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Sanditon
Charlotte returns to Sanditon in unexpected circumstances. Familiar faces and new arrivals are found around town.
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Call the Midwife
It’s Easter 1967 and preparations are underway for a colorful Easter Bonnet parade outside Nonnatus House. However, Trixie is left shocked when routine building work nearby uncovers a terrible secret.
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Before We Die
When her married lover and fellow police officer Sean Hardacre goes missing under mysterious circumstances, Detective Inspector Hannah Laing persuades her colleagues to launch an urgent manhunt. She manages to contact one of Sean's confidential sources, but can "Issy" help her discover Sean's whereabouts before it's too late?
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All Creatures Great and Small
James and Helen question their future together as Christmas approaches, while things look grave for one of Darrowby’s most beloved animals.
Episode 8
Around the World in 80 Days
Fogg meets on old friend in New York and must decide whether to continue his trip. Astronomical effects will decide the outcome.
Bloomingdale/LeDroit Park
If You Lived Here
The influences of Howard University run deep in D.C.'s Bloomingdale & LeDroit Park. With the help of realtor Suzanne DesMarais, John and Christine guess listing prices of three homes across both areas and gain a new appreciation of exposed brick and turrets. Local residents also share their history and perspective on these two fascinating adjacent neighborhoods.
Songs of the Past
Finding Your Roots
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. accompanies Broadway stars Leslie Odom, Jr. and Nathan Lane as they meet a cast of inspiring ancestors hidden in the branches of their family trees.
Fannie Lou Hamer's America
America ReFramed
Fannie Lou Hamer's America is a portrait of a civil rights activist and the injustices in America that made her work essential. Through public speeches, personal interviews, and powerful songs of the fearless Mississippi sharecropper-turned-human-rights-activist, Fannie Lou Hamer's America explores and celebrates the lesser-known life of one of the Civil Rights Movement’s greatest leaders.
American Horses
Nature
American horses are icons. Mustang. Appaloosa. Morgan. Quarter Horse. Follow the history of the uniquely American horse breeds that helped shape our nation and meet the people who are continuing in the long tradition of caring for them.
Augmented
NOVA
Follow the dramatic personal journey of Hugh Herr, a biophysicist working to create brain-controlled robotic limbs. At age 17, Herr’s legs were amputated after a climbing accident. Frustrated by the crude prosthetic limbs he was given, Herr set out to remedy their design, leading him to a career as an inventor of innovative prosthetic devices.
Forgotten Journeys
Finding Your Roots
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. helps John Leguizamo and Lena Waithe retrace the paths of their ancestors, uncovering crucial pieces of their own identities that were lost on the journey to America.
The American Diplomat
American Experience
Discover how three Black diplomats broke racial barriers at the US State
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abroad while facing discrimination at home, they left a lasting impact on the
Foreign Service.
Marian Anderson: The Whole World in Her Hands
American Masters
Discover an international singer who captivated royalty in Europe and defied the conscience of 1939 America. Watch rare archival footage and hear audio recordings exploring her life and career from the Metropolitan Opera to the State Department.
American Reckoning
FRONTLINE
FRONTLINE and Retro Report tell the story of the 1967 killing of Wharlest Jackson Sr., a local NAACP leader in Natchez, Mississippi. The documentary follows Jackson’s family as they search for the truth about what happened and examines the history of white supremacy in Natchez. It is part of FRONTLINE's multiplatform Un(re)solved initiative.
Pumas: Legends of the Ice Mountains
Nature
Travel to the ice mountains of Chile to discover the secrets of the puma, the area’s biggest and most elusive predator. Discover how this mountain lion survives and follow the dramatic fate of a puma mother and her cubs. Narrated by Uma Thurman.
Owned: A Tale of Two Americas
Independent Lens
Is the "American Dream" of home ownership a false promise? While the government’s postwar housing policy created the world’s largest middle class, it also set America on two divergent paths – one of perceived wealth and the other of systematically defunded, segregated communities.
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Join host John Banther for Classical Breakdown, a podcast from WETA Classical that takes audiences behind the music, making the classical music world understandable and accessible.
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