ADVANCE May 2026

MAY SCHEDULE

MONDAY 18

2:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

TUNE IN:

Great Performances: Top Hat Enjoy this musical inspired by the 1935 movie musical starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. TV-PG

4:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Rick Steves’ Europe: Venice: City of Dreams WORLD BBC World News 5:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Antiques Roadshow: Albuquerque, Hour 1 WORLD France 24 5:30 p.m. WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. Iowa PBS PBS News Hour (R-5/18, 9 p.m., WORLD) WORLD The Vow From Hiroshima

WORLD The Open Mind TV-PG 2:30 p.m. WORLD ICT Newscast 3:00 p.m. WORLD Balancing Act With John Katko 3:30 p.m. WORLD On Story: The Writer Producer

Antiques Roadshow: Junk in the Trunk 15 Monday, May 18 7 p.m. on Iowa PBS .1 Visit all five cities from Roadshow ’s celebratory Season 30 for never-before seen finds, including a 1961 JFK Santa Claus Letter, a 1979 Ed Ruscha Stage Fright ink on paper, and a John Juzek violin, ca. 1950. Can you guess the episode’s biggest find?

Relationship With Christine Vachon & Celine Song TV-PG

4:00 p.m. WORLD America ReFramed:

Geographies of Kinship (See 5/14 at 7 p.m. on WORLD)

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

4:30 p.m. Iowa PBS

7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

Martha Graham Dance Company: We Are Our Time: Athletes of God Celebrate an American icon and tour the world with the Martha Graham Dance Company. TV-PG

Antiques Roadshow:

Junk in the Trunk 15 (R-5/22, 5 p.m., Iowa PBS)

WORLD Atomic People

9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Downton Abbey on Masterpiece: Season 1, Episode 1

Witness the human fallout of the first and last atomic bombs used in warfare from the only remaining survivors of a nuclear attack. TV-MA

5:30 p.m. WORLD Ghost Mountain: The Second Killing Fields of Cambodia (See 5/14 at 8:30 p.m. on WORLD) 6:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Great Performances: Now Hear This | Everyone Loves Joplin Uncover the lasting impact of ragtime king Scott Joplin. WORLD A French Village: The Man Without a Name (See 5/16 at 9 p.m. on WORLD) 7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Emma: Episode 3

When the Titanic sinks, Lord Grantham loses his immediate heirs, throwing Downton Abbey into turmoil. (R-5/21, 11 p.m., Iowa PBS) TV-PG

8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Antiques Roadshow:

Cheekwood Estate & Gardens, Hour 1 (R-5/21, 5 p.m., Iowa PBS)

Reel South: Louder Than Guns

WORLD

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

A musician and a journalist travel the country fostering open conversations on gun rights and violence. TV-PG

Stories From the Stage:

Stranger Than Fiction

10:00 p.m. WORLD Asian Americans: Good Americans

Road Trip Iowa: Highway 20

(R-5/23, 9 a.m., Iowa PBS)

Intimate stories cast a new lens on U.S. history and the ongoing role that Asian Americans play. TV-PG

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

Emma teases Mr. Knightley about Jane and examines her own feelings for Frank. TV-PG Attenborough and the Sea Dragon (See 5/13 at 7 p.m. on Iowa PBS) (R-5/17, 11 p.m., WORLD)

10:30 p.m. Iowa PBS British Antiques Roadshow: Sefton Park Palm House 2 11:00 p.m. Iowa PBS As Time Goes By: The Cruise TV-PG WORLD Nature: Attenborough and the Sea Dragon (See 5/13 at 7 p.m. on Iowa PBS) 11:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Last of the Summer Wine: Cheering Up Gordon TV-PG

WORLD Nature:

Visit the Maintenance Shop in Ames, make apple cider and ride along with Escaramuza Quetzalli. (R-5/24, 10:30 a.m., Iowa PBS)

10:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Emma: Episode 4

Independent Lens:

Light of the Setting Sun A filmmaker confronts her Chinese family’s trauma and questions whether the cycle can end. (R-5/20, 7:30 p.m., WORLD) TV-14

What was intended as a day of fun turns into a day of agony on the Box Hill excursion. TV-PG WORLD Finding Your Roots: Far From Home (See 5/12 at 7 p.m. on Iowa PBS)

WORLD DW The Day

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