Wallander Receives Two Primetime Emmy Award Nominations

Masterpiece mystery's new detective series featuring Swedish sleuth Kurt Wallander was honored by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences with two nominations for the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards. Kenneth Branagh was recognized in the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie category, while Philip Martin was nominated in the Outstanding Directing For a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special. See a complete list of Masterpiece's 2009 Primetime Emmy Award nominations.

Alan Cumming: Behind-the-Scenes Video

The eclectic host of Masterpiece mystery!, takes you backstage during a recent taping and talks about being recognized by PBS fans as well as some of his recent and upcoming work.

May 10, 17, 31, 2009
Wallander
Kenneth Branagh stars as complex detective Kurt Wallander, fighting crime and his own demons. Based on the books by best-selling Swedish author Henning Mankell, Wallander was filmed in rarely seen locations in southern Sweden.

June 21-28, 2009
Hercule Poirot: Series IX
David Suchet reprises his role as suave Hercule Poirot in two new episodes. Suchet's varied roles have included financier Augustus Melmotte in Masterpiece's The Way We Live Now and Cardinal Wolsey in Henry VIII. He was recently seen in the feature film The Bank Job.

July 5-26, 2009
Miss Marple: Series IV
One of Agatha Christie's signature characters returns to the schedule, with Julia McKenzie taking over the role of spinster sleuth Miss Marple in three new episodes. McKenzie is familiar to Masterpiece fans for her recent performance in Cranford as Mrs. Forrester, the sprightly widow devoted to her cow.

August 30-October 18, 2009
Inspector Lewis: Series II
Robbie Lewis (Kevin Whately, The English Patient), sidekick to Inspector Morse, is back in seven new episodes. Now well outside Morse's shadow, Lewis has a younger sidekick of his own, the ambitious Hathaway (Laurence Fox, Gosford Park).