ADVANCE January 2025

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NATURE

TUESDAY 21

11:00 p.m. WORLD Nature: Patrick and the Whale (See 1/15 at 7 p.m. on Iowa PBS) 11:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Last of the Summer Wine: Compo Goes to Church TV-PG

8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

2025 Iowa State Dance Team

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

Championships This fast-paced program features highlights from the winning high school and college teams that competed in the annual championships. (R-1/26, 1 p.m., Iowa PBS) Discover how Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott met in 1952, fell in love and dreamed of a new world together.

(R-1/21, 9 p.m., WORLD)

WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD NOVA: Black Hole Universe

MONDAY 20

WORLD Local, USA: Legacy of Love

5:00 p.m. WORLD DW The Day 5:30 p.m. Iowa PBS PBS News Hour

(See 1/15 at 8 p.m. on Iowa PBS)

6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Iowa Life

8:30 p.m. WORLD

Stories From the Stage:

Visit the Maintenance Shop in Ames, make apple cider and ride along with Escaramuza Quetzali. (R-1/23, 11:30 p.m., Iowa PBS)

(R-1/20, 9 p.m., WORLD)

Legacy

WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD Independent Lens: The Big Payback The passage of the first-ever reparations for slavery bill in Illinois stirs up a national debate. TV-14 6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS British Antiques Roadshow:

9:00 p.m. WORLD PBS News Hour 10:00 p.m. Iowa PBS John Lewis—Get in the Way

7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

College Wrestling: Loras

College at Coe College WORLD Secrets of the Dead: Death in Britannia

The journey of civil rights hero, congressman and human rights champion John Lewis is chronicled. TV-PG

(See 1/15 at 9 p.m. on Iowa PBS)

Toys and Childhood Special (R-1/25, 4:30 p.m., Iowa PBS)

8:00 p.m. WORLD When Disaster Strikes: The Silent Killer: Somalia Humanitarians race to meet the basic needs of the most vulnerable as a drought strikes Somalia TV-PG 9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Finding Your Roots: Stranger Than Fiction Henry Louis Gates Jr. reveals inspiring ancestors of novelist Amy Tan and poet Rita Dove. (R-1/26, 8 p.m., WORLD) TV-14 WORLD PBS News Hour

WORLD BBC News 10:30 p.m. WORLD Amanpour and Company 11:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Hope Street

7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

Antiques Roadshow: Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Hour 3 (R-1/25, 5 p.m., Iowa PBS)

(See 1/18 at 10 p.m. on Iowa PBS)

7:30 p.m. WORLD 89th Annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards (See 1/14 at 10:30 p.m. on Iowa PBS)

11:30 p.m. WORLD DW The Day

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