Saturday, April 18th TV listings for PBS VPM (WCVE) Richmond, VA HD
Ask This Old House Hang Shades; Steep Landscaping
Installing top-down bottom-up shades to block the outside view for a tiny guard dog; the anatomy of toilet tanks, common failures and how to fix a running toilet; landscaping a steep front yard.
The American Woodshop American Ladder-Back Rocker and One Up-Cycled Iron-Backed Mahogany Garden Bench
Converting a ladder-back chair into a rocker the easy way; rebuilding a garden bench using recycled mahogany.
Woodsmith Shop Just Right Workbench
Building a new workbench with big-time features.
Signature Dish Best Burgers
Host Seth Tillman sinks his teeth into the American classic: the burger. He starts at Steeze Burger in Gaithersburg, MD; a smoky puebla burger at Hill East Burger, and the West Coast-inspired Lo-Pro lamb burger at Local Provisions in Sterling, VA.
Christopher Kimball's Milk Street Television Everyone Is Wrong About Pie!
Pie pastry; pumpkin pie with a caramelized pumpkin filling; blind baking; pie pan performance; a freeform three berry crostata.
Pati's Mexican Table Colors of Creativity
El Volador; the art behind the Day of the Dead parades and festivals; alambre; papel picado artist Yurira Alfaro discusses the history of punctured paper; fish tamales.
America's Test Kitchen Maple Pork Chops and Squash Soup
Maple pork chops with sweet potato-bacon hash; reviewing enameled cast iron skillets; how to defrost food quickly; leek, fennel and squash soup with sausage.
Cook's Country Mediterranean Burgers and Fritters
Grilling up some lamb burgers; grill cookware; sweet potato fritters with feta, dill and cilantro.
Unwine'd Breaux Vineyards
Kitchen Curious With Vivian Howard Freezer
Freezers; transforming Mexican takeout into frozen burritos; frozen vs. canned; upside-down turkey veggie rice bowls; Picard frozen food store.
The Best of the Joy of Painting Autumn Palette
Fall-time woods full of color.
Weekends With Yankee Yankee Milestones
Celebrating 10 years of "Weekends with Yankee" and 90 years of Yankee magazine; naturalist and author Sy Montgomery and artist Matt Patterson spend time with rescue turtles; the art of oyster shucking on Cape Cod.
Joseph Rosendo's Travelscope Taiwan -- Mountain Beauty, Villages & Culture -- Part 2
Exploring the artisan shops, local restaurants and temples in Taiwan's small, cultural mountain villages; indigo cloth dyeing; traditional Tayan weaving; Pasta'ay festival of the indigenous Saisiyat tribe.
Samantha Brown's Places to Love Williamsburg, Virginia
Exploring Virginia's history starting at Jamestown; Colonial Williamsburg; Punjabi cuisine at Masala Craft; rare instruments at the Virginia Musical Instrument Museum; exploring Yorktown's battlefields and Revolution Museum.
Antiques Roadshow Castle Farms Hour 3
Tiffany Studios lily sconces circa 1905; a 1904 Philadelphia quilt; a Chinese and Japanese decorative art collection.
Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Rags to Riches
Mapping the roots of actress Kate Burton and media mogul Barry Diller.
Science, health, technology and environment experts and professionals address issues such as artificial intelligence, medicine and climate science.
Untamed Conservation and Public Policy
The American system of land and wildlife management is built on public involvement.
Whitstable Pearl The Free Waters
Restaurant owner Pearl Nolan discovers the body of her friend and oyster supplier chained to the anchor of his ship; the police believe it was an accident, but Pearl, who also runs a private detective agency, suspects foul play.
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Death Do Us Part
As Phryne and Jack race the clock to save Baron Fisher, Hugh and Dot make final wedding preparations.
Midsomer Murders A Talent for Life: Part 1
A former socialite and a Lothario are found beaten to death by a river.
Song of the Mountains Troublesome Hollow
Bluegrass and Americana band Troublesome Hollow.
NOVA Athens: Birth of Democracy
The dark secrets and innovative solutions that defined the world's first direct democracy, from mysterious fragments of ancient voting machines to mass graves and dramatic assassinations.
Nature Becoming Elephant: The Orphans of Reteti: Graduation Day
Following the journey of orphaned elephants at Reteti, the first community-owned elephant sanctuary in Africa.
Secrets of the Dead The Civil War's Lost Massacre
The search for the lost remains of formerly enslaved Black Union soldiers who were murdered after the Civil War.
Asian Americans Good Americans
Although heralded as a model minority, bold ambition leads Asian Americans to national political office as a culture-quake simmers beneath the surface.
Asian Americans Generation Rising
Asian Americans fight for equality in the fields, on campuses and in the culture.
Life From Above Changing Planet
Cameras in space show Earth to be a changing, fragile planet, with disappearing forests and melting glaciers.
Clifford the Big Red Dog Teacher's Pet; Islander of the Year
The dogs go to school for the first time; the children enter an essay contest.
Zula Patrol Birds of a Feather; Bula's Heroes: The Great Camouflage Caper
The Zula Patrol searches for a baby bird's mother; Dark Truder shrinks Bula, Zeeter and Multo and puts them in a terrarium.
Wild Kratts Rainforest Stew
Chris and Martin search for an obscure rain forest creature.
WordGirl Who Wants to Get Rid of WordGirl?; The Talented Mr. Birg
Seymour Smooth uses some of WordGirl's biggest enemies to try to get rid of her for good; WordGirl vows never to be tricked again.
Lyla in the Loop Dr. Luke Loops; Let's Roll!
Luke plays doctor with Stu as a nurse and Lyla pretends to be different patients; Lyla, Everett, Luke and Stu build an elaborate track to get a tennis ball down to the lobby.
Les Stroud's Wild Harvest Maple & Milkweed
Maple trees and a sugar shack lead to maple syrup.