Masterpiece Mystery!
Secrets, lies and murder — it must be Masterpiece mystery! The go-to source for the best in crime thrillers returns with your favorite dysfunctional detective duos, single-minded loner cops, and a fresh supply of body bags.
Investigate our 2012 schedule below, and remember to watch Masterpiece mystery! episodes online starting the day after broadcast for a limited time.
Sherlock: Season 2
Three 90-minute mysteries — Sundays, May 6, 13 & 20, 2012
Sherlock, the world's foremost consulting detective (Benedict Cumberbatch, War Horse, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), and the beleaguered Dr. John Watson (Martin Freeman, The Hobbit, The Office UK) stalk again in three thrilling new episodes.
Episodes of Sherlock: Season 2
May 6, 2012 at 9pm (Check local listings)
A Scandal in Belgravia
One 90-minute episode; TV-14
Picking up from Season 1's gripping cliffhanger, the whip-smart Irene Adler (Lara Pulver, True Blood) takes on Sherlock in a game he is ill-prepared to fight...love.
May 13, 2012 at 9pm (Check local listings)
The Hounds of Baskerville
One 90-minute episode; TV-14
Sherlock and Watson track a gigantic hound to Baskerville, where the military is conducting top-secret experiments. But whether demonic or dubious, something is stalking the moors.
May 20, 2012 at 9pm (Check local listings)
The Reichenbach Fall
One 90-minute episode; TV-14
The crime of the century is just a prelude for the unhinged criminal mastermind, Jim Moriarty (Andrew Scott, Lennon Naked), when he poses the diabolical and inescapable "final problem" to Sherlock.
Zen: Encore Episodes
Three 90-minute mysteries — Sundays, June 10, 17 & 24, 2012
What does an honest cop do when corruption rules on both sides of the law? Detective Aurelio Zen (Rufus Sewell, Middlemarch), based on the novels by British crime writer Michael Dibdin, brings justice to modern-day Italy, whether the authorities want it or not.
Encore Episodes of Zen
June 10, 2012 at 9pm
(Limited TV Airings — Check local listings)
Vendetta
One 90-minute episode; TV-PG
Solving a politically-charged murder and winning a beautiful woman's heart nearly prevents Zen from learning that he is the object of a psychopath's murderous vendetta. Stanley Townsend (Sherlock) also stars.
June 17, 2012 at 9pm (Check local listings)
Cabal
One 90-minute episode; TV-PG
When a playboy plummets from a bridge, Zen must determine suicide or murder, all the while navigating the possible existence of a powerful shadowy conspiracy group. Ed Stoppard (Upstairs Downstairs) co-stars.
June 24, 2012 at 9pm (Check local listings)
Ratking
One 90-minute episode
When a set of kidnappers won't play by the rules, Zen must work against the clock — and his tyrannical new boss — to save the life of a politically powerful industrialist. Ben Miles (The Forsyte Saga) co-stars.
Endeavour
One 90-minute mystery — Sunday, July 1, 2012
Before his signature red Jaguar, before Inspector Morse, there was the rookie Constable Morse. Shaun Evans (The Take, The Virgin Queen) portrays Endeavour Morse, the low man on the force returning to Oxford with no track record and his future on the line.
July 1, 2012 at 9pm (Check local listings)
Endeavour
One 90-minute episode
In Oxford, 1965, a 15-year-old girl has disappeared, and only the powerless rookie Endeavour Morse is committed to finding her... and the truth. Actor John Thaw's daughter, Abigail, makes a cameo appearance.
Inspector Lewis: Season 5
Four 90-minute mysteries — Sundays, July 8 - 29, 2012
Kevin Whately returns for an all-new season as Inspector Lewis. With his young partner DS Hathaway (Laurence Fox), they continue solving cases in the seemingly perfect academic haven of Oxford.
Episodes of Inspector Lewis: Season 5
July 8, 2012 at 9pm (Check local listings)
The Soul of Genius
One 90-minute episode
When the body of an obsessive Oxford English professor is found, Lewis and Hathaway are set upon a seemingly impossible quest to uncover the truth. James Fleet (Little Dorrit) and Celia Imrie (Cranford) guest star.
July 15, 2012 at 9pm (Check local listings)
Generation of Vipers
One 90-minute episode
Suspicions abound as Lewis and Hathaway investigate the death of a lovelorn Oxford professor. Was her death caused by an embarrassing Internet leak, or something much more sinister? Toby Stephens (Jane Eyre) guest stars.
July 22, 2012 at 9pm (Check local listings)
Fearful Symmetry
One 90-minute episode
Lewis and Hathaway are drawn into a darker side of Oxford while investigating the murder of a suburban babysitter. Will the babysitter's secret life help the detectives unravel a tangled web of lies and deceit to find their killer?
July 29, 2012 at 9pm (Check local listings)
The Indelible Stain
One 90-minute episode
A controversial American academic is found strangled after a guest lecture at Oxford, leading Lewis and Hathaway to narrow down a list of motives that includes politics, ambition and vengeance, in order to find their culprit.
Inspector Lewis: Encore Episodes
Catch up on some classic cases from season 4 of Inspector Lewis. View [ + ]
Encore Episodes of Inspector Lewis:
August 26, 2012 at 9pm (Check local listings)
The Mind Has Mountains
One 90-minute episode
When a student is found dead during a clinical drug trial, the motives of an enigmatic professor are questioned. Douglass Henshall (South Riding, Collision) co-stars.
September 2, 2012 at 9pm (Check local listings)
The Gift of Promise
One 90-minute episode
During an investigation of a brutal bludgeoning, what seems to be a blackmail plot gone wrong turns into a case much more dark and sinister. Co-starring Cherie Lunghi (Secret Diary of a Call Girl).
Wallander: Season 3
Three 90-minute mysteries — Sundays, Sept. 9, 16 & 23, 2012
The brooding Swedish cop Wallander (Kenneth Branagh) returns with a new home and relationship, a new sense of possibility, and three chilling new cases with devastating effects.
Episodes of Wallander: Season 3
September 9, 2012 at 9pm (Check local listings)
An Event in Autumn
One 90-minute episode
Wallander's peaceful new start is disrupted when investigations of two murdered, anonymous girls take him far from home... and to the very heart of it. Saskia Reeves (Page Eight) co-stars.
September 16, 2012 at 9pm (Check local listings)
The Dogs of Riga
One 90-minute episode
The gruesome appearance in the Baltic Sea of two corpses floating in a raft prompts Wallander to pursue justice in an eerie post-Soviet Latvia rife with corruption. Ingeborga Dapkunaite (Prime Suspect 6) guest stars.
September 23, 2012 at 9pm (Check local listings)
Before the Frost
One 90-minute episode
Wallander's investigation of a macabre murder is interrupted when daughter Linda's childhood friend appears out of nowhere, distraught, and then just as suddenly vanishes. Jeany Spark (Tess of the d'Urbervilles) also stars.
Masterpiece Classic
(Aired December 2011-April, 2012)
Each winter and spring, Masterpiece classic features signature period dramas. In its 2012 season, hosted by Laura Linney, Masterpiece classic presented six programs.
- December 18 & 25, 2011; January 1, 2012
- Downton Abbey,
Season One (R) - January 8, 15, 22, 29; February 5, 12 & 19, 2012
- Downton Abbey,
Season 2 - February 26, 2012
- The Old Curiosity
Shop (R) - April 1 & 8, 2012
- Great Expectations
- April 15, 2012
- The Mystery of Edwin Drood
- April 22 & 29, 2012
- Birdsong
