Tune in for Season 5 of Rough Cut - Woodworking with Tommy Mac, Featuring Celebrity Chef, Paul Wahlberg

BOSTON, Sept. 15, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Rough Cut – Woodworking with Tommy Mac, WGBH's Emmy-nominated woodworking series, is back for a 5^th season and Tommy is going all out on big projects! Join him for 13 new episodes beginning Saturday, October 11 (check local listings) on public television, and watch as he turns unusual design inspiration into easy-to-follow projects for all.

Season 5 starts off with a bang, featuring special guest Paul Wahlberg, of A&E's Wahlburgers. A close friend, Paul reveals his passion for woodworking and teams up with Tommy to give a step-by-step demonstration on building a prep area for outdoor grilling stations. Once complete, Paul and Tommy install the handsome new piece at Alma Nove, Paul's Hingham, Massachusetts restaurant.

"Collaborating with Tommy was an exciting opportunity for me to explore my passion for woodworking," says Wahlberg. "Tommy's a great teacher.  It was fun creating this piece together for Alma Nove guests and me to appreciate every day."

Tommy continues the season with a range of large-scale projects, including a pencil post bed, marble topped Queen Anne Table, and a glass door china cabinet.  With his trademark passion for fine working and technical expertise, Tommy takes on each project with his unique character and style, utilizing a variety of materials and methods. Within each half-hour episode, Tommy covers the step-by-step process, and offers special "T-Mac tips" on technique.

Featuring field trips to the Frank Lloyd Wright home and studio in Chicago and the Shaker Village of New Hampshire, Season 5 is sure to delight audiences with a range of design inspiration. In the studio, special guests include arts and crafts aficionado, Tom McLaughlin, and the "Wood Whisperer", Marc Spagnuolo, as well as series favorites like Eli Cleveland, Al D'Attanasio, and Steve Brown.

"Alongside new and old friends, we share creative ideas and provide easy-to-follow steps to build craft skills and tackle new challenges," says Tommy MacDonald, show host. "I love expanding people's ideas of what's possible in the shop."

"We have some truly phenomenal projects this season," says executive producer, Laurie Donnelly. "Of course, all served up with humor and style by our woodworking master!"

Rough Cut–Woodworking with Tommy Mac is produced by WGBH Boston and distributed by American Public Television. Tommy MacDonald is host. Executive producer/director is Laurie Donnelly for WGBH Lifestyle Productions. Major funding provided by Woodcraft. Additional funding is provided by DMT, Franklin/Titebond, MicroJig, Easy Wood Tools, Pony Tools, Steel City, and Laguna.

Check local listings and tune-in for the premiere of Season 5 starting Saturday, October 11, 2014 and visit www.roughcuttv.com for more information. You can also catch Tommy on Create TV. More schedule information can be found here.

Beyond Broadcast
Rough Cut has an all-new website! Featuring episodes from past seasons, exclusive behind the scenes clips and tips from woodworking masters, the site is the perfect complement for viewers and woodworkers alike. Rough Cut website visitors can join community forums for in depth project discussions, or read weekly updates on Tommy's activities and work on the blog. On social media, audiences can continue the conversation on Facebook and Twitter.

DVDs and printed plans of projects featured in Seasons 1-3 are available for purchase at http://www.shoppbs.org. Additional books and apparel are also available for purchase. 

About WGBH:
WGBH Boston is America's preeminent public broadcaster and the largest producer of PBS content for TV and the Web, including Masterpiece, Antiques Roadshow, Frontline, Nova, American Experience, Arthur, Curious George, and more than a dozen other prime-time, lifestyle, and children's series. WGBH's television channels include WGBH 2, WGBH 44, and the digital channels World and Create. WGBH TV productions focusing on the region's diverse community include Greater Boston, Basic Black, High School Quiz Show, and Neighborhood Kitchens. WGBH Radio serves listeners across New England with 89.7 WGBH Boston Public Radio; 99.5 WCRB; and WCAI, the Cape and Islands NPR® Station. WGBH also is a major source of programs for public radio (among them, PRI's The World®), a leader in educational multimedia (including PBS LearningMedia™, providing the nation's educators with free, curriculum-based digital content), and a pioneer in technologies and services that make media accessible to deaf, hard of hearing, blind, and visually impaired audiences. WGBH has been recognized with hundreds of honors: Emmys, Peabodys, duPont-Columbia Awards and Oscars. Find more information at wgbh.org. 

About American Public Television:
American Public Television (APT) has been a leading distributor of high-quality, top-rated programming to the nation's public television stations since 1961. APT also has distributed about half of the top 100 highest-rated public television titles for nearly 10 years. Among its 300 new program titles per year, APT programs include prominent documentaries, news and current affairs programs, dramas, how-to programs, children's series and classic movies. America's Test Kitchen From Cook's Illustrated, Rick Steves' Europe, Doc Martin, Nightly Business Report, Moyers & Company, NHK Newsline, Lidia'sKitchen, Globe Trekker, Simply Ming and P. Allen Smith's Garden Home join numerous documentaries and performance programs popular with public television viewers. APT licenses programs internationally through its APT Worldwide service. Entering its 9th year, Create® TV — featuring the best of public television's lifestyle programming — is distributed by APT. APT also distributes WORLD™, public television's premier news, science and documentary channel. To find out more about APT's programs and services, visit APTonline.org. 


About Woodcraft:
Woodcraft Supply, LLC, is one of the nation's oldest and largest suppliers of quality woodworking tools, supplies, and plans. The Parkersburg, W.Va.-based company also offers educational opportunities through classes and demos at the stores, how-to videos and articles online, and project, technique and product features in Woodcraft Magazine, which publishes six issues annually. For more information about Woodcraft, please contact the store nearest you, visit http://www.woodcraft.com/ or call (800) 535-4482.

Press Contact:
Mandy Miller
WGBH Boston
617.300.5334
[email protected]

SOURCE WGBH