Prime Afternoons: All your PBS favorites, in the daytime

Missed a show in the evening? Enjoy some of our highest-rated primetime evening shows earlier in the day during Prime Afternoons each weekday from 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Start your month with some of your favorite shows throughout the week!

On Mondays, enjoy “Antiques Roadshow” at 1:30 p.m. and the beloved “Father Brown” at 2:30 p.m. To finish off the afternoon, check out “Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries” at 3:30 p.m.

Tuesdays, check out “Antiques Roadshow” at 1:30 p.m., followed by back-to-back episodes of “Midsomer Murders” starting at 2:30 p.m. Then get caught up with “Check, Please! Arizona” at 4:30 p.m.

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Wednesdays are for American History. Enjoy “Finding Your Roots” at 1:30 p.m. and “VOCES: American Historia” at 2:30 p.m. with “Pati Jinich Explores Panamericana” at 3:30 p.m. 

Thursdays, tune into “Big Cats 24/7” at 1:30 p.m. with “Evolution Earth” at 2:30 p.m. and “Energy Switch” at 3:30 p.m. Then at 4 p.m., explore all things Arizona with “Arizona Wildlife Views.”

On Fridays, finish off the week with “NOVA” at 1:30 p.m., followed by “Secrets of the Dead” at 2:30 p.m. and “Tutankhamun” at 3:30 p.m. 

Then at 4:30 p.m., enjoy episodes of the beloved “Rick Steves’ Europe” all month long, and check out local restaurants with “Check, Please! Arizona” airing Tuesdays at 4:30 p.m.

For more information about what’s on each week, view the full schedule here.

As Prime Afternoons wraps up at 5 p.m., it leads you right into our news block featuring Arizona Horizon, BBC World News America and PBS News Hour, followed by our regular primetime programming.

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