ADVANCE October 2025

OCTOBER SCHEDULE

WEDNESDAY 1

PROGRAM GUIDE KEY

TUNE IN:

5:00 p.m. WORLD France 24 5:30 p.m. Iowa PBS PBS News Hour WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD POV: The Last Out

Programs with this flag are new to our

broadcast schedule. IOWA PBS .1: Our primary channel. Antenna viewers can find it on the .1 channel. * IOWA PBS KIDS .2: Programming for kids. See schedule on page 5. Antenna viewers can find it on the .2 channel. * IOWA PBS WORLD .3: Public affairs, science, history, independent films and more. Antenna viewers can find it on the .3 channel. * IOWA PBS CREATE .4: How-to programs. See schedule on pages 8–11. Antenna viewers can find it on the .4 channel. * * Cable and satellite subscribers: Please contact your service providers for information on where they carry Iowa PBS’s channels in their lineup. DVS/DVI: Narrative descriptions for the visually impaired. This setting is often found in the accessibility menu. ESP: This program is available in Spanish through the SAP. Visit iowapbs.org/espanol for help. Este programa está disponible en español a través del programa de audio secundario (SAP, por sus siglas en inglés). Visite iowapbs.org/espanol para obtener más información. TV-PG: May be unsuitable for younger children. TV-14: May be unsuitable for children under 14. TV-MA: May be unsuitable for children under 17. Some ratings may be followed by initials describing the nature of the content: L=Language • V=Violence • AS=Adult situations • N=Nudity • S=Sexual content.

(R-10/1, 9 p.m., WORLD)

Cuban baseball players leave their families and chase their dreams of playing in the United States. TV-14

Big Cats 24/7: New Beginnings Wednesday, October 1 7 p.m. on Iowa PBS .1

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

Grant Wood Scenic Byway (R-10/4, 9 a.m., Iowa PBS)

The core of the Xudum Pride has fled south, but a group of its young females surprises the team in the north. Meanwhile, tragedy strikes the cheetah mother, Pobe, and Lediba, the leopard, struggles to provide for her ever-growing cub.

7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

Big Cats 24/7:

New Beginnings The team gets a surprise as a group of young females from the Xudum Pride heads north. (R-10/5, 7 p.m., WORLD) TV-PG

7:30 p.m. WORLD POV: Porcelain War

11:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Midsomer Murders:

The Blacktrees Prophecy, Part 2 Deep in Blacktrees Forest is a bombproof shelter built by Warren Kaine. TV-PG

Confronting war, Ukrainian artists pick up arms while finding strength through art. (R-10/4, 11 a.m., WORLD) TV-14

IOWA PBS 5:00–6:30 AM SUNDAY 5:00 am PBS News Weekend

8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

WORLD Amanpour and Company

NOVA: Human: Neanderthal Encounters

THURSDAY 2

Discover how Homo sapiens outlasted Neanderthals—and how they helped make us who we are today. (R-10/7, 6 p.m., WORLD) DVS/TV-PG

5:30 am Firing Line With Margaret Hoover 6:00 am Sit and Be Fit

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

MONDAY

5:00 am PBS News Weekend 5:30 am Iowa Press 6:00 am Classical Stretch

9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

Sacred Planet With Gulnaz Khan: Reclaiming Peru’s Glaciers

(R-10/2, 9 p.m., WORLD)

TUESDAY

5:00 am Amanpour & Company 6:00 am Classical Stretch

WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD Independent Lens: Three Chaplains

To confront the Andes deglaciation, Gulnaz is using ancient and modern paths. (R-10/7, 7 p.m., WORLD) TV-PG

WEDNESDAY

5:00 am Amanpour & Company 6:00 am Classical Stretch

WORLD PBS News Hour 10:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Secrets of the Dead: Archaeology at Althorp

Three chaplains go inside the armed forces to reveal how they practice and share their faith. TV-14

THURSDAY

5:00 am Amanpour & Company 6:00 am Classical Stretch

6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Iowa Ingredient: Kohlrabi (R-10/4, 11:30 a.m., Iowa PBS)

An extensive excavation of the Althorp estate uncovers significant British archaeological finds. DVS

FRIDAY

5:00 am Amanpour & Company 6:00 am Classical Stretch

WORLD DW The Day 10:30 p.m. WORLD BBC News

SATURDAY

5:00 am Amanpour & Company 6:00 am The Best of the Joy of Painting

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