- Ted Williams, author, director, Nick Davis ; producer, Meredith Coleman
- The polio crusade, a Sarah Colt Productions film for American Experience ; written, produced and directed by Sarah Colt
- Elusive justice, the search for Nazi war criminals, a Saybrook Productions production for Thirteen in association with WNET.ORG ; produced, written, and directed by Jonathan Silvers ; funding provided by the Rita J. & Stanley H. Kaplan Family Foundation ... [et al.]
- Leave it to beavers, Dam Builder Productions in association with Thirteen Productions LLC for WNET ; written, produced and directed by Jari Osborne ; for Mark Fletcher Productions, Ltd., written and edited by Mark Fletcher
- Nature, Pontecorvo Productions and Thirteen in association with Wildlife Media, National Geographic Channel and WNET New York Public Media ; writer, producer, Joseph Pontecorvo
- Picture a scientist, a Nova production by Uprising LLC for GBH Boston ; produced by Manette Pottle, Ian Cheney, Sharon Shattuck ; directed by Sharon Shattuck & Ian Cheney
- Blue planet II, a BBC Studios Natural History Unit production ; a co-production with BBC America, Tencent, WDR, France Televisions and CCTV9 ; a BBC Open University partnership ; executive producer, James Honeyborne ; series producer, Mark Brownlow ; producers, Miles Barton, Orla Doherty, Kathryn Jeffs, Will Ridgeon, John Ruthven, Jonathan Smith
- Understanding the opioid epidemic, producer, John Grant
- This emotional life :, in search of ourselves...and happiness, a co-production of the NOVA/WGBH Science Unit and Vulcan Productions, Inc. ; a film by Kunhardt McGee Productions
- No passport required, a production of Vox Media for PBS ; directed by Lauren Thompson, Anna Chai ; executive producers, Marty Moe, Chad Mumm, Amanda Kludt, Jim Bankoff, Joanna Forscher, and Lauren Thompson ; host and executive producer, Marcus Samuelsson
- The mystery of Agatha Christie, with David Suchet ; a Testimony Films production ; producer and editor, Nick Maddocks ; producer and director, Clare Lewins
- The war, American Lives II Film Project, LLC. ; a production of Florentine Films and WETA Washington D.C. ; produced by Sarah Botstein ; written by Geoffrey C. Ward ; directed and produced by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick
- Forgotten Ellis Island, the extraordinary story of America's immigrant hospital, Boston Film & Video Productions LLC ; WGBH Educational Foundation ; produced, written & directed by Lorie Conway
- The Buddha, a film by David Grubin ; written, produced, and directed by David Grubin ; associate producer, Anna Bowers ; a production of David Grubin Productions
- Secrets of Althorp, the Spencers, Pioneer Productions ; produced and directed by Kasia Uscinska
- Maya Angelou, and still I rise, a co-production of the People's Media Group, LLC, Thirteen's American masters for WNET, and ITVS ; directed by Bob Hercules, Rita Coburn Whack ; produced by Rita Coburn Whack, Bob Hercules, Jay Alix, Una Jackman
- Fabulous frogs, a co-production of Thirteen Production LLC and BBC in association with WNET ; produced and directed by Sally Thomson
- The Barnes collection, a production of WHYY, Inc. ; produced and directed by Glenn Holsten
- On meditation, documenting the inner journey, Persistence of Vision and Snapdragon Films ; produced by Rebecca Dreyfus, Sharon Guskin, Susannah Ludwig ; directed by Rebecca Dreyfus
- Black America since MLK, and still I rise, McGee Media, Inkwell Films & Kunhardt Films ; producers, Talleah Bridges McMahon and Leah Williams ; written by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. ; directors, Leslie Asako Gladsjo, Talleah Bridges McMahon, Sabin Streeter and Leah Williams
- Cancer, the emperor of all maladies, a film by Barak Goodman
- Last B-24, Lone Wolf Media ; produced and directed by Kirk Wolfinger
- Scotland revealed
- Glacier National Park
- Woodstock, three days that defined a generation, an Ark Media production for American Experience ; directed by Barak Goodman ; produced by Jamila Ephron, Barak Goodman and Mark Samels ; written by Barak Goodman & Don Kleszy
- In the footsteps of Marco Polo, Return to Venice LLC and WLIW21 ; producer, Emir Lewis ; writer, Tom Casciato ; producer/directors, Denis Belliveau and Francis O'Donnell
- Frontline, produced and directed by Jane McMullen ; a BBC Current Affairs production for WGBH/Frontline
- Planet Earth, 2 entertain ; BBC Bristol ; a co-production of BBC, the Discovery Channel and NHK ; series producer, Alastair Fothergill, The complete series
- Britain's bloodiest dynasty, directors, James Tovell, Oliver Twinch
- Secrets of Noah's ark, produced by Blink Films and Yap Films ; written and directed by Ric Young
- Octopus, making contact, a Passion Planet Ltd production for Thirteen Productions LLC and BBC in association with WNET ; written and produced by David Allen ; directed by Anna Fitch
- Mystery of the megavolcano, a Mentorn Production for Nova/WGBH Boston in association with CBC, Five, National Geographic Channel International, Southern Star and TV2 ; directed by Ben Fox
- Poetry in America, explore and debate 12 unforgettable American poems, WGBH ; a production of Verse Video Education ; written and directed by Elisa New ; producer, Leah Reis-Dennis, Season 1
- Chinese exclusion act, a co-production of Steeplechase Films and the Center for Asian American Media for PBS ; in association with the New York Historical Society ; directed by Ric Burns and Li-Shin Yu ; story by Ric Burns and Robin Espinola & Li-Shin Yu ; telescript by Ric Burns ; produced by Li-Shin Yu, Robin Espinola, and Ric Burns
- The nuclear option, a Nova production by Miles O'Brien Productions, LLC, for WGBH Boston ; written, produced, and directed by Miles O'Brien
- Columbus, the lost voyage
- Addiction, producer, WGBH
- The brain, written and presented by Dr. David Eagleman ; senior producer, Jennifer Beamish ; produced by Blink Films for PBS
- The Ascent of money, boom and bust, written and presented by Niall Ferguson ; a co-production of Chimerica Media and THIRTEEN in association with WNET
- Alzheimer's, every minute counts, a production of TPT National Productions in association with Gurney Street Films ; produced and directed by Elizabeth Arledge ;
- Africa
- Visions of Italy, producer/director, Roy A. Hammond
- Italy revealed, produced by Atlantic Productions for the Discovery Network ; written and directed by Michael Lynch ; producer, Simon Young
- Musical minds, with Dr. Oliver Sacks, a production of Nova and ; produced by Ryan Murdock and directed by Louise Lockwood
- Secrets of the dead, a Quickfire Media production for Thirteen in association with Five, Channel 4 International, and WNET.org ; producer/director, David Johnson
- Last chance to see, animals on the verge of extinction, West Park Pictures Production ; BBC Wales ; produced and directed by Tim Green, Ben Southwell, John Paul Davidson
- Earth, a new wild, series producer, David Allen ; directors, Nicolas Brown, Matthew Dyas ; a National Georgraphic Studios and Passion Planet Production for PBS
- The Kennedys, a co-production of WGBH/Boston and Thames Television, London for American Experience ; produced by Philip Whitehead ... [et al.] ; written by Geoffrey C. Ward ... [et al.]
- Niagara Falls, a production of WNED-TV Buffalo/Toronto and Florentine Films/Hott Productions, Inc. ; producers, Lawrence Hott & Diane Garey ; writer, Ken Chowder
- Time team, Channel Four Television ; Videotext Communications