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  • 1988
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    POV

    POV

    6.90 1988 HD

    Since its 1988 premiere, this critically acclaimed documentary series has presented hundreds of films that put a human face on contemporary social...

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  • 2012
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    Finding Your Roots

    Finding Your Roots

    6.24 2012 HD

    Noted Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has been helping people discover long-lost relatives hidden for generations within the branches of...

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  • 2007
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    WordGirl

    WordGirl

    6.60 2007 HD

    Disguised as mild-mannered fifth-grader Becky Botsford, WordGirl arrived on Earth when she and her monkey sidekick Captain Huggy Face crashed their...

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  • 2016
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    Victoria

    Victoria

    7.34 2016 HD

    The story of Queen Victoria, who came to the throne at a time of great economic turbulence and resurgent republicanism – and died 64 years...

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  • 2014
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    Odd Squad

    Odd Squad

    6.66 2014 HD

    Odd Squad saves the day whenever something unusual happens.

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  • 1983
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    Reading Rainbow

    Reading Rainbow

    8.38 1983 HD

    Journey to exciting places and build a lasting connection with your favorite books. Each episode centers on a theme from a book, or other children's...

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  • 1997
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    Antiques Roadshow

    Antiques Roadshow

    7.40 1997 HD

    Based on the popular BBC series running since 1979, the PBS Antiques Roadshow combines history with discovery. Each year, the show visits a handful...

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  • 1981
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    MotorWeek

    MotorWeek

    4.40 1981 HD

    This award-winning weekly automotive magazine provides unbiased, consumer-oriented car news with feature stories on related topics.

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  • 1971
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    The Electric Company

    The Electric Company

    7.09 1971 HD

    The Electric Company is an educational American children's television series that was produced by the Children's Television Workshop for PBS in the...

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  • 2001
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    America's Test Kitchen

    America's Test Kitchen

    6.67 2001 HD

    Equipment reviews, taste tests, and recipes from the test kitchen to the home cook. A team of test cooks that viewers have come to love and trust...

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  • 1991
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    Charlie Rose

    Charlie Rose

    5.92 1991 HD

    Acclaimed interviewer and Emmy-winning journalist Charlie Rose engages a wide range of guests, including philosophers, writers, politicians,...

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  • 1984
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    Computer Chronicles

    Computer Chronicles

    7.00 1984 HD

    The Computer Chronicles was an American television series, broadcast during 1981-2002 on Public Broadcasting Service public television, which...

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  • 2002
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    Ask This Old House

    Ask This Old House

    4.70 2002 HD

    The crew at This Old House take on some pretty big projects, which means they can only work on one or two houses a year. But homeowners have a...

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  • 1990
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    The Civil War

    The Civil War

    7.87 1990 HD

    A documentary on the American Civil War narrated by Ken Burns, covering the secession of the Confederacy to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

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  • 2013
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    Peg + Cat

    Peg + Cat

    7.30 2013 HD

    Meet Peg, a curious and spunky preschooler, and her feline companion, Cat, who will rely on math "to tackle social and relationship issues and...

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  • 2017
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    Masterpiece

    Masterpiece

    9.00 2017 HD

    As of the start of broadcasting Victoria Series One in January 2017, Masterpiece Classic was no longer branded as such, but simply Masterpiece (on...

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  • 1983
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    The Joy of Painting

    The Joy of Painting

    8.50 1983 HD

    The Joy of Painting was an American television show hosted by painter Bob Ross that taught its viewers techniques for landscape oil painting....

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  • 1967
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    Washington Week with The Atlantic

    Washington Week with The Atlantic

    9.50 1967 HD

    Journalists participate in a round-table discussion of news events in this award-winning public affairs series. It first aired in 1967, making it the...

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  • 1987
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    Square One Television

    Square One Television

    5.33 1987 HD

    Square One Television is an American children's television program produced by the Children's Television Workshop to teach mathematics and abstract...

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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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