8 Shows You Can’t Miss Coming to MASTERPIECE
[October 7, 2021] So many shows to love, so much exciting news to keep straight! Don’t worry, we’re here to help you keep track of it all. From new show announcements to new seasons of your returning favorites, check out some first glimpses, trailers, and casting news for upcoming premieres.
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All Creatures Great and Small
All Creatures Great and Small is returning for a second season on Sunday, January 9, 2022 at 9/8c! See an early preview at what’s to come for our lovable Yorkshire Dales residents. (Don’t forget — you can sign up for the free All Creatures Great and Small Insider Newsletter to be the first to get updates, new videos, special features, and more. Sign up here!)
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Around the World in 80 Days
Around the World in 80 Days, the classic, beloved tale by author Jules Verne, is sailing on over to MASTERPIECE! Pack your bags for the upcoming adventure starring David Tennant (Doctor Who, Good Omens) as the great explorer Phileas Fogg, Ibrahim Kona as Passepartout, and Leonie Benesch as Abigail Fix. Check out the first trailer for the series here. Don’t miss the premiere of the new series on Sunday, Jan. 2, 2022, 8/7c!
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Sanditon
Sanditon fans rejoice! The series was renewed for not only one, but two new seasons. Rose Williams (Charlotte Heywood), Crystal Clarke (Georgiana Lambe), Charlotte Spencer (Esther Denham), and more will be returning for the all-new season. Plus, some new faces will be joining the fun in Sanditon, including Rosie Graham as Charlotte’s younger sister Alison; Ben Lloyd-Hughes as Alexander Colbourne, a mysterious new resident in town; and Tom Weston-Jones as Colonel Francis Lennox, Colbourne’s rival for Charlotte’s heart. Learn more about the Season 2 casting news here!
Sanditon Season 2 premieres Sunday, March 20, 2022 on MASTERPIECE on PBS! Don’t miss the highly anticipated premiere.
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Tom Jones
Sophie Wilde and Solly McLeod Tom Jones is getting an all-new, imaginative adaptation on MASTERPIECE! Based on the classic 1749 Henry Fielding novel The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling, the sweeping, complicated tale of romance, scandal, and mishap doesn’t have a premiere date quite yet, but some exciting casting announcements have been made. The cast includes Solly McLeod (The Rising) as titular character Tom Jones and Sophie Wilde (You Don’t Know Me) as the enchanting heroine Sophia Western, as well as Emmy award-winner Hannah Waddingham (Ted Lasso, Game of Thrones), Pearl Mackie (Doctor Who), James Fleet (Bridgerton), and more. Learn more about the upcoming adaptation here and find more casting details here.
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Magpie Murders
Magpie Murders star Lesley Manville as Susan Ryeland. Photographer: Bernard Walsh Magpie Murders, based on the 2016 novel by British author Anthony Horowitz, is coming to MASTERPIECE in 2022. The series, starring Lesley Manville (World on Fire, Phantom Thread), Conleth Hill (Game of Thrones) and Tim McMullan (Patrick Melrose), tells the story of a book editor set out to obtain the final pages of a famed author’s latest novel. But what she finds instead leads to a winding mystery she never expected. See the first images from the show here!
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Miss Scarlet and The Duke
Miss Scarlet and The Duke fans — the show will officially be back for a second season of will-they-won’t-they banter, mysterious cases, and more. Filming of the new season began in August of 2021 in Belgrade, Serbia. Be sure to keep a close eye out for the Season 2 premiere date and previews!
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Grantchester
Grantchester is back for a sometimes merry, always murderous Season 6, which is currently airing on Sundays at 9/8c, now through November 21, 2021. But the good news doesn’t end there! Our beloved Grantchester stars are already hard at work filming Season 7.
Season 7 also marks a major milestone for star Tom Brittney — he’s stepping behind the camera to direct an episode of the series for the first time! Brittney said he’s “absolutely over the moon to be given the opportunity to direct an episode this series, it’s been a life ambition of mine and I can’t wait for the audience to see it (and also I can finally order Robson about!).” Learn more details about Season 7 here.
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Endeavour
Endeavour fans, never fear. Season 8 is officially in the works, with Shaun Evans returning as DS Endeavour Morse and Roger Allam returning alongside him as DCI Fred Thursday.
Not only that, but Evans is, once again, stepping behind the camera to direct the Season 8 premiere! He first directed an episode of the series back in the Season 6 episode “Apollo” (hear him describe the experience in an interview with the MASTERPIECE Studio Podcast), and again for the Season 7 premiere “Oracle”.
