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December 2019

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This month kicks off with

a series of fundraising specials as part of WITF's membership campaign held every December. Your support makes all the programming on WITF possible. Without your support, there would not be the same variety or quality of programming. Please consider an end of year gift to WITF! To make a gift, call us at 1-800-233-9483 or give online at givenow. Thank you for your on-going support of public media in central Pennsylvania. This month we provide an extension of the Broadway's Best series on Great Performances with an encore of Jesus Christ Superstar, Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn, and the Sound of Music. These performances join a stellar line-up that began earlier this fall. Great Performances' Broadway's Best are available through WITF Passport and select episodes will be repeated later in 2020. A variety of Christmas and Hanukkah specials are scattered throughout the schedule beginning December 16. I don't have enough space to detail all of them but be sure to look for a mix of documentary, music and children's programming. Don't miss the annual Call The Midwife episode airing Christmas evening at 9:00pm. Mother Mildred and the Nonnatus House team go to the Outer Hebrides in response to a nursing shortage. Navigating the terrain, they strive to keep up with the needs of the locals. A new season of Call The Midwife arrives on WITF in spring of 2020. An encore of the third season of Victoria on Masterpiece will broadcast Sunday nights beginning

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LUCY WORSLEY'S 12 DAYS OF TUDOR CHRISTMAS DEC. 25 AT 8PM

December 22. Typically, we rebroadcast a previous season leading into the new season in January. Unfortunately, this will not occur this season. A fourth season of Victoria on Masterpiece is planned to occur although, it has not been produced yet. Actresses and actors in the series have been busy with other commitments making the production schedule to continue Victoria difficult.

Coming in January on Masterpiece

is an interpretation of Jane Austen's final and incomplete novel, written only months before her death in 1817. Sanditon on Masterpiece tells the story of the joyously impulsive, spirited and unconventional Charlotte Heywood and her spiky relationship with the humorous, charming Sidney Parker. We'll

learn more about the series next month.

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BBC Newsnight SAT 5:00pm PBS Newshour Weekend SAT 5:30pm PBS Newshour Weekend SUN 5:30pm

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1 SUN Ken Burns: Country Music 2 MON GREAT PERFORMANCES: An Intimate Evening with David Foster 3 TUE Mister Rogers: It's You I Like

Rick Steves Fascism In Europe*

What The Durrells Did Next: A MASTERPIECE Special

Pete Seeger Tribute Concert: Woody's Children 50th Anniversary

4WED Brit Floyd ? The World's Greatest Pink Floyd Show*

Brain Fitness Program

5THU Great Performances: Kinky Boots

6FRI Washington Week

Classic Christmas (My Music)

7SAT Lawrence Welk: God Bless Celtic Woman: Ancient Land America starts at 6:00 pm

8SUN Great Performances ? Andrea Bocelli at 60

Mister Rogers: It's You I Like

Steven Page Trio Live In Concert*

Country Music: Live at the Ryman

9MON Celtic Woman: Ancient Land

Brain Fitness Program

10TUE A Salute to Vienna 11WED Nature: Octopus - Making Contact 12THU America's Test Kitchen 20th Anniversary Special

America Live at the London Palladium* Great Scenic Railway Journeys: 150 Years on the Right Track* continues to 11:30 pm

Count Basie - Through His Own Eyes*

13FRI Washington Week

GREAT PERFORMANCES: Jesus Christ Superstar Live In Concert

14SAT Carol Burnett: A Celebration* starts at 7:30 pm

Great Scenic Railway Journeys: 150 Years on the Right Track*

15SUN Brit Floyd ? The World's Greatest Pink Floyd Show* 16MON Antiques Roadshow: Harrisburg, Hour Two 17TUE Ornament of the World

Victoria Season 3 On Masterpiece

Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir Featuring Kristin Chenoweth

Independent Lens Attla

Frontline

18WED Nature: Snowbound-Animals of Winter

NOVA

All Things Bakelite: The Age of Plastic*

19 THU TBA

20FRI Washington Week

GREAT PERFORMANCES: Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn - The Broadway Musical

21 SAT Vicar of Dibley: Spring* Keeping Up Appearances* 800 Words* starts at 9:15 pm starts at 8:40 pm

22 SUN

Victoria Season 3 On MASTERPIECE: Uneasy Lies The Head That Wears The Crown

Victoria Season 3 On MASTERPIECE: London Bridge Is Falling Down

23MON Antiques Roadshow

Christmas at Belmont

24TUE Christmas at Belmont

Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir Featuring Kristin Chenoweth

25WED Lucy Worsley's 12 Days of Tudor Christmas

Call The Midwife Holiday Special*

26THU Hanukkah: A Festival of Delights

Reindeer Family & Me

Line of Separation

Victoria Season 3 On MASTERPIECE: Et In Arcadia

Independent Lens: Supergirl Handel's Messiah

Dickensian

Keeping Up Appearances*

27FRI Washington Week

GREAT PERFORMANCES: The Sound of Music

28SAT Vicar of Dibley: Summer* Keeping Up Appearances* 800 Words* starts at 9:10 pm starts at 8:40 pm

Line of Separation

29 SUN

Victoria Season 3 On MASTERPIECE: Foreign Bodies

Victoria Season 3 On MASTERPIECE: A Show of Unity

Victoria Season 3 On MASTERPIECE: A Coburg Quartet

30MON Antiques Roadshow: St. Louis, Hour One

No Passport Required: Seattle

POV: Midnight Traveler

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Live from Lincoln Center: New York Philharmonic New Year's Eve 2019: Sondheim Celebration

Live from Lincoln Center: New York Philharmonic New Year's Eve 2019: Sondheim Celebration

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SUNDAY 1

? 8:00pm

Ken Burns: Country Music

Join host Kathy Mattea to learn more about

the making of the epic documentary series by

Ken Burns.

? 9:30pm

Rick Steves Fascism In

Europe* Rick Steves travels back a century to

learn how fascism rose and then fell in Europe.

11:00pm Downton Abbey Season 5 On MASTERPIECE Episode Five Rose makes a handsome new acquaintance and Edith's link to Marigold draws attention. #4505

12:00am Bluegrass Underground: Devil Makes Three The trio evokes songs from some bygone era, rooted in folk, delta blues and reckless rock. #911

MONDAY 2

? 8:00pm GREAT PERFORMANCES:

An Intimate Evening with David Foster

Celebrated musician and composer David

Foster explores the music of his career with

guest artists. #4213

? 10:00pm

What The Durrells Did

Next: A MASTERPIECE SPECIAL Keeley

Hawes hosts a look at the true story behind

one of the best-loved families in TV drama.

11:30pm BBC World News Thrill to the best in American roots music with singersongwriter Patty Griffin and The Revivalists. #362

12:00am Amanpour and Company #2111

TUESDAY 3

? 8:00pm Mister Rogers: It's You I

Like Celebrate Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, the children's series that premiered nationally 50 years ago.

? 9:30pm Pete Seeger Tribute

Concert: Woody's Children 50th Anniversary Peter Yarrow, Holly Near and other musicians celebrate Pete Seeger's 100th birthday with a concert.

11:00pm BBC World News A new Post colleague attempts to discredit Ed. Duncan buries himself in his work. #364

11:30pm Nightly Business Report #38241

12:00am Amanpour and Company #2112

WEDNESDAY 4

? ? 8:00pm

Brit Floyd ? The

World's Greatest Pink Floyd Show* Brit Floyd

celebrates the amazing musical legacy of Pink

Floyd in truly spectacular fashion in front of

sell out audiences in Liverpool, Red Rocks

and Amsterdam.

9:30pm Brain Fitness Program! This program is designed to drive beneficial chemical, physical and functional change in the brain.

11:00pm BBC World News #366

11:30pm Nightly Business Report #38242

12:00am Amanpour and Company #2113

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THURSDAY 5

? 8:00pm

GREAT PERFORMANCES:

Kinky Boots Enjoy the Tony-winning musical

about friendship and extraordinary shoes

with songs by Cyndi Lauper. #4414

11:00pm BBC World News #368

11:30pm Nightly Business Report #38243

12:00am Amanpour and Company #2114

FRIDAY 6

8:00pm Washington Week #5923

8:30pm Classic Christmas (My Music)

Old-fashioned favorites such as "Silent

Night," "White Christmas" and "Jingle Bells"

are featured.

? 10:30pm

Steven Page Trio - Live

In Concert* Musician and singer Steven

Page performs some of his most popular

compositions of all time.

12:00am Amanpour and Company #2115

SATURDAY 7

? 8:30pm Celtic Woman: Ancient

Land Stunning new music is performed in a concert at the beautiful Johnstown Castle in Wexford, Ireland.

10:30pm Country Music: Live at the Ryman Rosanne Cash, Rhiannon Giddens, Vince Gill and more musicians celebrate the film by Ken Burns.

SUNDAY 8

? ? 8:00pm

Great Performances ?

Andrea Bocelli at 60 A celebration of Andrea

Bocelli's 60th Birthday in Italy features Josh

Groban and Matteo Bocelli..

? 9:30pm Mister Rogers: It's You I

Like Celebrate Mister Rogers' Neighborhood,

the children's series that premiered nationally

50 years ago.

11:00pm Downton Abbey Season 5 On

MASTERPIECE Episode Six: While police

deepen their probe, Bates tells Anna

the truth. A long and painful mystery is

solved.#4506

12:00pm Bluegrass Underground:

Mandy Barnett Mandy Barnett has a keen

interpretative sense and a powerful style

rooted in Country and Pop. #912

MONDAY 9

? 8:00pm Celtic Woman: Ancient

Land Stunning new music is performed in a concert at the beautiful Johnstown Castle in Wexford, Ireland. 10:00pm Brain Fitness Program See 12/4 at 10pm 11:30pm BBC World News #372 12:00am Amanpour and Company #2116

TUESDAY 10

? 8:00pm A Salute to Vienna

Frederica von Stade hosts a lavish music and dance gala from the historic Konzerthaus in Vienna.

? Hanukkah: A Festival of Delights

Thursday, Dec. 26 at 8pm

? 10:00pm

America Live at the

London Palladium* The '70s rock band

celebrates 50 years of great music with a

dynamic concert.

11:30pm BBC World News #374

12:00am Amanpour and Company #2117

WEDNESDAY 11

8:00pm Nature: Octopus - Making

Contact Follow an Alaskan professor as he

raises and studies a pet octopus in his home,

making remarkable discoveries about its

extraordinary intelligence, personality and

skills. #3701

? 9:30pm

Great Scenic Railway

Journeys: 150 Years on the Right Track*

Unforgettable stories of historic and scenic

tourist railroads from across America are

showcased.

11:30pm BBC World News #376

12:00am Amanpour and Company #2118

THURSDAY 12

? 8:00pm America's Test Kitchen

20th Anniversary Special The 20 most popular recipes and great moments from the show's two decades on air are showcased.

? 9:30pm Count Basie - Through His

Own Eyes* A revealing biography uncovers the passions and ambitions that inspired the bandleader and pianist. 11:00pm BBC World News #378 11:30pm Nightly Business Report #38248 12:00am Amanpour and Company #2119

FRIDAY 13

8:00pm Washington Week #5924

? 8:30pm GREAT PERFORMANCES:

Jesus Christ Superstar Live In Concert Experience composer Andrew Lloyd Webber's rock opera starring John Legend and Sara Bareilles #4415 11:00pm BBC World News #380 11:30pm Nightly Business Report #38249 12:00am Amanpour and Company #2120

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SATURDAY 14

? 7:30pm Carol Burnett: A

Celebration* The career of the comedy legend is celebrated with great clips and memories from iconic stars.

? 9:00pm Great Scenic Railway

Journeys: 150 Years on the Right Track* Unforgettable stories of historic and scenic tourist railroads from across America are showcased.

11:00pm America Live at the London Palladium* The '70s rock band celebrates 50 years of great music with a dynamic concert.

SUNDAY 15

? 8:00pm

Brit Floyd ? The World's

Greatest Pink Floyd Show* Brit Floyd

celebrates the amazing musical legacy of Pink

Floyd in truly spectacular fashion in front of

sell out audiences in Liverpool, Red Rocks and

Amsterdam.

9:30pm Victoria Season 3 On Masterpiece: Uneasy Lies The Head That Wears The Crown Revolution sweeps across Europe and pressure builds on Victoria with new arrivals at the Palace. #4901

11:00pm Ken Burns: Country Music Join host Kathy Mattea to learn more about the making of the epic documentary series by Ken Burns.

MONDAY 16

? 8:00pm

Antiques Roadshow:

Harrisburg, Hour Two Interesting finds

including a Charles "Heinie" Wagner Red Sox

archive and a Carl Schweninger oil.. #2202

? 9:00pm

Christmas with the

Tabernacle Choir Featuring Kristin Chenoweth

The Tabernacle Choir and Kristin Chenoweth

showcase favorite holiday music, dancing and

storytelling.

10:00pm Independent Lens: Attla An Alaska Native dogsled racer became a sports hero, with one good leg and a determined mindset. #2105

11:00pm BBC World News #382

11:30pm Nightly Business Report #38250

12:00am Amanpour and Company #2121

TUESDAY 17

? 8:00pm Ornament of the World

Muslims, Christians and Jews forged a common cultural identity during a remarkable time in history.

10:00PM Frontline: Weinstein The ways Harvey Weinstein tried to silence woman that he allegedly sexually harassed are examined.

11:00PM BBC World News #384

12:00am Amanpour and Company #2122

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GREAT PERFORMANCES: IRVING BERLIN'S HOLIDAY INN - THE BROADWAY MUSICAL

FRIDAY, DEC. 20 at 8:30pm

WEDNESDAY 18

8:00pm Nature: Snowbound: Animals of Winter Travel across the snow globe to meet penguins, bison and more animal survivors of winter. #3406

9:00pm NOVA: Inside Animal Minds:

Who's The Smartest? Scientists try to

unlock the secrets of animal communication

by tracking dolphins in the Caribbean. #4110

? 10:00pm

All Things Bakelite: The

Age of Plastic* The Age of Plastic is a joyous

and provocative one-hour documentary that

captures both the wonder and the curse of

chemist Leo Hendrik Baekeland's biggest

invention ? the first wholly synthetic plastic.

11:00pm BBC World News #386

11:30pm Nightly Business Report #38252

12:00am Amanpour and Company #2123

THURSDAY 19

8:00pm TBD 11:00pm BBC World News #388 11:30pm Nightly Business Report #38253 12:00am Amanpour and Company #2124

FRIDAY 20

8:00pm Washington Week #5925

? 8:30pm GREAT PERFORMANCES:

Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn -- The Broadway Musical The hit Broadway adaptation of the classic 1942 movie musical showcases an Irving Berlin score. #4209 11:00pm BBC World News #390 11:30pm Nightly Business Report #38254 12:00am Amanpour and Company #2125

SATURDAY 21

7:00pm Lawrence Welk Show: Christmas* Lawrence joins the gang for "Jingle Bells." "Sweet Little Jesus Boy" is performed by Guy and Ralna. #1718

8:00pm Vicar of Dibley: Spring* The Bishop of Mulberry is to christen Alice and

Hugo's baby, and David is amazed to find that

he is in agreement with Geraldine. #303

8:40pm Keeping Up Appearances -

The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket: Onslow's

Birthday* Hyacinth is not very pleased about

Onslow's birthday celebrations. #206

9:15pm 800 Words* After his wife dies,

George moves his kids away from Sydney to

the town of Weld, New Zealand. #101

? 10:00pm

Line of Separation After

the fall of the Third Reich, the town of

Tannbach is divided between East and West

regimes.. #101

11:00pm Austin City Limits: Tom Waits

Iconic singer- songwriter Tom Waits performs

in this classic episode from 1979. #3714

12:00am Bluegrass Underground: Devil

Makes Three The trio evokes songs from

some bygone era, rooted in folk, delta blues

and reckless rock. #911

SUNDAY 22

7:00pm Victoria & Albert: The Wedding (Episode 1) Experts prepare to reconstruct the wedding that changed history and uncover astonishing details. #101

8:00pm Victoria Season 3 On MASTERPIECE: Uneasy Lies The Head That Wears The Crown Revolution sweeps across Europe and pressure builds on Victoria with new arrivals at the Palace. #4901

9:30pm Victoria Season 3 On MASTERPIECE: London Bridge Is Falling Down Victoria must decide whether to fight the Chartists with force or allow them to present a petition. #4902

10:30pm Victoria Season 3 On MASTERPIECE: Et In Arcadia At Osborne House, Victoria is desperate to get back to the Palace and the business of politics.#4903

11:30pm Downton Abbey Season 5 On MASTERPIECE: Episode Seven Edith is found out, Mary finally shakes a suitor and Isobel and Lord Merton reveal their plans. #4507

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MONDAY 23

? 8:00pm Antiques Roadshow:

Harrisburg, Hour Three The 1963-1968 NASA archive of Pearl Tucker and a painted Bucher box made around 1800 are appraised. #2203

? 9:00pm Christmas at Belmont

Traditional carols, classical masterworks, world music and great seasonal favorites are performed. #2019 10:00pm Independent Lens: Supergirl A young girl navigates the perils of adolescence while attempting to succeed at powerlifting. #1903 11:30pm BBC World News #392 12:00pm Amanpour and Company #2126

TUESDAY 24

8:00pm Christmas at Belmont Traditional carols, classical masterworks, world music and great seasonal favorites are performed. #2019

9:00pm Christmas with the Tabernacle

Choir Featuring Kristin Chenoweth The

Tabernacle Choir and Kristin Chenoweth

showcase favorite holiday music, dancing and

storytelling.

? 10:00pm

Handel's Messiah Jane

Seymour narrates the story of celebrated

composer and musical genius George Frideric

Handel.

11:30pm BBC World News #394

12:00am Amanpour and Company #2127

WEDNESDAY 25

? ? 8:00pm

Lucy Worsley's 12

Days of Tudor Christmas Lucy Worsley

discovers that much of what we enjoy in

contemporary Christmas has Tudor origins.

? ? 9:00pm

Call The Midwife

Holiday Special* Mother Mildred and

the Nonnatus House team go to the Outer

Hebrides due to a nursing shortage. #2109

10:30pm Keeping Up Appearances --

The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket:

Christmas 1991 - The Fatherchristmas

Suit* Hyacinth roars into the Christmas

season and manages to get Richard into a

Father Christmas outfit. #601

11:00pm BBC World News #396

11:30pm Nightly Business Report #38257

12:00am Amanpour and Company #2128

THURSDAY 26

? 8:00pm Hanukkah: A Festival

of Delights William Shatner, Lainie Kazan, authors, rabbis and others explore the evolution of Hanukkah.

9:00pm Reindeer Family & Me Gordon Buchanan travels to the frozen north, deep inside the Arctic Circle, to meet the ancient Sami people and the animals they hold so close ? reindeer.

10:00pm Dickensian It's Christmas Eve and as the snow falls over Victorian London, the body of wealthy brewer, Mr Havisham, is driven to his final resting place. #101

11:00pm BBC World News #398

11:30pm Nightly Business Report #38258

12:00am Amanpour and Company #2129

FRIDAY 27

8:00pm Washington Week #5926

? 8:30pm GREAT PERFORMANCES:

The Sound of Music The von Trapp Family Singers' escape from Austria during the rise of Nazism in this new production. #4308 11:00pm BBC World News #400 11:30pm Nightly Business Report #38259 12:00am Amanpour and Company #2130

SATURDAY 28

7:00pm Lawrence Welk Show: New

Years* The Welk Band plays the "Champagne

Waltz" and the Lennon Sisters reminisce with

"May You Always." #1719

8:00pm Vicar of Dibley: Summer*

A scorching hot summer leads to a severe

water shortage in Dibley. #304

8:40pm Keeping Up Appearances -

The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket: Singing

for Emmet* Emmet has moved in next door

with his sister Liz, and Hyacinth still wants to

singing for him. #207

9:10pm800 Words* George is the most

unpopular new Aussie in town after calling

Weld a `dead end town' in his column. #102

? 10:00pm

Line of Separation #102

? 11:00pm

Austin City Limits

6th Annual Hall of Fame Honors Celebrate

the 2019 Hall of Fame as Shawn Colvin, Buddy Guy

and Lyle Lovett are honored. #2019

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WEDNESDAY DEC. 25 at 9pm

12:00am Bluegrass Underground: Mandy Barnett Mandy Barnett has a keen interpretative sense and a powerful style rooted in Country and Pop. #912

SUNDAY 29

7:00pm Victoria & Albert: The Wedding Episode: 2 Witness the most accurate reconstruction of Victoria and Albert's wedding ever staged. #102 8:00pm Victoria Season 3 On MASTERPIECE: Foreign Bodies Albert leaves the Palace for Cambridge and Victoria faces the traumatic impact of a cholera epidemic. #4904 9:00pm Victoria Season 3 On MASTERPIECE: A Show of Unity After an assassination attempt, the Royal household visit Ireland where conflict and romance blossom. #4905 10:00pm Victoria Season 3 On MASTERPIECE: A Coburg Quartet Private pictures of the Royal family are made public as the Royals host a Georgian ball at the Palace. #4906 11:00pm Downton Abbey Season 5 On MASTERPIECE: Episode Eight Someone tries to derail Rose and Atticus' happiness and Mrs. Patmore gets a surprise. #4508

MONDAY 30

8:00pm Antiques Roadshow: St. Louis, Hour One A 1602 Adam Islip-published book of Chaucer's complete works and more great finds are showcased. #2207

? 9:00pm No Passport Required:

Seattle Marcus Samuelsson travels to Seattle to learn about the city's Filipino American community. #201 10:00pm POV: Midnight Traveler Hassan Fazili is forced to flee Afghanistan and seek asylum with his wife and two young daughters. #3215 11:30pm BBC World News #4025 12:00pm Amanpour and Company #2131

TUESDAY 31

? 8:00pm Live from Lincoln Center:

New York Philharmonic New Year's Eve 2019: Sondheim Celebration The New York Philharmonic and Katrina Lenk celebrate the orchestral music of Stephen Sondheim. #4406 9:30pm Live from Lincoln Center: New York Philharmonic New Year's Eve 2019: Sondheim Celebration The New York Philharmonic and Katrina Lenk celebrate the orchestral music of Stephen Sondheim. #4406 11:00pm Austin City Limits 6th Annual Hall of Fame Honors Celebrate the 2019 Hall of Fame as Shawn Colvin, Buddy Guy and Lyle Lovett are honored #2019

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