Compared to the first two months of 2024, PBS has a lighter schedule of premieres in March. But what it does have is very impressive, including the U.S. premiere of Nolly, with Helena Bonham Carter (pictured above) starring in this bio miniseries about a famous British actress, Noele “Nolly” Gordon. Additionally, the new drama Alice & Jack is making its premiere this month, while the hit British series Call the Midwife returns for season 13.
Antiques Roadshow isn’t listed below because season 28 is already in progress. But new episodes of Antiques Roadshow will premiere on March 11 and March 25. PBS NewsHour is also covering the Super Tuesday primaries on March 5 before shifting the focus to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union on March 7. There are also new documentary specials scattered throughout the month.
If you missed the best shows on PBS from February, you can still stream those online. But you will have to wait for the premiere dates listed below to catch everything coming to PBS in March.
PBS NewsHour Super Tuesday 2024 – A PBS News Special Report
Premieres: Tuesday, March 5
PBS and PBS NewsHour will provide live special coverage of Super Tuesday. Co-anchored by Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett from the nation’s capital, coverage will include reporting from NewsHour correspondents and analysis from additional guests.
PBS NewsHour Coverage of the State of the Union
Premieres: Thursday, March 7
PBS NewsHour will offer live coverage of President Joe Biden’s State of the Union Address, followed by the Republican response, with reporting and analysis by the NewsHour team and guests on broadcast, online, and social. NewsHour’s special coverage with co-anchors Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett will include reporting from Capitol Hill correspondent Lisa Desjardins and White House correspondent Laura Barrón-López.
Call the Midwife (Season 13)
Premieres: Sunday, March 17
Call the Midwife explores complex medical and personal situations on the midwifery and district nursing rounds. It is now 1969, and the period drama returns with Poplar coping with the popularity of home births under the auspices of the Sisters. Season 13 will also see stories of poor housing challenges and health issues for the nurses, midwives, and nuns of the Nonnatus House.
Nolly on Masterpiece
Premieres: Sunday, March 17
The Crown‘s Helena Bonham Carter stars as soap opera legend Noele “Nolly” Gordon, one of the most famous faces on British TV in the 1960s and 70s, whose unceremonious firing from her hit show at the height of her career was front-page news. A bold exploration of how the establishment turns on women who refuse to play by the rules, Nolly is an outrageously fun and wildly entertaining ride through Gordon’s most tumultuous years, and a sharp, affectionate, and heartbreaking portrait of a forgotten icon. Nolly was written by Russell T. Davies.
Alice & Jack on Masterpiece
Premieres: Sunday, March 17
Andrea Riseborough and Domhnall Gleeson star in this love story for the ages written by Victor Levin. When Alice (Riseborough) and Jack (Gleeson) first meet, they’re bound by a connection so powerful it seems nothing can break it, but will their path lead them to a place of happiness and togetherness? Or will life and their own emotional complexities get in the way? Honest, intimate, and surprisingly funny, the series shows love in all its unexpected, technicolor, kaleidoscopic beauty.
Dante: Inferno To Paradise
Premieres: Monday–Tuesday, March 18 & 19
Dante: Inferno To Paradise is a two-part, four-hour documentary film chronicling the life, work, and legacy of the great 14th-century Florentine poet, Dante Alighieri, and his epic masterpiece, “The Divine Comedy,” one of the greatest achievements in the history of Western Literature. The ambition of the film, which combines powerful dramatic reenactments, colorful interviews with renowned scholars, exquisite archival material, and scenic filming, is to bring to life and make accessible, to the widest possible audience, the transformative power and beauty of this singular work of art.
POV: Unseen
Premieres: Monday, March 18
As a blind, undocumented immigrant, Pedro faces obstacles to obtaining his college degree, becoming a social worker, and supporting his family. Uncertainty looms over him even after he graduates. Through experimental cinematography and sound, unseen reimagines the accessibility of cinema while exploring the intersections of immigration, disability, and mental health. Unseen is co-presented with Latino Public Broadcasting (LPB).
Menus-Plaisirs–Les Troisgros
Premieres: Friday, March 22
Frederick Wiseman explores the lives and famed culinary artistry of the Troigros family in the French countryside, taking us from sourcing ingredients and menu planning to the organized chaos of the kitchen, to the ingenuity and creation of a dish.
Independent Lens: Greener Pastures
Premieres: Monday, March 25
Follow the people dealing with economic uncertainty and the healthcare crisis in rural America. Learn about the mental health, economic uncertainty, and isolation of Midwestern farmers and the Appalachian communities left with limited or no access to healthcare.
American Experience: The Cancer Detectives
Premieres: Tuesday, March 26
Discover the story of the fight against cervical cancer and the three fascinating figures–a Greek immigrant doctor, a Japanese-American illustrator, and a Black woman surgeon–whose work slashed death rates from the disease by over 60%.
The Invisible Shield
Premieres: Tuesday, March 26
The Invisible Shield is a four-part series that shines a light on the extraordinary achievements of public health over history while reckoning with the challenges facing the field and the health of our communities today. Explore how public health has increased life spans and saved countless lives from the disease despite underfunding disinformation, and skepticism of science and government.
Nova: A.I. Revolution
Premieres: Wednesday, March 27
Can we harness the power of artificial intelligence to solve the world’s most challenging problems without creating an uncontrollable force that ultimately destroys humanity? With the rise of ChatGPT, the world has been transfixed by the power and potential of the latest generation of AI, with its abilities to answer complex questions, write essays, generate realistic-looking images–even pass a lawyer’s bar exam–all in a matter of seconds. Correspondent Miles O’Brien meets scientists using the latest algorithms to accelerate discovery in fields from medicine to climate change–some even using AI to build O’Brien a new robotic arm–and explores how humanity can avoid the worst potential impacts of powerful technologies that, in some ways, we don’t fully understand.
American Masters: Moynihan
Premieres: Friday, March 29
Discover the life and legacy of former U.S. Senator and diplomat Daniel Patrick Moynihan. Considered to have one of the broadest public careers in U.S. political history, Moynihan served four terms in the Senate under four presidents–two Republicans and two Democrats.