Featuring stills from the shows and publicity posters, a celebration of the PBS television series in time for its twenty-fifth anniversary offers profiles of its principal actors, favorite episodes, and interviews with writers and directors. Original. IP.
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From Library Journal
Longtime Masterpiece Theatre viewers will be enthralled by this beautiful and educational commemorative volume. A selection of critical essays, focusing on the series' most popular productions, provide more than just plot synopses. Each essay contains background details, literary and character analyses, lavish photos, celebrity quotes, informative sidebars, and cast/production credits for such memorable programs as Upstairs Downstairs, the Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries, Bleak House, and I, Claudius. Interviews with producers and hosts (of course, Alaistair Cooke), biographies of leading actors, and a trivia quiz round out the fare. The total effect is stunning. One can only lament that editor O'Flaherty (former TV critic, San Francisco Chronicle) did not have room enough to include everything broadcast in this series over the years. For large media collections.?Carol J. Binkowski, Bloomfield, N.J.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
The reader can take a very pleasurable stroll down memory lane by way of this history of the programs that have been featured on the estimable PBS series Masterpiece Theatre. Arrangement in this oversize book is chronological, with a chapter devoted to each show in the series; the text supplies plot synopsis, cast credits, background information on the literary work the particular show was taken from, and anecdotes about the actors and filming. Heavily illustrated with stills. For the fans. Brad Hooper
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Great stroll down memory lane,
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This review is from: Masterpiece Theatre: A Celebration of 25 Years of Outstanding Television (Paperback)
I only began watching Masterpiece Theatre about 12 years ago, so I found this book a great source of information and enjoyment about the early years and how the show actually came to be. I curled up with this book and couldn't put it down until I had read it cover to cover. I recommend it for anyone that is a fan of the show OR period drama.
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Cross pond production,
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This review is from: Masterpiece Theatre: A Celebration of 25 Years of Outstanding Television (Paperback)
The last reviewer should be aware that a large number of the titles that "had a life" before appearing here in the states, were actually co-productions of WGBH (US) and ITV, BBC, Carlton and other British producers. They may have been filmed in the UK, but it was with the help and support of US underwriters.
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A Bulldog biting an Eagle,
By Alan (Stockton on Tees United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Masterpiece Theatre: A Celebration of 25 Years of Outstanding Television (Paperback)
Very nice read but to my astonishment I find myself being told that shows, mostly funded by the British taxpayer (via the BBC), are described as "the undisputed jewel in the crown of American television". Sorry guys but the vast majority of shows featured in this book had a life long before they were bought for this sponsored series - it's just a shame that the book rarely acknowledges this.
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SUNDAY EVENING, January 10, 1971, was the end of a typical winter weekend all across America. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Masterpiece Theatre, Alistair Cooke, Granada Television, New York, Lord Peter, House of Cards, George Eliot, John Hawkesworth, London Weekend Television, Lillie Langtry, Glenda Jackson, Thames Television, The Forsyte Saga, World War, Academy Award, Bleak House, Jane Austen, Prince of Wales, Susan Hampshire, Emma Thompson, Gordon Jackson, Acting Credits Theater, Anna Karenina, Martin Chuzzlewit, Brideshead Revisited New!
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SUNDAY EVENING, January 10, 1971, was the end of a typical winter weekend all across America. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
perfect spy, flame trees, six wives Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Masterpiece Theatre, Alistair Cooke, Granada Television, New York, Lord Peter, House of Cards, George Eliot, John Hawkesworth, London Weekend Television, Lillie Langtry, Glenda Jackson, Thames Television, The Forsyte Saga, World War, Academy Award, Bleak House, Jane Austen, Prince of Wales, Susan Hampshire, Emma Thompson, Gordon Jackson, Acting Credits Theater, Anna Karenina, Martin Chuzzlewit, Brideshead Revisited New!
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