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6:30 pm 

Rick Steves' Europe  "Burgundy: Profound France"  In the calm and cultivated corner of France, Rick travels on a canal barge, visits a medieval hospice and a modern monastery, and builds a barrel.G

7:00 pm 

The Lawrence Welk Show  "Songs of the 70's"  This show from 1978 sets the mood with "Tie A Yellow Ribbon." Johnny Zell and the band play "Feelings." Guy and Ralna sing "I Write the Songs" and Ava Barber sings "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue."G

7:59 pm 

Are You Being Served  "Apartment"  Mrs. Slocombe is moving but finds her new address occupied by squatters. So, she sets up in a vacant unit and is joined by Mr. Humphries.G

8:30 pm 

Keeping Up Appearances - The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket   Hyacinth has to intervene when she learns from relatives that Daddy has slipped out and run up a toy store bill he cannot pay.G

9:00 pm 

Live By Request  "John Fogerty"  Viewers set the playlist by phone, live interactive video, text, e-mail and social network requests for this live John Fogerty concert. The former lead singer, guitarist and songwriter of Creedence Clearwater Revival has a new release, The Blue Ridge Rangers Ride Again, This is the first time LIVE BY REQUEST, which ran for several years on commercial television, has been produced for public television; the performance also provides an opportunity for viewers to pledge support to IdahoPTV.G

11:00 pm 

Doctor Who Series  "Doomsday"  Two armies wage war across Earth, with the human race caught in the middle. The Doctor faces a dilemma: Does saving the world mean Rose's death? Part 2 of 2G

5:00 pm 

History Detectives   Mussolini Dagger - Many servicemen brought back souvenirs from World War II, but did the uncle of a Reno, Nevada, man score a dagger from Fascist Italian dictator Benito Mussolini? The dagger bears the symbols of Italian Fascism, and the initial "M" hangs from the belt clip. A family letter says the uncle had orders to pick up Mussolini, but when he arrived, Mussolini was already dead and hanging in the town square. The letter goes on to say that he went to Mussolini's apartment, where he grabbed the dictator's dagger. D

6:00 pm 

Jim Thorpe: World's Greatest Athlete   Chronicles the sports superstar's remarkable life (1887-1953) from his boyhood in Oklahoma and his gold-medal wins at the 1912 Summer Olympics to his subsequent fall from grace and later, his advocacy of American Indian rights and self-sufficiency.G

7:00 pm 

Live By Request  "John Fogerty"  Viewers set the playlist by phone, live interactive video, text, e-mail and social network requests for this live John Fogerty concert. The former lead singer, guitarist and songwriter of Creedence Clearwater Revival has a new release, The Blue Ridge Rangers Ride Again, This is the first time LIVE BY REQUEST, which ran for several years on commercial television, has been produced for public television; the performance also provides an opportunity for viewers to pledge support to IdahoPTV.G

9:00 pm 

Destination: World  "Hurricane on the Bayou"  Musicians explore the electrifying culture of New Orleans after Katrina. Meryl Streep narrates.G

10:00 pm 

Austin City Limits  "Elvis Costello/The Band of Heathens"  Songwriter/performer Elvis Costello returns to the stage to showcase songs from his latest, Americana-influenced recording, Secret, Profane and Sugarcane. Austin's rootsy songwriting collective the Band of Heathens follows.G

11:00 pm 

Jim Thorpe: World's Greatest Athlete   Chronicles the sports superstar's remarkable life (1887-1953) from his boyhood in Oklahoma and his gold-medal wins at the 1912 Summer Olympics to his subsequent fall from grace and later, his advocacy of American Indian rights and self-sufficiency.G

5:00 pm 

Social Studies In Action: A Teaching Practices Library, K-12  "Population and Resource Distribution"  Becky Forristal teaches seventh–grade economics at Rockwood Valley Middle School, 20 miles outside St. Louis, Missouri. Her lesson focuses on a population simulation that explores world economics, demonstrating the inequalities in land, food, energy, and wealth distribution in the world today. D

5:26 pm 

Social Studies In Action: A Teaching Practices Library, K-12  "Landmark Supreme Court Cases"  Wendy Ewbank teaches seventh and eighth grade at Madrona School in Bellevue, Washington. In a civics lesson on landmark Supreme Court cases, the students focus on the tension between the rights of the individual and the good of society. In the lesson, students work in groups, presenting various cases to the class in the form of a press conference. D

6:00 pm 

Cook's Country from America's Test Kitchen  "Autumn Supper"  Bridget shows the test some kitchen tricks to cook a moist, flavorful and affordable pork roast. Julia shares how to avoid a soggy crisp while fixing cranberry apple crisp.G

6:30 pm 

Taste of Louisiana with Chef John Folse & Co.: Our Food Heritage  "Native America: Sportsman's Paradise"  Before agriculture, hunting and fishing were the primary food sources for the Native American tribes of Louisiana. While they hunted deer, game birds and small animals, they also enjoyed a bountiful harvest of fish and shellfish. David Griffing, a Louisiana park ranger and Native American expert, gives us insight on our first Americans. D

7:00 pm 

P. Allen Smith's Garden Home  "Fall Vegetable Garden"  Allen shows how to use the fall harvest both inside and out and plus provides tips on potting benches and garden storage.G

7:30 pm 

Caprial and John's Kitchen: Cooking for Family and Friends  "Pumpkin Patch Dinner"  The Pences visit a pumpkin patch to harvest their favorites for pumpkin curry soup and pumpkin cookies served with hot apple pie drinks.G

8:00 pm 

New Jewish Cuisine with Jeff Nathan and Friends  "Autumn Stews"  Chef Jeffrey Nathan and his friends savor slow cooking as they prepare rich stews, including ragout de mouton and salmon and fennel stew. D

8:30 pm 

Caprial and John's Kitchen: Cooking for Family and Friends  "Fruit Harvest Dinner"  Caprial and John incorporate fruits into autumn dishes like roasted apples and shallots on double thick pork chops and chocolate pear crisp with hazelnuts.G

9:00 pm 

Katie Brown Workshop  "Apples"  Katie and the Workshop crew use apples to create autumnal decorations and delicious treats. Recipes: apple popovers, apple brownies and apple chutney. Projects: a wooden welcome sign and an apple centerpiece. D

9:30 pm 

Cultivating Life  "Fall"  The episode looks at picking the right pot for the plant, harvesting cranberries and making a decorative orchard ladder.G

10:00 pm 

Katie Brown Workshop  "Harvest"  Inspired by the change in season, the Katie Brown Workshop make no-carve pumpkins and a coffee-stained cork menu. Recipes: roast turkey, wild rice stuffing with mushroom gravy and nutty caramel pumpkin pie. D

10:30 pm 

Seasoned with Spirit  "Food Upon The Water"  Wild rice -- manoomin -- is still harvested the traditional way by the Anishanabe, or Ojibwe, people of the Great Lakes region. Ricers and their families take canoes into the fields and hand-harvest the rice. After participating in the harvest, Loretta helps to prepare Winona LaDuke's favorite wild rice and maple syrup cake, which accompanies a lakeside first rice feast of buffalo, wild rice and cranberry-stuffed acorn squash, buffalo stew and ruby-red swamp tea. D

11:00 pm 

P. Allen Smith's Garden Home  "Seasons of Change"  Tour a beautiful New England saltbox style home and garden at the peak of autumn's color to see how this woodland garden's charm evolves through the growing seasons. Allen shows how touches of whimsy add to the magic of the landscape's character along with a project so you can add a fanciful accent to your garden by turning a teacup into a bird feeder. D

11:30 pm 

Bake Decorate Celebrate!  "Time for Baking Apples"  What says fall to you? Autumn leaves, football, and crisp apples. Apples are great all year long but especially in the fall. The show features apples - every variety. D

5:00 pm 

Nova  "Becoming Human: First Steps"  NOVA's cameras record paleoanthropologist Zeray Alemseged as he painstakingly excavates "Selam," also known as "Lucy's Child," the oldest known child fossil (3.3 million years old) that is teaching scientists about mankind's past. A new big idea in the field of human evolution explores rock and fossil evidence that indicates human development takes great steps during periods of wild climate change. Part 1 of 3G

6:00 pm 

Outdoor Idaho  "Adventure Racing"  Some adrenaline seekers travel long distances to take part in intense racing events held in the open countryside. A new two-day event on the circuit - Adventure Sports Week at Farragut State Park - offers 63 miles of biking, 22 miles on foot, 19 miles of kayaking and a swim across a bay on Lake Pend Oreille. The Funtastics Adventure Racing Team, headquartered in Coeur d'Alene, enters for its first official competition.G

6:30 pm 

Dialogue  "Kristin Armstrong"  Host Marcia Franklin talks with the Olympic gold medalist and World Championship winner about her experiences as a world-class competitive cyclist. Armstrong also talks about her plans to coach other women cyclists in skills, diet and nutrition.G

7:00 pm 

History Detectives  "John Adam's Book"  A woman has an18th-century book that contains what appears to be President John Adams' signature.G

8:00 pm 

History Detectives   Shipwreck Cannons - Beachcombers on the Oregon Coast spotted what looked like large, rusty rocks sticking out of the sand. The state of Oregon, which has recovered the encrusted objects, believes they house priceless artifacts: cannons from the 1846 shipwreck of the USS Shark. The Shark and a few fast-sailing schooners like her were built in the 1820s to suppress slave traders and pirates. D

9:00 pm 

Scientific American Frontiers  "Life's Little Questions II"  Why can't you tickle yourself? If tickling isn't social, why are we ticklish in the first place? What is laughter and why do we laugh? Why can't scientists cure the common cold? Why does wet sand rise in a halo around your feet when you walk on the shore? Why do Brazil nuts always rise to the top of a can of mixed nuts? Why do coffee spills leave rings when they dry?G

10:00 pm 

Nature  "Born Wild: The First Days of Life"  Nature follows the dangerous first few days after birth of several species, from marmoset to moose to elephant and gorilla. The result is a film of miniature drama and huge spectacle, and comes to some surprising conclusions about human beings.G

11:00 pm 

History Detectives  "John Adam's Book"  A woman has an18th-century book that contains what appears to be President John Adams' signature.G