WETA Passport Picks for January

Ring in 2025 with an incredible collection of must-watch programs coming to WETA this January! Get cozy with new seasons of fan favorites like the charming All Creatures Great and Small and the mystery-packed Miss Scarlet, or dive into fresh episodes of Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr. Explore gripping dramas like the imperial saga Sisi: Austrian Empress, the stylish period piece Velvet, and the atmospheric Vienna Blood. Plus, discover powerful new documentaries including Great Migrations. Experience all these exceptional shows and more with WETA Passport and on the free PBS App! Your journey through compelling storytelling awaits. 

This January, we also solemnly present Resistance – They Fought Back, a documentary commemorating Holocaust Remembrance Day and honoring the courage of those who resisted persecution.

Season 5 promises a heartwarming reunion of all your favorite characters in our Skeldale House family, with both James and Tristan returning to Darrowby! What circumstances will bring them home, and how they will adjust? How will James balance the practice with his new roles of father and RAF pilot? 

Find out on January 12 with WETA Passport!

In the all-new season of Miss Scarlet, we find Eliza facing massive challenges, both at the agency and in her private life. Now at the helm of her own agency with a new Detective Inspector in charge at Scotland Yard, Nash locked up behind bars and Duke still away in New York, Eliza will have to tackle some of the most dangerous and difficult cases of her career without the aid of her closest allies. 

Binge-watch Season 5 now with WETA Passport!

Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Season 11 is here! Over the course of 10 new episodes, Gates and his team use genealogical detective work and cutting-edge DNA analysis to trace the family trees of twenty compelling guests, telling stories that illuminate America’s fundamental diversity.

Watch now with WETA Passport and on the free PBS App!

The final season of Vienna Blood finds the unlikely detective duo in 1909, where the murder of a high-level bureaucrat and a notorious arms dealer in police custody has stunned the city. Liebermann has only just returned from a lecture tour in America when Inspector Rheinhardt asks for help in what could be the most dangerous case of their careers. 

Watch now with WETA Passport and on the free PBS App!

Between Lieutenant Enguien's departure and the arrival of Astrid's half brother, Niels, Season 4 will see Commander Coste and Astrid navigate new social dynamics as they try to unravel some of the most perplexing cases of their careers. In French with English subtitles.

Watch now with WETA Passport!

We've all heard of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, but most people have no idea how widespread and prevalent Jewish resistance to Nazi barbarism was. Filmed in Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Israel, and the U.S., Resistance —They Fought Back provides a much-needed corrective to this myth of Jewish passivity. 

Watch this documentary starting January 27 with WETA Passport and on the free PBS App.

Popular British historian Lucy Worsley is back on the case for Season 2! Examining four new cases in forensic detail, Lucy follows the evidence to unravel some of the most dramatic and brutal chapters in British history, exploring how they connect with issues facing the modern world, starting with the gruesome and still-unsolved case of Jack the Ripper. 

Watch now with WETA Passport and the free PBS App!

Great Migrations: A People on the Move explores the transformative impact of Black migration on American culture and society. From the waves of Black Americans to the North—and back South—over the last century to the growing number of immigrants from Africa and the Caribbean today, the film shows how movement is a defining feature of the Black experience.

Watch this four-part series starting January 28 with WETA Passport and on the free PBS App.

Get ready for Season 3! Meet Sisi, Europe's first superstar. With her beauty, love of freedom and promise to give the Habsburg monarchy a gentler face, this legendary empress inspired the whole of the continent. In German with English subtitles. 

Binge-watch Season 3 starting January 17 with WETA Passport!

Alberto, heir to the Velvet empire, returns home for his father’s latest collection. But among the luxury and glamour, the Art Deco palace hides family secrets and forbidden loves. In Spanish with English subtitles.

Binge-watch Season 3 starting January 31 with WETA Passport!