Independent Lens

Series: Independent Lens

This acclaimed Emmy Award-winning anthology series features documentaries and a limited number of fiction films united by the creative freedom, artistic achievement and unflinching visions of their independent producers. INDEPENDENT LENS features unforgettable stories about a unique individual, community or moment in history. The series is supported by interactive companion Web sites and national publicity and community engagement campaigns. Actor Stanley Tucci hosts.

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Death In Paradise

Season 9, Episode 4

8:00 PM

Louisa (Caroline Catz)

Doc Martin

Farewell, My Lovely

9:00 PM

Frank Hathaway (Mark Benton) & Lu Shakespeare (Jo Joyner). “Shakespeare and Hathaway Series 1” Copyright BBC 2017.

Shakespeare & Hathaway-Private Investigators

The Sticking Place

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This Is Utah, with host Liz Adeola

Host Liz Adeola explores Utah's arts, culture, outdoors, events and more, and meets the individuals who make our state unique.

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The Great Pyramid - with tourists. Photo by Tom Fowlie. ©WGBH.

Stunning new archaeological evidence provides clues about the Egyptians who built the Great Pyramid of Giza -- and how they did it.

Modern Gardener

Marybeth Janerich, Richard Cottino and Michael Ensign in their whimsical and food producing garden. KUED, All Rights Reserved.

Visit Michael and Richard's whimsical and food producing garden, we know you'll be inspired!

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Shown: Roger Allam as Fred Thursday

A murder puts Thursday on a quest to find the killer. Morse makes a new acquaintance.

Specials Page

The Excellence in Teaching Awards are presented each year to Utah public school teachers whose efforts in the classroom have significantly impacted the life of an individual child or group of children.

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A Woolly monkey keeping watch from the safety of a high tree. Yasuni Biosphere Reserve, Ecuador. Courtesy of Will Benson/Atlantic Productions Ltd.

A film crew journeys to the untouched wilderness of biodiversity in the Amazon rainforest.

Modern Gardener

Fawn Rueckert of Sego Lily Flower Farm. KUED, All Rights Reserved

Summer is starting to bloom, and we’re visiting Fawn Rueckert of Sego Lily Flower Farm to get helpful tips for growing fresh flowers of your own.

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Pictured: Douglas Aviation Co., Long Beach, CA, October 1942

Examines the reaction to the war as the public begins to see the toll it's taking on the troops.

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Bouldering at the annual Joe's Valley Fest. © Victoria Chiu 2019 for Joe’s Valley Festival

See how rock climbers & Emery County residents came together to create Joe’s Valley Festival, learn the history of recreational skiing in the Wasatch with Wasatch Mountain Club, and explore 40 miles’ worth of indigenous rock art in Nine Mile Canyon.

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Louisa (Caroline Catz)

Louisa's stress is compounded when she must take a group of students on a sailing trip.

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Checkout this Digital Backpack with parent support and activities you can do at home with your kids to promote good mental health and social-emotional learning.

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President Ronald Reagan. Credit: Courtesy of Ronald Reagan Presidential Library

Recall the life of the president who saw himself as the defender of the “shining city on a hill.”

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A rider struggles to keep his horse under control in the Ardia, an traditional annual race through the streets. Credit: Courtesy of Karolina Mottram/BBC

Though we can't feel the Earth's motion, we experience the consequences

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Jason Perry hosts your weekly roundup of politics in Utah. Fridays at 7:30PM after Washington Week.

Specials Page

In this NEW PBS Utah video series, host Karen Tao sits down with parents to have lively conversations about race and racism and how these topics inform their family life.

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hree generations of the Phadke family live together in their home in Mumbai.

Examine the vagaries of affections across three generations of the Phadke family.

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Music legend Quincy Jones (left) and actor Will Smith host the 2017 International Jazz Day All-Star Global Concert in Havana, Cuba. Credit: Courtesy of Steve Mundinger

Quincy Jones and Will Smith host an extraordinary concert from the Gran Teatro de La Habana in Havana.

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Midsomer Murders "Blood Wedding"

Can Barnaby solve the case in time to walk Cully down the aisle? Stay tuned for Part 2 immediately after!