TV Schedule for PBS Plus (KBAB-LD2) Santa Barbara, CA
Saturday, May 9th TV listings for PBS Plus (KBAB-LD2) Santa Barbara, CA
Great Performances Now Hear This: The Iceland Sound
Uncovering how volcanoes and tight-knit communities inspire its artists.
American Masters Michael Tilson Thomas: Where Now Is
The life and career of Michael Tilson Thomas, music director of the San Francisco Symphony, founder and artistic director of the New World Symphony and conductor laureate of the London Symphony Orchestra.
Great Performances Girl From the North Country
Wayward travelers intersect in a guesthouse filled with music, life, and hope in 1934 Duluth, Minn.; directed by Conor McPherson, the show features 20 reimagined Bob Dylan songs.
Great Performances The Composer Is Yoo
Scott Yoo's journey composing a piece of music for the first time; Yoo revisits his heritage in search of ideas, performs landmark pieces and tests his work in progress.
Great Performances Now Hear This: The Iceland Sound
Uncovering how volcanoes and tight-knit communities inspire its artists.
Great Performances The Composer Is Yoo
Scott Yoo's journey composing a piece of music for the first time; Yoo revisits his heritage in search of ideas, performs landmark pieces and tests his work in progress.
This Old House Walpole ADU: Retro Vibes
Installing vinyl siding on the main house and ADU; revealing the ADU's framed layout; reviewing basement HVAC; installing a three-panel slider to connect indoor and outdoor living.
Ask This Old House Paver Walkway; Mowing a Lawn 101
Lawn mowing basics; how to vet and hire a trustworthy contractor to avoid costly mistakes; installing a concrete paver walkway.
Nature Attenborough's Life Journey
Behind-the-scenes footage and candid on-location interviews with David Attenborough, and a look at his life from his boyhood days as a fossil hunter to his many years on the road.
Life Unearthed With Ariel Waldman Antarctica: Life Under the Ice
Set in Antarctica's Dry Valleys, Antarctica's glacial and icy ecosystems reveal how frozen landscapes can sustain surprising life forms.
Earth Focus Sonar
Nature Woodpeckers: The Hole Story
Exploring the unique evolutionary journey of woodpeckers and the role they play in every ecosystem, except Antarctica and Australia.
NOVA Athens: Birth of Democracy
Archaeological investigations into the origins of democracy in Greece 2,500 years ago; mass graves and ancient ruins where tyrants were murdered shine light on the birth of a revolutionary form of government.
Shared Planet Cities
From New York to Kolkata, dicovering the surprising and beneficial ways urban wildlife transforms cities into thriving, shared ecosystems.
Earth Focus Sonar
Climate California Reclamation
Following trailblazers as they reimagine the future -- from science fiction with Kim Stanley Robinson to the Yurok tribe's dam removal project.
The Green Planet Tropical Worlds
David Attenborough explores plants in the tropical rain forest.
The Green Planet Water Worlds
Exploring water plants, some of which can count and hunt; some water plants escape from animals by rolling away or creating bubbles.
Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr. In the Blood
Actor Michael Douglas and writer/director Lena Dunham explore their family roots.
Marquis de Lafayette left France at the age of 19 and helped fight for America's freedom.
The American Revolution The Soul of All America
The French-American alliance changes the war and moves it to other theaters; navies battle off England and in the Caribbean, while armies advance in Indian Country and the South; the British take Charleston.
The American Revolution The Most Sacred Thing
British General Cornwallis struggles to pacify the southern states; supported by the French, a victory at Yorktown secures independence for the Americans.
The Montiers: An American Story
The histories of the Montier and Morrey families in Philadelphia.