ADVANCE July 2024

JULY SCHEDULE

8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

TUNE IN:

Gods of Tennis: Billie Jean

Hitler’s Olympics This film presents the complete story of the Berlin games—the early plans, the Nazi takeover, the purge of Jews from German athletics and the grand spectacle itself. TV-PG

King and Arthur Ashe Billie Jean King and Arthur Ashe fight for Wimbledon success and global social change. (R-7/27, 9 a.m., WORLD) Is Old Again Artists and musicians have always seized on innovations in technology to advance their creative practices. TV-PG Adoption Reckoning Frontline and the Associated Press investigate allegations of fraud and abuse over seven decades of South Korea’s foreign adoptions. (R-7/24, 7:30 p.m., WORLD) Confluence: Everything New Frontline: South Korea’s

WORLD

WORLD PBS NewsHour 10:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Antiques Roadshow: Mansion Masterpieces WORLD BBC News 10:30 p.m. WORLD Amanpour and Company 11:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Poetry in America: Mushrooms, Weakness and Doubt TV-PG 11:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Poetry in America: July in Washington TV-PG WORLD DW The Day

9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

IGHSAU Girls State Softball Championships

Thursday, July 25 at 5 p.m. Friday, July 26 at 2:30 p.m. Don’t miss any of the girls state softball action! Coverage begins Thursday at 5 p.m. and Friday at 2:30 p.m. Each match will be broadcast live on Iowa PBS, and livestreamed on Facebook, X, YouTube and iowapbs.org.

WORLD PBS NewsHour 10:00 p.m. WORLD BBC News 10:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Unadopted

TUESDAY 23

This film examines long-term foster care from the perspective of those intimately familiar with its challenges and failings.

6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS

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

British Antiques Roadshow:

Ulster 3 (R-7/27, 4:30 p.m., Iowa PBS)

WORLD Amanpour and Company 11:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Midsomer Murders: Dark Autumn, Part 1

7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Antiques Roadshow: Indianapolis, Hour 2

(R-7/23, 9 p.m., WORLD)

(R-7/27, 5 p.m., Iowa PBS)

(See 7/18 at 10 p.m. on Iowa PBS)

Olympic Pride, American

WORLD

11:30 p.m. WORLD DW The Day

Confluence: The Dance The first episode of this series reveals how art and technology are forever engaged in a push/pull dialog that advances creative enterprise. TV-PG

Prejudice Explore the collective experiences of 18 Black American Olympians at the 1936 Olympic Games. TV-PG

WEDNESDAY 24

8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Iowa Life

The Great American Recipe:

5:00 p.m. WORLD France 24 5:30 p.m.

A Celebration of Flavors The home cooks serve up their most cherished dish from a special event in their lives. (R-7/27, 9:30 a.m., Iowa PBS) TV-PG

Learn about girls wrestling, meet a makeup artist, and visit the last Ben Franklin store in Iowa. (R-7/28, 10:30 a.m., Iowa PBS)

Iowa PBS PBS NewsHour WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD POV: While We Watched

7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Finding Your Roots: Far From Home

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

Road trip! No two words make us feel more optimistic. The highway beckons, and anything can happen.

Cyndi Lauper, Jamie Chung and Danny Trejo discover their family tree with Henry Louis Gates. (R-7/28, 8 p.m., WORLD) TV-PG Confluence: Material World It’s not only the things we make. It’s the materials we make them with that turn “stuff” into art. TV-PG

A depiction of a newsroom in crisis, follow Ravish Jumar in his fight against fake news. (R-7/27, 11 a.m., WORLD) TV-14

WORLD

6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Road Trip Iowa: Iowa Valley Scenic Byway (R-7/27, 9 a.m., Iowa PBS)

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