ADVANCE December 2025

DECEMBER SCHEDULE

11:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Doctor Who Classic: Sylvester McCoy Movies: Delta and the Bannermen WORLD American Masters: Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes (See 12/13 at 7 p.m. on WORLD)

3:30 p.m. WORLD On Story: On the Making of Sing Sing Clint Bentley and Monique Walton discuss the making of the independent film. TV-PG 3:46 p.m. Iowa PBS Sense and Sensibility (2 of 3) Marianne and Willoughby find themselves falling blissfully in love. 4:00 p.m. WORLD Doc World: The Accused: Damned or Devoted? (See 12/11 at 7:30 p.m. on WORLD) 4:38 p.m. Iowa PBS Sense and Sensibility (3 of 3) 5:30 p.m. WORLD In the Night I Remember Your Name (See 12/14 at 9:30 a.m. on WORLD) 5:32 p.m. Iowa PBS Christmas on the Danube Marianne learns the full extent of Willoughby’s betrayal and wrongdoing from Brandon.

TUNE IN:

SUNDAY 14

6:00 a.m. Iowa PBS Sit and Be Fit WORLD Washington Week With The Atlantic (See 12/12 at 7 p.m. on Iowa PBS) 6:30 a.m. Iowa PBS 6:30–10:30 a.m. See page 5. WORLD The Open Mind: Bipartisan Justice Reform (R-12/14, 2 p.m., WORLD) 7:00 a.m. WORLD DW Focus on Europe 7:30 a.m. WORLD DW Global Us 8:00 a.m. WORLD Doc World: The Accused: Damned or Devoted? (See 12/11 at 7:30 p.m. on WORLD) (R-12/14, 4 p.m., WORLD) 9:30 a.m. WORLD In the Night I Remember Your Name As her mother’s Alzheimer’s advances, 10:00 a.m. WORLD The Chavis Chronicles: Dr. Charles Asher Small TV-PG 10:30 a.m. Iowa PBS Iowa Life (See 12/9 at 6:30 p.m. on Iowa PBS) WORLD Laura Flanders & Friends TV-PG 11:00 a.m. Iowa PBS Firing Line With Margaret Hoover WORLD Life in the Heart Land: Aging TV-PG 11:30 a.m. a daughter helps her reconcile her faith. (R-12/14, 5:30 p.m., WORLD) TV-PG

Family Recipe: Jewish American Style

Sunday, December 14 1 p.m on Iowa PBS .1

Enjoy a feast for the soul in a culinary journey through the diaspora in homes across America. More than bagels and blintzes, every delicious dish is a story of resilience and resistance with a side of laughter and a generous slice of life.

Visit cities along the Danube River and explore stunning European landscape, history and culture. (R-12/21, 6:32 p.m., Iowa PBS)

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

Start Up: Sarovyn—

6:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Celebrity Antiques Road Trip:

Detroit, Michigan

1:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

Ore Oduba & Joanne Clifton Ore Oduba and Joanne Clifton head to Sussex and Kent to hunt for treasure. TV-PG

Family Recipe: Jewish

American Style Enjoy a feast for the soul in a culinary journey through the diaspora in homes across America.

WORLD A French Village: The Visitor (See 12/13 at 9 p.m. on WORLD) 7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS All Creatures Great and Small on

WORLD Bloomberg Wall Street Week 2:00 p.m. Iowa PBS A Celebration of Hanukkah Geoffrey Baer takes viewers on a fun exploration of the time-honored traditions of Hanukkah. (R-12/17, 7 p.m., WORLD) DVS WORLD The Open Mind: Bipartisan Justice Reform 2:30 p.m. WORLD ICT Newscast 2:54 p.m. Iowa PBS Sense and Sensibility (1 of 3)

Masterpiece: To All Our Boys A medical scare keeps James grounded, while Mrs. Hall faces trouble helping with the war effort. DVS/TV-PG

WORLD Gospel: Take the Message Everywhere

Gospel goes mainstream, taking the good news everywhere. (R-12/14, 11 p.m., WORLD)

8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece: Holding the Baby

Iowa PBS PBS News Weekend WORLD America’s Heartland NOON Iowa PBS Iowa Press WORLD This American Land: Ruffed

The Dashwoods start a new life in Devonshire following the death of their father.

Baby Jimmy joins James and Carmody on their rounds. DVS/TV-PG

3:00 p.m. WORLD Balancing Act With John Katko

WORLD Gospel: Gospel’s Second Century Explore how gospel and preaching achieved platinum-selling success. TV-PG

Grouse #1; Nature Based Solutions; Sustaining Snapper; Raptor Cam

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