ADVANCE May 2026

SUNDAY 31

2:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

F.Y.I.

Great Performances at the Met: Arabella Step into 19th-century Vienna in this production by Otto Schenk starring Rachel Willis-Sorensen. TV-PG

6:00 a.m. Iowa PBS Sit and Be Fit WORLD Washington Week With The Atlantic 6:30 a.m. Iowa PBS 6:30–10:30 a.m. See page 5. WORLD The Open Mind (R-5/31, 2 p.m., WORLD) 7:00 a.m. WORLD DW Focus on Europe 7:30 a.m. WORLD DW Global Us 8:00 a.m. WORLD POV: Between Goodbyes (See 5/28 at 7:30 p.m. on WORLD) (R-5/31, 4 p.m., WORLD) 9:30 a.m. WORLD American Masters: Ten Times Better (See 5/23 at 8:30 p.m. on WORLD) (R-5/31, 5:30 p.m., WORLD) 10:00 a.m. WORLD The Chavis Chronicles: Kery Davis, Athletic Director, Howard University TV-PG 10:30 a.m. Iowa PBS Iowa Life (See 5/25 at 9:30 p.m. on Iowa PBS) WORLD Laura Flanders & Friends TV-PG 11:00 a.m. Iowa PBS Firing Line With Margaret Hoover WORLD Great Lakes Now Series: Trails and Wetlands 11:30 a.m. Iowa PBS Compass Points From PBS News WORLD America’s Heartland NOON Iowa PBS Iowa Press WORLD Climate California: Now TV-PG 12:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Market to Market WORLD Start Up: Los Angeles Brands— Los Angeles, California 1:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Governors of Iowa: Robert D. Ray

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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: Inside The Writers Room: The Studio TV-PG 4:00 p.m. WORLD POV: Between Goodbyes (See 5/28 at 7:30 p.m. on WORLD) 5:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Great Performances: Now Hear This | The Call of Istanbul Explore the layered sounds of Istanbul, where empires met from classical music to modern jazz. 5:30 p.m. WORLD American Masters: Ten Times Better (See 5/23 at 8:30 p.m. on WORLD) 6:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Great Performances: Now Hear This | The Iceland Sound Journey across Iceland to uncover how volcanoes and tight-knit communities inspire its artists. WORLD A French Village: An Explosion (See 5/30 at 9 p.m. on WORLD) 7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS The Great Escaper on Masterpiece Learn the true story behind the daring escape of WWII veteran Bernard Jordan. DVS/TV-14 WORLD Nature: Attenborough and the Jurassic Sea Monster (See 5/3 at 4 p.m. on Iowa PBS) (R-5/31, 11 p.m., WORLD) 8:00 p.m. WORLD Finding Your Roots: Dreamers One and All (See 5/26 at 7 p.m. on Iowa PBS)

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9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Downton Abbey on Masterpiece: Season 1, Episode 3

Growing into his role as heir, Matthew brings out the bitter rivalry between sisters Mary and Edith. TV-PG

Reel South: Drowned Land

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10:00 p.m. WORLD Asian Americans: Breaking Through Revisit the turn of the millennium, when Asian Americans are empowered by rising influence. TV-14 10:30 p.m. Iowa PBS British Antiques Roadshow: Brodie Castle and Estate 3 11:00 p.m. Iowa PBS As Time Goes By: We’ll Always Have Paris TV-PG WORLD Nature: Attenborough and the Jurassic Sea Monster (See 5/3 at 4 p.m. on Iowa PBS) 11:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Last of the Summer Wine: Going to Gordon’s Wedding TV-PG

A widely respected political leader of the 1970s and early 1980s, Robert Ray is known for an even-handed approach to governing Iowa.

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