ADVANCE April 2024

WEDNESDAY 24

11:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Wild Hope: Coffee for Water

TUNE IN:

5:00 p.m. WORLD France 24 5:30 p.m. Iowa PBS PBS NewsHour WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD

(See 4/22 at 6:30 p.m. on WORLD) (R-4/27, 9:30 a.m., WORLD)

11:30 p.m. Iowa PBS

Reel Midwest: Homegrown:

Silsilad | Detroit We Dey A Nigerian community in Detroit explores the future of their social club, and the nation’s first Somali American art center builds a community-based gallery. TV-PG

(R-4/24, 9 p.m., WORLD)

American River Two kayakers navigate the Passaic River to explore the river’s history, geology and ecology.

Changing Planet: Coral Special

WORLD DW The Day

6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS

TUESDAY 23

Wednesday, April 24 7 p.m. on Iowa PBS .1

Road Trip Iowa: Great River Road National Scenic Byway—North (R-4/27, 9 a.m., Iowa PBS)

5:00 p.m. WORLD France 24 5:30 p.m. Iowa PBS PBS NewsHour

In the third year of this seven-year project examining the issues facing the planet’s most threatened ecosystems, Dr. M. Sanjayan visits the Maldives to take an in-depth look at coral reefs and the urgent efforts to help them survive climate change.

7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

Changing Planet: Coral Special Dr. M. Sanjayan investigates the urgent efforts to help coral reefs survive climate change. (R-4/28, 7 p.m., WORLD) TV-PG

(R-4/23, 9 p.m., WORLD)

WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD NOVA: Making North America: Origins (1 of 3) (See 4/17 at 9 p.m. on Iowa PBS) 6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Iowa Life

9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

7:30 p.m. WORLD Independent Lens: One With the Whale (See 4/23 at 9 p.m. on Iowa PBS) (R-4/27, 11 a.m., WORLD) 8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

Independent Lens: One With the Whale An Alaska Native family maintains a subsistence life on a tiny Bering Sea island where, if you don’t hunt, you die. (R-4/24, 7:30 p.m., WORLD) DVS/TV-14

Explore the Underground Railroad Ride, the Groundswell Cafe and a non-profit in Clinton. (R-4/28, 10:30 a.m., Iowa PBS)

A Brief History of the Future:

Human Ari investigates the human ability to increase empathy and compassion to create a better world. (R-4/30, 7 p.m., WORLD) TV-PG

WORLD PBS NewsHour 10:00 p.m. WORLD BBC News 10:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Wild Hope: The Beautiful Undammed (See 4/22 at 6 p.m. on WORLD) (R-4/27, 9 a.m., WORLD) WORLD Amanpour and Company 11:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Midsomer Murders: Destroying Angel, Part 1 (See 4/18 at 9:30 p.m. on Iowa PBS) 11:30 p.m. WORLD DW The Day

7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Finding Your Roots: Forever Young

Henry Louis Gates Jr. meets Valerie Bertinelli and Brendan Fraser—two actors who found fame when they were young and lived their lives in the limelight, cut off from their roots. (R-4/28, 8 p.m., WORLD) TV-14

9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS NOVA: Making North America: Life (2 of 3)

The mysteries of how life evolved in North America, including the arrival of humans, are explored. (R-4/30, 6 p.m. WORLD)

WORLD A Brief History of the Future: Once Upon a Time (See 4/17 at 8 p.m. on Iowa PBS) 8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Hill: California In California, Dulé Hill connects with artists using their craft to rewrite their narrative. (R-4/26, 6 p.m., WORLD) TV-PG WORLD Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change The World: Episode 3 Greta Thunberg investigates potential solutions to limit climate change in Switzerland and Denmark. TV-PG The Express Way With Dulé

WORLD PBS NewsHour 10:00 p.m. Iowa PBS The Green Planet: Desert Worlds

Plants can spend decades waiting for rain or travel to find it in the hostile world of the desert.

WORLD BBC News 10:30 p.m. WORLD Amanpour and Company

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