ADVANCE February 2024

FEBRUARY SCHEDULE

6:28 p.m. Iowa PBS British Antiques Roadshow: Stonor Park 2 7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Antiques Roadshow: LSU Rural Life Museum, Hour 1 WORLD

10:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Beyond the Powder: The Legacy of the First Women’s Cross-Country Air Race

TUNE IN:

Female pilots of the 2014 Air Race Classic and the 1929 Powder Puff Derby are showcased.

Wes Bound: The Genius of

WORLD BBC News 10:30 p.m. WORLD Amanpour and Company 11:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Midsomer Murders: Stranglers Wood, Part 1

Wes Montgomery This documentary traces the life and career of legendary jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery, as told through his son Robert’s own journey of discovery.

Finding Your Roots: Mean Streets

8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Antiques Roadshow: Austin, Hour 3 WORLD

(See 2/15 at 9:32 p.m. on Iowa PBS)

11:30 p.m. WORLD DW The Day

Tuesday, February 20 7 p.m. on Iowa PBS .1

Local, USA: HBCU Now Examine the diverse experiences, challenges and triumphs of Historically Black Colleges and Universities. (R-2/24, 12:30 p.m., WORLD)

Henry Louis Gates Jr. traces the roots of comedian Tracy Morgan and actor Anthony Ramos—two native New Yorkers whose roots stretch to surprising places and contain inspiring stories of survival.

WEDNESDAY 21

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

8:30 p.m. WORLD

Stories From the Stage:

The Funny Side

9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Historic Buildings of Iowa: Des Moines

6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Iowa Life

(R-2/21, 9 p.m., WORLD)

WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD Independent Lens: Ferguson Rises

(See 2/17 at 9:30 p.m. on WORLD)

Learn about the emerald ash borer, and meet a comic book artist and an inspiring Iowan.

WORLD PBS NewsHour 10:00 p.m. WORLD BBC News 10:30 p.m. Iowa PBS

Michael Brown Sr. seeks justice and healing after a police officer killed his son in 2014. TV-MA

7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

Finding Your Roots:

Mean Streets Tracy Morgan and Anthony Ramos get looks at their family trees with Henry Louis Gates Jr. TV-PG WORLD Secrets of the Dead: The Woman in the Iron Coffin (See 2/14 at 9 p.m. on Iowa PBS) 8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS American Experience: Fly With Me Meet the pioneering women who changed the world while flying it. DVS/TV-14 WORLD NOVA: Lee and Liza’s Family Tree With the help of scientists and

6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Prairie Sportsman: Things That Fly TV-PG 7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Nature: Patrick and the Whale

Independent Lens: Breaking the News A group of women and LGBTQ+ journalists go against the status quo to band together. (R-2/21, 7:30 p.m., WORLD) DVS/TV-14

WORLD Amanpour and Company 11:30 p.m. WORLD DW The Day

Patrick Dykstra has a life-changing encounter with a sperm whale and discovers their hidden world. DVS/TV-PG

7:30 p.m. WORLD Independent Lens: Breaking the News (See 2/19 at 10:30 p.m. on Iowa PBS) (R-2/24, 11 a.m., WORLD) 8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS NOVA: Hunt for the Oldest DNA

TUESDAY 20

5:00 p.m. WORLD France 24 5:30 p.m. Iowa PBS PBS NewsHour WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD NOVA

genealogists, filmmaker Byron Hurt and his family members search for their ancestors. TV-PG

9:00 p.m. WORLD PBS NewsHour

(R-2/20, 9 p.m., WORLD)

Join the hunt as scientists discover the oldest DNA ever found and reveal for the first time the genes of long extinct creatures that once thrived in a warm, lush Arctic. DVS/TV-PG

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