Sunday, January 4th TV listings for PBS Plus (WVER2) Rutland, VT
American Masters Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames
Director Blake Edwards' work spans four decades and has redefined slapstick comedy through a lens that continues to resonate with directors and actors.
POV Shorts A Swim Lesson
Bill Marsh teaches children how to swim in "A Swim Lesson"; Gilbert Zermeno discusses his musical journey in "StoryCorps Shorts: Family Harmony."
The Chavis Chronicles Darlene McGhee Whittington
Darlene McGhee Whittington, president of Jack and Jill of America, Inc., reflects on the organization's legacy.
Laura Flanders & Friends Mobilizing Communities, Plant by Plant With Braiding Sweetgrass' Robin Wall Kimmerer
Plant ecologist, writer and professor Robin Wall Kimmerer, founder of Plant Baby Plant.
Life in the Heart Land Migrant Workers
Hard work and isolation make life difficult for migrant labor from Mexico and Central America who work in agriculture in the U.S.
Growing grapes; prunes as a healthy food choice; salsa verde braised chicken with fresh tomatillos; whether sheep can provide effective weed control in cotton fields.
This American Land Farmers Challenge Climate Change; Vanishing Salton Sea; Forest Habitat for Birds
Farmers and ranchers challenge climate change; restoring the Salton Sea; forest habitat for birds in Pennsylvania.
Start Up Ampersand -- Fort Worth, Texas
Ampersand, a coffee house/lounge, offers a fresh and youthful approach to hospitality in the Fort Worth, Texas, area.
A weekly program telling the stories of capitalism from around the world, David Westin in New York hosts.
The Open Mind The Future of Human Rights - Part I
Author David Kinley discusses the pursuit and meaning of liberty.
John Katko strives to bring balance to discussions on divisive political issues.
On Story Script to Screen: Twisters
Screenwriter Mark L. Smith discusses writing "Twisters" and his process crafting plot-driven action and compelling conflicts.
Weekends With Yankee Food Lover's New England
E-foiling on Lake Winnipesaukee; making whoopie pies at Moulton Farm; touring a sea scallop farm; cooking lobster pasta; exploring the food scene in Kennebunkport, Maine.
Extreme endurance sport athlete Epic Bill Bradley's fifth attempt to summit Alaska's Mount Denali is a two-week journey through treacherous weather conditions and his internal battle with personal demons that threaten his goal.
Nature Running With the Beest
More than one million wildebeest, along with zebra, gazelle and elands, journey in a quest to find fresh grass as they migrate through Kenya's Mara ecosystem.
NOVA Great Mammoth Mystery
A unique site in southern England preserved rare traces of ancient ice age mammoths and Neanderthals; host David Attenborough.
Joni Mitchell: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song
Singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell receives the 2023 Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song.
POV Shorts A Swim Lesson
Bill Marsh teaches children how to swim in "A Swim Lesson"; Gilbert Zermeno discusses his musical journey in "StoryCorps Shorts: Family Harmony."
POV The Bitter Pill
Attorney Paul Farrell Jr. takes on pharmaceutical giants to fight the opioid epidemic in his West Virginia hometown.
POV Shorts Classroom 4
College students and inmates learn together in a prison classroom where they study the history of crime and punishment.
Nature Attenborough and the Sea Dragon
Onsite extraction of fossils of an ichthyosaur, a fish lizard that ruled during the time of the dinosaurs, and a 3-D reconstruction of the creature; host David Attenborough.
Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Hidden Kin
Actors Edward Norton and Julia Roberts discover their hidden connections to history.
POV The Bitter Pill
Attorney Paul Farrell Jr. takes on pharmaceutical giants to fight the opioid epidemic in his West Virginia hometown.
POV Shorts Classroom 4
College students and inmates learn together in a prison classroom where they study the history of crime and punishment.
America's Dairyland at the Crossroads
The continuing crisis and the future for farmers, businesses and communities who rely on the dairy industry to survive.
Meredith Willson: America's Music Man
Composer Meredith Willson, best known for "The Music Man," scored films and wrote popular songs performed by Frank Sinatra and The Beatles.
News. Reporting on the day's international news from London and from BBC correspondents around the world.
The Whitney Reynolds Show In This Together
A man delivers free, healthy groceries to his community; a mother talks about her life on social media and parenting a special needs daughter; a woman reflects on her decision to marry her husband, who has terminal cancer.
NHK World's newest program provides comprehensive coverage of events in Japan and Asia.
News, current affairs and documentaries focusing on Japan and Asia.
A selection of acclaimed programs from NHK's domestic channels, dubbed into English.
Nature Attenborough and the Sea Dragon
Onsite extraction of fossils of an ichthyosaur, a fish lizard that ruled during the time of the dinosaurs, and a 3-D reconstruction of the creature; host David Attenborough.