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UPDATE: Autumn 2014 sched + 2015 programs


Edit: Some dates for winter 2015 have been released. See the 2nd and 3rd posts.

PBS has announced their autumn schedule. It looks like Mystery! is on tap for the fall.

Miss Marple
Acclaimed British actress Julia McKenzie (Cranford) returns as spinster sleuth Miss Marple in three new episodes of the popular Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple series – A Caribbean Mystery, Greenshaw’s Folly and Endless Night. Sundays, September 21 and 28, 2014

Inspector Lewis, Season 7
Kevin Whately and Laurence Fox return for a seventh season of the beloved Inspector Lewis series. Hathaway has been promoted to Inspector after an extended break from the force, and Lewis is enjoying retired life until he’s asked to team up with his old colleague again. With their partnership renewed under altered circumstances, the duo continues to solve crime in the seemingly perfect academic haven of Oxford. Sundays, October 5-19, 2014, 9:00-10:30 p.m. ET

Death Comes to Pemberley
An adaptation of P.D. James’ witty and inventive continuation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice picks up the story six years after the marriage of Elizabeth and Darcy. As preparations are being made for a ball at their Pemberley home, the discovery of a corpse brings an abrupt and shocking halt to the proceedings — and a threat to all that the Darcys hold dear. Sundays, October 26-November 2, 2014, 9:00-10:30 p.m. ET

Worricker: Turks & Caicos
Bill Nighy reprises his role as MI5 spy Johnny Worricker in a follow-up to the acclaimed Page Eight (MASTERPIECE, 2011). Worricker, who has just left his job at MI5, escapes to the distant islands of Turks & Caicos, where an order from the CIA puts him back to work. The top-tier cast also includes Christopher Walken, Winona Ryder, Helena Bonham Carter and Ralph Fiennes. Written and directed by David Hare. Sunday, November 9, 2014, 9:00-11:00 p.m. ET

Worricker: Salting the Battlefield
The Worricker trilogy concludes with Johnny (Bill Nighy) and Margot (Helena Bonham Carter) managing to stay ahead of an international dragnet all across Europe. British Prime Minister Alec Beasley (Ralph Fiennes) and old MI5 colleague Jill Tankard (Judy Davis) desperately want Johnny back —but for different reasons. Who will win this frenzied game of spy versus spy? Written and directed by David Hare. Sunday, November 16, 2014, 9:00-11:00 p.m. ET


According to wikipedia, PBS will broadcast season 2 of The Paradise on
Sept 28, Oct 5, 12, 19, 26, Nov 2, 9, and 16, 2014

and Breathless begins August 24, 2014.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/programs/episode/breathless-s1-e1/

2015

Downton Abbey series 5 premieres Sunday, 4 January


Poldark


Wolf Hall


Indian Summer



PBS is also supposed to broadcast Mr. Selfridge series 3 at some point.


And there are rumors on the internet that PBS will also broadcast BBC's The Crimson Field. PLUS BBC are doing a new adaptation of Mapp & Lucia, which I'm hoping will be picked up by PBS.

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Additionally we have some non-Masterpiece programming to look forward to:

Last Tango in Halifax, series 2
Premieres June 29, 2014


and the 4th series of Call the Midwife premieres on PBS on March 29, 2015, but the Christmas Special will air in December:

Call The Midwife hits the US screens first on December 28th with the Christmas Special
http://primetime.unrealitytv.co.uk/pbs-discuss-scheduling-sherlock-dow nton-abbey-call-midwife/



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I'd expect them to broadcast The Crimson Field, although I have heard rumors that it "cleans up" WWI a bit too much.

Honestly WWI is so depressing to me I can barely stand to watch anything about it. The realistic stuff is horrifying, and the non-realistic stuff is almost offensive because that should never be whitewashed.

I know I am weird about it. But ever since I read "Testament of Youth" and "To End All Wars" (and saw War Horse) I have been almost sickened by the thought of it. It's a visceral reaction.

So I'll take the fluffy stuff. I really need to catch up on Selfridge. I've heard Wolf Hall is interesting too.

Oh, and they are making a version of Testament of Youth with Saoierse Ronan. Do you know when that arrives?

Oh, and I love Bill Nighy! I'd watch that just for him and HBC!

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Ronan was replaced with the actress who was in A Royal Scandal (her name escapes me). It's a feature film; not sure when it comes out. I think they're still in pre-production.

The miniseries starring Cheryl Campbell is still on yt, I think. (Incredible series; Campbell is superb.)

I didn't think The Crimson Field was whitewashing the war. It wasn't a combat narrative; it's about a field hospital.

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Dates for the 2015 premieres of Downton Abbey and Call the Midwife are in the 2nd and 3rd posts. (Also, info on the CTM xmas spec.)

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