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Read about this week's TV highlights below, including David Attenborough bringing extinct museum creatures to life, a Secrets of the Dead investigation into bones discovered at Benjamin Franklin’s former home, an opera on Great Performances, the return of Patience, and the final season premiere of Grantchester.
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Museum Alive with David Attenborough
A landmark documentary fulfills the long-held dreams of David Attenborough by bringing the incredible pantheon of the London Natural History Museum’s long-extinct creatures to life.
Using a groundbreaking collaboration of cutting-edge science and astounding CGI, Attenborough takes us on a magical after-hours journey through the museum to see the now-living exhibits as they looked when they roamed the planet.
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Tune in Wednesday, June 10, at 7pm.
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Secrets of the Dead | Ben Franklin's Bones
In November 1997, when the skeletal remains of at least 28 bodies were unearthed in the basement of an elegant townhouse, police feared it was the work of a serial killer. But when research indicated the bones actually dated to the mid-1700s, the implications became even more dramatic. This was no ordinary house: 36 Craven Street was the former residence of Benjamin Franklin.
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Tune in Wednesday, June 10, at 9pm.
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Great Performances at the Met | Andrea Chénier
Giordano’s tragedy stars tenor Piotr Beczała as the virtuous poet who falls victim to the intrigue and violence of the French Revolution. Soprano Sonya Yoncheva stars as Chénier’s aristocratic lover, Maddalena di Coigny, with baritone Igor Golovatenko as Carlo Gérard. Daniele Rustioni takes the podium to lead Nicolas Joël’s staging.
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Tune in Sunday, June 14, at 12:30pm.
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Patience | Season Two
Adapted from the acclaimed French series Astrid, Patience is set in York, England, centering on an autistic woman who works in the Criminal Records Office.
In its second season, Patience is back to tackle more crimes in York. When new detective Frankie Monroe bursts on the scene, there’s initially tension, but soon they learn to work as a team.
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Watch on Sundays, beginning June 14, at 7pm.
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Binge the series! Season 1 and 2 are streaming now with Passport on the PBS app and online.
Grantchester | Final Season
Civil unrest, the Profumo Affair, Martin Luther King Jr, the rise of the Beatles, the Great Train Robbery… 1963 was a year of high drama and change.
In the eleventh and final season of Grantchester, set in the Summer of ‘63, Britain has just survived the “Great Freeze” – a winter of blizzards and bitter cold. Our crime-fighting duo, Alphy and Geordie, explore family and forgiveness, identity and faith, and finding your purpose in life.
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Tune in on Sundays, beginning June 14, at 8pm.
STREAM
Binge the series! Seasons 1-10 are streaming now with Passport on the PBS app and online, and beginning June 14, all episodes of the new season will be added.