Friday 2/8/2013

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KET: GED Connection; #137 "Statistics and Probability" [TV-G]; Shows how statistics are gathered and used and explores the basics of chance and probability.

KETKY: Jubilee; #1607 "Sierra Hull & Highway 111"; Rising mandolin star Sierra Hull and her band Highway 111 perform at the 3rd annual International Newgrass Festival. A 2012 KET production. [High-Definition] Watch Online

KET: GED Connection; #137 "Statistics and Probability" [TV-G]; Shows how statistics are gathered and used and explores the basics of chance and probability.

KET: Louisville Life; #707 "Sleep Rock Thy Brain/Barry Wooley Designs/55,000 Degrees/Nuts n Stuff"; A look at Sleep Rock Thy Brain, a new collaborative production at the Actors Theatre of Louisville; meet lifestyle designer Barry Wooley; Mary Gwen Wheeler, executive director for 55,000 Degrees, talks about the goal of adding 40,000 bachelor's degrees and 15,000 associate's degrees by 2020; and visit Nuts n Stuff, a very unique bulk store in the Louisville area. A 2013 KET production hosted by Candyce Clifft. [High-Definition] Watch Online

KET2: The This Old House Hour; #1119 [TV-G]; Reviving a neglected water feature, drilling for both a new water well and for geothermal wells, caring for orchids as houseplants, and installing a kitchen wall cabinet. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Rebound: A Basketball Story; In the fall of 1980, the small town of Independence, Kentucky was rocked by a massive gas explosion at its high school. In the face of adversity, a group of young men picked up the pieces of their lives the way they knew best - by playing basketball. With no school to attend or gym to practice in, the boy's varsity basketball team realized a dream by winning the state championship. In the process, they inspired their fellow students and united the entire community. Nick Clooney narrates. [High-Definition]

KET: Doc Martin; #105 "Of All the Harbors in All the Towns" [TV-PG]; An old flame of Martin's Aunt Joan sails back into her life and whisks her off her feet. But her suitor, John Slater, is seriously ill with a life threatening heart condition, as Doc Martin discovers when he insists on running tests on him.

KET2: Lifecasters; [TV-PG]; Dramatic stories of compelling people whose life experiences defy categorization are explored. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Coming to Ground; Explores the change in Kentucky agriculture over the last decade and chronicles the efforts of Kentucky's farmers and policy makers as they moved from dependency on tobacco to a more diverse and sustainable agriculture. [High-Definition]

KET: Masterpiece Classic; #4305 "Downton Abbey, Season 3 - Part 5" [TV-PG]; Robert and Cora are not speaking. The servants are shunning Matthew's mother, Isobel. And Matthew and Robert have fallen out. Bates takes a gamble. [High-Definition]

KET2: Nature; #3007 "Attenborough's Life Stories, Our Fragile Planet" [TV-PG]; David Attenborough looks at the impact human beings have had on the natural world in his lifetime. He tells entertaining and deeply personal stories of the changes he has seen, the pioneering conservationists in whose footsteps he has followed, and the revolution in attitudes towards nature that has taken place around the globe. [High-Definition]

KET: Chatsworth House; #103 [TV-PG]; Chatsworth is undergoing a 14 million pound renovation. A new wedding brochure themed on Pride and Prejudice is also being made and the staff celebrate the 48th Chatsworth Horticultural and Produce show. [High-Definition]

KET2: Nova; #4005 "Building Pharaoh's Chariot" [TV-PG]; A team of archaeologists, engineers, woodworkers, and horse trainers join forces to build and test two highly accurate replicas of Egyptian royal chariots. They discover astonishingly advanced features, including spoked wheels, springs, shock absorbers, and more. [High-Definition]

KETKY: My Kentucky Home; #102 "Caldwell County"; A historical look at Caldwell County.

KET2: Life On Fire; #106 "Pioneers of the Deep" [TV-G]; In the Tongan archipelago, the sooty tern, a seabird that never dares wet its wings for fear of drowning, and the Alvin shrimp, a blind crustacean that manages to find its way around the abyss, cope with land risen from the ocean. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Distinguished Kentuckian; #102 "Francis and Louise Hutchins" [TV-G]; Berea College's fifth president, Francis Hutchins, and his wife, Louise, were both advocates for international education. Berea's Center for International Education is named for them. A 1976 KET production. Watch Online

KET: Telling Tales; #109 "The Parable of the Eagle"; A version of the African fable about how the eagle learned to fly told by Mama Yaa (Louisville storyteller Gloria Bivens).

KET: Roundabout U; #524; Carter and Clark visit Sirloin Stockade and talk to owner Adam Carver as well as former employees of this MSU landmark eatery. [High-Definition] Watch Online

KET2: Clifford the Big Red Dog; #205 "Magic in the Air/Everyone Loves Clifford" [TV-Y]; Charley gets carried away by the Peter Poundstone Magician craze and neglects an important assignment. Emily Elizabeth scratches Clifford's "sweet spot," and his back leg starts thumping so hard it shakes the whole island. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Kentucky Muse; #203 "Mountain Born: The Jean Ritchie Story"; The long-awaited return of a 1996 KET production about the remarkable life of folk legend Jean Ritchie, from her childhood in Eastern Kentucky to international recognition.