NHPTV Connections Farewell To Downton & The Crawleys Downton Abbey 6 The waiting and wondering will be over January 3rd, when the addictive, award-winning drama returns for its sixth and final season of intimately interlaced stories. We first met the Crawleys in 1912 at Downton Abbey when a crisis was sparked by the sinking of the Titanic. Having weathered the demise of a string of heirs, the horrors of World War I, the Spanish flu, false convictions and romantic betrayals, not to mention the death of a Turkish diplomat in the throes of passion, Downton Abbey is primed for new surprises. The final season opens in 1925 with the family deciding how it will face changes in British society. Women’s rights have given Lady Mary and Lady Edith new positions of responsibility: Mary runs the estate, and Edith manages the magazine she inherited from Michael Gregson. Large manor houses in Yorkshire and elsewhere are being downsized and sold as the way of life has changed. This impacts the servants, too, those who wish to stay in service as well as those who long for a different line of work. It’s truly an end of an era for Downton Abbey and its fans!
Sundays, January 3 - March 6 • 9 PM on NHPTV PRIME
Finale Screening Party For Downton Abbey On the afternoon of March 6th, New Hampshire Public Television is hosting a special screening of the final episode of Downton Abbey – before it airs! Guests are invited to dress in the style of the 1920s, enjoy tea and other treats, and relish the 90-minute ninth and final episode with other avid fans. Finale flourishes are planned! Find out before everyone else what the future holds for Downton Abbey and those who live upstairs and downstairs! Visit nhptv.org/downton or call (603) 868-4431 for details.
January 2016 Ringing In The Old & The New At NHPTV Could there be a better way to start the the new year than with some extraordinary Masterpieces on New Hampshire Public Television! I’m not just referring to Downton Abbey—which begins its final season—or the much anticipated Sherlock special that airs January 1st. I’m also thinking of new programs from Nature, NOVA and American Experience. There are new episodes of Windows to the Wild to look forward to, as well as the third episode of our new series, Our Hometown. Where else but on New Hampshire’s PBS stations—PRIME, EXPLORE, World and Create— can you enjoy such a range of fascinating programs? Thanks to members like you who appreciate high-quality television, we can bring you these and many more enduring programs. Your support also enables us to provide educational services to K-12 students in our Granite State communities. Please stay in touch, and thank you for your support.
Peter Frid, NHPTV President & CEO
NHPTV KIDS Writers Contest Returns Poetic tales, animal tales, tall tales, family tales, magic tales and nature tales—any kind of illustrated tale can be entered in the NHPTV KIDS Writers Contest! Children in grades K-5 are invited to participate by writing and illustrating an original story and submitting it to New Hampshire Public Television by March 31st. Full details for families, kids and teachers about how to write and submit a story can be found at nhptv.org/kidswrite.
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