ADVANCE May 2025

MAY SCHEDULE

THURSDAY 15

9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

TUNE IN:

Epic Train Journeys From Above: Canada’s Wilderness Railroad Cross the province of Manitoba with the Winnipeg to Churchill train.

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

WORLD PBS News Hour 10:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Deception: World War II: Spinning Webs

(R-5/15, 9 p.m., WORLD)

WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD Reel South: South By South Korea See how two films have bridged the American South and the Korean Peninsula. TV-PG 6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Iowa Ingredient: Strawberries (R-5/17, 11:30 a.m., Iowa PBS) 7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Father Brown: The River Corrupted Sid returns to Kembleford to ask his old family to help save his new one. TV-PG WORLD Asian Americans: Good Americans

Discover how deception during World War II became extremely sophisticated. TV-14

NOVA: Ultimate Crash Test: Impact

WORLD DW The Day 10:30 p.m. WORLD BBC News 11:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Midsomer Murders: The Green Man, Part 1

Wednesday, May 14 8 p.m. on Iowa PBS .1

In the second episode of this two-part special, forensic analysis is put to the test in a first-of-its-kind experiment to discover what really happens in a multi-vehicle pileup. Real-life crash scene investigations have very little data to work with, so are they accurate?

(See 5/8 at 9:30 p.m. on Iowa PBS)

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WEDNESDAY 14

Intimate stories cast a new lens on U.S. history and the ongoing role that Asian Americans play. (R-5/17, 10 p.m., WORLD) TV-PG The Brokenwood Mysteries: Fall From Grace A surprise guest interrupts the picnic that Kristin, Breen and Gina throw for Mike’s birthday.

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

8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

NOVA: Ultimate Crash Test: Impact See how a first-of-its-kind experiment aims to discover how to make cars and drivers safer. (R-5/20, 6 p.m., WORLD) TV-14 Bugs That Rule the World: Lifegivers Dive into the colorful world of Earth’s essential pollinators—bees, moths and butterflies. (R-5/20, 7 p.m., WORLD) TV-PG

8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

(R-5/14, 9 p.m., WORLD)

WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD Independent Lens: Free Chol Soo Lee After 10 years of fighting for his freedom, Chol Soo Lee becomes an inspiring icon. TV-14 6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Road Trip Iowa:

9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

WORLD Pacific Heartbeat: Loimata, the Sweetest Tears

Confronting intergenerational trauma head on, the Siope family returns to their homeland of Samoa. (R-5/18, 9 a.m., WORLD)

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

WORLD PBS News Hour 10:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Nature: Big Little Journeys: Home

Historic Hills Scenic Byway (R-5/17, 9 a.m., Iowa PBS)

7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Nature:

A baby turtle in Canada and a young bushbaby in South Africa search for a safe new home. DVS/TV-PG

Midsomer Murders:

My Garden of a Thousand Bees A wildlife cameraman set out to film all the bees he found in his urban garden in Bristol, England. (R-5/18, 7 p.m., WORLD) DVS

Bad Tidings, Parts 1 & 2 Sergeant Dan Scott (John Hopkins) arrives to work with Barnaby and is thrown straight into a murder investigation in Midsomer Mallow. (Part 1: R-5/20, 11 p.m., Iowa PBS) (Part 2: R-5/21, 11 p.m., Iowa PBS) TV-PG

WORLD DW The Day 10:30 p.m. WORLD BBC News 11:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Midsomer Murders: The Green Man, Part 2

7:30 p.m. WORLD Independent Lens: And So It Begins (See 5/12 at 10 p.m. on Iowa PBS) (R-5/17, 11 a.m., WORLD)

10:00 p.m. WORLD DW The Day 10:30 p.m. WORLD BBC News

(See 5/8 at 9:30 p.m. on Iowa PBS)

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