ADVANCE September 2025

SEPTEMBER SCHEDULE

7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS American Experience:

9:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

TUNE IN:

Sacred Planet With Gulnaz Khan: Stopping the Desert Travel across Africa’s Sahel, where Muslims and Christians unite to fight desertification. (R-9/23, 7 p.m., WORLD) TV-PG

FDR: The Grandest Job in the World/ The Juggler

Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidency, social policies and management of World War II are examined. (R-9/19, 6 p.m., WORLD) TV-PG WORLD Sacred Planet With Gulnaz Khan: The Heart of the World (See 9/10 at 9 p.m. on Iowa PBS) 8:00 p.m. WORLD Age of Nature: Awakening 9:00 p.m. WORLD PBS News Hour 9:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Summoned: Frances Perkins and the General Welfare A new awareness of nature is helping to restore ecosystems from Panama to China to Mozambique. TV-PG

WORLD PBS News Hour 10:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Earth’s Sacred Wonders: Closer to the Divine

Travel to Japan, where a Shinto devotee undertakes a grueling challenge at a sacred waterfall. DVS

The American Revolution: An Inside Look Tuesday, September 16 10:30 p.m. on Iowa PBS .1 Learn more about the new documentary The American Revolution . This expansive look at the virtues and contradictions of the war and the birth of the United States of America, the film follows dozens of figures from a wide variety of backgrounds.

WORLD DW The Day 10:30 p.m. WORLD BBC News 11:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Midsomer Murders:

The Straw Woman, Part 2 (See 9/11 at 9:32 p.m. on Iowa PBS)

The life of Frances Perkins, the first woman appointed to a U.S. presidential cabinet, is explored. TV-PG

WORLD Amanpour and Company

THURSDAY 18

10:00 p.m. WORLD DW The Day 10:30 p.m. Iowa PBS

6:00 p.m. WORLD Independent Lens: El Equipo

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

An unlikely collaboration changes the course of forensic science and international human rights. TV-14

The American Revolution: An Inside Look Learn about the latest documentary series directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt that examines how America’s founding turned the world upside down. (R-9/19, 8:30 p.m., WORLD) TV-14

6:30 p.m. Iowa PBS Road Trip Iowa: Loess Hills National Scenic Byway—North (R-9/20, 9 a.m., Iowa PBS) 7:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Big Cats 24/7: A Pride Divided

(R-9/18, 9 p.m., WORLD)

WORLD NHK Newsline 6:00 p.m. WORLD Flamenco: The Land Is Still Fertile Discover the fundamental and perhaps surprising contributions of farm workers to the development and maintenance of flamenco. (R-9/20, 10 p.m., WORLD)

WORLD BBC News 11:00 p.m. Iowa PBS Midsomer Murders:

Under attack from intruder male lions, the mums with young cubs must find the rest of the pride. (R-9/21, 7 p.m., WORLD) TV-PG

The Straw Woman, Part 1 (See 9/11 at 9:32 p.m. on Iowa PBS)

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

7:30 p.m. WORLD POV: Black Snow

WORLD Amanpour and Company

(R-9/20, 11:30 a.m., Iowa PBS) WORLD Flamenco: The Land Is Still Fertile This episode examines other

(See 9/15 at 10 p.m. on Iowa PBS) (R-9/20, 11 a.m., WORLD)

WEDNESDAY 17

8:00 p.m. Iowa PBS

occupations associated with flamenco and is filled with live performances. (R-9/20, 10:30 p.m., WORLD)

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

NOVA: Human: Origins Trace the remarkable origin story of Homo sapiens and the crucial moments that shaped our species. (R-9/23, 6 p.m., WORLD) DVS/TV-PG

(R-9/17, 9 p.m., WORLD)

WORLD NHK Newsline

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