Friday, September 14th, 2018

Stand up comedian Al Murray is coming to HISTORY to find out why everyone hates the English in a new five-part series premiering this October. Each episode will see Murray travelling to the country in question and pairing with a local comedian to investigate the troubled history between them and England. In France, Murray will […]

Friday, September 14th, 2018

When Barack Obama was elected President of the United States, it was an unexpected boon to an unemployed Puerto Rican father in the Bronx. Louis Ortiz had recently discovered something amazing: when he shaved off his goatee, he unveiled an uncanny resemblance to the President. The bizarre and unlikely story is the subject of Ryan […]

Friday, September 14th, 2018

Hurricanes, droughts and wildfires. Record-breaking heatwaves, and flood-inducing rainfall – the evidence of a climate in crisis surrounds us. In a timely two-hour documentary coming to PBS America in October, NOVA cuts through the confusion surrounding climate change. Decoding the Weather Machine attempts to better understand the workings of the weather and the climate machine […]

Friday, September 7th, 2018

Since 2000, one junior high school in Brooklyn has defied all expectations to earn over 30 US chess titles, including the US High School National Championship – a first for a junior high team The school, IS 318, and its prodigal chess team is the subject of 2012 documentary Brooklyn Castle, premiering 21 September on […]

Friday, September 7th, 2018

PBS America is taking viewers to the great plains of Africa and the forests of Thailand this month with three new documentaries focussed on the regions’ unique wildlife. In Fawn Identity, two fawns – one, an impala in Africa’s southern acacia forests, the other a Thomson’s gazelle in the grasslands – lead parallel lives, struggling […]

Friday, September 7th, 2018

It may sound like strange premise for a show: unsuspecting ride-share passengers are surprised when their driver reveals himself as a medium there to give them a reading. Whether it sounds like your idea of heaven or hell, there is an undeniable allure to the concept of a surprise psychic reading done in a cab, […]

Friday, September 7th, 2018

Nearly two decades after the fateful day in September that changed America forever, HISTORY will commemorate the events of 9/11 with new two-hour documentary 9/11: Escape From the Towers.   The documentary recounts the tragedy of 11 September from the unique perspective of the survivors who were below the impact zone in the twin towers […]