ADVANCE May 2025

MAY SCHEDULE

9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

10:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

TUNE IN:

Marie Antoinette:

Aging in America:

Survive or Thrive Narrated by Martin Sheen, this documentary celebrates the

Madame Deficit Marie Antoinette deals with personal grief after the death of her daughter Sophie. TV-14 Doc World: And Still I Sing As the hopes and dreams of three Afghan women are about to become reality, the Taliban returns to power, reversing 20 years of progress for women’s rights.

promise of increased longevity while addressing crucial and unprecedented public policy challenges. TV-14

WORLD

WORLD DW The Day 10:30 p.m. WORLD BBC News 11:00 p.m. Iowa PBS My Life Is Murder: Call of the Wild (See 5/3 at 10 p.m. on Iowa PBS) WORLD Amanpour and Company

9:58 p.m. Iowa PBS Les Misérables on Masterpiece: Episode 1

Bugs That Rule the World: Insect Apocalypse Wednesday, May 7 9 p.m. on Iowa PBS .1

Dominic West, Lily Collins and David Oyelowo star in an epic retelling of Victor Hugo’s classic novel. TV-14

TUESDAY 6

10:30 p.m. WORLD POV Shorts: You Are My Sunshine

Scientists and enthusiasts investigate the global insect “apocalypse,” revealing the crucial roles bugs play on our planet and the bleak picture of a future without them.

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

This episode includes three stories about care and connection. TV-PG

11:00 p.m. WORLD Nature: Niagara Falls

(R-5/6, 9 p.m., WORLD)

(See 5/4 at 7 p.m. on WORLD)

WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD NOVA: Critical Condition: Health in Black America See how Stanley Nelson traces the roots of systemic racism in our medical system. TV-14 6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Iowa Life

11:01 p.m. Iowa PBS Les Misérables on Masterpiece: Episode 2

7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Antiques Roadshow:

Celebrating Asian-Pacific Heritage (R-5/10, 5 p.m., Iowa PBS) WORLD North Korea: A Filmmaker Walks the Tightrope Filmmaker Yang Yonghi explores conflicted feelings about her family as Koreans in Japan. TV-PG 8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Antiques Roadshow: Santa Clara, Hour 3 WORLD Who She Is

Living respectably as a provincial mayor and factory owner, Valjean hires the single mother Fantine. TV-14

MONDAY 5

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

Visit the Color the Wind Kite Festival, a small-town newspaper partnership and a braille competition. (R-5/11, 10:30 a.m., Iowa PBS)

7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Finding Your Roots: Children of Exile,

Meet just a few of the missing and murdered Indigenous women of Wyoming. TV-PG

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

WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD The Vow From Hiroshima

Henry Louis Gates Jr. retraces the ancestral journeys of David Chang and Raul Esparza. (R-5/11, 8 p.m., WORLD) DVS/TV-PG Pati Jinich Explores Panamericana: Juneau & Whitehorse—Sister Cities Pati explores the sister cities of Juneau and Whitehorse. (R-5/9, 8 p.m., WORLD) TV-PG A discovery may reveal how closely related the First Americans were to today’s Native Americans. TV-PG

8:30 p.m. WORLD 9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

Stories From the Stage:

Women in Action

A survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima shares stories from her life. TV-PG

8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

Independent Lens: Matter of Mind: My Alzheimer’s This film shares intimate portrayals of three families confronting and coping with the unique challenges of Alzheimer’s disease. (R-5/7, 7 p.m., WORLD) DVS/TV-PG

6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS

British Antiques Roadshow:

Clissold Park 2 (R-5/10, 4:28 p.m., Iowa PBS)

WORLD First Peoples: Americas

WORLD PBS News Hour

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