ADVANCE January 2024

JANUARY SCHEDULE

6:00 p.m. WORLD

6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Prairie Sportsman: Brookies and Turtles (R-1/20, 9 a.m., Iowa PBS) TV-PG 7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Nature: Big Little Journeys: Survival

Girl Unscripted: Family Girl Despite being abandoned by her mother, Crista still holds out hope that her mom will be part of her life. TV-PG

6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Iowa Ingredient: Arugula (R-1/20, 11:30 a.m., Iowa PBS) 7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Father Brown: The Owl of Minerva When Inspector Sullivan becomes a fugitive, he takes sanctuary in St. Mary’s and asks for help. WORLD The Cost of Inheritance: An America ReFramed Special (See 1/8 at 10 p.m. on Iowa PBS) (R-1/20, 9 p.m., WORLD) 8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Death in Paradise A renowned calypso singer’s husband is murdered. TV-PG WORLD Reel Midwest: Homegrown: Lifetimes, Language Keepers A third-generation community leader fights for racial equity, while Indigenous people attempt to revitalize their language. (R-1/20, 10 p.m., WORLD) TV-PG Seed Warriors—Black Strings Pawnee seed keepers revive their sacred and ancient corn; while a string orchestra redefines the meaning of first responder. (R-1/20, 10:30 p.m., WORLD) TV-PG Reel Midwest: Homegrown: 8:30 p.m. WORLD 9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Midsomer Murders: Death of a Hollow Man, Part 1 A local dramatic production of

A Taiwanese pangolin and a Brazilian lion tamarin family travel to a strange new world. (R-1/21, 7 p.m., WORLD) DVS/TV-PG

7:30 p.m. WORLD POV: Brief Tender Light

(See 1/15 at 10 p.m. on Iowa PBS) (R-1/20, 11 a.m., WORLD)

8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS NOVA: Ultimate Space Telescope

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The dramatic story of NASA’s ambitious James Webb Space Telescope is explored. (R-1/23, 6 p.m., WORLD) DVS/TV-PG

9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Secrets of the Dead: Ben Franklin’s Bones

Bones found in Benjamin Franklin’s British residence were used in an illegal anatomy school. (R-1/23, 7 p.m., WORLD) DVS/TV-14

WORLD PBS NewsHour 10:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Supernature—Wild Flyers: Crowded Skies

Survival in the sky depends not just on beating gravity or mastering flight, but also out-flying the competition. TV-PG WORLD BBC News 10:30 p.m. WORLD Amanpour and Company 11:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Midsomer Murders: Written in Blood, Part 2 (See 1/11 at 9:45 p.m. on Iowa PBS) 11:30 p.m. WORLD DW The Day

Amadeus reveals a backstage world of intrigue, passion and murder. (R-1/23, 11 p.m., Iowa PBS) TV-PG

WORLD PBS NewsHour 9:52 p.m. Iowa PBS Midsomer Murders: Death of a Hollow Man, Part 2 A local dramatic production of

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Amadeus reveals a backstage world of intrigue, passion and murder. (R-1/24, 11 p.m., Iowa PBS) TV-PG

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

10:00 p.m. WORLD BBC News

(R-1/18, 9 p.m., WORLD)

WORLD NHK Newsline

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