PRIMETIME PROGRAMMING

M AY 1 TO 3 1 2 0 0 9
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F R I D AY M AY 1 6:00 Allan Gregg in Conversation

7:00 Feast Bazaar
Marrakesh 1 of 10
Barry Véra roams one of the most excit-
ing market squares on the planet. Dusk
transforms it into a giant outdoor café.
7:30 Essaouira 2 of 10
In this picturesque old fortress port, Barry
discovers a remedy for whatever ails you.
He enjoys a lunch of the morning’s fresh
catch set against the backdrop of a
Hollywood pirate movie.
8:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin
In-depth analysis and intelligent debate.
9:00 THE ALLAN KING FILM FESTIVAL
Dying at Grace
Offering insight into a part of life we all
face, five remarkable people in the pallia-
tive care unit of the Salvation Army Grace
Health Care Unit in Toronto allow film-
maker Allan King to record their final days.
11:30 The Agenda with Steve Paikin (R)
12:30 Allan Gregg in Conversation
Niall Ferguson
Historian Niall Ferguson puts the recent
financial meltdown in perspective in
The Ascent of Money – the first large-
scale global financial history of its kind.
1:00 FRIDAY NIGHT MOVIE
East of Eden (1955)
Two brothers vie for the love of their father.
Starring James Dean, Julie Harris, Raymond
Massey, Jo Van Fleet and Burl Ives. Elia
Kazan directs John Steinbeck’s novel.
3:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin (R)
4:00 Allan Gregg in Conversation (R)
Niall Ferguson
See Friday at 12:30 am.
6:30 Film 101
Child’s Play (R)
Film critics analyze the family fantasy
genre: Do children’s films have to be fan-
tastical? Also, the depth of Terry Gilliam’s
imagination. With actor John Neville. 14+
7:00 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
Alaska’s Black Gold Dear Wendy
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is a
vast wilderness where 100 000 caribou
make their way to the ocean and back Director Thomas Vinterberg and writer
every summer. The place is a national Lars von Trier stirred up controversy with
treasure. Just below the surface is another
Dear Wendy, a sometimes amiable, some-
kind of treasure – the promise of oil.
times romantic, sometimes mythical, but
8:00 SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES thoroughly critical look at American youth
Theme: Youth in Trouble and gun culture. Although they have
never set foot on American soil, neither
8:00 Dear Wendy (2005)
See inset. Vinterberg nor von Trier shows any reluc-
tance in expressing a rather harsh and
9:45 The Interviews cynical view of the United States. Jamie
Dear Wendy stars Danso Gordon and Chris Bell (Billy Elliot) heads a cast of young
Owen talk about their roles as disaffected
outsiders who use concealed weapons
teens dealing with guns and violence.
as the source of inner strength and
10:05 River’s Edge (1986) confidence. Saturday May 2 at 8 pm.
In a dismal, dead-end town, the nude
body of a teenage girl lies at the edge of
the river. All the kids know who killed
her. Trouble is, no one bothers to turn
the murderer in. Starring Dennis Hopper,
Crispin Glover, Keanu Reeves and Ione
Skye. Directed by Tim Hunter. 14+
11:45 The Interviews
River’s Edge director Tim Hunter and
actors Crispin Glover and Ione Skye
discuss how cinema’s approach to
teenage angst has changed. CLICK FOR VIDEO PREVIEW

4:30 Film 101
S AT U R D AY M AY 2
4:00 BIG IDEAS
Leo Panitch
Still a Marxist after All:
Lessons and Insights for Our Time
5:00 Wild at Heart
Biking Myra Canyon
Michael takes time off from his 12-hour-
a-day desk job to bike along the historic
Kettle Valley railway bed.
5:30 Horse Riding in the Rockies
Angela, a musician and single mom, and
her 18-year-old son Matti, a “video game
couch potato,” climb into the saddle.
12:00 Heavenly Creatures (1994)
Two New Zealand schoolgirls develop an
intense relationship and create a fantasy
world to escape the pressures of life.
Starring Kate Winslet and Melanie
Lynskey. Directed by Peter Jackson.
1:40, 2:35, 3:30, 4:30 Film 101
Child’s Play (R)
See 6:30 pm. 14+
2:05, 3:00, 4:00 Film 101
All That Heaven Allows
Author and former United Artist studio
head Steven Bach joins film critics,
historians and those who worked on
Heaven’s Gate to chronicle the notorious
events that led to one of Hollywood’s
most notable flops.
Strait through the Ice
How can ecological catastrophe be seen
as a commercial godsend? The melting of
the Arctic ice has opened a new, shorter
maritime route between the Atlantic and
Pacific. The Northwest Passage, deeply
embedded in the Canadian identity, is a
dream as old as Magellan and Christopher
Columbus and remains full of adventure.
In this exploration of the historical, cultural
and political significance of the route,
scientists and explorers weigh in on an
opportunity that is creating new economic
perspectives and geopolitical struggles.
Sunday May 3 at 8 pm.

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S U N D AY M AY 3
4:00 BIG IDEAS
Leo Panitch (R)
See Saturday at 4 pm.
5:00 The Blue Realm
Tentacles
Do squid and octopus talk with their
skin? Scientists try to unravel the secrets
of the sea’s most enigmatic creatures.
6:00 Your Voice
With host Cheryl Jackson.
6:30 Undersea Explorer
Ghost Fleet of the Pacific
Divers explore three of the most
important wrecks in the Truk Lagoon.
7:00 Tales from the Green Valley
September
For a year, five archaeologists and historians
run a farm as it would have been 400 years
ago. They use a team of oxen to plough,
and hand-sow the seed. They learn to
make bread in a 17th-century style bread
oven and cook up a rustic feast. 14+
7:30 October
A thatcher helps with the roof of a shelter
for their livestock. With seeds and nuts
falling from the trees, it’s time to drive
the pigs out into the woods to fatten
them up. And the pressure’s on to har-
vest and store a bumper crop of pears.
8:00 Strait through the Ice
See inset, page 1.
10:00 TVO PHOTOGRAPHY MONTH
9:00 TVO PHOTOGRAPHY MONTH
Annie Leibovitz: Life through a Lens
See inset.
10:30 THE VIEW FROM HERE
Radical Dreamer: The Passionate
11:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin (R)
Journey of Graham Spry
A lifelong advocate of a distinct Canadian
12:00 Midsomer Murders 1 of 2 (R)
society and culture, Graham Spry knew in
his bones that public broadcasting could
unite Canada and put her on a world stage.
A lonely visionary in the wild west of 1920s
broadcasting, he faced many of the chal-
lenges that confound policymakers today.
11:30 Allan Gregg in Conversation
Niall Ferguson (R)
See Friday at 12:30 am.
12:00 HUMAN EDGE
Wild Blue Yonder
David Maysles and his brother Albert
were co-founders of the movement in
documentary filmmaking that became
know as direct cinema. David’s daughter,
27-year-old Celia Maysles, sets out to
uncover who her father was, and to heal
the distress caused by his elusiveness in
life and his death when she was 17.
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1:10 MASTERWORKS
Stolen (R)
Early on March 18 1990, thieves disguised
as policemen gained access to Boston’s
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and
executed the largest art heist in modern
history. Art detective Harold Smith, has
made this case his personal obsession.
2:35 TVO PHOTOGRAPHY MONTH
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Annie Leibovitz: Life through a Lens (R)
Annie Leibovitz:
4:00 Tales from the Green Valley (R)
Life through a Lens
M O N D AY M AY 4 From a disrobed John Lennon curled up
7:00 Time Team with Yoko Ono and a nude Demi Moore
cradling her pregnant belly to Whoopi
Coventry
The team seeks to determine the exact site Goldberg dunked in a bathtub of milk,
and outlines of the first Coventry cathe- Annie Leibovitz’s iconic images of Holly-
dral, built by the Normans and destroyed wood luminaries, pop culture glitterati and
by Henry VIII. They find a tomb under
what was the floor of the chapter house. political power hitters have left an indelible
mark on modern visual culture. Annie
8:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin Leibovitz sums up a photographer’s life
In-depth analysis and intelligent debate as “just a life looking through a lens.”
on the issues that are changing our world Director Barbara Leibovitz goes behind the
at home and abroad. For nightly topics,
visit tvo.org/theagenda. scenes and on location with an artist who
is as famous as her subjects, showing the
9:00 Midsomer Murders passion she brings to every assignment,
Hidden Depths 1 of 2 and a more personal dimension: Annie
When a local solicitor falls to his death from Leibovitz as sister, daughter and mother
his house roof, was it murder or suicide?
A rival lawyer has been spreading malicious of three. Sunday May 3 at 9 pm.
rumours that he was stealing from clients.
Meanwhile, a neighbour disappears. 14+
The Genius of Photography
Fixing the Shadows 1 of 6
See inset. George Eastman made photog-
raphy available to the masses. Jacques-
Henri Lartigue, child photographer.
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1:00 The Genius of Photography 1 of 6 (R) The Genius of Photography
See inset.
Few artistic mediums can match the power
2:00 Time Team (R)
See 7 pm.
of photography at capturing the breadth
of human experience. This evocative six-
3:00 Question Period part series explores the history of photog-
When the Ontario legislature is in session. raphy through a survey of groundbreaking
images and contemplates on how the
4:05 Undersea Explorer
camera has changed the way people
Dolphins / The Caves of Akumal
understand the modern world and them-
T U E S D AY M AY 5
selves. Each episode delves into the social
and historical context of landmark images
7:00 Undersea Explorer taken by masters such as Cartier Bresson,
Oasis of the Deep Robert Capa, Diane Arbus, Walker Evans,
Extraordinary life forms thrive in the super- Alfred Stieglitz, Sally Mann and Jeff Wall.
heated water that flows from volcanic
vents in the deepest parts of the ocean. Mondays starting May 4 at 10 pm.
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7:30 Great Canadian Parks
Fathom Five National Marine Park
Canada’s first national marine park
contains Georgian Bay’s mystical “flower-
pot” rock formations, ancient island
habitats and countless shipwrecks.
8:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin
In-depth analysis and intelligent debate on
the issues that are changing our world.
9:00 East West 101
The Enemy Within 1 of 6
Fighting crime in a post 9/11 world: When
a police officer is killed, apparently by two
armed robbers “of middle Eastern appear-
ance,” Detective Zane Malik uses his con-
nections in the Arab community in Sydney
to track down the two youths involved. 14+
10:00 Around the World In 80 Treasures
Uzbekistan to Syria
Dan Cruickshank visits the trading domes of
Uzbekistan and Fire Temple of Azerbaijan
before scaling a cliff face to reach the
Bisitun carvings. He takes in the remains of
the city of Persepolis in Iran, explores the
exotic souk in Damascus and gets pam-
pered at a hammam – a local steam bath.
11:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin (R)
12:00 East West 101 1 of 6 (R)
See 9 pm.
1:00 THE VIEW FROM HERE LATE NIGHT
Radical Dreamer: The Passionate
Journey of Graham Spry (R)
See Sunday at 10:30 pm.
2:00 Around the World In 80 Treasures
Uzbekistan to Syria (R)
See 10 pm.
3:00 Question Period
When the Ontario legislature is in session.
4:05 Undersea Explorer
The Gales of November / Cocos Island
W E D N E S D AY M AY 6
7:00 Lemur Street
The Enemy Within 9 of 20
Electra is deposed by the young and
ferocious Amazon. Isolated from her once
loyal gang, Electra gives birth prematurely.
What are her son’s chances of survival?
7:30 Mother Nature 10 of 20
Electra wakes to find her premature baby,
Prince, has fallen from the tree during
the night. Flash, who is probably Prince’s
father, responds to her calls of distress.
8:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin
In-depth analysis and intelligent debate.
For nightly topics, visit tvo.org/theagenda.
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9:00 New Tricks
Spare Parts 1 of 8
Jack Halford confronts his nemesis in court.
The team uncovers a shady organ donor
racket while reinvestigating the murder
of a wealthy businessman. 14+
10:00 TVO PHOTOGRAPHY MONTH
Daddy Tran: A Life in 3-D
Hai Tran is a diminutive Vietnamese immi-
grant with a list of obsessions the length
of your arm. The biggest is photography.
11:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin (R)
12:00 New Tricks 1 of 8 (R)
1:00 HUMAN EDGE LATE NIGHT
The Mother
Lyuba, who fled a violent husband and
now struggles to feed and educate her
nine children in a remote Russian village,
cheerfully gives love to everything alive: a
calf, a son or brother, or a neglected child.
2:30 Lemur Street 9 and 10 of 20 (R)
3:30 Question Period
4:35 Undersea Explorer
The Kelp Forest
T H U R S D AY M AY 7
7:00 Salt Mines
Salt, the only rock we eat, has over
14 000 uses. The clean air and consistent
temperatures and humidity in salt mines
let them serve as cathedrals, sanatoria and
storage vaults for everything from fine art
to petroleum reserves and nuclear waste.
8:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin
In-depth analysis and intelligent debate.
9:00 The Children 1 of 3
Emily, an eight-year-old girl, is murdered.
She’s got so much under the skin of the
caring adults around her, all feeling frus-
trated in their efforts to create a happy new
home life, that one day, in a sunny garden,
someone loses it, raises a hand and hits
her, once, so hard her neck breaks. 14+
10:00 TVO PHOTOGRAPHY MONTH
Tierney Gearon: The Mother Project
See inset.
11:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin (R)
12:00 The Children 1 of 3 (R)
1:00 MASTERWORKS LATE NIGHT
Citizen Lambert: Joan of Architecture
A portrait of architect and philanthropist
Phyllis Lambert, who has made a signifi-
cant contribution to cultural heritage and
architecture in Canada and abroad.
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M AY 1 T O 31 2 0 0 9
2:00 Salt Mines (R)
See 7 pm.
3:00 Question Period
When the Ontario legislature is in session.
4:05 Undersea Explorer
Ocean of Fire / Whales
F R I D AY M AY 8
7:00 Feast Bazaar
Desert Harvest 3 of 10
Barry visits a Berber farm that’s been run
by the same family for five generations,
and where it rains only three times a year.
7:30 The Atlas Mountains 4 of 10
On the highest mountain in North Africa
a mule is better than a four-wheel drive.
A conical clay pot is an essential piece of
equipment in every kitchen.
8:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin
In-depth analysis and intelligent debate
on the issues that are changing our world
at home and abroad. For nightly topics,
visit tvo.org/theagenda.
9:00 Heartbeat
Another Sleepy, Dusty, Delta Day
When a man dies falling from a bridge, Joe
follows the clues to solve a baby’s disap-
pearance three years ago. Peggy has a
new business venture – and a new hairdo.
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Tierney Gearon:
The Mother Project
Tierney Gearon’s photographs have been
called manipulative, disturbingly ambiguous,
even perverse. Authorities have even
threatened child pornography charges. The
Mother Project chronicles three tumultuous
years in Tierney’s life as she assembles her
most daring and emotionally complex body
of work to date: a series on her manic-
depressive schizophrenic mother. More
than a window into Gearon’s creative
process, the film ponders the complexities
of parenthood and the bonds that keep
a family together against overwhelming
odds. Thursday May 7 at 10 pm.
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10:00 Allan Gregg in Conversation
Tony Burman
The former head of CBC News is now
managing director of Al Jazeera English
service. He talks about the Qatar-based TV
network’s hope of broadcasting in Canada.
10:30 Film 101
Bradbury on Fire / Directing Crossbow
A talk with Fahrenheit 451 writer Ray
Bradbury and science fiction author Peter
Watts. / Director Michael Anderson
(Operation Crossbow) takes us back to a
time in cinema history when the war film’s
most noble purpose was to entertain.
11:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin (R)
12:00 Heartbeat (R)
1:00 FRIDAY NIGHT MOVIE
Operation Crossbow (1965)
George Peppard, Tom Courtenay and
Jeremy Kemp parachute into Germany to
destroy the Nazis’ V-1 rocket base. Sophia
Loren also stars. Michael Anderson directs.
3:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin (R)
4:00 Allan Gregg in Conversation (R)
See 10 pm.
4:30 Film 101 (R)
S AT U R D AY M AY 9
4:00 BIG IDEAS
Gwynne Dyer
Climate Wars
5:00 Wild at Heart
Hiking Mount Robson
Four city slickers leave the urban rat race
for Mount Robson Provincial Park. David
and his partner Scott hope this wilderness
adventure will help settle an ongoing
conundrum – whether to get married.
5:30 Llama Trek in Kakwa
The Hirvi family treks into remote Kakwa
Provincial Park ... with six llamas carrying
their gear!
6:00 Allan Gregg in Conversation (R)
See Friday at 10 pm.
6:30 Film 101 (R)
See Friday at 10:30 pm.
7:00 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
Quest for Megafish of the Amazon
There are fish ... and then there are FISH.
Aquatic ecologist Zeb Hogan heads for
the Amazon to search for megafish.
8:00 SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES
Theme: Social Order Run Amok
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8:00 Brazil (1985)
In a dystopian future society, a low-level civil
servant tries to correct a bureaucratic error
and gets caught in the ensuing red tape.
Jonathan Pryce, Kim Greist, Robert De Niro,
Michael Palin and Katherine Helmond star.
Terry Gilliam directs. 14+
10:30 The Interviews
Terry Gilliam straddles two worlds – one
stooped in Swiftonian gloom, the other
floundering within a comic fantasy.
11:00 The Adventures of
Baron Munchausen (1988)
With the help of a little girl (Sarah Polley),
the 17th-century aristocrat (John Neville)
quells a war, visits the king of the moon
(Robin Williams) and dances with Venus
(Uma Thurman). Eric Idle also stars. Terry
Gilliam directs.
1:05 The Interviews (R)
1:30 Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
In a future where literature and reading
are banned and “firemen” burn books,
one fireman begins to question his role.
Starring Oskar Werner, Julie Christie and
Cyril Cusack. Directed by François Truffaut.
3:30, 4:30 Film 101
Bradbury on Fire / Directing Crossbow (R)
See Friday at 10:30 pm.
4:00 Film 101
Crime of the Century
The infamous Leopold and Loeb trial of
two privileged young men was the basis
for Richard Fleischer’s film Compulsion.
S U N D AY M AY 1 0
4:00 BIG IDEAS
Gwynne Dyer (R)
5:00 The Blue Realm
Giants of San Benedicto
The Socorro Islands of Mexico are a magnet
for migrating fish, whales and large sharks,
including giant manta rays, which have
surprising intelligence. Bubbles, a captive
manta ray, is released back into the wild.
6:00 Your Voice
Cheryl Jackson hosts tvoparents.com’s web
event on issues affecting families today.
6:30 Undersea Explorer
Oasis of the Deep (R)
See Tuesday at 7 pm.
7:00 Tales from the Green Valley
November
The farmers build wattle-and-daub walls
for the cowshed. It’s the last chance to
bring in the medlars, a fruit not seen in
today’s supermarkets.
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7:30 December
To celebrate Christmas, the farmers cut a
giant yule log, find traditional decorations,
brew contemporary tipples, and cook up
recipes from the age of Shakespeare. 14+
8:00 Make Your Child Brilliant
Brighton 1 of 6
Bernadette Tynan uses “brain-training”
to reveal and develop children’s talents.
Connor, a creative boy with a short
attention span designs and stages a fashion
show with his fellow pupils as models.
9:00 TVO PHOTOGRAPHY MONTH
Eloquent Nude: The Love and Legacy
of Edward Weston and Charis Wilson
See inset.
10:00 TVO PHOTOGRAPHY MONTH
Peppers and Nudes: The
Photographer Edward Weston
See inset.
10:30 TVO PHOTOGRAPHY MONTH
Daddy Tran: A Life in 3-D (R)
See Wednesday at 10 pm.
11:30 Allan Gregg in Conversation (R)
12:00 HUMAN EDGE
Sisters in Law
In the little town of Kumba, Cameroon,
two feisty and progressive-minded women,
dispense wisdom, wisecracks and justice.
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Eloquent Nude
Charis Wilson was the iconic American
photographer Edward Weston’s muse,
model and, eventually, wife. Filmmaker
Ian McLuskey chronicles the couple’s rela-
tionship and the way in which they trans-
formed photography – and each other – in
the depths of the Great Depression. At age
90, Wilson recounts her years with Weston
with humour, candour, and some regret.
Immediately following Eloquent Nude,
catch an encore presentation of Peppers
and Nudes for more on Weston’s life and
work. Sunday May 10 at 9 and 10 pm.
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2:00 TVO PHOTOGRAPHY MONTH
Tierney Gearon: The Mother Project (R)
See inset, page 3.
3:00 TVO PHOTOGRAPHY MONTH
Eloquent Nude (R)
See inset, page 4.
4:00 TVO PHOTOGRAPHY MONTH
Peppers and Nudes: The
Photographer Edward Weston (R)
4:30 Your Voice (R)
M O N D AY M AY 1 1
7:00 Time Team
Basing, Hampshire
Basing House was a popular destination
for Henry VIII and Elizabeth I and their
courts. Destroyed by Cromwell’s army in
1645, Basing is “undisturbed archaeology,”
making it a treat for the team.
8:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin
For nightly topics, visit tvo.org/theagenda.
9:00 Midsomer Murders
Hidden Depths 2 of 2
Barnaby discovers some fake vintage
wine labels and begins to suspect an
elaborate fraud underlies the killings. 14+
10:00 TVO PHOTOGRAPHY MONTH
The Genius of Photography
Documents for Artists 2 of 6
Photographer Laszlo Moholy-Nagy said
those who fail to understand photogra-
phy will be “the illiterates of the future.”
Alexander Rodchenko, August Sander,
Man Ray, Walker Evans and Bill Brandt
were among the most influential photog-
raphers of the 20th century. Martin Parr,
Bernd and Hilla Becher and Mark
Haworth-Booth comment.
11:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin (R)
12:00 Midsomer Murders 2 of 2 (R)
1:00 The Genius of Photography 2 of 6 (R)
2:00 Time Team (R)
3:00 Question Period
When the Ontario legislature is in session.
4:05 Undersea Explorer
Seals and Sea Lions / Great Barrier Reef
T U E S D AY M AY 1 2
7:00 Undersea Explorer
The Sea of Cortez
The long, narrow Sea of Cortez between
mainland Mexico and the Baja Peninsula
has only a small opening to the ocean.
Marine life entering it tends not to leave.
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7:30 Great Canadian Parks
Aulavik National Park
This wilderness park on Banks Island has
deeply cut canyons, badlands, rugged
seacoast and river valleys. Its tundra
plateaus are home to over 50 000 muskox.
8:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin
In-depth analysis and intelligent debate.
9:00 East West 101
Death at the Station 2 of 6
Local Aboriginal leader and anti-drug cru-
sader Adam King is shot, some say assas-
sinated. Malik and his partner, Pacific
Islander Sonny Koa, try and find the truth.
Why are King’s colleagues so unhelpful?
And his family downright hostile? 14+
10:00 Around the World In 80 Treasures
Jordan to Ethiopia
Dan Cruickshank rides a donkey along
a precipitous gorge to reach the city of
Petra in Jordan, faces a Guardian Monk
and scales the vertical cliff face of Debre
Damo in Ethiopia on a quest for the
legendary Ark of the Covenant.
11:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin (R)
12:00 East West 101 2 of 6 (R)
1:00 TVO PHOTOGRAPHY MONTH
Daddy Tran: A Life in 3-D (R)
See Wednesday at 10 pm.
2:00 Around the World In 80 Treasures (R)
3:00 Question Period
4:05 Undersea Explorer
Shark Encounters / Sea of Steel
W E D N E S D AY M AY 1 3
7:00 Lemur Street
High and Mighty 11 of 12
When her new baby arrives, Crystal
neglects the Graveyard gang’s needs.
Her aunt, low-ranking Liberty, takes
matters into her own hands.
7:30 United We Stand 12 of 20
Liberty raids dustbin diner. Crystal sticks
to more well-trodden turf in the forest.
Family feuds explode, creating problems
for pregnant Josephine.
8:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin
In-depth analysis and intelligent debate on
the issues that are changing our world.
9:00 New Tricks
Final Curtain 2 of 2
The team investigates the 1992 case
of actor Michael Austin, shot dead by his
wife on stage during the opening night
performance of Death at the Masked Ball.
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10:00 TVO PHOTOGRAPHY MONTH
Hansel Mieth: Vagabond Photographer
See inset.
11:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin (R)
12:00 New Tricks 2 of 2 (R)
1:00 HUMAN EDGE LATE NIGHT
To See If I’m Smiling
Israel is the only country in the world
where 18-year-old girls are drafted for
compulsory military service. Six former
female Israeli soldiers revisit their tours of
duty in the occupied territories with sur-
prising honesty, stripping bare stereotypes
of gender differences in the military and
sharing shocking moments of negligence,
flippancy, immaturity and power-tripping.
2:05 Lemur Street 11 and 12 of 12 (R)
3:00 Question Period
4:05 Undersea Explorer
Tentacles / Seals and Sea Lions
T H U R S D AY M AY 1 4
7:00 Containers
The strongest and most common contain-
er in our everyday lives is the corrugated
box. The tin can revolutionized the food
and beverage industry. And modern con-
tainerization means standard containers
can be transported by ship, train or truck.
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Hansel Mieth:
The Vagabond Photographer
Hansel Mieth, only the second woman
to join Life magazine’s staff, captured
the plight of the poor and the oppressed.
While her body of work chronicles
some of the most devastating periods
in American history, from the desperation
of migrant labourers during the Depression
to the assault on civil liberties in Japanese-
American internment camps during
World War II, it remains a testament to
the strength of the human spirit.
Wednesday May 13 at 10 pm.
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8:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin
For nightly topics, visit tvo.org/theagenda.
9:00 The Children 2 of 3
There’s no shortage of suspects, because
Emily had been causing trouble left,
right and centre. She’d made accusations
against her troubled stepbrother Jack,
she’d put her newborn stepsister in
danger and has incurred the wrath
of just about everyone. 14+
10:00 TVO PHOTOGRAPHY MONTH
Girl in a Mirror:
A Portrait of Carol Jerrems
See inset.
11:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin (R)
12:00 The Children 2 of 3 (R)
1:00 MASTERWORKS LATE NIGHT
The Art of Spain
The Moorish South 1 of 3
The culture of Moorish Spain stood in
contrast to the Dark Ages in the rest of
Europe. Andrew Graham-Dixon shows
us what remains of 8th and 9th century
Spanish Islam, and how it influenced later
Christian art and architecture despite the
effort to destroy the Moorish past.
2:00 Containers (R)
3:00 Question Period
4:05 Undersea Explorer
Ghost Fleet of the Pacific / Oasis of the Deep
F R I D AY M AY 1 5
7:00 Feast Bazaar
Imperial Fez 5 of 10
Fez is a puzzle of streets with no names.
Buildings have crutches, donkeys wear
tires, and not long ago you needed a visa
to get in and lots of luck to find your way
out. Morocco’s capital of fine food and
culture boasts the world’s oldest university,
where a Pope learned about zero.
7:30 Palmyra and Old Damascus 6 of 10
Barry follows the sandal prints of the
ancient Romans to an ancient oasis city.
Then he’s on the road to Damascus, a
labyrinth of religious history and intrigue.
Tales told by the hakawati (storyteller)
come to life in the glint of a sword.
8:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin
In-depth analysis and intelligent debate.
9:00 Heartbeat
Touch and Go
PC Joe Mason admits he wants to stay in
Aidensfield. Phil and Carol suspect a boy is
being abused at home, and the police are
drawn into a volatile domestic situation.
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10:00 Allan Gregg in Conversation
Sylvia Bashevkin / Barbara Annis
In Women, Power, Politics, Sylvia Bashevkin
discusses why there are still so few women
at the top in Canadian politics. In Leader-
ship and the Sexes, Barbara Annis talks
about gender intelligence in the workplace.
10:30 Film 101
A Real Space Odyssey
The actual events of the flight of Apollo 13
and the remarkable story of how these
events became a big screen motion picture.
11:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin (R)
12:00 Heartbeat (R)
1:00 FRIDAY NIGHT MOVIE
Apollo 13 (1995)
“Houston, we have a problem.” On the third
lunar mission, an oxygen tank explodes.
As the astronauts face the dilemma of
either suffocating or freezing to death,
Mission Control works to bring the crew
back. Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton
and Ed Harris star. Ron Howard directs.
3:20 The Agenda with Steve Paikin (R)
4:20 Gorilla Parenting from the Jungle Room
Making Peace
4:30 Film 101 (R)
S AT U R D AY M AY 1 6
4:00 BIG IDEAS
John Ralston Saul
A Fair Country:
Telling the Truth about Canada
5:00 Wild at Heart
Snow Camping in Strathcona
Hanh, a young Vietnamese-Canadian
with a big decision to make, discovers the
joys of backcountry camping and skiing.
5:30 Biking Babine Mountains
Patti, Michele, and Denise pedal into Babine
Mountains Provincial Park by mountain
bike. Facing a treacherous downhill run,
one of them confronts her worst fear.
6:00 Allan Gregg in Conversation (R)
6:30 Film 101 (R)
7:00 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
Into the Wilderness: Yellowstone
Millions have seen the bubbling mud pots
and clockwork geysers, but beyond the
boardwalk, there’s a wilderness few have
experienced. Wolves, bison and bears
roam freely and new waterfalls wait to be
discovered in an ever-changing geological
cauldron of magma, fumaroles, boiling
hot springs and poisonous gases.
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8:00 SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES
Season Finale. Theme: Coming of Age
8:00 The Last Picture Show (1971)
The coming of age of Sonny and Duane
in a small 1950s Texas town. Timothy
Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Ben
Johnson, Cloris Leachman and Ellen Burstyn
star. Peter Bogdanovich directs. 18+
10:10 The Interviews
With Peter Bogdanovich, Polly Platt, and
Cybill Shepherd.
10:35 Y Tu Mama Tambien (2001)
When their girlfriends wave goodbye
to them for the summer, two Mexican
teenage boys embark on an unforget-
table road trip with a beautiful married
woman to a secret Mexican beach and
learn a thing or two about life, friend-
ship, sex and each other. Starring Gael
Garcia Bernal, Diego Luna and Maribel
Verdu. Directed by Alfonso Cuaron. 14+
12:30 The Interviews (R)
1:00 All The Real Girls (2003)
In a small southern town, Paul, who has
a reputation for womanizing, falls in love
with his best friend’s virginal younger
sister. Paul Schneider, Zooey Deschanel,
Shea Whigham and Danny McBride star.
David Gordon Green directs. 14+
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Girl in a Mirror
Carol Jerrems’ life was tragically cut short
by illness. Drawing from hundreds of her
photographs, the short films she made, and
interviews with friends and colleagues, Girl
in a Mirror traces the passionate and
exuberant course that Jerrems took through
Australia’s subculture in the turbulent
1970s. Tracing her rapid rise from gifted
student to fully fledged taboo-shattering
artist, the film explores the way in which
her work and personal journey reflected
and documented the counterculture of
the age. Thursday May 14 at 10 pm.
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3:00, 4:00 Film 101
A Real Space Odyssey (R)
See Friday at 10:30 pm.
3:30, 4:30 Film 101
Going the Distance
How Rocky portrays society’s underdogs,
in the rise of Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky
Balboa, which presents an interesting jux-
taposition to Stallone’s own career. 14+
S U N D AY M AY 1 7
4:00 BIG IDEAS
John Ralston Saul
A Fair Country:
Telling the Truth about Canada (R)
5:00 The Blue Realm
Miracle Venom
The waters of Papua New Guinea and
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef harbour
an exceptional variety of venomous
creatures. Their poisons are lethal.
6:00 Your Voice
With host Cheryl Jackson.
6:30 Undersea Explorer
The Sea of Cortez (R)
See Tuesday at 7 pm.
7:00 Tales from the Green Valley
January
The farmers boil up their own herbal
remedies to beat aches and pains. They
head out to the coppice to manage their
wood supplies, and make their own ink.
7:30 February
A heavy fall of snow damages the privy.
The team delves into waste management
17th century style. They care for pregnant
cows, bring in the sheep for a thorough
checkup, and prepare for spring sowing.
Contemporary instruments entertain
them by the fire. 14+
8:00 Make Your Child Brilliant
London 2 of 6
Bernadette Tynan sets Aaliyah, who has an
aptitude for drawing but difficulty comm-
unicating, a challenge to harness her artistic
ability and tackle her reticence – to present
her own version of a famous painting to
an audience at the National Gallery.
9:00 TVO PHOTOGRAPHY MONTH
What Remains
See inset.
10:30 THE VIEW FROM HERE
Black Coffee
The Irresistible Bean 1 of 3
Exploring coffee’s origins in Ethiopia and
its triumphant spread over five continents,
sparking revolution, controversy, creativity,
commerce, and slavery along the way.
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11:30 Allan Gregg in Conversation
Sylvia Bashevkin / Barbara Annis (R)
See Friday at 10 pm.
12:00 TVO PHOTOGRAPHY MONTH
Hansel Mieth:
Vagabond Photographer (R)
See Wednesday at 10 pm.
1:00 TVO PHOTOGRAPHY MONTH
Girl in a Mirror:
A Portrait of Carol Jerrems (R)
See inset, page 6.
2:00 TVO PHOTOGRAPHY MONTH
What Remains (R)
See inset.
3:30 Tales from the Green Valley (R)
See 7 and 7:30 pm.
4:30 Your Voice (R)
M O N D AY M AY 1 8
7:00 Time Team
Flag Fen
The team investigates a Bronze Age site
near Cambridge, finding evidence of a
trackway to a barrow that was an island in
ancient times. The foundations of a round
house from about 4 000 years ago indicate
that the site was inhabited even earlier.
8:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin
In-depth analysis and intelligent debate.
9:00 Midsomer Murders
Sauce for the Goose 1 of 2
A tour of Plummer’s Relish Factory ends in
tragedy when a visitor is crushed against
towers of relish bottles and dumped naked
into a 200-degree sterilizer. 14+
10:00 TVO PHOTOGRAPHY MONTH
The Genius of Photography
Right Place, Right Time? 3 of 6
In the popular imagination this is photog-
raphy at its best, a medium that makes us
eyewitnesses to the moments when history
is made. Set against the backdrop of the
Second World War and its aftermath, we
see how photographers dealt with events
like D-Day, the Holocaust and Hiroshima.
With contributions from Magnum legends
Philip Jones Griffiths and Susan Meiselas
and soldier-lensman Tony Vaccaro.
11:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin (R)
12:00 Midsomer Murders 1 of 2 (R)
1:00 The Genius of Photography 3 of 6 (R)
2:00 Time Team (R)
3:00 New Tricks
Casualty / God’s Waiting Room
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4:30 Undersea Explorer
The Sea of Cortez
T U E S D AY M AY 1 9
7:00 Undersea Explorer
Free Diving
Do humans have the reflexive ability to
suppress breathing that some animals do?
We meet the world free-diving champion.
7:30 Great Canadian Parks
Pukaskwa National Park
The cooling influence of Lake Superior
lets rare Arctic plants thrive in Pukaskwa’s
boreal forest wilderness. Mysterious rock
structures dot the boulder beaches.
8:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin
For nightly topics, visit tvo.org/theagenda.
9:00 East West 101
Islander Sacrifice 3 of 6
Malik and Koa investigate the deaths of
two Lebanese youths and a schoolgirl in a
drive-by shooting. And Internal Affairs is
investigating Senior Dectective Crowley’s
actions in the death of a drug dealer. 14+
10:00 Around the World In 80 Treasures
Mali to Egypt
Dan Cruickshank braves the Sahara Desert
to see the breathtaking circumcision paint-
ings of the Dogon. In Egypt he survives a
power cut deep inside the Great Pyramid.
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What Remains
Photographer Sally Mann creates artwork
that challenges viewers’ values and moral
attitudes. Filmmaker Steven Cantor
captures Mann as she undertakes her latest
project, What Remains, a provocative
photo series that contemplates death,
decay and America’s attitudes toward
dying. Along the way, he paints a reveal-
ing portrait of the artist herself as she
returns to her family home in Virginia and
speaks candidly about her own feelings
toward death, her personal life and career
trajectory. Sunday May 17 at 9 pm.
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11:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin (R)
12:00 East West 101 3 of 6 (R)
1:00 THE VIEW FROM HERE LATE NIGHT
Black Coffee 1 of 3 (R)
See Sunday at 10:30 pm.
2:00 Around the World In 80 Treasures (R)
3:00 New Tricks
Ducking and Diving / Nine Lives
4:35 Undersea Explorer (R)
W E D N E S D AY M AY 2 0
7:00 Lemur Street
A Poisonous Secret 13 of 20
The ongoing drought forces the gang to
eat the poisonous leaves of the leucina
tree. Wise old Pegleg and his sidekick,
Derek, camp out in the forest.
10:00 TVO PHOTOGRAPHY MONTH
7:30 A Matter of Life and Death 14 of 20
Liberty gives birth to Emily, a healthy little
girl, but Liberty is still in poor condition and
her baby struggles to hold onto her thin
coat. A visit to dustbin diner turns tragic.
8:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin
11:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin (R)
In-depth analysis and intelligent debate.
12:00 The Children 3 of 3 (R)
9:00 New Tricks
A Face for Radio 3 of 8
Popular 1980s DJ Johnny Deacon died live
on air following an arson attack at Roxy
Radio. Was Deacon the target? Lane sets
out to find Halford when Pullman and
Standing threaten to quit UCOS rather
than work with a new team member.
10:00 TVO PHOTOGRAPHY MONTH
The Photographer, His Wife, Her Lover
Paul Yule revisits the scandal surrounding
missing prints of photographer O. Winston
Link. Was Conchita, Link’s ex-wife and
agent, a cold-hearted money-grubber
or was she framed?
11:20 The Agenda with Steve Paikin (R)
12:20 New Tricks 3 of 8 (R)
See 9 pm.
1:10 HUMAN EDGE LATE NIGHT
Operation Filmmaker
American director Liev Schreiber invites
an unknown Iraqi film student to come to
Prague to work on an American movie,
an opportunity of a lifetime for any aspiring
filmmaker. But things go horribly wrong.
3:00 New Tricks
Powerhouse / Buried Treasure
4:35 Undersea Explorer
Great Barrier Reef
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M AY 1 T O 31 2 0 0 9
T H U R S D AY M AY 2 1 8:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin
For nightly topics, visit tvo.org/theagenda.
7:00 Failed Inventions
Techno-flops such as the U.S. air force’s 9:00 Heartbeat
flying saucer, R.J. Reynolds’ smokeless Burying the Past
cigarette, the aerocar – which doubled A local teacher is found shot. Gina
as car and airplane and failed miserably decides to move back to Liverpool.
as both – self-serve foot X-ray machines
in shoe stores. All of these gizmos fell 10:00 Allan Gregg in Conversation
short of their intended goals, but some Dan Hill (R)
paved the way for successful inventions See inset.
that continue to transform our world.
10:30 Film 101
8:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin The Edifice Complex
In-depth analysis and intelligent debate on In The Fountainhead and Manhattan,
the issues that are changing our world. architecture not only provides a stunning
cinematic landscape but also illuminates
9:00 The Children 3 of 3 inner turmoil and visionary desires. 14+
In the police incident room, we see the
11:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin (R)
police trying to narrow down the suspect
list, but it seems nobody has a valid alibi
12:00 Heartbeat (R)
for the time when Emily died. 14+
1:00 FRIDAY NIGHT MOVIE
The True Meaning of Pictures The Cincinnati Kid (1968)
A young poker player (Steve McQueen)
Do Shelby Lee Adams’ photographs of
seeks to establish his reputation as the best.
Eastern Kentucky’s mountain communities
With Edward G. Robinson, Karl Malden,
reinforce “hillbilly” stereotypes, or simply
Rip Torn, Ann-Margret, Tuesday Weld and
document a way of life? A film by
Joan Blondell. Norman Jewison directs.
Jennifer Baichwal.
2:45 The Agenda with Steve Paikin (R)
3:45 Allan Gregg in Conversation (R)
4:15 Gorilla Parenting from the Jungle Room
1:00 MASTERWORKS LATE NIGHT
Addressing Differences
The Art of Spain
The Dark Heart 2 of 3
4:30 Film 101 (R)
Andrew Graham-Dixon takes us to Castile,
where inflexible Catholicism ruled 16th-
century Spanish art. Philip II had strict rules
for artists. El Greco failed to comply. Philip
IV’s court painter, Diego Velazquez, depict-
ed real life rather than religious subjects.
2:00 Failed Inventions (R)
3:00 New Tricks
Father’s Pride / Big Topped
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Leaders and Followers
Allan Gregg in Conversation
F R I D AY M AY 2 2
Allan meets singer-songwriter Dan Hill,
7:00 Feast Bazaar who talks about his troubled relationship
The Grand Souk of Damascus 7 of 10
The whirl of a dervish and a puff from a with his dad, Dan Hill Sr., the first director
water pipe transport Barry to a time when of Ontario’s Human Rights Commission.
the West was waking from a dark age and Dan Hill also performs his song “I Am My
Damascus was the centre of the world. Father’s Son,” based on his memoir of the
7:30 Footprints in the Sand 8 of 10
same name. Friday May 22 at 10 pm.
Bedouin welcome Barry into their tent for All previously aired episodes of Allan
a traditional desert feast near castles still
haunted by crusaders. Waterwheels groan,
Gregg in Conversation are available
turning as they have for 700 years. Beehive as audio or video podcasts at
houses offer shelter from heat and cold. tvo.org/allangregg.
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S AT U R D AY M AY 2 3 3:00, 4:00 Film 101 12:05 TVO PHOTOGRAPHY MONTH

John Ford The Photographer, His Wife, Her Lover (R)
4:00 BIG IDEAS Director John Ford is Hollywood’s greatest See Wednesday at 10 pm.
Don Tapscott interpreter of the American West. 14+
How the Net Generation 1:30 TVO PHOTOGRAPHY MONTH
Is Changing Your World The True Meaning of Pictures (R)
S U N D AY M AY 2 4 See Thursday at 10 pm.
5:00 Wild at Heart
4:00 BIG IDEAS 2:45 TVO PHOTOGRAPHY MONTH
Climbing the Bugaboos
Don Tapscott Ansel Adams (R)
Michelle’s relationship with her daughter
How the Net Generation Is Changing See 9 pm.
was shattered when Alpha hit her teens.
Your World (R)
Will the daunting task of rock climbing in
Bugaboo Provincial Park bring them closer? 4:30 Your Voice (R)
5:00 Canadian Waterways
Spectacular Lakes
5:30 Hiking the Juan de Fuca Trail
Half the world’s fresh water is in Canadian M O N D AY M AY 2 5
To do something memorable with her
lakes. We consider the depths of Lake
loved ones before it’s too late, Diane (56)
Superior, the beauty of Bras d’Or, and the 7:00 Time Team
who suffers from ALS, tackles the Juan
treacherous shallows of Lake Winnipeg. Freen’s Court
de Fuca Marine Trail on Vancouver Island.
Freen’s Court near the English–Welsh
6:00 Your Voice border is said to be where Saxon king Offa
6:00 Allan Gregg in Conversation (R)
With host Cheryl Jackson. had his palace in the late 8th century.
See inset, page 8.
Post holes for a large wooden structure
6:30 Undersea Explorer mark where the palace stood.
6:30 Film 101 (R)
Free Diving
See Tuesday at 7 pm. 8:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin
7:00 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
For nightly topics, visit tvo.org/theagenda.
Into the Wilderness: Denali
7:00 Tales from the Green Valley
Mount Denali, the highest peak in North
March 9:00 Midsomer Murders
America, is one of the most dangerous
Turning wheat into flour requires threshing Sauce for the Goose 2 of 2
climbs in the world. Far below, a
it energetically with flails and then throw- The Plummers are concerned about the
rumbling fault line is prone to violent
ing it up in the air to separate the grain family matriarch’s mental stability: Amelia
tantrums that can spawn earthquakes.
from the chaff. A water mill takes the says she sees a hanging man in her gar-
labour out of the daily grind. The farmers den that mysteriously disappears. 14+
8:00 SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES
brew some March beer.14+
Theme: The Election Game
10:00 TVO PHOTOGRAPHY MONTH
7:30 April The Genius of Photography
8:00 The Candidate (1972)
The team spring clean the farmhouse: Paper Movies 4 of 6
An idealistic young lawyer is selected to
sweeping out the chimney with a holly Robert Frank’s odyssey through 1950s
run for the Senate – precisely because he
bush, and dusting with a goose wing. America and William Klein’s one-man as-
can’t possibly win. Robert Redford, Peter
Linens need a good airing and bashing, sault on the sidewalks of New York. Colour
Boyle, Don Porter, Allen Garfield and
and the beds are changed – literally. was becoming a credible medium for “seri-
Karen Carlson star. Michael Ritchie directs
ous” photographers. Contributors include
Jeremy Lerner’s Oscar-winning screenplay.
8:00 Make Your Child Brilliant William Eggleston, Robert Adams, Joel
Nottingham 3 of 6 Sternfeld, Joel Meyerowitz and Ed Ruscha.
10:00 The Interviews
Molly, 11, has a curious mind but doesn’t
How movies and politics make ideal bed-
organize and remember the information 11:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin (R)
fellows, as in The Candidate and Election.
she is constantly gathering. Bernadette
Tynan sets Molly the challenge of deliver- 12:00 Midsomer Murders 2 of 2 (R)
10:30 Election (1999)
ing a scientific demonstration on marine
Tracy Flick (Reese Witherspoon) runs for
evolution to an audience at the aquarium. 1:00 The Genius of Photography 4 of 6 (R)
school president, and teacher Jim McAllister
(Matthew Broderick) is determined to
9:00 TVO PHOTOGRAPHY MONTH 2:00 Time Team (R)
stop her. Directed by Anthony Payne. 14+
Ansel Adams
Photographer Ansel Adams is best known 3:00 Question Period
12:15 The Interviews (R)
for his dramatic black-and-white images When the Ontario legislature is in session.
of America’s wilderness areas and his
12:45 Manhattan (1979)
efforts to conserve these areas. 4:05 Undersea Explorer
Director Woody Allen stars as a TV come-
Bermuda: Isle of Devils
dy writer who dreams of being the great
10:40 THE VIEW FROM HERE
American novelist. He is a man with a
Black Coffee 2 of 3 4:35 Gorilla Parenting from the Jungle Room
complicated love life. With Diane Keaton,
In Latin America the coffee barons’ Empathy / Tantrums
Michael Murphy, Meryl Streep and Mariel
stranglehold led to the subjugation of
Hemingway. Filmed in glorious black and
natives and Africans, the destruction
white by Gordon Willis and set to the T U E S D AY M AY 2 6
of the rainforest and, ironically, the evolution
music of George Gershwin. 14+
of both democracy and dictatorship.
7:00 Undersea Explorer
2:30, 3:30, 4:30 Film 101 The Graveyard Coast
11:35 Allan Gregg in Conversation (R)
The Edifice Complex (R) Why has Canada’s Pacific coast seen
See inset, page 8.
See Friday at 10:30 pm. more than 1200 shipwrecks in 200 years?

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7:30 Great Canadian Parks
Tweedsmuir Provincial Park
A trail in British Columbia’s largest provin-
cial park commemorates the first land
crossing of continental North America:
Alexander Mackenzie’s journey in 1793.
8:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin
In-depth analysis and intelligent debate.
9:00 East West 101
Hunt for the Killer 4 of 6
The brutal slaying of a respectable middle-
aged Vietnamese couple in Cabramatta
leads Malik to read the trial notes on a
gangland murder several years ago. They
mention a Tokarev, an unusual gun like
the one that shot his father back in 1986.
10:00 Around the World In 80 Treasures
Turkey to Germany
Dan Cruickshank floats above Turkey
in a hot-air balloon before exploring
its subterranean caves. He travels the
Moscow metro and salvages something
from the wreckage of Nazi Germany.
11:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin (R)
12:00 East West 101 4 of 6 (R)
1:00 THE VIEW FROM HERE LATE NIGHT
Black Coffee 2 of 3 (R)
See Sunday at 10:40 pm.
2:00 Around the World In 80 Treasures (R)
3:00 Question Period
4:05 Undersea Explorer
Shark Island
4:35 Gorilla Parenting from the Jungle Room
The Sex Talk / Rough and Tumble Play
W E D N E S D AY M AY 2 7
7:00 Lemur Street
Sifaka Showdown 15 of 20
The drought is reaching crisis point.
Milton shows unusual aggression when
he takes on the local Sifaka family and
forces them off his land.
7:30 Enemy at the Gates 16 of 20
Amazon’s Tornadoes enter Graveyard
territory. When Crystal’s gang finds out,
there’s hell to pay. Meanwhile, deposed
Tornado leader Electra is moving closer.
8:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin
In-depth analysis and intelligent debate.
9:00 New Tricks
Loyalties and Royalties 4 of 8
Gerry meets his heroes, 1970s rock band
Bad Faith, when the team reinvestigates
the death of guitarist Andy Fletcher. 14+
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10:00 TVO PHOTOGRAPHY MONTH
Dolce Vita Africana
See inset.
11:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin (R)
12:00 New Tricks 4 of 8 (R)
1:00 HUMAN EDGE LATE NIGHT
Effing Sheffield
A portrait of working class life in Sheffield,
England, profiling four individuals facing
obstacles in their lives and careers.
2:15 Lemur Street 15 and 16 of 20 (R)
3:00 Question Period
4:05 Undersea Explorer
Bonaire
4:10 Gorilla Parenting from the Jungle Room
Leaders and Followers / Dealing with
Death / Nature vs. Nurture
T H U R S D AY M AY 2 8
7:00 Magnets
Harnessing a fundamental force of nature,
magnets play a key role in virtually every
kind of technology from computers to cell
phones to microwave ovens – not to men-
tion the lowly refrigerator magnet.
8:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin
For nightly topics, visit tvo.org/theagenda.
9:00 After the Deluge 1 of 4
Weaving together the lives of four ordinary
men at a critical time in their family history.
As Cliff relives buried memories of WWII,
his three sons reluctantly draw together
to care for him. With David Wenham,
Hugo Weaving, Rachel Griffiths, Ray
Barrett and Aden Young.
10:00 TVO PHOTOGRAPHY MONTH
Stars by Helmut Newton
The art of photographer Helmut Newton
revealed through candid interviews with
his famous and varied subjects. SUMO,
a retrospective of his work, is perhaps the
most expensive book ever produced.
11:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin (R)
9:00 After the Deluge 1 of 4 (R)
1:00 MASTERWORKS LATE NIGHT
The Art of Spain
The Mystical North 3 of 3
The darkest recesses of the Spanish imag-
ination: Goya’s Black Paintings, the sensu-
al images of Dali, the anguish of Picasso’s
Guernica. Andrew Graham-Dixon claims
architecture is again leading Spanish art.
2:00 Magnets (R)
TVO prime time progamming is 100% closed captioned
M AY 1 T O 31 2 0 0 9
3:00 Question Period
4:05 Undersea Explorer
Great White Shark
4:35 Gorilla Parenting from the Jungle Room
Food / Humour
F R I D AY M AY 2 9
7:00 Feast Bazaar
Aleppo 9 of 10
Barry takes a walk through the most
authentic market in the Middle East. Here
you find the very best Syrian street food,
and Aladdin’s caves full of silver and brass.
7:30 Moroccan and Syrian Offerings 10 of 10
Barry’s back in the kitchen and paying
homage to a unique cuisine with his own
imaginative twist.
8:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin
In-depth analysis and intelligent debate.
9:00 Heartbeat
Only Make Believe
An unwanted guest lands Wetherby in
hot water. Blaketon and Ventress embark
on a top-secret private detective case. 14+
10:00 Allan Gregg in Conversation
Lawrence Freedman
The Gelber Prize is for the best non-fiction
book that seeks to deepen public debate
on significant global issues. The 2009
winner is British historian Lawrence
Freedman for A Choice of Enemies:
America Confronts the Middle East.
10:30 Film 101
The Mad Genius of Peter Sellers
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Dolce Vita Africana
A culture seen through a camera lens:
Malian photographer Malick Sidibe’s
snapshots from the late 50s through to
the early 70s capture the carefree spirit
of youth asserting their freedom from
colonialism in the early days of Malian
independence – until a coup ushered in
decades of austere military dictatorship.
Wednesday May 27 at 10 pm.
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11:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin (R)
12:00 Heartbeat (R)
1:00 FRIDAY NIGHT MOVIE
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to
Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
The world is on the brink of annihilation,
thanks to a U.S. general’s paranoia. With
Peter Sellers in three marvellous roles and
Sterling Hayden, Slim Pickens, Jack Creley
and Keenan Wynn. Stanley Kubrick directs.
2:35 The Agenda with Steve Paikin (R)
3:35 Allan Gregg in Conversation (R)
4:05 Film 101 (R)
4:35 Gorilla Parenting from the Jungle Room
Language / Empathy
S AT U R D AY M AY 3 0
4:00 BIG IDEAS
The Green Summit:
Talking about the Planet 1 of 2
Discussion about the threats to our
physical world and what we can do to
make a difference. Speakers: Thomas
Homer-Dixon (The Upside of Down) and
Chris Turner (The Geography of Hope).
5:00 The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and
the Collapse of the American Dream
A frank, and sometimes ironic, look at
the American way of life and its future as
the planet approaches a critical era with
global demand for fossil fuels beginning
to outstrip supply.
6:00 Allan Gregg in Conversation (R)
6:30 Film 101 (R)
7:00 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
Into the Wilderness: Yosemite
Known for its steep granite cliffs, impres-
sive waterfalls and the world’s largest
living trees, Yosemite is home to unruly
black bears, fierce bobcats, foxes, snakes
and a variety of bats.
8:00 SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES
Theme: New York Hostage
8:00 The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
(1974)
When four gunmen hijack a subway train
and threaten to kill a passenger a minute,
veteran transit cop Zachary Garber leads
the negotiations. Walter Matthau and
Robert Shaw star. Joseph Sargent directs.
9:45 The Interviews
The presentation of a microcosm of
society in the persons of the hostages is
a core element in heist-hostage dramas.
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10:15 Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Al Pacino robs a bank to pay for his lover’s
sex-change operation and the situation
escalates from there. With John Cazale,
Charles Durning, Carol Kane and Chris
Sarandon. Directed by Sidney Lumet. 14+
12:30 The Interviews (R)
1:00 The Party (1968)
A bumbling Indian actor (Peter Sellers)
attends an elegant Hollywood party – with
the best of intentions. With Denny Miller,
Claudine Longet, Marge Champion, and
Gavin MacLeod. Blake Edwards directs.
2:45, 3:35, 4:30 Film 101
The Mad Genius of Peter Sellers (R)
3:10, 4:00 Film 101
Hollywood Asylum
Explored or exploited? The ways Hollywood
has dealt with the subject of mental illness,
focusing on The Snake Pit (1948) and
One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975).
S U N D AY M AY 3 1
4:00 BIG IDEAS
The Green Summit:
Talking about the Planet 2 of 2
See Saturday at 4 pm. Speakers: Adria
Vasil (Ecoholic) and J.B. Mackinnon and
Alisa Smith (The 100-Mile Diet).
5:00 Canadian Waterways
Mighty Rivers
The St. Lawrence has devious, shifting
shoals. Alberta’s Red Deer River flows
through dinosaur burial grounds. In
northern British Columbia is a river so wild
no one has navigated its entire length.
6:00 Your Voice
Cheryl Jackson hosts tvoparents.com’s
web event discussing issues affecting
families today.
6:30 Undersea Explorer
The Graveyard Coast (R)
See Tuesday at 7 pm.
7:00 Tales from the Green Valley
May
The team try to cut straight furrows with
a 17th-century style plough. The cows are
in full milk: it’s time to make butter. They
try charcoal burning and making straw
rope. Then it’s time for a spot of fishing,
with the tools of 400 years ago.
7:30 June
Shearing sheep by hand is a backbreaking
task. In the cool of the dairy, the girls
make cheese. The boys weed the wheat
field, according to farming manuals of
the time. They build a bonfire for a 17th-
century-style midsummer party. 14+
TVO prime time progamming is 100% closed captioned
M AY 1 T O 31 2 0 0 9
8:00 Make Your Child Brilliant
Liverpool 4 of 6
Bernadette Tynan works with Sophie, who
has strong leadership skills but sometimes
lacks confidence. Sophie discovers that
trampolining tones the brain as well as
the body, and a game of football between
school and homework can help her get
into the right brain state for learning.
9:00 TVO PHOTOGRAPHY MONTH
Manufactured Landscapes
See inset.
10:30 THE VIEW FROM HERE
Black Coffee
The Perfect Cup 3 of 3
In response to the threat of a boycott,
Starbucks begins serving “fair trade coffee”
in all its stores. Also, the specialty coffee
revolution, first in Canada and then the
United States; the return to the coffee-
house as a community gathering place.
11:30 Allan Gregg in Conversation (R)
See Friday at 10 pm.
12:00 TVO PHOTOGRAPHY MONTH
Dolce Vita Africana (R)
See inset, page 10.
1:00 TVO PHOTOGRAPHY MONTH
Stars by Helmut Newton (R)
See Thursday at 10 pm.
2:00 TVO PHOTOGRAPHY MONTH
Manufactured Landscapes (R)
3:30 Tales from the Green Valley (R)
4:30 Your Voice (R)
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Manufactured Landscapes
For Canadian photographer Edward
Burtynsky, beauty can be found in the sil-
houette of a rusting, salvaged tanker or a
factory floor over a kilometre long. Film-
maker Jennifer Baichwal follows Burtynsky
to China and Bangladesh to capture the
massive economic transformations currently
underway and join him in his meditations
on human enterprise and its impact on
the planet. Sunday May 31 at 9 pm.
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TIME MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY

Book Club / Cotoons /
6:00 This Is Daniel Cook In the Big Backyard / Cotoons / This Is Daniel Cook Sagwa: The Chinese Siamese Cat / Cotoons / Bali
Peep / The Woods / Paddington Bear /
6:30 Timothy Goes to School / The Jungle Room / Mighty Machines I Dare You Mighty Machines
Timothy / The Large
7:00 WordWorld / Numberjacks / The Farm Family / Funny Animals Miss BG / Pop It!
Corduroy Bear / Dive, Olly, Timothy / Dive, Olly,
7:30 Sid the Science Kid Dive / Mighty Machines Dive / The Bodies
WordWorld / Charlie and Little Princess /
8:00 Martha Speaks / Hi-5 Songs Lola / Wazoo! Hi-5 Songs / Frances

8:30 Arthur / Miss BG Arthur / Enviro Girl Arthur / The Greenbelt

Martha Speaks /
9:00 WordWorld / Little Princess / Mighty Machines Jackie’s School of Dance
9:30 Hi-5 The Electric Company
All for Kids / Pop It!
10:00 The Large Family / Sagwa / Peppa Pig
Grandpa in My Pocket /
10:30 Mama Mirabelle’s Home Movies / Corduroy Bear / The Woods Miss BG
Taste Buds / Math City
11:00 Peep and the Big Wide World / Boowa and Kwala
Saddle Club /
11:30 Pinky Dinky Doo / Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends / Wobbly Land Greenbelt Treasures
Think Big / Mark’s
12:00 Zoboomafoo Moments / I'm a Dinosaur
Arthur / Reading Rangers
12:30 Arthur / This Is Daniel Cook
Corduroy Bear / Little Bear / Milly, Molly / Little Bear / Anne of Green Gables /
1:00 Mighty Machines Milly, Molly / Little Bear / Mighty Machines Pop It! Minuscule
George Shrinks /
1:30 Timothy Goes to School / Sagwa / Funny Animals Wise Weather Whys
World of Wonders /
2:00 Mustard Pancakes / The Farm Spellz / Pop It!
Hi-5 / Pop It!
The Large Family /
Transform It! / Numberjacks
Pinky / Miss Spider’s / Enviro
Girl / Reading Rangers
Charlie & Lola / Jungle Room /
Greenbelt / Jackie's School
Spellz / A World of
Wonders / Pop It!
Taste Buds / Minuscule
Miss BG / The League
of Super Citizens
Paddington Bear /
Tumbletown Tales
George Shrinks /
Mark’s Moments
Arthur /
Wise Weather Whys
Anne of Green Gables /
Get Moving!

2:30 Elliot Moose / Book Club Elliot Moose / Tigga and Togga Lilly / TD Reading Rangers
SWAP-TV / Fun Food Frenzy /
3:00 Peep and the Big Wide World / Thomas and Friends Jackie’s School of Dance Wazoo!

3:30 Miss BG / Little Ghosts / Pop It! Heads Up!

The Shak /
4:00 Magic School Bus / I'm a Dinosaur Mark's Moments Big Ideas Big Ideas (R)
Pinky Dinky Doo / Charlie Pinky Dinky Doo / Charlie
4:30 and Lola / Tumbletown Tales Pinky Dinky Doo / Charlie and Lola / Wazoo! What a Zoo and Lola / Tumbletown Tales
Martha Speaks / Martha Speaks / Martha Speaks / Martha Speaks / Martha Speaks /
5:00 The Greenbelt Enviro Girl Get Moving! Enviro Girl The Bodies Wild at Heart The Blue Realm /
Canadian Waterways
Grandpa in My Pocket / Ellen's Grandpa in My Pocket / Ellen's
5:30 All for Kids / Minuscule Acres / Greenbelt Treasures All for Kids / Minuscule Acres / Greenbelt Treasures All for Kids / Minuscule
The Electric Company / Arthur / Super Citizen Allan Gregg
6:00 Transform It! Arthur / Miss BG Awards Arthur / Miss BG Arthur / Super Citizens in Conversation (R) Your Voice
World of Wonders / Backyard WordGirl / Jackie's Taste Buds / Jackie's
6:30 Science / The Greenbelt Art Attack / Peppa Pig School of Dance Art Attack / Peppa Pig School of Dance Film 101 Undersea Explorer

7:00 Time Team Undersea Explorer Lemur Street Salt Mines / Containers / Feast Bazaar National Geographic Tales from the
Failed Inventions / Green Valley
7:30 Great Canadian Parks Magnets

8:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin Saturday Night Strait through the Ice /
at the Movies 1 Make Your Child Brilliant
8:30
9:00 Midsomer Murders East West 101 New Tricks The Children / Dying at Grace/ TVO Photography
After the Deluge Heartbeat Month
9:30
Allan Gregg
10:00 The Genius of Photography Around the TVO Photography TVO Photography in Conversation The Interviews
World in 80 Treasures Month Month
10:30 Film 101 Saturday Night The View From Here
at the Movies 2
11:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin (R)
Allan Gregg
11:30 in Conversation (R)

12:00 Midsomer Murders (R) East West 101 (R) New Tricks (R) The Children / Heartbeat (R) Human Edge /
After the Deluge (R) TVO Photography
12:30 The Interviews (R) Month

1:00 The Genius of Photography The View From Here (R) Human Edge Late Night Masterworks Late Night Friday Night Movie Saturday Night TVO Photography
(R) at the Movies 3 Month (R)
1:30
2:00 Time Team (R) Around the World Lemur Street (R) Salt Mines / Containers / TVO Photography
in 80 Treasures (R) Failed Inventions / Month (R)
Magnets (R)
2:30

3:00 Question Period / New Tricks The Agenda with Film 101 (R)
Steve Paikin (R)
3:30 Film 101 Tales from the
Green Valley (R)
Allan Gregg
4:00 Undersea Explorer / Water Under Fire / Canadian Waterways in Conversation (R) Film 101 (R)

4:30 Gorilla Parenting from the Jungle Room Film 101 (R) Film 101 Your Voice (R)
The Agenda with
5:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin (R) Big Ideas (R) Big Ideas (R) Steve Paikin (R)