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to education—after
all, our original name
was North Carolina
Educational Television.
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destination.
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resources on air and
online, our Education team
works directly with NC
communities. They just
wrapped up the Rootle
Roadster Tour, where they
traveled to towns across the
state to offer free learning
resources and family fun.
Our science team not
only produces the weekly series Sci NC but connects with
classroom educators to provide lesson plans and materials.
We’re proud to support learners of all ages, like Commander
Patrick “Mac” McCarthy. After retiring from the Navy, Mac
pursued a degree in horticulture at a community college.
Selected PBS NC programs were an approved part of his
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from home, Mac completed his degree sooner than later.
These days, he’s a grateful supporter of PBS North Carolina
while working part-time at a vineyard and growing pines on
his farm near Red Springs. Thank you, Mac!
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Lifelong learner Jane was a loyal PBS NC viewer when
she died in 2021. A lover of books, the arts, history
and travel, she had earned diplomas, certifications
and degrees over several decades. Even when Jane’s
mobility declined in her later years, she was able to
learn and travel by watching PBS NC. We’re grateful
that Jane remembered us in her estate plan.
This holiday season, we celebrate learners of all ages
and supporters who sustain our education efforts.
Thank you!
To support lifelong learning, visit pbsnclegacy.org or
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Thanks to “S.T.E.M. Princess” Ava
Simmons (top) and these two
budding scientists for joining us at
the Rootle Roadster Tour in Bertie
County in September.
Photo: Team Genius Squad
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December | 3
New “Donkey Hodie” Episodes
The series Donkey Hodie empowers kids
to dream big and overcome obstacles. This
month, discover new episodes that show
how to find your own way to solve a problem,
that knowledge is power and that even good
friends can disagree. Watch December 5–9
at 10 AM on Rootle.
New Year, New Traditions
A new year is on the
horizon. Here are some
easy ways to connect as
a family this coming year:
• Gather around.
Incorporate more
shared meals.
• Turn up the volume.
Enjoy podcasts together and learn as you listen.
• Get into nature. Add more outside time into your
family’s daily routine.
Find more family inspiration at pbs.org/parents.
Let’s Get Creative!
As Donkey Hodie discovers,
mistakes happen—it’s OK to
change course along the way.
Working on an art project is
a fun way to help your child
explore their creativity when
they make a mistake.
For other activities inspired by Donkey Hodie, visit
pbs.org/parents/shows/donkey-hodie.
DAILY SCHEDULE
6 AM Cat in the Hat Knows
a Lot About That! DV
Weekends:
Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood
6:30 Peg+Cat DV
Weekends:
Sid the Science Kid DV
7:00 Super Why! DV
Weekends until 10 AM
through December 18:
Read-a-roo’s Block Party:
Peg + Cat DV
December 24–25 & 31
until 10 AM:
Winter Holiday Block Party
7:30 Daniel Tiger’s
Neighborhood DV
8:30 Rosie’s Rules DV
9:00 Sesame Street DV
9:30 Elinor Wonders Why DV
10:00 Donkey Hodie DV
10:30 Dinosaur Train DV
11:00 Clifford the Big Red Dog DV
11:30 Curious George DV
Noon Sesame Street DV
12:30 Pinkalicious &
Peterrific DV
1:00 Let’s Go Luna! DV
Weekends until 4 PM
through December 18:
Read-a-roo’s Block Party:
Peg + Cat DV
December 24–25 & 31
until 4 PM:
Winter Holiday Block Party
1:30 Donkey Hodie DV
2:00 Cyberchase DV
2:30 Molly of Denali DV
3:00 Hero Elementary DV
3:30 Arthur DV
4:00 Odd Squad DV
4:30 Wild Kratts
5:00 Curious George DV
5:30 Xavier Riddle DV
6:00 Alma’s Way DV
6:30 Molly of Denali DV
Weekends until 10 PM:
PBS Family Fun Night
7:00 Wild Kratts
7:30 Odd Squad DV
8:00 Alma’s Way DV
8:30 Pinkalicious &
Peterrific DV
9:00 Nature Cat
9:30 Ready Jet Go! DV
10:00 Cyberchase DV
10:30 Molly of Denali DV
11:00 Hero Elementary DV
11:30 Arthur DV
See Rootle’s complete listings at
pbsnc.org/schedule.
Find CenterPiece online at pbsnc.org/centerpiece.
For schedules of all our services,
visit pbsnc.org/schedule.
4 | December | Evening & Weekend Listings
Visit pbsnc.org/schedule for full listings.
1 THURSDAY
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour
Analyses of
current events.
NC BBC World
News America
In-depth reports
on major news.
EX Lidia’s Kitchen
Serving Up Pasta
6:30 NC BBC World News
Outside Source
The latest on the
day’s biggest stories.
EX Sara’s
Weeknight Meals
Golden State Grub
7:00 PBS Rick Steves
Art of Europe
The Middle Ages
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
The Czech Republic
off the Beaten Path
7:30 EX Conscious Living
The Best Vegan Food
in Asia
8:00 PBS Best of Our State
Mule Rider & Carolina
Chocolate Drops L
NC Flavor, NC
Sea Salt L
EX Pearl Harbor:
Into the Arizona
An expedition inside
the USS Arizona.
8:30 PBS Great Scenic
Railway Journeys
The gold rush train
in Skagway, Alaska.
NC Christopher
Kimball’s Milk
Street Television
Stir-Fry Favorites
9:00 PBS NC Weekend
Mountain Escapes L
NC Cook’s Country
Saucy Italian-
Inspired Dinners
EX Journey Home
to the USS Arizona
The family of a Pearl
Harbor survivor places
his ashes aboard the
sunken USS Arizona.
9:30 PBS Burt
Bacharach’s Best
Artists perform Burt
Bacharach’s hits.
NC America’s
Test Kitchen from
Cook’s Illustrated
Irish Staples
10:00 NC NC Weekend
Mountain Escapes L
EX Surrender on
the USS Missouri
The surrender that
ended World War II.
10:30 NC Best of Our State
Mule Rider & Carolina
Chocolate Drops L
11:00 PBS Amanpour &
Company
The acclaimed journalist
explores today’s topics.
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Joseph Rosendo’s
Travelscope
Northwest Ontario:
Lake Superior & Beyond DV
11:30 EX In the Americas
with David Yetman
The Pride of Guatemala:
Tikal of the Mayas
2 FRIDAY
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour
NC BBC World
News America
EX Cook’s Country
Chuck Roast & Potatoes
6:30 NC BBC World
News Today
EX Simply Ming
Along the Rhine
7:00 PBS Black Issues Forum
Issues affecting the
African American
community. L
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Athens & Side Trips
7:30 PBS ncIMPACT
Farmer Mental Health &
Suicide Prevention L
EX Best of Our State
Mule Rider & Carolina
Chocolate Drops L
8:00 PBS Washington Week
Leading journalists
analyze major news.
NC ncIMPACT
Farmer Mental Health &
Suicide Prevention L
EX Seaside Hotel
Footprints from the Sea
8:30 PBS Front Row with
Marc Rotterman
Issues that affect
North Carolinians. L
NC Black Issues Forum L
9:00 PBS Mariah Carey:
Live at the Tokyo Dome
The singer’s historic
first show in Japan.
NC Front Row with
Marc Rotterman L
EX La Otra Mirada
The Mirror in Which
I Look at Myself
9:30 NC Washington Week
10:00 NC Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Maurice “Mo” Green. L
PLEASE NOTE: For the
latest scheduling info, visit
our website. Program times
may vary so add at least five
minutes when recording
your favorite shows.
Our on-air fundraiser runs through Sunday, December 4.
To donate, call 1-800-984-9090 or visit pbsnc.org/donate.
Mariah Carey hits all the high
notes Live at the Tokyo Dome,
Friday, December 2, 9 PM,
on PBS NC.
Photo: Naoko Ogura
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December | 5
10:30 NC The Chavis
Chronicles
Dr. Patricia Bailey
EX Tell Me More
with Kelly Corrigan
Selma Blair
11:00 PBS Amanpour &
Company
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Broadchurch
Episode 8 Hardy and
Ellie uncover the truth.
3 SATURDAY
6 AM PBS Mister Rogers’
Neighborhood DV
NC Garden Smart
Gardens that Date to
the 1700s & 1800s
EX Demystifying Detox
Detox regimens.
6:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s
Neighborhood DV
NC Cook’s Country
Pork Roast & Orange Cake
7:00 PBS Sesame Street DV
NC Carolina
Outdoor Journal
Bluefish on Top L
7:30 PBS Donkey Hodie DV
NC Today’s Wild West
A horse drive in CA.
EX Dean Martin &
Frank Sinatra
Family Christmas
A holiday celebration
with the two crooners.
8:00 PBS Pinkalicious
& Peterrific DV
NC Moveable Feast
with Relish
Colorado
8:30 PBS Molly of Denali DV
NC Flavor, NC
Sea Salt L
9:00 PBS Elinor
Wonders Why DV
NC NC Weekend
Mountain Escapes L
EX Rick Steves
European Christmas
Christmas in England,
France, Norway,
Germany, Austria,
Switzerland and Italy.
9:30 PBS Nature Cat
NC Best of Our State
Mule Rider & Carolina
Chocolate Drops L
10:00 PBS NC Weekend
Mountain Escapes L
NC Carolina
Business Review
The week’s business
highlights. L
10:30 PBS Best of Our State
Mule Rider & Carolina
Chocolate Drops L
NC Tell Me More
with Kelly Corrigan
Selma Blair
11:00 PBS Memory Rescue
with Daniel Amen, MD
How to supercharge
your memory.
NC Texas
Parks & Wildlife
Hiking a hundred miles.
EX Nancy Zieman:
Extraordinary Grace
A documentary about
the pioneering host of
Sewing with Nancy.
11:30 NC America’s
Heartland
A modern-day farm.
Noon NC American Woodshop
Storage Ottoman
with Dominoes
12:30 NC The Woodwright’s
Shop with Roy Underhill
Campaign Furniture L
EX Rick Steves Hunger
& Hope: Lessons
from Ethiopia
Rick Steves meets
struggling farmers.
1:00 PBS Easy Yoga:
The Secret to Strength
& Balance with
Peggy Cappy
NC How She Rolls
Speaking of Biscuits
1:30 NC Sara’s
Weeknight Meals
Golden State Grub
2:00 PBS Ken Burns:
The National Parks
The beauty of our
nation’s parks.
NC A Taste of History
Maryland Wine
EX Dolly Parton:
I Will Always Love You
A look at the singer-
songwriter’s career.
2:30 NC Story in the
Public Square
Conversations
with storytellers.
3:00 NC Comic Culture
Comic book artists and
illustrators. L
3:30 NC North Carolina
Bookwatch
Pat Conroy. L
EX Reba McEntire:
My Chains Are Gone
The country star per
forms classic hymns.
4:00 PBS Becoming
Frederick Douglass
The story about one
of the most influential
voices in U.S. history.
NC Front Row with
Marc Rotterman L
4:30 NC Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Maurice “Mo” Green. L
5:00 NC PBS News Weekend
EX Carpenters:
Close to You &
Christmas Memories
Trace the band’s career.
5:30 PBS Magic Moments:
The Best of 50s Pop
Hosted by Pat Boone
and Phyllis McGuire.
NC Washington Week
6:00 NC Classic Gospel
GVB Reunion Live
7:00 NC ncIMPACT
Farmer Mental Health &
Suicide Prevention L
EX Harriet Tubman:
Visions of Freedom
A portrait of the
freedom fighter.
7:30 NC Echo Sessions
Free Planet Radio L
8:00 PBS Carpenters:
Close to You &
Christmas Memories
NC The Caverns Sessions
Moon Taxi L
8:30 NC Sound on Tap
Brandon Word
EX This Land Is
Your Land
Modern American
folk music.
Learn about a public television
trailblazer in Nancy Zieman:
Extraordinary Grace, Saturday,
December 3, 11 AM, on the
Explorer Channel.
6 | December | Evening & Weekend Listings
Visit pbsnc.org/schedule for full listings.
9:00 PBS This Old House
Atlanta|Cardboard Kitchen
NC Washington Week
9:30 PBS Ask This Old House
Woodland Garden,
Chimney Repairs
NC Front Row with
Marc Rotterman L
EX Last of the Breed
10:00 PBS ncIMPACT
Farmer Mental Health &
Suicide Prevention L
NC Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Maurice “Mo” Green. L
10:30 PBS Front Row with
Marc Rotterman L
NC North Carolina
Bookwatch
Michael Parker. L
11:00 PBS Reba McEntire:
My Chains Are Gone
NC The Chavis
Chronicles
Dr. Patricia Bailey.
EX Frontline
From Jesus to Christ:
The First Christians, Part 1
11:30 NC Story in the
Public Square
Noon NC Carolina
Outdoor Journal
Tough Morning Crappie L
EX Frontline
From Jesus to Christ:
The First Christians, Part 2
9:00 NC Best of Our State
Mule Rider & Carolina
Chocolate Drops L
9:30 NC David Holt’s
State of Music
Cathy Fink & Marcy
Marxer, Paul Brown &
Terri McMurray L
10:00 PBS Prince &
the Revolution:
The Purple Rain Tour
Rock out with “The
Purple One” at this
1985 concert.
NC Song of
the Mountains
Jeff Parker & Company/
The King James Boys/
Billy Droze
EX Last of the Breed
A concert featuring
Willie Nelson, Merle
Haggard and Ray Price.
11:00 NC Austin City Limits
Jackie Venson/Mavis
Staples with Bonnie Raitt
11:30 PBS Rick Steves
European Christmas
EX Daniel Emmet
& Pia Toscano:
Simply the Best
4 SUNDAY
6 AM PBS Wild Kratts:
A Creature Christmas
NC The Chavis
Chronicles
Dr. Patricia Bailey.
EX Suze Orman’s Ulti
mate Retirement Guide
6:30 NC Education Matters
Issues affecting educa
tion in North Carolina. L
7:00 PBS Ready Jet Go! DV
NC The Open Mind
Climate Inaction Comes
Home to Roost
7:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s
Neighborhood DV
NC David Rubenstein
Show: Peer to Peer
Conversations
Tricia Griffith
8:00 PBS Curious George
NC Carolina
Business Review L
EX Demystifying Detox
8:30 PBS Wild Kratts
NC Firing Line with
Margaret Hoover
Fresh voices debate
important issues.
12:30 PBS The Great
Age Reboot
Breakthroughs in
longevity research.
NC Untamed
Emerging Wildlife Diseases
1:00 NC The Caverns Sessions
Moon Taxi L
1:30 NC Sound on Tap
Brandon Word
EX Frontline
From Jesus to Christ:
The First Christians, Part 3
2:00 PBS Daniel Emmet
& Pia Toscano:
Simply the Best
NC Best of Our State
Mule Rider & Carolina
Chocolate Drops L
2:30 NC David Holt’s
State of Music
Cathy Fink & Marcy
Marxer, Paul Brown &
Terri McMurray L
EX Frontline
From Jesus to Christ:
The First Christians, Part 4
3:00 NC Song of the
Mountains
Jeff Parker & Company/
The King James Boys/
Billy Droze
3:30 PBS Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Maurice “Mo” Green. L
4:00 PBS Black Issues Forum L
NC Austin City Limits
Jackie Venson/Mavis
Staples with Bonnie Raitt
EX Carpenters:
Close to You &
Christmas Memories
4:30 PBS Front Row with
Marc Rotterman L
5:00 PBS Washington Week
NC PBS News Weekend
5:30 PBS PBS News Weekend
NC ncIMPACT
Farmer Mental Health &
Suicide Prevention L
6:00 PBS Rick Steves’
European Christmas
NC Black Issues Forum L
EX Great Performances
Andrea Bocelli Live
in Central Park
Enjoy two powerhouse
vocalists on Daniel Emmet &
Pia Toscano: Simply the Best,
Sunday, December 4, 2 PM, on
PBS NC.
You’re Invited!
Learn about screenings, discussions and other
community offerings at pbsnc.org/events.
Photo: Killer Imaging
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December | 7
6:30 NC Love & Respect
with Killer Mike
Fab Five Freddy
7:00 NC American Masters
Buddy Guy: The Blues
Chase the Blues Away DV
8:00 PBS John Sebastian’s
Folk Rewind
Singers and songwriters
of the 1950s and 1960s
folk era.
8:30 NC American Masters
Miles Davis DV
9:00 EX Becoming
Frederick Douglass
10:00 PBS Suze Orman’s Ulti
mate Retirement Guide
10:30 NC American Masters
Charley Pride DV
EX Ken Burns:
The National Parks
11:30 NC Comic Culture L
5 MONDAY
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour
NC BBC World
News America
EX America’s Heartland
A modern farm family.
6:30 NC BBC World News
Outside Source
EX Les Stroud’s
Wild Harvest
Juniper
7:00 PBS Sci NC
Watery World Science L
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Greece’s Peloponnese
7:30 PBS Antiques
Roadshow Recut
Out of This World, Part 1
EX Joseph Rosendo’s
Travelscope
Hong Kong: A City
of Festivals DV
8:00 PBS Antiques
Roadshow
Junk in the Trunk 9
NC American St. Nick
How US soldiers
brought Christmas
to a war-torn town.
EX Secrets of
Royal Travel
Secrets of the Royal Flight
9:00 PBS Pearl Harbor:
Into the Arizona
NC Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Maurice “Mo” Green. L
EX Vienna Blood
Queen of the Night, Part 2
9:30 NC NC Weekend
Mountain Escapes L
10:00 PBS Elvis & the
USS Arizona
How Elvis Presley
helped establish a me
morial in Pearl Harbor.
NC Carolina
Outdoor Journal
Tough Morning Crappie L
EX Vienna Blood
The Lost Child, Part 1
10:30 NC Sci NC
Watery World Science L
11:00 PBS Amanpour &
Company
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Vienna Blood
The Lost Child, Part 2
6 TUESDAY
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour
NC BBC World
News America
EX America’s
Test Kitchen from
Cook’s Illustrated
Breakfast with a Kick
6:30 NC BBC World News
Outside Source
EX Cook’s Country
Chuck Roast & Potatoes
7:00 PBS Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Russell Weiner. L
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Rick Steves
Art of Europe
The Middle Ages
7:30 PBS NC Weekend
Mountain Escapes L
8:00 PBS Finding Your Roots
Where Did We
Come From?
NC North Carolina
Bookwatch
Michael Parker. L
EX Britain’s
Scenic Railways
SERIES PREMIERE!
Travel along the shores
of Lake Windermere.
8:30 NC ncIMPACT
Farmer Mental Health &
Suicide Prevention L
9:00 PBS 10 Homes That
Changed America
Thomas Jefferson’s
Monticello and more.
NC Exploring
North Carolina
Man & Mammoth
in the Carolinas L
EX Real Rail
Adventures: Swiss
International Hubs
Rail hubs in Switzerland.
9:30 NC The Woodwright’s
Shop with Roy Underhill
Fitting Brass L
10:00 PBS Frontline
Whistleblower
NC Elvis & the
USS Arizona
EX Antiques
Roadshow Recut
Out of This World, Part 1
10:30 EX America’s
Heartland
Goats on a cattle ranch.
11:00 PBS Amanpour &
Company
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Joseph Rosendo’s
Travelscope
Thousand Islands:
A Canadian Bi-National
Adventure DV
11:30 EX In the Americas
with David Yetman
The Working Coast
of British Columbia
7 WEDNESDAY
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour
NC BBC World
News America
EX Exploring
North Carolina
Invaders Among Us L
6:30 NC BBC World News
Outside Source
EX Sci NC
Watery World Science L
7:00 PBS MotorWeek
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Copenhagen
Meet the dedicated people
upholding a proud heritage in
the new series Britain’s Scenic
Railways, Tuesdays, 8 PM, on
the Explorer Channel.
8 | December | Evening & Weekend Listings
Visit pbsnc.org/schedule for full listings.
7:30 PBS Conscious Living
Miraval Magic in Arizona
EX America’s
Test Kitchen from
Cook’s Illustrated
Jewish Baking
8:00 PBS Nature
Penguins: Meet the Family
DV
NC Antiques Roadshow
Vintage San Antonio,
Hour 1
EX Cook’s Country
Two Tastes from
the Bay Area
8:30 EX Lidia’s Kitchen
Treat Yourself
9:00 PBS NOVA
Ghosts of Stonehenge
NC How She Rolls
Life Aquatic
EX How She Rolls
Life Aquatic
9:30 NC Remember
Pearl Harbor
Stories of the attack
on Pearl Harbor.
EX Pati’s Mexican Table
Sisters, Stew & Sass
10:00 PBS Secrets of
Sacred Architecture
The design of
sacred structures.
EX My Greek Table
with Diane Kochilas
The Sephardic Cooking
of Thessaloniki
10:30 EX Sara’s
Weeknight Meals
Golden State Grub
11:00 PBS Amanpour &
Company
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Secrets of the Dead
Abandoning the Titanic
8 THURSDAY
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour
NC BBC World
News America
EX Lidia’s Kitchen
Rethink Risotto
6:30 NC BBC World News
Outside Source
EX Sara’s
Weeknight Meals
Taco, Taco, Nacho
7:00 PBS Rick Steves
Art of Europe
The Renaissance
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Lifeline:
Pearl Harbor’s
Unknown Hero
A U.S. Navy sailor be
comes an unlikely hero.
10:00 NC NC Weekend
Savor the Flavor L
10:30 NC Best of Our State
Stickbuilt &
Lighter than Air L
11:00 PBS Amanpour &
Company
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Joseph Rosendo’s
Travelscope
Northeast Ontario:
Canada’s Canoe Culture
& First Nations People DV
11:30 EX In the Americas
with David Yetman
Brazil: The Diamond
Range
9 FRIDAY
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour
NC BBC World
News America
EX Cook’s Country
Saucy Italian-
Inspired Dinners
6:30 NC BBC World
News Today
EX Lucky Chow
Feeding the Spirit
7:00 PBS Black Issues Forum L
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Istanbul
7:30 PBS ncIMPACT
COVID-19 Learning Loss L
EX Best of Our State
Stickbuilt &
Lighter than Air L
8:00 PBS Washington Week
NC ncIMPACT
COVID-19 Learning Loss L
EX Seaside Hotel
SEASON PREMIERE!
A Midsummer’s Night
8:30 PBS Front Row with
Marc Rotterman L
NC Black Issues Forum L
9:00 PBS Ella Wishes You
a Swinging Christmas
with Vanessa Williams
The American Pops
Orchestra presents
Ella Fitzgerald classics.
NC Front Row with
Marc Rotterman L
EX La Otra Mirada
Being a Woman
9:30 NC Washington Week
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Denmark: Beyond
Copenhagen
7:30 EX Conscious Living
Net-Zero Staycation
8:00 PBS Best of Our State
Stickbuilt &
Lighter than Air L
NC Flavor, NC
Wines: RagApple Lassie,
Sanders Ridge, West Bend L
EX Remember
Pearl Harbor
8:30 PBS Great Scenic
Railway Journeys
The Mount Rainier
Scenic Railroad.
NC Christopher
Kimball’s Milk
Street Television
Breakfast Baking
9:00 PBS NC Weekend
Savor the Flavor L
NC Cook’s Country
Pork Roast & Orange Cake
9:30 PBS Captain Scott B &
the Great Adventure
A woman follows the
trail her deceased
father left behind. L
NC America’s
Test Kitchen from
Cook’s Illustrated
Shareable Spanish Fare
The young ladies of La Otra
Mirada get all glammed up,
Friday, December 9, 9 PM, on
the Explorer Channel.
Alice tries to jog her husband’s
memory about an important
date on the season premiere
of Seaside Hotel, Friday,
December 9, 8 PM, on PBS NC.
PBS = PBS NC NC = NC Channel EX = Explorer Channel DV = Descriptive Video L = Local Shade = Fundraiser
December | 9
EX NOVA
Emperor’s Ghost Army
9:30 PBS Nature Cat
NC Best of Our State
Stickbuilt &
Lighter than Air L
10:00 PBS NC Weekend
Savor the Flavor L
NC Carolina
Business Review L
EX Lidia’s Kitchen
Rethink Risotto
10:30 PBS Best of Our State
Stickbuilt &
Lighter than Air L
NC Tell Me More
with Kelly Corrigan
Cecile Richards
EX Ciao Italia
Crazy Water!
11:00 PBS Garden Smart
Getting Kids & Adults
Interested in the Garden
NC Texas
Parks & Wildlife
Retriever dogs on trial.
EX Christopher
Kimball’s Milk
Street Television
Stir-Fry Favorites
11:30 PBS P. Allen Smith’s
Garden Home
Leaders in the Field DV
NC America’s Heartland
EX A Taste of History
Maryland Wine
Noon PBS How She Rolls
A Very Carrie Christmas
NC American Woodshop
Building a Better Bookcase
EX Pati’s Mexican Table
The Fire Kings
12:30 PBS The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
The Apples of My Eye L
NC The Woodwright’s
Shop with Roy Underhill
Fitting Brass L
EX How She Rolls
Still Rolling
1:00 PBS Queen Elizabeth I’s
Battle for Church Music
The introduction
of religious music.
NC How She Rolls
Life Aquatic
EX NC Weekend
Savor the Flavor L
1:30 NC Sara’s
Weeknight Meals
Taco, Taco, Nacho
EX Weekends
with Yankee
Homegrown
10:00 PBS Christmas
at Belmont
Holiday favorites.
NC Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Russell Weiner. L
10:30 NC The Chavis
Chronicles
Thomasina Yearwood.
EX Tell Me More
with Kelly Corrigan
Cecile Richards
11:00 PBS Amanpour &
Company
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Prime Suspect:
Tennison on Masterpiece
Jane Tennison learns
the cold facts of
police work. DV
10 SATURDAY
6 AM PBS Mister Rogers’
Neighborhood DV
NC Garden Smart
Two Unique Gardens,
Two Unique Gardeners
EX Carolina
Outdoor Journal
Tough Morning Crappie L
6:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s
Neighborhood DV
NC Cook’s Country
Bar Snacks
EX Les Stroud’s
Wild Harvest
Tidal Pools
7:00 PBS Sesame Street DV
NC Carolina
Outdoor Journal
Tough Morning Crappie L
EX Exploring
North Carolina
Invaders Among Us L
7:30 PBS Donkey Hodie DV
NC Today’s Wild West
A historic guest ranch.
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Glasgow & Scottish Passions
8:00 PBS Pinkalicious
& Peterrific DV
NC Moveable Feast
with Relish
Phoenix, AZ
EX Secrets of the Dead
Abandoning the Titanic
8:30 PBS Molly of Denali DV
NC Flavor, NC
Wines: RagApple Lassie,
Sanders Ridge, West Bend L
9:00 PBS Elinor
Wonders Why DV
NC NC Weekend
Savor the Flavor L
2:00 PBS Rick Steves’ Europe
England’s Cornwall
NC A Taste of History
Protection on the Prairie
EX Britain’s
Scenic Railways
Travel along the shores
of Lake Windermere.
2:30 PBS Samantha Brown’s
Places to Love
Lake Geneva & the
Valais, Switzerland
NC Story in the
Public Square
3:00 PBS Curious Traveler
Curious Northern Norway
NC Comic Culture L
EX Real Rail Adventures:
Swiss International Hubs
3:30 PBS Woodsmith Shop
Stylish Storage Wall Cabinet
NC North Carolina
Bookwatch
Michael Parker. L
4:00 PBS This Old House
Atlanta|Whole House
Protection
NC Front Row with
Marc Rotterman L
EX Rick Steves
Art of Europe
Stone Age to
Ancient Greece
4:30 PBS Ask This Old House
Wallpaper Restoration,
Gutter Repairs
NC Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Russell Weiner. L
5:00 PBS Carolina
Outdoor Journal
Transition Crappie L
NC PBS News Weekend
EX Secrets of the Dead
Abandoning the Titanic
5:30 PBS PBS News Weekend
NC Washington Week
6:00 PBS NC Master Chorale:
Joy of the Season
Sounds of the season
recorded live in Raleigh. L
NC Classic Gospel
Booth Brothers:
Country Roads
EX NOVA
Emperor’s Ghost Army
7:00 PBS Father Brown
The Queen Bee
NC ncIMPACT
COVID-19 Learning Loss L
EX Shakespeare’s Tomb
An investigation of
Shakespeare’s grave.
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7:30 NC Echo Sessions
Eleanor Underhill
& Friends L
8:00 PBS Midsomer Murders
Death by Persuasion, Part 1
NC The Caverns Sessions
Molly Tuttle L
EX Reel South
F11 & Be There L
8:30 NC Sound on Tap
Mariachi Mexico Lindo
9:00 PBS Midsomer Murders
Death by Persuasion, Part 2
NC Best of Our State
Stickbuilt &
Lighter than Air L
EX American Masters
How It Feels to Be Free DV
9:30 NC David Holt’s
State of Music
Jontavious Willis L
10:00 PBS Death in Paradise
A body is found
on a golf course.
NC Song of
the Mountains
Michael Reno Harrell/
Larry Sparks & the
Lonesome
11:00 PBS Broadchurch
Episode 6 A surprise
development threatens
to derail the case.
NC Austin City Limits
Leon Bridges/Khruangbin
EX American Masters
Charley Pride DV
11 SUNDAY
6 AM PBS Donkey Hodie
NC The Chavis
Chronicles
Thomasina Yearwood.
EX Finding Your Roots
Where Did We
Come From?
6:30 PBS Elinor
Wonders Why DV
NC Education Matters L
7:00 PBS Ready Jet Go! DV
NC The Open Mind
Who Broke American
Education?
EX Antiques Roadshow
Junk in the Trunk 8
7:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s
Neighborhood DV
NC David Rubenstein
Show: Peer to Peer
Conversations
Shou Zi Chew
8:00 PBS Curious George
NC Carolina
Business Review L
EX Britain’s
Scenic Railways
Travel along the shores
of Lake Windermere.
8:30 PBS Wild Kratts
NC Firing Line with
Margaret Hoover
9:00 PBS This Old House
Atlanta|Whole
House Protection
NC Washington Week
EX Real Rail
Adventures: Swiss
International Hubs
9:30 PBS Ask This Old House
Wallpaper Restoration,
Gutter Repairs
NC Front Row with
Marc Rotterman
10:00 PBS ncIMPACT
COVID-19 Learning Loss L
NC Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Russell Weiner. L
EX Travels with Darley
New York’s Southern
Finger Lakes
10:30 PBS Front Row with
Marc Rotterman L
NC North Carolina
Bookwatch
Marisha Pessl. L
EX Samantha Brown’s
Places to Love
Baltimore, Maryland
11:00 PBS No Passport
Required
Miami
NC The Chavis
Chronicles
Thomasina Yearwood.
EX Howards End
on Masterpiece
Episode 1 Events inter
twine three families.
11:30 NC Story in the
Public Square
Noon PBS Kevin Belton’s
Cookin’ Louisiana
Avoyelles Parish:
Smack Dab in the Middle
NC Carolina
Outdoor Journal
Transition Crappie L
EX Howards End
on Masterpiece
Episode 2 Mrs. Wilcox
surprises her family.
12:30 PBS Sara’s
Weeknight Meals
Hot Day, Cold Food
NC Untamed
Careers
1:00 PBS Christopher
Kimball’s Milk
Street Television
Mexican Shrimp
NC The Caverns Sessions
Molly Tuttle L
EX Miss Scarlet & the
Duke on Masterpiece
Inheritance DV
1:30 PBS Moveable Feast
with Relish
Colorado
NC Sound on Tap
Mariachi Mexico Lindo
2:00 PBS America’s
Test Kitchen from
Cook’s Illustrated
Breakfast with a Kick
NC Best of Our State
Stickbuilt &
Lighter than Air L
EX Miss Scarlet & the
Duke on Masterpiece
The Woman in Red DV
2:30 PBS Cook’s Country
Old New Mexico
NC David Holt’s
State of Music
Jontavious Willis L
3:00 PBS Ellie’s Real
Good Food
Spring Break
with No Regrets
NC Song of the
Mountains
Michael Reno Harrell/
Larry Sparks & the
Lonesome Ramblers
EX Miss Scarlet & the
Duke on Masterpiece
Deeds Not Words DV
3:30 PBS Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Russell Weiner. L
4:00 PBS Black Issues Forum L
NC Austin City Limits
Leon Bridges/Khruangbin
EX Miss Scarlet & the
Duke on Masterpiece
The Proposal DV
4:30 PBS Front Row with
Marc Rotterman L
5:00 PBS Washington Week
NC PBS News Weekend
EX Magpie Murders
on Masterpiece
Episode 6 Susan
cracks her case. DV
5:30 PBS PBS News Weekend
NC ncIMPACT
COVID-19 Learning Loss L
6:00 PBS Midsomer Murders
Death by Persuasion, Part 1
NC Black Issues Forum L
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EX Annika on
Masterpiece
Episode 6 Michael’s
brother is the prime
suspect in a murder. DV
6:30 NC Love & Respect
with Killer Mike
Aunjanue Ellis
7:00 PBS Midsomer Murders
Death by Persuasion, Part 2
NC The Black Church:
This Is Our Story,
This Is Our Song
Part 1 Roots of African
American religion.
EX Nature
Penguins: Meet the Family
DV
8:00 PBS All Creatures
Great & Small on
Masterpiece
Where the Heart Is DV
EX NOVA
Ghosts of Stonehenge
9:00 PBS All Creatures
Great & Small on
Masterpiece
Semper Progrediens DV
NC The Black Church:
This Is Our Story,
This Is Our Song
Part 2
EX Secrets of the Dead
The First Circle
of Stonehenge
10:00 PBS All Creatures
Great & Small on
Masterpiece
We Can But Hope DV
EX Exploring
North Carolina
Fords & Mills L
10:30 EX Sci NC
Camera Science L
11:00 PBS Astrid
Missing Link
NC Reel South
Muni L
EX Antiques Roadshow
Junk in the Trunk 8
11:30 NC Comic Culture L
12 MONDAY
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour
NC BBC World
News America
EX America’s
Heartland
6:30 NC BBC World News
Outside Source
EX Les Stroud’s
Wild Harvest
Tidal Pools
7:00 PBS Sci NC
Camera Science L
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Iran: Tehran & Side Trips
7:30 PBS Antiques
Roadshow Recut
Out of This World, Part 2
EX Joseph Rosendo’s
Travelscope
Halloween in Ireland’s
Ancient East
8:00 PBS Antiques
Roadshow
Modern Icons
NC A Chef’s Life
Holiday Special
Vivian Howard prepares
food that draws on her
Southern heritage. L
EX All Creatures
Great & Small on
Masterpiece
Where the Heart Is DV
9:00 PBS American Masters
The Adventures
of Saul Bellow DV
NC Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Russell Weiner. L
EX All Creatures
Great & Small on
Masterpiece
Semper Progrediens DV
9:30 NC NC Weekend
Savor the Flavor L
10:00 NC Carolina
Outdoor Journal
Transition Crappie L
EX All Creatures
Great & Small on
Masterpiece
We Can But Hope DV
10:30 PBS POV
Let the Little Light Shine
DV
NC Show Must Go On!
Four women in a retire
ment community prove
it’s never too late to
reinvent yourself. L
11:00 NC PBS NewsHour
EX Finding Your Roots
Where Did We
Come From?
13 TUESDAY
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour
NC BBC World
News America
EX America’s
Test Kitchen from
Cook’s Illustrated
Quick Fish Dinners
6:30 NC BBC World News
Outside Source
EX Cook’s Country
Saucy Italian-
Inspired Dinners
7:00 PBS Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Camesha Whittaker. L
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Rick Steves
Art of Europe
The Renaissance
7:30 PBS NC Weekend
Savor the Flavor L
8:00 PBS O Holy Night:
Christmas with the
Tabernacle Choir
Megan Hilty and Neal
McDonough star in this
annual celebration.
NC North Carolina
Bookwatch
Marisha Pessl. L
EX Britain’s
Scenic Railways
A train ride through
the Yorkshire moors.
8:30 NC ncIMPACT
COVID-19 Learning Loss L
Broadway star Megan Hilty
performs in an Irish-inspired
celebration on O Holy Night:
Christmas with the Tabernacle
Choir, Tuesday, December 13,
8 PM, on PBS NC.
A beacon for Black children
battles gentrification in Let
the Little Light Shine, Monday,
December 12, 10:30 PM, PBS NC.
12 | December | Evening & Weekend Listings
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9:00 PBS In a Different Key
How life turned out for
the first child diagnosed
with autism.
NC Exploring
North Carolina
10,000 Years Before
Contact L
EX Real Rail Adven
tures: Switzerland
Construction marvels.
9:30 NC The Woodwright’s
Shop with Roy Underhill
The Crotch & the Horse L
10:00 NC NC Master Chorale:
Joy of the Season L
EX Antiques
Roadshow Recut
Out of This World, Part 2
10:30 EX America’s
Heartland
A rodeo riding school.
11:00 PBS Amanpour &
Company
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Joseph Rosendo’s
Travelscope
San Antonio’s Fiesta—
Ole! DV
11:30 EX In the Americas
with David Yetman
Peru: A Train to the Clouds
14 WEDNESDAY
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour
NC BBC World
News America
EX Exploring
North Carolina
Fords & Mills L
6:30 NC BBC World News
Outside Source
EX Sci NC
Camera Science L
7:00 PBS MotorWeek
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Iran’s Historic Capitals
7:30 PBS Conscious Living
Brown Girl Magic
EX America’s
Test Kitchen from
Cook’s Illustrated
Shrimp, Fast & Slow
8:00 PBS The Earthshot
Prize 2022
A global prize that
spotlights solutions for
repairing our planet.
NC Antiques Roadshow
Vintage San Antonio,
Hour 2
EX Cook’s Country
Never Enough Chocolate
8:30 EX Lidia’s Kitchen
Serving Up Pasta
9:00 PBS NOVA
Rebuilding Notre-Dame DV
NC How She Rolls
Biscuits in Bama
EX How She Rolls
Biscuits in Bama
9:30 NC NC Weekend
Historic Sites L
EX Pati’s Mexican Table
The World Cup of Tacos
10:00 PBS Secrets of
the Dead
Building Notre-Dame
NC Holiday Handbells:
The Raleigh Ringers
The acclaimed choir
performs holiday
favorites. L
EX My Greek Table
with Diane Kochilas
The Foods That Unite Us
10:30 EX Sara’s
Weeknight Meals
Taco, Taco, Nacho
11:00 PBS Amanpour &
Company
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Nature
Penguins: Meet the Family
DV
15 THURSDAY
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour
NC BBC World
News America
EX Lidia’s Kitchen
A Frugal Feast
6:30 NC BBC World News
Outside Source
EX Sara’s
Weeknight Meals
Alaskan Salmon
Two Ways
7:00 PBS Rick Steves
Art of Europe
Baroque
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Croatia: Adriatic Delights
7:30 EX Conscious Living
Vegan in Vegas
8:00 PBS Best of Our State
East Fork Pottery &
Etta Baker L
NC Flavor, NC
Table Grapes: The Farm
at Dover Vineyards,
The Asbury L
EX Streit’s: Matzo &
the American Dream
A fifth-generation
family business in NY.
8:30 PBS Great Scenic
Railway Journeys
The Nevada Northern
Railroad.
NC Christopher
Kimball’s Milk
Street Television
Favorite Chicken Soups
9:00 PBS NC Weekend
Come Together L
NC Cook’s Country
Bar Snacks
EX Great Performances
Fiddler: A Miracle
of Miracles
The family that bakes together
stays together. Watch Streit’s:
Matzo & the American Dream
Thursday, December 15, 8 PM,
on the Explorer Channel.
Celebrate this year’s recipients
of Prince William’s prestigious
environmental award, the
Earthshot Prize, Wednesday,
December 14, 8 PM, on PBS NC.
A mother tracks down the first
person diagnosed with autism
to learn if his life holds promise
for her own son in the film
In a Different Key, Tuesday,
December 13, 9 PM, on PBS NC.
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December | 13
9:30 PBS Dulatown
An insightful tale of
history, family and race.
NC America’s
Test Kitchen from
Cook’s Illustrated
Holiday Dessert & Salad
10:00 PBS Streit’s: Matzo &
the American Dream
NC NC Weekend
Come Together L
10:30 NC Best of Our State
East Fork Pottery &
Etta Baker L
EX POV Shorts
Making Memories
11:00 PBS Amanpour &
Company
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Joseph Rosendo’s
Travelscope
Halloween in Ireland’s
Ancient East
11:30 EX In the Americas
with David Yetman
Hawaii’s Big Island:
The Volcanos’ Gifts
16 FRIDAY
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour
NC BBC World
News America
EX Cook’s Country
Pork Roast &
Orange Cake
6:30 NC BBC World
News Today
EX Lucky Chow
To Chinatown, with Love
7:00 PBS Black Issues Forum L
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Dubrovnik &
Balkan Side-Trips
7:30 PBS ncIMPACT
Law Enforcement
Shortage L
EX Best of Our State
East Fork Pottery &
Etta Baker L
8:00 PBS Washington Week
NC ncIMPACT
Law Enforcement
Shortage L
EX Seaside Hotel
The Curse of Weyse
8:30 PBS Front Row with
Marc Rotterman L
NC Black Issues Forum L
9:00 PBS Craft in America
SEASON PREMIERE!
Inspiration
NC Front Row with
Marc Rotterman L
EX La Otra Mirada
Alma Mater
9:30 NC Washington Week
10:00 PBS Craft in America
Home
NC Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Camesha Whittaker. L
10:30 NC The Chavis
Chronicles
Erica Loewe.
EX Prime Suspect:
Tennison on
Masterpiece
Work on a murder case
continues. DV
11:00 PBS Amanpour &
Company
NC PBS NewsHour
17 SATURDAY
6 AM PBS Mister Rogers’
Neighborhood DV
NC Garden Smart
World of Unusual Plants
EX Carolina
Outdoor Journal
Transition Crappie L
6:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s
Neighborhood DV
NC Cook’s Country
Cuban Sandwich Show
EX Les Stroud’s
Wild Harvest
Conch, Coconut & Cacao
7:00 PBS Sesame Street DV
NC Carolina
Outdoor Journal
Transition Crappie L
EX Exploring
North Carolina
Fords & Mills L
7:30 PBS Arthur’s Perfect
Christmas DV
NC Jazzy Vegetarian
American Classics
Made Vegan
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Austrian & Italian Alps
8:00 NC Moveable Feast
with Relish
Flagstaff, AZ
EX Nature
Penguins: Meet the Family
DV
8:30 PBS Molly of Denali DV
NC Flavor, NC
Table Grapes: The Farm
at Dover Vineyards,
The Asbury L
9:00 PBS Elinor
Wonders Why DV
NC NC Weekend
Come Together L
EX NOVA
Ghosts of Stonehenge
9:30 PBS Nature Cat
NC Best of Our State
East Fork Pottery &
Etta Baker L
10:00 PBS NC Weekend
Come Together L
NC Carolina
Business Review
EX Lidia’s Kitchen
A Frugal Feast
10:30 PBS Best of Our State
East Fork Pottery &
Etta Baker L
NC Tell Me More
with Kelly Corrigan
Angela Duckworth
EX Ciao Italia
Gaetano’s Easy
Chicken Casserole
11:00 PBS Garden Smart
Gardening:
Blending Art & Science
NC Texas
Parks & Wildlife
Red-crowned parrot.
EX Christopher
Kimball’s Milk
Street Television
Breakfast Baking
11:30 PBS P. Allen Smith’s
Garden Home
Facts of Life DV
NC America’s
Heartland
A rodeo riding school.
EX A Taste of History
Protection on the Prairie
Discover what inspires artists
like Diedrick Brackens in the
season premiere of Craft in
America, Friday, December 16,
9 PM, on PBS NC.
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11:00 PBS Broadchurch
Episode 7 Ellie makes a
breakthrough.
NC Austin City Limits
The War & Treaty/
Ruthie Foster
EX American Masters
The Adventures
of Saul Bellow DV
18 SUNDAY
6 AM PBS Donkey Hodie
NC The Chavis
Chronicles
Erica Loewe.
EX Finding Your Roots
Grandparents &
Other Strangers
6:30 PBS Elinor
Wonders Why DV
NC Education Matters L
7:00 PBS Ready Jet Go! DV
NC The Open Mind
Can Whistleblowers Still
Create Societal Change?
EX Antiques Roadshow
Modern Icons
7:30 PBS Daniel Tiger’s
Neighborhood DV
NC David Rubenstein
Show: Peer to Peer
Conversations
Kristalina Georgieva
8:00 PBS Curious George
NC Carolina
Business Review L
EX Britain’s
Scenic Railways
A train ride through the
Yorkshire moors.
8:30 PBS Wild Kratts
NC Firing Line with
Margaret Hoover
9:00 PBS This Old House
Atlanta|Respecting
the Old While
Adding the New
NC Washington Week
EX Real Rail Adven
tures: Switzerland
9:30 PBS Ask This Old House
Sandstone Repair,
Awning Installation
NC Front Row with
Marc Rotterman L
10:00 PBS ncIMPACT
Law Enforcement
Shortage L
NC Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Camesha Whittaker. L
EX Travels with Darley
New Mexico’s
Continental Divide Trail
EX Rick Steves
Art of Europe
Ancient Rome
4:30 PBS Ask This Old House
Sandstone Repair,
Awning Installation
NC Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Camesha Whittaker. L
5:00 PBS Carolina
Outdoor Journal
Grassy Bottom Trout L
NC PBS News Weekend
EX Nature
Penguins: Meet the Family
DV
5:30 PBS PBS News
Weekend
NC Washington Week
6:00 PBS The Sounds
of Christmas
Live performances
of Christmas favorites.
NC Classic Gospel
Jimmy Fortune:
God & Country
EX NOVA
Ghosts of Stonehenge
7:00 PBS Father Brown
The Scales of Justice
NC ncIMPACT
Law Enforcement
Shortage L
EX Secrets of the Dead
The First Circle
of Stonehenge
7:30 NC Echo Sessions
The Screaming J’s L
8:00 PBS Midsomer Murders
The Curse of the Ninth,
Part 1
NC The Caverns Sessions
Cha Wa L
EX Reel South
Jasper Mall L
8:30 NC Sound on Tap
Wamaygallo
9:00 PBS Midsomer Murders
The Curse of the Ninth,
Part 2
NC Best of Our State
East Fork Pottery &
Etta Baker L
EX In a Different Key
9:30 NC David Holt’s
State of Music
Becky Buller Band L
10:00 PBS Death in Paradise
A skydiver is murdered.
NC Song of the
Mountains
Kornfield Friends:
Remembering Hee Haw,
Part 1
Noon PBS How She Rolls
Still Rolling
NC American Woodshop
Mid-Century Modern
Nightstand with Jaida!
EX Pati’s Mexican Table
Sisters, Stew, and Sass
12:30 PBS The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
Buttermilk Magic L
NC The Woodwright’s
Shop with Roy Underhill
The Crotch & the Horse L
EX How She Rolls
Speaking of Biscuits
1:00 PBS Antiques
Roadshow
Modern Icons
NC How She Rolls
Biscuits in Bama
EX NC Weekend
Come Together L
1:30 NC Sara’s
Weeknight Meals
Alaskan Salmon
Two Ways
EX Weekends
with Yankee
Only in New England
2:00 PBS Rick Steves’ Europe
The Heart of England
NC A Taste of History
Colonial Cuisine &
Historic Hospitality
EX Britain’s
Scenic Railways
A train ride through
the Yorkshire moors.
2:30 PBS Samantha Brown’s
Places to Love
Santa Fe, NM
NC Story in the
Public Square
3:00 PBS Curious Traveler
Curious Greece
NC Comic Culture L
EX Real Rail Adven
tures: Switzerland
Construction marvels.
3:30 PBS Woodsmith Shop
Outdoor Entertaining:
Patio Table
NC North Carolina
Bookwatch
Marisha Pessl. L
4:00 PBS This Old House
Atlanta|Respecting
the Old While Adding
the New
NC Front Row with
Marc Rotterman L
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6:30 NC Love & Respect
with Killer Mike
Andra Gillespie
7:00 PBS Midsomer Murders
The Curse of the Ninth,
Part 2
NC Frontline
From Jesus to Christ:
The First Christians, Part 1
EX The Earthshot
Prize 2022
8:00 PBS All Creatures
Great & Small on
Masterpiece
Many Happy Returns DV
NC Frontline
From Jesus to Christ:
The First Christians, Part 2
EX NOVA
Rebuilding Notre-Dame DV
9:00 PBS All Creatures
Great & Small on
Masterpiece
The Last Man In DV
NC Frontline
From Jesus to Christ:
The First Christians, Part 3
EX Secrets of the Dead
Building Notre-Dame
10:00 PBS All Creatures
Great & Small on
Masterpiece
Home Truths DV
NC Frontline
From Jesus to Christ:
The First Christians, Part 4
EX Exploring
North Carolina
Cradle of Forestry L
10:30 EX Sci NC
Science Lost in Time
11:00 PBS Astrid
Closed Room
NC European
Christmas Markets
Markets in Germany,
France and Switzerland.
EX Antiques Roadshow
Modern Icons
11:30 NC Comic Culture L
19 MONDAY
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour
NC BBC World
News America
EX America’s
Heartland
6:30 NC BBC World News
Outside Source
EX Les Stroud’s
Wild Harvest
Conch, Coconut & Cacao
2:30 PBS Cook’s Country
Chuck Roast & Potatoes
NC David Holt’s
State of Music
Becky Buller Band L
3:00 PBS Ellie’s Real
Good Food
Veggie Love
NC Song of the
Mountains
Kornfield Friends:
Remembering Hee Haw,
Part 1
EX Miss Scarlet & the
Duke on Masterpiece
The Case of Henry Scarlet
DV
3:30 PBS Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Camesha Whittaker. L
4:00 PBS Black Issues Forum L
NC Austin City Limits
The War & Treaty/
Ruthie Foster
EX All Creatures
Great & Small on
Masterpiece
Where the Heart Is DV
4:30 PBS Front Row with
Marc Rotterman L
5:00 PBS Washington Week
NC PBS News Weekend
EX All Creatures
Great & Small on
Masterpiece
Semper Progrediens DV
5:30 PBS PBS News Weekend
NC ncIMPACT
Law Enforcement
Shortage L
6:00 PBS Midsomer Murders
The Curse of the Ninth,
Part 1
NC Black Issues Forum L
EX All Creatures
Great & Small on
Masterpiece
We Can But Hope DV
10:30 PBS Front Row with
Marc Rotterman L
NC North Carolina
Bookwatch
William Ferris. L
EX Samantha Brown’s
Places to Love
Food Around the World
11:00 PBS No Passport
Required
D.C.
NC The Chavis
Chronicles
Erica Loewe.
EX Howards End
on Masterpiece
Episode 3 Margaret
receives an unexpected
offer from Henry.
11:30 NC Story in the
Public Square
Noon PBS Kevin Belton’s
Cookin’ Louisiana
Toledo Bend
Lake Country
NC Carolina
Outdoor Journal
Grassy Bottom Trout L
EX Howards End
on Masterpiece
Episode 4 Margaret is
undaunted by Henry’s
past misdeeds.
12:30 PBS Sara’s
Weeknight Meals
Golden State Grub
NC Untamed
Reconnecting
with Nature
1:00 PBS Christopher
Kimball’s Milk
Street Television
Stir-Fry Favorites
NC The Caverns Sessions
Cha Wa L
EX Miss Scarlet & the
Duke on Masterpiece
Memento Mori DV
1:30 PBS Moveable Feast
with Relish
Phoenix, AZ
NC Sound on Tap
Wamaygallo
2:00 PBS America’s
Test Kitchen from
Cook’s Illustrated
Quick Fish Dinners
NC Best of Our State
East Fork Pottery &
Etta Baker L
EX Miss Scarlet & the
Duke on Masterpiece
Cell 99 DV
Detective Raphaëlle Coste starts
an investigation on the trail
of a tragic fire in the French
crime drama Astrid, Sunday,
December 18, 11 PM, on PBS NC.
16 | December | Evening & Weekend Listings
Visit pbsnc.org/schedule for full listings.
9:30 NC The Woodwright’s
Shop with Roy Underhill
Dovetail Saw L
EX The Real
Bedford Falls:
It’s a Wonderful Life
10:00 PBS Holiday Handbells:
The Raleigh Ringers L
NC The Sounds
of Christmas
EX Antiques
Roadshow Recut
Women’s Work, Part 1
10:30 EX America’s
Heartland
A big cherry harvest.
11:00 PBS Amanpour &
Company
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Joseph Rosendo’s
Travelscope
Following the
Reformation Trail in
Switzerland & Germany DV
11:30 EX In the Americas
with David Yetman
Chiloé & Chilotes:
Proud Islanders of Chile
21 WEDNESDAY
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour
NC BBC World News
America
EX Exploring
North Carolina
Cradle of Forestry L
6:30 NC BBC World News
Outside Source
EX Sci NC
Science Lost in Time L
7:00 PBS MotorWeek
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Granada, Cordoba, &
Spain’s Costa del Sol
7:30 PBS Conscious Living
The Best Vegan Food
in Asia
EX America’s
Test Kitchen from
Cook’s Illustrated
Italian-Inspired Dinners
8:00 PBS The Letter: A
Message for Our Earth
NC Antiques Roadshow
Junk in the Trunk 11
EX Cook’s Country
Pennsylvanian
Melting Pot
8:30 EX Lidia’s Kitchen
Rethink Risotto
9:00 NC How She Rolls
Flour & Butter
20 TUESDAY
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour
NC BBC World
News America
EX America’s Test
Kitchen from Cook’s
Illustrated
Italian Bites
6:30 NC BBC World News
Outside Source
EX Cook’s Country
Pork Roast &
Orange Cake
7:00 PBS Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Roy Carroll. L
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Rick Steves
Art of Europe
Baroque
7:30 PBS NC Weekend
Come Together L
8:00 PBS Finding Your Roots
The New World
NC North Carolina
Bookwatch
William Ferris. L
EX Britain’s
Scenic Railways
Hogwarts Express to
Glenfinnan station.
8:30 NC ncIMPACT
Law Enforcement
Shortage L
9:00 PBS Lucy Worsley’s
12 Days of Tudor
Christmas
Tudor origins of
Christmas traditions.
NC Exploring
North Carolina
Fire in the Land of
the Longleaf Pine L
EX Journey on the
Trans-Siberian Railway
The world’s longest
train ride.
7:00 PBS Sci NC
Science Lost in Time L
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
The Best of Slovenia
7:30 PBS The Real
Bedford Falls:
It’s a Wonderful Life
The connections be
tween Seneca Falls, NY,
and the town from the
film It’s a Wonderful Life.
EX Joseph Rosendo’s
Travelscope
Ireland: Following the
Way of St. Patrick, Part 1
8:00 PBS Antiques
Roadshow
Naughty or Nice
NC Streit’s: Matzo &
the American Dream
EX All Creatures
Great & Small on
Masterpiece
Many Happy Returns DV
9:00 PBS Mary Berry’s
Ultimate Christmas
Preparing the perfect
Christmas dinner.
NC Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Camesha Whittaker. L
EX All Creatures
Great & Small on
Masterpiece
The Last Man In DV
9:30 NC NC Weekend
Come Together
10:00 PBS The Jubilee
Pudding: 70 Years
in the Baking
Bakers honor Queen
Elizabeth II’s legacy.
NC Carolina
Outdoor Journal
Grassy Bottom Trout L
EX All Creatures
Great & Small on
Masterpiece
Home Truths DV
10:30 NC The Real
Bedford Falls:
It’s a Wonderful Life
11:00 PBS The Real
Bedford Falls:
It’s a Wonderful Life
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Finding Your Roots
Grandparents &
Other Strangers
11:30 PBS Amanpour &
Company
Learn foolproof recipes for a
festive feast in Mary Berry’s
Ultimate Christmas, Monday,
December 19, 9 PM, on PBS NC.
PBS = PBS NC NC = NC Channel EX = Explorer Channel DV = Descriptive Video L = Local Shade = Fundraiser
December | 17
11:00 PBS Amanpour &
Company
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Joseph Rosendo’s
Travelscope
Ireland: Following the
Way of St. Patrick, Part 1
11:30 EX In the Americas
with David Yetman
The Cry for Mexican
Independence
23 FRIDAY
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour
NC BBC World
News America
EX Cook’s Country
Bar Snacks
6:30 NC BBC World
News Today
EX Lucky Chow
Tasting Nostalgia
7:00 PBS Black Issues Forum L
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Oslo
7:30 PBS ncIMPACT
School Safety L
EX Best of Our State
What Say You &
Tweetsie Railroad L
8:00 PBS Washington Week
NC ncIMPACT
School Safety L
EX Seaside Hotel
A Madhouse
8:30 PBS Front Row with
Marc Rotterman L
NC Black Issues Forum L
9:00 PBS A Chef’s Life
Holiday Special L
NC Front Row with
Marc Rotterman L
EX Astrid
Puzzle
9:30 NC Washington Week
10:00 PBS Repeat the
Sounding Joy:
A Concordia Christmas
Musical ensembles
perform holiday songs.
NC Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Roy Carroll. L
10:30 NC The Chavis
Chronicles
Alisa Payne.
EX Prime Suspect:
Tennison on Masterpiece
Jane is faced with sev
eral harsh realities. DV
NC Christopher
Kimball’s Milk
Street Television
The Pies of Yelapa
9:00 PBS NC Weekend
Holiday Weekend L
NC Cook’s Country
Cuban Sandwich Show
EX Crane Candlelight
Concert
Peace & Love
9:30 PBS The Real
Bedford Falls:
It’s a Wonderful Life
NC America’s
Test Kitchen from
Cook’s Illustrated
Vindaloo &
Chana Masala
10:00 PBS Santa School
Trainees learn to dress,
walk and talk like Santa.
NC NC Weekend
Holiday Weekend L
EX St. Olaf Christmas
Festival: Love Divine
10:30 NC Best of Our State
What Say You &
Tweetsie Railroad L
EX How She Rolls
Flour & Butter
9:30 PBS Emery Blagdon &
His Healing Machine
A profile of a
visionary artist.
NC Captain Scott B &
the Great Adventure
A journey of the heart. L
EX Pati’s Mexican Table
Maestros del Pan
10:00 PBS Earth Emergency
How human activity is
setting off dangerous
warming loops.
EX My Greek Table
with Diane Kochilas
Epirus: Pie Heaven
10:30 EX Sara’s
Weeknight Meals
Alaskan Salmon
Two Ways
11:00 PBS Amanpour &
Company
NC PBS NewsHour
EX The Earthshot
Prize 2022
22 THURSDAY
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour
NC BBC World
News America
EX Lidia’s Kitchen
Symphony of Flavors
6:30 NC BBC World News
Outside Source
EX Sara’s
Weeknight Meals
Chinatown Vancouver
7:00 PBS Rick Steves
Art of Europe
The Modern Age
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Andalucía, Gibraltar
& Tangier
7:30 EX Conscious Living
Mindful Modernism
8:00 PBS Best of Our State
What Say You &
Tweetsie Railroad L
NC Flavor, NC
Spanish Mackerel L
EX O Holy Night:
Christmas with the
Tabernacle Choir
8:30 PBS Great Scenic
Railway Journeys
Durango and Silverton
Narrow Gauge Railroad.
Ensembles from Concordia
University Irvine perform
sounds of the season in Repeat
the Sounding Joy: A Concordia
Christmas, Friday, December 23,
10 PM, on PBS NC.
Students and faculty from
SUNY Potsdam’s Crane School
of Music join together for the
Crane Candlelight Concert,
Thursday, December 22, 9 PM,
on the Explorer Channel.
18 | December | Evening & Weekend Listings
Visit pbsnc.org/schedule for full listings.
EX Weekends
with Yankee
An Eye for Beauty
2:00 PBS Rick Steves
European Christmas
NC The Woodwright’s
Shop with Roy Underhill
Waving Arm Whirligigs L
EX Britain’s
Scenic Railways
Hogwarts Express to
Glenfinnan station.
2:30 NC The Woodwright’s
Shop with Roy Underhill
Woodwright!:
The Musical L
3:00 PBS Lucy Worsley’s
12 Days of Tudor
Christmas
NC The Sounds
of Christmas
EX Journey on the
Trans-Siberian Railway
3:30 EX The Real
Bedford Falls:
It’s a Wonderful Life
4:00 PBS This Old House
Atlanta|Repointed
& Planted
NC Holiday Handbells:
The Raleigh Ringers L
EX Rick Steves
Art of Europe
The Middle Ages
4:30 PBS Ask This Old House
Paint Bathroom Tile, Hot
Water Tank Replacement
5:00 PBS Carolina
Outdoor Journal
Fly Fishing Shad L
NC NC Master Chorale:
Joy of the Season L
EX The Earthshot
Prize 2022
5:30 PBS PBS News Weekend
6:00 PBS Holiday Handbells:
The Raleigh Ringers L
NC Santa School
EX NOVA
Rebuilding Notre-Dame DV
7:00 PBS Father Brown
The Wisdom of the Fool
NC Christmas in New
York: Inside the Plaza
The famous hotel
transforms into a
magical paradise.
EX Secrets of the Dead
Building Notre-Dame
8:00 PBS Midsomer Murders
The Ghost of Causton
Abbey, Part 1
NC Tell Me More
with Kelly Corrigan
Mahogany L. Browne
EX Ciao Italia
Got Lemons,
Make Gnocchi
11:00 PBS Garden Smart
A Truly Presidential Gar
den That Has a Unique
Design & Plant Palette
NC Texas
Parks & Wildlife
A motorcycle tour
across Texas.
EX Christopher
Kimball’s Milk
Street Television
Favorite Chicken Soups
11:30 PBS A Chef’s Life
Holiday Special L
NC America’s
Heartland
EX A Taste of History
Colonial Cuisine &
Historic Hospitality
Noon NC The Woodwright’s
Shop with Roy Underhill
Animated Wooden Toys L
EX Pati’s Mexican Table
The World Cup of Tacos
12:30 PBS The Key Ingredient
with Sheri Castle
Cabbage Love L
NC The Woodwright’s
Shop with Roy Underhill
Stamp Out Cookie Carving L
EX How She Rolls
Life Aquatic
1:00 PBS Antiques
Roadshow
Naughty or Nice
NC The Woodwright’s
Shop with Roy Underhill
Swedish Shrink Box L
EX NC Weekend
Holiday Weekend L
1:30 NC The Woodwright’s
Shop with Roy Underhill
Firewood Carrier L
11:00 PBS Amanpour &
Company
NC PBS NewsHour
24 SATURDAY
6 AM PBS Cat in the Hat
Knows a Lot About
Christmas! DV
NC Garden Smart
A Garden Overlooking
Manhattan
EX Carolina
Outdoor Journal
Grassy Bottom Trout L
6:30 NC Cook’s Country
Cast Iron Everything
EX Les Stroud’s
Wild Harvest
Lionfish, Oregon
Grape & Coconut
7:00 PBS Curious George:
A Very Monkey
Christmas DV
NC Carolina
Outdoor Journal
Grassy Bottom Trout L
EX Exploring
North Carolina
Cradle of Forestry L
7:30 NC Jazzy Vegetarian
Summertime Supper
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Swiss Alps
8:00 PBS Let’s Go Luna!:
Luna’s Christmas
Around the World DV
NC Moveable Feast
with Relish
Tampa, FL
EX The Earthshot
Prize 2022
8:30 NC Flavor, NC
Spanish Mackerel L
9:00 PBS Nature Cat:
A Nature Carol
NC NC Weekend
Holiday Weekend L
EX NOVA
Rebuilding Notre-Dame DV
9:30 NC Best of Our State
What Say You &
Tweetsie Railroad L
10:00 PBS NC Weekend
Holiday Weekend L
NC Carolina
Business Review
EX Lidia’s Kitchen
Symphony of Flavors
10:30 PBS Best of Our State
What Say You &
Tweetsie Railroad L
Binge your favorite woodcraft
show, The Woodwright’s
Shop with Roy Underhill,
December 24, noon–3 PM, and
December 25, 10 AM–1 PM, on
the North Carolina Channel.
PBS = PBS NC NC = NC Channel EX = Explorer Channel DV = Descriptive Video L = Local Shade = Fundraiser
December | 19
Noon PBS Mary Berry’s
Ultimate Christmas
NC The Woodwright’s
Shop with Roy Underhill
Waving Arm Whirligigs L
12:30 NC The Woodwright’s
Shop with Roy Underhill
Woodwright!:
The Musical L
1:00 PBS A Chef’s Life
Holiday Special L
NC Anthony Williams’
Urban Nutcracker
EX Miss Scarlet & the
Duke on Masterpiece
Pandora’s Box DV
2:00 PBS America’s Test
Kitchen Special:
Home for the Holidays
Tips for planning a
stress-free gathering.
EX Miss Scarlet & the
Duke on Masterpiece
The Black Witch DV
2:30 NC Clown by
Quentin Blake
A toy clown tries to
find a new home.
3:00 PBS European
Christmas Markets
Markets in Germany,
France and Switzerland.
NC St. Olaf Christmas
Festival: Love Divine
EX Miss Scarlet & the
Duke on Masterpiece
A Pauper’s Grave DV
3:30 PBS Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Roy Carroll. L
4:00 PBS Black Issues Forum L
NC The Night Before
Christmas Carol
David zum Brunnen
portrays characters
from A Christmas Carol.
EX All Creatures
Great & Small on
Masterpiece
Many Happy Returns DV
4:30 PBS Front Row with
Marc Rotterman L
5:00 PBS Washington Week
NC The Sounds
of Christmas
EX All Creatures
Great & Small on
Masterpiece
The Last Man In DV
5:30 PBS PBS News Weekend
6:30 NC Magic of
Christmas in Alsace
Christmas in the Alsace
region of France.
7:00 PBS Arthur’s Perfect
Christmas DV
NC The Sounds
of Christmas
Live performances of
Christmas favorites.
EX Antiques Roadshow
Naughty or Nice
8:00 PBS Wild Kratts:
A Creature Christmas
NC Holiday Handbells:
The Raleigh Ringers L
EX Britain’s
Scenic Railways
Hogwarts Express to
Glenfinnan station.
9:00 PBS This Old House
Atlanta|Repointed
& Planted
NC NC Master Chorale:
Joy of the Season
EX Journey on the
Trans-Siberian Railway
9:30 PBS Ask This Old House
Paint Bathroom Tile, Hot
Water Tank Replacement
EX The Real
Bedford Falls:
It’s a Wonderful Life
10:00 PBS ncIMPACT
School Safety L
NC The Woodwright’s
Shop with Roy Underhill
Animated Wooden Toys L
EX Call the Midwife
Holiday Special
Nothing goes as planned
during the holidays.
10:30 PBS Front Row with
Marc Rotterman L
NC The Woodwright’s
Shop with Roy Underhill
Stamp Out Cookie Carving L
11:00 PBS No Passport
Required
Seattle
NC The Woodwright’s
Shop with Roy Underhill
Swedish Shrink Box
11:30 NC The Woodwright’s
Shop with Roy Underhill
Firewood Carrier L
EX Call the Midwife
Holiday Special
Challenging cases
on Christmas Day.
NC Anthony Williams’
Urban Nutcracker
A modern spin on the
19th-century fairy tale.
EX A Chef’s Life
Holiday Special L
9:00 PBS Midsomer Murders
The Ghost of Causton
Abbey, Part 2
EX Mary Berry’s
Ultimate Christmas
9:30 NC Clown by
Quentin Blake
A toy clown tries to
find a new home.
10:00 PBS Death in Paradise
Florence’s undercover
role gets dangerous.
NC St. Olaf Christmas
Festival: Love Divine
EX The Jubilee
Pudding: 70 Years
in the Baking
11:00 PBS Broadchurch
Episode 8 Hardy and
Ellie uncover the truth.
NC All Is Calm: The
Christmas Truce of 1914
Allied and German
soldiers celebrate
Christmas.
EX Lucy Worsley’s
12 Days of Tudor
Christmas
25 SUNDAY
6 AM PBS Curious George:
A Very Monkey
Christmas
EX Finding Your Roots
The New World
A classic fairy tale gets a
modern spin on Anthony
Williams’ Urban Nutcracker,
Saturday, December 24, 8 PM,
on the North Carolina Channel.
20 | December | Evening & Weekend Listings
Visit pbsnc.org/schedule for full listings.
9:30 NC NC Weekend
Holiday Weekend L
10:00 PBS The Great
American Recipe
The Daily Dish
NC Carolina
Outdoor Journal
Fly Fishing Shad L
EX Little Women
on Masterpiece
Parts 2 & 3 Circum
stances change for
the March sisters.
10:30 NC Sci NC
Life Science L
11:00 PBS Amanpour &
Company
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Little Women
on Masterpiece
Part 3 The March family
faces a challenge.
27 TUESDAY
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour
NC BBC World
News America
EX America’s
Test Kitchen from
Cook’s Illustrated
Perfectly Fried Seafood
6:30 NC BBC World News
Outside Source
EX Cook’s Country
Bar Snacks
7:00 PBS Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
JiNan Glasgow George. L
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Rick Steves
Art of Europe
The Modern Age
7:30 PBS NC Weekend
Holiday Weekend L
26 MONDAY
6 PM PBS PBS NewsHour
NC BBC World
News America
EX America’s
Heartland
A big cherry harvest.
6:30 NC BBC World News
Outside Source
EX Les Stroud’s
Wild Harvest
Lionfish, Oregon
Grape & Coconut
7:00 PBS Sci NC
Life Science L
NC PBS NewsHour
EX Rick Steves’ Europe
Norway’s West: Fjords,
Mountains & Bergen
7:30 PBS Antiques
Roadshow Recut
Women’s Work, Part 1
EX Joseph Rosendo’s
Travelscope
Ireland: Following the
Way of St. Patrick, Part 2
8:00 PBS Antiques
Roadshow
Best Bargains
NC Santa School
EX All Creatures
Great & Small on
Masterpiece
The Perfect Christmas DV
9:00 PBS The Great
American Recipe
If I Were a Recipe
NC Side by Side
with Nido Qubein
Roy Carroll. L
EX Little Women
on Masterpiece
Part 1 Four sisters
come to terms with
their new life.
6:00 PBS Midsomer Murders
The Ghost of Causton
Abbey, Part 1
NC Holiday Handbells:
The Raleigh Ringers L
EX All Creatures
Great & Small on
Masterpiece
Home Truths DV
7:00 PBS Midsomer Murders
The Ghost of Causton
Abbey, Part 2
NC NC Master Chorale:
Joy of the Season
Sounds of the season. L
EX The Nutcracker &
the Mouse King
A re-imagining of the
classic story.
8:00 PBS All Creatures
Great & Small on
Masterpiece
The Perfect Christmas DV
NC O Holy Night:
Christmas with the
Tabernacle Choir
An Irish-inspired
holiday special.
8:30 EX Clown by
Quentin Blake
9:00 PBS Call the Midwife
Holiday Special
Life returns to normal
after the train crash.
NC Dean Martin &
Frank Sinatra
Family Christmas
EX Lucy Worsley’s
12 Days of Tudor
Christmas
10:00 NC Ella Wishes You a
Swinging Christmas
with Vanessa Williams
American Pops
Orchestra presents
Ella Fitzgerald classics.
EX Exploring
North Carolina
Works in Progress L
10:30 PBS Call the Midwife
Holiday Special
EX Sci NC
Life Science L
11:00 NC The Real
Bedford Falls:
It’s a Wonderful Life
EX Antiques Roadshow
Naughty or Nice
11:30 NC Santa School
With Christmas fast approaching, the midwives of Poplar move to their
new clinic and organize a festive talent show on the Call the Midwife
Holiday Special, Sunday, December 25, 9 PM, on PBS NC.