ADVANCE August 2024

AUGUST SCHEDULE

2:00 p.m. Iowa PBS This Old House:

9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Ms. Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries: Death Alley

TUNE IN:

Lexington | Phased Out WORLD The Burren: Heart of Stone: Song of Our Ancestors (See 8/2 at 7 p.m. on WORLD) 2:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Ask This Old House: Paint Front Door, Generator Selection 3:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting: Chocolate Cherry Pie WORLD Gods of Tennis: Björn Borg and John McEnroe (See 8/2 at 8 p.m. on WORLD) 3:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Fit 2 Stitch: Guest Cindy Vance 4:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Garden Smart: Creating a Grand Entryway (R-8/4, 6:30 a.m., Iowa PBS) WORLD To the Contrary With Bonnie Erbe (R-8/4, 1 p.m., WORLD) 4:30 p.m. Iowa PBS British Antiques Roadshow: Ham House 1 WORLD Washington Week With The Atlantic (R-8/4, 6 a.m., WORLD) 5:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Antiques Roadshow: Indianapolis, Hour 3 WORLD DW Focus on Europe (R-8/4, 7 a.m., WORLD) 5:30 p.m. WORLD PBS News Weekend (R-8/4, 11:30 a.m., Iowa PBS) 6:00 p.m. Iowa PBS The Lawrence Welk Show: Concert in the Park WORLD To the Ends of the Earth: The Natural World—Pushing Boundaries

A brawl at a bowling alley between rockers and mods leads to a decapitation.

WORLD Doc World: Crossings

(See 8/1 at 7 p.m. on WORLD) (R-8/4, 8 a.m., WORLD)

10:00 p.m. Iowa PBS My Life Is Murder: Lividity in Lycra

Kieran asks Alexa to look into a suspicious cycling accident. TV-14

Hotel Portofino: Proposals Sunday, August 4 7 p.m. on Iowa PBS .1

11:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Doctor Who: Tom Baker Movies: Destiny of the Daleks TV-PG WORLD Independent Lens: Storming Caesars Palace (See 8/3 at 7 p.m. on WORLD)

Bella is shocked when Marco proposes, and she finally tells her family about her divorce. Constance tells Vito about Tommy, and Alice is hurt when Carlo rejects her. Meanwhile, Lucian and Billy return to Portofino with a visitor.

SUNDAY 4

6:00 a.m. Iowa PBS Sit and Be Fit:

Working the Core and More WORLD Washington Week With The Atlantic (R-8/4, noon, Iowa PBS) 6:30 a.m. Iowa PBS Garden Smart: Creating a Grand Entryway WORLD The Open Mind: The Future of

7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS As Time Goes By

Jean’s sister-in-law Penny and Penny’s husband, Steven, visit. (R-8/4, 11 p.m., Iowa PBS) WORLD Independent Lens: Storming Caesars Palace

In a fight for guaranteed income, Ruby Duncan and other equality activists took on the Nevada mob. (R-8/3, 11 p.m., WORLD)

Reproductive Freedom (R-8/4, 2 p.m., WORLD)

7:00 a.m. Iowa PBS 7–10:30 a.m. See page 5. WORLD DW Focus on Europe 7:30 a.m. WORLD DW Global Us (R-8/4, 3 p.m., WORLD) 8:00 a.m. WORLD Doc World: Crossings

7:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Keeping Up Appearances: Early Retirement

Richard has no hiding place from Hyacinth now that early retirement has been thrust upon him. (R-8/4, 11:30 p.m., Iowa PBS) TV-PG

8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Sister Boniface Mysteries: Dem Bones

(See 8/1 at 7 p.m. on WORLD)

Expanded horizons, from the driest deserts in Africa to the mountainous Himalayas, are explored.

10:00 a.m. WORLD The Chavis Chronicles: Harriett Cole TV-PG 10:30 a.m. Iowa PBS Iowa Life Explore bird rehabilitation, visit Mediaverse Studios, and meet the Christofferson family. WORLD Laura Flanders & Friends TV-PG

A skeleton is dug up by Brutus the dog, and the bones may belong to a victim of recent murder. (R-8/8, 11 p.m., Iowa PBS) TV-PG

8:30 p.m. WORLD Reel South: Madame Pipi

Three Haitian bathroom attendants hold court in Miami nightclubs, even during a pandemic. TV-14

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