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Arts & Entertainment
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442 VIDEOS

FRONTLINE/World | 30,000 Feet: Frequent Flyer
12:39 Air Date 11/24/19

Masterpiece | Downton Abbey, Season 2: Ep. 6
1:53:13 Air Date 02/12/12 Expires 03/07/12

Masterpiece | Downton Abbey, Season 2: Ep. 5
53:13 Air Date 02/05/12 Expires 03/07/12

Independent Lens | Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock
55:27 Air Date 02/02/12 Expires 02/17/12

Masterpiece | Sherlock: The Great Game
1:23:03 Air Date 01/29/12 Expires 02/29/12

Washington Week | Webcast Extra--January 27, 2012
6:16 Air Date 01/27/12

The Open Mind | A Critic at Large, Part II
28:03 Air Date 01/26/12

NOVA | Mystery of a Masterpiece
52:52 Air Date 01/25/12

American Masters | Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune
1:25:46 Air Date 01/23/12

Masterpiece | Sherlock, Season 1: The Blind Banker
1:23:03 Air Date 01/22/12 Expires 02/29/12

Masterpiece | Sherlock, Season 1: A Study in Pink
1:22:13 Air Date 01/15/12 Expires 03/01/12

Off Book | Off Book: The Evolution of Music Online
5:54 Air Date 01/13/12
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215 VIDEOS

Independent Lens | Hell and Back Again Nominated for Academy Award
1:48 Air Date 05/24/12

Independent Lens | Meet the Man Behind Elmo
2:15 Air Date 04/05/12

American Masters | Margaret Mitchell: American Rebel
1:31 Air Date 04/02/12

American Masters | Harper Lee: Hey, Boo
1:49 Air Date 04/02/12

Masterpiece | Great Expectations Preview
1:28 Air Date 04/01/12

An Evening with Valerie Simpson | Tribute to Ashford & Simpson
0:30 Air Date 02/29/12

American Masters | Cab Calloway: Sketches
0:30 Air Date 02/27/12

POV | Racing Dreams - Trailer
2:31 Air Date 02/23/12

Masterpiece | Downton Abbey Season 2: Episode 6 Preview
0:30 Air Date 02/12/12

WordGirl | WordGirl: The Rise of Miss Power
1:07 Air Date 02/03/12

Independent Lens | A Feminist Before the Term Was Invented
1:08 Air Date 02/02/12

Independent Lens | Black History is American History
0:30 Air Date 02/02/12
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Shorts
806 VIDEOS

American Masters | Steve Brodner sketches Cab Calloway Part 1
2:36 Air Date 02/27/12

American Masters | Steve Brodner sketches Cab Calloway Part 2
4:23 Air Date 02/27/12

American Masters | Cab Calloway's Straight Hair
1:49 Air Date 02/27/12

America Revealed | America Revealed… Revealed!
00:00 Air Date 02/15/12

Masterpiece | Downton Abbey, Season 2: A Scene from Episode 6
1:50 Air Date 02/12/12

PBS NewsHour | Conversastion: Pianist Jonathan Biss
7:34 Air Date 02/10/12

Sound Tracks | Quick Hits: Yuja Wang's Polka by Strauss
3:46 Air Date 02/10/12

PBS NewsHour | Conversation: Actor Edward Gero on Rothko, 'Red'
8:11 Air Date 02/08/12

Nature | A Sense of Curiosity
2:44 Air Date 02/08/12

Sound Tracks | Quick Hits: Yuja Wang Plays Gluck and Liszt
6:42 Air Date 02/08/12

Sound Tracks | Quick Hits: Interview with Pianist Yuja Wang
13:09 Air Date 02/08/12

Antiques Roadshow | Appraisal: William Zorach Cat Carving, ca. 1930
2:29 Air Date 02/06/12
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