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Monday, March 17:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 NOVA Looking for Life On Mars: NASA

launches the Mars 2020 Mission to search for signs of life on Mars; the mission marks the first time a rover will land in Jezero Crater, an ancient river delta known to be one of the most dangerous areas for a spacecraft to land.

8:00 KPBS Antiques Roadshow Newport, Hour One: Experience

ROADSHOW history when, for the first time, cameras roll indoors and outdoors! At Rosecliff mansion, see a diamond pin sway in the breeze, a Rohmer doll valued on the patio, and Tiffany vases stun an appraiser in the lavish ballroom.

KPBS 2 Ken Kramer’s About San Diego

We become “street wise” about Pacific Beach and University Heights; remember the City of East San Diego; play “Guess The Year” and much more!

8:30 KPBS 2 A Growing Passion After The Lawn Is Gone -

Waterwise Gardens: In this episode, we learn about planning a new waterwise garden, the features of a waterwise garden, and watch the process of waterwise garden installation.

9:00 KPBS Antiques Roadshow Vintage Tucson 2021 Hour 1: Revisit

tremendous Tucson treasures first appraised 15 years ago including Picasso Madoura pottery, an early 20th C. Cartier necklace & brooch, and an 1861 Charles Dickens letter. Can you guess which is now valued at $90,000-$115,000?

KPBS 2 San Diego’s Historic Places

History Center Hidden Treasures: Go behind the scenes and into the vaults at the San Diego History Center. See the fabulous black and white archives of San Diego County, treasures from the past rarely seen by the public and what the Center’s vaults hold.

9:30 KPBS 2 Crossing South Fuego & Boules: Today we visit an

amazing place in the wine country called Fuego Cocina Del Valle. This place has hotel rooms, horses, and more, but the main attraction is the food. Next, we meet Javier from Boules restaurant in Ensenada.

10:00 KPBS 400 Years: Taking The Knee In 400 YEARS: TAKING THE KNEE,

writer and BBC radio presenter Dotun Adebayo narrates the many stories of black resistance to oppression.

KPBS 2 Live at the Belly Up Steve Poltz / Trouble in the Wind:

On this episode of Live at The Belly Up, San Diego’s Steve Poltz delivers a fun, eclectic set of fan favorites from his solo albums. Then next up, Trouble in the Wind, a Carlsbad quartet, performs.

11:00 KPBS Feel Better with Pressure Point Therapy

In the first-ever pledge special on Pressure Points Therapy, Dr. Michael Pinkus (D.C.) empowers viewers to take pain relief into their own hands.

KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition 11:30 KPBS 2 BBC World News


Tuesday, March 27:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 Frankie Drake Mysteries Dressed to Kill: When famed

French designer Coco Chanel is the target of a brazen assassination attempt, Drake Private Detectives are hired to protect her.

8:00 KPBS Finding Your Roots Reporting on the Reporters: Host

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. shows journalists Christiane Amanpour, Ann Curry and Lisa Ling that the stories within their own family trees are every bit as compelling as the news stories they have been covering for the world.

KPBS 2 Mrs. Wilson On MASTERPIECE

Episode One: Alec and Alison Wilson marry after meeting in the secret service during World War II. Two decades later, spy novelist Alec dies, and his real story begins to emerge. Alison tracks down his former partner, who was also deceived by Alec’s charms.

9:00 KPBS Circus: American Experience Travel back to 1793 Philadelphia,

when America’s first circus was established, and witness its crash into American culture. The arrival of P. T. Barnum in 1871 transformed the trade, and the five Ringling brothers created a spectacle of their own.

KPBS 2 The Miniaturist On MASTERPIECE

Nella marries to rescue her family from financial ruin. Her rich husband is not all she imagined, plus he gives her a very peculiar wedding gift.

10:00 KPBS 2 Very British Murder The New Taste for Blood: In the

first programme, Lucy begins with real-life crime from the first half of the nineteenth century - the

Ratcliffe Highway Murders; Mariah Marten and the Red Barn; and the Bermondsey Horror.

11:00 KPBS Aging Backwards 2 with Miranda Esmonde-White

In AGING BACKWARDS 2 WITH MIRANDA ESMONDE-WHITE, former professional ballerina Miranda Esmonde-White uses new and groundbreaking science to help put an end to this defeatist attitude towards aging.

KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition11:30 KPBS 2 BBC World News

Wednesday, March 37:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 Death In Paradise Season 9, Episode 5: New arrival DI

Neville Parker gets more than he bargained for when investigating the mysterious death of a young woman at the unveiling of a luxury timeshare resort.

8:00 KPBS Nature Octopus: Making Contact: Follow

an Alaskan professor as he raises and studies a pet octopus in his home, making remarkable discoveries about its extraordinary intelligence, personality and skills.

KPBS 2 Antiques Roadshow Newport, Hour One: Experience

ROADSHOW history when, for the first time, cameras roll indoors and outdoors! At Rosecliff mansion, see a diamond pin sway in the breeze, a Rohmer doll valued on the patio, and Tiffany vases stun an appraiser in the lavish ballroom.

9:00 KPBS 2 Jazz Risk (1945-1955): Inspired by the

emergent civil rights movement, promoter Norman Granz holds racially integrated jazz concerts; Louis Armstrong challenges the color barrier by touring in the South with an integrated band.


9:30 KPBS NOVA Mysteries of Sleep: Scientists peer

into the brain to see what happens while we snooze and understand the powerful role that sleep - or lack of it - plays in memory, trauma and emotion regulation.

11:00 KPBS Relieving Stress with Yoga with Peggy Cappy

Discover how to relieve stress with yoga and special breathing techniques. Using simple strategies that can be added to a daily routine, Peggy shows how to calm the nervous system and ease symptoms of anxiety, including tensions, tightness and pain.


Thursday, March 47:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 Nature The Whale Detective: A filmmaker

investigates his traumatic encounter with a 30-ton humpback whale that breached and almost landed on him while he was kayaking.

8:00 KPBS Ken Kramer’s About San Diego

We explore what appears to be a shipyard in Alpine. The story of a downtown shootout in 1965 that changed history. The landmark Fisher’s Opera House civil rights case...and more!

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KPBS 2 Heard The documentary film HEARD

captures the inspiring stories of four people who grew up in “the projects,” surviving and thriving in spite of - and often because of - the challenges they’ve had to overcome.

8:30 KPBS A Growing Passion Gardening As A Community: In

this show, we visit a variety of community gardens and celebrate the communities that thrive in these shared spaces.

9:00 KPBS The Kitchenistas Women advocating for healthy

food traditions to change their community and transform lives.

9:30 KPBS 2 Fahema A child born in conflict, Fahema

fled Ethiopia with her family at the age of five during the Civil War. This is the story of a ‘caged spirit’ using dance to create a bridge between three very different cultures, creating a new place for herself in the world.

10:00 KPBS Vera Blood and Bone: When charred

remains are discovered in an abattoir furnace, DCI Vera Stanhope is called to investigate the horrific circumstances that led to the murder.

KPBS 2 FRONTLINE Opioids, Inc.: The story of a drug

company that pushed opioids by bribing doctors and committing insurance fraud. With the Financial Times, an investigation of how Insys Therapeutics profited from a fentanyl-based painkiller 50 times stronger than heroin.

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11:31 KPBS Rick Steves’ Europe Germany’s Dresden and Leipzig:

Saxony, part of the former East Germany, remains a secret to most travelers. Rick visits the two great cities of the region.

KPBS 2 BBC World News

Friday, March 57:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 Finding Your Roots Reporting on the Reporters: Host

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. shows journalists Christiane Amanpour, Ann Curry and Lisa Ling that the stories within their own family trees are every bit as compelling as the news stories they have been covering for the world.

8:00 KPBS Washington Week KPBS 2 10 Modern Marvels That

Changed America A whirlwind tour of 10 engineering

feats that made our civilization possible: from the Erie Canal and Eads Bridge, to the Holland Tunnel and Hoover Dam. Find out which 10 modern marvels made the list!

8:30 KPBS Coronavirus: KPBS News Special Report

9:00 KPBS Doc Martin The Wrong Goodbye: Martin

and Pauline are surprised by the number of patients coming to see him on the last day before his Surgery closes and he moves to London.

KPBS 2 will.i.am - Landmarks Live in Concert: A Great Performances

Experience will.i.am in a one-night-only event from London’s Royal Albert Hall featuring performances of hits “Scream & Shout,” “I Gotta Feeling,” “Let’s Get It Started” and “Where is the Love?” with members of the Black Eyed Peas and special guests.


10:00 KPBS Death In Paradise Season 9, Episode 1: New Year’s

Eve celebrations are cut short when a masked man stabs a woman in her own home.

KPBS 2 Live From Lincoln Center Leslie Odom Jr. In Concert: Winner

of the 2016 Tony for Best Leading Actor in a Musical for his legendary performance as Aaron Burr in Hamilton, Leslie Odom Jr., a jazz vocalist with an actor’s ear for a lyric, brings his remarkable talent to this intimate performance.

11:00 KPBS Feel Better with Pressure Point Therapy

In the first-ever pledge special on Pressure Points Therapy, Dr. Michael Pinkus (D.C.) empowers viewers to take pain relief into their own hands.

KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition 11:30 KPBS 2 BBC World News

Saturday, March 66:00PM KPBS Classic Albums John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band:

Explore the making of Lennon’s first post-Beatles album, widely regarded as one of his finest.

KPBS 2 PBS NewsHour Weekend6:30 KPBS 2 Coronavirus: KPBS News

Special Report 7:00 KPBS 2 John Denver: Country

Roads - Live In England Join one of the best-loved

recording artists of the 20th century at a concert filmed in 1986 in the UK. The concert showcases Denver’s fine voice and easygoing manner on fan favorites including

“Sunshine on My Shoulders” and “Rocky Mountain High.”

7:30 KPBS Rick Steves’ Europe Berlin: We enjoy Berlin’s now-

trendy east side, its people-friendly riverfront, and its vibrant social scene. Reunited Berlin - perhaps the fastest changing and most happening city in Europe - is entertaining more visitors than ever.

8:00 KPBS Frankie Drake Mysteries The Old Switcheroo: An old rival

turns up selling antiquities, but Frankie’s convinced it’s all a scam. Can the team prove it before Frankie’s rival takes the money and runs?

9:00 KPBS John Denver: Country Roads - Live In England

Join one of the best-loved recording artists of the 20th century at a concert filmed in 1986 in the UK. The concert showcases Denver’s fine voice and easygoing manner on fan favorites including

“Sunshine on My Shoulders” and “Rocky Mountain High.”

KPBS 2 Rick Steves’ Europe Egypt’s Nile, Alexandria, and

Luxor: Exploring the Nile Valley from north to south, we see the highlights of Egypt.

9:30 KPBS 2 Vera Black Ice: When a popular and

well-loved member of a coastal community is violently and deliberately run off the road, DCI Vera Stanhope must investigate the victim’s past if she is to stand any chance of finding their killer.

10:30 KPBS Deepak Chopra: Becoming Metahuman

Become happier, more joyful and energetic with a simple three-step process that unlocks the secrets of moving beyond our limitations to access a field of infinite possibilities.


11:00 KPBS 2 Upstart Crow Food of Love: Will’s invented an

amazing new dramatic form: the musical! Problem is he needs the help of the greatest songwriter of the age, Thomas Morley, and he’s got some ideas of his own.

12:30AM KPBS NOVA Mysteries of Sleep: Scientists peer

into the brain to see what happens while we snooze and understand the powerful role that sleep - or lack of it - plays in memory, trauma and emotion regulation.

KPBS 2 Reel South Outspoken: LGBTQ West

Virginians fight to live free from discrimination, calling us to reimagine the power and longevity of a small town queer community.

Sunday, March 76:00PM KPBS The Brain Revolution Explore neuroplasticity - the

untapped power to improve our lives as we age - to learn how the brain works and how we can make it work for us.

6:30 KPBS 2 John Denver: Country Roads - Live In England

Join one of the best-loved recording artists of the 20th century at a concert filmed in 1986 in the UK.

8:00 KPBS Sense and Sensibility From acclaimed writer Andrew

Davies comes this enchanting adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic novel about love and marriage.

KPBS 2 Nature The Whale Detective: A filmmaker

investigates his traumatic encounter with a 30-ton humpback whale that breached and almost landed on him while he was kayaking.

9:00 KPBS The Miniaturist On MASTERPIECE

Johannes makes a confession to Nella, promising no more secrets but his enemies are already closing in. Otto disappears, and Marin reveals her own secret

KPBS 2 NOVA Rise of the Rockets: Marvel at a

new era of space exploration and accessibility, thanks to NASA’s return to crewed spaceflight, as well as private companies like SpaceX and Virgin Galactic, and technologies that make rockets cheaper and more powerful than ever.

10:00 KPBS Very British Murder Detection Most Ingenious: In the

second programme, the series moves forward in time to the Victorian Age as Lucy Worsley explores how science and detection had an influence on the popular culture of murder.

KPBS 2 Beyond A Year In Space Picking up where the first film

left off Scott Kelly’s last day in space and return to Earth-the final installment also introduces viewers to the next generation of astronauts training to leave Earth’s orbit and travel into deep space.




KPBS 2 Revolution of the Heart: The Dorothy Day Story

REVOLUTION OF THE HEART: THE DOROTHY DAY STORY traces Dorothy Day’s journey from a young communist journalist, to a Catholic convert, to the co-founder of The Catholic Worker newspaper and the first “houses of hospitality.”

Monday, March 87:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS2 NOVA Rise of the Rockets: Marvel at a

new era of space exploration and accessibility, thanks to NASA’s return to crewed spaceflight, as well as private companies like SpaceX and Virgin Galactic, and technologies that make rockets cheaper and more powerful than ever.

8:00 KPBS Antiques Roadshow Newport, Hour Two: Learn about

historical treasures as they’re appraised at Rosecliff, a Gilded Age mansion. Finds include a Faberge jade snuff bottle made around 1890, Basquiat oil stick drawing, and General Wharton Civil War archive. Which is valued at $400,000?


We explore what appears to be shipyard in Alpine. The story of a downtown shootout in 1965 that changed history. The landmark Fisher’s Opera House civil rights case...and more!

8:30 KPBS 2 A Growing Passion Gardening As A Community: In

this show, we visit a variety of community gardens and celebrate the communities that thrive in these shared spaces.

9:00 KPBS Antiques Roadshow Vintage Tucson 2021 Hour 2:

Blazing hot Tucson treasures include a Mexican charro saddle, Gaston Chaissac artwork and a 1956 Olympics USA Basketball memorabilia. But has the marketplace cooled down since they were appraised in 2006?

10:00 KPBS Seeing Is Believing: Women Direct

In SEEING IS BELIEVING: WOMEN DIRECT, four diverse women share the story of how they became directors, what motivates them, how they lead, and how they overcome obstacles to create the most optimal working environment and work that makes a difference.

KPBS 2 Live at the Belly Up Common Sense / Sara Petite:

Common Sense brings their sundrenched sounds to The Belly Up. Then next up, San Diego’s new Americana sweetheart Sara Petite and friends.



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Tuesday, March 97:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 Frankie Drake Mysteries Extra Innings: Frankie suspects

sabotage when a baseball player dies mid-game. Her investigation puts her at odds with ruthless mobster Bessie Starkman.

8:00 KPBS Finding Your Roots Unfamiliar Kin: Actors Fred

Armisen and Christopher Walken and musician Carly Simon each learn about a grandparent whose real identity and background had been a mystery to them redefining how they see themselves.


Episode Two: Determined to uncover the truth about the man she loved, the recently widowed Alison soon finds herself at the center of a mystery that proves truth can be stranger than fiction.

9:00 KPBS Circus: American Experience See how Ringling Bros. and

Barnum & Bailey merged to create a circus of more than 1,100 people and 1,000 animals, only to limp through the Great Depression against competition from radio and movies. In 1956, the big top was pulled down for good.


Johannes makes a confession to Nella, promising no more secrets but his enemies are already closing in. Otto disappears, and Marin reveals her own secret

10:00 KPBS 2 Very British Murder Detection Most Ingenious: In the

second programme, the series moves forward in time to the Victorian Age as Lucy Worsley explores how science and detection had an influence on the popular culture of murder.



Wednesday, March 107:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 Death In Paradise Season 9, Episode 6: A desert

island survival course goes wrong when the leader, a trained survival expert and ex-SAS soldier, is found dead in the forest of a remote island near Saint Marie. Suspicion soon falls upon the other participants on the course.

8:00 KPBS Nature Equus: Story of the Horse: Origins:

The relationship between man and his noble steed is almost as old as civilization itself. What makes us so perfect for each other?

KPBS 2 Antiques Roadshow Newport, Hour Two: Learn about

historical treasures as they’re appraised at Rosecliff, a Gilded Age mansion. Finds include a Faberge jade snuff bottle made around 1890, Basquiat oil stick drawing, and General Wharton Civil War archive. Which is valued at $400,000?


9:00 KPBS 2 Jazz The Adventure (1955-1960): As

rhythm and blues and rock ‘n’ roll erode jazz’ audience still further, the music nonetheless enjoys a time of tremendous creativity.

9:30 KPBS Beyond A Year In Space Picking up where the first film

left off Scott Kelly’s last day in space and return to Earth-the final installment also introduces viewers to the next generation of astronauts training to leave Earth’s orbit and travel into deep space.

11:00 KPBS Aging Backwards 2 with Miranda Esmonde-White

In AGING BACKWARDS 2 WITH MIRANDA ESMONDE-WHITE, former professional ballerina Miranda Esmonde-White uses new and groundbreaking science to help put an end to this defeatist attitude towards aging.


Thursday, March 117:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 Nature H Is for Hawk: A New Chapter:

Helen Macdonald’s best-selling book H Is for Hawk told the saga of a grieving daughter who found healing in training a goshawk. Now she digs deeper into the world of these raptors by following a family in the wild.


A visit to the Steam and Gas Engine Museum at Vista. Remembering the Clermont Hotel and the days when a part of San Diego was known as “The Harlem of the West”. Things viewers have sent in. Much more!

KPBS 2 3/11 - The Tsunami The First 3 Days: March 11, 2021

will be the 10th year anniversary of the mega-tsunami and earthquake which rocked Japan’s eastern coast in 2011, and claimed more than 20,000 lives. In this two-part special, NHK commemorates that day with a chronological timeline.

8:30 KPBS A Growing Passion All About Algae: In this episode,

we’ll talk about what algae are, visit UCSD’s research laboratories and field stations, see a farm that grows algae for human food supplements in the desert, head to Mexico to see how algae surfboards are made, and much more.

KPBS 2 3/11 - The Tsunami The First Year: March 11, 2021 will

be the 10th year anniversary of the mega-tsunami and earthquake which rocked Japan’s eastern coast in 2011, and claimed more than 20,000 lives. In this two-part special, NHK commemorates that day with a chronological timeline.

9:00 KPBS San Diego’s Historic Places Memorable Women In San Diego

History: Join Host Elsa Sevilla as she profiles local women in history dating back to the mid-1800s.

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9:30 KPBS Crossing South Trevolts, Fatcat & Betty’s Burgers:

Meet Tijuana rock band “Trevolts”. Trevolts is not famous yet, but they are making a name for themselves and attracting attention with their great sound. Follow Jorge as he meets them and hangs out during one of their jam sessions.

10:00 KPBS Vera Black Ice: When a popular and

well-loved member of a coastal community is violently and deliberately run off the road, DCI Vera Stanhope must investigate the victim’s past if she is to stand any chance of finding their killer.

KPBS 2 FRONTLINE Coal’s Deadly Dust: Learn about

the rise of severe black lung disease among coal miners. An investigation with NPR reveals the biggest disease clusters ever documented, and how industry and government failed to protect miners. Also, a report from Yemen.

11:00 KPBS2 KPBS Evening Edition11:30 KPBS Rick Steves’ Europe Germany’s Frankfurt and Nurnberg:

Skyscraper-studded Frankfurt - with so much commerce it’s nicknamed “Bankfurt” - has a delightful-to-explore old center. Rick also visits Nurnberg, a capital for both the First Reich (the Holy Roman Empire) and the Third.


Friday, March 127:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 Black Church: This Is Our

Story, This Is Our Song Episode 1: Henry Louis Gates,

Jr. explores the roots of African American religion beginning with the trans-Atlantic slave trade and the extraordinary ways enslaved Africans preserved and adapted faith practices from the brutality of slavery to emancipation.

8:00 KPBS Washington Week KPBS 2 10 Streets

That Changed America A whirlwind tour of 10 streets that

change the way we get around: from Broadway in New York and Wilshire in Los Angeles, to the Boston Post Road and the Lincoln Highway. Find out which 10 streets made the list!


9:00 KPBS Doc Martin Preserve The Romance: Dr. Martin

Ellingham (Martin Clunes) is struggling to come to terms with fatherhood. The baby boy born to him and his estranged partner, Louisa Glasson (Caroline Catz), is about to change their lives dramatically.

KPBS 2 Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song

Episode 2: 10:00 KPBS Death In Paradise Season 9, Episode 2: DI Jack

Mooney and the team are put to the test when a celebrated artist is poisoned in her studio in confounding circumstances.




KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition KPBS 2 BBC World News

Saturday, March 136:00PM KPBS Suze Orman’s Ultimate

Retirement Guide Join the acclaimed personal

finance expert for essential advice on planning for and thriving in retirement. With empathy, straight talk and humor, Suze provides information about key steps for anyone trying to achieve their “ultimate retirement.”


Special Report7:00 KPBS 2 MASTERPIECE:

50 Fabulous Years! Join Alan Cumming to celebrate

the iconic series that introduced generations of viewers to the delights of British drama.

8:00 KPBS Frankie Drake Mysteries Last Dance: The team investigates

a kidnapping gone wrong at the Palais Royale. They learn the victim is gravely ill and race to find him and save his life.

8:30 KPBS 2 Rick Steves’ Europe Ethiopia: A Development Story:

Venturing beyond Europe, and with local experts as his guides, Rick uses Ethiopia as a classroom for understanding global hunger and extreme poverty - and how to beat it.

9:00 KPBS Straight from the Heart: Timeless Music from the 60s & 70s

Join Tony Orlando and Dawn for musical memories featuring the most popular singers and songs heard on the radio in the 1960s and 1970s.

KPBS 2 Vera Home: Quiet life in suburbia takes

a dark turn when a woman is discovered lying dead in her back garden.

10:30 KPBS Rick Steves’ Heart of Italy In RICK STEVES’ HEART OF ITALY,

Rick delves deep into the Italian heartland — the place where la dolce vita is a way of life.

KPBS 2 Upstart Crow Beware My Sting: Will’s pleased

with his new play The Taming of the Shrew. But for some reason the story of a strong-willed lady humiliated by a man doesn’t go down well with any of the women in Will’s life.

Sunday, March 146:00PM KPBS Masterpiece:

50 Fabulous Years! Join Alan Cumming to celebrate

the iconic series that introduced generations of viewers to the delights of British drama. From Upstairs Downstairs to I, Claudius to The Jewel in the Crown and Downton Abbey, MASTERPIECE has stood the test of time.

6:30 KPBS 2 Masterpiece: 50 Fabulous Years!

Join Alan Cumming to celebrate the iconic series that introduced generations of viewers to the delights of British drama.


7:30 KPBS Rick Steves’ Europe Romania: Rick and his team

tour Romania’s vibrant capital, Bucharest, with its “Little Paris of the East” architecture and lingering reminders of a brutal communist dictator.

8:00 KPBS Sense and Sensibility Finale. Will the sisters learn that

sense must mix with sensibility if they are to find personal happiness in a society where status and money govern the rules of love? Find out on the touching conclusion. Enjoy the four other Jane Austen classics with KPBS Passport in the PBS App.

KPBS 2 Nature H Is for Hawk: A New Chapter:

Helen Macdonald’s best-selling book H Is for Hawk told the saga of a grieving daughter who found healing in training a goshawk. Now she digs deeper into the world of these raptors by following a family in the wild and raising a goshawk of her own.

9:00 KPBS The Miniaturist On MASTERPIECE

Johannes is on trial for his life. Marin also faces a life-or-death struggle. Nella takes charge of the sugar stockpile and the household.

KPBS 2 NOVA Lost Viking Army:

Bioarchaeologists investigate a ninth-century mass grave in a rural English village. Will the remains unlock the mystery of the “Great Heathen Army,” a legendary Viking fighting force that once invaded England?

10:00 KPBS Very British Murder The Golden Age: In the final part of

A Very British Murder, Lucy Worsley arrives in the Edwardian era and the Golden Age of Detective Fiction between the Wars.

KPBS 2 To Catch A Comet Watch this compelling

documentary that details the complexities and challenges of the 10-year, four-million-mile journey of the European Space Agency’s spacecraft Rosetta as it chased down and landed on a comet in a history-making feat.

11:00 KPBS Survival Guide for Pain-Free Living with Peggy Cappy

Learn how easy-to-do stretches and other yoga moves can help relieve pain. Peggy Cappy joins yoga and neuromuscular therapist Lee Albert to offer effective strategies for alleviating symptoms and moving towards a pain-free life.

KPBS 2 Crossing South Trevolts, Fatcat & Betty’s Burgers:

Meet Tijuana rock band “Trevolts”. Next, we head over to Rosarito where we meet the Mexican-American couple behind Fat Cat Pancake House, and much more!

Monday, March 157:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 NOVA Lost Viking Army:


8:00 KPBS Antiques Roadshow Vintage Spokane Hour 2: Journey

back to the Pacific Northwest to discover antique and vintage finds like a Jon Stefansson landscape oil, a Lonny Frey pro baseball collection and a Rolex Bubbleback watch. Have their values held strong or headed south since 2007?



A visit to the Steam and Gas Engine Museum at Vista. Remembering the Clermont Hotel and the days when a part of San Diego was known as “The Harlem of the West”. Things viewers have sent in. Much more!

8:30 KPBS 2 A Growing Passion All About Algae: In this episode,

we’ll talk about what algae are, visit UCSD’s research laboratories and field stations, see a farm that grows algae for human food supplements in the desert, head to Mexico to see how algae surfboards are made, and much more.

9:00 KPBS Antiques Roadshow Newport, Hour Three: Celebrate

as ROADSHOW wraps up its visit to Rosecliff mansion with more treasures, including a Tiffany & Co. sapphire and diamond ring, a Boston bureau table made around 1770, and M.C. Escher lithographs. Find out which is appraised for $100,000!

KPBS 2 San Diego’s Historic Places

Memorable Women In San Diego History: Join Host Elsa Sevilla as she profiles local women in history dating back to the mid-1800s. Learn about Native American, Californio, Mexican, Asian and European Women who were trailblazers, doctors, ranch owners, authors, mothers and daughters in the area.

9:30 KPBS 2 Crossing South Trevolts, Fatcat & Betty’s Burgers:

Meet Tijuana rock band “Trevolts”.Next, we head over to Rosarito where we meet the Mexican-American couple behind Fat Cat Pancake House.

10:00 KPBS The Kitchenistas Women advocating for healthy

food traditions to change their community and transform lives.

KPBS 2 Live at the Belly Up The Heavy Guilt / The Earful: The

Heavy Guilt brings a myriad of styles and genres on this episode of Live at The Belly Up. Then from the experimental to high powered funk, The Earful hit the stage next with barn burnin’ base and drum rhythms and stabbing brass hits.

11:00 KPBS Easy Yoga: The Secret to Strength and Balance with Peggy Cap

Discover how yoga can help anyone, regardless of age, increase strength and mobility. Cappy’s gentle approach shows how yoga can increase range of motion, improve body awareness, help prevent bone loss and keep the metabolism running efficiently.


Tuesday, March 167:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 Frankie Drake Mysteries 50 Shades of Greyson: Mary’s job

is threatened when she accuses Detective Greyson of hiding evidence. Has she overstepped her bounds, or is Greyson a dirty cop?

8:00 KPBS Finding Your Roots The Vanguard: Author Ta-Nehisi

Coates, filmmaker Ava DuVernay, and author and activist Janet Mock see their basic assumptions about their families challenged, placing their ancestors - of all colors - into the greater context of black history.



Episode Three: Alec’s handler in the secret service drops a bombshell, but is it the truth or another lie? Resigned to uncertainty about the past, Alison receives a final surprise.

9:00 KPBS American Experience The Codebreaker: Discover the

fascinating story of Elizebeth Smith Friedman, the groundbreaking cryptanalyst who helped bring down Al Capone and break up a Nazi spy ring in South America. Her work help lay the foundation for the National Security Agency (NSA).


Johannes is on trial for his life. Marin also faces a life-or-death struggle. Nella takes charge of the sugar stockpile and the household.

10:00 KPBS FRONTLINE Trump’s American Carnage: From

his first days as president to his last, how Trump stoked division, violence, and insurrection. Trump’s siege on his enemies, the media, and even the leaders of his own party, who for years ignored the warning signs of what was to come.

KPBS 2 Very British Murder The Golden Age: In the final part of

A Very British Murder, Lucy Worsley arrives in the Edwardian era and the Golden Age of Detective Fiction between the Wars.

11:00 KPBS Easy Yoga for Diabetes with Peggy Cappy

Learn how yoga and the right diet can improve health and have a positive impact on life with diabetes. Interviews with doctors and first-person accounts from individuals with diabetes or pre-diabetes explore how yoga and diet improved their lives.


Wednesday, March 177:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 Death In Paradise Season 9, Episode 7: The team are

left stumped when the owner of a hair salon is killed in front of her family without anyone seeing what happened.

8:00 KPBS Nature Equus: Story of the Horse: Chasing

the Wind: Travel around the world with anthropologist Niobe Thompson to uncover the history of mankind’s relationship with the horse. Discover the habits and biology of these majestic animals and ride along with the world’s last nomadic tribes.

KPBS 2 Antiques Roadshow Newport, Hour Three: Celebrate

as ROADSHOW wraps up its visit to Rosecliff mansion with more treasures, including a Tiffany & Co. sapphire and diamond ring, a Boston bureau table made around 1770, and M.C. Escher lithographs. Find out which is appraised for $100,000!

9:00 KPBS 2 Jazz A Masterpiece By Midnight

(1961-Present): In the 1960s, jazz becomes divided into “schools” — Dixieland, swing, bop, hard bop, cool, modal, free, avant-garde. The question of what is jazz and what isn’t rages, dividing audiences, dividing musicians, dividing generations.


9:30 KPBS NOVA The Planets: Inner Worlds: The

rocky planets—Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars—were born of similar material around the same time. Yet only one of them supports life. Were Earth’s neighbors always so extreme? And is there somewhere else in the solarsystem life might flourish?

11:00 KPBS Easy Yoga for Arthritis with Peggy Cappy

Join yoga teacher Peggy Cappy as she demonstrates movements to use at home to strengthen muscles and help increase mobility for people who are challenged by arthritis or the stiffness that comes with age or injury.


Thursday, March 187:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 Nature Fox Tales: Intelligent, resilient

and bold, the red fox can change its behavior to thrive in new environments, from urban locales to the Arctic tundra. New scientific research offers a fascinating look into the secret life of these foxes.


The story of a freeway mystery on Interstate 5. We learn what happened to Regis Philbin at The Whaley House, and try to duplicate his experience. We play “Guess The Year”; see things viewers have sent in, and more!

KPBS 2 Seeing Is Believing: Women Direct

In SEEING IS BELIEVING: WOMEN DIRECT, four diverse women share the story of how they became directors, what motivates them, how they lead, and how they overcome obstacles to create the

most optimal working environment and work that makes a difference.

8:30 KPBS A Growing Passion Homegrown Hops: Local Flavor for

Local Brews: In this episode, we explore the process of planting, growing, trellising, harvesting, preserving and using local hops.

9:00 KPBS 1915 Expo Centennial - San Diego’s Historic Places

Early Balboa Park Plans, Early Architect Plans, Museum of Man Design, St. Frances Chapel: Join Host Elsa Sevilla for the new 1915 Expo Centennial Series - San Diego’s Historic Places.

KPBS 2 Her Film Challenge Watch four short films produced

for the Her Film Challenge: a timed competition bringing together some of San Diego’s greatest storytellers.

9:30 KPBS Crossing South Baja Med Cuisine: Today we find

ourselves in the Valle de Guadalupe at “El Esperanza” restaurant, owned by Chef Miguel Angel Guerrero. Chef Miguel is known for his Baja Mediterranean cuisine or

“Baja Med” for short. 10:00 KPBS Vera Home: Quiet life in suburbia takes

a dark turn when a woman is discovered lying dead in her back garden.

KPBS 2 FRONTLINE Trump’s American Carnage: From

his first days as president to his last, how Trump stoked division, violence, and insurrection. Trump’s siege on his enemies, the media, and even the leaders of his own party, who for years ignored the warning signs of what was to come.



11:31 KPBS Rick Steves’ Europe Germany’s Hamburg and the

Luther Trail: Rick explores Hamburg, Germany’s mighty port city From there, Rick visits the great historic sights of Martin Luther and the Reformation before finishing in the capital of Franconia: wine-loving Wurzburg.


Friday, March 197:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 Finding Your Roots The Vanguard: Author Ta-Nehisi

Coates, filmmaker Ava DuVernay, and author and activist Janet Mock see their basic assumptions about their families challenged, placing their ancestors - of all colors - into the greater context of black history.

8:00 KPBS Washington Week KPBS 2 10 Towns That

Changed America Visit influential towns across the

country from Greenbelt, Maryland, and Seaside, Florida, to Riverside, Illinois, and Levittown, New York, that had a lasting impact on the way our cities and suburbs are designed.


9:00 KPBS Doc Martin Dry Your Tears: With the departure

of Dr. Dibbs, Dr. Ellingham moves back into his old surgery, agreeing to stay for a couple of months until a replacement can be appointed.

KPBS 2 Great Performances at the Met

Renee Fleming In Concert: Season premiere. The beloved American soprano performs arias by Puccini and Massenet in Washington, D.C.

10:00 KPBS Death In Paradise Season 9, Episode 3: Jack’s

romance with Anna blossoms whilst he and the rest of the team investigate the mysterious death of a cyclist during a race.

KPBS2 10 Streets That Changed America

A whirlwind tour of 10 streets that change the way we get around: from Broadway in New York to Wilshire in Los Angeles, Find out which 10 streets made the list!

11:00 KPBS Rick Steves Special European Festivals: In RICK

STEVES SPECIAL: EUROPEAN FESTIVALS, Rick travels throughout the Continent celebrating the top 10 festivals, each one rich with tradition, great food and fun.


Saturday, March 206:00PM KPBS Rick Steves’ Heart of Italy In RICK STEVES’ HEART OF ITALY,

Rick delves deep into the Italian heartland — the place where la dolce vita is a way of life.

KPBS 2 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 KPBS 2 Coronavirus:

KPBS News Special Report 7:00 KPBS 2 50 Years with Peter, Paul

and Mary Celebrate the impact of the

trio that provided America’s soundtrack for generations and combined artistry with activism for five decades.

8:00 KPBS Frankie Drake Mysteries Radio Daze: Mary is acting in a

radio drama, but when she realizes the play is a cover for a heist, she must find a way to warn Frankie.


9:00 KPBS 50 Years with Peter, Paul and Mary

Celebrate the impact of the trio that provided America’s soundtrack for generations and combined artistry with activism for five decades.

KPBS 2 Vera Darkwater: Vera is confronted with

a tragic mystery when the dead body of teenager Ethan Dewley is found floating in a reservoir.

10:31PM KPBS 2 Upstart Crow Sweet Sorrow: Will has finished

Romeo and Juliet but now there’s a lot of competition for who will play Juliet. Kate feels the part should be hers. If only ladyacting weren’t against the law.

11:00 KPBS 50 Years with Peter, Paul and Mary


Sunday, March 216:00PM KPBS Rick Steves Fascism In

Europe In this one-hour special, Rick

Steves travels back a century to learn how fascism rose and then fell in Europe - taking millions of people with it.

KPBS 2 50 Years with Peter, Paul and Mary


7:30 KPBS Rick Steves’ Europe Southeast England: Arcing along

the southeast coast of England, Rick travels from Canterbury (with its famous cathedral) to Dover (stoutly fortified from Roman times to the Battle of Britain).

8:00 KPBS Howards End On MASTERPIECE

Episode One: A passionate misunderstanding, a surprise visit and a stolen umbrella set into motion a series of events that unexpectedly intertwine the lives of the Schlegels, the Wilcoxes and the Basts.

KPBS 2 Nature Fox Tales: Intelligent, resilient

and bold, the red fox can change its behavior to thrive in new environments, from urban locales to the Arctic tundra. New scientific research offers a fascinating look into the secret life of these foxes.


Episode Two: Mrs. Wilcox surprises her family with a final request regarding Howards End. The Schlegels face eviction from their house. The Schlegel sisters take up the cause of Jacky Bast’s husband.

KPBS 2 NOVA Dead Sea Scroll Detectives: What

can new technology reveal about the ancient Dead Sea Scrolls? Join scientists as they investigate suspicious, newly surfaced fragments to see if they’re forfeited, and use imaging techniques to digitally unravel the charred remains of a scroll.


10:00 KPBS Lucy Worsley’s Royal Myths & Secrets

Elizabeth I: The Warrior Queen: Join Lucy Worsley for an exploration of how Elizabeth I’s image as a warrior queen, created by a series of myths and secrets about her victory over the Spanish Armada, shaped British national identity for centuries.

KPBS 2 Himalaya: Kingdoms of the Sky

Witness the extraordinary wildlife and remarkable people of Earth’s highest mountain range, where Tibetan monks perform ancient rituals, snow leopards prowl the mountainsides and bizarre snub-nosed monkeys survive in frozen forests.

11:00 KPBS Survival Guide for Pain-Free Living with Peggy Cappy

Learn how easy-to-do stretches and other yoga moves can help relieve pain. Peggy Cappy joins yoga and neuromuscular therapist Lee Albert to offer effective strategies for alleviating symptoms and moving towards a pain-free life.

KPBS 2 Reel South Fiesta Quinceañera: Three Latina

girls and a seasoned drag artist host their own quinceañera, a complex and colorful rite of passage, showcasing the creative spirit of Latinx communities and their struggles to retain their roots and traditions.

Monday, March 227:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 NOVA Dead Sea Scroll Detectives: What

can new technology reveal about the ancient Dead Sea Scrolls? Join scientists as they investigate suspicious, newly surfaced fragments to see if they’re forfeited, and use imaging techniques to digitally unravel the charred remains.

8:00 KPBS Antiques Roadshow Vintage Louisville 2021 Hour

1: Giddy-up to Derby City for updated Season 12 appraisals including a Dirk Van Erp lamp from around 1910, a J. Falter “Listening to the Sea” illustration and a 1919 Cincinnati Reds championship baseball. One is now valued at $150,000-$200,000.


The story of a freeway mystery on Interstate 5. We learn what happened to Regis Philbin at The Whaley House, and try to duplicate his experience. We play “Guess The Year”; see things viewers have sent in, and more!

8:30 KPBS 2 A Growing Passion Homegrown Hops: Local Flavor for

Local Brews: In this episode, we explore the process of planting, growing, trellising, harvesting, preserving and using local hops. Along the way, we visit a local home brewer and science teacher who grows his own hops in Escondido.


9:00 KPBS Antiques Roadshow Meadow Brook Hall, Hour One:

Visit the grounds of the historic Meadow Brook Hall in Rochester, Michigan, and learn the story behind beloved family heirlooms, thrift store finds and more - including a $77,500 appraisal!

KPBS 2 1915 Expo Centennial - San Diego’s Historic Places

Early Balboa Park Plans, Early Architect Plans, Museum of Man Design, St. Frances Chapel:

Join Host Elsa Sevilla for the new 1915 Expo Centennial Series - San Diego’s Historic Places.

9:30 KPBS 2 Crossing South Baja Med Cuisine: Today we find

ourselves in the Valle de Guadalupe at “El Esperanza” restaurant, owned by Chef Miguel Angel Guerrero.

10:00 KPBS Secrets of the Royal Jewels The sparkling documentary

SECRETS OF THE ROYAL JEWELS takes a closer look at the tiaras, earrings, rings, and neckpieces that make up the royal collection, and tell the incredible stories behind them as they pass through the generations.

KPBS 2 Live at the Belly Up Donavon Frankenreiter: Listen to

the surf-soaked sounds of Donavon Frankenreiter on this episode of Live at the Belly Up.

11:00 KPBS Independent Lens Coded Bias: When MIT Media

Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini discovers most facial recognition does not see dark-skinned faces or women with accuracy, she joins the fight to expose the threats to civil liberties posed by an increasingly data-driven, automated world.


Tuesday, March 237:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 Frankie Drake Mysteries Diamonds Are A Gal’s Best Friend:

What starts as a simple case of a missing horse leads the team into the gardens of Toronto’s elite in pursuit of a murderous jewel thief.

8:00 KPBS Finding Your Roots No Irish Need Apply: Henry Louis

Gates, Jr. explores the roots of actor Jane Lynch and comedian Jim Gaffigan, revealing the Irish American experience through their families.

KPBS 2 Spies of Warsaw Poland, 1937. By day, decorated

First World War veteran Jean-Francois Mercier serves as the French military attache to Warsaw. With the cover of night he works as part of an intelligence network, desperately trying to understand

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8:46 KPBS 2 Spies of Warsaw Mercier has escaped a deadly fate

inside the German border, but now faces an uncertain future as the world moves ever-closer to war.

9:00 KPBS American Masters Flannery: Explore the life of

Flannery O’Connor whose provocative fiction was unlike anything published before. Featuring never-before-seen archival footage, newly discovered journals and interviews with Mary Karr, Tommy Lee Jones, Hilton Als and more.

9:31 KPBS 2 Spies of Warsaw Mercier is in trouble. Betrayals and

double-crossings on all sides have left him alone and in the hands of the Germans.

10:16 KPBS 2 Spies of Warsaw Mercier has escaped the shadowy

world of spies unscathed, but at what cost?

10:30 KPBS FRONTLINE Death Is Our Business/Love, Life &

The Virus: At Black-owned funeral homes in New Orleans, COVID-19 reshapes the grieving process. Also, the story of a mom’s fight to survive the virus and see her newborn.

11:00 KPBS 2 KPBS Evening Edition 11:30 KPBS Without A Whisper:

Konnon:Kwe Kanon:Kwe is an untold story of

how Indigenous women influenced the early suffragists in their fight for freedom and equality.


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actress is the only witness to her husband’s murder. But can she really be trusted?

8:00 KPBS Wild Shetland: Scotland’s Viking Frontier

Narrated by actor Ewan McGregor, viewers will be mesmerized by the breathtaking scenery of these islands.

KPBS 2 Antiques Roadshow Vintage Louisville 2021 Hour

1: Giddy-up to Derby City for updated Season 12 appraisals including a Dirk Van Erp lamp from around 1910, a J. Falter “Listening to the Sea” illustration and a 1919 Cincinnati Reds championship baseball. One is now valued at $150,000-$200,000.

9:00 KPBS NOVA Lost Viking Army:


KPBS 2 American Experience Voice of Freedom: Explore the

fascinating life of celebrated singer Marian Anderson. In 1939, after being barred from performing at Constitution Hall because she was Black, she triumphed at the Lincoln Memorial in what became a landmark moment in American history.

10:00 KPBS Secrets of the Dead Viking Warrior Queen: Join a team

of archaeologists as they examine one of the most significant Viking graves ever found and test the DNA of the remains of the female

warrior buried inside, rewriting our understanding of Viking society.

11:00 KPBS Fast-Forward: Look Into Your Future

Follow four millennials and their parents as they travel through time wearing an MIT-produced “aging empathy suit” and working with professional make-up artists to navigate the realizations, conversations and mindset required to age successfully.


Thursday, March 257:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 Wild Shetland: Scotland’s

Viking Frontier Narrated by actor Ewan McGregor,

WILD SHETLAND: SCOTLAND’S VIKING FRONTIER is a memorable wildlife special. Viewers will be mesmerized by the breathtaking scenery of these islands.


We Remember San Diego TV host Johnny Downs. Who was Lymon Judson Gage, and why was he so important to our history? Famous graves in our county; a quiz to test how much you know “About San Diego”; “Guess the Year”...and more!

KPBS 2 Secrets of the Dead Viking Warrior Queen: Join a team

of archaeologists as they examine one of the most significant Viking graves ever found and test the DNA of the remains of the female warrior buried inside, rewriting our understanding of Viking society.


8:30 KPBS A Growing Passion Distant Roots and Tasty Shoots:

Plants at the Zoo: We stroll through the zoo with some of the browse staff who point out plants they harvest on-site, then take us to the offsite farm where they grow and harvest more browse.

9:00 KPBS 1915 Expo Centennial - San Diego’s Historic Places

Expo Planning, Spreckles Organ Pavilion, Early Park Landscaping, California Building Tower Tour: Join Host Elsa Sevilla for the new 1915 Expo Centennial Series - San Diego’s Historic Places.

KPBS 2 Secrets of the Dead King Arthur’s Lost Kingdom:

Uncover new archaeological evidence at Tintagel that suggests the legend of King Arthur started in a prosperous and sophisticated trading village in 5th-century Britain following the departure of the Romans.

9:30 KPBS Crossing South Swiss Winery & Malva: Today,

we explore a quaint little winery nestled in the hills of Valle de Guadalupe. Jorge enjoys both the wine tasting and architectural tour. Next, we head to Malva, where we meet Chef Roberto Alcocer.

10:00 KPBS Vera Darkwater: Vera is confronted with

a tragic mystery when the dead body of teenager Ethan Dewley is found floating in a reservoir.

KPBS 2 FRONTLINE Death Is Our Business/Love, Life &

The Virus: At Black-owned funeral homes in New Orleans, COVID-19 reshapes the grieving process. Also, the story of a mom’s fight to survive the virus and see her newborn.


11:30 KPBS Charlotte Mansfield: A Woman Photographer Goes To War

This half-hour program tells the remarkable story of the pioneering military career of Charlotte Dee Mansfield, a photographer and photo analyst in the Women’s Army Corps.


Friday, March 267:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 Finding Your Roots No Irish Need Apply: Henry Louis

Gates, Jr. explores the roots of actor Jane Lynch and comedian Jim Gaffigan, revealing the Irish American experience through their families.

8:00 KPBS Washington Week KPBS 2 American Masters Flannery: Explore the life of

Flannery O’Connor whose provocative fiction was unlike anything published before. Featuring never-before-seen archival footage, newly discovered journals and interviews with Mary Karr, Tommy Lee Jones, Hilton Als and more.


9:00 KPBS Doc Martin Born with a Shotgun: Sleepless

nights are taking their toll on Martin and Louisa. Tempers are frayed as they try to find ways to comfort their constantly wailing baby.


9:30 KPBS 2 Mae West: American Masters

Mae West: Dirty Blonde: Dive into the life and career of groundbreaking writer, performer and subversive star Mae West. Over a career spanning eight decades, she broke boundaries and possessed creative and economic powers unheard of for a female entertainer in the 1930s.

10:00 KPBS Death In Paradise Season 9, Episode 4: Jack faces

a life-changing decision whilst investigating the murder of a man found dead in a boat off the Saint Marie coast.

11:00 KPBS Live at the Belly Up Common Sense / Sara Petite:

Common Sense continues to establish themselves as one of California’s premier reggae rock bands. Then next up, San Diego’s new Americana sweetheart Sara Petite and friends.


Saturday, March 276:00PM KPBS Lawrence Welk Show Songs of the 70’s: Host: Mary Lou.

The 1970’s come to life with “Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree”. “I Write The Songs” is done so beautifully by Guy and Ralna, and Ava Barber gives “Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue” all she’s got.


Special Report 7:00 KPBS British Antiques Roadshow Helmingham Hall 1: Fiona Bruce

and the team head to Helmingham Hall in Suffolk. Items include a medieval sword dredged up from a pond and an Indian jewel dating back to a 1799 battle.

KPBS 2 Story Songs (My Music) Join host B.J. Thomas for vintage

performances of the songs that united us by original artists like Don McLean, Bobbie Gentry and Glen Campbell.

7:30 KPBS Upstart Crow Lord, What Fools These Mortals

Be: Will is finishing writing A Midsummer Night’s Dream and is told by the actors that it lacks comedy.

8:00 KPBS Frankie Drake Mysteries Emancipation Day: When

donations are taken from an orphanage, civil rights hero Marcus Garvey hires the team to catch the thief and find the cash.

KPBS 2 Rick Steves’ Europe Why We Travel: This special

episode is a sonnet to travel - an introspective love story, set in Europe, that vividly celebrates the rewards of exploring our world and the joy that awaits those who travel.

9:00 KPBS Story Songs (My Music) Join host B.J. Thomas for vintage

performances of the songs that united us by original artists like Don McLean, Bobbie Gentry and Glen Campbell. Songs include “American Pie,” “Ode to Billie Joe,” “Harper Valley PTA” and “Wichita Lineman.”

KPBS 2 Elizabeth Is Missing On MASTERPIECE

A woman desperately tries to solve two mysteries as she declines ever deeper into dementia.

10:30 KPBS Rick Steves’ Europe England’s Cornwall: Rick explores

a world of flowers springing from towering hedges, a tin-mining heritage going back to biblical times, salty pirates’ towns and fishing villages, and the Land’s End of England.


11:00 KPBS Professor T Dead Girls Dont Sing: A student

at a strict Catholic boarding school is found dead in her room. At first, the team assume it is a case of erotic asphyxiation gone wrong, but could there be another explanation? Gijselbrecht and Flamant have an interesting meeting.

KPBS 2 Upstart Crow Christmas 2017 - A Christmas

Crow: In this festive episode of the Shakespearean comedy, Will has promised his wife Anne that he’ll be home in good time for a quiet Christmas with just the family.

Sunday, March 286:00PM KPBS Father Brown The Mysteries of the Rosary:

Professor Ambrose is abducted after sending his friend Father Brown an ancient prayer book which supposedly can locate the long disappeared Lannington rosary, said to hold healing powers.

6:30 KPBS 2 Story Songs (My Music) Join host B.J. Thomas for vintage

performances of the songs that united us by original artists like Don McLean, Bobbie Gentry and Glen Campbell. Songs include “American Pie,” “Ode to Billie Joe,” “Harper Valley PTA” and “Wichita Lineman.”

7:00 KPBS Great Performances Movies for Grownups Awards

with AARP The Magazine: Honor the best films and performances of 2020 that resonate with older viewers including Career Achievement Award winner George Clooney.


Episode Three: Margaret receives an unexpected offer from Henry. Helen is incensed by the unfair fate of the Basts. The three families collide at a wedding, and Henry’s past is revealed.

KPBS 2 Wild Shetland: Scotland’s Viking Frontier

Narrated by actor Ewan McGregor, WILD SHETLAND: SCOTLAND’S VIKING FRONTIER is a memorable wildlife special. Viewers will be mesmerized by the breathtaking scenery of these islands.


Episode Four, Series Finale: Margaret is undaunted by Henry’s past misdeeds. Helen leaves abruptly for Europe. Margaret and Tibby get Henry to help resolve issues at Howards End, where the three families have a showdown.

KPBS 2 NOVA Lost Viking Army:



Queen Anne: The Mother of Great Britain: Investigate why Queen Anne’s powerful role in the forging of Great Britain has often been forgotten. Lucy Worsley shares the inside story of the salacious gossip about Anne’s love life that helped destroy her image and legacy.


KPBS 2 Secrets of the Dead Viking Warrior Queen: Join a team

of archaeologists as they examine one of the most significant Viking graves ever found and test the DNA of the remains of the female warrior buried inside, rewriting our understanding of Viking society.


Marie Antoinette: The Doomed Queen: Find out why Marie Antoinette is often blamed for causing the French Revolution by saying “let them eat cake” to her starving subjects. Lucy Worsley uncovers the myths and secrets that led the doomed queen to the guillotine.

Monday, March 297:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 NOVA Saving The Dead Sea: Can the

Dead Sea be saved? After more than a decade of research and debate, scientists, engineers and political leaders have come up with a daring plan, one that could not only save the sea but help bring stability to a region rife with conflict.

8:00 KPBS Antiques Roadshow Vintage Louisville 2021 Hour 2:

Look back at Louisville treasures from 2007 including a Kentucky cherry corner cupboard made around 1815, a Qing period nephrite jade basin and a 1911 Julian Onderdonk landscape oil.


We Remember San Diego TV host Johnny Downs. Who was Lymon Judson Gage, and why was he so important to our history? Famous graves in our county; a quiz to test how much you know “About

San Diego”; “Guess the Year”...and more!

8:30 KPBS 2 Scramble The Seawolves The HA(L)-3 Seawolves would

become the most decorated Squadron in the Vietnam War, arguably in all of Naval Aviation History. This is their story.

9:00 KPBS Antiques Roadshow Meadow Brook Hall, Hour Two:

Discover Detroit-area treasures as they are appraised at the historic estate of Matilda Dodge Wilson. Meadow Brook Hall finds include a Keith Haring archive, Harry Bertoia brooches and an 1835 “City of Detroit” map. Which is $40,000-$60,000?

10:00 KPBS Jesus: Countdown to Calvary

In JESUS: COUNTDOWN TO CALVARY Hugh Bonneville, well-known actor and a Cambridge theology graduate, travels to Jerusalem in search of answers. Meeting with academic experts and spiritual leaders, Bonneville deconstructs the week leading up to Jesus’s death.

KPBS 2 Live at the Belly Up Trigger Hippy: Jam along to Trigger

Hippy, a Nashville rock band with gritty blues, heart-searing soul, sinewy grooves, sublime vocal harmonies and a rich, earthy sensibility steeped in Americana roots.

11:00 KPBS Independent Lens ‘til Kingdom Come / The

Debate: Pastors encourage an impoverished Kentucky community,

“the forgotten people of America,” to donate to Israel in anticipation of Jesus’s return. See the controversial bond between Evangelicals and Jews in this story of faith, power, and money.



Tuesday, March 307:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 Frankie Drake Mysteries Dealer’s Choice: Frankie and Trudy

reluctantly take a case from mob boss Bessie Starkman, but things take a turn when Frankie’s accused of murdering a mole.

7:44 KPBS 2 Moonstone Franklin Blake must find a stolen

diamond before the love of his life is lost forever.

8:00 KPBS Finding Your Roots Freedom Tales: Host Henry Louis

Gates, Jr. delves deep into the roots of two African American guests, actor S. Epatha Merkerson and athlete and television personality Michael Strahan. Both discover unexpected stories that challenge assumptions about black history.

8:28 KPBS 2 Moonstone Following the shock of the

Moonstone’s disappearance, Sergeant Cuff is called in.

9:00 KPBS American Experience The Blinding of Isaac Woodard:

Discover the 1946 incident of racial violence by police that led to the racial awakening of President Harry Truman and set the stage for the landmark 1954 Supreme Court Brown v. Board of Education decision, jump-starting the civil rights movement.

9:12 KPBS 2 Moonstone Rachel’s cousin Miss Clack arrives

and provides Franklin with some information.

10:00 KPBS 2 Inside Harrods INSIDE HARRODS chronicles the

world’s most famous department store from its humble beginnings to a giant in British retail and symbol of aristocracy. A site of many historical events, Harrods was where Winnie the Pooh and all his friends were purchased and brought to life in children’s books, but has also been host to plenty of unfortunate incidents.

11:00 KPBS Connected: A Search for Unity

The County That Built The Country: Set against stunning mountain landscapes, Monty meets extraordinary people with incredible grit, determination, hope, and a deep love for one another, who shatter many stereotypes of Appalachian life.


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Wednesday, March 317:00PM KPBS PBS NewsHour KPBS 2 Death In Paradise Season 7, Episode 1: DI Jack

Mooney and the team are left puzzled when Diane Smith, fiancee of hotel billionaire Philip Marston (pictured), is found dead the day before her lavish wedding.

8:00 KPBS Extinction: The Facts With 1 million species at threat,

David Attenborough explores extinction and how this crisis has consequences for us all, even putting us at greater risk of pandemic diseases.

KPBS 2 Antiques Roadshow Vintage Louisville 2021 Hour 2:

Look back at Louisville treasures from 2007 including a Kentucky cherry corner cupboard made around 1815, a Qing period nephrite jade basin and a 1911 Julian Onderdonk landscape oil.

Ken Burn’s Baseball, Wednesday, March 31 at 9 p.m.

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rk 9:00 KPBS NOVA Mystery Beneath The Ice:

Dive under the ice to explore Antarctica’s under-ice landscape with a team of scientists as they search for the mystery killer that’s decimating the population of delicate shrimp-like creatures at the foundation of the Antarctic food chain.

KPBS 2 Ken Burn’s Baseball Our Game: The first inning tells the

story of baseball’s rise, in only one generation, from a gentleman’s hobby to a national sport played and watched by millions.

10:00 KPBS Hitler’s Jurassic Monsters Hear the untold story of a Nazi plan

involving not humans, but animals. In an almost too-unbelievable-to-be-true tale, Nazis attempted to recreate the primeval forests of Germanic folklore stocked with ancient breeds of extinct beasts for ultimate hunting sessions.

11:00 KPBS Nazi Mega Weapons The Eagle’s Nest: Investigate

Hitler’s mountain power house. Home to a Nazi elite, it became a labyrinth of underground tunnels, bunkers and secret escape routes, crowned by the awe-inspiring Eagle’s Nest.


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