ADVANCE October 2025

NOON Iowa PBS Iowa Press WORLD

11:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Doctor Who: Colin Baker Movies: Trial of a Time Lord—Mindwarp WORLD VOCES: American Exile (See 10/25 at 7 p.m. on WORLD)

TUNE IN:

This American Land: Return of a River; Salmon Farming; Solar Farming; Solar Panels on Gila Reservation

12:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Market to Market WORLD

SUNDAY 26

Start Up: Silk Road Manufacturing—Renton, Washington

6:00 a.m. Iowa PBS Sit and Be Fit 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: Life Beyond Us (R-10/26, 2 p.m., WORLD) 7:00 a.m. WORLD DW Focus on Europe 7:30 a.m. WORLD DW Global Us (R-10/26, 3 p.m., WORLD) 8:00 a.m. WORLD Graceball: The Story of Bobby Richardson (See 10/23 at 7 p.m. on WORLD) (R-10/26, 4 p.m., WORLD) 9:00 a.m. WORLD The Black Sox Scandal: American Stories (See 10/23 at 8 p.m. on WORLD) (R-10/26, 5 p.m., WORLD) 10:00 a.m. WORLD Laura Flanders & Friends TV-PG 10:30 a.m. Iowa PBS Iowa Life (See 10/21 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: Recycling/Plastics

1:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

Courtmaker John Marshall

Courtmaker John Marshall

and the Forging of America’s Supreme Court

Explore the life of the greatest judge in American history, John Marshall. (R-10/27, 10 p.m., Iowa PBS)

Sunday, October 26 1 p.m. on Iowa PBS .1 John Marshall, America’s fourth chief justice, built the Supreme Court into the third pillar of American government. Through in-depth interviews with scholars, judges and Supreme Court justices, this film sheds light on his life and on our democracy’s foundational legal philosophies.

WORLD Bloomberg Wall Street Week 2:00 p.m. WORLD The Open Mind: Life Beyond Us 2:30 p.m. WORLD ICT Newscast 3:00 p.m. Iowa PBS The Congress WORLD DW Global Us 3:30 p.m. WORLD On Story: Film to TV Adaptations: A Conversation with Noah Hawley Noah Hawley discusses his experiences adapting feature films into episodic storytelling. TV-PG 4:00 p.m. WORLD Graceball: The Story of Bobby Richardson (See 10/23 at 7 p.m. on WORLD) 4:32 p.m. Iowa PBS The American Revolution: An Inside Look (See 10/5 at 2:30 p.m. on Iowa PBS) (R-10/27, 9:30 p.m., Iowa PBS) 5:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Art21: Art in the Twenty-First Century: Between Worlds (See 10/19 at 9 p.m. on WORLD) WORLD The Black Sox Scandal: American Stories (See 10/23 at 8 p.m. on WORLD) Ken Burns explores the history and promise of this American institution. (R-10/28, 10 p.m., Iowa PBS) TV-PG

9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Blood at the Wheel

Phryne investigates a murder in the fast-moving world of an all-women’s motorcar garage. TV-14 A French Village: Settling Scores (October 31, 1941) Marcel is now faced with a crucial decision on whether to follow orders or disobey them. (R-10/26, 6 p.m., WORLD)

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

Jean and Dom attend a lecture on sacred relics at Sainte Victoire’s Catholic church. TV-PG

WORLD Taco Mafia: Comunidad

The team supports its community while celebrating its fifth anniversary. TV-PG

Learn how rural communities deal with issues regarding their plastic waste. TV-PG

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

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

The Taco Mafia reflects on Winter Storm Uri and the effects it had on their city. TV-PG

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