ADVANCE January 2025

JANUARY SCHEDULE

LOOKING FOR SOMETHING FUN TO DO? Go online to iowapbs.org/events to find exciting opportunities for day tours, evening activities and more. Here are some of our upcoming events: April 25: Historic Buildings of Iowa Mason City and Clear Lake Day Tour June 27: Historic Buildings of Iowa: Council Bluffs Day Tour July 18: Kinnick Stadium Insiders’ Tour July 28: Totally Tractors Tour

In addition to great new programs, you can stream popular classic British dramas like these on

Iowa PBS Passport. Start watching them today!

9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS

11:30 p.m. Iowa PBS

Midsomer Murders: Dressed to Kill, Parts 1 & 2 When parish chairwoman Lois Springfield is found dead in a local theatre, detectives assume it’s because of her hostility toward a drag show being organized. TV-PG

History With David Rubenstein: Selwyn Vickers TV-PG

Songs at the Center: Craig Bickhardt, Kyshona, Jesse Terry TV-PG

7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Washington Week With The Atlantic (R-1/18, 6:30 a.m., WORLD) WORLD Lucy Worsley Investigates: The Witch Hunts

WORLD DW The Day

SATURDAY 18

WORLD PBS News Hour 10:00 p.m. WORLD BBC News 10:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Sister Boniface Mysteries: Dead Air (See 1/11 at 8 p.m. on Iowa PBS) WORLD Amanpour and Company 11:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Iowa Life Experience a conversation with Harry Smith, the Swan Prjct, and an accessible treehouse at the Iowa Arboretum.(R-1/19, 10:30 a.m., Iowa PBS)

Discover how the trial of one “witch” sparked Britain’s witch-hunt craze. (R-1/18, 2 p.m., WORLD) TV-14

6:00 a.m. Iowa PBS The Best of the Joy of Painting: River’s Peace WORLD To the Contrary With Bonnie Erbe (R-1/18, 4 p.m., WORLD) 6:30 a.m. Iowa PBS 6:30–8 a.m. See page 5. WORLD Washington Week With The Atlantic (R-1/18, 4:30 p.m., WORLD) 7:00 a.m. WORLD Lucy Worsley Investigates: The Black Death (See 1/17 at 6 p.m. on WORLD) (R-1/18, 1 p.m., WORLD) 8:00 a.m. Iowa PBS The Good Road: St. Croix, Charleston, Asheville—Bees! TV-PG WORLD Market to Market (R-1/19, 12:30 p.m., Iowa PBS) 8:30 a.m. Iowa PBS Rick Steves’ Europe: Basque Country WORLD Iowa Press (R-1/19, noon, Iowa PBS) 9:00 a.m. Iowa PBS Prairie Sportsman: Danny’s Deer and Offal Wildlife Viewing TV-PG WORLD Lucy Worsley Investigates: William the Conqueror (See 1/14 at 8 p.m. on Iowa PBS) (R-1/18, 3 p.m., WORLD)

7:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Iowa Press

(R-1/18, 8:30 a.m., WORLD)

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

(R-1/18, 8 a.m., WORLD) WORLD Lucy Worsley Investigates: William the Conqueror (See 1/14 at 8 p.m. on Iowa PBS) (R-1/18, 9 a.m., WORLD) 8:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Studio 3 LIVE: Kiss the Tiger

WORLD DW The Day

The Minneapolis five-piece band Kiss the Tiger delivers an energetic and electrifying show.

FRIDAY 17

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

9:00 p.m. WORLD PBS News Hour 9:30 p.m. Iowa PBS

Austin City Limits: Norah Jones/Hurray for the Riff Raff TV-PG

(R-1/17, 9 p.m., WORLD)

WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD Lucy Worsley Investigates: The Black Death

10:00 p.m. WORLD BBC News 10:30 p.m. Iowa PBS

Lucy Worsley examines the latest science and explores how the vast death toll affected religious beliefs, class structure, work and women. (R-1/18, 7 a.m., WORLD) TV-PG

Recorded Live at Analog: Jeff ‘Skunk’ Baxter and Friends TV-PG

WORLD Amanpour and Company

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