ADVANCE January 2024

JANUARY SCHEDULE

7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Father Brown:

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

TUNE IN:

The Paradise of Thieves When a dead man is found inside a locked bank vault, Father Brown must solve the mystery. An America ReFramed Special Explore and celebrate the life of a fearless Mississippi sharecropper turned-human-rights-activist. (R-1/6, 9 p.m., WORLD) TV-14

WORLD Fannie Lou Hamer’s America:

(R-1/5, 9 p.m., WORLD)

WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD Marriner Eccles: Father of the Modern Federal Reserve The chairman of the Federal Reserve under Presidents Roosevelt and Truman, Marriner Eccles shaped the Federal Reserve into the independent institution it is today. (R-1/6, 7 a.m., WORLD) 6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Tell Me More With Kelly Corrigan: Matthew Desmond (R-1/7, 6:30 p.m., WORLD) TV-PG 7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Washington Week With The Atlantic (R-1/6, 6:30 a.m., WORLD) WORLD Frontline: Age of Easy Money Explore the role of the Federal Reserve’s “easy money” policies in the current economic uncertainty. (R-1/6, 2 p.m., WORLD)

8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Death in Paradise

The American Buffalo: Blood Memory Friday, January 5 8:30 p.m. on Iowa PBS .1 Ken Burns’ two-part series takes viewers on a journey through more than 10,000 years of North American history and across some of the continent’s most iconic landscapes, tracing the animal’s evolution, significance to the Great Plains, near demise and relationship to the Indigenous people of North America. Part 2 airs January 12.

Neville receives an anonymous letter warning that a murder is going to take place. TV-PG

8:30 p.m. WORLD POV Shorts: Our Motherland Fantasy Nightmare

Two families experience homeland violence across generations. (R-1/6, 10:30 p.m., WORLD) TV-14

9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Midsomer Murders: The Killings at Badger’s Drift, Part 1

11:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Midsomer Murders: Witches of Angel’s Rise, Part 2

The inexplicable murder of an old lady in an idyllic village reveals a web of sinister events. (R-1/9, 11 p.m., Iowa PBS) TV-PG

Barnaby steps into the spiritual world of mediums and psychics to solve a murder. TV-PG

WORLD PBS NewsHour 9:52 p.m. Iowa PBS Midsomer Murders: The Killings at Badger’s Drift, Part 2

7:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Iowa Press

11:30 p.m. WORLD DW The Day

(R-1/6, 8:30 a.m., WORLD)

8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Market to Market

The inexplicable murder of an old lady in an idyllic village reveals a web of sinister events. (R-1/10, 11 p.m., Iowa PBS) TV-PG

THURSDAY 4

(R-1/6, 8 a.m., WORLD)

8:30 p.m. Iowa PBS The American Buffalo: Blood Memory

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

10:00 p.m. WORLD BBC News 10:30 p.m. WORLD Amanpour and Company 11:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Doc Martin: Licence to Practice

America’s national mammal, once numbering in the tens of millions, is driven to near extinction. DVS/ESP/TV-14

(R-1/4, 9 p.m., WORLD)

9:00 p.m. WORLD PBS NewsHour 10:00 p.m. WORLD BBC News 10:30 p.m. Iowa PBS PBS Arts Talk: Henry Winkler With Jimmy Kimmel TV-PG WORLD Amanpour and Company 11:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Austin City Limits: Cimafunk and the Tribe TV-PG

Some last-minute hitches threaten the big day for Al and Morwenna. TV-PG

Black golfers built a vibrant culture in Asheville, North Carolina, despite segregation and racist systems. TV-PG

11:30 p.m. WORLD DW The Day

6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Iowa Ingredient: Onions (R-1/6, 11:30 a.m., Iowa PBS) WORLD Reel South: Madame Pipi

Three Haitian bathroom attendants hold court in Miami nightclubs, even during a pandemic. (R-1/14, 10:30 p.m., WORLD) TV-14

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