ADVANCE April 2025

APRIL SCHEDULE TUESDAY 8 5:00 p.m. WORLD France 24 5:30 p.m. Iowa PBS PBS News Hour (R-4/8, 9 p.m., WORLD) WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD NOVA: When Whales Could Walk (See 4/2 at 8 p.m. on Iowa PBS) 6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Iowa Life Finding My Roots Family mysteries are solved for actor Laurence Fishburne and scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. (R-4/13, 8 p.m., WORLD) TV-PG WORLD The Future of Nature: Grasslands (See 4/2 at 9 p.m. on Iowa PBS) 8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Independent Lens: We Want the Funk Take a voyage through the history of funk music, and its effect on new wave and hip hop. (R-4/9, 6:30 p.m., WORLD) DVS/TV-14 WORLD Sea Change: The Gulf of Maine, a NOVA Special Presentation: Bounty 9:00 p.m. WORLD PBS News Hour 9:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Disco: Soundtrack of a Revolution: Rock the Boat Explore how this global music craze Discover how international trade forever changed the Gulf of Maine’s bounty. TV-PG This episode highlights people trying to grow giant pumpkins, the Capitol page program, broadcaster Bob Fisher and Spook Cave. (R-4/10, 11:30 p.m., Iowa PBS) 7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Finding Your Roots:

6:00 p.m. WORLD Forest Her: The Next Wave of Conservations

TUNE IN:

Join the journey and explore the historic roles women have provided to their communities. (R-4/12, 12:30 p.m., WORLD)

6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS

Road Trip Iowa:

Driftless Area Scenic Byway (R-4/12, 9 a.m., Iowa PBS) WORLD Independent Lens: We Want the Funk (See 4/8 at 8 p.m. on Iowa PBS) (R-4/12, 11 a.m., WORLD) 7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

NOVA: Revolutionary War Weapons Wednesday, April 9 8 p.m. on Iowa PBS .1 How did a ragtag army defeat the most powerful army in the world to win American independence? Discover the key military technologies that helped propel the colonies to victory, from the Brown Bess musket to the world’s first military submarine.

Nature: Katavi: Africa’s Fallen Paradise: Purgatory Explore how severe drought affects the natural order of animals in Africa. (R-4/13, 7 p.m., WORLD) DVS/TV-PG

8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

NOVA: Revolutionary

War Weapons Uncover the powerful and sometimes ingenious weapons that helped win our independence. (R-4/15, 6 p.m., WORLD) DVS/TV-PG Chirstine works to assure dignified lives for herself and her brother Peter, who was born with multiple disabilities. TV-PG The Future of Nature: Forests Carbon drawdown is a superpower of forests. Understand why restoring and protecting them is vital. (R-4/15, 7 p.m., WORLD)

10:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Disco: Soundtrack of a Revolution: Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now

WORLD POV: He’s My Brother

As disco conquers the mainstream, it turns Black women and gay men into icons. TV-14

WORLD BBC News 11:00 p.m. WORLD Amanpour and Company 11:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Midsomer Murders: A Talent for Life, Part 1

9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

(See 4/3 at 9 p.m. on Iowa PBS)

WORLD PBS News Hour 10:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World: The Car

WEDNESDAY 9

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

The 9,000-year history of the car is explored, from its roots in dogsleds to Henry Ford’s Model T. TV-PG

WORLD DW The Day 10:30 p.m. WORLD BBC News 11:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Midsomer Murders: A Talent for Life, Part 2

was born in the apartments and basement bars of 1970s New York. TV-14

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

WORLD NHK Newsline

10:00 p.m. WORLD DW The Day

(See 4/3 at 9 p.m. on Iowa PBS)

WORLD Amanpour and Company

18 ADVANCE | APRIL 2025