ADVANCE October 2025

OCTOBER SCHEDULE

7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Father Brown:

8:30 p.m. Iowa PBS

TUNE IN:

Studio 3 LIVE: Dickie Dickie blends indie, folk and heartland rock with honest songs and ’60s-inspired vibes.

The Blood of Anarchists Tensions rise to deadly levels when a performance troupe of anarchists arrive in Kembleford. The struggle to convert abandoned railroads into trails for cycling and walking is one of the most unlikely social movements in American history. (R-10/19, 8 a.m., WORLD) When a resident from a rest home goes missing, it quickly becomes apparent that his whereabouts are of vital importance in solving a case. Troubled Water Two friends embark on an epic standup paddle journey to fight an oil pipeline. (R-10/19, 9 a.m., WORLD)

9:00 p.m. WORLD PBS News Hour 9:30 p.m. Iowa PBS

WORLD From Rails to Trails

Austin City Limits:

The Marias TV-PG

10:00 p.m. WORLD Bloomberg Wall Street Week (R-10/19, 1 p.m., WORLD) 10:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Woodsongs Cutter & Cash and Phoebe White 11:00 p.m. WORLD Amanpour and Company 11:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Songs at the Center: Arkadiy Gips, Alex Gordez, Michael Logen, Emily Shackelton TV-PG 6:00 a.m. Iowa PBS The Best of the Joy of Painting: The Old Oak Tree WORLD To the Contrary With Bonnie Erbe (R-10/18, 4 p.m., WORLD) 6:30 a.m. Iowa PBS 6:30–8 a.m. See page 5. WORLD Washington Week With The Atlantic (R-10/18, 4:30 p.m., WORLD) 7:00 a.m. WORLD I AM disABLEd (See 10/17 at 6 p.m. on WORLD) (R-10/18, 1 p.m., WORLD) 8:00 a.m. WORLD Market to Market (R-10/19, 12:30 p.m., Iowa PBS) 8:00 a.m. Iowa PBS Ireland With Michael: Adventures in the North 8:30 a.m. Iowa PBS Rick Steves’ Europe: Krakow: Poland’s Historic Capital WORLD Iowa Press (R-10/19, noon, Iowa PBS) SATURDAY 18

8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS The Brokenwood Mysteries: As If Nothing Had Happened

Pati’s Mexican Table: Building the Future Saturday, October 18 10 a.m. on Iowa PBS .1 Pati learns how design and transit are reshaping Mexico City. After tacos at Taquería Los Cuñados, she visits Bamboocycles to build a bamboo bike and talk about sustainable cities. She ends the day with street tlacoyos and a look at how community and creativity drive urban change.

WORLD

9:00 p.m. WORLD PBS News Hour 9:32 p.m. Iowa PBS Midsomer Murders:

6:00 p.m. WORLD

I AM disABLEd Follow the journey of nine young people with disabilities as they prepare for and perform in the musical “Seussical.” (R-10/18, 7 a.m., WORLD) TV-PG

Dressed to Kill, Parts 1 & 2 When Lois Springfield is found dead in a local theater, detectives assume it’s because of her hostility toward a drag show being organized. (Part 1: R-10/21, 11 p.m., Iowa PBS) (Part 2: R-10/22, 11 p.m., Iowa PBS)

6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS

10:00 p.m. WORLD DW The Day 10:30 p.m. WORLD BBC News 11:00 p.m. WORLD Amanpour and Company 11:03 p.m. Iowa PBS Queens of Mystery: Death by Vinyl, Part 2

Dwight in Denmark: Saving Tunes From Extinction

Meet an easy-to-ignore old man from rural Iowa who is a cultural hero in Denmark. 7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Washington Week With The Atlantic (R-10/18, 6:30 a.m., WORLD) WORLD American Masters: Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore

(See 10/14 at 8 p.m. on Iowa PBS) (R-10/18, 2 p.m., WORLD) TV-14

(See 10/11 at 8:05 p.m. on Iowa PBS)

7:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Iowa Press

FRIDAY 17

(R-10/18, 8:30 a.m., WORLD)

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

8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Market to Market

(R-10/18, 8 a.m., WORLD)

(R-10/17, 9 p.m., WORLD)

WORLD NHK Newsline

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