What’s on MASTERPIECE Mystery! in Fall 2022
The end of summer doesn’t mean the end of…murder! All the suspense, secrets, and sleuthing continue as MASTERPIECE Mystery! greets the change of seasons with a packed schedule of thrilling crimes and a fresh supply of body bags. Get ready for new seasons from returning mysteries Van Der Valk and Miss Scarlett and the Duke; the premiere of Magpie Murders, the broadcast premiere of Annika, and more from the world of MASTERPIECE Mystery!
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Return to Amsterdam for Season 2 of Van Der Valk
Expect something more gritty than pretty, because it’s not all tulips and bicycles when the tough-talking, unapologetic lead detective, Piet Van Der Valk, takes on a serial killer obsessed with Amsterdam’s history in the 90-minute season premiere.
Discover everything you need to know about Season 2.Watch Season 2 with PBS Passport.
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Clear Your Evening on Sundays, now through November 20, for these Women-Led Mysteries
What do Kate Phillips, Lesley Manville, and Nicola Walker have in common? Their characters are all kicking crime, taking names, and cracking cases, and their shows/seasons all air the same night on MASTERPIECE Mystery!, every Sunday now through November 20. For a limited time after broadcast, you can stream episodes of Miss Scarlet and The Duke, Magpie Murders, and Annika.
8pm ET Miss Scarlett and The Duke Season 2
Victorian London’s most delicious detective duo-with-a-twist returns to MASTERPIECE for Season 2. In six high-octane new episodes, aspiring detective Eliza Scarlet (Kate Phillips, Peaky Blinders) competes for cases, trades jabs, and even partners with her longtime friend/rival, The Duke (Stuart Martin, Jamestown), as their relationship delightfully and maddeningly simmers on.
Find out where and how to watch.9pm ET Magpie Murders
Lesley Manville (World on Fire, The Crown, Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris) stars, and murder and mayhem go meta, in this clever and suspenseful mystery-within-a-mystery adapted from Anthony Horowitz’s bestselling book by the author himself.
Find out where and how to watch.10pm ET Annika Season 1
Unforgotten‘s Nicola Walker has traded in cold cases for maritime murders as DI Annika Strandhed in the unconventional a new police procedural Annika. Juggling enigmatic cases while trying to raise her rebellious teenage daughter, the droll and dry-witted DI and skipper of Glasgow’s newly-formed Marine Homicide Unit drops literary references, breaks the fourth wall, and keeps viewers riveted through twists and turns galore.
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Why Wait? Watch Annika Now!
Annika airs on MASTERPIECE on PBS on Sundays through November 20, and you can catch it on TV or watch online starting at 10/9c. But if you don’t want to wait, you can watch all six episodes of Season 1 right now with PBS Passport, an added member benefit. (Viewers in the U.S. and Canada can watch Annika with PBS Passport.) Curious about PBS Passport and how you can be part of it? Read this helpful explainer from PBS.
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Get Ready for In-Depth Interviews with Mystery! Stars
This fall, the MASTERPIECE Studio Podcast will have a full slate of new interviews with show creators and stars, including Magpie Murders‘ Lesley Manville, all with the kind of insightful, charming, and in-depth conversations that listeners have come to count on and love.
Check out the MASTERPIECE Studio Podcast archive for a trove of episodes with Mystery! talent from Endeavour, Grantchester, Miss Scarlet and The Duke, Unforgotten, and much more. And while you’re there, get links to subscribe to the MASTERPIECE Studio Podcast so you won’t miss a single episode.
