ADVANCE February 2023

FEBRUARY SCHEDULE

11:30 p.m. WORLD DW The Day

6:00 p.m. WORLD Justice in Chester

TUNE IN:

Residents organized to stop the permitting of waste treatment facilities in Chester, Pennsylvania. (R-2/11, 12:30 p.m., WORLD) TV-PG

THURSDAY 9

5:00 p.m. WORLD France 24 5:30 p.m. IowaPBS PBS NewsHour WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD POV: Homegoings

6:30 p.m. IowaPBS Prairie Sportsman:

Trekking the Wilderness (R-2/11, 9 a.m., Iowa PBS) TV-PG

WORLD Reel South: Flat Town

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

NOVA: Star Chasers of Senegal Wednesday, February 8 8 p.m. on Iowa PBS .1 A visionary astronomer in West Africa attempts a high-stakes observation of a distant asteroid vital to a NASA mission. From prehistoric ruins to Islamic skywatchers, explore the heritage and future of African astronomy.

An annual high school football game unites a historically segregated town in rural Louisiana. (R-2/19, 5 p.m., WORLD) TV-PG Dogs in the Wild, A Nature Miniseries: Meet the Family Meet the wild dog family, from the Arctic wolf to the dhole, the fennec fox to the Maned wolf. (R-2/12, 7 p.m., WORLD) TV-PG

The beauty and grace of Black American funerals are brought to life through the eyes of funeral director Isaiah Owens. TV-PG

7:00 p.m. IowaPBS

6:30 p.m. IowaPBS Iowa Ingredient: Flour

(R-2/11, 11:30 a.m., Iowa PBS)

7:00 p.m. IowaPBS Father Brown:

WORLD The Film Lounge

(See 2/6 at 10 p.m. on Iowa PBS) (R-2/11, 11 p.m., Iowa PBS)

The Owl of Minerva When Inspector Sullivan becomes a fugitive, he takes sanctuary in St. Mary’s and asks for help.

10:00 p.m. IowaPBS Sister Boniface Mysteries: My Brother’s Keeper WORLD BBC World News 10:30 p.m. WORLD Amanpour and Company 11:00 p.m. IowaPBS Hope Street

8:00 p.m. IowaPBS

NOVA: Star Chasers of Senegal Senegalese astronomer Maram Kaire

WORLD America ReFramed: Vision Portraits

(See 2/4 at 8 p.m. on Iowa PBS)

investigates his nation’s history of astronomy, which stretches back thousands of years. (R-2/14, 6 p.m., WORLD) DVSd WORLD Frontline: America and the Taliban, Part 1 (See 2/7 at 9 p.m. on Iowa PBS) 9:00 p.m. IowaPBS Secrets of the Dead: The Woman in the Iron Coffin

Acclaimed director Rodney Evans takes viewers on a personal journey as he ponders how the deterioration of his vision will impact his life and work as a filmmaker. (R-2/11, 9 p.m., WORLD)

8:00 p.m. IowaPBS

(See 2/4 at 9 p.m. on Iowa PBS)

11:30 p.m. WORLD DW The Day

Hamish Macbeth:

Wee Jock’s Lament One sleepy morning, a car driven by strangers hits Wee Jock, Hamish’s beloved West Highland Terrier. (R-2/14, 11 p.m., Iowa PBS)

Forensic experts examine the remains of a young Black American woman from 19th century New York. (R-2/14, 7 p.m., WORLD) TV-PG

FRIDAY 10

8:30 p.m. WORLD POV Shorts: Shut Up and Paint (See 2/4 at 12:30 p.m. on WORLD) (R-2/11, 10:30 p.m., WORLD) 9:00 p.m. IowaPBS Midsomer Murders: Death by Persuasion, Part 1

5:00 p.m. WORLD France 24 5:30 p.m. IowaPBS PBS NewsHour

WORLD PBS NewsHour 10:00 p.m. IowaPBS Animal Babies: First Year on Earth: First Steps

(R-2/10, 9 p.m., WORLD)

Discover how the babies learn to understand their surroundings in environments around the globe.

WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre is

A young woman slips away from a Jane Austen weekend dressed in period attire and is found stabbed in the woods. (R-2/13, 11:30 p.m., Iowa PBS) TV-PG

WORLD BBC World News 10:30 p.m. WORLD Amanpour and Company 11:00 p.m. IowaPBS Traces

chronicled as the community of Tulsa comes to terms with its past. (R-2/11, 1 p.m., WORLD) TV-14

WORLD PBS NewsHour

(See 2/4 at 10 p.m. on Iowa PBS)

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