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Ancient Mysteries Revealed on Secrets of the DeadP A G E X X

A Heartwarming New Season of Call the MidwifeP A G E X

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Discover theFabulous History of SkiingPAGE 18

New Call the Midwife Holiday Special Warms the SeasonPAGE 7

DID YOU KNOW?

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CONTENTS

Our New Events Series Get informed about critical local issues, inspired by vivid expressions of creativity and civic imagination and involved in collectively envisioning a better Bay Area. KQED Live events are hosted in our newly reimagined San Francisco headquarters and will be available online. For ticket information, go to kqed.org/live. Prices and events are subject to change.

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LIVE, ONLINE AND IN-PERSON EVENTS

Cover Call the Midwife Holiday Special: nurse Lucille Anderson. Photo courtesy of BBC / Nealstreet Productions / Sally Mais. Bell by Nasik Lababan from the Noun Project.

Forum Live

Bay Curious Trivia Night

Chef Victor Aguilera

8TV LISTINGS Your guide to broadcast television.

4RADIO SCHEDULE

Your guide to radio shows.

3NEWS + NOTES

What’s happening at KQED?

2EVENTS

Check out KQED Live events.

5RADIO + PODCASTS

Staff recommendations.

6PASSPORT

View more with KQED Passport.

The Welcoming When Words Fail, Music Speaks

DECEMBER LINEUP

Chef Victor AguileraWednesday, December 1, 7pm, $15The young gourmet entrepreneur shares his love of cycling and Venezuelan food with stories and savory tastes from his delivery service Arepas en Bici.

Bay Curious Trivia NightWednesday, December 8, 7pm, $10Test your knowledge about Bay Area culture, history and sites while learning the fascinating stories behind it all from KQED’s Bay Curious.

Forum Live: Changing the Face of Gaming CultureFriday, December 10, 7pm, $10Meet the people who are diversifying the video game industry inside and out. Featuring Gameheads Co-founder and Executive Director Damon Packwood.

The Welcoming [Parts I-III]Sunday, December 12, 7pm, $10A presentation of performed artistic works generated as part of an ongoing project that pairs artists with elders to counter isolation. Featuring Erika Chong Shuch, Rowena Richie and Ryan Tacata.

When Words Fail, Music SpeaksMonday, December 13, 7pm, $15Host Chloe Veltman gathers together Kronos Quartet, singer Meklit Hadero and others for a night of story and song about moments when the spoken word just isn’t enough.

NEWS + NOTES

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Successful Campaign 21 Ushers in New Era for KQED and the Bay Area

Clockwise l to r: KQED’s reimagined headquarters; photo by Jason O’Rear. KQED Live presents an evening with Speaker of the House NancyPelosi; photo by Alain McLaughlin. The new PRX Podcast Garage at KQED; photo by Kirsten Voss Dalldorf. KQED FM’s state-of-the-art radio studio; photo by Kirsten Voss Dalldorf.

Thanks to nearly 5,000 individual donors, KQED successfully completed Campaign 21, which modernizes KQED’s infrastructure and expands our newsroom, coverage and services to better serve Bay Area audiences.

Launched in 2013, Campaign 21 funded the redesign of our San Francisco headquarters. This vastly reimagined home provides new spaces and engagement opportunities for community participation. A new community-oriented wing of the building includes the PRX Podcast Garage, Community Meeting Room, Producers Space and Audience Lab. The Commons, the building’s 232-seat public event space, is the setting for KQED Live, a dynamic event series showcasing thoughtful dialogue and storytelling, performances, screenings, food experiences and live radio and podcast shows year-round.

Additional features include new digital production spaces, edit suites, post-production spaces and enhanced capacity for broadcast continuity

during emergencies. The station’s entire technical infrastructure has been upgraded to increase our digital and broadcast capabilities and to support a seven-day-a-week broadcast with breaking news and online content published around the clock.

In addition, Campaign 21 grew our talented team of reporters, ensuring that we tell the stories that matter most from every angle, and deliver them to you — how, when and where you get your information whether it’s on the radio, television, phone, tablet, computer or smart speaker. The additional staff enables us to create new programs — from web series such as If Cities Could Dance to podcasts such as The Bay; and new services from specialized reporting desks such as our housing desk to educational platforms including KQED Learn and KQED Teach.

The entire KQED team thanks all of the generous Campaign 21 contributors who have made this transformation possible.

AUDIO Please note: Coronavirus and late-breaking news may affect the schedule below.

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Freakonomics Radio

The TED Radio Hour

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Reveal Code Switch/ Life Kit

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Washington WeekHidden BrainMarketplace Morning Report 4:51 & 7:51am

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Morning Edition 2-9am

KQED News: 11:04am & 12:04pmHere & Now

The Takeaway

All Things Considered

Marketplace

ThisAmerican Life

Planet Money/How I Built This

BBC World Service

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Selected Shorts

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STARTER EPISODE

"The Coldest Case in San Francisco"This spring, the San Francisco Chronicle's Kevin Fagan shared a terrifying chapter from the history of the San Francisco LGBTQIA community. The miniseries called The Doodler is a well-written, dark journey back in time.

STARTER EPISODE

“What's Behind One of California's Most Ubiquitous Bumper Stickers?"At Bay Curious, we answer your questions about the Bay Area. In this episode, reporter Amanda Font explores the history of one of the most misunderstood places in the Bay Area: the Mystery Spot in Santa Cruz.

STARTER EPISODE

"The Marijuana Minister"Discover the true story of a San Francisco pastor who put everything on the line to comfort his congregation — many members were young men dying of AIDS — in Stereotypes, an independent podcast. There was and is no cure for AIDS, but marijuana helped to manage the symptoms and pain.

P O D C A S T S

What are the best podcasts to listen to right now? We asked Christopher Beale, on-call reporter/producer for Bay Curious, what he recommends. Here are his picks.

Listen to KQED Live on KQED Public RadioHave you experienced a KQED Live event yet? Our new events series brings journalism to life, amplifies local culture and provides the perfect opportunity to welcome our community into our reimagined San Francisco headquarters. In case you missed them, we’re bringing these KQED Live events to you over the airwaves.

On Wednesday, December 15, at 8pm, catch a one-hour version of ¿Dónde Esta Mi Gente?, a KQED Live event from November 3, in this dynamic cabaret of performances by Latinx performers curated by Bay Area writer, performer and storyteller Baruch Porras-Hernandez. You’ll hear poet and producer Roberto F. Santiago, singer-songwriter and drummer Dizzy Jenkins, writer Amanda Muñizand artist and singer Dorian Wood.

Then, on Wednesday, December 22, at 8pm, KQED FM brings you La Doña, a concert with the eponymous musical artist interwoven with conversations about how her family’s Mission District roots show up in her music. Her unique sound — she calls it “femmetón” — blends Latin folk, reggaeton, cumbia, hip hop, and pop with seamlessly

bilingual lyricism covering topics including earthquakes, gentrification, fog, coffee and so many other things we love and hate about the Bay Area. Tune in for this one-hour special from the November 17 event.

PHOTO OF LA DOÑA BY BY THALIA GOCHEZ.

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DIGITAL

December 22Call the Midwife: Episodes 5-6December 25Secrets of the Dead: Secrets of Spanish FloridaDecember 26Austin City Limits: The Mavericks en EspañolNOVA: Apollo’s Daring MissionDecember 27Great Performances: Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood

Expiring Soon

America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s IllustratedAmerican ExperienceAmerican MastersAntiques RoadshowBaking with JuliaBest of Joy of PaintingCheck, Please! Bay AreaCheck, Please! Bay Area KidsCook’s CountryFilm School ShortsFinding Your RootsIndependent LensJamestownKQED Newsroom Lidia’s KitchenMasterpieceMotorWeekNatureNOVAPati’s Mexican TableRick Steves’ EuropeSimply MingThis Old HouseTruly CA

For ChristmasBingeworthy More from Your Passport Library

Great British Baking Show, Seasons 1–5 Watch this beloved baking show before it’s gone! The entire series will expire on Passport on December 31. Each season, a batch of lovable amateur bakers compete for the approval of judges Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood. You won’t want to miss the heartwarming highs and nail-biting lows of this iconic series.

Mary Berry’s Country House at ChristmasNeed a little help getting into the holiday spirit? Join Mary Berry and explore the beautiful Harewood House as they prepare for Christmas. Cozy up with classic recipes and learn about the storied history of this country estate.

Activate Your Passport Benefit

Sustaining members and donors at the $60/year level can choose from more than 2,000 exclusive KQED and PBS shows in our on-demand library with KQED Passport. To activate the KQED Passport benefit, please go to kqed.org/passporthelp, where you’ll find everything you need to start streaming. To change your membership amount, please contact Member Services at 415.553.2150 or email [email protected].

Broadchurch, Seasons 1–3Now is the perfect chance to catch up on the critically acclaimed crime drama series Broadchurch. Follow detectives Alec Hardy and Ellie Miller as they weave through an intensely personal case: the murder of a young boy in a tight-knit seaside town. They quickly realize there’s more to this tragedy than meets the eye, and its reverberations threaten to tear the community apart. This chillingly addictive series features captivating performances by a who’s who of beloved British actors, including Oscar-winner Olivia Colman, and not one but two Doctor Whos: David Tennant and Jodi Whittaker. Once you start watching, you won’t be able to stop. Lucky for you, seasons 1–3 of Broadchurch are streaming beginning November 27 for KQED Passport members. —Emma Casley, KQED TV Programming Associate

Photo courtesy of PBS.

http://kqed.org/passporthelp

mailto:[email protected]

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On Christmas 2018, my cousin was nine months pregnant and was not having a particularly good time. Many issues and bizarre symptoms occurred and our family was extremely concerned about her. Fortunately, she gave birth two days later to a healthy baby girl. Although it’s been nearly four years since she was born, I can’t forget how my cousin’s first pregnancy experience was filled with terrifying complications. Perhaps if she had the support of a midwife, our family would not have been as anxiety-ridden as we were. But it’s moments like being on the brink of bringing new life into this world, on a special

day like Christmas, that reminds me of the magic and wonder of what it means to simply exist. In Call the Midwife Holiday Special, travel back even further to Christmas 1966 where the Nonnatus House staff are faced with their busiest Christmas day to date. The Maternity Home is filled with expectant moms and challenging cases, but luckily Mother Mildred is on hand to support the team. This special episode airs on Saturday, December 25, at 9pm on KQED 9. — Sophie Kim, KQED Marketing Communications Intern

New Call the Midwife Holiday Special Brings Back Mother Mildred, Warms the Season

Photo courtesy of Federation Entertainment.

Call the Midwife Holiday Special: Mother Mildred. Photo courtesy of BBC / Nealstreet Productions / Sally Mais.

Me and Orson Welles

Saturday, December 11, at 8pm on KQED 9

A teenage aspiring actor (Zac Efron) is thrown

into the middle of Orson Welles’ Mercury Theater

Company, which is preparing to open what

became an historic staging of Shakespeare’s

Julius Caesar. Also starring Claire Danes

and directed by Richard Linklater, it was named one of the top ten films of 2009 by The National

Board of Review. Photo courtesy of

American Public Television.

Mary Berry’s Country House

at ChristmasSunday, December 19, at

6:30pm on KQED 9You know her as one of the judges on The Great

British Bake Off. Now join the esteemed Mary Berry as she explores a stately

mansion, Harewood House in Yorkshire, and cooks

treats inspired by the festive foods of the past.Photo courtesy of GBH.

D E C E M B E R P I C K

S A T U R D AY N I G H T M O V I E

DID YOU KNOW? MIDWIVES

• The 1951 UK Midwives Act banned men from working as midwives.

• Nurse midwifery programs didn’t exist in California prior to 1975. Susan Leibel and Rosemary Mann worked with the California legislature to create midwifery licensure in the state.

• In 1975, obstetricians and certified nurse midwives collaborated to establish the midwifery service at San Francisco General Hospital, which was the first hospital-based midwifery practice in San Francisco.

C O M I N G I N J A N U A R Y

Around the World in 80 Days on MasterpieceCan Phileas Fogg circumnavigate the world in 80 days? The classic Jules Verne action adventure gets a minseries makeover in this new Masterpiece adaptation starring David Tennant (Good Omens, Broadchurch and Doctor Who).

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2:00Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 3:00

PBS NewsHour 4:00Amanpour & Co.

5:00BBC World News Today* 6:00

PBS NewsHour

12:30Clifford (Reboot)

1:30Donkey Hodie

2:30BBC World News America**

5:30BBC World News America**

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8:30 Alma’s Way 9:30 Daniel Tiger 10:30

Elinor Wonders Why11:30Pinkalicious

6:00 Curious George

7:00Yoga/Sit and Be Fit

8:00Sewing/Gardening

9:00Cooking programs

10:00Cooking programs 11:00

The Great British Baking Show6:30

Daniel Tiger7:30Yoga/Classical Stretch

8:30Travel programs

9:30Cooking programs

10:30Check, Please! Bay Area

Programs are subject to change after press deadlines. For the latest program info, visit kqed.org/tv. Weekdays 6am–7pm

6:00 This Old House

6:30 Rick Steves’ Europe

Wednesday 1

EARLY mid 9 Amanpour and Company ★ R (9)

4pm + Laura Flanders Show ★12:30 + The Chavis Chronicles ★1am 9 Ken Burns: Muhammad Ali ▲ R

(9) 12/11 6:30am; (+) 12/2 7pm, 12/3 1am

+ Big Band Years ▲ Nick Clooney and Peter Marshall look at hit makers and songs of the 1930s and ‘40s.

3am 9 Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide Planning for and thriving in retirement. ▲ R (9) 12/4 3:30pm, 12/5 6am & 10pm, 12/6 4am; (+) 12/5 9:30am, 12/7 9:30pm, 12/8 3:30am, 12/11 10:30am

+ The Tenors: Best of Our Lives ▲ R (9) 12/9 1pm

4:30 + Collagen Diet with Dr. Josh Axe The health benefits of collagen. ▲ R (9) 12/4 10:30am; (+) 12/4 6am

5am 9 Aging Backwards 3 with Miranda Esmonde-White Keeping your mind sharp and your body active with gentle movement. ▲ R (9) 12/5 8am; (+) 12/2 11pm, 12/3 5am, 12/11 6am & 11pm, 12/12 5am

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Thursday 2


4pm + GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

★12:30 + Overheard with Evan Smith

Roger Clemens, Former Major League Pitcher.

1–6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule

6am–7pm See page 8 for program schedule.

EVENING 7pm 9 Sara’s Weeknight Meals ★

#1008. R (9) 12/3 1am; (+) 12/9 10am

+ Ken Burns: Muhammad Ali ▲ R (9) 12/11 6:30am; (+) 12/3 1am

7:30 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1512 Anaviv’s Table, Larb Thai Food & Tapas, Mister Jiu’s. R (9) 12/3 1:30am, 12/4 noon; (+) 12/24 10:30am

8pm 9 The Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra Family Christmas Show


EVENING 7pm 9 Nature #4001 My Garden of

a Thousand Bees. A wildlife cameraman films bees in his urban garden in Bristol, England.

▲ D R (9) 12/2 1am, 12/5 noon, 12/6 1pm; (+) 12/3 7pm, 12/4 1am, 12/5 1pm, 12/7 3pm

+ Sarah Brightman: A Christmas Symphony The world’s best-selling soprano is joined by guests Andrew Lloyd Webber, Aled Jones and choir Gregorian. ▲ R (9) 12/5 9am, 12/11 1pm; (+) 12/2 1am

8:30 9 NOVA #4816 NOVA Universe Revealed: Milky Way. ▲ D R (9) 12/2 2:30am, 12/5 1:30pm, 12/7 1pm; (+) 12/3 8:30pm, 12/4 2:30am, 12/5 11:30am, 12/6 3pm

+ Salute to Budapest and Vienna

▲ R (+) 12/2 2:30am10pm 9 Eat Your Medicine: The Pegan

Diet with Mark Hyman, MD How food can heal chronic disease. ▲ R (9) 12/2 4am

+ Overcoming Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, and Grief with Daniel Amen MD and Tana Amen ▲ R (9) 12/6 9:30pm,

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6:30 Rick Steves’ Europe

A 1967 holiday special, featuring special guest Sammy Davis Jr. ▲ R (9) 12/3 2am & 1pm, 12/9 9pm, 12/10 3am

9pm + Rick Steves’ European Christmas

▲ R (9) 12/5 3pm, 12/10 8pm, 12/11 2am & 10am, 12/12 6am; (+) 12/3 3am, 12/5 6pm, 12/6 mid, 12/26 10am

9:30 9 Bee Gees One Night Only Filmed in Las Vegas in 1997. ▲ R (9) 12/3 3:30am

11pm 9 The Kate #306 John Oates. Songs from his bluesy roots album, “Arkansas.” R (9) 12/3 5am

+ Aging Backwards 3 with Miranda Esmonde-White ▲ R (9) 12/5 8am; (+) 12/3 5am, 12/11 6am & 11pm, 12/12 5am

Friday 3


4pm + Roadtrip Nation #804 Tempe,

AZ and Albuquerque, NM. Todd McFarlane, creator of comic book series Spawn.

12:30 + Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope #1002 Mekong River Adventure, Part 2. A tuk-tuk tour of Phnom Penh.

1–6am Repeats the previous night’s 7pm to midnight schedule.


EVENING 7pm 9 KQED Newsroom ★ R (9) 12/4

1am, 12/5 5pm + Nature #4001 My Garden of a

Thousand Bees. ▲ D R (9) 12/5 noon, 12/6 1pm; (+) 12/4 1am, 12/5 1pm, 12/7 3pm

7:30 9 Washington Week ★ R (9) 12/4 1:30am

8pm 9 Celebrating PBS NewsHour! ★

▲ R (9) 12/4 2am, 12/5 6pm, 12/6 mid; (+) 10pm, 12/4 4am, 12/5 2:30pm

8:30 + NOVA #4816 NOVA Universe Revealed: Milky Way. ▲ D R (9)

12/5 1:30pm, 12/7 1pm; (+) 12/4 2:30am, 12/5 11:30am, 12/6 3pm

10pm 9 Change Your Brain, Heal Your Mind with Daniel Amen, MD Practical steps for feeling happier, sharper and more in control. ▲ R (9) 12/4 4am; (+) 12/5 7:30am, 12/11 12:30pm

+ Celebrating PBS NewsHour! ▲ R (9) 12/4 2am, 12/5 6pm, 12/6 mid; (+) 12/4 4am, 12/5 2:30pm

Saturday 4


12/6 4pm + Bluegrass Underground #1006.12:30 + Sound on Tap ★ #302 Gila

Monster. From El Paso, Americana storytelling with a 1960s garage-rock treatment of swaggering guitar hooks and jangling rhythms.


6am 9 Longevity Paradox with Steven Gundry, MD Feeling better and more youthful at any age. ▲ R (9) 2pm, 12/9 10:30pm, 12/10 4:30am; (+) 4:30pm, 12/10 10:30pm, 12/11 4:30am

+ Collagen Diet with Dr. Josh Axe

▲ R (9) 10:30am7:30 9 Great Performances: Andrea

Bocelli Live in Central Park Featuring the New York Philharmonic. ▲ R (9) 12/8 8:30pm, 12/9 2:30am, 12/11 2:30pm; (+) 12/11 8pm, 12/12 2am & 10am

+ Pain Secrets: The Science of Everyday Pain ▲ R (9) 9pm, 12/5 3am, 12/10 10pm, 12/11 4am

9:30 + Overcoming Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, and Grief with Daniel Amen MD and Tana Amen ▲ R (9) 12/6 9:30pm, 12/7 3:30am; (+) 12/5 10pm, 12/6 4am, 12/12 6am

10:30 9 Collagen Diet with Dr. Josh Axe ▲

Celebrating PBS NewsHour! Friday, December 3, at 8pm on KQED 9

If you're a regular viewer of the PBS NewsHour, you know it offers up incisive, in-depth independent coverage of issues and current events. Have you ever wondered how the show comes together? Here's your chance to go behind the scenes and find out.

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▲ This broadcast will be interrupted by fundraising intermissions.

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D Descriptive video info for the sight-impaired is available on televisions with stereo capability.

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5:30 9 PBS NewsHour Weekend ★6pm 9 Yanni in Concert: Live at the

Acropolis ▲ R (9) 12/5 mid; (+) 12/9 10pm, 12/10 4am

+ Burt Bacharach’s Best (My Music Presents) Artists perform Bacharach’s hits; rare archival footage and clips from the 1960s to ‘70s. ▲ R (+) 12/5 mid

EVENING 7:30 9 Pasquale Esposito: “Il Tempo”

The Neapolitan-American tenor celebrates the 10th anniversary of his album. ▲ R (9) 12/5 1:30am; (+) 9pm, 12/5 3am, 12/6 9:30pm, 12/7 3:30am

+ Il Volo: Tribute to Ennio Morricone ▲ R (9) 12/5 10:30am, 12/8 1pm; (+) 12/5 1:30am, 12/9 3pm, 12/11 9am

9pm 9 Pain Secrets: The Science of Everyday Pain ▲ R (9) 12/5 3am, 12/10 10pm, 12/11 4am

+ Pasquale Esposito: “Il Tempo”

▲ R (9) 12/5 1:30am; (+) 12/5 3am, 12/6 9:30pm, 12/7 3:30am

10:30 + An Evening with the Sicilian Tenors ▲ R (+) 12/5 4:30am, 12/12 11pm, 12/13 5am

11pm 9 Carpenters’ Christmas Memories Holiday performances not seen since their original 1970s broadcasts. ▲ R (9) 12/5 5am, 12/9 8pm, 12/10 2am, 12/12 7:30pm, 12/13 1:30am; (+) 12/6 11pm, 12/7 5am, 12/9 4:30pm

11:30 9 Happy Holidays with Bing and Frank ▲ R (9) 12/5 5:30am, 12/9 8:30pm, 12/10 2:30am; (+) 12/6 11:30pm, 12/7 5:30am, 12/8 4:30pm

+ Earthquake! Get Ready KQED’s science team discusses the geological forces churning beneath us and how to prepare for the next big shaker. ▲ R (+) 12/5 5:30am, 12/6 4:30pm

Sunday 5

EARLY mid 9 Yanni in Concert: Live at the

Acropolis ▲ R (+) 12/9 10pm, 12/10 4am

+ Burt Bacharach’s Best (My Music Presents) ▲


6am 9 Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide ▲ R (9) 10pm, 12/6 4am; (+) 9:30am, 12/7 9:30pm, 12/8 3:30am, 12/11 10:30am

+ Yoga In Practice #308 Becoming Your Best Self. Poses that engage the core.

6:30 + Relieving Stress with Yoga with Peggy Cappy ▲ Easing anxiety with yoga and breathing techniques.

7:30 + Change Your Brain, Heal Your Mind with Daniel Amen, MD ▲ R (+) 12/11 12:30pm

8am 9 Aging Backwards 3 with Miranda Esmonde-White ▲ R (+) 12/11 6am & 11pm, 12/12 5am

9am 9 Sarah Brightman: A Christmas Symphony ▲ R (9) 12/11 1pm

9:30 + Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide ▲ R (9) 10pm, 12/6 4am; (+) 12/7 9:30pm, 12/8 3:30am, 12/11 10:30am

10:30 9 Il Volo: Tribute to Ennio Morricone ▲ R (9) 12/8 1pm; (+) 12/9 3pm, 12/11 9am

11:30 + NOVA #4816 NOVA Universe Revealed: Milky Way. ▲ D R (9) 1:30pm, 12/7 1pm; (+) 12/6 3pm

AFTERNOON noon 9 Nature #4001 My Garden of a

Thousand Bees. ▲ D R (9) 12/6 1pm; (+) 1pm, 12/7 3pm

11:30 + Build a Better Memory Through Science Strategies to improve memory. ▲ R (+) 12/12 8am

AFTERNOON noon 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1512

Anaviv’s Table, Larb Thai Food & Tapas, Mister Jiu’s. R (+) 12/24 10:30am

12:30 9 Lidia’s Kitchen #801.1pm 9 An Evening with the Sicilian

Tenors ★ Classic Italian and Italian-American love songs, a Phantom of the Opera medley and tributes to Pavarotti and Caruso.

▲ R (+) 10:30pm, 12/5 4:30am, 12/12 11pm, 12/13 5am

1:30 + Pavlo: Live in Santorini ▲2pm 9 Longevity Paradox with

Steven Gundry, MD ▲ R (9) 12/9 10:30pm, 12/10 4:30am; (+) 4:30pm, 12/10 10:30pm, 12/11 4:30am

3pm + Yanni in Concert: Live at the Acropolis ★ ▲ R (9) 6pm, 12/5 mid; (+) 12/9 10pm, 12/10 4am

3:30 9 Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide ▲ R (9) 12/5 6am & 10pm, 12/6 4am; (+) 12/5 9:30am, 12/7 9:30pm, 12/8 3:30am, 12/11 10:30am

4:30 + Longevity Paradox with Steven Gundry, MD ▲ R (9) 12/9

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Monday, December 13, at 9pm on KQED 9

Calling all Christmas music lovers: 20 Years of Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir is back with an anniversary special. Celebrate the season with intimate ballads, behind-the-scenes footage and highlights from the past two decades and performances from over 40 world-renowned artists.

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1pm + Nature #4001 My Garden of a Thousand Bees. ▲ D R (9) 12/6 1pm; (+) 12/7 3pm

1:30 9 NOVA #4816 NOVA Universe Revealed: Milky Way. ▲ D R (9) 12/7 1pm; (+) 12/6 3pm

2:30 + Celebrating PBS NewsHour! ▲ R (9) 6pm, 12/6 mid

3pm 9 Rick Steves’ European Christmas ▲ R (9) 12/10 8pm, 12/11 2am & 10am, 12/12 6am; (+) 6pm, 12/6 mid, 12/26 10am

4:30 + Great Performances #1712 Unforgettable, with Love: Natalie Cole Sings the Songs of Nat King Cole. A loving tribute recorded in Pasadena, 1992. ▲ R (9) 12/6 8pm, 12/7 2am, 12/10 1pm; (+) 12/8 3pm

5pm 9 KQED Newsroom5:30 9 PBS NewsHour Weekend ★6pm 9 Celebrating PBS NewsHour! ▲ R

(9) 12/6 mid + Rick Steves’ European

Christmas ▲ R (9) 12/10 8pm, 12/11 2am & 10am, 12/12 6am; (+) 12/6 mid, 12/26 10am

EVENING 8pm 9 Celtic Woman: Postcards from

Ireland ★ ▲ R (9) 12/6 2am; (+) 12/8 9:30pm, 12/9 3:30am, 12/10 3pm, 12/11 7am & 6pm, 12/12 mid

+ Slavery By Another Name Forces that enabled “neoslavery” to begin and persist from 1865 to 1945. ▲ R (9) 12/7 8:30pm, 12/8 2:30am; (+) 12/6 2am, 12/10 7pm, 12/11 1am & 4pm

10pm 9 Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide ▲ R (9) 12/6 4am; (+) 12/7 9:30pm, 12/8 3:30am, 12/11 10:30am

+ Overcoming Anxiety, Depression, Trauma and Grief with Daniel Amen MD and Tana Amen ▲ R (9) 12/6 9:30pm, 12/7 3:30am; (+) 12/6 4am, 12/12 6am

Monday 6

EARLY mid 9 Celebrating PBS NewsHour! ▲ + Rick Steves’ European Christmas

▲ R (9) 12/10 8pm, 12/11 2am & 10am, 12/12 6am; (+) 12/26 10am



EVENING 7pm 9 Cook’s Country ★ #1411. R (9)

12/7 1am

+ All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece #5102 Episode 1. ▲ R (9) 12/12 8am & 9pm, 12/13 3am; (+) 12/7 1am

7:30 9 Check, Please! You Gotta Try This! #105 Mints & Honey, Milohas, Din Ding Dumpling. R (9) 12/7 1:30am

8pm 9 Great Performances #1712 Unforgettable, with Love: Natalie Cole Sings the Songs of Nat King Cole. ▲ R (9) 12/7 2am, 12/10 1pm; (+) 12/8 3pm

8:15 + All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece #5103 Episode 2. ▲ R (9) 12/12 9:15am & 10pm, 12/13 4am; (+) 12/7 2:15am

9:30 9 Overcoming Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, and Grief with Daniel Amen MD and Tana Amen ▲ R (9) 12/7 3:30am; (+) 12/12 6am

+ Pasquale Esposito: “Il Tempo” ▲ R (+) 12/7 3:30am

11pm + Carpenters’ Christmas Memories

▲ R (9) 12/9 8pm, 12/10 2am, 12/12 7:30pm, 12/13 1:30am; (+) 12/7 5am, 12/9 4:30pm

11:30 9 Start Up #908 Big Bon Family: Savannah, GA. Teaching team members business and life skills. R (9) 12/7 5:30am

+ Happy Holidays with Bing and Frank ▲ R (9) 12/9 8:30pm, 12/10 2:30am; (+) 12/7 5:30am, 12/8 4:30pm

Tuesday 7


4pm + Crossing South ★ #310

Tijuana Swap Meet. 12:30 + The Good Road #101 Bangkok,

Thailand: River of Change. The history and importance of the Chao Phraya River.



EVENING 7pm 9 Moving San Francisco Author/

historian Gary Kamiya explores the city’s transit past and future.

▲ R (9) 12/8 1am, 12/11 8:30am; (+) 12/10 9pm, 12/11 3am & 2:30pm

+ All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece #5104 Episode 3.

▲ R (9) 12/12 10:30am, 12/19 9pm, 12/20 3am; (+) 12/8 1am

8:15 + All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece #5105 Episode 4. ▲ R (9) 12/12 11:45am, 12/19 10pm, 12/20 4am; (+) 12/8 2:15am

8:30 9 Slavery By Another Name ▲ R (9) 12/8 2:30am; (+) 12/10 7pm, 12/11 1am & 4pm

9:30 + Suze Orman’s Ultimate Retirement Guide ▲ R (+) 12/8 3:30am, 12/11 10:30am

10:30 9 Rick Steves: Fascism in Europe How fascism rose and fell in Europe. ▲ R (9) 12/8 4:30am

11:30 + No Going Back: Women and the War Lives of women and their roles in society changed during and after the Civil War. R (+) 12/8 5:30am

Wednesday 8


4pm + Laura Flanders Show ★12:30 + The Chavis Chronicles ★1–6am Repeats the previous night’s

7pm to midnight schedule.6am–7pm See page 8 for program

schedule.

EVENING 7pm 9 Decoding The Driftless Exploring

the geology, archeology and biology of this region of North America. ▲ R (9) 12/9 1am; (+) 12/18 6pm, 12/19 mid

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9pm 9 The Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra Family Christmas Show

▲ R (9) 12/10 3am10pm + Yanni in Concert: Live at the

Acropolis ▲ R (+) 12/10 4am10:30 9 Longevity Paradox with Steven

Gundry, MD ▲ R (9) 12/10 4:30am; (+) 12/10 10:30pm, 12/11 4:30am

11:30 + Christmas on the Danube. R (9) 12/25 11:32pm, 12/26 5:32am; (+) 12/10 5:30am

Friday 10


4pm + Roadtrip Nation #805

Albuquerque, NM and Chicago, IL. Portrait artist Ross Rossin and business executive Alana Ward Robinson.

12:30 + Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope #1003 Taiwan Matsu Festival & Islands. The Matsu Pilgrimage and islands named in the deity’s honor.




1am, 12/12 5pm, 12/31 7pm + Slavery By Another Name ▲ R

(+) 12/11 1am & 4pm7:30 9 Washington Week ★ R (9) 12/11

1:30am8pm 9 Rick Steves’ European Christmas

▲ R (9) 12/11 2am & 10am, 12/12 6am; (+) 12/26 10am

9pm + Moving San Francisco ▲ R (9) 12/11 8:30am; (+) 12/11 3am & 2:30pm

10pm 9 Pain Secrets: The Science of Everyday Pain ▲ R (9) 12/11 4am

10:30 + Longevity Paradox with Steven Gundry, MD ▲ R (+) 12/11 4:30am

Saturday 11


12/13 4pm + Bluegrass Underground #1007.12:30 + Sound on Tap ★ #303 Gunner

Fore and The Interstate. Six-piece, indie, Americana band from Lubbock TX.


6am 9 Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood D + Aging Backwards 3 with Miranda

Esmonde-White ▲ R (+) 11pm, 12/12 5am

6:30 9 Ken Burns: Muhammad Ali ▲7am + Celtic Woman: Postcards from

Ireland ▲ R (+) 6pm, 12/12 mid8:30 9 Moving San Francisco ▲ R (+)

2:30pm9am + Il Volo: Tribute to Ennio

Morricone ▲10am 9 Rick Steves’ European Christmas

▲ R (9) 12/12 6am; (+) 12/26 10am10:30 + Suze Orman’s Ultimate

Retirement Guide ▲AFTERNOON noon 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1513 La

Marcha Tapas, The Brazen Head, Atelier Crenn. R (+) 12/27 10:30am

12:30 9 Lidia’s Kitchen #802. + Change Your Brain, Heal Your

Mind With Daniel Amen, MD ▲1pm 9 Sarah Brightman: A Christmas

Symphony ▲2:30 9 Great Performances: Andrea

Bocelli: Live in Central Park ▲ R (+) 8pm, 12/12 2am & 10am

+ Moving San Francisco ▲4pm + Slavery By Another Name ▲5:30 9 PBS NewsHour Weekend ★6pm 9 A Salute to Vienna This lavish

music and dance gala concert was recorded live at the historic Konzerthaus in Vienna, Austria in April 2013. ▲ R (9) 12/12 mid

+ Celtic Woman: Postcards from Ireland ▲ R (+) 12/12 mid

EVENING 8pm 9 Saturday Night Movie ★ #2087

Me & Orson Welles. A whirlwind week in 1937 NYC ensues when an aspiring, young actor (Zac Efron) is thrown into the middle of Orson Welles’ Mercury Theatre Company prior to the opening of Welles’ historic staging of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. R (9) 12/12 2am

+ Great Performances: Andrea Bocelli: Live in Central Park ▲ R (+) 12/12 2am & 10am

10pm 9 American Masters #2907 Rita Moreno: Just A Girl Who Decided to Go for It. The life and 70-year career of an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award winner. D R (9) 12/12 4am

11pm + Aging Backwards 3 with Miranda Esmonde-White ▲ R (+) 12/12 5am

+ All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece #5106 Episode 5. ▲ R (9) 12/12 1pm, 12/26 9pm, 12/27 3am; (+) 12/9 1am

8:15 + All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece #5107 Episode 6. ▲ R (9) 12/12 2:15pm, 12/26 10:05pm, 12/27 4:05am; (+) 12/9 2:15am

8:30 9 Great Performances Andrea Bocelli Live in Central Park ▲ R (9) 12/9 2:30am, 12/11 2:30pm; (+) 12/11 8pm, 12/12 2am & 10am

9:30 + Celtic Woman: Postcards from Ireland ▲ R (+) 12/9 3:30am, 12/10 3pm, 12/11 7am & 6pm, 12/12 mid

11:30 9 America’s Forests with Chuck Leavell: U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree ★ Follow the journey of the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree from Colorado to Washington D.C. R (9) 12/9 5:30am, 12/14 11:30pm, 12/15 5:30am; (+) 12/13 12:30pm, 12/22 1pm, 12/23 11:30pm, 12/24 5:30am

+ Sun Studio Sessions #1104 The Trishas. Country and southern soul hints of bluegrass, and stunning harmonies. R (+) 12/9 5:30am

Thursday 9




Saeed Jones, Poet and Author. 1–6am Repeats the previous night’s


schedule.


#1009. R (9) 12/10 1am; (+) 12/16 10am

+ All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece #5108 Episode 7. Siegfried hosts a Christmas Eve party. ▲ R (9) 12/12 3:30pm; (+) 12/10 1am

7:30 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1513 La Marcha Tapas, The Brazen Head, Atelier Crenn. R (9) 12/10 1:30am, 12/11 noon; (+) 12/27 10:30am

8pm 9 Carpenters’ Christmas Memories

▲ R (9) 12/10 2am, 12/12 7:30pm, 12/13 1:30am

8:30 9 Happy Holidays with Bing and Frank ▲ R (9) 12/10 2:30am

+ All Creatures Great and Small: 12

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+ Frontline From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians, Part 1. ▲ R (+) 12/13 mid, 12/18 7am

EVENING 7:15 + Frontline From Jesus to Christ:

The First Christians, Part 2. ▲ R (+) 12/13 1:15am, 12/18 8:15am

7:30 9 Carpenters’ Christmas Memories

▲ R (9) 12/13 1:30am8pm 9 Secrets of the Manor House

A look at the British titled class in Edwardian times and the servants working in their estates. D R (9) 12/13 2am

8:30 + Frontline From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians, Part 3. ▲ R (+) 12/13 2:30am, 12/18 9:30am

9pm 9 All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece #5102 Episode 1. R (9) 12/13 3am

9:42 + Frontline From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians, Part 4. ▲ R (+) 12/13 3:42am, 12/18 10:42am


11pm 9 Thou Shalt Not Kill ★ #301. R (9) 12/13 5am

+ An Evening with the Sicilian Tenors ▲ R (+) 12/13 5am

Monday 13

EARLY mid 9 Pasquale Esposito: In the Spirit

of Christmas ▲ + Frontline From Jesus to Christ. ▲

R (+) 12/18 7am1–6am Repeats the previous night’s


schedule.


12/14 1am + Antiques Roadshow #1619

Cats & Dogs. R (+) 12/14 1am

AFTERNOON 1pm 9 All Creatures Great and Small on

Masterpiece #5106 Episode 5. ▲ R (9) 12/26 9pm, 12/27 3am

+ Land Girls ▲ #101 Childhood’s End.

2pm + Land Girls ▲ #102 Secrets.2:15 9 All Creatures Great and Small on

Masterpiece #5107 Episode 6. ▲ R (9) 12/26 10:05pm, 12/27 4:05am

3pm + Land Girls ▲ #103 Codes of Honour.

3:30 9 All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece #5108 Episode 7. ▲

4pm + Land Girls ▲ #104 Trekkers.5pm 9 KQED Newsroom R (9) 12/31 7pm + Land Girls ▲ #105 Destinies.5:30 9 PBS NewsHour Weekend ★6pm 9 Pasquale Esposito: In the Spirit

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EARLY mid 9 A Salute to Vienna ▲ + Celtic Woman: Postcards from

Ireland ▲1–6am Repeats the previous night’s

7pm to midnight schedule.6am 9 Rick Steves’ European

Christmas ▲ R (+) 12/26 10am + Overcoming Anxiety,

Depression, Trauma, and Grief with Daniel Amen MD and Tana Amen ▲

8am 9 All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece #5102 Episode 1. ▲ R (9) 9pm, 12/13 3am

+ Build A Better Memory Through Science ▲

9:15 9 All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece #5103 Episode 2. ▲ R (9) 10pm, 12/13 4am

10am + Great Performances Andrea Bocelli Live in Central Park

▲ 10:30 9 All Creatures Great and Small on

Masterpiece #5104 Episode 3. ▲ R (9) 12/19 9pm, 12/20 3am

11:45 9 All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece #5105 Episode 4. ▲ R (9) 12/19 10pm, 12/20 4am

Climate Change: Ade on the FrontlineWednesday, December 15, 22, and 29, at 9pm on KQED 9

What’s being done to address the ravages of climate change — and is it working? Follow British television producer and wheelchair basketball player Ade Adepitan in this three-part series as he travels across three continents visiting floating hospitals, giant solar fields and Himalayan kingdoms to discover new approaches.

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7:30 9 Check, Please! You Gotta Try This! #106 Tselogs, Ernest, Zazang Korean Noodles. R (9) 12/14 1:30am

8pm 9 Antiques Roadshow #1932 Junk in the Trunk 5, Part 1. R (9) 12/14 2am, 12/19 4pm; (+) 12/17 7pm, 12/18 1am, 12/19 11am

+ Father Brown #173 The Whistle in the Dark. A seance and a magical bone whistle. R (+) 12/14 2am

8:47 + Frankie Drake Mysteries #208 Diamonds Are a Gal’s Best Friend. A jewel thief. R (+) 12/14 2:47am

9pm 9 20 Years of Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir ★ Featuring Brian Stokes Mitchell. R (9) 12/14 3am, 12/24 9pm, 12/25 3am

9:33 + Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries #201 Murder Most Scandalous. A sex worker’s murder. R (+) 12/14 3:33am

10:30 + Seaside Hotel ★ #203 The Son from America. R (+) 12/14 4:30am

11pm 9 POV Shorts ★ Dreaming Life. Another Hayride: Self-help guru Louise Hay believed self acceptance could defeat AIDS. To the Future, With Love: A nonbinary trans boy and their Guatemalan immigrant family’s expectations. D R (9) 12/14 5am

11:30 9 Start Up #909 Mother Trucker Yoga: Hartford, WI. R (9) 12/14 5:30am

+ Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope #1005 Christmas Celebrations Around the Globe. R (+) 12/14 5:30am, 12/24 12:30am, 12/25 6:30pm

Tuesday 14


4pm + Crossing South ★ #311 Baja

Technology & Art. Visit “Tijuana Innovadora,” which showcases industry, innovations and technology; meet local artists at the “Entijuanarte” art expo.

12:30 + The Good Road #102 Chyulu Hills, Kenya: Big Life in the Wild.



EVENING 7pm 9 Pati’s Mexican Table #901. R (9)

12/15 1am + Call the Midwife #1001

Episode 1. Sister Julienne and Dr. Turner clash. R (+) 12/15 1am

7:30 9 Christopher Kimball’s Milk

Street Television ★ #512. R (9) 12/15 1:30am

8pm 9 Finding Your Roots #501 Grandparents and Other Strangers. Andy Samberg and author George R. R. Martin. R (9) 12/15 2am; (+) 12/19 8pm, 12/20 2am, 12/22 7pm, 12/23 1am

+ Indian Doctor #202 Immunity. Prem battles the ineptitude of health authorities and local ignorance. R (+) 12/15 2am

9pm 9 The Nutcracker and the Mouse King ★ R (9) 12/15 3am; (+) 12/19 4:30pm

+ A Place to Call Home #601 For Better Or Worse. Sarah and George announce a surprise. R (+) 12/15 3am

10pm + Last Tango in Halifax #401. Tempers rise at a birthday party.

R (+) 12/15 4am10:30 9 Ella Wishes You a Swinging

Christmas with Vanessa Williams Iconic holiday classics featuring the American Pops Orchestra. R (9) 12/15 4:30am; (+) 12/23 5pm, 12/24 3pm

11pm + Rick Steves’ Symphonic Journey A musical tour of America and Europe. R (+) 12/15 5am, 12/30 7pm, 12/31 1am & 5pm

11:30 9 America’s Forests with Chuck Leavell: U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree R (9) 12/15 5:30am; (+) 12/22 1pm, 12/23 11:30pm, 12/24 5:30am

Wednesday 15




schedule.

EVENING 7pm 9 Lidia Celebrates America ★

#901 Overcoming The Odds. R (9) 12/16 1am, 12/25 12:30pm

+ Finding Your Roots #410 Funny Business. Amy Schumer, Aziz Ansari and Maya Rudolph. R (+) 12/16 1am

8pm 9 Nature #3806 Santa’s Wild Home. Life in Lapland. D R (9) 12/16 2am; (+) 12/16 noon

+ Midsomer Murders #1911 The Curse of the Ninth, Part 1. The winner of a music award is

A Charlie Brown Christmas Sunday, December 19, at 7:30pm on KQED 9

It’s Christmas and Charlie Brown isn’t feeling it in this classic, heartwarming 1965 special. One of his friends suggests he direct a Christmas play. When he puts a puny tree in the show, people make fun of him until they come to understand what’s most important at the holiday season.

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8:44 + Midsomer Murders #1912 The Curse of the Ninth, Part 2. R (+) 12/16 2:44am

9pm 9 Climate Change: Ade on the Frontline ★ #101 The Solomon Islands and Australia. R (9) 12/16 3am, 12/18 11:07pm, 12/19 5:06am

9:33 + Death in Paradise #165 La Murder Le Diable. A woman is found stabbed to death in her home. R (+) 12/16 3:33am

10pm 9 NOVA #4621 Decoding da Vinci. Da Vinci’s art influenced his science and vice versa. R (9) 12/16 4am; (+) 12/16 1pm

10:30 + Unforgotten Season 4 on Masterpiece #5133 Episode 5. Cassie and Sunny get closer to the truth. D R (+) 12/16 4:30am

11pm 9 Impossible Builds #103 The Floating House. A team in Dubai attempts to construct a floating house. R (9) 12/16 5am

11:30 + Unforgotten Season 4 on Masterpiece #5134 Episode 6. Despite a tragic turn of events, Sunny and the team narrow down the suspects. D

Thursday 16


4pm12:30 + GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

★1–6am Repeats the previous night’s


schedule.


#1010. R (9) 12/17 1am; (+) 12/23 10am

+ Rick Steves: Holy Land: Israelis and Palestinians Today Weaving together narratives to better understand the region. R (+) 12/17 1am, 12/19 10am

7:30 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1514 Curry Up Now, Nick’s on Grand, Falafel Stop. R (9) 12/17 1:30am, 12/18 noon, 12/19 1pm; (+) 12/28 10:30am

8pm 9 Vera #904 The Seagull. A skeleton is discovered. R (9) 12/17 2am

+ Royal Wives at War Monologues by the Queen Mother and Wallis Simpson. R (+) 12/17 2am, 12/19 11pm, 12/20 5am

9pm + Queen at War Queen Elizabeth’s

experiences during World War II. R (+) 12/17 3am

9:30 9 Prime Suspect #115 The Final Act Part 2. R (9) 12/17 3:30am, 12/31 3:45am

10pm + Diana, 7 Days The week following the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. R (+) 12/17 4am, 12/21 4pm

11:15 9 World’s Greatest Cemeteries #103 Green-Wood Cemetery. Glacial ponds and a large collection of 19th- and 20th-century statuary. R (9) 12/17 5:15am

11:33 + European Christmas Markets Markets in cities and towns in Germany, France and Switzerland. R (+) 12/17 5:33am, 12/21 5:32pm, 12/24 11:30pm, 12/25 5:30am

Friday 17


4pm + Roadtrip Nation #806 Chicago,

IL, and Washington, D.C. 12:30 + Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope

#1004 Myanmar Irrawaddy River Adventure.




1am, 12/19 5pm + Antiques Roadshow #1932 Junk

in the Trunk 5, Part 1. R (9) 12/19 4pm; (+) 12/18 1am, 12/19 11am


8pm 9 Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan ★ Steve Kerr. R (9) 12/18 2am, 12/24 8:30pm, 12/25 2:30am

+ Agatha Christie’s Poirot #104 Four and Twenty Blackbirds. Poirot thinks he saw the killer of an eminent artist. R (+) 12/18 2am, 12/21 11pm, 12/22 5am

8:30 9 Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan David Byrne. R (9) 12/18 2:30am; (+) 12/26 7:30pm, 12/27 1:30am

9pm 9 Live from Bradley Symphony Center: Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra ★ R (9) 12/18 3am

+ Poison Tree Karen investigates the double murder case that sent her partner Rex to prison for 12 years. R (+) 12/18 3am

10:30 9 One Voice: The Songs We Share #104 American Roots. Featuring Frank Waln, Luke Frazier, Amber Merritt and more. R (9) 12/18 4:30am

10:32 + Professor T #105 The Hotel Murder. A plastic surgeon is murdered. R (+) 12/18 4:32am

11pm 9 Film School Shorts #605 Anxiety Ridden. Three films exploring various neuroses R (9) 12/18 5am

11:30 9 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover ★ R (9) 12/18 5:30am

+ Curious Traveler #308 Curious Austrian Christmas Markets. Learn why a European Christmas Market is also called Weihnachtsmarkt or a Christkindlmarkt. R (+) 12/18 5:30am

Saturday 18


12/20 4pm + Bluegrass Underground #1008.12:30 + Sound on Tap ★ #304 Indego.

Progressive band combines alternative and hard rock.


6am 9 By Request: Best of Pledge ▲ Programs selected for this time slot will be announced at least a day ahead of broadcast. For the latest info, check the Daily Schedules pages for six KQED channels, available at kqed.org/tv/schedules/daily/ R (9) 1pm & 6pm, 12/19 mid; (+) noon & 7:30pm, 15

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12/19 1:30am + Sit and Be Fit #1703 Wake Your

Body with Exercise.6:30 + Classical Stretch: By Essentrics

#1202 Hip Pain Relief and Stretch.7am + Frontline ▲

From Jesus to Christ, Part 1. 8:15 + Frontline ▲



From Jesus to Christ, Part 4. AFTERNOON noon 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1514

Curry Up Now, Nick’s on Grand, Falafel Stop. R (9) 12/19 1pm; (+) 12/28 10:30am

+ By Request: Best of Pledge ▲ R (9) 1pm & 6pm, 12/19 mid; (+) 7:30pm, 12/19 1:30am

12:30 9 Lidia’s Kitchen #909. R (9) 12/22 7pm, 12/23 1am

1pm 9 By Request: Best of Pledge ▲ R (9) 6pm, 12/19 mid; (+) 7:30pm, 12/19 1:30am

5:30 9 PBS NewsHour Weekend ★6pm 9 By Request: Best of Pledge ▲

R (9) 12/19 mid; (+) 7:30pm, 12/19 1:30am

+ Decoding The Driftless ▲ R (+) 12/19 mid

EVENING 7:30 + By Request: Best of Pledge ▲ R

(9) 12/19 mid; (+) 12/19 1:30am8pm 9 Saturday Night Movie #2088

The Misfits. Three cowboys devise a plan to sell unruly mustangs for dog food, but a girlfriend objects. R (9) 12/19 2am

10:08 9 Annie Oakley: American Experience The sharpshooter who became a Wild West symbol. D R (9) 12/19 4:10am; (+) 12/30 5pm

11:07 9 Climate Change: Ade on the Frontline #101 The Solomon Islands and Australia. R (9) 12/19 5:06am

Sunday 19

EARLY mid 9 By Request: Best of Pledge ▲

Programs selected for this time slot will be announced at least a day ahead of broadcast. For the latest info: kqed.org/tv/schedules/daily. R (+) 1:30am

+ Decoding the Driftless ▲1–6am Repeats the previous night’s

7pm to midnight schedule.6am 9 Curious George D + Yoga in Practice #310 I Like Who I

2:30 9 Jamie Oliver Together ★ #104.3pm + All Is Calm: The Christmas

Truce of 1914 Setting weapons aside, Allied and German soldiers celebrated Christmas together during World War I.

3:30 9 Rick Steves’ Europe #1010 Scotland’s Highlands.

4pm 9 Antiques Roadshow #1932 Junk in the Trunk 5, Part 1.

4:30 + The Nutcracker and the Mouse King

5pm 9 KQED Newsroom5:30 9 PBS NewsHour Weekend ★6pm 9 Outside: Beyond the Lens #210

Sierra Inspirations. + La Frontera with Pati Jinich #101

Miles from Nowhere. Food from El Paso, Juarez and Big Bend National Park.

6:30 9 Mary Berry’s Country House at Christmas ★ Harewood House recipes inspired by festive dishes of the past. R (9) 12/20 1am, 12/25 6pm; (+) 12/23 7pm, 12/24 1am & noon

EVENING 7pm + Truly CA: Our State, Our

Stories Truly Special. Two iconic San Francisco stories in film: Verasphere: A Love Story and 49 Mile Scenic Drive. R (+) 12/20 1am

7:30 9 A Charlie Brown Christmas + Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan

Scott Galloway. R (+) 12/20 1:30am8pm 9 Lucy Worsley’s 12 Days of Tudor

Christmas Many contemporary Christmas traditions have Tudor origins. R (9) 12/20 2am

+ Finding Your Roots #501 Grandparents and Other Strangers. R (+) 12/20 2am, 12/22 7pm, 12/23 1am


+ Citizen Hearst: An American Experience Special #101 Part 1. He built the nation’s largest media empire, gained political power and ran for office. D R (+) 12/20 3am


11pm 9 Thou Shalt Not Kill ★ #302. R (9) 12/20 5am

+ Royal Wives at War R (+) 12/20 5am

Monday 20

EARLY mid 9 Austin City Limits ★ #4709

Become When I Try.6:30 9 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood D + Classical Stretch: By Essentrics

#1203 Quad Strengthening.7am 9 Donkey Hodie D + America’s Test Kitchen from

Cook’s Illustrated #2121 Butter-Basted Fish and Succotash.

7:30 9 Elinor Wonders Why D + Christopher Kimball’s Milk

Street Television #508.8am 9 Best of The Joy of Painting #3625

Mighty Mountain Lake. + Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana

★ #114. R (9) 12/26 2pm8:30 9 Sara’s Weeknight Meals #1006. + Passion Italy #201 Alto Adige.

Towns and castles in the Dolomites.

9am 9 Lidia’s Kitchen #903. + Joanne Weir’s Plates and Places

#411 Very Viennese.9:30 9 Jacques Pépin: Heart & Soul #101

Fete Des Boules. + Simply Ming #1706 Carla Hall. R

(9) 11am10am 9 Pati’s Mexican Table #1007

Getting to the Roots. R (+) 12/28 9:30am

+ Rick Steves: Holy Land: Israelis and Palestinians Today

10:30 9 Baking with Julia #213 Norman Love.

11am 9 Simply Ming #1706 Carla Hall. + Antiques Roadshow #1932 Junk

in the Trunk 5, Part 1. R (9) 4pm11:30 9 Christopher Kimball’s Milk

Street Television #419 Indian Classics at Home.

AFTERNOON noon 9 America’s Test Kitchen from

Cook’s Illustrated #2024 The Chicken or the Egg?

+ The Oratorio: A Documentary with Martin Scorsese Italian opera comes to NYC in 1826.

12:30 9 Cook’s Country #1306 Bread, Cheese and Meat Can’t Be Beat.

1pm 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1514 Curry Up Now, Nick’s on Grand, Falafel Stop. R (+) 12/28 10:30am

+ Da Ponte’s Oratorio: A Concert for New York The first Italian opera performed in NY is restaged by an Italian opera company.

1:30 9 Family Ingredients #106 Puerto Rico: Arroz Con Gandule. Entertainer Tiara Hernandez. D

2pm 9 Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana #113.

+ Christmas with The Tabernacle Choir featuring Kelli O’Hara and Richard Thomas Celebrate the holidays at Temple Square.

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#612 Christmas in Switzerland. D R (+) 12/21 5:30am

Tuesday 21

EARLY mid 9 Amanpour and Co. ★ R (9) 4pm + Crossing South ★ #312 Surfing &

Poco Cielo. T12:30 + The Good Road #103 Alabama

Village, Alabama: Light of the Village. Helping people escape the cycles of crime and violence.




12/22 1am + Call the Midwife #1002 Episode

2. Sister Frances finds herself in a tricky situation. R (+) 12/22 1am

7:30 9 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television ★ #513. R (9) 12/22 1:30am

8pm 9 Finding Your Roots #709 On Broadway. Audra MacDonald and Mandy Patinkin. R (9) 12/22 2am

+ Indian Doctor #203 The Miracle. Are they losing the fight against a deadly outbreak? R (+) 12/22 2am

9pm 9 Josephine Baker: The Story of An Awakening Music hall entertainer and civil rights activist. R (9) 12/22 3am, 12/23 11:05pm, 12/24 5:05am

+ A Place to Call Home #602 Salt of the Earth. Helping Roy deal with a devastating loss. R (+) 12/22 3am

10pm 9 Ornament of the World Muslims, Christians and Jews forge a common cultural identity during a remarkable time in history. R (9) 12/22 4am; (+) 12/31 3pm

+ Last Tango in Halifax #402. A giraffe turns up at Far Slack farm. R (+) 12/22 4am

11pm + Agatha Christie’s: Poirot #104 Four and Twenty Blackbirds. R (+) 12/22 5am

Olivia Rodrigo, Joy Oladokun. + Front and Center #1001

Glen Campbell: Live from the Troubadour. His last recorded performance, August 2008.



EVENING 7pm 9 Cook’s Country #1211 Holiday

Feast. R (9) 12/21 1am; (+) 12/24 9am

+ Antiques Roadshow #2424 Women’s Work. R (+) 12/21 1am

7:30 9 Check, Please! You Gotta Try This! #107 Bacon, Due West, Al Pastor Papi. R (9) 12/21 1:30am

8pm 9 Antiques Roadshow #1420 Naughty Or Nice. R (9) 12/21 2am, 12/26 4pm; (+) 12/24 7pm, 12/25 1am, 12/26 11am

+ Father Brown #174 The Demise of the Debutante. Secrets, hypocrisy and murder at a finishing school. R (+) 12/21 2am

8:47 + Frankie Drake Mysteries #209 Dealer’s Choice. Frankie is accused of murder. R (+) 12/21 2:47am

9pm 9 Christmas at Belmont ★ #2021. Country/gospel singer Josh Turner

and others. R (9) 12/21 3am; (+) 12/25 10am, 12/26 mid

9:32 + Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries #202 Death Comes Knocking. A message from beyond the grave. R (+) 12/21 3:32am

10pm 9 Independent Lens Rodents of Unusual Size. Huge “swamp rats” are eating up coastal wetlands. D R (9) 12/21 4am; (+) 12/21 3pm

10:30 + Seaside Hotel ★ #204 Love. R (+) 12/21 4:30am

11pm 9 POV Shorts ★ Familial Healing. I’m Free, Now You Are Free: Reuniting with a mother who's a formerly incarcerated political prisoner of the MOVE9. Seahorse: A Yezidi girl wrestles with her trauma. D R (9) 12/21 5am

11:30 9 Start Up #910 Charleston Shoe Co:

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Santa School Thursday, December 23, at 8pm on KQED Plus

People flock to shopping malls annually for a picture with Santa, but did you ever wonder who’s beneath the red suit and what motivates people to transform into Kris Kringle? Tune in to this charming film that follows six aspiring Santas as they take an intensive workshop to learn how to dress, walk and talk like Mr. Claus.

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Thursday, December 30, at 8pm on KQED Plus

Skiing is one of the most popular winter sports in the world, but its origins are little known. From cave art and a form of 19th century transportation, trace the evolution of locomotion on two slats of wood and discover unexpected stories from archival material, historians and sports personalities.

TELEVISION

Christmas R (9) 12/25 6pm; (+) 12/24 1am & noon

7:30 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1515 Sweet T’s Restaurant + Bar, La Note Restaurant, Magnolia Street Wine Lounge and Kitchen. R (9) 12/24 1:30am, 12/25 9am, noon & 7pm, 12/26 1am & 1pm; (+) 12/29 10:30am

8pm 9 Vera #1001 Blood Will Tell. A self-styled entrepreneur’s body is found by bailiffs during a house repossession. R (9) 12/24 2am

+ Santa School ★ Would-be Santas learn to be Santa—but why? R (+) 12/24 2am, 5pm & 10:30pm, 12/25 4:30am

9pm + Queen’s Grocer: Inside Fortnum & Mason The historic London emporium that provides food to the British royal family. R (+) 12/24 3am, 12/26 11:10pm, 12/27 5:10am & 3pm

9:30 9 Prime Suspect #114 The Final Act Part 1. R (9) 12/24 3:30am

9:50 + Inside The Ritz Hotel London #101. R (+) 12/24 3:50am

10:36 + Inside The Ritz Hotel London #102. R (+) 12/24 4:36am, 12/25 11pm, 12/26 5am

11:05 9 Josephine Baker: The Story of An Awakening R (9) 12/24 5:05am

11:30 + America’s Forests with Chuck Leavell: U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree R (+) 12/24 5:30am

Friday 24


4pm + Roadtrip Nation #807

Washington, DC and New York City.

12:30 + Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope #1005 Christmas Celebrations Around The Globe. R (+) 12/25 6:30pm



EVENING 7pm 9 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

★ R (9) 11:30pm, 12/25 1am & 5:30am, 12/26 5pm; (+) 12/25 1pm

+ Antiques Roadshow #1420 Naughty Or Nice. R (9) 12/26 4pm; (+) 12/25 1am, 12/26 11am


8pm 9 Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan ★ Judy Woodruff. R (9) 12/25 2am, 12/31 8:33pm

Wednesday 22

EARLY mid 9 Amanpour and Co. ★ R (9) 4pm + Laura Flanders Show ★12:30 + The Chavis Chronicles ★1–6am + Repeats the previous night’s


schedule. EVENING 7pm 9 Lidia’s Kitchen #909. R (9) 12/23 1am + Finding Your Roots #501

Grandparents and Other Strangers. R (+) 12/23 1am

7:30 9 San Francisco Boys Chorus R (9) 12/23 1:30am8pm 9 Nature #3211 Mystery Monkeys of

Shangri-La. D R (9) 12/23 2am; (+) 12/23 noon

+ Midsomer Murders #1601 The Christmas Haunting. Part 1. A fatal stabbing in a haunted house. R (+) 12/23 2am, 12/24 9pm, 12/25 3am

8:54 + Midsomer Murders #1602 The Christmas Haunting, Part 2. R (+) 12/23 2:54am, 12/24 9:54pm

9pm 9 Climate Change: Ade on the Frontline ★ #102 Bangladesh and Bhutan. R (9) 12/23 3am

9:32 + Death in Paradise #166 A Murder in Portrait. An artist is poisoned. R (+) 12/23 3:32am

10pm 9 NOVA #4604 Decoding The Great Pyramid. R (9) 12/23 4am; (+) 12/23 1pm

10:30 + Guilt on Masterpiece #5135 Episode 1. Jake and Max run down an old man. D R (+) 12/23 4:30am

11pm 9 Impossible Builds #104 Ice World. Tropical quarry becomes a sub-zero ski resort. R (9) 12/23 5am

11:30 + Sun Studio Sessions #1102 David Brookings and the Average Lookings. R (+) 12/23 5:30am

Thursday 23




Michael Curry, Presiding Bishop of Episcopal Church. Discussing social justice and policy.



EVENING 7pm 9 Essential Pépin #101 Savory

Staples. D R: (9) 12/24 1am + Mary Berry’s Country House at

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+ Agatha Christie’s Poirot #105 The Third Floor Flat. A new tenant is murdered. R (+) 12/25 2am, 12/28 11:05pm, 12/29 5am

8:30 9 Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan Steve Kerr. R (9) 12/25 2:30am

9pm 9 20 Years of Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir R (9) 12/25 3am

+ Midsomer Murders #1601 The Christmas Haunting. Part 1. R (+) 12/25 3am

9:54 + Midsomer Murders #1602 The Christmas Haunting, Part 2. R (+) 12/25 3:54am

10:30 + Santa School R: (+) 12/25 4:30am11pm 9 Film School Shorts #606

Hard Times. A woman fears deportation; strangers meet at a truck stop. R (9) 12/25 5am

11:30 9 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover R (9) 12/25 1am & 5:30am, 12/26 5pm; (+) 12/25 1pm

+ European Christmas Markets R (+) 12/25 5:30am

Saturday 25


12/27 4pm + Bluegrass Underground #1009.12:30 + Sound on Tap ★ #305 Edgar

Derby. Music stemming from introspection and exploration.


6am 9 Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood D + Sit and Be Fit #1707 Tai Chi with

Tino.6:30 9 Curious George: A Very Monkey

Christmas D R (9) 12/26 7am + Classical Stretch: By Essentrics

#1206 Full Body Strengthening.7am + Wheaton College Christmas

Festival: Through His Own Redeeming Love ★ Traditional and contemporary Christmas music.

7:30 9 Pinkalicious & Peterrific D8am 9 Best of The Joy of Painting

#3720. + Holidays at Murray State ★

#2021.8:30 9 Wine First #101 Mosel Valley.

White and Riesling wines matched with meals.

9am 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1515 Sweet T’s Restaurant + Bar, La Note Restaurant, Magnolia Street Wine Lounge and Kitchen. R (9) noon & 7pm, 12/26 1am & 1pm; (+) 12/29 10:30am

+ A St. Thomas Christmas: Bloom Eternal ★ Celebrating the Advent

and Christmas seasons. R (9) 12/26 mid

9:30 9 Yan Can Cook: Spice Kingdom #106 That Which Sustains Life.

10am 9 Simply Ming #1703 Kristen Kish. + Christmas at Belmont #2021. R

(+) 12/26 mid10:30 9 Essential Pépin #110 Easy and

Elegant Seafood. D11am 9 America’s Test Kitchen from

Cook’s Illustrated #2001 Eggs for the Holidays.

+ This Old House #4311 Concord | Smaller Is Better.

11:30 9 Cook’s Country #1112 Holiday Roast and Potatoes. R (+) 5pm

+ Ask This Old House #2011 Holiday Projects.

AFTERNOON noon 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1515

Sweet T’s Restaurant + Bar, La Note Restaurant, Magnolia Street Wine Lounge and Kitchen. R (9) 7pm, 12/26 1am & 1pm; (+) 12/29 10:30am

+ MotorWeek ★ #4116.12:30 9 Lidia Celebrates America #901

Overcoming The Odds. + Woodsmith Shop ★ #1502

Build A Better Bookcase.1pm + Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

R (9) 12/26 5pm1:30 9 Little Women on Masterpiece

#4815 Part 1. Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy come to terms with their new life.

+ Growing Bolder ★ #805.2pm + The Jazzy Vegetarian #907

Family Dinner Menu.2:30 9 Little Women on Masterpiece

#4816 Part 2 and 3. The family faces its most difficult challenge.

+ Bringing It Home with Laura McIntosh #104 Baking.

3pm + Check, Please! Bay Area #1508 Tu Lan, Bistro Sf Grill, Attraversiamo Brentwood.

3:30 9 Little Women on Masterpiece #4817 Part 3. Everyone worries as Beth’s health and spirits flag.

+ Christopher Kimball’s Milk

Street Television #409 French Showstopper Desserts.

4pm + Pati’s Mexican Table #1005 Escaramuza.

4:30 9 Ask This Old House #2011 Holiday Projects.

+ Essential Pépin #124 Sweet Endings. D

5pm 9 This Old House #4311 Concord: Smaller Is Better.

+ Cook’s Country #1112 Holiday Roast and Potatoes.

5:30 9 PBS NewsHour Weekend ★ + America’s Test Kitchen from

Cook’s Illustrated #1803 How to Roast Everything.

6pm 9 Mary Berry’s Country House at Christmas

+ Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope #711 A San Antonio Christmas. D

6:30 + Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope #1005 Christmas Celebrations Around The Globe.

EVENING 7pm 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1515

Sweet T’s Restaurant + Bar, La Note Restaurant, Magnolia Street Wine Lounge and Kitchen. R (9) 12/26 1am & 1pm; (+) 12/29 10:30am

+ Escape to the Chateau #701 Camper Van. R (+) 12/26 1am, 12/27 7pm, 12/28 1am

7:28 9 Call the Midwife Holiday Special #2020. Nothing goes as planned for the traditional holiday. R (9) 12/26 1:28am

8pm + Keeping Up Appearances #601 Christmas 1991: The Fatherchristmas Suit. R (+) 12/26 2am

8:30 + Keeping Up Appearances #602 Christmas 1993: Sea Fever. R (+) 12/26 2:30am

9pm 9 Call the Midwife Holiday Special ★ #2021. Expectant moms on Christmas Day. R: (9) 12/26 3am

9:30 + Keeping Up Appearances #603 Christmas 1994: Angel Gabriel Blue. R (+) 12/26 3:30am

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10:20 + Keeping Up Appearances #604 Christmas 1995: The Pageant. R (+) 12/26 4:20am

10:35 9 Holiday Handbells: The Raleigh Ringers R (9) 12/26 4:35am

11pm + Inside The Ritz Hotel London #102. R (+) 12/26 5am

11:32 9 Christmas on the Danube R (9) 12/26 5:32am

Sunday 26

EARLY mid 9 A St. Thomas Christmas:

Bloom Eternal + Christmas at Belmont #2021.1–6am Repeats the previous night’s

7pm to midnight schedule.6am 9 Let’s Go Luna!: Luna’s Christmas

Around the World D + Yoga in Practice #311

Plant a Good Garden.6:30 + Classical Stretch: By Essentrics

#1207 Posture.7am 9 Curious George: A Very Monkey

Christmas D + America’s Test Kitchen from

Cook’s Illustrated #2122 Cook It in Cast Iron.

7:30 + Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television #509.

8am 9 Best of The Joy of Painting #3626 Wooded Stream Oval.

+ Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana ★ #115.

8:30 9 Sara’s Weeknight Meals #1007. + Passion Italy #202 Campania.

Off the beaten path in Naples.9am 9 Lidia’s Kitchen #904. + Joanne Weir’s Plates and Places

#412 Fabulous Francis.9:30 9 Jacques Pépin: Heart & Soul #102

All in the Family. + Simply Ming #1707 Susur Lee. R

(9) 11am10am 9 Pati’s Mexican Table #1008

The Heart of Tequila. + Rick Steves’ European

Christmas10:30 9 Baking with Julia #301

Martha Stewart, Part 1 of 2.11am 9 Simply Ming #1707 Susur Lee. + Antiques Roadshow #1420

Naughty Or Nice. R (9) 4pm11:30 9 Christopher Kimball’s Milk

Street Television #420 Quick Pasta.

AFTERNOON noon 9 America’s Test Kitchen from

Cook’s Illustrated #2025 Summertime Staples.

+ Great Performances #4504 Now Hear This: Haydn: King of Strings.

12:30 9 Cook’s Country #1307 Herbaceous Chicken and Potatoes.

1pm 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1515 Sweet T’s Restaurant + Bar, La Note Restaurant, Magnolia Street Wine Lounge and Kitchen. R (+) 12/29 10:30am

+ Great Performances #4505 Now Hear This: The Schubert Generation.

1:30 9 Family Ingredients #201 California: Smoked Fish. Singer-songwriter Jack Johnson shares memories of his father.

2pm 9 Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana + Great Performances #4506 Now

Hear This: Becoming Mozart. 2:30 9 Real Rail Adventures:

Swiss Winter Magic3pm + Great Performances #4507 Now

Hear This: Beethoven’s Ghost. Beethoven’s most personal music.

3:30 9 Rick Steves’ Europe #1011 Scotland’s Islands. The Isles of Iona and Skye and Iron Age forts. D

4pm 9 Antiques Roadshow #1420 Naughty Or Nice.

+ Tony Bennett: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song

5pm 9 Firing Line with Margaret Hoover5:30 9 PBS NewsHour Weekend ★ + Articulate with Jim Cotter #611

Mario Lanza at 100. The singer and Hollywood star.

6pm 9 Beyond The Canvas #102 Taking The Stage. Lin-Manuel Miranda, Bryan Cranston and others share their passion for the theater.

+ La Frontera with Pati Jinich #102 From Dos Laredos to Mars.

6:30 9 Articulate with Jim Cotter ★ #712 The Neverending Story. Stories have shaped our knowledge, entertainment, and communication for centuries.

EVENING 7pm 9 The Directors #303 Sidney Lumet.

R (9) 12/27 1am + Bloodline Vietnamese American

chef Tu David Phu’s culinary aesthetic. R (+) 12/27 1am

7:30 + Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan David Byrne. R (+) 12/27 1:30am

8pm 9 Secrets of the Royal Kitchens R (9) 12/27 2am & 5:05am

8:02 + Finding Your Roots #502 Mystery Men. Actors Felicity Huffman and Michael K. Williams. R (+) 12/27 2:02am, 12/29 7pm, 12/30 1am


9:07 + Citizen Hearst: An American Experience Special #102 Part 2 Hearst and Marion Davies, his castle and transforming media. D R (+) 12/27 3:07am

10:05 9 All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece #5107 Episode 6. R (9) 12/27 4:05am

11:10 9 Thou Shalt Not Kill ★ #303. + Queen’s Grocer: Inside Fortnum

& Mason R (+) 12/27 5:10am & 3pm

Monday 27

EARLY

mid + Front and Center #1002 Dustin Lynch. The country music singer-songwriter’s February 2020 concert.

12:15 9 Articulate with Jim Cotter ★ #713 Finding Their Own Way. Singer-songwriter Phoebe Bridgers.


6am-7pm See page 8 for program schedule.


12/28 1am + Escape to the Chateau #701

Camper Van. R (+) 12/28 1am7:30 9 Check, Please! You Gotta Try

This! #108 Millbrae Pancake House, Falafel Boy, Daeho. R (9) 12/28 1:30am

8pm 9 Antiques Roadshow #1933 Junk in the Trunk 5, Part 2. R (9) 12/28 2am; (+) 12/31 7pm

+ Father Brown #175 The Darkest Noon. Father Brown is missing. R (+) 12/28 2am

9pm + Frankie Drake Mysteries #210 Now You See Her. A magician’s assistant is killed. R (+) 12/28 3am

9:05 9 POV #3411 Unapologetic. ★ R (9) 12/28 3:05am

10pm + Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries #203 Dead Man’s Chest. Buried treasure and pirate legends.

10:45 9 POV Shorts ★ D R (9) 12/28 4:45am

11:05 + Seaside Hotel ★ #205 Sales Agreement. R (+) 12/28 5am

11:30 9 Start Up #911 End of Days Distillery: Wilmington, NC. R (9) 12/28 5:30am

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10:40 9 Confession #102. About Sian's disappearance...

11:30 9 World’s Greatest Cemeteries #104 Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

Friday 31

EARLY mid 9 Amanpour and Co. ★ R (9) 4pm + Roadtrip Nation #808 New York

City and Atlanta, GA. 12:30 + Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope

#1006 Taiwan Naturally. 1–6am Repeats the previous night’s

7pm to midnight schedule.6am–7pm See page 8 for program schedule.

EVENING 7pm 9 KQED Newsroom + Antiques Roadshow #1933

Junk in the Trunk 5, Part 2.7:30 9 Washington Week ★8pm 9 Tell Me More with Kelly

Corrigan ★ Ai-Jen Poo. + Agatha Christie’s: Poirot #106

Triangle at Rhodes. A famous divorcee is found dead.

8:33 9 Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan Judy Woodruff.

9:03 + Miss Marple #104 The Moving Finger Part 1 of 2.

9:08 9 United in Song: Celebrating the American Dream Chita Rivera hosts a star lineup along with the Washington Ballet and the American Pops Orchestra.

10:05 + Railway Murders #104.11pm 9 Great Performances at the Met

★ #1513.11:05 + Professor T #106 Tamara.

A call girl’s suicide perplexes the police.

Tuesday 28


4pm + Crossing South ★ #313 La

Justina & Culinary School. Explore Baja’s new culinary scene.

12:30 + The Good Road #104 Zanzibar Archipelago, Tanzania.




12/29 1am + Call the Midwife #1003 Episode

3. A woman exhibits puzzling symptoms. R (+) 12/29 1am

7:30 9 Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television ★ #514. R (9) 12/29 1:30am

8pm 9 In Their Own Words ★ #206. R (9) 12/29 2am

+ Indian Doctor #204 Quarantine. Victim of the virus. R (+) 12/29 2am

9pm + A Place to Call Home #603 Darkness and Light. Inverness preps for a funeral. R (+) 12/29 3am

9:07 9 American Experience #3301 The Codebreaker. Elizebeth Friedman helped bring down Capone and a Nazi spy ring. D R (9) 12/29 3:07am

10:02 + Last Tango in Halifax #403. A chaotic home improvement project. R (+) 12/29 4am

10:15 9 Frontline Opioids, Inc. A drug company committed insurance fraud. R (9) 12/29 4:15am

11:05 + Agatha Christie’s Poirot #105 The Third Floor Flat. R (+) 12/29 5am

11:30 9 POV Shorts ★ D R (9) 12/29 5:30am

Wednesday 29




schedule.

EVENING 7pm 9 Lidia’s Kitchen #910. R (9) 12/30 1am + Finding Your Roots #502 Mystery

Men. R (+) 12/30 1am7:30 9 New Orleans Cooking with Kevin

Belton #107 New Year’s Traditions. R (9) 12/30 1:30am

8pm 9 Earth Emergency ★Evironmental feedback loops that amplify global warming. R (9) 12/30 2am

+ Midsomer Murders #1603 Let Us Prey, Part 1. Murders and a medieval fresco. R (+) 12/30 2am

9pm + Midsomer Murders #1604 Let Us Prey, Part 2. R (+) 12/30 3am

9:05 9 Climate Change: Ade on the Frontline ★ #103 Scandinavia. R (9) 12/30 3:05am

10pm + Death in Paradise #167 Tour De Murder. A cyclist is found dead.

R (+) 12/30 4am10:10 9 NOVA #4415 Secrets of the

Forbidden City. Beijing. R (9) 12/30 4:10am; (+) 12/30 1pm

11pm + Guilt on Masterpiece ★ #5136. D R (+) 12/30 5am

11:20 9 Me & My Robot R (9) 12/30 5:20am

Thursday 30


4pm + GZERO World with Ian Bremmer ★12:30 + Overheard with Evan Smith

Aaron Sanchez, Chef and Author. 1–6am Repeats the previous night’s

7pm to midnight schedule.6am–7pm See page 8 for programschedule.

EVENING 7pm 9 Essential Pépin #102 Fabulous

Fins. D R (9) 12/31 1am + Rick Steves’ Symphonic Journey

R (+) 12/31 1am & 5pm7:30 9 Check, Please! Bay Area #1516

Locanda Ravello, Cafe Umami, Main Street Kitchen. R (9) 12/31 1:30am

8pm + Fabulous History of Skiing ★ R (+) 12/31 2am

8:05 9 Vera #1002 Parent Not Expected. R (9) 12/31 2:05am

9pm + Secrets of the Royal Jewels R (+) 12/31 3am

9:45 9 Confession #101. Sian O’Callaghan goes missing.

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Arthur’s Perfect Christmas and More

Episodes and seasonal specials airing between

December 3 and 26Kick off the winter holiday fun with these fan-favorite shows.

Arthur’s Perfect Christmas Thursday, December 9, at 8:30amMonday, December 13, at 6:30am

Friday, December 17, at 1pmWednesday, December 22, at 8am

Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas Friday, December 3, at 9am

Wednesday, December 15, at 9amTuesday, December 21, at 1pmFriday, December 24, at 9am

Saturday, December 25, at 6:30am

Sunday, December 26, at 7am

Wild Kratts: A Creature Christmas

Friday, December 3, at 7amTuesday, December 7, at 7:30amMonday, December 20, at 7am

Friday, December 24, at 7:30am

Nature Cat: A Nature Carol Friday, December 3, at 10amFriday, December 10, at 10am

Friday, December 17, at 7:30am

Let’s Go Luna! Luna’s Christmas Around the World

Friday, December 3, at 12pmThursday, December 16, at

10:30amThursday, December 23, at 10amFriday, December 24, at 6:30amSunday, December 26, at 6am

The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About Christmas

Monday, December 6, at 12pmFriday, December 24, at 12pm

Peg + Cat + HolidaysTuesday, December 14, at 11:30am

Friday, December 24, at 1pm

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Channel 9.3, 54.3 & 25.3XFINITY 190 (Monterey/Salinas 371) Thought-provoking television — public affairs, local and world events, nature, history and science.

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Start Up

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noonOpen Mind

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On Story

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To outsiders, San Jose is better known as a tech hub than a food destination, but people who have spent time in the city’s vibrant immigrant and refugee communities know better. KQED’s Food Editor Luke Tsai believes that if San Jose has any distinguishing characteristic, it’s that it is, far and away, the Bay Area’s greatest immigrant food city: the city of Vietnamese malls and Mexican flea market taco stands — and home of the Bay Area’s most delicious Somali food, its most exceptional pho and its most decadent torta.

Through a series of online features, essays and guides, Tsai and a team of contributors take you on a journey through San Jose’s immigrant foods and communities, exploring, for example, how Vietnamese Americans made San Jose America’s tofu capital, and how the Bay Area’s most famous Ethiopian restaurant started with a love story. Visit La Pulga, the San Jose flea market “that no urban village can ever replace,” which is now facing an uncertain future, and discover some of the foods found there. And finally learn how San Jose’s Japantown stayed the same for seventy years with change now coming.

See what makes San Jose the Bay Area’s best immigrant food city in this eight-story series of articles available at kqed.org/sanjosefood.

What Makes San Jose the Bay Area’s Greatest Immigrant Food City?

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