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They are judged on many criteria, including but not confined to the quality of the proposal or completed work, the credentials of the production team, the needs of the schedule, and the financial request to pbs. The undertaking watch s2007 e3 frontline pbs official site. Each presidential election the pbs series frontline produces an election special that profiles the two major candidates. Frontline presents audio versions of select fulllength episodes for listening on the go. I havent noticed frontline in the listings for awhile. Pbs does not forward submissions to existing series. The undertaking pbs tv show the undertaking the undertaking, a pbs frontline program, is a moving, behind the scenes exploration of how funeral service professionals care for the living and the dead. The choice 2016 by frontline pbs published on 20160928t18. Watch frontline online full episodes of season 39 to 1 yidio. To access closed captioning on the pbs video app on samsung tv, follow the i.
Since january 1983, frontline has served as american public televisions flagship public affairs series. Sep 19, 2007 in this scene from the undertaking, coming october 30, 2007 to pbs, lynch reads a passage from his essay tract, an imagining of the direction of his own funeral. Pbss frontline episode the abortion divide, an update of a piece by mark obenhaus that examined abortion politics in pennsylvania in 1983, aired on april 23. The frontline show is one of the most well known and respected series in public broadcasting. Watch frontline episodes online season 26 2008 tv guide. You can watch the full program at enter the world of thomas lynch, a poet and an undertaker, whose. Funding for frontline is provided through the support of pbs viewers and by the corporation for public broadcasting. The choice 2016 by frontline pbs free listening on soundcloud. Watch full episodes of frontline, the pbs documentary series, and explore news investigations from frontline s awardwinning journalism team.
More than a year in the making, growing up trans is the latest project from acclaimed frontline filmmaking team miri navasky and karen oconnorthe suicide plan, the undertaking, the new asylums. This article covers information related to youtube tv. This documentary by frontline provides viewers with an insiders look on what happens behind the scenes before, during, and after funeral preparations. The undertaking is a frontline documentary inspired by poetundertaker thomas lynchs book of the same name. The undertaking pbs tv show the undertaking the undertaking, a pbs frontline program, is a moving, behindthescenes exploration of how funeral service professionals care for the living and the dead. Watch fulllength episodes of pbs documentary series frontline for free. Frontline is an investigative journalism program of the public broadcasting service pbs, producing indepth documentaries on a variety of domestic and international stories and issues, and broadcasting them on air and online. Frontline is a public affairs television program that produces and broadcasts indepth documentaries about various subjects. Presidential election is tuesday, november 8th and americans will soon decide who will be our next president. The film bounced back and forth between the 1980s and today, ranging from the inner city of philadelphia to the suburbs and recording five separate abortion procedures. In an intimate and revealing film, lynch helps makes sense of.
Frontline profiles thomas lynch, a poet and undertaker whose family has cared for the dead in a small town in central michigan for three. Frontline has produced more than 530 documentaries. Frontline world is a spinoff program from frontline, first transmitted on may 23, 2002, which was transmitted four to eight times a year on frontline until it was canceled in 2010. The effrontery of frontline american patriot redoubt news.
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