CBW: Saving Ellicott City
Two thousand-year floods in two years resulted in loss of life and the closing of businesses: is this the new normal for Ellicott City?
CBW: Anacostia Revealed
Some passionate local residents aim to make this river in the nation's capital swimmable and fishable. Can it happen?
CBW: The Legacy of Gilbert Klingel: Man of Steel
A director of the Maryland Historical Society, reporter for the Baltimore Sun, metallurgist and author fulfills his dreams as a naturalist and explorer.
CBW: Ocean Cities: Exploring Our Connection to the Sea
In this era of climate change and sea level rise, how can coastal cities around the world innovate and connect to the oceans they border?
April 21-27
Chesapeake Bay Week
Sharing stories about the bay's rich history as well as efforts to protect its treasures.
Chesapeake Bay Week
Maryland Crabs: Tradition & Taste
The stories of Maryland's all-important crabbing industry: those who catch them, buy them, and serve them for the crab-eating public.
Chesapeake Bay Week
The Chesapeake & Delaware Canal
The little-known but fascinating story of "Baltimore's back door," the money-saving shortcut between the port of Baltimore and points north.
Chesapeake Bay Week
An Island Out of Time
A celebration and elegy for Smith Island: a place beset with erosion, dwindling population and vanishing economic opportunities.
Boss: The Black Experience in Business
Trace the lives of African American entrepreneurs over 150 years, from those bound by bondage to moguls at the top of million-dollar empires.
Independent Lens
Charm City
In Baltimore, the murder rate is high and trust in law enforcement is low. Meet the engaged citizens reversing those trends in Charm City.
BINGE WATCH
Les Misérables
Victor Hugo’s masterpiece comes to television in a six-part adaptation. All episodes now available for streaming to MPT Passport members.
Episode 2
Les Misérables
Living respectably as a provincial mayor and factory owner, Valjean hires the single mother Fantine. Trouble follows that reunites him with his old adversary Javert.
Season 8
Call the Midwife
With the additions of two new Sisters, who have been sent to live and work with the team in Poplar, Nonnatus House feels full once more.
Episode 4
Call the Midwife
Sister Julienne and the midwives attempt to reunite an estranged mother and daughter who are both pregnant. Trixie’s friend is devastated to discover she is pregnant.
BINGE WATCH
Unforgotten: Season 3
A thriller that The Guardian (UK) hailed as “so much more than a satisfying murder mystery.” All episodes now available for streaming to MPT Passport members.
Episode 3
Unforgotten: Season 3
Cassie and Sunny interview the four male occupants of the holiday home over the millennium, whose accounts are fairly consistent.
MPT Digital Studios
Tom Horton - Smith Island
How these small islands in the bay poignantly illustrate social and cultural changes tied to the larger environmental shifts over the last several decades.
MPT Digital Studios
Charm City's Alex Long
Participating in sports as a child helped Long relate to others. He now helps children in east Baltimore through a community boxing program.
The Telescope
Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World
Meet the brilliant minds throughout history, from Galileo to Edwin Hubble, responsible for creating the telescope.
MOTORWEEK
2020 Mercedes-Benz GLE & 2019 Kia Forte
The luxurious and tech-savvy Mercedes-Benz GLE; a look back at the tiny wheels that sparked big driving dreams; a fuel sipper with sporty style, the Kia Forte.
Episode 728
Artworks
Baltimore singer-songwriter ellen cherry, the fine details of fine art photography, recycling books into unique sculptures, using painting to create change.
FOR PASSPORT MEMBERS
MODUS
From the book by Anne Holt, a psychologist/profiler and a local detective investigate a series of disturbing and brutal murders in Stockholm. In Swedish with English subtitles.
Italy, New York and more!
MPT Travel
Join us on a variety of unforgettable domestic and international excursions. Space is limited on all trips - book now!
MPT Kids
What's new in children's programs, games, and apps; advice for raising kids; activities ideas; and more!
PBS KIDS Channel
Watch LIVE or on-demand videos and full episodes of your favorite PBS KIDS shows online.
Deadline: May 15
Color and Win! Contest
Choose a Rhyme Time Lesson coloring page or draw freehand for your chance to win a Chick-fil-A® catered party, a PBS character meet & greet, and more! #mptkidsdrawing
Tea Monthly Article
The Plague Village in Derbyshire
The residents of a 17th century village made an incredible sacrifice to contain an enormous human tragedy.
Tea Time Tidbit
A Patricia Routledge appearance
The 90-year-old Dame portrayed another formidable woman in a stage performance about a WWII-era inspirational pianist.
Tea Time Tidbit
Ian McKellen's 80th Birthday Tour, Part 1
Heather had the pleasure of attending a special career retrospective performance by the actor in celebration of his birthday, and in her own home town in England.
