ADVANCE May 2024

MAY SCHEDULE

Iowa State Fair Behind-the-Scenes Tour September 17, 2024

Would you like to go on an adventure while also supporting future programming? Make your pledge of $150 and receive a ticket for one of these tours as your thank-you gift.

3 Kitchens Day Tour September 25, 2024

Call 800.728.2828 or visit iowapbs.org/events to get your tickets.

7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS As Time Goes By

11:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Doctor Who: Tom Baker Movies: Pyramids of Mars TV-PG WORLD American Masters: Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir (See 5/13 at 10 p.m. on Iowa PBS)

10:30 a.m. Iowa PBS Iowa Life

Jean and Lionel are still stalemated over who will live with whom. (R-5/26, 11 p.m., Iowa PBS)

(See 5/21 at 6:30 p.m. on Iowa PBS) WORLD Laura Flanders & Friends TV-PG 11:00 a.m. Iowa PBS Firing Line With Margaret Hoover (R-5/26, 1:30 p.m., WORLD) WORLD 10 Days in Watts: A Garden Grows in Watts

WORLD American Masters: Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir (See 5/13 at 10 p.m. on Iowa PBS) (R-5/25, 11 p.m., WORLD) 7:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Keeping Up Appearances: A Strange Man (R-5/26, 11:30 p.m., Iowa PBS) 8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Doc Martin: Love Will Set You Free

SUNDAY 26

6:00 a.m. Iowa PBS

MudTown Farms opens after 12 years and the community comes out to celebrate. TV-PG

Sit and Be Fit: Working the Core and More WORLD Washington Week With The Atlantic 6:30 a.m. Iowa PBS Garden Smart: Building a Pollinator Garden WORLD The Open Mind (R-5/26, 2 p.m., WORLD) 7:00 a.m. Iowa PBS 7–10:30 a.m. See page 5. WORLD DW Focus on Europe 7:30 a.m. WORLD DW Global Us (R-5/26, 3 p.m., WORLD) 8:00 a.m. WORLD America ReFramed: Blurring the Color Line (See 5/23 at 7 p.m. on WORLD) (R-5/26, 4 p.m., WORLD) 9:00 a.m. WORLD Alternative Facts: The Lies of Executive Order 9066 (See 5/23 at 8 p.m. on WORLD) 10:00 a.m. WORLD The Chavis Chronicles: Robert Smith TV-PG

11:30 a.m. Iowa PBS PBS News Weekend WORLD America’s Heartland

The residents of Portwenn may have to cope without Martin and Louisa after he’s offered a new job. (R-5/30, 11 p.m., Iowa PBS) TV-PG Ms. Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries: Reel Murder The gang gathers at the river to relax, but when Samuel reels in human remains with his fishing rod, their day in the sun turns deadly.

Saffron is one of the rarest spices but also helped one couple realize their dreams.

NOON Iowa PBS Iowa Press WORLD This American Land: Long Journey

9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

for Spawning Salmon, A Wildlife Photographer’s Lone Pandemic Ordeal, Restoring the Colorado Delta

12:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Market to Market WORLD Start Up: Conconnect: Harlem, NYC 1:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Great Performances: Purlie Victorious Enjoy this comedic play starring Tony winner Leslie Odom Jr. directed by Tony winner Kenny Leon. TV-14 WORLD To the Contrary With Bonnie Erbe 1:30 p.m. WORLD Firing Line With Margaret Hoover 2:00 p.m. WORLD The Open Mind

WORLD America ReFramed: Blurring the Color Line (See 5/23 at 7 p.m. on WORLD) (R-5/26, 8 a.m., WORLD) 10:00 p.m. Iowa PBS My Life Is Murder: Lividity in Lycra Kieran asks Alexa to look into a suspicious cycling accident. TV-14 WORLD Alternative Facts: The Lies of Executive Order 9066 (See 5/23 at 8 p.m. on WORLD) (R-5/26, 9 a.m., WORLD)

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