Who’s saving our songbirds? Join Willem Lange as he takes us from New England to Costa Rica and Jamaica to meet these colorful and melodic migratory birds and the people who are dedicated to SAVING SONGBIRDS. Featured are researchers who employ creative means to assess the health of bird populations, grassroots efforts by Vermont school children to help re-forest the mountains of Costa Rica, and coffee farmers practicing bird-friendly methods of cultivation and processing.

NH bird watchers Samuel Habib and Andrea LeBlanc show the personal side of birding. Premieres Wednesday, 10/5 @ 8 p.m. & 10/6 @ 9p.m.

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Prohibition & Saving Songbirds premiere this month!

TOP PICKSTHE WAR OF 1812It was the war that forged the destiny of a continent. For two and a half years, Americans fought against the British, Canadian colonists and native nations. Some of the War of 1812’s battles and heroes became legendary, yet its blunders and cowards were just as prominent. 10/12 @ 9 p.m.

PEDIGREE DOGS EXPOSED An inside look at the world of purebred dogs reveals the shocking tactics breeders use to ensure perfection.10/13 @ 9 p.m.

PBS ARTS FESTIVALDelight in this spectacular new production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s HMS

October 2011

ENJOY THESE LIVE CONCERTS! Trans-Siberian Orchestra

November 13 Verizon Wireless Arena, Manchester

André Rieu LIVE! November 25 Verizon, Manchester

Celtic ThunderNovember 30

Capitol Center for the Arts, Concord

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy January 5, 2012

Capitol Center for the Arts, Concord

Call (800) 639-8408 or visit nhptv.org/events for tickets

A recent AARP-NH survey identified four key issues facing Granite Staters as we age: financial security, long-term health care planning, smart investing, and living well. On

this month’s CHANGING AGING IN THE GRANITE STATE, host Allison McNair talks with experts about health care planning. It can involve risks, have serious financial impacts and the system itself can be tough to navigate. Joining her are Joanna Theberge, a long-term support counselor from ServiceLink in Manchester and Rich Crocker, former director of the NH Division of Elderly and Adult Services. The 4-part series airs monthly through December. Part 2 airs Thursday, 10/27 @ 8 p.m.

PROHIBITION IS HERE!

It’s the jazz age, the Roaring Twenties, and the era of America’s “Great Experiment.” Go beyond the tales of gangsters, rum-runners, flappers and speakeasies to experience the

rise, rule and fall of the 18th Amendment in Ken Burns and Lynn Novick’s new documentary, PROHIBITION.A Nation of

Drunkards: In the mid-1800s, alcohol abuse is wreaking havoc on American families, and by 1920, Prohibition goes into effect A Nation of Scofflaws: Millions of law-abiding Americans become lawbreakers overnight. Gangsters make huge profits and wreak havoc across the country. A Nation of Hypocrites: Prohibition has failed, and after the election of FDR in 1932, the law is repealed. October 2 - 4 @ 8 p.m.

Pinafore from Minnesota’s Guthrie Theater. 10/14 @ 9 p.m.

Witness the grace and beauty of one of America’s finest dance companies, Edward Villella’s Miami City Ballet, in a trio of signature works by George Balanchine and Twyla Tharp. 10/28 @ 9 p.m. AMERICAN BALLROOM DANCINGBallroom dancing’s elite go toe-to-toe. 10/22 @ 2-5 p.m.; 10/29 @ 2-4 p.m.

MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!Set amidst the iconic landscapes of Edinburgh, Case Histories private investigator Jackson Brodie struggles to balance his personal and professional life while coming to the rescue of the bereaved, lost and dysfunctional. 10/22 & 10/29 @ 9 p.m.