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1971, TV Show

Seasons:

36
- Prime Suspect: The Final Act (Original Airdate Nov 19, 2006)
- Prime Suspect: The Final Act (Original Airdate Nov 12, 2006)
- To the Ends of the Earth: Fire Down Below (Original Airdate Nov 5, 2006)
- To the Ends of the Earth: Close Quarters (Original Airdate Oct 29, 2006)
- To the Ends of the Earth: Rites of Passage (Original Airdate Oct 22, 2006)
- Casanova (Original Airdate Oct 15, 2006)
- Casanova (Original Airdate Oct 8, 2006)
- Under the Greenwood Tree (Original Airdate Apr 23, 2006)
- Carrie's War (Original Airdate Apr 16, 2006)
- My Family and Other Animals (Original Airdate Apr 9, 2006)
- Bleak House (Original Airdate Feb 26, 2006)
- Bleak House (Original Airdate Feb 19, 2006)
- Bleak House (Original Airdate Feb 12, 2006)
- Bleak House (Original Airdate Feb 5, 2006)
- Bleak House (Original Airdate Jan 29, 2006)
- Bleak House (Original Airdate Jan 22, 2006)
37
- The Amazing Mrs. Pritchard (Original Airdate Nov 19, 2007)
- The Amazing Mrs. Pritchard (Original Airdate Nov 11, 2007)
- The Amazing Mrs. Pritchard (Original Airdate Nov 4, 2007)
- The Amazing Mrs. Pritchard (Original Airdate Oct 28, 2007)
- The Amazing Mrs. Pritchard (Original Airdate Oct 21, 2007)
- The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton (Original Airdate May 20, 2007)
- The Wind in the Willows (Original Airdate Apr 8, 2007)
- Dracula (Original Airdate Feb 11, 2007)
- The Ruby in the Smoke (Original Airdate Feb 4, 2007)
- Jane Eyre (Original Airdate Jan 28, 2007)
- Jane Eyre (Original Airdate Jan 21, 2007)
38
- The Unseen Alistair Cooke (Original Airdate Nov 23, 2008)
- Filth (Original Airdate Nov 16, 2008)
- God on Trial (Original Airdate Nov 9, 2008)
- The Last Enemy (Original Airdate Nov 2, 2008)
- The Last Enemy (Original Airdate Oct 26, 2008)
- The Last Enemy (Original Airdate Oct 19, 2008)
- The Last Enemy (Original Airdate Oct 12, 2008)
- The Last Enemy (Original Airdate Oct 5, 2008)
- The Shadow in the North (Original Airdate Sep 28, 2008)
- The Inspector Lynley Mysteries: Know Thine Enemy (Original Airdate Aug 17, 2008)
- The Inspector Lynley Mysteries: Limbo (Original Airdate Aug 10, 2008)
- Foyle's War: All Clear (Original Airdate Jul 27, 2008)
- Foyle's War: Broken Souls (Original Airdate Jul 20, 2008)
- Foyle's War: Plan of Attack (Original Airdate Jul 13, 2008)
- Inspector Lewis: Expiation (Original Airdate Jul 6, 2008)
- Inspector Lewis: Old School Ties (Original Airdate Jun 29, 2008)
- Inspector Lewis: Whom the Gods Would Destroy (Original Airdate Jun 22, 2008)
- Cranford (Original Airdate May 18, 2008)
- Cranford (Original Airdate May 11, 2008)
- Cranford (Original Airdate May 4, 2008)
- My Boy Jack (Original Airdate Apr 20, 2008)
- A Room With a View (Original Airdate Apr 13, 2008)
- Sense and Sensibility (Original Airdate Apr 6, 2008)
- Sense and Sensibility (Original Airdate Mar 30, 2008)
- Miss Austen Regrets (Original Airdate Feb 3, 2008)
- Mansfield Park (Original Airdate Jan 27, 2008)
- Northanger Abbey (Original Airdate Jan 20, 2008)
- Persuasion (Original Airdate Jan 13, 2008)
- Emma (Original Airdate Feb 16, 1997)
- Pride and Prejudice (Original Airdate Jan 16, 1996)
- Pride and Prejudice (Original Airdate Jan 15, 1996)
- Pride and Prejudice (Original Airdate Jan 14, 1996)
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- Collision (Original Airdate Nov 22, 2009)
- Collision (Original Airdate Nov 15, 2009)
- Place of Execution (Original Airdate Nov 8, 2009)
- Place of Execution (Original Airdate Nov 1, 2009)
- Endgame (Original Airdate Oct 25, 2009)
- Inspector Lewis: The Point of Vanishing (Original Airdate Oct 18, 2009)
- Inspector Lewis: Quality of Mercy (Original Airdate Oct 11, 2009)
- Inspector Lewis: Allegory of Love (Original Airdate Oct 4, 2009)
- Inspector Lewis: The Great and the Good (Original Airdate Sep 20, 2009)
- Inspector Lewis: Life Born of Fire (Original Airdate Sep 13, 2009)
- Inspector Lewis: Music to Die For (Original Airdate Sep 6, 2009)
- Inspector Lewis: And the Moonbeams Kiss the Sea (Original Airdate Aug 30, 2009)
- Miss Marple: Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (Original Airdate Jul 26, 2009)
- Miss Marple: They Do It With Mirrors (Original Airdate Jul 19, 2009)
- Miss Marple: Murder Is Easy (Original Airdate Jul 12, 2009)
- Miss Marple: A Pocket Full of Rye (Original Airdate Jul 5, 2009)
- Poirot: Mrs. McGinty's Dead (Original Airdate Jun 28, 2009)
- Poirot: Cat Among the Pigeons (Original Airdate Jun 21, 2009)
- Wallander: One Step Behind (Original Airdate May 31, 2009)
- Wallander: Firewall (Original Airdate May 17, 2009)
- Wallander: Sidetracked (Original Airdate May 10, 2009)
- The Old Curiosity Shop (Original Airdate May 3, 2009)
- Little Dorrit (Original Airdate Apr 26, 2009)
- Little Dorrit (Original Airdate Apr 19, 2009)
- Little Dorrit (Original Airdate Apr 12, 2009)
- Little Dorrit (Original Airdate Apr 5, 2009)
- Little Dorrit (Original Airdate Mar 29, 2009)
- Oliver Twist (Original Airdate Feb 22, 2009)
- Oliver Twist (Original Airdate Feb 15, 2009)
- Wuthering Heights (Original Airdate Jan 25, 2009)
- Wuthering Heights (Original Airdate Jan 18, 2009)
- Tess of the D'Urbervilles (Original Airdate Jan 11, 2009)
- Tess of the D'Urbervilles (Original Airdate Jan 4, 2009)
- David Copperfield (Original Airdate Apr 17, 2000)
- David Copperfield (Original Airdate Apr 16, 2000)
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- The Inspector Lynley Mysteries: In the Blink of an Eye (Original Airdate Oct 14, 2007)
- The Inspector Lynley Mysteries: Chinese Walls (Original Airdate Oct 7, 2007)
- The Inspector Lynley Mysteries: One Guilty Deed (Original Airdate Sep 16, 2007)
- The Inspector Lynley Mysteries: Natural Causes (Original Airdate Sep 9, 2007)
- Best of Masterpiece Theatre (Original Airdate Jan 28, 2007)
- The Virgin Queen (Original Airdate Nov 20, 2005)
- The Virgin Queen (Original Airdate Nov 13, 2005)
- Kidnapped (Original Airdate Nov 6, 2005)
- Kidnapped (Original Airdate Oct 30, 2005)
- Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Silk Stocking (Original Airdate Oct 23, 2005)
- Island at War: Episode 5 (Original Airdate Feb 20, 2005)
- Island at War: Episode 4 (Original Airdate Feb 13, 2005)
- Island at War: Episode 3 (Original Airdate Feb 6, 2005)
- Island at War: Episode 2 (Original Airdate Jan 30, 2005)
- Island at War: Episode 1 (Original Airdate Jan 23, 2005)
- He Knew He Was Right (Original Airdate Jan 16, 2005)
- He Knew He Was Right (Original Airdate Jan 9, 2005)
- Pollyanna (Original Airdate Nov 28, 2004)
- Henry VIII (Original Airdate Nov 14, 2004)
- Henry VIII (Original Airdate Nov 7, 2004)
- Talking Heads: The Hand of God (Original Airdate Oct 31, 2004)
- The Lost Prince (Original Airdate Oct 24, 2004)
- The Lost Prince (Original Airdate Oct 17, 2004)
- Prime Suspect 2: Episode Two (Original Airdate May 24, 2004)
- Prime Suspect 2: Episode One (Original Airdate May 20, 2004)
- Prime Suspect (Original Airdate May 10, 2004)
- Prime Suspect (Original Airdate May 3, 2004)
- Prime Suspect 6: The Last Witness, Episode 2 (Original Airdate Apr 25, 2004)
- Prime Suspect 6: The Last Witness, Episode 1 (Original Airdate Apr 18, 2004)
- The Forsyte Saga II: Episode 3 (Original Airdate Feb 22, 2004)
- The Forsyte Saga II: Episode 2 (Original Airdate Feb 15, 2004)
- The Forsyte Saga II: Episode 1 (Original Airdate Feb 8, 2004)
- The Forsyte Saga (Original Airdate Feb 1, 2004)
- Doctor Zhivago (Original Airdate Nov 9, 2003)
- Doctor Zhivago (Original Airdate Nov 2, 2003)
- Goodbye Mr. Chips (Original Airdate Oct 19, 2003)
- Warrior Queen (Original Airdate Oct 12, 2003)
- The Trouble with Millat and the Return of Magid (Original Airdate May 18, 2003)
- The Peculiar Second Marriage of Archie Jones and the Temptation of Samad Iqbal (Original Airdate May 11, 2003)
- The Jury (Original Airdate Apr 27, 2003)
- The Jury (Original Airdate Apr 20, 2003)
- The Jury (Original Airdate Apr 13, 2003)
- The Jury (Original Airdate Apr 6, 2003)
- Daniel Deronda (Original Airdate Mar 31, 2003)
- Daniel Deronda (Original Airdate Mar 30, 2003)
- Foyle's War: Eagle Day (Original Airdate Feb 23, 2003)
- Foyle's War: A Lesson in Murder (Original Airdate Feb 16, 2003)
- Foyle's War: The White Feather (Original Airdate Feb 9, 2003)
- Foyle's War: The German Woman (Original Airdate Feb 2, 2003)
- Me and Mrs. Jones (Original Airdate Jan 26, 2003)
- The Hound of the Baskervilles (Original Airdate Jan 19, 2003)
- My Uncle Silas II (Original Airdate Jan 12, 2003)
- The Forsyte Saga (Original Airdate Nov 10, 2002)
- The Forsyte Saga (Original Airdate Nov 3, 2002)
- The Forsyte Saga (Original Airdate Oct 27, 2002)
- The Forsyte Saga (Original Airdate Oct 20, 2002)
- The Forsyte Saga (Original Airdate Oct 13, 2002)
- The Forsyte Saga (Original Airdate Oct 6, 2002)
- The Road from Coorain (Original Airdate May 13, 2002)
- Innocents (Original Airdate May 6, 2002)
- The Way We Live Now (Original Airdate Apr 22, 2002)
- The Way We Live Now (Original Airdate Apr 15, 2002)
- The Way We Live Now (Original Airdate Apr 8, 2002)
- The Way We Live Now (Original Airdate Apr 1, 2002)
- Lucky Jim (Original Airdate Feb 25, 2002)
- Love in a Cold Climate (Original Airdate Feb 18, 2002)
- Love in a Cold Climate (Original Airdate Feb 11, 2002)
- Bertie and Elizabeth (Original Airdate Feb 4, 2002)
- Othello (Original Airdate Jan 28, 2002)
- The Murder of Stephen Lawrence (Original Airdate Jan 21, 2002)
- My Uncle Silas (Original Airdate Nov 26, 2001)
- The Cazalets (Original Airdate Nov 19, 2001)
- The Cazalets (Original Airdate Nov 12, 2001)
- The Cazalets (Original Airdate Nov 5, 2001)
- The Cazalets (Original Airdate Oct 29, 2001)
- The Cazalets (Original Airdate Oct 22, 2001)
- Merchant of Venice (Original Airdate Oct 8, 2001)
- Talking Heads 2: Miss Fozzard Finds Her Feet (Original Airdate Jul 1, 2001)
- Take a Girl like You (Original Airdate May 20, 2001)
- Take a Girl like You (Original Airdate May 13, 2001)
- Wives and Daughters (Original Airdate Apr 22, 2001)
- Wives and Daughters (Original Airdate Apr 15, 2001)
- Wives and Daughters (Original Airdate Apr 8, 2001)
- Wives and Daughters (Original Airdate Apr 1, 2001)
- Traffik (Original Airdate Mar 29, 2001)
- Traffik (Original Airdate Mar 28, 2001)
- Anna Karenina (Original Airdate Feb 26, 2001)
- Anna Karenina (Original Airdate Feb 19, 2001)
- Bramwell VI (Original Airdate Feb 12, 2001)
- Bramwell VI (Original Airdate Feb 5, 2001)
- Bramwell VI (Original Airdate Jan 29, 2001)
- Bramwell VI (Original Airdate Jan 22, 2001)
- Bramwell VI (Original Airdate Jan 15, 2001)
- The American (Original Airdate Jan 4, 2001)
- A Rather English Marriage (Original Airdate Dec 31, 2000)
- Stiff Upper Lips (Original Airdate Nov 20, 2000)
- The Railway Children (Original Airdate Nov 12, 2000)
- Mrs. Brown (Original Airdate Nov 5, 2000)
- Cora Unashamed (Original Airdate Oct 26, 2000)
- Oliver Twist (Original Airdate Oct 23, 2000)
- Oliver Twist (Original Airdate Oct 16, 2000)
- Oliver Twist (Original Airdate Oct 9, 2000)
- Monsignor Renard (Original Airdate May 22, 2000)
- Monsignor Renard (Original Airdate May 15, 2000)
- Monsignor Renard (Original Airdate May 8, 2000)
- Seeing Red (Original Airdate May 1, 2000)
- The Turn of the Screw (Original Airdate Feb 28, 2000)
- All the King's Men (Original Airdate Feb 20, 2000)
- Madame Bovary (Original Airdate Feb 14, 2000)
- Madame Bovary (Original Airdate Feb 7, 2000)
- Bramwell 5 (Original Airdate Jan 31, 2000)
- Bramwell 5 (Original Airdate Jan 24, 2000)
- Bramwell 5 (Original Airdate Jan 17, 2000)
- Bramwell 5 (Original Airdate Jan 10, 2000)
- Shooting the Past (Original Airdate Nov 29, 1999)
- Shooting the Past (Original Airdate Nov 22, 1999)
- Lost for Words (Original Airdate Nov 1, 1999)
- Aristocrats (Original Airdate Oct 24, 1999)
- Aristocrats (Original Airdate Oct 17, 1999)
- Aristocrats (Original Airdate Oct 10, 1999)

Masterpiece Episode: "The Way We Live Now"

Episode Synopsis: David Suchet plays a shady financier who buys his way into Victorian society in a four-part adaptation of “The Way We Live Now,” Anthony Trollope's 1875 treatise on greed. Victorian society is only too willing to sell itself to Augustus Melmotte (Suchet) because he has what the land-rich, cash-poor aristocrats want: money. In Part 1, for instance, Sir Felix Carbury (Matthew Macfayden), a cad who has squandered his inheritance, sets out to win the very willing heart of Melmotte's daughter (Shirley Henderson). Sir Felix's mother (Cheryl Campbell) thinks it's a wonderful idea. Hetta: Paloma Baeza. Original Air Date: Apr 1, 2002

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Premiered: January 10, 1971, on PBS

Rating: TV-PG

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Premise: PBS's longest running (and most honored) dramatic series is an Anglophile's delight, featuring British adaptations of literary classics and original works. The first `Masterpiece' was `The First Churchills,' and since then it has won nine Peabodys and 29 Emmys (beginning with Susan Hampshire's Best Actress award for `Churchills'). Its many memorable productions include `Upstairs, Downstairs,' `I, Claudius,' 'The Jewel in the Crown,' `House of Cards,' `Poldark' and `Prime Suspect.'

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