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1KPBS-TV Programming Schedule – April 2021
April Programming ScheduleListings are as accurate as possible at press time but are subject to change due to updated programming. For complete up-to-date listings, including overnight programs, visit kpbs.org/tv, or call (619) 594-6983.
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YOGA
READY JET GO!
ARTHUR
MOLLY OF DENALI MOLLY OF DENALI
WILD KRATTS
HERO ELEMENTARYXAVIER RIDDLE AND THE
SECRET MUSEUM
CURIOUS GEORGEDANIEL TIGER’S NEIGHBORHOOD
THIS OLD HOUSE
ASK THIS OLD HOUSE
FIELD TRIP WITH CURTIS STONE
MILK STREET
AMERICA’S TEST KITCHEN
COOK’S COUNTRY
PATI’S MEXICAN TABLE
CROSSING SOUTH
RICK STEVES EUROPE KEN KRAMER’SABOUT SAN DIEGOHISTORIC PLACES
WITH ELSA SEVILLAPBS NEWSHOUR
WEEKENDFIRING LINE WITH
MARGARET HOOVER
ARTS
PBS NEWSHOURWEEKEND
KPBS NEWS SPECIAL REPORT
LAWRENCE WELKVisit
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DANIEL TIGER’S NEIGHBORHOOD
WASHINGTON WEEK
KPBS NEWS SPECIAL REPORT
A GROWING PASSION
GROWING AGREENER WORLD
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CURIOUS GEORGE
XAVIER RIDDLE AND THE SECRET MUSEUM
HERO ELEMENTARY
WILD KRATTS
MOLLY OF DENALI
WILD KRATTS
HERO ELEMENTARY
XAVIER RIDDLE AND THE SECRET MUSEUM
CURIOUS GEORGE
DANIEL TIGER’S NEIGHBORHOOD
DANIEL TIGER’S NEIGHBORHOOD
ELINOR WONDERS WHY
SESAME STREET
PINKALICIOUS & PETERRIFIC
DINOSAUR TRAIN
CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG
SESAME STREET
ELINOR WONDERS WHY
LIFESTYLE
PBS NEWSHOUR
KPBS EVENING EDITION
NHK NEWSLINE
BBC WORLD NEWS
KPBS EVENING EDITION
PBS NEWSHOUR
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Thursday, April 17:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 Extinction: The Facts David Attenborough explores
extinction of species and how this crisis has consequences for us all.
8:00 KPBS Ken Kramer’s About San Diego
Remembering Bean Day in Oceanside, San Diego Lighthouses, and the Del Mar Airport. We play Guess The Year and much more!
KPBS 2 Love Wins Over Hate Six individuals who went from
agents of anger and bigotry to advocates for empathy are profiled.
8:30 KPBS A Growing Passion For The Love of Olives: In “For the
Love of Olives,” we meet a home gardener inspired to plant olive trees by childhood memories of fresh olive oil in his mother’s Middle Eastern kitchen.
9:00 KPBS 1915 Expo Centennial - San Diego’s Historic Places
Rare Expo Black and White Film, Foreign Arts Building, San Diego History Center Ephemra, Expo Historic Artifacts: Historic black and white photos and film show great detail of how Balboa Park was constructed and how the 1915 Expo was planned.
KPBS 2 Risking Light People who have transformed
their profound grief and anger into radical forgiveness are profiled.
9:30 KPBS Crossing South Holdman Glass Studio: New
episode. Take a tour with us to Holdman Studios South in Ensenada. We get to meet the talented artist Debora Zalazare who leads the creative and talented team.
10:00 KPBS Midsomer Murders Habeas Corpus: When wealthy
landowner Gregory Lancaster’s body goes missing on the night of his death, a sinister web of secrets and lies is exposed in the village of Little Malton.
KPBS 2 FRONTLINE American Voices: A Nation In
Turmoil: Americans confront the pandemic, racial tensions, the polarizing election and its aftermath.
11:00 KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition11:30 KPBS Great Decisions in
Foreign Policy Global Supply Chains and National
Security: Investigates the impact of COVID-19 on global trade and supply chains around the world.
KPBS2 BBC World News
Friday, April 27:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 Finding Your Roots Freedom Tales: S. Epatha
Merkerson and Michael Strahan learn stories that challenge assumptions about black history.
8:00 KPBS Washington Week KPBS 2 American Masters Never Too Late: The Doc
Severinsen: Explore the groundbreaking career of master trumpeter and The Tonight Show bandleader Doc Severinsen.
8:30 KPBS KPBS Roundtable9:00 KPBS Doc Martin Mother Knows Best: Louisa’s
mother arrives in Portwenn unexpectedly and Louisa is far from happy about her arrival.
9:30 KPBS 2 American Masters Twyla Moves: Legendary
choreographer Twyla Tharp’s career and famously rigorous creative process are explored.
10:00 KPBS Death In Paradise
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Season 9, Episode 5: New arrival DI Neville Parker gets more than he bargained for when investigating the mysterious death of a young woman at the unveiling of a luxury timeshare resort.
11:00 KPBS Live at the Belly Up The Heavy Guilt / The Earful:
Deeply original and known for producing new and interesting sounds, The Heavy Guilt brings a myriad of styles and genres on this episode of Live at The Belly Up. Then from the experimental to high powered funk, The Earful hit the stage.
KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition
Saturday, April 36:00PM KPBS Lawrence Welk Show Easter: Raina hosts the annual
Easter show surrounded by flowers, plants and evergreen entertainment.
KPBS 2 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 KPBS 2 KPBS Roundtable 7:00 KPBS British Antiques Roadshow Newcastle Civic Centre 1: Fiona
and the team are at Newcastle’s iconic Civic Centre unearthing treasures including a rare Lowry sketch and design plans for the RMS Mauretania.
KPBS 2 Riverdance 25th Anniversary Show
Celebrate the magic in this powerful and stirring reinvention of the Irish music and dance show.
7:30 KPBS Upstart Crow Lord, What Fools These Mortals
Be: Will is finishing writing A Midsummer Night’s Dream and is told by the actors that it lacks comedy.
8:00 KPBS Frankie Drake Mysteries
Dressed to Kill: Famed French designer Coco Chanel is the target of a brazen assassination attempt.
9:00 KPBS Riverdance 25th Anniversary Show
Celebrate the magic in this powerful and stirring reinvention of the Irish music and dance show.
KPBS 2 Unforgotten Season 1 On MASTERPIECE
Episode 1: Cassie and Sunny confront a skeleton buried in a cellar that turns out to be a 40-year-old murder.
10:30 KPBS 2 Upstart Crow Lord, What Fools These Mortals
Be: Will is finishing writing A Midsummer Night’s Dream and is told by the actors that it lacks comedy.
11:00 KPBS Professor T Swansong, Part 1: An undercover
agent is found dead in the trunk of his car. Annelies’ career comes to a crossroads.
KPBS 2 America ReFramed The Place That Makes Us: Filmed
over the course of three years, this documentary film follows the lives of a new generation of young leaders and activists who have chosen not to abandon their hometown, but to stay, rebuild and make a life for themselves.
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Sunday, April 46:00PM KPBS Father Brown
The Daughters of Jerusalem: The father is laid up with a broken leg, strait-laced young Father Roland standing in for him. KPBS 2 Riverdance 25th Anniversary Show Celebrate the magic in this powerful and stirring reinvention of the Irish music and dance show.
7:00 KPBS Frankie Drake Mysteries Emancipation Day: Civil rights hero Marcus Garvey hires the team to find donations that were taken from an orphanage.
8:00 KPBS My Grandparents’ War Helena Bonham Carter: Series premiere. Follow leading Hollywood actors as they examine the impact of World War II on their grandparents. In this episode: Actress Helena Bonham Carter
explores the heroism of her grandparents during World War II.KPBS 2 NOVA Mystery Beneath The Ice: Scientists search for the killer decimating the population of shrimp-like creatures in Antarctica.
9:00 KPBS Atlantic Crossing On MASTERPIECEEpisode 1: Series premiere. A princess steals the heart of the president of the United States in an epic drama based on the World War II relationship of Franklin. In this episode: A year after visiting President Roosevelt, Norwegian Crown Princess Martha must flee the Nazis.KPBS 2 Hitler’s Jurassic Monsters A Nazi plan to create ancient breeds of extinct beasts for ultimate hunting sessions is examined.
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10:00 KPBS World On Fire On MASTERPIECE
Episode One: When war breaks out, young translator Harry vows to help his Polish lover Kasia flee Warsaw.
KPBS 2 Nazi Mega Weapons The Eagle’s Nest: Hitler’s mountain
power house, a labyrinth of underground tunnels and bunkers, is investigated.
11:00 KPBS Line of Separation Episode 1: Series premiere. After
the fall of the Third Reich, the town of Tannbach is divided between East and West regimes.
KPBS 2 To Be Announced
Monday, April 57:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 Hitler’s Jurassic Monsters A Nazi plan to create ancient
breeds of extinct beasts for ultimate hunting sessions is examined.
8:00 KPBS Hemingway A Writer (1899-1929): Three night
event. This six-hour documentary film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, examines the visionary work and the turbulent life of Ernest Hemingway, one of the greatest and most influential writers America has ever produced. In this episode: Hemingway, yearning for adventure, volunteers for the Red Cross during World War I. He marries Hadley Richardson and moves to Paris, publishes The Sun Also Rises and finds critical and commercial success with his second novel, A Farewell to Arms.
KPBS 2 Ken Kramer’s About San Diego
Remembering Bean Day in Oceanside, San Diego Lighthouses, and the Del Mar Airport. We play Guess The Year and much more!
8:30 KPBS 2 A Growing Passion For The Love of Olives: In “For the
Love of Olives,” we meet a home gardener inspired to plant olive trees by childhood memories of fresh olive oil in his mother’s Middle Eastern kitchen. We tour groves of the region’s largest olive grower and olive oil producer.
9:00 KPBS 2 1915 Expo Centennial - San Diego’s Historic Places
Rare Expo Black and White Film, Foreign Arts Building, San Diego History Center Ephemra, Expo Historic Artifacts: Historic black and white photos and film show great detail of how Balboa Park was constructed and how the 1915 Expo was planned.
9:30 KPBS 2 Crossing South Holdman Glass Studio: New
episode. Take a tour with us to Holdman Studios South in Ensenada. We get to meet the talented artist Debora Zalazare who leads the creative and talented team.
10:00 KPBS Hemingway A Writer (1899-1929): Hemingway,
yearning for adventure, volunteers for the Red Cross during World War I. He marries Hadley Richardson and moves to Paris, publishes The Sun Also Rises and finds critical and commercial success with his second novel, A Farewell to Arms.
KPBS 2 Live at the Belly Up The Heavy Guilt / The Earful:
Deeply original and known for producing new and interesting sounds, The Heavy Guilt brings a myriad of styles and genres on this episode of Live at The Belly Up. The Earful hit the stage next with barn burnin’ base and drum rhythms.
11:00 KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition
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Tuesday, April 67:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 Frankie Drake Mysteries Now You See Her: When a
magician’s assistant is killed, Frankie goes undercover to find the culprit.
7:45 KPBS 2 Moonstone Episode 1: The Verinder’s solicitor
Mr. Bruff discovers that Godfrey has proposed to Rachel.
8:00 KPBS Hemingway The Avatar (1929-1944):
Hemingway, having achieved a level of fame rarely seen in the literary world, settles in Key West with Pauline Pfeiffer but can’t stay put for long. He reports on the Spanish Civil War and begins a tempestuous romance with Martha Gellhorn.
8:30 KPBS 2 Moonstone Episode 2: After a meeting with
Rachel, Franklin returns to the Verinder house to seek answers.
9:15 KPBS 2 Tale of Two Sisters Queen Elizabeth II & Princess
Margaret: The real Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret, beyond the royal splendor, are profiled.
10:00 KPBS Hemingway The Avatar (1929-1944):
Hemingway, having achieved a level of fame rarely seen in the literary world, settles in Key West with Pauline Pfeiffer but can’t stay put for long. He reports on the Spanish Civil War and begins a tempestuous romance with Martha Gellhorn.
KPBS 2 Secrets of Selfridges Harry Gordon Selfridge
introduced a new retail model that revolutionized the way Londoners shopped.
11:00 KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition11:30 KPBS 2 BBC World News
Wednesday, April 77:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 Death In Paradise Season 7, Episode 2: Jack and the
team investigate the high-stakes world of international professional poker tournaments.
8:00 KPBS Hemingway The Blank Page (1944-1961): Ernest
Hemingway publishes The Old Man and the Sea and is overcome by a declining mental condition.
KPBS 2 Antiques Roadshow Meadow Brook Hall, Hour Two:
Detroit-area treasures include a Keith Haring archive and an 1835 “City of Detroit” map.
9:00 KPBS 2 American Masters How It Feels to Be Free: The lives
and trailblazing careers of iconic African American entertainers are explored.
10:00 KPBS Hemingway The Blank Page (1944-1961): Ernest
Hemingway publishes The Old Man and the Sea and is overcome by a declining mental condition.
11:00 KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition
Thursday, April 87:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 Nature Remarkable Rabbits: Despite their
remarkable ability to reproduce, many wild rabbits are in danger of being eradicated.
8:00 KPBS Ken Kramer’s About San Diego
We take a look at some of San Diego’s county museums, explore a remarkable collection of useful things, and hear the story behind a colorful landmark in Bonita, CA.
KPBS 2 My Survivor Students forge relationships with
Holocaust survivors through an innovative internship program.
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8:30 KPBS A Growing Passion The Adventures of a Plant
Explorer: In this episode, we meet renowned plant explorer and succulent breeder Kelly Griffin. Griffin has searched for the rare and beautiful on nearly every continent, including our own.
9:00 KPBS 1915 Expo Centennial - San Diego’s Historic Places
Marston House & Park, Kate Sessions, Cabrillo Bridge, Grant Hotel, Streetcar: Join Elsa Sevilla, Host and Producer of San Diego’s Historic Places as she uncovers stories from the 1915 Exposition in Balboa Park.
KPBS 2 EVA: A-7063 The incredible story of an
Auschwitz survivor’s journey to forgiveness and healing is showcased.
9:30 KPBS Crossing South Dog Shelter & Bichi Wine: New
episode. Meet Pris Austin, the golden-hearted owner of ?los adoptables? dog shelter in Ensenada, Baja California.
10:00 KPBS Midsomer Murders The Incident at Cooper Hill:
Mysterious lights are seen in the sky over famous UFO hot-spot Cooper Hill. When a local forest ranger suffers a strange death, the visiting UFO spotters are convinced aliens are responsible.
10:30 KPBS 2 POV Shorts Joe’s Violin: A violin forges a
friendship between a Holocaust survivor and a 12-year-old Bronx school girl.
11:00 KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition
Friday, April 97:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 My Grandparents’ War Helena Bonham Carter: Actress
Helena Bonham Carter explores the heroism of her grandparents during World War II.
8:00 KPBS Washington Week KPBS 2 Great Performances
at the Met Renee Fleming In Concert: The
beloved American soprano performs arias by Puccini and Massenet in Washington, D.C.
8:30 KPBS KPBS Roundtable 9:00 KPBS Doc Martin Remember Me: Martin and Louisa’s
baby still doesn’t have a name. P.C. Joe Penhale’s ex-wife Maggie visits.
KPBS 2 Live From Lincoln Center New York Philharmonic New Year’s
Eve 2019: Sondheim Celebration: The New York Philharmonic and Katrina Lenk celebrate the orchestral music of Stephen Sondheim.
10:00 KPBS Death In Paradise Season 9, Episode 6: A desert
island survival course goes wrong when the leader, a trained survival expert and ex-SAS soldier, is found dead in the forest of a remote island near Saint Marie. Suspicion soon falls upon the other participants on the course.
10:30 KPBS 2 Theatre Corner Sheldon Epps and Phylicia
Rashad: Michael sits down with two legendary figures in the entertainment industry, director Sheldon Epps (Frasier, Girlfriends) and Phylicia Rashad (The Cosby Show).
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11:00 KPBS Live at the Belly Up Donavon Frankenreiter: Listen to
the surf-soaked sounds of Donavon Frankenreiter on this episode of Live at the Belly Up. His full quiver of songs feature beachy acoustics to rippin’ 70s sounding electric guitar songs.
KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition
Saturday, April 106:00PM KPBS Lawrence Welk Show Tribute to Jerome Kern: Mary Lou
hosts. Ralna’s voice soars on “Bill” and Clay Hart charms with “Long Ago And Far Away”.
KPBS 2 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 KPBS 2 KPBS Roundtable 7:00 KPBS British Antiques Roadshow Osborne House 1: Fiona Bruce
and the team are at Osborne, Queen Victoria’s seaside home on the Isle of Wight. Finds include a locket with a secret and a Faberge treasure.
KPBS 2 Ledisi Live: A Tribute to Nina Simone
Vocalist Ledisi celebrates the songs of the legendary singer, songwriter and activist Nina Simone.
7:30 KPBS Upstart Crow Wild Laughter in the Throat of
Death: While Will Shakespeare works on his masterpiece, Greene finds a new way to destroy Will’s reputation.
8:00 KPBS Frankie Drake Mysteries Extra Innings: Frankie suspects
sabotage when a baseball player dies mid-game.
8:30 KPBS 2 Rick Steves’ Europe Austrian and Italian Alps: A remote
farm, a Tirolean village festival and a hike in the rugged Dolomite Mountains are featured.
9:00 KPBS Ledisi Live: A Tribute to Nina Simone
Vocalist Ledisi celebrates the songs of the legendary singer, songwriter and activist Nina Simone.
KPBS 2 Unforgotten Season 1 On MASTERPIECE
Episode 2: Cassie and Sunny dig deeper into Jimmy’s murder. Sir Phillip refuses to cooperate when questioned.
10:30 KPBS Rick Steves’ Europe Lisbon: Rick explores Lisbon,
Portugal and strolls the city’s back lanes and the reinvigorated waterfront.
KPBS 2 Upstart Crow Wild Laughter in the Throat of
Death: While Will Shakespeare works on his masterpiece, Greene finds a new way to destroy Will’s reputation.
11:00 KPBS Professor T Swansong, Part 2: John discovers
that Rabet and Serge are both working with the criminal drug lord Mark Desmedt.
Sunday, April 116:00PM KPBS Father Brown The Three Tools of Death: Alice
Armstrong is receiving electric shock treatment for memory loss after her accidental shooting her mother. Six weeks after her mother’s death her father Sir Aaron is also found dead from a blow to the head, his hands tied.
6:30 KPBS 2 Ledisi Live: A Tribute to Nina Simone
Vocalist Ledisi celebrates the songs of the legendary singer, songwriter and activist Nina Simone.
7:00 KPBS Frankie Drake Mysteries Dressed to Kill: Famed French
designer Coco Chanel is the target of a brazen assassination attempt.
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8:00 KPBS My Grandparents’ War Mark Rylance: New episode.
Actor Mark Rylance explores the extraordinary story of his grandfather during World War II.
KPBS 2 Animals with Cameras, A NATURE Miniseries
Witness the secret lives of animals as never before, as the animals become the cinematographers.
9:00 KPBS Atlantic Crossing On MASTERPIECE
Episode 2: New episode. Prince Olav and the King plan their escape and Martha takes refuge with her Swedish royal relatives.
KPBS 2 Animals with Cameras, A NATURE Miniseries
The secret lives of animals are showcased as animal with cameras capture unprecedented behavior.
10:00 KPBS World On Fire On MASTERPIECE
Episode Two: Warsaw is destroyed and Harry is desperate for news, while Kasia joins the Polish resistance.
KPBS 2 Animals with Cameras, A NATURE Miniseries
Deep-dive with Chilean devil rays in the Azores and track brown bears’ diets in Turkey.
11:00 KPBS Line of Separation Episode Two: After the fall of
the Third Reich, the small town of Tannbach is cruelly divided between East and West regimes and the town’s inhabitants suffer the consequences.
KPBS 2 To Be Announced
Monday, April 127:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 Extinction: The Facts David Attenborough explores
extinction of species and how this crisis has consequences for us all.
8:00 KPBS Antiques Roadshow Vintage Las Vegas 2021 Hour
1: Learn if Las Vegas appraisals still hit the jackpot 14 years after ROADSHOW’s visit. Catch an antique asscher-cut diamond ring, a 1923 Dempsey vs. Gibbons fight bell, and a 1970 Elvis Presley-signed album and belt.
KPBS 2 Ken Kramer’s About San Diego
We take a look at some of San Diego’s county museums, explore a remarkable collection of useful things, and hear the story behind a colorful landmark in Bonita, CA.
8:30 KPBS 2 A Growing Passion The Adventures of a Plant
Explorer: In this episode, we meet renowned plant explorer and succulent breeder Kelly Griffin. Griffin has searched for the rare and beautiful on nearly every continent, including our own.
9:00 KPBS American Masters Oliver Sacks: His Own Life: Dive
into the life and work of the legendary neurologist and beloved author Oliver Sacks.
KPBS 2 1915 Expo Centennial - San Diego’s Historic Places
Marston House & Park, Kate Sessions, Cabrillo Bridge, Grant Hotel, Streetcar: Join Elsa Sevilla, Host and Producer of San Diego’s Historic Places as she uncovers stories from the 1915 Exposition in Balboa Park.
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9:30 KPBS 2 Crossing South Dog Shelter & Bichi Wine: New
episode. Meet Pris Austin, the golden-hearted owner of ?los adoptables? dog shelter in Ensenada, Baja California. Get ready to fall in love with some four-footed friends as Pris shows us around the shelter and shares what it takes to keep a place like this afloat.
10:00 KPBS 2 Live at the Belly Up Donavon Frankenreiter: Listen to
the surf-soaked sounds of Donavon Frankenreiter on this episode of Live at the Belly Up. His full quiver of songs feature beachy acoustics to rippin’ 70s sounding electric guitar songs.
11:00 KPBS Independent Lens Down A Dark Stairwell: A Chinese
American cop kills an innocent Black man in the stairwell of a Brooklyn housing project.
KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition
Tuesday, April 13 7:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 Frankie Drake Mysteries Extra Innings: Frankie suspects
sabotage when a baseball player dies mid-game.
8:00 KPBS Finding Your Roots The New World: Henry Louis
Gates Jr. traces ancestors of actor John Lithgow and journalist Maria Hinojosa.
KPBS 2 Long Song On MASTERPIECE
Episode 1: A slave named July reflects on her life during the final days of slavery in 19th century Jamaica.
9:00 KPBS Unrepresented Special interests bankroll political
campaigns and drive a cycle of corruption in Congress.
KPBS 2 Long Song On MASTERPIECE
Episode 2: The handsome overseer Robert arrives, sparking a bitter rivalry between July and her mistress.
10:00 KPBS FRONTLINE American Insurrection: The rising
threat of far-right violence in America and the attack on the Capitol are investigated.
KPBS 2 Long Song On MASTERPIECE
Episode 3: Facing labor unrest and financial ruin for the plantation, Robert’s sanity starts to unravel.
11:00 KPBS Connected: A Search for Unity The River: Compassionate people
from Laredo, Texas, home to the largest inland port in America, are visited.
KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition
Wednesday, April 147:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 Death In Paradise Season 7, Episode 3: Famous
thriller author Frank O’Toole is found stabbed through the heart in the middle of the ocean.
8:00 KPBS NATURE The Leopard Legacy: A leopard
mother faces many challenges as she raises her cubs near the Luangwa River in Africa.
KPBS 2 Antiques Roadshow Vintage Las Vegas 2021 Hour
1: Learn if Las Vegas appraisals still hit the jackpot 14 years after ROADSHOW’s visit. Catch an antique asscher-cut diamond ring, a 1923 Dempsey vs. Gibbons fight bell, and a 1970 Elvis Presley-signed album and belt.
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9:00 KPBS NOVA Picture A Scientist: Women make
up less than a quarter of STEM professionals in the United States, and numbers are even lower for women of color. But a growing group of researchers is exposing longstanding discrimination and making science more inclusive.
KPBS 2 Baseball Our Game: The story of baseball’s
rise, in only one generation, from a gentleman’s hobby to a national sport.
11:00 KPBS When My Time Comes Spurred on by the death of her
husband, Diane Rehm crosses the country to take an in-depth look at medical aid in dying.
KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition
Thursday, April 157:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 NATURE The Leopard Legacy: A leopard
mother faces many challenges as she raises her cubs near the Luangwa River in Africa.
8:00 KPBS Ken Kramer’s About San Diego
Balboa Park - 1915 Expo Centennial: Stories about the Panama California Exposition of 1915 in Balboa Park. Some quick video snapshots of what remains from that celebration, and what is lost to time. Viewers send in their photos and family memories of the event.
KPBS 2 NATURE Pumas: Legends of the Ice
Mountains: Travel to the mountains of Chile to learn the secrets of the puma, the area’s most elusive predator.
8:30 KPBS A Growing Passion Pitajaya - The Dragon Fruit: New
episode. We learn all about these sweet treats, research the best growing methods and how the plants are grown for commercial production and in backyards.
9:00 KPBS Theatre Corner Backstage: The Old Globe’s Hamlet
Theatre Corner goes backstage of The Old Globe’s Hamlet, highlighting the production and some of its cast members.
KPBS 2 Unrepresented Special interests bankroll political
campaigns and drive a cycle of corruption in Congress.
9:30 KPBS Crossing South Taco Ally & Steak: New episode.
Oh boy, rapid-fire taco dining here we come! Jorge checks out Las Ahumaderas, a famous row of foods stands located in the heart of Tijuana.
10:00 KPBS Midsomer Murders Breaking The Chain: An
international cycling competition comes to the Midsomer village of Burwood Mantle. When the race leader is murdered, DCI Barnaby and DS Nelson find themselves drawn into a competitive world of blackmail where winning comes at any cost.
KPBS 2 FRONTLINE American Insurrection: The rising
threat of far-right violence in America and the attack on the Capitol are investigated.
11:00 KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition
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Friday, April 167:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 Finding Your Roots The New World: Henry Louis
Gates Jr. traces ancestors of actor John Lithgow and journalist Maria Hinojosa.
8:00 KPBS Washington Week KPBS 2 Great Performances
at the Met Jonas Kaufmann In Concert: Great
Performances at The Met delights audiences with productions featuring the world’s leading stars of opera.
8:30 KPBS KPBS Roundtable 9:00 KPBS Doc Martin Don’t Let Go: Joe Penhale is
desperate to keep his ex-wife Maggie. Tension is mounting between Louisa and Martin.
KPBS 2 Great Performances Beethoven In Beijing: Experience
the international impact of the Philadelphia Orchestra’s historic 1973 trip to China.
10:00 KPBS Death In Paradise Season 9, Episode 7: The team are
left stumped when the owner of a hair salon is killed in front of her family without anyone seeing what happened.
10:30 KPBS 2 Theatre Corner Wendy Raquel Robinson and Ro
Boddie: In this episode, Michael Taylor sits down with two incredible actors, Wendy Raquel Robinson (The Steve Harvey Show, The Game) and Ro Boddie.
11:00 KPBS Live at the Belly Up Trigger Hippy: Jam along to Trigger
Hippy, a Nashville rock band with gritty blues, heart-searing soul, sinewy grooves, sublime vocal harmonies and a rich, earthy sensibility steeped in Americana roots.
KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition
Saturday, April 176:00PM KPBS Lawrence Welk Show Farm Show: The Welk stars have
fun down on the farm as they perform “Surrey With The Fringe On Top” and more.
KPBS 2 PBS NewsHour Weekend6:30 KPBS 2 KPBS Roundtable7:00 KPBS British Antiques Roadshow Floors Castle 2: Antiques
Roadshow, hosted by Fiona Bruce, returns to Floors Castle in south east Scotland, home of the Duke of Roxburghe.
KPBS 2 Sam Smith: Live at the BBC’s Biggest Weekend
The Grammy Award winner performs “Stay With Me,” “Too Good at Goodbyes,” “Money On My Mind” and more.
7:30 KPBS Upstart Crow If You Prick Us, Do We Not Bleed?:
The greatest actor of the age, Wolf Hall, steps forward to play a character in Will’s newest play.
8:00 KPBS Frankie Drake Mysteries 50 Shades of Greyson: Mary’s job
is threatened when she accuses Detective Greyson of hiding evidence.
8:30 KPBS 2 Rick Steves’ Europe Swiss Alps: Savor Switzerland’s
jaw-dropping alpine beauty and the rich and resilient culture of its people.
9:00 KPBS Sam Smith: Live at the BBC’s Biggest Weekend
The Grammy Award winner performs “Stay With Me,” “Too Good at Goodbyes,” “Money On My Mind” and more.
KPBS 2 Unforgotten Season 1 On MASTERPIECE
Episode 3: The past catches up with the suspects in Jimmy’s murder. A second cold case solves the mystery.
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10:30 KPBS Rick Steves’ Europe Portugal’s Heartland: Rick Steves
dances on the beach at Nazare and marvels at a medieval abbey in Batalha in Portugal.
KPBS 2 Upstart Crow If You Prick Us, Do We Not Bleed?:
The greatest actor of the age, Wolf Hall, steps forward to play a character in Will’s newest play.
11:00 KPBS Thou Shalt Not Kill Episode 1: A woman’s body is
found in her living room and the victim’s 20-year-old son is nowhere to be found.
KPBS 2 America ReFramed Circle Up: CIRCLE UP is the story
of a grieving mother, the men who murdered her son, and the unexpected relationships they create to prevent more violence.
Sunday, April 186:00PM KPBS Father Brown The Prize of Colonel Gerard: Ex-
colonel Gerard is poisoned after arguing with his nephew Edward.
6:30 KPBS 2 Sam Smith: Live at the BBC’s Biggest Weekend
The Grammy Award winner performs “Stay With Me,” “Too Good at Goodbyes,” “Money On My Mind” and more.
7:00 KPBS Frankie Drake Mysteries Extra Innings: Frankie suspects
sabotage when a baseball player dies mid-game.
8:00 KPBS My Grandparents’ War Kristin Scott Thomas: New episode.
Actress Kristin Scott Thomas explores a lost chapter of her family history during World War II.
KPBS 2 Age of Nature Awakening: A new awareness
of nature is helping to restore ecosystems from Panama to China to Mozambique.
9:00 KPBS Atlantic Crossing On MASTERPIECE
Episode 3: New episode. Princess Martha and the children flee to America, where President Roosevelt extends an invitation.
KPBS 2 Age of Nature Understanding: A new
understanding of nature is helping scientists and activists find surprising ways to fix it.
10:00 KPBS World On Fire On MASTERPIECE
Episode Three: Tom faces the fight of his life aboard HMS Exeter and Harry and Lois fight a more personal battle.
KPBS 2 Age of Nature Changing: Restoring nature might
be our best tool to slow climate change and provide a more positive future.
11:00 KPBS Line of Separation Episode Three: New episode. After
the fall of the Third Reich, the small town of Tannbach is cruelly divided between East and West regimes and the town’s inhabitants suffer the consequences.
KPBS 2 To Be Announced
Monday, April 197:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 Climate Change - The
Facts Scientists explore the impact of
climate change and what could happen if temperatures rise.
8:00 KPBS Antiques Roadshow Vintage Las Vegas 2021 Hour 2:
Have the values of Vegas treasures-including a 1943 Albert Einstein letter, an early 20th-century gold signet ring collection, and a Louis Comfort Tiffany seascape oil from around 1880-gone up, down, or stayed the same since 2007?
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KPBS 2 Ken Kramer’s About San Diego
Balboa Park - 1915 Expo Centennial: Stories about the Panama California Exposition of 1915 in Balboa Park. Some quick video snapshots of what remains from that celebration, and what is lost to time. Viewers send in their photos and family memories of the event.
8:30 KPBS 2 A Growing Passion Pitajaya - The Dragon Fruit: New
episode. In this episode, we learn all about these sweet treats, research the best growing methods and how the plants are grown for commercial production and in backyards.
9:00 KPBS American Experience American Oz: Explore the life of
L. Frank Baum, the man behind one of the most beloved, enduring and quintessential American
classics. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, published in 1900, has been reinterpreted through the generations in films, books and musicals.
KPBS 2 Theatre Corner Backstage: The Old Globe’s Hamlet
Theatre Corner goes backstage of The Old Globe’s Hamlet, highlighting the production and some of its cast members.
9:30 KPBS 2 Crossing South Taco Ally & Steak: New episode.
Oh boy, rapid-fire taco dining here we come! Jorge checks out Las Ahumaderas, a famous row of foods stands located in the heart of Tijuana. These taco joints have a history of feeding the city since the 1960’s.
American Experience: American Oz, Monday, April 19 at 9 p.m.
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10:00 KPBS 2 Live at the Belly Up Trigger Hippy: Jam along to Trigger
Hippy, a Nashville rock band with gritty blues, heart-searing soul, sinewy grooves, sublime vocal harmonies and a rich, earthy sensibility steeped in Americana roots.
11:00 KPBS The Book Makers An eclectic group of book artists
focus on what books should become in the digital age.
KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition
Tuesday, April 207:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 Frankie Drake Mysteries 50 Shades of Greyson: Mary’s job
is threatened when she accuses Detective Greyson of hiding evidence.
8:00 KPBS Finding Your Roots Anchored to the Past: Henry Louis
Gates, Jr. examines the careers of journalists Gretchen Carlson and Don Lemon.
KPBS 2 Victoria On MASTERPIECE Doll 123: As a new queen, the
young Victoria, struggles to take charge amid plots to manipulate her.
9:00 KPBS Philly D.A. Episode 1: Series premiere. In this
episode: Go inside the emotional, high stakes work that Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner and an ensemble of idealistic outsiders from different walks of life take on as they attempt a fundamental overhaul of an entrenched criminal justice system. In this episode: the new Philadelphia District Attorney ousts resistant staff and uncovers a secret the police are desperate to hide.
10:00 KPBS 2 Secrets of the Six Wives Divorced: Worsley examines the
happy marriage of Henry VIII to first wife, Katherine of Aragon.
11:00 KPBS Connected: A Search for Unity
The Sea: Fishing the waters of Port Clyde, Maine is a passion for residents, which comes with #challenges.
KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition
Wednesday, April 217:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 Death In Paradise Season 7, Episode 4: A woman is
poisoned during a faith healing ceremony and all evidence points to the arrogant healer.
8:00 KPBS NATURE Sharks of Hawaii: Learn surprising
facts about the sharks that call the warm waters near Hawaii’s islands their home. Meet the White Tip Reef shark, Whale shark, Tiger shark and more.
KPBS 2 Antiques Roadshow Vintage Las Vegas 2021 Hour 2:
Have the values of Vegas treasures-including a 1943 Albert Einstein letter, an early 20th-century gold signet ring collection, and a Louis Comfort Tiffany seascape oil from around 1880-gone up, down, or stayed the same since 2007? Place your bets!
9:00 KPBS NOVA Reef Rescue: If oceans continue
to warm at the current pace, coral reefs could be wiped out by the end of the century. But scientists from around the globe are rushing to help corals adapt to a changing climate through assisted evolution.
KPBS 2 Baseball Somthing Like A War: Ty Cobb,
Walter Johnson, Christy Mathewson and more extraordinary players are introduced.
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10:00 KPBS Desert Seasons Desert Seasons takes us on a
journey through the four seasons of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.
11:00 KPBS Tortoise In Peril Desert tortoises are a threatened
species. Habitat destruction, diseases and other factors have reduced their numbers by up to 90 percent. This documentary explores that impact, pointing out how people can change the environment through seemingly innocent actions.
KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition11:30 KPBS Butterfly Town, USA Activists take action to save the
Monarch Butterfly Grove Sanctuary in Monterey County, California.
KPBS 2 BBC World News
Thursday, April 227:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 NATURE Sharks of Hawaii: Learn surprising
facts about the sharks that call the warm waters near Hawaii’s islands their home. Meet the White Tip Reef shark, Whale shark, Tiger shark and more.
8:00 KPBS Ken Kramer’s About San Diego
Nostalgia show. Some favorite stories about things that were once familiar in our county, but now have passed into history. Home milk delivery: Ford Road in Balboa Park; Dinosaurland, and more!
KPBS 2 Greta Thunberg: A Year to Save The Planet
Episode 1, 2 and 3: Follow Greta over three episodes as she sees impacts of climate change at three locations: melting glaciers and
Nature: Sharks of Hawaii, Thursday, April 22 at 7 p.m.
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dying trees in Canada, and fire devastation in California. When a UN conference moves to Madrid, she sails across the ocean during life-threatening storms.
8:30 KPBS A Growing Passion Pandemic Pivot: In this new
episode, we revisit growers featured in past episodes of A Growing Passion, and meet some new ones, all of whom have dramatically shifted their business models to survive, and perhaps thrive, during the pandemic.
9:00 KPBS 1915 Expo Centennial - San Diego’s Historic Places
Expo Isthmus, Architects, St. James Hotel, Carousel: San Diego’s Historic Places, Host & Producer Elsa Sevilla gives us a spectacular glimpse into the 1915 Exposition in Balboa Park.
9:30 KPBS Crossing South Expert Pianists & Deckmans:
New episode. Ensenada is home to many talented individuals. One example is Omar & Ivanna Gutierrez, a sibling pair of concert pianists. Audiences worldwide have heard them perform; their gift for music appreciated from Europe to Asia.
10:00 KPBS Midsomer Murders A Dying Art: Art comes to the
picturesque Midsomer village of Angel’s Rise with the opening of a new Sculpture Park. When its launch is marred by murder, DCI Barnaby and DS Nelson have to get creative to crack a case where art imitates death, and everything has a deeper meaning.
11:00 KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition
Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World, Monday, April 22 at 8 p.m.
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Friday, April 237:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 Finding Your Roots Anchored to the Past: Henry Louis
Gates, Jr. examines the careers of journalists Gretchen Carlson and Don Lemon.
8:00 KPBS Washington Week KPBS 2 Great Performances Lea Salonga In Concert: Acclaimed
singer Lea Salonga and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra perform at the Sydney Opera House.
8:30 KPBS KPBS Roundtable9:00 KPBS Doc Martin Cats and Sharks: Martin plans to
leave Portwenn to resume his career as a surgeon after his baby’s christening.
KPBS 2 Great Performances Romeo and Juliet: Experience
a contemporary rendering of Shakespeare’s romantic tragedy from the National Theatre where a company of actors in a shuttered theater bring to life the timeless tale of two young lovers.
10:00 KPBS Death In Paradise Season 9, Episode 8: A blind
actress is the only witness to her husband’s murder. But can she really be trusted?
11:00 KPBS Live at the Belly Up Lukas Nelson & The Promise of the
Real: This episode of Live at the Belly Up! features Lukas Nelson and the Promise of the Real, a torchbearing band of guitar barring American Rock.
KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition
Saturday, April 24 6:00PM KPBS Lawrence Welk Show America at Play: Gail Farrell hosts.
Great songs include When ‘Ain’t We Got Fun” and “Let’s Go Fly A Kite.”
KPBS 2 PBS NewsHour Weekend
6:30 KPBS 2 KPBS Roundtable7:00 KPBS British Antiques Roadshow Cardiff Castle 1: Fiona Bruce and
the team visit the iconic castle of the Welsh capital city of Cardiff.
KPBS 2 The Avett Brothers at Red Rocks
The band performs an energetic mix of bluegrass, country, pop melodies, folk and indie rock.
7:30 KPBS Upstart Crow Sign No More: Will and his friends
come to Stratford and Will hopes for some peace and quiet so he can write.
8:00 KPBS Frankie Drake Mysteries Diamonds Are A Gal’s Best Friend:
A missing horse leads the team into the gardens of Toronto’s elite in pursuit of a jewel thief.
8:30 KPBS 2 Rick Steves’ Europe French Alps and Lyon: The proud
cuisine capital of Lyon is explored and the classic alpine resort of Chamonix is visited.
9:00 KPBS The Avett Brothers at Red Rocks
The band performs an energetic mix of bluegrass, country, pop melodies, folk and indie rock.
KPBS 2 Unforgotten Season 2 On MASTERPIECE
Episode 1: A waterlogged suitcase holds the remains of David Walker, 25 years after he disappeared.
10:30 KPBS Rick Steves’ Europe Travel Skills: Cruising: Setting
sail on the Mediterranean, Rick explores the ins and outs and pros and cons of cruising.
KPBS 2 Upstart Crow Sign No More: Will and his friends
come to Stratford and Will hopes for some peace and quiet so he can write.
11:00 KPBS Thou Shalt Not Kill Episode 2: Valeria decides to ask
Lucia, once and for all, the truth of why she killed Valeria’s father.
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KPBS 2 America ReFramed Sisters Rising: Sisters Rising is a
powerful feature documentary about six Native American women reclaiming personal & tribal sovereignty.
Sunday, April 256:00PM KPBS Father Brown The Grim Reaper: Farmer John
Tatton and his son Alfred do not get on, John accusing the boy of being a useless drunk like his late mother.
6:30 KPBS 2 The Avett Brothers at Red Rocks
The band performs an energetic mix of bluegrass, country, pop melodies, folk and indie rock.
7:00 KPBS Frankie Drake Mysteries 50 Shades of Greyson: Mary’s job
is threatened when she accuses Detective Greyson of hiding evidence.
8:00 KPBS My Grandparents’ War Carey Mulligan: New episode.
Actress Carey Mulligan travels to Japan to explore her grandfather’s experience during World War II.
KPBS 2 Prehistoric Road Trip Welcome to Fossil Country: Emily
embarks on a journey through billions of years of Earth history and meets early lifeforms.
9:00 KPBS Atlantic Crossing On MASTERPIECE
Episode 4: New episode. Norwegian Crown Princess Martha is pressured to exploit her friendship with President Roosevelt.
KPBS 2 Prehistoric Road Trip We Dig Dinosaurs: Emily cruises
into the Cretaceous, where astonishing creatures like T. rex dominated the planet.
10:00 KPBS World On Fire On MASTERPIECE
Episode Four: Harry’s courage is tested at Louvain, while Kasia’s resistance activity in Warsaw intensifies.
KPBS 2 Prehistoric Road Trip Tiny Teeth, Fearsome Beasts: Emily
drives closer to the present day and learns surprising truths written in the fossil record.
11:00 KPBS Line of Separation Episode Four: After the fall of the
Third Reich, the town of Tannbach is divided between East and West regimes.
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Monday, April 267:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 NOVA Reef Rescue: If oceans continue
to warm at the current pace, coral reefs could be wiped out by the end of the century. But scientists from around the globe are rushing to help corals adapt to a changing climate through assisted evolution.
8:00 KPBS Antiques Roadshow Vintage Wichita: What are
wonderful Wichita treasures from 13 years ago worth today? Discover updated appraisals such as an Edward Onslow Ford bronze, 1962 left-handed Fender Stratocaster and Goldsmith Chandlee surveyor’s compass from around 1790.
KPBS 2 Ken Kramer’s About San Diego
Nostalgia show. Some favorite stories about things that were once familiar in our county, but now have passed into history. Home milk delivery: Ford Road in Balboa Park; Dinosaurland, and more!
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8:30 KPBS 2 A Growing Passion Pandemic Pivot: New episode. In
this episode, we revisit growers featured in past episodes of A Growing Passion, and meet some new ones, all of whom have dramatically shifted their business models to survive, and perhaps thrive, during the pandemic.
9:00 KPBS Antiques Roadshow Meadow Brook Hall, Hour Three:
A Civil War presentation sword and portrait and Danny Lyon Civil Rights posters are appraised.
KPBS 2 1915 Expo Centennial - San Diego’s Historic Places
Expo Isthmus, Architects, St. James Hotel, Carousel: San Diego’s HIstoric Places, Host & Producer Elsa Sevilla, travels the county in search of unique stories from the regions past including from the 1915 Exposition in Balboa Park.
9:30 KPBS 2 Crossing South Expert Pianists & Deckmans:
New episode. Ensenada is home to many talented individuals. One example is Omar & Ivanna Gutierrez, a sibling pair of concert pianists. Audiences worldwide have heard them perform; their gift for music appreciated from Europe to Asia.
10:00 KPBS FRONTLINE The Virus That Shook The World,
Part 1: Personal video and local footage show how people and countries have responded to the pandemic.
KPBS 2 Live at the Belly Up Lukas Nelson & The Promise of the
Real: This episode of Live at the Belly Up! features Lukas Nelson and the Promise of the Real, a torchbearing band of guitar barring American Rock.
11:00 KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition
FRONTLINE: The Virus that Shook the World, Monday, April 26 at 10 p.m.
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Tuesday, April 277:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 Frankie Drake Mysteries Diamonds Are A Gal’s Best Friend:
A missing horse leads the team into the gardens of Toronto’s elite in pursuit of a jewel thief.
8:00 KPBS Finding Your Roots On Broadway: The family
histories of Broadway stars Audra MacDonald and Mandy Patinkin are investigated.
KPBS 2 Victoria On MASTERPIECE Brocket Hall: Facing rioters and
suitors, Victoria grows into her royal role and ponders marriage.
9:00 KPBS Philly D.A. Episode 3: Candidate Krasner
pledged never to seek the death penalty, but the murder of a police sergeant tests the D.A.’s resolve. Lives hang in the balance of the D.A.’s biggest decision yet along with his credibility.
KPBS 2 Les Miserables On MASTERPIECE
Dominic West, Lily Collins and David Oyelowo star in an epic retelling of Victor Hugo’s classic novel.
10:00 KPBS FRONTLINE The Virus That Shook The World,
Part 2: Personal video and local footage show people around the world living through the Covid-19 pandemic.
KPBS 2 Secrets of the Six Wives Beheaded, Died: Henry VIII breaks
with the Roman Church to marry Anne Boleyn, but he soon falls for Jane Seymour.
11:00 KPBS Critical Care: America vs. the World - PBS NewsHour Presents
America’s healthcare system is examined and healthcare in four other nations are explored..
KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition
Wednesday, April 287:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 Death In Paradise Season 7, Episode 5: Jack and his
team must navigate the waters of an elitist Yacht Club in order to catch a killer.
8:00 KPBS Greta Thunberg: A Year to Save The Planet
Episode 1: Follow Greta as she sees impacts of climate change at three locations: melting glaciers and dying trees in Canada, and fire devastation in California. When a UN conference moves to Madrid, she sails across the ocean during life-threatening storms.
KPBS 2 Antiques Roadshow Vintage Wichita: What are
wonderful Wichita treasures from 13 years ago worth today? Discover updated appraisals such as an Edward Onslow Ford bronze, 1962 left-handed Fender Stratocaster and Goldsmith Chandlee surveyor’s compass from around 1790. One is now $55,000.
9:00 KPBS NOVA Fighting for Fertility: Whether it’s
flash-freezing an egg to minus 197 degrees, or searching for sperm where there seems to be none, the high-tech world of assisted reproduction is ushering in a new era of possibilities.
KPBS 2 Baseball The Faith of 50 Million People:
The Black Sox scandal reveals how players took money from gamblers to throw the 1919 World Series.
10:00 KPBS Human: The World Within React: Examine functions of the
brain, spine and nerves and explore how bodies send and receive messages.
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11:00 KPBS AI Vs The Human Brain: The Final Showdown
Examines the current landscape of artificial intelligence technology and how it can further evolve.
KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition
Thursday, April 297:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 Greta Thunberg: A Year to
Save The Planet Episode 1: Follow Greta as she
sees impacts of climate change at three locations: melting glaciers, dying trees in Canada, and fire devastation in California. When a UN conference moves to Madrid, she sails across the ocean during life-threatening storms.
8:00 KPBS Ken Kramer’s About San Diego
We discover how a failed agricultural experiment in San Diego turned out to be a grand financial success. We meet “The Betsy Ross of San Diego” and more!
KPBS 2 FRONTLINE The Virus That Shook The World,
Part 1: Personal video and local footage show how people and countries have responded to the pandemic.
8:30 KPBS A Growing Passion The World in a Garden: New
episode. In this first of a two-part series, we take viewers on a tour of the Garden, starting with the gorgeous collection of tropical plants in the stunning new conservatory. We then take in some of the many interesting collections from regions around the world.
9:00 KPBS 1915 Expo Centennial - San Diego’s Historic Places
Administrative Building, Botanical Building and Cabrillo Bridge: Join Host Elsa Sevilla as she visits the historic Administrative Building where the architects, engineers and other staff worked from during the Expo’s construction.
9:30 KPBS Crossing South Kajkab Chocolate & Tacos Los
Cabos: New episode. Crossing South is a travel show which takes us on a journey South of the border. Bilingual travel companion and host, Jorge Meraz, helps us get to know the people, vernacular, foods, customs and places frequented by the locals.
10:00 KPBS Midsomer Murders Saints and Sinners: The
discovery of a Saint’s bones at an archaeological dig causes a stir in the village of Midsomer Cicely. But when the leader of the dig is murdered, DCI Barnaby and DS Nelson soon realise that it’s not only skeletons that have been long buried in the hallowed ground.
KPBS 2 FRONTLINE The Virus That Shook The World,
Part 2: Personal video and local footage show people around the world living through the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Friday, April 307:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 Finding Your Roots On Broadway: The family
histories of Broadway stars Audra MacDonald and Mandy Patinkin are investigated.
8:00 KPBS Washington Week KPBS 2 The Jazz Ambassadors Dizzy Gillespie and more jazz
greats combated racially charged Soviet propaganda through their music.
8:30 KPBS KPBS Roundtable 9:00 KPBS Doc Martin Ever After: Mrs. Tishell’s long-
standing crush on Dr. Martin Ellingham takes a dramatic turn.
KPBS 2 International Jazz Day International Jazz Day 10th
Anniversary Celebration: A look back at 10 years of historic International Jazz Day concerts featuring dozens of music icons.
10:00 KPBS Death in Paradise Season 10 premiere. The idyllic
Caribbean locale of Saint-Marie is a paradise island on which most anyone would love to live and work, except for a quintessential English detective who feels like a fish out of water.
11:00 KPBS Live at the Belly Up Vaud and the Villains: Romp
through 1930s New Orleans with the Vaud and the Villains on this episode of Live at the Belly Up! Their 19-piece band performance breathes new life into vintage New Orleans jazz, R&B and gospel soul music.
KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition