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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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  • 1989
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    The Western Tradition

    The Western Tradition

    1 1989 HD

    Covering the ancient world through the age of technology, this illustrated lecture by Eugen Weber presents a tapestry of political and social events...

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  • 2001
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    art21

    art21

    2.00 2001 HD

    Contemporary artists describe their work and discuss why and how they do it. The programs are grouped according to themes of place, spirituality,...

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  • 2002
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    Inside Out

    Inside Out

    1 2002 HD

    Inside Out is the brand name for a number of regional television programmes in England broadcast on BBC One. Each series, made by a BBC region,...

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  • 2002
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    The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow

    The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow

    1 2002 HD

    A landmark four-part series exploring segregation from the end of the civil war to the dawn of the modern civil rights movement. Lynchings and...

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  • 1970
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    Michael Feinstein's American Songbook

    Michael Feinstein's American Songbook

    1 1970 HD

    Pianist-singer Michael Feinstein leads a tour through American musical history, from the jazz days of the 1920s through the music of World War II and...

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  • 2022
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    The U.S. and the Holocaust

    The U.S. and the Holocaust

    8.50 2022 HD

    Inspired in part by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s “Americans and the Holocaust” exhibition and supported by its...

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  • 2020
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    Minnesota Hardcore

    Minnesota Hardcore

    1 2020 HD

    A fast-paced, musical docu-series that examines the punk scene in the Twin Cities from 1980 to 1985. The Minnesota scene was a close-knit community...

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  • 1987
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    Trying Times

    Trying Times

    6.50 1987 HD

    This half-hour sitcom anthology series that aired on PBS from 1987 to 1989 is about people struggling with the daily routines of life.

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  • 2019
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    College Behind Bars

    College Behind Bars

    6.60 2019 HD

    Explore the transformative power of education through the eyes of a dozen incarcerated men and women trying to earn college degrees – and a...

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  • 2020
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    H2O: The Molecule that Made Us

    H2O: The Molecule that Made Us

    8.00 2020 HD

    A landmark, three-part series that tells the human story through our relationship to water. We find out how our success is intimately connected to...

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  • 1996
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    Russia's War: Blood Upon the Snow

    Russia's War: Blood Upon the Snow

    10.00 1996 HD

    Documentary covering Stalin and the Soviet Union's war with Nazi Germany.

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  • 1987
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    The Struggles for Poland

    The Struggles for Poland

    10.00 1987 HD

    This 9-episodes documentary series extensively examines the history of Poland in the 20th Century, telling the story through archival films,...

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  • 1996
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    Jubilee

    Jubilee

    1 1996 HD

    KET’s Jubilee series features the performances of nationally known artists and popular local musicians at summer folk music festivals in...

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  • 2020
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    Lucy Worsley's Royal Myths & Secrets

    Lucy Worsley's Royal Myths & Secrets

    9.00 2020 HD

    In this 3-part documentary series, Lucy Worsley travels across Britain and Europe visiting the locations where royal history was made. In palaces and...

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  • 2015
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    The physics of Light

    The physics of Light

    1 2015 HD

    While the terms "quantum physics" and "Theory of Relativity" are used casually every day, not many people know what they really mean. Yet these...

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  • 2008
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    Carrier

    Carrier

    9.70 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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  • 2013
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    Moveable Feast with Fine Cooking

    Moveable Feast with Fine Cooking

    1 2013 HD

    Moveable Feast with Fine Cooking takes viewers on a culinary journey across America. Our talented host, Pete Evans, teams up with the country's most...

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  • 2014
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    SciTech Now

    SciTech Now

    1 2014 HD

    Capturing the latest breakthroughs in science, technology and innovation. With anchor Hari Sreenivasan, we check out the hottest gadgets, meet the...

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  • 2019
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    Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World

    Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World

    8.00 2019 HD

    Take a mind-blowing journey through human history, told through six iconic objects that modern people take for granted, and see how science,...

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