| Producer Zvi Dor-Ner meets with colleagues from 59 countries who have come together at the BBC's London headquarters to finalize details for PBS Millennium 2000. The ambitious 25-hour international broadcast (co-produced by WGBH and the BBC) took an estimated one billion viewers to the dawn of the millennium as it occurred and was celebrated in each of the earth's 24 time zones.
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After two failed attempts to raise an obelisk in Egypt, the NOVA team working on the miniseries Secrets of Lost Empires brings the project closer to home. In a quarry west of Boston, they finally succeed in raising the 25-ton structure to an upright position using ancient technology. NOVA, the most popular and critically acclaimed science series on American television, took home the prestigious du Pont-Columbia Gold Baton Award in 1999.
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WGBH's Greater Boston Arts teams up with filmmaker Ross McElwee to document the formative years of the Boston Arts Academy (the city's first public high school for the visual and performing arts), including students' introduction to classic acting techniques. Winner of seven New England Emmys, the monthly TV series and its Web site offer a close-up look at the extraordinary and diverse artistic talent at our doorstep. |
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