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Thursdays, Sept. 7 - 28, 2023 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / Not available in the PBS APP. Blackmail, intrigue, deceit, adultery and murder abound, as the dastardly goings on in the seemingly idyllic county of Midsomer are unraveled by DCI Barnaby. The original cast in the first three seasons includes John Nettles as DCI Tom Barnaby, Daniel Casey as Sgt. Gavin Troy, Jane Wymark as Joyce Barnaby, Laura Howard as Cully Barnaby, and Barry Jackson as Dr. George Bullard.

The egg industry may soon eliminate a wasteful — and to some, horrifying — practice: slaughtering male chicks. New technology can identify male embryos in eggs before they enter incubation chambers.

The island nation is one of the world's biggest exporters of tea, an industry that employs a sizable part of the population. We visit one organic tea farm that shares revenues with its workers.

India is a magnet for African youth who want to study abroad. But tensions between Indians and Africans sometimes explode into violence. The latest incident took place on March 27.

The new Fireside Grown-Up Guide series is a throwback to the brightly-colored life lessons of your childhood. They're dark and dry and surprisingly funny, a pleasant tonic for your grown-up cares.

Lewis Buzbee's account of his idyllic youth in the California public school system is relentlessly positive, though bracketed with criticism of current school policy and a firm call for more funding.

A fascinating true-crime case and the shame of being well-rested: two of the stories recommended by NPR staff, using the #NPRreads hashtag.

Airs Thursdays, Aug. 27, Sept. 3, 17, 24 & Oct. 1 - Nov. 5, 2015 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV

Authorities warn that mudslides are still possible Friday even after a damaging storm moved through California, trapping people in floodwaters, triggering a debris flow that destroyed homes, and forcing residents to flee communities scorched by wildfires last year.

Airs Sundays, Oct. 16 - Nov. 20, 2016 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV