ADVANCE October 2025

OCTOBER SCHEDULE

9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS

TUNE IN:

Secrets of the Dead: Cracking the Queen’s Code

Iowa Life Okoboji’s Lake Side Lab, a grocery store in Gowrie and Des Moines artist Jill Wells. (R-10/26, 10:30 a.m., Iowa PBS)

See how secret letters written by Mary, Queen of Scots, were finally decoded. (R-10/28, 7 p.m., WORLD) TV-PG

7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Finding Your Roots: Moving On Up

WORLD PBS News Hour 10:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Secrets of the Dead: Last Days of Pompeii

Henry Louis Gates Jr. dives into the long-lost roots of Sheryl Lee Ralph. (R-10/26, 8 p.m., WORLD) TV-PG

WORLD Secrets of the Dead: Cleopatra’s Last Temple

What were the last days in Pompeii like before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius 2,000 years ago? DVS/TV-PG

NOVA: Ancient Desert Death Trap Wednesday, October 22 8 p.m. on Iowa PBS .1 Deep in the Arabian Desert lie thousands of enigmatic stone megastructures whose true form is visible only from the sky. Follow archaeologists as they decipher the mysterious remnants of a Stone Age culture and discover their true purpose.

(See 10/15 at 9 p.m. on Iowa PBS)

WORLD DW The Day 10:30 p.m. WORLD BBC News 11:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Midsomer Murders: Dressed to Kill, Part 2

8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

Breaking the Deadlock (R-10/26, 9 p.m., WORLD) TV-PG

WORLD Secrets of the Dead:

Plunderer: The Life and Times of a Nazi Art Thief, Part 1 The secret criminal network of those who profited off Nazi-looted art is finally revealed. Part 1. TV-PG Frontline: The Rise of RFK Jr. Examine Robert F. Kennedy Jr. broke with the Democratic Party and his family, stoked conspiracy theories, and is reshaping government and public health. (R-10/22, 7:30 p.m., WORLD) TV-PG

(See 10/16 at 9:32 p.m. on Iowa PBS)

WORLD Amanpour and Company

9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

THURSDAY 23

6:00 p.m. WORLD Independent Lens: Ratified

5:00 p.m. WORLD France 24 5:30 p.m. Iowa PBS PBS News Hour WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD Never Drop the Ball

(See 10/20 at 10 p.m. on Iowa PBS) (R-10/25, 11 a.m., WORLD)

6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Road Trip Iowa:

WORLD PBS News Hour 10:00 p.m. WORLD DW The Day 10:30 p.m. WORLD BBC News 11:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Midsomer Murders: Dressed to Kill, Part 1

(R-10/23, 9 p.m., WORLD)

Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway East-Central (R-10/25, 9 a.m., Iowa PBS)

7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

Explore the struggles Black baseball players went through during six decades of exclusion. TV-PG

Nature: Walrus:

Life on Thin Ice Explore the walrus’ evolutionary past and their ability to thrive through the ages. (R-10/26, 7 p.m., WORLD) DVS/TV-PG

6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Iowa Ingredient: Pears

(See 10/16 at 9:32 p.m. on Iowa PBS)

(R-10/25, 11:30 a.m., Iowa PBS)

WORLD Amanpour and Company

7:30 p.m. WORLD Frontline: The Rise of RFK Jr.

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

WEDNESDAY 22

(See 10/21 at 9 p.m. on Iowa PBS)

The Skylark Scandal The Kembleford Ramblers annual outing takes a tragic turn when the local lord is found strangled.

8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

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

NOVA: Ancient Desert Death Trap

WORLD Graceball: The Story of Bobby Richardson Learn about Bobby Richardson’s

Archaeologists investigate strange Stone Age megastructures in the Arabian desert. (R-10/28, 6 p.m., WORLD) DVS/TV-PG

(R-10/22, 9 p.m., WORLD)

professional baseball career and his time as a New York Yankee. (R-10/26, 8 a.m., WORLD)

WORLD NHK Newsline

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