ADVANCE January 2026

JANUARY SCHEDULE

8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS All Creatures Great and Small: Cheers to the Years

8:30 p.m. WORLD Stories From the Stage: On the Road Again

TUNE IN:

Celebrate memorable moments from five seasons of this beloved series. TV-PG

Some journeys take us across the world; others take us deeper into who we really are.

9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Road Trip Iowa:

WORLD Finding Your Roots: Hidden Kin Henry Louis Gates Jr. helps Julia

Roberts and Edward Norton discover their connections to history. TV-PG

White Pole Road Scenic Byway & Glacial Trail Scenic Byway (R-1/10, 9 a.m., Iowa PBS)

9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Lucy Worsley Investigates: Bloody Mary

WORLD PBS News Hour 9:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Iowa Life

American Experience: Bombshell Tuesday, January 6 8 p.m. on Iowa PBS .1 Learn how the U.S. government tried to minimize the horrific human toll of the 1945 atomic bombings using propaganda, censorship and the co-opting of the press. Despite overwhelming odds, a group of intrepid reporters sought to reveal the truth.

Does “Bloody Mary,” England’s first ruling female monarch, truly deserve her infamous reputation? TV-PG With his hometown ravaged by the opioid epidemic, attorney Paul Farrell Jr. takes on pharmaceutical giants to secure funds for recovery efforts. TV-14

Meet a world-renowned woodcarver and four women organizing a student-run fashion show. (R-1/10, 5:30 p.m., Iowa PBS)

WORLD POV: The Bitter Pill

10:00 p.m. Iowa PBS The Dual

Travel back to a pivotal moment in college wrestling history—the 1986 matchup of the top college wrestling programs in the nation: the Iowa Hawkeyes and Iowa State Cyclones.

10:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

Velvet: White Christmas Rita is left heartbroken after Pedro’s announcement. TV-14

WORLD DW The Day 10:30 p.m. WORLD BBC News 11:00 p.m. WORLD Amanpour and Company

6:00 p.m. Iowa PBS PBS News Hour

10:30 p.m. WORLD

POV Shorts: Classroom 4 A history professor teaches a class of free and incarcerated students inside a prison. (R-1/14, 8:30 p.m., WORLD) TV-14

(R-1/5, 9 p.m., WORLD) WORLD Voces on PBS: From Here/From There (De Aqui/De Alla) Follow the story of the first undocumented attorney to argue a case before the Supreme Court. TV-PG

11:00 p.m. WORLD Nature: Attenborough and the Sea Dragon (See 1/4 at 7 p.m. on WORLD) 11:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Last of the Summer Wine:

TUESDAY 6

7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

4:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Rick Steves’ Europe:

Antiques Roadshow: Red Butte Garden & Arboretum, Hour 1 (R-1/9, 5 p.m., Iowa PBS) Public Defender See how a DC-based public defender and her January 6 clients confront America’s divide. TV-14

Poland’s Warsaw and Gdansk (R-1/24, 8:30 a.m., Iowa PBS)

They Don’t Make Sandwiches Like That Anymore TV-PG

WORLD

WORLD BBC News America 5:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Antiques Roadshow:

MONDAY 5

Meadow Brook Hall, Hour 2

8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Antiques Roadshow: Alaska Native

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

4:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Rick Steves’ Europe:

Heritage Center, Hour 1 (R-1/8, 5 p.m., Iowa PBS) WORLD Penny: Champion of the Marginalized

Krakow: Poland’s Historic Capital (R-1/17, 8:30 a.m., Iowa PBS)

WORLD BBC News America 5:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Antiques Roadshow:

Celebrated criminal defense attorney and art collector Penny Cooper is a role model and pioneer. (R-1/11, 9:30 a.m., WORLD) TV-PG

(R-1/6, 9 p.m., WORLD) WORLD Animal Babies: First Year on Earth: First Steps

Meadow Brook Hall, Hour 1

Discover how the babies learn to understand their surroundings in environments around the globe.

WORLD France 24 5:30 p.m. WORLD NHK Newsline

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