Spring is all about new beginnings and fresh starts, and it’s the perfect time of year for new seasons of your favorite shows on PBS.
Set in a new decade, season 14 of Call the Midwife continues to tackle social issues in post-war Poplar, while the Nonnatus sisters take care of their community. The 1970s bring new obstacles and miracles to midwifery: elevators, a gas explosion, a strike and iron lungs.
Wolf Hall returns, following Thomas Cromwell's final years as he grapples with the difficult choice between doing what is right and survival under King Henry VIII. Picking up where the first season ended—with Anne Boleyn's execution—the series explores the cruel regime of Henry VIII and the fates of everyone involved.
For more historical fiction, Marie Antoinette returns, navigating the dramatic twists of royalty. As modern rule creates more enemies for Marie and Louis XVI, France's protests spiral, leading to a grief and depression that will affect Marie Antoinette’s standing.
New challenges are also faced in the newest season of Funny Woman. While Sophie Straw’s newfound stardom is at an all-time high, she also works through family secrets, flopping shows and the divorce that looms over her relationship. But she’s got a great group of friends and her own confidence to help her embrace some of these challenges.
Spring into new seasons of your favorite shows on the free PBS app with PBS NC Passport.
The Seventies start as they mean to go on, with Nonnatus House plunged into disarray when activists staging a bid for independence blockade access to the Isle of Dogs. Amid the poverty and uncertainty of life in a declining Docklands, the midwives must also face cases of manic depression, gonorrhea, spina bifida, abortion – and an apparently immaculate conception.
Season 14 of Call the Midwife premieres Sunday, 3/30, 8 PM on PBS NC. Watch early on the free PBS app with PBS NC Passport weekly starting 2/28.
Tony Award-winning actor Mark Rylance and Emmy Award-winner Damian Lewis star as Thomas Cromwell and King Henry VIII in this adaptation of Hilary Mantel's novels. A historical drama for a modern audience, Wolf Hall charts Cromwell's meteoric rise in the Tudor court – from blacksmith's son to Henry VIII's closest advisor, trapped between his desire to do what is right and his instinct to survive.
Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light premieres Sunday, 3/23, 9 PM on PBS NC and the free PBS app. All episodes will be available to stream with PBS NC Passport starting 3/23.
Bigger and stronger enemies are waiting in the wings to destroy Marie Antionette. The higher she climbs in the estimation of the French people, the greater the threats are against her. At the height of their power, Marie Antoinette and Louis face an unprecedented financial crisis. The incessant attacks of Provence and Chartres against the royal couple stir up the hatred of the nobles while disastrous consequences loom with the Diamond Necklace Affair. From Versailles to the Palais-Royal, the revolt rumbles on.
Season 2 of Marie Antoinette premieres Sunday, 3/23, 10 PM on PBS NC and the free PBS app. All episodes will be available to stream with PBS NC Passport starting 3/23.
It’s the height of the swinging 60s and Barbara Parker has just been crowned Miss Blackpool – but she’s certain there has to be more to life than being a beauty queen in a seaside town. With the bright lights of London calling, Barbara packs her bags and heads off to the city where she looks to take on the male-dominated world of comedy by storm.
Season 2 of Funny Woman is streaming now on the free PBS app only with PBS NC Passport.