WETA Passport Picks for March

WETA Passport has an exciting slate of new programming headed your way this March! Get ready for the highly anticipated return of Sanditon along with the new Season 11 of Call the Midwife. Then dive into a new adaptation of the Swedish crime thriller, Before We Die, and check out so many more of our great offerings this month including Women’s History Month programming. We hope you enjoy our top picks for this month, and if you aren’t taking advantage of this fabulous member benefit yet, sign up now for instant access with WETA Passport!

It's finally back! The plot thickens at an English seaside resort in the early 1800s as MASTERPIECE continues the hit series Sanditon in a second season based on Jane Austen’s unfinished final novel. Rose Williams (The Power) returns as the high-spirited heroine, Charlotte Heywood, with Crystal Clarke (Ordeal by Innocence) as the independent West Indian heiress, Georgiana Lambe. Both are on the receiving end of multiple romantic proposals on Sanditon, Season 2.

Stream Sanditon Season 2 on Sundays at 9 PM starting March 20 on the free PBS Video App, and stream the next week's episode a week before it airs with WETA Passport!

Following an eventful holiday special, Call the Midwife Season 11 picks up in the spring of 1967, where celebrations are underway for a colorful Easter bonnet parade outside Nonnatus House. Sister Monica Joan and Reggie are excited about the Eurovision song contest, while Cyril and Lucille settle into blissful married life. Nancy, having just passed her midwifery examinations, is about to don her red cardigan for the first time, and Sister Frances examines a newly married woman who presents some troubling symptoms. Derek and Audrey Fleming return to Poplar with good news. Builders demolishing a nearby tenement block make a shocking discovery that has a heartbreaking effect on the team

Stream Call the Midwife Season 11 on Sundays at 8 PM starting March 20 on the free PBS Video App, and stream the next week's episode a week before it airs with WETA Passport!

Check out the new UK adaptation of the hit Swedish crime thriller, Before We Die! Determined to solve her lover’s murder, Detective Hannah Laing persuades one of his confidential contacts to help her. But when Hannah discovers the informant’s identity, she realizes there is far more at stake than bringing the killers to justice.

Binge watch all of Before We Die starting March 20 with WETA Passport!

America ReFramed brings to life compelling stories, personal voices and experiences that illuminate the contours of our ever-changing country. Check out America ReFramed’s Her Story Collection that shines a light on the extraordinary icons who have paved the way for those who would follow and the everyday women who embody immeasurable strength in smaller yet equally powerful ways. See the latest specials including Fannie Lou Hamer’s America and also past specials like Jack & Yaya.

Watch the Her Story Collection now with WETA Passport.

WETA is debuting a brand-new local series all about food in the DC area! Whether it be Wagyu beef barbeque, fish head curry, or a chateaubriand platter for two, there are some dishes that local chefs and restauranteurs have created that truly rise above the rest. Discover these iconic dishes on the new locally produced WETA series, Signature Dish, premiering March 28, 2022, at 9:30 PM. Stream new episodes every Monday on the PBS Video App!

Bring Her Home follows three Indigenous women – an artist, an activist, and a politician – as they fight to vindicate and honor their missing and murdered relatives who have fallen victims to a growing epidemic across Indian country. Despite the lasting effects from historical trauma, each woman must search for healing while navigating racist systems that brought about this very crisis.

Stream Bring Her Home starting March 21 on the free PBS Video App.

In a male-dominated media landscape, the women journalists of India’s all-female Khabar Lahariya (“News Wave”) newspaper risk it all, including their own safety, to cover the country’s political, social, and local news from a women-powered perspective. From underground network to independent media empire—now with 10 million views on their YouTube site—they defy the odds to redefine power.

Stream Writing With Fire starting March 28 on the free PBS Video App.