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BILLY ELLIOTTHE MUSICAL

LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER

KERN & HAMMERSTEIN’S

show boat &

Broadway fans, rejoice! The PBS Arts Fall Festival continues as Live from Lincoln Center premieres Kern & Hammerstein’s Show Boat, starring Vanessa Williams. Then, London’s West End premieres a 10th anniversary production of Great Performances: Billy Elliot the Musical, featuring Elton John’s timeless score.

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1 Thu Chesapeake Collectibles Artworks Doc Martin Old Dogs Doc Martin In Loco Father Brown The Devil’s Dust

2 Fri Miss Fisher Murder and Mozzarella Masterpiece Inspector Lewis, Season 7 – Beyond Good and Evil Great Museums – Sound Tracks

3 Sat Great Performances at the Met Carmen

4 Sun Home Fires on Masterpiece Pt 1 Indian Summers on Masterpiece Pt 2 The Widower Pt 1

5 Mon Live Race: An Honest Conversation Starts at 7:30pm

Race: Conversation Continues Antiques Roadshow Albuquerque, Hour 2 I’ll Have What Phil’s Having Italy

6 Tue Gorongosa Park – Rebirth of Paradise Battle Lines Frontline My Brother’s Bomber, Pt 2

7 Wed Nature Big Birds Can’t Fly NOVA Secrets of Noah’s Ark India Awakes

8 Thu Chesapeake Collectibles Artworks Doc Martin Blood Is Thicker Doc Martin Aromatherapy Father Brown The Face of Death

9 Fri Miss Fisher Murder and the Maiden Unity – The Latin Tribute to Michael Jackson American Masters August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand

10 Sat Our Town – Rockville Potomac by Air: Our Nation’s River

11 Sun Home Fires on Masterpiece Pt 2 Indian Summers on Masterpiece Pt 3 The Widower Pt 2

12 Mon Antiques Roadshow Seattle, Hour 2 Antiques Roadshow Albuquerque, Hour 3 I’ll Have What Phil’s Having Paris

13 Tue Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration Secrets of the Dead The Real Trojan Horse Frontline My Brother’s Bomber, Pt 3

14 Wed Nature Soul of the Elephant NOVA Cyberwar Threat The Brain with David Eagleman What Is Reality?

15 Thu Chesapeake Collectibles Artworks Doc Martin Always on My Mind Doc Martin The Family Way Father Brown The Mayor and the Magician

16 Fri Miss Fisher Death Defying Acts Live from Lincoln Center Kern & Hammerstein’s Show Boat

17 Sat Bloody Irish! Songs of the 1916 Rising Eric Clapton: Slowhand at 70 – Live at the Royal Albert Hall

18 Sun Home Fires on Masterpiece Pt 3 Indian Summers on Masterpiece Pt 4 The Widower Pt 3

19 Mon Antiques Roadshow Seattle, Hour 3 Antiques Roadshow Chicago, Hour 1 I’ll Have What Phil’s Having Hong Kong

20 Tue The Forgotten Plague: American Experience Frontline Immigration Battle

21 Wed Nature Pets: Wild at Heart: Playful Creatures NOVA At the Edge of Space The Brain with David Eagleman What Makes Me?

22 Thu Chesapeake Collectibles Artworks Doc Martin Out of the Woods Doc Martin Erotomania Father Brown The Blue Cross

23 Fri Miss Fisher Death Do Us Part Great Performances Billy Elliot the Musical

24 Sat Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever (My Music) John Sebastian Presents: Folk Rewind (My Music)

25 Sun Home Fires on Masterpiece Pt 4 Indian Summers on Masterpiece Pt 5 The Guilty Pt 1

26 Mon Antiques Roadshow Tulsa, OK, Hour 1 Antiques Roadshow Chicago, Hour 2 I’ll Have What Phil’s Having Barcelona

27 Tue War of the Worlds: American Experience Secrets of the Dead Vampire Legend Frontline Inside Assad’s Syria

28 Wed Nature Pets: Wild at Heart: Sensitive Creatures NOVA Animal Mummies The Brain with David Eagleman Who Is In Control?

29 Thu Chesapeake Collectibles Artworks Doc Martin On The Edge – Pt 1 Doc Martin On The Edge – Pt 2 Father Brown The Ghost in the Machine

30 Fri Miss Fisher Game, Set & Murder Live from Lincoln Center Elfman & Tim Burton: 30 Years

31 Sat Great Performances at the Met Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Indicates MPT productions, co-productions and special presentations

BROADWAYFridays, October 16 and 23 at 9pm

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