# Any good new PBS shows for Fall 2015?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-new-pbs-shows-for-fall-2015/730213
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [September 6, 2015, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-new-pbs-shows-for-fall-2015/730213 "2015-09-06T23:03:12Z")
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### Author:  [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2015, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-new-pbs-shows-for-fall-2015/730213/1 "2015-09-06T23:03:12Z")
At the start of the Fall 2015 television season, I’m looking for information on any new good PBS shows this year (PBS is the US public television network). What should I look forward to? I like shows like Nova, Frontline, American Experience etc.
Are there any new series? Another season of Sherlock Holmes I hope? I see _Gettysburg_ has been redone in high-definition - great!
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### Author:  [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2015, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-new-pbs-shows-for-fall-2015/730213/2 "2015-09-06T23:31:26Z")
“American Masters” has a program coming up about Althea Gibson. That will probably be very interesting; they almost always are.
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### Author:  [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2015, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-new-pbs-shows-for-fall-2015/730213/3 "2015-09-07T13:55:02Z")
I just saw the first episode of Arthur and George last night and loved it. It’s only three episodes, though.
There is a new Sherlock episode, not series, to be shown in England around Christmas. I don’t know when we will get it, and I don’t think they’ve started filming the next series yet.
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### Author:  [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2015, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-new-pbs-shows-for-fall-2015/730213/4 "2015-09-07T18:27:11Z")
[A Variety article](http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/pbs-fall-season-walt-disney-civil-war-drama-mercy-street-1201512112/) on PBS’s fall season.
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### Author:  [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2015, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-new-pbs-shows-for-fall-2015/730213/5 "2015-09-07T18:53:00Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#):
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> “American Masters” has a program coming up about Althea Gibson. That will probably be very interesting; they almost always are.
I just sawbthat one the other day-- it’s not something coming up in the fall.
PBS just recently did a 1/2 hour special outlining their new shows for the fall. [Check it out here](http://www.pbs.org/specials/fall-previews/). The biggie seems to be _Indian Summers_, which is sort of an updated _The Jewel in the Crown_– a drama about India just prior to independence.
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### Author:  [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2015, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-new-pbs-shows-for-fall-2015/730213/6 "2015-09-07T21:19:58Z")
The third season of “Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries” has made it to our shores.
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### Author:  [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2015, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-new-pbs-shows-for-fall-2015/730213/7 "2015-09-07T21:24:30Z")
\*The Civil War \*by Ken Burns has been restored & will be shown in HD every night this week. [Starting tonight](http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/civil-war/)…
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### Author:  [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2015, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-new-pbs-shows-for-fall-2015/730213/8 "2015-09-07T22:30:40Z")
Just the other night I caught a few minutes of a new (to me, anyway) britcom called _Vicious_ on a local PBS station. The main characters are an aging gay couple played by Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi. I’ll have to see a full episode before I know if it’s any good, but with that cast it could hardly miss.
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### Author:  [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2015, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-new-pbs-shows-for-fall-2015/730213/9 "2015-09-07T22:43:12Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#):
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> Just the other night I caught a few minutes of a new (to me, anyway) britcom called _Vicious_ on a local PBS station. The main characters are an aging gay couple played by Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi. I’ll have to see a full episode before I know if it’s any good, but with that cast it could hardly miss.
I don’t like the laugh track, and the humor is rather broad, but I enjoy it. I watched the first season and now have seen two or three episodes of the second.
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### Author:  [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2015, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-new-pbs-shows-for-fall-2015/730213/10 "2015-09-08T03:45:02Z")
I hope we finally get to wrap up that cliffhanger on _Endeavour_. But that might not be til January.
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### Author:  [@Chicken\_Fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicken_Fingers)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2015, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-new-pbs-shows-for-fall-2015/730213/11 "2015-09-08T19:04:29Z")
In the DC area we have a PBS sub-channel called WETA UK that has just started showing another season of the BBC’s Great British Baking Show. I’m a vicarious baker, so I love it.
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### Author:  [@toast\_pakora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toast_pakora)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2015, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-new-pbs-shows-for-fall-2015/730213/12 "2015-09-08T19:32:04Z")
_Indian Summers_ is uneven but the clothes, sets and scenery (actually filmed in Malaysia) are amazing as you’d expect.
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### Author:  [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2015, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-new-pbs-shows-for-fall-2015/730213/13 "2015-09-08T20:03:19Z")
> [@Chicken\_Fingers](#):
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> In the DC area we have a PBS sub-channel called WETA UK that has just started showing another season of the BBC’s Great British Baking Show. I’m a vicarious baker, so I love it.
Yeah, I caught that too. I was surprised that so many of them didn’t know what an angel food cake is; it was a complete mystery to them. Then again, I haven’t heard of most of their baked goods, which is one reason I like watching it.
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### Author:  [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2015, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-new-pbs-shows-for-fall-2015/730213/14 "2015-09-08T20:04:12Z")
> [@Pai325](#):
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> I don’t like the laugh track
British TV comedy tends not to use a laugh track, but uses a live audience instead. Mind you, I’ve little doubt that some of the levels are boosted on broadcast.
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### Author:  [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2015, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-new-pbs-shows-for-fall-2015/730213/15 "2015-09-08T20:15:16Z")
> [@toast\_pakora](#):
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> _Indian Summers_ is uneven but the clothes, sets and scenery (actually filmed in Malaysia) are amazing as you’d expect.
You’ve seen it already???
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### Author:  [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2015, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-new-pbs-shows-for-fall-2015/730213/16 "2015-09-08T20:40:51Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#):
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> You’ve seen it already???
It was broadcast in the UK earlier this year.
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### Author:  [@Richard\_John\_Marcej](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_John_Marcej)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2015, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-new-pbs-shows-for-fall-2015/730213/17 "2015-09-14T22:06:07Z")
Tonight’s season premiere of **American Experience** [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/](http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/)
is the first of a two part story about Walt Disney.
In tonight’s first part they cover his beginnings up to the making of **Snow White**
Tomorrow’s 2nd part covers the rest of his life.
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### Author:  [@computergeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/computergeek)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2015, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-new-pbs-shows-for-fall-2015/730213/18 "2015-09-14T22:57:03Z")
PBS just had a 3 part special (live even) on the marine animals that flock to Monterey Bay, CA for a short time every year. I highly recommend you check it out on PBS’ website
Frontline’s season premiere is a 3 part special called My Brother’s Bomber about a man whose brother was killed in the Lockerbie bombing and him wanting to get to the truth of who really did it
This PBS press release is fairly accurate on what is coming this Fall [http://www.pbs.org/about/news/archive/2015/fall-season-release/](http://www.pbs.org/about/news/archive/2015/fall-season-release/)
Be aware that the American Epic 4 part special will now be shown some time in January. But check the highlights section for good stuff
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### Author:  [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2015, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-new-pbs-shows-for-fall-2015/730213/19 "2015-09-15T21:12:19Z")
> [@computergeek](#):
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> PBS just had a 3 part special (live even) on the marine animals that flock to Monterey Bay, CA for a short time every year. I highly recommend you check it out on PBS’ website
We watched one episode of that. It was _awful_. The hosts’ breathless overuse of “amazing” and such got tired in 5 minutes. The live part was pointless and really ate up time. Not going to watch any similar program again.
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### Author:  [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2015, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-new-pbs-shows-for-fall-2015/730213/20 "2015-09-15T21:34:11Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#):
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> British TV comedy tends not to use a laugh track, but uses a live audience instead. Mind you, I’ve little doubt that some of the levels are boosted on broadcast.
Thank you. That hadn’t occurred to me, and it’s been so long since I’ve heard a laugh track, that it was jarring.
I like British shows, however, but I never noticed that before! I guess these laughs just hit me the wrong way.
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