ADVANCE December 2025

7:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Iowa Press

6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Iowa Ingredient: French Holiday 7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Father Brown: The Queen Bee Father Brown investigates the mysterious death of a wealthy beekeeper. TV-PG WORLD Doc World: Ganden: A Joyful Land Likened by Buddhists to Vatican City, Ganden is considered the most influential monastery of Tibetan Buddhism. (R-12/7, 8 a.m., WORLD)

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(R-12/6, 8:30 a.m., WORLD)

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

(R-12/6, 8 a.m., WORLD)

8:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Studio 3 LIVE: Kevin Burt and Big Medicine Featuring Bob Dorr 9:00 p.m. WORLD PBS News Hour 9:30 p.m. Iowa PBS ACL Presents: 24th Annual Americana Honors The 24th Annual Americana Honors features performances by John Fogerty and Emmylou Harris. TV-PG 10:00 p.m. WORLD Bloomberg Wall Street Week (R-12/7, 1 p.m., WORLD) 10:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Recorded Live at Analog: Dave Stewart Does Dylan TV-PG 11:00 p.m. WORLD Amanpour and Company 11:30 p.m. Iowa PBS The Caverns Sessions: Ruby Waters TV-14 Rick celebrates Christmas in England, France, Norway, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy. (R-12/7, 4:30 p.m., Iowa PBS) TV-PG WORLD To the Contrary With Bonnie Erbe (R-12/6, 4 p.m., WORLD) 6:30 a.m. WORLD Washington Week With The Atlantic (R-12/6, 4:30 p.m., WORLD) 7:00 a.m. WORLD Earth’s Sacred Wonders: House of the Divine (See 12/5 at 6 p.m. on WORLD) (R-12/6, 1 p.m., WORLD) SATURDAY 6 6:00 a.m. Iowa PBS Rick Steves’ European Christmas

Cooking With Legends: Lidia Bastianich and Jacques Pépin Saturday, December 6 11 a.m. on Iowa PBS .1 Join longtime friends and chefs Lidia Bastianich and Jacques Pépin for mouth watering recipes and personal family stories. Their combined knowledge doubles the fun when they come together to share the recipes that made their careers.

8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

The Brokenwood Mysteries: The Dark Angel Mike faces a challenge when a body is found in an abandoned mental health facility.

8:30 p.m. WORLD POV Shorts: Under G-D

Explore how Jewish organizations and rabbis are challenging the overturning of Roe v. Wade. (R-12/7, 9:30 a.m., WORLD) TV-14

9:00 p.m. WORLD PBS News Hour 9:34 p.m. Iowa PBS Midsomer Murders: Dark Autumn, Parts 1 & 2

FRIDAY 5

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

In the village of Goodman’s Land, postman Dave Cutler is murdered while on an early morning round. (Part 1: R-12/9, 11 p.m., Iowa PBS) (Part 2: R-12/10, 11 p.m., Iowa PBS) TV-PG

(R-12/5, 9 p.m., WORLD)

WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD Earth’s Sacred Wonders: House of the Divine

10:00 p.m. WORLD DW The Day 10:30 p.m. WORLD BBC News 11:00 p.m. WORLD Amanpour and Company 11:15 p.m. Iowa PBS Queens of Mystery: The Raven, Part 1

Journey to the world’s landmark spiritual sites, captured in full glory with awe-inspiring visuals. (R-12/6, 7 a.m., WORLD)

6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Prairie Sportsman: Precision Shots and Green Ammonia TV-PG 7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Washington Week With The Atlantic (R-12/6, 6:30 a.m., WORLD) WORLD Leonardo da Vinci: The Disciple of Experience While the Renaissance was in full bloom, Leonardo da Vinci apprenticed as an artist. (R-12/6, 2 p.m., WORLD) TV-14

An Edgar Allan Poe manuscript is stolen before its sale, and a raven feather is left in its place.

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