ADVANCE December 2025

11:00 a.m. Iowa PBS

7:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Last of the Summer Wine: Compo Goes to Church

TUNE IN:

Christopher Kimball’s

Milk Street Television: Backroads Romania WORLD Your Health: A Sacred Matter (1 of 2) (See 12/16 at 8 p.m. on WORLD) 11:30 a.m. Iowa PBS Iowa Ingredient: Happy Hour Special NOON Iowa PBS Relish: Survival Surf N’ Turf: Lutefisk and Sausage WORLD Your Health: A Sacred Matter (2 of 2) (See 12/23 at 8 p.m. on WORLD) 12:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Cook’s Country: Never Enough Chocolate 1:00 p.m. Iowa PBS America’s Test Kitchen: Zesty Salmon and Salad WORLD The Sultan and the Saint (See 12/26 at 6 p.m. on WORLD) 1:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Woodsmith Shop: Home Office Accessories 2:00 p.m. Iowa PBS This Old House: Asheville | Testing the Ground WORLD Dante: Inferno to Paradise: Part 2: Resurrection (See 12/26 at 7 p.m. on WORLD) 2:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Ask This Old House: Regrade Lawn, Solid Core Doors 3:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting: Applique Three Ways 3:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Quilting Arts: Surface Design Workshop 4:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Garden Smart: Color in the Fall WORLD To the Contrary With Bonnie Erbe 4:30 p.m. Iowa PBS British Antiques Roadshow: Belmont House 1 WORLD Washington Week With The Atlantic (R-12/28, 6 a.m., WORLD)

(R-12/28, 11:30 p.m., Iowa PBS) TV-PG

8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Death in Paradise

The team is brought in to investigate when an astronomer falls from a cliff. TV-PG The Greatest Jazz Story Never Told The unrecognized history of jazz in Pittsburgh is chronicled in this documentary. Harsh weather traps Phryne, Dot, Dr. Mac and Aunt Prudence at a chalet with a murderer in their midst. TV-14 Kisses Suzanne’s reappearance puts Marcel in a very bad spot with his group leader. (R-12/28, 6 p.m., WORLD) A French Village: Stolen

WORLD We Knew What We Had:

5:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Antiques Roadshow: Wags to Riches WORLD Balancing Act With John Katko (R-12/28, 3 p.m., WORLD) 5:30 p.m. WORLD Firing Line With Margaret Hoover (R-12/28, 11 a.m., Iowa PBS) 6:00 p.m. Iowa PBS The Lawrence Welk Show: Those Were the Days WORLD American Masters: Brenda Lee: Rockin’ Around Guest Mel Beach teaches the basics of block printing, from carving the stamps to printing on different substrates. Brandy Maslowski incorporates metallic foil, felting with wool roving, and using thicker machine stitches for a textured look. Quilting Arts: Surface Design Workshop Saturday, December 27 3:30 p.m. on Iowa PBS .1 This episode celebrates surface design!

9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: A Christmas Murder

WORLD

10:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Sister Boniface Mysteries: St. George’s Defence

Sister Boniface brushes up on her chess skills in order to stop a threat. (R-12/29, 11 p.m., Iowa PBS) TV-PG

WORLD Mysteries of the Jesus Prayer A pilgrimage to the lands where

Christianity began traces the steps of seventh-century monks in Jerusalem.

11:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Doctor Who Classic: Sylvester McCoy Movies: Silver Nemesis WORLD Wes Bound: The Genius of Wes Montgomery (See 12/27 at 7 p.m. on WORLD)

Discover the life of singer Brenda Lee and her musical hits spanning genres and decades. TV-14

SUNDAY 28

7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS As Time Goes By

6:00 a.m. Iowa PBS Sit and Be Fit WORLD Washington Week With The Atlantic 6:30 a.m. Iowa PBS 6:30–10:30 a.m. See page 5. WORLD The Open Mind: Copaganda and Feartopia (R-12/28, 2 p.m., WORLD)

Lionel is not well. TV-PG WORLD Wes Bound: The Genius of Wes Montgomery

Get a look into the life and career of legendary jazz guitarist, Wes Montgomery. (R-12/27, 11 p.m., WORLD) TV-PG

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