WORLD (MT)

12:00 am 

Nature  "Bears of the Last Frontier: City of Bears"  Washington ecologist Chris Morgan spends a year with Alaskan bears and a camera crew, traveling 3,000 miles on his specially-equipped motorcycle, beginning near Anchorage in June. Morgan, originally from England, sets up a wilderness camp with a cinematographer, alongside the world's largest concentration of grizzlies. He tracks the bears' progress as they feast and re-establish social dynamics, and observes battles among males and tender moments between moms and cubs. Part 1 of 3G

1:00 am 

PBS NewsHour   NULL

2:00 am 

Nightly Business Report   NULL

2:30 am 

Tavis Smiley   Marcus Samuelsson (chef). D

3:00 am 

Global Voices  "Circus School"  The Flying Trapeze Group and Handstand Group are training hard for the national contest but end up differently. Children of the trapeze group win the championship heroically after conquering a number of difficulties. The handstand group gives up the contest because of the training fatigue. D

4:00 am 

Newsline   NULL

4:30 am 

Tavis Smiley   Mark Emmert (NCAA President). D

5:00 am 

Asia 7 Days   NULL

5:30 am 

European Journal  "The Return of Spain's Vultures (And We're Not Talking About Banks)"  Belgium: Controversial Organ Donation - Last year, doctors in Belgium fulfilled a patient's request to die and have her organs donated. In Germany, breaking such a taboo could send the attending doctor to prison. After suffering a stroke, 43-year-old Diane gave up hope of getting better. D

6:00 am 

In The Footsteps of Marco Polo   Equal parts travelogue, adventure story, history trek and buddy movie, this captures the remarkable, two-year, 25,000-mile attempt to retrace Marco Polo's legendary trek from Venice, Italy to China. This illuminating epic follows two friends from Queens, New York as they complete the journey by land and by sea, a feat in which all others have fallen short.G

7:30 am 

Beijing Taxi   BEIJING TAXI is a feature-length documentary that vividly portrays the ancient capital of China undergoing a profound transformation. The intimate lives of three taxi drivers are seen through a humanistic lens as they navigate a quickly morphing city, confronting modern issues and changing values. The three protagonists radiate a warm sense of humanity despite the struggles that each faces in adapting to new realities of life in the modern city. D

8:48 am 

You Are Getting Sleepy   Glynn Washington's mesmerizing storytelling skills long predate his turn as the host and executive producer of NPR's SNAP JUDGMENT. With a resume including stints as an educator, diplomat, community activist, actor, political strategist, fist-shaker, mountain-hollerer, and foot stomper, Washington first discovered his spellbinding ways while still in high school. In this excerpt from a forthcoming episode of Snap Judgment, Washington narrates the life lessons learned via do-it-yourself hypnosis. D

9:00 am 

Democracy Now!   NULL

10:00 am 

Tavis Smiley   Mark Emmert (NCAA President). D

10:30 am 

Tavis Smiley   Marcus Samuelsson (chef). D

11:00 am 

Asia 7 Days   NULL

11:30 am 

European Journal  "The Return of Spain's Vultures (And We're Not Talking About Banks)"  Belgium: Controversial Organ Donation - Last year, doctors in Belgium fulfilled a patient's request to die and have her organs donated. In Germany, breaking such a taboo could send the attending doctor to prison. After suffering a stroke, 43-year-old Diane gave up hope of getting better. D

12:00 pm 

In The Footsteps of Marco Polo   Equal parts travelogue, adventure story, history trek and buddy movie, this captures the remarkable, two-year, 25,000-mile attempt to retrace Marco Polo's legendary trek from Venice, Italy to China. This illuminating epic follows two friends from Queens, New York as they complete the journey by land and by sea, a feat in which all others have fallen short.G

1:30 pm 

Dialogue  "Dr. David Kessler"  Host Marcia Franklin talks with the former federal official about regulating cigarettes, nutritional labeling and his latetst book.G

2:00 pm 

Globe Trekker  "Globe Trekker Special: World History-England"  After dodging swords at a re-enactment of the Battle of Hastings, Justine Shapiro travels up the coast to the Royal Pavilion in Brighton. Passing through London, she takes a canal ride to the Yorkshire Moores. Her next stop is Whitby, the eerie coastal town that inspired Bram Stoker to write Dracula.G

3:00 pm 

Charlie Rose   NULL

4:00 pm 

BBC World News America   NULL

4:30 pm 

Journal   NULL

5:00 pm 

In The Footsteps of Marco Polo   Equal parts travelogue, adventure story, history trek and buddy movie, this captures the remarkable, two-year, 25,000-mile attempt to retrace Marco Polo's legendary trek from Venice, Italy to China. This illuminating epic follows two friends from Queens, New York as they complete the journey by land and by sea, a feat in which all others have fallen short.G

6:30 pm 

Official Best of Fest  "Animation"  Our hosts Rick Stevenson and Dr. Brandon Whitehead (aka the silent critic) present us with five award-winning short animated filMs.. D

7:00 pm 

Outdoor Idaho  "The People's Land"  OUTDOOR IDAHO takes the pulse of the People's Land, the 64 percent of Idaho that is managed by the federal government. People speak out about today's management of public lands. They ride, hike, boat, camp, hunt and fish on public acreage, or they seek to harvest resources from the lands - and they are finding ways to work together for the sake of the land.G

7:30 pm 

Dialogue  "Dr. David Kessler"  Host Marcia Franklin talks with the former federal official about regulating cigarettes, nutritional labeling and his latetst book.G

8:00 pm 

PBS NewsHour   NULL

9:00 pm 

Nightly Business Report   NULL

9:30 pm 

Journal   NULL

10:00 pm 

Charlie Rose   NULL

11:00 pm 

Dialogue  "Dr. David Kessler"  Host Marcia Franklin talks with the former federal official about regulating cigarettes, nutritional labeling and his latetst book.G

11:30 pm 

Beijing Taxi   BEIJING TAXI is a feature-length documentary that vividly portrays the ancient capital of China undergoing a profound transformation. The intimate lives of three taxi drivers are seen through a humanistic lens as they navigate a quickly morphing city, confronting modern issues and changing values. The three protagonists radiate a warm sense of humanity despite the struggles that each faces in adapting to new realities of life in the modern city. D