NHPBS Passport Update - April 4 2022

What's Arriving and Leaving NHPBS Passport

New Titles Coming to NHPBS Passport

Call the Midwife | Season 11 Episode 5
A heatwave descends over Poplar and Sister Monica Joan struggles. An angel comes in the form of Fred, who has a sneaky plan. While Cyril continues to search for a new job, Lucille comes to terms with unexpected news.
Available: April 10 – June 7, 2022

Sanditon | Season 2 Episode 5
Lennox and Colbourne’s rivalry over Charlotte comes to a head, while Georgiana makes a decision that will impact her future. Edward’s manipulation of Esther takes a dark turn, Alison realizes what she's been missing, and Tom’s woes come to a head.
Available: April 3 – April 23, 2029

Antiques Roadshow | Desert Botanical Garden Hour 3
Phoenix treasures heat up at the Desert Botanical Garden with a Hassan El Glaoui Tempera painting made around 1970, a Line Vautrin Talosel mirror, and a diamond horseshoe brooch from about 1900. One is appraised for $75,000!
Available: April 5, 2022 – April 12, 2024

Secrets of the Six Wives I (3 Episodes)
Travel with historian Lucy Worsley back to the Tudor court to witness some of the most dramatic moments in the lives of Henry VIII's six wives, each of whom found a method of exerting influence. The show combines drama with historical comment.
Available: April 6, 2022 – Jan. 22, 2024

Nature | Australian Bush Fire Rescue
Meet the people rescuing and caring for the animal survivors of Australia’s devastating bushfires. Iconic species like koalas, kangaroos and wombats face a series of hurdles to recover from their trauma.
Available: April 7, 2022 – Oct. 27, 2024

NOVA | The Truth About Fat
Scientists are coming to understand fat as a dynamic organ—one whose size may have more to do with biological processes than personal choices. Explore the mysteries of fat and its role in hormone production, hunger, and even pregnancy.
Available: April 7, 2022 – April 7, 2023

Poetry in America | Sonnet IV: I Shall Forget You Presently, my dear
In 1920s Greenwich Village, Edna St. Vincent Millay wrote sonnets that toppled clichés of love and romance. To probe this unsentimental break-up poetry, host Elisa New speaks with musician Natalia Zukerman, poet Olivia Gatwood, New York Times advice columnist Philip Galanes, writer Leslie Jamison, scholar of Greenwich Village Jeffery Kennedy, and a chorus of National Student Poets.
Available: April 9, 2022 – March 11, 2029

Expiring Soon

NOVA | Inside the Megafire
The California wildfires of 2018 took a worrisome trend to a new extreme, claiming scores of lives and over a million acres. Scientists investigate how forestry practices, climate change, and drought may contribute to the rise of deadly megafires.
Expiration Date: May 7, 2022

Austin City Limits | Jade Bird / Dayglow
Enjoy a pair of up & coming, Austin-based singer/songwriters with Jade Bird and Dayglow. The UK-born Bird plays tunes from her album Different Kinds of Light. Sloan Struble, AKA Dayglow, performs cuts from his LP Harmony House.
Expiration Date: May 7, 2022

Wolf Hall
Long before 9/11, a far deadlier, little-known attack from the ocean depths struck our shores, lasting three-and-a-half years and claiming 5,000 lives. Now, famed undersea explorer Bob Ballard, discoverer of the Titanic, investigates the wreck of one of the attack craft, a German submarine that lies at the bottom of the gulf just a few miles off New Orleans.
Expiration Date: May 9 , 2022