ADVANCE December 2024

DECEMBER SCHEDULE

Join us on our Christmas Along the Danube Tour! December 4–12, 2025

The magic of the Christmas season comes alive the moment you arrive in Europe on this delightful holiday river cruise. You’ll sail along the Danube River to some of the most beautiful Christmas cities of Germany and Austria. Your journey begins in the warm glow of the golden Christmas Angel of Nuremberg and ends with seasonal music at a Viennese orchestra holiday concert. Spend each day strolling through elegant market stalls and immersing yourself in age-old holiday traditions. Sample the local culinary specialties and sip the mulled wines as the spirit of the season engulfs you and rewards you with unforgettable holiday memories.

Visit iowapbs.org/events to download the brochure.

11:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Hope Street 11:30 p.m. WORLD DW The Day

8:00 p.m. WORLD Secrets of the Dead: Archaeology at Althorp

6:00 p.m. WORLD

Hollywood Priest: The Story of Fr. “Bud” Kieser Discover the extraordinary life story, entertainment industry career and national influence of Father Ellwood “Bud” Kieser during the Golden Age of Television. TV-PG

(See 12/14 at 10 p.m. on Iowa PBS)

An extensive excavation of the Althorp estate uncovers significant British archaeological finds.

8:30 p.m. Iowa PBS

TUESDAY 17

Too Hot to Handel—

6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Prairie Sportsman: Pheasants and Stewardship (R-12/21, 9 a.m., Iowa PBS) TV-PG 7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS The Earthshot Report WORLD Free Exercise: America’s Story of Religious Liberty

The Gospel Messiah Enjoy Handel’s “The Messiah” as the piece is reimagined with infusions of jazz, gospel and R&B. 9:00 p.m. WORLD PBS News Hour 10:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Studio 3 LIVE: The Texas Tenors: Home for the Holidays (See 12/13 at 8:30 p.m. on Iowa PBS) (R-12/20, 8:30 p.m., Iowa PBS) WORLD BBC News 10:30 p.m. WORLD Amanpour and Company 11:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Midsomer Murders: Judgement Day, Part 1 (See 12/12 at 9 p.m. on Iowa PBS) 11:30 p.m. WORLD DW The Day

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

(R-12/17, 9 p.m., WORLD)

5:30 p.m. WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD NOVA: Rebuilding Notre Dame (See 12/11 at 8 p.m. on Iowa PBS) 6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Iowa Life

Explore the development of religious freedom in the United States as told through the eyes of six American faith communities—Quakers, Baptists, Black churches, Catholics, Mormons and Jews. (R-12/21, 11 a.m., WORLD) TV-PG

8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

Meet Griff II, Drake University’s live mascot and see a 96-foot tapestry in Centerville. (R-12/19, 11:30 p.m., Iowa PBS)

NOVA: Lost Tombs of

Notre Dame Follow a team of archaeologists and historians as they attempt to solve a mystery at Notre Dame. (R-12/24, 6 p.m., WORLD) DVS/TV-PG

7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

Joy—Christmas With the

Tabernacle Choir The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra

9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Secrets of the Dead: Eiffel’s Race to the Top

lift your spirits with some classic and popular Christmas music. (R-12/24, 9 p.m., Iowa PBS) TV-PG WORLD Secrets of the Dead: The Sunken Basilica (See 12/11 at 9 p.m. on Iowa PBS)

WEDNESDAY 18

Discover the untold story of Paris’ most famous landmark and the race to top 1,000 feet. (R-12/24, 7 p.m., WORLD) TV-PG

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

WORLD PBS News Hour

(R-12/18, 9 p.m., WORLD)

WORLD NHK Newsline

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