This Month on CPTV
From Mardi Gras and Ash Wednesday to St. Patrick’s Day and the Spring equinox, there’s a lot of reasons to get excited about all that’s happening this month. March is full of viewers’ favorite shows, including new episodes from Lucy Worsley Investigates and Call the Midwife. Plus, drama fans can tune in for new premieres of Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light and Marie Antoinette. In addition, it’s Women’s History Month, an annual celebration designed to honor women’s contributions in American history. So, mark your calendars and tune in for programs that put a spotlight on the holidays, musical celebrations, remembrances, people and places that make March such as special time of year.
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Earth, Wind & Fire: iHeart Radio Live
Saturday, March 1 at 8 p.m.
The iconic group performs fan favorites from over the course of their incredible career, and open up about their string of hits.
Great Performances: Andrea Bocelli 30th - The Celebration
Sunday, March 2 at 7 p.m.
Since winning the "newcomers" section of the prestigious Sanremo Music Festival in 1994, Andrea Bocelli went on to become one of the most successful classical crossover artists in popular music. On the 30th anniversary of Bocelli's singular music career, a once-in-a-lifetime gathering of stars showcases the tenor superstar's beloved 30-year repertoire. Jon Batiste, Sofia Carson, Lang Lang, Ed Sheeran, Shania Twain, Sofia Vergara, David Foster, Katharine McPhee, Will Smith and more are among the global superstars participating in a visually spectacular concert from the Teatro del Silenzio in Tuscany, directed by Grammy-nominee and Emmy Award-winner Sam Wrench.
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All Creatures Great and Small: The Wisdom of the Dales
Sunday, March 2 at 9 p.m.
Reflect on the simple wisdom that can be gleaned from the people of the Yorkshire Dales as they support each other as a community. Members of the cast and creative team share what life lessons they have learned from this gentle, life-affirming series.
America Made with Love
Monday, March 3 at 8 p.m.
Travel coast-to-coast to meet extraordinary artisans -- including a cowboy bootmaker and a jewelry artist inspired by Indigenous ancestry - whose passion, vision and creativity embody the essence of American ingenuity.
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Why You Like It: Decoding Musical Taste
Wednesday, March 5 at 9:30 p.m.
Explore the science and culture behind musical taste with Dr. Nolan Gasser. With live music, animations, and an interactive app, you will find more joy with the music that surrounds your life on a daily basis.
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Deconstructing the Beatles
Wednesday, March 5 at 11 p.m.
Acclaimed "Beatle-ologist" Scott Freiman guides viewers, step-by-step, on an educational journey through several of The Beatles' milestone albums and the fascinating stories that accompanied them. No matter how much you know about the Beatles, there's something new here for everyone.
Prue Leith’s Cotswold Kitchen
Thursday, March 6 at 8 p.m.
Join the restaurateur, author and Great British Baking Show judge as she welcomes guests into her Cotswold kitchen, sharing cherished recipes, tips and handy culinary hacks. Each episode is a culinary adventure celebrating food, friendship and fun.
Daniel O’Donnell from Castlebar, Ireland
Thursday, March 13 at 9:30 p.m.
Join the beloved balladeer for a heartwarming concert from the T.F. Royal Theatre in Ireland. O'Donnell, one of Ireland's most popular folk singers, offers an Irish-country rendering of easy-listening tunes and inspirational favorites.
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Shamrock Tenor: Live from Belfast
Saturday, March 15 at 10 p.m.
Take a musical journey through the Emerald Isle's most beloved songs with these exciting new artists. Hailing from Ulster in the North of Ireland, they are shaping the future of Celtic Music with perfect five-part harmony and cheeky Irish charm.
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The Calling: A Medical School Journey
Monday, March 17 at 10 p.m.
Experience the powerful journey of medical students at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, where a historic $1 billion donation has made tuition free. This intimate film captures their stories and the changing landscape of medicine.
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Where Then Shall We Go?
Tuesday, March 18 at 9 p.m.
The unhoused community in New Haven is growing. The pandemic, rising housing costs, and inflation has led to an increase in people experiencing homelessness across the city. In 2022, a family in one of the city’s poorest neighborhoods opened up their backyard for people to live in, aspiring to create a self-governing community separate from the overburdened city shelter system. Witness stories of joy and strength amidst the hardships of homelessness as residents build a neighborhood and their future together.
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NOVA: Building the Eiffel Tower
Wednesday, March 19 at 9 p.m.
Explore the revolutionary engineering behind Paris's iconic landmark. Completed in 1889, the iron tower smashed the record for the tallest structure on Earth, ushering in a new age of global construction that reached for the skies.
Coronation Girls
Thursday, March 20 at 9 p.m.
In the summer of 1953, philanthropist Garfield Weston put together a sponsorship to send 50 girls from rural communities across Canada to visit London. A cross-country train collected each participant, beginning in the Yukon and gradually reaching the port of Montreal. There, they boarded The Empress of France and dodged icebergs across a stormy Atlantic before finally reaching Liverpool. They were soon standing in Oxford Street to witness the coronation procession of Queen Elizabeth. Witnessing a princess becoming the queen of England transformed them instantly and forever. The elements of character they saw in her, a young woman so close in age to themselves who took on the weight of the Crown, inspired them and shaped a way of being that has guided their lives. Featuring guest appearances by actor Richard E. Grant and His Majesty King Charles III, the show includes interviews with a number of the women who participated in the trip and follows them as they return one last time to Buckingham Palace.
Lucy Worsley Investigates – Bloody Mary
Sunday, March 23 at 8 p.m.
Does "Bloody Mary," England's first ruling female monarch, truly deserve her infamous reputation? Investigate whether Mary I was as ruthless as history suggests or if her notoriety stemmed from being a strong woman in a predominantly male world.
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Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light
Sunday, March 23, 30 at 9 p.m.
Discover the final years of Thomas Cromwell’s life to become the most influential figure of his time under the notorious King Henry VIII. The journey begins as the axe drops on Anne Boleyn, and he emerges from the bloodbath to continue his climb to power and wealth, while Henry VIII settles into short-lived happiness with Queen Jane. But how long can anyone survive under Henry's capricious gaze?
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Marie Antoinette | Season 2
Sundays at 10 p.m. beginning March 23
Transforming from a young Dauphine to the Queen of Style and a true fashion icon, Marie Antoinette must learn the rules and secrets of the Court and attempt to recreate Versailles in her image: free, independent and feminist. But her successes will provoke jealousy and rivalry, and her royal enemies will do everything they can to bring her down.
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American Experience | Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act
Tuesday, March 25 at 9 p.m.
The emotional and dramatic story of the decades-long fight for equality and accessibility and the determined people who put their bodies on the line to achieve their goal to change the lives of 43 million Americans.
The Future of Nature
Wednesdays at 10 p.m. beginning March 26
Carbon is the problem on our planet, but nature is the solution! There’s a growing army of inspiring people, fighting to save nature - a movement that’s going to help nature draw down carbon and perhaps save us all from the effects of climate change.
Call the Midwife | Season 14
Sundays at 8 p.m. beginning March 30
This moving, intimate, funny and true-to-life series, based on the best-selling memoirs of the late Jennifer Worth, tells colorful stories of midwifery and families in London's East End in the 1950s. Jenny Lee, a young woman raised in the wealthy English countryside, has chosen to become a nurse and now, as a newly qualified midwife, has gone to work in the poorest area of the city. Attached to an order of nursing nuns at Nonnatus House, Jenny is part of a team of women who minister to expectant mothers, many of whom give birth at home in appalling conditions. The drama follows Jenny as she meets her patients and learns to love the people who live in the East End.
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Going Your Way
Monday, March 31 at 10 p.m.
Explore the personal, medical and spiritual aspects of end-of-life care. Gain insights from experts and hear powerful, courageous stories from real people sharing their end-of-life planning and how it can be less painful.
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On Spirit
Great Performances | Now Hear This: Amy Beach: American Romantic
Friday, March 7 at 8 p.m.
Scott Yoo and his wife, flutist Alice Dade, investigate the work and life of one of America's greatest Romantic composers along with her European counterparts by performing her work and exploring where she spent her early life.
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American River
Sunday, March 16 at 8 p.m.
Mary Bruno spent her childhood along a toxic stretch of one of the most neglected waterways in America. Decades later, she returns to kayak the river of her youth and tell its story. Follow Bruno and river guide Carl Alderson on a four-day, 80-mile adventure down New Jersey's Passaic River, from its pristine source in a wildlife refuge to its polluted mouth in Newark Bay. With breathtaking cinematography, the river's extraordinary history, geology and ecology are revealed as the kayakers navigate challenges, travel through urban landscapes and head toward the industrial center that poisoned the Passaic for the past 60 years.
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To the Ends of the Earth: Avian Chronicles
Tuesday, March 25 at 8 p.m.
Host Todd Gustafson takes viewers on a journey around the world for an eye-level view into the lives of birds. Courting, nesting, hatching, flying, feeding and providing for chicks are part of a bird's natural behaviors, but each species has its own distinct approach to these activities. Discover dramatic, colorful, heartwarming moments that provide a greater understanding of the avian species. Featuring birds from North America, Tanzania, Brazil, Borneo, Costa Rica, India, the Pacific Islands and Madagascar, the program provides insights into the lives of the world's only feathered animal.
Also airs Sunday, March 30 at 6 p.m. on CPTV.
MORE ‘TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH’
Great Performances | Copland: Dean of American Music
Friday, March 21 at 8 p.m.
Learn how the works of an American classical composer developed into a signature American sound drawing from his Jewish roots, modernism and American folk music.
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