January 12, 2012

In This Issue
Great Performances
Masterpiece Classic
American Experience
Frontline
NOVA
Inside Nature's Giants
The Grand View
New Scandinavian Cooking
Iron Country

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GREAT PERFORMANCES: Let Me Down Easy

Friday, January 13 at 9:00 p.m.


Meet a range of individuals who are confronting the price and politics of health, all portrayed by Anna Deavere Smith. 

 

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MASTERPIECE: CLASSIC "Downton Abbey, Season 2: Episode Two"

Sunday, January 15 at 9:00 p.m.


Downton is turned into a convalescent home. 

 

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Tuesday, January 17 at 7:00 p.m.


Learn how time and time again General George Armstrong Custer ricocheted from triumph to disaster, from battlefield heroism to impetuous escapade.

 

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FRONTLINE: Nuclear Aftershocks

Tuesday, January 17 at 9:00 p.m.


Examine the implications of the Fukushima accident for U.S. nuclear safety.
 

NOVA: 3D Spies of WWII

Wednesday, January 18 at 8:00 p.m.


Discover the previously untold story of air photo intelligence that played a vital role in defeating Hitler.

 

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INSIDE NATURE'S GIANTS: Sperm Whale 

Wednesday, January 18 at 9:00 p.m.


Veterinary scientist Mark Evans and comparative anatomist Dr. Joy Reidenberg dissect a sperm whale's enormous organs to reveal the secrets of this 45-foot deep-sea giant.

 

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THE GRAND VIEW: Great Basin National Park

Monday, January 16 at 5:30 p.m.


Great Basin National Park, located on Nevada's eastern border, is visited, traveling to the Bristlecone Pine, which is believed to be the oldest living thing on Earth and Lehman Cave. We'll also receive the insights of park ranger Betsy Duncan Clark.
NEW SCANDINAVIAN COOKING: Pyramids of the North

Monday, January 16 at 7:30 p.m.


Travel to the island of Spitsbergen through food: goose with port wine and broccoli puree, pan-fried Svalbard cod and king crab, seafood-flavored vegetables, chocolate cake with orange marmalade and coffee.
PIONEER MINNESOTA
IRON COUNTRY

Thursday, January 19 at 5:00 p.m.

 

A look at the geography and geologic past of Minnesota's Mesabi, Vermilion and Cuyuna iron ranges.
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