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Personnel from Michigan's Department of Natural Resources visit WNMU-TV to answer questions submitted from viewers.
Thursday, April 3, 8:00/7:00c. Repeats 4/4 3:00/2:00c
Discover the best of April programming on WNMU-TV! This month, don't miss the championship round of High School Bowl on Saturday, April 5. Celebrate Earth Day with powerful environmental specials like Changing Planet, Conowingo Dam: Power on the Susquehanna, and Water For Life. Plus, enjoy daytime children's specials that explore the wonders of nature.
Experience the beauty and culture of Michigan's Upper Peninsula with episodes of Great Getaways and Under The Radar Michigan. From local favorites to inspiring national programs, WNMU-TV has something for everyone this April.
Stay connected with WNMU-TV all month long. Scroll down to explore this month's featured programs, organized week by week. Watch on 13.1, stream live from our website, or catch your favorites on pbs.org or the PBS app.
Take an intimate look into the life and career of screen and stage icon Liza Minnelli.
Tuesday, April 1st, 9:00/8:00c
Meet the hippo, crocodile and lion families navigating the dry season in Katavi National Park.
Wednesday, April 2nd, 8:00/7:00c. Repeats 04/09, 3:00/2:00c
Giant fossils uncovered in the Sahara Desert reveal new secrets of how whales evolved.
Wednesday, April 2nd, 9:00/8:00c. Repeats 04/03, 3:00/2:00c
If we restore nature and let it thrive, can we turn the tide of climate change before it’s too late?
Wednesday, April 2nd, 10:00/9:00c
The Nature-tastic Four feel ready for a well-earned afternoon of fun and relaxation after defeating the Soil, Water and Plant Stealers; an outer space creature comes down to Earth.
Thursday, April 3rd, 11:00/10:00c. Repeats 4/8 12:30p/11:30c, and 4/25 11:30a/
Ask the Experts
Personnel from Michigan's Department of Natural Resources visit WNMU-TV to answer questions submitted from viewers.
Thursday, April 3, 8:00/7:00c. Repeats 4/4 3:00/2:00c
Feeling ignored while Edward spends time with Sarah, his wife sees another man.
Friday, April 4th, 9:00/8:00c
Check out the final championship round of this season's quiz tournament.
Friday, April 4th, 9:00/8:00c. Repeats 04/07, 3:00/2:00c
The Governor Jim Blanchard Public Service Forum provides generations of students, faculty and the MSU community with the opportunity to see, hear, and learn from national and international leaders, diplomats and writers.
Sunday, April 6th, 3:00/2:00c
The Governor Jim Blanchard Public Service Forum provides generations of students, faculty and the MSU community with the opportunity to see, hear, and learn from national and international leaders, diplomats and writers.
Sunday, April 6th, 7:00/6:00c
Trixie cares for a single mother recently discharged from a psychiatric hospital.
Sunday, April 6th, 8:00/7:00c.
UK critics are praising Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light! Rebels in the North demand Cromwell’s head and a return to the old Catholic ways.
Sunday, April 6th, 9:00/8:00c
The people of Paris openly protest against Marie Antoinette as she protects her unborn child.
Sunday, April 6th, 10:00/9:00c
How will a sister assure a dignified life for her brother born with multiple disabilities?
Monday, April 7th, 10:00/9:00c
The dynamic story of funk music, from early roots to the explosion of '70s urban funk to influences.
Tuesday, April 8th, 9:00/8:00c
Under Mr. Besley’s leadership, the State Board of Forestry in Maryland was the third in the nation to establish a system of forests, parks and working landscapes. His legacy of 36 years of continuous service is alive today and growing for future generations.
Wednesday, April 9th, 1:00/12:00c
A severe drought in Katavi National Park tests the wildlife to their limits.
Wednesday, April 9th, 8:00/7:00c. Repeats 04/16, 3:00/2:00c
Explore key military technologies in the American colonies’ fight for freedom.
Wednesday, April 9th, 9:00/8:00c. Repeats 04/10, 3:00/2:00c
The Future of Nature
Carbon drawdown is a superpower of forests. Understand why restoring and protecting them is vital.
Sunday, April 6th, 7:00/6:00c. Wednesday, April 9th, 10:00/9:00c
Creature power capacity fails when the Wild Kratts receive an overload of calls for creature rescues. When the Wild Kratts receive an overload of calls for creature rescues, their creature power capacity fails. The team is left helpless, but soon learn that by the working with Wild Kratts Kids that Kid Power is perhaps the most amazing and effective creature power of all!
Thursday, April 10th, 11:00/10:00c. Repeats 04/15, 12:00/11:00c.
Ask the Doctors
Local pediatricians answer viewers' questions on children's health.
Sunday, April 7 at 7/6c.
Amanda hasn't heard from Frida's father in four days and begins to get anxious.
Friday, April 11th, 9:00/8:00c
Curious about how math is used in the real world? This elementary show takes you behind the scenes of three different businesses to show you how they use elementary math daily!
Saturday, April 12th, 6:30/5:30c.
Director Scott Steindorff’s journey to understand his own Autism leads him to discover the incredible diversity of gifts and challenges experienced by Autistic individuals and their families.
Saturday, April 12th, 8:00/7:00c
Papa Ray and friends discuss the 40+ year crazy journey in St. Louis, highs & lows included - owning an indie record store voted ‘One of the 10 Best Record Stores in the U.S.
Saturday, April 12th, 9:00/8:00c. Repeats 04/13, 2:30/1:30c.
What does the warming of the greatest of the Great Lakes mean for its natural systems? What does it mean for the lake's legacy as being famously cold, clear, and clean?
Sunday, April 13th, 3:00/2:00c
Rosalind delivers a baby with a suspicious spinal lesion. A sudden gas explosion shocks all.
Sunday, April 13th, 8:00/7:00c
Wolf Hall: The Mirror and The Light
The birth of a prince comes at a terrible price and Cromwell must help the King get through it.
Sunday, April 13th, 9:00/8:00c.
Marie Antoinette overhauls her image, and the King and Queen find happiness.
Sunday, April 13th, 10:00/9:00c
Discover how a new awareness of nature is helping to restore ecosystems once thought lost.
Monday, April 14th, 9:00/8:00c
Political heavyweights help build a picture of how America has responded to reports of genocide, war crimes and mass atrocities as the only global superpower after the fall of the Soviet Union.
Monday, April 14th, 10:00/9:00c
Explore the career of cartoonist Art Spiegelman and his award-winning graphic novel Maus.
Tuesday, April 15th, 9:00/8:00c
After the drought, the rains finally come. But can Katavi survive the flooding?
Wednesday, April 16th, 8:00/7:00c. Repeats 04/23, 3:00/2:00c
Follow scientists in a quest to understand how complex forest ecosystems can help cool our planet.
Wednesday, April 16th, 9:00/8:00c. Repeats 04/17, 3:00/2:00c
The Future of Nature
Discover how humans can become a force for good throughout the natural world.
Wednesday, April 16th, 10:00/9:00c
Ask The Experts
Get your financial questions answered by local certified financial professionals.
Thursday, April 17th, 8:00/7:00c. Repeats 04/18, 3:00/2:00c
Andrea Riseborough and Domhnall Gleeson star in a new whirlwind love story.
Friday, April 18th, 9:00/8:00c
The 50-year history and ongoing impact of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act.
Saturday, April 19th, 8:00/7:00c. Repeats 03/21, 3:00/2:00c
Dale "Greybeard" Sanders attempts to set a new Guinness world record for becoming the oldest person to paddle the length of the Mississippi River at 87 years old.
Sunday, April 20th, 6:30/5:30c
Call the Midwife
The sisters welcome a new postulant, Sister Catherine, to Nonnatus House.
Sunday, April 20th, 8:00/7:00c
Wolf Hall: The Mirror and The Light
The birth of a prince comes at a terrible price and Cromwell must help the King remarry. With European politics in disarray, Cromwell sees a chance to form a new alliance.
Sunday, April 20th, 9:00/8:00c
Marie Antoinette is implicated in the diamond necklace theft and determined to prove her innocence.
Sunday, April 20th, 10:00/9:00c
Explore how a new understanding of nature is helping us find surprising ways to fix it.
Monday, April 21st, 9:00/8:00c
Meet three Latin American community leaders fighting to retain access to their local water sources.
Monday, April 21st, 10:00/9:00c
Four women embark on a 350 mile kayak journey down Virginia's James River.
Tuesday, April 22nd, 1:00/12:00c.
Simon Schama explores the Holocaust as a European-wide crime, visiting mass killing sites in Lithuania and the Netherlands, and interviewing a 98-year-old survivor, Marian Turski.
Tuesday, April 22nd, 9:00/8:00c.
Frontline
Alaska Native villages fighting for survival against climate change.
Tuesday, April 22nd, 10:00/9:00c
Meet all 18 species of penguins from around the world.
Wednesday, April 23rd, 8:00/7:00c. Repeats 04/30, 3:00/2:00c
In the Arctic, enormous releases of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, threaten the climate.
Wednesday, April 23rd, 9:00/8:00c. Repeats 04/24, 3:00/2:00c
Dr. M. Sanjayan investigates the largest river restoration ever attempted in the United States.
Wednesday, April 23rd, 10:00/9:00c
Ask the Doctors
Local healthcare professionals answer questions submitted by viewers.
Thursday, April 24th, 8:00/7:00c. Repeats 04/25, 3:00/2:00c
In this 1941 classic, Leslie Howard stars as a professor who poses as a meek scholar to secretly aid those persecuted by the Nazis, becoming a WWII-era Scarlet Pimpernel.
Friday, April 25th, 9:00/8:00c
Tales surrounding Conowingo Dam's history take center stage in this saga, a tale that has waited nearly 90 years to be told!
Saturday, April 26th, 8:00/7:00c. Repeats 04/28, 3:00/2:00c
Brushback chronicles West Michigan's black baseball history dating back to 1906. From Ted Raspberry's Grand Rapids Black Sox and Kansas City Monarchs to the Detroit Stars, owned by his niece Minnie Forbes, Brushback explores the true stories of West Michigan black baseball by the men and women who played the game on and off the field.
Sunday, April 27th, 3:00/2:00c
Broadcasting fan favorites from this year’s Fresh Coast Film Festival. Check our website for a full lineup.
Sunday, April 27th, 7:00/6:00c
Call the Midwife
The Nonnatus team oversee the care of a man living inside an iron lung.
Sunday, April 27th, 8:00/7:00c
Wolf Hall: The Mirror and The Light
Fortune’s wheel turns as Cromwell finally finds himself in Henry’s crosshairs.
Sunday, April 27th, 9:00/8:00c.
As the public trial begins, events quickly spiral out of Marie Antoinette and Louis’s control.
Sunday, April 27th, 10:00/9:00c
Discover why restoring nature might be our best hope for fighting climate change.
Monday, April 28th, 9:00/8:00c
A hypnotically cinematic love letter that untangles a family's painful unspoken past.
Monday, April 28th, 10:00/9:00c
Join Epic Bill in this riveting, heartfelt sequel to CLIMBING INTO FEAR.
Tuesday, April 29th, 1:00a/12:00c
Join chef Pati Jinich on a Pan-American journey exploring cultural connections.
Tuesday, April 29th, 9:00/8:00c
Independent Lens
How public libraries shaped the country and continue to be a sanctuary for Americans everywhere.
Tuesday, April 29th, 10:00/9:00c
Stunning cinematography of Mt. Denali chronicles extreme endurance athlete climb.
Wednesday, April 30th, 1:00a/12:00c.
Embark to Niagara Falls and witness its amazing beauty and the wildlife that call it home.
Wednesday, April 30th, 8:00/7:00c
NOVA
After centuries of pseudoscience, researchers examine the causes of racial health disparities.
Wednesday, April 30th, 9:00/8:00c
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