VERMONT PUBLIC TELEVISION PROGRAM

HIGHLIGHTS FOR

APRIL 11 TO 17

April 11: Sunday at 3:30 p.m., Vermont Public Television marks Holocaust Remembrance Day with “Imagine This,” the London stage production of a musical about a Jewish theater troupe in the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II.

At 9 p.m., “Masterpiece Classic” presents “The Diary of Anne Frank.” Ellie Kendrick stars as the teenager in this new adaptation of her story about hiding from the Nazis in Amsterdam during World War II.

April 12: Monday at 7:30 p.m. on Vermont Public Television’s “Profile,” Fran Stoddard interviews Steve Shepard of Williston, Vt., an international consultant, author and educator in the fields of telecommunications and global business.

At 9 p.m., “The Polio Crusade: American Experience” tells the story of the largest public health experiment in American history: the effort to eradicate polio, one of the 20th century’s most dreaded diseases.

At 10 p.m., “Roots of Health” explores patterns of why people stay healthy or fall ill in different cultures and societies around the world.

April 13: Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. on the new season of “VPT’s Outdoor Journal,” Lawrence Pyne canoes in pursuit of bass in Emerald Lake State Park in N. Dorset, Vt. On the Middlebury River, “Outdoor Journal” meets two men who fish for a living and live to fish.

At 10 p.m., “Frontline: Obama’s Deal” goes behind closed doors at the White House, Congress and the boardrooms of the health care lobby to examine the politics behind health care reform.

April 14: Wednesday at 8 p.m., in a special called “When Families Grieve,” Katie Couric and the “Sesame Street” Muppets help families cope with the death of a parent.

At 9 p.m., “Worse Than War,” based on Daniel Jonah Goldhagen’s book of the same name, explores genocide and mass murder in our time.

April 15: Thursday at 8 p.m., this month’s installment of “Making Sense New England” looks at how the economic downturn is affecting businesses and individuals in northern New England, and what people are doing about it.

At 9 p.m. on “The This Old House Hour,” Norm Abram calls on Brattleboro, Vt., restoration plasterer Rory Brennan for help.

April 16: Friday at 10 p.m., “Independent Lens” presents “Blessed Is the Match,” the story of Hannah Senesh, the World War II-era poet who became a resistance fighter.

April 17: Saturday at 10 p.m. on “Austin City Limits,” Kentucky’s indie rock heroes My Morning Jacket showcase songs from their release “Evil Urges.”

At 11 p.m., the duo Sugarland brings its energy to “Soundstage.”