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- An anthology drama series featuring primarily British productions.
- Defying the Nazis: The Sharps' War: Waitstill Sharp, a Unitarian minister, and Martha Sharp, a trained social worker, in February 1939, boldly commit to a life-threatening mission in Europe to assist refugees.
- Interviews with former children who survived the Holocaust concentration camps and who were rehabilitated in a disused aircraft factory overlooking Lake Windermere in the UK, and whose experiences in adjusting to freedom in a foreign country were dramatised in The Windermere Children (2020). It also describes their experiences as they were rounded up by the Germans in their home towns and taken by cattle train to concentration camps such as Auschwitz.
- National Geographic investigates the root causes and eventual effects of stress.
- History Through Deaf Eyes will take a look at Deaf culture from the 19th century to the present. The 120 minute production for PBS will include short films.
- The hosts of this show demonstrate gentle exercise moves, most of which are completed in a seated position, ideal for people with limited physical abilities.
- Go beyond the legend and meet the inspiring woman who repeatedly risked her own life and freedom to liberate others from slavery. Born 200 years ago in Maryland, Harriet Tubman was a conductor of the Underground Railroad, a Civil War scout, nurse and spy, and one of the greatest freedom fighters in our nation's history.
- Get inspired. Get wired. Get totally fired up! Get into the PBS Kids reality show Design Squad! This season, two teams of high school kids face off, converting toys into dragsters, inventing fashion for the runway, and creating summer sleds for L.L. Bean. And with only two days to execute these challenges, they need to think smart and design fast. Then the Design Squad-ers put their products to the test, all while keeping their cool when things get hot and their eyes on the grand prize - a $10,000 college scholarship.
- The life and career of jazz musician Ron Carter, the most recorded bassist in history, featuring original concert footage and insights from jazz icons.
- Code Rush follows the people of Netscape Communications during an intense period in 1998, when it was all but certain that Microsoft had already won control of the Internet user's desktop. When all hope seems fading, a group of dedicated developers work their hardest to push out a very special release.
- A Docuseries produced for Public Television - taking viewers on an emotional and inspirational journey through cinematic storytelling, as the lens focuses on ordinary people going through extraordinary measures of courage and triumph.
- Experience the wildlife of the Okavango Delta, an oasis and lush paradise in Botswana, Southern Africa that connects a wide variety of creatures.
- In "Show Tunes", Feinstein explores songs from Broadway. In "Let's Dance", he examines the connection between music and choreography and in "On the Air" he examines the impact radio had on popular culture in the 20th century.
- This little-known World War II battle with Japanese forces on the Alaskan island of Attu includes the accounts of two surviving soldiers. The film tells of the tragic operation that saw ill-prepared American troops take on massive casualties.
- Chief Curator of Historic Royal Palaces, Lucy Worsley, explores the history of the Tower of London, Hampton Court and Kensington Palace to show how these places symbolize the evolution of British monarchs' place in society.
- A documentary on what is it that makes us who we are: an African an African, a Jew a Jew, an Arab an Arab, a white person white -and what do we make of our apparent differences? Not so long ago, all human cultures assumed a natural and unassailable hierarchy - Europeans on the top, blacks on the bottom and everybody else in the middle. The work of the anthropologist Melville Jean Herskovits helped upend many of these assumptions. Herskovits: A Jew at the Heart of Blackness is the journey of a man into international race politics and its consequences for him -and us- in the first half of 20th century, when the battleground in the earliest "culture wars" was newspapers, radio shows, movies and cartoon, all infused with propaganda that explained why Caucasians dominated the world and other peoples as part of life's natural and inevitable order.
- The Documentary of the life and times of 'Celia Cruz'.
- Casts new light on the relationship between Einstein and his first wife, Mileva Maric and their collaboration on the theory of relativity.
- Narrated by Robert Redford, Saving the Bay explores the history of one of America's greatest natural resources - San Francisco Bay - with four one-hour episodes tracing the Bay from its geologic origins following the last Ice Age through years of catastrophic exploitation to restoration efforts of today. This spectacular high-definition series takes viewers on an unforgettable journey around the waters of San Francisco Bay and the larger northern California watershed from the Sierra Nevada mountains to the Farallon Islands in the Pacific Ocean. The series also highlights the story of three women who rallied an entire region to save San Francisco Bay from becoming little more than a river. Spearheaded by three women in the East Bay hills, the story of how the Bay was saved is not only compelling in its own right, but offers an invaluable lesson about how ordinary citizens can have an impact on protecting and enhancing our natural environment.
- The Artist's Way explores real life stories of innovation and creativity. Best selling author Mark Bryan, with special commentary by co-author Julia Cameron, will guide viewers through living examples of creativity, exposing audiences to the facts that everyone is creative, creativity is teachable, and people become more authentic by using their creativity and becoming an innovative person.
- The B-52s performed their first ever gig in February 1977. 34 years later, on Valentine's Day 2011, they returned to their home town of Athens, Georgia to celebrate with this brilliant live show. Wig-wearing, boa-draped, glitter-covered fans came to join in and saw the band deliver a sizzling 90 minute set that turned Athens' Classic Center into a cosmic dancehall. A B-52s live show is always the best party in town, yet here in front of their home crowd they even managed to turn it up a notch further. Packed with all their fan's favorites, this is high spirited good time rock 'n' roll packed with great tunes, wild romance, blood pumping grooves and a lot of fun!
- Every show Mike Colameco gives viewers access to some of the best kitchens in the world and talks to real chefs, in real restaurants cooking real recipes. It's an insider's guide and behind the scenes look from a chef's perspective on how these restaurants are putting together their dishes. Along the way we'll meet the owners, chef's and their crews; we will hear their stories and eat some amazing food. Each show has a theme, it might be an ingredient, a neighborhood or a cuisine. And at the end of the show we will go back to Mike's kitchen and he'll teach you how to make a dish inspired by the restaurants we visited.
- This fascinating programme follows a select cast of individuals determined to bring Egypt back from the brink, to discover more of Egypt's history, to keep its heritage safe and to get tourists to visit the country again.
- This award-winning film airs nationally on PBS. It documents the lives of a group of African-American women from Alabama's Black Belt region, who see their lives radically changed as their artwork is suddenly recognized and embraced by the elite American museum world.
- The popular all female singing group brings its unique Celtic sound to a live concert at Powerscourt in Ireland.
- It's the last few weeks of high school for Yessenia, a soft-spoken senior with two small daughters and a boyfriend who'd rather she stay at home than go to school. When Yessenia's boyfriend makes a final play to derail her goal of graduation by trying to marry her, she's forced to make a choice: stand up for herself and her daughters, or give in to expectation. BABY MAMA HIGH is part of the CPB's American Graduate Latino initiative, a series of documentaries touching on themes of education in the Latino community.
- 350 years ago two violin makers from the same town, from the same block, made the most sought after violins ever achieved. Everyone has heard of Antonio Stradivari, but few have heard of Guarneri del Gesu. Why?
- Follows a handful of people as they journey through the heartwarming and often challenging process of receiving their service dogs from Canine Assistants in Georgia.
- A feature length documentary profiling one of America's greatest philanthropists and entrepreneurs.
- The Urban Odyssey of Washington D.C. A Bicentennial Celebration of Washington D.C.'s Heritage 1791 -1991. The story unfolding since the founding of the District of Columbia in 1791 recount the arrival of Africans , Europeans , Asians and Hispanics and their struggles to create community, home and sense of place. Seven Episodes each Episode's Focus on an Individual Civil Rights Leader: Sterling Brown ( 1901-1989 ), Nannie Helen Burroughs ( 1879 - 1961 ), Nicholas De Carlo, Isaac Franck, C C Hung, Carman Monico and Lillian Walker. Many Voices on a Common Ground. Urban Odyssey reveals a different side of Washington , D.C. and tells a different story about our nation's capitol. Urban Odyssey will travel the cIty with a series of special events
- Prestigious historians provide a detailed analysis of United States history and document some of the country's most storied historical occurrences.
- The story of the Dixie Hummingbirds from it's founding in 1928 by James .B. Davis through 2007 under the leadership of Ira Tucker Sr, who himself joined the group in 1938.
- The Moneywise series is the nation's premiere multicultural financial and business affairs program. Each episode teaches viewers the necessary skills to understand basic financial planning concepts, increase their net worth, and use their financial resources more effectively.