Antiques Roadshow in San Jose to be shown tonght!

ca. 1851 grand pianoforte. Image from AntiqueClipArt.com.
The first hour of Antiques Roadshow, taped during their stop in San Jose, CA in August 2009, will air on KTEH tonight! Check it out at 9 p.m. and see the Winchester Mystery House. Next week they will air the second hour, featuring the Thomas & Carmel Fallon House, and the week after that will bring the third hour of their visit to San Jose, featuring Stanford University. Check out the broadcast schedule to find the actual dates and times.

Just another reason to watch Antiques Roadshow!

_Return to Cranford_ on the Internet.

I was able to catch the first episode of _Return to Cranford_ when it was broadcast a while ago, but missed the second episode. However, they're both available (at least for a while) on the PBS website. Here is the link for episode 1: http://video.pbs.org/video/1380421882/ and for episode 2: http://video.pbs.org/video/1384538881/ It's as charming as the first part of the series. Enjoy!

Jane Austen's _Emma_ to be broadcast this weekend!

Jane Austen's silhouette (allegedly). From the Republic of Pemberly.
The new adaptation of Jane Austen's _Emma_ will be aired on PBS beginning Sunday, January 24th! Here's the link to the PBS website:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/emma/index.html

Tonight at 9 -- Louisa May Alcott: the Woman Behind Little Women

Louisa May Alcott, ca. 1857. Wikipedia.
Taking a break from costume articles (after having taken a break from them for Christmas), I finally confirmed the essential information about the new documentary about Louisa May Alcott! Little Women was one of my favorite books when I was younger, as it was for many other kids, and I have always wanted to know more about its author, who modeled Jo March after herself. The documentary, Louisa May Alcott: the Woman Behind Little Women, will be broadcast today, December 28, 2009, on PBS, beginning at 9 p.m.

Bringing in a Victorian costume bit, it looks – from the commercials – that the costumes for this film will be fairly historically accurate. Like the similar documentary from last year about Isabella Beeton, this may turn out to be a film that will be worthwhile to purchase when it comes out on DVD. I will be looking for it!

Louisa May Alcott: the Woman Behind Little Women (show website)
The Louisa May Alcott Society

This just in: _Cranford_ will be broadcast again!

The makers of the Cranford series, based on Elizabeth Gaskell's novels, are making a Christmas special, scheduled to be broadcast in December 2009!

http://enchantedserenityperiodfilms.blogspot.com/2009/06/cranford-chirstmas-special-2009.html

Jane Austen on PBS tonight!

image from AntiqueClipArt.com
It seems that PBS is replaying the Masterpiece Classic Jane Austen series this year! According to the website, Persuasion will be broadcast tonight at 8 p.m. on KTEH, which is on Channel 9 and 54 in my area.

This will be the new (2008) adaptation with Sally Hawkins as Anne Elliott. Here is the web page for this adaptation: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/persuasion/

It's really warm inside right now -- we don't have A.C. -- so I will have the windows open to catch the breezes, and a glass of iced tea at my side, as I watch this tonight!