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Miss Scarlet (and the Duke)
It's been almost two years since Miss Scarlet & the Duke was last on our screens, which has more than likely left many viewers curious about what the show would be like when it finally returned. Thankfully, Miss Scarlet is as strong in its Season 2 premiere as
Miss Scarlet (and the Duke)
When Miss Scarlet & the Duke was initially announced in 2019 to be destined for Masterpiece, the show was already in production with a premiere date set in the U.K. of Spring 2020. The show didn't make its debut stateside until January 2021, and with the shutdowns
Mystery
Fall is traditionally a time for mystery series on PBS. This year is no different, with the returns of Van der Valk and Miss Scarlet & the Duke and the premiere of new crime drama Annika, starring longtime Masterpiece fan favorite Nicola Walker. But the arrival of the highly anticipated
Mystery
The loss of Nicola Walker as DCI Cassie Stuart from Unforgotten was one of the big dramas of 2021. Though to be fair, her character had been written into a corner, and her passing made sense for the story to continue, it was still a blow to see one of
Van der Valk Season 2
Van der Valk's Season 2 finale begins straightforwardly. Cellist Fleur Mas (Hadewych van Gent) goes to work, performs at a concert, and has a "drink" thrown in her face during the reception, which turns out to be acid, falls screaming, and dies. The next morning, VDV
Miss Scarlet (and the Duke)
Miss Scarlet and the Duke was one of PBS' biggest new debuts of the 2020s so far. The series is a perfect blend of British period piece, mystery-of-the-week, romantic comedy, and female-first programming. As a series spearheaded by Alibi, Masterpiece had to work extra hard to get it renewed
Tom Jones
Masterpiece released a pair of new images from its forthcoming adaptation of Tom Jones this week, which features our first look at Ted Lasso star Hannah Waddingham as Lady Bellaston. The series is based on Henry Fielding's The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling, one of the first
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Since Masterpiece announced in 2020 that it would adapt British author Anthony Horowitz's novel Magpie Murders to series, viewers have been anticipating having Lesley Manville as an amateur sleuth solving a mystery via the victim's novel. Little did they know it would come as part of
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Spooky season is a time for murder, mayhem, and blood, and since airing Grantchester and Baptiste back to back last year, Masterpiece has been getting in on the action. For 2022, the station is going all out on witches, killers, and death; oh my! Everything that's coming to
Royals
The passing of Queen Elizabeth II is a monumental event for the United Kingdom and the world at large. Born in 1926, she was a cultural touchstone through decades of change and uncertainty and a steadying force at the center of her own family's dramas. She reigned for
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We start the finale of Guilt where we left off at the end of the last episode, with Maggie, Jake, and Max in a warehouse. Maggie delivers a lovely monologue about family, with a flashback to Jake and Max parting ways before the elder McCall got arrested. Maggie said it
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The penultimate episode of Guilt Season 2 picks up with Max and Erin glossing over the previous evening and moving straight to bringing down Roy Lynch. Max talks to Roy about working on Phoenix while Erin tells her mother she’s leaving Edinburgh. Maggie admits she’s been meeting Roy