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Program Update

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What's on TV 12 this month...


Sunday, February 24

12:00 AM Making of "Lord of the Flies"

1:20 AM Vicar of Dibley

2:00 AM Art in the Western World

4:00 AM Power of Place

6:00 AM Earth Revealed

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

9:00 AM Arthur [CC]

9:30 AM DragonFly TV

10:00 AM Right on the Money

10:30 AM Health Diary

11:00 AM To the Contrary

11:30 AM Tony Brown's Journal

12:00 PM Healthweek [CC]

12:30 PM Religion and Ethics Newsweekly [CC]

1:00 PM McLaughlin Group

1:30 PM Movie "The Glass Bottom Boat"
Doris Day stars as a woman whose efforts to spend more time with her boss get her mistaken for a spy and sings her classic song "Que Sera, Sera."

3:30 PM Movie "Lassie Come Home" (1943)
When a family reluctantly sells Lassie, the famed collie is forced to make a treacherous cross-country journey home. Roddy McDowall, Elizabeth Taylor and Donald Crisp star.

5:00 PM Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
Interviews and film clips reveal the power and integrity of the only African American to receive a Best Actor Academy Award. [CC]

6:00 PM An Audience with Tom Jones
The singing superstar struts his stuff in front of a celebrity audience in this musical extravaganza celebrating his incredible career spanning more than four decades. [CC] (R/Thu., 28th, 9 p.m.)

7:00 PM An ABBA Tribute "Bjorn Again: Live at Royal Albert Hall"
The greatest of all ABBA tribute bands performs their renditions of the Swedish rock group's greatest hits, including "Waterloo" and "Dancing Queen." [CC]

8:00 PM Nature "Wild Horses of Mongolia with Julia Roberts"
The actress lives with a family of nomadic horsemen in Mongolia to learn about the area's wild horses. [CC]

9:00 PM American Experience "John Dillinger: Public Enemy #1"
The 1930s desperado, bank robber and bad man, named "Public Enemy #1," terrorized Americans and police before meeting his match. [CC][DVS] (R/tomorrow, 11 p.m.)

10:00 PM Navy Seals: The Silent Option
The film captures the secret world of the U.S. Navy's elite force that operates in the shadows across the globe. [CC] (R/Thu., 28th, 11 p.m.)

10:55 PM The Vicar of Dibley
"Summer" The village of Dibley has a severe water shortage. [CC]

11:35 PM The Industry
"Ohm Dot Com" Viewer discretion advised. Richard and Veronica buy stock.

Monday, February 25

12:00 AM Eastenders

1:00 AM Literary Visions

2:00 AM Discovering Psych.

3:00 AM Western Tradition I

4:00 AM Portrait of a Family

5:00 AM Intro to Marketing

6:00 AM Destinos I

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?
"Sweet Smell of Success" Mrs. Slocombe sells her homemade perfume. [CC]

8:00 PM Antiques Roadshow "New York, NY" Part 3 of 3
Appraisers discover a 1935 signed edition of the epic James Joyce novel Ulysses, illustrated by Henry Matisse. [CC] (R/Sat., Mar. 2nd, noon)

9:00 PM Masterpiece Theatre "Lucky Jim"
Stephen Tompkinson stars as a charming professor in a new adaptation of Kingsley Amis's classic satire about university life in England in the early 1950s. [CC]

11:00 PM American Experience "John Dillinger: Public Enemy #1"
The 1930s desperado, bank robber and bad man, named "Public Enemy #1," terrorized Americans and police before meeting his match. [CC][DVS]

Tuesday, February 26

12:00 AM Charlie Rose

1:00 AM Economics USA

2:00 AM Seasons of Life

3:00 AM Belief & Believers

4:00 AM American Adventure

5:00 AM Taking the Lead

6:00 AM French in Action I

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
Judith wants to move in next door to Jean and Lionel. [CC]

8:00 PM NOVA "The Missing Link"
Scientists follow a trail from Pennsylvania to Greenland as they try to discover the mysterious link between fish and land animals. [CC][DVS]

9:00 PM National Geographic Special "The Incredible Human Body"
The latest 4-D imaging systems are used to explore the bodies of real humans from the inside out to improve our understanding of human anatomy. [CC]

10:00 PM NOVA "Life's Greatest Miracle"
New technology is used to update the revolutionary film Miracle of Life, capturing the amazing development of a human embryo from conception to birth. [CC][HD][SD]

11:00 PM Johnny Cash Anthology
On the singer's 70th birthday, this special salutes one of music's most influential and imposing figures, who penned more than 100 hit singles. [CC]

Wednesday, February 27

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
"From Audrey Nash to the Widow Dilhooley" Truly learns his childhood sweetheart is coming to town.

8:00 PM American Family "Circle of Fire"
A tense community is united when a fire breaks out at a nearby children's hospital. [CC][HD]

9:00 PM Egypt's Golden Empire
The epic saga of the Egyptian empire is told from its beginnings to its eventual collapse. [CC][SD]

11:30 PM This Amazing World "Egypt"
The program takes viewers on a tour of the Nile River, the Pyramids, the Sphinx, the Valley of the Kings, the Sinai Desert and the Red Sea. [CC]

Thursday, February 28

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 Western Tradition

6:00 AM French in Action

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

7:25 PM Keeping Up Appearances
Hyacinth plans to spend the weekend on a yacht. [CC]

8:00 PM Antiques Roadshow UK "Next Generation"
Appraisers examine a collection of World War II medals and vintage film photographs at the Royal Air Force Museum. [CC]

9:00 PM Mystery "The Remorseful Day"
A tear and a toast are due one of the greatest detectives ever to mull over a murder--or a pint--as Inspector Morse takes on his final assignment, The Remorseful Day, a special two-hour MYSTERY!

11:00 PM Navy Seals: The Silent Option
A look into the secret world of the U.S. Navy's elite force that operates in the shadows across the globe. [CC]

Friday, March 1

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 Arts 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 "Woking, Surrey"

8:00 PM NOW with Bill Moyers [CC]

9:00 PM Washington Week in Review [CC]

9:30 PM Wall $treet Week with Louis Rukeyser [CC]

10:00 PM Adventure Divas "India: Holy Cow"
On her visit to India, host Holly Morris spends an evening in a brothel, takes a dip in the Ganges, climbs in the Himalayas and gets a soul infusion from a Gandhi-esque crusader. [CC]

11:00 PM The Ed Sullivan Show
James Brown and Nancy Ames are among the performers on Ed's show.

11:30 PM Senior Year "Love Shouldn't Hurt This Much"
Elizabeth and Helen encounter racism in Washington D.C., Jacqueline discusses her history with the drug Ritalin and Maria pressures Jean to get married. (Continues next Fri., 8th at 11:30 p.m.) [CC]

Saturday, March 2

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 Read, Write & Research

7:00 AM Sesame Street [CC]

8:00 AM Plaza Sesamo

8:30 AM Redwall "The Abyss" [CC]

9:00 AM Anne of Green Gables: The Animated Series "Marbles" [CC]

9:30 AM The Victory Garden [CC]

10:00 AM This Old House [CC]

10:30 AM Hometime "Lodge-Style Log Home Reprise: Final Tour" [CC]

11:00 AM New Yankee Workshop "Work Table and Clamp Cart" [CC]

11:30 AM Bargain Hunt "Epsom, Surrey"

12:00 PM Antiques Roadshow "New York, NY" [CC]

1:00 PM New Jewish Cuisine "Hors d'oeuvres" [CC]

1:30 PM America's Test Kitchen "Steak and Fries" [CC]

2:00 PM Christina Cooks "What's Up with Organics?" [CC]

2:30 PM Michael Chiarello's Napa "To Bee Or Not To Bee" [CC]

3:00 PM Jacques Pepin Celebrates! "Brick Oven Bonanza" [CC]

3:30 PM Flavors of America with Chef Jim Coleman "Chicago: Pierogies" [CC]

4:00 PM Ciao Italia "Fruit Desserts" [CC]

4:30 PM Lidia's Italian-American Kitchen "Veal Scaloppini" [CC]

5:00 PM Rick Steves' Europe "Rome: Baroque, After Dark" [CC]

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

6:00 PM This Old House [CC] (R/Sat., 30th, 10 a.m.)

6:30 PM Hometime "Visiting the International Builders' Show" [CC] (R/Sat., 30th, 10:30 a.m.)

7:00 PM The Lawrence Welk Show
"Champagne Toast to the Big Bands Special" Hosts: Myron Floren, Barney Liddell and Henry Cuesta.

8:00 PM R&B 40: A Soul Spectacular Jerry "The Geator"
Blavat is live in the TV12 studios to present this new special uniting the legends of 1960s Motown with the greats of 1970s American soul music, including Ben E. King and the Drifters and The Godfather of Soul James Brown, for a once-in-a-lifetime concert event. [CC] (R/Wed., 13th, 8 p.m.)

11:00 PM R&B 40: A Soul Spectacular Jerry "The Geator"
Blavat presents this new special uniting the legends of 1960s Motown with the greats of 1970s American soul music, including Ben E. King and the Drifters and other stars. Highlights from the concert include The Temptations' performance of "My Girl" and "Rescue Me" by Fontella Bass. [CC]

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