ADVANCE August 2024

TUESDAY 27

10:30 p.m. WORLD Amanpour and Company 11:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Midsomer Murders: Market for Murder, Part 1

TUNE IN:

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

(See 8/22 at 10 p.m. on Iowa PBS)

11:30 p.m. WORLD DW The Day

(R-8/27, 9 p.m., WORLD)

WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD Colombia—Wild and Free: Two Rivers

WEDNESDAY 28

American Masters: Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames Tuesday, August 27 8 p.m. on Iowa PBS .1 Director Blake Edwards redefined slapstick comedy through a lens that still resonates with today’s directors and actors. Featuring interviews and never-before-seen video and stills from the Edwards/Andrews archive, this film explores his legacy.

The eastern region of Colombia, a land defined by the Orinoco and the Amazon rivers, is explored. TV-PG

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

6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Iowa Life

(R-8/28, 9 p.m., WORLD)

Visit a peacock farmer and meet a professor who hiked across Iowa to document changes.

WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD Playas: The Land of Little Lakes

7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Finding Your Roots: On Broadway The family histories of Broadway stars Audra MacDonald and Mandy Patinkin are investigated. TV-PG WORLD Colombia—Wild and Free: From the Pacific to the Andes

Visit the playa lakes and discover their vital role as a recharge feature of the Ogallala aquifer. (R-8/31, 12:30 p.m., WORLD)

8:30 p.m. WORLD Stories From the Stage: All Dressed Up

6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS

Prairie Sportsman:

Journey to the largely uninhabited Pacific coast of Colombia, and ascend to Andean volcanoes. TV-PG

Northern Elk Chase (R-8/31, 9 a.m., Iowa PBS) TV-PG

Our relationship with clothes encompasses a whirlwind of emotions … from envy to joy.

WORLD Voces: Almost American

8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

(See 8/26 at 9 p.m. on Iowa PBS) (R-8/31, 11 a.m., WORLD)

9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

American Masters: Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames Discover the life and career of director Blake Edwards, one of Hollywood’s most iconic figures. DVS/TV-14 The wildlife and people of the Zambezi, Africa’s extraordinary shape shifting river, are explored. TV-PG

Voces: Almost American Meet a Salvadoran American family caught up in the contentious fight over immigration policy. (R-8/28, 6:30 p.m., WORLD) TV-14

7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Nature: American Ocelot

Dive deep into South Texas to meet one of the United States’ most endangered wild cats: the ocelot. DVS/TV-14

WORLD Rivers of Life: Zambezi

WORLD PBS News Hour 10:00 p.m. WORLD BBC News 10:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Voces: American Exile

8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

Odysseus Returns Makis Metaxas embarks on an

9:00 p.m. WORLD PBS News Hour 9:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Beyond the Canvas: Women of Wonder

odyssey to convince the world he found the bones of Odysseus. TV-PG WORLD Counting the Vote: A Firing Line

Two brothers who fought in Vietnam are among thousands of veterans being deported. TV-MA

Special With Margaret Hoover (See 8/27 at 10 p.m. on Iowa PBS)

WORLD Amanpour and Company 11:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Poetry in America: Steps TV-PG WORLD DW The Day

Dolly Parton, Julie Andrews and other creative females reveal how they paved the road to success.

9:00 p.m. WORLD PBS News Hour 10:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Secrets of the Dead: Abandoning the Titanic

10:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

Counting the Vote: A Firing Line Special With Margaret Hoover Embark on a journey to explore the varying state of voting systems in the United States. (R-8/28, 8 p.m., WORLD) TV-14

A team investigates the identity of a captain of a “mystery ship” that turned away from the Titanic. TV-PG

WORLD BBC News

WORLD BBC News

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