Thursday August 14, 2008

Last Updated: 08/31/2008 17:50:10

Midnight

Carrier "Get Home-Itis" 00:56 #109H PBS (DVS)
A six-month absence places a heavy burden on relationships. The Navy holds seminars to counsel sailors on what to expect when they return home--and how to make the transition smooth. The "Tiger Cruise" ritual allows sailors to invite their family members aboard for the last leg of the deployment. (9 of 10) [TV14] R on 8/17 12

1AM

Lidia's Italy "A Sicilian & His Calamari" 00:26 #102Z (Rpt) APTEX
Lidia travels to Palermo, Sicily and discovers the most delicious way to enjoy Calamari-Manfredi style. Manfredi is a dear friend and olive oil producer from Palermo and has a very simple dish featuring calamari. Following she visits with another friend who has a spectacular seaside home and prepares a simple pesto "Trapanese style". [TVG] R of 8/13 4pm

1:30AM

Chefs A' Field: Culinary Adventures That Begin On The Farm "Chef Dan Barber--Blue Hill: New York, NY" 00:26 #210H (Rpt) APT
Chef Dan Barber's philosophy of cooking with only local ingredients, coupled with his culinary talents, has enabled him to expand his Manhattan restaurant from a casual neighborhood joint into a fine dining experience. Chef Barber harvests crops from his family's farm in the Berkshires, then returns to his newest outpost at The Stone Barns Center for Sustainable Agriculture. Recipes: "Ode to the Chicken" Soup; and "Best of the Greenhouse" Salad. [TVG] R of 8/13 4:30pm

2AM

Desert Speaks "Patagonia's Glacial Landscape" 00:26 #1712H (Rpt) APTEX
Host David Yetman and Argentine archeologist Maria Jose Figuerero make their way through the arid, desolate and windswept Patagonia landscape. The travelers make part of the trip on horseback along the Chilean/Argentine border, taking time to observe the glorious flight of the graceful Andean condor. They also stop in the city of Calafate, the gateway to Glacier National Park, and observe a local folklore performance group dancing and making music. The highlight of the trip is a close up look at the park's magnificent glaciers. Yetman and Figuerero also examine evidence of glacial movement over the landscape, inspect an ice cave and spy some glacial calving. [TVG] R of 8/13 5pm

2:30AM

Seasoned Traveler "Puerto Rico" 00:26 #211Z (Rpt) APT
In the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, George Bauer visits San Juan, where he explores Old San Juan, with its narrow streets, charming old buildings and Spanish fortifications. Other highlights include Arecibo Observatory, site of the world's largest radio telescope; Rio Camuy Cave Park, containing the world's third-largest underground river and caves that are 45 million years old; and the rugged Sierra de Luquillo, site of the Caribbean National Forest, which gives new meaning to the term "rain forest." [TVG] R of 8/13 5:30pm

3AM

Rick Steves' Europe "Naples and Pompeii" 00:26 #404H (Rpt) APTEX
Naples is Italy in the extreme. Rick prowls backstreet fish markets, dodges fast-moving Vespas, and dines on pizza where it was invented. He climbs to the top of nearby Mount Vesuvius, then wanders through the amazing ruins of Pompeii, the Roman town it destroyed. [TVG] R of 8/13 3pm

3:30AM

Smart Travels--Europe with Rudy Maxa "Bath and South Wales" 00:26 #401H (Rpt) APT
Friendly and feisty, Scotland makes people feel right at home. In Edinburgh, host Rudy Maxa climbs the ramparts of this city's famous castle, shops for kilts, visits mysterious Rosslyn chapel, and thrills to a spooky ghost tour. Then, he heads to historic St. Andrew's to practice his swing on the world's most famous golf course. In the Scottish highlands, he tries his hand at skeet shooting and falconry, and tours the Dewar's whisky distillery. Then, it's off to historic Stirling, to stroll the battlefields of Braveheart, before setting sail on legendary Loch Lomand. Tips on golf and Scotch whisky are also given, in this first episode of a 13-part season. [TVG] R of 8/13 3:30pm

4AM

History Detectives "Secrets of the Tape/Mountain Mail Bag/Banned Birth Control Box" 00:56 #304Z (Rpt) PBS
An Austin resident of Cherokee descent inherited a mysterious bible from her father. She is intrigued by what appears to be Cherokee writing in the bible, and wants to learn more about her own family's history. A beautiful, worn banjo was purchased by a Chicago resident on an online auction. A tattered note inside says the banjo dates to the mid-1800s and was bought from a former slave in Bethel, OH, by an abolitionist family some time after Emancipation. Could this be the only slave banjo known to exist? A California resident came across a family tree, which contained the words "United Empire Loyalist" scribbled alongside several names. She began her own investigation and discovered that the United Empire Loyalists were descendants of the more than 50,000 people who fled to Canada following the defeat of the British in the Revolutionary War. [TVG] R on 8/29 2pm

5AM

Boohbah "Two Hats" 00:28 #128Z (Rpt) PBS (DVS)
The Boohbahs twirl and hop, and do a dizzying in-and-out dance. In Storyworld, Grandmamma can fit through the doorway with her hat, but Grandpappa cannot. How will Grandpappa get through the door? [TVY] R of 8/13 5:30am

5:30AM

Boohbah "Bells" 00:28 #129Z (Rpt) PBS (DVS)
The Boohbahs swing their arms, and scrunch up small and stretch out big. In Storyworld, Mr. Man, Grandmamma, Brother, and Sister have arrived to ring a bell. However, Grandmamma's bell is too big to ring. Will she find the strength to ring it? Storyworld invites children to develop their problem-solving skills, as they learn about sequence, and the relationship between size and pitch. [TVY] R on 8/15 5am; 8/16 5:30am; 8/17 5am

6AM

JAKERS! The Adventures of Piggley Winks "Searching for a Shamrock" 00:28 #137H (Rpt) PBS
Grandpa is feeling a little blue on his birthday, so his young grandpigs decide to try to cheer him up, by telling the great storyteller a few stories of their own, describing how life would be if they were in Tara. Jakers! Live and Learn: Cobi Jones introduces a local elementary school, where kids demonstrate another way to tell a story: by putting on a play starring Piggley, Ferny, and Dannan! [TVY]

6:30AM

It's A Big Big World "Balance/Ick Alone" 00:28 #103H (Rpt) PBS (DVS)
Wartz is upset that he can't seesaw. Ick is afraid of Burdette because some birds eat fish. [TVY] R of 8/8 6:30am

7AM

Super Why! "Humpty Dumpty" 00:28 #103Z (Rpt) PBS
Poor Pig is stuck at the tippy top of his brand new slide, and is afraid to come down! [TVY] R of 8/8 7am

7:30AM

WordWorld "Pl-Pl-Plane/Mail Mix Up" 00:28 #114H (Rpt) PBS (DVS)
Frog searches for the letters "PL" in the jungle. Duck delivers the wrong letters to everyone. [TVY]

8AM

Sesame Street "Leela's Sesame Street Video" 00:58 #4164H PBS (DVS)
Leela is making a videotape of Sesame Street to send to her parents in India! First she videotapes the Laundromat where she works and then Hooper's Store. There Prairie Dawn suggests that Leela tape a talking letter "O", along with some oatmeal cookies. Just as Leela is about to tape, Cookie Monster comes in and eats all of the oatmeal cookies! [TVY] R on 8/18 8am

9AM

Cezanne in Provence 00:56 PBS (DVS)
The documentary offers a contextual look at the post-impressionist master Paul Cezanne and his work in his native Provence, France, 100 years after his death. [TVPG]

10AM

P.O.V. "Belarusian Waltz" 00:56 #2108Z PBS
Belarus has been called "Europe's last dictatorship." Since 1994, Alexander Lukashenko has ruled the ex-Soviet republic with a despotic hand, jailing the opposition, shutting down the press and refusing to investigate the assassinations of dissidents. He has virtually silenced his critics, but not one lone performance artist who stages public stunts mocking the dictator's pretensions. Alexander Pushkin is profiled. His audacious, comical exploits find him facing the hostility of the police and the consternation of his family. An offbeat tale of post-modern street theater meeting 1930s-style authoritarianism, the film offers a surprising window into the soul of the Belarusian people. [TVPG] R on 8/17 12noon

11AM

Frank Lloyd Wright's Buffalo 00:56 PBS
The 30-year friendship between America's greatest architect and Buffalo businessperson Darwin D. Martin is examined. As Wright's close friend and confidant, Wright looked to Martin for support--both financially and emotionally. The significance of this relationship is showcased in Buffalo--a city containing the second largest collection of Wright's structures. Featuring archival footage and interviews with noted architectural scholars, the program explores Wright's motivations, frailties, and foibles. [TVG]

Noon

Woodsmith Shop "Router Table Tips" 00:26 #111H NETA [TVG]

12:30PM

Made In Spain "The Sweet Spanish Center" 00:26 #103Z (Rpt) PBSPL
Chec Jose explains the Spanish sweet tooth, as he prepares pancakes with chocolate then a Spanish thick hot chocolate. Just outside the capital, he visits a strawberry farm and returns home to prepare strawberries in wine syrup. He ends at a traditional bull fight in Madrid, finishing off the evening with a traditional stew of bull's meat. (3 of 26) [TVG]

1PM

Austin City Limits "Sufjan Stevens/Calexico" 00:56 #3205Z (Rpt) PBSPL
Two of the underground rock scene's most creative artists perform. Critical Darling and indie rock sensation Sufjan Stevens brings his orchestral folk/pop to the stage in support of his latest album The Avalanche. Highlighting its latest record, Garden Ruin, Arizona's Calexico dazzles with a unique blend of traditional songcraft and southwestern roots music. [TVPG] R on 8/14 11pm; 8/16 10pm

2PM

History Detectives "Orphan Film Reel/Chinese Opium Scale/Hermann Goering's Shotgun" 00:56 #406Z (Rpt) PBS
A woman in Missoula, Montana, bought an old fiddle case in the Montana mining town of Butte in the 1960s. She was told the case actually held a scale that Chinese immigrants in the area had used for weighing opium. Trade in opium was legal in the U.S. until 1909; it was commonly used both as a medicine and as a drug. The Chinese were among the first immigrant groups to arrive in Montana in the 1800s, working on building the railroads, as gold miners and in restaurant and laundry businesses. History Detectives heads to Montana to find out how Chinese immigrants survived for decades in Big Sky Country, particularly during a time when anti-Chinese sentiment was rampant in the U.S. Next, the team ventures to Kentucky and Ohio to determine whether a movie reel could be one of thousands of silent films that have been lost forever to film history. And, the possible link to Hitler's once-feared right-hand-man is investigated. [TVG] R on 8/26 4am

3PM

Rick Steves' Europe "Italy's Amalfi Coast" 00:26 #405H (Rpt) APTEX
Rick experiences the breath-taking Amalfi Coastline, the trendy resort of Positano, the limoncello charms of Sorrento, the ancient Greek temples at Paestum, and the iridescent Blue Grotto hidden beneath the enchanting isle of Capri. [TVG] R on 8/15 3am

3:30PM

Smart Travels--Europe with Rudy Maxa "Edinburgh and Scotland" 00:26 #402H (Rpt) APT
Rudy Maxa conjures a bit of magic, when he visits the Georgian city of Bath, and follows tales of Camelot into South Wales. In Bath, he marvels at ancient Roman spas, and peeks into the high society of Jane Austen's day. We stops by Wells to admire that city's spectacular cathedral, and quests for the Holy Grail in the mystical town of Glastonbury. The poignant landscape of Wales' Wye River Valley offers a wealth of scenic riches. He investigates Caerleon's claim to King Arthur, and explores a ruined abbey that inspired poet William Wordsworth. Tips on bookstores and country fairs are given. [TVG] R on 8/15 3:30am

4PM

Lidia's Italy "The Lamb of the Land" 00:26 #103Z (Rpt) APTEX
Lidia visits Friuli, where she has her vineyards and where she has wonderful friends and family that she visits several times throughout the year. Learn the tricks of the trade to making perfectly roasted lamb shoulder paired with Montasio cheese crisps with swisscard or the famous fricos! [TVG] R on 8/15 1am

4:30PM

Chefs A' Field: Culinary Adventures That Begin On The Farm "Greg Atkinson-Canlis/Islandwood: Bainbridge Island, WA" 00:26 #211H (Rpt) APT
Chef Greg Atkinson sees how to raise and harvest the world's finest oysters--while caring for the environment and community--from Bill Taylor. Recipes: Kumamoto Oysters & Rhubarb Mignonette; Pacific Oysters & Butter Sauce; and Oysters in Nettle Sauce. [TVG] R on 8/15 1:30am

5PM

Desert Speaks "Argentina: Ancient Patagonia People" 00:26 #1713H (Rpt) APTEX
Host David Yetman and Argentine archeologist Maria Jose Figuerero journey through the gorgeously diverse Patagonia landscape for a look at the Patagonian people from ancient to modern times. They stop at the Cuerva de los Manos ("Cave of the Hands"), which features a lasting glimpse into the lives of early residents. They also visit "Cierro de los Indios," a site currently being excavated and offering evidence that people inhabited Patagonia possibly as long as 12,000 years ago. [TVG] R on 8/15 2am

5:30PM

Seasoned Traveler "Retiring to Panama" 00:26 #212Z (Rpt) APT
Panama has emerged as a leading retirement destination for Americans, and a great place to buy a second home. George Bauer starts out in the bustling capital, Panama City, then heads to the lush oasis of the Gamboa Rainforest and the beautiful Chiriqui Mountains near the little farming town of Boquete-an area that is becoming a magnet for American retirees. The episode includes information on the significant incentives offered to Americans who move to this "retirement-friendly" country. [TVG] R on 8/15 2:30am

5:59PM

Antiques Road Show "Dyrham Park" 00:29 #2710 BBC
Michael Aspel and the team return to Dyrham Park in Gloucestershire and amongst the finds are an 18th century embroidered court dress worth £10,000, a rare and valuable silver beaker and a brooch given by the Queen Mother to her Head Chef in 1937.

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Thursday August 14, 2008

Last Updated: 08/31/2008 17:50:10

6:30PM

Garden Paths "Nyc Rooftop Gardens/Freestanding Walls/Rain Gardens" 00:26 #110H NETA
Sometimes, sprawling landscapes are just not in the cards for urban dwellers. Horticulturist Melinda Myers visits a mid-Manhattan rooftop garden and discovers the many possibilities of gardening in the city. Plus, Host Jodi Olson looks at the construction of rustic and surprisingly sturdy freestanding walls in the landscape. And, a quick take on the easy-to-plan and environmentally useful rain garden. (10 of 13) [TVG] R on 8/16 7:30am

7PM

This Old House "New Orleans Project, Part 3" 00:26 #2719 (Rpt) PBSPL
Kevin visits the French Quarter with Vieux Carre Commission Director Lary Hesdorffer to see how one of the most well-known neighborhoods in America held up during the storm. At the project house in Holy Cross, master carpenter Norm Abram works on the side porch while homeowner Rashida Ferdinand strips paint from the historic windows that will be reused on her home. Paint color consultant Louis Aubert shows Kevin how he is bringing color to the project house along with other homes in the neighborhood with bright color schemes applied in a historic and accurate manner. At Musicians' Village, Norm and Kevin lend a hand to some of the volunteers who are raising walls, laying decking, and installing windows, one house at a time. [TVG] R on 8/16 8am

7:30PM

Ask This Old House "Low Voltage Landscape Lighting/Replacing Old Faucet" 00:26 #619 (Rpt) PBSPL
General contractor Tom Silva shows a homeowner how to save both energy and money by increasing insulation in his attic. Landscape contractor Roger Cook makes a dark walkway safer by adding low voltage landscape lighting. Later, plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey helps a homeowner replace her old kitchen faucet. [TVG] R on 8/16 8:30am

8PM

Outdoor Wisconsin "Powder Puff Derby/Sorghum Farm/Airlifting Logs" 00:26 #2422H (Rpt) WMVS
Judy Nugent joins a team of women participating in the Powder Puff Derby, a fishing derby out of the Sheboygan harbor that benefits battered women. Debby Wolniak looks at the stages of harvesting and the processing of sorghum at Richard Wittgreve's Sorghum Farm. She learns about the history of the farm and why this is becoming a vanishing crop. Dan Small looks at a cooperative effort between the DNR and the Army National Guard to airlift logs for a habitat improvement project on Long Lake in the Northern Unit of the Kettle Moraine State Forest. R on 8/16 9am

8:30PM

Red Green Show "The Satellite Dish" 00:23 #203 EPS
On Handyman Corner, Red shows how to turn a discarded dashboard into the ultimate remote control. Adventures With Bill features pogo sticking. [TVG]

8:56PM

Paul McCartney: Ecce Cor Meum (Behold My Heart) Concert 01:07 APTSY
PAUL MCCARTNEY: ECCE COR MEUM (Behold My Heart) is Sir Paul McCartney's fourth classical release, an oratorio in four movements. ECCE COR MEUM is written in the style of sacred English choral music, a tradition dating back 500 years. Composed in part right after the passing of his wife Linda, the work was eight years in the making and is the first piece of choral music McCartney has written to include a children's chorus. Performed live at the Royal Albert Hall in London, ECCE COR MEUM features Soprano Kate Royal, The King's College Choir of Cambridge; The Magdalen College Choir of Oxford; London Voices; and the Orchestra of The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields conducted by Gavin Greenway. [TVG]

10:04PM

New Yankee Workshop "Entrance Door" 00:26 #1902 PBSPL
This masterpiece includes antique looking bull's eye glass inserts and a brass knob and lock set. [TVG]

10:31PM

MotorWeek "Bentley Brooklands" 00:26 #2749 PBSPL
The 2008 Brooklands and 2009 Honda Pilot Crossover Utility are driven. Plus, Bolt-On Performance. [TVG]

11PM

Austin City Limits "Sufjan Stevens/Calexico" 00:56 #3205Z (Rpt) PBSPL
Two of the underground rock scene's most creative artists perform. Critical Darling and indie rock sensation Sufjan Stevens brings his orchestral folk/pop to the stage in support of his latest album The Avalanche. Highlighting its latest record, Garden Ruin, Arizona's Calexico dazzles with a unique blend of traditional songcraft and southwestern roots music. [TVPG] R on 8/16 10pm

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