Advance December 2022

DECEMBER SCHEDULE

THURSDAY 1

PROGRAM GUIDE KEY

TUNE IN:

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 will need to contact their service providers for information on where they carry Iowa PBS’s channels in their lineup. DVS/DVI: Described Video—Narrative descriptions for the visually impaired, available when the Second Audio Program (SAP) is on. 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.

5:00 p.m. WORLD France 24 5:30 p.m. IowaPBS PBS NewsHour

(R-12/1, 9 p.m., WORLD)

WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD Call of the Canyon: Zion National Park

It’s a Wonderful Life: The Radio Play Friday, December 2 8:30 p.m. on Iowa PBS .1 In this radio play, an ensemble of five actors, plus one live sound effects artist, gives life to a few dozen characters on stage, sharing the story of idealistic George Bailey as he considers ending his life one fateful Christmas Eve.

Explore Zion National Park from the early explorers to its current status as a worldwide destination.

6:30 p.m. IowaPBS Flour Power

Workplace colleagues from Hebridean island of Islay compete for the coveted Flour Power trophy. TV-PG

7:00 p.m. IowaPBS Father Brown: The Last Man When Kembleford’s new cricket captain is framed for murder, Father Brown must prove his innocence. TV-PG WORLD America ReFramed: The Blessing A Navajo coal miner raises his secretive daughter as a single father, while struggling with his part in the irreversible destruction of his tribe’s sacred mountain. (R-12/3, 9 p.m., WORLD)

10:00 p.m. IowaPBS Elizabeth Is Missing on Masterpiece

A woman desperately tries to solve two mysteries as she declines ever deeper into dementia. TV-14

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

WORLD BBC World News 10:30 p.m. WORLD Amanpour and Company 11:30 p.m. WORLD DW The Day

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

8:00 p.m. IowaPBS Death in Paradise

MONDAY

A lottery winner is found dead in her garden by her visiting friend who herself is knocked unconscious by someone in the house. (R-12/6, 11 p.m., Iowa PBS)

5:00 am DW Focus on Europe 5:30 am BBC World News 6:00 am Classical Stretch 5:00 am DW Global 3000 5:30 am BBC World News 6:00 am Classical Stretch 5:00 am DW euromaxx Highlights 5:30 am BBC World News 6:00 am Classical Stretch

FRIDAY 2 5:00 p.m. WORLD France 24 5:30 p.m. IowaPBS PBS NewsHour

TUESDAY

8:30 p.m. WORLD Without a Whisper: Konnón:Kwe

Indigenous women influenced the early suffragists in their fight for freedom and equality. (R-12/3, 7:30 a.m., WORLD) TV-PG

WEDNESDAY

(R-12/2, 9 p.m., WORLD)

9:00 p.m. IowaPBS Midsomer Murders:

WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD The Great Muslim American Road Trip: Life Is a Highway: Chicago to Joplin, Missouri

THURSDAY

5:00 am This Is America 5:30 am BBC World News 6:00 am Classical Stretch 5:00 am To the Contrary 5:30 am BBC World News 6:00 am Classical Stretch

Harvest of Souls (1 of 2) DCI Barnaby and DS Nelson unravel a complex feud from the past, where nothing is what it seems. (R-12/5, 11 p.m., Iowa PBS) TV-PG

FRIDAY

Mona Haydar and husband Sebastian Robins explore Route 66 and discover America’s Muslim roots. TV-PG

WORLD PBS NewsHour

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

12 ADVANCE | DECEMBER 2022