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A Capitol Fourth

fri, july 4 | 7 p.m.
Live from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol, the multi-award winning A Capitol Fourth kicks off a musical and patriotic extravaganza topped by a dazzling display of fireworks over the Washington Monument. Featured in performance with the National Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of top conductor Erich Kunzel, are Grammy-winning music legends Huey Lewis and The News, American Idol winner Taylor Hicks plus classical superstars Hayley Westenra and Vittorio Grigolo. The celebration will conclude with a rousing rendition of Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture, complete with live canon fire provided by the United States Army Presidential Salute Battery. This special will re-air on the same night at 8:30 p.m. A Capitol 4th Website, See the preview and Q & A with host Jimmy Smits >>

 

Masterpiece Mystery! Inspector Lewis, Series I

Expiation
sun, july 6 | 8 p.m.
Kevin Whately returns as Detective Inspector Robbie Lewis in the spin-off to the popular Inspector Morse series. Lewis, back in Oxford following the tragic death of his wife, is cracking cases with his sharp young sidekick, DS Hathaway (Laurence Fox, Becoming Jane). An impressive list of guest stars (Gina McKee, Anna Massey and James Wilby) joins Lewis and Hathaway this season as they take on murder mysteries that draw them into the underbelly of celebrity, ambition and the sexual politics of the Oxfordshire elite. When an Oxford housewife is found hanged in her home, Lewis and Hathaway unearth a far darker murder case than the initial suicide verdict suggests. For more about Inspector Lewis, please visit pbs.org/masterpiece.

 

Click & Clack’s As the Wrench Turns

sundays, beginning july 13 | 12:30 p.m.
Well-known NPR personalities Tom and Ray Magliozzi, better known as Click and Clack, the Tappet brothers, bring their automotive insights and comedic adventures to television. Click & Clack’s As the Wrench Turns follows the “on- and off-air” escapades of the Tappet brothers as they try to fix cars, fend off disgruntled customers and seek out increasingly creative ways to goof off. The ten 30-minute, animated episodes take place at Car Talk Plaza, a fictional building that houses their radio studio and their famed garage in Harvard Square in the fair city of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Some of the misadventures involve competition with a nearby garage staffed by sexy hunks, a looming run-in with the feds and their two-man campaign for president. For more about Click & Clack, visit pbs.org/wrenchturns or learn more here.