MONDAY
FEBRUARY 5
2018

BIANCULLI’S BEST BETS

 

Acorn TV, 3:00 a.m. ET

SERIES PREMIERE: Calling this a “premiere,” with the Acorn streaming service presenting yet another British import as part of its lineup, is really a stretch. That’s because this drama series, starring David Rintoul in the title role as a doctor establishing private practice after his stint in World War II, ran in the U.K. from 1993 to 1996. So this is a very golden oldie, even for loyal TV Anglophiles – but does offer some early looks at such familiar (to PBS viewers, anyway) British faces, and actors, as Annette Crosby and Ian Bannen.

 
  
 
 

TCM, 8:00 p.m. ET

Turner Classic Movies doesn’t usually offer films that were released in the 21st century – but as today is one of the “31 Days of Oscar” devoted to nominated and winning documentaries, tonight’s prime-time lineup begins with one welcome exception. It’s Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth, a lecture about the perils of ignoring climate change, released in 2006. And its facts and figures and images are alarming, weather or not you come to the film already persuaded…

 
  
 
 

PBS, 10:00 p.m. ET

Before Winnie Mandela married African activist Nelson Mandela, she was Winnie Madikizela, and was an activist herself. This new documentary is about her life before and after her long and often high-profile marriage to the African icon, as well as the period during their marriage and his long imprisonment. Hence the all-inclusive title, Winnie. Check local listings.

 
  
 
 

TCM, 11:30 p.m. ET

If you have room on your DVR, record this for sure. Although the movie Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace and Music came out in 1970, a year after the massively attended Bethel, NY rock festival itself, this four-hour expanded Director’s Cut edition, shown tonight as part of TCM’s “31 Days of Oscar” salute to documentaries, wasn’t released until 1994. And in this case, more is better, and the strained, overwhelming size of the film just seems to mirror the subject itself. (“The New York State Thruway is closed, man!”) This director’s cut makes room for acts not seen in the original, including Creedence Clearwater Revival and Jefferson Airplane – and, of course, makes the most of the now-iconic performances by Jimi Hendrix and (pictured) Joe Cocker.

 
  
 
 
 
 
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David Bianculli

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David Bianculli has been a TV critic since 1975, including a 14-year stint at the New York Daily News, and sees no reason to stop now. Currently, he's TV critic for NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross, and is an occasional substitute host for that show. He's also an author and teaches TV and film history at New Jersey's Rowan University. His 2009 Dangerously Funny: The Uncensored Story of 'The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour', has been purchased for film rights. His latest, The Platinum Age of Television: From I Love Lucy to the Walking Dead, How TV Became Terrific, is an effusive guidebook that plots the path from the 1950s’ Golden Age to today’s era of quality TV.