ADVANCE December 2024

FRIDAY 6

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

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

Holiday Cookies Special (R-12/7, 11:30 a.m., Iowa PBS)

DECEMBER

7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

Use your digital Friends MemberCard throughout the month for two-for-one admission to the following venues. Please present your digital MemberCard when purchasing or picking up your tickets. BENEFITS MEMBERCARD

Father Brown: The Last Tango

in Kembleford Father Brown investigates the death of a local dancer.

(R-12/6, 9 p.m., WORLD)

WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD NOVA: Solar System: Icy Worlds

WORLD Doc World: Siqueiros: Walls of Passion

Mexican muralist David Alfaro was a controversy-stirring revolutionary and lifetime activist who lived with theatrical flair and painted on an epic scale. (R-12/7, 9 p.m., WORLD) Death in Paradise After a blackout, the team traces the source and discovers an electrocuted dead body. TV-PG This is the lyrical story of Mexican singer/songwriter Diana Gameros, who left Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, to pursue her musical dream in Michigan. (R-12/7, 10 p.m., WORLD)

Discover why the ice here on Earth is so unique. DVS

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

Visit cities along the Danube River and explore stunning European landscape, history and culture. (R-12/25, 6:30 p.m., Iowa PBS)

8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

Orchestra Iowa Cedar Rapids

Get half-price tickets to any upcoming Masterworks or Chamber performances purchased this month including Blues & Bass in January and A Lyrical Journey in March. 319.366.8203 | artsiowa.com

7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Washington Week With The Atlantic (R-12/7, 6:30 a.m., WORLD) WORLD In Their Own Words: Pope Francis The experiences that led Jorge Bergoglio to the highest office in the

WORLD Dear Homeland

Catholic Church are explored. (R-12/30, 6 p.m., WORLD) TV-PG

Phelps Youth Pavilion Waterloo

9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Midsomer Murders: Blue Herrings, Parts 1 & 2

7:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Iowa Press

Visit this split-level children’s museum filled with creative, hands-on experiences, from simple drawing and painting projects to magical high-tech adventures and a climbable playscape for young ones to explore. 319.291.4490 | waterloocenterforthearts.org/ phelpsyouthpavilion

A visit to his convalescent aunt prompts Barnaby to investigate a series of suspicious deaths at the nursing home where she is staying. (Part 1: R-12/10, 11 p.m., Iowa PBS) (Part 2: R-12/11, 11 p.m., Iowa PBS) TV-PG

(R-12/7, 8:30 a.m., WORLD)

8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Market to Market

(R-12/7, 8 a.m., WORLD) WORLD In Their Own Words: Chuck Berry Take a riveting ride on the Chuck Berry train and explore the life of the man behind the music. DVS/TV-14 8:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Studio 3 LIVE: Neil Anders & the Brothers Merritt Neil Anders & the Brothers Merritt create an original sound that is refreshingly unique. 9:00 p.m. WORLD PBS News Hour 9:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Austin City Limits: The War on Drugs TV-PG 10:00 p.m. WORLD BBC News

WORLD PBS News Hour 10:00 p.m. WORLD BBC News 10:30 p.m. WORLD Amanpour and Company 10:40 p.m. Iowa PBS Midsomer Murders— 25 Years of Mayhem

Discover how this came to life from the pages of Caroline Graham’s Chief Inspector Barnaby books, and meet the on- and off-screen talent who have played pivotal roles in the success of the series. TV-PG

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11:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Iowa Life: Holiday Episode (R-12/8, 10:30 a.m. WORLD DW The Day

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