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Alma Goes to Puerto Rico premieres June 6th on PBS KIDS
Ridley will binge drop June 18th on PBS MASTERPIECE
Endeavour Season 9, the final season, premieres June 18th on PBS MASTERPIECE
The Great American Recipe Season 2 premieres June 19th on PBS Documentaries and PBS Living
Welcome to PBS Distribution’s (PBSd) monthly newsletter where you will get the latest and greatest information on the titles streaming across PBS Distribution’s Prime Video Channels: PBS Masterpiece, PBS KIDS, PBS Documentaries, and PBS Living. Each month we will inform you of what is premiering, returning, and available to binge on each of these Prime Video Channels.
This June, we celebrate our Oceanic Wildlife with titles like Big Pacific and Soul of the Ocean on PBS Documentaries. In celebration of National Children’s Day on June 11th, hop on over to PBS KIDS and watch Molly of Denali or Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood.
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See below for what is coming to the PBS Prime Video Channels this June. For any screener requests, please contact pbsd@mprm.com. Enjoy!
Ridley
(Premiering June 18th)
TV Series
Retired Detective Inspector Alex Ridley is called back to advise on a complex and compelling murder case by his replacement and former protege DI Carol Farman. Carol is keen to access Ridley’s unique insight into crime-solving which served them so well in the past, but the investigation takes a dark and unexpected twist.
Endeavour Season 9 – The Final Season
(Premiering June 18th)
TV Series
Spring 1972 brings with it a new start for Morse. His return to CID coincides with a gruesome discovery in a college garden. The investigation leads him and Thursday to a celebrated orchestra and when a second tragedy hits, they uncover a web of secrets at the company’s core. Meanwhile, grisly London business turns up on Oxford’s doorstep when a brutal murder is committed in a derelict warehouse.
Catch up on Tom Jones, releasing weekly on PBS MASTERPIECE.
You can currently binge Season 1 of Marie Antoinette in its entirety.
Additional new titles this month – The Bank Hacker (June 2nd), Love and Sacrifice Season 2 (June 9th), Carmen Curlers (June 16th), A French Case (June 16th), Reunion (June 23rd), and Giovanna’s Journey (Winds of Passion)(June 30th).
Alma Goes to Puerto Rico
(Premiering June 6th)
Movie
Alma Rivera is a confident 6-year-old Puerto Rican girl who lives in the Bronx with her family as well as a diverse group of close-knit friends and neighbors. ALMA’S WAY gives children ages 4 to 6 the power to find answers to their problems, express what they think and feel, and recognize and respect the unique perspective of others.
Rosie’s Rules Vol. 6
(Premiering June 30th)
TV Series
Rosie Fuentes is an inquisitive 5-year-old Mexican-American girl just beginning to learn about the baffling and thrilling world beyond her family walls. Do you know you can’t mail your cat to Mexico? Rosie does now, and it’s one of her “Rosie’s Rules!” Kids ages 3 to 6 will learn this and other wowmazing things as Rosie, her cat Gatita, and her whole family have supertastical adventures together.
Additional new titles this month – Sing-A-Long with PBS KIDS Vol. 2 (June 23rd).
The Great American Recipe Season 2
(Available June 19th)
TV Series – Available on PBS Documentaries and PBS Living
Join host Alejandra Ramos and judges Leah Cohen, Tiffany Derry and Graham Elliot as a new group of talented home cooks showcase signature dishes, share heartfelt stories and compete to win the national search for The Great American Recipe.
Casa Susanna
(Available June 27th)
Film
In the 1950s and ’60s, an underground network of transgender women and cross-dressing men found refuge at a house in the Catskills region of New York. Known as Casa Susanna, the house provided a safe place to express their true selves. Told through the memories of those who visited, the film looks back at a secret world where the persecuted and frightened found freedom and acceptance.
Additional new titles to PBS Documentaries this month – Buffalo Soldiers: Fighting on Two Fronts (June 12th), Whistleblower/2 Strikes (June 13th), and In A Different Key (June 14th).
Weekends With Yankee Season 7
(Finale June 19th)
TV Series
Hosts Richard Wiese and Amy Traverso uncover the best of New England, including Nubble Light in Maine, Boston’s famed North End, “hobbit houses” in Rhode Island, Glazy Susan’s doughnuts in Massachusetts, a farming collective in Vermont, Duparquet Copper Cookware, Ducati motorcyles and much more!
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