Friday 4/5/2013

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KET2: EcoSense for Living; #101 "Household Tips" [TV-G]; Learn some household tips for saving money while going easier on the planet.

KETKY: A Walk with Boone; Historians Thomas D. Clark and John Mack Faragher follow the Kentucky trail of America's most famous pioneer, Daniel Boone. A 1997 KET production. Watch Online

KET2: Consuelo Mack WealthTrack; #941 "Affording Your Retirement" [TV-RE]

KET: Comment on Kentucky; #3923; Journalists from around the state discuss news of the day with host Ferrell Wellman. Guests: Kenny Colston, Frankfort bureau chief, Kentucky Public Radio; Phil Pendleton, reporter, WKYT-TV in Lexington; and Mike Wynn, Frankfort bureau reporter, Louisville Courier-Journal. A KET production. [High-Definition] Watch Online

KET2: Doc Martin; #205 "Always on My Mind" [TV-PG]; Irate husband Phil Pratt accuses Dr. Ellingham of killing his wife Helen when he comes to their house to treat her. Then a horrific accident on the farm leaves Mr. Pratt desperately needing the doctor to save his life. Joan finds him trapped under a tractor, where he has been all night. A new teacher at Portwenn primary school, Tricia Soames, has sore hands. The doctor soon realizes that Tricia is showing all the signs of obsessive compulsive disorder. Meanwhile, things are looking up for PC Mylow on the romance front. [High-Definition]

KETKY: My Kentucky Home; #101 "Crittenden County"; A historical look at Crittenden County and its economic and social contribution to the state.

KET2: Movie Classics; #1050 "Hound of the Baskervilles" [TV-PG]; When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate. Peter Cushing, Andre Morell, and Christopher Lee star. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Sojourn of the Strings; [TV-G]; From slave cabins on the plantation, through the minstrel era, into white Appalachia and eventually into the hands of Pete Seeger, this film traces the evolution of the banjo. [High-Definition]

KET: Michael Feinstein's American Songbook; #301 "Show Tunes" [TV-PG]; Stephen Sondheim, Angela Lansbury, and Christine Ebersole appear in this episode about great American musicals. Michael Feinstein discusses his personal relationship with Ira Gershwin and performs the classic "Lullaby of Broadway" and "Let Me Entertain You." [High-Definition]

KETKY: Appalshop @ 40: Classics from the Collection; #107 "Long Journey Home" [TV-G]; This documentary dispels this myth of a "pure Anglo-Saxon" Appalachia as it explores the ethnic diversity of the region, the economic forces causing people to migrate into and out of the area, and the personal choices individuals make to stay, to leave, and to come back.

KET2: Finding Kalman; [TV-G]; A charismatic Holocaust survivor inspires her family to connect to relatives they never met. Focusing on her brother, Kalman, Anna recounts tales of a mischievous boy who tried to escape the Warsaw ghetto with her. This film won Best Short Documentary at the 2011 Louisville International Film Festival.

KETKY: Jubilee; #1304 "The Farewell Drifters/Blue Moon Rising" [TV-G]; The Farewell Drifters, a group of inspired young musicians from Nashville, mix influences from older folk traditions with a fresh approach to lyrical content and musical form. East Tennessee's Blue Moon Rising performs original, classically crafted bluegrass songs. A KET production recorded at the 2007 River of Music Party in Owensboro.

KET: Kentucky Life; #1416 "Mountain Park Dragway/Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill/Photographer Beverly Hayden" [TV-G]; The Mountain Park Dragway in Clay City, owned and operated by the Kennon family for 45 years; a nostalgic visit to Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill with Shaker descendants and former residents, several of whom work as staff at the property; and former attorney Beverly Hayden, who left that career to become a photographer. A 2008 KET production hosted by Dave Shuffett. Watch Online

KET: WoodSongs; #903 "Hot Tuna and Mountainheart" [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 Molly Andrews, who performs the acapella coal mining song "That Twenty Five Cents You Paid."

KETKY: Reel Visions: Spotlight on Kentucky Filmmakers; #114 "Films by Natalie Baxter, J. Gray, and Kris Rommel"; Kingdom Come Stir Off by Natalie Baxter documents the traditional art of making sorghum, from the cutting of the sugarcane to the finished product. Also featured Cambodia by J. Gray, and Book Bindings Part Deux and Last Winter by Kris Rommel. [High-Definition] Watch Online

KETKY: How Hollywood Does It; #101 "Early Cinema"; A discussion about the birth of cinema in the late 1800's through the talkies in 1928. Included are early films from Thomas Edison, The Lumiere Brothers, and George Melies. [High-Definition]

KETKY: Studio 89; #607 "Matraca Berg"; Nashville Hall of Fame songwriter and Grammy nominee Matraca Berg performs songs from her new album, The Dreaming Fields. [High-Definition]