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Daniel is so excited to learn that a new family is moving into the Neighborhood of Make-Believe! Watch as the Tiger Family and the entire Neighborhood welcomes the new arrivals and helps them adjust to their unfamiliar surroundings. Daniel even lends an extra hand to make Jodi Platypus, his new playmate, feel right at home.
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This is one the most fearless animals in the world, renowned for its ability to confront grown lions, castrate charging buffalo, and shrug off the toxic defenses of stinging bees, scorpions, and snakes. Our film will follow a team of researchers in South Africa who are searching for the truth behind the honey badger.
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Features new friends in all shapes and sizes, with catchy songs and all the dinosaur information kids will ever want to know. Preschoolers will be on the fast track to learning when Buddy, a Tyrannosaurus Rex, and his adopted family of Pteranodons explore all that their prehistoric world has to offer.
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Come for a visit in Bear Country with this classic First Time Bookʼ from Stan and Jan Berenstain. Brother and Sister have agreed to help their elderly neighbor, Miz McGrizz, clean her attic. Although they aren't excited to spend their Saturday helping her out, they just might end up having more fun than they thought.
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Dominating the landscape for centuries, ancient cathedrals and abbeys reflect Britain's turbulent history through their architectural grandeur. The film explores cathedrals and abbeys found throughout England and Wales, featuring interviews with historians and experts and breathtaking footage filming their legendary facades and soaring interior spaces.
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Four-year-old Daniel Tiger invites young viewers directly into his world, giving them a kid's eye view of his life and making them feel like one of his neighbors. Episodes include: Prince Wednesday Goes to the Potty; Daniel Goes to the Potty; Daniel Visits School; Daniel Visits the Doctor; Daniel Shares his Tigertastic Car; and more.
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From kitchen windows, they are spotted, nibbling away at gardens and shrubs. Once they retreat from view, where do the white-tailed deer go? Scientists outfit deer with night vision cameras and GPS tracking equipment that reveal the hidden world of white-tailed deer in a whole new light, allowing to see them not as common backyard creatures, but as intelligent, affectionate family members.
13) Meet the coywolf
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The coywolf, a mixture of western coyote and eastern wolf, is a hauntingly beautiful carnivore found increasingly on the streets of North American cities. Its recent appearance was very, within the last 90 years, in evolutionary terms, a blip in time. The story of how it came to be begins in Canada but by no means ends there.
14) Meteor Strike
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On February 15th, car cameras and cellphones captured a blinding streak that flashed across the sky over Russia's Ural Mountains, followed by an explosion that injured some 1,500 people. The meteor, weighing around 10,000 tons, was the largest object to burst in the atmosphere since 1908. Within days, NOVA crews were in Russia following impact scientists as they hunted for debris from the explosion and clues to the meteor's origin.
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Dr. Michael Mosley and botanist James Wong celebrate the physics, chemistry, and biology hidden inside every bite of a next meal. Learn how the hidden chemistry of food keeps bodies fit and healthy; take a global culinary adventure to reveal the science that makes food taste delicious; and discover how the chemistry in food affects the brain and creates the deepest cravings.
17) Sacred
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A documentary film that draws on the work of filmmakers around the world to explore religious experiences and rituals as they relate to the life cycle: birth, adolescence, marriage, old age, death and other key passages of life. Directed by Academy Award winner Thomas Lennon.
18) Dark money
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It examines one of the greatest present threats to American democracy: the influence of untraceable corporate money on our elections and elected officials. The film takes viewers to Montana, a frontline in the fight to preserve fair elections nationwide, to follow a local journalist working to expose the real-life impacts of the US Supreme Court's Citizens United decision.
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Mister Rogers taught generations of children how to accept and respect others and how to feel valued and encouraged. Watch memorable episodes where Mister Rogers helps children understand that everyone makes mistakes from time to time. World-famous pianist Andre Watts performs for Mister Rogers, and together they talk about learning from mistakes!
