PBS Distribution (Firm)
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
In 1832, 57 young men from Ireland boarded a ship to America, leaving behind an impoverished country in hopes of a better life. Arriving healthy, all were dead in eight weeks. Did they all die due to a cholera pandemic as was widely believed? Or, were some of them murdered? Using the latest forensic and scientific investigative techniques, as well as historical detective work in Ireland and the U.S., modern detectives and experts will unravel this...
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
It may be more famous now than any time in its 1,300-year history as the setting of Downton Abbey, but England's Highclere Castle has its own stories to tell. In its heyday, Highclere was the social epicenter of Edwardian England. See how all the inhabitants of Highclere lived, from the aristocrats above to the army of servants toiling 'below stairs'. Also find out from the current inhabitants, Lord and Lady Carnarvon, what life in a fairytale castle...
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Takes viewers into the secretive world of the largest and least known member of the weasel family, to reveal who this dynamic little "devil" truly is. Hard-wired to endure an environment of scarcity, the wolverine is one of the most efficient and resourceful carnivores on Earth.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Fun ensues when Peg and Cat need to round up the missing members of their touring band in time for their big gig performing for 100 chickens, hit the mall to join the Zebra Guy dance contest, and hit some wrong notes when they get stuck in a spectacular instrument built from junk. Includes 7 rockin' stories!
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Explore the life and legacy of August Wilson, the playwright some call America's Shakespeare, who chronicled the twentieth-century black experience. Features James Earl Jones, Phylicia Rashad, Laurence Fishburne, Viola Davis, new dramatic readings, and rare footage.
47) The address
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
©2014.
Language
English
Description
" At the tiny Greenwood School in the small New England town of Putney, Vermont, its roughly 50 students, boys from the ages 11 to 17 are asked each year to memorize the Gettysburg Address. This would be a daunting assignment for any student, but the boys at Greenwood all suffer from learning differences that have made their personal, academic and social progress extremely challenging. " -- container.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
A look at the natural history of Australia from the birth of Earth to the emergence of the world we know today. Host and geologist Richard Smith introuduces us to titanic dinosaurs and giant kangaroos; sea monsters and prehistoric crustaceans; and disappearing mountains and deadly asteroids.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Join scientists and citizens alike as they observe the first total solar eclipse to traverse the US mainland in more than a generation. Discover the storied history of eclipse science and follow current, cutting-edge research into the solar corona.
50) The first ladies
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Their husbands each rose to the pinnacle of power in the United States, but these five Presidents' wives also served the nation as some of the most influential and controversial First Ladies in history.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
For the first time the inside story of the fierce dynastic tensions that were unleashed when the Queen fell in love with Prince Philip. Revealing the complexities and frustrations of the Royal marriage as the Queen struggled to reconcile the love of her husband with the suspicions of her family and her government.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Following the dramatic finale of Season three, Oxford's finest are picking up the pieces of their personal and professional lives. DC Endeavour Morse awaits the result of his Sergeant's Exam, while DI Fred Thursday and his wife Win struggle to cope with their children flying the nest. Sam gone to the Army and the traumatized Joan, gone off to who knows where? There are even greater challenges still to face.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Egypt is home to many of the most famous archaeological treasures on Earth. But over the last five years, Egypt has suffered a tumultuous revolution and tourist numbers have plummeted. The program follows a select cast of individuals, determined to bring Egypt back from the brink. They want to discover more of Egypt's history, keep its heritage safe, and get tourists to visit the country again.
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Set during the London Blitz of 1940, here is a vibrant, original crime drama. This is a world where people live life in the moment. It is also a world where criminals can use the blackout and devastation to hide their darkest activities. As the Luftwaffe drop their bombs, below people are literally getting away with murder.
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Muslim belief and tradition specifies that there should be no depictions of God or the Prophet Muhammad. In religious contexts, this constraint on what artists can depict extends to human figures and other living creatures as well. These prohibitions have inspired a rich visual culture based on calligraphy, Arabesque floral designs, and geometry, all of which feature strongly in the art and design found throughout Islam.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Chronicling the riveting history and personal experiences, at once liberating and challenging, harrowing and inspiring, deeply revealing and profoundly transforming, of African Americans on the road from the advent of the automobile through the seismic changes of the 1960s and beyond, it explores the deep background of a recent phrase rooted in realities that have been an indelible part of the African American experience for hundreds of years.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Mars Curiosity. It could be NASA's last chance to set wheels down on Mars until the end of the decade: last August, a rover named Curiosity touched down inside Mars' Gale Crater, carrying 10 new instruments that will advance the quest for signs that Mars might have once been suitable for life. But Curiosity's mission is risky. After parachuting through the Martian atmosphere at twice the speed of sound, Curiosity will be gently lowered to the planet's...