History Detectives Returns to PBS for Fifth Season in June

DULLES, May 18: The critically
acclaimed one-hour primetime mystery series History Detectives, co-produced by Lion Television in the U.K. and
Oregon Public Broadcasting, returns
to PBS for a fifth season in June.

The fifth season will
premiere on Monday, June 25, at 9 p.m. History Detectives crisscrosses the U.S., delving into legends,
folklore and personal histories to discover potentially extraordinary objects
in everyday American homes, cities and small towns. The fifth season will
explore a broad array of fascinating objects representative of numerous eras,
social concerns and notable individuals from U.S. history, including a
typewriter that may have belonged to the famous WWII journalist Ernie Pyle, and
a book emblazoned with the name and address of the legendary 19th century
anarchist Lucy Parsons. The fifth season will be hosted by Wesley Cowan,
independent appraiser and auctioneer; Elyse Luray, an independent appraiser and
expert in art history; Gwendolyn Wright, professor of architecture at Columbia
University; and Tukufu Zuberi, professor of sociology and the director of the
Center for Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.