ADVANCE August 2023

AUGUST SCHEDULE

9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS NOVA: Bat Superpowers

7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Finding Your Roots: Italian Roots Jimmy Kimmel, Marisa Tomei, and John Turturro meet ancestors who made immense sacrifices. (R-8/13, 8 p.m., WORLD) TV-PG WORLD Human Footprint: The Urban Jungle (See 8/2 at 8 p.m. on Iowa PBS) 8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Kinnick: The Documentary

TUNE IN:

From caves in Texas to labs around the globe, scientists are decoding the superpowers of the bat. (R-8/15, 6 p.m., WORLD) DVS/TV-PG

WORLD PBS NewsHour 10:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Nature: The Bat Man of Mexico An ecologist braves nature to track

the lesser long-nosed bat’s epic migration across Mexico. (R-8/13, 6 p.m., WORLD) DVS/TV-PG

The story of Nile Kinnick—child of the Depression, winner of the Heisman Trophy and pilot in World War II— unfolds in cinematic detail. (R-8/14, 11 p.m., Iowa PBS) TV-PG The forces of nature make Earth a restless planet, but they also turned our ball of rock into a home for life. TV-PG

Frontline: Inside the Iranian Uprising Tuesday, August 8 9:30 p.m. on Iowa PBS .1 Go inside the protests that have rocked Iran since the death of a young woman in police custody. With a trove of footage filmed by protestors, much of it previously unseen, the film sheds new light on a regime under unprecedented pressure.

WORLD BBC News 10:30 p.m. WORLD Amanpour and Company 11:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Midsomer Murders: Death’s Shadow, Part 2

WORLD Forces of Nature: Elements

9:00 p.m. WORLD PBS NewsHour 9:30 p.m. Iowa PBS

(See 8/3 at 10 p.m. on Iowa PBS)

11:30 p.m. WORLD DW The Day

Frontline: Inside the Iranian Uprising Previously unseen footage sheds new light on the Iranian regime and its protesters. (R-8/9, 8 p.m., WORLD)

THURSDAY 10

6:00 p.m. WORLD

To the Ends of the Earth:

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

The Natural World— Pushing Boundaries In this vibrant and engaging

10:00 p.m. WORLD BBC News 10:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Rick Steves’ Iran

documentary, professional wildlife photographer Todd Gustafson brings viewers to eye level with the world’s most dramatic wildlife. TV-PG Iowa State Fair Parade 2023 Join Iowa PBS for live coverage of this year’s Iowa State Fair parade in Des Moines.

(R-8/10, 9 p.m., WORLD)

Rick Steves journeys to Iran in the hopes of getting to know this ancient country and to better understand the 70 million people living there.

6:15 p.m. Iowa PBS

Wild Hope: Woodpecker Wars

WORLD Amanpour and Company 11:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Midsomer Murders: Death’s Shadow, Part 1

Scientists, soldiers and landowners are giving a special woodpecker a new lease on life. TV-PG

7:00 p.m. WORLD To the Ends of the Earth: The Natural World—Oceans International wildlife photographer and filmmaker Todd Gustafson introduces viewers to the creatures that inhabit the sand flats, tidepools, lagoons and ocean depths. TV-PG The Ground Below Shane explores the human footprint of cotton, from ancient rocks to 21st-century politics. (R-8/15, 7 p.m., WORLD) TV-PG WORLD Frontline: Inside the Iranian Uprising (See 8/8 at 9:30 p.m. on Iowa PBS) 8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Human Footprint:

6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Iowa Ingredient:

(See 8/3 at 9 p.m. on Iowa PBS)

WORLD DW The Day

Potluck Celebrations (R-8/12, 11:30 a.m., Iowa PBS)

Wild Hope: Does Nature Have Rights? In Ecuador, conservationists invoke the rights of nature to save biodiversity hotspots. TV-PG

WORLD

WEDNESDAY 9

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

(R-8/9, 9 p.m., WORLD)

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