California's Missions

Huell Howser and cameraman Luis Fuerte set out on a quest to visit all 21 missions that run much of the length of present-day California. The miniseries features three missions in each thirty-minute episode, which aired on all 13 PBS affiliates throughout California for seven consecutive weeks.

Seasons

10 Episodes • Premiered 2000

Still image for California's Missions season 1 episode 1: San Diego de Alcala, San Luis Rey de Francia, San Juan Capistrano

1. San Diego de Alcala, San Luis Rey de Francia, San Juan Capistrano

Huell visits these three Missions in this episode: San Diego de Alcala, San Luis Rey de Francia, San Juan Capistrano 2000

Still image for California's Missions season 1 episode 2: San Gabriel de Arcangel, San Fernando Rey de Espana, San Buenaventura

2. San Gabriel de Arcangel, San Fernando Rey de Espana, San Buenaventura

Huell visits these three Missions in this episode: San Gabriel de Arcangel San Fernando Rey de Espana San Buenaventura

Still image for California's Missions season 1 episode 3: Santa Barbara, Santa Ines, La Purisima Concepcion

3. Santa Barbara, Santa Ines, La Purisima Concepcion

Huell visits these three Missions in this episode: Santa Barbara Santa Ines La Purisima Concepcion

Still image for California's Missions season 1 episode 4: San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, San Miguel Arcangel, San Antonio de Padua

4. San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, San Miguel Arcangel, San Antonio de Padua

Huell visits these Missions in this episode: San Luis Obispo de Tolosa San Miguel Arcangel San Antonio de Padua

Still image for California's Missions season 1 episode 5: Soledad, San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo, San Juan Bautista

5. Soledad, San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo, San Juan Bautista

Huell visits these Missions in this episode: Soledad San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo San Juan Bautista

Still image for California's Missions season 1 episode 6: Santa Cruz, Santa Clara de Asis, San Jose

6. Santa Cruz, Santa Clara de Asis, San Jose

Huell visits these Missions in this episode: Santa Cruz Santa Clara de Asis San Jose

Still image for California's Missions season 1 episode 7: San Francisco de Asis, San Rafael Arcangel, San Francisco Solano

7. San Francisco de Asis, San Rafael Arcangel, San Francisco Solano

Huell visits these Missions in this episode: San Francisco de Asis San Rafael Arcangel San Francisco Solano

Still image for California's Missions season 1 episode 8: San Antonio de Pala

8. San Antonio de Pala

Huell visits this Mission in this episode: San Antonio de Pala Located on the Pala Indian Reservation

Still image for California's Missions season 1 episode 9: Mission Gardens Visits

9. Mission Gardens Visits

Huell visits the gardens of Mission La Purisima Concepcion in this episode.

Still image for California's Missions season 1 episode 10: Art of the Missions

10. Art of the Missions

Over the years countless artists have depicted the California Missions in drawings, paintings, etchings and photographs. Huell visits the Huntington Library, which has one of the largest collections of Mission art in the world. We'll also visit Luis Tur, who has made 19 of the 21 Mission models using nothing but pieces of junk.

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