ADVANCE September 2024

New Orleans Holiday Tour Celebrate the holidays with Friends of Iowa PBS on our New Orleans Holiday Tour, December 3–7. Experience the unique traditions, heartwarming events and dazzling decorations of the Big Easy. Enjoy mild weather, smaller crowds and streets filled with holiday music and lights. New Orleans takes on extra sparkle with brightly colored bows, baubles and boughs adorning every corner. Join us for a holiday to remember. Call 800.728.2828 or visit iowapbs.org/events for more details.

8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

6:00 p.m. WORLD American Experience: Roberto Clemente A look at Roberto Clemente’s

11:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Midsomer Murders: The Stitcher Society, Part 2 (See 9/12 at 9 p.m. on Iowa PBS) 11:30 p.m. WORLD DW The Day

American Masters: Julia Alvarez: A Life Reimagined Discover the life and work of Julia Alvarez, one of America’s most celebrated Latina writers. (R-9/20, 7 p.m., WORLD) DVS/ESP/TV-14 WORLD Secrets of the Dead: Hidden in the Amazon 9:00 p.m. WORLD PBS News Hour 10:00 p.m. Iowa PBS American Masters: Orozco: Man of Fire Examine the life and career of the WORLD BBC News 10:30 p.m. WORLD Amanpour and Company 11:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Midsomer Murders: The Stitcher Society, Part 1 (See 9/12 at 9 p.m. on Iowa PBS) 11:30 p.m. WORLD DW The Day Recent discoveries shed new light on our understanding of pre-Columbian societies in the Amazon. TV-PG Mexican muralist who had a profound impact on American artists. (R-9/20, 6 p.m., WORLD) TV-PG

spectacular baseball career and his commitment as a humanitarian. TV-PG

6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS

Prairie Sportsman: Pheasants and Stewardship (R-9/21, 9 a.m., Iowa PBS) TV-PG

THURSDAY 19

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

7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

Big Cats 24/7: Parts 1 & 2 of 6

The team begins a six-month expedition following lions, leopards and cheetahs in the Okavango Delta. (R-9/22, 7 p.m., WORLD) TV-PG

(R-9/19, 9 p.m., WORLD)

WORLD American Masters: Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It Explore the life and 70-year career of Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony

The surviving Cuban American dissidents give the full story of the failed Bay of Pigs invasion. TV-14

Award winner Rita Moreno. (R-9/21, 11 a.m., WORLD) TV-14

9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Lion: The Rise and Fall of the Marsh Pride

6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Iowa Ingredient: Onions

(R-9/21, 11:30 a.m., Iowa PBS)

The Marsh pride of lions battles for survival in Kenya’s Maasai Mara Reserve. TV-PG

7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Father Brown: The Wheels of Wrath A group of bikers causes outrage and excitement in Kembleford. TV-PG WORLD America ReFramed: Como Vivimos (How We Live)

WORLD PBS News Hour 10:00 p.m. WORLD BBC News 10:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Wild Hope: Coffee for Water

In California’s Central Valley, Mexican American farm-working families live, love and strive at the Artesi II Migrant Family Housing Center. Until every December, that is, when they’re asked to leave. (R-9/21, 9 p.m., WORLD)

WEDNESDAY 18

Farmers grow coffee to save a rainforest that’s crucial to local communities and wildlife. TV-PG

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

WORLD Amanpour and Company

8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Death in Paradise

(R-9/18, 9 p.m., WORLD)

A celebrated concert pianist is murdered one night in his studio.

WORLD NHK Newsline

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