Catch up with this bold adaptation of Jane
Austen’s unfinished final work. Don’t miss
the new season of Sanditon on Masterpiece.
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Be Like Louise
Have a Plan and Keep It Updated
I love my role at PBS North Carolina. My purpose is to promote
estate and planned gifts and to steward the PBS North
Carolina Legacy Society, the folks who have designated us as
a beneficiary in their estate plan. It’s a treat to get to know
our supporters and help them with their charitable interests.
In recent years, PBS North Carolina has
regularly promoted estate planning by
providing info and encouragement to our
supporters as they create their legacy.
You don’t have to make an estate gift
to PBS North Carolina, but you do need
a plan of some sort. As a favorite teacher
once said, “Everyone needs a will, you can’t
take it with you.” This April, we’ll offer a virtual intro to estate
planning with Kathleen Rodberg, an attorney who specializes in
elder law with the Asheville law firm McGuire Wood & Bissette.
PBS North Carolina has benefitted from many estate plans,
and I enjoy learning about benefactors who came along
years before I arrived. The late Louise Lamont of Chapel Hill
loved the theater. An amateur actress, Louise was either
on or near the stage for much of her life. She loved quality
television and was a longtime supporter of PBS North
Carolina. A widow, Louise took control of her financial affairs
and produced a thoughtful last will and testament. When
she died in 1996, her estate established the John and Louise
Lamont Fund, a permanent endowment for the general
support of PBS North Carolina. In essence she still supports
what she enjoyed in life. I regret never knowing Louise, but
here at PBS North Carolina her legacy endures.
If you’d like to create or update an estate plan, join us
Thursday, April 21, at 10:30 AM for our webinar. To RSVP, email
giftplanning@pbsnc.org or call 877-485-3200 by April 15.
Here’s to all of our great supporters. Thank you!
Warren Bingham, Planned Gifts Officer
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ESTATE-
PLANNING
WEBINAR
Thursday, April 21
10:30 AM
DV = Descriptive Video
March | 3
2:30 Pinkalicious & Peterrific DV
3:00 3/19 & 3/20:
Read-a-roo’s Block Party
Live at Home
3:30 Elinor
Wonders Why DV
4:00 Donkey Hodie DV
Weekends:
Molly of Denali DV
4:30 Curious George DV
Weekends: Arthur DV
5:00 Alma’s Way DV
Weekends: Odd Squad DV
5:30 Xavier Riddle DV
Weekends: Wild Kratts
6 PM Molly of Denali DV
Weekends, until 10 PM:
PBS Family Fun Night
6:30 Hero Elementary DV
7:00 Wild Kratts
8:00 Odd Squad DV
9:00 Arthur DV
10:00 Cyberchase DV
10:30 Pinkalicious & Peterrific DV
Weekends: Wordgirl DV
11:00 Weekends:
Hero Elementary DV
11:30 Elinor Wonders Why DV
Weekends: Xavier Riddle DV
See Rootle’s overnight schedule
at pbsnc.org/rootle.
ALL DAY & ALL NIGHT
6 AM Cat in the Hat Knows
a Lot About That! DV
Weekends:
Clifford the Big Red Dog DV
6:30 Ready Jet Go! DV
Weekends: WordWorld DV
7:00 Peg+Cat DV
Weekends, until 10 AM:
Read-a-roo’s Block Party
3/26 & 3/27:
Read-a-roo’s Block
Party Live at Home
7:30 Super Why! DV
8:00 Daniel Tiger’s
Neighborhood DV
9:00 Sesame Street DV
3/19 & 3/20:
Read-a-roo’s Block Party
Live at Home
9:30 Elinor Wonders Why DV
10:00 Clifford the Big Red Dog DV
Weekends:
Sesame Street DV
Be Our Guest
Rootle’s Block Party LIVE! at Home
is back! Get ready to join
Miss E, Miss Shana and
Read-a-roo as they
discover what it means to
be a caring neighbor. Enjoy
fun hands-on activities and
guest appearances, including friends
from the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Tar
River Region, Burke County & Cumberland County 4-H,
Mother’s Finest Family Farms, North Carolina families
and more. This special edition of Rootle’s Block Party
LIVE! at Home premieres Saturday, March 19, 9 AM, on
PBS NC and Rootle.
10:30 Dinosaur Train DV
Weekends: Super Why DV
11:00 Let’s Go Luna! DV
Weekends:
Clifford the Big Red Dog DV
11:30 Curious George DV
Weekends:
Pinkalicious
& Peterrific DV
Noon Nature Cat
Weekends:
Dinosaur Train DV
12:30 Xavier Riddle DV
Weekends:
Let’s Go Luna! DV
1:00 Molly of Denali DV
Weekends, until 4 PM:
Read-a-roo’s Block Party
3/26 & 3/27:
Read-a-roo’s Block
Party Live at Home
1:30 Hero Elementary DV
2:00 Cyberchase DV
Brave Heart
Join Grover for an animated special
inspired by the classic The Monster at
the End of this Book. In Sesame Street:
The Monster at the End of this Story,
premiering Monday, March 7, 9 AM, on
Rootle, Grover learns to face his fears
with a little help from his friends.
Grow a
Digital Garden
Tallyho! In this activity
inspired by Nature Cat,
explore cause-and-effect
relationships and discover
what plants need to
thrive. Get creative with
the PBS KIDS ScratchJr
app and learn how to
make your own plants
and trees flourish.
Learn more:
pbsnc.org/plants
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Visit pbsnc.org/schedule for full listings.
Hello, Spring
Celebrate the change of seasons
with your little ones. Encourage
them to ask questions about the
world around them.
Questions to Ask:
• How is spring different from
winter? How is the weather
changing? What do you notice
about the grass, trees and plants?
• How does the changing weather affect the animals in our neighborhood? What are
birds up to? What about bugs and insects? Have you seen any animals that you didn’t
see in the winter?
• What colors do we find in nature when it is spring? Where might we find those colors
if we went on a walk? How are they different from what we see in fall or winter?
Read more: pbsnc.org/celebratingspring
Bye-Bye, Winter
After a long, cold winter, it’s
thrilling to feel the warm sun on
your face and the longer days.
Here are seven ways to explore
the outdoors and welcome spring:
1. Play in the rain
2. Catch the wind
3. Go on a walk or bike ride
4. Plant a garden
5. Watch for wildlife
6. Look to the skies
7. Go on a picnic
Learn more: pbsnc.org/outdooractivities
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1 TUESDAY
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour
Get in-depth analyses
of current events.
NC BBC World News
America
Katty Kay shares unique
global perspectives.
EX America’s
Test Kitchen from
Cook’s Illustrated
Turkey Two Ways
6:30 NC BBC World News
Outside Source
Ros Atkins discusses
global stories.
EX Cook’s Country
Pork, Peaches & Potatoes
7:00 PBS Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Patricia Fripp
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
France’s Dordogne
7:30 PBS NC Weekend
The Great Outdoors
Explore trails and trail
shops around the state. L
EX Joseph Rosendo’s
Travelscope
South Korea:
A Winter Journey DV
8:00 PBS Rick Steves
Why We Travel
Celebrate the rewards
of exploring our world
and the joy that awaits
those who travel.
NC North Carolina
Bookwatch
Sandra A. Gutierrez L
EX Lucy Worsley’s
Royal Myths & Secrets
Kings George III & IV
and the Napoleonic War
8:30 NC ncIMPACT
School Safety L
9:00 PBS PBS NewsHour:
State of the Union
Address & Republican
Response
NC Exploring
North Carolina
Ghost Towns of
North Carolina L
EX Lucy Worsley’s
Royal Myths & Secrets
The Romanovs & the
Russian Revolution
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Through Sunday, March 13
Virtual Screening
Join us Tuesday, March 1, 7 PM, for
an advance screening of the Oscar-
nominated Best Documentary
Feature Film Writing with Fire from
Independent Lens. Learn the story of
India’s only all-female newspaper, and
see how reporters redefined power in
a male-dominated news landscape.
A discussion will follow. To register, visit
pbsnc.org/events or email Karen Nowak
at knowak@pbsnc.org.
Watch the film on Monday, March 28,
10 PM, on PBS NC.
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President Joe Biden delivers his
first State of the Union Address.
Watch PBS NewsHour, Tuesday,
March 1, 9 PM, on PBS NC.
6 | March | Evening & Weekend Listings
Visit pbsnc.org/schedule for full listings.
9:30 NC The Woodwright’s
Shop with Roy Underhill
Lumberjack Fan Carving L
10:00 NC Bone Detectives
Victoria Gate, Leeds
EX British Antiques
Roadshow
V & A Dundee 1
10:30 EX Samantha Brown’s
Places to Love
Boston, Massachusetts
11:00 PBS Amanpour &
Company
The acclaimed journalist
explores today’s topics.
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Joseph Rosendo’s
Travelscope
A San Antonio Christmas
DV
11:30 EX In the Americas
with David Yetman
Brazil: The Diamond Range
2 WEDNESDAY
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour
NC BBC World News
America
EX Exploring
North Carolina
Ghost Towns of
North Carolina L
6:30 NC BBC World News
Outside Source
EX Sci NC
Science Lost in Time
Chemical pollution
threatens alligators,
the secret world of
moths and beach
nourishment. L
7:00 PBS Ken Burns:
The National Parks
Explore the beauty and
grandeur of our nation’s
magnificent parks.
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Barcelona & Catalunya
7:30 EX Wild Travels
Oldest Mardi Gras
Celebration
8:00 NC North Carolina
Awards
2021 Honorees
Gov. Cooper presents
NC’s highest civilian
honor to six winners. L
EX Christina Cooks:
Back to the
Cutting Board
La Dolce Vita
8:30 EX Burren:
Heart of Stone
In the Irish countryside
is a place with deep
caves, a stony land
scape and ancient ruins.
9:00 PBS NOVA
NOVA Universe Revealed:
Milky Way DV
9:30 NC American Masters
Mae West: Dirty Blonde
DV
EX Roadfood
Southern Louisiana:
Gumbo
10:00 EX Sara’s
Weeknight Meals
Easy Elegance
10:30 PBS Rick Steves’
Festive Europe
Rick ventures onto
Parisian streets on
Bastille Day and takes in
pageantry in London.
EX Kevin Belton’s
Cookin’ Louisiana
Acadia Parish:
Rice Central
11:00 PBS Amanpour &
Company
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Nature
American Horses DV
3 THURSDAY
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour
NC BBC World News
America
EX Lidia’s Kitchen
The Sweet Life in Italy
6:30 NC BBC World News
Outside Source
EX Ciao Italia
Something Special/
Qualcosa Di Speciale
7:00 PBS Cook’s Country
Pork, Peaches & Potatoes
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Little Europe:
San Marino, Monaco,
Vatican City
7:30 PBS Samantha Brown’s
Places to Love
Boston, MA
EX Growing a
Greener World
Abundant Harvest
8:00 PBS A Chef’s Life
Two-mato
NC Flavor, NC
Soft Shell Crabs L
EX The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
Cabbage Love L
8:30 PBS Rick Steves’ Europe
Naples & Pompeii
NC The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
Hey Pumpkin L
EX A Chef’s Life
My Watermelon Baby
9:00 PBS NC Weekend
Sweet Temptation
Explore sweet tempta
tions around the state. L
NC Cook’s Country
Pork, Peaches & Potatoes
EX Kevin Belton’s
Cookin’ Louisiana
Rapides Parish:
Heart of Louisiana
Explore the landscape of County Clare, Ireland, on Burren: Heart of
Stone, Wednesday, March 2, 8:30 PM, on the Explorer Channel.
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March | 7
EX Lidia’s Kitchen
The Sweet Life in Italy
8:00 PBS Washington Week
Leading journalists
analyze major news
and events.
NC ncIMPACT
Maternal Health
Disparities L
EX Frankie Drake
Mysteries
Healing Hands Pro
tecting a faith-healer
takes the ladies into
Toronto’s jazz scene.
8:30 PBS FRONT ROW
with Marc Rotterman
Lively conversations
and interviews with
key policy makers. L
NC Black Issues Forum L
9:00 PBS Soul Legends
Pam Grier hosts a
tribute to soul hits and
performers.
NC FRONT ROW
with Marc Rotterman L
EX Call the Midwife
Episode 1 Sister Juli
enne and Dr. Turner
clash over a private
care service.
9:30 NC Washington Week
10:00 NC Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Patricia Fripp L
EX Call the Midwife
Episode 2 Sister Fran
ces finds herself in a
tricky situation when a
woman confides in her.
10:30 NC The Chavis
Chronicles
Engaging conversations
with civil rights icon Dr.
Benjamin F. Chavis Jr.
11:00 PBS Amanpour &
Company
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Call the Midwife
Episode 3 Sister Hilda
and Dr. Turner get in
volved with a woman
whose health presents
a series of challenges.
5 SATURDAY
6 AM PBS Mister Rogers’
Neighborhood
NC Roadfood
Houston, TX: Viet-Cajun
Crawfish & Beef Pho
9:30 PBS Science Goes
to the Movies
John Coltrane & Albert
Einstein Cosmologist
Stephon Alexander on
math and music.
NC Growing a
Greener World
Abundant Harvest
EX Simply Ming
Wings & Tempura
10:00 PBS This Land
Is Your Land
The Smothers Brothers
and Judy Collins host a
look at folk music.
NC NC Weekend
Sweet Temptations L
EX Legacy List
with Matt Paxton
Home on the Range
10:30 NC Changing Seas
A Decade After
Deepwater
11:00 NC PBS NewsHour
EX Joseph Rosendo’s
Travelscope
Taiwan Lantern Festival
DV
11:30 PBS Amanpour &
Company
EX In the Americas
with David Yetman
Peru: A Train to
the Clouds
4 FRIDAY
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour
NC BBC World News
America
EX Cook’s Country
Pork, Peaches & Potatoes
6:30 NC BBC World News
Today
Correspondents and
expert guests cover a
broad range of topics.
EX Simply Ming
Frites
7:00 PBS Black Issues Forum
Deborah Holt Noel wel
comes thought leaders
and policy influencers
for a conversation. L
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Great Swiss Cities:
Luzern, Bern, Zurich &
Lausanne
7:30 PBS ncIMPACT
Maternal Health
Disparities L
EX Carolina
Outdoor Journal
Redfish Bay Fly fish
for red drum. Donna
Reynolds prepares a
duck recipe. L
6:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s
Neighborhood DV
NC Cook’s Country
Pork, Peaches & Potatoes
EX The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
Cabbage Love L
7:00 PBS Sesame Street DV
NC Carolina
Outdoor Journal
Redfish Bay L
EX Exploring
North Carolina
Living with a Rising Sea L
7:30 PBS Donkey Hodie DV
NC David Adler:
Great House Architect
Career
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
London: Historic &
Dynamic
8:00 PBS Pinkalicious &
Peterrific DV
NC Garden Smart
Front Yard Makeover
EX Nature
American Horses DV
8:30 PBS Molly of Denali DV
NC Flavor, NC
Soft Shell Crabs L
9:00 PBS Elinor
Wonders Why DV
NC NC Weekend
Sweet Temptations L
EX Easy Yoga:
The Secret to
Strength & Balance
with Peggy Cappy
9:30 PBS Nature Cat
NC Changing Seas
A Decade After
Deepwater
10:00 PBS NC Weekend
Sweet Temptations L
NC Carolina
Business Review L
EX Earth Emergency
Explore how envi
ronmental feedback
loops are amplifying
global warming.
8 | March | Evening & Weekend Listings
Visit pbsnc.org/schedule for full listings.
10:30 PBS Unlock the Secret
to Extraordinary
Health with David
Perlmutter, MD
The latest science about
uric acid and the tools
needed to bring it un
der control.
NC Variety Studio:
Actors on Actors
Lady Gaga, Jake
Gyllenhaal & more
11:00 NC Our Time
Immigration
11:30 NC Woodsmith Shop
Outdoor Dining Table
EX The World of
Wisdom & Wonder
Soaring music, lush
imagery and words of
wisdom from a diverse
group of the world’s
greatest poets, authors
and philosophers.
Noon PBS Ed Slott’s
Retirement Freedom!
Ed helps viewers keep
what’s theirs and pay as
little taxes as possible.
NC American
Woodshop
Wall Curio Cabinet
12:30 NC The Woodwright’s
Shop with Roy Underhill
Dovetailed Grease Pot L
EX Soul Legends
1:00 NC In Julia’s Kitchen
with Master Chefs
Rick Bayless
1:30 NC Sara’s
Weeknight Meals
From the Latin Kitchen
2:00 PBS Dr. Fuhrman’s
End Dieting Forever!
Dr. Fuhrman discusses
a lifestyle based on
nutrient-rich foods.
NC Texas Parks &
Wildlife
A nomadic photog
rapher in Texas, an
aquatic bug scientist
and Lockhart State Park.
2:30 NC Story in the
Public Square
Laura Coates
EX Rick Steves’
Heart of Italy
Umbria, Assisi, Siena
and the Cinque Terre.
3:00 NC To the Contrary
with Bonnie Erbé
Women-centered news
analysis show tackles
hot topics.
3:30 NC Firing Line with
Margaret Hoover
Bright minds and
fresh voices debate
important issues.
4:00 PBS Pottery Live!
with Ben Owen III
Ben demonstrates how
he creates this year’s
collection and shares
NC pottery history.
NC FRONT ROW
with Marc Rotterman L
4:30 NC Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Patricia Fripp L
EX Nature
American Horses DV
5:00 NC PBS Newshour
Weekend
5:30 NC Washington Week
6 PM PBS Buddy Guy:
True to the Blues
The living legend who
inspired Jimi Hendrix,
the Rolling Stones and
countless others.
NC Classic Gospel
EX NOVA
NOVA Universe Re
vealed—Milky Way DV
7:00 NC ncIMPACT
Maternal Health
Disparities L
7:30 NC Echo Sessions
Lespecial This trio plays
heavy future groove. L
EX Country Pop Legends
Roy Clark and Glenn
Campbell highlight clas
sic country-pop tunes.
8:00 PBS 20 Things to Do
in Midsomer...
Before You Die
This anniversary special
includes memorable
moments and stories
from the set of
Midsomer Murders.
NC Country Music
Are You Sure Hank Done It
This Way? (1973-1983) DV
Neurologist David Perlmutter
helps Unlock the Secret to
Extraordinary Health, Saturday,
March 5, 10:30 AM, on PBS NC.
Meet the guitar legend who inspired the likes of Jimi Hendrix
and Eric Clapton. Watch Buddy Guy: True to the Blues, Saturday,
March 5, 6 PM, on PBS NC.
Update your bucket list with
20 Things to Do in Midsomer...
Before You Die, Saturday,
March 5, 8 PM, on PBS NC.
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March | 9
9:30 PBS Rolling Stones:
A Bigger Bang—
Live on Copacabana
One of the biggest free
concerts of all time,
recorded in 2006 in Rio.
This fully restored and
remastered concert
includes four previously
unreleased tracks.
EX Doo Wop to Pop
Rock: My Music
Celebrates 20 Years
Glen Campbell, Aretha
Franklin and more cel
ebrate hit songs from
the ’50s to the ’70s.
10:30 NC Live from
the Old Steeple
Alasdair Fraser &
Natalie Haas
11:30 PBS Leonard Cohen:
Dance Me—Ballets
Jazz de Montréal
Celebrate the singer-
songwriter in a mes
merizing show of dance,
music and videography.
NC Carolina
Business Review L
EX Deepak Chopra:
Your Path to
Enlightenment
Cutting-edge neurosci
ence and ancient wis
dom merge to provide
tools to change lives.
8:30 PBS Wild Kratts
NC Firing Line with
Margaret Hoover
9:00 PBS This Old House
West Roxbury|
Drain Pipe Puzzle
NC Washington Week
9:30 PBS Ask This Old House
Shrub Harvesting,
Building a Box Joint Jig
NC FRONT ROW
with Marc Rotterman L
10:00 PBS Reconstruction:
America After the
Civil War
After the war, support
for African Americans
did not last.
NC Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Patricia Fripp L
EX From Sea to
Shining Sea
A musical travelogue.
NC David Holt’s
State of Music
Della Mae L
6 SUNDAY
6 AM PBS Kid Stew
NC The Chavis
Chronicles
EX Finding Your Roots
Grandparents &
Other Strangers
Andy Samberg and
George R. R. Martin.
6:30 PBS Elinor
Wonders Why DV
NC Education Matters
Learn about issues af
fecting education in NC. L
7:00 PBS Ready Jet Go! DV
NC Open Mind
Surviving the
Apocalypse Factories
EX Antiques Roadshow
Desert Botanical Garden,
Hour 2
7:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s
Neighborhood DV
NC History with
David Rubenstein
Walter Isaacson
8:00 PBS Curious George
Experience our nation’s
grandeur on From Sea to
Shining Sea, Sunday, March 6,
10 AM, on the Explorer Channel.
Clear your mind with self-help
guru Deepak Chopra, Sunday,
March 6, 8 AM, on the Explorer
Channel.
Wild horses won’t keep fans from this epic concert in Rio. Watch
Rolling Stones: A Bigger Bang—Live on Copacabana, Saturday,
March 5, 9:30 PM, on PBS NC.
Choreographers pay
tribute to singer-
songwriter Leonard
Cohen in Dance Me,
Saturday, March 5,
11:30 PM, on PBS NC.
10 | March | Evening & Weekend Listings
Visit pbsnc.org/schedule for full listings.
6 PM PBS Rick Steves’
Festive Europe
NC Black Issues Forum L
6:30 PBS Burt Bacharach’s
Best
Footage and clips from
the 1960s and 1970s,
including “Walk on By”
by Dionne Warwick and
“What’s New Pussycat”
by Tom Jones.
NC American Masters
Toni Morrison:
The Pieces I Am DV
EX Betty White:
First Lady of Television
8:00 PBS Agatha & the
Truth of Murder
Agatha Christie inves
tigates the murder of
Florence Nightingale’s
goddaughter in 1926.
EX This Land Is
Your Land
8:30 NC Great
Performances
Ann A revealing look at
larger-than-life Texas
governor Ann Richards.
9:30 EX Buddy Guy:
True to the Blues
10:00 PBS Suze Orman’s
Ultimate Retirement
Guide
Essential advice on
planning for retirement.
10:30 NC Legacy List
with Matt Paxton
Our Adobe Home
11:30 NC Comic Culture L
EX Keto Diet
with Dr. Josh Axe
7 MONDAY
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour
NC BBC World News
America
EX In the Americas
with David Yetman
Arizona Volcanoes
6:30 NC BBC World News
Outside Source
EX Travels with Darley
Charleston & the
Liberty Trail
7:00 PBS Sci NC
Life Science Saving
marshes from climate
change, Black doulas,
insect flight and
tardigrades. L
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Vienna & the Danube
10:30 NC North Carolina
Bookwatch
Bob Garner L
11:00 NC The Chavis
Chronicles
11:30 NC Story in the
Public Square
Laura Coates
EX Yellowstone
Symphony
Travel through the
wonders of our first
national park.
Noon NC Carolina
Outdoor Journal
Crappie Lesson
Fishing a pond with
a young angler. L
12:30 PBS Reconstruction:
America After the
Civil War
The rise of Jim Crow
and the undermining of
Reconstruction’s legal
and political legacy.
NC David Adler:
Great House Architect
Career
EX Rick Steves
Why We Travel
1:00 NC Country Music
Are You Sure Hank Done
It This Way? (1973-1983)
DV
1:30 EX Ken Burns:
The National Parks
3:30 PBS Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Patricia Fripp L
NC Live from
the Old Steeple
Alasdair Fraser &
Natalie Haas
EX Rick Steves
Fascism in Europe
Rick travels back a
century to learn about
fascism in Europe.
4:00 PBS Black Issues Forum L
4:30 PBS FRONT ROW
with Marc Rotterman L
NC David Holt’s
State of Music
Della Mae L
5:00 PBS Washington Week
NC PBS Newshour
Weekend
EX Endeavour:
The Evolution
5:30 PBS PBS Newshour
Weekend
NC ncIMPACT
Maternal Health
Disparities L
7:30 PBS British Antiques
Roadshow
Lytham Hall 1
EX Samantha Brown’s
Places to Love
Asheville, NC
8:00 PBS Soul Legends
NC By One Vote:
Woman Suffrage
in the South
Legislators in Nash
ville cast the deciding
vote to ratify the 19th
Amendment in 1920.
EX Trouble with
Maggie Cole
Episode 4 Maggie
makes a horrifying
discovery in a confron
tation with Roxanna.
9:00 NC Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Patricia Fripp L
EX Trouble with
Maggie Cole
Episode 5 Becka and
Maggie share a mo
ment that puts things
into perspective.
9:30 NC NC Weekend
Sweet Temptations L
10:00 PBS Rick Steves
Why We Travel
NC Carolina
Outdoor Journal
Crappie Lesson L
EX Trouble with
Maggie Cole
Episode 6 Maggie must
make amends with Jill
and Marcus but is con
cerned with her family.
10:30 NC Sci NC
Life Science L
11:00 PBS Amanpour &
Company
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Finding Your Roots
Grandparents &
Other Strangers
8 TUESDAY
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour
NC BBC World News
America
EX America’s
Test Kitchen from
Cook’s Illustrated
Plant-Based Perfection
6:30 NC BBC World News
Outside Source
EX Cook’s Country
French Fare
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7:00 PBS Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Vance Cryer L
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
The Czech Republic
Off the Beaten Path
7:30 PBS NC Weekend
Sweet Temptations L
EX Joseph Rosendo’s
Travelscope
Hungary, Austria &
Germany: Sampling
the Danube DV
8:00 PBS Slavery by
Another Name
This documentary chal
lenges the belief that
slavery in the US ended
with the Emancipation
Proclamation.
NC North Carolina
Bookwatch
Bob Garner L
EX Queen Elizabeth’s
Secret Agents
The queen’s spymaster
intercepts a conspiracy
to assassinate the
queen.
8:30 NC ncIMPACT
Maternal Health
Disparities L
9:00 NC Exploring
North Carolina
Living with a Rising Sea L
EX Queen Elizabeth’s
Secret Agents
Elizabeth’s spymaster
fights an enemy within.
9:30 NC The Woodwright’s
Shop with Roy Underhill
Forging the Hold Fast L
10:00 PBS Underground
Railroad: The
William Still Story
How a clerk helped
freedom seekers in the
years leading up to the
American Civil War.
NC Bone Detectives
Bristol
EX British Antiques
Roadshow
Lytham Hall 1
10:30 EX Samantha Brown’s
Places to Love
Asheville, NC
11:00 NC PBS NewsHour
EX Joseph Rosendo’s
Travelscope
La Joie de Vivre in
Quebec City, Canada DV
NC Education Matters L
9 WEDNESDAY
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour
NC BBC World News
America
EX Exploring
North Carolina
Living with a Rising Sea L
6:30 NC BBC World News
Outside Source
EX Sci NC
Life Science L
7:00 PBS MotorWeek
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Athens & Side Trips
7:30 PBS An Evening with
Lerner & Loewe:
Broadway in Concert
Music from My Fair Lady,
Camelot and more.
EX Wild Travels
Movie Madness Videos
8:00 NC Mary’s Wedding
Mary and Charlie find
one another sheltered
during a storm.
EX Christina Cooks:
Back to the
Cutting Board
Never Enough Pasta
8:30 EX Burren:
Heart of Stone
9:00 PBS 60s Pop,
Rock & Soul
Pop sounds from frat
rock to surf, the British
beats, Motown and soul.
9:30 NC American Masters
Laura Ingalls Wilder:
Prairie to Page DV
EX Roadfood
Phoenix, AZ: Frybread
10:00 EX Sara’s
Weeknight Meals
Latin Twist
10:30 EX Kevin Belton’s
Cookin’ Louisiana
St. Landry Parish:
Prairie Sampler
11:00 PBS Amanpour &
Company
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Nature
Bears DV
10 THURSDAY
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour
NC BBC World News
America
EX Lidia’s Kitchen
Simply Lidia
6:30 NC BBC World News
Outside Source
EX Ciao Italia
Cialdoni, Agrigento Pas
tries/Cialdoni, Pasticcin
7:00 PBS Pottery Live!
with Ben Owen III
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Greece’s Peloponnese
7:30 EX Growing a
Greener World
Year-Round Growing
with Eliot Coleman
8:00 NC Flavor, NC
PieBird Pies L
EX The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
Hey Pumpkin L
8:30 NC Family Ingredients
Hawai’i: Poi DV
EX A Chef’s Life
Peas, Please
Aisha Jackson and other stars of the stage make iconic songs their
own in An Evening with Lerner & Loewe, Wednesday, March 9,
7:30 PM, on PBS NC.
12 | March | Evening & Weekend Listings
Visit pbsnc.org/schedule for full listings.
9:00 PBS NC Weekend
Back to Nature
Visits to the North
Carolina Zoo, the Duke
Lemur Center, Nags
Head Woods Nature
Preserve and more. L
NC Cook’s Country
French Fare
EX Kevin Belton’s
Cookin’ Louisiana
Avoyelles Parish:
Smack Dab
9:30 PBS Burt Bacharach’s
Best
NC Growing a
Greener World
Year-Round Growing
with Eliot Coleman
EX Simply Ming
Frites
10:00 NC NC Weekend
Back to Nature L
EX Legacy List
with Matt Paxton
Our Adobe Home
10:30 NC Changing Seas
Peru’s Desert Penguins
11:00 PBS Amanpour &
Company
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Joseph Rosendo’s
Travelscope
Taiwan: Iron Pathways to
Adventure, Part 1 DV
11:30 EX In the Americas
with David Yetman
Chiloé & Chilotes:
Proud Islanders of Chile
11 FRIDAY
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour
NC BBC World News
America
EX Cook’s Country
French Fare
6:30 NC BBC World News
Today
EX Simply Ming
Ming Tsai with Guest
Andrew Zimmern
7:00 PBS Black Issues Forum L
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Copenhagen
7:30 PBS ncIMPACT
Aging in Place L
EX Lidia’s Kitchen
Simply Lidia
8:00 PBS Washington Week
NC ncIMPACT
Aging in Place L
EX Frankie Drake
Mysteries
Out of Focus Frankie
and Trudy go under
cover on a movie set to
solve a murder.
8:30 PBS FRONT ROW
with Marc Rotterman L
NC Black Issues Forum L
9:00 PBS You, Happier with
Daniel Amen, MD
How you can be 30%
happier in just 30 days.
NC FRONT ROW
with Marc Rotterman L
EX Call the Midwife
Episode 4 Nonnatus
House awaits the arrival
of new pupil midwives.
9:30 NC Washington Week
10:00 NC Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Vance Cryer L
EX Call the Midwife
Episode 5 Sister Juli
enne steps in to carry
out home visits.
10:30 NC The Chavis
Chronicles
11:00 PBS Amanpour &
Company
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Call the Midwife
Episode 6 Dr. Turner
and Sister Frances help
a mother-to-be. Nancy
reveals a secret.
12 SATURDAY
6 AM PBS Mister Rogers’
Neighborhood DV
NC Roadfood
NYC/Little Dominican
Republic: Tres Golpes
EX Carolina
Outdoor Journal
Crappie Lesson L
6:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s
Neighborhood DV
NC Cook’s Country
French Fare
EX The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
Hey Pumpkin L
7:00 PBS Sesame Street DV
NC Carolina
Outdoor Journal
Crappie Lesson L
EX Exploring
North Carolina
A Peninsula with a Future L
7:30 PBS Donkey Hodie DV
NC David Adler:
Great House Architect
An Era Ends
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
North England’s Lake
District & Durham
8:00 PBS Pinkalicious &
Peterrific DV
NC Garden Smart
Preparing the Soil
for Planting
EX Nature
Bears DV
8:30 PBS Molly of Denali. DV
NC Flavor, NC
PieBird Pies L
9:00 PBS Elinor
Wonders Why DV
NC NC Weekend
Back to Nature L
EX American
Experience
Voice of Freedom The
life of African American
contralto opera singer
Marian Anderson. DV
9:30 PBS Nature Cat
NC Changing Seas
Peru’s Desert Penguins
Chase your blues away. Tune in to You, Happier with Daniel Amen,
MD, Friday, March 11, 9 PM, on PBS NC.
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10:00 PBS NC Weekend
Back to Nature L
NC Carolina
Business Review L
10:30 PBS You, Happier with
Daniel Amen, MD
NC Variety Studio:
Actors on Actors
Penélope Cruz, Benedict
Cumberbatch & more
11:00 NC Our Time
Intimate Partner
Violence & Bullying
11:30 NC Woodsmith Shop
Jimmy Clewes Turns
EX Rick Steves Hunger
& Hope: Lessons from
Ethiopia & Guatemala
Learn about extreme
poverty and its solutions.
Noon NC American
Woodshop
Hoop Back Windsor Chair
12:30 PBS Longevity Paradox
with Steven Gundry, MD
Dr. Gundry shares an
easy approach to help
us feel better and more
youthful at any age.
NC The Woodwright’s
Shop with Roy Underhill
Lumberjack Fan Carving L
1:00 NC In Julia’s Kitchen
with Master Chefs
Gordon Hamersley
EX Riverdance 25th
Anniversary Show
A powerful reinvention
of the Irish music and
dance show.
1:30 NC Sara’s
Weeknight Meals
Soul of the South
2:00 PBS From Sea
to Shining Sea
NC Texas Parks &
Wildlife
The historic Camino
Real, wind power and
wildlife and agency
office octopus.
2:30 NC Story in the
Public Square
3:00 NC To the Contrary
with Bonnie Erbé
EX Underground
Railroad: The
William Still Story
3:30 PBS Italy Made
with Love
Meet remarkable arti
sans who make excep
tional items by hand.
NC Firing Line with
Margaret Hoover
4:00 NC FRONT ROW
with Marc Rotterman L
4:30 NC Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Vance Cryer L
EX Build a Better Mem
ory Through Science
Discover strategies and
lifestyle suggestions.
5:00 PBS An Evening with
Lerner & Loewe:
Broadway in Concert
NC PBS Newshour
Weekend
5:30 NC Washington Week
6 PM NC Classic Gospel
6:30 PBS Andy Williams:
Greatest Love Songs
Enjoy the crooner’s hits
and best-loved ballads,
including “Moon River”
and “Love Story.”
EX Magic Moments:
The Best of 50s Pop
7:00 NC ncIMPACT
Aging in Place L
7:30 NC Echo Sessions
Lore This Nashville duo
mixes metal, grunge,
blues and rock into
Americana anthems. L
8:00 PBS 60s Pop,
Rock & Soul
NC Country Music
Don’t Get Above Your
Raisin’ (1984-1996) DV
9:00 EX Pink Floyd:
Live from Venice
The band’s legendary
1989 concert.
10:00 PBS Eat Your Medicine:
The Pegan Diet
Approach to Heal
Dr. Hyman uncovers
and addresses the root
cause of disease.
NC Live from
the Old Steeple
Tim O’Brien
10:30 EX Rolling Stones:
A Bigger Bang—
Live on Copacabana
11:00 NC Austin City Limits
Rosalía
13 SUNDAY
6 AM PBS Kid Stew
NC The Chavis
Chronicles
EX Finding Your Roots
Mystery Men
Felicity Huffman and
Michael K. Williams.
6:30 PBS Elinor
Wonders Why DV
NC Education Matters L
7:00 PBS Ready Jet Go! DV
NC Open Mind
Subjective Judges &
Justice
EX Antiques Roadshow
Desert Botanical Garden,
Hour 3
7:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s
Neighborhood DV
NC History with
David Rubenstein
Jeffrey Rosen
8:00 PBS Curious George
NC Carolina
Business Review L
EX Magic Moments:
the Best of 50s Pop
8:30 PBS Wild Kratts
NC Firing Line with
Margaret Hoover
9:00 PBS This Old House
West Roxbury|
Outdoor Oasis
NC Washington Week
9:30 PBS Ask This Old House
Concrete Driveway,
Spray Paint
NC FRONT ROW
with Marc Rotterman L
10:00 PBS Deepak Chopra:
Your Path to
Enlightenment
NC Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Vance Cryer L
Laura Reed of the duo Lore
brings raw Americana anthems
to Echo Sessions, Saturday,
March 12, 7:30 PM, on the North
Carolina Channel.
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10:30 NC North Carolina
Bookwatch
Sharon Draper L
EX Rick Steves Hunger
& Hope: Lessons from
Ethiopia & Guatemala
11:00 NC The Chavis
Chronicles
11:30 NC Story in the
Public Square
Noon PBS Ed Slott’s
Retirement Freedom!
NC Carolina
Journal
Catawba Drift Fishing
the Catawba River for
mountain trout.
EX Andy Williams:
Greatest Love Songs
12:30 NC David Adler:
Great House Architect
An Era Ends
1:00 NC Country Music
Don’t Get Above Your
Raisin’ (1984-1996) DV
1:30 EX Italy Made
with Love
2:00 PBS Trinity:
Classically Irish
The trio performs
fresh arrangements of
beloved songs, includ
ing “Red Is the Rose,”
“Danny Boy” and more.
3:00 NC Live from
the Old Steeple
Tim O’Brien
EX 60s Pop,
Rock & Soul
3:30 PBS Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Vance Cryer L
4:00 PBS Black Issues Forum L
NC Austin City Limits
Rosalía
4:30 PBS FRONT ROW
with Marc Rotterman L
5:00 PBS Washington Week
NC PBS Newshour
Weekend
EX Agatha & the Truth
of Murder
5:30 PBS PBS Newshour
Weekend
NC ncIMPACT
Aging in Place L
6 PM PBS Slavery by
Another Name
NC Black Issues Forum L
6:30 NC American Masters
Althea A profile of the
first African American
to win Wimbledon,
Althea Gibson.
7:00 EX Pottery Live!
with Ben Owen III
8:00 PBS Riverdance 25th
Anniversary Show
NC Vote: American
Experience
Hour 1 The first gen
eration of leaders in the
battle to win the vote
for women are profiled.
9:00 NC Vote: American
Experience
Hour 2 Explore the strat
egies used by a new
generation of leader. DV
EX Great Performances:
Andrea Bocelli—
Live in Central Park
The superstar tenor
performs with the New
York Philharmonic.
10:00 PBS Brain Revolution
Explore neuroplasticity
and how the brain works.
NC Beyond the Canvas
Women of Wonder
10:30 NC Legacy List
with Matt Paxton
Bye-Bye, Big Apple
11:30 NC Comic Culture L
14 MONDAY
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour
NC BBC World News
America
EX Ireland
with Michael
The Rose of Mooncoin
6:30 NC BBC World News
Outside Source
EX Travels with Darley
Colorado Ranches &
Forests
7:00 PBS Sci NC
The Science of New
Testing a new way to fish
that protects sharks. L
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Denmark: Beyond
Copenhagen
7:30 PBS British Antiques
Roadshow
Compton Verney 1
EX Samantha Brown’s
Places to Love
The Jersey Shore & More
8:00 PBS Antiques
Roadshow
McNay Art Museum,
Hour 1
NC Betty White:
First Lady of Television
EX Mrs. Wilson
on Masterpiece
Episode 1 When charm
ing spy novelist Alec
Wilson dies, his wife,
Alison, begins to learn
his real story.
9:00 PBS Antiques
Roadshow
McNay Art Museum,
Hour 2
NC Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Vance Cryer L
EX Mrs. Wilson
on Masterpiece
Episode 2 Recently
widowed Alison finds
herself at the center
of a mystery.
9:30 NC NC Weekend
Back to Nature L
10:00 PBS American Masters
Laura Ingalls Wilder:
Prairie to Page DV
NC Carolina
Outdoor Journal
Catawba Drift L
EX Mrs. Wilson
on Masterpiece
Episode 3 Alec’s handler
in the secret service
drops a bombshell.
10:30 NC Sci NC
The Science of New L
11:00 NC PBS NewsHour
EX Finding Your Roots
Mystery Men
11:30 PBS Amanpour &
Company
15 TUESDAY
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour
NC BBC World News
America
EX America’s
Test Kitchen from
Cook’s Illustrated
French Chicken &
Potatoes
6:30 NC BBC World News
Outside Source
EX Cook’s Country
Chicken Soup &
Cheesy Bread
7:00 PBS Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Ed Hajim L
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Istanbul
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March Is for Members
March is Membership Month at PBS North Carolina, and we want you to know how grateful
we are for your generous support.
As a PBS North Carolina member, your contributions provide the steady funds needed
to create and share educational and entertaining programs. You play an essential role in
ensuring we continue to connect and inspire.
With your membership, PBS North Carolina can air Masterpiece and other PBS productions,
keep current with PBS NewsHour and Black Issues Forum, create local North Carolina-
based shows, take us on explorations around the world and provide engaging programs for
our little ones.
Throughout the month, we will share stories from our
members, the reasons why you give and the ways you
believe PBS North Carolina nourishes communities
throughout our state. We will ask you for feedback and
recommendations in our annual member survey. And we
will share a few ways North Carolina is impacted by your
support to public media.
On behalf of PBS North Carolina, our viewers and all
those in our community impacted by our programs and
outreach initiatives, thank you for being a member.
Your support allows
us to bring national issues
into perspective, foster
conversations about
current events and share
stories from diverse
perspectives.
Who makes your favorite programs possible?
You do!
This is what a typical month on PBS North Carolina looks like:
Because of your support,
we serve millions of
viewers each month
through our four
broadcast channels and
provide thousands of
programs on demand
with PBS North Carolina
Passport and at pbsnc.org.
Thanks for all you’ve
helped us achieve.
16%
News &
Current
Affairs
22%
Adult
Educational
25%
Kids
Educational
20%
Arts &
Cultural
17%
Science &
Documentary
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Member Stories
Each of us has a story to tell. PBS North Carolina shares stories on-screen but our impact
goes deeper than that. Viewers and donors love to tell us how our programs and initiatives
inspire them to grow, create bonds, discover new cultures and find joy.
Because of your support, you will help our community grow in countless ways. Here are
just a few stories from members and donors about how PBS North Carolina has helped and
inspired them.
Finding Joy & Comfort
The last two years have been tough but finding joy in the small things can make a
difference. Pamela Price and Jeannette Barrell share how our programs put smiles on their
faces during challenging times.
“Thank you for continuing to bring entertainment and joy into my house. When I’m feeling
down and see that Poirot or Grantchester or some other wonderful PBS show is going to be
on that evening, it really does make me feel better.”
—Pamela Price from Winston-Salem
“PBS was a godsend in 2020 for me. I broke my ankle
at the end of February, and it needed surgery. So I
was already out of circulation in mid-March when the
restrictions started. PBS North Carolina was the best
entertainment, including the children’s programs,
which I had not watched for years. I found they were
an excellent teaching medium, regardless of age
(I will be 90 later this year).
You are all doing an excellent job. Thank you!”
—Jeannette Barrell in Concord
Keep Learning, Keep Growing
PBS North Carolina aims to expand your
horizons, help you develop new interests
and light up your screens and minds with
innovative programming. The Stokleys,
Kavitha Subramaniam and Jean Skaife share
how PBS North Carolina has broadened their
knowledge and perspectives.
“We’ve supported PBS North Carolina
since the early ’80s, enjoying brilliant
science shows, travel, documentaries, local
profiles and Masterpiece dramas—and
years of Sesame Street when our daughter
was young. We turn to PBS almost every
evening to keep learning and enjoy quality
programming. We are proud sponsors.”
—Anne and Robert Stokley in Wrightsville Beach
Because of you, PBS North
Carolina is more than a
TV station, streaming
app and media company.
We are a community-
focused education
powerhouse for all ages.
Robert and Anne Stokley at a location in France
they learned about from Rick Steves
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“PBS North Carolina means educational and entertaining
programming for children and adults. I donate to this
network so that everybody can have access to educational
shows. I like some of the kids shows though I am an adult,
but I like to watch shows related to nature and music as well.
A kid at heart, I like looking back at the PBS shows I watched
as a kid and see the new ones.”
—Kavitha Subramaniam in Raleigh
“The PBS Nature program with the hippos in the
Okavango Delta of Botswana took me back to an African
trip in 1995. I felt like I was there again with the hippos.
The exceptional photography of all the PBS Nature
programs brings scientific and educational information
to all. I am a senior and arrived at my 100th birthday last
September. I rely on PBS for bringing me to the world I
still wish to be involved. Thanks, PBS.”
—Jean Skaife in Chapel Hill
The Ties that Bind
We are better when we’re together. Your generous
support of PBS North Carolina strengthens viewers’
relationships to their families, neighbors and
communities. Maureen McCann is on the other side of the
world but stays connected with her mom in Raleigh with
PBS North Carolina programs.
“I am a proud North Carolina teacher who has been
teaching internationally for over 25 years. One of the
things I miss most about North Carolina is watching PBS on
television. Coming from a blue-collar family whose parents
did not go to college, PBS gave my family a passport to a
wider world, whether from Masterpiece, travel programs
or NewsHour. PBS was part of my family’s culture.
Because of the pandemic, I have not been able to return home for two summers. However,
during my weekly phone calls with my aging mother who lives in Raleigh in the home
where I grew up, we frequently talk about what we saw on PBS. Although PBS is not
available in the country where I live, I can manage to watch some programs via YouTube.
Catching bits of PBS from the other side of the world connects me to my family, to my state,
to my country. PBS feels like home. I donate to PBS North Carolina because I want to share
this gift with other members of my community.”
—Maureen McCann in Hong Kong
Your support helps
people build stronger
connections and
develop deeper
empathy for others.
Maureen McCann
SHARE YOUR STORY
We want to know what PBS means to you and your family. We love getting to know
you better, and your story might inspire others to join our community of donors.
Will you share your story with us? Visit pbsnc.org/stories.
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Family Time
Family is so important and that is why we prioritize creating positive screen time for
children and nourishing connections between all generations. Members Tiffany Debnam
and Michael Stewart-Isaacs share how their family bonds with PBS North Carolina.
“PBS NC is our family’s first choice when
we want family-centered entertainment
at home. It is accurate, meaningful and
educational. When we decided to cut the
cable cord, we were comforted in knowing
we would still have access to the channel.
I can trust PBS NC. This means I feel
comfortable not having to monitor the
screen when my kids want TV time. What’s
most important to us are the insightful
shows and specials. No other broadcast—
live or streaming—provides that for us. I am always impressed by the broad range of topics
the channel covers, even the hard topics. PBS NC genuinely highlights diversity!”
—Tiffany Debnam
“Being a loyal viewer of PBS North Carolina
has meant so much to our family’s bonding
time and memories. All our children
are growing up watching amazing PBS
Kids programming. My wife and I enjoy
informative series like Black Issues
Forum and special programming like the
Muhammad Ali series to provide us with a
greater sense of connected awareness about
concerns in the community.
We also love the PBS NC app as a tool
to keep up with the latest headlines and
upcoming series.”
—Michael Stewart-Isaacs
Thank You, Members
Your support brings joy, learning and connection to North Carolina and beyond. Thank
you for making our state a brighter and more supportive place for people of all ages,
backgrounds and interests.
With your help, we will continue to spark lifelong curiosity and wonder, empower our
communities and enrich the lives of all North Carolinians.
TELL US WHAT YOU THINK
As a member, donor and viewer, we value your input and always enjoy hearing from you.
Help guide our content and services by taking part in our annual member survey:
pbsnc.org/survey4.
Stewart-Isaacs family
Debnam family
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7:30 PBS NC Weekend
Back to Nature L
EX Joseph Rosendo’s
Travelscope
The Cook Islands:
Cultural Paradise DV
8:00 PBS Finding Your Roots
On Broadway
Audra McDonald and
Mandy Patinkin.
NC North Carolina
Bookwatch
Sharon Draper L
EX Queen Elizabeth’s
Secret Agents
Religious extremists
plan to blow up the
Houses of Parliament
with the king inside.
8:30 NC ncIMPACT
Aging in Place L
9:00 PBS American Experi
ence: Annie Oakley
The story of a five-
foot-tall sharpshooter
who became a symbol
of the Wild West. DV
NC Exploring
North Carolina
A Peninsula with a Future L
EX Secrets of
the Six Wives
Divorced The mar
riage of Henry VIII to
first wife, Catherine
of Aragon.
9:30 NC The Woodwright’s
Shop with Roy Underhill
Brian Boggs, Chairmaker L
10:00 PBS FRONTLINE
Sex Trafficking
in America
NC Bone Detectives
Amesbury, Wiltshire
EX British Antiques
Roadshow
Compton Verney 1
10:30 EX Samantha Brown’s
Places to Love
The Jersey Shore & More
11:00 PBS Amanpour &
Company
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Joseph Rosendo’s
Travelscope
Taiwan: Iron Pathways to
Adventure, Part 2 DV
11:30 EX In the Americas
with David Yetman
The Cry for Mexican
Independence
16 WEDNESDAY
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour
NC BBC World News
America
EX Exploring
North Carolina
A Peninsula with a Future L
6:30 NC BBC World News
Outside Source
EX Sci NC
The Science of New L
7:00 PBS MotorWeek
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Iran: Tehran & Side Trips
7:30 PBS Wild Travels
Frozen Dead Guy Days
EX Wild Travels
Pumpkin Regatta
8:00 PBS Nature
Pandas: Born to Be Wild
DV
NC Antiques Roadshow
Sands Point Preserve,
Hour 3
EX Christina Cooks:
Back to the
Cutting Board
Mangia Fagioli
8:30 EX Celtic Dreams:
Daniel Hope’s Hidden
Irish History
Violinist Daniel Hope
explores Ireland, music
and his family’s legacy.
9:00 PBS NOVA
Looking for Life on Mars
NASA investigates if
soil on Mars might have
supported life. DV
NC American Masters
Amy Tan: Unintended
Memoir DV
9:30 EX Roadfood
Greenville, MS: Tamales
10:00 PBS Expedition with
Steve Backshall:
Unpacked
SERIES PREMIERE!
No Turning Back
Unpack the moments
that nearly stopped
the Expedition teams
in their tracks.
EX Sara’s
Weeknight Meals
French Eggs
10:30 EX Kevin Belton’s
Cookin’ Louisiana
Evangeline Parish:
Cajun Heartlan
11:00 PBS Amanpour &
Company
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Nature
Australian Bushfire
Rescue DV
Hang on tight for the new
series Expedition with
Steve Backshall: Unpacked
Wednesday, March 16, 10 PM,
on PBS NC.
Violinist Daniel Hope explores the Emerald Isle in search of stories,
music and belonging. Catch Celtic Dreams Wednesday, March 16,
8:30 PM, on PBS NC.
20 | March | Evening & Weekend Listings
Visit pbsnc.org/schedule for full listings.
17 THURSDAY
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour
NC BBC World News
America
EX Lidia’s Kitchen
Just Braising
6:30 NC BBC World News
Outside Source
EX Ciao Italia
Cookies for Everyone/
I Biscotti Per Tutti
7:00 PBS Cook’s Country
Chicken Soup &
Cheesy Bread
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Iran’s Historic Capitals
7:30 PBS Samantha Brown’s
Places to Love
The Jersey Shore & More
EX Growing a
Greener World
Hope for Heroes: The
Farmer Veteran Coalition
8:00 PBS A Chef’s Life
Prolific Peppers
NC Flavor, NC
Wild Caught Shrimp L
EX Dream of Italy:
Tuscan Sun Special
The hilltop town of Cor
tona is showcased with
Under the Tuscan Sun
author Frances Mayes.
8:30 PBS Rick Steves’ Europe
Milan & Lake Como
NC Family Ingredients
Okinawa: Soki Soba DV
EX A Chef’s Life
Stand by Your Cabbage
9:00 PBS NC Weekend
Highway 64 Explore
towns and attractions
along Highway 64,
including Outer Banks
Distilling in Manteo and
a repurposed mill in
Rocky Mount. L
NC Cook’s Country
Chicken Soup &
Cheesy Bread
EX Expedition with
Steve Backshall:
Unpacked
No Turning Back
9:30 PBS Sci NC
Restoration Science Sav
ing Princeville, restor
ing bay scallops, coral
spawning and more. L
NC Growing a
Greener World
Hope for Heroes: The
Farmer Veteran Coalition
10:00 PBS Pioneers in Skirts
NC NC Weekend
Highway 64 L
EX Legacy List
with Matt Paxton
Bye, Bye, Big Apple
10:30 NC Changing Seas
American Samoa’s
Resilient Coral Reefs
11:00 PBS Amanpour &
Company
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Joseph Rosendo’s
Travelscope
Uncovering South Korea
DV
11:30 EX In the Americas
with David Yetman
Peru: People of the
Altiplano
18 FRIDAY
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour
NC BBC World News
America
EX Cook’s Country
Chicken Soup &
Cheesy Bread
6:30 NC BBC World News
Today
EX Simply Ming
Ming Tsai with Guest
Jacques Pépin
7:00 PBS Black Issues Forum L
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Croatia: Adriatic Delights
7:30 PBS ncIMPACT
Childhood Trauma &
COVID-19 L
EX Lidia’s Kitchen
Just Braising
8:00 PBS Washington Week
NC ncIMPACT
Childhood Trauma &
COVID-19 L
EX Frankie Drake
Mysteries
Whisper Sisters When
a child is shot, Frankie
and Trudy investi
gate the world of
bootlegging.
8:30 PBS FRONT ROW
with Marc Rotterman L
NC Black Issues Forum L
9:00 PBS Great
Performances
Movies for Grownups
Awards with AARP the
Magazine
NC FRONT ROW
with Marc Rotterman L
EX Call the Midwife
Episode 7 Nonnatus
House struggles to
come to terms with
Nancy’s revelation.
9:30 NC Washington Week
10:00 NC Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Ed Hajim L
EX Call the Midwife
Special Delivery Go
behind the scenes with
the cast and crew.
10:30 PBS Beyond the Canvas
Women of Wonder
Learn all about Major General Heidi V. Brown, the first woman to
command a brigade in combat, in Pioneers in Skirts, Thursday,
March 17, 10 PM, on PBS NC.