Doc Martin: Old Dogs

Dr. Martin Ellingham is still as clumsy as ever when it comes to forming relationships with the opposite sex. Just when things were beginning to look rosily romantic between him and pretty school teacher Louisa Glasson, he made a terrible faux pas. She can't forgive him for accusing her of failing in her dental hygiene regime. Meanwhile, Muriel's condition deteriorates in the home. Then Martin realizes that her problems are being caused because she is dehydrated, and that has caused her to become confused. At the surgery, Martin is taken aback to find a strange girl working in reception. September 4th at 9pm

website: http://www.itv.com/Drama/contemporary/DocMartin/default.html

Masterpiece Mystery! The Dead of Winter

The discovery of a body on an Oxford bus leads Lewis and Hathaway to a sprawling Oxford estate where Hathaway spent much of his childhood. Guest stars include Nathaniel Parker (The Inspector Lynley Mysteries") as a house guest with suspiciously close ties to the estate owner's wife. September 5th at 9pm

website: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/schedule/index.html

Cat in The Hat Knows a Lot About That

Show Me the Honey Sally and Nick have run out of honey! Luckily the Cat knows just where to go to get more. They visit Queen Priscilla Buzzoo who invites them to join in the bee dance to learn how to make honey. Educational Objective: Honey - how bees collect nectar to make honey and have a special dance to tell each other locations of the best flowers to collect nectar from. Migration Vacation The purple martin swallow that lives in Sally's backyard has gone missing! The Cat, with the help of a variety of forest creatures, help Nick and Sally track down the bird, and learn how and why birds migrate. Educational Objective: Migration - when cold winter temperatures cause a shortage of food, some birds fly great distances to warmer climates where food is more plentiful. September 6th at 8:30am and 2:30pm

website: http://pbskids.org/catinthehat/

History Detectives

How could one clock regulate time for an entire region, and is this it? A document seems connected to an early controversial religion, the first founded by an American-born woman. So where is her name? What went wrong during a WWII dog-training program on Cat Island? September 6th at 9pm

website: http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/

Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and The American City

Few dreamers have had more impact on the American city than Daniel Hudson Burnham. He built some of the first skyscrapers in the world; directed construction of the World's Columbian Exposition that helped inspire the City Beautiful Movement in towns across America; and created urban plans for San Francisco, Washington, DC, Chicago, Cleveland and Manila and Baguio City in the Philippines all before the modern profession of urban planning existed. September 6th at 10pm

website: http://www.pbs.org/make-no-little-plans/

POV: Off and Running

This is the story of Brooklyn teenager Avery, a track star with a bright future. Her older brother is black and Puerto Rican, and her younger brother is Korean. Though it may look atypical, Avery's household is like most American homes - until Avery writes to her birth mother. The response throws her into crisis. She struggles over her "true" identity, the circumstances of her adoption and her estrangement from black culture. When it seems as if her life is unraveling, Avery decides to pick up the pieces and make sense of her identity. September 7th at 10pm

website: http://www.pbs.org/pov/

Through a Dog’s Eyes

Each year, hundreds of people find hope through a handful of organizations across the country that train service dogs for people with disabilities. Follow the journey of recipients as they go through the heartwarming and sometimes difficult process of receiving and becoming acclimated to a service dog. The program offers inspiring, hopeful stories that show how dogs can affect everyone's life and how with a little patience and a lot of love, an "ordinary" dog can show how extraordinary he or she can become. September 8th at 8pm

website: http://www.pbs.org/dogs-eyes/#2

Music & Dance of Poland: Mazowsze

Mazowsze is internationally recognized as Poland's cultural ambassadors. In the last 50 years they have performed more than 6,000 shows in cities around the world. The troupe's founders, Mira Ziminska and Tadeusz Sygietynski, dedicated themselves to preserve the rich music and dance traditions of Poland after the devastation of World War II. Polish-American entertainer Bobby Vinton narrate. September 8th at 9:30pm

website: http://www.wliw.org/productions/performance/the-music-dance-of-poland-mazowsze/74/s.

Victor Borge: 100 Years of Music & Laughter

"The Great Dane" of comedy, as the beloved international humorist and musician was known, was celebrated across the world for his unique blend of comedy and music. Don't miss his one-liners, falls, double takes, his mastery of piano variations and his outrageous stage antics. Victor Borge has been recognized as one of the funniest performers the world has ever known. The program contains such classic comedy bits as the timeless "Phonetic Punctuation," "Inflationary Language," "Autumn Leaves" with Robert Merrill, "The Opera Singer" with Marylyn Mulvey and many more. September 9th at 8pm

website: http://www.victorborge.com/

Marvin Hamlisch: The 70’s, The Way We Were

Marvin Hamlisch hosts a television special featuring performers re-creating their big hits from the 1970s: BJ Thomas, Three Dog Night, Debby Boone, Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr., Ray Stevens, Freda Payne, Guy and Ralna, Bobby Goldsboro, Billy Joe Royal, Peaches and Herb, Jonathan Edwards, Gloria Gaynor and Hamlisch himself. September 9th at 9:30pm

website: http://www.marvinhamlisch.com/

Lower Your Taxes! Now and Forever with Ed Slott

Certified Public Accountant Ed Slott covers all new material including pressing viewer retirement questions: how not to run out of money in retirement, ROTH IRA conversion traps, 10 steps to pay less taxes, a rundown of key retirement terms, how to pick retirement professionals and much more. The program was taped before a live audience in his humorous yet informative style filled with poignant anecdotes. Ed manages to make the difficult subjects such as estate planning, family conversations about money, and retirement planning understandable and fun. September 10th at 8pm

website: http://www.irahelp.com/press_room.php

Video Games Live

Video Games Live and PBS are joining forces to create a PBS special based around the highly successful Video Games Live concert series. The breakthrough performance was taped February 5, 2010, at the Lakefront Arena in New Orleans with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra. September 10th at 10pm

website: http://www.videogameslive.com/index.php?s=home

Easy Yoga for Arthritis with Peggy Cappy

Peggy Cappy demonstrates yoga exercises for the one out of three adults suffering from the pain of arthritis. Yoga instructor Cappy, with 30 years of experience dealing with young and old alike, shows how the key to dealing with arthritis is exercise, specifically yoga, because it is both safe and effective. September 11th at 10am

website: http://www.peggycappy.com/aboutvideo5.html

Celtic Thunder – It’s Entertainment!

Celtic Thunder, a group of five Celtic male vocalists, undertakes a musical review that spans six decades and will delight and enthrall audiences, whether through the nostalgia of classics such as "Standing on the Corner" or the band's unique take on contemporary numbers such as Michael Bublé's "Home" or U2's "Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For." September 11th at 8pm

website: http://celticthunder.ie/

Aretha Franklin Presents: Soul Rewind

This comprehensive collection of rare performances by legendary R&B performers of the classic 1960s-70s soul era offers an abundance of long-lost archival material that has been recovered from film vaults in the U.S. and Europe. The Queen of Soul herself, Aretha Franklin, presents this treasure trove of precious and vital footage. September 12th at 9:30pm

website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aretha_Franklin

Nature- Hummingbirds: Magic In The Air

Knowledge gained from scientists currently making great breakthroughs in hummingbird biology makes this a perfect time to focus on these shimmering, flashing jewels of the natural world. Beautiful high-definition, high-speed footage of hummingbirds in the wild, combined with high-tech presentations of their remarkable abilities, help viewers to understand the world of hummingbirds as never before. September 12th at 8pm

website: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/hummingbirds-magic-in-the-air/video-full-episode/5475/

Rock, Rhythm & Doo Wop

Hosted by pop music legends Frankie Valli, Jerry (The Iceman) Butler and Lloyd Price, the program also boasts a surprise appearance by Little Richard. Among the many performers is Fred Parris, who comes out of retirement after a decade to join the Five Satins in a performance of "In the Still of the Night," the number-one oldies single of all time. Hal Miller joins the Rays after 40 years of retirement to sing "Silhouettes"; and Kathy Young is reunited with the Innocents to sing "A Thousand Stars" for the first time since they recorded the hit when Young was just 14 years old. September 13th at 8pm

website: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0395738/

John Denver– A Song’s Best Friend

It includes his popular 1970s television specials plus rare footage from his Sing Australia! (1984 and 1994) and Red Rocks concerts (1973 and 1982), and interviews with the people closest to him, including ex-wife Annie, Milt Okun, manager Hal Thau, Lee Holdridge, and band members Pete Huttlinger and John Somers. Songs performed include "Sunshine on My Shoulders," "Country Roads," "Annie's Song," "Leaving on a Jet Plane," and "Rocky Mountain High." September 14th at 8pm

website: http://www.johndenver.com/

Wolfgang’s Vault Presents Day on the Green 1977

Recorded July 2, 1977 and locked away in the archives of legendary promoter Bill Graham ever since, Wolfgang's Vault Presents Day on the Green 1977 features performances by Grammy Award-winner Peter Frampton and Lynyrd Skynyrd. Produced by Bill Graham and directed by Eric Christensen, the historic concert was one of several Day on the Green summer festivals presented by Graham at Oakland Coliseum Stadium in Oakland, California from 1973 to 1991. September 14th at 9:30pm

website: http://www.kpbs.org/news/2010/aug/02/wolfgangs-vault-presents-day-green-1977/

Aretha Franklin Presents: Soul Rewind

This comprehensive collection of rare performances by legendary R&B performers of the classic 1960s-70s soul era offers an abundance of long-lost archival material that has been recovered from film vaults in the U.S. and Europe. The Queen of Soul herself, Aretha Franklin, presents this treasure trove of precious and vital footage. September 15th at 8pm

website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aretha_Franklin

Soupy Sales: The Whole Gang is Here

Memorable sketches include a restaurant pie-fight between Soupy, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr. and Trini Lopez, Soupy pitching Alice Cooper a singing bug for his opening act, the legendary naked lady gag, Soupy's Words of Wisdom, "Do the Mouse," and plenty of laughs from Soupy's puppet gang - White Fang, Black Tooth and Pookie the Lion - and the outrageous characters that showed up at his door. Guest appearances include Dick Clark, Frankie Valli, Fess Parker, Dick Van Patten, plus a rare 1966 TV pilot called The Hoofer starring Soupy and Donald O'Connor. September 15th at 10pm

website: http://www.wliw.org/productions//comedy/soupy-sales-the-whole-gang-is-here/665/

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