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  • 1999
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    Great Expectations

    Great Expectations

    1 1999 HD

    Orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his...

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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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  • 1979
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    The Scarlet Letter

    The Scarlet Letter

    4.70 1979 HD

    The Scarlet Letter is a 1979 miniseries based on the novel of the same name that aired on WGBH from March 3, 1979 to March 24, 1979. The series is...

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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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  • 1978
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    The Unknown War

    The Unknown War

    6.00 1978 HD

    A documentary television series of the Nazi-Soviet War, edited from over 3.5 million feet of film taken by Soviet camera crews from the first day of...

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  • 1986
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    Hometime

    Hometime

    6.00 1986 HD

    Hometime is a PBS home improvement television show produced by Hometime Video Publishing, Chaska, Minnesota, in association with WHYY-TV...

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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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  • 1965
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    Rainbow Quest

    Rainbow Quest

    1 1965 HD

    Legendary folk musician Pete Seeger shares stories and songs with some of the folk and country music greats of the 1960s such as Johnny Cash, June...

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  • 1997
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    Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery

    Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery

    7.50 1997 HD

    Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery tells the remarkable story of the entire Corps of Discovery – not just of the two...

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  • 1997
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    Nostromo

    Nostromo

    6.00 1997 HD

    In an unstable South American country, capable Nostromo, a person of trust and a legend among his shipmates, is ordered to secure a shipment of gold...

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  • 2005
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    NOVA scienceNOW

    NOVA scienceNOW

    8.00 2005 HD

    NOVA scienceNOW is a News magazine version of the long-running and venerable PBS science program Nova. Premiering on January 25, 2005, the series was...

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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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  • 2022
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    Lucy Worsley Investigates

    Lucy Worsley Investigates

    6.70 2022 HD

    Lucy Worsley re-investigates some of the most dramatic chapters in British history. She uncovers forgotten witnesses, re-examines old evidence and...

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  • 1966
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    Firing Line

    Firing Line

    7.70 1966 HD

    Firing Line was an American public affairs show founded and hosted by conservative William F. Buckley, Jr., founder and publisher of National Review...

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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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  • 1970
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    American Woodshop

    American Woodshop

    1 1970 HD

    News and features about woodworking tools, techniques and projects.

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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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  • 2017
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    Christopher Kimball's Milk Street Television

    Christopher Kimball's Milk Street Television

    7.80 2017 HD

    Let’s stop doing things in the kitchen that made sense in the 19th century but not in the 21st. Milk Street travels the world to bring you the...

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  • 1981
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    The Woodwright's Shop

    The Woodwright's Shop

    9.00 1981 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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  • 1989
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    The New Yankee Workshop

    The New Yankee Workshop

    10.00 1989 HD

    The New Yankee Workshop is a woodworking program produced by WGBH Boston, which aired on PBS. Created in 1989 by Russell Morash, the program is...

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