ADVANCE February 2023

8:00 p.m. IowaPBS

10:00 p.m. IowaPBS Animal Babies: First Year on Earth: New Frontiers Baby animals branch off from the comfort of their mothers and learn to explore on their own. TV-PG WORLD BBC World News 10:30 p.m. WORLD Amanpour and Company 11:00 p.m. IowaPBS Extinction: The Facts

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Fight the Power: How Hip

Hop Changed the World: Still Fighting

From successful artists to changing history, follow the global evolution of hip hop. TV-14 WORLD Expedition With Steve Backshall: Kyrgyzstan: Expedition Mountain Ghost

Steve searches for snow leopards, one of the world’s most endangered species, in Kyrgyzstan. TV-PG

Daniel O’Donnell From Castlebar, Ireland Saturday, February 25 3 p.m. on Iowa PBS .1 Exuding the same passion, heartfelt sincerity and gentle humor that has captivated audiences for years, Daniel and his band of talented musicians and backup singers delight fans with an Irish twist on easy listening tunes and inspirational favorites in this new special.

David Attenborough explores the extinction crisis and how it drives pandemic diseases.

9:00 p.m. IowaPBS Frontline: Ukraine: Life Under Russia’s Attack Displaced families and first

11:30 p.m. WORLD DW The Day

responders provide a look inside the Russian assault on Kharkiv. (R-2/22, 8 p.m., WORLD)

THURSDAY 23

WORLD PBS NewsHour 10:00 p.m. IowaPBS Rick Steves’ Europe: The Best of Sicily WORLD BBC World News 10:30 p.m. IowaPBS Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: California Road Trip WORLD Amanpour and Company 11:00 p.m. IowaPBS Hamish Macbeth: A Bit of An Epic (See 2/16 at 8 p.m. on Iowa PBS) 11:30 p.m. WORLD DW The Day

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

7:00 p.m. IowaPBS

(R-2/23, 9 p.m., WORLD)

WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD Facing North: Jefferson Street, Nashville

Dogs in the Wild, A Nature Miniseries: Defending Wild Dogs Join the people going to extraordinary lengths to save wild canids around the world. TV-PG

Discover the untold stories of a Nashville community struggling to preserve its vibrant Black American culture.

7:30 p.m. WORLD Birth of a Planet: Richmond on Paper From the heart of the Confederacy arose an Black-run newspaper that shook the foundations of the Old South. 8:00 p.m. IowaPBS NOVA: New Eye on the Universe With tons of new data and spectacular images flooding in from the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists are peering deep in time to answer some of astronomy’s biggest questions. DVS/TV-PG WORLD Frontline: Ukraine: Life Under Russia’s Attack (See 2/21 at 9 p.m. on Iowa PBS) 9:00 p.m. IowaPBS Secrets of the Dead: Viking Warrior Queen

6:30 p.m. IowaPBS Iowa Ingredient: Peas 7:00 p.m. IowaPBS Father Brown: The Viper’s Tongue

WEDNESDAY 22

5:00 p.m. WORLD France 24 5:30 p.m. IowaPBS PBS NewsHour WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD Independent Lens: Coded Bias

Mrs. McCarthy gets an unwelcome birthday surprise when her life is threatened by a mysterious avenging angel. TV-PG America ReFramed: The Death of My Two Fathers After 20 years, filmmaker Sol Guy finally watches the tapes his father recorded before dying. Using them as a framework, he embarks on a personal journey of healing and reconciliation. (R-2/26, 8 a.m., WORLD)

WORLD

(R-2/22, 9 p.m., WORLD)

An MIT Media Lab researcher joins the fight to expose threats posed by facial recognition software. (R-2/25, 11 a.m., WORLD) TV-PG

Join a team of archaeologists as they examine one of the most significant Viking graves ever found. TV-PG

6:30 p.m. IowaPBS Prairie Sportsman: Climbing on Ice

WORLD PBS NewsHour

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