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  • 2022
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    Benjamin Franklin

    Benjamin Franklin

    7.70 2022 HD

    Explore the revolutionary life of one of the 18th century’s most consequential and compelling personalities, whose work and words unlocked the...

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  • 2015
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    The Mystery of Matter: Search for the Elements

    The Mystery of Matter: Search for the Elements

    7.30 2015 HD

    An exciting three-part series about one of the great adventures in the history of science: the long and continuing quest to understand what the world...

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  • 1983
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    Newton's Apple

    Newton's Apple

    8.00 1983 HD

    Newton's Apple is an American educational television program produced and developed by KTCA, and distributed to PBS stations in the United States...

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  • 2021
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    Hemingway

    Hemingway

    7.30 2021 HD

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

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  • 1995
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    In Julia's Kitchen with Master Chefs

    In Julia's Kitchen with Master Chefs

    8.00 1995 HD

    Cooking with Master Chefs was a PBS television cooking show that featured Julia Child visiting 16 celebrated chefs in the United States. An episode...

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  • 2004
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    Tavis Smiley

    Tavis Smiley

    7.30 2004 HD

    Tavis Smiley features a unique mix of news and pop culture to combine for one thought-provoking and entertaining program. A hybrid of news, issues...

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  • 1995
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    Transatlantic Sessions

    Transatlantic Sessions

    10.00 1995 HD

    Folk musicians from both sides of the Atlantic come together in what have been called “the greatest backporch shows ever.” Collaborative...

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  • 2023
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    Tom Jones

    Tom Jones

    5.50 2023 HD

    A reimagining of Henry Fielding's "The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling," the tale of an illegitimate young man's love for an heiress and his...

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  • 2013
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    Makers: Women Who Make America

    Makers: Women Who Make America

    4.50 2013 HD

    The story of the modern American women’s movement and its impact on work fields once largely closed to women.

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  • 1987
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    Mathnet

    Mathnet

    7.00 1987 HD

    Mathnet is a segment on the children's television show Square One Television, of which five seasons were produced. This parody of Dragnet featured...

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  • 2008
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    Cook's Country

    Cook's Country

    6.50 2008 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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  • 2016
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    Six Wives with Lucy Worsley

    Six Wives with Lucy Worsley

    6.80 2016 HD

    In an ambitious and groundbreaking approach to drama and history featuring dramatic reconstruction, historian Lucy Worsley time travels back to the...

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  • 1970
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    Off the Record

    Off the Record

    4.50 1970 HD

    Off the Record is a weekly, political talk program produced by Michigan public television station WKAR-TV in East Lansing, Michigan, and broadcast...

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  • 2000
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    Rick Steves' Europe

    Rick Steves' Europe

    8.60 2000 HD

    Rick Steves, America's leading authority on European travel, returns to transport viewers to the continent's bustling cities, quaint villages and...

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  • 2024
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    Leonardo da Vinci

    Leonardo da Vinci

    8.10 2024 HD

    This two-part, four-hour documentary delves into the world of a 15th-century art titan and unravels his journey while shedding light on his lasting...

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  • 1952
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    Kentucky Afield

    Kentucky Afield

    1 1952 HD

    Our host goes in search of outdoor adventure and showcases the best fishing, hunting, and wildlife-related recreation Kentucky has to offer. Produced...

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  • 1996
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    Baking with Julia

    Baking with Julia

    8.00 1996 HD

    Baking With Julia is an American television cooking program produced by Julia Child and the name of the book which accompanied the series. Each...

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  • 1984
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    WonderWorks

    WonderWorks

    1 1984 HD

    Anthology series aimed at children and families. Many of the episodes were based on popular children's and young adult novels.

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  • 2000
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    Anna Karenina

    Anna Karenina

    7.00 2000 HD

    In 19th century Russia, aristocrat Anna Karenina has a passionate extramarital affair with the dashing Count Vronsky that could lead to both their...

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  • 2023
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    The American Buffalo

    The American Buffalo

    6.78 2023 HD

    The dramatic story of America's national mammal, which sustained the lives of Native people for untold generations, being driven to the brink of...

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