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Keep up with professional wildlife photographer Doug Gardner as he explores the country’s wildest areas in search of that one great photograph. The award-winning series shows you where, when and how to photograph wildlife in natural environments. Tag along for a new series of Wild Photo Adventures, starting this Saturday, May 18th at 8:30pm on KUAC TV.

Take a fun, quick trip looking back on our past five decades as the first public broadcaster in Alaska. Thanks to everyone who has been a part of KUAC’s rich, storied history and our successful mission to “tell stories that would otherwise go untold,” as a community-supported service of the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Enjoy this amazing video and let us know if you spot someone you know!

It was sunshine and smiles when two winners of last fall’s Car Talk Car Wash challenge during KUAC’s FM Fall Fundraiser got their rides shined for Mother’s Day! Marti Thomas (far left) and Jim Lewandoski got the royal treatment from Car Talk Princess Sue Sprinkle, in the middle, with help from “ladies-in-waiting” KUAC assistant GM Gretchen Gordon and Leadership Council member Patty Kastelic. Congratulations Marti and Jim! See photos on our Facebook page.

Submit your short films to AK Shorts — KUAC’s showcase of the creative talents of filmmakers from across the state – and you, too, might see it on KUAC TV, like UAF Associate Professor Rob Prince. His upcoming production The Brutalist and the Dove, about the architectural anomaly that is the UAF Gruening Building, will debut on KUAC TV on May 27th, June 1st and 2nd – you won’t want to miss it!

Enter Antiques Roadshow’s 2013 “Golden Ticket” Sweepstakes daily through July 31, 2013, for a chance to win a trip for two to the Roadshow, August 16-18, 2013, in Richmond, Virginia. This 3-day, 2-night trip features a VIP tour of the production venue, appraisals of your items, lunch with Roadshow staff, and a gift bag! Enter at PBS.org/roadshowsweeps.

Tonight features two hours of Antiques Roadshow, the conclusion of a visit to Rapid City, South Dakota, and an update about their 1997 visit to Secaucus, New Jersey, at 7pm and 8pm on KUAC TV.

Have you shopped til you dropped? Then you might be a Masterpiece savvy shopper – take the quiz and find out if you’re a Harry Gordon Selfridge in the making! After all, many of the techniques practiced by today’s retailers were invented by Harry Selfridge…and dramatized by Emmy-winning star Jeremy Piven in the series Mr. Selfridge!

PBS’ MASTERPIECE Classic features Mr. Selfridge, which airs Sundays at 8pm through May 19, 2013 on KUAC TV.