the January TV Guide
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the January TV Guide
TVO PRIMETIME PROGRAMMING Support Ontario's educational media organization. Donate now to TVO! JANUARY 2015 SCHEDULE T H U R S D AY 7:00 pm J A N U A R Y 1 The Truth About Exercise Scientists are uncovering surprising truths about what exercise is really doing to our bodies, and why we all respond to it differently. 8:00 pm Antiques Uncovered (1 of 3). Historian Dr. Lucy Worsley and antiques expert Mark Hill explore the stories behind antiques from the world of entertaining. 9:00 pm Antiques Uncovered (2 of 3). Historian Dr. Lucy Worsley and antiques expert Mark Hill explore the stories behind antiques from the world of travel. 10:00 pm Antiques Uncovered (3 of 3). Historian Dr. Lucy Worsley and antiques expert Mark Hill explore the stories behind antiques associated with ceremony. 11:00 pm The Truth About Exercise See 7 pm. [R] F R IDAY JA N UA RY 2 S AT UR DAY JA N UA RY 3 7:00 pm Martin Clunes: Man to Manta In an odyssey that takes him to the Cayman Islands, Ecuador, and the Maldives, Martin Clunes sets off to go man to manta. 4:00 pm 8:00 pm 9:00 pm 10:00 pm Time Team Westminster. Surrounded by the sights and sounds of Parliament Square, the team has three days to pin down the location of a lost sacristy and uncover the Anglo Saxon origins of the Abbey. [R] 11:00 pm Antiques Uncovered 12:00 am (2 of 3). See 9 pm. [R] 2:00 am Antiques Uncovered (3 of 3). See 10 pm. [R] 3:00 am Alien Deep with Bob Ballard Ocean's Fury. Dr. Ballard is on a mission to learn more about the oceans' mysteries, and why they seem to be getting bigger, angrier and more deadly. [R] 4:00 am Snapshot Lana Slezic (3 of 6). Lana Slezic's work includes stunning portraits of Afghan women. She arrived in Kabul on assignment expecting to stay a month, but she stayed on for one year. [R] 4:30 am Snapshot Michael Levin (4 of 6). Michael Levin shoots stunning soulful moments in time from all over the Pacific Rim and has become one of Canada's top-selling photo artists. [R] The Agenda with Steve Paikin Weekdays at 8 pm In-depth analysis and intelligent debate on the issues that are changing Ontario and the world beyond. For nightly topics, visit theagenda.tvo.org. Heartbeat Bad Penny. Penny Gilbert arrives in Aidensfield and claims Mike is the father of her child. 14+ 12:00 am Antiques Uncovered (1 of 3). See 8 pm. [R] 1:00 am The Night Cook Leading an uprising against the Communist invaders of Czechoslovakia, George Golias fled his country as a refugee, leaving his family behind. This film explores his 37 years in Canada, working the graveyard shift at a Toronto diner. The Night Cook See 8 pm. [R] Imitation of Life (1959) A struggling actress with a six-year-old daughter sets up housekeeping with a homeless black woman and her light-skinned eight-year-old daughter who rejects her mother by trying to pass for white. 14+ [R] 2:00 am Big Ideas Thomas Homer-Dixon. The author of The Upside of Down, Catastrophe, Creativity and Renewal of Civilization lectures on forces threatening the stability of the global order. 3:05 am Silk (3 of 6). Clive is in Oxford, prosecuting three students accused of sexually assaulting a waitress. 14+ 4:00 am Silk (4 of 6). In a David and Goliath battle, Martha represents the driver of a high security prison van. 14+ Undersea Explorer Ghost Fleet of the Pacific. During World War Two the United States attacked Japanese-held islands in the Pacific. The result from the battle was the sunken fleet of Chuuk that now serve as artificial reefs for marine life. 4:30 pm Undersea Explorer Oasis of the Deep. Superheated water flows from hydrothermal volcanic vents in the deepest parts of the ocean. Extraordinary life forms thrive in these places. 5:00 pm The Shield Life on the Edge: Muskoka (1 of 2). James Bain and John Campbell are considered to be the Muskoka district's first non-native tourists. 6:00 pm Canada Over the Edge Haida Gwaii South. The Haida people's cultural past is told through the town of Skidegate's residents. Heading south, we explore Moresby Island. Traveling north, we reach the peaks of the San Christoval mountain range. [R] 7:00 pm National Geographic Alien Deep with Bob Ballard: Inner vs. Outerspace. Earth's livable land is almost maxed. Can we grow more food and find more room to live in outer space? 8:00 pm Coast NEW! The Channel. The team explores surprising stories on both sides of our shallowest, narrowest and busiest seaway—the English Channel. 9:00 pm What a Difference a Day Made— Doris Day Superstar An endearing and quirky account of Doris Day's life and career, offering insight into the cultural icon's Germanic roots, her days in Hollywood and twilight years retired in a picturesque town. 10:30 pm Snapshot Lincoln Clarkes (2 of 6). Clarkes has been documenting life and death on the streets for over three decades. His work includes the documentary series Heroines. [R] Where to find TVO: TVO airs on cable channel 2 in most areas. Rogers HD channel 580; Bell HD channel 1209; Bell Fibe TV SD channel 209; Bell TV channel 265; Shaw Direct HD channel 39; Shaw Direct SD channel 353. Find us online at: tvo.org tvokids.com tvoparents.com Times listed are in eastern time. Programming is subject to change. Connect with TVO at: youtube.com/tvo facebook.com/tvo twitter.com/tvo PAGE 1 TVO PRIMETIME PROGRAMMING JANUARY 2015 SCHEDULE 11:00 pm Fake or Fortune 8:30 pm Hard Rock Medical Trial by Fire. It’s the first day of anatomy class, and for some it might be the last. The prospect of putting scalpel to flesh has some students heading for the exits. 14+ Monet (1 of 4). Art historian Philip Mould and journalist Fiona Bruce set out to prove the authenticity of a painting thought to be made by famous impressionist Claude Monet. 12:00 am Coast The Channel. See 8 pm. [R] 1:00 am What a Difference a Day Made— Doris Day Superstar See 9 pm. [R] 2:30 am Snapshot Lincoln Clarkes (2 of 6). See 10:30 pm. [R] 3:00 am Big Ideas Robert Adams on The Elegance of the Hedgehog. Author and book reviewer Robert Adams discusses the novel by Muriel Barbery. 4:00 am 9:30 pm Snapshot Adam Makarenko (6 of 6). Adam Makarenko constructs life-like dioramas depicting everything from the real to the surreal in miniature scale. [R] 10:00 pm Undersea Explorer Undersea Explorer Oasis of the Deep. See 4:30 pm. [R] 11:00 pm S U N D A Y 4:00 pm J A N U A R Y 4 Great Canadian Rivers The Red Deer. The Red Deer River rises out of a glacier in Banff, snakes through grasslands, and cuts through the Alberta badlands. Its banks have the highest concentration of tipi rings and medicine wheels in the world. 4:30 pm Great Canadian Rivers The Margaree. The Margaree River flows through the heart and history of Cape Breton, with a long history of fishing, farming and settlement along its banks. 5:00 pm Canadian Waterways Rugged Coasts. Follow the 1941 voyage of the St. Roch through the Northwest Passage along the west coast, to the Arctic Ocean, past the missions of Labrador, to Newfoundland's Signal Hill. 6:00 pm The Shield Life on the Edge: Muskoka (1 of 2). See Saturday, January 3 at 5 pm. [R] 7:00 pm Science of Dogs With 400 breeds and counting, dogs come in greater variety than any other animal species on the planet. This is an exploration of why the dog may be man's best friend. 8:00 pm Hard Rock Medical Q and Eh?. Students undergo a rigorous, seemingly bizarre interview process to gain acceptance to one of the world’s most unusual medical schools. 14+ Walking Through History NEW! The Tudor Way. Tony sets off on a 45-mile hike through the beautiful countryside of the Weald in Kent and the Downs of East Sussex to discover the area's rich and surprising Tudor heritage. Ghost Fleet of the Pacific. See 4 pm. [R] 4:30 am 9:00 pm Hard Rock Medical The Hunt. What does tracking an 1800-pound moose through dense Northern forest with Ojibway hunters have to do with becoming a doctor? It’s all part of the curriculum at one of the world’s most unusual medical schools. 14+ Examined Life Some of the world's most formidable minds take part in intimate and engaging conversations examining purpose in life and our place in the world. Speakers include Avital Ronell, Cornel West, Peter Singer, Kwame Anthony Appiah, Martha Nussbaum, Michael Hardt, Slavoj Zizek, Judith Butler and Sunuara Taylor. 12:35 am Snapshot Lincoln Clarkes (2 of 6). See Saturday, January 3 at 10:30 pm. [R] 1:00 am Big Ideas Hod Lipson on The Robotic Scientist. A Perimeter Institute public lecture on mining experimental data for scientific laws. 2:00 am East West 101 The Hero's Standard. Detective Zane Malik of the Major Crime Squad faces the toughest challenge of his life when a public crime has personal ramifications. 14+ [R] 3:00 am East West 101 Heart of Darkness. A Somali teenager is found murdered in a railway tunnel. The investigation leads to a Somali man who is rumoured to be recruiting Somalis to return to Africa to fight for Al-Shabaab. 14+ [R] 4:00 am Silk (4 of 6). See Friday, January 2 at 4 am. [R] M O N D A Y 7:00 pm J A N U A R Y Time Team 5 NEW! How to Lose a Castle. For generations a family of Somerset farmers have been wondering if there was actually a castle on top of the hill they call Castle Hill. The only answer is for Tony and the Team to dig. 8:00 pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin 9:00 pm Midsomer Murders NEW! Let Us Prey (2 of 2). A series of murders in Midsomer St Claire seem to be inspired by macabre images on a medieval fresco recently discovered in the church crypt. 14+ 10:00 pm The Many Lovers of Jane Austen Professor Amanda Vickery examines how generations have sought their reflection in Jane Austen's novels, and the hold that her fiction has on us. [R] 11:00 pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin [R] 12:00 am Snapshot Barbara Cole (5 of 6). Barbara Cole literally dives into her work to photograph images of models suspended in water. [R] 12:30 am Snapshot Adam Makarenko (6 of 6). See Sunday, January 4 at 9:30 pm. [R] Kinngait: Riding Light Into the World 2:00 am Heartbeat 1:00 am Nunavut is home to some of Canada's most acclaimed visual artists whose lives and work reflect the social and environmental changes that are transforming the north.This film brings the audience to the community of Cape Dorset and the acclaimed Kinngait Studios, on the occasion of its 15th anniversary. Bad Penny. See Friday, January 2 at 9 pm. [R] 3:00 am The Hospital (1971) A hardened, suicidal surgeon works at a once-revered hospital that's falling apart and failing its patients. Though he's surrounded by mysterious deaths and chaos, the doctor finds a reason to live. 14+ [R] T U E S D A Y 7:00 pm J A N U A R Y A Park for All Seasons 6 NEW! Killarney. Killarney Provincial Park was created by an appeal from an original Group of Seven Member and was a battleground in the early environmental movement. Times listed are in eastern time. Programming is subject to change. PAGE 2 TVO PRIMETIME PROGRAMMING JANUARY 2015 SCHEDULE 7:30 pm Museum Diaries Fakes & Frauds Exposed. A look at the techniques that Conservators and Technicians use to reveal the authenticity of artifacts. Some fakes are masterfully disguised. 8:00 pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin [R] 7:00 pm The Gold Rush (1925) Snapshot Adam Makarenko (6 of 6). See Sunday, January 4 at 9:30 pm. [R] WEDNESDAY JANUARY 7 Expedition Tiger (1 of 3). An international team of big cat experts and wildlife filmmakers are given unique access to the jungles and mountains of Bhutan for what could be the last chance to save this magnificent animal. 8:00 pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin 9:00 pm Pink Ribbons, Inc. Breast cancer has become the poster child of corporate cause-related marketing campaigns. Each year, millions of dollars are raised in the name of breast cancer, but where does this money go and what does it actually achieve? 11:00 pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin [R] J A N U A R Y 8 Megastructures: Eco School Workers build an environmentally friendly school for a community in southern Taiwan after their village was ravaged by Typhoon Morokot. 8:00 pm 9 7:00 pm Attenborough and the Giant Egg Naturalist and broadcaster David Attenborough returns to the island of Madagascar to examine whether the fate of the extinct elephant bird could provide lessons to help protect Madagascar's remaining wildlife? 8:00 pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin 9:00 pm Heartbeat 10:00 pm Time Team Mull. Time Team descend on the Isle of Mull at the invitation of two local amateur archaeologists to investigate a mysterious set of earthworks in a forest near Tobermory. [R] Walking Through History Charlie Chaplin directs, produces, writes, edits and stars as he reprises his Little Tramp role. The Tramp (or Lone Prospector) ventures to the Yukon to take part in the gold rush. 14+ [R] 7:00 pm 4:00 am Snapshot Michael Levin (4 of 6). See Thursday, January 1 at 4:30 am. [R] T H U R S D AY J A N U A R Y Appearances. Upon their return from vacation the Uptons discover their house has been burgled. Nick and Jo consider making a new start. 14+ 4:30 am Snapshot Barbara Cole (5 of 6). See Monday, January 5 at 12 am. [R] 2:00 am Science of Dogs See Sunday, January 4 at 7 pm. [R] 4:30 am Midsomer Murders Let Us Prey (2 of 2). See Monday at 9 pm. [R] Martin Clunes: Man to Manta The Tudor Way. See Sunday, January 4 at 10 pm. [R] 3:00 am Q and Eh?. See Sunday, January 4 at 8 pm. [R] 3:00 am 12:00 am Time Team How to Lose a Castle. See Monday at 7 pm. [R] 1:00 am Hard Rock Medical 2:30 am Hard Rock Medical The Hunt. See Sunday, January 4 at 9 pm. [R] See Friday, January 2 at 7 pm. [R] 11:00 pm 1:40 am F R I D A Y 2:00 am Hard Rock Medical Trial by Fire. See Sunday, January 4 at 8:30 pm. [R] The Agenda with Steve Paikin 9:00 pm How to Grow a Planet (1 of 3). A team of botanists, plant hunters and scientists hunt down the descendants of the plants that have dominated and driven the most fundamental changes in Earth's history. 10:00 pm 12:00 am Pink Ribbons, Inc. See 9 pm. [R] The Agenda with Steve Paikin 11:00 pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin [R] 12:00 am In the Heat of the Night After a wealthy businessman is murdered in a Mississippi town, the local police chief is pressured to find the killer. When a black man arrives in town, he becomes a suspect and is immediately arrested. Starring Sidney Poitier. PG [R] 9:00 pm Mrs. Carey's Concert At a Sydney girls' school, music director Karen Carey prepares her young students for a classical concert at the Sydney Opera House. 2:00 am Big Ideas Salim Mansur. The professor of political science at the University of Western Ontario gives the first annual Begin-Sadat Lecture. 10:30 pm How to Grow a Planet (1 of 3). See Tuesday at 9 pm. [R] 3:00 am Silk (5 of 6). At the Supreme Court Martha is representing a man in a death row case. Against a ticking clock, Martha faces the toughest legal argument of her career. 14+ 11:30 pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin [R] 12:30 am The Many Lovers of Jane Austen See Monday at 10 pm. [R] 1:30 am Expedition Tiger (1 of 3). See Wednesday at 7 pm. [R] 2:30 am Alien Deep with Bob Ballard Inner vs. Outerspace. See Saturday, January 3 at 7 pm. [R] 3:25 am 4:00 am Silk (6 of 6). Reluctantly representing Jody Farr, Martha will do her job, but she won't allow him or Micky to get under her skin. 14+ Please Give (2010) A married couple wants to expand their apartment. They own the unit next door, but realize they're going to have to wait for their unfriendly older tenant to die. Written and directed by Nicole Holofcener, the film stars Catherine Keener, Oliver Platt, Rebecca Hall and Amanda Peet. 14+ SAT URDAY 4:00 pm JA NUA RY 10 Undersea Explorer The Sea of Cortez. The Sea of Cortez between mainland Mexico and the Baja Peninsula has only a small opening to the ocean. Marine life entering it tends not to leave, creating great biodiversity. 4:30 pm Undersea Explorer Free Diving. Free divers go to great depths for long periods of time without breathing equipment. We meet the world free-diving champion. Times listed are in eastern time. Programming is subject to change. PAGE 3 TVO PRIMETIME PROGRAMMING JANUARY 2015 SCHEDULE 5:00 pm The Shield Life on the Edge: Muskoka (2 of 2). Examining the development of "cottage country." S UNDAY JA N UA RY 11 6:00 pm A Park for All Seasons Killarney. See Tuesday, January 6 at 7 pm. [R] 6:30 pm Museum Diaries Fakes & Frauds Exposed. See Tuesday, January 6 at 7:30 pm. [R] 7:00 pm National Geographic National Geographic's Top Ten Photos. Celebrating the best photography of the past year from the pages of National Geographic magazine, in a countdown format. Hosted by Chris Johns, the magazine's editor-in-chief. 8:00 pm Coast NEW! Secret Paths to Hidden Treasure. The team explores the treasures to be found on surprising, secret paths around British shores. 9:00 pm Bill Cunningham: New York This New York Times photographer's enormous body of work is more reliable than any catwalk as an expression of time, place and individual flair. 10:30 pm Snapshot Lana Slezic (3 of 6). See Thursday, January 1 at 4 am. [R] 11:00 pm Fake or Fortune Urban Goddess: Jane Jacobs Reconsidered Looking at how Jane Jacobs' ideas have affected urban planning and two contemporary neighbourhood redevelopment disputes in New York and Toronto. 3:00 am East West 101 Transit of Venus. Wright becomes personally involved in a case when a young woman is found raped and murdered. 14+ [R] 5:00 pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin [R] 4:00 am Silk (5 of 6). At the Supreme Court Martha is representing a man in a death row case. Against a ticking clock, Martha faces the toughest legal argument of her career. 14+ [R] 4:00 pm 6:00 pm The Shield Life on the Edge: Muskoka (2 of 2). See Saturday, January 10 at 5 pm. [R] 7:00 pm Mysteries of the Moose The moose is a colossus of size, power and majesty, with an armoury unmatched on Earth. Explore the hidden life of an icon of the Northern wilderness. 8:00 pm Hard Rock Medical Clinic in Motion. Rock and roll, ruptured eardrums, and a live goat in a clinic on wheels are all part of this week’s medical syllabus. 14+ 8:30 pm Hard Rock Medical Lifeline. The emotional side of doctoring gets a workout as hospice visits expose the students to dementia and to that healthcare training inevitability—dying. 14+ 9:00 pm The Polar Sea Winslow Homer (2 of 4). Fisherman Tony couldn't believe his luck when he stumbled upon a cache of paintings. 15 years later, art historian Philip Mould tells him that one of the paintings is worth $45,000. The New Everest (1 of 10). The Polar Sea takes audiences on an unprecedented 10,000 km multi-media journey through the Northwest Passage to reveal a world that is being transformed by climate change. [R] 12:00 am Coast Secret Paths to Hidden Treasure. See 8 pm. [R] 10:00 pm 1:00 am Bill Cunningham: New York See 9 pm. [R] 2:30 am Snapshot Lana Slezic (3 of 6). See Thursday, January 1 at 4 am. [R] 3:00 am Big Ideas David Sloan Wilson on Religion and Other Meaning Systems. Examining how the experience of the religious believer differs from the secular thinker. 4:00 am Undersea Explorer The Sea of Cortez. See 4 pm. [R] 4:30 am Undersea Explorer Free Diving. See 4:30 pm. [R] 2:00 am East West 101 Jerusalem. The mysterious double murder of a Jewish couple leaves few leads. 14+ [R] Walking Through History 7:00 pm 11:00 pm The Man Who Saved Geometry Donald Coxeter showed how geometry is at the core of all mathematics, and indeed governs our life from architecture to car design, from animated films to food molecules. The World According to Irving John Irving is one of the world's most read writers. This film visualizes the elation in Irving's novels, a factor which makes him a literary figure of global format: a reality available for everyone. 1:00 am Big Ideas Michael Adams. A lecture on the insights and research in his book Stayin' Alive: How Canadian Boomers Will Work, Play and Find Meaning in the Second Half of Their Adult Lives. J A N U A R Y Time Team 1 2 NEW! King John's Lost Palace. The Team heads for the fringes of Sherwood Forest, where residents of Clipstone village in Nottinghamshire believe ruins in a farmer's field may have played a part in the tales of Robin Hood. 8:00 pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin 9:00 pm Midsomer Murders NEW! Wild Harvest (1 of 2). When a wealthy farmer is mauled to death by a wild boar, the investigation leads to a restaurant and its tyrannical celebrity chef. 14+ Medieval Lives: Birth, Marriage, Death 11:00 pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin [R] 12:00 am The Polar Sea 10:00 pm NEW! A Good Birth (1 of 3). Historian Helen Castor reveals how giving birth was one of the most dangerous moments a medieval woman would ever encounter. NEW! Battle in the Glens. Tony takes on a four-day trek through the Kintail region of the west Scottish Highlands to discover the story of the Jacobite uprisings of the early 1700s. 12:00 am M O N D A Y The New Everest. See Sunday, January 11 at 9 pm. [R] 1:00 am Megastructures: Eco School See Thursday, January 8 at 7 pm. [R] 2:00 am Heartbeat Appearances. See Friday, January 9 at 9 pm. [R] 3:00 am Friends With Money (2006) A single woman quits her job and takes another as a maid until she figures out what she wants to do with her life. She envies the financial security of her friends, but they are facing their own struggles. Starring Jennifer Aniston, Frances McDormand, Catherine Keener and Joan Cusack. 14+ [R] Times listed are in eastern time. Programming is subject to change. PAGE 4 TVO PRIMETIME PROGRAMMING JANUARY 2015 SCHEDULE T U E S D AY 7:00 pm J A N U A R Y A Park for All Seasons 1 3 NEW! Sleeping Giant. Nanabijou, the Sleeping Giant, lies across the harbour in Thunder Bay. The park's recreational trails may be affecting deer, wolf and moose populations. 7:30 pm 8:00 pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin 9:00 pm How to Grow a Planet (2 of 3). Flowers brought the miracle of colour to a bland and monochrome planet. When the dinosaurs were wiped out, it was flowering plants which inherited the Earth. 10:00 pm Attenborough and the Giant Egg See Friday, January 9 at 7 pm. [R] The Agenda with Steve Paikin [R] 12:00 am Time Team King John's Lost Palace. See Monday at 7 pm. [R] 1:00 am Walking Through History Mysteries of the Moose WEDNESDAY 7:00 pm JANUARY 14 Expedition Tiger (2 of 3). The team strikes out from base camp. Kayaker Steve Backshall heads to the eastern jungles. Big cat cameraman, Gordon Buchanan uses a fingerprinting technique to identify tigers by their stripes. Biologist Dr. George McGavin is on a mission to India. J A N U A R Y Wild Arabia 1 6 1:30 am Hard Rock Medical Lifeline. See Sunday, January 11 at 8:30 pm. [R] Sand, Wind, Stars (1 of 3). Entering the wilderness of Arabia to discover wildlife like the snow-white oryx and the jerboa, horned vipers and scorpions. 2:00 am Midsomer Murders Wild Harvest (1 of 2). See Monday at 9 pm. [R] 3:00 am Mary and Max A clay animation film about the friendship of two unlikely pen pals: an eight-year-old Australian girl named Mary and a middle-aged New Yorker named Max. Voiced by Philip Seymour Hoffman and Toni Collette. PG JA NUA RY 15 Earth Overhaul 8:00 pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin 9:00 pm The Mystery of Mazo de la Roche Exploring the life of one of the most successful woman writers of the 20th century. Rumours flourished about her private life. She and her lifelong companion, Caroline Clement – Mazo's cousin, 'adopted' sister and muse – constructed a public persona that protected their own hidden life. 10:00 pm How to Grow a Planet (2 of 3). See Tuesday at 9 pm. [R] 8:00 pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin 11:00 pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin [R] 9:00 pm Banaz—An 'Honour Killing' 12:00 am Medieval Lives: Birth, Marriage, Death 1:00 am Expedition Tiger Chronicling the brutal 'honour killing' of Banaz Mahmod, a British woman who was "disappeared" by her own family in 2006 because she tried to choose a life for herself. Her story strengthens the fight to overcome oppression and outdated or horrific cultural practices. Do The Right Thing (1989) On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence. 14+ [R] 7:00 pm Sean Riley is on a quest to learn more about technologies that scientists are using to try to save the earth. Billion Dollar Brain (1967) 3:00 am See Saturday, January 10 at 7 pm. [R] Clinic in Motion. See Sunday, January 11 at 8 pm. [R] 7:00 pm A former British spy stumbles into in a plot to overthrow Communism with the help of a supercomputer. Starring Michael Caine. PG [R] National Geographic's Top Ten Photos F R I D A Y Hard Rock Medical T HURSDAY See Sunday, January 11 at 7 pm. [R] 3:00 am The Agenda with Steve Paikin [R] 12:00 am Banaz—An 'Honour Killing' See 9 pm. [R] 1:00 am 2:00 am 4:35 am Snapshot Adam Makarenko (6 of 6). See Sunday, January 4 at 9:30 pm. [R] Battle in the Glens. See Sunday, January 11 at 10 pm. [R] 2:00 am Breaking The Taboo Charting the origins and worldwide impact of the UN sanctioned war on drugs. Featuring interviews with the big players of The Global Commission on Drug Policy including Bill Clinton and Cesar Gaviria. 11:00 pm Museum Diaries Borneo Bound. The ROM Curator leads a team on a six week research trip to the other side of the world and into the rain forests of the Mulu Mountains in Borneo. 11:00 pm 10:00 pm A Good Birth (1 of 3). See Monday at 10 pm. [R] NEW! 8:00 pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin 9:00 pm Heartbeat Local Knowledge. Jimmy Turpin is out of prison and plans to get even with Blaketon. Nick and Jo prepare to leave Aidensfield. 14+ 10:00 pm Time Team Piercebridge. Tony Robinson and the team examine a stretch of the River Tees where local divers have had over 2000 Roman finds. 11:00 pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin [R] 12:00 am The Lives of Others (2006) An agent of the East German secret police is assigned to conduct surveillance on a playwright and his love, but he soon becomes emotionally involved. 14+ 2:30 am Big Ideas Siobhan Roberts and Barry Wellman. Roberts offers an introduction to the life of one of the greatest geometers of the 20th century. Wellman comments on the Internet's impact on social interactions. 3:30 am Snapshot Barbara Cole (5 of 6). See Monday, January 5 at 12 am. [R] 4:00 am Bang Goes the Theory (1 of 10). Jem builds a vortex cannon. Liz confronts the scientist working to create artificial life. Dr. Wong asks how to cook an egg with a piece of newspaper. 4:30 am Bang Goes the Theory (2 of 10). Jem straps himself to a water jet pack. Liz finds out if insects are the future of food. Dallas investigates NASA's latest attempts to prove there is life beyond Earth. (2 of 3). See Wednesday at 7 pm. [R] Times listed are in eastern time. Programming is subject to change. PAGE 5 TVO PRIMETIME PROGRAMMING JANUARY 2015 SCHEDULE S AT UR DAY JA N UA RY 17 4:00 pm Undersea Explorer The Graveyard Coast. Canada's Pacific coast has been the scene of more than 1200 shipwrecks in 200 years. Members of the Underwater Archaeological Society of BC help to locate, log, and preserve as many as they can. 4:30 pm Undersea Explorer Bermuda: Isle of Devils. Volcanically created caverns filled with sea water and dry caves with tidal pools attract divers to Bermuda. Its shallow reefs have caused many famous shipwrecks. 5:00 pm The Shield Riches beyond Our Rocks: Sudbury (1 of 2). The story of Sudbury's past through the eyes of the wife of the region's first non-native doctor. 6:00 pm A Park for All Seasons 1:00 am See 9 pm. [R] 2:30 am Snapshot Michael Levin (4 of 6). See Thursday, January 1 at 4:30 am. [R] 4:00 am Undersea Explorer The Graveyard Coast. See 4 pm. [R] 4:30 am Undersea Explorer Bermuda: Isle of Devils. See 4:30 pm. [R] S U N D A Y 6:30 pm Museum Diaries Borneo Bound. See Tuesday, January 13 at 7:30 pm. [R] 4:00 pm 8:00 pm Coast NEW! The Explorers' Coast. The team discovers untold tales of explorers around England's shores and beyond, including a stop-off in Australia. 9:00 pm Churchill's Desert War: The Road to El Alamein The Battle of El Alamein has gone down in history as an epic encounter between two famous generals. This film marks the 70th anniversary of this crucial Second World War episode. 10:30 pm Snapshot Michael Levin (4 of 6). See Thursday, January 1 at 4:30 am. [R] 11:00 pm Fake or Fortune Han Van Meegeren (3 of 4). Han Van Meegeren dared to fake the work of old masters and made millions from his deception until he was caught in 1945. Experts believe some of his fakes remain undiscovered. Could this painting be one of them? 12:00 am Coast The Explorers' Coast. See 8 pm. [R] 12:00 am The Mystery of Mazo de la Roche See Thursday, January 15 at 9 pm. [R] 3:00 am Big Ideas Nick Mount on cartoonist Seth. The University of Toronto English professor lectures on the graphic novel It's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken by Seth. Sleeping Giant. See Tuesday, January 13 at 7 pm. [R] 7:00 pm National Geographic Blue Holes: Diving the Labyrinth. A team of extreme cave divers and scientists explore the Bahamas' remarkable Blue Holes—flooded caves which contain the earth's first life forms. 11:00 pm Corpus A healthy 32 year-old, Connie Diletti has only one problem: she's afraid to die. To face her fear, she journeys across North America to decide what to do with her body after she dies. Churchill's Desert War: The Road to El Alamein J A N U A R Y 1 8 Canadian Waterways Spectacular Lakes. Half of the world's fresh water is in Canadian lakes. We consider the depths of Lake Superior, the beauty of Bras d'Or, and the treacherous shallows of Lake Winnipeg. 5:00 pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin [R] 6:00 pm The Shield Riches beyond Our Rocks: Sudbury (1 of 2). See Saturday, January 17 at 5 pm. [R] 7:00 pm Constantinople Rescue The Marmaray Tunnel links Istanbul's Asian and European parts. Engineers unearthed the greatest nautical archaeological find of the century: an ancient port of Constantinople. 8:00 pm Hard Rock Medical Love, Labour, Loss. The students learn that the miracle of birth is not always magical. 14+ 8:30 pm Hard Rock Medical Down Under. Living and working in the North often means extracting the land’s natural resources. The students descend deep into the bedrock of the Canadian Shield to find out what that means. 14+ 9:00 pm The Polar Sea Sailing Ice (2 of 10). In July the Northwest Passage is still choked with ice. In the village of Ilulissat, Greenland, a collection of Arctic voyagers prepares for their expeditions. [R] 10:00 pm Every Child Counts Exploring some of the anxieties faced by parents of children with mental or physical disabilities as they enter the school system. 1:00 am Breaking The Taboo See Wednesday, January 14 at 10 pm. [R] 2:00 am East West 101 The Price of Salvation. Mere Hahunga has problems with her youngest son, Sam, and enlists Detective Koa's help. 14+ [R] 3:00 am East West 101 Behold a Pale Horse. What has the armed robbery of $36 million and the subsequent violence got to do with a drug-related massacre in Afghanistan? 14+ [R] 4:00 am Silk (6 of 6). See Friday, January 9 at 4 am. [R] M O N D A Y 7:00 pm J A N U A R Y Walking Through History 1 9 NEW! Stonehenge. Tony heads off for a 45-mile walk across Wiltshire to tell the story of life and death in the last centuries of the Stone Age. 8:00 pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin (1 of 2). How has rapid growth changed Barrie over the past few decades? Will Barrie’s planned population intensification change the character of the city? 9:00 pm Midsomer Murders NEW! Wild Harvest (2 of 2). Secrets from the past surface and the killer strikes again, but the poison spreads wider than its intended target. 14+ 10:00 pm Medieval Lives: Birth, Marriage, Death NEW! A Good Marriage (2 of 3). Helen Castor reveals how in the Middle Ages marriage was actually much easier to get into than today - you could get married in a pub or even a hedgerow simply by exchanging words of consent - but from the 12th century onwards the Catholic Church imposed control. 11:00 pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin (1 of 2). See 8 pm. [R] 12:00 am The Polar Sea Sailing Ice. See Sunday, January 18 at 9 pm. [R] Times listed are in eastern time. Programming is subject to change. PAGE 6 TVO PRIMETIME PROGRAMMING JANUARY 2015 SCHEDULE 1:00 am Earth Overhaul See Thursday, January 15 at 7 pm. [R] 2:00 am 7:00 pm Heartbeat Local Knowledge. See Friday, January 16 at 9 pm. [R] 3:00 am 8 Mile (2002) A white rapper has almost given up hope of leaving his lower-class life. But through the help of his friends, he slowly builds the confidence to go after his dream again. Starring Eminem and Brittany Murphy. 14+ [R] T UE S DAY JA N UA RY 2 0 7:00 pm A Park for All Seasons NEW! Quetico. Today this remote northern beauty pioneers forest fire strategies and faces a declining moose population. 7:30 pm Museum Diaries DNA Dissected. A researcher at the ROM's Ornithology Department reveals his current work that's helping to save the endangered Kiwi. Then the Ichthyology team uses DNA research to confirm a new species of fish. 8:00 pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin (2 of 2). Barrie is trying to undergo a transition from a manufacturing-focused economy to a highly-skilled economy. What does the city need to do to complete that transition, and will it be beneficial for everyone there? 9:00 pm How to Grow a Planet (3 of 3). How grass was the most effective creator of oxygen on Earth, helping fill the seas with life and creating the environment for our ancestors to begin to walk on their hind legs. 10:00 pm Wild Arabia Sand, Wind, Stars (1 of 3). See Friday, January 16 at 7 pm. [R] 11:00 pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin (2 of 2). See 8 pm. [R] 12:00 am Walking Through History Stonehenge. See Monday at 7 pm. [R] 1:00 am Every Child Counts See Sunday, January 18 at 10 pm. [R] 2:00 am Constantinople Rescue 8:00 pm W ED NE S DAY JA N UA RY 2 1 Expedition Tiger (3 of 3). Gordon Buchanan captures footage of a snow leopard cub at over 5000 m. Along the Tibetan border, Steve Backshall treks to the mystical Tiger Mountain. The team present their findings to the Bhutanese Prime Minister. And Gordon makes the discovery of a lifetime. The Agenda with Steve Paikin 9:00 pm Oil Sands Karaoke See Wednesday at 9 pm. [R] 10:00 pm How to Grow a Planet (3 of 3). See Tuesday at 9 pm. [R] 11:00 pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin [R] Medieval Lives: Birth, Marriage, Death 1:00 am Expedition Tiger 8:00 pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin 12:00 am 9:00 pm Oil Sands Karaoke A Good Marriage (2 of 3). See Monday at 10 pm. [R] NEW! Workers from across Canada flock to Fort McMurray for high-paying jobs in Alberta's tar sands. The work is hard, the hours long, and the whole world hates what you do for a living. Profiling five oil sands workers who strive to make a better life for themselves and find escape through a few magical moments singing onstage. Mother of Rock: The Life and Times of Lillian Roxon 11:00 pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin [R] 12:00 am Oil Sands Karaoke 10:00 pm Lillian Roxon, the pioneering rock critic who captured the verve of New York City’s music scene for a generation of international readers, stars in this film by Paul Clarke. 1:00 am Hard Rock Medical Love, Labour, Loss. See Sunday, January 18 at 8 pm. [R] 1:30 am Hard Rock Medical Down Under. See Sunday, January 18 at 8:30 pm. [R] 2:00 am Midsomer Murders Wild Harvest (2 of 2). See Monday at 9 pm. [R] Colossus: The Forbin Project A computer has been designed to control the American missile defense system. It soon recognizes a Russian counterpart and demands the two be linked to create a supercomputer. Soon the power-hungry computer begins to take over. Starring Eric Braeden. PG THURSDAY JANUARY Megastructure Breakdown: Locomotive 2:00 am Blue Holes: Diving the Labyrinth See Saturday, January 17 at 7 pm. [R] 3:00 am Games (1967) A couple invites a saleswoman into their lives to arrange some sadistic games for their amusement, but things quickly take a turn for the worse. Starring Simone Signoret, James Caan and Katharine Ross. 14+ F R I D A Y 7:00 pm J A N U A R Y Wild Arabia 2 3 NEW! The Jewel of Arabia (2 of 3). In Oman's Dhofar Mountains, cameras capture the first HD footage of the Arabian leopard, while its waters reveal humpback whales, turtles, vast shoals of fish and the key to annual rainstorms which briefly turn a barren land into a green paradise. See 9 pm. [R] 3:00 am (3 of 3). See Wednesday at 7 pm. [R] 22 See Sunday, January 18 at 7 pm. [R] 7:00 pm 3:00 am The Thing This sci-fi thriller following scientists in the Antarctic where paranoia sets in after an alien with the ability to mutate into anything it kills begins to infiltrate the research station. 18+ Railroads are the backbone of American industry. 170,000 miles of track crisscross the country from coast to coast. But today, two SD40 locomotives owned by Kansas City Southern are headed for the scrap dealer. 8:00 pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin 9:00 pm Heartbeat The Enemy Within. Jim Ryan, Blaketon's former army sergeant, pays a visit to Aidensfield. 14+ 10:00 pm Time Team Norman Cross. The Team examines the remains of the world's first ever purpose-built prisoner of war camp, at Norman Cross in Cambridgeshire, built in 1797 to house 7,000 Napoleonic troops. 11:00 pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin [R] 12:00 am Spartacus Spartacus is a slave sold to the owner of a gladiator school. The gladiators are set to fight to the death, but on the night before the fight, Spartacus meets and falls in love with Varinia, leading him to start a revolt. Starring Kirk Douglas. 14+ Times listed are in eastern time. Programming is subject to change. PAGE 7 TVO PRIMETIME PROGRAMMING JANUARY 2015 SCHEDULE 3:10 am Green Heroes Saving Species. Follow the efforts of Ric O'Barry, Jane Goodall, Bill Lishman and Rob Stewart to fight for the rights of endangered species. [R] 3:35 am Green Heroes In My Backyard. Artists like Sarah Harmer and Gord Downie work to protect their communities from industrialization and pollution. [R] 4:00 am Bang Goes the Theory (3 of 10). Dallas traces the journey of 30,000 plastic ducks; Liz goes to the bottom of the Baltic Sea. Yan challenges the people of Cardiff to take on the might of friction; Jem uses vacuum cleaners to climb the side of a building. 4:30 am Bang Goes the Theory (4 of 10). Liz investigates the magnetic qualities of cows. Dallas puts psychological priming to the test. Yan demonstrates why rockets work in space; Jem sends a doll to the edge of space. 9:00 pm 10:00 pm 4:00 pm JANUARY 24 Undersea Explorer Shark Island. Divers use rebreathers to study sharks near Cocos Island, in the Pacific. Once a haven for pirates and others in need of fresh water, the island is now a Costa Rican national park. 4:30 pm Undersea Explorer Bonaire. Bonaire, in the Netherland Antilles, is the world leader in coral reef conservation. The marine park is an underwater sanctuary. 5:00 pm The Shield Riches beyond Our Rocks: Sudbury (2 of 2). Sudbury is working to balance prosperity and progress with its social and environmental responsibilities. 6:00 pm A Park for All Seasons Quetico. See Tuesday, January 20 at 7 pm. [R] 6:30 pm Museum Diaries DNA Dissected. See Tuesday, January 20 at 7:30 pm. [R] 7:00 pm National Geographic City of Ants. New science explores how ants communicate, organize and make decisions, all in the blink of an eye. State-of-the-art macro photography gets closer to these astonishing creatures than ever before. 8:00 pm Coast NEW! Offshore!. Coast embarks on its first adventure to North America, exploring British connections far offshore and surprising stories in the waters just off Britain's shoreline. Dance For Me Denmark produces lots of professional ballroom dancers - but everything depends on finding the right partner. Fourteen-year-old Mie is one of Denmark's top dancers, and the Russian Egor lives with Mie and her mother. The duo appear to be perfect together, but Egor is having trouble adjusting to his new home. 11:00 pm Fake or Fortune Rembrandt (4 of 4). Suspicions are aroused when Philip and his researcher spot a rogue painting for sale in a South African auction house. 12:00 am Coast Offshore! See 8 pm. [R] 1:00 am SATURDAY The Young Romantic Internationally acclaimed filmmakers Barbara Willis Sweete and Niv Fichman shed light on the positive force of art within the political and economic monolith that is China. [R] The Young Romantic 2:00 am Dance For Me See 10 pm. [R] 10:00 pm First World War To Arms. The consequences of the First World War continue to affect politics to this day. Nationalism, thirst for territory, and empire building primed a powder keg of conflict set off by a terrorist act in Serbia. Mother of Rock: The Life and Times of Lillian Roxon Undersea Explorer See Wednesday, January 21 at 10 pm. [R] Undersea Explorer 2:00 am East West 101 Behold a Pale Horse. See Sunday, January 18 at 3 am. [R] Bonaire. See 4:30 pm. [R] S U N D A Y J A N U A R Y 2 5 Canadian Waterways Mighty Rivers. The St. Lawrence has devious, shifting shoals. Alberta's Red Deer River is a dinosaur burial ground. And in British Columbia there is a river that no one has ever been able to navigate. 5:00 pm The Polar Sea Legends of Food (3 of 10). The explorers cross Baffin Bay to the Inuit village of Pond Inlet. The new accessibility of this region has brought a wave of tourists. For residents this is one of the mixed blessings of climate change. [R] 1:00 am Shark Island. See 4 pm. [R] 4:00 pm 9:00 pm 12:00 am Art of War This unique documentary shows how the First World War transformed the world of art and changed the way images of war are portrayed. [R] 3:00 am Big Ideas Ian Hacking on the Mathematical Animal. The University of Toronto philosophy professor presents a lecture on The Mathematical Animal. 4:30 am 8:30 pm Hard Rock Medical Gratitude. Thanksgiving provides an opportunity for the students and faculty to take a break from the pressures of their medical duties. 14+ 11:00 pm Oil Sands Karaoke See Wednesday, January 21 at 9 pm. [R] See 9 pm. [R] 4:00 am 8:00 pm Hard Rock Medical Rock and a Hard Place. The students get to practise hands-on medicine from the medical trailer and on the Wide River reserve. 14+ The Agenda with Steve Paikin [R] 6:00 pm The Shield Riches beyond Our Rocks: Sudbury (2 of 2). See Saturday, January 24 at 5 pm. [R] 7:00 pm Pelicans: Outback Nomads Find out why pelicans in Australia journey inland to one of Earth’s most inhospitable places. 3:00 am East West 101 Revelation. Two youths are shot dead while fishing. Malik knows first hand what the boys' mother is going through. 14+ [R] 4:00 am Urban Goddess: Jane Jacobs Reconsidered See Sunday, January 11 at 4 pm. [R] M O N D A Y 7:00 pm J A N U A R Y Walking Through History 2 6 NEW! The Lakes. 30 years after the Romans invaded Britain they were ready to take on the challenge of conquering the Lake District. With the toughest landscape they had encountered in the country, peopled by a rebellious tribe, it was no small task. 8:00 pm Times listed are in eastern time. Programming is subject to change. The Agenda with Steve Paikin PAGE 8 TVO PRIMETIME PROGRAMMING JANUARY 2015 SCHEDULE 9:00 pm Midsomer Murders NEW! The Flying Club (1 of 2). When a body is discovered in a reservoir dropped out of a plane, Barnaby and Nelson find the world of stunt pilots and military heroes hides many dark secrets. 14+ 10:00 pm Medieval Lives: Birth, Marriage, Death NEW! 11:00 pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin [R] 12:00 am The Polar Sea Legends of Food (3 of 10). See Sunday, January 25 at 9 pm. [R] Megastructure Breakdown: Locomotive 1:00 am See Thursday, January 22 at 7 pm. [R] 1:00 am First World War To Arms. See Sunday, January 25 at 10 pm. [R] THURSDAY 2:00 am Pelicans: Outback Nomads See Sunday, January 25 at 7 pm. [R] J A N U A R Y A Park for All Seasons 2 7 NEW! Museum Diaries Dinos ReDiscovered. The Curator of Paleontology and his team prepare the mega Dino Exhibit for travel. In the Alberta badlands they unearth bones from the hills. 8:00 pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin 9:00 pm Don't Panic: The Truth About Population NEW! With the world's population at 7 billion and still growing, we often look at the future with dread. But world famous Swedish statistical showman Professor Hans Rosling presents a different view. JANUARY 29 Megastructure Breakdown: Dam Busters An upperclass widow falls in love with a much younger, down-to-earth gardener, much to the disapproval of her children and her country club peers. 14+ [R] In the Cascade Mountains, Portland General Electric will take on the largest dam removal in the state's history. If all goes well, the Sandy River will be free-flowing for the first time in nearly 100 years. 4:30 am Snapshot Lana Slezic (3 of 6). See Thursday, January 1 at 4 am. [R] 8:00 pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin 9:00 pm Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould 3:00 am 7:00 pm All That Heaven Allows (1955) JANUARY 28 7:00 pm Vets in the Disaster Zone NEW! Michael Mosley travels to the Philippines in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan to explore the disaster in terms of its effect on animals and the team of veterinarians who have come to save their lives. Algonquin. The jewel of the Ontario parks system has been a muse for Tom Thomson, is a hot spot for researchers and allows commercial activities like logging. Walking Through History WEDNESDAY The Beguiled (1971) T U E S D AY 7:30 pm 12:00 am Diary of a Mad Housewife Sick of being a trophy wife, Tina begins an affair with a writer who begins to treat her much like her husband did. She decides to enter group therapy to save her marriage, but gets no break from the male chauvinism that runs throughout her life. Starring Carrie Snodgress. 14+ [R] Clint Eastwood stars as an injured Union soldier who finds refuge in a Southern girl's school during the Civil War. Directed by Don Siegel, the film co-stars Geraldine Page and Elizabeth Hartman. 14+ [R] 7:00 pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin [R] Heartbeat The Enemy Within. See Friday, January 23 at 9 pm. [R] 3:00 am 3:20 am 11:00 pm The Lakes. See Monday at 7 pm. [R] A Good Death (3 of 3). In the Middle Ages, death was always close at hand, even before the horrors of the Black Death. But for the people of the Middle Ages, death wasn't an end but a doorway to everlasting life. 2:00 am 2:30 am Midsomer Murders The Flying Club (1 of 2). See Monday at 9 pm. [R] 10:00 pm Wild Arabia The Jewel of Arabia (2 of 3). See Friday, January 23 at 7 pm. [R] 8:00 pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin 9:00 pm The Tall Man On Palm Island, Cameron Doomadgee swore at a policeman and forty-five minutes later lay dead in a cell. This is a story of two worlds clashing— and a haunting, unforgettable moral puzzle. 10:30 pm Snapshot Fred Herzog (1 of 6). Fred Herzog arrived in Vancouver from Germany in 1952, picked up a camera, and began to document the city he came to love and call home. [R] 11:00 pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin [R] 12:00 am The Tall Man See 9 pm. [R] 1:30 am Hard Rock Medical Rock and a Hard Place. See Sunday, January 25 at 8 pm. [R] World-renowned pianist Glenn Gould continues to captivate years after his untimely death in 1982. His complex recording technologies were unprecedented and his inimitable music and writing reveal a world view that we are still unraveling. This film weaves together neverbefore-seen footage of Gould, excerpts from his private home recordings and diaries, plus interviews with Gould's friends and lovers. Don't Panic: The Truth About Population 11:00 pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin [R] 12:00 am Medieval Lives: Birth, Marriage, Death 1:00 am Vets in the Disaster Zone 10:00 pm See Tuesday at 9 pm. [R] A Good Death (3 of 3). See Monday at 10 pm. [R] See Wednesday at 7 pm. [R] 2:00 am City of Ants See Saturday, January 24 at 7 pm. [R] 3:00 am Diabolique (1955) The wife and mistress of a boarding school headmaster plot to murder him. Afterward, his body goes missing and strange things begin to happen. Starring Simone Signoret. 14+ [R] 2:00 am Hard Rock Medical Gratitude. See Sunday, January 25 at 8:30 pm. [R] Times listed are in eastern time. Programming is subject to change. PAGE 9 TVO PRIMETIME PROGRAMMING JANUARY 2015 SCHEDULE F R I D A Y 7:00 pm J A N U A R Y Wild Arabia 3 0 NEW! Shifting Sands (3 of 3). Examining the Arabian people's changing relationship with nature. Traditional camel races are ridden by robot jockeys and falcons are trained with radio-controlled planes, but wildlife is also protected. 8:00 pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin 9:00 pm Heartbeat Unconsidered Trifles. After a theft at a house in Whitby, Blaketon's car is found outside. Mike knows Blaketon is hiding something but can't figure out why. 14+ 10:00 pm Time Team Sutton Courtenay. The Team tries to locate one of the rarest of archaeological sites—an Anglo Saxon royal complex. 11:00 pm The Agenda with Steve Paikin [R] 12:00 am Fellini's Casanova (1976) The film follows Giacomo Casanova's emotionally detached sexual adventures and his search for respect which he often abandons to satisfy his most basic urges. Starring Donald Sutherland. 14+ 2:30 am Green Heroes The Power of an Idea. Many people find saving the planet to be an overwhelming idea, but these Green Heroes have found a way to make simple changes part of the bigger picture. [R] 3:00 am Big Ideas David Archer. A computational ocean chemist from the University of Chicago delivers a lecture on climate change and the effects of greenhouse gases. 4:00 am Bang Goes the Theory (5 of 10). Jem attempts to defeat the U.S. Navy's latest weapon. Liz gets in contact with her frog brain. Dallas re-programs his caveman brain to become a thrill-seeker. 4:30 am Bang Goes the Theory (6 of 10). Jem takes to the air with the Royal Navy. Liz, Dallas and Jem put brain training to the test. Dallas investigates the new space entrepreneurs in California. Dr. Wong melts glass with a microwave. SAT URDAY 4:00 pm JA NUA RY 31 Undersea Explorer Great White Shark. Research divers swim among the sharks at South Africa's Cape of Good Hope, which is a major gathering place for seals, a favourite in the Great White's diet. 4:30 pm Undersea Explorer The Florida Keys. The Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary protects North America's only barrier reef. Shipwrecks were once common, and now serve as artificial reefs and dive destinations. 5:00 pm The Shield 1:00 am Ping Pong See 9 pm. [R] 2:30 am Snapshot Barbara Cole (5 of 6). See Monday, January 5 at 12 am. [R] 3:00 am Big Ideas Hod Lipson on The Robotic Scientist. See Sunday, January 4 at 1 am. [R] 4:00 am Undersea Explorer Great White Shark. See 4 pm. [R] 4:30 am Undersea Explorer The Florida Keys. See 4:30 pm. [R] Rooted in Stone: West Parry Sound (1 of 2). From the Anishinabek to the settlers, people carved out a living amid the rocks of West Parry Sound. 6:00 pm A Park for All Seasons Algonquin. See Tuesday at 7 pm. [R] 6:30 pm Museum Diaries Dinos ReDiscovered. See Tuesday at 7:30 pm. [R] 7:00 pm Australia: Land of Parrots In Australia, parrots and cockatoos are everywhere, and often in large numbers. This is a spectacular exploration of the wide diversity of these fascinating and stunning birds. 8:00 pm Coast NEW! Sea and the City. Nick Crane pays tribute to the unsung and astonishing mega-port of Immingham. He also meets the foreign crew of a mighty super-tanker who spend months of their lives at sea. 9:00 pm Ping Pong Eight players with 703 years between them compete in the World Over 80s Table Tennis Championships in Inner Mongolia. This film is as much about the tenacity of the human spirit as it is a meditation on mortality. 10:30 pm Snapshot Barbara Cole (5 of 6). See Monday, January 5 at 12 am. [R] 11:00 pm The Man Who Shot Beautiful Women: Erwin Blumenfeld Erwin Blumenfeld survived two world wars to become one of the world's most highly-paid fashion photographers and a key influence on the development of photography as an art form. 12:00 am Coast Sea and the City. See 8 pm. [R] Times listed are in eastern time. Programming is subject to change. PAGE 10