ADVANCE July 2025

JULY SCHEDULE

7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Finding Your Roots: Buried Secrets Henry Louis Gates Jr. helps Sammy Hagar and Ed O’Neill discover deep family secrets. (R-7/13, 8 p.m., WORLD) DVS/TV-PG WORLD Human Footprint: The Enemy of My Enemy (See 7/2 at 8 p.m. on Iowa PBS) 8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Renaissance: The Blood and the Beauty: Rise Experience Michelangelo and Leonardo clash and compete in the fierce world of Renaissance Italy. (R-7/11, 8 p.m., WORLD) TV-14 WORLD Expedition With Steve Backshall: Saudi Arabia: Expedition Volcanic Underworld

9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Return of the Trumpeters

TUNE IN:

Experience one of the greatest conservation success stories with the majestic trumpeter swan.

WORLD PBS News Hour 10:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Evolution Earth: Earth

Animals have a surprising story to tell about our rapidly changing planet. DVS/TV-PG

WORLD DW The Day 10:30 p.m. WORLD BBC News 11:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Midsomer Murders:

Finding Your Roots: Buried Secrets Tuesday, July 8 7 p.m. on Iowa PBS .1 Henry Louis Gates Jr. helps singer Sammy Hagar and actor Ed O’Neill uncover their roots, revealing secrets their ancestors went to great lengths to conceal—and celebrating the virtue of accepting one’s relatives, whoever they may be.

Death and Dreams, Part 2 (See 7/3 at 10 p.m. on Iowa PBS)

Steve explores an unmapped volcanic underworld in search of the longest lava tube in Arabia. (R-7/12, 9 a.m., WORLD) TV-PG

WORLD Amanpour and Company

THURSDAY 10

9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Secrets of the Dead: Leonardo, the Man Who Saved Science

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

6:00 p.m. WORLD POV: Is There Anybody Out There?

Evidence suggests many of Leonardo da Vinci’s inventions were realized long before his time. Was Leonardo a copycat? DVS/TV-PG

Ella Glendining searches for people sharing the same experience of living with a disability. TV-14

(R-7/10, 9 p.m., WORLD)

WORLD PBS News Hour 10:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Rick Steves Art of the Renaissance

WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD Citizen Nation: In the Fray

6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Road Trip Iowa: Loess Hills National Scenic Byway South (R-7/12, 9 a.m., Iowa PBS) 7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Walking With Dinosaurs: Band of Brothers Follow a gang of armored dinosaurs,

With the Renaissance came the rebirth of classical culture. Explore some of its exquisite pieces. TV-PG

Pressure builds as students enter the first round of a national civics competition. (R-7/13, 9 a.m., WORLD) TV-PG

WORLD DW The Day 10:30 p.m. WORLD BBC News 11:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Midsomer Murders:

6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Iowa Ingredient: Collard Greens (R-7/12, 11:30 a.m., Iowa PBS) 7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Father Brown: The Face of the Enemy Father Brown spies trouble when Lady Felicia returns to Kembleford. TV-PG WORLD America ReFramed: Running With My Girls

pursued by ferocious raptors, as they battle to reach adulthood. (R-7/13, 7 p.m., WORLD) TV-PG

Death and Dreams, Part 1 (See 7/3 at 10 p.m. on Iowa PBS)

7:30 p.m. WORLD POV: Igualada: Refusing to Know Your Place

WORLD Amanpour and Company

(See 7/7 at 10 p.m. on Iowa PBS) (R-7/12, 11 a.m., WORLD)

WEDNESDAY 9

Tired of watching local government ignore their communities’ interests, five diverse female activists run for municipal office in a rapidly gentrifying Denver. (R-7/13, 4 p.m., WORLD)

8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

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

Human Footprint:

Dressed to Kill From runway to throwaway, Shane suits up to discover the global impact of our fashion addiction. (R-7/15, 7 p.m., WORLD) TV-PG

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

WORLD NHK Newsline

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