NHPBS Passport Update - January 4, 2021
What's Arriving and Leaving NHPBS Passport
New Titles Coming to NHPBS Passport
All Creatures Great and Small (Binge)
James Herriot’s adventures as a veterinarian in 1930’s Yorkshire get a glorious new adaptation in a seven-part series based on his beloved books. Exciting newcomer Nicholas Ralph will make his television debut as the iconic vet who became renowned for his inspiring humor, compassion and love of life.
Available: Jan. 10, 2021 – Jan. 10, 2024
Episode 1
James Herriot interviews for a job with harried Yorkshire veterinarian Siegfried Farnon. His first day is full of surprises.
Episode 2
Fresh from veterinary college, Siegfried’s fun-loving brother, Tristan, arrives to help out. Mrs. Pumphrey throws a swanky party.
Episode 3
James is put to the test with an ailing racehorse. Tristan faces a familiar temptation. Siegfried angles for a prestigious client.
Episode 4
While Tristan gives Tricki-Woo the spa treatment, James deals with Helen’s champion bull. Siegfried makes a decision about Tristan.
Episode 5
James volunteers to be the official vet at the Darrowby Show. His ordeals include an ethical plight involving Helen’s bull.
Episode 6
Defying Siegfried, Tristan coaxes James to try a risky procedure to save a stricken cow. Then James gets a shock from Helen.
Episode 7
Siegfried hosts a Christmas eve party, with an even bigger event to follow the next day. Helen accompanies James on an emergency house call.
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Great Performances | One Man Two Guvners
Featuring a Tony Award-winning performance by CBS Late Late Show host James Corden, the hilarious West End and Broadway hit One Man, Two Guvnors by playwright Richard Bean delighted critics and audiences alike during its West End and Broadway productions in 2011 and 2012.
Expiration Date: Jan. 5, 2021
NOVA | Secret Tunnel Warfare
During World War I, the Allies and Germans repeatedly struggled to break the hideous stalemate of trench warfare. In the winter of 1916, Allied engineers devised a massive surprise attack: over 1 million pounds of explosives hidden in secret tunnels driven under German lines. Building the tunnels was desperate work, with tunnelers at constant risk from flooding, cave-ins, and enemy digging teams.
Expiration Date: Jan. 5, 2021
Nature | Elsa’s Legacy: The Born Free Story
2010 marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of "Born Free" -- the book and then a film that changed forever the way we think about wildlife.
Expiration Date: Jan. 8, 2021
American Experience | Into the Amazon
Into the Amazon tells the remarkable story President Theodore Roosevelt’s journey with legendary Brazilian explorer Cândido Rondon into the heart of the South American rainforest to chart an unexplored tributary of the Amazon.
Expiration Date: Jan. 8, 2021