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For $5/month or a $60/year, Pioneer PBS Passport offers an on-demand library of exclusive access to PBS programming, including popular dramas, documentaries, news programs, international shows, and fan favorites. It also unlocks early releases and full seasons of current and past series. Moreover, Pioneer PBS Passport offers a seamless enhanced viewing experience, allowing users to watch favorite shows on their smart TV, or mobile device, with the PBS App or online on the Pioneer PBS streaming platform or pbs.org and pick up where they left off.

 

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For assistance with downloading or troubleshooting the PBS App 

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Marlene and Christine begin looking for answers after their paths cross at the Palace.

The Palace

Episode 1

Twin sisters Christine and Marlene, separated at birth, meet by chance in East Berlin. To learn more about each other they swap lives, navigating the dangers of divided Germany. From Walter Presents, in German with English subtitles.

A bomb has been planted on a flight from Stockholm to San Francisco.

Hostage

Episode 1

A bomb has been planted on a long-haul flight from Stockholm to San Francisco. The lives of 300 people are at stake, so the Swedish Security Service brings in Frederika Bergman and her former boss, the legendary Alex Recht.

Discover the inspirations Spain provided composer Isaac Albéniz with host Scott Yoo.

Great Performances

Now Hear This “Albéniz: Portraits of Spain”

Discover the inspirations Spain provided composer Isaac Albéniz with host Scott Yoo, guitarist Manuel Barrueco, and pianist Juan Pérez Floristán along with musicians from Albéniz’s birthplace in the Pyrenees mountains as well as Sevilla, Mallorca and more.

The Big Cats 24/7 team follows lions, leopards and cheetahs in the Okavango Delta.

Big Cats 24/7

Episode One

The Big Cats 24/7 team begins a six-month expedition following lions, leopards and cheetahs in the Okavango Delta. A huge wildfire threatens the big cats and the team.

James Herriot interviews for a job with harried Yorkshire veterinarian Siegfried Farnon.

All Creatures Great and Small

Episode 1

James Herriot interviews for a job with harried Yorkshire veterinarian Siegfried Farnon. His first day is full of surprises.

Susan is tasked to find a missing woman whose disappearance is connected with an Alan Conway novel.

Moonflower Murders

Episode 1

Susan is living in Crete, when a couple asks her for help finding their missing daughter, Cecily. They believe her disappearance is connected to a murder that happened at their hotel and an Alan Conway novel that was inspired by the case.

Mysterious financial losses lead the Post Office to prosecute village Subpostmasters.

Mr Bates vs The Post Office

Episode 1

Mysterious financial losses lead the Post Office to fire and prosecute village Subpostmasters, who have no way to prove their innocence.

Noele Gordon is at the height of her success, then is suddenly sacked -- but why?

Nolly

Episode 1

Noele Gordon is at the height of her success, with her soap opera riding high in the ratings. Then she’s suddenly sacked overnight - but why?