ADVANCE May 2025

MAY SCHEDULE SATURDAY 24 6:00 a.m. Iowa PBS The Best of the Joy of Painting: Not Quite Spring WORLD To the Contrary With Bonnie Erbe 6:30 a.m. Iowa PBS 6:30–8 a.m. See page 5. WORLD Washington Week With The Atlantic (R-5/25, 6 a.m., WORLD) 7:00 a.m. WORLD Sominsai: The End of a 1000-Year Old Festival (See 5/23 at 6 p.m. on WORLD) 8:00 a.m. Iowa PBS Ireland With Michael: To the Waters & the Wild WORLD Market to Market (R-5/25, 12:30 p.m., Iowa PBS) 8:30 a.m. Iowa PBS Rick Steves’ Europe: European Travel Skills, Part III WORLD Iowa Press (R-5/25, noon, Iowa PBS) 9:00 a.m. Iowa PBS Road Trip Iowa: Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway East WORLD Historic Buildings of Iowa: Mason City & Clear Lake 9:30 a.m. Iowa PBS Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Samantha’s 25th Anniversary Special 10:00 a.m. Iowa PBS Louisiana Coastal Cooking: Pollinators and the Urban Forest WORLD Consuelo Mack WealthTrack 10:30 a.m. Iowa PBS Lidia’s Kitchen: Cook to Reminisce WORLD The Whitney Reynolds Show: Inner Strength TV-PG 11:00 a.m. Iowa PBS Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Milk Street Thanksgiving WORLD Independent Lens: Who Is Michael Jang? (See 5/21 at 7 p.m. on WORLD) 11:30 a.m. Iowa PBS Iowa Ingredient: Cheddar Explore the art and architecture of historic Mason City and Clear Lake.

3:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting: Rope & Cable Motifs for Quilting WORLD Armed With Language

TUNE IN:

Discover the story of how a military intelligence school in Minnesota played a pivotal role in ending World War II. TV-PG

3:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Fit 2 Stitch: Easy-To-Sew Garments 4:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Garden Smart: Spring in the Garden (R-5/25, 6:30 a.m., Iowa PBS) WORLD Timeless Patriotism: Guam and World War II 4:30 p.m. Iowa PBS British Antiques Roadshow: Sefton Park Palm House 3 5:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Antiques Roadshow: Junk in the Trunk 14 WORLD Road Trip Iowa: Grant Wood Scenic Byway 5:30 p.m. WORLD PBS News Weekend (R-5/25, 11:30 a.m., Iowa PBS) 6:00 p.m. Iowa PBS The Lawrence Welk Show: Salute to Gershwin WORLD The Class: Personal Statement Examine how Guam dealt with the Japanese occupation of their island in WWII. TV-PG

Ask This Old House: Thank you, Roger Cook Saturday, May 24 2:30 p.m. on Iowa PBS This heartfelt tribute episode honors the incredible legacy of Roger Cook: a landscape contractor, dedicated teacher and beloved member of the This Old House family. Fellow colleagues recall their favorite memories and reflect on the impact he made, both on and off camera.

NOON Iowa PBS

America the Bountiful:

Wheat in Kansas

Dad’s Secret War:

WORLD

France 1944 The OSS and SOE were responsible for missions of critical importance to defeating the Nazis. TV-PG

12:30 p.m. Iowa PBS 1:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

Cook’s Country: Celebrating Springtime

In a final push, the Deer Valley High School seniors scramble to submit their applications by the deadline. TV-14

America’s Test Kitchen: Chinese Dumplings and Soup

Village of Death: Oradour-sur-Glane 1944

WORLD

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

Discover the horrific history of the small French village of Oradour-sur Glane during WWII. TV-PG

When Lionel moves in with Jean, they find it difficult to adjust to their new way of life. WORLD Independent Lens: Hidden Letters

1:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Woodsmith Shop: 3 Shop-Made Tools 2:00 p.m. Iowa PBS This Old House: Westford | Mural, Mural on the Wall WORLD Final Landing on Iwo Jima

Modern women in China keep the tradition of Nushu, a secret written language, alive. (R-5/24, 11 p.m., WORLD) TV-PG

7:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Last of the Summer Wine: Cheering Up Gordon TV-PG

Follow two men as they visit the historic war site Iwo Jima. TV-PG

2:30 p.m. Iowa PBS

Ask This Old House:

Thank You, Roger Cook

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