ADVANCE October 2025

10:00 p.m. Iowa PBS The Madame Blanc Mysteries

8:00 a.m. WORLD America ReFramed:

1:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Thomas Jefferson: Liberty:

In Search of Bengali Harlem (See 10/9 at 7 p.m. on WORLD) (R-10/12, 4 p.m., WORLD)

The Age of Experiments/The Pursuit of Happiness (See 10/6 at 9 p.m. on Iowa PBS)

Caron asks Jean for her expertise in identifying some of the items found at the crime scene. (R-10/13, 11:30 p.m., Iowa PBS) TV-PG Meet the farmers and the factory owners who provide the products the Taco Mafia uses. TV-PG

9:30 a.m. WORLD Films BYkids: Fire In Our Hearts (India) (See 10/9 at 8:30 p.m. on WORLD) (R-10/12, 5:30 p.m., WORLD) 10:00 a.m. WORLD Laura Flanders & Friends TV-PG 10:30 a.m. Iowa PBS Iowa Life: Caregiving (See 10/7 at 6:30 p.m. on Iowa PBS) WORLD Laura Flanders & Friends TV-PG 11:00 a.m. Iowa PBS Firing Line With Margaret Hoover WORLD Life in the Heart Land: Food Insecurity

WORLD Bloomberg Wall Street Week 2:00 p.m. WORLD The Open Mind: Crypto or Perish? 2:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Benjamin Franklin: Join or Die (1706–1774)

WORLD Taco Mafia: Tradicion

10:30 p.m. WORLD Taco Mafia: Inspiracion

Benjamin Franklin builds a printing empire and gains worldwide fame from electricity experiments. TV-PG/ESP

The Taco Mafia shares the importance of supporting their communities. TV-PG

11:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Doctor Who: Colin Baker Movies: Timelash WORLD American Masters: A Song for Cesar (See 10/11 at 7 p.m. on WORLD)

WORLD ICT Newscast 3:00 p.m. WORLD DW Global Us 3:30 p.m. WORLD On Story: Bikeriders With Jeff Nichols

Filmmaker Jeff Nichols explains his approach to adapting a photobook into a character-driven dissection of American subculture in the 1960s. TV-PG

Explore issues and solutions of food access and equity in rural communities of Virginia. TV-PG

SUNDAY 12

6:00 a.m. Iowa PBS Sit and Be Fit: Exercise for Fun and Functional Independence WORLD Washington Week With The Atlantic 6:30 a.m. Iowa PBS 6:30–10:30 a.m. See page 5. WORLD The Open Mind: Crypto or Perish? (R-10/12, 2 p.m., WORLD) 7:00 a.m. WORLD DW Focus on Europe 7:30 a.m. WORLD DW Global Us (R-10/12, 3 p.m., WORLD)

11:30 a.m. Iowa PBS PBS News Weekend WORLD America’s Heartland

4:00 p.m. WORLD America ReFramed:

Find out why mandarin oranges are growing in popularity.

In Search of Bengali Harlem (See 10/9 at 7 p.m. on WORLD)

NOON Iowa PBS Iowa Press WORLD This American Land: Right Whales, Bird Collisions, Arizona Groundwater, Renegade Rancher 12:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Market to Market WORLD Start Up: People’s Choice Beef Jerky—Los Angeles, California

4:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Benjamin Franklin: An American (1775–1790)

In wartime Philadelphia, Franklin helps Thomas Jefferson craft the Declaration of Independence TV-PG/ESP

5:30 p.m. WORLD Films BYkids: Fire In Our Hearts (India) (See 10/9 at 8:30 p.m. on WORLD)

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