ADVANCE December 2025

8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

11:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Midsomer Murders:

TUNE IN:

St. Thomas Christmas:

Love Divine Celebrate the Advent and Christmas season with a St. Thomas Christmas concert. WORLD Your Health: A Sacred Matter (2 of 3) The exploration of the benefits of incorporating a patient’s spirituality into their health care continues. (R-12/27, noon, WORLD) Come and See! A Concordia Christmas Concordia University Irvine hosts their fifth annual Christmas special. 9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

Ring Out Your Dead, Part 2 (See 12/18 at 9:30 p.m. on Iowa PBS)

WORLD Amanpour and Company

THURSDAY 25

5:00 p.m. WORLD DW The Day 5:30 p.m. Iowa PBS PBS News Hour

Call the Midwife Holiday Special Thursday, December 25 7 p.m. on Iowa PBS .1

(R-12/25, 9 p.m., WORLD)

WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD Ancient Roads From Christ to Constantine: From Apocalypse to Heresies

WORLD PBS News Hour 10:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Christmas With Wartburg 2025 (See 12/20 at 7 p.m. on Iowa PBS) WORLD Ancient Roads From Christ to Senior members of the convent swap the snowy East End of London for the sun drenched terrain of Hong Kong. The rise in hospital births, and wider changes in the NHS, have clipped their wings. But their mission to the Far East is a chance to take flight and work out what really matters. 8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Hope of the Season: Christmas With the Tabernacle Choir (See 12/15 at 8 p.m. on Iowa PBS) WORLD Ancient Roads From Christ to Constantine: Age of the Apostles Witness how the remaining apostles are martyred for their unwavering beliefs. TV-PG 9:00 p.m. WORLD PBS News Hour 9:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Too Hot to Handel—The Gospel Messiah Constantine: The Great Missionary Re-trace Paul’s quest to bring the Christian message to Asia and Europe. TV-PG

The St. Olaf Christmas Festival: Our Hope for Years to Come St. Olaf College presents music for the Advent, Christmas and Epiphany seasons.

Witness the crucial battle where powerful heretics threatened to destroy Christianity. TV-PG

6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Iowa Ingredient: Happy Hour Special (R-12/27, 11:30 a.m., Iowa PBS) 7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Call the Midwife Holiday Special When senior members of the Nonnatus House staff head to Hong Kong on a mercy mission, the younger midwives are left to cope alone. (R-12/25, 9 p.m., Iowa PBS) TV-14 Constantine: Pagans and the Cult of Martyrs Journey to North Africa to tell the story of Perpetua, a young Christian martyr, whose extraordinary story still resonates today. TV-PG WORLD Ancient Roads From Christ to

WORLD DW The Day 10:30 p.m. WORLD BBC News 11:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Midsomer Murders: Ring Out Your Dead, Part 1 (See 12/18 at 9:30 p.m. on Iowa PBS) WORLD Amanpour and Company

WEDNESDAY 24

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

(R-12/24, 9 p.m., WORLD)

8:00 p.m. WORLD Ancient Roads From Christ to Constantine: Constantine

WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD Ancient Roads From Christ to Constantine: Birth of a Faith

It would be the conversion of one man that would fully transform the fortunes of the Christian faith. TV-PG

Trace the journey of Jesus from his birth and ministry, to his passion and resurrection. TV-PG

9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Call the Midwife Holiday Special (See 12/25 at 7 p.m. on Iowa PBS) WORLD PBS News Hour 10:00 p.m. WORLD DW The Day 10:30 p.m. WORLD BBC News

Enjoy as Hadel’s “The Messiah” gets reimagined with infusions of jazz, gospel and R&B.

6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Road Trip Iowa:

Iowa Valley Scenic Byway (R-12/27, 9 a.m., Iowa PBS)

10:00 p.m. WORLD DW The Day 10:30 p.m. WORLD BBC News

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