WETA Passport Picks for February

Enjoy new episodes of beloved drama Call the Midwife, laugh along with Funny Woman in a new season and unravel mysteries in wickedly offbeat Queens of Mystery. As part of Black History Month, immerse yourself in powerful stories of achievement, community and perseverance with Making Black America: Through the Grapevine and the remarkable documentary Major Taylor: Champion of the Race. For our complete Black History Month programming, visit weta.org/blackhistory. Plus, stream all these exceptional programs and more with WETA Passport and on the free PBS App!

The series returns finding Barbara Parker, who uses stage name Sophie Straw, frustrated as she's fed up with being the comic muse in old school comedy shows. She tries branching out into art house cinema in the hope it will be more progressive but finds that is not the case either. Undeterred and as determined as ever, Sophie decides to create her own comedy show where she can tell her own stories and get her authentic voice heard.

Binge-watch Season 2 now with WETA Passport or watch a new episode every Sunday at 10 PM on the free PBS App!

Knowing his dad miraculously recovered from three open-heart surgeries after discovering a passion for cycling, filmmaker Eric D. Seals proposes an ambitious idea: Bike together from St. Louis to Chicago. 350 miles. 4 days. On their journey, the two push each other as they find a deeper connection and a renewed appreciation of their quests for their own health and to reimagine Black health.

Watch this documentary starting February 24 with WETA Passport and on the free PBS App.

In anticipation of Season 14 coming February 28, rewatch Season 13 now! This season continues to explore complex medical and personal situations on the midwifery and district nursing rounds. It is now 1969 and more babies are being born in hospital than ever before. Pressure on maternity beds remains extremely high across the country but Poplar is coping better than most due to the work of Nonnatus House and the popularity of home births under the auspices of the Sisters.

Rewatch Season 13 with WETA Passport now before the Season 14 premiere on February 14!

Throughout a 30 year career spanning more than 50 film roles, two-time Oscar winner Denzel Washington placed the figure of the Black man in all its complexity at the heart of American paradoxes in drama: from a Black activist and rebel soldier to a gangster torn between violence and charity. Denzel Washington: American Paradox is a comprehensive review of Washington's remarkable career and indelible impact on the film industry.

Watch now with WETA Passport.

Queens of Mystery is a “wickedly offbeat”, contemporary murder-mystery series that follows the adventures of a perennially single detective and her three crime-writing aunts as they solve murders in the picturesque English region of Wildemarsh. Starring Julie Graham (Shetland), Siobhan Remond (Unforgotten), Sarah Woodward (Agatha Christie’s The Pale Horse) and Olivia Vinall (Apple Tree Yard). 

Binge-watch this series starting February 15 at 4 PM with WETA Passport!

Making Black America: Through the Grapevine is a four-part series hosted by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., that chronicles the vast social networks and organizations created by and for Black people—beyond the reach of the “White gaze.” Professor Gates sits with noted scholars, politicians, cultural leaders, and old friends to discuss this world behind the color line and what it looks like today.

Watch this series now with WETA Passport.

Major Taylor: Champion of the Race retraces the life and legacy of an American civil rights pioneer who set more than 20 world records in speed cycling during the heart of Jim Crow America. Major Taylor captured the world cycling championship, the American cycling crown, and had set dozens of world speed cycling records – all while having to endure withering racial pressures.

Watch now with WETA Passport.