ADVANCE December 2023

DECEMBER SCHEDULE

11:30 a.m. Iowa PBS PBS News Weekend WORLD America’s Heartland

4:00 p.m. WORLD America ReFramed: Hayden & Her Family

7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

Agatha Christie: Lucy Worsley on the Mystery Queen: Destination Unknown Lucy Worsley unravels Agatha’s mysterious 1926 disappearance and examines how it affected her work. DVS/TV-PG

(See 12/7 at 7 p.m. on WORLD)

Prunes are making a comeback after being rediscovered by chefs and consumers alike.

4:30 p.m. Iowa PBS In Performance at the White House: Spirit of the Season

NOON Iowa PBS Iowa Press WORLD This American Land: Farmers

Artists perform songs depicting the spirit of the season. Holiday decorations are showcased.

WORLD Nature: American Arctic

(See 12/6 at 7 p.m. on Iowa PBS) (R-12/10, 11 p.m., WORLD)

Challenge Climate Change, the Salton Sea in Trouble, Songbirds Respond to Improved Habitat

5:00 p.m. WORLD Absence/Presence

8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece: Second Time Lucky A missing ring is just one snag as James and Helen’s wedding date approaches. DVS/TV-PG WORLD Finding Your Roots: Laughing on the Inside Henry Louis Gates Jr. explores the family trees of comedians Lewis Black and Roy Wood Jr. TV-PG 9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece: Honeymoon’s Over As James and Helen enter married life, Tristan too must make new adjustments. DVS/TV-PG Stories from doctors, patients, nurses, chaplains and caregivers highlight the benefits of incorporating a patent’s spirituality as part of a whole-patient/ whole-person model of care. WORLD Your Health: A Sacred Matter

12:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Market to Market WORLD

(See 12/7 at 8 p.m. on WORLD)

5:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Rick Steves European Christmas

Start Up: Opnr: Grand Rapids, Michigan

Rick celebrates Christmas in England, France, Norway, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy. (R-12/23, 8 a.m., Iowa PBS)

1:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Les Miserables: The Staged Concert (See 12/1 at 8:30 p.m. on Iowa PBS) WORLD To the Contrary With Bonnie Erbe 1:30 p.m. WORLD Firing Line With Margaret Hoover 2:00 p.m. WORLD The Open Mind 2:30 p.m. WORLD ICT Newscast With Aliyah Chavez (R-12/17, 2:30 p.m., WORLD) 3:00 p.m. WORLD DW Global Us 3:30 p.m. WORLD On Story: A Conversation With Liz Hannah

WORLD PBS News Weekend 6:00 p.m. WORLD Tell Me More

With Kelly Corrigan: Michael Lewis TV-PG

6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Christmas on the Danube

Visit cities along the Danube River and explore stunning European landscape, history and culture.

WORLD Tell Me More

With Kelly Corrigan: Constance Wu TV-PG

10:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

Seaside Hotel: Collaboration

Molin returns from Berlin with an offer to Madsen for a new cooperation with the Germans. TV-14

Writer and producer Liz Hannah reflects on her career from her first screenplay, The Post . TV-PG

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