Banker White and Anna Fitch’s poignant documentary The Genius of Marian is the story of one family’s efforts to cope with Alzheimer’s as wife and mother Pam White is diagnosed with the disease that ravaged her mother – the painter Marian Williams Steele. With September being the third global World Alzheimer’s Awareness Month, PBS is airing this […]
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PBS Looks at Walt Disney and The Brain for Fall 2014-15!
Beginning this fall, PBS will be unveiling a host of new programs including the four-hour/two-night Walt Disney; Ken Burns’ 14-hour exploration of an American political dynasty, The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (September 14th); an tour of our individual inner cosmos, The Brain with Dr. David Eagleman – as well as Navy Seals: The Untold Story […]
PBS Celebrates The Life of Pete Seeger!
PBS is celebrating the life and music of Pete Seeger with a special in memoriam broadcast the 2008 documentary Pete Seeger: The Power of Song. The American Masters presentation is set for 7:30/6:30C and will be streamed online beginning tomorrow morning. Follow the jump for the press release – with details about confirmed stations; the […]
Sherlock Series 3: A Genius Must Learn–Steven Moffat & Mark Gatiss Tease New Episodes!
When Sherlock Holmes returns to London in Sherlock, Series 3, things have changed. Watson, for example has moved on with his life and is engaged to Mary Morstan. In an interview released online by BBC One, Sherlock creators/showrunners Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss talk about Sherlock’s discomfort at being in new (for him) situations – […]
Sherlock Mini-Episode Breaks Online!
While we’re waiting, all anticipatory-like, for the return of Sherlock in January, a seven-minute prelude has been released online by the BBC. Someone, it seems, isn’t so sure that the master detective is dead… Check it out after the jump. Sherlock returns to PBC on January 14th.
Sherlock Joins Dowton Abbey to Lead PBS’ Winter/Spring Season!
PBS has announced its Winter/Spring Season, leading off with the long-awaited return of the BBC’s hit mystery series, Sherlock – which returns January 19, 2014, following Downton Abbey. Other January highlights include Chasing Shackleton, a three-part series that recreates Sir Edward Shackleton’s Antarctic expedition; Hawking, Stephen Hawking’s story – in his own words and the […]
Trailer: Jimi Hendrix–Hear My Train A Comin’!
Jimi Hendrix was a genius. There have been many attempts to tell his story. On November 27th, PBS’ American Masters presents Jimi Hendrix – Hear My Train A Comin’ – a documentary that unveils previously unseen footage of Hendrix doing what he did best, plus interviews with Hendrix and friends and fellow musicians including Jimi […]
Downton Abbey Trailer Issues a Choice!
‘You have a straightforward choice,’ says Maggie Smith’s Dowager Countess as the new trailer for Downton Abbey’s fourth season begins. She is speaking to Michelle Dockery’s Mary, but she isn’t finished yet, ‘You must choose either death or life.’ It’s the kind of pronouncement that could come across as way over the top, but coming […]
Downton Abbey Returns In January; Blatchleys Back In Spring!
PBS has announced that hit series Downton Abbey will return to Masterpiece Classic on January 5, 2014 – and The blatchley Circle will return for a second season as part of a Sunday drama block that will include season three of Call the Midwife and season two of Mr. Selfridge. A three-part special dealing with […]
Sherlock Series 3 Teaser–Reunions!
There’s a teaser trailer for Sherlock Series Three from BBC One. The show’s sprightly theme music plays over glimpses of the major people in Sherlock’s life, teasing reunions with: Watson (Martin Freeman), Lestrade (Rupert Graves), Mycroft (Mark Gatiss), Mrs. Hudson (Una Stubbs) and Molly (Louise Brealey). Check it out following the jump. Sherlock returns to […]
PBS Fall 20/13: Shakespeare, Superheroes, The Great American Hoax and More!
PBS has set a very different fall season with a unique combination of literature, pop culture, and history. Great Performances takes four of William Shakespeare’s ‘history plays’ – Richard II, Henry IV, Parts I & II, and Henry V – and folded them into a single narrative; Superheroes is a three-part documentary miniseries that examines […]