ADVANCE January 2025

JANUARY SCHEDULE

WEDNESDAY 1

PROGRAM GUIDE KEY

TUNE IN:

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

Programs with this flag are new to our

broadcast schedule. IOWA PBS .1: Our primary channel. Antenna viewers can find it on the .1 channel. * IOWA PBS KIDS .2: Programming for kids. See schedule on page 5. Antenna viewers can find it on the .2 channel. * IOWA PBS WORLD .3: Public affairs, science, history, independent films and more. Antenna viewers can find it on the .3 channel. * IOWA PBS CREATE .4: How-to programs. See schedule on pages 8–11. Antenna viewers can find it on the .4 channel. * * Cable and satellite subscribers: Please contact your service providers for information on where they carry Iowa PBS’s channels in their lineup. DVS/DVI: Narrative descriptions for the visually impaired. This setting is often found in the accessibility menu. ESP: This program is available in Spanish through the SAP. Visit iowapbs.org/espanol for help. Este programa está disponible en español a través del programa de audio secundario (SAP, por sus siglas en inglés). Visite iowapbs.org/espanol para obtener más información. TV-PG: May be unsuitable for younger children. TV-14: May be unsuitable for children under 14. TV-MA: May be unsuitable for children under 17. Some ratings may be followed by initials describing the nature of the content: L=Language • V=Violence • AS=Adult situations • N=Nudity • S=Sexual content.

(R-1/1, 9 p.m., WORLD)

WORLD Asia Insight 6:00 p.m. WORLD POV: Against the Tide

Two Koli fishermen in Mumbai are driven to desperation by a dying sea, testing their bond. TV-14

Best of Rome New Year’s Day Parade 2025

6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Prairie Sportsman: Precision Shots and Green Ammonia (R-1/4, 9 a.m., Iowa PBS) TV-PG 7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Great Performances: From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 2025

Wednesday, January 1 10 p.m. on Iowa PBS .1

With marching bands, cheerleaders and a host of local participants, this colorful and joyful parade takes viewers through the historic streets of one of the most beautiful cities in the world.

Ring in the New Year with the Vienna Philharmonic at the world-famous Musikverein. (R-1/1, 8:30 p.m., Iowa PBS)

THURSDAY 2

7:30 p.m. WORLD POV: Who I Am Not

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

Two friends born intersex change what we think about being male or female. (R-1/4, 11 a.m., WORLD)

IOWA PBS 5:00–6:30 AM SUNDAY 5:00 am PBS News Weekend

8:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Great Performances: From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 2025 (See 1/1 at 7 p.m. on Iowa PBS) 9:00 p.m. WORLD PBS News Hour 10:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Best of Rome New Year’s Day Parade 2025 American marching bands and cheerleaders travel to Rome for their New Year’s Day Parade. WORLD BBC News 10:30 p.m. WORLD Amanpour and Company 11:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Midsomer Murders: The Blacktrees Prophecy, Part 2

(R-1/2, 9 p.m., WORLD)

5:30 am Firing Line With Margaret Hoover 6:00 am Sit and Be Fit

WORLD Asia Insight 6:00 p.m. WORLD Reel South: The Only Doctor

MONDAY

5:00 am DW Focus on Europe 5:30 am BBC News 6:00 am Classical Stretch 5:00 am DW Global Us 5:30 am BBC News 6:00 am Classical Stretch 5:00 am DW euromaxx 5:30 am BBC News 6:00 am Classical Stretch 5:00 am This Is America 5:30 am BBC News 6:00 am Classical Stretch 5:00 am To the Contrary 5:30 am BBC News 6:00 am Classical Stretch

After working several years without pay, the only doctor in rural Clay County, Georgia, faces the possibility of closing her clinic. TV-14

TUESDAY

6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Iowa Ingredient: Happy Hour Special (R-1/4, 11:30 a.m., Iowa PBS) 7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Father Brown: The Forensic Nun

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

Father Brown investigates when his old friend Sister Boniface is implicated in murder.

WORLD America ReFramed: The Area In a South Side Chicago neighborhood, hundreds of Black

FRIDAY

Doomsday preppers begin meeting weekly in Midsomer. (R-1/29, 11 p.m., Iowa PBS) TV-PG

American families are being expelled from their homes by a multi-billion dollar freight company. (R-1/4, 10 p.m., WORLD)

11:30 p.m. WORLD DW Focus on Europe

SATURDAY

5:00 am Firing Line With Margaret Hoover 5:30 am To the Contrary 6:00 am The Best of the Joy of Painting

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