach Vacation, Pt 1

5:30 OPB PBS NewsHour Weekend | OPB+ Rick Steves’ Europe Greek Islands: Santorini, Mykonos, and Rhodes

6:00 OPB Oregon Art Beat Winter Arts (R) | OPB+ 4 Wheel Bob (R)

6:30 OPB Outdoor Idaho My Excellent Adventure (R)

7:00 OPB Masterpiece The Durrells in Corfu: Season 2, Ep 6. Dr. Petrides tries to deal with women in labor and a stabbing victim.

(Also Sun 10/6 12am) | OPB+ Walking the Camino: Six Ways to Santiago (R)

8:00 OPB Masterpiece Durrells in Corfu: Season 4, Ep 1. See callout on page 6. (Also Tue 1am) | OPB+ Marathon Latino Americans: The New Latinos/Pride and Prejudice/Peril and Promise

9:00 OPB Masterpiece Poldark: Season 5, Ep 1. The Poldarks look forward to a peaceful life, but a plea from Ned Depard compels Ross to return. (Also Tue 2am)

10:00 OPB Poldark Revealed Meet the cast and crew of Poldark. (Also Tue 3am)

11:00 OPB Secrets of Althorp: The Spencers The brother of Princess Diana gives a personal tour around the Spencer family’s manor. (Also Tue 4am) | OPB+ The Salinas Project Get to know the children of immigrant farm workers living just south of Silicon Valley.

30 MONDAY7:00 OPB PBS NewsHour | OPB+ Carry On:

Finding Hope in the Canyon A teen with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy hikes to the bottom of the Grand Canyon.

8:00 OPB Antiques Roadshow Salt Lake City, Hr 3 (Also Wed 1am) | OPB+ Operation Grand Canyon with Dan Snow Pts 1&2. Adventurers traverse the mighty Colorado River in wooden rowing boats. (Also Wed 12am)

9:00 OPB Oregon Experience Braceros. This WWII guest-worker program saved American agriculture and changed Oregon in never-imagined ways. (Also Wed 2am)

9:30 OPB Oregon Experience Civilian Conservation Corps. Many of our current parks and forests are the legacy of the CCC, a New Deal program that put young men to work on public lands. (Also Wed 2:30am)

10:00 OPB Voces on PBS The Pushouts. Former gang member Victor Rios is a professor, author and expert on the school to prison pipeline. (Also Wed 3am) | OPB+ Amanpour & Company (Also Tue 4am)

11:00 OPB POV The Silence of Others. Victims and survivors of Spain’s 40-year dictatorship under General Franco share their stories. (Also

Wed 4am) | OPB+ AfroPop: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange Short Films

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OPB RADIOMONDAY-FRIDAY 12am BBC World Service 5am Morning Edition 9am The Takeaway 10am Here and Now 11am Here and Now | FRI Science Friday Noon Think Out Loud 1pm BBC Newshour 2pm The World 3pm All Things Considered 6pm The Daily 6:30 Marketplace 7pm Fresh Air | FRI It’s Been a Minute 8pm Think Out Loud (R) 9pm 1A with Joshua Johnson 10pm MON On the Media | TUE Reveal |

WED The Archive Project | THU Philosophy Talk | FRI The New Yorker Radio Hour

11pm BBC World Service

SATURDAY 12am BBC World Service 5am Weekend Edition 10am Planet Money & How I Built This 11am Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me! Noon State of Wonder 1pm The New Yorker Radio Hour (R) 2pm Radiolab 3pm Live Wire! 4pm This American Life 5pm All Things Considered 6pm Live from Here with Chris Thile 8pm The Moth 9pm Snap Judgement 10pm Sound Opinions 11pm BBC World Service

SUNDAY 12am BBC World Service 5am Weekend Edition 10am State of Wonder (R) 11am Freakonomics Noon TED Radio Hour 1pm Innovation Hub 2pm Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me! (R) 3pm Radiolab (R) 4pm The Splendid Table 5pm All Things Considered 6pm Fresh Air Weekend 7pm Travel with Rick Steves 8pm On Being 9pm Hidden Brain 10pm OPB Presents 11pm BBC Weekend

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WED The Archive Project | THU Philosophy Talk | FRI The New Yorker Radio Hour

11pm BBC World Service

SATURDAY 12am BBC World Service 5am Weekend Edition 10am Planet Money & How I Built This 11am Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me! Noon State of Wonder 1pm The New Yorker Radio Hour (R) 2pm Radiolab 3pm Live Wire! 4pm This American Life 5pm All Things Considered 6pm Live from Here with Chris Thile 8pm The Moth 9pm Snap Judgement 10pm Sound Opinions 11pm BBC World Service

SUNDAY 12am BBC World Service 5am Weekend Edition 10am State of Wonder (R) 11am Freakonomics Noon TED Radio Hour 1pm Innovation Hub 2pm Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me! (R) 3pm Radiolab (R) 4pm The Splendid Table 5pm All Things Considered 6pm Fresh Air Weekend 7pm Travel with Rick Steves 8pm On Being 9pm Hidden Brain 10pm OPB Presents 11pm BBC Weekend

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