Tvo Schedule Jan 2012

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Times listed are eastern time. TVO airs on cable channel 2 in most areas; Rogers HD ch. 580; Rogers on Demand ch. 100; Bell TV ch. 265; Bell HD ch. 1265; Shaw Direct ch. 353. Programming valid as of December 22 2011 and subject to change. Please check tvo.org for late changes to our schedule.
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4:00 Undersea Explorer Shark Frenzy A trip to the Bahamas to dispel myths about shark attacks on humans and visit a shark research centre. 4:30 Undersea Explorer Shark Encounters Observing frantic shark feedings has become a popular activity for scuba divers. 5:00 Big Ideas Stephen Hawking: The Power of Ideas Ivan Semeniuk, news editor at Nature, leads a discussion centered on the ideas and thoughts of Stephen Hawking. Neil Turok, Julie Payette, Rebecca Saxe and S. James Gates, Jr. cover topics including unified theory, cosmology and the colonization of space. 6:00 The Interviews A Bollywood Wedding (R) The Interviews looks at how different cultures treat the wedding ceremony. With Weddingbells magazine editor-in-chief Alison McGill, composer Mychael Danna (Monsoon Wedding) and film critics Brian Johnson and Katrina Onstad. 14+ 6:30 Allan Gregg in Conversation Sheena Iyengar (R) Sheena Iyengar, Columbia University professor and award-winning author of The Art of Choosing, looks at the surprising factors, both conscious and unconscious, that determine the choices we make, from shopping to our work and personal lives. 7:00 Secret Gold Most of the gold ever mined throughout history remains in circulation recycled and all but untraceable. Gold is eternal. Once ripped from the earth and purified, it cant be destroyed so durable that 4,500year-old Egyptian dental work is good enough for todays mouths. When it goes missing, it stirs deep and dark passions. 8:00 Gareth Malone Goes to Glyndebourne 1 of 3 Choirmaster Gareth Malone has been asked to be the chorus master of a brand new opera Knight Crew, the urban retelling of the King Arthur legend. Gareths mission is to go deep into the local community to find teenagers to sing in his chorus who may have never heard an opera. Over two months Gareth auditions 450 teens. How will the 50 chorus members selected cope with the demands of learning a two-hour opera and performing it onstage at Glyndebourne in six months time?
9:00 Gareth Malone Goes to Glyndebourne 2 of 3 To prepare his chorus for their time at Glyndebourne Opera House, Gareth takes them to the Royal Opera House to see Puccinis La Boheme. Many know absolutely nothing about opera. Gareth has only six weeks of rehearsals to get the chorus singing to Glyndebournes high standards. But the music is hard, and attendance at rehearsals is dropping. As music rehearsals draw to a close, Gareth takes his chorus to perform for Gus Christie, the owner of Glyndebourne. 10:00 Gareth Malone Goes to Glyndebourne 3 of 3 The Knight Crew company moves onto the main stage at Glyndebourne for the first time. Gareths young chorus cannot be heard at the back of the auditorium and he has his work cut out teaching them in the wings during breaks in rehearsals. Gareth needs to find 15 moms to sing in the Mothers Chorus. Who better than the mothers of his teenage chorus? Nerves are high on the night of the big performance will Gareths months of nurturing pay off? 11:00 Daddy Tran: A Life in 3-D Hai Tran, filmmaker John Trans father, is a character: a diminutive Vietnamese immigrant with a list of obsessions the length of your arm, the biggest of which is photography. 12:00 All You Need is Klaus (R) Klaus Voormann is a famed graphic artist and musician, who in this documentary, takes stock of his life and creative journey through turbulent creative times. The film follows Voormanns story from 1960 when he met and befriended The Beatles through to the present and features Carly Simon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Twiggy, Van Dyk Parks and others. 1:00 Coming Down the Mountain David (Nicholas Hoult) falls in love for the first time and life couldnt be better. The only fly in the ointment is his 17-year-old brother, Ben (Tommy Jessop), who has Down syndrome. And the familys world revolves around Bens needs. 14+ 2:30 Mr. Harvey Lights a Candle When the shambling Mr. Harvey (Timothy Spall) steps on the bus at the start of a chaotic school trip, he little expects that by the end of the day he will have opened up to his colleagues and pupils about events that have had a profound effect on his life. In the process he sheds his unhappiness by finally coming to terms with the reasons for it. 14+
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7:00 Time Team Looe Island The Time Team descends on a tiny Cornish island that legend says was once visited by Jesus Christ. Over three days the archaeologists try to get to the bottom of a story that could reveal some of the earliest evidence of Christianity in Britain. 8:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin In-depth DONATE NOW debate analysis and intelligent on the issues that are changing our Support home and abroad. For nightly world at Ontarios public educational media. topics, visit tvo.org/theagenda. 9:00 Midsomer Murders The Great and the Good 1 of 2 A sleep-walking school teacher starts to believe that she is slashing the throats of men in her sleep, but Barnaby isnt convinced that she is the killer. 14+ 10:00 The Kings Speech: Revealed See inset. 11:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin (R)
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The Kings Speech: Revealed

The true story behind the Oscar-winning film The Kings Speech. Mark Logue, grandson of King George VIs pioneering speech therapist Lionel Logue, goes on a cross-continent journey to discover the life of his fascinating grandfather as a member of the royal familys inner circle. Mark meets with screenwriter David Seidler and actor Geoffrey Rush to find out how the historical facts inspired the feature film. Monday January 2 at 10 pm.
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12:00 Anita and Me (R) Quietly resisting her mothers attempts to fashion her into a good Indian girl, Meena befriends Anita, a recent arrival to her Yorkshire mining village. A leggy 14-year-old blonde, Anita has a rebellious streak caused partly by a turbulent home life and partly by racing adolescent hormones. 14+ 1:30 Undersea Explorer Bonaire (R) Bonaire, in the Netherland Antilles, is the world leader in coral reef conservation. The marine park is an underwater sanctuary. 2:00 The Children 1 of 3 (R) Emily, an eight-year-old girl, is murdered. She got so much under the skin of the caring adults around her, all feeling frustrated 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+ 3:00 The Children 2 of 3 (R) Theres no shortage of suspects, because Emilys been causing trouble left, right and centre. Shes made accusations against her troubled step-brother Jack, shes put her newborn step-sister in danger and has incurred the wrath of everyone. 14+ 4:00 The Children 3 of 3 (R) In the police incident room, we see the police trying to narrow down the suspect list, but it seems nobody has a valid alibi for the time period when Emily died. 14+ 4:45 Gorilla Parenting from the Jungle Room Making Peace
10:00 Feast Bazaar Marrakesh 1 of 10 (R) Barry Vera roams one of the most exciting market squares on the planet, with families of acrobats, snake charmers and dream merchants all vying for attention. Dusk transforms it into the biggest outdoor cafe in the world. 10:30 Feast Bazaar Essaouira 2 of 10 (R) In this picturesque old fortress port, Barry discovers a remedy for whatever ails you. He marvels at the craftsmanship of woodworkers and laments the fate of all male farm animals. How about being serenaded with sacred melodies while you enjoy a lunch of this mornings fresh catch set against the backdrop of a Hollywood pirate movie? 11:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin (R) 12:00 Time Team (R) See Monday at 7 pm. 1:00 Secret Gold (R) See Sunday at 7 pm. 2:00 Gareth Malone Goes to Glyndebourne 1 of 3 (R) See Sunday at 8 pm. 3:00 Gareth Malone Goes to Glyndebourne 2 of 3 (R) See Sunday at 9 pm. 4:00 Gareth Malone Goes to Glyndebourne 3 of 3 (R) See Sunday at 10 pm.
10:00 Stephen Fry In America True West 5 of 6 The high mesas of New Mexico are the starting point for Stephens journey through the dramatic landscapes and peoples of the South West. At Los Alamos, physicists unravel the mysteries of dark matter, while ecohouse dwellers live off the grid near Sante Fe. Stephen learns DONATE NOW to weave a Navajo basket, takes a World War II Flying Fortress bomber to the Support in Tucson, and is initiated media. Boneyard Ontarios public educational into the intricacies of brothel life in Nevada. 11:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin (R) 12:00 The Night Cook (R) 1:00 Poppy Shakespeare (R) N is a 13-year veteran of the Dorothy Fish Psychiatric Day Hospital whose sole ambition is never to be discharged. Poppy Shakespeare desperately wants to get out. Reluctantly, N agrees to help her. But Poppy finds herself in a logical cleft stick. 14+ 2:30 Midsomer Murders 1 of 2 (R) See Monday at 9 pm. 3:20 Anita and Me (R) See Monday at midnight.
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7:00 Megastructures Sea Launch A giant launch pad floats on the ocean, part of an outrageously expensive multinational venture for blasting commercial satellites into space. Sea Launch is a story of spectacular engineering successes and a couple of costly failed launches. 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 4 From springtime blossoms in Japan, to blistering heat and building thunderstorms in an Australian summer; from a joyful autumn in New York, to the unforgiving cold and human warmth of a Finnish winter, four outstanding violinists guide us on an extraordinary journey through their homelands. The resonant music of Antonio Vivaldi forms the backbone to this celebration of friendship, homeland and the cycles of life. 10:30 The Code 1 of 3 (R) See Tuesday at 9 pm. 11:30 The Agenda with Steve Paikin (R)
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7:00 How the Earth Changed History Human Planet 5 of 5 Iain explores the most recently established force on Earth, humans. Its easy to think of the human impact on the planet as a negative one, but as Iain discovers, this isnt always the case. Humans have unprecedented control over many of the planets geological cycles. How will the human race use this power? 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 The Night Cook Leading an uprising against the Communist invaders of Czechoslovakia in 1968, George Golias was forced to flee his country as a refugee, leaving behind his whole family. The Night Cook explores Georges 37 years in Canada, working the graveyard shift at a Toronto diner. Isolated from the family he left behind and the country he loves, George wrestles with returning to Czechoslovakia and finally facing his past.
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7:00 Get Involved Twenty-five episodes about people getting involved in the world around them to make a difference. Whether it be in the arts, the environment, social justice... all of these folks are making a difference. 14+ 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 The Code Numbers 1 of 3 Mathematician Marcus du Sautoy reveals how significant numbers apear throughout the natural world. Theyre part of a hidden mathematical world that contains the rules that govern everything on our planet and beyond.
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12:30 The Kings Speech: Revealed (R) See inset, page 1. 1:30 How the Earth Changed History 5 of 5 (R) See Wednesday at 7 pm. 2:30 Redwoods: Anatomy of a Giant (R) Humboldt State Universitys Steve Sillett is obsessed with climbing monster redwoods. Just when he thinks hes climbed and measured an unbeatably tall tree, a new record-breaker turns up in a hidden valley. 3:30 Gunrush A suburban father takes the law into his own hands after his daughter is shot dead in front of him. As the police come up against a wall of silence in the hunt for the killer, Doug decides to pursue the only clue to the murderers identity the gun. 14+
10:30 The Interviews Envirohorrors! The Interviews compares how The China Syndrome (1979) and The Host (2006) fit into the environmental climate of their times. Featuring discussions with The China Syndrome writers Mike Gray and T.S. Cook, actors Richard Herd and Scott Wilson (The Host), reactor physicist Dr. Jeremy Whitlock and film critic Adam Nayman. 14+ 11:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin (R) 12:00 Battlefield Mysteries Who Killed Michael Wittmann? 1 of 4 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer Michael Wittmann was one of the Nazis greatest tank aces with over 138 kills to his name before he was finally killed in battle in August 1944. That victory is claimed by several different allied units. Norm Christie examines the evidence to determine once and for all who killed Michael Wittmann. 1:00 Recreating Eden Garden of the Gods (R) As we travel from the forested land world-renowned photographer Freeman Patterson calls home on Shampers Bluff, New Brunswick to the wildflower compound in Namaqualand, South Africa, where he teaches, we are invited to observe the beauty of the wild, which has brought joy and healing to Freemans life. 1:30 Big Ideas (R) See Sunday at 5 pm. 2:30 Extraordinary Rendition (R) While out jogging one day, Zaafir, a mildmannered college lecturer, is abducted to a foreign land and held without trial, only to be returned months later, a broken man left to pick up the pieces of a shattered life. Loosely based on the story of Maher Arar. 14+ 4:00 Allan Gregg in Conversation (R) See Friday at 10 pm. 4:30 The Interviews (R)
6:00 Allan Gregg in Conversation (R) See Friday at 10 pm. 6:30 The Interviews (R) See Friday at 10:30 pm. 7:00 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC The Ultimate Crocodile The Nile crocodiles reputation as a killer DONATE NOW is deserved, but it is a devoted parent, a good communicator and a social Support Ontarios public educational media. scavenger that can use teamwork to overcome problems. 8:00 SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES Theme: Journalists Sources 8:00 Infamous (2006) (DV) In search of the story behind a mass murder, Truman Capote forms a curious bond with one of the murderers. Starring Toby Jones, Daniel Craig and Sandra Bullock. Directed by Douglas McGrath. Screenplay by George Plimpton. 14+ 10:00 The Interviews Through Infamous and Nothing But the Truth, The Interviews explores the role of the source and the lenghts journalists will go to protect their sources. Featuring discussions with journalists Kevin Donovan and Bilbo Poynter. 10:20 Nothing But the Truth (DV) Rachel Armstrong is a journalist who writes an article about a government scandal and reveals the name of a covert CIA agent. When a government prosecutor asks her to reveal her source, she remains tight-lipped. Its not long before standing by her principles finds her behind bars for contempt. Directed by Rod Lurie and starring Kate Beckinsale, Matt Dillon, Vera Farmiga and Alan Alda. 14+ 12:10 The Interviews 12:30 Starting out in the Evening (2007) An eager graduate student convinces a once-celebrated author that she can use her thesis to revive the popularity of his work. Starring Frank Langella, Lauren Ambrose, Lili Taylor and Adrian Lester. Directed by Andrew Wagner. 14+ 2:30 Dominick and Eugene (1988) (DV) Dominick Luciano (Thomas Hulce) is the moderately retarded twin brother of the highly intelligent medical student Eugene (Ray Liotta). Eugene must devote much of his time to caring for Dominick whose earnings as a garbage collector have put Eugene through medical school. Now Eugene wants to go away to complete his training. Directed by Robert M. Young. PG
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7:00 Feast Bazaar Desert Harvest 3 of 10 Barry takes a peek at life on a typical Berber farm. Its been run by the same family for five generations, and it rains only three times a year. Heres where olive oil is legal tender for a man and his mule, who walks around in circles for two months of the year. 7:30 Feast Bazaar The Atlas Mountains 4 of 10 On the highest mountain in North Africa a mule is better than a four-wheel drive, and world-famous carpets are made between household chores. A kasbah comes back to life, and a conical clay pot is the most 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 Wall of Silence Nick is urged to clear up a rash of thefts in Aidensfield before Lord Ashfordlys last shoot of the season; the event will be attended by the assistant chief constable. 14+ 10:00 Allan Gregg in Conversation Craig Oliver The veteran news broadcaster and author of the memoir Olivers Twist talks about his career spanning five decades, his years as an Ottawa insider and the changing relationship between politicians and the media.
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4:00 Get Involved (R) See Tuesday at 7 pm. 5:00 Big Ideas Julie Payette: Canadian Space Agency Perspectives from Space The Canadian Space Agencys Chief Astronaut Julie Payette shares her perspective on the extraordinarily complex and highly collaborative challenges in space from the points of view of both research and international diplomacy.
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4:30 The Interviews (R) See Friday at 10:30 pm.
1:30 Undersea Explorer (R) 2:00 Battlefield Mysteries 1 of 4 (R) See Friday at midnight. 3:00 Undersea Explorer (R) 4:00 The Interviews (R) See Friday at 10:30 pm. 4:30 Allan Gregg in Conversation (R) See Friday at 10 pm.
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4:00 Undersea Explorer Palau The island nation of Palau in the western Pacific includes a jungle, a fresh water lake, and caverns. The lagoon within its reef is cut off from the sea and contains many exotic and unique species. 4:30 Undersea Explorer Sea of Steel In the 1990s three large naval vessels were intentionally sunk as part of the worlds most ambitious artificial reef project. 5:00 Big Ideas (R) See Saturday at 5 pm. 6:00 The Interviews (R) See Friday at 10:30 pm. 6:30 Allan Gregg in Conversation (R) See Friday at 10 pm. 7:00 Attack of the Mystery Shark Fabien Cousteau, grandson of famed ocean explorer Jacques, embarks on a worldwide investigation into the secret lives of sharks and tries to get to the bottom of a 90-yearold mystery. In 1916 two people in New Jersey were attacked in a freshwater creek miles from the ocean. For decades many believed it was a great white, but the culprit is more likely the bull shark which can swim in both salt and fresh water. 8:00 The Future of Food 1 of 2 Growing populations, rising consumption of hard-to-produce foods like meat, oil shortages, and a climate that changes unpredictably these factors could push food prices dangerously high. From intensive farming in the Punjab to the effects of climate change in Nairobi, we examine the world food situation and investigate the magnitude of the looming crisis. 9:00 New Tricks Old Fossils The UCOS detectives investigate the murder of a paleontologist at the Natural History Museum in 2001. The team discovers the victim was a respected but outspoken scientist with a knack for rubbing people the wrong way. 14+ 10:00 Single Father 1 of 4 See inset. 11:00 The Night Cook (R) See Wednesday at 9 pm. 12:00 4 (R) See Thursday at 9 pm.
3:00 The Magdalene Sisters (2002) (R) Four different women are forced into the Magdalene Asylum for fallen women, where they are ruled by the sadistic Sister Bridget. Directed by Peter Mullan. 14+
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7:00 The Blue Realm DONATE NOW Whale Sharks: Gentle Giants They can weigh more than educational media. Support Ontarios public 30 tonnes and be longer than a city bus. But theyre not whales, theyre very big sharks. Using space-age technology from NASA and the Hubble Telescope, researchers identify, catalogue and track individual sharks. 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 The Code Shapes 2 of 3 Marcus du Sautoy discovers the code underpinning the extraordinary order found in nature from rock formations to honeycomb and from salt crystals to soap bubbles. Marcus also reveals the mysterious code that governs the apparent randomness of mountains, clouds and trees and explores how this not only could be the key to Jackson Pollocks success, but has also helped breathe life into hugely successful movie animations.
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7:00 Time Team Lincolns Inn At Lincolns Inn in London, Time Team have been asked to discover the remains of a 13th-century palace that belonged to Henry IIIs Lord Chancellor. It was a building that became the very birthplace of Britains legal system. Over the three days of the dig, several sites produce tantalizing glimpses of some of the defining events that have shaped the citys history. 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 Midsomer Murders The Great and the Good 2 of 2 Connie asks Barnaby and Jones to lock her up after a sleepwalking incident with her new love interest. The stereo in Connies house has been bugged to receive and transmit sounds to and from an external source. 14+ 10:00 The Battle for North America Over 250 years ago, Britain and France fought a battle for Quebec that would change the world and lead to the creation of modern North America as we know it today. Historian Dan Snow sets sail up the St. Lawrence River to recreate the British campaign. He heads out into the wilds surrounding Quebec, takes to the air, and trains as an 18th-century infantryman to get a true idea of what the campaign and battle would have been like for the soldiers involved. 11:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin (R) 12:00 New Tricks (R) See Sunday at 9 pm. 1:00 Megastructures (R) See Thursday at 7 pm. 2:00 Heartbeat (R) See Friday at 9 pm.
Single Father
David Tennant (Dr. Who) stars in this touching and humorous four-part drama about a man struggling to raise his four children after the death of his partner. When Rita dies suddenly, Dave faces the daunting prospect of bringing up their children on his own, as well as coping with the familys grief. Things get even more complicated when Dave begins to fall in love with Ritas best friend. Is Dave betraying Rita by falling in love again so quickly, or will he be walking away from happiness if he ignores his feelings? 14+ Sundays January 8 to 29 at 10 pm.
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10:00 Feast Bazaar 3 and 4 of 10 (R) See Friday at 7 and 7:30 pm. 11:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin (R) 12:00 Time Team (R) See Monday at 7 pm. 1:00 Single Father 1 of 4 (R) See inset, page 4. 2:00 Attack of the Mystery Shark (R) See Sunday at 7 pm. 3:00 The Machinist (Spain, 2003) After a year of severe insomnia, Trevor Reznik, a quiet loner who works as a machinist, is involved in an accident at the workplace that leaves a co-worker seriously injured. What follows is a dark descent into paranoia. Starring Christian Bale and Jennifer Jason Leigh. Directed by Brad Anderson. 18+
2:00 The Future of Food 1 of 2 (R) See Sunday at 8 pm. 3:00 Midsomer Murders 2 of 2 (R) See Monday at 9 pm. 4:00 The Children 1 of 3 (R) See Monday January 2 at 2 am.
7:30 Feast Bazaar Palmyra and Old Damascus 6 of 10 Barry follows the sandal prints of the ancient Romans to an ancient oasis city. Then hes on the road to Damascus, a labyrinth of religious history and intrigue. Here are John the Baptists head, the tomb of Adam and Eves son, and a window where a saint escaped death in a basket.
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7:00 Megastructures Hoover Dam When the Hoover Dam was completed in 1935, it was the tallest dam in the world, and the greatest producer of hydroelectric power. But the construction spawned a new generation of dams that were wider, longer, taller and broader than their muse. 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 A Skin Too Few: The Days of Nick Drake Rediscovering an obscure 70s English folkpop artist who wrote some of the most melancholic music in the world. Only now, decades after his death at age 26, is his music known. 10:00 The Code 2 of 3 (R) See Tuesday at 9 pm. 11:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin (R) 12:00 The Battle for North America (R) See Monday at 10 pm. 1:00 Last Chance to See (R) See Wednesday at 7 pm. 2:00 The Ultimate Crocodile (R) See Saturday at 7 pm. 3:00 Coming Down the Mountain (R) See Sunday January 1 at 1 am. 4:30 Green Heroes The Tree of Life GreenHeroes like Tzeporah Berman and Wangari Maathai are finding new ways to tackle deforestation, GMOs, mass food production and even poverty in Africa.
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8:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin Support Ontarios intelligent debate In-depth analysis andpublic educational media. on the issues that are changing our world at home and abroad. For nightly topics, visit tvo.org/theagenda. 9:00 Heartbeat Missing The arrival of the annual fun fair in Aidensfield sets off a series of events: the proprietor of a nearby caravan site complains to Nick about the noise and mess; a 5-year-old goes missing; and Greengrass tries to sell an erotic engraving that turns out to be stolen. 14+ 10:00 Allan Gregg in Conversation Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish The Palestinian physician and author of I Shall Not Hate talks about the killing of three of his daughters by Israeli shells that hit their home in Gaza, conditions in Gaza now and when he was growing up, and why he still believes Israelis and Palestinians can co-exist.
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7:00 Last Chance to See The Amazonian Manatee Comedian Stephen Fry and naturalist Mark Cawardine visit the northwestern region of Brazil in search of the Amazonian manatee, a large aquatic mammal known to live in the rivers and lakes of the rainforest. Illegal hunting has reduced manatee numbers in the wild to just a few thousand individuals. At the Mamirau project, Stephen and Mark meet scientists who are planning to release an injured manatee back into the wild. 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 Finding Fidel: The Journey of Erik Durschmied See inset. 10:30 Green Heroes Groundbreakers From the family of Greenpeaces co-founder, to Americas Greenest CEO, these Green Heroes have been involved in visionary efforts that have changed the face of environmentalism. 11:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin (R) 12:00 Finding Fidel: The Journey of Erik Durschmied (R) 1:30 Green Heroes The Power of an Idea These Green Heroes have found a way to make simple changes part of the bigger picture.
Finding Fidel: The Journey of Erik Durschmied

The remarkable story of a young cameramans 1958 journey to interview rebel leader Fidel Castro just before he came to power. Veteran war cameraman Erik Durschmied returns to Fidels rebel camp in the Sierra Maestra mountains, recounting a fascinating personal narrative and the true story behind his interviews with Fidel all interwoven with his rarely seen Castro footage. As his Cuban travels unfold, Durschmied reflects on the lost promise of Fidels Revolution and on the hinge of fate that determined his own career. Wednesday January 11 at 9 pm.
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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. Moroccos capital of fine food and culture boasts the worlds oldest university.
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10:30 The Interviews Genderbenders Does the sex were assigned at birth necessarily determine the gender we become? Cinema has long ignored such questions about the lifestyle choices and emotional necessities that come from being transgendered or transvestite. Priscilla director Stephan Elliott and editor Sue Blainey join Toronto transgendered celebrity Enza to explore the difference between the two and issues surrounding them. 14+ 11:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin (R) 12:00 Battlefield Mysteries The Siege of Malta 2 of 4 By early 1942, all that stood between the Axis and victory in North Africa was the tiny Mediterranean island of Malta. For 30 months, Axis aircraft had attempted to bomb the island into submission. Norm Christie examines the stories of the brave heroes who defended Malta, the Allied fighter pilots who tirelessly took to the air, and the sailors who endured countless attacks to bring food and supplies. 1:00 Recreating Eden A Tuscan Dream (R) Restaurateur Umberto Menghi has created his very own paradise at a 17th-century villa he has restored in his homeland of Tuscany. Surrounded by vineyards and olive trees, Villa Delia is a cooking school, a luxury resort and a second home for Umberto and his family. 1:30 Big Ideas (R) See Saturday at 5 pm. 2:30 Malcolm and Barbara: Loves Farewell Filmmaker Paul Watson spent 11 years filming the story of Malcolm and Barbara, intimately observing Malcolms tragic journey from skilled composer and loving husband to Alzheimers sufferer. He shows the toll the disease has taken on Malcolms mind and body and how Barbara has coped with the burden. 4:00 Allan Gregg in Conversation (R) 4:30 The Interviews (R)
6:00 Allan Gregg in Conversation (R) See Friday at 10 pm. 6:30 The Interviews (R) See Friday at 10:30 pm. 7:00 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Alaskas Black Gold The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is a vast wilderness near the top of the world where a pilgrimage of 100,000 caribou makes its way to the ocean and back every summer. The place is a national treasure. Just below the surface is another kind of treasure the promise of oil. 8:00 SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES Theme: Comedy is a Drag 8:00 La Cage Aux Folles Nightclub owner Renato lives with his partner Albin, a female impersonator who goes by the name Zaza. When Renatos son asks him to pretend hes straight when he meets his morally-conservative future in-laws, Renato reluctantly agrees. But Albin gets upset that hes not invited to the dinner and decides to invite himself dressed up as Renatos wife. Starring Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Serrault and Remy Laurent. Directed by Edouard Molinaro. 14+ 9:40 The Interviews Dressing in drag has its roots in the earliest days of theatre. The tradition continues in movies, often as high comedy straight men performing the most cliched aspects of women for laughs. But tonights films, though comedy, take a more serious look at the culture and performance of crossdressing. Featuring discussions with director Stephan Elliott and transgendered media personality Enza Anderson. 10:05 The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994) (DV) En route to a gig in Alice Springs, Bernadette, an aging transsexual,and her stage partners, Mitzi and Adam/Felicia, venture into the Australian outback with Priscilla, a lavender school bus that doubles as dressing room and home on the road. Starring Terence Stamp, Hugo Weaving and Guy Pearce. Directed by Stephan Elliott. 14+ 11:50 The Interviews (R) 12:15 Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001) Abandoned by her GI lover in a Kansas trailer park, Hedwig (born Hansel in East Berlin) sets out across America to become a rock star. Then the internationally ignored singer falls in love. Starring director John Cameron Mitchell, Miriam Shor, Michael Pitt and Andrea Martin. Music by Stephen Trask. 14+
2:00 Music of the Heart (DV) Roberta Guaspari, a tough-as-nails music teacher in Harlem, recognizes the positive influence music has on her students. But when a lack of funding threatens to end the program, Guaspari goes to great lengths to protect the program and her students musical hopes. Directed by Wes Craven and starring Meryl Streep, Aiden QuinnDONATE NOW and Gloria Estefan. PG 4:05 TheSupport Ontarios public educational media. Interviews (R) 4:30 The Interviews (R) See Friday at 10:30 pm.
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4:00 Undersea Explorer New Guinea We visit a town recovering from being buried by volcanic ash in 1994 and where there are still active volcanoes in the vicinity. Volcanoes created new underwater environments for sea life. The area was a major battleground in World War II and many relics ashore and underwater attract tourists. 4:30 Undersea Explorer Treasure Hunters Modern-day treasure hunters search for artifacts and coins off Bermudas treacherous reefs. 5:00 Big Ideas (R) See Saturday at 5 pm. 6:00 The Interviews (R) See Friday at 10:30 pm. 6:30 Allan Gregg in Conversation (R) See Friday at 10 pm. 7:00 Egypt: Into the Great Pyramids A robot is used to explore what lies behind a stone door deep inside the Great Pyramid of the Pharaoh Khufu on the Giza plateau. Experts also open a sealed sarcophagus that may contain the oldest mummy found in Egypt. 8:00 The Future of Food 2 of 2 What are we doing about the food crisis and what should we do in the future? In Havana food is grown within the city in gardens and allotments. Will we all have to start digging up our flower gardens to make vegetable patches? Or could genetically modified food hold the answers? 9:00 New Tricks End of the Line The team reopen the case of an unidentified vagrant who was murdered on a tube train 15 years ago when the victims son is discovered as a result of a DNA test. 14+
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4:00 The Blue Realm See Tuesday at 7 pm. 5:00 Big Ideas David Brooks Author and New York Times columnist David Brooks on his book The Social Animal: The Hidden Source of Love, Character and Achievement.
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10:00 Single Father 2 of 4 Dave and Sarah are both shocked by their passionate kiss; what did it mean? Dave takes refuge in tracking down Lucys father but uncovers more than he bargained for, and the discovery sparks a course of action that has repercussions for everyone. 14+ 11:00 Finding Fidel: The Journey of Erik Durschmied (R) See inset, page 5. 12:35 A Skin Too Few: The Days of Nick Drake (R) See Thursday at 9 pm. 1:30 The Children 1 of 3 (R) See Monday, January 2 at 2 am. 2:30 Battlefield Mysteries 2 of 4 (R) See Friday at midnight. 3:30 Undersea Explorer (R) See Sunday at 4 and 4:30 pm. 4:30 The Interviews (R) See Friday at 10:30 pm.
11:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin (R) 12:00 New Tricks (R) See Sunday at 9 pm. 1:00 Megastructures (R) See Thursday at 7 pm 2:00 Heartbeat (R) See Friday at 9 pm. 2:50 The Cider House Rules (R) Homer Wells, raised in a Maine orphanage, has moral reservations about one aspect of the medical practice of his mentor, Dr. Wilbur Larch. When he sets out to see a larger piece of America during World War II, he finds work at an apple orchard and takes a big bite out of the fruit of the tree of knowledge. Starring Tobey Maguire and Michael Caine. Directed by Lasse Hallstrom. 14+
3:00 The Nephew (1998) When a young American man arrives in Ireland to spread his mothers ashes and meets her estranged family, they are shocked to learn of his existence and also that hes half-black. Starring Hill Harper, Pierce Brosnan and Donal McCann. Written and directed by Eugene Brady. PG
7:00 Last Chance to See Northern White Rhino The critically endangered northern subspecies of the white rhino proves elusive as Stephen and Mark travel to northern Kenya. They make their way to Uganda to visit a chimpanzee rehabilitation centre and track mountain gorillas through the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. Back in Kenya, Mark and Stephen join a conservancy team on a fast and bumpy ride to dart and relocate black rhinos.
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7:00 The Blue Realm Humpbacks: From Tonga to Antarctica Humpback whales were hunted to the brink of extinction until a moratorium on killing them in 1996. They are now rebounding in numbers, and whaling nations are exploring ways to re-open the hunt. 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 The Code Prediction 3 of 3 Marcus du Sautoy continues his exploration of the hidden numerical code that underpins all nature. Along the path to enlightenment, Marcus overturns the lemmings suicidal reputation, avoids being crushed to death, reveals how to catch a serial killer and discovers that the answer to life, the universe and everything isnt 42 after all its 1.15. 10:00 Feast Bazaar 5 and 6 of 10 (R) See Friday at 7 and 7:30 pm. 11:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin (R) 12:00 Time Team (R) See Monday at 7 pm. 1:00 Single Father 2 of 4 (R) See Sunday at 10 pm. 2:00 Egypt: Into the Great Pyramids (R) See Sunday at 7 pm. 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 Thin An emotional journey through the world of eating disorders as experienced by four young women. Not simply about food, body image and self esteem, but a tangle of personal, familial, cultural and mental health issues, anorexia and bulimia are devastating in the pain they inflict on their sufferers and on those who care for them. 11:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin (R) 12:00 Thin (R) 2:00 The Future of Food 2 of 2 (R) See Sunday at 8 pm. 3:00 Midsomer Murders 1 of 2 (R) See Monday at 9 pm. 4:00 The Children 2 of 3 (R) See Monday January 2 at 3 am.
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7:00 Time Team Warboys Time Team investigate a site that may have been a spiritual centre for thousands of years. Theories abound as to what happened on this small Cambridgeshire outcrop known as Chapel Hill. The landowners have found ornately carved stone blocks around the hill, suggesting it may once have had a religious building on it. 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 Midsomer Murders The Made to Measure Murders 1 of 2 On the anniversary of the death of the head of a family bespoke tailoring business, surviving members of the family seem overburdened by grief or is it guilt? 14+ 10:00 At Home with the Georgians A Mans Place 1 of 3 Using the diaries and letters of men and women from 18th-century Georgian Britain, historian Amanda Vickery explores how the desire for a home revolutionized relationships between men and women. She uncovers some surprising truths: about the lives of spinsters and bachelors; about how the home became crucial to the success of a marriage; and, perhaps the biggest surprise of all, that setting up home in the 18th century was not driven by women but by men.
7:00 Superstructures Building for Tomorrow For Germanys world fair in 2000, Japan created a pavilion using recycled paper tubes. Could paper be the building material of the future? 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.
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9:00 Helvetica Created in 1957 by a little-known Swiss designer, the Helvetica font led to a design revolution that embodied the idealism of post-WWII reconstruction and social democracy. Filmmaker Gary Hustwit examines the spread of the ubiquitous typeface and how fonts affect our everyday lives. 10:00 The Code 3 of 3 (R) See Tuesday at 9 pm. 11:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin (R) 12:00 At Home with the Georgians 1 of 3 (R) See Monday at 10 pm. 1:00 Last Chance to See (R) See Wednesday at 7 pm. 2:00 Alaskas Black Gold (R) See Saturday at 7 pm. 3:00 Child Genius (R) Is genius made or born? And is it really a gift or can it be a curse? At age 3, Mikail is Mensas youngest member. Michael at 11 is a published childrens author and is learning seven languages including Mandarin and Old Norse. For some families having a gifted child is a dream, but for others its a living hell. 4:30 Green Heroes Oil Changers Green Heroes Leilani Munter, Clayton Thomas Muller and Ian Clifford are cutting down on emissions and preserving our earth.
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 A Chilly Reception A bride appears to be ruining her own wedding and Kate gets a visit from her Aunt Eileen but appears less than happy to see her. 14+ 10:00 Allan Gregg in Conversation Peter C. Newman and Alan Fotheringham Peter C. Newman, veteran journalist and author of When the Gods Changed looks back on the decline of the federal Liberals, culminating in their humiliating defeat in the last federal election. Also: Dr. Foth, one of Canadas most irreverent and humorous journalists, talks about his memoir Boy From Nowhere and his career spanning fifty years. 10:30 The Interviews The Enigma of River Phoenix The Interviews features discussions with actors Wil Wheaton, Mitchell Whitfield and John Lacy, director Nancy Savoca and screenwriter Naomi Foner about the late River Phoenix, while exploring the light and dark side of fame in Hollywood. 14+ 11:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin (R) 12:00 Battlefield Mysteries Bandits of the Air 3 of 4 The Intruders and their Mosquito aircraft were a brilliant synthesis of man and machine, often penetrating deep into enemy territory and executing some of the most daring and successful raids of the Second World War. Norm Christie returns to the battlefields above Europe to reveal the legend of the Intruders: the incredible airmen the Germans called the bandits of the air. 1:00 Recreating Eden A Garden Legacy Theres nowhere garden writer Wendy Thomas would rather be than in her garden at Park House on the Island of Mull. After she and her partner Trevor Owen spent over five years negotiating the ancient feudal system in Scotland in order to claim his family home, Wendy proudly maintains the garden with a great reverence towards the work of their ancestors. 1:30 Big Ideas (R) See Saturday at 5 pm. 2:30 Extraordinary Rendition (R) See Friday January 6 at 2:30 am.
4:00 Allan Gregg in Conversation (R) See Friday at 10 pm. 4:30 The Interviews (R) See Friday at 10:30 pm.
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Big Ideas Clay Shirky Author, teacher and activist Clay Shirky discusses the visionary insights of Marshall McLuhan as well as his own ideas about the effects of new media and social networking on our society. Shirkys latest book Cognitive Surplus explores how new technology is unleashing a wave of creative production that he believes is transforming the world.
6:00 Allan Gregg in Conversation (R) See Friday at 10 pm. 6:30 The Interviews (R) See Friday at 10:30 pm. 7:00 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC That Shouldnt Fly At the highest reaches of the Malaysian rainforest canopy live some of the worlds most unusual and least understood creatures, like snakes that glide without wings and elusive creatures known as flying lemurs. But how do such wingless animals glide from tree to tree? Using the latest in Phantom camera technology, scientists unravel the mysteries of wingless flight. 8:00 SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES Theme: Substance Abuse/Drug Culture 8:00 Bigger Than Life (DV) Nicholas Ray directs this film about family man Ed Avery (James Mason) who works hard to achieve the American dream. After being hospitalized for inflammation of the arteries, Avery is given months to live. His only option is to go on an experimental drug called cortisone. The drug works wonders on Avery, but when he begins to abuse the pills, it wreaks havoc on his personality and his relationships. Also starring Barbara Rush and Walter Matthau. 14+ 9:35 The Interviews Both Bigger Than Life and Half Nelson deal with the abuse of drugs one prescribed, one illegal and how the men who take them are rescued from their addiction. Featuring discussions with author Christopher Shulgan and experts in the substance abuse field.
7:00 Feast Bazaar The Grand Souk of Damascus 7 of 10 The whirl of a dervish and a puff from a water pipe transport Barry to a time when the West was waking from a dark age and Damascus was the centre of the world. Ice cream has the living daylights beaten out of it, perfume wafts through the streets and even a juice man is a performer. 7:30 Feast Bazaar Footprints in the Sand 8 of 10 Further into the desert, the Bedouin welcome Barry into their tent for a traditional desert feast. Nearby Crusader castles are still haunted by a thousand and one knights. In Hama to the north, giant waterwheels groan, turning as they have for seven hundred years. To the east, a startling colony of beehive houses shelters families from both heat and cold.
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10:00 Half Nelson Dan (Ryan Gosling) is a young high school teacher who inspires his students to change the world, but he silently suffers outside the classroom. When one of his students catches him smoking crack, an unlikely friendship develops and its not long before the teacher looks to his student for inspiration. Directed by Ryan Fleck. 14+ 11:50 The Interviews (R) 12:15 Running on Empty (1988) (DV) In 1971, Arthur and Annie Pope blew up a napalm lab to protest the war in Vietnam. Ever since, they have been on the run from the FBI. They chose their lives. Now their son must choose his. Starring Christine Lahti, River Phoenix, Michael Manfield, Judd Hirsch, Jonas Abry, Martha Plimpton and Ed Crowley. Directed by Sidney Lumet. 14+ 2:15 Dogfight (1991) The night before Eddie Birdlace and his pals are shipped out to Vietnam, they dare each other to bring the ugliest date to a party. Pacifist folkie Rose Feeney is not amused. Starring River Phoenix and Lili Taylor. Directed by Nancy Savoca. 14+ 4:00 The Interviews (R) 4:30 The Interviews (R) See Friday at 10:30 pm.
8:00 Born to Be Different Nine to Ten 1 of 3 Following surgery to transplant one of Zoes chest muscles into her arm, she undergoes months of physiotherapy. Will it allow her to bend her arm? Emily has decided to go ahead with major surgery to allow her to regulate when she goes to the toilet. After Hamish and his family moved to New Zealand, he must adjust to a new school where his achondroplasia (or dwarfism) would not be so familiar. But he also finds a new pursuit in skiing. 9:00 New Tricks Lost in Translation DNA tests on charred remains found in 1996 lead the team to Home Office fingerprint analyst Anna King, who was brought to the UK from Albania as a child by her brother, David Celaj. Anna was adopted by a British couple, while David went to work as a police interpreter. His last assignment was to translate for a witness in a murder case against a notorious Albanian criminal. 14+ 10:00 Single Father 3 of 4 What exactly did Evie see when she caught Dave and Sarah in bed, and will she tell anyone? Dave takes Lucy to meet her real father, and Sarah gives Dave an ultimatum that forces him to confront his greatest fear. 14+ 11:00 Memory for Max, Claire, Ida & Company Filmmaker Allan King explores the effects that aging has on the mind by following the intellectual and emotional journeys of several residents at the Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care in Toronto over a four-month period. 12:00 Helvetica (R) See Thursday a 9 pm. 1:00 The Children 2 of 3 (R) See Monday January 2 at 3 am. 2:00 Battlefield Mysteries 3 of 4 (R) See Friday at midnight. 3:00 Green Heroes (R) 3:30 Undersea Explorer (R) 4:00 The Interviews (R) See Friday at 10:30 pm. 4:30 Allan Gregg in Conversation (R) See Friday at 10 pm.
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7:00 Time Team Ulnaby The Time Team have been invited to unearth the secrets of one of the best preserved archaeological sites in Britain: the distinctive grass-covered remains of the deserted medieval village of Ulnaby. DONATE NOW Although theyve been photographed, surveyed, and written about, theyve Support Ontarios public educational media. never been dug. 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 Midsomer Murders The Made to Measure Murders 2 of 2 When Geralds widow seeks absolution, she and her confessor are both struck down and Barnaby discovers that one guilty secret leads to another, with escalating fatal consequences. 14+ 10:00 At Home with the Georgians A Womans Touch 2 of 3 Historian Amanda Vickery on a journey from stately home to paupers attic reveals how taste became the buzzword of the age 300 years ago and gave women a new outlet for their creativity, raising their status in the home as a consequence. But with it came new anxieties about getting it right. 11:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin (R) 12:00 New Tricks (R) See Sunday at 9 pm. 1:00 Superstructures (R) See Thursday at 7 pm. 2:00 Heartbeat (R) See Friday at 9 pm. 3:00 The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962) Tom Courtenay is the system-bucking borstal boy locked in conflict with progressive warden Michael Redgrave. Directed by Tony Richardson. Based on the story by Alan Sillitoe. PG
4:00 Green Heroes Saving Species Follow the efforts of Ric OBarry, Jane Goodall, Bill Lishman and Rob Stewart to fight for the rights of endangered species. 4:30 Undersea Explorer Galapagos Considered one of the worlds richest and most diverse ecosystems, the archipelago is under attack from human settlement and overfishing. 5:00 Big Ideas (R) See Saturday at 5 pm. 6:00 The Interviews (R) See Friday at 10:30 pm. 6:30 Allan Gregg in Conversation (R) See Friday at 10 pm. 7:00 Lake of a Thousand Caiman At the start of the Amazons dry season, the forest drains, and South Americas largest predators, the black caiman, are driven to the only remaining source of water: the lake. Over a thousand of these cousins of the crocodile battle for space in an ever-decreasing pool.
7:00 The Blue Realm Manatees and Dugongs Each year, hundreds of critically endangered manatees are killed in U.S. waters by boats, disease and cold weather. With only a few thousand remaining in the wild, the clock is ticking in efforts to save this amazing mammal from extinction.
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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 Birth of Britain Hidden Volcanoes 1 of 3 See inset. 10:00 Feast Bazaar 7 and 8 of 10 (R) See Friday at 7 and 7:30 pm. 11:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin (R) 12:00 Time Team (R) See Monday at 7 pm. 1:00 Single Father 3 of 4 (R) See Sunday at 10 pm. 2:00 Lake of a Thousand Caiman (R) See Sunday at 7 pm. 3:00 Infamous (2006) In search of the story behind a mass murder, Truman Capote forms a curious bond with one of the murderers. Starring Toby Jones, Daniel Craig and Sandra Bullock. Directed by Douglas McGrath. Screenplay by George Plimpton. 14+
10:30 Green Heroes (R) See Sunday at 4 pm. 11:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin (R) 12:00 Farewell (R) 1:30 Born to Be Different 1 of 3 (R) See Sunday at 8 pm. 2:25 Stephen Fry In America Pacific 6 of 6 In San Francisco Stephen meets up with Apples design guru, Jony Ive. Before joining tree-sitters and bigfoot believers in the Oregon giant redwood forests, he travels up the coast to Mendocino to take part in a drug bust. After an unsuccessful whale hunt with Eskimos in Alaska, Stephen heads to Hawaii, where he meets a real life Magnum PI, goes swimming with sharks, sees the death of stars with astrophysicist Alex Filippenko, and the birth of new land as lava flows into the sea. 3:25 Midsomer Murders 2 of 2 (R) See Monday at 9 pm. 4:10 The Children 3 of 3 (R) See Monday January 2 at 4 am.
2:00 That Shouldnt Fly (R) See Saturday at 7 pm. 3:00 Forgiven Liz (Lucy Cohu), her husband Steve (Derek Riddell), and their daughters live happily in a nice house until the day 10-year-old Sophie (Madeleine Rakic-Platt) creeps into the kitchen to whisper to her mother DONATE NOW that she wants Daddy to stop what he is doing to her. And say sorry. 14+
4:30 Green Heroes Groundbreakers (R) These Green Heroes have been involved in visionary efforts that have changed the face of environmentalism.
7:00 Feast Bazaar Aleppo 9 of 10 Barry takes a walk through the most authentic market in the Middle East. As its ten kilometres long, maybe a new pair of shoes could be handy, and a good soak and steam at the local hammam. Here you find the very best Syrian street food, and Aladdins caves full of silver and brass. 7:30 Feast Bazaar Moroccan and Syrian Offerings 10 of 10 With sleeves rolled up, Barrys back in the kitchen and paying homage to a unique cuisine, by adding his own twist to some of his favourite Moroccan and Syrian dishes.
7:00 Last Chance to See The Aye-aye Mark Cawardine brings Stephen Fry to the tree in Madagascar where he first encountered the wild aye-aye, a rare nocturnal lemur. The aye-aye has been a victim of cultural beliefs as well as habitat loss, regarded by some natives as a symbol of death. When superstitious villagers encounter the animal, they kill it to prevent a death in their community. The quest for a wild aye-aye takes Mark and Stephen to Mananara Nord National Park. 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 Farewell In August 1929, the LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin became the first hydrogen-filled airship to circumnavigate the globe. Of the 20 passengers and 40 crew onboard, the sole woman was Lady Grace DrummondHay, reporting for the Hearst media empire under the supervision of her ex-lover. With narration based on her diaries, Farewell chronicles the 21-day flight and provides stunning footage from the air and from stopovers in Germany, Tokyo and Los Angeles.
7:00 Superstructures Dream Factories A look at the architectural and engineering feats behind Las Vegas glitzy new fantasy resorts. 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 Eloquent Nude She was beautiful, smart and searching. He was an emerging genius in the world of photography. Setting off across the west with camera and typewriter in the depths of the Great Depression, Charis Wilson and Edward Weston transformed photography, and each other. Now 90, Charis Wilson recounts her years with Weston with humour, candour and some regret. 10:00 Birth of Britain 1 of 3 (R) See inset. 11:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin (R) 12:00 At Home with the Georgians 2 of 3 (R) See Monday at 10 pm. 1:00 Last Chance to See (R) See Wednesday at 7 pm.
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Explore the geological history of the British Isles with Time Teams Tony Robinson and discover that Edinburgh was once a giant volcano, the banks of the Thames were once home to monkeys and rhinos, and Wales was once the site of a Roman gold mine. In this three-part series, Robinson ventures into Britains extraordinary and fiery past to reveal how the islands were forged from molten rock, volcanic explosions, ice and seismic upheaval. Tuesdays January 24 to February 7 at 9 pm.
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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 The Frighteners An elderly woman living in an isolated cottage becomes afraid that she is being victimized when she receives several menacing phone calls. Ventress saves a kitten from drowning and tries to keep it secretly in the police station, much to Blaketons annoyance. 14+ 10:00 Allan Gregg in Conversation Walter Isaacson The author of the bestselling biography Steve Jobs talks about how the Apple founder revolutionized the use of technology in our lives. He also offers new insights into Steve Jobs the man, based on Isaacsons forty interviews with him in the last years of his life. 10:30 The Interviews Hell Hath No Fury The Interviews takes a look at women and violence through the films Thelma and Louise and Monster. 14+ 11:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin (R) 12:00 Battlefield Mysteries The Lost Graves of the International Brigade 4 of 4 In 1939 the Fascists won the bloody Spanish Civil War, a vicious struggle of ideologies that drew combatants from across the globe. With history written by the victors, the Fascists wiped out any trace of their rivals: over a quarter of a million people. Norm Christie goes to presentday Spain on a quest to uncover the lost graves of the International Brigades. 1:00 Recreating Eden The Jurassic Gardener Tired after years of living the fast life of socializing, travelling, and working around the clock, Gerry Herron, former football player with the BC Lions, decided to re-focus his energy into his own backyard in Kelowna. From what was once a shady gravel pit, Gerry has created an Eden that defies nature and breaks all the rules of gardening. 1:30 Big Ideas (R) See Saturday at 5 pm. 2:30 Gunrush (R) See Thursday January 5 at 3:30 am. 4:00 Allan Gregg in Conversation (R) See Friday at 10 pm.
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11:35 The Interviews (R) 12:00 Thelma and Louise (1991) (DV) A would-be rapist turns two womens weekend getaway from the men in their lives into a run from the law. Starring Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis, Brad Pitt and Harvey Keitel. Directed by Ridley Scott. 14+
4:00 The Blue Realm See Tuesday at 7 pm. 5:00 Big Ideas Ray Jayawardhana on Alien Planets Author and astronomer Ray Jayawardhana discusses alien planets and his latest book Strange New Worlds. 6:00 Allan Gregg in Conversation (R) See Friday at 10 pm. 6:30 The Interviews (R) See Friday at 10:30 pm. 7:00 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Orca Killing School Throughout the oceans, orcas are supreme hunters, catching their prey with strength and cunning. However, even among these predators, one whale pod stands out for the daring lengths to which it will go for a meal. For years the orcas of Peninsula Valdez have run the remarkable risk of beaching themselves in order to catch sea lion pups, but now they are also targeting massive elephant seal pups. Can they perfect the dangerous technique, or have these killer whales taken on more than they can handle? 8:00 SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES Theme: Odd Couples 8:00 Eagle vs. Shark (2007) Two lonely misfits embark on a bizarre journey of romance and revenge after bonding at a come as your favourite animal costume party. Starring Jemaine Clement and Loren Horsley. Directed by Taika Waititi. 14+ 9:30 The Interviews Saturday Night at the Movies looks at Eagle vs. Shark and My Beautiful Laundrette, where unlikely duos meet and form an alliance that is either sincerely affectionate or coldly pragmatic. Are we answering to an innate need to have someone in ours lives or are we simply conforming to social norms? Featuring discussions with critics Brian Johnson and Geoff Pevere. 10:00 My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) (DV) In Thatchers Britain, Pakistani immigrant Omar and white young punk Johnny take over a beat-up laundrette and transform it into an upscale vision of resplendent pastel suds. Starring Gordon Warnecke, Daniel Day-Lewis, Saeed Jaffrey and Rita Wolf. Stephen Frears directed Hanif Kureishis screenplay. 14+
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2:15 Monster (2003) Support her living as a highway prosAileen earnsOntarios public educational media. titute, servicing the desires of truck drivers. When she meets the young and beautiful Selby and falls in love with her, Aileen takes drastic steps to reduce her client list. Starring Charlize Theron and Christina Ricci. Directed by Patty Jenkins. 14+ 4:05 The Interviews (R) See Friday at 10:30 pm. 4:30 The Interviews (R)
4:00 Green Heroes In My Backyard Musicians Sarah Harmer and Gord Downie and magazine publisher Annabel Slaight are using the arts to protect their Ontario communities from industrialization and pollution. 4:30 Undersea Explorer Giants of Socorro South of Mexicos Baja Peninsula, the remote Socorro Islands provide expedition divers with an opportunity to interact with giant manta rays. 5:00 Big Ideas (R) See Saturday at 5 pm. 6:00 The Interviews (R) See Friday at 10:30 pm. 6:30 Allan Gregg in Conversation (R) See Friday at 10 pm. 7:00 Science of Dogs Their ability to get along with us is hardwired. They have been used as castle guards, rescuers, hunters, fashion accessories and herders. And with 400 breeds and counting, from the threepound chihuahua to the 270-pound bullmastiff, dogs come in greater variety than any other animal species on the planet. Join us as we explore why the dog may be our best friend.
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8:00 Born to Be Different Nine to Ten 2 of 3 As the children grow older, some are striving for more independence. Zoe starts to take charge of her own future and surprises her mom by deciding whether or not to go through further surgery on her arms. As Williams behaviour starts to deteriorate further, his parents begin the search for answers. And with Shelbie continuing to require 24-hour care, seven days a week, just to keep her alive, her parents are forced to rethink the way they look after their daughter. 9:00 New Tricks Setting Out Your Stall The UCOS team reinvestigates a highly sensitive case when new information links the unexplained death of a popular market trader, Kathy Green, to a series of drug rapes in East London. 14+ 10:00 Single Father 4 of 4 Matt begs Sarah for another chance to make their relationship work, while Sarah anxiously waits to see if Dave will go ahead with the paternity tests. The hearing into Ritas death takes place and the trauma of reliving Ritas last moments forces Dave to re-evaluate everything. 14+ 11:00 Memory for Max, Claire, Ida & Company (R) See Sunday January 22 at 11 pm. 12:00 Eloquent Nude (R) See Thursday at 9 pm. 1:00 The Children 3 of 3 (R) See Monday January 2 at 4 am. 2:00 Battlefield Mysteries 4 of 4 (R) See Friday at midnight. 3:00 Green Heroes (R) 3:30 Undersea Explorer (R) 4:00 The Interviews (R) See Friday at 10:30 pm. 4:30 Allan Gregg in Conversation (R) See Friday at 10 pm.
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 Midsomer Murders The Sword of Guillaume 1 of 2 Barnaby joins a trip to Brighton with wartime evacuees and the Causton Chamber of Commerce because he has reason to suspect corrupt dealings between the male Mayor of Causton and the female Mayor of Brighton. But the civic visit is cut short when one of the party is decapitated during a ride on the ghost train.14+ 10:00 At Home with the Georgians Safe as Houses 3 of 3 Amanda Vickery uses sources, from intimate diaries to Old Bailey records, to reveal how the 18th-century home was constantly under threat from theft, fire, divorce, poverty, illness, old age and death. Georgian houses may seem like sanctuaries of calm elegance to us today, but at the time they were noisy chaotic places bursting with extended families, servants and lodgers and threatened by the lawlessness of Georgian streets. 11:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin (R) 12:00 New Tricks (R) See Sunday at 9 pm. 1:00 Superstructures (R) See Thursday at 7 pm. 2:00 Heartbeat (R) See Friday at 9 pm. 3:00 Dear Wendy (2005) (R) A young loner becomes fascinated with his toy gun especially when it becomes clear that it isnt a toy after all. He forms a secret club of young misfits who swear by pacifism but use concealed weapons as a source of inner strength and confidence. Their most important rule: Never draw your weapons. Starring Jamie Bell. Written by Lars von Trier and directed by Thomas Vinterberg. 14+
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 Birth of Britain Ice Age Over the last two-and-a-half million years, DONATE NOW Britain has experienced numerous deep freezes that left the land uninhabitable and Support under icepublic educational media. locked Ontarios sheets over a mile thick. Tracing the movement of the frozen wastes, Tony visits some of the countrys most scenic spots - including the Scottish Highlands and the Lake District - to explore its chilly past. Ending up in London, Tony unearths the bones of monkeys, rhinos and lions that once lived on the banks of the Thames. 10:00 Feast Bazaar 9 and 10 of 10 (R) See Friday at 7 and 7:30 pm. 11:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin (R) 12:00 Time Team (R) See Monday at 7 pm. 1:00 Single Father 4 of 4 (R) See Sunday at 10 pm. 2:00 Science of Dogs (R) See Sunday at 7 pm. 3:00 Mr. Harvey Lights a Candle (R) When the shambling Mr. Harvey (Timothy Spall) steps on the bus at the start of a chaotic school trip, he little expects that by the end of the day he will have opened up to his colleagues and pupils about events that have had a profound effect on his life. In the process he sheds his unhappiness by finally coming to terms with the reasons for it. 14+ 4:30 Green Heroes Saving Species (R) Follow the efforts of Ric OBarry, Jane Goodall, Bill Lishman and Rob Stewart to fight for the rights of endangered species.
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7:00 Time Team Blythburgh When the new owners of a house in Blythburgh investigated their potting shed, they were shocked to discover a cupboard full of human skulls. Could these remains have something to do with whats lurking in amongst the shrubs and trees the superb ruins of a medieval priory that has lain hidden for years? 7:00 Canadian Waterways Spectacular Lakes Half of the worlds fresh water is in Canadian lakes. We consider the depths of Lake Superior, the beauty of Bras dOr, and the treacherous shallows of Lake Winnipeg.
January 2012 Program Schedule

All programming subject to change.
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KIDS THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

Sagwa / Elliot Moose / Corduroy Peep / Peppa Pig Wibbly / Hippothesis / Doggy Day School Everythings Rosie / Rob Robot / Mighty Machines Guess How Much / Poppetstown / Pop It! Arthur / Get Silly Video Dino Dan / Super Citizens Finding Stuff Out / Making Stuff Jack / Small Potatoes Martha Speaks / Tinga Tinga Tales Alfred Hedgehog / Zooville George Shrinks / Math City Think Big / Making Stuff Arthur / Reading Rangers Miss BG / Tumbletown Lassie / Marks Moments Tatis Hotel / Small Potatoes Taste Buds / Reading Rangers Wild Kratts / Jackies School of Dance Big Escape Arthur / Im a Dinosaur / My Canada Jackies School of Dance Arthur / Im a Dinosaur Prime Radicals / WOW Get Involved (R) / Blue Realm
ADULTS SUNDAY
Jungle Room / Get Squiggling / Hippothesis Wibbly Pig / Mighty Machines Little Bear / Nelly & Caesar / Poppetstown Mr. Moon / Little Princess / The Bodies Guess How Much / Rosie / Royals / Making Stuff Arthur / Come On Lets Go Video Hi-5 / Peppa Pig Jack / Small Potatoes Dive, Olly, / Tatis Hotel / EnviroGirl / Reading Wild Kratts Alfred Hedgehog / Zooville Dino Dan / Making Stuff / Pillars of Freedom Miss BG / The League of Super Citizens Prime Radicals / WOW Tumbletown Tales The Electric Company / Marks Moments Arthur Sunday Family Movie
MONDAY
Miss Spider / GBB Book Club
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WEDNESDAY
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Miss Spiders Sunny Patch Friends / Jungle Room / Im a Dinosaur
6:30 Timothy Goes to School / Ocean Room / The Woods 7:00 WordWorld / Everythings Rosie / Making Stuff 7:30 Dinosaur Train / Tinga Tinga Tales 8:00 Arthur / Small Potatoes 8:30 Rob The Robot / Doggy Day School / Im a Dinosaur 9:00 WordWorld / Monkey See, Monkey Do / Mighty Machines 9:30
Wibbly Pig / Fun with Claude / GBB Book Club Wibbly Pig / Fun with Claude / Peppa Pig
10:00 Mr. Moon / Little Princess / Im a Dinosaur 10:30 Sid the Science Kid 11:00 Rob The Robot / Peep and the Big Wide World / Hippothesis 11:30 Doggy Day School / Nelly & Caesar / Little Bear 12:00 Wibbly Pig / Monkey See, Monkey Do 12:30 Dinosaur Train 1:00 Guess How Much I Love You / Poppetstown / Mighty Machines 1:30 Timothy Goes to School / Jungle Room 2:00 Zoboomafoo / Polkaroos Awesome ABCs / Numbers / Marigolds Math 2:30 Everythings Rosie / Sagwa / Peppa Pig 3:00 Nelly & Caesar / Peep and the Big Wide World / Thomas and Friends / Small Potatoes 3:30 4:00
Poppetstown / Charlie and Lola Tumbletown Reads Big Escape Arthur / Im a Dinosaur / Arthur / Im a Dinosaur / Space Trek My Canada Tumbletown Reads Arthur / Im a Dinosaur
Grandpa in My Pocket Serious Explorers: Livingstone Undersea Explorer
4:30 Dinosaur Train 5:00 Tatis Hotel / Martha Speaks / Pop It! 5:30 Jack / Pillars of Freedom 6:00 Wild Kratts 6:30
Think Big / One Minute in a Museum Finger Tips / WOW Get Involved / Blue Realm / Canadian Waterways Word Girl / One Minute in a Museum How the Earth Changed History / Last Chance to See Finger Tips / WOW Megastructures Word Girl / One Minute in a Museum Feast Bazaar Dino Dan / Zooville / Alfred Hedgehog Jack / Jungle Book / Making Stuff Dino Dan / Pop It! / Alfred Hedgehog Jack / Pillars of Freedom Dino Dan / Zooville / Alfred Hedgehog Jack / Jungle Book / Making Stuff Tatis Hotel / Martha Speaks / Marks Moments Finding Stuff Out / Pillars of Freedom Big Ideas Big Ideas (R)
Allan Gregg / War on the Mind (R) The Interviews (R) National Geographic
The Interviews Allan Gregg in Conversation Secret Gold / Mystery Shark (R) / Pyramids / Lake of a Thousand Caiman / Science of Dogs Gareth Goes to Glyndelbourne / Future of Food / Born to be Different Gareth Goes to Glyndelbourne / New Tricks
7:00 Time Team 7:30
8:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin 8:30 9:00 Midsomer Murders 9:30 10:00 The Kings Speech: Revealed / Battle for 10:30
Feast Bazaar (R) Stephen Fry in America Green Heroes North America / At Home with the Georgians The Code / Birth of Britain Night Cook / Finding Fidel / Thin / Farewell 4 / Nick Drake / Helvetica / Eloquent Nude The Code (R) / The Birth of Britain (R) Heartbeat
Saturday Night at the Movies 1
Allan Gregg in Conversation The Interviews
The Interviews Saturday Night at the Movies 2
Gareth Goes to Glyndelbourne / Single Father Daddy Tran / Night Cook / Finding Fidel (R) / Memory for Max, Claire, Ida & Co.
11:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin 11:30 12:00 Silk (R) / Sinking of the 12:30 1:00 1:30 2:00 Heartbeat (R)
The Children (R) / Gorilla Parenting / Glyndelbourne (R) / Mystery Shark (R) / Great Pyramids (R) / Thousand Caiman (R) / Science of Dogs Gareth Goes to Glyndelbourne (R) / Machinist / The Nephew / Infamous / Mr. Harvey Lights a Candle Laconia (R) / 10 Days to War (R) / Coma (R) Mighty Movers (R) / Superstructures (R) Time Team (R) Night Cook (R) / Finding Fidel (R) / Thin (R) / Farewell (R) Poppy Shakespeare Green Heroes / Born to be Different Midsomer Murders (R) / Future of Food (R) / Stephen Fry in America Anita & Me (R) / Midsomer Murders North America (R) / Georgians (R) / The Kings Speech: Revealed (R) Last Chance to See (R) How the Earth Changed History (R) Redwoods (R) / Ultimate Crocodile / Black Gold (R) / That Shouldnt Fly (R) Gunrush / Coming Down the Mountain / Child Genius / Forgiven Recreating Eden Big Ideas (R) Battlefield Mysteries The Interviews (R) Saturday Night at the Movies 3
All You Need is Klaus / 4 (R) / Nick Drake (R) / Helvetica (R) / Eloquent Nude (R) Coming Down the Mountain / Children (R) Undersea Explorer (R) / Children (R) Battlefield Mysteries (R)
Secret Gold (R) / Single Father (R)
2:30 The Cider House Rules (R) 3:00 The Children (R) /
of the 3:30 The Loneliness Runner / Long Distance Dear Wendy (R) 4:00 The Magdalene Sisters (R) /
Extraordinary Rendition / Malcolm and Barbara / Gunrush (R) Allan Gregg in Conversation (R) The Interviews (R) Green Heroes / Undersea Explorer (R) Big Ideas (R)
Coming Down the Mountain Saturday Night at the Movies 4 Undersea Explorer (R)
4:30 5:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin (R)
The Interviews (R) Big Ideas (R)
Allan Gregg in Conversation / The Interviews (R) The Agenda with Steve Paikin (R)

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January 2012 Program Schedule

KIDS THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

Miss Spiders Sunny Patch Friends / Jungle Room / Im a Dinosaur

Grandpa in My Pocket Serious Explorers: Livingstone Undersea Explorer

7:00 Time Team 7:30

Saturday Night at the Movies 1

Allan Gregg in Conversation The Interviews

The Interviews Saturday Night at the Movies 2

Secret Gold (R) / Single Father (R)

4:30 5:00 The Agenda with Steve Paikin (R)

The Interviews (R) Big Ideas (R)

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