ADVANCE August 2024

AUGUST SCHEDULE

THURSDAY 1

PROGRAM GUIDE KEY

TUNE IN:

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

Programs with this flag are new to our

broadcast schedule. IOWA PBS .1: Our primary channel. Antenna viewers can find it on the .1 channel. * IOWA PBS KIDS .2: Programming for kids. See schedule on page 5. Antenna viewers can find it on the .2 channel. * IOWA PBS WORLD .3: Public affairs, science, history, independent films and more. Antenna viewers can find it on the .3 channel. * IOWA PBS CREATE .4: How-to programs. See schedule on pages 8–11. Antenna viewers can find it on the .4 channel. * * Cable and satellite subscribers: Please contact your service providers for information on where they carry Iowa PBS’s channels in their lineup. DVS/DVI: Narrative descriptions for the visually impaired. This setting is often found in the accessibility menu. ESP: This program is available in Spanish through the SAP. Visit iowapbs.org/espanol for help. Este programa está disponible en español a través del programa de audio secundario (SAP, por sus siglas en inglés). Visite iowapbs.org/espanol para obtener más información. TV-PG: May be unsuitable for younger children. TV-14: May be unsuitable for children under 14. TV-MA: May be unsuitable for children under 17. Some ratings may be followed by initials describing the nature of the content: L=Language • V=Violence • AS=Adult situations • N=Nudity • S=Sexual content.

(R-8/1, 9 p.m., WORLD)

WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD Evolution Earth: Earth

Animals have a surprising story to tell about our rapidly changing planet. TV-PG

Joe Bonamassa & Orchestra: Live at the Hollywood Bowl Friday, August 2 8:30 p.m. on Iowa PBS .1 Accompanied by a stellar 40-piece orchestra, Joe Bonamassa performs “One Door Overture,” “Curtain Call,” “Ball Peen Hammer,” “No Good Place for the Lonely” and more.

6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Iowa Ingredient: Arugula (R-8/3, 11:30 a.m., Iowa PBS) 7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Father Brown: The Gardeners of Eden

A celebrity florist brings glamour and murder to Kembleford. TV-PG

WORLD Doc World: Crossings

A group of international women peacemakers call for an end to a 70-year war that has divided the Korean peninsula and its people. (R-8/3, 9 p.m., WORLD)

FRIDAY 2

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

8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Death in Paradise

IOWA PBS 5:00–6:30 AM SUNDAY 5:00 am PBS News Weekend

The team is left stumped when the owner of a hair salon is killed in front of her family without anyone seeing what happened. TV-PG

(R-8/2, 9 p.m., WORLD)

5:30 am Firing Line With Margaret Hoover 6:00 am Sit and Be Fit

WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD The Burren: Heart of Stone: Symphony of Life

9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Midsomer Murders:

MONDAY

5:00 am DW Focus on Europe 5:30 am BBC News 6:00 am Classical Stretch 5:00 am DW Global 3000 5:30 am BBC News 6:00 am Classical Stretch 5:00 am DW euromaxx Highlights 5:30 am BBC News 6:00 am Classical Stretch

Ring Out Your Dead, Parts 1 & 2 In Midsomer Wellow, the church bell-ringers are being murdered one by one. (Part 1: R-8/6, 11 p.m., Iowa PBS) (Part 2: R-8/7, 11 p.m., Iowa PBS) TV-PG

Disappearing lakes, wildlife and the natural cycles of the seasons are explored in the Burren. (R-8/3, 7 a.m., WORLD) TV-PG

TUESDAY

6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Tell Me More With Kelly Corrigan: Hyper Connected and Never Been Lonelier TV-PG 7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Washington Week With The Atlantic (R-8/3, 6:30 a.m., WORLD) WORLD The Burren: Heart of Stone: Song of Our Ancestors

WORLD PBS News Hour 10:00 p.m. WORLD BBC News 10:30 p.m. WORLD Amanpour and Company 11:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Sister Boniface Mysteries: Song for the Dead

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

5:00 am This Is America 5:30 am BBC News 6:00 am Classical Stretch 5:00 am To the Contrary 5:30 am BBC News 6:00 am Classical Stretch

FRIDAY

The secrets of the Burren’s mysterious landscape and those who lived on it are revealed. (R-8/3, 2 p.m., WORLD) TV-PG

The dreamy frontman of buzzy rock ‘n’ roll band The Queenmakers is found dead in the dressing room. TV-PG

SATURDAY

5:00 am Firing Line With Margaret Hoover 5:30 am To the Contrary 6:00 am The Best of the Joy of Painting

11:30 p.m. WORLD DW The Day

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