Menu

Programs

  • The 39 Steps

    The 39 Steps

    A top-secret notebook full of cryptic codes and the frantic story of an impending assassination force unlikely patriot Richard Hannay (Rupert Penry-Jones, Persuasion) on the run to save himself and his country. A bracing and romantic thriller, The 39 Steps is based on the novel by John Buchan.

  • Any Human Heart

    Any Human Heart

    Matthew Macfadyen (Little Dorrit) stars as Logan Mountstuart in William Boyd's adaptation of his acclaimed 2002 novel about a man -— at various times a writer, lover, art dealer, and spy -— making his often precarious way through the 20th century. Gillian Anderson (Bleak House), Hayley Atwell, Kim Cattrall (My Boy Jack), and Jim Broadbent star.

  • Birdsong

    Birdsong

    An adaptation of Sebastian Faulk’s novel about lovers torn apart by World War I. Eddie Redmayne (Tess of the d'Urbervilles) plays Stephen Wrayford, whose pre-war affair with Isabelle Azaire (Clemence Poesy, Harry Potter films) has an enduring effect on him as he fights in the trenches.

  • Case Histories

    Case Histories

    Based on Kate Atkinson's acclaimed novels Case Histories, One Good Turn, and When Will There Be Good News?, Jason Issacs (Harry Potter) stars as Scottish private investigator Jackson Brodie, the tough former soldier and policeman who takes the cases of Edinburgh's bereaved, lost and dysfunctional, in spite of a haunting tragedy in his past.

  • Collision

    Collision

    A highway pileup appears to be nothing more than a terrible incident affecting an unconnected group of people. But beyond the chaotic landscape of corpses and crumpled cars, a series of invisible dramas unfold—from government cover-ups, to torn relationships, to murder. Starring Douglas Henshall (South Riding), Kate Ashfield (Shaun of the Dead) and Phil Davis (Bleak House).

  • Cranford

    Cranford

    The BAFTA-winning and Emmy-nominated drama about a small English village in 1842 on the brink of change – where some find romance and opportunity, and others fear the breakdown of social order. Judi Dench, Eileen Atkins and Imelda Staunton star in this MASTERPIECE Classic based on three Elizabeth Gaskell novels.

  • David Copperfield (2009)

    David Copperfield (2009)

    With ten-year-old Daniel Radcliffe in the role that led him to Harry Potter, this acclaimed production of Charles Dickens’s beloved novel stars Bob Hoskins as the Mr. Micawber; Maggie Smith as Aunt Betsey; and Ian McKellen as the sadistic schoolmaster Mr. Creakle. Before his death, Dickens singled out the autobiographical David Copperfield as his “favorite child.”

  • David Suchet on the Orient Express

    David Suchet on the Orient Express

    Celebrated actor David Suchet sets aside his alter ego Hercule Poirot to step aboard one of the world's most iconic trains, the Orient Express. In a documentary, Suchet travels 2,000 miles from London to Prague, exploring the history and legacy of the train that inspired Agatha Christie.

  • The Diary of Anne Frank

    The Diary of Anne Frank

    A Jewish teenager hiding from the Nazis pours out her heart to her diary. Ellie Kendrick (Upstairs Downstairs) stars as Anne Frank, a gifted teenager hidden in the "secret annex" of her father's business in Amsterdam, chronicling life in hiding under Nazi terror in World World II.

  • Downton Abbey, Season 1

    Downton Abbey, Season 1

    A stately country house, a noble family, and an inheritance crisis are the backdrop for this epic, Emmy-winning drama about the lives of aristocrats and servants before World War I. From Oscar-winner writer Julian Fellowes (Gosford Park), Downton Abbey stars Dame Maggie Smith, Hugh Bonneville, Elizabeth McGovern, and many other rising and familiar stars.

Support Provided By:

Tune In

More From PBS