NHPBS Passport Update - December 6, 2021
What's Arriving and Leaving NHPBS Passport
New Titles Coming to NHPBS Passport
Antiques Roadshow | True Colors
Feast your eyes on a rainbow of ROADSHOW’s most colorful treasures including a 1967 Alexander Calder "Concentric" painting, a blue opaline snake paperweight made around 1850, and a Robert Ridgway "Color Standards” book. One is now valued at $100,000!
Available: Dec. 7, 2021 – Nov. 7, 2025
Independent Lens | Ferguson Rises
How does a father find purpose in pain? In 2014, Michael Brown Sr.’s son was killed by white police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri, an event that fueled the global Black Lives Matter movement. But his personal story seeking justice and healing has not been told until now.
Available: Dec 9, 2021 – Nov. 8, 2023
Nature | Born in the Rockies | First Steps
From early spring to late summer, follow new animal mothers through the trials of raising a family in the Rocky Mountains. Cranes migrate north to give birth, a bison mother protects her lambs from threats and young mountain goats learn to climb.
Available: Dec. 9, 2021 – Nov. 9, 2025
Secrets of the Dead | Hindenburg’s Fatal Flaws
A fresh look at the science and conditions surrounding the Hindenburg explosion reveals ten particular flaws that directly led to the infamous disaster in 1937.
Available: Dec, 9, 2021 – Nov. 9, 2025
Great Performances | A John Williams Premiere at Tanglewood
Experience a concert of works by legendary composer John Williams from Boston Symphony Orchestra’s summer home at Tanglewood including Williams’ new violin concerto performed by virtuoso Anne-Sophie Mutter and other works conducted by Andris Nelsons.
Available: Dec. 11, 2021 – Nov. 11, 2024
Independent Lens | Conscience Point
Conscience Point tracks the fractured history of the Shinnecock tribe on Long Island alongside the spirited path of one Native woman determined to make a stand: activist Rebecca Hill-Genia who, together with other determined tribal members and allies, has waged a relentless, years-long battle to protect the land and Shinnecock cultural heritage from the ravages of development and displacement.
Available: Dec. 14, 2021 – Jan. 12, 2022
Austin City Limits | Jackson Browne
Savor the return of legendary singer/songwriter Jackson Browne to the ACL stage. Browne performs hits and songs from his latest album Downhill From Everywhere.
Available: Dec. 13, 2021 – June 13, 2022
Expiring Soon
Secrets of the Dead | Secrets of Spanish Florida
Secrets of Spanish Florida – A Secrets of the Dead Special uncovers one story of America’s past that never made it into textbooks. Follow some of America’s leading archaeologists, maritime scientists, and historians as they share the story of Florida’s earliest settlers. It’s a story that has taken more than 450 years to reveal.
Expiration Date: Dec. 25, 2021
Bluegrass Underground
Taped deep within the subterranean amphitheater of The Caverns in Tennessee's majestic Cumberland Mountains, this "musical adventure" series features both long-established and emerging artists within a broad spectrum of genres to include roots-rock, jamband, r&b, soul, folk, Americana and bluegrass.
Expiration Date: Dec. 31, 2021
Great British Baking Show
Follow the trials and tribulations of passionate amateur bakers whose goal is to be named the U.K.?s best. Each week, the bakers tackle a different skill, the difficulty of which increases as the competition unfolds.
Expiration Date: Dec. 31, 2021