ADVANCE October 2025

OCTOBER SCHEDULE NOON Iowa PBS Iowa Press WORLD This American Land: Smith Island, The Benefits of Beavers, Mississippi 12:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Market to Market WORLD Start Up: Pure Pro Wrestling—Goodrich, Michigan 1:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Thomas Jefferson: Life/ Liberty: Our Sacred Honor WORLD Bloomberg Wall Street Week 2:00 p.m. WORLD The Open Mind: Missionaries, Vigilantes, and Public Safety 2:30 p.m. Iowa PBS The American Revolution: An Inside Look Jefferson’s beginnings are detailed from his education to the building of Monticello and his marriage. TV-14

8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

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Maigret on Masterpiece: Maigret and the Lazy Burglar, Part 1 Follow Maigret as he investigates a series of bank robberies plaguing Paris. DVS/TV-14 WORLD Finding Your Roots: Latin Roots

Henry Louis Gates Jr. meets musician Ruben Blades and journalist Natalie Morales. TV-PG

9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

The Gold on Masterpiece: To Be King Six armed men steal gold and scramble to find ways to dispose of the bullion. DVS/TV-14 This film is an unflinching portrait of four bold women who refuse to let themselves or their community give in to the stigma and despair of addiction.

Brian and Maggie Sunday, October 5 7 p.m. on Iowa PBS .1

WORLD Recovery City

1989. Two old friends—the “much feared inquisitor” Brian Walden and “Iron Lady” Margaret Thatcher—come together for a TV interview, not realizing it will be their last. Considered one of the most famous political exchanges of all time, this seismic interview reshaped national opinion and signposted the end of Thatcher’s premiership.

10:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

Step behind the scenes of Ken Burns’s new film to see how The American Revolution came to life. (R-10/7, 10:30 p.m., Iowa PBS) TV-14

Astrid: Gold Blood A fashion photographer is found dead with a stake through his heart. TV-14 10:30 p.m. WORLD POV Shorts: On Caregiving and Grace Hear stories of courageous empathy in the face of loss. TV-PG 11:00 p.m. Iowa PBS As Time Goes By (See 10/4 at 7 p.m. on Iowa PBS) WORLD Big Cats 24/7: New Beginnings (See 10/1 at 7 p.m. on Iowa PBS) 11:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Last of the Summer Wine: In the Service of Humanity TV-PG

5:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Ms. Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries: Reel Murder

WORLD ICT Newscast 3:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Ms. Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries: Death Alley

The gang gathers at the river to relax, but when Samuel hooks a corpse with his fishing rod, a day in the sun turns deadly.

A brawl at a bowling alley leads to decapitation. When the police arrest Violetta’s nephew for the murder, Peregrine sets out to prove his innocence.

WORLD Enemy of the Reich: The Noor Inayat Khan Story (See 10/2 at 8 p.m. on WORLD) 6:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Ms. Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries: New Year’s Evil Peregrine’s New Year’s party turns deadly when the band’s lead singer is murdered. WORLD A French Village: What Is Your Name? (October 28, 1941) (See 10/4 at 9 p.m. on WORLD) 7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Brian and Maggie: Episode 1

WORLD DW Global Us 3:30 p.m. WORLD On Story: Script to Screen: Warrior

Gavin O’Connor talks about his character-driven sports drama, Warrior. TV-PG

MONDAY 6

4:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Ms. Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries: Coop De Grace

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

On race day, the president of the Sandridge Pigeon Club is discovered dead in the coop, covered in feathers and choked by birdseed.

(R-10/6, 9 p.m., WORLD)

Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher strikes up an unlikely friendship with Labour MP-turned-journalist Brian Walden. TV-14

WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD Cuba: A Lifetime of Passion

WORLD America ReFramed: Hamtramck, USA

(See 10/2 at 7 p.m. on WORLD)

WORLD Big Cats 24/7: New Beginnings (See 10/1 at 7 p.m. on Iowa PBS) (R-10/5, 11 p.m., WORLD)

Examine the present-day reality of the Cuban Revolution, its uncertain post-Castro future, and the conflicts that have engulfed Cuba for the past six decades. TV-PG

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