Daily guide to television and radio

October 29, 2011

ON WGBH

This Old House Hour 5 p.m. WGBH (Channel 2) The Bedford project continues, and master carpenter Norm Abram revisits the oldest “This Old House’’ project to date, in Acton.

RADIO HIGHLIGHTS

This American Life noon WGBH-FM (89.7) At the suggestion of a 14-year-old listener, stories from the world of middle school.

Boston Symphony Orchestra 7 p.m. Classical New England (99.5) Violinist Gidon Kremer joins the BSO for Robert Schumann’s Violin Concerto.

Dark Was the Night 8 p.m. WUMB-FM (91.9) Blues and roots music.

MOVIES

The Bourne Identity 8 p.m. (ENCR) A CIA assassin (Matt Damon) becomes a target. PG-13 (2002)

Bringing Ashley Home 8 p.m., midnight (LMN) A woman (A.J. Cook) searches across the country for her missing sister (Jennifer Morrison). NR (2011)

Cat People 8 p.m. (TCM) A woman fears she’s the victim of a curse. Simone Simon. NR (1942)

The Hoax 8 p.m. (38) Compelling account of a writer (Richard Gere) who pens a fake Howard Hughes bio. R (2007)

Hocus Pocus 8 p.m., 10 p.m. (FAM) Witches are resurrected on Halloween. Bette Midler. PG (1993)

Jersey Girl 8 p.m. (E) Kevin Smith’s cloying portrait of a widower (Ben Affleck) who devotes his life to his daughter. PG-13 (2004)

Killer Klowns from Outer Space 8 p.m. (50) Spoof about bozos from beyond. Grant Cramer. NR (1988)

Love and Other Drugs 8 p.m. (HBO) A free-spirited young woman (Anne Hathaway) falls for a pharmaceutical salesman (Jake Gyllenhaal). R (2010)

Menace II Society 8 p.m., midnight (VH1) Gripping tale of teens trapped in Watts. Tyrin Turner. R (1993)

Not Easily Broken 8 p.m. (BET) A car crash triggers a marital crisis for a couple. Morris Chestnut, Taraji P. Henson. PG-13 (2009)

Pauly Shore Is Dead 8 p.m. (FLIX) A broke funnyman (Pauly Shore, playing himself) fakes his own death. A witty jab at fame. R (2003)

Possessing Piper Rose 8 p.m. (LIFE) A family experience horrific nightmares after adopting. NR (2011)

Queen of the Damned 8 p.m., 10 p.m. (FUSE) Lestat conspires with the Queen of the Vampires for world power. Stuart Townsend. R (2002)

Scream 8 p.m. (MTV) Wes Craven’s tale about a teen targeted by a killer. Neve Campbell. R (1996)

The Shining 8 p.m., 11 p.m. (IFC) Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of Stephen King’s tale about a sinister hotel. Jack Nicholson. R (1980)

Strange Days 8 p.m. (FXM) A former cop hustles virtual-reality discs in an apocalyptic LA. Ralph Fiennes. R (1995)

Twilight 8 p.m. (FX) Modern-day love story between a teenage girl and a vampire. Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson. PG-13 (2008)

One Day in September 8:30 p.m., 10:15 p.m. (ESPNC) The hostage crisis at the 1972 Munich Olympics. R (1999)

Stand and Deliver 8:45 p.m. (WAM) Story of teacher Jaime Escalante (Edward James Olmos), who inspires unmotivated students. PG (1988)

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