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After the final season of Poldark last year, Masterpiece's fall season again kicks off with a reboot of a 1970s era series. Based on the Nicolas Freeling novels, Van Der Valk is a mystery series set in present-day Amsterdam, following the adventures of Dutch Detective Commissaris Piet Van
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The original Wallander novels were written by author Henning Mankell back in the 1990s. There are 11 books altogether, the first ten of which were published between 1990 and 2004 and then a final one in 2009 after the BBC remake of the Swedish TV series (itself a remake of
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This season of Endeavour has been all about the deaths on the towpath, and the finale is no different. (Also, great covers of Vivaldi's "Winter" are my entire *jam,* so this opening got extra points for soundtrack choices.) The deceased is Win's pal Bridget,
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Though fans hoped a Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Season 4 could occur, this final episode feels like the writers knew they were wrapping it up, starting with the only "last time on Miss Fisher" precap of the entire series. Then it drops into a cold open
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Perhaps it speaks to the mood of 2020 that Masterpiece's Sunday 9 p.m. hour will be given to mysteries and thrillers this fall. September brings the rebooted version of Van Der Valk for audiences to check out. And as soon as that series ends, the next one
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This week's Endeavour begins with an advert for The Jolly Rajah, the upcoming general election of 1970, and Stanley Nayle's (Ted Robbins) wrestling tourney. The Bombay Strangler (Harki Bhambra) fights Sloane, the Noble Brother (Graeme Stevely), as Win arrives with her pal Bridget (Flora London). The
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Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries only has two episodes left in its final season, so Hugh is back, with a promotion to Senior Constable. Just in time too, as this week begins on the tennis court locker rooms, where someone adds a spider to the shoe of a lady&
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Since the arrival of Poldark in the mid-2010s, Masterpiece's fall slate has been home to remakes of 1970s classic hits. This year marks the first one without Aidan Turner, but PBS keeps up the tradition, bringing back a new reboot of an old favorite in Van Der Valk.
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Endeavour regularly opens with staccato clips of murder interspersed with our characters. Still, the opening of Season 7 uses it effectively, unveiling the Thursdays in Oxford while Morse is far away in Venice, while Strange runs the desk this New Year's Eve. Morse is watching opera and landing
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Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries' cold open is very dramatic. A hotel concierge, Frank, is pushed off the roof, bag in hand, by a man demanding money (Colin Moody), as a maid, Enid (Michala Banas) searches below for something he dropped down the chute. Back home, Phryne is
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Endeavour returns to PBS this August for its seventh season. The 1960s-set Inspector Morse prequel series, which began in 2012, has now been on the air so long, it's become the 1970s-set Morse prequel. Season 7 will also probably feel surprisingly short after last year's banner
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This week's Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries begins with women dressed as nymphs dancing about on the lawn, as Prudence watches from the porch. She's joined by Dr. Haydon Samuels (Philip Quast), who she's allowed to use her place as a sanitorium while