PBS turns 50 (1 Viewer)

[Angelo Colombus]

PBS was launched 50 years ago on Oct. 4, 1970 and since i was a kid have watched many of the programs and below i have some of my favorites. I hope they will continue to produce more quality programing.

1) This Old House
2) Classic films that were broadcast in the late 1970's
3) British shows like Monty Python, Dr. Who, Faulty Towers, etc..
4) Great Railway Journeys of the World (BBC series late 1970's)
5) Connections, BBC James Burke series
6) The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power (series)
7) The American Experience series ( i have many of them)
8) Ken Burns documentaries
9) American Masters series (many i have recorded to disc)
10) Nova series (many i have recorded to disc)
11) Downton Abbey series

 

[Kevin Hewell]

Don't forget about "Nature".

 

[Lord Dalek]

Yeah Public Television is actually over 68 years old.

Because...

 

[Angelo Colombus]

Cosmos was another great series.

 

[Josh Dial]

I may be Canadian but I was raised on PBS in the 80s. To this day I still support my "local" station, KSPS out of Spokane. Here are my favourites growing up:

• 3-2-1 Contact (the best intro for any show ever)
• Square One Television
• Sesame Street
• Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood
• Cosmos
• The Joy of Painting
• The Electric Company
• Doctor Who
• Evening at Pops
• Nova
• Polka Dot Door
• Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?
• The Secret City Adventures
• Nature
• The Frugal Gourmet
• Yan Can Cook
• Louisiana Cookin'
• The Galloping Gourmet
• The French Chef
• Fawlty Towers (for my money, "The Germans" is the funniest 30 minutes in the English language)
• Are You Being Served

As I grew older my tastes broadened to include shows that I used to roll my eyes at my parents for watching:

• The Red Green Show
• The McLaughlin Group ("Issue one!")
• Masterpiece
• Austin City Limits
• This Old House
• The New Yankee Workshop
• Frontline
• Independent Lens
• Antiques Roadshow
• America's Test Kitchen (the best cooking show ever)
• Cook's Country

 

[Johnny Angell]

Fawlty Towers (for my money, "The Germans" is the funniest 30 minutes in the English language)

I still remember when Basil gets frustrated and folds himself down into a...a...I don’t know what. I cried with laughing tears. Or the one when the lights go out.

 

[Johnny Angell]

Learning that PBS is 50 years-old reminds me that none of the great PBS children’s shows were available when I was a kid. No Mister Rogers or Sesame Street for me.

 

[TheLogoGuy94]

Has anybody ever heard of the American Archive of Public Broadcasting? It's a fantastic website that I look at almost every day. They've got almost every episode of the "PBS NewsHour" and its previous iterations, as well as many NET programs. They add more content nearly every month, but so far I've not seen any of the programs I've been yearning to see, such as "3-2-1 Contact," "Nature," "American Masters," among others. They've also got every "Sesame Street" episode, but with a catch: you're only able to view them in-person at WGBH in Massachusetts or at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.

www.americanarchive.org.

 

[B-ROLL]

Has anybody ever heard of the American Archive of Public Broadcasting? It's a fantastic website that I look at almost every day. They've got almost every episode of the "PBS NewsHour" and its previous iterations, as well as many NET programs. They add more content nearly every month, but so far I've not seen any of the programs I've been yearning to see, such as "3-2-1 Contact," "Nature," "American Masters," among others. They've also got every "Sesame Street" episode, but with a catch: you're only able to view them in-person at WGBH in Massachusetts or at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.

www.americanarchive.org.

What no ZOOM! !

 

[Lord Dalek]

ThisOldVideo2 has a lot of old Nature and Nova episodes on his YT channel.

 

[tsodcollector]

Here's mine list
Nova
Nature
American experience
The french chef
Doctor who
American masters
Marty stoffer's wild america
Arthur
Globe trekker
Rick steves travels.

And the ones i have not seen
The seasoned traveler
Evening at pops
Cook's country
America's test kitchen
Zoom
The big blue marble
Between the lions
The victory garden.

 

[tsodcollector]

When i was growing up i used to watch Sesame street,Mister rogers neighborhood,Electric company,Reading rainbow,and it was great.let's not forget the big comfy couch,the one with molly and her dolly.it was cute.

 

[TheLogoGuy94]

What no ZOOM! !
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Might want to look at this:

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americanarchive.org

 

[tsodcollector]

Might want to look at this:

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americanarchive.org

I don't think i ever seen it.