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7:00 PM
Freedom Riders
From May until November 1961, more than 400 black and white Americans risked their lives — and many endured savage beatings and imprisonment — for simply traveling together on buses and trains as they journeyed through the Deep South.
9:00 PM
FRONTLINE
Rules of Engagement
Review the 2005 incident in Haditha and what it can tell us about the moral and legal maze of U.S. troops’ involvement in Iraq.
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Highlights & Specials
This Week's Highlights & Specials
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AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Freedom Riders
Airs Tuesday, February 7 at 7:00 PM - From May until November 1961, more than 400 black and white Americans risked their lives — and many endured savage beatings and imprisonment — for simply traveling together on buses and trains as they journeyed through the Deep South.
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FRONTLINE Rules of Engagement
Airs Tuesday, February 7 at 9:00 PM - Review the 2005 incident in Haditha and what it can tell us about the moral and legal maze of U.S. troops’ involvement in Iraq.
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BURT WOLF TRAVELS & TRADITIONS Cruising the Netherlands
Airs Tuesday, February 7 at 10:00 PM - Burt cruises to Beaune, tours the Chateau De Cormatin in Tournus and visits the historic Lyon.
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NATURE Raccoon Nation
Airs Wednesday, February 8 at 7:00 PM - Find out if human beings’ efforts to outwit raccoons are actually making the animals smarter.
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NOVA Separating Twins
Airs Wednesday, February 8 at 8:00 PM - Witness the extraordinary surgery that will allow twin girls, born joined at the head, to live separate lives.
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INSIDE NATURE'S GIANTS Big Cats
Airs Wednesday, February 8 at 9:00 PM - Learn more about the similarities and differences between a lion and a tiger.
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TRAVELS TO THE EDGE WITH ART WOLFE West Africa: Togo and Benin
Airs Wednesday, February 8 at 10:00 PM - Art Wolfe visits villages known for their vibrant inhabitants and intense rituals and discovers frenzied trances, powerful masked dances and an extraordinary fire-eating ceremony
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GLOBE TREKKER Central China
Airs Thursday, February 9 at 7:00 PM - Megan McCormick travels through the heart of China, the third largest country in the world.
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DOC MARTIN City Slickers
Airs Thursday, February 9 at 8:00 PM - Anthony and Terri Oakwood move in next door to Louisa with their son, Sam, who is given extreme freedom by his parents to express himself. The new arrivals interrupt a planned dinner between Louisa and Martin, and Martin leaves abruptly.
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DOC MARTIN The Admirer
Airs Thursday, February 9 at 8:50 PM - Mrs Wilson, the hypochondriac owner of the Wilson hotel, forces her attentions on a very indifferent Martin, which makes Louisa jealous anyway.
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SEASONED TRAVELER The Gulf Coast - After The Storms
Airs Thursday, February 9 at 10:00 PM - George visits islands, resort towns and beaches in Florida, Alabama and Mississippi.
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WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL AND NATIONAL JOURNAL
Airs Friday, February 10 at 7:00 PM - PBS' longest-running public affairs series features Washington's top journalists analyzing the week's top news stories and their effect on the lives of all Americans. Gwen Ifill hosts.
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WYOMING CHRONICLE Professional Snowboarder Travis Rice
Airs Friday, February 10 at 7:30 PM - One of National Geographic's 2012 Adventurers of the Year, snowboarder and Jackson native Travis Rice sits down with Wyoming Chronicle on the eve of his Supernatural event, an invite-only contest designed to crown the world's best all-around snowboarder
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MICHAEL FEINSTEIN'S AMERICAN SONGBOOK Lost and Found
Airs Friday, February 10 at 8:00 PM - Unravel the mystery of a manuscript attributed to Irving Berlin, and hear an unpublished, unrecorded song by Jerry Herman.
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LIVE FROM THE ARTISTS DEN Dierks Bentley
Airs Friday, February 10 at 9:00 PM - The Ravenswood Billboard Factory in Chicago provided a colorful venue for a secret concert by multi-platinum country singer Dierks Bentley on a cool April night.
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TRAVELSCOPE Ireland – The Dingle Peninsula and Beyond
Airs Friday, February 10 at 10:00 PM - Joseph starts his Ireland adventure in the town of Shannon and then heads southwest to the Dingle Peninsula for some Irish merrymaking at the Puck Festival in Killorglin.
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WILL ROGERS AND AMERICAN POLITICS
Airs Saturday, February 11 at 6:00 PM - How did a rope twirling, plain talking Cherokee cow-boy become one of the most powerful political voices in America?
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LAWRENCE WELK Love Songs
Airs Saturday, February 11 at 7:00 PM - “L-O-V-E” is in the air throughout this show from 1980.
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KEEPING UP APPEARANCES The Unfortunate Prospect of Early Retirement
Airs Saturday, February 11 at 8:00 PM - Richard is horrified by an early retirement offer when he realizes he'll never have a break from Hyacinth for the rest of his life.
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WAITING FOR GOD The Seance
Airs Saturday, February 11 at 8:30 PM - When Marion gets Jane's spiritualist to split Tom and Diana using fake messages from Tom's late wife, Diana exposes her.
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HOLLYWOOD THEATRE Run Silent, Run Deep
Airs Saturday, February 11 at 9:00 PM - The captain of a submarine sunk by the Japanese during WWII is finally given a chance to skipper another sub after a year of working a desk job. His singleminded determination for revenge against the destroyer that sunk his previous vessel puts his new cr
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GLOBE TREKKER Central China
Airs Saturday, February 11 at 11:00 PM - Megan McCormick travels through the heart of China, the third largest country in the world.
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WILL ROGERS AND AMERICAN POLITICS
Airs Sunday, February 12 at 7:00 PM - How did a rope twirling, plain talking Cherokee cow-boy become one of the most powerful political voices in America?
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MASTERPIECE Downton Abbey, Season 2: Episode Six
Airs Sunday, February 12 at 8:00 PM - The Spanish flu strikes Downton, transforming the fortunes of all.
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AUSTIN CITY LIMITS Jimmy Cliff
Airs Sunday, February 12 at 10:00 PM - Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff performs his greatest hits and songs from his LP Existence.
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LIVE FROM THE ARTISTS DEN Elvis Costello
Airs Sunday, February 12 at 11:00 PM - On the evening of November 2, Elvis Costello gave a private concert for five hundred lucky fans in celebration of his new album's release that day.
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ANTIQUES ROADSHOW Pittsburgh (Hour One)
Airs Monday, February 13 at 7:00 PM - Correspondence between Cole Porter and actor Monty Woolley; a finely knotted circa 1920 silk kashan rug; and one of the best flea market finds of all time: a 17th-century Chinese rhinoceros horn cup, purchased for $1 and valued at $350,000 to $450,000!
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WYOMING CAPITOL OUTLOOK 2012 State of the State
Airs Monday, February 13 at 8:00 PM - Governor Matt Mead delivers the State of the State address on the opening day of the 61st Wyoming Legislature Budget Session.
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SLAVERY BY ANOTHER NAME
Airs Monday, February 13 at 9:00 PM - Explore the little-known story of the labor practices and laws that effectively created a new form of slavery in the South that persisted into the 20th century. Laurence Fishburne narrates.
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AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Tupperware!
Airs Tuesday, February 14 at 7:00 PM - Learn the secret behind Tupperware’s success. Kathy Bates narrates.
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FRONTLINE The Interrupters
Airs Tuesday, February 14 at 8:00 PM - Follow a group of former gang leaders trying to “interrupt” shootings and protect their communities from the violence they once committed.
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BURT WOLF TRAVELS & TRADITIONS The Grand Bahamas
Airs Tuesday, February 14 at 10:00 PM - Burt takes a tour of the Bahamas and discovers that each of its islands has a distinct culture.
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NATURE The Himalayas
Airs Wednesday, February 15 at 7:00 PM - NATURE explores the diversity of wildlife and habitats of the Himalayas.
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NOVA Extreme Cave Diving
Airs Wednesday, February 15 at 8:00 PM - Dr. Kenny Broad dives into blue holes — underwater caves that formed during the last ice age.
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CAVE PEOPLE OF THE HIMALAYA
Airs Wednesday, February 15 at 9:00 PM - Join Everest climber and thrill seeker Pete Athans in search of the caves and mummies of a lost civilization.
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TRAVELS TO THE EDGE WITH ART WOLFE New Zealand
Airs Wednesday, February 15 at 10:00 PM - Art explores the sacred tattoos of Maori artists and the pristine beauty of the wild South Island.
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GLOBE TREKKER Micronesia
Airs Thursday, February 16 at 7:00 PM - Megan McCormick discovers Micronesia, a little known region in Oceania consisting of over 2,000 islands and making up over a quarter of the world’s atolls.
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DOC MARTIN The Holly Bears a Prickle
Airs Thursday, February 16 at 8:00 PM - Martin and Louisa go on a date, but his usual bluntness ruins a romantic moment, and Louisa ends the struggling relationship.
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DOC MARTIN Nowt So Queer
Airs Thursday, February 16 at 8:50 PM - A creepy weird & controlling sister interferes with treatment for one of the good doctor's patients.
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WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL AND NATIONAL JOURNAL
Airs Friday, February 17 at 7:00 PM - PBS' longest-running public affairs series features Washington's top journalists analyzing the week's top news stories and their effect on the lives of all Americans. Gwen Ifill hosts.
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WYOMING CHRONICLE T.R. Reid and Healthcare Reform
Airs Friday, February 17 at 7:30 PM - T.R. Reid looks at health care systems around the world and the possibility of this country’s health care reform starting in Wyoming.
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WYOMING CAPITOL OUTLOOK 2012 Budget Session - Week 1
Airs Friday, February 17 at 8:00 PM - Each week during the 2012 legislative session, "Capitol Outlook" host Geoff O'Gara reports on the action at the Capitol and convenes a panel of legislators to discuss their work on a range of issues affecting Wyoming.
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