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Posted September 21, 2023 - No Comment

Post TIFF, ‘Alice & Jack’ headed to PBS Masterpiece in 2024

Fresh off a very successful premiere last weekend at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), Alice & Jack will find its American broadcast home in 2024 as part of Masterpiece on PBS. In collaboration with British broadcaster, Channel 4, Alice & Jack will star Academy Award®-nominated actress and producer Andrea Riseborough (To Leslie, Birdman) alongside actor, director and screenwriter Domhnall Gleeson (Brooklyn, The Revenant). […]

Posted August 9, 2023 - No Comment

After keeping the fire burning for 3+ years, ‘World on Fire’ finally returns to Masterpiece on PBS October 15!

It was the year 2020 when, with 3 episodes remaining in the first series of World on Fire, welcome news came from PBS and the BBC that the then Helen Hunt-led British World War II drama had been commissioned for a second series. Originally designed as a multi-year drama that would look at World War II […]

Posted July 2, 2023 - No Comment

Blenheim Vale resurfaces as ‘Endeavour’ comes to an end

As Endeavour entered its ninth and final season, and old ‘friend’ resurfaced by the name of Blenheim Vale, the old unsolved case surrounding the residential home for wayward boys that closed in 1955. The events around Blenheim Vale were first featured in Endeavour S2, Ep 4, “Neverland”. Blenheim Vale 101 In Neverland, first broadcast in Summer 2014 on PBS, the Blenheim […]

Posted June 15, 2023 - 1 Comment

Glenda Jackson — Oscar winning actress and former MP of the United Kingdom has died at 87

Sadly, each of these announcements gets more and more difficult each time they pop up in ‘Breaking News’. Glenda Jackson, Oscar winning actress and former Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom has died and the all-too-young age of 87. Jackson died peacefully at her home in Blackheath, London Thursday morning after a brief illness […]

Posted June 15, 2023 - No Comment

Closing the book on Endeavour Morse this Sunday on PBS Masterpiece!

As you prepare to put the cell phone on ‘do not disturb’ this Sunday, PBS Masterpiece does its best to prepare you for Endeavour: The Final Season with this brief look as to what’s in store for longtime partners and special friends and the special bond between Endeavour Morse (Shaun Evans) and DCI Fred Thursday (Roger Allam). Series 9 begins […]

Posted June 14, 2023 - No Comment

‘Unforgotten’ returns as Sinéad Keenan joins Sanjeev Bhaskar (and his rucksack) for S5!

Things are definitely looking up in 2023-24 as Sinéad Keenan (Doctor Who, Being Human) joins Sanjeev Bhaskar (DI Sunil ‘Sunny’ Khan) for the S5 premiere of Unforgotten on PBS. Keenan joins the team as DCI Jessica ‘Jessie’ James, following the tragic S4 finale and the death of DCI Cassie Stewart (Nicola Walker). Walker went on to star in Annika for the BBC and PBS this past year […]

Posted April 14, 2023 - No Comment

‘Tom Jones’ heads to PBS Masterpiece beginning April 30

Henry Fielding’s classic novel The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling tells the story of the title character’s complicated journey to find real love. The newest adaptation will arrive on April 30 on PBS.

Posted January 27, 2023 - No Comment

History does repeat itself when ‘Marie Antoinette’ premieres March 19 on PBS

You know the story. You studied it in school somewhere along the line. The future king of France is not exactly a catch. Marie Antoinette, barely a teenager at 14, has been sent from Austria to be married off to Louis-Auguste, the eldest son of the King of France. Airing Sundays, March 19 through May […]

Posted January 22, 2023 - No Comment

‘Nolly’ with Helena Bonham Carter headed to PBS

Nolly tells the story of British soap opera legend Noele Gordon (Helena Bonham Carter), a.k.a. Nolly, who played Meg Richardson in hit ITV soap Crossroads whose unceremonious firing from her hit show at the height of her career was front-page news. As one of the most famous faces on British TV in the 1960s and ’70s, Gordon […]

Posted December 16, 2022 - No Comment

‘Sanditon’ returns to PBS on March 19 for 3rd and final series

Fortunately and, unfortunately, there is both good news and bad news swirling around the forthcoming third series of Sanditon as part of PBS’ Masterpiece series. The good news is that long-time fans of the series will be able to return to the seaside resort town for the premiere of series 3 on Sunday, March 19 at 9pET/8pCT. The […]