Word: pbs
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...impressions left by thebroadcasts, which are televised on PBS eachSunday, have been confined to the level of thecandidate's sartorial splendor and his ability toscore a quick comeback against Kalb...
...program aired weekly on PBS stations imported from Great Britain. The eponymous protoganist is a knowledgeable alien who battles forces of evil throughout the universe,protecting earth from numerous brushes withdestruction...
...attempt to insure the longevity oftheir idol, about five of the Club's members willgo to New Hampshire this weekend to participate inChannel 11's annual fund drive and encourage thecontinued showing of Dr. Who on PBS stations...
Children's TV, of course, is not an unredeemed junk pile. PBS and cable offer much quality fare. Most of the networks' Saturday-morning shows are gently inoffensive (The Smurfs, Jim Henson's Muppet Babies) and occasionally adventurous (Pee-wee's Playhouse). Some of the wit and imagination of pre-TV animation have even resurfaced this season in CBS's Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures, from Filmmaker Ralph Bakshi...
Jacobi, a Shakespearean best known in the U.S. for the title role in the PBS mini-series I, Claudius, again employs fidgety mannerisms. But Turing emerges distinctly in his fierce, futile independence. Although joined by fine, mostly British actors -- Jenny Agutter, Michael Gough and Rachel Gurney among them -- Jacobi gives what approximates a masterly one-man show. In a brilliantly calibrated scene near the end, he makes Turing's happiest moment also serve as a sad metaphor for his yearning, and inability, to communicate. He enfolds himself in the arms of a Greek youth, neither able to speak the other...