WHYY ON DEMAND

If you are a Comcast Digital Cable customer, you can access some of your favorite original WHYY productions by simply clicking a button.

Current programs featured include:

• AKA Judy Garland Park
  A 1994 documentary about neighborhood reaction to a park in the Philadelphia PA Schuylkill River area that became a hangout for gay men.

• Backstage at the Pennsylvania Ballet
  Last year, the Pennsylvania Ballet unveiled a new production of the perennial classic "Swan Lake." Featuring a new set and lighting, and choreopgraphy by Christopher Wheeldon, this new production is designed to position the Pennsylvania Ballet as one of the nation's leading companies. Utilizing scenes from the production, interviews with ballet officials, and in-depth features on the creation of the new production, "Backstage at the Pennsylvania Ballet" presents a profile of a performing arts organization in transition.

• Christina Cooks
  Christina Pirello, one of the country's foremost educators on cooking and alternative health, opens her kitchen to demonstrate whole-foods cooking without preaching, preservatives or pretense. Each episode of CHRISTINA COOKS features a fun and practical cooking class full of useful information, as well as delicious, natural recipes.

• Circle of Love
  An original three-part series featuring first-person accounts of the daily struggles and joys of family caregiving.

• Delaware: Portrait in Time
  Short features about Delaware's past.

• Delaware Tonight
  Local news and public affairs program produced by WHYY-TV. Delaware Tonight provides the day's news from Delaware and the region, along with in-depth analysis.

• Eugene Elliot
  Eugene Elliot is searching... searching to find Dr. Chaz Henderson. A late night meeting and a bottle of hooch, irrevocably joined their lives. The next morning Eugene was left hurt, confused and wondering what had gone wrong. Desperately needing closure, Eugene began looking for Henderson. His continued failures are tempered only by the love of his dear wife, Cindy. Though supportive, Cindy can't help but worry about the man she adores as he is consumed by feelings of defeat and an unrelenting desire to set things right. Things begin to look up when the trail leads him to the City of Brotherly Love. The plot further intensifies when Wanda walks into Eugene's life with information to trade. Eugene Elliot was made as part of the 48 Hour Film Project

• Experience
  This feature of WHYY's Arts & Culture Service presents stories about interesting destinations across the Delaware Valley.

• Experience PA
  "The Musical World of Benjamin Franklin"
  Ben Franklin's name is synonymous with many things, but usually music is not one of them. But according to (I need to get the guys name) it should be because it was one of Franklin's great passions. He played viola da gamba and invented the armonica. At this time Philadelphia was the cultural capital of the world at this time, in the second half of the 18th century, so concerts were held here quite regularly.

  "Franklin's taste for Scottish Tunes"
  Concerts were held in Philadelphia for all social classes to enjoy and soon enough controversy arose over which style of music was better, ancient or modern. Franklin had an affinity for ancient music, especially the Scottish tunes of James Oswald, the most well known and successful composer of his time. Members of the Philomel play two of Franklin's favorite songs, "O Bessie Belle" and "She Rose and Let Me In."

  "Franklin's distaste for Handel"
  Franklin disliked modern music, especially that of Handel because he felt it was repetitious and therefore lacked intelligence.

  "Raising the Invisible Curtain"
  The stage curtain is meant to be a barrier between the cast and the audience that conceals the inter-workings of the production, but the conductor should not share this purpose. Philadelphia Orchestra Music Director, Christoph Eschenbach and Violin Soloist, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg discuss why making sure the audience and composer interact is vital to the level of enjoyment people get out of the performance.

  "Musical Flexibility"
  During the course of one day everyone has an experience -good or bad- that shapes the course of a day, week, or even life. Christoph Eschenbach and Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg suggest that these experiences should be harnessed and integrated to bring something new and interesting to each musical performance.

• Flavors Of America With Chef Jim Coleman
  Flavors of America brings unique cultural and epicurean delights to the table. Each meal consists of three courses that are topically or regionally themed. Host, Chef Jim Coleman is talented and approachable. His down-home style of cooking encourages the home-chef to experiment with easy-to-follow recipes.

• FLICKS
  Explores the craft and pleasure of filmmaking and its impact on our community. Each week, WHYY film critic Patrick Stone provides up-to-the-minute coverage of top films, stars and moviemakers, capturing interviews with the stars.

• Gay Pioneers
  This WHYY production chronicles gay rights demonstrations held annually in Philadelphia from 1965 to 1969.

• Gay Bingo
  A portrait of AIDS in the year 2000, as seen through the community surrounding Philadelphia's premiere AIDS fundraising event.

• Great Museums "The Franklin Institute: Wonderland of Science (Philadelphia, PA)"
  Founded to commemorate the scientific genius of Benjamin Franklin and inspire his inventive spirit in future generations, the imposing Franklin Institute stands solid as a rock on 20th Street in Philadelphia. Science is a phenomenon, a process, which must be experienced. You can't put it in a museum display case. Interactive exhibits offer innovative ways to understand everyday experiences like "stability,""momentum," or "speed." The museum's rich historical collection also charts the progress of science in America, from Benjamin Franklin's lightening rod to the Wright Brothers' airfoils and flight experiment records, and even of the earliest planetariums in America. The Franklin Institute aims to awaken the scientist in each and every one of us.

• Lidia's Family Table
  Hosted by the ever-popular Lidia Bastianich, is filled with delicious master recipes for everyday Italian-style feasting and imaginative ideas for variations and improvisations.

• Moneytrack
  The series features location stories about investing, personal finances and tips for avoiding common investment scams.

• Mothers March
  Profiles four mothers who have lost a child to AIDS and who have turned their pain into action. The special introduces Beverly Rotter, Demetra Patukas, Martie Gillin and Dorothy Beam as they honor the memory of their sons and daughters by challenging government, schools, churches and neighbors to find better care -- and perhaps a cure-- for patients with AIDS. Poignant interviews, old photographs and home movies help recreate the lives that were lost and sow what drives each mother to keep the memories of their children alive and prevent the spread of AIDS.

• More Things That Aren't There Anymore
  WHYY takes a nostalgic trip back in time as we revisit The Aquarama, Broad Street Station, Riverview Beach Park. Old Atlantic City Hotels, and remembers the late great John Facenda.

• The Pennsylvania Railroad
  Pennsylvania's days as a giant of industry and transportation owed a great deal to one mega company, whose history has now been captured by WHYY-TV. The Pennsylvania Railroad tracked across the country for 150 years, moving people, goods and technology and doing much to shape this nation.

• Presidential Conversations on the Constitution
  Episode One: Gerald R. Ford
  One single fact distinguishes the Presidency of Gerald R. Ford from that from all of the others. Ford was the only one to assume the country's high office without being elected to either the Presidency or the Vice-Presidency. "I wasn't elected by the people across the country," President Gerald R. Ford tells Cokie Roberts in this conversation.

• Radio Times on TV
  A one-hour weekly series featuring the best interviews from the radio show

• South Philly: Italian Style
  The wedding is a week away, but on this fall evening in South Philadelphia, another ceremony is about to take place. Friends and family erupt in a cheer as Anthony Esposito arrives in a horse-drawn carriage, while a band strikes up love songs in Italian. He's come to serenade his intended, the way they've done it in the old country for centuries. Paula Saccheti, the bride-to-be, smiles from her row house window. Seconds later, she joins him for dancing in the street. Singer Bobby Rydell comes home to host South Philly: Italian Style. He follows Anthony and Paula through their traditional wedding ceremony and their return to their families after the honeymoon. This romantic serenade reminds us that a large part of the neighborhood's identity stems from the people who came here from places like Abruzzi, Campagna and Sicily. This one-hour documentary celebrates this rich heritage.

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