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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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  • 1973
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    An American Family

    An American Family

    6.33 1973 HD

    Originally intended as a chronicle of the daily life of the Louds, a Santa Barbara upper-middle-class family, the groundbreaking program documented...

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  • 2024
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    A Brief History of the Future

    A Brief History of the Future

    4.00 2024 HD

    A Brief History of the Future is a unique six-part documentary series about our futures and how we can reimagine them. Hosted by renowned futurist...

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  • 2024
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    Gospel

    Gospel

    10.00 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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  • 1995
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    Oliver's Travels

    Oliver's Travels

    5.00 1995 HD

    Oliver's Travels is a five-part television serial written by Alan Plater and starring Alan Bates, Sinéad Cusack, Bill Paterson, and Miles...

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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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  • 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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  • 2000
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    The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization

    The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization

    7.50 2000 HD

    In the fourth and fifth centuries, B.C., the Greeks built an empire that stretched across the Mediterranean from Asia to Spain. They laid the...

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  • 1970
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    Oregon Field Guide

    Oregon Field Guide

    10.00 1970 HD

    Oregon Field Guide is a weekly television program produced by Oregon Public Broadcasting focusing on recreation, the outdoors, and environmental...

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  • 2000
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    The American President

    The American President

    1 2000 HD

    “The American President” is a series that aired on PBS in 2000 profiling 41 U.S. chief executives, using exclusive interviews with...

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  • 2021
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    Love & Respect with Killer Mike

    Love & Respect with Killer Mike

    1 2021 HD

    Love & Respect with Killer Mike is a weekly interview program featuring respectful, straight talk with an eclectic mix of guests equally passionate...

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  • 2013
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    A Chef's Life

    A Chef's Life

    10.00 2013 HD

    A character-driven documentary and cooking series that takes viewers inside the life of Chef Vivian Howard, who, with her husband Ben Knight, left...

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  • 2007
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    Great Performances at the Met

    Great Performances at the Met

    1 2007 HD

    The Metropolitan Opera's series of live performance transmissions to movie theaters around the world.

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  • 2017
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    Big Pacific

    Big Pacific

    5.90 2017 HD

    Plunge into the Pacific with researchers and cinematographers and see the ocean’s rare and dazzling creatures in a way never before seen on...

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  • 2021
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    Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World

    Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World

    3.90 2021 HD

    This revealing series follows environmental activist Greta Thunberg as she seeks to raise awareness of the accelerating climate change and spread her...

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  • 2018
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    Royal Wedding Watch

    Royal Wedding Watch

    1 2018 HD

    Go behind the headlines with Meredith Vieira for the history, ceremony and traditions shaping the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Experts,...

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  • 2007
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    Craft in America

    Craft in America

    1 2007 HD

    Explore the vitality, history and significance of the craft movement in the United States and its impact on our nation's rich cultural heritage....

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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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  • 2017
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    American Epic

    American Epic

    7.20 2017 HD

    Travel the country in search of unknown 1920s artists, when the music of ordinary Americans was recorded for the first time, transforming music...

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  • 1990
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    Tracks Ahead

    Tracks Ahead

    1 1990 HD

    Tracks Ahead is a television series about railroading, produced by Milwaukee Public Television for public television stations starting in 1990. The...

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