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What's on TV 12 this month...


Sunday, April 7

12:45 AM Movie "Promises"

2:00 AM Daylight Savings Time

3:00 AM Voices in Democracy

4:00 AM Social Imagination

5:00 AM Social Imagination

6:00 AM Earth Revealed

7:00 AM The Bookworm Bunch "Timothy Goes to School," "Marvin the Tap Dancing Horse," "Seven Little Monsters," &"George Shrinks" [CC]

9:00 AM Arthur [CC]

9:30 AM Dragonfly TV [CC]

10:00 AM Right on the Money [CC]

10:30 AM Health Diary [CC]

11:00 AM To the Contrary [CC]

11:30 AM Tony Brown's Journal [CC]

12:00 PM Healthweek [CC]

12:30 PM Religion and Ethics Newsweekly [CC]

1:00 PM McLaughlin Group

1:30 PM CEO Exchange
Host Jeff Greenfield talks with Charles Lee of Verizon Communications, Inc. and Arthur Ryan of Prudential Financial.

2:30 PM American Experience "America and the Holocaust: Deceit and Indifference"
Interviews, photos, documents and archival film are used to explore the factors that shaped America's response to the Holocaust. [CC]

4:00 PM Resistance: Untold Stories of Jewish Partisans
Eleven men and women detail their battles for survival and revenge against the Nazis as Jewish partisans during World War II. [CC]

5:00 PM Daring to Resist This
WHYY national presentation profiles three women, who as teenage girls, each defied Hitler's "final solution" in different and very dangerous ways. [CC]

6:00 PM NOVA "Shackleton's Voyage of Endurance"
The program recounts the story of explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, who in 1914 saved his stranded crew from certain death in the Antarctic. [CC]

8:00 PM Nature "Song of the Earth"
Sir David Attenborough explores the natural history of music, examining how human music originated from the calls, cries and songs of animals. [CC] [SD]

9:00 PM American Experience "The Rockefellers" Part 1 of 2
David Ogden Stiers narrates this saga of four generations of one of the most powerful, admired and hated families in America. Concludes Sun., 14th at 9 p.m. [CC][DVS]

10:30 PM Blackadder "The Foretelling"
Geraldine and the parishioners consider what they may give up in preparation for Easter. [CC]

Rowan Atkinson stars in this black comedy following the misadventures of conniving Edmund Blackadder throughout history. [CC]

11:00 PM Blackadder "Born to be King"
Edmund attempts to discredit Prince Harry's claim to the crown. [CC]

11:30 PM The Industry "Alan's Diet"
Viewer discretion advised. Alan is swept up in the protein diet craze. [CC]

Monday, April 8

12:00 AM Eastenders

1:00 AM Literary Visions

2:00 AM Discovering Psychology

3:00 AM Western Tradition

4:00 AM Portrait of a Family

5:00 AM Intro to Marketing

6:00 AM Destinos

6:30 AM There's a separate page for WHYY's daytime schedule.

6:00 PM The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer [CC]

7:00 PM The Nightly Business Report [CC]

7:25 PM Are You Being Served?
"Lost and Found" Mrs. Slocombe loses her cat. [CC]

8:00 PM Antiques Roadshow "Boston, MA" Part 2 of 3
Appraisers examine such unique pieces as a trunk full of Coast Artillery uniforms and a certificate of citizenship for a free person of color. [CC] (R/Sat., 13th, noon)

9:00 PM Masterpiece Theatre "The Way We Live Now" Part 2 of 4
Marie conspires to elope to America and Melmotte hosts a lavish banquet for the visiting Emperor of China. Concludes Mon., 15th at 9 p.m. [CC][DVS]

11:00 PM The Genocide Factor: The Human Tragedy Part 1 of 4
The first episode of the series documenting organized massacres throughout history examines genocide during the Biblical period, in the Greek and Roman societies and during the Crusades. Continues tomorrow at 11 p.m. [CC]

Tuesday, April 9

12:00 AM Charlie Rose

1:00 AM Economics USA

2:00 AM NOVA "Why the Towers Fell"

3:00 AM Belief & Believers

4:00 AM American Adventure

5:00 AM Taking the Lead

6:00 AM French in Action

6:30 AM There's a separate page for WHYY's daytime schedule.

6:00 PM The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer [CC]

7:00 PM The Nightly Business Report [CC]

7:25 PM As Time Goes By
Jean decides to join the technological age. [CC]

8:00 PM NOVA "Holocaust on Trial"
Historians weigh in on the libel suit that British author David Irving brought against another author who asserted that Irving changed historical record to deny the Holocaust. [CC] (R/Tue., 16th, 2 a.m.)

9:00 PM The Shape of Life "The First Hunter/The Survival Game" Part 2 of 3
Hunting is one of the offensive strategies that the first animal to develop a head, eyes and a brain pioneered to survive. Concludes Tue., 16th at 9 p.m. [CC][HD]

11:00 PM The Genocide Factor: The Human Tragedy Part 2 of 4
This episode examines racism in America, the Tulsa Riots, the Rosewood Massacre and the Holocaust. Continues tomorrow at 11 p.m. [CC]

Wednesday, April 10

12:00 AM Charlie Rose

1:00 AM It's Strictly Buisness

2:00 AM By the Numbers

3:00 AM Sociological Imagination

4:00 AM Something Ventured

5:00 AM World of Chemistry

6:00 AM Destinos II

6:30 AM There's a separate page for WHYY's daytime schedule.

7:25 PM Last of the Summer Wine
"What Happened to Barry's Nose?" Howard decides to pump iron. [CC]

8:00 PM American Family "Circle of Fire"

9:00 PM The Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy "The Agony of Reform" Part 2 of 3
The program investigates the failure of government-controlled economies in the 1980s and the trials and triumphs of conversions to free-market capitalism. Concludes Wed., 17th, at 9 p.m. [CC]

11:00 PM The Genocide Factor: The Human Tragedy Part 3 of 4
This episode examines Cambodia's Killing Fields, Indonesia and East Timor and the conflicts in Northern Ireland. Concludes tomorrow at 11 p.m. [CC]

Thursday, April 11

12:00 AM Charlie Rose

1:00 AM World of Abnormal Psychology

2:00 AM Voices in Democracy

3:00 AM Against All Odds

4:00 AM Examined Life

5:00 AM Worlds of Childhood

6:00 AM French in Action II

6:30 AM There's a separate page for WHYY's daytime schedule.

7:25 PM Keeping Up Appearances
Hyacinth makes another attempt to find a weekend home. [CC]

8:00 PM Talk to the Pennsylvania Senators
Members of the Pennsylvania Senate answer questions about pertinent issues from viewers across the state in this live program. Featuring Sen. Jeffrey Piccola (R-Dauphin), the Senate Majority Whip and Sen. Michael O'Pake (D-Berks), the Minority Whip. [CC]

9:00 PM Globe Trekker "Tahiti and Samoa"
Host Ian Wright goes island hopping in the South Pacific where he helps judge the Mr. Tahiti contest and dives among sharks and manta rays. [CC] (R/Sat., 13th, 6 a.m. & Sun., 14th, 7 p.m.)

10:00 PM Requiem for Frank Lee Smith
Frontline examines the case of a death row inmate who was cleared by DNA testing of the rape and murder but died 10 months before he was proven innocent. [CC]

11:00 PM The Genocide Factor: The Human Tragedy Part 4 of 4
The final episode looks at events in Africa, the former Yugoslavia, Chechnya and the ongoing Arab/Israeli conflict and the efforts to prevent future atrocities. [CC]

Friday, April 12

12:00 AM Charlie Rose

1:00 AM Business & the Law

2:00 AM Faces of Culture

3:00 AM Western Tradition

4:00 AM America in Perspective

5:00 AM Western Tradition

6:00 AM Egg: The Art Show

6:30 AM There's a separate page for WHYY's daytime schedule.

6:00 PM The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer [CC]

7:00 PM Nightly Business Report [CC]

7:25 PM Bargain Hunt "Stoneleigh, Warwickshire" (R/tomorrow, 11:30 a.m.)

8:00 PM NOW with Bill Moyers [CC]

9:00 PM Washington Week in Review [CC]

9:30 PM Wall $treet Week [CC]

10:00 PM Remembering Hess's Department Store: Hollywood on Hamilton
Strawberry pie at the Patio Restaurant is one of many sweet memories in this nostalgic look at the legendary Allentown department store and its ingenious owner. [CC]

11:30 PM Senior Year "I Wish He Were Here"
The candid series follows 15 seniors at a Los Angeles high school who are dealing with a myriad of issues. Continues Mon., 15th at 11 p.m. [CC]

Saturday, April 13

12:00 AM Charlie Rose

1:00 AM American Cinema

2:00 AM Ethics in America

3:00 AM Nutrition

4:00 AM A Writer's Exchange

5:00 AM Dealing with Diversity

6:00 AM Globe Trekker "Tahiti and Samoa"

7:00 AM Sesame Street [CC]

8:00 AM Plaza Sesamo

8:30 AM Redwall "Battle" [CC]

9:00 AM Anne of Green Gables: The Animated Series "A Condition of Superstition" [CC]

9:30 AM The Victory Garden [CC]

10:00 AM This Old House [CC]

10:30 AM Hometime "Autumn Woods Completion: Decorating" [CC]

11:00 AM New Yankee Workshop "Wooden Bowls" [CC]

11:30 AM Bargain Hunt "Stoneleigh, Warwickshire"

12:00 PM Antiques Roadshow "Boston, MA" Part 2 of 3 [CC]

1:00 PM New Jewish Cuisine "Mexican" [CC]

1:30 PM America's Test Kitchen "A Southern Favorite: Ham, Biscuits and Greens" [CC]

2:00 PM Christina Cooks "Right From the Farm" [CC]

2:30 PM Michael Chiarello's Napa "Choc Full O' Chocolate" [CC]

3:00 PM Jacques Pepin Celebrates "Fresh Catch Melange" [CC]

3:30 PM Flavors of America with Chef Jim Coleman "Connecticut: Carole Peck" [CC]

4:00 PM Ciao Italia "Antipasto Party" [CC]

4:30 PM Lidia's Italian-American Kitchen Italian-American Favorites "Eggplant and Eggplant Parmigiana" [CC]

5:00 PM Rick Steves' Europe "Slovenia and Croatia" [CC]

5:30 PM New Yankee Workshop "Cherry Nightstand" [CC] (R/Sat., 20th, 11 a.m.)

6:00 PM This Old House [CC] (R/Sat., 20th, 10 a.m.)

6:30 PM Hometime "Autumn Woods Completion: Furnishing" [CC] (R/Sat., 20th, 10:30 a.m.)

7:00 PM The Lawrence Welk Show
"Country Hoedown" Hosts: Clay and Sally Hart.

8:00 PM The Ed Sullivan Show
Harry Belafonte, Bill Haley & His Comets, Jack Paar and many others perform.

8:30 PM The Red Skelton Show
Red entertains his audience as Freddie the Freeloader. (R/Fri., 19th, 11:30 p.m.)

9:00 PM Movie "The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex" (1939)
Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, Vincent Price and Olivia de Havilland star in this film about the love affair between England's Elizabeth I and the Second Earl of Essex.

10:45 PM Movie "Dark Victory" (1939)
A spoiled young heiress discovers she has a brain tumor and tries to pack a lifetime of parties into her last few months. Bette Davis, George Brent and Humphrey Bogart star.

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