Sunday 7/29/2007

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4:00 pm EDT

KET1: Kentucky Afield; #2338 [TV-G]; On a Lincoln County farm pond, Lee McClellan and host Tim Farmer use belly boats—inflatable floats resembling easy chairs that put the fishers in the water with the fish—to troll for largemouth bass. Biologist Monte McGregor raises mussels for release into Kentucky streams, where they act as natural water filtration systems, and father and son Brian and Austin Cook of Spencer County hunt elk. A KET/Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources co-presentation.

KET4: Teaching Foreign Languages K-12 Workshop; #103 "Workshop 3. Delivering the Message" [TV-G]; Illustrates the presentational mode of communication with examples of how students and teachers consider a variety of audiences as they create and deliver written presentations.

4:30

KET1: Kentucky Life; #1303 "Science Hill Female Academy/Julie May/Apple Patch" [TV-G]; Former students' memories of the Science Hill Female Academy in Shelby County, which closed in 1939 after 114 years of operation; Shelbyville artist Julie May's intricate works based on natural forms, created with the unusual process known as vitreography; and Apple Patch in Oldham County, a residential community founded by parents where their adult children with mental retardation can live and work in a safe and loving environment. A 2007 KET production hosted by Dave Shuffett. Watch Online

KET2: Equitrekking; #103 "Destination Georgia Coast" [TV-G]; The Georgia coast offers beach riding on Sea Island, the wild horses of Cumberland Island, the hauntingly beautiful beaches of Jekyll Island, and rides through historic Savannah in an imported Viennese carriage.

KET4: Teaching Foreign Languages K-12 Workshop; #104 "Workshop 4. Subjects Matter" [TV-G]; Foreign language teachers promote language learning within the context of other curriculum areas, such as geography, science, and language arts. A look at the research helps teachers address the balance between grammatical form and content in the language classroom.

5:00

KET1: The This Old House Hour; #512 "East Boston Project (Part 12)" [TV-G]; Updated service panels, a new external whole-house surge suppression system that will protect appliances and electronics from power surges and lightning strikes, repairs to the shower mixing valve, and tips on recycling batteries.

KET2: Saddle Club; #116 "Flying Change" [TV-G]; The girls' plan to switch horses goes awry, and Stevie and Phil call a truce.

KET4: Out of the Past: An Introduction to Archaeology; #106 "Realms" [TV-PG]; Governments thrive and then weaken. Rulers make alliances, and then break them and go to war. Borders move as capitals rise and fall. Detecting the actual boundaries of ancient kingdoms is often impossible, but archaeologists can reconstruct much about the internal workings of societies and their external relations by examining marriage alliances, trade, and warfare.

5:30

KET2: Cyberchase; #403 "Penguin Tears" [TV-Y]; Hacker's search for the legendary Prism of Penguia, the next piece of his mysterious machine, takes him to snowy Cyberia. While trying to stop him, Digit and the kids are trapped in an icy cave and must master the principles of bouncing in order to break out.

6:00

KET1: The New Yankee Workshop; #1804 "The Poker Table" [TV-G]; Norm creates an eight-sided table of mahogany and mahogany veneer plywood and places it on a sturdy pedestal. Instead of the traditional felt covering, he chooses a state-of-the-art synthetic fabric. The finishing touch is a set of brass cup holders, which are recessed into the top.

KET2: Everyday Edisons; #105 "Viva Las Vegas and China" [TV-G]; A Fortune 500 company is interested in Stan's T-square. Maria chooses a name for her baby bag, and Frank goes through the final design and branding session before heading off on a trip to China. The scrapbook ladies take their new prototype to the largest craft and hobby trade show in Las Vegas.

KET4: A World of Art: Works in Progress; #107 "Milton Resnick" [TV-G]; Milton Resnick, one of the last living members of the New York School of painters, also known as the Abstract Expressionists, creates five large oil paintings over eight months.

6:25

KET4: A World of Art: Works in Progress; #108 "Judy Baca" [TV-G]; Painter and activist Judy Baca, known for her mile-long mural in Los Angeles depicting Chicano history, works on two public art projects in Southern California.

6:30

KET1: The Victory Garden; #2818 "Montreal" [TV-G]; Allan explores a private Asian-style home garden in Montreal and tours the remarkable Montreal Botanic Garden. Michael visits Domaine Joly-De Lotbinière and shares some best bets from among its diverse population of flora and fauna, then joins renowned chef Jean Soulard to cook scallops with cherville at Fairmont Le Château Frontenac.

KET2: In the Mix; #602 "Arts Education ... A+"; Teenagers describe how arts education has improved their attitudes, emotions, behavior, grades, athletic performance, and relationships with peers and parents. Examples of creative approaches to arts education include Wynton Marsalis and teens at the national Lincoln Center High School Jazz Competition; a Los Angeles mentoring program that teaches poetry and songwriting; a dance program for high school students in Rochester, NY; and Urban Academy, which integrates many forms of the arts into its curriculum.

7:00

KET1: Keeping Up Appearances; #508; Although the musical is fully cast, Hyacinth has yet another plan to obtain a role.

KET2: Kentucky Life; #1303 "Science Hill Female Academy/Julie May/Apple Patch" [TV-G]; Former students' memories of the Science Hill Female Academy in Shelby County, which closed in 1939 after 114 years of operation; Shelbyville artist Julie May's intricate works based on natural forms, created with the unusual process known as vitreography; and Apple Patch in Oldham County, a residential community founded by parents where their adult children with mental retardation can live and work in a safe and loving environment. A 2007 KET production hosted by Dave Shuffett. Watch Online

KET4: A Biography of America; #123 "The Fifties" [TV-G]; 1945-1960: World War II ends in the Pacific, and the world lives with the legacy of its final moment: the atomic bomb. Veterans return and create new lives for themselves in the '50s. The GI Bill, Levittown, civil rights, the Cold War, and rock 'n' roll are featured.

7:30

KET1: Last of the Summer Wine; #90 "A Landlady for Smiler"; Compo is more than a little concerned when Smiler moves in as Nora Batty's lodger.

KET2: Wild Chronicles; #214 [TV-G]; The Sahara's desert trees, leatherback turtles, relocating crocodiles in Uganda, and raising otter pups.

KET4: A Biography of America; #124 "The Sixties" [TV-PG]; 1954-1974: The civil rights movement and the Vietnam War shape 1960s America. Pivotal characters include Lyndon Johnson, Stokely Carmichael, and Fanny Lou Hamer. The era culminates with Watergate.

8:00

KET1: As Time Goes By; #120; Alistair announces that he has interested an American television company in Lionel's and Jean's love story as a miniseries.

KET2: Nature; #2202 "Shark Mountain" [TV-PG]; Underwater filmmakers Howard and Michele Hall have spent 25 years diving and documenting the most remote and beautiful underwater locations. In this program, they go on the dive of a lifetime, to a tiny outpost 300 miles off the coast of Central America—Shark Mountain.

KET4: The Mormons; #102 [TV-PG]; The complexities and controversies of the Mormon story, as told through interviews with leaders and members of the church, writers and historians, and supporters and critics of the Mormon faith. [High-Definition]

8:30

KET1: May to December; #104 "Anything You Can Do"; Alec and Zoe decide that they need to know more about each other's professions. So Alec punishes himself on the squash courts, and Zoe bores herself stiff in the galleries of local courts of law.

9:00

KET1: Mystery!; #2709 "Miss Marple III: At Bertram's Hotel" [TV-PG]; At London's fashionable Bertram's Hotel, Miss Marple finds traditional décor, impeccable service—and the unmistakable atmosphere of danger. Many of her fellow guests are gathered for the reading of the will of Sir Richard Blake, a multi-millionaire who disappeared seven years ago.

KET2: Heart of the Hills—The Story of Mountain Music; Explores the indigenous music of Kentucky's mountains through interviews and recordings featuring Ricky Skaggs, Loretta Lynn, J.D. Crowe, Grandpa Jones, Bill Monroe, Dwight Yoakam, Keith Whitley, Wynonna, and Dr. Ralph Stanley. Produced by Michael White with support from the KET Fund for Independent Production.

10:00

KET2: Kentucky Author Forum Presents; #302 "A Conversation with E.L. Doctorow"; Novelist E.L. Doctorow, considered one of America's greatest writers, is interviewed by radio personality Christopher Lydon. A 2001 KET production taped at the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts in Louisville. Watch Online

KET4: American Masters; #2004 "John James Audubon: Drawn from Nature" [TV-PG]; John James Audubon, who began painting birds while living on the Kentucky frontier, killed hundreds of them in order to create The Birds of America, his monumental collection of 435 life-sized avian portraits. Today, one of the country's largest conservation organizations is named for him. [High-Definition]