Fairfax County Public Library's partnership with local PBS member station WETA provides easy access to free video streaming services* for FCPL’s visitors, customers and cardholders. The mission and vision of public television and public libraries are closely aligned – to inform, engage and inspire our communities with trusted sources of information and entertainment that respect a diversity of views, culture and heritage.
During the month of August, Fairfax County Public Library is hosting a drawing to distribute 75 free WETA memberships with a one-year PBS Passport benefit to the Library’s cardholders and supporters. Enter today!
Here is a selection of programs, we think that you’ll enjoy watching this month!
SUMMER OF SPACE
- NOVA: Return to the Moon (free now through 9/2) A half-century after Apollo, the Artemis missions aim to bring astronauts back to the Moon and establish a lunar space station. Follow the Artemis II engineers and crew on the perilous 10-day journey to orbit the Moon.
- Once Upon a Time in Space
- American First (free now through 8/12) With the dawn of the Space Shuttle, the US gains ground on their Cold War rivals. A pioneering class of astronauts takes flight, but when tragedy strikes NASA is left reeling.
- The Russian Thing (free now through 8/19)When the Soviet Union falls, Russia welcomes US astronauts to their space station Mir. But co-operation between former Cold War enemies is threatened by a run of disasters onboard.
- Politics Always Wins (free now through 8/26) The Mir's reign in space comes to an end with the arrival of the International Space Station. A new dawn of co-operation awaits, offering hope for a divided world.
- Friends Forever (free 8/05 – 9/02) Far from their home planet, the astronauts aboard the ISS face the emotional realities of isolation, while their relationships are tested when war breaks out on Earth.
HISTORY & MYSTERY
Enjoy the best of historian Lucy Worsley before the premiere of her latest series.
- Agatha Christie: Lucy Worsley on the Mystery Queen - Episodes 101-103 (free to stream 8/9-9/6) Lucy Worsley explores the enigma of Agatha Christie. Over three episodes, she applies her historian’s powers of investigation to the Queen of Crime. And she uncovers a complex woman whose life-and work – reflects the upheavals of the 20 th century.
- Lucy Worsley’s: Holmes vs. Doyle - Episodes 101-103 (free to stream 8/16-10/31) Sherlock Holmes is the most famous detective in the world. He made his author, Arthur Conan Doyle, rich and famous. But the writer came to hate his fictional character. Through the changing world of Victorian and Edwardian Britain, Lucy Worsley explores why.
Watch other mysteries and murders...
D.I. Ray (Season 1) D.I. Rachita Ray, a British Asian policewoman new to homicide, is assigned to investigate the suspected honor killing of a young Muslim man.
- Episode 101-102 (free 8/10- 9/7)
- Episode 103-104 (free 8/17-8/25)
- The Marlow Murder Club on Masterpiece (Season 1) (free 8/23 – 9/4) Join Judith, Suzie, and Becks in investigating a
brutal murder. Along with Detective Tanika Malik, they must piece together clues, grill suspects, and face down real danger as they work against the clock to stop a killer in their tracks. - Magpie Murders on Masterpiece (Episodes 1-6) (free 8/24-9/5) Lesley Manville and Tim McMullan star in the TV adaption of Anthony Horowitz’s bestselling novel about a dead mystery author, an incomplete manuscript, and suspects galore. Manville and McMullan will reprise their roles in Moonflower Murders, a sequel to Magpie Murders.
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