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A Note From Sylvia After a long, cold Minnesota winter, May finally arrives — bringing with it a fresh sense of possibility. At Twin Cities PBS, we’re welcoming the season with programming that celebrates creativity, discovery, and the stories that bring us together. We’re especially excited to spotlight a remarkable Minnesota talent in a special broadcast of This Is Minnesota Orchestra . Principal Timpani Erich Rieppel, who hails from Marshall, takes center stage in Andy Akiho’s dynamic “Timpani Concerto.” Led by conductor Domingo Hindoyan, the program also features inspiring works by Adolphus Hailstork and César Franck. It’s an evening of music you won’t want to miss. Tune in Friday, May 29 at 8 pm. May also gives us the chance to honor a true legend. As Sir David Attenborough approaches his 100th birthday, we’re celebrating his extraordinary legacy with Life on Earth: Attenborough’s Greatest Adventure . This fascinating special looks back at the groundbreaking 1979 series that captivated audiences around the globe. Watch on Wednesday, May 6 at 7 pm, and be sure to catch more of Attenborough’s most memorable programs every Wednesday throughout the month. If you love live theater, Great Performances brings Broadway straight to your living room. Don’t miss the premiere of Suffs , created by Tony Award winner Shaina Taub — a powerful, timely musical about the American suffragist movement (Friday, May 8 at 8 pm). The following week, settle in for the elegance and romance of Top Hat, filled with Irving Berlin’s timeless songs (Friday, May 15 at 8 pm). As Memorial Day approaches, we pause to remember and honor those who have served with the National Memorial Day Concert , live from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol on Sunday, May 24 at 7 pm. Closer to home, we continue our commitment to meaningful storytelling with Minnesota Experience: Armed with Language and Independent Lens: Third Act , both airing May 25 in recognition of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. We hope these programs inform you, inspire you, and spark meaningful moments of connection. Thank you, as always, for your continued support of Twin Cities PBS — we’re grateful to have you with us.
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Summer at Orchestra Hall CONCERT HIGHLIGHTS
Beethoven Triple Concerto THU JUL 16 11AM
FRI JUL 17 8PM SAT JUL 18 7PM Stephanie Childress, conductor Sarah Grimes, violin Silver Ainomäe, cello Alessio Bax, piano Legend of Cinema: John Williams’ Greatest Scores
THU JUL 23 7PM FRI JUL 24 7PM SAT JUL 25 7PM Sarah Hicks, conductor Chris Thile with the Minnesota Orchestra FRI JUL 31 8PM SAT AUG 1 7PM Daniela Candillari, conductor Chris Thile, mandolin Chris Thile and Friends* SUN AUG 2 7PM *The Minnesota Orchestra does not perform on this program. Countertenor John Holiday with the Minnesota Orchestra FRI AUG 7 8PM Jonathan Taylor Rush, conductor John Holiday, countertenor An American Songbook with John Holiday with the Minnesota Orchestra SAT AUG 8 7PM Jonathan Taylor Rush, conductor John Holiday, countertenor
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Asian American, Native Hawaiian, & Pacific Islander Heritage Month
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Islands of Wonder Hawaii TPT 2 • Sunday, May 3 • 4:30 pm
Asian Americans TPT 2 • Sunday, May 10 11:30 am – 3:30 pm
Frontline South Korea’s Adoption Reckoning TPT LIFE • Thursday, May 14 • 8 pm
Independent Lens Light of the Setting Sun TPT 2 • Monday, May 18 • 9 pm TPT LIFE • Saturday, May 23 • 10 pm
Independent Lens Third Act TPT 2 • Monday, May 25 • 9 pm
Minnesota Experience Armed with Language
TPT 2 • Monday, May 25 • 10:30 pm TPT LIFE • Thursday, May 28 • 9 pm
Twin Cities PBS’s Cultural Heritage Programming is Supported By:
Highlights • May 1 – 3
Great Performances Now Hear This: The Composer Is Yoo
The Manners Of Downton Abbey: A Masterpiece Special Enter the world of Edwardian manners with Alastair Bruce, historical advisor to Downton Abbey . Bruce and the series’ leading cast members explain how they recreate the authentic etiquette of aristocrats and servants. TPT 2 • Sunday, May 3 • 8 pm TPT LIFE • Wednesday, May 6 • 8 pm
For the first time in his life, Scott Yoo has agreed to compose a piece of music, and he has no idea how to begin. Follow Yoo’s surprising journey of discovery, allowing viewers to experience the challenges and
rewards of creating his “Opus 1.” TPT 2 • Friday, May 1 • 9 pm
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Great Performances: Now Hear This | The Iceland Sound
Great Performances: Now Hear This: The Composer Is Yoo
Stage: Gully Boys with Soulflower
Marley Brothers: The Legacy Concert
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World’s Most Scenic River Journeys
Washington Week with the Atlantic
Firing Line with Marga- ret Hoover
Almanac
BBC News Amanpour and Company NHK Newsline
LIFE
Postcards
Off 90
Dream Catchers
Art + Medicine: Disability, Culture and Cre- ativity
Almanac
Senate Spotlight
MN Original
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Father Brown-Season 10: The Hidden Man (Part 5 of 10) Great Performances: Yellow Face
Midsomer Murders-Season 8: Dead in the Water (Parts 1 & 2 of 2)
Death In Paradise-Season 14 (Part 8 of 8)
Foyle’s War-Season 6 All Clear (Part 3 of 3)
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Photographic Justice: The Corky Lee Story
POV: Manzanar, Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust
Home Is A Hotel
LIFE
Senate Spotlight
Prairie Musi- cians
Backroads
Lowertown Line
Dwight In Denmark
Devil’s Instrument
Homesteading
Whole People
Seeing Canada
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Call The Midwife- Season 15 (Part 7 of 8)
The Manners of Downton Abbey: A Masterpiece Special
The Count of Monte Cristo on Masterpiece: The Duel (Part 7 of 8)
Astrid-Season 4: Eye of the Dragon (Part 1 of 8)
Queens of Mystery-Season 2: Sparring with Death (Part 1 of 2 ) Stage: Laamar / Lucia Sarmiento
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Nature: Running with the Beest
NOVA: Athens: Birth Democracy
Shared Planet: Cities (Part 1 of 2)
Austin City Limits: Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo
LIFE
Roots of Comedy with Jesus Trejo
Roots of Comedy with Jesus Trejo
Minnesota Experience: First Avenue: Closer to the Stars
Colorado Soundstage Trampled By Turtles at t:he Grand Lake Folk Festival
Lowertown Line: Tram- pled By...
Devil’s Instrument
Sympathetic Strings: Stories of...
Seeing Canada
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Your Government, In-Depth and Explained From interviewers with leading lawmakers to the analysis tying it all together, Almanac at the Capitol is your window into Minnesota state government.
Wednesday Nights TPT 2 • 10 pm TPT MN • 7 pm
Hosted by Mary Lahammer
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Highlights • May 4 – 10
Edward vs. George The Windsors At War At the outbreak of World War II, the British monarchy was in turmoil. Edward VIII had abdicated, leaving his brother George to take on a role he never expected: king. It’s the story of two royal brothers at odds, revealing a bitter family feud fueled by ambition, health, and their wives. In two parts.
The Chelsea Detective Mrs. Romano
This case follows the disappearance of a social media sensation who is married to the owner of an upmarket Chelsea eatery. Soon the investigation turns into a murder investigation and Max finds himself embroiled in explosive family politics. (Part 1 of 2). TPT 2 • Thursday, May 7 • 7 pm
TPT 2 • Monday, May 4 • 8 & 8:50 pm TPT LIFE • Thursday, May 7 • 8 & 8:50 pm
Great Performances Suffs
Life On Earth: Attenborough’s Greatest Adventure
Witness the American women’s suffrage movement in this Tony– winning Broadway musical. Created by Shaina Taub, the cast features Taub as Alice Paul, Tony winner Nikki M. James as Ida B. Wells, and Tony nominee Jenn Colella as Carrie Chapman Catt. TPT 2 • Friday, May 8 • 8 pm TPT LIFE • Saturday, May 9 • 7 pm Call The Midwife As Sister Veronica weighs her future with the Order, Dr. Turner makes a final stand against the council’s news before the maternity home closes. Elsewhere, the Mullucks campaign for the rights of all thalidomide victims. (Part 8 of 8). TPT 2 • Sunday, May 10 • 7 pm TPT LIFE • Wednesday, May 13 • 7 pm
In 1976, Sir David Attenborough embarked on an ambitious journey to create a documentary of unprecedented scale, changing his life and natural history filmmaking forever. Discover the story behind TV’s first wildlife blockbuster: Life on Earth .
TPT 2 • Wednesday, May 6 • 7 pm TPT LIFE • Sunday, May 10 • 7 pm
Shared Planet Open Spaces
Despite the loss of 90% of the world’s grasslands on some continents, a new wave of optimism is rising. From Kenya to Mexico, witness how people and wildlife are finding a harmonious balance in Earth’s most vulnerable landscapes. (Part 2 of 4).
TPT 2 • Wednesday, May 6 • 9 pm TPT LIFE • Sunday, May 10 • 9 pm
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Edward vs. George - The Windsors at War (Part 1 of 2)
(8:50) Edward vs. George - The Windsors at War (Part 2 of 2)
Margaret: The Rebel Princess (Part 1 of 2)
Margaret: The Rebel Princess (Part 2 of 2)
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Northern Nights, Starry Skies
Decoding The Driftless
BBC News
Amanpour and Company
NHK Newsline
LIFE
Prairie Yard & Garden
Prairie Yard & Garden
Finding Her Beat
Coming to Mni Sota
Chosen Home
Postcards
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Finding Your Roots: In The Blood
Empire Builder: James J. Hill and the Great Northern Railroad (Part 3 of 4)
Empire Builder: James J. Hill and the Great Northern Railroad (Part 4 of 4)
First Peoples, First Stories
First Peoples, First Stories
Maryland By Air
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Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries-Season 1: Murder In Montparnasse
Foyle’s War-Season 8: Sunflower
Rick Steves’ Europe
BBC News
Amanpour and Company
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Prairie Yard & Garden
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Stage: Night Moves Feat. Shady Cove
Craft In America: Inspiration
Craft In America: Home
Common Ground
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Life on Earth: Attenborough’s Greatest Adventure
NOVA: Decoding The Universe: Cosmos The Manners of Downton Abbey: A Masterpiece Special This Is Minnesota Orchestra: brea(d)th
Shared Planet: Open Spaces (Part 2 of 4)
Almanac at the Capitol
She Was First Finding Your Roots: In The Blood
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Call The Midwife- Season 15 (Part 7 of 8)
The Count of Monte Cristo on Masterpiece: The Duel (Part 7 of 8)
BBC News
Amanpour and Company
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LIFE
Almanac at the Capitol
Prairie Yard & Garden
Bring Warm Clothes
Native Report MN Original
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The Chelsea Detective: Mrs. Romano (Part 1 of 2)
The Brokenwood Mysteries-Season 6: A Real Pager-Turner (Part 2 of 4)
Shakespeare & Hatha- way-Private Investiga- tors-Season 4 (Part 6 of 10)
Murder in the Mountains: In The Dungeon (Part 12 of 13) Amanpour and Company
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This Old House
Ask This Old House
Edward vs. George - The Windsors at War (Part 1 of 2)
(8:50) Edward vs. George - The Windsors at War (Part 2 of 2)
BBC News
NHK Newsline
LIFE
Prairie Yard & Garden
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Great Lakes Now Series
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Epic Bill
Invitation to Wonder
Off 90
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Great Performances: Suffs
Stage: The Suburbs with Matt Wilson
American Masters
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World’s Most Scenic River Journeys: The Hudson River, USA
Washington Week with the Atlantic
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
Almanac
BBC News Amanpour and Company NHK Newsline
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Prairie Yard & Garden
Prairie Yard & Garden
Art + Medicine: Healthy Aging
Love of Car: Transportation As We Age
Almanac
Senate Spotlight
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Father Brown-Season 10: The Royal Visit (Part 6 of 10) Great Performances: Suffs
Midsomer Murders-Season 8: Orchis Fatalis (Parts 1 & 2 of 2)
Death In Paradise-Season 3 Christmas Special (Part 1 of 2)
Foyle’s War-Season 7: The Russian House (Part 1 of 3)
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POV: Liquor Store Dreams
Rising Against Asian Hate: One Day In March
LIFE
Senate Spotlight
Prairie Musicians
Backroads
Lowertown Line
Travels with Darley
Travels with Darley
Make Money Work
Paying for College
Whole People
Seeing Canada
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Call The Midwife- Season 15: (Part 8 of 8)
More Manners of Downton Abbey: A Masterpiece Special NOVA: Decoding The Universe: Cosmos
The Count of Monte Cristo On Masterpiece: The Last Two (Part 8 of 8)
Astrid-Season 4: The Arabian Nights (Part 2 of 8)
Queens of Mystery -Season 2: Sparring with Death (Part 2 of 2)
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Life on Earth: Attenborough’s Greatest Adventure
Shared Planet: Open Spaces (Part 2 of 4) Superior Dream
Austin City Limits: Gary Clark Jr./Black Pumas
Stage: Gully Boys / Soulflower
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People of the Big Lake
Sea Change for Superior: The Warming of the World
Epic Bill
Reel Midwest: Homegrown
Seeing Canada
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Highlights • May 11 – 17
Minnesota Experience The Wild West Bank Sound
The Brokenwood Mysteries Dead Men Don’t Shoot Ducks
Minneapolis’ West Bank was once an epicenter of the music world. From the early 1960s, this perennial immigrant landing strip proved an irresistible draw for artists from far and wide, an ever-evolving cauldron of creativity and cultures. This film is a funky flashback, bursting at the seams with stories of music and migration, all visualized with rare and rich archival photography and footage. Twin Cities PBS Productions. TPT 2 • Monday, May 11 • 8 pm
When an animal rights activist is killed while attempting to disrupt the first day of duck hunting season, Shepherd and the team interview members of the Brokenwood Duck Stalking Association. Was her death an accidental shooting, or something more sinister? (Part 3 of 4). TPT 2 • Thursday, May 14 • 8 pm Great Performances Top Hat Enjoy this acclaimed musical inspired by the 1935 movie starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers featuring a timeless score by Irving Berlin including classics like “Cheek to Cheek,” “Let’s Face the Music and Dance” and “Puttin’ on the Ritz.” TPT 2 • Friday, May 15 • 8 pm TPT LIFE • Saturday, May 16 • 7 pm
Finding Your Roots Larger Than Life
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. introduces actors Lea Salonga and Amanda Seyfried to ancestors who are every bit as dramatic as the characters they’ve played on stage and screen, telling stories of relatives who survived heart- wrenching ordeals.
TPT 2 • Tuesday, May 12 • 8 pm
Masterpiece The Great Escaper
The true story of Bernard Jordan (Michael Caine) who made global headlines in the summer of 2014. He had staged a “great escape” from his care home to join fellow war veterans on a beach in Normandy, commemorating their fallen comrades at the D-Day Landings’ 70th anniversary.
TPT 2 • Sunday, May 17 • 7 pm
Nature Attenborough And The Sea Dragon
Join Sir David Attenborough as he pieces together the remarkable discovery of the Ichthyosaur, a fearsome fish lizard that lived during the age of dinosaurs.
TPT 2 • Wednesday, May 13 • 7 pm TPT LIFE • Sunday, May 17 • 7 pm
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Antiques Roadshow: Grants Farm, Hour 3
Minnesota Experience: The Wild West Bank Sound
Independent Lens: Natchez
Life Reimagined: The George Masa Story
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Andre Rieu: Power of Love
Salute to Budapest and Vienna
BBC News
Amanpour and Company
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Prairie Yard & Garden
Prairie Yard & Garden
Bears On Pine Ridge
Reel Midwest: Homegrown
Tatanka: A Way of Life
How to Care
Postcards
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Finding Your Roots: Far from Home
Finding Your Roots: Larger Than Life
Frontline: The President vs. The Fed
American Masters: Bob Dylan: No Direction Home (Part 1 of 2)
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Miss Fisher’s Murder Mys- teries-Season 1: Away with the Fairies
Foyle’s War-Season 9: High Castle
Rick Steves’ Europe
BBC News
Amanpour and Company
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LIFE
Prairie Yard & Garden
Prairie Yard & Garden
Stage: The Cactus Blossoms Feat. Jack Klatt NOVA: Decoding The Universe: Quantum
Iron Opera
Devil’s Instru- ment
Sympathetic Strings: Stories... Roadtrip Na- tion: Where Wellbeing...
Common Ground
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Nature: Attenborough and the Sea Dragon Call The Midwife- Season 15: (Part 8 of 8)
Shared Planet: Forests (Part 3 of 4)
Almanac at the Capitol
Finding Your Roots: Far from Home
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More Manners of Downton Abbey: A Masterpiece Special
The Count of Monte Cristo On Masterpiece: The Last Two (Part 8 of 8)
BBC News
Amanpour and Company
NHK Newsline
LIFE
Almanac at the Capitol
Prairie Yard & Garden
Built to Last: The Legacy of the Civilian
Minnesota’s Fiercest Fires
Shipwrecks!
Homesteading
Native Report MN Original
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The Chelsea Detective: Mrs. Romano (Part 2 of 2)
The Brokenwood Mysteries-Season 6: Dead Men Don’t Shoot Ducks (Part 3 of 4) Frontline: South Korea’s Adoption Reckoning
Shakespeare & Hatha- way-Private Investiga- tors-Season 4 (Part 7 of 10)
Murder in the Mountains: Redemption (Part 13 of 13) Amanpour and Company
Relish
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This Old House
Ask This Old House
American Masters
BBC News
NHK Newsline
LIFE
Prairie Yard & Garden
Prairie Yard & Garden
Great Lakes Now Series
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Return of the Trumpeters
Birds of Wisconsin
Off 90
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Almanac
Great Performances: Top Hat
Stage: The Suburbs / Matt Wilson
PBS Arts Talk
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World’s Most Scenic River Journeys: The River Spey, Scotland
Washington Week with the Atlantic Caregiving: Making A Difference
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover How to Care
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BBC News Amanpour and Company NHK Newsline
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Prairie Yard & Garden
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Hearing Loss Matters
Our Invisible Guardians
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Senate Spotlight
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Father Brown-Season 10: The Show Must Go On (Part 4 of 10) Great Performances: Top Hat
Midsomer Murders-Season 8: Bantling Boy (Parts 1 & 2 of 2)
Death In Paradise-Season 3 Christmas Special (Part 2 of 2)
Foyle’s War-Season 7: Killing Time (Part 2 of 3)
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Independent Lens: Natchez
Independent Lens: Who Is Michael Jang?
LIFE
Senate Spotlight
Prairie Musicians
Backroads
Lowertown Line
Independent Lens: Greener Pastures
Holodomor: Minnesota Memories...
Whole People
Seeing Canada
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The Great Escaper on Masterpiece
Masterpiece: Downton Abbey-Season 1 (Part 1 of 4)
Astrid-Season 4: 30,000 Feet (Part 3 of 8)
The Queens of Mystery
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Nature: Attenborough and the Sea Dragon Farmhouses in the Heartland: Death of the Dream
NOVA: Decoding The Universe: Quantum
Shared Planet: Forests (Part 3 of 4)
Austin City Limits: Jelly Roll/The War and Treaty
Stage: The Suburbs / Matt Wilson
LIFE
Farmer-Labor Movement: A Minnesota Story
Coming to Mni Sota
Tales of the Road: Highway 61 Highway 100 Lilac Drive
Seeing Canada
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Minnesota Legislative Coverage Monday – Friday Live 8 am – 6 pm • MN Channel •MN
Highlights • May 18 – 24
Minnesota Experience America’s Secret War
Nature Attenborough’s Wonder Of Song
While the United States was publicly engaged in the Vietnam War, a secret conflict was unfolding next door in Laos. This hidden history is explored through the voices of Hmong elders and a rich collection of never-before-seen archival images, maps, and documents, including newly declassified CIA intelligence. Twin Cities PBS Productions. TPT 2 • Monday, May 18 • 8 pm TPT LIFE • Thursday, May 28 • 9 pm
David Attenborough presents seven of nature’s most remarkable animal songs, exploring their role in the lives of each species. But as human noise grows, the natural world is falling silent. Both a celebration and a warning, this film blends discovery with a powerful call to listen while we still can.
TPT 2 • Wednesday, May 20 • 7 pm TPT LIFE • Sunday, May 24 • 7 pm
American Masters W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With A Cause
Explore the life and legacy of the notable Black scholar and civil rights pioneer. Born just five years after the Emancipation Proclamation and passing away on the eve of March in Washington in 1963, his legacy as an activist still resonates today. TPT 2 • Tuesday, May 19 • 8 pm TPT LIFE • Thursday, May 21 • 8 pm
Finding Your Roots Stranger Than Fiction
Shared Planet Waters
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the family trees of two award-winning writers: novelist Amy Tan and poet Rita Dove – traveling across China and the American South to uncover long lost stories of the ancestors who inspired their work. TPT 2 • Tuesday, May 19 • 7 pm
From the reefs of Indonesia to an Idaho beaver dam, dive into the stories of people setting a new standard for aquatic wildlife protection, key to a hopeful future for the largest and most essential habitat on our planet. (Part 4 of 4)
TPT 2 • Wednesday, May 20 • 9 pm TPT LIFE • Sunday, May 24 • 9 pm
National Memorial Day Concert 2026 America’s national night of remembrance hosted by Tony Award-winner Joe Mantegna and Emmy Award- winner Gary Sinise. Featuring a special commemoration of the country’s 250th Anniversary highlighting the all-volunteer force that won our independence in the American Revolution. TPT 2 • Sunday, May 24 • 7 pm
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Antiques Roadshow: Junk in the Trunk 15
Minnesota Experience: America’s Secret War
Independent Lens: Light of the Setting Sun
Lifeline: Pearl Harbor’s Unknown Hero
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Magic Moments: The Best of 50s Pop (My Music Presents)
Design In Mind: Bunny Williams...
BBC News
Amanpour and Company
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LIFE
Prairie Yard & Garden
Prairie Yard & Garden
Holodomor: Minnesota Memories...
Women of Alba Bales House
Indigenize The Plate
Farm Fresh Road Trip 2
Farm Fresh Road Trip
Postcards
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Finding Your Roots: Stranger Than Fiction
American Masters: W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel with a Cause
American Masters: Bob Dylan: No Direction Home (Part 2 of 2)
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Miss Fisher’s Murder Mys- teries-Season 1: Queen of the Flowers
Foyle’s War-Season 9: Trespass
Rick Steves’ Europe
BBC News
Amanpour and Company
NHK Newsline
LIFE
Prairie Yard & Garden
Prairie Yard & Garden
Stage: Chastity Brown Feat. Humbird
Jerry Apps: Food and Memories
America The Bountiful
America The Bountiful
Common Ground
MN Original
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Nature: Attenborough’s Wonder of Song Moonflower Murders on Masterpiece (Part 1 of 6)
NOVA: When Whales Could Walk
Shared Planet: Waters (Part 4 of 4)
Almanac at the Capitol
Roadtrip Nation
Finding Your Roots: Stranger Than Fiction
20 Wed
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Moonflower Murders on Masterpiece (Part 2 of 6)
Moonflower Murders on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 6)
BBC News
Amanpour and Company
NHK Newsline
LIFE
Almanac at the Capitol
Prairie Yard & Garden
Women of Alba Bales House
Dedicated to Care: LTC Hortense...
Beneath The Surface
James J. Hill: Empire Builder
Cass Gilbert: Standing The Test of Time
Connections to Cass
Native Report MN Original
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The Chelsea Detective: The Gentle Giant (Part 1 of 2)
The Brokenwood Mysteries-Season 6: Dead and Buried (Part 4 of 4) American Masters: W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel with a Cause
Shakespeare & Hatha- way-Private Investiga- tors-Season 4 (Part 8 of 10)
The Cozy Mysteries of Masterpiece Mystery
Relish
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This Old House
Ask This Old House
BBC News
Amanpour and Company
NHK Newsline
LIFE
Prairie Yard & Garden
Prairie Yard & Garden
Great Lakes Now Series
Great Lakes Now Series
Shift: The Ragbrai Documentary
From Rails to Trails
Off 90
MN Original
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Almanac
Great Performances: An Evening with Nicole Scherzinger
Great Performances: Girl from the North Country
22 Fri
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World’s Most Scenic River Journeys: River Dordogne, France
Washington Week with the Atlantic Soul Crea- tures
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
Almanac
BBC News Amanpour and Company NHK Newsline
LIFE
Prairie Yard & Garden
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Bears On Pine Ridge
Almanac
Senate Spotlight
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Father Brown-Season 11: The Kembelston Olympics (Part 1 of 10)
Midsomer Murders-Season 8: Second Sight (Parts 1 & 2 of 2)
Death In Paradise-Season 14 (Part 1 of 8)
Foyle’s War-Season 7: The Hide (Part 3 of 3)
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Great Performances at the Met: Arabella
Independent Lens: Light of the Setting Sun
POV Shorts
LIFE
Senate Spotlight
Prairie Musicians
Backroads
Lowertown Line
It’s Starting to Look Like A Boat!
Birchbark Canoe
Make It Ok
Seeing Canada
MN
National Memorial Day Concert 2026
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Masterpiece: Downton Abbey Season 1 (Part 2 of 4)
Astrid-Season 4: Immortal (Part 4 of 8)
Queens of Mystery
24 Sun
2
Nature: Attenborough’s Wonder of Song
NOVA: When Whales Could Walk
Shared Planet: Waters (Part 4 of 4)
Austin City Limits: Chris Stapleton
Minnesota Experience: The Wild West Bank Sound
LIFE
Your Legislators
Realms of Resilience
Past Is Alive Within Us: The U.S.- Dakota Conflict
Dakota Exile
Bound By Earth Minne- sota
Seeing Canada
MN
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Gather around for PBS KIDS Family Night! Saturday & Sunday 6 pm – 8 pm
Watch on: TPT Kids Channel or PBS KIDS Video App
Highlights • May 25 – 31
Minnesota Experience Armed With Language Minnesota was home to a little-known military
American Experience Seabiscuit
Though he didn’t look the part, Seabiscuit was one of the most remarkable thoroughbred racehorses in history. In the 1930s, when Americans longed to escape the grim realities of Depression-era life, four men turned
intelligence school during WWII that trained Japanese Americans to be translators. These translators were primarily recruited from concentration camps on the West Coast. For their efforts it is said that they “shortened the Pacific War by two years and saved possibly a million American lives.” Twin Cities PBS Productions.
Seabiscuit into a national hero. TPT 2 • Tuesday, May 26 • 8 pm
TPT 2 • Monday, May 25 • 10:30 pm TPT LIFE • Thursday, May 28 • 8 pm
Finding Your Roots Dreamers One And All
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the ancestry of actor Sharon Stone and model Chrissy Teigen, traveling across Europe and Thailand to reveal they aren’t the first in their
families who dared to dream big. TPT 2 • Thursday, May 26 • 7 pm
Secrets Of The Dead China’s Bronze Kingdom
The chance discovery of a jade artifact has led to the unearthing of an ancient city hidden in the mountains of Sichuan. With more than 10,000 items found so far, is this the capital of the ancient Shu kingdom? TPT 2 • Wednesday, May 27 • 9 pm
This Is Minnesota Orchestra Erich Rieppel Plays Andy Akiho
Nature Attenborough And The Jurassic Sea Monster Follow Sir David Attenborough and a team of forensic experts as they unearth the fossil of a giant Pliosaur, the
Principal Timpani Erich Rieppel performs the Minnesota Orchestra premiere of Andy Akiho’s “Timpani Concerto.” Domingo Hindoyan conducts this vivid and exciting program, also with Hailstork’s “An American Port of Call” and Franck’s “Symphony in D Minor.” TPT 2 • Friday, May 29 • 8 pm
largest Jurassic predator ever known. TPT 2 • Wednesday, May 27 • 7 pm
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Evening • May 25 – 31
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Antiques Roadshow: Celebrating Asian-Pacific Heritage
Antiques Roadshow: Cheekwood Estate & Gardens, Hour 2
Independent Lens: Third Act
Minnesota Experience: Armed with Language
Trolley Park: Great Lakes
25 Mon
2
Women of World War II: The Untold Stories
Rick Steves Fascism In Europe
BBC News
Amanpour and Company
NHK Newsline
LIFE
Prairie Yard & Garden
Prairie Yard & Garden
Horse Relative
People of the Big Lake
First Speakers: Restoring The Ojibwe Language
Postcards
MN Original
MN
Finding Your Roots: Dreamers One and All
American Experience: Seabiscuit
Frontline: The War Cabinet
American Experience: The Movement and the “Madman”
26 Tue
2
Miss Fisher’s Murder Myster- ies-Season 1: Death By Miss Adventure
Foyle’s War-Season 9: Elise
Rick Steves’ Europe
BBC News
Amanpour and Company
NHK Newsline
LIFE
Prairie Yard & Garden
Prairie Yard & Garden
Stage: Tall Paul Feat. Joe Rainey
Colorado Soundstage: Trampled By Turtles at the Grand Lake Folk Festival Secrets of the Dead: China’s Bronze Kingdom Moonflower Murders on Masterpiece (Part 5 of 6)
Roots of Comedy with Jesus Trejo
Roots of Comedy with Jesus Trejo
Common Ground
MN Original
MN
Nature: Attenborough and the Jurassic Sea Monster Moonflower Murders on Masterpiece (Part 3 of 6)
NOVA: Great Mammoth Mystery
Macgillivray Freeman’s Everest
Finding Your Roots: Dreamers One and All
27 Wed
2
Moonflower Murders on Masterpiece (Part 4 of 6)
BBC News
Amanpour and Company
NHK Newsline
LIFE
Prairie Yard & Garden
Prairie Yard & Garden
Boys of Bataan
Trapped In Paradise
Parks for the People
Native Report MN Original
MN
The Chelsea Detective: The Gentle Giant (Part 6 of 8)
The Brokenwood Mysteries-Season 7: The Garotte and the Vinklebraun (Part 1 of 6)
Shakespeare & Hatha- way-Private Investiga- tors-Season 4 (Part 9 of 10)
Grantchester: Investigating Life’s Mysteries
Relish
28 Thu
2
This Old House
Ask This Old House
Minnesota Experience: America’s Secret War
Minnesota Experience: Armed with Language
BBC News
Amanpour and Company
NHK Newsline
LIFE
Prairie Yard & Garden
Prairie Yard & Garden
Great Lakes Now Series
Great Lakes Now Series
Invitation to Wonder
Women Outward Bound
Off 90
MN Original
MN
Almanac
This Is Minnesota Orchestra: Erich Rieppel Plays Andy Akiho
Great Performances: Rodgers & Hammerstein’s 80th Anniversary
29 Fri
2
World’s Most Scenic River Journeys: The Potomac, USA
Washington Week with the Atlantic
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover It’s Never Left Me
Almanac
BBC News Amanpour and Company NHK Newsline
LIFE
Prairie Yard & Garden
Prairie Yard & Garden
Wounded
Dog’s Service Working Dogs
Almanac
Prairie Mosaic
MN Original
MN
Barbra Streisand: Timeless - Live In Concert
60s and 70s Soul Celebration (My Music Presents)
30 Sat
2
The Making of the American Revolution
Rick Steves: Fascism in Europe
Rick Steves: Art of Europe: Michelangelo to Monet
LIFE
Backroads
Prairie Musicians
Backroads
Lowertown Line
Through The Iron Curtain - from Romania
I Am Disabled
Make It Ok
Seeing Canada
MN
(6:00) Great Performances: Josh Groban at Union Chapel
Masterpiece: Downton Abbey-Season 1 (Part 3 of 4)
All New Rock, Pop and Doo Wop (My Music Presents)
31 Sun
2
(6:30) Northern Nights, Starry Skies
Barbra Streisand: Timeless: Live in Concert
The Making of the American Revolution
LIFE
Women Outward Bound
Breaking Trail Finding Her Beat
Dedicated to Care: LTC Hortense...
Trapped In Paradise
Seeing Canada
MN
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