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It's Time To Get Your Bidding On!The 43rd NHPTV Spring Auction goes live

and online from April 20-30! Bid while we're live on-air or bid online anytime for great deals on home items, art, sports items, vacation packages, and much more!

Our LIVE NHPTV Spring Auction is on NHPTV PRIME nightly Wednesday, April 20th - Saturday, April 23rd and Wednesday, April 27 - Saturday, April 30 from 6 PM to midnight.

Watch! Bid! Buy! nhptv.org/auction

Catching fish... For coastal New England, the ocean has sustained life, built an economy, and created an iconic culture. Next month, Saving New England Fisheries, a new NHPTV documentary produced with NH Sea Grant, will explore threats to the industry and what can be done to make the future of fisheries sustainable.

In May we're hosting a special dinner in Portsmouth featuring courses of local fish, along with a screening of the program and discussion with fishing experts. Also, look for free screenings and discussions in Concord, Peterborough and Hanover in May; details are at nhptv.org/events.

Catching new members...If you know people who enjoy and appreciate NHPTV and are not yet members, will you help us spread the word about our Grow With Us New Member Campaign? We need 1,500 new members by the end of June; when we reach this goal, two generous supporters will contribute $75,000.

We appreciate your support and enthusiasm for New Hampshire's PBS station. Thank you.

Peter Frid, NHPTV President & CEO

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NHPTV Connections April 2016

Catch Opening Season With Ken BurnsJackie Robinson

He rose from humble origins to integrate Major League Baseball, performing brilliantly despite the threats and abuse he faced on and off the field. In the process, Jackie Robinson challenged the prejudiced notions of what a black man could achieve. New Hampshire's award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns tells Robinson's story in a new two-part series premiering this month.

Born in 1919 to tenant farmers in rural Georgia and raised in California, Robinson challenged institutional racism as a teenager, long before he integrated baseball.

In the spring of 1947, Brooklyn Dodgers General Manager Branch Rickey signed Robinson to a major league contract. To help ensure the success of his career, and protect the big league prospects of future African-American players, Robinson ignored the threats and abuse from other players. Meanwhile, he dazzled fans with his brilliant play and helped lead the Dodgers to the National League pennant. He became one of the most famous and popular men in the country at that time.

After baseball, Robinson sought to fight inequality yet struggled to remain relevant during a time of social upheaval in the U.S. Monday - Tuesday, April 11 - 12 • 9 PM on NHPTV PRIME

JazzFollow the story of the

quintessential American art form: jazz. From Dixieland to swing and New Orleans to Harlem, this 10-part series (which originally aired in 2001) tracks the growth and change of jazz music from its beginnings to the present.

Explore how the music shaped 20th century American history, through the Roaring Twenties, the Great Depression and WWII. Jazz music pushed American culture to its musical limits, and was a source of catharsis for racial and economic tensions.

Fridays, April 1 - 15 • 9 PM on NHPTV PRIME

NHPTV Is On-Air • Online • In Your CommunitySpringtime Suspense

Midsomer Murders The rural countryside of a

fictional county in England provides the backdrop for the 11th season of this crime series based on the novels of Caroline Graham. With a lush visual style, quirky characters and ubiquitous red herrings, Midsomer Murders has all kinds of cases to solve!

At the center of the investigations are Detective Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby and Detective Sergeant Dan Scott. This month, Barnaby is torn between work and family obligations, and gets thrust into a decades-old family rivalry.Mondays • 8 PM on NHPTV EXPLORE

ShetlandShetland, Scotland is so far

north that there are nights where it is never completely dark. Recently returned native DI Jimmy Perez finds it hard to break through the suspicion and fear of a community not accustomed to locking its doors but which now faces a killer in their midst. Lacking the resources of a mainland police force, Jimmy and his team must navigate the traditions and unspoken rules of the close knit community. Mondays • 9 PM on NHPTV EXPLORE

A Time To Be Born, A Time To DieCall The Midwife

The midwives are back! It's now 1961 and Poplar is beginning to feel the winds of social change with improvements in housing, sanitation and healthcare.

But for the midwives and nuns of Nonnatus House,

it’s still business as usual, as they continue to care for the sick and bring new life into the world. The personal and professional lives of the nurses remain entwined, as events in their work impact their personal lives. Among their challenges this season, the nurses and midwives try to aid babies born with severe deformities.Sundays • 8 PM on NHPTV PRIME

GrantchesterReverend Sidney Chambers

and Inspector Geordie Keating return for another round of mysteries. Together, the sensitive vicar and the hard-bitten cop make perfect crime-solving partners. The new season focuses on matchmaking as well as murder. The issues of post–World War II Britain provide the backdrop to the action: class conflict, the sexual revolution, communism, and the persistent effects of combat on war veterans like Sidney and Geordie, who are trying to get on with their lives.Sundays • 9 PM on NHPTV PRIME

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Join NHPTV's Club for Anglophiles! Look for our BritWit Club logo in this

newsletter, highlighting British programs.

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Granite State ChallengeFind out which teams

make it to the semi-finals! Smarts and savvy are on display as the top high school academic teams from around the Granite State vie for the coveted SuperChallenge trophy. Questions during each match emphasize a quick recall of math, science, history, and the arts. Hosted by Jim Jeannotte, Granite State Challenge tests the teamwork, wit and buzzer reaction of each team. Online anytime: video.nhptv.orgSaturdays • 6 PM on NHPTV PRIME (5:30 PM during auction)

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Ride The TigerThe reality of bipolar

disorder is hard to fathom: five and a half million Americans have been diagnosed with the disorder and yet so little is known about how the illness manifests itself in our brains.

This documentary weaves together brave and compelling stories of people with mood disorders with a new narrative of scientists and scholars on the cusp of discovery. Follow highly accomplished individuals who have been diagnosed as bipolar.Wednesday, April 13 • 10 PM on NHPTV PRIME

Windows To The Wild: Making TracksIn the woods of Mount

Mansfield, Vermont, host Will Lange spends a day with naturalist Susan Morse, the director and founder of the Keeping Track organization.

Its members track wild animals and their

habits, teaching others how to spot the tiny signs of their passing that most of us never see. Recognizing animal tracks is useful for both education and conservation efforts. Wednesday, April 6 • 7:30 PM on NHPTV PRIME

10 That Changed AmericaThis 3-part series is

a tour of places that changed the way we live, work and play. A lively exploration of architecture, design and urban planning, the series reveals how our homes, towns and parks

reflect our history, values, ingenuity and hopes. Learn how these features of our built environment

came to be, who built them, and how they affect us all. Tuesdays, April 5, 12 & 19 • 8 PM on NHPTV PRIME

Mr. Selfridge on MasterpieceFollow the unpredictable

arc of Harry Selfridge's career to its thrilling climax, charting the fate of the showman with the big heart and shaky morals.

This season, Harry’s dangerous appetite for entertainment and women, while always a problem, has reached its peak. Now, he struggles to keep the reins of the store he loves, while his family and staff prepare in different ways for dramatic changes.Sundays • 10 PM on NHPTV PRIME

Moone BoySean (Chris O'Dowd)

is the imaginary friend of Martin Moone, the youngest child of a family living in a small town in rural Ireland.

The third season kicks off this month as Martin reconsiders his need for his imaginary friend Sean after spending a day in Dublin. Still, he continues to move from blissful dreaminess, nervous scheming and slow-growing alarm when his absurd plans go sideways. And, Martin’s 12-going-on-25 friend Padraic is back to his pompous ways. Fridays, April 1 - 15 • 8 PM on NHPTV PRIME

Discover Tropical Ecuador!Imagine yourself in exotic Ecuador next

November! Visit the Mindo Cloud Forest, Otavalo craft markets, Antisana Ecological Reserve, explore Ecuador's natural history, and more.

Along the way, you'll be treated to storytelling with Will Lange, host of Windows to the Wild. Experience all this while making friends on the trip of a lifetime!

Details at nhptv.org/travel

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