Hello, sunshine! Summer is here, and so are 18 fantastic new shows on TPT Passport, ready to stream anytime, anywhere. This June, you’ll find new exciting dramas, rich history, captivating documentaries, awe-inspiring science and nature, and a vibrant array of arts and music. As the days get brighter, so does your TPT Passport lineup. Happy viewing!
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What is TPT Passport?
TPT Passport is a member benefit that gives you extended access to an on-demand streaming library of PBS and TPT shows, including full seasons of many favorites like All Creatures Great and Small, Doc Martin, Grantchester, and many, many more. Make a qualifying donation so you can start enjoying TPT Passport on your computer or with the PBS App on your favorite streaming device, mobile device or Samsung smart TV!
TPT Passport is a member benefit that gives you extended access to an on-demand streaming library of PBS and TPT shows, including full seasons of many favorites like All Creatures Great and Small, Doc Martin, Grantchester, and many, many more. Make a qualifying donation so you can start enjoying TPT Passport on your computer or with the PBS App on your favorite streaming device, mobile device or Samsung smart TV!
DRAMA & MYSTERY
D.I. Ray – Season 2 Coming June 16
Two months after her suspension, DI Ray is thrust back into homicide after the fatal shooting of an innocent nurse and the head of a notorious crime family points to brewing tensions between rival crime families.
TPT Passport members can binge every episode on the night of the premiere.
Grantchester – Season 9 Coming June 16
Alongside Robson Green as DI Geordie Keating, Tom Brittney returns for his final season as beloved vicar, Will Davenport. The pair must navigate crime-solving, challenges to their friendship, and more in charming Grantchester. Rishi Nair joins the cast as the new vicar in the village, Alphy Kotteram.
TPT Passport members can binge every episode on the night of the premiere.
Professor T – Season 3 Coming June 16
The multi award-winning much-loved crime drama Professor T starring Ben Miller, Frances de la Tour and Juliet Stevenson is back for a third season. The Professor is in jail and must find a way to get his old life and job back. The Police need his expertise to help crack some tricky and intriguing crimes.
TPT Passport members can binge every episode on the night of the premiere.
Walter Presents Bellefond
Prosecutor Antoine Bellefond never spares the criminals who cross his path. But a mistake and a subsequent tragedy make him rethink his career. With the help of three of his best criminal law students, he has a new mission: fighting against miscarriages of justice. From Walter Presents, in French with English subtitles.
Walter Presents Disturbing Disappearances
Dealing with cases involving kidnapping, drugs and abuses of power takes a toll on the personal lives of the police teams tracking down missing people. From Walter Presents, in French with English subtitles.
Walter Presents The Sketch Artist
Eve Garance is a remarkable sketch artist with a gift for reading people. As a member of the Investigation Unit of the Montreal Police Department, she uses her talents to create composite sketches and catch criminals. From Walter Presents, in French with English subtitles.
HISTORY & DOCUMENTARY
Antiques Roadshow: Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens
Head to Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens in Akron for treasures that include Fred Rogers postcards, ca. 1968, a 1966 Milton Glaser-signed Bob Dylan poster, and a Tiffany Studios special order tulip lamp, ca. 1915. One find is $150,000 to $375,000!
Antiques Roadshow: Santa Clara
Antiques Roadshow is in Santa Clara, where host Mark L. Walberg and appraiser Stephen Fletcher travel to the Japanese American Museum of San Jose to learn about arts and crafts made by Japanese and Japanese Americans interned in camps during World War II.
American Experience: Poisoned Ground
The dramatic and inspiring story of ordinary women who fought against overwhelming odds for the health and safety of their families. In the late 1970s, residents of Love Canal in Niagara Falls, NY, discovered that their homes, schools, and playgrounds were built on top of a former chemical waste dump. Housewives activated to create a grassroots movement that galvanized the landmark Superfund Bill.
Disco: Soundtrack Of A Revolution – Coming June 1
From the basement bars of ‘70s New York to the peak of the global charts, this is the story of disco: its rise, its fall… and its legacy. Revelling in iconic tracks and remarkable footage, this is a powerful, revisionist history of the disco age.
TPT Passport members can binge every episode on the night of the premiere.
Independent Lens: Breaking The News
Who decides which stories get told? A scrappy group of women and LGBTQ+ journalists buck the white male-dominated status quo, banding together to launch The 19th*, a digital news startup aiming to combat misinformation. A story of an America in flux, and the voices often left out of the narrative, the documentary Breaking the News shows change doesn’t come easy.
Long Lost Family
Long Lost Family tells incredible stories of people desperate to find missing family, unravels mysteries that no one else has been able to solve and answers questions that have haunted entire lives.
SCIENCE & NATURE
Changing Planet: The Coral Special
In the third year of this 7-year project examining the issues facing the planet’s most threatened ecosystems, Dr. M. Sanjayan visits the Maldives to take an in-depth look at coral reefs and the urgent efforts to help them survive climate change.
Grizzly 399: Queen of the Tetons
Known only by her research number, Grizzly 399 has been a fixture in Grand Teton National Park since 2007, becoming the world’s most famous grizzly bear. Now 399 is raising four new cubs in the face of human encroachment, a warming climate and the threat of losing protection under the Endangered Species Act.
Planet California
Planet California is a celebration of California and Baja California’s wildlife and their coexistence with the 40 million people who call it home. Here are iconic wild places like Yosemite, but also Baja California’s rugged, lesser-known wilderness.
MUSIC & ARTS
Great Performances: Now Hear This: The Composer is Yoo
Follow host Scott Yoo’s journey to compose a piece of music for the first time. Seeking counsel from other composers, Yoo revisits his heritage in search of ideas, performs landmark pieces for inspiration and ultimately tests his work in progress.
Poetry in America: Hill Country
God drives down from the mountains behind the wheel of a Jeep, in this poem by Tracy K. Smith, former U.S. poet laureate. Smith illuminates the ambrosial bounty of Texas Hill Country, where she’s joined by country music singer-songwriter Jimmie Dale Gilmore, members of both Christian and Jewish communities, and host Elisa New.
My Music With Rhiannon Giddens
Host Rhiannon Giddens performs and talks with pipa master Wu Man, a 2023 NEA National Heritage Fellow who has been part of Silkroad Ensemble since its founding in 2000 by cellist Yo-Yo Ma. They talk about the origins of the pipa and discuss Silkroad’s multi-year “American Railroad” project.
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