PBS

Downton Abbey & Biltmore – How Similar Are They?

Laura Candler — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 21:57:54 +0000

If you’ve watched just one episode of the popular PBS television series Downton Abbey, then you’ll know that the show is set in the early 1900s in an extravagant manor in the English countryside and that it revolves around the personal lives of the privileged Crawley family and their bustling “downstairs” staff.

The Woodwright's Shop

Frank Stasio and Dixon Crews — Thu, 17 May 2012 15:00:00 +0000

Roy Underhill has been host of “The Woodwright's Shop” on PBS since 1979, making his show the network’s longest running “how-to” program. Underhill’s show is designed to reconnect us with our woodworking roots and he offers strategies on how to make everything from book stands to full-size furniture.

Rock Star of the Stars

Frank Stasio and Lindsay Foster Thomas — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:29:00 +0000

Neil deGrasse Tyson is a rock star of the stars. The astrophysicist is one of the most famous faces in science. Tyson is the director of the Hayden Planetarium in New York, a research associate at the American Museum of Natural History and the host of the PBS show, “NOVA scienceNOW.”