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Thursday, February 4, 2010

Masterpiece: Emma continues




			Don't miss the third and final episode of Emma Sunday, February 7, on MASTERPIECE CLASSIC. What's intended to be a delightful excursion to Box Hill turns into a day full of bad behavior. Later, a shocking revelation opens Emma's eyes to what has been in plain sight all along.
			Visit Masterpiece Online Watch Online: See all three episodes of Emma starting Feb. 8, 2010. Screenwriter Q&A: Sandy Welch on her buoyant adaptation. Jane Austen House Slideshow: Go inside Austen's home and world.
			25% off ANY ONE ITEM at ShopPBS.org Great savings on the Emma DVD or any other MASTERPIECE favorites at ShopPBS.org, for a limited time. Enter code: SPRING25 during checkout to receive discount. (Offer valid through 2/10/10; cannot be combined with other offers).

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Masterpiece Schedule thru April 2010

January 24-February 7, 2010, 9pm
Emma
Three episodes (Episode one 120 minutes; episodes two and three 60 minutes)
A new adaptation of Jane Austen's comic tale of a headstrong young woman's failed matchmaking schemes. Starring Romola Garai, Michael Gambon and Jonny Lee Miller.
February 14, 2010, 9pm
Northanger Abbey (Encore Presentation)
One 90-minute episode
In a medieval house that appeals to her most lurid fantasies, romance addict Catherine Moreland (Felicity Jones) begins a relationship with the younger son of the estate in this adaptation of the Jane Austen novel.
February 21, 2010, 9pm
Persuasion (Encore Presentation)
One 90-minute episode
Sally Hawkins plays Jane Austen's Anne Elliot, a woman destined for spinsterhood after refusing a proposal eight years earlier. Then her spurned suitor reappears.
February 28, 2010, 9pm
The 39 Steps
One 90-minute episode
Secret agent Richard Hannay battles German spies on the eve of World War I in a riveting and romantic new version of the thriller by John Buchan. Rupert-Penry Jones (Persuasion) stars as Hannay.
March 28, 2010, 9pm
Sharpe's Challenge
One 120-minute episode
Soldier-adventurer Richard Sharpe comes out of retirement to quash a rebellion in British India. Sean Bean returns as the swashbuckling hero of this series based on Bernard Cornwell's novels. Top Chef's Padma Lakshmi guest stars.
April 4, 2010, 9pm
Sharpe's Peril
One 120-minute episode
The adventures of Colonel Richard Sharpe continue as he leads a ragtag party of civilians and soldiers on a march across India, with the murderous army of an opium lord in hot pursuit.
April 11, 2010, 9pm
The Diary of Anne Frank
One 120-minute episode
The most accurate adaptation of Anne Frank's account of hiding from the Nazis stars newcomer Ellie Kendrick as the maturing teenager undergoing an extraordinary ordeal. The Diary of Anne Frank airs on Holocaust Remembrance Day, 2010.
April 18-25, 2010, 9pm
Small Island
Two 90-minute episodes
When an ambitious Jamaican woman moves to gritty post-war London, she finds that the "Mother Country" is not the land of opportunity she had imagined. Starring Naomie Harris, Ruth Wilson and Benedict Cumberbatch.

Masterpiece Classic: Jane Austen's Emma from @PBS

A fiercely funny new adaptation of Jane Austen's Emma premieres Sunday, January 24th on MASTERPIECE CLASSIC. Romola Garai, Jonny Lee Miller and Michael Gambon star in Austen's blissfully romantic story of a passionate matchmaker concerned about everyone's marital prospects but her own.

Airing January 24 - February 7, 2010 on PBS Check local listings

Emma Woodhouse (Romola Garai, Atonement) was born with the sun shining down on her. The radiant, privileged girl grows into a remarkable talent for matchmaking, as observed by her loving but disapproving father (Michael Gambon, Cranford) and childhood friend Mr. Knightley (Jonny Lee Miller, Endgame). When the decidedly less privileged Harriet Smith arrives, Emma meddles with fate to find her a match, until her flawless intuition is called into question. Dissuaded from more matrimonial predictions, Emma nonetheless continues to cheerfully contemplate superior men — and meets one of her own in the handsome, gleaming Frank Churchill. But after being so busy managing everyone else's heart, does Emma know her own? A fiercely funny new version of the Jane Austen novel, Emma was adapted by Sandy Welch (Jane Eyre).

Audio Slideshow
Emma star Romola Garai gossips about her favorite characters and the actors who portray them.

Bachelors of Highbury Quiz
Meet your match from the men in Emma's world in this exclusive compatibility quiz.

Ask the Screenwriter: Sandy Welch
Welch tackles questions from the Masterpiece Facebook and Twitter communities.

Jane Austen House Slideshow
Step inside the English cottage where Austen wrote or revised seven novels.

Characters
Be introduced to Emma's colorful acquaintances.

Behind-the-Scenes Video
The cast and crew on what's so attractive about Jane Austen, the richness of this production and casting for this upper-crust soap opera.