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By Guest Blogger Janie Lee

Ashley Hill, Guest blogger

What is your idea of strong woman? Did you know you’ll find many of those same qualities in the women you see in favorite PBS series? Intelligence, tenacity, assertiveness, resilience, power, bravery. This Women’s History Month, look no further than Arkansas PBS Passport for riveting period dramas and specials exploring women’s roles in music and science. From the midwives in mid-1900s England, to a British soap opera star of the 1960s and ’70s; from an Austrian empress to powerful women making headlines, check out these women who left their mark on the world around them.

If you’ve been longing for that European vacation, love history with a sprinkle of drama, obsess over genealogy enjoy all things nature, PBS Passport – our streaming member benefit - has you covered. Then, treat your eyes and ears as we bring you the music genre that is thriving in Black spirituality – gospel.

There are so many new dramas hitting Arkansas PBS Passport this month, along with new episodes of “Finding Your Roots” and Henry Louis Gates Jr.’s all-new series “Gospel.”

Cozy up with PBS dramas this winter. Arkansas PBS passport has your new favorites just waiting to be discovered.

As a reminder, you can watch on pbs.org, or using the PBS App, available on iOS, Apple TV, Roku, Android, Android TV, FireTV, Chromecast, Samsung and Vizio.

Watching the videos on Passport is a benefit of membership at the $60 level or higher. A donation of just $5 per month unlocks the vast streaming library and let’s you start streaming all the dramas you can handle.

With Fall closing in, the time to cuddle up on the couch and watch some of your favorites is upon us.

“Frontline: Two Strikes/Tutwiler”

In this two-part special, “Frontline looks at a little known “two strikes” law and pregnancy in prison. In collaboration with The Marshall Project, the first half examines how a former West Point cadet got life in prison under a “two strikes” law. The second half documents what happens to pregnant women in prison and their newborns.

“Frontline: Two Strikes/Tutwiler” airs Tuesday, Sept. 5, at 9 p.m.

Get ready for an August of premieres and finales as the month is jam-packed with great offerings. 
“Grantchester”

Get ready for not one, but two heart-pounding episodes of “Grantchester” on Sunday, Aug. 6 to conclude season 8. First up, in episode 5 (premiering at 8 p.m.), Geordie is placed on desk duty as Elliot contrives to force Geordie to resign. The next murder case is handed to Larry, who struggles but wisely enlists the help of Miss Scott.

Get ready for a summer of mysteries, including premieres of new shows “Hope Street,” “Ridley” and “DI Ray,” to whet your appetite of whodunits!

“Morse and the Endeavor”