Advance December 2022

6:00 p.m. IowaPBS Mary Berry’s Ultimate Christmas (See 12/19 at 8 p.m. on Iowa PBS) WORLD Quakers: The Quiet Revolutionaries

8:30 p.m. WORLD Stories From the Stage: Sugar & Spice

TUNE IN:

Food is so central to life that we almost take it for granted. (R-12/31, 12:30 p.m., WORLD)

Explore Quakerism from its beginnings in the 1600s, to its present-day practice and ideology. TV-PG

9:00 p.m. IowaPBS

Scouting for Toys No two days are the same at the auction house, and today sees the team trying to value a remarkable collection of toy theatres—some more than 150 years old.

7:00 p.m. IowaPBS All Creatures Great and Small on Masterpiece: The Perfect Christmas

James and Helen question their future together in the runup to Christmas Day. DVS/TV-PG

American Masters: Groucho & Cavett Tuesday, December 27 8 p.m. on Iowa PBS .1 Discover the enduring friendship between television personality Dick Cavett and his mentor, iconic comedian Groucho Marx. Their relationship is chronicled through interviews with Cavett, archival footage and interviews with George Burns and others.

WORLD PBS NewsHour 10:00 p.m. IowaPBS Independent Lens: Duty Free

WORLD Nature: Santa’s Wild Home

An intimate look into life in Lapland, home of tenacious wildlife such as reindeer and wolverines. (R-12/25, 11 p.m., WORLD) DVS/TV-PG

A 75-year-old mom teams up with her son to reclaim her future through bucket list adventures. DVS/TV-PG

8:00 p.m. IowaPBS

WORLD BBC World News 10:30 p.m. WORLD Amanpour and Company 11:00 p.m. IowaPBS Midsomer Murders:

Call the Midwife Holiday

Special 2022 It is December 1967 and with

Christmas fast approaching, life in Poplar is returning to normal after the terrible train crash. (R-12/25, 9:30 p.m., Iowa PBS) TV-14 WORLD Finding Your Roots: The New World (See 12/20 at 7 p.m. on Iowa PBS) 9:00 p.m. WORLD Your Health: A Sacred Matter

The Village That Rose from the Dead, Part 2 (See 12/22 at 9 p.m. on Iowa PBS)

MONDAY 26

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

11:30 p.m. WORLD NHK Newsline

Doctors, patients, nurses, chaplains and caregivers speak to the benefits of incorporating a patient’s spirituality as part of a whole-patient/whole person model of care.

TUESDAY 27

(R-12/26, 9 p.m., WORLD)

WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD The Ornament of the World (See 12/4 at 9 p.m. on WORLD) 6:29 p.m. IowaPBS What Happened Next Special (R-12/31, 4:29 p.m., Iowa PBS)

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

9:30 p.m. IowaPBS Call the Midwife Holiday Special 2022 (See 12/25 at 8 p.m. on Iowa PBS) 11:00 p.m. IowaPBS As Time Goes By (See 12/24 at 7 p.m. on Iowa PBS) WORLD Nature: Santa’s Wild Home (See 12/25 at 7 p.m. on WORLD) 11:30 p.m. IowaPBS Keeping Up Appearances: A Barbecue at Violet’s TV-PG

(R-12/27, 9 p.m., WORLD)

British Antiques Roadshow:

WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD Ancient Skies: Gods and Monsters The origins of our relationship with the skies is explored, from our ancestors to modern science. TV-PG 6:30 p.m. IowaPBS Woodsmith Shop: Arts & Crafts Sideboard, Part 2 (R-12/31, 1:30 p.m., Iowa PBS)

7:00 p.m. IowaPBS Antiques Roadshow: Best Bargains

(R-12/31, 5 p.m., Iowa PBS)

8:00 p.m. IowaPBS

Scouting for Toys The Teesside toy auctioneers

prepare for a major sale of TV & film memorabilia, and pride of place is given to a vast Star Wars collection. An ICU doctor is being pushed to the limit as she fights to save lives infected with the world’s biggest enemy—COVID-19. TV-PG

WORLD Life on the Line: The Surge

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