Preview the programs you don't want to miss for the period of August 11 - August 24, 2022, from WMHT. For up-to-date program listings on WMHT-TV, WORLD, CREATE, and WMHT PBS Kids 24/7, visit our schedules page. Click here to sign up to receive our Don't Miss List in your inbox bi-weekly.
Don't Miss List | August 11 - August 24
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THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND
Thursday, August 11 at 9pm on WMHT-TV
Take a musical journey through the evolution of modern American folk music, from its roots in bluegrass to San Francisco coffee houses to clubs in Greenwich Village. The Smothers Brothers and Judy Collins host.
THE GREAT AMERICAN RECIPE
Friday, August 12 at 9pm on WMHT-TV
The three remaining cooks compete to win "The Great American Recipe" as they prepare special dinners for the judges.
BROADCHURCH
Saturday, August 13 at 10pm on WMHT-TV
Broadchurch is in turmoil as the accused killer of Daniel Latimer goes to trial.
MISS SCARLET & THE DUKE ON MASTERPIECE
Sunday, August 14 at 3pm on WMHT-TV
Inheritance | After headstrong Eliza Scarlet inherits her father's detective agency, she is obliged to find a male business partner to operate in Victorian London.
The Woman in Red | Eliza takes a seemingly impossible case: proving the innocence of a man found at a murder scene with a bloodied knife in his hand, who has already pleaded guilty.
HEMINGWAY
Monday, August 15 - Wednesday, August 17 at 9pm on WMHT-TV
Ken Burns and Lynn Novick explore the writer and his enduring influence.
GREAT PERFORMANCES | A JOHN WILLIAMS PREMIERE AT TANGLEWOOD
Friday, August 19 at 9pm on WMHT-TV
Experience a new violin concerto by the famed composer and other works.
GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET | DON CARLOS
Sunday, August 21 at 10am on WMHT-TV
The Met presents "Don Carlos," Verdi’s epic opera of doomed love among royalty.
GUILT ON MASTERPIECE
Sunday, August 21 at 8pm on WMHT-TV
A drunken drive home from a wedding lands two brothers in increasingly hot water, as they commit more and more serious crimes to hide their culpability in a hit-and-run. Mark Bonnar and Jamie Sives star as the brothers, with Ruth Bradley as the victim’s niece, who falls for her uncle’s killer.
WOMEN AND THE VOTE
Monday, August 22 at 10pm on WMHT-TV
The film charts American women’s determined march to the ballot box, and illuminates the myriad social, political and cultural obstacles that stood in their path.
FINDING YOUR ROOTS
Tuesday, August 23 at 8pm on WMHT-TV
Diane Von Furstenberg, Narciso Rodriguez, and RuPaul Charles discover surprising roots.
PASSPORT PICKS: Celebrity Antiques Road Trip | The Making of a Lady | Van der Valk
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Antiques Roadshow, celebrity edition
See the treasures of comedian Jay Leno, actress S. Epatha Merkerson, author Jason Reynolds, and more!
The Making of a Lady
Follow a penniless woman’s path from pragmatic marriage to life-threatening peril.