ADVANCE May 2025

MAY SCHEDULE

MONDAY 19

8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

TUNE IN:

Deadlock (R-5/21, 6 p.m., WORLD) TV-PG

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

WORLD First Peoples: Asia

The latest evidence sheds light on what happened when people expanded out of Africa and into Asia. TV-PG

(R-5/19, 9 p.m., WORLD)

WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD Snapshots of Confinement

9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

Frontline: Hurricane Helene’s

Deadly Warning Discover how Hurricane Helene became an ominous warning about America’s lack of preparedness. (R-5/21, 8 p.m., WORLD)

Despite rules that limited their use of cameras, Japanese American families held in internment camps during World War II found ways to document their lives. TV-PG

The Brokenwood Mysteries: Stone Cold Dead Thursday, May 22 8 p.m. on Iowa PBS .1 A death at Brokenwood’s Historic Village brings Mike and his team into contact with New Zealand’s colonial past. It appears that Brokenwood might have to come to terms with having its first serial killer.

WORLD PBS News Hour 10:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Deception: World War II: The Fog of War

6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS

British Antiques Roadshow:

Sefton Park Palm House 3 (R-5/24, 4:30 p.m., Iowa PBS)

Explore how radios, transmitters and sound effects changed the course of War II. TV-14

7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

Antiques Roadshow:

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

Junk in the Trunk 14 (R-5/24, 5 p.m., Iowa PBS)

WORLD POV: Against the Tide

TUESDAY 20

The friendship between two fishermen is fractured by the weight of a changing world and a sea threatened by climate change. TV-14

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

(See 5/15 at 9:30 p.m. on Iowa PBS)

8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

WORLD Amanpour and Company

American Experience:

Mr. Polaroid Edwin Land’s iconic Polaroid camera made photography instant and accessible. DVS/TV-PG

(R-5/20, 9 p.m., WORLD)

WEDNESDAY 21

WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD NOVA: Ultimate Crash Test: Impact (See 5/14 at 8 p.m. on Iowa PBS) 6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Iowa Life

5:00 p.m. WORLD France 24 5:30 p.m. Iowa PBS PBS News Hour WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD Deadlock

8:30 p.m. WORLD

Stories From the Stage:

On the Road Again

9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Kate: A Queen for the Future (See 5/18 at 6 p.m. on Iowa PBS) WORLD PBS News Hour 10:00 p.m. Iowa PBS In Their Own Words: Queen Elizabeth II WORLD DW The Day 10:30 p.m. WORLD BBC News 11:00 p.m. Iowa PBS My Life Is Murder: All That Glitters (See 5/17 at 10 p.m. on Iowa PBS) WORLD Amanpour and Company Queen Elizabeth’s remarkable life, from her youth to her reign of more than 60 years, is explored. TV-PG

(R-5/21, 9 p.m., WORLD)

Learn about Mulholland Grocery in Malvern, St. Luke’s in Dubuque, and college-level gymnastics. (R-5/25, 10:30 a.m., Iowa PBS)

7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Finding Your Roots: Larger Than Life Henry Louis Gates Jr. connects Lea Salonga and Amanda Seyfried to their dramatic ancestors. (R-5/25, 8 p.m., WORLD) TV-PG WORLD Bugs That Rule the World: Lifegivers (See 5/14 at 9 p.m. on Iowa PBS)

(See 5/20 at 8 p.m. on Iowa PBS)

6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS

Road Trip Iowa: Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway East (R-5/24, 9 a.m., Iowa PBS)

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