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Masterpiece Season 28 Episodes

  • 1971-2021
  • 51 Seasons
  • Masterpiece Theatre
  • Drama, Documentary, Suspense
  • TV-14
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Masterpiece (formerly known as Masterpiece Theatre) is a drama anthology television series produced by WGBH Boston. It premiered on Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) on January 10, 1971, making it America's longest-running weekly prime time drama series. The series has presented numerous acclaimed British productions. Many of these are produced by the BBC, but the line-up has also included programs shown on the UK commercial channels ITV and Channel 4.

Season 28 Episode Guide

Season 28

3 Episodes 1998 - 1999

Episode 1

King Lear

Sun, Oct 11, 1998

King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia, youngest and most honest, refuses to idly flatter the old man in return for favor, he banishes her and turns for support to his remaining daughters. But Goneril and Regan have no love for him and instead plot to take all his power from him. In a parallel, Lear's loyal courtier Gloucester favors his illegitimate son Edmund after being told lies about his faithful son Edgar. Madness and tragedy befall both ill-starred fathers.

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Episode 2

Wuthering Heights

Sun, Oct 18, 1998

Mistreated foundling Heathcliff and his step sister Catherine fall in love, but when she marries a wealthy man, he becomes obsessed with getting revenge, even well into the next generation.

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Episode 22

Goodnight, Mister Tom

Sun, May 30, 1999

A shy and quiet World War II evacuee is housed by a disgruntled old man, and they soon develop a close bond.

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