ADVANCE September 2025

SEPTEMBER SCHEDULE

MONDAY 1

PROGRAM GUIDE KEY

TUNE IN:

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

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-9/1, 9 p.m., WORLD)

WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD Haymarket: The Bomb, the Anarchists, the Labor Struggle

POV: Driver Monday, September 1 10 p.m. on Iowa PBS .1

A workers’ protest rally turns deadly when a bomb is thrown into the ranks of police in May of 1886. (R-9/6, 10 p.m., WORLD) TV-PG

6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS British Antiques Roadshow:

After losing it all, Desiree Wood takes a second lease on life as a long-haul trucker. In a rapidly changing labor landscape, she and her sisterhood of truckers rally against the crushing forces of an industry that is indifferent to their survival.

Brodie Castle and Estate 3 (R-9/6, 4:30 p.m., Iowa PBS)

7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Antiques Roadshow:

Vintage Salt Lake City 2020 (R-9/6, 5 p.m., Iowa PBS)

Local 1196: A Steelworkers

WORLD

10:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

Strike Filmed over 106 days on the picket line, this film gives voice to strikers who are increasingly at risk of lost jobs, lost health care and lost homes. TV-PG

POV: Driver After losing it all, Desiree Wood takes a second lease on life as a long-haul trucker. (R-9/3, 7:30 p.m., WORLD) TV-14

8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Antiques Roadshow:

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

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 My Life Is Murder: All the Better to See You

Vintage Los Angeles 2020 WORLD Poetry in America: Who Burns for the Perfection of Paper

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

Latinx poet Martin Espada reflects on social mobility. (R-9/6, 12:30 p.m., WORLD) TV-PG

MONDAY

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

8:30 p.m. WORLD Stories From the Stage: Nine-to-Five

All the world’s a stage when Alexa investigates the murder of an actor during a live performance. TV-PG

TUESDAY

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

Sometimes a job is a nightmare, and other times it’s a dream come true. (R-9/7, 9:30 a.m., WORLD)

WEDNESDAY

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

TUESDAY 2

9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Paul Hollywood Goes to Hollywood: Savannah Next up for Paul Hollywood is America’s Deep South, with stops in Savannah and New Orleans. TV-PG

THURSDAY

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

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

FRIDAY

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

WORLD PBS News Hour

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

SATURDAY

WORLD NHK Newsline

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

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