NHPBS Passport Update - April 25, 2022
What's Arriving and Leaving NHPBS Passport
New Titles Coming to NHPBS Passport
Benjamin Franklin
Ken Burns’s two-part, four-hour documentary, "Benjamin Franklin," explores the revolutionary life of one of the18th century's most consequential and compelling personalities, whose work and words unlocked the mystery of electricity and helped create the United States.
Available: April 26 – June 4, 2029
Ridley Road (4-episode binge)
Ridley Road stars newcomer Agnes O’Casey as Vivien Epstein, a young Jewish hairdresser who fits right into London’s mod scene, while secretly infiltrating the British neo-Nazi hierarchy on behalf of Jewish antifascists.
Available: May 1 – April 30, 2026
Call the Midwife | Season 11 Episode 8
The aftermath of a tragic incident in the heart of Poplar ripples through the community. As Nonnatus House faces its darkest day, the team must overcome personal anguish to help the injured.
Available: May 1 – June 7, 2022
Antiques Roadshow | Let’s Celebrate
Watch amazing objects that exude a celebratory spirit, including an Alexander Calder mobile, Tiffany iridescent vases, and a 1955 Picasso Madoura plate. One has an updated appraisal value of $800,000-$2,000,000!
Available: April 26 – March 13, 2026
American Experience | Zoot Suit Riots
In June 1943, Los Angeles erupted into the worst race riots in the city to date. For ten straight nights, American sailors armed with make-shift weapons cruised Mexican American neighborhoods in search of "zoot-suiters" — hip, young Mexican teens dressed in baggy pants and long-tailed coats. The military men dragged kids — some as young as twelve years old — and viciously beat them.
Available: April 27, 2022 – March 28, 2025
Austin City Limits | ACL Presents: Americana 20th Annual Honors
Austin City Limits presents selected performances from the 20th annual Americana Honors, recorded live in Nashville. Performers include Brandi Carlile, the Mavericks, Jason Isbell, Allison Russell, Charley Crockett, Amethyst Kiah and the Highwomen, plus a tribute to Nanci Griffith from Joe Henry and Aoife O’Donovan.
Available: May 1, 2022 – Sept. 30, 2022
Expiring Soon
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: 50 Years and Circlin’ Back
Celebrate the groundbreaking band’s musical milestones and hits along with special guests Vince Gill, John Prine, Jackson Browne, Alison Krauss, Rodney Crowell, Jerry Jeff Walker, Jimmy Ibbotson, Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas and Byron House.
Expiration Date: June 5, 2022
Great Old Amusement Parks
Long before the days of giant theme parks, the United States had many amusement parks where families gathered for a cool escape on a hot summer day. Celebrate these pre-Disney parks with visits to Playland in Rye, New York; Holiday World in Santa Claus, Indiana; and California’s Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, where vacationers can still reach for the brass ring on the merry-go-round.
Expiration Date: June 5, 2022
America ReFramed | Meltdown in Dixie
In the wake of the 2015 Charleston Massacre, a battle erupts in Orangeburg, South Carolina between the Sons of Confederate Veterans and an ice cream shop owner forced to fly the Confederate flag in his parking lot. MELTDOWN IN DIXIE explores the broader role of Confederate symbolism in 21st century America and the lingering racial oppression which these symbols help maintain.
Expiration Date: June 7, 2022