Governors have a way of being relaxed and candid when Chris Graff interviews them. Vermont Public Television began a series of talks with Vermont’s former chief executives in 1989, beginning with Robert Stafford, F. Ray Keyser Jr., Philip Hoff, Deane Davis, Thomas Salmon and Richard Snelling. Programs about Madeleine Kunin, Howard Dean and Jim Douglas followed later. These historical gems are out of the archives and into the schedule starting in January.

Extended versions! For a limited time, many of the specials available here are extended cuts of what originally aired.

The Governors

Mondays, 9:30 p.m., beginning Jan. 7

More classic episodes will be online in the coming weeks.

Jim Douglas

2003-2011

Howard Dean

1991-2003

Richard Snelling

1977-1985, 1991

Madeleine Kunin

1985-1991

Thomas Salmon

1973-1977

Deane C. Davis

1969-1973

Philip Hoff

1963-1969

F. Ray Keyser

1961-1963

Robert Stafford

1959-1961