Documentary

WBCN and The American Revolution tells the amazing, untold story of the radical underground radio station WBCN-FM, set against the dazzling and profound social, political, and cultural changes that took place in Boston and nationally during the...

Follow along as NASA launches the Mars 2020 Mission, perhaps the most ambitious hunt ever for signs of life on Mars. For the first time, in February 2021, a rover will attempt a risky landing in Jezero Crater, the coveted site of an ancient river delta...

Much has been recounted and dramatized of how Helen Keller overcame the blindness and deafness that struck her in infancy to achieve a childhood education. The accomplishments from the balance of her long life advocating for women, workers, and the poor...

This documentary, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and was soon presented on PBS, examines the personal and cultural effects of Woodstock. The festival took place just days after the moon landing and found a generation rooted in conflicts...

Join Lucy Worsley on a journey across Europe to visit the incredible locations where royal history was made. From the Spanish Armada to the French Revolution, learn how royal history is a mixture of facts, exaggeration, manipulation and mythology. Host:...

Showcasing the natural magic of an extraordinary part of the border between the United States and Mexico over four seasons, this film explores Rio Grandes Big Bend a vast unspoiled wonderland of serene beauty and astounding desert landscapes which are...

Living as she was with encroaching dementia, widowed grandmother Maud Horsham (Glenda Jackson, returning after a 27-year screen hiatus) found no acceptance of her concerns after her best friend Elizabeth (Maggie Steed) failed to make a promised visit. As...

Produced and aired as a prelude to the broadcast of Ken Burns' acclaimed documentary series, this March 2019 concert at the Ryman Auditorium gathered top talent to render iconic C&W standards. Performers include Dwight Yoakam, Vince Gill, Roseanne Cash,...

Renowned paleontologist Kirk Johnson takes us on an epic adventure through time at the polar extremes of our planet. Following a trail of fossils found in all the wrong places beech trees in Antarctica, redwoods and hippo like mammals in the Arctic NOVA...

A team of intrepid paleontologists recently discovered a lost world of dinosaurs in the unlikeliest of places?deep in the dark, snowy wilds of northern Alaska and the Aleutian Islands. Producer: Laurie Cahalane, Oscar Chan. Narrator: Jeannette Robinson...

The ancestors of today's Maya people thrived in hundreds of cities across Central America. Caracol and Tikal, with over 100,000 inhabitants at their peak, were among the biggest cities anywhere in the world at the time. Producer: Laurie Cahalane, Leslea...

A mighty leopardess rules over an area along Zambia's Luangwa River. She has just given birth to two cubs and faces the challenging task of motherhood including feeding the cubs and defending her territory. In the process, one of the cubs is lost, but...