ADVANCE August 2024

Iowa State Fair Behind-the-Scenes Tour September 17, 2024

Join us for this special, behind-the-scenes look at the buildings on the Iowa State Fairgrounds! We’ll begin the day with an in-depth tour of the Iowa State Fair Museum. Then our shuttle will take us around the fairground buildings, with never-before-seen stops like the maintenance shop, the newly renovated public safety building and more. A state fair-inspired lunch is also included.

Call 800.728.2828 or visit iowapbs.org/events to get your tickets.

2:00 p.m. Iowa PBS This Old House: Lexington | Seven Layer Floors WORLD Planet California: Close Encounters (See 8/9 at 7 p.m. on WORLD) 2:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Ask This Old House: Window to Door Conversion 3:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting: Heartfall WORLD Gods of Tennis: Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert (See 8/6 at 8 p.m. on Iowa PBS) 3:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Fit 2 Stitch: Designer Fabrics 4:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Garden Smart: Helpful Tips for Growing Roses (R-8/11, 6:30 a.m., Iowa PBS) WORLD To the Contrary With Bonnie Erbe (R-8/11, 1 p.m., WORLD) 4:30 p.m. Iowa PBS British Antiques Roadshow: Dyffryn Gardens 1 WORLD Washington Week With The Atlantic (R-8/11, 6 a.m., WORLD) 5:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Antiques Roadshow: Palm Springs, Hour 1 WORLD DW Focus on Europe (R-8/11, 7 a.m., WORLD) 5:30 p.m. WORLD PBS News Weekend (R-8/11, 11:30 a.m., Iowa PBS)

6:00 p.m. Iowa PBS The Lawrence Welk Show: Salute to Our Senior Citizens WORLD To the Ends of the Earth: The Natural World—Oceans Get introduced to the creatures that live everywhere from the sand flats to the ocean depths.

10:00 p.m. Iowa PBS My Life Is Murder: Can’t Stand the Heat

Alexa goes undercover in a cooking school to see if she can smoke out a killer. TV-14

10:30 p.m. WORLD On Grizzly Ground

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

(See 8/8 at 8:30 p.m. on WORLD) (R-8/11, 9:30 a.m., WORLD)

11:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Doctor Who: Tom Baker Movies: City of Death TV-PG WORLD Independent Lens: Free Chol Soo Lee (See 8/10 at 7 p.m. on WORLD)

Alistair suggests to Lionel that he sell the country house. WORLD Independent Lens: Free Chol Soo Lee

After 10 years of fighting for his freedom, Chol Soo Lee becomes an inspiring icon. (R-8/10, 11 p.m., WORLD) TV-14

7:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Keeping Up Appearances: Iron Age Remains TV-PG 8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Sister Boniface Mysteries: Queen of the Kitchen

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6:00 a.m. Iowa PBS Sit and Be Fit: All-Seated Workout WORLD Washington Week With The Atlantic (R-8/11, noon, Iowa PBS) 6:30 a.m. Iowa PBS Garden Smart: Helpful Tips for Growing Roses WORLD The Open Mind: Words to Preserve Democracy (R-8/11, 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-8/11, 3 p.m., WORLD)

A contestant dies when celebrity chef Prunella Gladwell records an episode of her cooking show. (R-8/15, 11 p.m., Iowa PBS) TV-PG

8:30 p.m. WORLD POV Shorts: Water Work

Explore Detroit and Canarsie and their relationships with water. TV-14

9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Ms. Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries: Coop De Grâce

On race day, the president of the Sandridge Pigeon Club is discovered dead in the coop, covered in feathers and choked by birdseed. WORLD Doc World: The Accused: Damned or Devoted? (See 8/8 at 7 p.m. on WORLD) (R-8/11, 8 a.m., WORLD)

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