Your Guide To The Best PBS DVDs Starting With The Highest Reviews

Wuthering Heights (Masterpiece Theatre, 1998)

Rated: Unrated
Studio: WGBH Boston
Release Date: 2005-08-02
Running Time: 114 minutes

This brilliant adaptation of Emily Brontë's timeless tale breaks new ground by covering the complete story of a love so powerful that it reaches beyond the grave. Orla Brady (The Rector's Wife, Proof) stars as literature's most controversial heroine, the spirited, but tragic Cathy. Robert Cavanah (Cracker, Cadfael) plays Heathcliff, the dark stranger whose love for Cathy leads him to take terribl... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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Jazz - A Film By Ken Burns

Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Pbs Paramount
Release Date: 2004-09-28
Running Time: 1140 minutes

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Teletubbies 10 - Time to Dance!

Starring: Sandra Dickinson
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Pbs Paramount
Release Date: 2007-08-07
Running Time: 73 minutes

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The Scarlet Letter

Starring: Meg Foster
Rated: Unrated
Studio: Wgbh Boston
Release Date: 2003-03-04
Running Time: 240 minutes

In 1979, when most literary programs were being produced in the U.K., Boston public television station WGBH decided to produce a homegrown literary classic for its viewers. The result is this thoughtful four-episode adaptation of Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel The Scarlet Letter. Meg Foster brings a quiet strength to Hester Prynne, the adulteress condemned by 17th-century Puritan laws to wear ... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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Empires - The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance

Starring: Mario Biagioli
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: PBS Paramount
Release Date: 2005-04-05
Running Time: 220 minutes

From a small Italian community in 15th-century Florence, the Medici family would rise to rule Europe in many ways. Using charm, patronage, skill, duplicity and ruthlessness, they would amass unparalleled wealth and unprecedented power. They would also ignite the most important cultural and artistic revolution in Western history--the European Renaissance. But the forces of change the Medici helped ... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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Teletubbies - What's That

Starring: Sandra Dickinson
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Pbs Home Video
Release Date: 2003-08-19
Running Time: 65 minutes

Uh-oh! It's a day to dance and play with the Teletubbies! Tinky-Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa, and Po are back with a fun day of thoughtful things and delightful dances in Teletubbyland. All the Teletubbies hear a curious sound coming from the Voice trumpet and wonder, "What's That?" Also, watch the Teletubbies swap their favorite things!... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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The Inspector Lynley Mysteries: Set 5

Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: WGBH BOSTON
Release Date: 2007-10-02
Running Time: 344 minutes

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Inspector Lynley - Set 1

Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: WGBH BOSTON
Release Date: 2003-11-25
Running Time: 360 minutes

Love, life and murder. Just a few of Inspector Lynley’s mysteries.

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries feature the most celebrated British detective duo in years: Inspector Thomas Lynley (Nathaniel Parker) and Sergeant Barbara Havers (Sharon Small). Over the course of more than 10 intriguing Elizabeth George novels, beginning with A Great Deliverance, Lynley and Havers have won millions of loyal ... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online

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The Complete Pepin: Techniques and Recipes

Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Pbs (Direct)
Release Date: 2007-01-16
Running Time: 408 minutes

It doesn't matter whether you can make the fanciest gourmet meal if you lack the skills to do something as basic as poach an egg. Once you acquire those basic skills, your culinary repertoire is limited only by your imagination. The Complete Pépin is an entire cooking course on DVD that features dozens of techniques that Jacques has sharpened over his decades in the kitchen.... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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NOVA - Origins

Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Directed By: Julia Cort and Larry Klein
Studio: WGBH Boston
Release Date: 2004-12-07
Running Time: 240 minutes

Origins is a spectacular four-part miniseries, first presented on PBS's Nova, about the beginnings of the universe, our solar system, life on Earth, and the possibility of extraterrestrial life on other planets. It is not a stretch to say that Origins, among all television documentaries about the evolving cosmos, offers the most breathtaking dramatic visual representation of E... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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