Shows Coming to MASTERPIECE in 2024 and Beyond
What does 2024 have in store for MASTERPIECE fans? We’ve compiled a list of everything confirmed for next year, including premiere dates that are locked in now. You’ll find returning favorites like Miss Scarlet and The Duke and Grantchester, and all-new British dramas and mysteries boasting cast the likes of Helena Bonham Carter, Lesley Manville, Toby Jones, and Samantha Bond.
We’ve also noted shows still on the horizon beyond 2024, from our adaptation of Gill Hornby’s beloved novel Miss Austen starring Keeley Hawes, to Hilary Mantel’s award-winning book The Mirror and The Light with Damian Lewis and Mark Rylance. We think you’ll be delighted with this list of British shows on their way.
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Miss Scarlet and The Duke | Season 4
Eliza Scarlet, Victorian London’s first-ever female detective is resolutely back at investigative work and running an agency as Season 4 opens. The period crime series follows Miss Scarlet capably pursue her assignments, outmaneuvering the male detectives around her. “Eliza Scarlet may be ahead of her time, but she’s perfect for ours,” says TV Insider.
Airdate: Miss Scarlet and The Duke Season 4 premieres January 7, 2024 at 8/7c.
Cast & Characters: Kate Phillips (Peaky Blinders, Wolf Hall) is the headstrong Miss Scarlet and her “performance is so enthralling it brings thrills on its own,” says Indie Wire. Stuart Martin (Jamestown) is The Duke, Eliza’s handsome childhood friend and professional competition. The cast also includes Cathy Belton (Philomena) as Ivy, housekeeper and mother figure to Eliza, and Felix Scott (The Crown, Grantchester) as Patrick Nash, another private eye with whom Eliza crosses paths.
Stream Miss Scarlet and The Duke Seasons 1-4 when you watch with PBS Passport.
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All Creatures Great and Small | Season 4
The generous spirit, warmth, and fun of this MASTERPIECE favorite are with us again as Season 4 arrives. The heartfelt series chronicles the adventures of a young country vet, his unconventional co-workers, and the people of the bucolic Yorkshire Dales in England. The “empathy and simplicity of All Creatures feels genuinely radical,” says Rolling Stone.
Airdate: All Creatures Great and Small Season 4 debuts on Sunday, January 7, 2024 at 9/8c.
Cast & Characters: The acclaimed cast includes Nicholas Ralph (The Most Reluctant Convert) as James Herriot, Samuel West as Siegfried Farnon (Mr. Selfridge, Howards End), Anna Madeley as Mrs. Hall (Mr. Selfridge, Patrick Melrose), Rachel Shenton as Helen Herriot (White Gold), and Patricia Hodge as Mrs. Pumphrey, (Roadkill, Downton Abbey), among others.
Stream All Creatures Great and Small Seasons 1 through 4 when you watch with PBS Passport.
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Nolly
Starring Academy Award®-nominated Helena Bonham Carter (The Crown, Harry Potter), Nolly reveals the story of Noele “Nolly” Gordon, one of the most famous faces on British TV in the 1960s and 70s, whose unceremonious firing from her hit soap opera was front-page news. She did not go quietly.
Airdate: The premiere of Nolly is Sunday, March 17, 2024 at 9/8c.
Cast & Characters: Bonham Carter’s performance is “brilliantly camp” and the series itself “impeccably put together,” says The Guardian (UK). She’s joined by Mark Gatiss (Sherlock, Game of Thrones), Con O’Neill (Happy Valley, Our Flag Means Death), and Augustus Prew (The Morning Show, About a Boy), among others. The show was created by Russell T Davies.
Stream all the flamboyant fun when you watch Nolly with PBS Passport.
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Alice & Jack
Alice & Jack is an all-new modern love story created by award-winning writer Victor Levin (Mad Men, Mad About You). The miniseries movingly portrays the chaos of romance, laying out the 15-year relationship between two star-crossed lovers. “It’s more honest about human behavior than most romances allow,” says RogerEbert.com, and “[asks] audiences to think about subjects they think they know well and look at them from a different angle.”
Airdate: Alice & Jack premieres Sunday, March 17, 2024 at 10/9c.
Cast & Characters: The cast features affecting performances from its leads, Oscar®-nominated Andrea Riseborough (To Leslie, Birdman) as Alice, a single woman invested in her career, and Domhnall Gleeson (The Revenant, About Time) as the scientist she meets in a bar.
More About Alice & Jack: Take a look at a scene from this indelible love story. Stream all six episodes when you watch with PBS Passport.
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Mr Bates vs The Post Office
We’re willing to bet you’ve heard about the real-life British Post Office scandal that was dramatized on UK television, setting off a firestorm of public outrage that forced Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to act. “How has a TV show achieved in one week more than investigative journalists and politicians [have] in more than a decade?” asks The New York Times. You’ll have to watch to find out!
The miniseries follows one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in British legal history. When money started to seemingly disappear from its local branches, the government-owned Post Office wrongly blamed its own managers for the apparent losses. For more than a decade, hundreds of innocents were accused of theft and fraud, and many were even sent to prison—leaving lives, marriages, and reputations in ruins. But the issue was actually caused by errors in the Post Office’s own computer system—something it denied for years.
Airdate: Mr Bates vs The Post Office airs April 7 to April 28, 2024 at 9/8c.
Cast & Characters: The stellar ensemble cast is led by BAFTA award-winning Toby Jones (Empire of Light, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, MASTERPIECE’s Sherlock) as Alan Bates, a former subpostmaster who played a crucial role in bringing the scandal to light. Monica Dolan (The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe), Julie Hesmondhalgh (The Pact, The Trouble With Maggie Cole), Alex Jennings (The Crown, Victoria, Unforgotten), Ian Hart (The Responder), Lia Williams (The Crown, The Capture), Will Mellor (Coronation Street, No Offence), Clare Calbraith (Grace, Home Fires, Unforgotten, Baptiste) Shaun Dooley (Gentleman Jack, It’s A Sin, Grantchester), Lesley Nicol (Downton Abbey, Beecham House), and Katherine Kelly (Bloods, Gentleman Jack), among others.
More About Mr Bates vs The Post Office: Watch the official trailer for this mind-boggling drama and read how to Get Ready for Mr Bates vs the Post Office with more on the show’s international buzz, its cast, and more.
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Guilt | Season 3
The mismatched McCall brothers are back together as the third and final season of this award-winning Scottish thriller returns. “The Edinburgh crime series bids farewell with the brothers reunited, career-best acting, and a plot that makes every single character face a life-defining crisis,” says The Guardian (UK). “It’s a wild ride.”
Airdate: Guilt Season 3 premieres Sunday, April 28, 2024 at 10/9c.
Cast & Characters: The returning cast making this show click features Max Bonnar (Napoleon, World on Fire) as the older and unscrupulous Max McCall, with Jamie Sives (Annika, Chernobyl) as his more soft-hearted brother Jake. Emun Elliott (Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Game of Thrones) is also back as long-suffering Kenny, as is Phyllis Logan (Downton Abbey) as criminal mastermind Maggie.
Stream Guilt Seasons 1 and 2 when you watch with PBS Passport.
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MaryLand
MaryLand is a three-part drama/mystery you won’t want to miss. It follows two long-estranged sisters reuniting to root out the truth of their mother’s unexpected death and the revelations of her double life on the Isle of Man. “An intriguing watch and a refreshing change,” says the Times (UK).
Airdate: MaryLand airs on MASTERPIECE on PBS beginning May 5, 1014 at 9/8c.
Cast & Characters: Suranne Jones (Gentleman Jack, Vigil) co-created MaryLand with writer Anne-Marie O’Connor. Jones and Eve Best (House of the Dragon, Nurse Jackie) play convincing siblings Becca and Rosaline, with Stockard Channing (The West Wing, Grease) as their mother’s enigmatic best friend, Cathy. The cast also includes Hugh Quarshie (Silent Witness) and Dean Lennox Kelly (Shameless).
More About MaryLand: Watch a video preview for this engrossing and many faceted drama and read Everything We Know About Maryland now.
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Grantchester | Season 9
It’s welcome news that the period crime drama Grantchester is returning, continuing its “winning combination of a delightful and appealing amateur sleuth, articulate writing, and engaging mysteries to solve,” according to TV Guide. The new episodes are set in 1961 and we’ll see one door close and another open when actor Tom Brittney as Rev. Will Davenport makes a touching exit from the cozy Cambridgeshire village and British actor Rishi Nair (Hollyoaks, Count Abdulla) as Rev. Alphy Kottaram makes quite a magnetic entrance. “I have no doubt that Rishi will be captivating the hearts of millions,” says his co-star Robson Green (Touching Evil, Reckless).
Airdate: Grantchester‘s ninth season arrives Sunday, June 16, 2024 at 9/8c.
Cast & Characters: Season 9’s cast also includes returning actors Al Weaver (Colette) as Leonard Finch, Tessa Peake-Jones (Pride and Prejudice, Doctors) as Mrs. Chapman, Kacey Ainsworth (EastEnders, Holby Blues) as Cathy Keating, Oliver Dimsdale (Downton Abbey, Mr. Selfridge) as Daniel Marlowe, Nick Brimble (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, A Knight’s Tale) as Jack Chapman, Bradley Hall (Far from the Madding Crowd) as DC Larry Peters, Melissa Johns (Coronation Street) as Miss Scott, and Charlotte Ritchie (Call the Midwife, Wonka) as Bonnie.
Stream Grantchester Seasons 1 through 8 when you watch with PBS Passport.
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Moonflower Murders
Susan Ryeland (Lesley Manville) and Atticus Pünd (Tim McMullan) MASTERPIECE will co-produce and air Moonflower Murders, a new six-part period mystery based on the bestselling book by Anthony Horowitz. The show is a sequel to the acclaimed adaptation of Horowitz’s Magpie Murders, which won the Mystery Writers of America’s Edgar Award for “Best Television Episode Teleplay.”
Airdate: No air date has been announced.
Cast & Characters: Returning in the lead roles they originated in Magpie Murders are Academy Award®-nominee Lesley Manville (The Crown, Phantom Thread) as editor turned sleuth Susan Ryeland and Timothy McMullan (Patrick Melrose, The Crown) as famous literary detective Atticus Pünd, among others. New cast members include Mark Gatiss (Sherlock, Nolly), Rosalie Craig (Anatomy of A Scandal, The Queen’s Gambit), Pippa Bennett-Warner (A Big of Light, Gangs of London), and Adrian Rawlins (Slow Horses, Living).
Introduce yourself to Horowitz’s meta premise of a mystery expertly weaving between two time periods by streaming the original Magpie Murders on PBS Passport. Then watch for news of the sequel’s premiere.
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The Marlow Murder Club
The Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood. HQ (2021); Thorogood and Samantha Bond A TV adaptation of Robert Thorogood’s playful cozy mystery The Marlow Murder Club will be coming to MASTERPIECE in 2024. This title is the first of Thorogood’s three crime novels set in the picturesque British town of Marlow. In it, retired archaeologist Judith Potts is compelled to solve the murder of her neighbor, getting help from two highly unlikely sources.
Airdate: The Marlow Murder Club premieres Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 9/8c.
Cast & Characters: Samantha Bond (Downton Abbey, Home Fires) takes the lead role of Judith Potts, alongside Jo Martin (Doctor Who, Back to Life) as Suzie Harris, Cara Horgan (The Sandman, Traitors) as Becks Starling, and Natalie Dew (Sandylands, The Capture) as DS Tanika Malik, among others.
More About The Marlow Murder Club: Author Robert Thorogood himself adapted The Marlow Murder Club for TV; he’s also the creator of the hit show Death in Paradise. Read everything we know now about the future series and scroll through photos of scenes from the show.
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Wolf Hall: Mirror & The Light
Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light, the long-anticipated TV adaptation, is based on the final novel in Hilary Mantel’s award-winning trilogy about the rise and fall of Thomas Cromwell in the court of Henry VIII. (MASTERPIECE aired the original Golden Globe®-winning Wolf Hall in 2015.)
Airdate: MASTERPIECE has not yet announced when Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light will air.
Cast & Characters: Academy Award® winner Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies, The BFG) will return to his British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)-winning portrayal of Thomas Cromwell, with Emmy® Award winner Damian Lewis (Homeland, Billions) returning as King Henry VIII, alongside Academy Award® nominee Jonathan Pryce (The Crown, The Two Popes) as Cardinal Wolsey. Also returning is Kate Phillips (Miss Scarlet and The Duke) as Henry VIII’s third wife Jane Seymour. Read the full cast announcement.
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Miss Austen
Keeley Hawes (The Durrells in Corfu, Bodyguard, Line of Duty) will star in an adaptation of Gill Hornby’s bestselling novel Miss Austen. Miss Austen centers on the lives and loves of Jane Austen and her sister Cassandra. It delves into why Cassandra burned a treasure trove of letters written by Jane; an act of destruction that has troubled academics and Austen fans for centuries.
Airdate: The Miss Austen premiere date has not yet been announced.
Cast & Characters: Alongside actor Keeley Hawes in the cast is Rose Leslie (Game of Thrones, Vigil), Patsy Ferran (Living, Hot Milk), Jessica Hynes (Life After Life, Years and Years), Mirren Mack (The Witcher: Blood Origin, The Nest), Phyllis Logan (Downton Abbey, Shetland), Kevin McNally (The Crown, Ten Percent), Max Irons (Condor, The Wife), Alfred Enoch (How to Get Away with Murder, Foundation), Calam Lynch (Bridgerton, Archie), and Liv Hill (The Serpent Queen, Elizabeth Is Missing).
New year, new MASTERPIECE shows! (And your returning favorites, of course.) Watch this special video short for a glimpse at all the excitement, friendship, mystery, love, and drama coming soon.
