PBS (Firm)
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Take a look, it’s in a book, a Reading Rainbow! Watch the classic children’s award-winning television series hosted by LeVar Burton as he promotes reading as a way for children to sample the world around them. Each episode encourages kids to read by making story time exciting and interesting, one book at a time!
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Explores the culture war that erupted over the rise of disco music. Originating in underground Black and gay clubs, disco unseated rock as America’s most popular music by the late 1970s. But many diehard rock fans viewed disco as shallow and superficial. The hostility came to a head on July 12, 1979, when a riot broke out at “Disco Demolition Night” at a baseball game in Chicago.
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Two celebrities hit the road in classic cars for a tour through Great Britain. With antiques experts by their sides, they search the local stores for treasures, competing to see who can turn a limited budget into a small fortune. Their adventures take them off the beaten path and allow them to learn about the little-known stories behind some of the greatest events in British history.
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Three diverse kids and their cyberpal, Digit, make up the CyberSquad. Their goal? Stop the dastardly Hacker and save Cyberspace. Embarking on epic adventures, the CyberSquad uses brainpower, math skills and environmental science to save the day. For kids ages 6 to 11, CYBERCHASE inspires children to approach math and environmental science with enthusiasm, confidence, and a “can-do” attitude.
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Here comes Donkey Hodie, a little donkey who can do big things! Join her on adventures in the whimsical world of Someplace Else with her best pals Purple Panda, Duck Duck, and Bob Dog, as they empower preschoolers to dream big, overcome obstacles, persevere, and laugh themselves silly along the way! This puppet series is inspired by the funny, quirky side of children’s TV pioneer Fred Rogers.
7) Musher
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A film about the lives of four sled dog racers (mushers) and their dogs. What it means to be a musher, and what it takes to be a sled dog, is revealed over the course of a year as they all wait out summer so they can train for the coming winter’s races. The film also explores the role of women in the sport, as dog mushing is one of just a few sports where men and women compete together.
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In sharing their stories, FINDING YOUR ROOTS uses every tool available, from cutting-edge DNA research to old-school genealogical sleuthing to reveal long-buried secrets. Spanning the globe, the series compiles family trees that trace throughout the United States and Canada; Latin America and the Caribbean; and Germany, Poland, Ireland, Russia and more.
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Since the premiere of his groundbreaking series African American Lives (2006), noted scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., has been helping people discover long-lost relatives hidden for generations within the branches of their family trees. Now, in the second season of Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Professor Gates continues that journey, utilizing a team of genealogists to reconstruct the paper trail left behind by our ancestors and the...
11) The Forsyte Saga
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This epic drama spans three generations of the powerful Forsyte family at the turn of the 20th century. Beneath the family's imposing veneer lies a festering core of unhappy and brutal relationships.
