MASTERPIECE Must-Knows: Fall 2017
News
It may be period drama, but you never have to wait for the penny post to get news of MASTERPIECE’s upcoming productions. Find out what’s airing, what’s filming, what’s premiering, and what’s returning; in short, get all the MASTERPIECE news we can share!
1. New Victoria Season 2 Preview!
MASTERPIECE will have plenty of sneak peeks, Season 2 photos, casting updates, and fresh trailers as you await Victoria‘s royal reappearance on your screen. Follow MASTERPIECE on Facebook so you won’t miss a single update!
2. The Chaperone Casting
Joining McGovern are Geza Rohrig (Son of Saul), Blythe Danner (Gypsy, Madoff), Campbell Scott (House of Cards, Damages), Victoria Hill (December Boys, First Reformed) and Miranda Otto (The Lord of the Rings, Homeland).
Find yet another Downton Abbey connection to The Chaperone, get more details about the film, and learn who got the whole project off the ground. (Hint: “I’m an American. Have gun, will travel.”)
More about The Chaperone
3. Little Women…and Also These Men
But the list of Little Women‘s men is now complete, too, with three charismatic actors joining Michael Gambon (Mr. Laurence) and Jonah Hauer-King (Laurie): Julian Morris (Pretty Little Liars, Man in an Orange Shirt) is Laurie’s earnest tutor, John Brooke; Mark Stanley (Broken, Dickensian) takes the role of Professor Bhaer; and Dylan Baker (The Good Wife, The Americans) joins as Mr. March, army chaplain and father to the March girls.
Find out more about MASTERPIECE’s adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s beloved classic novel, learn who is adapting the book for the screen (Hint: Call the Midwife), and see portraits of the women—and yes, the men—who are bringing your favorite characters to life!
More about Little Women
4. Meet the Man in an Orange Shirt
Met with rave reviews upon its airing in the UK, Man in an Orange Shirt also features Oliver Jackson-Cohen (Mr. Selfridge, Lark Rise to Candleford), James McArdle (Worricker), Joanna Vanderham (The Paradise), Laura Carmichael (Downton Abbey), Julian Morris (Little Women, Pretty Little Liars).
Man in an Orange Shirt will air on MASTERPIECE on PBS in June, 2018, as part of Gay Pride Month.
5. Get Ready for Fall
Poldark Season 3 swashbuckles back onto our screens with more romance, dark secrets, derring-do, and plenty of new characters, including Demelza’s two hunky brothers, Elizabeth’s beautiful and innocent cousin, Morwenna, a newborn of dubious parentage, and more! Don’t miss the Season 3 premiere of Poldark on Sunday, October 1, 2017 at 9/8c!
On Sunday October 8, 2017 at 10/9c, The Collection premieres, immersing viewers in the post-WWII haute-couture world of a Parisian fashion house and the two brothers who clash as romances and rivalries pit family against family and the past against the future. The cast features Richard Coyle (Coupling), Frances de la Tour (Vicious), Michael Kitchen (Foyle’s War), Tom Riley (Da Vinci’s Demons), Sarah Parish (Broadchurch), and Mamie Gummer (The Good Wife).
On Sunday, October 15, 2017 at 8/7c, the islands beckon, the kumquats ripen, and the animals bleat, bark, hoot and slither: The Durrells in Corfu returns with Season 2! Don’t miss the misadventures of the Durrell family in six new episodes replete with more animals, more eccentrics, more laughs, and more love!