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Program: Date of Broadcast; Date of Repeal Broadcast

Adventure; Fat Man on a Bicycle:

Tuesday, August 2, at 8 p.m.;

Sunday, August 7, at 5 a.m.

Colossus of the Golden Gate:

Saturday, August 6, at 10:30 a.m.;

Monday. August 8, at midnight.

Computer Animation Magic:

Wednesday, August 3, at 9 p.m.;

Sunday, August 7, at 10 a.m. and

Monday. August 8, at 11 p.m.

Country Music Legends: Saturday,

August 13, at 7 p.m.; Saturday,

August 20, at 2 p.m.

Cousteau Odyssey: Rigging for Amazon: Friday, August 19. at 6 p.m.; Saturday, August 20, at 8:30 a.m.

Discover: The World of Science:

Saturday. August 27, at 7 p.m.;

Wednesday, August 31, at 2 p.m.

Drum Corps International World Championships: The Sight of Music: Thursday, August 25, at 1 p.m.; Sunday, August 28, at 3 p.m.

Evening at Pops: Dlonne Warwick:

Friday, August 5, at 8 p.m.;

Thursday. August 11, at 1:20 p.m.

Evening at Pops: A Tribute to Nat King Cole: Friday, August 26, at 8 p.m.; Thursday. September 1, at 1 p.m.

Hollywood and the American Image: Monday. August 22, at 8 p.m.; Thursday, August 25, at midnight, and Friday, August 26, at 1 p.m.

The Horse in Sport: Rodeo: The Cowboy Sport: Sunday. August 7, at 7 p.m.; Sunday, August 14, at 3 p.m.

The Lawrence Welk Show: Big Band Memories: Sunday, August 7, at 6 p.m.; Thursday. August 11, at 2:25 p.m.

The Lawrence Welk Show: Backstage: Sunday. August 14, at 5 p.m.; Thursday, August 18, at 1:20 p.m.

The Lawrence Welk Show: Easy Listening: Sunday. August 14, at 6 p.m.; Thursday, August 18, at 2:20 p.m.

Mystery!: The Return of Sherlock Holmes: The Second Stain:

Thursday, August 4, at 9 p.m.;

Sunday, August 7, at 2 a.m. and

Tuesday, August 9, at 2:25 p.m.

Mystery!: The Return of Sherlock Holmes: The Man With the Twisted Lip: Thursday. August 11, at 8 p.m.; Sunday. August 14, at 12:20 a.m. and Tuesday, August 16, at 1:20 p.m.

Mystery!: The Return of Sherlock Holmes: A Priory School:

Thursday, August 11, at 9:15 p.m.;

Sunday, August 14, at 1.30 a.m. and

Tuesday, August 16. at 2:25 p.m.

Myitery!: The Return of Sherlock Holmes: The Six Napoleans:

Thursday. August 25, at 9 p.m.; Sunday. August 28, at 1:30 a.m. and Tuesday, August 30, at 2 p.m.

National Geographic Specials: Lions of the African Night:

Wednesday, August 3, at 7 p.m.; Tuesday, August 9, at 1:20 p.m.

Nature: Coral Triangle: Monday, August 8, at 6:40 p.m.; Wednesday, August 17, at 2:20 p.m.

News Addition: Fridays at 6:30 p.m.; Sundays at 6 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.

No Nukes: Thursday, August 18, at 11:30 p.m.; Sunday, August 21. at 4 a.m.

Nova: Why Planes Burn: Tuesday, August 2, at 7 p.m.; Friday, August 5, at midnight and Monday, August 8, at 2:25 p.m.

Nova: Animal Architects: Tuesday, August 23, at 7 p.m.; Friday, August 26, at midnight and Monday, August 29, at 2 p.m.

A Nova Special: Whale Rescue:

Tuesday, August 9, at 7 p.m.; Saturday, August 13, at 10 a.m., Sunday, August 14, at 4 p.m. and Monday, August 15, at 2:25 p.m.

Simon and Garfunkel: The Concert In Central Park: Monday, August 8, at 8 p.m.; Tuesday, August 16, at 9 p.m.

16 Days of Glory: Wednesday, August 3, at 8 p.m.; Tuesday, August 9, at 12:30 a.m.

16 Days of Glory: Wednesday, August 10. at 7 p.m.; Tuesday, August 16, at midnight

16 Days of Glory: Wednesday, August 10, at 8:20 p.m.; Tuesday, August 23, at 12:30 a.m.

16 Days of Glory: Wednesday, August 10, at 9:40 p.m.; Tuesday, August 30, at midnight.

Smithsonian World: On the Shoulders of Giants: Monday, August 1. at 8 p.m.; Wednesday. August 3, at 11 p.m. and Wednesday, August 10, at 2:20 p.m.

This Old House Marathon:

Saturday, August 6. at 6:30 p.m.; Sunday, August 14, at 2:30 a.m.

Tom Peters: New Leadership Alliance: Thursday, August 18, at 9:15 p.m.; Sunday, August 21, at 4:50 p.m. and Wednesday, August 24, at 11 p.m.

Wall Street Week: Fridays at 7:30 p.m.; Sundays at 2 p.m.

Washington Week in Review: Fridays at 7 p.m.; Saturdays at 6 a.m.

A reminder:

Dial listings are subject to occasional changes when special programming becomes available after this guide is published. When this occurs, your daily newspaper will contain the most up-to-date program information.



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The next meeting of the board of directors of North Texas Public Broadcasting Inc. (KERA Channel 13, KDTN Channel 2, and KERA 90.1) will be Thursday, August 18, at 4 p.m. at the KERA/KDTN studios, 3000 Harry Hines Boulevard in Dallas. The meeting is open to the public.

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6PM Made in Texas: Captured Moments: Rock Art of Texas

6:30 World of Survival: Paradise Regained

7:00 Cousteau Odyssey: Diving for Roman Plunder Jacques Cousteau explores one of the earliest examples of the pillage of Grecian art and retrieves and returns to Greece the treasure his crew discovered at the site of a Roman ship.

8:00 Smithsonian World: On the Shoulders of Giants This program travels with paleontologist David Steadman and shows how this 34-year-old scientist is building on the work of Charles Darwin to help solve the mysteries of evolution, (cc) ★

9:00 Murder: Mo Apparent Motive This penetrating documentary looks at actual murder cases and includes a killer’s chilling on-screen confession.

10:00 MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour

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6PM Made in Texas: Science of Fishing

6:30 World of Survival: Edge of the Abyss

7:00 Nova: Why Planes Burn A look at the efforts to make airplane fires less likely and more survivable. (cc) ★

8:00 Adventure: Fat Man on a Bicycle (Goes Norse): Suomi British broadcaster Tom Vernon winds up a look at the countries and cultures of modern-day Scandinavia. (cc) ★

9:00 Connections: The Wheel of Fortune Host James Burke investigates whether the past is random or if there is a discernable pattern that would enable us to see the future by examining what has already happened.

10:00 MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour

11:00 POV: Las Madres: The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo The story of a group of Argentine women whose sons and daughters were kidnapped by the country’s military regime.

12:00 16 Days of Glory

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6PM Made in Texas: Texas Turkey: A Symbol of Survival

6:30 World of Survival: Baboon

7:00 National Geographic Special: Lions of the African Night This extraordinary film follows a pride of 40 lions during a “typical” night in the African Jungle, (s) (cc) ★

8:00 16 Days of Glory This program follows U.S. gymnasts Peter Vidmar, Bart Connor, Mitch Gaylord. Tim Daggett, Jim Hartung. and Scott Johnson as they win the gold medal in overall men’s gymnastics events against the favored team from the People’s Republic of China in the 1984 Olympics. ★

9:00 Computer Animation Magic ★

10:00 MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour

11:00 Smithsonian World: On the Shoulders of Giants This program travels with paleontologist David Steadman and shows how this 34-year-old scientist is building on the work of Charles Darwin to help solve the mysteries of evolution, (cc)

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6PM Made in Texas: The Lost Pines of Texas

6:30 World of Survival: Lost World of Tamana

7:00 Planet Earth: Gifts From Other Worlds Seldom-seen pictures show the mysteries of the great, failed star of Jupiter; reveal the surface of Venus: and probe the secrets of the volcano of lo. (cc)

8:00 Great Railway Journeys: The Long Straight Writer Michael Frayn follows Australia’s railway through its mountains and valleys.

9:00 Mystery!: The Return of Sherlock Holmes: The Second Stain The Prime Minister and the Secretary for European Affairs consult Holmes when a vital document is stolen. (cc)

10:00 MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour

11:00 Crime Inc. An examination of gambling in Atlantic City and Las Vegas.

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6PM Made in Texas: Life Across Centuries

6:30 News Addition Bob Ray Sanders hosts this weekly news analysis program produced by KERA ★

7:00 Washington Week in Review Paul Duke hosts. (cc) ★

7:30 Wall Street Week Louis Rukeyser hosts. ★

8:00 Evening at Pops: Dionne Warwick Warwick’s appearance with conductor John Williams and the Boston Pops Orchestra showcases some of her greatest hits. (s)

9:00 American Master: Georgia O’Keeffe The life and work of the late artist is captured in this hour-long film. (cc)

10:00 MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour

11:00 Blake’s 7 The Liberator is mysteriously drawn off course.

12:00 Nova: Why Planes Burn A look at the efforts to make airplane fires less likely and more survivable. (cc)

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5:50PM Justin Wilson’s Louisiana Cookin’-Outdoors Wilson prepares crawfish jambalaya, strawberry sherbet, and cucumber and onion salad. 6:30 This Old House Marathon In this three-hour special, host Bob Vila introduces Debbie and Ben Benedetti, two do-it-yourselfers who want to create a family entertainment center/den in the basement of their house. After Bob visits other completed basements to get ideas, work begins with the demolition of old closet space. This program follows the entire building process from paneling the wall and putting in the electrical wiring to building shelves and decorating the room. (cc) ★

10:00 Doctor Who: Underworld On a mission to find a missing spacecraft, Who battles the Oracle, a sinister computer that controls all life around it.

12:00 Doctor Who: Time and the Rani Sylvester McCoy stars as the good doctor.

2:00 Mystery!: The Return of Sherlock Holmes: The Second Stain (cc)

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5PM The Lawrence Welk Show: Tribute to Duke Ellington

6:00 The Lawrence Welk Show: Big Band Memories ★

7:00 Horse in Sport: Rodeo: TheCowboy Sport This special goes deep into the wild west to show rodeo cowboys in each of the seven arena events bareback riding, calf roping, saddle bronc riding, steer wrestling. women’s barrel racing, team roping, and bull riding. ★

8:10 Korea: The Forgotten War Host Robert Stack narrates a history of the Korean War, from its beginning on June 25, 1950, until the signing of the armistice on July 27. 1953

10:10 Solo 10:50 Fawlty Towers 11:30 No Place Like Home 12:05 ’Allo, ’Allo

12:40 Reginald Perrin

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6PM Made in Texas; Texas Turkey: A Symbol of Survival

6:40 Nature: Coral Triangle An exploration of man’s destructive influence on a spectacularly beautiful coral reel located in the Malay Triangle in the Philippines. (cc) (s) ★

8:00 Simon and Garfunkel: The Concert in Central Park This reunion concet in New York provides the ultimate trip down memory lane. The duo sings well-known favorites like “Homeward Bound.””Bridge Over Troubled Water,” “Mrs Robinson,” The Sounds of Silence.” and many more. (s) ★

10:00 MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour

11:00 Computer Animation Magic

12:00 Colossus of the Golden Gate

96PM Made in Texas: Dinosaurs

6:30: World of Survival: The Last of the Dinosaurs

7:00 Nova Special: Whale Rescue This touching special chronicles the dramalic struggles involved in the 1986 attempt to rescue more than forty-five whales who beached themselves in Cape Cod Bay (cc) ★

8:10 Connections: Thunder in the Sky This episode details the many changes in energy usage and shows how people were forced to invent means of providing warmth when the cold climate dominated the world.

9:20 Connections: The Long Chain The seventh program in the series glimpses some of the materials discovered – by accident or design-that altered the course of mankind The story begins in the 1600s when the American colonies produced pitch from tar that protected Britian’s royal vessels.

10:30 MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour

11:30 Superspies

12:00 16 Days of Glory

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6PM Made in Texas: Whitetail Deer, Part 1

6:30 World of Survival: Tiger Beetle 7:00 16 Days of Glory This four-hour special features highlights of the 1984 Olympics, including the struggle between Ulrike Meyfarth of West Germany and Sara Simeoni of Italy in the women’s high-jump competition; field star Edwin Moses’ successful attempt to win two gold medals; the efforts of Carl Lewis-the world’s most successful track and field athlete who won four gold medals; the spectacle of an Olympic even! described as truly historic, the women’s marathon; and many other athletes and events. ★

11:00 MacNeit/Lehrer NewsHour

12:00 Don’ t Knock the Rock A montage of highlights from two classic rock’n roll shows featuring Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, and The Animals

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6PM Alt Creatures Great and SmalI Special In this new special veterinarian James Harriot continues his practice in the post-war years

8:00 Mystery!: The Return of Sherlock Holmes: The Man With the Twisted Lip City businessman Neville St. Clair disappears under mysterious circumstances after his wife sees him in the upstairs window of an opium den. (cc) ★

9:15 Mysteryl: The Return of Sherlock Holmes: The Priory School A duke’s son is abducted from school, and Holmes discovers that the German master is also missing-with his bicycle, (cc) ★

10:30 MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour

11:30 Crime Inc. This two-hour program tells the story of the exploitation of America’s workforce and shows how the mafia gained control of legitimate business.

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6PM Made in Texas: Whiletail Deer, Part 2

6:30 News Addition Bob Ray Sanders hosts this weekly news-analysis program produced by KERA ★

7:00 Washington Week in Review Paul Duke hosts (cc) ★

7:30 Wall Street Week Louis Rukeyser hosts. ★

8:00 Easterners: The Movie Tracey Ullman hosts this three-hour introduction to the popular British soap opera. The special chronicles the lives of real-life people with real problems. With a strong multi-racial cast and lively, thought-provoking scripts, it is truly a contemporary drama.

11:00 MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour

12:00 Blake’s 7 A mysterious death awaits anyone who remains on the planet Kairas after the harvest week.

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6:25 Justin Wilson’s Louisiana Cookin’-Outdoors Wilson prepares beef chuck roast, boston butts, and barbeque and basling sauces.

7:00 Country Music Legends A performance tribute to the great country and western performers who have managed to cross over into mainstream popularity during the last 45 years Willie Nelson, the original Bob Wills’ Texas Playboys, Floyd Tilden, Mel Tillis, George Strait, Patti Page, and many more are featured (s) ★

10:15 Doctor Who Who is portrayed by Sylvester McCoy

12:20 Mystery: The Return of Sherlock Holmes: The Man With the Twisted Lip (cc)

1:30 Mystery!: The Return of Sherlock Holmes: The Priory School (cc)

2:30 This Old House Marathon (cc)

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5:00 The Lawrence Welk Show: Back Stage With Welk’s Family ★

6:00 The Lawrence Welk Show: Easy Listening ★

7:00 Movie 13: Oliver (1968) Oliver Reed. Ron Moody, Shani Wallis, Mark Lester, Jack Wild. Harry Secomber, and Hugh Griffith star in this superb musical by Lionel Bart based on Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist about a young boy (Lester) who is swept into a gang of thieves led by the scurrilous Fagin (Moody). The movie, donated by KTVT Channel 11, won six Oscars, including Best Picture.

10:30 Fawlty Towers

11:10 Fawlty Towers

11:55 Monty Python

12:30 Monty Python

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6PM Cousteau’s Odyssey: The Nile, Part 1 in this two-part special, Cousteau explores the world’ s longest river, which flows for 4,000 mites from Central Africa to the Mediterranean Pan 2 airs tomorrow night.

7:00 Movie 13: The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964) Debbie Reynolds, Harve Presnell, Ed Begley, Jack Kruschen, and Hermione Baddetey star is this splashy adaptation of the Broadway musical. Reynolds plays a backwoods girl who knows what she wants and eventually becomes the wealthiest woman in Denver in the late 1800s. The film, based on a true story, was donated by KDFI Channel 27.

10:00 MacNeil/Lehref NewsHour

11:00 Movie 13: Sergeant York (1941) KDFI Channel 27 also donated this Academy Award-winning film starring Gary Cooper. Walter Brennan, Joan Leslie, Ward Bond, George Tobias, and Margaret Wycherly. It tells the story of a mountain boy (Cooper) who is drafted into World War I.

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6PM Cousteau’s Odyssey: The Nile, Part 2 Cousleau continues his 10-month film expedition along the Nile.

7:00 Sleeper (1973) Woody Allen. Diane Keaton, John Beck. Marya Small, and Bartlett Robinson star in this comedy about a man who wakes up after a 200-year sleep and discovers himself in a futuristic society controlled by a dictator. With the aid of a revolutionary poet. he manages to overthrow the dictator. Woody Allen directs this film donated by KDAF Channel 33.

9:00 Simon and Garfunkel: The Concert in Central Park This reunion concert in New York provides the ultimate Irip down memory lane. The duo sings well-known favorites like “Homeward Bound,””Bridge Over Troubled Water,” ” Mrs. Robinson,” “The Sounds of Silence.”and many more (s)

11:00 MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour

12:00 16 Days of Glory

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6PM The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau: Lagoon of Lost Ships Cousteau and his crew explore Truk Lagoon in the South Pacific.

7:00 Movie 13: Gigi (1958) Leslie Caron. Maurice Chevalier. Louis Jourdan, Hermione Gingold. Jacques Bergerac, and Eva Gabor star in this charming turn-of-the-century musical based on Colette’s story of a young French girl who is groomed by her grandmother and aunt to be a courtesan. Gigi (Caron) is a tomboy with a mind of her own who sets her cap for a young man (Jourdan). Vmcente Minnelli directs this outstanding film donated by KXTX Channel 39.

10:00 MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour 11:00 Movie 13: This Is Spinal Tap (1988) This pseudo-rock documentary by Rob Reiner parodies the rock industry and chronicles the latest American tour of one of England’s loudest rock bands, the legendary Spinal Tap. (s)

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6PM The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau: Whales An exploration of the finback, sperm, and Killer whales in 1he Indian Ocean

7:00 Movie 13: Queen of the Stardust Ballroom (1975) Maureen Stapleton. Charles Durning, Michael Brandon, and Charlotte Rae star in this drama donated by KDFW Channel 4 that tells the story of a suddenly widowed Bronx housewife (Stapleton) whose life takes on a new meaning when she discovers a local dance hall There she meets and falls in love with a married mailman.

9:15 Tom Peters: New Leadership Alliance Management guru Tom Peters discusses the need for a management/labor alliance. Peters examines the success stories of an auto parts manufacturer, the man who has turned Harley Davidson Motorcycles around, the principal of a very rough high school, and a sausage manufacturer. ★

10:30 MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour

11:30 Movie 13: No Nukes (s) ★

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6PM Cousteau’s Odyssey: Rigging for Amazon

6:30 News Addition Bob Ray Sanders hosts this weekly news analysis program produced by KERA ★

7:00 Washington Week in Review Paul Duke hosts (cc) ★

7:30 Wall Street Week Louis Rukeyser hosls. ★

8:00 Movie 13: His Girl Friday (1940) Rosalind Russell and Cary Grant star in this farce about a crafty editor who tries to lure his ace reporter-who is also his ex-wife- back on the job. This hilarious film, donated by KXAS Channel 5, is based on the hit play. The From Page

10:00 MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour

11:00 Blake’s 7 In two back-to-back programs Vila struggles to open a mysterious vault and a deadly disease strikes the planet Auron. Then, Cally is summoned home to help her people.

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5PM Movie 13: Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) Robed Montgomery stars as a prize fighter who is killed in a plane crash and returns to lite in the body of a murdered millionaire. Claude Rains and Evelyn Keyes co-star in this Academy Award-winning production.

7:00 Movie 13: Oklahoma! (1955) KTXA Channel 21 has donated this Rodgers and Hammerstem classic Broadway musical starring Gordon MacRae. Shirley Jones, and Gloria Grahame. From the opening “Oh, What a Beautiful Morning,” to the rousing ensemble finale of “Oklahoma,” viewers will enjoy the many songs interwoven around the simple love story of a cowboy (MacRae) and farm girl (Jones), (s)

10:15 Doctor Who Sylvester McCoy stars as the third zany Doctor Who.

2:15 Movie 13: The Cat People (1942) Simone Simon stars in this bizarre film about a woman who turns into a panfher.

4:00 Movie 13: No Nukes (s)

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4:50PM Tom Peters: New Leadership Alliance Management guru To Peters discusses the need for a management/labor alliance. Peters examines the success stones of an auto parts manufacturer, the man who has turned Harley Davidson Motorcycles around, a principal of a very rough high school and a sausage manufacturer.

6:00 Movie 13: The Alamo John Wayne not only plays Colonel David Crockett in this reenactment of the famous clash between the outnumbered American soldiers and the Mexican army, but he also produced and directed this award-winning spectacular production. WFAA Channel 8 donated this film starring Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey, Frankie Avalon, Patrick Wayne and Richard Boone.

10:30 Fawlty Towers

11:10 Allo’, Allo’

11:45 Reginald Perrin

12:20 Monty Python

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6PM Wild World of Animals: Sea Turtles

6:30 World of Survival: The Forest that Goes to Sea

7:00 Cousteau Odyssey: The Search for the Brittanic

8:00 Hollywood and the American Image A look at the way Hollywood presented America in the golden age of movies (1932-1947). The program shows how Hollywood painted a rosier picture of the American way of life than the facts would warrant. ★

9:00 Great Performances: Lawrence Olivier The first program in this two-part biography of Lawrence Olivier, one of the world’s most celebrated actors, includes scenes from his most acclaimed film and theater roles. The special includes intimate discussions with British broadcaster Melvin Bragg Part 2 airs Monday. August 29, at 9 p.m. (cc)

10:30 MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour

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6PM Wild World of Animals: Golden Eagle ★

6:30 World of Survival: Secrets of Sargasso

7:00 Nova: Animal Architects This examination of the intricate world of nature’s construction industry presents rare footage of unusual habitats (cc) ★

8:00 Soldiers: Face of Battle 9:00 Connections: Eat, Drink and Be Merry This program shows how the invention of space rockets started from empty champagne bottles.

10:00 MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour

11:00 P.O.V.: The Good Fight A look at 3.200 young Americans’ involvement in the Spanish Civil War.

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6PM Wild World of Animals: The Spider

6:30 World of Survival: Trail of the Snow Geese

7:00 In Performance at the White House A special live performance for the President and Mrs. Reagan on the grounds of the White House (s)

8:00 The Immortal Beethoven With Peter Ustinov A look at both the mortal and immortal aspects of the life of the legendary composer Ludwig van Beethoven. This program is rich with the sounds of Beethoven’s music, featuring selections from five of his symphonies as well as two of his famous string quartets. (s)

10:00 MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour

11:00 Tom Peters: New Leadership Alliance Management guru Tom Peters discusses the need for a management/labor alliance. Peters examines the success stories of an auto parts manufacturer, the man who has turned Harley Davidson Motorcycles around, a principal of a very rough high school and a sausage manufacturer.

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6PM Wild World of Animals: African River ★

6:30 World of Survival: Roo! 7:00 Planet Earth: The Solar Sea Layers of the sun are peeled away to provide striking new information about the star that powers the earth. (cc)

8:00 Planet Earth: Fate of the Earth This final episode explores the role of life in shaping our planet and its future. New revelations about the global consequences of a “nuclear winter” and an “ultraviolet spring’ are revealed. (cc)

9:00 Mystery!: The Return of Sherlock Holmes: The Six Napoleons An Italian vendetta becomes strangely involved with the seemingly irrelevant destruction of six busts of Napoleon, (cc) ★

10:00 MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour

11:00 Crime, Inc. A look at how U.S. drug abuse reaps profits larger than those of America’s largest corporations thanks to the Mafia.

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6PM Wild World of Animals: Birds of War ★

6:30 News Addition Bob Ray Sanders hosts this weekly news analysis program produced by KERA ★

7:00 Washington Week in Review Paul Duke hosts. (cc) ★

7:30 Wall Street Week Louis Rukeyser hosts. ★

8:00 Evening at Pops: Natalie Cole and Johnny Mathis: A Musical Tribute to Nat King Cole Cole and Mathis join John Williams and the Pops for this special tribute. Jazz great Tommy Flanagan will play keyboard when a re-creation of the 1939 King Cole Trio performs a selection of popular Billy May selections. (s) ★

9:00 American Masters: Aretha Franklin, The Queen of Soul A performance documentary presenting previously unseen performance footage and interviews with her colleagues, Whitney Houston, Dionne Warwick, Ray Charles, Eric Clapton, and many more.

10:00 MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour

11:00 Blake’s 7 (cc)

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6:30 This Old House Bob Vila hosts. (cc) ★

7:00 Discover: The World of Science (cc)

8:00 We Shall Overcome Commemorating the 25th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr. ’smarch on Washington, this program traces the history of the civil rights movement in America. Harry Beiafonte. Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, Peter, Paul and Mary, and Guy Carawan join in telling and singing the story.

9:30 A Day to Remember: August 27, 1963

10:00 Doctor Who: The Invasion of Time The Doctor (Tom Baker) returns to his own planet, Gallifrey, to claim his position as president.

12:30 DeGrassi Junior High (cc)

1:00 Alive From Off Center (s)

1:30 Mystery!: The Return of Sherlock Holmes; The Six Napoleons (cc)

2:30 Declaration of Independents

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6PM Austin City Limits Mel Tillis and The Geezinslaws perform, (s)

7:00 National Audubon Society: Common Ground Dennis Weaver narrates this special that examines the new cost-effective alternative methods of raising crops. (s) (cc) ★

8:00 Lizzie: An Amazon Adventure (cc)

9:00 Masterpiece Theatre: By the Sword Divided, Part II This program chronicles the pageantry, drama and devastation that surrounded the 1640s British Civil War between Charles I and his Parliament, (cc)

10:00 Solo

10:30 Fawlty Towers

11:00 Yes, Minister

11:30 Allo’. Allo’

12:00 Reginald Perrin

12:30 Monty Python

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6PM Wild World of Animals: Kingdom of the Otter

6:30 World of Survival: Nakuru

7:00 Coasteau Odyssey: Lost Relics of the Sea

8:00 Survival Special

9:00 Great Performances: Lawrence Olivier This second part of the Emmy-winning biography includes film clips that trace the actor’s life on stage and screen. The program reviews his productions on stage, in films, and on television that cover almost seven decades of acting. (cc)

10:30 MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour

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6PM Wild World of Animals: Crocodile

6:30 World of Survival: Lands Above the Clouds

7:00 Nova: Ancient Treasures From the Deep This program follows Texas A&M Unversity professor Dr George Bass,father of underwater archaeology, and others as they uncover the mysteries of the oldest shipwreck ever excavated. (cc) ★

8:00 Soldiers: Commander

9:00 Connections: Countdown This program looks at how the television and audio-visual media effect man’s Me and asks if society has become trapped by modern technology.

10:00 MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour

11:00 P.O.V.: Metropolitan Avenue An inspiring story about women who strive to combine new roles and old values in a changing society.

12:00 16 Days of Glory

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6PM Wild World of Animals: Leopard 6:30 World of Survival Masters of Benguela

7:00 A Day in the Life of America On May 2. 1986, hundreds of photographers across America capture the essence of a day in this nation, from 7,000 couples getting married to 10,000 new Americans being born.

8:00 Missile A film about the 4.315th training squadron of the strategic air command at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, which trains Air Force officers to man the launch control centers for the Minute Man intercontinental ballistic missiles.

10:00 MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour

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