ADVANCE July 2023

JULY SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY 5 5:00 p.m. WORLD France 24 5:30 p.m. Iowa PBS PBS NewsHour (R-7/5, 9 p.m., WORLD) WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD POV: The Neutral Ground 6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Prairie Sportsman: Forgotten Trail and Drone Tracking Deer (R-7/8, 9 a.m., Iowa PBS) TV-PG 7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Nature: Octopus: Making Contact A professor raises and studies a pet octopus in his home and makes remarkable discoveries. (R-7/9, 7 p.m., WORLD) DVS 7:30 p.m. WORLD POV: A Story of Bones (See 7/3 at 11 p.m. on Iowa PBS) (R-7/8, 11 a.m., WORLD) 8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Human Footprint: Strangers in Paradise Comedian C.J. Hunt documents the dispute over removing four Confederate monuments in New Orleans. (R-7/25, 10 p.m., Iowa PBS) TV-PG

7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

TUNE IN:

Father Brown:

The Serpent Within Sullivan’s dream of leaving

Kembleford is scuppered when he is arrested for receiving stolen goods. TV-PG WORLD America ReFramed: Daughter of a Lost Bird

Kendra, a Native American adoptee, embarks on a seven-year journey to find her biological mother, April, and return to her Lummi homeland. (R 7/8, 9 p.m., WORLD)

Roy Orbison & Friends—A Black and White Night Friday, July 7 8:30 p.m. on Iowa PBS .1 Celebrate the music legend in an iconic 1987 concert with an all-star cast including Jackson Browne, T Bone Burnett, Elvis Costello, k.d. lang, Bonnie Raitt, J. D. Souther, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits and Jennifer Warnes.

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

The murder of a skydiver leads Neville and the team to explore the cut throat world of social media. 8:30 p.m. WORLD Our American Family: The Kurowskis

A Wisconsin family moves to the Oneida Reservation, and their selflessness strengthens the community. (R-7/8, 10:30 p.m., WORLD)

11:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Midsomer Murders:

9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

Midsomer Murders:

The Killings at Badger’s Drift, Part 2 The investigation of an old woman’s death in an idyllic village reveals a web of sinister events. TV-PG

Written in Blood, Part 1 Barnaby and Troy investigate the brutal murder of the secretary of a writers circle. (R-7/11, 11 p.m., Iowa PBS) TV-PG

11:30 p.m. WORLD DW The Day

WORLD PBS NewsHour 10:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

Shane tracks down four “invasive species” that make him reconsider what it means to belong. (R-7/11, 7 p.m., WORLD) TV-PG

Midsomer Murders:

THURSDAY 6

Written in Blood, Part 2 Barnaby and Troy discover that the murdered secretary of a writers circle was a man of mystery. TV-PG

5:00 p.m. WORLD France 24 5:30 p.m. Iowa PBS PBS NewsHour WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD Independent Lens:

9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS NOVA: The Planets: Inner Worlds Planets are explored. Is there

WORLD BBC News 10:30 p.m. WORLD Amanpour and Company 11:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Doc Martin: Mysterious Ways (See 7/1 at 8 p.m. on Iowa PBS) 11:30 p.m. WORLD DW The Day

somewhere else in the solar system where life might flourish? (R-7/11, 6 p.m., WORLD) TV-PG

(R-7/6, 9 p.m., WORLD)

WORLD PBS NewsHour 10:00 p.m. Iowa PBS America Outdoors With Baratunde Thurston: Minnesota: A Better World

Scenes From the Glittering World A meditation on adolescence, trauma and the power of connecting with an isolated Navajo homeland. TV-14

Baratunde ventures to Minnesota’s Arrowhead Region and meets with passionate birders. TV-PG

6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Iowa Ingredient: Trout

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

(R-7/8, 11:30 a.m., Iowa PBS)

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