SERVING VIEWERS IN EASTERN IOWA & WESTERN ILLINOIS
PROGRAM GUIDE
FEBRUARY 2017
Black America Since MLK
AND STILL I RISE
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Featured PROGRAMS
American
Experience
THE RACE UNDERGROUND
Learn how America’s first subway, in Boston,
overcame a litany of engineering challenges,
the greed-driven interests of businessmen
and the great fears of its citizenry to
construct America’s first subway.
Sunday, February 12 at 9:00 p.m.
Dr. Blake Mysteries
Dr. Blake returns to his hometown,
Ballarat, to take over his late father’s
medical practice in 1959, and finds
himself seeking answers to the town’s
murder mysteries in his role as police
surgeon. He quickly discovers nothing
is sacred and no one is safe.
Begins Wednesday, February 1 at 8:00 p.m.
Stranded by
the State
Illinois has not passed a real budget in over
a year, the first state to do so since the Great
Depression. The ongoing fight over the budget
between Govenor Rauner and the General
Assembly has been covered widely, but what
do the effects of this lingering crisis look like
in people’s day-to-day lives?
Thursday, February 9 and 16 at 6:30 p.m.
FIND US:
February 2017
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NOVA
ULTIMATE CRUISE SHIP
Weighing 54,000 gross tons and stretching
over two football fields, the Seven Seas
Explorer is no ordinary boat. NOVA follows
a pioneering team of ship builders as
they embark on what is advertised to
be a milestone in maritime engineering.
Sunday, February 19 at 7:00 p.m.
Black America
Since MLK
AND STILL I RISE
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. looks at the last
50 years of African-American history—
from Stokely Carmichael to President
Barack Obama and Beyoncé —charting the
remarkable progress made and exploring
the obstacles that remain.
Sundays in February at 5:00 p.m.
(Begins Sunday, February 19)
American Experience
OKLAHOMA CITY
Follow the rise of the extremist militia
movement, from Ruby Ridge to Waco
that led to the deadliest act of domestic
terrorism in American history—the 1995
bombing by Timothy McVeigh that
killed 168 people in Oklahoma City.
Thursday, February 23 at 8:00 p.m.
SERVING VIEWERS LIKE YOU SINCE 1983
TV-Y
TV-Y7
Wild Kratts
8:30 a.m.
9:00 a.m.
Rough Cut
10:30 a.m.
All children
TV-G General Audience
Directed to older children TV-PG Parental Guidance Suggested
Dinosaur Train
Splash & Bubbles
Curious George
Real Good Food
Am. Test Kitchen
Cook’s Country
Martha Bakes
Martha Stewart
The Cities
Whitney Reynolds
1:30 p.m.
2:00 p.m.
2:30 p.m.
3:00 p.m.
3:30 p.m.
4:00 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
SPECIALS
Sesame Street
Baking with Julia
5:00 p.m.
Nature Cat
Thomas and Friends
New Fly Fisher
Illinois Adventure
1:00 p.m.
It’s Sew Easy
TV-14 Parents Strongly Cautioned
TV-MA Mature Audience Only
Joy of Painting
Paint This
Mind of a Chef
Lidia’s Kitchen
This Old House
Ask This Old House
Baking with Julie
Sara’s Weekend Meals
FRIDAY
Lawrence Welk
Lawrence Welk
Masterpiece
& Mysteries
Antiques Roadshow
Fons and Porter
Odd Squad
It’s Sew Easy
Wild Kratts
Ready, Jet, Go!
Nature Cat
Curious George
Splash & Bubbles
WordGirl
Clifford
SATURDAY
6:30 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
5:00 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
4:00 p.m.
3:30 p.m.
3:00 p.m.
2:30 p.m.
2:00 p.m.
1:30 p.m.
1:00 p.m.
12:30 p.m.
12:00 p.m.
11:30 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
10:30 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
9:30 a.m.
9:00 a.m.
8:30 a.m.
8:00 a.m.
7:30 a.m.
7:00 a.m.
6:30 a.m.
6:00 a.m.
Schedule subject to change. For the most up-to-date information, visit us online at wqpt.org/schedule
BBC World News
Charlie Rose
Daniel Tiger
Charlie Rose
Growing Greener
Garden Smart
12:30 p.m.
Love of Quilting
Motorweek
Rick Steves Europe
Pati’s Mexican Table
12:00 p.m.
Martha Bakes
Martha Stewart
Cook’s Country
Curious George
Mexico One Plate
Splash & Bubbles
Ready, Jet, Go!
Wild Kratts
Arthur
This Old House
Am. Test Kitchen
THURSDAY
Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That
Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood
11:30 a.m.
11:00 a.m. Ask This Old House
Arthur
Woodsmith Shop
10:00 a.m.
9:30 a.m.
Nature Cat
Ready Jet Go
8:00 a.m.
Curious George
WATCH. EXPLORE. ENGAGE.
7:30 a.m.
Dinosaur Train
Peg + Cat
7:00 a.m. Splash & Bubbles
America’s Heartland
WEDNESDAY
6:30 a.m.
TUESDAY
Odd Squad
MONDAY
Autoline
SUNDAY
6:00 a.m.
Daytime Schedule
Prime Time Schedule
1 wednesday
7:00 Antiques Roadshow
“The Civil War Years” Learn more
about historical items from on
and off the battlefield during the
tumultuous Civil War years in this
special hour.
8:00 Dr. Blake Mysteries
“Still Waters” A body in the lake
turns out to be a girl from the local
reform school.
11:00 Antiques Roadshow
“Birmingham, Hour 2”
Iron antiques and the history
of the iron and steel industry.
2 thursday
7:00 The Cities
7:30 Whitney Reynolds Show
“Parenting 101”
8:00 Prohibition
“A Nation of Drunkards” Since
the early years of the American
Republic, alcohol has been
embedded in the fabric of
American culture.
10:00Earthflight,ANature
Special Presentation
“Africa” Fly and arrow-dive with
cape gannets among sharks,
dolphins, whales and the great
sardine run.
11:00NOVA
“Building Pharaoh’s Chariot”
Investigate one of the secrets
to ancient Egyptian military
supremacy; astonishingly
advanced war chariots.
3 friday
7:00 America’s Test Kitchen
7:30 Cook’s Country
“A Taste of Tennessee”
8:00 Martha Stewart’s
Cooking School “Vegetables”
8:30 Martha Bakes
“Midwest”
9:00 Mexico, One Plate
at a Time with Rick Bayless
“The Hunt for Caribbean Lobster”
9:30 Mind of a Chef
Roll up your sleeves and learn
why hustle is the core of the
restaurant game.
10:00 Ask This Old House
“Radiator, Saws, Garage Lights”
10:30 This Old House
“Arlington Arts & Crafts/Changes
Start to Show”
11:00 Austin City Limits
“Band of Horses/Parker Millsap”
Enjoy modern roots rock.
★8:00 Civil War: The Untold
Story “A Beacon of Hope”
★9:00 Civil War: The Untold
Story “River of Death”
★10:00 Civil War: The Untold
Story
“Death Knell of the Confederacy”
★11:00 Civil War: The Untold
Story “With Malice Toward None”
6 monday
7:00 Dr. Blake Mysteries
“Still Waters” A body in the lake
turns out to be a girl from the local
reform school.
8:00 Victoria on Masterpiece
4 saturday
7:00 Classic Gospel
“David Phelps: Freedom”
8:00 State and Water
“Brazillionaires, Part 1”
8:30 State and Water
“Turas, Part 1”
9:00 Austin City Limits
“Band of Horses/Parker Millsap”
Enjoy modern roots rock.
10:00 Front and Center
“Shawn Mendes” A performance at
the Melrose Ballroom in New York
City, featuring “Treat You Better,”
“Stitches,” and “Mercy.”
11:00 Live at 9:30
Performances by Grace Potter,
Chris Robinson, Sour Rebels,
St. Lucia and Twin Peaks.
“The Clockwork Prince” Albert
pays a visit against the queen’s
wishes and meets royal distain.
Where could it possibly lead?
Meanwhile, the mystery of
Miss Skerrett’s past reopens.
10:00 The Forsyte Saga
“Episode 8” Soames learns that
Irene and young Jolyon are
together at Robin Hill and divorces
Irene. Both Irene and Annette,
Soames’ new wife, are pregnant.
On his father’s deathbed, Soames
lies, saying he has a son, though
the baby is a girl.
11:00 Secrets of Westminster
7 tuesday
7:00 Earthflight:ANature
Special Presentation
5 sunday
★7:00 Civil War: The Untold
Story “Bloody Shiloh” This series
examines the well-documented
United States conflict through the
lens of the Western Campaign,
which dramatically shaped the
final outcome of the Civil War.
“Europe” Cranes and geese fly
over Venice, Dover, Edinburgh
and the monkey-guarded Rock
of Gibralter.
8:00 Globe Trekker
“Food Trip: Andes” Inspired by
Che Guevara’s “the Motorcycle
Diaries,” Zay Harding begins the
3,000-mile trip along Ruta 40
through the Andes—one of most
spectacular highways in the world.
we educate, enlighten & entertain
SERVING VIEWERS LIKE YOU SINCE 1983
9:00 Rick Steves Europe
11:00NOVA
“Secrets of the Sky Tombs”
Unearth secrets buried in the
world’s highest tombs, tucked
in Himalayan caves.
10 friday
“Germany’s Desden and Leipzig”
9:30 Illinois Adventure
10:00 Antiques Roadshow
“Birmingham, Hour 3”
11:00NowHeBelongsto
the Ages: Lincoln’s Tomb
Examine the controversy of
the tombs design, construction,
reconstruction and the gang
that tried to steal the president’s
remains.
7:00 America’s Test Kitchen
7:30 Cook’s Country
“The Devil Made Me Do It”
8:00 Martha Stewart’s
Cooking School “Pasta”
8:30 Martha Bakes
“Northwest”
9:00 Mexico, One Plate
at a Time with Rick Bayless
8 wednesday
7:00 Antiques Roadshow
“Indianapolis, Hour 1” Travel to
Indiana’s capital city to uncover
antique and vintage treasures.
8:00 Dr. Blake Mysteries
“The Greater Good” On the
eve of Anzac Day, Dr. Blake is
called to the morgue where the
assistant has been murdered. With
the autopsy tools and the body
missing, Dr. Blake smells a rat.
9:00 Foyle’s War
“High Castle” A translator for
the Nuremberg trials, is killed,
leading Foyle into the world
of international oil politics and
corrupt Nazi businessmen.
10:30 British Antiques
Roadshow “Polesden Lacey 2”
11:00 Antiques Roadshow
“Birmingham, Hour 3” a visit to
the Birmingham Museum of Art.
9 thursday
“A Tour of Traditions” A rare look at
the making of recado spice pastes.
9:30 The Mind of a Chef
“Napkin”
10:00 Ask This Old House
“Rooftop Garden, Stains, Shed”
10:30 This Old House
“Arlington Arts & Crafts/Decorative
Touches Make the Difference”
11:00 Austin City Limits
“Cece Winans/St. Paul
& the Broken Bones”
11 saturday
7:00 Classic Gospel
“Guy Penrod Live: Hymns of Worship”
8:00 State and Water
8:30 State and Water
“Brazilionaires, Part 1”
9:00 Austin City Limits
7:00 The Cities
7:30 Whitney Reynolds Show
“Mental Health”
8:00 Prohibition
“A Nation of Scofflaws” In 1920,
Prohibition goes into effect,
making it illegal to manufacture,
transport or sell intoxicating liquor.
10:00Earthflight:ANature
Special Presentation
“Europe” Cranes and geese fly over
Venice, Dover, Edinburgh and the
monkey-guarded Rock of Gibralter.
“Cece Winans/St. Paul & the
Broken Bones”.
10:00 Front and Center
“Cheap Trick” Front and Center
features Rock and Roll hall of
Fame inductees, Cheap Trick,
celebrate their accomplishment
with an intimate performance.
11:00 Live at 9:30
Performances by Leon Bridges,
Wolfmother, Andrew McMahon,
Ryn Weaver, Lake Street Drive
and comedy from Hannibal
Buress.
12 sunday
7:00 NOVA
“Search for the Super Battery”
Renowned gadget geek and host
David Pogue explores the hidden
world of energy storage, from
the power—and danger—of the
lithium-ion batteries we use today,
to the bold innovations that could
one day charge our world. He
wants to uncover what the future
of batteries has in store for us all.
8:00 Grand Central:
An American Treasure
10 years in the making, but well
worth the wait. February 1, 1913
Grand Central opened the doors
to its first century of service.
9:00 American Experience
“The Race Underground” Learn
how America’s first subway, in
Boston, overcame a litany of
engineering challenges, the greeddriven interests of businessmen
and the great fears of its citizenry
to create a rapid transit system
soon replicated throughout the
country.
10:00 Black America Since
MLK: And Still I Rise
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. takes a
personal journey through the last
50 years of African American
history, charting the incredible
progress made—as well as the
obstacles that remain.
13 monday
7:00 Dr. Blake Mysteries
“The Greater Good” On the
eve of Anzac Day, Dr. Blake is
called to the morgue where the
assistant has been murdered. With
the autopsy tools and the body
missing, Dr. Blake smells a rat.
8:00 Victoria on Masterpiece
“An Ordinary Woman” Courtship
at court leads to second thoughts
and other complications. Will
Victoria and Albert take the fateful
step into matrimony? And will
the queen promise “to obey” her
foreign prince?
Get our schedule, including MHz Worldview
online at wqpt.org/schedule
9:00 The Forsyte Saga
“Episode 9” The Forsyte family,
including Soames and Annette’s
daughter, Fleur, gathers in London
when June arrives with her halfbrother Jon (son of young Jolyon
and Irene). Eleven years later, in
1920, Fleur and Jon meet again,
unaware of their family connection.
10:00 Foyle’s War
“High Castle” A translator for
the Nuremberg trials, is killed,
leading Foyle into the world
of international oil politics and
corrupt Nazi businessmen.
11:30 British Antiques
Roadshow “Polesden Lacey 2”
14 tuesday
7:00 Earthflight,ANature
Special Presentation
“South America” Condors and
scarlet macaws take us to the Andes
and the Amazon. Hummingbirds
feed and black vultures target
turtle eggs in Costa Rica.
8:00 Globe Trekker
“Food Hour: Ireland”
9:00 Rick Steves Europe
“Germany’s Frankfurt and
Nurnberg”
9:30 Illinois Adventure
10:00 Antiques Roadshow
“Santa Clara, Hour 1” Arts and
crafts made by Japanese and
Japanese American interned in
camps during World War II.
11:00 Black America Since
MLK: And Still I Rise
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. takes a
personal journey through the last
50 years of African American
history, charting the incredible
progress made—as well as the
obstacles that remain.
15 wednesday
7:00 Antiques Roadshow
“Indianapolis, Hour 2” A 1952
Joe Louis-signed whiskey bottle, a
Sheraton sideboard, ca. 1820 and
a 1928 NY Yankee team uniform.
8:00 Dr. Blake Mysteries
“Death of a Traveling Salesman”
When a traveling salesman dies
in a car accident, the police blame
alcohol. Dr. Blake concludes
the victim was not drunk, but
died before the crash of unusual
circumstances.
9:00 Foyle’s War
“Trespass” The son of a prominent
Jewish man is assaulted as a
right-wing manifesto inflames antiSemitic tensions
10:30 British Antiques
Roadshow “Southsea 2 Royal
Maines Museum”
11:00 Antiques Roadshow
“Santa Clara, Hour 1” Arts and
crafts made by Japanese and
Japanese American interned in
camps during World War II.
16 thursday
7:00 The Cities
7:30 Whitney Reynolds Show
8:00 Prohibition
7:30 Cook’s Country
“Latin Heat”
8:00 Martha Stewart’s
Cooking School “Pasta Sauces”
8:30 Martha Bakes
“Southern Classics”
9:00 Mexico, One Plate
at a Time with Rick Bayless
“Off the Beaten Path in Playa
Del Carmen”
9:30 Mind of a Chef
“Evolution” Venture into the unknown
with Chef Hamilton as she explores
what is next for her career and the
a challenges associated with making
the decision to step away from life
in the kitchen.
10:00 Ask This Old House
“Future House, Nick Offerman”
10:30 This Old House
“Arlington Arts & Crafts/Ship Lap
for a Ship Shape House”
11:00 Austin City Limits
“Foals/Alejandro Escovedo” Revel
in an hour of modern rock with UK
superstars Foals and Texas legend
Escovedo.
18 saturday
“A Nation of Hypocrites” Support
for Prohibition diminishes in the
mid-1920’s as the playfulness of
sneaking around for a drink gives
way to disenchantment with its
glaring unintended consequences.
10:00 The Whiskey Cookers
In 1916, four years before the 18th
Amendment, Iowa enacted strict
statewide Prohibition. Templeton,
Iowa became famous for its
bootleg rye whiskey as a result.
11:00NOVA
“Search for the Super Battery”
Renowned gadget geek and host
David Pogue explores the hidden
world of energy storage, from
the power—and danger—of the
lithium-ion batteries we use today,
to the bold innovations that could
one day charge our world. He
wants to uncover what the future
of batteries has in store for us all.
17 friday
7:00 America’s Test Kitchen
7:00 Classic Gospel
“Joey + Rory: Hymns that are
Important to Us” One of country
music’s most loved duos perform
some of their all-time favorite
hymns.
8:00 State and Water
8:30 State and Water
“Smd & Underground, Part 1”
9:00 Austin City Limits
“Foals/Alejandro Escovedo”
Revel in an hour of modern rock
with UK superstars Foals and
Texas legend Escovedo.
10:00 Front and Center
“Southside Johnny” The Godfather
of “the New Jersey Sound.”
Southside Johnny performs in
front of an intimate audience.
11:00 Live at 9:30
Performances by Ben harper,
Ani Difranco, Drive by Trucker,
Daughter and Ty Segal.
we educate, enlighten & entertain
SERVING VIEWERS LIKE YOU SINCE 1983
19 sunday
7:00 NOVA
“Ultimate Cruise Ship” Weighing
54,000 gross tons and stretching
over two football fields, the Seven
Seas Explorer is no ordinary boat.
Join Pioneering shipbuilders as
they endeavor to build the ultimate
cruise ship.
★8:00 Fly Boys: Western
Pennsylvania’s Tuskegee
Airmen This program tells the
story of struggle and ultimate
triumph of the brace AfricanAmerican soldiers who served
their country during World War II.
★9:00 Searching for
Augusta: The Forgotten
Angel of Bastogne
The little known story of Augusta
Chiwy, a black nurse, and her
heroic service at a U.S. military
aid station during the opening
days of the Battle of the Bulge.
10:00 Black America Since
MLK: And Still I Rise
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. looks at the
last 50 years of African-American
history—from Stokely Carmichael
to President Barack Obama,
James Brown to Beyoncé—
charting the remarkable progress
made and raising hard questions
about the obstacles that remain.
20 monday
7:00
Dr. Blake Mysteries
“Death of a Traveling Salesman”
When a traveling salesman dies
in a car accident, the police blame
alcohol. Dr. Blake concludes
the victim was not drunk, but
died before the crash of unusual
circumstances.
8:00 Victoria on Masterpiece
“The Queens Husband” At loose
ends in a foreign land, Albert finds
a noble cause. Victoria gets her
way at court and resorts to a folk
cure in the bedroom. Francatelli
does Miss Skerrett a favor—
for a price.
10:00 The Forsyte Saga
“Episode 10” Fleur visits a farm
where Jon is working. Young
Jolyon, who is ill, asks Soames
to stop Fleur seeing his son, but
Soames was unaware of their
friendship. Fleur goes to Robin
Hill when Jon is away and meets
his parents without divulging her
identity.
11:00 Foyle’s War
“Trespass” The son of a prominent
Jewish man is assaulted as a
right-wing manifesto inflames
anti-Semetic tensions
21 tuesday
7:00 Earthflight:ANature
Special Presentation
“Asia and Australia” Japanese
cranes dance in the snow,
swallows and swifts visit the
Forbidden City, lorikeets,
cockatoos and budgies form giant
flocks in Australia and geese fly
miles above the Himalayas.
8:00 Globe Trekker
“Puerto Rico” Zay Harding visits
San Juan, the El Yunque National
Forest, the Camuy River Caves
National Park and the coffeeproducing central highlands.
9:00 Rick Steves Europe
“Bulgaria” Bulgaria, so mysterious
to most Americans, has a vivid
identity as a crossroads of the
Balkans.
9:30 Illinois Adventure
10:00 Antiques Roadshow
“Santa Clara, Hour 2” A Ray
Bradbury archive collected by
Bradbury’s high school English
teacher.
11:00 Black America Since
MLK: And Still I Rise
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. looks at the
last 50 years of African-American
history—from Stokely Carmichael
to President Barack Obama,
James Brown to Beyoncé—
charting the remarkable progress
made and raising hard questions
about the obstacles that remain.
22 wednesday
7:00 Antiques Roadshow
“Indianapolis, Hour 3” An 1898
Alphonse Mucha JOB poster, a
1974 George Nakashima “Kent
Hall” floor lamp and a Ty Cobb
signed baseball.
8:00 Dr. Blake Mysteries
Brotherly Love” A delirious
prisoner on death row tells
Dr. Blake he is innocent of the
killing of a police officer for which
he is going to hang. Dr. Blake
pulls out all of the stops to
uncover the truth.
9:00 Foyle’s War
“Elsie” After an assassination
attempt on Hilda Pierce, Foyle
examines her Special Operations
Executive activities during the
war and rumors of a traitor.
10:30 British Antiques
Roadshow “Exeter Cathedral 2”
11:30 Antiques Roadshow
“Santa Clara, Hour 2” A Ray
Bradbury archive collected
by Bradbury’s high school
English teacher.
23 thursday
7:00 The Cities
7:30 Whitney Reynolds Show
“Pageant Show”
8:00 American Experience
“Oklahoma City” Follow the rise
of the extremist militia movement,
from Ruby Ridge to Waco, that led
to the deadliest act of domestic
terrorism in American history—
the 1995 bombing by Timothy
McVeigh that killed 168 people
in Oklahoma City.
10:00 American Experience
“Ruby Ridge” Examine the 1992
FBI siege at Ruby Ridge that
helped launch the modern militia
movement through eyewitness
accounts, including Randy
Weaver’s daughter and federal
agents involved in the deadly
confrontation.
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11:00NOVA
“Ultimate Cruise Ship” Weighing
54,000 gross tons and stretching
over two football fields, the Seven
Seas Explorer is no ordinary boat.
Join Pioneering shipbuilders as
they endeavor to build the
ultimate cruise ship.
24 friday
7:00 America’s Test Kitchen
7:30 Cook’s Country
“All Wrapped Up”
8:00 Martha Stewart’s
Cooking School
“Fish Monger” Join Martha for
a beginner’s class on buying,
butchering and storing fish.
8:30 Martha Bakes
“New England” Four iconic recipes
highlighting New England’s rich
culinary heritage.
9:00 Mexico, One Plate at
a Time with Rick Bayless
“Ceviches Gone Wild”
9:30 Mind of a Chef
“Fire” Join Chef Kinch as he explores
how a devastating restaurant fire
changed and improved him.
10:00 Ask This Old House
“Water Heat, Panels, Astronaut”
10:30 This Old House
11:00 Austin City Limits
“Sturgill Simpson/Asleep
at the Wheel”
25 saturday
7:00 Classic Gospel
“Best of the Cathedrals” Honoring
the 50 year legacy of the Cathedrals.
8:00 State and Water
“Stone and Snow, Part 1”
8:30 State and Waterz
“The Original Skazz Band, Part 1”
9:00 Austin City Limits
10:00 Front and Center
“Steve Vai” legendary guitarist
Steve Vai takes to the stage in
the smallest room that he has
performed on in years.
11:00 Live at 9:30
Performances by Gogol Bordello,
Thievery Corp, those Darlins’,
Yonder Mountain String Band,
Drew Holcomb and commentary
from Henry Rollins.
26 sunday
7:00 NOVA
“Secrets of Origami” The ancient
art of paper folding is sparking
scientific advances, affecting drug
development and future NASA
space missions.
8:00 John Glenn:
A Life of Service
9:00 Victoria on Masterpiece
“The Engine of Change” With a
child on the way, Victoria must
choose a regent in case she dies
during childbirth. The Tory party
disputes her choice, but she and
Albert turn the tables with the
aid of the latest in 19th-century
technology.
10:00 The Forsyte Saga
Jon and Fleur meet at Robin Hill
and Fleur relates their parents’
history. Jolyon is still very ill and
Annette is having an affair. Fleur
realizes she may have to break
with Jon; her father presses her
to marry Michael Mont.
11:00 Foyle’s War
“Elsie” After an assassination
attempt on Hilda Pierce, Foyle
examines her Special Operations
Executive activities during the
war and rumors of a traitor.
28 tuesday
This program chronicles this
American hero, born in Ohio, who
has dedicated himself to a life of
duty and public service.
9:00 American Experience
“Oklahoma City” Follow the rise
of the extremist militia movement,
from Ruby Ridge to Waco, that led
to the deadliest act of domestic
terrorism in American history—
the 1995 bombing by Timothy
McVeigh that killed 168 people
in Oklahoma City.
11:00 American Experience
“Ruby Ridge” Examine the 1992
FBI siege at Ruby Ridge that
helped launch the modern militia
movement through eyewitness
accounts, including Randy
Weaver’s daughter and federal
agents involved in the deadly
confrontation.
7:00 Earthflight:ANature
Special Presentation
“Flying High” A behind-the-scenes
look at how the series was made,
including the extraordinary
relationships between people and
birds. Microlights, paragliders, drones,
and camera-carrying birds and much
more helped along the way.
8:00 Globe Trekker
“Top 10 South American
Adventures”
9:00 Rick Steves Europe
“Romania” Rick and his team tour
explore Romania’s vibrant capital,
Bucharest.
9:30 Illinois Adventure
10:00 Antiques Roadshow
“Santa Clara”
11:00 American Experience
27 monday
“Sturgill Simpson/Asleep at
the Wheel” Enjoy “Life of Sin”
and other tunes from Sturgill
Simpson’s acclaimed LP, as well
as Western Swing classics from
Asleep at the Wheel.
7:00 Dr. Blake Mysteries
Brotherly Love” A delirious
prisoner on death row tells
Dr. Blake he is innocent of the
killing of a police officer for which
he is going to hang. Dr. Blake
pulls out all of the stops to
uncover the truth.
“Ruby Ridge” Examine the 1992
FBI siege at Ruby Ridge that
helped launch the modern militia
movement through eyewitness
accounts, including Randy
Weaver’s daughter and federal
agents involved in the deadly
confrontation.
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and fund-raising events, WQPT is able to provide a variety Educational Outreach
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Adler Planetarium
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of the Quad Cities
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Davenport
Quad City Music Guild
Artsy Bug Studio
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Augustana College Athletics
Heart of America
Restaurants & Inns
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John Deere Commons
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Ballet Quad Cities
Black Hawk College
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Casey’s Genreal Stores
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Chicago Bears
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Richmond Hill Players
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& Golf Resort
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at Trimble Pointe
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and Transportation
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Drury Hotels
Old Town Bakery
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& Science
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& Stationery
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Figge Art Museum
Brad and Sandra Foreman
Fresh Deli By Nostalgia Farms
German American
Heritage Center
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Putnam Museum
Quad Cities River Bandits
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Festival of Trees
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Quad Cities
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Dale and Marie Ziegler
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and Cunningham
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Country Style Ice Cream
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RSM
(Steve McCann & Heidi Parkhurt)
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Early Childhood Conference
Save the date:
Saturday, April 22, 2017
Since 1995, WQPT’s Ready To Learn
Conference has offered early childhood
educators and others the opportunity to
get together and learn important, up-todate information in their field and receive
professional development credit.
Afternoon & Evening
Schedule
View the entire MHzWorldview schedule,
online at wqpt.org/schedule.
MHz Worldview airs on WQPT’s 24.2 Channel
4:30 p.m.
Sunday–Saturday . . . . . . . . . . Deutsche Welle
5:00 p.m.
Sunday–Saturday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . France 24
5:30 p.m.
Sunday–Saturday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . France 24
We invite you to join us for a morning
of workshops on a variety of topics
related to early childhood learning
and development, including: creating
safe environments for kids, focused
observations, linking literacy with food,
dealing with challenging behaviors,
and other important topics.
A $25 registration fee includes a light
breakfast, a free book, and the chance
to win door prizes! Participants will
also receive training certificates for
3 hours of credit.
The conference is held on the Western
Illinois University—Quad Cities
riverfront campus in Moline.
Additional information is available
online at wqpt.org/rtl.
6:00 p.m.
Sunday–Saturday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . France 24
7:00 p.m.
Sunday–Saturday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . France 24
International Mysteries
Airing at 8:00 p.m., 9:00 p.m. & 10:00 p.m.
Sunday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Undertaker/
Mammon
Monday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A French Village/
The Weissensee Saga/
The Inspector & the Sea
Tuesday . . . . . . . Baantjer Mysteries/Dolman/
NicolasLeFloch
Wednesday . . . . . . . . . . Don Matteo/Talisman
Thursday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blood on the Vine/
TheUndertaker/Mafiosa
Friday . . . . . . . . . . . Cain/InspectorNardone/
Maigret/Tatort: Cologne
Saturday . . . . . . . . . . Almost Perfect Crimes/
Arne Dahl
Civil War
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