ADVANCE October 2025

5:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Born To Be the King

7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

TUNE IN:

Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Phoenix 2025, Hour 2 (R-10/25, 5 p.m., Iowa PBS) Journalism on the Brink Uncover the story of a secretive hedge fund that is plundering America’s newspapers, and meeting the journalists who are fighting back. TV-PG Stripped for Parts: American

(See 10/13 at 9 p.m. on Iowa PBS)

WORLD Troubled Water

WORLD

(See 10/16 at 8 p.m. on WORLD)

6:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Celebrity Antiques Road Trip:

Natasha Kaplinski and Michael Buerk Newsreaders Natasha Kaplinski and Michael Buerk embark on an adventure around Sussex. TV-PG

8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Antiques Roadshow: 8:30 p.m. WORLD Stories From the Stage: Funny Business Vintage Spokane, Hour 2

Great Performances: The Magic of Grace Bumbry

WORLD A French Village:

The Traitor (October 31, 1941 (See 10/18 at 9 p.m. on WORLD)

7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Miss Austen on Masterpiece: Episode 1

Sunday, October 19 4 p.m. on Iowa PBS .1

Life’s unexpected twists prove that the best plans often go hilariously off track.

Why is Cassandra Austen determined to find the letters her sister Jane wrote to her friend Eliza? DVS/TV-PG WORLD Nature: Dracula’s Hidden Kingdom (See 10/15 at 7 p.m. on Iowa PBS) (R-10/19, 11 p.m., WORLD) 8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Maigret on Masterpiece: Maigret’s Failure, Part 1 Maigret’s case is derailed when ordered to investigate billionaire Ferdinand Fumal’s death threats. DVS/TV-14 WORLD Finding Your Roots: The Butterfly Effect (See 10/14 at 7 p.m. on Iowa PBS) 9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS The Gold on Masterpiece: The Consequences Are Mine

Discover Grace Bumbry’s inspiring rise to global opera fame. Spotlighting her historic performances, the film explores the racial barriers she overcame to triumph in her 1966 performance as “Carmen.”

9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS My King Charles

Stories and insights from the people close to the King paint a uniquely intimate picture. TV-PG

WORLD PBS News Hour 10:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

11:00 p.m. Iowa PBS As Time Goes By

(See 10/18 at 7 p.m. on Iowa PBS) WORLD Nature: Dracula’s Hidden Kingdom (See 10/15 at 7 p.m. on Iowa PBS) 11:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Last of the Summer Wine: The Odd Dog Men TV-PG

Independent Lens: Ratified A bipartisan coalition continues a century-long fight to add gender equality into the Constitution. (R-10/22, 6 p.m., WORLD) DVS/TV-14

WORLD DW The Day 10:30 p.m. WORLD BBC News 11:00 p.m. WORLD Amanpour and Company 11:30 p.m. Iowa PBS The Madame Blanc Mysteries (See 10/18 at 10 p.m. on Iowa PBS)

MONDAY 20

The task force surveils Noye, and a police raid ends in tragedy. DVS/TV-14 Art21: Art in the Twenty-First Century: Between Worlds Four international artists reveal the complex ties between the communities and cultures they move between. (R-10/26, 5 p.m., Iowa PBS) TV-14 Astrid: Underground Astrid finds herself face-to-face with the very criminal her father was pursuing. TV-14 Art & Science Collide Discover collaborations between artists and scientists to address some of humanity’s most urgent challenges. TV-PG

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

WORLD

(R-10/20, 9 p.m., WORLD)

TUESDAY 21

WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD JFK: Breaking the News

10:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

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

This moving documentary looks at the broadcast coverage of the assassination of President Kennedy. TV-PG

(R-10/21, 9 p.m., WORLD)

WORLD

6:29 p.m. Iowa PBS British Antiques Roadshow: Wollaton Hall 1 (R-10/25, 4:30 p.m., Iowa PBS)

WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD NOVA: Human: Building Empires (See 10/15 at 8 p.m. on Iowa PBS)

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