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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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Experience the wildlife of the Okavango Delta, an oasis and lush paradise in Botswana, Southern Africa that connects a wide variety of creatures.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- In the years leading up to the Civil War, a bloody conflict between slaveholders and abolitionists focused the nation's eyes on the state of Missouri and the territory of Kansas. Told through the actual words of slave owners, free-staters, and border ruffians, "Bad Blood" presents the complex morality, and life-and-death decisions faced by those who lived on the border from 1854 through 1860.
- 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.
- A look at the life, music, and influence of Hill Country blues legend Mississippi Fred McDowell.
- Historian Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s quest to piece together Lincoln's complex life takes him from Illinois to Gettysburg to Washington, D.C. and face-to-face with people who live with Lincoln every day -- relic hunters, re-enactors and others for whom the study of Lincoln is a passion.
- This patriotic concert, featuring the cute puppet Elmo of Sesame Street, is performed on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. It's free and open to the public with no tickets required, and families from the surrounding areas (Virginia, Maryland and Washington) attend. The finale includes a beautiful display of fireworks over the Washington Monument and a performance of ever-popular 1812 Overture by Tchaikovsky.
- 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.
- A fun cooking show in the Syracuse N.Y. area. The Sweet Life features local celebrity guests and of course, the sweet treats that they choose to make and display for the viewers with the hostess, Chris Xaver.
- Prestigious historians provide a detailed analysis of United States history and document some of the country's most storied historical occurrences.
- 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.
- Lost River Sessions is a series created by Darius Barati and WKU PBS exploring the music scene from the roots up by featuring talents in the Folk, Bluegrass, and Americana genres performing intimate live sets across South Central Kentucky.
- The popular all female singing group brings its unique Celtic sound to a live concert at Powerscourt in Ireland.
- Texas Parks & Wildlife is a weekly, half-hour program airing on all the PBS stations throughout the Lone Star state, as well as a number of other public television stations around the country. You can also catch the show on about 60 city government and educational access channels across the state. You can even watch the show on your schedule with PBS Online and on our YouTube channel. Originally titled Made in Texas, the program began production in 1985 as a magazine style show, with three or four different segments each week. For a few years the show focused on one topic each week, documentary style. In 1991 the name of the show changed to Texas Parks & Wildlife and reverted to the magazine format that we continue to this day. Each week, our program travels to several different destinations around Texas. The stories cover a wide range of topics, from in-depth issues about conservation and the environment, to fun family activities in the outdoors. This season we'll meet a man who has hiked to just about every state park in Texas. You'll see how easy it is to do some overnight camping and still make it to work in the morning. We'll take you dove hunting, mountain biking, paragliding, and carp fishing in different areas of the state. Our Skill Builder segments offer all kinds of handy tips, from hunting and fishing basics to finding places to paddle a kayak or canoe. This season you'll meet some of the Texas Parks & Wildlife people working behind the scenes to make important contributions to conservation in the state. We'll also introduce you to the 2016 Lone Star Land Steward award winners; private landowners who know the importance of good conservation. We'll showcase our fabulous state parks and historic sites. Each week we'll present our award winning stories about the people and places that make the outdoors of Texas the natural place to be. Our hope is to inspire you to get outdoors and visit the natural places in our state. We want to provide a compelling reason for you to care about the outdoors and the state's cultural heritage. Maybe you'll even get involved and help preserve a piece of that heritage. It's our hope that you'll develop a new appreciation for the natural world, a world that's right here in your backyard. Please join us as we explore the natural State of Texas.
- 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.
- A film about the spiritual leader, M. Mendel Schneerson of the Hassidic Lubavich Community in Brooklyn.
- Developing a healthier mind and body is the focus of this program hosted by James H. 'Red' Duke, a Texas surgeon and trauma expert.
- 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!
- 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.
- The Glenn Miller Band Reunion features original members of Miller's bands, the famed civilian one based in New York City and the specialty group he put together briefly for the Army Air Corps. The trombonist/band-leader was killed during World War II when his plane mysteriously disappeared crossing the English Channel. Jack Jones is the host, singing solo and with the other guests, 1950's recording artist Kay Starr and Los Angeles based jazz vocal group String of Pearls. Choreographer Lester Wilson created energetic nouveau jitterbugs to accompany and enhance the featured instrumentals. The music performed includes just about every Miller hit, from ''Moonlight Serenade,'' ''In the Mood,'' ''Chattanooga Choo Choo'' and ''Pennsylvania 6-5000'' to more obscure pieces like ''Love With a Capital U''. In between the live recorded musical numbers, there are biographical documentary segments, presented in the format of personal anecdotes from the original musicians themselves. Recalled are the 15-minute radio programs the band performed three times a week for Chesterfield cigarettes. There are clips from home movies made during the production of the film ''Sun Valley Serenade.'' There are several rare appearances from the unsung heroes of the golden age of the Big Band era, not only performing in the live recorded orchestra but in several of the documentary styled clips. Notably musicologist Paul Tanner and Conductor/Arranger of Sinatra fame Billy May, trombonist Zeke Zarchy, saxophonist Willie Schwartz and Air Force Band drummer Ray McKinley who also performs lead vocals in lieu of Tex Beneke.
- Crisis in Russia Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev spoke to an audience of students and guests in an auditorium of University of Richmond - Virginia on the recent events in the Russian Republic, where Russian President Yeltsin has been battling for the continuation of democracy against communist hard-liners. Translation was provided by an interpreter on the stage with the former president. He responded to questions from members of the audience following his prepared remarks. Was transmitted at WMVC PBS The Public Broadcasting Service, an American public broadcaster and television program distributor based in Arlington, Virginia. Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev will be spending the next four days in Virginia as part of a North American speaking tour. Here's where he'll be speaking in the Old Dominion:\ \ 1. Today\ Richmond: Richmond Mosque.\ Sunday, April 11/ Richmod: University of Richmond.\ Monday, April 12\ Richmond:\ Virginia Commonwealth University.\ \ 2. Tuesday, April 13\ Charlottesville: UNiversity of Virginia. Speaks on the lawbn at 10 a.m. as part of the university's celebration of the 250th birthday of Thomas Jefferson.\ \ 3. Forest: Poplar Forest.\ Private dinner at Jefferson's summer home in Bedford County. Fallen Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev may be unpopular in his own country, but he drew adoring crowds Sunday in the second day of his speaking tour in Virginia. His warm reception at the University of Richmond was marred only briefly when a heckler interrupted his evening speech at the Robins Center. The man ran in front of the stage and shouted, "Jesus sends me. Gorbachev is the beast," before security guards took him away. "This is not something very new to me," Gorbachev said to laughter from the sold-out crowd. "Some people go too far in their adulation of Gorbachev." Earlier, the smiling Gorbachev and his wife, Raisa, were mobbed by well-wishers and clicking cameras. He posed for pictures with students from the university's Jepson School of Leadership Studies, took a few gentle questions at a news conference, and went to a private dinner with the university's president, Richard Morrill. Raisa Gorbachev, who suffered a stroke two years ago, was very tired and planned to get a checkup at a Richmond hospital today, said Dmitry Shchiglik, a member of the Gorbachev delegation. He said the party canceled a stop scheduled for tonight in Charlotte, N.C. At the news conference, Gorbachev repeated the "time is running out for Russia" theme from his speech Saturday night to the Richmond Forum. He also took a sarcastic dig at Russian President Boris Yeltsin, who has called an April 25 referendum on his performance in office. "Yeltsin has said very modestly that there is no alternative to him. I would not venture to say that," said Gorbachev, speaking through an interpreter. Gorbachev said Russia needs free elections as quickly as possible or its economy will continue to decline. Anyone who wins a free election could run the country, he said. "I see many things happening right now that are very alarming to me," he said. "I am trying to do my best to influence the course of events." During his six years in power, Gorbachev moved his country toward democracy and a free market. But while he is hailed in the West for his role in ending the Cold War, economic hardships caused by his reforms made him unpopular at home. He was nearly ousted in a coup in August 1991 and gave up power a few months later. He has been doing well on the speakers' circuit and will make $125,000 for his stops in Virginia. Today he speaks at Virginia Commonwealth University, and he will mark the 250th birthday of Thomas Jefferson in stops Tuesday at the University of Virginia and Monticello. Gorbachev has received standing ovations at all his appearances.
- "American Ramadan" is a bold and exciting new look at the American Muslim experience. "American Ramadan" explores and reveals the holiest of rituals, shared by the Abrahamic traditions, but practiced by more - the act of Fasting for Faith. As diverse as the fabric of America, from the divorced Dad, the student coping with school, work and family life, the convert to Islam and his Indonesian wife, another interracial couple, and the wife of an incarcerated businessman - the reality of life is vividly and emotionally witnessed on film. Filmed on location in Dallas and Los Angeles, the feature length documentary follows the lives of five American Muslim families during the Month of Ramadan in 2005. From the everyday busy lives of the families, the film follows the individuals as they strive to maintain their rhythm, and find time for worship and faith through the act of Fasting and prayer. The intimate and personal stories of the five families are complemented with scholars from the three Abrahamic faiths. All of these scholars bring to light the common thread of Fasting and spiritual yearning between Jews, Muslims, Christians, and other Faiths. An introspective view of how Muslims in American cope with their religious and cultural traditions, while balancing the western way of life, "American Ramadan" is required viewing for anyone that is an observer of humanity. This documentary does more than build bridges; it exemplifies the plight of everyone who is seeking faith and a higher spiritual understanding.
- Confederate Goliath chronicles the desperate struggle to capture the Confederacy's largest fortress during the American Civil War.