ADVANCE July 2025

JULY SCHEDULE

7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Father Brown: The Dance of Death Father Brown uncovers a dark secret while investigating the murder of a contestant at a ballroom dancing competition. TV-PG WORLD American Experience: American Coup: Wilmington 1898 It’s the story of a race massacre and insurrection in North Carolina’s largest city in 1898. TV-14 8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS The Brokenwood Mysteries: To Die or Not to Die

11:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Midsomer Murders: Birds of Prey, Part 1

TUNE IN:

(See 7/24 at 9:30 p.m. on Iowa PBS)

WORLD Amanpour and Company

WEDNESDAY 30

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

Human Footprint: Vanishing Act Wednesday, July 30 8 p.m. on Iowa PBS .1

(R-7/30, 9 p.m., WORLD)

When a young cast member dies at the end of a “Hamlet” performance, Shepherd suspects that he has not “shuffled off this mortal coil” without help.

WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD POV Shorts: Until He’s Back

From fossils entombed in tar to cells frozen in hope, Shane Campbell-Staton traces the arc of extinction from prehistory to the present. On an epic global journey, he meets species at the brink of oblivion—and the people who won’t give up on them.

Ahmed must find a way to get his son’s remains back home to Morocco so he can say goodbye. TV-14

9:00 p.m. WORLD PBS News Hour 9:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Midsomer Murders:

6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Road Trip Iowa: Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway East WORLD VOCES: Slumlord Millionaire (See 7/28 at 9 p.m. on Iowa PBS) 7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Walking With Dinosaurs: Island of Giants

The Green Man, Parts 1 & 2 The Midsomer canal tunnel collapses during a restoration project, revealing ancient human bones with a recent skeleton hidden among them. TV-PG

11:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Midsomer Murders: Birds of Prey, Part 2

10:00 p.m. WORLD DW The Day 10:30 p.m. WORLD BBC News 11:00 p.m. WORLD Amanpour and Company 11:10 p.m. Iowa PBS Queens of Mystery: Smoke & Mirrors, Part 1

(See 7/24 at 9:30 p.m. on Iowa PBS)

WORLD Amanpour and Company

Discover the story of Lusotitan, one of the largest dinosaurs ever. TV-PG

8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

THURSDAY 31

Human Footprint:

Vanishing Act Shane meets species on the brink of oblivion and the people who won’t let them slip away. TV-PG

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

WORLD Frontline 9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS NOVA: Ancient Maya Metropolis

(See 7/26 at 8 p.m. on Iowa PBS)

(R-7/31, 9 p.m., WORLD)

WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD American Experience: The American Vice President Explore the dramatic period between 1963 and 1976, when a grief-stricken, then scandal-stricken America was forced to define the role of the vice president and the process of succession. TV-PG

NOVA investigates why the ancient Maya abandoned the cities they had lived in for centuries. DVS/TV-PG

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

At the planet’s frozen extremes, animals can reveal the changes taking place. DVS/TV-PG

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

WORLD DW The Day 10:30 p.m. WORLD BBC News

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