ADVANCE May 2024

2:30 p.m. WORLD ICT Newscast With Aliyah Chavez 3:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Two Wars: The Road to Integration The endeavor to integrate the U.S. Armed Forces and what that meant to Black service members. TV-PG WORLD DW Global Us 3:30 p.m. Iowa PBS The Metal Detector An Austrian retiree’s discovery of a B-17 leads to a surprising, heart warming journey. TV-PG WORLD On Story: Script to Screen: Dolemite Is My Name Celebrated writing team Scott

7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

TUNE IN:

National Memorial Day

Concert 2024 Tune in to the 35th annual broadcast of America’s national night of remembrance. (R-5/26, 8:30 p.m., Iowa PBS) TV-PG WORLD Nature: Green Island, White Desert (See 5/22 at 7 p.m. on Iowa PBS) (R-5/26, 11 p.m., WORLD) 8:00 p.m. WORLD Finding Your Roots: Far and Away (See 5/21 at 7 p.m. on Iowa PBS) 8:30 p.m. Iowa PBS National Memorial Day Concert 2024 (See 5/26 at 7 p.m. on Iowa PBS) 9:00 p.m. WORLD Independent Lens: Beyond Utopia Follow families on a treacherous journey to defect from their homeland of North Korea. TV-MA 10:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Final Landing on Iwo Jima (See 5/25 at 6 p.m. on WORLD) 11:00 p.m. Iowa PBS As Time Goes By (See 5/25 at 7 p.m. on Iowa PBS) WORLD Nature: Green Island, White Desert (See 5/22 at 7 p.m. on Iowa PBS) 11:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Keeping Up Appearances: A Strange Man

The Metal Detector Sunday, May 26 3:30 p.m. on Iowa PBS .1 Georg is an Austrian retiree whose mother witnessed the crash of an Allied B-17 near their home during World War II. When he takes up metal detecting to find the wreckage, a growing fascination leads him on a heartfelt mission that will bring a group of international strangers together for surprising emotional adventure.

Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, alongside filmmaker Craig Brewer, discuss their collaboration. TV-PG

4:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Iowa’s WWII Stories

This program honors the Iowans who went into battle, as well as those who provided support from home.

WORLD America ReFramed: Blurring the Color Line (See 5/23 at 7 p.m. on WORLD) 5:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Forgotten War: Iowans in Korea Hear from Iowans who fought in

6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS

British Antiques Roadshow:

Aston Hall 2 WORLD American Masters: Waterman— Duke: Ambassador of Aloha

Jason Momoa narrates the inspiring story of five-time Olympic medalist Duke Kahanamoku. TV-PG

Korea in this documentary exploring their battlefield experiences and the long-term effects on their lives six decades after they came home. TV-PG Discover how people from dramatically different worlds broke down barriers to organize the most comprehensive campaign of the Civil Rights Movement. TV-PG

7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

WORLD Training for Freedom

Antiques Roadshow:

MONDAY 27

I Was There

8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Antiques Roadshow: Albuquerque, Hour 3 WORLD Local, USA: Asian American Stories of Resilience, Part 2

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

5:30 p.m. WORLD PBS News Weekend 6:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Iowans Remember Vietnam

This episode features films focusing on resilience through the lens of family, identities and immigration.

(R-5/27, 9 p.m., WORLD)

8:30 p.m. WORLD Stories From the Stage: It’s All Relative 9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS USS Iowa (See 5/25 at 9 a.m. on WORLD) WORLD PBS NewsHour

Examine one of the most turbulent times in American history from the perspective of those who were there. The Vow From Hiroshima Follow Setsuko Thurlow, a survivor of the atomic bombing in Hiroshima, on her 75-year journey to ban nuclear weapons globally. TV-PG

House in the Garden:

Shofuso and Modernism Modern and traditional Japanese architecture meet in the Philadelphia region.

WORLD

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