For those watching the second season of Downton Abbey on Masterpiece Classic last night, the fields of France were not the only place where bombs were dropping! Episode three was an eye popper, full of confrontations, shocking surprises, unrequited love, and ingenious plot twists worthy of the best Agatha Christie crime novel. Many of the [...]
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Downton Abbey Season 2: Episode 3 on Masterpiece Classic PBS – Recap & Review
Posted in Masterpiece Classic, tagged Downton Abbey, Downton Abbey Season 2, Masterpiece Classics, PBS on 23 January 2012 | 24 Comments »
Follow Friday: Secrets of the Manor House on PBS this Sunday
Posted in Masterpiece Classic, tagged Edwardian-era, PBS, Secrets of the Manor House on 20 January 2012 | 3 Comments »
Ever wonder what really went on behind the stately walls of a British manor house like Downton Abbey? If so, be sure to catch the premiere of Secrets of the Manor House being aired before the third episode of Downton Abbey Season Two on Sunday, January 22nd, 2012 on many PBS stations (check local listings). [...]
Upstairs Downstairs: Part Three: The Cuckoo on Masterpiece Classic PBS – A Recap & Review
Posted in Masterpiece Classic, tagged Claire Foy, Ed Stoppard, Eileen Atkins, Jean Marsh, Keeley Hawes, Masterpiece Classic, Movies, Neil Jackson, PBS, Period Drama, Upstairs Downstairs on 24 April 2011 | 14 Comments »
The new residents of 165 Eaton Place have a “day full of unimaginable things” in The Cuckoo, the third and concluding episode of the revival season on Masterpiece Classic PBS. Last week’s episode two, The Ladybird, had strong political overtones as rebellious Lady Persie (Claire Foy) and the chauffeur Harry Spargo (Neil Jackson) joined the [...]
Follow Friday: Masterpiece Classic PBS
Posted in Masterpiece Classic, Masterpiece Mystery, tagged British Period Drama, Follow Friday, Masterpiece Classic, Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, Period Drama, Pride and Prejudice 1980 on 22 April 2011 | 2 Comments »
This year marks the 40th anniversary of Masterpiece Theatre, now with a new name of Masterpiece Classic under the umbrella of Masterpiece: which includes the trifecta of presentations in the Classic, Mystery and Contemporary categories. This television show premiered in 1971 and is produced by WGBH in Boston. It airs on PBS in the US [...]
Inspector Lewis: The Dead of Winter on Masterpiece Mystery PBS – A Recap & Review
Posted in Masterpiece Mystery, tagged Dead of Winter, Inspector Lewis, Kevin Whatley, Laurence Fox, Masterpiece Mystery, Murder Mystery, Nathaniel Parker, PBS on 5 September 2010 | 85 Comments »
Inspector Lewis continues tonight on Masterpiece Mystery with another new episode of the popular detective series based in Oxford where the death toll since its predecessor Inspector Morse hit the airwaves in 1987 must place this small college town as the epicenter of “malice aforethought” in England. The Dead of Winter involves sad connections to [...]
Inspector Lewis: The Point of Vanishing on Masterpiece Mystery PBS – A Recap & Review
Posted in Masterpiece Mystery, tagged Detective mysteries, Inspector Leiws, Kevin Whatley, Laurence Fox, Masterpiece Mystery, PBS on 19 August 2010 | 19 Comments »
The wait is almost over. An encore episode of Inspector Lewis Series II The Point of Vanishing airs this Sunday on Masterpiece Mystery, and then Series III begins on August 29th, 2010 with Counter Culture Blues. Oxford police detectives D.I. Lewis (Kevin Whatley) and D.S. Hathaway (Laurence Fox) are called to a death by drowning [...]
Inspector Lewis: Allegory of Love on Masterpiece Mystery PBS – A Recap & Review
Posted in Masterpiece Mystery, tagged Allegory of Love, Inspector Lewis, James Fox, Kevin Whatley, Laurence Fox, Louise Dylan, Masterpiece Mystery, PBS, Tom Mison on 5 August 2010 | 12 Comments »
My favorite detective series Inspector Lewis begins again on Masterpiece Mystery this Sunday, August 8th with the encore presentation from Series II of Allegory of Love. Why do I love this series so much? Let me count the ways. It’s smart: Yes. I’m an intellectual snob. It’s wise: Laced with literary references, it makes me [...]
Hercule Poirot: Murder on the Orient Express on Masterpiece Mystery PBS – A Recap & Review
Posted in Masterpiece Mystery, tagged Agatha Christie, David Suchet, Hercule Poirot, Masterpiece Mystery, PBS on 15 July 2010 | 35 Comments »
Mystery fans were treated to the opening of season X of Poirot on Masterpiece Mystery last Sunday with a new episode of Murder on the Orient Express, one of Agatha Christie’s most famous novels. Amazingly, this new production is only the second time it has been adapted for television and follows the famous and glitzy [...]














