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Based on the books by Marc Brown, these are the adventures of Arthur, an 8-year-old aardvark, and his family and friends as they grow up and learn how to be good neighbors to one another.

In the spring of 1939, Gilbert and Eleanor Kraus embarked on a risky and unlikely mission. Traveling into the heart of Nazi Germany, they rescued 50 Jewish children from Vienna and brought them to the United States.

Takes you behind-the-scenes of the first solar-fueled flight around the world in Swiss airplane Solar Impulse in which two courageous pilots take turns battling nature, their own crew, and sometimes logic itself, to achieve the impossible.

Elmo and all your favorite Sesame Street characters get together to show how music and imagination can tell a story in this delightful Sesame Street special! The fun begins when Baby Bear goes to hear the Boston Pops Orchestra play the musical story of Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf," where he imagines Elmo, Big Bird, Oscar and the rest of his Sesame Street friends as characters who help bring the story to life. The result is sheer Sesame Street magic, as Baby Bear and Elmo both learn the secret to making beautiful music!

Documenting two brothers' ten-year odyssey across Indonesia's volcanic islands, sailing with pirates, trekking through jungles to uncontacted tribes, witnessing human sacrifice rituals and self-discovery along the vanishing realm.

This documentary profiles some of the most notorious spies in U.S. history--their motivations and methods, how they were caught, and the damage they did to American lives and security. Includes: the John Walker spy ring, Edward Lee Howard, Aldrich Ames, and Robert Hanssen.

An epic two-month train journey across Russia with one of the world's greatest writers, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, as he returns home to Russia with his family after twenty years of enforced exile in America. Solzhenitsyn, the man who experienced and revealed to the world the full horror of the Soviet gulag, is recognised throughout Russia as 'the conscience of the nation'. But despite the triumphant and emotional homecoming, this is no easy ride for Solzhenitsyn, his wife and American sons. Instead, they abandon their refuge in America to find their trans-Siberian trip from Vladivostok to Moscow dogged by the KGB, the Russian Mafia, old-style communist bosses, the tragic plight of ordinary Russians and the echoes of its even more terrible past.

This new historical documentary draws on remarkable archival footage and on-side interviews to survey a century of tension across the Taiwan Strait.

Through the testimonials of family, friends and devoted fellow musicians of all ages, Wham-Re-Bop-Boom-Bam: The Swing Jazz of Eddie Durham follows the musical journey of this often overlooked, but totally unique, musical genius.

New paleontological discoveries lead us on a journey into the evolutionary history of some of the most fascinating creatures -- birds and dinosaurs.

Join Chef Joel Gamoran and his celebrity buddies as they swap delicious stories about their favorite food memories, recreating the dishes behind those heartwarming moments right in front of a live studio audience.

At American Experience, sometimes we don't know the full story behind archival footage. When we saw this video of a young man marching after Dr. King was assassinated, we wanted to know more. First we turned to Facebook, and then our team headed to Memphis, where we learned the inspiring story of Phil Anthony Hart and his family.

In this program, the Boston Symphony Orchestra Chamber Players -- a chamber ensemble constituted by the principal chairs of the Boston Symphony Orchestra -- is joined by pianist Richard Goode to perform Francis Poulenc's Sextet for Piano and Winds in three movements (Allegro Vivace, Divertissement, and Finale); and Franz Schubert's Quintet in A Major, op. 114, also known as the "Trout Quintet," in five movements (Allegro Vivace, Andante, Scherzo-Presto, Theme and Variations, and Finale-Allegro Giusto).

Caitlin and Claude want to do something to protest against a factory involved in nuclear missiles. Meanwhile Kathleen is stalked by her abusive ex-boyfriend Scott.

Kathleen's alcoholic mother humiliates her the night she is to appear on a teen quiz show. Meanwhile, Max and Scooter think smoking is cool.

While out at Joey's place, Wheels is startled to come home and find out that both of his parents were killed by a drunk driver.

The whole school is stunned by the news of Wheels' parents.

Snake learns his brother is gay.