NHPBS Passport Update - September 27, 2021
What's Arriving and Leaving NHPBS Passport
New Titles Coming to NHPBS Passport
Seaside Hotel Seasons 2 and 3 (Binge)
At Andersen’s Seaside Hotel by the North Sea dunes, meet the chambermaid Fie, the merchant's daughter Amanda, and the local fisherman Morten, whose fates are intertwined, as they seek to emancipate themselves from the plans other people have made on their behalf. From Walter Presents, in Danish with English subtitles.
Available: Sept. 30, 2021 – Dec. 31, 2025
Lives Well Lived
Lives Well Lived celebrates the incredible wit and wisdom of people aged 75–100, who reveal their secrets for living a meaningful life. Encompassing 3,000 years of collective life experience, diverse people share life lessons about perseverance, the human spirit, and staying positive in the midst of life’s greatest challenges. Their stories will make you laugh, perhaps cry, but mostly inspire you.
Available: Sept. 30, 2021 – Aug. 31, 2024
Future of Work | The New Industrial Revolution
In addition to illuminating the ongoing drivers for disruptions to the world of work – AI, robotics, platform technology, globalization, labor practices -- the pandemic has been a driver of change. Unemployment flipped from lowest in 50 years to highest in a century.
Available: Sept. 30, 2021 – Aug. 31, 2024
Call the Midwife | Season 10 Episode 5 (Passport Early Release)
With Sister Hilda away on a refresher course, Sister Julienne steps in to carry out home visits. The new Pupil Midwives settle in. An overly protective mother struggles to cope with her daughter's teenage pregnancy and frustrates Pupil Midwife Nancy.
Available: Oct. 1, 2021 – Dec. 21, 2021
Lucy Worsley’s Royal Myths & Secrets | King George III
Lucy Worsley reveals how mental health problems forced King George III to relinquish power to his debauched and extravagant son. Was this really an era of elegance and regal splendor or an age of radicalism and revolution? How were myths and secrets used to save the British monarchy?
Available: Oct. 4, 2021 – Aug. 31, 2028
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American Masters | Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive
Best known for his Gothic horror tales and narrative poem “The Raven,” Poe’s stories are the basis of countless films and TV episodes, and have inspired even more, as has his name and image. Determined to re-invent American literature, Poe was an influential – and brutally honest – literary critic and magazine editor, who also invented the detective protagonist with his character C. Auguste Dupin.
Expiration Date: Oct. 29, 2021
How We Got to Now: Light
Best-selling author Steven Johnson tells the story of the people who took us out of the dark and into the light, including the invention of Edison’s light bulb and how an 18th-century shipping community discovered a source of illumination by putting a kid inside a whale’s head.
Expiration Date: Oct. 29, 2021
Finding Your Roots | Immigrant Nation
In this episode, Scarlett Johansson, Paul Rudd John Turturro explore the tremendous challenges faced by their immigrant forebears.
Expiration Date: Oct. 31, 2021