Friday 3/29/2013

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KET2: Local Traveler; #102 "Irish Acres/Rebecca Ruth Candy/Chaney's Diary Barn"; Journey to Nonesuch, Kentucky, for a visit to Irish Acres Gallery and lunch at The Glitz; taste the tempting chocolates at Rebecca Ruth Candy; and Chaney's Dairy Barn in Bowling Green serves up top-rated ice cream and more. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Sally Brown: Force of Nature; Louisville's Sally Brown is known for her worldwide support and activity on behalf of the environment and historic preservation. Narrated by Joanne Woodward, this 2006 KET production explores her life and work through interviews with Brown herself as well as family members, friends, and national political figures. Watch Online

KET2: Local Traveler; #102 "Irish Acres/Rebecca Ruth Candy/Chaney's Diary Barn"; Journey to Nonesuch, Kentucky, for a visit to Irish Acres Gallery and lunch at The Glitz; taste the tempting chocolates at Rebecca Ruth Candy; and Chaney's Dairy Barn in Bowling Green serves up top-rated ice cream and more. [High-Definition]

KET2: Consuelo Mack WealthTrack; #940 "Financial Thought Leaders: Robert Shiller" [TV-RE]

KET: Comment on Kentucky; #3922; Journalists from around the state discuss news of the day with host Ferrell Wellman. Guests: Jack Brammer, political writer, Lexington Herald-Leader; Ronnie Ellis, Frankfort reporter, CNHI, Inc.; and Greg Hall, reporter, Louisville Courier Journal. A KET production. [High-Definition] Watch Online

KET2: Doc Martin; #204 "Aromatherapy" [TV-PG]; There's concern in Portwenn that local radio presenter Caroline Bosman has a drinking problem. PC Mylow has romance on his mind. He's been bowled over by the pretty, blonde newcomer to Portwenn, Julie. Meanwhile, Martin has an odorous problem with one of his patients. Vernon Cooke stinks so much nobody can bear to be in the same room. Martin has the unpleasant task of trying to discover the cause. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Murray State University Provost's Concert: A Salute to Retiring Provost Dr. Gary Brockway; A concert starring banjo great Alison Brown and singer/songwriter Terry Mike Jeffrey and featuring of the Murray State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble under the direction of Dennis Johnson. The concert salutes Dr. Gary Brockway, Murray State vice president for academic affairs and provost, who retires after 34 years with the university. A Murray State production. [High-Definition]

KET2: Movie Classics; #1060 "Top Hat" [TV-PG]; Dale Tremont is attracted to a dancer but in a case of mistaken identity believes he is her best friend's husband. Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers star. (1935)

KETKY: Bourbon and Kentucky: A History Distilled; [TV-G]; A look at the origins and growth of the bourbon business in Kentucky. Visits to several distilleries explore how and why bourbon was first distilled, how it is manufactured, and why it became so identified with Kentucky. Produced by historian Kent Masterson Brown with support from the KET Fund for Independent Production.

KET: American Masters; #2603 "Philip Roth: Unmasked" [TV-PG]; A profile of the American novelist Philip Roth who authored Goodbye Columbus, Portnoy's Complaint, America Pastoral, and others. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Appalshop @ 40: Classics from the Collection; #106 "Strangers and Kin" [TV-G]; The film traces the evolution of the "hillbilly" image through Hollywood films, network news and entertainment shows, dramatic renderings of popular literature, and interviews with contemporary Appalachians to demonstrate how stereotypes are created, reinforced, and often used to rationalize exploitation.

KET2: Liberty Hall of Kentucky; Traces the history of Frankfort's Liberty Hall, the Georgian home of Kentucky founding father Senator John Brown. The program examines the role of women on Kentucky's frontier as seen through the life of Brown's young wife, Margaretta.

KET2: Liberty Hall of Kentucky; Traces the history of Frankfort's Liberty Hall, the Georgian home of Kentucky founding father Senator John Brown. The program examines the role of women on Kentucky's frontier as seen through the life of Brown's young wife, Margaretta.

KETKY: Jubilee; #1303 "Dan Paisley and Southern Grass" [TV-G]; Carrying on a family tradition of more than 35 years of playing bluegrass music, Dan Paisley and Southern Grass capture the spirit of classic bluegrass. A KET production recorded at the 2007 River of Music Party in Owensboro.

KET: WoodSongs; #902 "The Blind Boys of Alabama" [TV-G]; This show celebrates Appalachia and mountain music. Grand Ole Opry member Emmylou Harris and Kentucky songwriter Darrell Scott perform. Also, environmental activists John and Patricia Adams, writer and poet Nikky Finny, and 10 year-old Madison Glover, who performs an acapella version of the Jean Ritchie mountain song "In the Cool of the Day."

KETKY: Reel Visions: Spotlight on Kentucky Filmmakers; #113 "Films by Steve Middleton and Robert Beatty"; Steve Middleton's film Zen Furnace allows us a glimpse into the seldom seen Furnace Mountain Zen Retreat Center located in the Red River Gorge area of Eastern Kentucky. Also featuring The Appearants by Robert Beatty. [High-Definition] Watch Online

KET: WoodSongs; #902 "The Blind Boys of Alabama" [TV-G]; This show celebrates Appalachia and mountain music. Grand Ole Opry member Emmylou Harris and Kentucky songwriter Darrell Scott perform. Also, environmental activists John and Patricia Adams, writer and poet Nikky Finny, and 10 year-old Madison Glover, who performs an acapella version of the Jean Ritchie mountain song "In the Cool of the Day."

KETKY: How Hollywood Does It; #112 "Animation"; Two practical animated tutorials are presented as well as some classical animation from the early 1900s. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Studio 89; #606 "Barnaby Bright"; Indie folk rock duo Barnaby Bright perform songs from their latest album, Gravity. [High-Definition]