Masterpiece Theatre

Masterpiece Theatre is a long-running television series produced by WGBH which premiered on PBS on January 10, 1971. The show has presented to American audiences a large number of award-winning BBC or ITV productions, particularly BBC television dramas.

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Television - WGBH - PBS - January 10 - 1971 - American - BBC - ITV - BBC television drama

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The show was hosted by Alistair Cooke until 1992; Russell Baker hosted from 1992 to 2004.

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Alistair Cooke - 1992 - Russell Baker - 2004

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Masterpiece Theatre is best known for presenting adaptations of famous novels and biographies into episodic TV miniseries, but it also shows original television dramas. Programs presented on the show include Elizabeth R, House of Cards, I, Claudius, Jeeves and Wooster, The Jewel in the Crown, The Six Wives of Henry VIII, Traffik, Upstairs, Downstairs, and many others, including adaptations of Anna Karenina, Cakes and Ale, Cold Comfort Farm, Jude the Obscure, Madame Bovary, Moll Flanders, and Northanger Abbey.

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Adaptation - Novel - Biographies - Miniseries - Elizabeth R - House of Cards - I, Claudius - Jeeves and Wooster - The Jewel in the Crown - The Six Wives of Henry VIII - Traffik - Upstairs, Downstairs - Anna Karenina - Cakes and Ale - Cold Comfort Farm - Jude the Obscure - Madame Bovary - Moll Flanders - Northanger Abbey

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The theme music to the show, played during the opening credits, is from "Symphonies and Fanfares for the King's Supper" by French composer Jean-Joseph Mouret.

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In 1979, Masterpiece Theatre gained a sister series, Mystery!, an umbrella series for (again) mostly British detective and crime series.

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1979 - Mystery! - British - Detective - Crime series

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