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  • 2024
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    Masterpiece Mystery

    Masterpiece Mystery

    5.00 2024 HD

    Mystery! is an episodic television series that debuted in 1980 in the USA. It airs on PBS and is produced by WGBH. The show has brought a large...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Gene Shalit

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  • 2025
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    Cook's Country

    Cook's Country

    6.50 2025 HD

    A team of cooks travel the country and scour the history books to find the very best traditional and contemporary American dishes, then bring them...

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    Cast: Bridget Lancaster

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  • 2017
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    The Woodwright's Shop

    The Woodwright's Shop

    9.00 2017 HD

    The Woodwright's Shop is a traditional woodworking show hosted by Roy Underhill on the Public Broadcasting Service in the United States. It is one of...

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    Cast: Roy Underhill

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  • 2002
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    Standard Deviants TV

    Standard Deviants TV

    1 2002 HD

    Standard Deviants TV comprised material from the Standard Deviants home videos, edited into 25-minute episodes that aired on PBS. The series also...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast:

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  • 1999
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    Zoom

    Zoom

    10.00 1999 HD

    A group of older children do arts and crafts, cooking, science and technology, and games sent in by viewers.

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    Cast: Jared Nathan

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  • 2006
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    The Virgin Queen

    The Virgin Queen

    6.19 2006 HD

    The Virgin Queen explores the full sweep of Elizabeth's life: from her days of fear as a potential victim of her sister's terror; through her great...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Anne-Marie Duff

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  • 2003
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    Chicago: City of the Century

    Chicago: City of the Century

    1 2003 HD

    In just 60 years Chicago grew from a remote, swampy frontier town into one of the most explosively alive cities in the world. Captains of industry...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: David Ogden Stiers

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  • 1995
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    America's War on Poverty

    America's War on Poverty

    1 1995 HD

    In the midst of unprecedented national prosperity in the 1960s, poverty was "rediscovered" by American policy makers, media and the public. This...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Lynne Thigpen

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  • 2019
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    Victoria

    Victoria

    7.30 2019 HD

    The story of Queen Victoria, who came to the throne at a time of great economic turbulence and resurgent republicanism – and died 64 years...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Jenna Coleman

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  • 2003
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    New York: A Documentary Film

    New York: A Documentary Film

    7.50 2003 HD

    This eight-part, 16½-hour television event explores New York City's rich history as the premier laboratory of modern life. A sweeping...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: David Ogden Stiers

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  • 2011
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    WordWorld

    WordWorld

    7.40 2011 HD

    WordWorld is an Emmy Award-winning children's television series partially funded by the United States Department of Education as part of the Ready to...

    Genre: Animation

    Cast: Veronica Taylor

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  • 2011
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    The Electric Company

    The Electric Company

    10.00 2011 HD

    The Electric Company is an American television series for young children aged 4–8 on PBS, derived from the 1971 series. The series premiered as...

    Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    Cast: P-Star

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  • 1992
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    Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?

    Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?

    7.50 1992 HD

    A game show based on the Carmen Sandiego computer game series created by Brøderbund Software.

    Genre: Family

    Cast: Lynne Thigpen

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  • 1990
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    The Civil War

    The Civil War

    8.13 1990 HD

    A documentary on the American Civil War narrated by Ken Burns, covering the secession of the Confederacy to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: David McCullough

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  • 2005
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    Scientific American Frontiers

    Scientific American Frontiers

    1 2005 HD

    Scientific American Frontiers was an American television program primarily focused on informing the public about new technologies and discoveries in...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Woodie Flowers

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  • 1977
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    Six American Families

    Six American Families

    1 1977 HD

    Six documentaries that portray American family life.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Paul Wilkes

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  • 2012
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    Postcards from Buster

    Postcards from Buster

    8.30 2012 HD

    Postcards from Buster is a children's television series for children aged 6–12, containing both animation and live-action that originally aired...

    Genre: Animation

    Cast: Daniel Brochu

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  • 2021
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    Hemingway

    Hemingway

    7.40 2021 HD

    The visionary work and the turbulent life of Ernest Hemingway, one of the greatest and most influential writers America has ever produced....

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Peter Coyote

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  • 2024
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    Mark Twain Prize

    Mark Twain Prize

    1 2024 HD

    Honoring the best in American comedy annually since 1998, the recipients of the prestigious Mark Twain Prize for American Humor have included the...

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  • 2019
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    To The Contrary

    To The Contrary

    6.00 2019 HD

    This all women news-analysis program provides an important, timely forum for diverse women to discuss national and international issues and policies.

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    Cast: Bonnie Erbé

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