Tag: Smithsonian Channel

This Black History Month, a New Documentary Celebrates the Legacy of the World’s First Black Astronauts

BLACK IN SPACE:BREAKING THE COLOR BARRIER, Premiering Monday February 24th at 8pm ET/PT only on Smithsonian Channel Ric Speaks with the Emmy-Winning Director ofAfrican American Documentaries, Laurens Grant. During the Cold War Space Race, the U.S. not only had to defeat the Soviet Union in a competition over rocketry and technological feats. It also needed […]

Smithsonian Channel Reveals the Hidden Secrets & Illicit Stories of History’s Royal Figures in PRIVATE LIVES OF THE MONARCHS , Premiering Monday May 20th at 8pm ET/PT

Host Tracy Borman Shares with Ric the Nitty-Gritty, Down &Dirty and Outright Bizarre Facts About the Iconic Rulersfrom Our History Books Smithsonian Channel slips into the bedchambers and back rooms of Britain and France’s royal palaces to discover the Private Lives of the Monarchs. Hosted by Tracy Borman, joint Chief Curator of the Historic Royal Palaces, this five-part series forgoes […]

SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL INTRODUCES A RIVETING DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE FORCES THAT THREATEN TO TEAR EUROPE APART: EUROPE IN CHAOS Premiering March 28th at 8pm ET/PT

Rics Speak with Filmmakers Norma Percy & Tim StirzakerAbout the New Film on Brexit and the Migration Crisisin EuropeSmithsonian Channel’s new documentary film, Europe in Chaos, explores the origins of Brexit and the Migration Crisis, two factors that divided the European nations and plunged them into their biggest political catastrophe since World War II. The first […]

Charlie Chaplin and Stars from the Silent Movie Era Come to Life In a Colorful New Way in: America in Color

From the Golden Age of Hollywood to the Wild West and Organized Crime, Season Two of the Smithsonian Channel Series Explores Some of the Most Significant Moments in American History, Now in Color for the First Time!  Premieres Sunday November 18 at 8PM ET/PT Ric Talk with Producers Nick Metcalfe & Lucie Ridout About this […]

SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL RELIVES AN AMERICAN SCANDAL WITH… THE LOST TAPES: CLINTON IMPEACHMENT, PREMIERING MONDAY OCTOBER 29 AT 9pm ET/PT ON SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL

Ric Speaks with Documentary Filmmaker Tom Jennings About How the Clinton Scandal Set the Stage for Two Decades of Polarization and Gender Politics in America and the Parallels that May be Drawn with Today’s White House  Twenty years later, in a country shaken by political unrest and the fight for gender equality, we’re still living […]

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