NHPBS Passport Update - December 14, 2020
What's Arriving and Leaving NHPBS Passport
New Titles Coming to NHPBS Passport
Secrets of Royal Travel | Secrets of the Royal Train
Get an inside look at the private world behind the royal train's veiled carriages.
Available: Dec. 14 – Aug. 31, 2024
Independent Lens | Jonathon Scott’s Power Trip
In Jonathan Scott's Power Trip, the HGTV home makeover guru shines a light on the obstacles and opportunities for America’s solar industry, following fossil fuel monopolies that halt the growth of renewable energy while visiting with politicians, coal miners, solar panel installers, the Navajo Nation building its own solar plant, and others at the forefront of the battle for energy freedom.
Available: Dec. 16 – Nov. 15, 2022
Rise of the Nazis | The First Six Months in Power
Discover the measures Chancellor Hitler takes to dismantle the German state. The Nazis have the power to ban free speech, books are burned, and Jewish people, gay people and those holding anti-Nazi beliefs begin to disappear.
Available: Dec. 16 – Aug. 30, 2024
Finding Your Roots | Flight
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. meets actors Scarlett Johansson and Lupita Nyong’o, and chef Lidia Bastianich — three women whose families crisscrossed the globe to escape oppression and find opportunity, leaving them with questions about their relatives who stayed behind.
Available: Dec. 16 – Nov. 17, 2024
Nature | Primates | Protecting Primates
More than half of the world’s primates are under threat. Meet the scientists making groundbreaking discoveries to safeguard their future.
Available: Dec. 17 – Nov. 19, 2028
Austin City Limits | The Mavericks: En Espanol
Thrill to an hour featuring eclectic country rock band the Mavericks, performing hits and songs from their acclaimed all-Spanish album En Español.
Available: Dec. 20 – May 20, 2021
Expiring Soon
Antiques Roadshow | Special Best of 20
Experience our favorite appraisals from all 20 seasons, including a Navajo Ute First Phase Blanket, a signed Warhol collection, and a Tang Dynasty marble lion. Which of these classic ROADSHOW treasures is now valued at $750,000-$1,000,000?
Expiration Date: Dec. 19, 2020
NOVA | Bird Brain
Watch astonishing tests of avian aptitude: parrots that can plan for the future, jackdaws that can “read” human faces, and crows that can solve multi-step puzzles with tools like pebbles, sticks, and hooks. Could these just be clever tricks, based on instinct or triggered by subtle cues from their human handlers?
Expiration Date: Dec. 19, 2020
Eric Idle’s The Entire Universe
Explore the history of the entire universe with Professor Brian Cox, a chorus of singers and dancers, show tunes, and guest stars Warwick Davis, Noel Fielding, Hannah Waddingham and Robin Ince in this comedic musical extravaganza.
Expiration Date: Dec. 22, 2020