ADVANCE January 2025

JANUARY SCHEDULE

11:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Midsomer Murders: Dressed to Kill, Part 2

10:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

TUNE IN:

Lucy Worsley Investigates: The Gunpowder Plot Discover how the 1605 Gunpowder Plot could have completely changed the course of British history. (R-1/24, 8 p.m., WORLD) TV-PG

(See 1/16 at 9 p.m. on Iowa PBS)

11:30 p.m. WORLD DW The Day

WORLD DW The Day

(R-1/21, 11:30 p.m., WORLD)

THURSDAY 23

10:30 p.m. WORLD Amanpour and Company 11:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

5:00 p.m. WORLD France 24 5:30 p.m. Iowa PBS PBS News Hour WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD The Five Demands

Nature: Big Cats, Small World: Landlords Wednesday, January 22 7 p.m. on Iowa PBS In Africa, there’s a special, small world where three big cat families have carved out a space to raise their young, all while trying to avoid each other. The families include an aging lion, a leopard and a single cheetah mother.

Frontline: Trump’s Comeback

Examine Donald Trump’s return to the presidency, overcoming unprecedented obstacles and opposition. (R-1/22, 8 p.m., WORLD)

(R-1/23, 9 p.m., WORLD)

11:30 p.m. WORLD DW The Day

In 1969 a student protest against institutional racism turned into a full blown uprising that temporarily shut down the City College of New York. TV-PG

WEDNESDAY 22

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

6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Iowa Ingredient: Cucumbers (R-1/25, 11:30 a.m., Iowa PBS) 7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Father Brown: The Last Supper Father Brown has a lot on his plate when a food fayre comes to Kembleford, bringing murder with it. WORLD The Cost of Inheritance: An America ReFramed Special

8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

NOVA: What Are UFOs? Unidentified flying objects have long captivated the imagination of the public, but for decades most scientists treated the subject as taboo. Now NASA is planning to study them scientifically. (R-1/28, 6 p.m., WORLD) DVS/TV-PG

(R-1/22, 9 p.m., WORLD)

WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD Community First: A Home for the Homeless

A model for transforming the lives of homeless people through the power of community is introduced. (R-1/25, 11 a.m., WORLD) TV-PG

WORLD Frontline: Trump’s Comeback (See 1/21 at 11 p.m. on Iowa PBS) 9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Secrets of the Dead: World War Speed

Explore the issue of reparations for African Americans and the ramifications it holds. (R-1/25, 10 p.m., WORLD) TV-PG

6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Prairie Sportsman: Sled Dogs and Bringing Youth Outdoors (R-1/25, 9 a.m., Iowa PBS) TV-PG 7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Nature: Big Cats, Small World: Landlords

8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Death in Paradise: Christmas 2023, Part 2

Follow historian James Holland as he unearths the truth about amphetamine use in World War II. (R-1/28, 7 p.m., WORLD) TV-14

The team’s investigation takes a strange turn when a house guest vanishes. TV-PG People in Maniitsoq, Greenland, hope for economic renewal with the construction of a smelting plant. (R-1/26, 9 a.m., WORLD) TV-PG

WORLD PBS News Hour 10:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Europe’s New Wild: The Land of the Snow and Ice

WORLD POV: Winter’s Yearning

Lion, leopard and cheetah parents attempt to co-exist and raise their cubs on the shores of Botswana’s Gomoti River. (R-1/26, 7 p.m., WORLD) DVS/TV-PG

Natives and conservation groups work to save an age-old reindeer migration in Lapland. DVS/TV-PG

9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Midsomer Murders:

WORLD City Voices: Homelessness to Hopefulness

WORLD BBC News 10:30 p.m. WORLD Amanpour and Company

The Blacktrees Prophecy, Parts 1 & 2 Doomsday preppers begin meeting weekly in Midsomer. (Part 1: R-1/28, 11 p.m., Iowa PBS) (Part 2: R-1/29, 11 p.m., Iowa PBS) TV-PG

The Norfolk Street Choir is a choral group composed of people affected by homelessness. (R-1/25, noon, WORLD) TV-PG

WORLD PBS News Hour

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