Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project
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Activist Marion Stokes secretly recorded American television 24 hours a day from 1975 to 2012, creating an invaluable comprehensive archive of the media. Her 70,000 VHS tapes reveal how television shaped - and continues to shape - our world.

Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes and 46 seconds

Episode Number: 2118

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Mon, Mar 23 10:00 P.M. Keep Quiet and Forgive     NHPBS (11.1)
Wed, Mar 25 8:30 P.M. Keep Quiet and Forgive     NH World (11.3)
Thu, Mar 26 1:30 A.M. Keep Quiet and Forgive     NH World (11.3)
Wed, Apr 1 7:00 P.M. Three Chaplains     NH World (11.3)
Thu, Apr 2 12:00 A.M. Three Chaplains     NH World (11.3)
Thu, Apr 2 8:00 A.M. Three Chaplains     NH World (11.3)
Sat, Apr 4 1:00 P.M. Three Chaplains     NH World (11.3)
Mon, Apr 6 5:00 A.M. Three Chaplains     NH World (11.3)
Mon, Apr 6 10:00 P.M. The Tallest Dwarf     NHPBS (11.1)
Tue, Apr 7 2:00 P.M. A Thousand Pines     NH World (11.3)
Wed, Apr 8 3:00 A.M. The Tallest Dwarf     NHPBS (11.1)
Wed, Apr 8 7:30 P.M. The Tallest Dwarf     NH World (11.3)
Thu, Apr 9 12:30 A.M. The Tallest Dwarf     NH World (11.3)
Thu, Apr 9 8:30 A.M. The Tallest Dwarf     NH World (11.3)
Sat, Apr 11 12:00 P.M. The Tallest Dwarf     NH World (11.3)
Mon, Apr 13 10:00 P.M. Backside: The Unseen Hands of Horse Racing     NHPBS (11.1)


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