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FOYLE'S WAR - SUNDAY NIGHT AT 8
May 07, 2010 in Web News
The war in Europe is over, and Detective Chief Superintendent Christopher Foyle hopes his crime-fighting days are, too. But murder knows no respite in the seaside town of Hastings, and the unflappable chief must solve a trio of his most challenging cases yet. Michael Kitchen stars with Honeysuckle Weeks in the hit series praised by The Wall Street Journal as “consistently captivating.”
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NEED TO KNOW - SERIES PREMIERE FRIDAY NIGHT AT 7:30
May 05, 2010 in Web News
NEED TO KNOW is a cross-media news and public affairs magazine that culls stories from the best of the week’s online reporting, culminating in a one-hour on-air broadcast every Friday night on Basin PBS.
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AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: Into the Deep: America, Whaling & the World
May 04, 2010 in Web News
In the 19th century, whale oil powered the world - lighting the homes and factories of the industrial revolution. But the rapid rise of the American whaling industry was mirrored by its collapse as demand waned at end of the 19th century. Travel back in time and into the deep on AMERICAN EXPERIENCE “Into the Deep: America, Whaling & the World” Monday night at 8.
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AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: ROADS TO MEMPHIS
Apr 29, 2010 in Web News
Sometimes in history, the greatest of men are mentioned in the same breath as the most loathsome. Travel along as the paths of James Earl Ray and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. intersect in AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: ROADS TO MEMPHIS Monday night at 8.
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A LETTER FROM BILL MOYERS
Apr 27, 2010 in Web News
Bill Moyers' Journal wraps on Friday as Moyers retires after 40 years in public television. PBS stations across the country are seeing a swell of "Why is Bill Moyers leaving?" queries. Bill's drafted this short response.
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AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: MY LAI
Apr 23, 2010 in Web News
It was an unthinkable act — a massacre of more than 300 unarmed Vietnamese civilians — perpetrated by ordinary American soldiers. Step inside the story to explore the men behind the massacre, the cover-up and the trial that shocked the public on AMERICAN EXPERIENCE:MY LAI. Viewer discretion advised. Monday night at 8.
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BILL MOYERS JOURNAL TONIGHT AT 8
Apr 23, 2010 in Web News
Click here to read Bill's notes on tonight's show...his second to last after 40 years on PBS.
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A 99 CENT BURGER - IS THAT GOOD NEWS OR BAD?
Apr 21, 2010 in Web News
A McDonald’s double cheeseburger — made from cows fed a diet of government-subsidized corn — costs less than a head of broccoli. Join POV as they investigate this and other aspects of the American food industry with the Oscar-nominated film “Food, Inc.” Brought to you by NATURAL FOODS MARKET. Scroll down to host your own FOOD, INC. Potluck Watch Party. Saturday night at 8.
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PBS KIDS SHARE THE EARTH DAY - APRIL 22
Apr 21, 2010 in Web News
Join your favorite characters from CURIOUS GEORGE, SESAME STREET, WORDGIRL, SUPER WHY! and more as they learn about solar power, pollution, water conservation, biospheres and saving the rainforest. SID THE SCIENCE KID gives us "The Dirt on Dirt." CLIFFORD digs a "Doggie Garden." THE ELECTRIC COMPANY has a biosphere malfunction. That and more all day April 22.
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DIRT! THE MOVIE: INDEPENDENT LENS
Apr 16, 2010 in Web News
Just one teaspoon of dirt contains a billion organisms, all working in remarkable balance to sustain a series of complex communities that affect our daily lives. Dig into the connection between dirt and drought, floods, famine and climate change with DIRT! THE MOVIE Tuesday night at 9.
