WETA+ Picks for December

Miss Eliza Scarlet is doing her best to have it all. Her business is thriving, but her personal life enters new territory as she attempts to follow her heart and develop a relationship with Inspector Alexander Blake. Eliza may be an expert solving crimes, but she’s very much a novice when it comes to love. Can Eliza juggle the twin demands of her personal and professional life?

Season 1 is streaming free on WETA+ until December 27^th! While Season 6 officially premieres on January 11^th, PBS Passport members can start streaming Season 6 EARLY on December 7^th!

The award-winning TV series Guilt is a darkly funny Scottish thriller, which centers on unscrupulous lawyer Max McCall (Mark Bonnar, World on Fire, Unforgotten, Shetland, Catastrophe) and the shenanigans he gets into in and around Edinburgh. Max can’t manage to stay out of trouble for very long.

All three seasons are streaming now on WETA+ with PBS Passport!

AMERICAN MASTERS: Starring Dick Van Dyke chronicles the star’s career over eight decades, beginning with his stint as a radio DJ and slapstick nightclub act and through his breakthrough television gigs and movie roles. In addition to his memorable work, the documentary features rare and never-before-seen footage and performance clips, as well as new, exclusive interviews with Julie Andrews, Carol Burnett, Jim Carrey, Ted Danson, Steve Martin, Conan O’Brien, Martin Short and more. Also featured are archival interviews with Van Dyke’s former costars and colleagues, including Walter Cronkite, Sheldon Leonard, Rose Marie, Mary Tyler Moore and Carl Reiner. 

Watch free on WETA+ from December 12^th!

Celebrate the holidays with the 6th annual WETA Arts presentation of Songs of the Season! A WETA holiday tradition, this hour-long program offers beautiful vocal performances from 19 area choral groups.

Stream free now on WETA+!

Vittorio is torn between Andreina and Marta. Riccardo humiliates Nicoletta, who hides her pregnancy, while Silvia plots to force their marriage. Umberto's ruthless bid for control threatens the store's future. Love, pain and ambition push every character to the brink. From Walter Presents, in Italian with English subtitles.

Watch now on WETA+ with PBS Passport!

Thirteen American colonies unite in rebellion, win an eight-year war to secure their independence, and establish a new form of government that would inspire democratic movements at home and around the globe. What begins as a political clash between colonists and the British government grows into a bloody struggle that will engage more than two dozen nations and forever change the world.

Watch all this landmark documentary now, on WETA+ for FREE until December 16^th! All six parts will continue streaming with PBS Passport.

In this year's special, senior members of the convent embark on a mercy mission, swapping the snowy East End of London for the sun-drenched terrain of Hong Kong. The rise in hospital births, and wider changes in the NHS, have clipped their wings.

But their mission to the Far East is a chance to take flight and work out what really matters. For her part, Sister Julienne suddenly finds herself excited about the Order’s future. After years of battling change, she decides to embrace it and see what love can do.

Stream the 2025 special on December 25^th, and watch past years now on WETA+ with PBS Passport!

Broadway director and golden boy Charlie Summers has come home to New Zealand. And he’s devastated. After 20 years working his way up to the top of the musical theatre world, he has found himself back in his childhood bedroom and back helping his mother, Gaye, at the local community musical theater. The eclectic cast and crew there may lack professional skills, but certainly don’t lack passion.

Watch this charming musical comedy series on WETA+ with PBS Passport from December 14^th!