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  • 2006
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    Monty Python's Personal Best

    Monty Python's Personal Best

    5.40 2006 HD

    A series of six outrageous one-hour specials showcasing the groundbreaking comedians.

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  • 1971
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    The Great American Dream Machine

    The Great American Dream Machine

    1 1971 HD

    The Great American Dream Machine was a weekly satirical variety television series, produced in New York City by WNET and broadcast on PBS from 1971...

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  • 2008
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    Masterpiece Mystery!

    Masterpiece Mystery!

    1 2008 HD

    Anthology series focusing on British mysteries.

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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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  • 1970
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    Live from the Metropolitan Opera

    Live from the Metropolitan Opera

    7.50 1970 HD

    Live from the Metropolitan Opera is an American television program that presented performances of complete operas from the Metropolitan Opera, New...

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  • 2024
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    Gospel

    Gospel

    1 2024 HD

    Dig deep into the origin story of Black gospel music, coming out of slavery, blending with the blues tradition, and soaring to new heights during the...

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  • 2013
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    Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle

    Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle

    7.50 2013 HD

    Examines the dawn of the comic book genre and its powerful legacy, as well as the evolution of the characters who leapt from the pages over the last...

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  • 1970
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    Mythos

    Mythos

    1 1970 HD

    Mythos is a three-part documentary that consists of a series of lectures given by Joseph Campbell. Campbell conceived of the original lectures,...

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  • 2008
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    Carrier

    Carrier

    8.80 2008 HD

    A 10-part series filmed aboard the USS Nimitz, is a character-driven immersion in the high- stakes world of a nuclear aircraft carrier. The episodes...

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  • 1956
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    The Open Mind

    The Open Mind

    1 1956 HD

    This public affairs talk show is a thoughtful excursion into the world of ideas across politics, media, technology, the arts, and all realms of civic...

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  • 2022
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    Rosie's Rules

    Rosie's Rules

    4.00 2022 HD

    Follows the adventures of Rosie Fuentes, an inquisitive and hilarious 5-year-old girl just starting to learn about the wow-mazing world beyond her...

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  • 1999
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    New York: A Documentary Film

    New York: A Documentary Film

    7.50 1999 HD

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

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  • 1997
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    Thomas Jefferson

    Thomas Jefferson

    8.00 1997 HD

    The complex life of Thomas Jefferson, who wrote that "all men are created equal" yet owned slaves, is recounted by master filmmaker Ken Burns in this...

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  • 1990
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    Scientific American Frontiers

    Scientific American Frontiers

    1 1990 HD

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

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  • 2010
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    FutureStates

    FutureStates

    5.50 2010 HD

    What will become of America in five, 25, or even 50 years from today? This series of independent mini-features explores possible future scenarios...

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  • 1989
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    Summer's Lease

    Summer's Lease

    7.30 1989 HD

    Molly Pargeter is a forty-something wife and mother of three girls, who leads a stable but dull life in 1980s West London. She feels overweight and...

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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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  • 2018
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    The Dictator's Playbook

    The Dictator's Playbook

    7.50 2018 HD

    Learn how six dictators, from Mussolini to Saddam Hussein, shaped the 20th century. How did they seize and lose power? What forces were against them?...

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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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  • 1992
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    To The Contrary

    To The Contrary

    6.00 1992 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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