ADVANCE October 2024

THURSDAY 3

6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12 AT 2 PM SuperAgers: Getting Old, Living Young Screening

Prairie Sportsman: Precision Shots and Green Ammonia (R-10/5, 9 a.m., Iowa PBS) TV-PG

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

7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

Big Cats 24/7: Episode 4 The Okavango Delta is transformed by a flood that brings new challenges for the big cats. (R-10/6, 7 p.m., WORLD) TV-PG

(R-10/3, 9 p.m., WORLD)

WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD VOCES American Historia:

7:30 p.m. WORLD Frontline: South Korea’s Adoption Reckoning

The Untold History of Latinos: Echoes of Empires Host John Leguizamo examines the accomplishments and rise of great empires and civilizations in Mexico, South America and the Caribbean. TV-14

The Associated Press investigates falsified records and faked identities in the adoption of children.

8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

NOVA: Solar System:

6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Iowa Ingredient: Happy Hour Special (R-10/5, 11:30 a.m., Iowa PBS) 7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Father Brown: The Kembleston Olimpicks

Storm Worlds Discover the forces driving the dramatic weather on neighboring planets and moons. (R-10/8, 6 p.m., WORLD) DVS

9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

Join Iowa PBS in Johnston for a screening of SuperAgers: Getting Old, Living Young . This film celebrates older people who are thriving, thanks to their healthy habits and positive outlook. It blends tips from experts with inspiring glimpses into the lives and mindsets of SuperAgers themselves. A discussion facilitated by AARP Iowa will follow the screening.

Father Brown investigates when rivalries escalate to murderous heights at the Kembleston Olimpicks.

Secrets of the Dead:

Returning to Babylon Archaeologists search for Assyrian artifacts that survived the Isis occupation of Mosul. (R-10/8, 7 p.m., WORLD) TV-PG

WORLD VOCES on PBS: From Here/From There (De Aqui/De Alla)

Meet Luis Cortes Romero, the first undocumented attorney to argue a case before the U.S. Supreme Court. (R-10/5, 9 p.m., WORLD) TV-PG

WORLD PBS News Hour 10:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Wonders of Mexico: Mountain Worlds Discover an amazing diversity of

8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS The Texas Tenors:

10th Anniversary Favorites Three-time Emmy Award-winning classical crossover group, The Texas Tenors, perform some of their favorite songs. Fans of the trio have an opportunity to get tickets to a special private performance at Iowa PBS. (R-10/6, 1 p.m., Iowa PBS) Two Mexican American brothers, both decorated Vietnam veterans, find themselves facing deportation. (R-10/5, 10 p.m., WORLD) TV-MA

life and culture in the great chain of mountains, the Sierra Madre. (R-10/6, 6 p.m., WORLD) DVS

WORLD BBC News 10:30 p.m. WORLD Amanpour and Company 11:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Midsomer Murders: Scarecrow Murders, Part 2

WORLD VOCES: American Exile

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Barnaby’s investigation into murders at a scarecrow festival leads to several suspects. TV-PG

9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Midsomer Murders: For Death Prepare, Parts 1 & 2 An amateur opera company is in

11:30 p.m. WORLD DW The Day

the middle of rehearsals for a charity concert when a dead body is found in the theater. (Part 1: R-10/9, 12:01 a.m., Iowa PBS) (Part 2: R-10/9, 11 p.m., Iowa PBS TV-PG

Go to iowapbs.org/events to register for this free event.

WORLD PBS News Hour

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