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MASTERPIECE
HOME FIRES - SEASON 2
It’s 1962 and it is evident how times are changing, from
increased liberation for women, to the shadow of infamous
gangsters, to the introduction of new government policies.
The midwives laugh together, cry together, and support each
other as never before, while continuing to address complex
medical and personal dilemmas on their midwifery and
district nursing rounds. In eight parts.
TPT 2 Sundays, starting April 2, 7 p.m.
TPT LIFE Wednesdays, starting April 5, 8 p.m
Home Fires follows the story of a group of inspirational
women in an English village during World War II. Samantha
Bond (Downton Abbey) and Francesca Annis (“Reckless”)
head the extraordinary cast. In six parts.
TPT 2 Sundays, starting April 2, 8 p.m.
TPT LIFE Wednesdays, starting April 5, 9 p.m
ON THE COVER
INDEPENDENT LENS
NEWTOWN
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
THE GREAT WAR
Explore the aftermath of the deadliest mass shooting of
schoolchildren in American history. With remarkably personal
access to families, teachers, first responders, and other
members of the community who were directly affected, the
film captures how the fallout of gun violence interconnects and
propels the town toward introspection, resilience, and action.
TPT 2 Sunday, April 6, 8 p.m.
TPT LIFE Saturday, April 8, 9 p.m
Discover how WWI transformed America through the stories
of African-American soldiers, feminist activists, NativeAmerican “code talkers,” and others whose participation in
the war to “make the world safe for democracy” has been
largely forgotten. In three parts.
TPT 2 Monday-Wednesday, April 10-12, 8 p.m.
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HAYDN AND MOZART
May 4-5
Juraj Valčuha, conductor / Michael Gast, horn
A fun and varied program of Haydn’s Symphony
No. 85, Mozart’s Horn Concerto No. 3, Britten’s
Four Sea Interludes and Ravel’s La Valse.
ELLIS HALL PLAYS RAY CHARLES,
MOTOWN AND BEYOND
with the Minnesota Orchestra
May 6 8pm
Sarah Hicks, conductor
Ellis Hall is a genuine Ray Charles protégé and he’s
performing songs from Hit the Road Jack to I Heard It
Through the Grapevine.
MOZART SINFONIA CONCERTANTE
with Erin Keefe and Matthew Lipman
May 11-13
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Of the hundreds of pieces left to us by Mozart, none
is more beautiful than his Sinfonia Concertante—a
violin and viola duet to melt hearts, here played by
Concertmaster Erin Keefe and violist Matthew Lipman.
DAVID ZINMAN RETURNS:
ALSO SPRACH ZARATHUSTRA
FULL PERFORMANCES | Jun 2-3
Enjoy this program of sweeping orchestral classics
including Also sprach Zarathustra, made famous by
Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey.
SYMPHONY IN 60 I Jun 1
Come early for happy hour, enjoy a shorter
performance and stay late for a post-concert onstage
gathering with Minnesota Orchestra musicians.
Tickets $30 / $20 for patrons under the age of 40
JURAJ VALČUHA
ELLIS HALL
ERIN KEEFE
MATTHEW LIPMAN
DAVID ZINMAN
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SECOND SATURDAYS AT TPT
Saturday, April 8 | 9 a.m.- 1 p.m. | TPT Studios, Saint Paul, MN
Join us at our free monthly event for kids and families! Second Saturdays at TPT
is the perfect opportunity for a play date and to share your love for PBS Kids.
Celebrate Earth Month and get back to nature at TPT! Kids can meet Nature Cat
and enjoy fun nature-themed activities like frog tracking and how to make a
rainstick with the SciGirls crew. The Bell Museum will also be here to bring nature
to life inside the TPT studios. This month, we will be accepting donations for Wags
and Whiskers Animal Rescue. We can't wait for your family to meet our family!
Check out tpt.org/events to RSVP and for complete event details.
INDIE LENS POP-UP SERIES - NATIONAL BIRD
Tuesday, April 25 | Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
TPT Studios, Saint Paul, MN
Join TPT for Indie Lens Pop-Up — a neighborhood
series that brings people together for film screenings
of Independence Lens documentaries and communitydriven conversations. This month, we will be screening
National Bird, which follows the dramatic journey
of whistleblowers who are determined to break the
silence around one of the most controversial current
affairs issues of our time: the secret U.S. drone war. A
panel discussion will follow. This is a free event, but
reservations are required. Screening starts at 7 p.m.
Visit tpt.org/events for more information and to RSVP.
2017 SAINT PAUL ART CRAWL AT TPT
Saturday, April 29 | 12 p.m.- 5 p.m. | TPT Studios, Saint Paul, MN
Drop by our TPT Street Space during the 2017 Saint Paul Art Crawl for an open house presented by our weekly local arts series
Minnesota Original. Watch MNO on the big screen and enjoy light refreshments. There will also be a marketplace where featured
artists from MNO will be selling their work, including Lindsey Locatelli, Andrea Martin, Cave Paper, Booka B., Silvercocoon, and
more. Free and open to the public.
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HIGHLIGHTS APRIL 1-2
Masterpiece
Home Fires - Season 2
Masterpiece
Wolf Hall
It's June 1940, and Britain faces the
threat of imminent invasion. Pat strikes
up a friendship with a Czech soldier
stationed nearby. Sarah receives some
shocking news about Adam, but her
sorrow is overshadowed by a tragedy
for Frances. Part 1 of 6.
TPT 2 Sunday, April 2, 8 p.m.
TPT LIFE Wednesday, April 5, 9 p.m.
Having failed to secure the annulment
of King Henry's marriage to Katherine
of Aragon, Cardinal Wolsey is stripped
of his powers. His hopes of returning to
the king's favor lie with the ever‑loyal
Thomas Cromwell. Part 1 of 6.
TPT 2 Sunday, April 2, 9 p.m.
Midsomer Murders - Season 12
Premiere: The Dogleg Murders
Independent Lens
Ovarian Psycos
Based in the heart of Los Angeles'
Eastside, and building upon the legacy
of the Chicano/a and Civil Rights
Movement, the irreverently named
Ovarian Psycos Cycle Brigade are a
ferocious and unapologetic group of
young women of color, cycling through
the barrios and boulevards of the
Eastside, committed to collectively
confronting racism and violence, and
demanding and creating safe spaces for
women.
TPT 2 Sunday, April 2, 10:38 p.m.
TPT LIFE Saturday, April 8, 10:30 p.m.
Call the Midwife
Season 6
The team reunites, but all is not well
when a change of management
shocks Nonnatus House to the core.
Sister Mary Cynthia's health takes
an unexpected turn as mental illness
threatens to derail her. Part 1 of 8.
TPT 2 Sunday, April 2, 7 p.m.
TPT LIFE Wednesday, April 5, 8 p.m.
Set in a poisonous Midsomer golf club
named Whiteoaks, the story revolves
around the social aspirations the club
steward has for her handsome son
Darren. She is determined to ensure
that he oversomes his lowly birth to
become a full member. A moneylender
and a miser, she wields unexpected
powers behind the clubhouse bar.
Parts 1 & 2 of 2.
TPT 2 Saturday, April 1, 8 p.m.
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Antiques Roadshow: Palm
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8:00
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9:00
Midsomer Murders: The Dogleg Murders
9:30
The Coroner
10:00
(Parts 1 & 2 of 2)
10:30
11:00
11:30
Inspector George Gently: Gently Among
Friends
Best of Trains Around North America
Independent Lens: The Bad Kids
Dessa: A Minnesota Original
Special
Jackson & Komunyakaa:
Power of the Word
Speak Your
Mind
Call The Midwife -Season 6
Home Fires Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 6)
Wolf Hall on Masterpiece
Episode One
Minnesota
Original
Wild School: Black Bears
NOVA: Secrets of the Viking
Sword
Secrets of the Dead: Ben
Franklin's Bones
Austin City Limits:
Ed Sheeran/Valerie June
Front and Center:
Southside Johnny
Interstate 94:
A History and
Its Impact
Quality In Early Care & Educa- Taking Steps to Improve Stem
tion
Education
Your Legislators
Close The Gap Close The Gap
(Part 1 of 8)
Why Transit?
Independent Lens: A Fragile Trust: Plagiarism,
Power, and Jayson Blair
What Is Race? Urban Youth Poets: Quest for
the Voice
Nikki Giovanni On Poetry &
Truth
(10:38) Independent Lens:
Ovarian Psycos
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A moving
adaptation of
a powerful novel
The
Bluest Eye
adapted by LYDIA R. DIAMOND
directed by LILEANA BLAIN-CRUZ
April 15 – May 21
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MINNESOTA CHANNEL
PREMIERES
Interstate 94: A History and its Impact
The cities of Saint Paul and Minneapolis were forever
changed when Interstate 94 was routed through the
neighborhoods of Rondo and Prospect Park. This
documentary examines how each community has coped
with the changes the Interstate brought. Co-produced with
the Minnesota Department of Transportation.
TPT MN Sunday, April 2, 7 p.m.
TPT LIFE Sunday, April 16, Noon
Interstate 94: A History and its Impact
ENCORE PRESENTATIONS:
In honor of Poetry Month and Earth Day, here are some of the programs that will be featured on the MN Channel:
Nikki Giovanni: On Poetry and Truth
TPT MN Saturday, April 1, 5 p.m.
Food, Fuel and Climate Change
TPT MN Sunday, April 16, 12:30 p.m.
Sonia Sanchez: The Power of the Word
TPT MN Sunday, April 16, 8 p.m.
Somalia: A Nation of Poets
Somalia: A Nation of Poets
TPT MN Sunday, April 16, 9 p.m.
TPT 2 Sunday, April 23, 5:30 p.m.
Minnesota Stories in a Changing Climate
TPT MN Thursday, April 20, 8 p.m.
Future Earth: Thriving on a Full Planet
TPT MN Thursday, April 20, 9:30 p.m.
Farm to School: Growing Our Future
TPT MN Thursday, April 20, 11 p.m.
Farm to School: Growing Our Future
TPT’s MN Productions & Partnerships
Since 2003, TPT's MN Productions & Partnerships unit has utilized the power of media in partnership with more than 400
Minnesota organizations to tell stories that matter to our community. Our work airs statewide on the MN Channel (TPT MN).
For more information, visit tptmn.org.
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HIGHLIGHTS APRIL 3-9
Frontline
American Patriot
NOVA
Himalayan Megaquake
Examine the violent battle between a ranching family in
the West and the federal government. See how a fight
over land became deadly, invigorated a wider right-wing,
anti-government movement, and continues to challenge
prosecutors and law enforcement.
TPT 2 Tuesday, April 4, 9 p.m.
TPT LIFE Friday, April 7, 9 p.m.
Dramatic eyewitness footage reveals the shocking
quake that rocked Nepal in April 2015. Join scientists as
they examine why this earthquake was so devastating,
how the victims are rebuilding, and whether another
earthquake looms on the horizon.
TPT 2 Wednesday, April 5, 8 p.m.
TPT LIFE Sunday, April 9, 8 p.m.
Great Performances
Young Men
The Dark Charisma
of Adolf Hitler
A dramatic dance film shot on location in Northern
France . Young Men tells the story of soldiers trying to
maintain their humanity amidst the brutality of World
War I. The performance is choreographed by Ivan Perez
with a score by Keaton Henson, and directed by Michael
Nunn and William Trevitt.
TPT 2 Friday, April 7, 9 p.m.
Explore how Adolf Hitler formed a connection with
millions of German people and how such an unlikely figure
generated a level of charismatic attraction almost without
parallel. This episode looks at how his alleged “charisma”
played a key role in his success as a leader. Part 1 of 3.
TPT 2 Thursday, April 6, 9 p.m.
Secrets of the Dead
Leonardo, the Man Who Saved Science
The Last Days of Jesus
Leonardo da Vinci is well known for his inventions as
well as his art. But new evidence shows that many of his
ideas were realized long before he sketched them out
in his notebooks — some even 1,700 years before. Was
Leonardo a copycat?
TPT 2 Wednesday, April 5, 9 p.m.
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Examine new evidence, gathered from archaeology,
Roman historians, Jewish texts, and insights into the
Gospels, that suggests Roman power politics led to the
series of events that resulted in the crucifixion of Jesus.
TPT 2 Tuesday, April 4, 7 p.m.
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Antiques Roadshow:
Salt Lake City, Hour One
Independent Lens: Newtown
Rosemary and Thyme: Cup of
Silence
Foyle’s War: Elise
Minnesota
Original
The Last Days of Jesus
Minnesota
Original
9:30
10:00
ECHO
11:00
11:30
NOVA: Secrets of the Viking
Sword
After You’ve
Gone
Minnesota
Original
Charlie Rose
Tavis Smiley
BBC World
News
Native Report What Is Race? Exploring
Forgiveness
Frontline: American Patriot
Globe Trekker: Food Hour: The Great American Railroad
Journeys: Manhattan: Grand
Story of Cheese
Central to World Trade Center
Around The Cor- Transit Stories Why Transit?
ner with John
McGivern
10:30
Suffragettes Forever! The
Story of Women and Power
(Part 3 of 3)
Around The Cor- Arrival: Finding Home
ner with John
Stories of Women Making
McGivern
their Homes in the US
This Old House Hour
9:00
Arrival: Women’s Vision for a
New Home
East Africa:
New Faces New
Experiences
As Time Goes
By
Return to Uluru - Bruce Munro After You’ve
Gone
BBC World
News
Charlie Rose
Tavis Smiley
Fraud Fighters
How Can I Afford Retirement? Healthcare Any- Safe at Home:
where: HyperPreventing
Starting Late Investment
Connecting
Foreclosure
Strategies
Nature: Owl Power
NOVA: Himalayan Megaquake
Secrets of the Dead: Leonardo, The Man Who Saved
Science
Almanac at
the Capitol
Stephen Fry In Central
America: Belize to Guatamala
After You’ve
Gone
Born and Bred:
The Comet
Call The Midwife -Season 6
Home Fires Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 6)
BBC World
News
Charlie Rose
Tavis Smiley
(Part 1 of 8)
Greatest Generation Film
Showcase 3
Honor Most
Proud
Almanac:
Hands-On
History
Almanac at
the Capitol
Around The Cor- World War II Stories
ner with John
Europe
McGivern
Almanac:
Hands-On
History
Almanac:
Hands-On
History
This Old House Hour
American Experience: Tesla
The Dark Charisma of Adolf
Hitler
As Time Goes
By
Globe Trekker: Food Hour: The After You’ve
Story of Cheese
Gone
Great British Baking Show:
Bread
British
Antiques
Roadshow
Ancient Roads from Christ to
Constantine: Constantine
BBC World
News
Charlie Rose
Minnesota
Original
Around The Cor- Minnesota’s
ner with John
Fiercest Fires
McGivern
Almanac
British
Antiques
Roadshow
MinneMinnesota’s
Health and
sota’s Fiercest Deadliest Bliz- Climate
Floods
zards
In Their Own Words:
Jim Henson
Rick Steves’
Europe
Born to
Explore
Minnesota
Original
Around The Cor- Concussions and Female
ner with John
Athletes
McGivern
Antiques Roadshow:
Palm Springs, Hour Two
Washington
Week
Superior’s Isle House As A System: Building Safe, Healthy
Royale
and Efficient Homes
Great Performances: Young Men
Charlie Rose - Frontline: American Patriot
The Week
Concussion
Dilemma: MN
Reacts
Midsomer Murders: The Black Book (Parts 1 &
Getting A
Handle On
Diabetes
Tavis Smiley
BBC World
News
Red Green
Show
Charlie Rose
Almanac
The Coroner
Eastenders
Eastenders
Tavis Smiley
Crossing The
Threshold
Living with
Parkinson’s
(MN)
Inspector George Gently: Son of a Gun
2 of 2)
Energy Weight Loss Solution with Neal Barnard, MD
Independent Lens: Newtown
Independent Lens: Ovarian
Psycos
Bad Plus + Low: A Minnesota
Original Special
Prized Writers Prized Writers Family Strengths:
Growing...
Call The Midwife -Season 6
(Part 2 of 8)
Home Fires Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 6)
Wolf Hall on Masterpiece
Episode Two
Minnesota
Original
Wild School: Orangutan
NOVA: Himalayan Megaquake
Volcano Odyssey
Austin City Limits: The Avett
Brothers/Nickel Creek
Front and Center: Steve Vai
State of
Repair
Harmonies
Across Time
Farmher The Documentary
Your Legislators
Close The Gap Close The Gap
Transit Stories Rose Ensemble:
4-H at the
Minnesota
State Fair
Food That Matters: Donations
That Count
Parables
Portrait
Independent
Lens: No
Mas...
Portrait
Little Crow and the Dakota War
Stories from a turbulent nation —
100 years ago
Encounter the extraordinary people,
nation-shaking movements, and popular
culture that shaped America.
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HIGHLIGHTS APRIL 10-16
Call the Midwife
Season 6
Great Performances at the Met
Romeo et Juliette
Masterpiece
Home Fires - Season 2
A Chinese first-time mother faces an
unexpected crisis, while new legislation
and Sister Ursula cause serious
problems for Shelagh and Dr. Turner
Part 3 of 8.
TPT 2 Sunday, April 16, 7 p.m.
TPT LIFE Wednesday, April 19, 8 p.m.
The electrifying team of Vittorio
Grigolo and Diana Damrau reunites
for a new production of Gounod's
opera based on the Shakespeare
play. Damrau makes her role debut
as Juliette in Bartlett Sher's new
production, conducted by Gianandrea
Noseda. Elliot Madore sings Mercutio.
TPT 2 Thursday, March 16, 7 p.m.
As the war intensifies, the women must
do all they can to keep spirits high.
Frances learns that there is more to
Peter's affair than she realized. Steph
is concerned by Stan's behavior on
the farm. The Brindsleys receive some
wonderful news. Part 3 of 6.
TPT 2 Sunday, April 16, 8 p.m.
TPT LIFE Wednesday, April 19, 9 p.m.
American Experience
The Great War
The Last Day of World War I
Travelling to the battlefields in France
and Belgium, Michael Palin visits
the places where Americans, British,
French, Canadian, and German
troops were fighting as the war came
to an end. Using newly discovered
photographs and original research,
this film tells the explosive story of one
of the most important days in history.
TPT 2 Thursday, April 13, 8 p.m.
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Discover how the violent and bloody
conflict transformed the nation
forever, as America steps onto the
world stage for the first time. But
while many heralded the peace, others
worried about democracy at home.
Part 3 of 3.
TPT 2 Wednesday, April 12, 8 p.m.
Midsomer Murders
Secrets and Spies
A family of retired spooks runs a safe
house in a Midsomer village to which
the security services send a visiting VIP
for protection. But local folklore about
the Beast of Midsomer — a big cat that
is reputed to have torn out the throats
of innocent locals in the past — proves
to be more than a legend as the Beast
strikes again. Parts 1 & 2 of 2.
TPT 2 Saturday, April 15, 8 p.m.
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Antiques Roadshow: Salt Lake American Experience: The Great War (Part 1 of 3)
City, Hour Two
Rosemary and Thyme
And No Birds Sing
Minnesota
Original
(7:48) Rosemary and Thyme
Arabica and Early Spider
Around The Cor- Giving Thanks In Many Voices
ner with John
McGivern
10:00
BBC World
News
Charlie Rose
Tavis Smiley
(8:40) The
Coroner
Minnesota
Original
ECHO
Native Report Asian Flavors
As Time Goes
By
This Old House Hour
Globe Trekker: Road Trip: Rust Great American Railroad Jour- BBC World
neys: Brooklyn to Montauk
Belt Highway, USA
News
Understanding The New
Financial Paradigm...
11:30
After You’ve
Gone
American Experience: The Great War (Part 2 of 3)
Around The Cor- New Abnormal: Global Unner with John
certainty
McGivern
11:00
NOVA: Himalayan Megaquake
Nazi Mega Weapons:
Hitler’s Island Megafortress
Minnesota
Original
10:30
As Time Goes
By
Cikala Maka Anishnabe Becoming Mediawise
Ethics of Cyber Security
9 Months That Made You:
The First 8 Weeks
After You’ve
Gone
Charlie Rose
Tavis Smiley
How Can I Afford Retirement? Minnovation: The Geek and
Managing Financial Risks In
the Weatherman
Retirement
Nature: Viva Puerto Rico
American Experience: The Great War (Part 3 of 3)
Almanac at
the Capitol
Stephen Fry in Central America: El Salvador & Nicaragua
Hebburn
Born and Bred: The Magnificent Colin
Call The Midwife -Season 6
Home Fires Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 6)
BBC World
News
Charlie Rose
Tavis Smiley
(Part 2 of 8)
Lost 50s: Milestones &
Memories
Tales of the Road: Highway 61
Almanac at
the Capitol
Around The Cor- World War II Stories:
ner with John
Pacific
McGivern
Iron Range: Minnesota Building America
This Old House Hour
The Last Day of World War I
The Dark Charisma of Adolf
Hitler
As Time Goes
By
Globe Trekker: Road Trip: Rust Hebburn
Belt Highway, USA
Great British Baking Show:
Desserts
British Antiques
Roadshow
British Antiques
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Secrets of Chatsworth
BBC World
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Charlie Rose
Energy Innovations in the US
and Germany
Black Gold
Boom
Engineering, Minnesota’s
Future
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Energy SoluMcGivern
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New Energy
Almanac
Great Performances at the Met: Romeo et Juliette
Dream of Italy Born to
Explore
Washington
Week
Minnesota
Original
Around The Cor- Hearing Loss
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Matters
McGivern
Antiques Roadshow: Charleston, Hour Three
Charlie Rose - Dead Reckoning: War &
Justice: The General’s Ghost
The Week
(Part 1 of 3)
Scams, Seniors
& Minnesota’s
Response
New Pathways to STEMFocused Careers
Midsomer Murders: Secrets and Spies (Parts 1
BBC World
News
Farm Fresh
Road Trip 2
Eastenders
Eastenders
Tavis Smiley
Now What?
College Is
Thinking
Possible
About College
Masterpiece Mystery!: Poirot Season 12, Dead
Man’s Folly
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Rick Steves Special: The Holy Land, Israelis and Palestinians
Today
Farm Fresh
Road Trip
Charlie Rose
Almanac
The Coroner
Tavis Smiley
Little Crow and the Dakota War
Independent Lens: Let The Fire Burn
Jeremy Messersmith + Alison
Scott: A MN Original Special
Prized Writers Prized Writers Talk Derby
to Me
Call The Midwife -Season 6
Home Fires Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 6)
Wolf Hall on Masterpiece
Episode Three
Minnesota
Original
Wild School: Lions
Great Plains: America’s
Lingering Wild: A Long Hard
Struggle
Great Plains: America’s
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Austin City Limits: Spoon/
White Denim
Front and Center: The Cadillac
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Art and Life of George Morrison: A “Beyond The Book..."
Sonia Sanchez: The Power of
the Word
Somalia: A
Nation of
Poets
Your Legislators
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HIGHLIGHTS APRIL 17-23
American Masters
Norman Lear:
Just Another Version of You
Discover how the prolific creator of
"All in the Family," "The Jeffersons,"
and "Good Times" effected social
change through his groundbreaking
sitcoms and activism. Features
George Clooney, Amy Poehler, Jon
Stewart, Russell Simmons, and others.
TPT 2 Friday, April 21, 8 p.m.
NOVA
Holocaust Escape Tunnel
Frontline
The Last Days of Solitary
In the heart of Lithuania, a Holocaust
secret lies buried. A team of
archaeologists probes the ruins of
a Nazi death camp to find the truth
behind tales of a tunnel dug by
desperate Jewish prisoners and their
daring escape.
TPT 2 Wednesday, April 19, 8 p.m.
TPT LIFE Sunday, April 23, 8 p.m
Follow what happens to recently
released prisoners when they go
from solitary to the streets. With
extraordinary access to the Maine State
Prison, the film examines the long-term
effects of solitary confinement and
efforts to reduce its use.
TPT 2 Tuesday, April 18, 8 p.m.
Masterpiece
Home Fires - Season 2
Teresa is asked on a date. Alison
worries that her involvement with
the Lyons could be dangerous.
The Brindsleys make a disturbing
discovery. Meanwhile, there's joyful
news in the Campbell house, and
Joyce unexpectedly joins forces with
Erica. Part 4 of 6.
TPT 2 Sunday, April 23, 8 p.m.
TPT LIFE Wednesday, April 26, 9 p.m
Call the Midwife
Season 6
Masterpiece
Wolf Hall
Anne gives birth to a baby girl, failing
to produce Henry's longed‑for male
heir. Cromwell demands that the
nobility and church swear an oath
acknowledging Anne as the lawful
queen. But will Thomas More agree?
Part 4 of 6.
TPT 2 Sunday, April 23, 9 p.m.
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An expectant mother buckles under
the strains of pregnancy. As Tom
provides pastoral care, he reveals why
this case has touched him more than
most. Part 4 of 8.
TPT 2 Sunday, April 23, 7 p.m.
TPT LIFE Wednesday, April 26, 8 p.m
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7:00
17
Mon
Tue
Rosemary and Thyme:
Sweet Angelica
The Coroner
BBC World
News
Charlie Rose
Tavis Smiley
How Alcohol
Shared ValCame to the
ues: Health &
American Indian Community
Suburban
Immigrants:
Finding Peace
2
2
2
2
MN
Sat
2
LIFE
MN
23
Sun
11:30
Rosemary and Thyme:
The Language of Flowers
LIFE
22
11:00
LIFE
MN
Fri
10:30
2
LIFE
21
10:00
Hebburn
MN
Thu
9:30
The Secret Life of Growing Up
Teenagers
LIFE
20
9:00
As Time Goes
By
MN
Wed
8:30
The Secret Life of Babies
LIFE
19
8:00
Antiques Roadshow:
Chicago, Hour Two
MN
18
7:30
Antiques Roadshow:
Salt Lake City, Hour Three
2
Minnesota
Original
Around The Cor- Conflict Resolution: Swedish & ECHO
ner with John
Norwegian Experience
McGivern
MN
Native Report Museums
Creating
Community
American Experience: Grand
Coulee Dam
Frontline: The Last Days of Solitary
As Time Goes
By
9 Months That Made You:
One of a Kind
Hebburn
This Old House Hour
Globe Trekker: Road Trip: Rust Great American Railroad
Journeys: New York City to
Belt Highway 2, USA
Albany
BBC World
News
Charlie Rose
Tavis Smiley
Minnesota
Original
Around The Cor- Inside The Boardroom: Reatha Leading
ner with John
Women: Reatha
Clark King
McGivern
Clark King
Nature: Hotel Armadillo
Born and Bred: The Last Hurrah - Part 1
Almanac at
the Capitol
Restoring Hope
One Car at a
Time
How Can I Afford Retirement? Inside The Boardroom: Thia
Protecting Your Investments
Breen
NOVA: Holocaust Escape
Tunnel
Escape from a Nazi Death
Camp
Almanac at
the Capitol
Stephen Fry in Central America: Costa Rica to Panama
Hebburn
Call The Midwife -Season 6
Home Fires Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 6)
BBC World
News
Charlie Rose
Tavis Smiley
The Typist
North Star: Minnesota’s Black Pioneers
(Part 3 of 8)
Around The Cor- World War II Stories
ner with John
Home Front
McGivern
This Old House Hour
Nazi Mega Weapons: V2
Rocket
Dark Charisma of Adolf Hitler
As Time Goes
By
Globe Trekker: Road Trip: Rust Hebburn
Belt Highway 2, USA
Great British Baking Show:
Pies and Tarts
British
Antiques
Roadshow
The Secret Life of Babies
BBC World
News
Charlie Rose
Tossed Out:
Future Earth:
Food Waste In Thriving on a
America
Full Planet
Dirty Work: The Story of
Elsie’s Farm
Farm to School:
Growing Our
Future
Saving Wheat:
Rusts Never
Sleep
Minnesota
Original
Red Green
Show
Red Green
Show
Eastenders
Eastenders
Charlie Rose - Dead Reckoning: War and
Justice: The Blind Eye (Part
The Week
BBC World
News
Charlie Rose
Minnesota
Original
British
Antiques
Roadshow
Around The Cor- Minnesota Stories in a Changner with John
ing Climate
McGivern
Almanac
American Masters: Norman Lear
Dream of Italy Born to
Explore
Washington
Week
Minnesota
Original
Our Environment and Our
Health
Around The
Corner with
John McGivern
Antiques Roadshow:
Albuquerque, Hour One
2 of 3)
Brainstorm
Midsomer Murders: The Glitch (Parts 1 & 2 of 2)
Forever Painless with Miranda Esmonde-White Stretch with Mi-
randa EsmondeWhite
Strength and
Resilience
Call The Midwife -Season 6
(Part 4 of 8)
Wild School: Elephant Seals
Almanac
Tavis Smiley
Tavis Smiley
Health Focus:
One Community’s Effort
Vera: Changing Tides
Independent Lens: The Witness
Prized Writers Prized Writers Prized Writers Prized Writers Indian Women:
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LIFE
Minnesota
Original
My Last
Breath
Shetland
POV: Dance for Me
Minnesota Na- People of the Big Lake
tive Showcase
First Speakers: Restoring The
Ojibwe Language
Home Fires Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 4 of 6)
Wolf Hall on Masterpiece
Episode Four
Minnesota
Original
NOVA: Holocaust Escape
Tunnel
Escape from a Nazi Death
Camp
Austin City Limits: TV on the
Radio/The War On Drugs
Front and Center: Kaleo
Stories In
Thread
Your Legislators
Building A
Centennial
Home
Global Leadership: Our Future Mind-Body Dialogues III:
with China
Embodied Compassion
Jingle Dress
Tradition
Independent Lens
Seed: The Untold Story
Independent
Lens: Dogtown...
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HIGHLIGHTS APRIL 24-30
Call the Midwife
Season 6
Latin Music USA
Bridges/The Salsa Revolution
Nonnatus House welcomes a
new recruit, Nurse Valerie Dyer. A
vulnerable young man captures the
hearts of Fred and Violet, while the
whereabouts of Sister Mary Cynthia
causes distress among the team.
Part 5 of 8.
TPT 2 Sunday, April 30, 7 p.m.
Latin Music infiltrates R&B and rock + roll through the 1960s. Puerto Ricans and
other Latinos in New York reinvent the Cuban Son and the Puerto Rican Plena,
adding elements from soul and jazz to create salsa, which becomes a defining
rhythm for Latinos the world over.
TPT 2 Friday, April 28, 8 p.m.
Frontline
The Fish on My Plate
Journalist and author Paul Greenberg
spends a year eating only fish. From
farmed fish in Norway to the biggest
wild fishery in the world off Peru, he
travels to investigate the health of the
ocean — as well as his own.
TPT 2 Tuesday, April 25, 9 p.m.
Independent Lens
The Last Laugh
Hear Mel Brooks, Sarah Silverman,
Carl Reiner, and other Jewish comics
and thinkers discuss the provocative
question of whether any topic —
including the Holocaust — should be
off limits in comedy.
TPT 2 Monday, April 24, 9 p.m.
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Nature
Forest of the Lynx
Travel deep into the remote forests
of the Kalkalpen National Park in
Austria. Abandoned by man for
close to a quarter-of-a-century, the
forest's dramatic cycle of growth and
decay now rules the landscape. What
appears at first to be devastation
and destruction is, in fact, part of the
fundamental process of the forest's
regeneration and transformation back
to its natural, primeval state.
TPT 2 Wednesday, April 26, 7 p.m.
Wild Weather
Watch an innovative documentary
that illustrates how weather works as
scientists perform brave, ambitious
(even unlikely) experiments that
show how nature transforms
simple ingredients like wind, water,
and temperature into something
spectacular and powerful.
TPT 2 Wednesday, April 26, 9 p.m.
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EVENING APRIL 24-30
24
Mon
Antiques Roadshow:
Chicago, Hour Three
9:00
9:30
2
Antiques Roadshow:
Virginia Beach, Hour One
7:00
Independent Lens: The Last Laugh
NOVA: Holocaust Escape
Tunnel
Moone Boy
LIFE
Rosemary and Thyme: A
Simple Plot
(7:48) Rosemary and Thyme:
The Tree of Death
(8:40) The
Minnesota
Original
Charlie Rose
Tavis Smiley
Minnesota
Original
CIA and the Cinema: A Strange ECHO
Bond
MN
25
Tue
2
LIFE
MN
26
Wed
2
LIFE
MN
27
Thu
2
LIFE
MN
28
Fri
29
Sat
2
Indian
lected, Treasures Women:
Shared
Strength...
Frontline: The Fish On My Plate
Five Who Survived: Children
of Genocide
9 Months That Made You:
The Final Countdown
Moone Boy
Charlie Rose
Tavis Smiley
Keys to the City: Solving The
Mystery of Big Success
Energy Innovations in the
USand Germany
Working Waterfront
NOVA: Building Chernobyl’s
Megatomb
Wild Weather
Almanac at
the Capitol
Audubon
Moone Boy
Call The Midwife -Season 6
BBC World
News
Charlie Rose
Tavis Smiley
Nature: Forest of the Lynx
Born and Bred: The Last Hurrah - Part 2
(Part 4 of 8)
Home Fires Season 2 on
Masterpiece (Part 4 of 6)
Almanac at
the Capitol
World War II Stories
Legacy
Shared
Sacrifice: Rock
County In War
This Old House Hour
Nazi Mega Weapons:
Hitler’s Island Megafortress
Secrets of the Dead: Bugging
Hitler’s Soldiers
Great British Baking Show:
Biscuits and Traybakes
British Antiques
Roadshow
Minnesota
Original
CSI on Trial
Around The
Corner with John
McGivern
Around The
Corner with John
McGivern
Almanac
Minnesota
Regiments
British Antiques Secret Life of Growing Up
Roadshow
Golden Years
Forensics: Be- Cost of Cliyond The CSI mate Change
Effect (MN)
In Minnesota
Latin Music USA: Bridges/The Salsa Revolution
Antiques Roadshow:
Albuquerque, Hour Two
Charlie Rose - Dead Reckoning: War & JusThe Week
tice: In Our Time (Part 3 of 3)
Walking Into The Unknown
Native Mens’
Barriers to
Health Care
Midsomer Murders: Small Mercies (Parts 1 & 2
Re-Imagining
Late Life
BBC World
News
Genocide
Again: Darfur
11:30
Working on the Railroad
Around The
Corner with John
McGivern
Around The
Corner with John
McGivern
MN
Native Report Treasures Col-
11:00
Minnesota
Original
Minnesota
Original
LIFE
BBC World
News
10:30
Globe Trekker: Tough Trains:
Great American Railroad
The Transcontinental Railroad, Journeys: Schenectady to
USA
Niagara Falls
MN
2
Coroner
10:00
This Old House Hour
Born to Explore Washington
Week
2
8:30
American Experience: Command and Control
Dream of
Italy
MN
Sun
Around The
Corner with John
McGivern
8:00
LIFE
LIFE
30
7:30
Theodore Roosevelt: A Cowboy’s Ride to the White House
Bobby Aro: King of the Great
Northwoods
As Time Goes
By
Globe Trekker: Tough Trains:
Moone Boy
The Transcontinental Railroad,
USA
BBC World
News
Charlie Rose
Lake Minnetonka’s
Future
Great Waters
Gone Bad
Outdoor Recreation In Decline
Red Green
Show
Red Green
Show
Eastenders
BBC World
News
Charlie Rose
Almanac
Tavis Smiley
Tavis Smiley
On The Road
Together:
Teen Driving
Vera: Old Wounds
Eastenders
Brighter Futures: Childhood
In Balance
Shetland
of 2)
(7:04)Super Brain with Dr. Rudy Tanzi
Independent Lens: Seed: The
Untold Story
Independent Lens: Dogtown
Redemption
POV: Neurotypical
Farmers &
Chefs of Minnesota
Asian Flavors
Nourishing
Lives, Ending
Hunger
Independent Lens: The Last Laugh
Richard
Art at Hand:
Bresnahan... Creative Aging
with Clay
Minnesota Book Awards 2016
Farm Fresh
Road Trip 3
Call The Midwife -Season 6
(Part 5 of 8)
Home Fires Season 2 on Masterpiece (Part 5 of 6)
Wolf Hall on Masterpiece
Episode Five
Minnesota
Original
Wild School: Kangaroos
NOVA: Back to Chernobyl
The Test
Austin City Limits: Natalia
Lafourcade/Grupo Fantasma
Front and Center: Dawes
Your Legislators
Watergate Revisited: Lawyer
Ethics
Celebrating
Wisdom
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Mind-Body Dialogues: Healing Living BeCivil War Show- Stories
yond Cancer
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Late Life
Latino Arts: A Community
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KIDS SHOWS & EVENTS AT TPT
Nature Cat & Wild Kratts
Explore the Outdoors
PBS Kids celebrates Earth Month with its
annual Explore the Outdoors initiative and a
special week of new episodes of Nature Cat
and Wild Kratts during the week of April 10.
Visit tpt.org/kids for schedule details.
SECOND SATURDAYS AT TPT
Saturday, April 8 | 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. | TPT Studios, Saint Paul, MN
Join us at our free monthly event for kids and families! Second Saturdays at TPT
is the perfect opportunity for a play date and to share your love for PBS Kids.
Celebrate Earth Month and get back to nature at TPT! Kids can meet Nature Cat
and enjoy fun, nature-themed activities like frog tracking and how to make a
rainstick with the SciGirls crew. The Bell Museum will also be here to bring nature to
life inside the TPT studio. This month, we will be accepting donations for Wags and
Whiskers Animal Rescue. We can't wait for your family to meet our family! Check
out tpt.org/events to RSVP and for complete event details.
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6:30 AM
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2:00 PM
2:30 PM
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6:00 PM
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