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  • Stream now or tune in Saturday, June 19, 2021 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV
  • Stream or tune in Friday, June 18, 2021 at 10 p.m. & Sunday, June 20 at 2 p.m. on KPBS 2
  • Tuesdays, June 14 & 21, 2022 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV + Wednesdays, June 15 & 22 at 11 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On demand with PBS Video App. Explore the evolution in understanding, and the dramatic attempts across generations to unravel the difficult questions surrounding mental illness people have grappled with throughout history: What causes it? And how is it best treated?
  • Encore Sundays, Feb. 13 and 20, 2022 at 6 p.m. on KPBS TV / On Demand. Tom Hollander, Saskia Reeves, and Tom Taylor star in an adaptation of David Nicholls' bittersweet, bestselling novel about a family giving their relationship one last shot.
  • Sunday, July 14, 2024 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport! Travel to the deserts of Iraq for an archaeological dig, where the famous crime writer unravels a series of mysterious murders. Lyndsey Marshal stars as Agatha Christie and Jonah Hauer-King is Max Mallowan, the archaeologist vying for her affection.
  • Stream now with KPBS Passport! Discover the writer’s plan to sell a manuscript that kills off her famous detective, Hercule Poirot. Struggling with money and under investigation by tax authorities in America and the UK, Agatha must come up with an enormous sum.
  • Thursdays, March 2, 2023 at 11 p.m. and March 9 - April 13 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV. DCI John Barnaby (Neil Dudgeon) investigates murder and mystery in Season 19. New cast members include Nick Hendrix as DS Jamie Winter and the newest member of the Barnaby family, Paddy the dog. This season, the two detectives face a dastardly death among live pet rabbits, murder at a cricket tournament, deadly violence at a music festival, and more.
  • Stream now or tune in Tuesday, June 8, 2021 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV
  • Sunday, July 28, 2024 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport! Join the crime writer as she investigates the murder of Florence Nightingale's goddaughter during her 11-day disappearance in 1926. Christie's involvement in the case influenced her later work. Starring Ruth Bradley as Agatha Christie.

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