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Tonight at 9:30pm on TV 26 and WETA HD

To Have and Have Not

Howard Hawks’ 1944 adaptation of the Ernest Hemingway novel follows a boat skipper who flirts with a sultry singer and outwits Nazis in Martinique. Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall star.

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Rich Kleinfeldt

Rich Kleinfeldt is the Sunday evening host on Classical WETA 90.9 FM. A professional musician, teacher and lecturer, Rich also hosts Center Stage at Wolf Trap.

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Arthur

Arthur follows the adventures and misadventures of 8-year-old Arthur Read (an aardvark), his little sister D.W., and his friends and family.

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Tonight at 8:00pm on TV 26 and WETA HD

Doc Martin

Martin Clunes plays brash, abrasive doctor Martin Ellingham, whose blunt opinions and tactless manner make waves in a small community on England's Cornish coast.

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Saturdays at 10:00pm on WETA UK

Hinterland

A Celtic noir series about an enigmatic DCI who investigates crimes in a centuries-old Welsh town that is as troubled as it is picturesque.

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Christian Tetzlaff, Tanja Tetzlaff, and Lars Vogt. (Credit: Giorgia Bertazzi)

Saturday at 9pm on Classical WETA

Center Stage From Wolf Trap

Violinist Christian Tetzla, cellist Tanja Tetzlaff, and pianist Lars Vogt perform music by Schubert and Shostakovich at Wolf Trap.

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Aidan Turner as Ross Poldark | Courtesy of Mammoth Screen for BBC and MASTERPIECE

Poldark, Seasons 1-3

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Hispanic Heritage Month

WETA Television celebrates with special programming.

The Great American Read

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Antonín Dvorák

Piano Trio #1 in B-flat Major, Op. 21

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Robert Schumann

Genoveva

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Violinist Lucia Micarelli Does It All — Touring, Recording, Acting And More

September 17, 2018

Violinist Lucia Micarelli defies the limits of what music can be played on a violin. She’s with us.

George Walker, Trailblazing American Composer, Dies At 96

August 24, 2018

The composer, whose music fused many styles with a singular voice, constantly broke new ground. He was the first African-American to win the Pulitzer Prize for music.

The Complex Life Of Leonard Bernstein, A Once-In-A-Century Talent

August 24, 2018

Born 100 years ago on Aug. 25, 1918, Bernstein was a larger-than-life character — on stage as a conductor, at the piano as a composer, on TV as an educator and in a sometimes tangled personal life.

Got 'Mambo'? A Playlist For Leonard Bernstein Fanatics And First-Timers

August 24, 2018

Need to beef up on Leonard Bernstein? Hear the musical polymath's most delightful tunes, from West Side Story classics to surprises from Aretha Franklin, Tom Waits and Selena.

Yo-Yo Ma, A Life Led With Bach

August 17, 2018

If the celebrated cellist could soundtrack his life, the music would be J.S. Bach's six Cello Suites. Yo-Yo Ma explains why they mean the world to him while he played the music at the NPR offices.

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