ADVANCE May 2026

MAY SCHEDULE TUESDAY 26 4:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Rick Steves’ Europe: Western Turkey WORLD BBC World News 5:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Antiques Roadshow: Chicago, Hour 2 WORLD France 24 5:30 p.m. WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. Iowa PBS PBS News Hour (R-5/26, 9 p.m., WORLD) WORLD NOVA: When Whales Could Walk (See 5/20 at 8 p.m. on Iowa PBS) 7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Finding Your Roots: Dreamers One and All Henry Louis Gates Jr. traces the

8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS NOVA: Great Mammoth Mystery

TUNE IN:

Sir David Attenborough explores a site with traces of ancient mammoths and Neanderthals. DVS/TV-PG

WORLD Frontline 9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

Secrets of the Dead:

China’s Bronze Kingdom Explore China’s bronze kingdom in the mountains of Sichuan. TV-PG

WORLD PBS News Hour 10:00 p.m. Iowa PBS The Green Planet: Human Worlds

IHSAA Roundup Saturday, May 30

5:30 p.m. on Iowa PBS .1 Take a look back at a handful of the incredible and inspiring stories and achievements of Iowa’s top male student athletes.

Sir David Attenborough reveals how humans are helping plants, many of which face extinction. DVS/TV-PG

WORLD DW The Day 10:30 p.m. WORLD BBC News 11:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Midsomer Murders:

ancestry of actor Sharon Stone and model Chrissy Teigen. (R-5/31, 8 p.m., WORLD) TV-PG

Sauce for the Goose, Part 2 (See 5/21 at 9:35 p.m. on Iowa PBS)

WEDNESDAY 27

WORLD Amanpour and Company

WORLD Shared Planet: Waters

(See 5/20 at 9 p.m. on Iowa PBS)

4:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Rick Steves’ Europe: Central Turkey WORLD BBC World News 5:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Antiques Roadshow: Chicago, Hour 3 WORLD France 24 5:30 p.m. WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. Iowa PBS PBS News Hour (R-5/27, 9 p.m., WORLD) WORLD American Masters: Ten Times Better (See 5/23 at 8:30 p.m. on WORLD) (R-5/30, 12:30 p.m., WORLD) 6:30 p.m. WORLD Independent Lens: Third Act (See 5/25 at 10 p.m. on Iowa PBS) (R-5/30, 11 a.m., WORLD) 7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Nature: Attenborough and the Jurassic Sea Monster (See 5/3 at 4 p.m. on Iowa PBS) (R-5/31, 7 p.m., WORLD)

8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS American Experience: Seabiscuit

THURSDAY 28

4:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Rick Steves’ Europe: WORLD BBC World News 5:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Antiques Roadshow:

In the 1930s, an overworked horse and a broken-down jockey captured the nation’s imagination. (R-5/29, 6 p.m., WORLD) The Enemy of My Enemy We enlist allies from nature to fight in our battles. But is the enemy of an enemy always a friend? TV-PG

France’s Loire: Chateau Country

WORLD Human Footprint:

Cheekwood Estate & Gardens, Hour 2

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

9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Frontline WORLD PBS News Hour 10:00 p.m. Iowa PBS USS Iowa

(R-5/28, 9 p.m., WORLD)

(See 5/24 at 1 p.m. on Iowa PBS)

WORLD Frontline:

WORLD DW The Day 10:30 p.m. WORLD BBC News 11:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Midsomer Murders:

South Korea’s Adoption Reckoning The Associated Press investigates falsified records and faked identities in the adoption of children.

7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Father Brown:

Sauce for the Goose, Part 1 (See 5/21 at 9:35 p.m. on Iowa PBS)

The Kembleford Dragon Father Brown attempts to prevent a much-loved institution from going under after the local stationmaster is killed. TV-PG

WORLD Amanpour and Company

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