GUIDE O C T O B E R 2 0 1 6 Top Performers, Great Discoveries, Inside Stories! YO U R S U P P O RT M A K ES I T A L L P OSS I B L E! AUSTIN CITY LIMITS: PAUL SIMON 1 SATURDAY AT 10:00PM THE BANKHEADS 13 THURSDAY AT 8:00PM THE DURRELLS IN CORFU ON MASTERPIECE 16 SUNDAY AT 7:00PM NORMAN LEAR: AMERICAN MASTERS 25 TUESDAY AT 8:00PM PBS FALL ARTS FESTIVAL HAMILTON S AMERICA FRIDAY, OCT. 21 AT 9:00PM GREAT PERFORMANCES provides intimate access to Lin-Manuel Miranda and his colleagues during two years leading up to Broadway opening of musical Hamilton. A contemporary perspective of Lin-Manuel Miranda s revolutionary musical based on life of Founding Far Alexander Hamilton, documentary combines interviews with experts and prominent personalities, new footage of production in New York, and cast-led expeditions to DC, Philadelphia and New York. Hamilton s America marks beginning of 2016 PBS Arts Fall Festival which will be hosted by Hamilton s Lin-Manuel Miranda. WORLD DANCESPORT GRANDSLAM SUNDAYS AT 4:00PM BEGINNING OCT. 2 The world s best dancers compete for most prestigious titles and most prize money in world of dance. Combining athleticism and artistry, twelve best dance couples perform Latin and Standard styles of dance, from samba, cha cha, rumba and paso doble to waltz, tango, slow foxtrot and quickstep all in hopes of being crowned GrandSlam Champion. CHURCHILL S SECRET
SPOTLIGHT EDUCATION WEEK THE GREAT HUMAN ODYSSEY NOVA TWO-HOUR SPECIAL WEDNESDAY, OCT. 5 AT 8:00PM Numbering no more than a few thousand, tiny groups of intrepid humans began to move out of Africa eventually reaching every corner of earth. How did se early humans overcome world s most difficult terrain and ultimately dominate planet? How did our forebears acquire skills, technology and talent to thrive in every environment on earth? And how did y cross furnace of Sahara or survive frigid ice ages or manage to sail to most remote Pacific islands? Take a spectacular global journey through past, following our ancestors footsteps out of Africa along a trail of fresh scientific clues to help unravel mystery of how we got where we are. NATURE begins a brand new season of discovery this month with Super Hummingbirds on October 12. MY CONGO 19 Wednesday at 7:00pm GIRAFFES: AFRICA S GENTLE GIANTS 26 Wednesday at 7:00pm AFTER STONEHENGE 26 WEDNESDAY AT 9:00PM Explore remains of a 3,000-year-old English settlement that s shedding new light on ancient history of western world. Working in secret inside a quarry, experts have less than a year to save site before quarry drains.
NEW ALABAMA MUSIC T WO N E W LO CA L S E R I ES P R E M I E R E! LIVE FROM AVALON MUSIC FROM ALABAMA S GULF COAST TUESDAYS AT 10PM The award-winning documentary film Muscle Shoals brought renewed attention to hotbed of musical talent living and working in North Alabama. Less widely recognized is diverse music community indigenous to Alabama s Gulf Coast. Beyond what you might expect to find, sound of Flamenco, Celtic, Big Band, Rock, Soul, Blues, Jazz, Bluegrass and Americana can be heard any night and most days. LIVE FROM AVALON shares highlights from a variety of live concerts recorded in Mobile during past year. THURSDAYS AT 10PM Shot and recorded at Saturn in Avondale neighborhood of Birmingham, each episode of SUBCARRIER will feature a different group from around state, country, or planet that brings a unique approach to ir music. Notable performances already recorded include haunting ereal pop of Baltimore s Lower Dens, classic insightful hip hop of Digable Planets, literate post-punk of Detroit s Protomartyr, and interplanetary jazz of The Sun Ra Arkestra. National Estate Planning Awareness Week. OCTOBER 17-23, 2016 Are Your Ducks in a Row? Request your FREE booklet, A Personal and Charitable Financial Record, today! To request your booklet or for more information, contact Phil Hutcheson at 205.451.0126, email phutcheson@aptv.org OR Peggy Hair, 205.380.5169, email phair@aptv.org.
A L A B A M A P U B L I C T E L E V I S O N GUIDE ALABAMA PUBLIC TELEVISION S MEMBER NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 2016 EVENING programming Listings are as accurate as possible at press time, but programming is subject to change. Find most up-to-date schedule information online at www.aptv.org. 1 SATURDAY 9:00 Masterpiece: Grantchester, 10:00 Austin City Limits: Paul Simon 2 SUNDAY 6:00 The Passion of Miss Augusta 7:00 Poldark Revealed 8:00 Masterpiece: Poldark, 3 MONDAY 7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Knoxville 8:00 Independent Lens: Best of Enemies 9:30 Willie Velasquez: Your Vote is Your Voice 10:30 Plan to Survive: Coping with Breast Cancer 4 TUESDAY 7:00 The Contenders-16 for 16: Hart and Jackson-The Visionaries Vice Presidential Debate 10:00 Live from Avalon 5 WEDNESDAY 7:00 Forces of Nature: Motion 8:00 NOVA: Great Human Odyssey 10:00 Voces on PBS: Children of Giant 6 THURSDAY 8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Knoxville 9:00 Voces: Now En Espanol 7 FRIDAY 9:00 Getting Ahead 10:00 Dream On 8 SATURDAY 9:00 Masterpiece: Grantchester, 10:00 Austin City Limits: James Bay / Rhiannon Giddens 9 SUNDAY 6:00 Frontline: The Choice 2016 Presidential Debate 10 MONDAY 7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Jacksonville 9:00 Finding Your Roots: The Stories We Tell 10:00 Finding Your Roots: The Irish Factor 11 TUESDAY 7:00 The Contenders-16 for 16: Goldwater and Reagan-The Conservatives 8:00 Frontline: Confronting ISIS 10:00 Live From Avalon 12 WEDNESDAY 7:00 Nature: Super Hummingbirds 8:00 NOVA: Super Tunnel 9:00 WWII Mega Weapons: The Tunnels of Okinawa 10:00 Voces on PBS: Now En Espanol 13 THURSDAY 8:00 The Bankheads 9:30 Atchafalaya Houseboat 14 FRIDAY 9:00 Great Performances: Grammy Salute to Music Legends 15 SATURDAY 9:00 Masterpiece: Grantchester, 10:00 Austin City Limits: Robert Plant and Sensational Space Shifters 16 SUNDAY 5:30 The Bankheads 8:00 Masterpiece: Poldark, 17 MONDAY 7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Jacksonville 8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Jacksonville 9:00 Finding Your Roots: In Search of Freedom 10:00 Finding Your Roots: Tragedy + Time = Comedy 18 TUESDAY 7:00 The Contenders-16 for 16: Perot and Nader-The Independents 8:00 American Experience: Tesla 9:00 Frontline: Terror in Europe 10:00 Live From Avalon 19 WEDNESDAY 7:00 Nature: My Congo Presidential Debate 10:00 Feeling Good About America: The 1976 Presidential Election 20 THURSDAY 7:00 Spotlight on Education 8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Jacksonville 9:00 Secrets of Dead: The Real Trojan Horse 21 FRIDAY 9:00 Hamilton s America 10:30 Art Basel: A Portrait 22 SATURDAY 9:00 Call Midwife 10:00 Austin City Limits: Florence + The Machine / Andra Day
A L A B A M A P U B L I C T E L E V I S O N GUIDE EVENING programming 23 SUNDAY 5:30 Hamilton s America 8:00 Masterpiece: Poldark, 24 MONDAY 7:00 Antiques Roadshow: The Boomer Years 8:00 Antiques Roadshow: New York City 9:00 Finding Your Roots: Visionaries 10:00 Finding Your Roots: War Stories 25 TUESDAY 7:00 The Contenders-16 for 16: Ferraro and Palin-The Trailblazers 8:00 American Masters: Norman Lear 9:30 Frontline: Growing Up Trans 26 WEDNESDAY 7:00 Nature: Giraffes-Africa s Gentle Giants 8:00 NOVA: Sinkholes-Buried Alive 9:00 Secrets of Dead: After Stonehenge 10:00 American Reds 27 THURSDAY am/pm 5:00am/11:00am 5:30am/11:30am 6:00am/12:00pm 6:30am/12:30pm 7:00am/1:00pm 7:30am/1:30pm 8:00am/2:00pm 8:30am/2:30pm 9:00am/3:00pm 9:30am/3:30pm 10:00am/4:00pm 10:30am/4:30pm 5:00pm 5:30pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 10:30pm OCTOBER 2016 8:00 Antiques Roadshow: The Boomer Years 9:00 Secrets of Dead: Cleopatra s Lost Tomb 28 FRIDAY 9:00 Bill Murray: The Mark Twain Prize 10:30 American Masters: Norman Lear 29 SATURDAY 9:00 Call Midwife 10:00 Austin City Limits: Iggy Pop 30 SUNDAY 5:30 Bill Murray: The Mark Twain Prize 8:00 Masterpiece: Poldark, Check out www.aptv.org/create for full schedule 31 MONDAY 7:00 Antiques Roadshow: Mansion Masterpieces 8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Manor House Treasures 9:00 Finding Your Roots: Family Reunions 10:00 Finding Your Roots: The Pioneers 24-HOUR SCHEDULE BILL MURRAY: THE MARK TWAIN PRIZE 28 Friday at 9:00pm Digital Channel 3 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Love of Quilting It s Sew Easy Knit and Crochet Today It s Sew Easy Love of Quilting Ellie s Real Good Food M A RAT H O N Paint This Best of Joy of Painting Color World Best of Joy of Painting Paint This Simply Ming 5pm-11pm Primal Grill New Scandinavian Cooking Pati s Mexican Table New Scandinavian Cooking Primal Grill Jacques Pepin Fast Food Family Ingredients Garden to Table Back to Basics Garden to Table Family Ingredients Lidia s Kitchen October 22-23 Supper Club Dining With Chef Healthful Indian Flavors Dining With Chef Supper Club Cook s Country In Cookie Jar Mexico One Plate Yan s Taste of Vietnam Jazzy Vegetarian Yan s Taste of Vietnam Mexico One Plate Joanne Weir Gets Fresh Rhythm Abroad Get Ready to Rio! Daytripper Get Ready to Rio! Burt Wolf Travels Ellie s Real Good Food Travelscope Music Voyager Journeys In Japan Music Voyager Travelscope This Old House October 29-30 Rick Steves Europe Rick Steves Europe Rick Steves Europe Rick Steve s Europe Rick Steve s Europe Rail Adventures: Switzerland Fall Into Harvest Rough Cut Woodworking Woodsmith Shop American Woodshop Woodsmith Shop Rough Cut Woodworking Rail Adventures: Switzerland Garden Home Victory Garden Edible Feast Garden Smart Victory Garden Edible Feast Garden Home Lidia s Kitchen Urban Conversion Baby Makes 3 Beads, Baubles & Jewels Baby Makes 3 Urban Conversion Cook s Country This Old House Woodwright s Shop Ask This Old House Woodwright s Shop This Old House M A RAT H O N Ask This Old House Ellie s Real Good Food Ellie s Real Good Food Ellie s Real Good Food Ellie s Real Good Food Ellie s Real Good Food 5am-11am Ellie s Real Good Food Simply Ming Chef s Life Chef Besh s New Orleans Chef s Life Simply Ming Chef Besh s New Orleans Jacques Pepin Fast Food Jacques Pepin Heart & Soul Essential Pepin Jacques Pepin Heart & Soul Secrets of a Chef October 1-2 Baking With Julia Lidia s Kitchen Martha Bakes Lidia s Kitchen Martha Bakes Lidia s Kitchen Big Apple Martha Bakes Cook s Country America s Test Kitchen Cook s Country America s Test Kitchen Cook s Country America s Test Kitchen Joanne Weir Gets Fresh The Free Range Cook Joanne Weir Gets Fresh The Free Range Cook Joanne Weir Gets Fresh October 8-9 Project Smoke Ellie s Real Good Food Ellie s Real Good Food Ellie s Real Good Food Ellie s Real Good Food Ellie s Real Good Food Cooking with Nick Stellino Ellie s Real Good Food This Old House Woodwright s Shop Ask This Old House Woodwright s Shop This Old House Ask This Old House Rail Adventures-Switzerland Travelscope Rick Steves Europe Travelscope Get Ready to Rio! October 15-16 Rick Steves Europe Rail Adventures-Switzerland Bare Feet Mineral Explorers Bare Feet Get Ready to Rio! California Eatin Mineral Explorers Lidia s Kitchen Martha Bakes Lidia s Kitchen Martha Bakes Lidia s Kitchen Martha Bakes apt