Moyers & Company Debuts on January 15

Moyers & Company

Bill Moyers is back on TV – and online.  Continuing his long-running conversation with the American public, Moyers returns to television in mid-January with Moyers & Company, a weekly series the veteran journalist says will try to make sense of our tumultuous times, “for myself and hopefully for anyone who wants to keep me company.” The new series begins with three broadcasts exploring how America’s gross inequality is no accident, but was in fact “politically engineered,” says Moyers.

Riverwalk's Jim Cullum Celebrates 50 Years in Music

Bandleader and cornetist Jim Cullum blows up a storm—and reminisces about his 50 years in music.

Barely a teen, it all began for Cullum with a $7 pawn shop cornet and gigs at the local Dairy Queen. His passion for the music of Beiderbecke, Oliver and Armstrong has led his Band to an internationally acclaimed career on the stage of Carnegie Hall, concert tours of Russia, Australia, Mexico and their longest-running gig, at their home base at The Landing jazz club in San Antonio, Texas.

WCVE Public Radio broadcasts “Virginia General Assembly's Bicentennial of the War of 1812: A Symphonic Tribute”

High school students, their teachers and members of the public will join members of the House of Delegates and the Senate of Virginia for this special afternoon concert performance at Richmond CenterStage. WCVE Public Radio will re-broadcast the concert following the State of the Commonwealth address and news from NPR.

Your Community Idea Stations Provide Coverage of the Governor's Address and General Assembly Sessions

Your Community Idea Stations will broadcast the sessions of the General Assembly live, as well as provide a weekly wrap-up program. The 2012 legislative session is scheduled to convene on January 11 and end on March 10.

WCVE PBS and WHTJ PBS, as well as WCVE Public Radio, will carry Governor Bob McDonnell's State of the Commonwealth address live on Wednesday, January 11 at 7 p.m. 

“Doc Martin” Series Begins January 12

Martin Clunes stars as Dr. Martin Ellingham

Martin Clunes stars in the British comedy-drama Doc Martin, as a doctor whose tactless manner causes mayhem in a small Cornish community. Martin plays surgeon Martin Ellingham, whose glittering career comes crashing down around him when he develops a phobia to blood which prevents him from conducting operations. He makes a life-changing decision to retrain as a General Practitioner, and applies for a vacant post in the sleepy Cornish hamlet of Portwenn, where he spent childhood holidays.

WCVE Forum Sunday January 8: “The Future of Liberal Arts Education”

WCVE Forum Future of Liberal Arts Education

The most popular college major in America these days is business. Some students think it doesn’t pay to study philosophy or history. But advocates of liberal-arts programs say their graduates are still among the most likely to become leaders, and that a healthy democracy depends on citizens with a broad and deep education.

The Best Miniseries of 2011 Returns for Season Two

One of the most phenomenally popular series in MASTERPIECE history is back for an exciting second season: Downton Abbey Season 2 resumes its story of love and intrigue at an English country estate, now mobilized for the trauma of war. With a returning cast including Dame Maggie Smith, Elizabeth McGovern, Hugh Bonneville, Dan Stevens, Michelle Dockery, Siobhan Finneran, and many more, Downton Abbey Season 2 airs over seven weeks beginning this Sunday.

Capitol Steps New Year’s Edition: “Politics Takes a Holiday”

Capitol Steps

Help us ring in 2012 by making fun of 2011 with The Capitol Steps and their annual year-in-review awards ceremony called “Politics Takes a Holiday!” This year will feature all new awards, such as:

WCVE Forum January 1: “Desperately Seeking Symmetry”

Radiolab’s Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich

In this hour of Radiolab, Jad and Robert set out in search of order and balance in the world around us, and ask how symmetry shapes our very existence -- from the origins of the universe, to what we see when we look in the mirror.

Along the way, we look for love in ancient Greece, head to modern-day Princeton to peer inside our brains, and turn up an unlikely headline from the Oval Office circa 1979.

Join WCVE Public Radio Sunday at 6:00 p.m. for WCVE Forum.

"Great Performances: The Little Mermaid from the San Francisco Ballet"

John Neumeier -- director and chief choreographer for Hamburg Ballet -- blends dance, dramatic storytelling and spectacle into a unique interpretation of a classic Hans Christian Andersen’s tale. With choreography, sets, costumes, and lighting, all by Neumeier, this ballet—as much theater as it is dance—takes the dancers into deep emotional terrain. The acclaimed production of The Little Mermaid from San Francisco Ballet airs on GREAT PERFORMANCES.