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 4:30 p.m.

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

On Mondays, pack your bags for “Celebrity Antiques Road Trip” at 1:30 p.m., with the well-loved drama “Father Brown” following behind at 2:30 p.m. Then find out whodunnit on “Agatha Christie’s: Poirot” at 3:30 p.m.

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Tuesdays begin with finding hidden gems on “Antiques Roadshow” at 1:30 p.m. followed by a trip to Midsomer County in “Midsomer Murders” at 2:30 and 3:30 p.m. To finish off the afternoon, tune in to the latest episode of “Check, Please! Arizona.”

Wednesdays are for American history. Start off with “Finding Your Roots” at 1:30 p.m. On April 24, check out “Julius Caesar: The Making of A Dictator” in the 2:30 p.m. time slot followed by “Rise of the Nazis” on April 3 and “American Experience” on April 24 in the 3:30 p.m. slot.

Thursdays, start of the month on April 4 with back-to-back episodes of “Animal Babies: First Year of Life” at 1:30, 2:30 and 3:30 p.m. For the rest of the month, “Nature: Changing Planet” will take over the 1:30 p.m. on April 25 followed by “Evolution Earth” at 2:30 p.m. and “Green Planet” at 3:30 p.m.

Fridays, wrap up the week with back-to-back episodes of “NOVA” at 1:30, 2:30 and 3:30 p.m. On April 12, “Wonders of Mexico” will take over the 2:30 p.m. time slot followed by “Mystery of Chaco Canyon” at 3:30 p.m. On April 19 and 26, check out “Earth’s Natural Wonders” at 2:30 p.m. and “Age of Nature” at 3:30 p.m.

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

As Prime Afternoons wraps up at 4:30 p.m., it leads you right into our news block featuring ICT NewsArizona HorizonBBC World News America and PBS NewsHour, followed by our regular primetime programming.

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