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The Vicar of Dibley Story

A Tribute to the Vicar



The Vicar of Dibley gets a full tribute in this documentary featuring clips, behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with cast and crew members.


ARTS & DRAMA

Pioneers of Television: The Miniseries


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The television miniseries was a major event that captured the nation’s imagination. Roots and The Thorn Birds were the biggest. See interviews with the stars of that genre.

Tuesday at 8pm on WGBH 2 
YOUR BRITISH FIX

More from the English Channel


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Midsomer Murders covers crime in the rural English countryside, and DCI Banks is a headstrong detective from Peter Robinson’s novels.

Mondays on WGBH 44
MASTERPIECE

Downton Abbey: Mary


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Lady Mary must keep her family together and support the leadership of a country estate. Behind every good man is an amazing woman. Keep up with Downton Abbey Season 3.

Sundays at 9pm on WGBH 2


MASTERPIECE

Downton Abbey: Mrs. Hughes


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Supported by Mrs. Patmore, Downton Abbey's faithful housekeeper Mrs. Hughes faces her own crisis while trying to keep systems running smoothly.

Sunday at 9pm on WGBH 2

MASTERPIECE

Downton Abbey: Edith's Wedding


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It remains wedding season at Downton Abbey as lady Edith, second daughter of Earl Grantham, lures Sir Anthony into matrimony. The couple faces their own fateful moment in Episode 2.

Sunday at 9pm on WGBH 2
ARTS

Broadway or Bust: Casting Call


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Follow 60 talented students from high schools across the U.S. in this WGBH-produced mini-series, as they compete in New York City for a chance to get to Broadway.
DRAMA

Call the Midwife


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Your British drama fix: Call the Midwife is a moving and intimate insight into the colorful world of midwifery and family life in 1950s East London. Watch a series of episodes from Season One. 

Sunday, 8 to 11pm on WGBH 2
ARTS

Broadway or Bust: A High School Musical Competition


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The troupe moves on from casting call to bootcamp in Part II of this new WGBH-produced miniseries following the country’s top high school musical performers to the National High School Musical Theater Awards. 

Sunday at 8pm on WGBH 2
Books

Game of Thrones: The Cookbook


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By Abbie Ruzicka
Feast like Tyrion and Daenerys: two local ladies have concocted a cookbook of recipes mentioned in the popular George R. R. Martin series. To start, you can make their lemoncakes ...
Arts & Living

When Dick Cavett Shared Carnegie Hall With Groucho



By NPR Staff
Forty years ago Sunday, history was made when talk show legend Dick Cavett introduced Groucho Marx at Carnegie Hall. The night marked Groucho's debut at the famed New York venue and became the record, An Evening with Groucho Marx.
CALLIE CROSSLEY SHOW

Rachel Dratch: Life after SNL


Lexington native and Saturday Night Live star Rachel Dratch talks with Callie Crossley about her new book, Girl Walks into a Bar.
Television

About Masterpiece


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Masterpiece has enthralled audiences for more than 35 years, as the world's foremost actors interpret works of the finest classic and contemporary writers.

MASTERPIECE

Masterpiece Classic South Riding


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As social improvements move forward in South Riding, Robert (David Morrissey) faces ruin after a principled stand against political corruption, and Sarah (Anna Maxwell Martin) confronts a crisis, both personal and professional. Watch on WGBH - 2, on Sunday, March 18 at 9:00 p.m.
Concerts

60s Pop, Rock & Soul: My Music


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In a special rebroadcast dedicated to the memory of Davy Jones, Jones, co-host Peter Noone, and other artists perform classics from the decade of peace, love, and profound social change.

Airs this month on WGBH
Great Performances

The Phantom of the Opera at Royal Albert Hall


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Take a front-row seat for the 25th anniversary performance of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera.

Sunday, 7pm on WGBH 44
MASTERPIECE

Downton Abbey: Go Behind the Drama


WATCH 'BEHIND THE DRAMA'
Can't get enough of Downton Abbey? Watch bonus scenes from the first two seasons and interviews with writer Julian Fellowes and cast members on WGBH.org. 
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

The Amish: An Intimate Portrait


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What does the future hold for a community whose existence is so rooted in the past? Learn about how the Amish have thrived in contemporary American culture. 

Friday, March 2, at 9pm | WGBH 44
MASTERPIECE

7 Days Left to Watch Downton Abbey


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MEET THE CAST AND CREW
Have you seen the Season 2 finale of Masterpiece's Downton Abbey? Watch the episode on WGBH.org until March 4. 


MASTERPIECE

Watch The Latest 'Downton Abbey'


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GO BEHIND THE SCENES
The war is over, but the Spanish flu arrives at Downtown and transforms the fortunes for all. You can watch this — the penultimate episode of Season 2 — on WGBH.org all week. 
Pioneers of Television

Sitcoms


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Sitcoms are featured, including "I Love Lucy," "Make Room for Daddy," "The Honeymooners" and "The Dick Van Dyke Show." Actors Joyce Randolph, Marlo Thomas, Andy Griffith, Mary Tyler Moore and Dick Van Dyke reminisce.

American Experience

Jimmy Carter


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American Experience looks at Jimmy Carter's rapid ascent in politics, dramatic fall from grace and unexpected resurrection.
REMEMBRANCES

Remembering Aloyce Beth DuVal Deare


LISTEN: WGBH'S CALLIE CROSSLEY REMEMBERS BETH DEARE
By WGBH
Friends and colleagues are mourning the death of A. Beth DuVal Deare, the award-winning former producer  of WGBH's "Say Brother." Deare died in a fire in Newton on Monday. Share your memories of Deare.
Technology

At MIT, The Jeopardy Machine Is Personal


NOVA: THE SMARTEST MACHINE ON EARTH
By Andrea Smardon
Wednesday night is the much-anticipated final round of the quiz show Jeopardy, in which Watson, a computer, competes against the two greatest champions in the show's history.  The contest has generated a special kind of excitement at MIT.
Arts

Center Stage


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Watch Center Stage with Jared Bowen, and see what other fans of the program are saying.

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