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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)
39
- 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)
40
- 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: "Tess of the D'Urbervilles"

Season 39, Episode 1

Episode Synopsis: Part 1 of 2. The "Masterpiece Classic" season premiere features an adaptation of Thomas Hardy's classic "Tess of the D'Urbervilles," about a young woman (Gemma Arterton) who learns that, though her family is poor, she's descended from aristocrats. She takes a position with a family who purchased her ancestral name, D'Urbervilles, and she is preyed upon by Alec (Hans Matheson), the libertine son, from whom she flees. Ian Puleston-Davies: John Durbeyfield. Anna Massey: Mrs. D'Urberville. Original Air Date: Jan 4, 2009

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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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