ADVANCE September 2025

SEPTEMBER SCHEDULE

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

6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS

TUNE IN:

The Last Independent Automaker: The Missionary Explore how the U.S. car market boomed in the wake of World War II. TV-PG

Sins of Commission, Part 2 A prize-winning author is murdered on the eve of the Midsomer Literary Festival. TV-PG

7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Washington Week With The Atlantic (R-9/6, 6:30 a.m., WORLD) 7:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Iowa Press (R-9/6, 8:30 a.m., WORLD) 8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Market to Market (R-9/6, 8 a.m., WORLD) 8:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Studio 3 LIVE: William Elliott Whitmore

WORLD Amanpour and Company

THURSDAY 4

5:00 p.m. WORLD France 24 5:30 p.m. Iowa PBS PBS News Hour WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD The Five Demands

10:00 p.m. WORLD DW The Day 10:30 p.m. WORLD BBC News 11:00 p.m. WORLD Amanpour and Company 11:10 p.m. Iowa PBS Queens of Mystery: The Modern Art of Murder, Part 2 The Last Independent Automaker Friday, September 5 6:30 p.m. on Iowa PBS .1 Take a wild ride through history as nostalgia and great cars combine in this uniquely American story of grit, innovation and hard work. This six-part series details the unlikely rise and tragic fall of American Motors Corporation and offers a deep, unvarnished look at the inner workings of a car company.

(R-9/4, 9 p.m., WORLD)

William Elliott Whitmore’s roots-folk style music is inspired by life on his family farm.

In 1969, a student protest against institutional racism turned into a full-blown uprising that temporarily shut down the City College of New York. TV-PG

9:00 p.m. WORLD PBS News Hour 9:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Austin City Limits:

6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Iowa Ingredient: Raspberries (R-9/6, 11:30 a.m., Iowa PBS) 7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Father Brown: The Passing Bell

Noah Kahan/Flor De Toloache TV-PG

10:00 p.m. WORLD Bloomberg Wall Street Week (R-9/7, 1 p.m., WORLD) 10:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Woodsongs: Riders in the Sky 11:00 p.m. WORLD Amanpour and Company 11:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Songs at the Center:

A new musical director for the bell ringers of St. Mary’s leads to discord, disharmony and murder.

WORLD American Experience: The Busing Battleground

Revisit 1970s Boston, when court mandated school integration unleashed racial unrest. (R-9/7, 4 p.m., WORLD) TV-14

Matilda finds evidence of a destroyed forgery, and Jane uncovers shady dealings.

8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS The Brokenwood Mysteries: Over Her Dead Body

Arkadiy Gips, Alex Gordez, Michael Logen, Emily Shackelton TV-PG

FRIDAY 5

When the coffin is opened at Declan’s funeral, the dead body of a young woman is discovered. TV-PG

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

SATURDAY 6

9:00 p.m. WORLD PBS News Hour 9:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Midsomer Murders:

6:00 a.m. Iowa PBS The Best of the Joy of Painting: Toward Day’s End WORLD To the Contrary With Bonnie Erbe (R-9/6, 4 p.m., WORLD) 6:30 a.m. Iowa PBS 6:30–8 a.m. See page 5. WORLD Washington Week With The Atlantic (R-9/6, 4:30 p.m., WORLD)

(R-9/5, 9 p.m., WORLD)

WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD American Experience: Nixon

The Maid in Splendour, Parts 1 & 2 A barman from a local pub is shot dead as he walks near a ruined cottage in the woods. (Part 1: R-9/9, 11 p.m., Iowa PBS) (Part 2: R-9/10, 11 p.m., Iowa PBS)

(See 9/2 at 7 p.m. on Iowa PBS) (R-9/6, 1 p.m., WORLD) TV-PG

14 ADVANCE | SEPTEMBER 2025