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Masterpiece on PBS

1971, TV Show

Seasons:

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- 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)
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- 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)
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- 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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- Return to Cranford (Original Airdate Jan 10, 2010)

Masterpiece Episode: "King Lear"

Episode Synopsis: The 28th season begins with Richard Eyre's adaptation of the Shakespeare tragedy “King Lear.” Ian Holm stars as the aged king who falls into madness. Cordelia: Victoria Hamilton. Goneril: Barbara Flynn. Regan: Amanda Redman. Edmund: Finbar Lynch. Gloucester: Timothy West. Original Air Date: Jan 1, 0001

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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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