ADVANCE October 2025

OCTOBER SCHEDULE

10:00 a.m. Iowa PBS

6:00 p.m. Iowa PBS The Lawrence Welk Show: Wunnerful Hit Songs WORLD Women’s Work: The Untold Story of America’s Female Farmers This compelling film shines a light on the often-overlooked contributions of women in agriculture, offering a uniquely matrilineal perspective on America’s farming history. Jean and her friends become concerned about Lionel’s new model boat building hobby and take action. (R-10/12, 11 p.m., Iowa PBS) WORLD American Masters: A Song for Cesar Explore the life and work of civil rights activist and labor leader, Cesar Chavez. (R-10/11, 11 p.m., WORLD) TV-PG 7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS As Time Goes By

TUNE IN:

Pati’s Mexican Table:

Living Legacy WORLD Consuelo Mack WealthTrack 10:30 a.m. Iowa PBS Lidia’s Kitchen: Take the Time WORLD The Whitney Reynolds Show Real Life Behind the Scenes TV-PG 11:00 a.m. Iowa PBS Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Milk Street Pizza Party WORLD Independent Lens: Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution (See 10/6 at 10:30 p.m. on Iowa PBS) 11:30 a.m. Iowa PBS Iowa Ingredient: Iowa’s Culinary Heritage NOON Iowa PBS Steven Raichlen’s Planet Barbecue: Gulf Coast Grill 12:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Cook’s Country: Chips on the Menu WORLD Stories From the Stage: Saving the Day (See 10/6 at 8:30 p.m. on WORLD) America’s Test Kitchen: Turkey Lasagna and Chocolate Sorbet WORLD Independent Lens: Sanson and Me (See 10/10 at 6 p.m. on WORLD) 1:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Woodsmith Shop: Round-Top Bookcase 2:00 p.m. Iowa PBS This Old House: Asheville DVS 2:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Ask This Old House: Houseplant Soil, Spot Point Brick DVS WORLD POV: Twice Colonized (See 10/10 at 7:30 p.m. on WORLD) 3:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting: Quilter’s Playground 3:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Fit 2 Stitch: Sewing Careers for the Blind 1:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television: Milk Street Pizza Party

Saturday, October 11 11 a.m. on Iowa PBS .1

It’s pizza night at Milk Street! Christopher Kimball solves the problem of tough dough, while the Milk Street chefs figure out how to get a crisp-bottomed pizza using only a sheet pan, and show you how to turn your home kitchen into a pizzeria.

7:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Last of the Summer Wine: Car and Garter

(R-10/12, 11:30 p.m., Iowa PBS) TV-PG

8:05 p.m. Iowa PBS Queens of Mystery: Death by Vinyl,Part 2

4:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

Garden Smart: Creating Amazing Garden Spaces Inside of a Larger Garden WORLD To the Contrary With Bonnie Erbe 4:30 p.m. Iowa PBS British Antiques Roadshow: Sefton Park Palm House 3 (See 10/6 at 6:30 p.m. on Iowa PBS) (R-10/12, 6:30 p.m., Iowa PBS) WORLD Washington Week With The Atlantic (R-10/12, 6 a.m., WORLD) 5:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Orlando, Hour 2 WORLD DW Focus on Europe (R-10/12, 7 a.m., WORLD) 5:30 p.m. WORLD Firing Line With Margaret Hoover (R-10/12, 11 a.m., Iowa PBS)

Mattie investigates a new victim, the band’s manager, who was stabbed in the back with a kitchen knife. (R-10/16, 11:03 p.m., Iowa PBS)

8:30 p.m. WORLD Our Time: Blindness and Autism—

“Blind Sighted” & A Lonely Highway” Two teens take aim at the stereotypes they face being blind and autistic. TV-14

9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Murder a la Mode

Phryne visits Madame Fleuri’s for a fitting and unexpectedly finds herself amidst a crime scene. TV-14 A French Village: For the Sake of Love (October 29, 1941) Marcel decides to risk it all and go see his son at Daniel’s after he falls ill. (R-10/12, 6 p.m., WORLD)

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