Florida has one of the most diverse landscapes in America, from white sand beaches and spring-fed rivers to mossy swamps and pine forests. And much of it is accessible to the millions of visitors that travel to Florida each year thanks to 160 fantastic state parks. Behind each one of these award-winning state parks is the story of its creation. Hear about some of the remarkable people behind the state's most amazing places in this three-part film. Then explore more than 15 of them, from Falling Waters State Park to John Pennekamp Coral Reef.

Space is no longer a new frontier: It's a vital part of our world. Each fascinating program gives an eye-opening view of the way space exploration has revolutionized how we see ourselves, our planet and the universe beyond.

From KQED in San Francisco and the Virus Laboratory of the University of California, Berkeley, comes a distinguished series of eight half-hour programs on the nature of the virus. Prepared using a National Science Foundation grant, the series is designed to explain to the viewer some of the basic facts about viruses, those structures so essential to life and health, facts which for the most part have only been discovered in the past twenty-five years. Drawing on advanced scientific techniques such as microcinematography, electron microscopy and freeze drying, as well as on animation, large-scale models and drawings, the programs combine lectures with demonstrations to give the viewer an extremely vivid picture of this complicated topic. Particularly emphasized are facts about the virus' relation to bacterial disease, to polio, and to cancer, and new information about viruses which may not yet be generally known to students of biology or to the non-scientific public.

When Maria Lawton was six years old her family emigrated to the United States from the island of Sao Miguel in the Azores, a stunning archipelago in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Maria documented the cooking and food memories so vital to her childhood, rediscovering her family's traditional recipes and putting them into her first cookbook, Azorean Cooking: From My Table to Yours.

This series is presented by self-confessed Python nut Hugh Bonneville, each show with a group of five famous comedians remembering their favourite Python moments. Each guest chooses a sketch (or two) and it's played with their comments..

A lecture series about the basic problems of flight, explained by visual presentation of flow experiments. As the material of the lectures should be understood by every interested listener, no mathematical or other theoretical knowledge is used for explanation. Every problem is demonstrated by a true-life experiment and purely scientific language is avoided. Each of the lectures deals with a basic problem of flight. The experiments are mostly shown as flow picture but at certain points scale models and flying models are used to ensure easier understanding.

This series examines common misconceptions about aging and provides a springboard for analyzing new roles for elders, intergenerational alliances, resource allocation, and artificial attempts to prolong life. Age is measured in four ways, chronologically, biologically, psychologically, and socially These are the basis for discussing the quality of life in later years. 75 diverse elders relate their experiences.

A multimedia course for secondary school and college teachers that examined global patterns through time, seeing history as an integrated whole. Topics were studied in a general chronological order, but each is observed through a thematic lens, showing how people and societies experience both integration and differences.

Hosted by parenting expert Donna Erickson, this family series is committed to strengthening family ties, creating family traditions, and building self-esteem in children through fun and easy projects for parents and caregivers to do with kids. As a nationally recognized expert on parenting, an author, a former teacher, and the mother of three, Ms. Erickson's can-do enthusiasm helps parents feel more imaginative, more capable, and more resourceful. Discover new activities and adventures that your family can experience together.

In this 26-part series, prominent historians present America’s story as something that must be presented and debated from a variety of perspectives in order to be truly understood. Their thought-provoking debates and lectures — using first-person narratives, photos, film footage, and documents — will pique students’ interest and encourage them to think critically about the forces that have shaped America.

Chef Kevin Belton explores the food traditions of Louisiana cuisine.

Chef Kevin Belton's new cooking series -- inspired by the vibrant festivals of New Orleans and its surrounding region -- showcases the unique food and multicultural heritage of the city. In his courtyard kitchen at WYES-TV studios, Belton prepares some of the best food booth favorites unique to the Big Easy, including breakfast jambalaya, a shrimp and crab burger, fried oyster po'boy sandwiches and Creole brined chicken. This 26-episode series also features segments with food vendors and festival-goers on location at the Oyster Festival, the French Market Creole Tomato Festival, Bastille Day Fete, Satchmo SummerFest and others.

Chef Kevin Belton explores the mix of cultures that make up the distinctive food of New Orleans.

Chef Kevin Belton takes viewers on a culinary tour of New Orleans in this cooking series from PBS affiliate WYES. The self-trained chef lets viewers in on family recipes he learned from his mother and grandmother while growing up in New Orleans. From seafood gumbo to shrimp remoulade to pecan-crusted redfish to Cajun turkey, the series explores the diverse mix of cultures that contribute to the food of the Big Easy. Aside from appearing as chef and guest on numerous television shows, Belton has also been an instructor at the New Orleans School of Cooking for the past two decades.

New York Wine & Table explores culinary journeys through New York’s regions in a unique television show featuring food, wine, agriculture, restaurants, people and landscapes. The series is hosted by nationally known television lifestyle host Susan Hunt.

In this series, Susan travels from Lake Erie’s grape region to Long Island, from the Hudson River Valley to the Thousand Islands to Niagara Falls. In each episode she talks with winemakers, farmers, and restaurateurs who produce some of the finest wines and foods in the world.

In just 60 years Chicago grew from a remote, swampy frontier town into one of the most explosively alive cities in the world. Captains of industry built empires through innovation, ingenuity, determination, and sheer ruthlessness, while the labor of millions of working men and women -- most of them immigrants from Ireland and Northern Europe -- helped reinvent the way America did business.

SEA CHANGE, a special presentation of NOVA, is a story about a sea within the sea, a body of water that is warming 99% faster than the global ocean. What happens here, for the animals in the water, for the jobs dependent upon them, and for the millions of people along its shores, is likely to happen worldwide. We are at a crossroads for the future of the Gulf – and our oceans. Does it retain enough of its biodiversity and regenerative strength to weather the human-induced storm? Is the sheer beauty of the place and spectacular range of its creatures enough to wake us to the stakes? A fascinating tale about a regional location with profound global implications, this three-part prime time documentary series premieres July 24 at 9 p.m. ET on PBS, the PBS app, and the NOVA YouTube channel. A digital series produced by indigenous filmmakers in collaboration with Vision Maker Media and NOVA accompanies SEA CHANGE.

The riveting life and times of Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) and his soaring masterpiece "The Divine Comedy" – one of the greatest achievements in the history of Western literature.

POV’s first broadcast miniseries asks whether democracy itself can be preserved - and made stronger - by those most marginalized. Filmed during the historic 2018 midterm elections, the series follows the campaigns of Stacey Abrams (GA), Rashida Tlaib (MI), Lucy McBath (GA), Veronica Escobar (TX), Maria Elena Durazo (CA), and Bushra Amiwala (IL) - all women of color. The women of color organizing the campaigns are also highlighted.

Interviews with public figures.