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Season 28 – Masterpiece Theatre

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"Masterpiece Theatre" presents adaptations of classic literature and the work of contemporary writers as acted out by prestigious thespians. Among the stories that have been featured in the series' run are "I, Claudius," "Henry VIII" and "The Forsyte Saga."
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Masterpiece Theatre — Season 28

Masterpiece Theatre — Season 28

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Jemma Redgrave

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Paul McGann

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David Calder

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Kevin McMonagle

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Andrew Connolly

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David Schofield

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Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Oct 11, 1998 King Lear Ian Holm stars in the Royal National Theatre production of Shakespeare's "King Lear"; with Paul Rhys, Barbara Flynn and Amanda Redman. Details Episode 2 Aired Oct 18, 1998 Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte's "Wuthering Heights" tells of Heathcliff, Cathy, love and revenge. Details Episode 3 Aired Oct 25, 1998 A Respectable Trade A proud and ambitious slave merchant (Warren Clarke) deals with his deeply ambivalent wife (Emma Fielding). Details Episode 4 Aired Oct 26, 1998 A Respectable Trade A woman locked into an unhappy yet financially necessary marriage to a slave trader bonds with one of his servants. Details Episode 5 Aired Nov 1, 1998 The Unknown Soldier In World War I, a shellshocked, amnestic soldier meets a nurse. Details Episode 6 Aired Nov 8, 1998 The Unknown Soldier A soldier, found wandering a World War I battlefield with amnesia, begins a romantic relationship with the nurse caring for him. Details Episode 7 Aired Nov 22, 1998 The Prince of Hearts A naive prince and his bodyguard arrive at Cambridge University. Details Episode 8 Aired Jan 3, 1999 Charles Dickens' Our Mutual Friend A woman mourns the death of her fiance, a young heir to a fortune. Details Episode 9 Aired Jan 4, 1999 Charles Dickens' Our Mutual Friend A dissolute barrister and a deranged schoolmaster court Lizzie. Details Episode 10 Aired Jan 5, 1999 Charles Dickens' Our Mutual Friend Two lowlives plan to blackmail Mr. Boffin with Harmon's alternate will. Details Episode 11 Aired Jan 10, 1999 Bramwell IV Eleanor is prevented from treating a sideshow performer with an unusually large cyst by the man who runs the show. Details Episode 12 Aired Jan 17, 1999 Bramwell IV Eleanor (Jemma Redgrave) defends a mysterious patient from the suspicious staff. Details Episode 13 Aired Jan 31, 1999 Bramwell IV Eleanor (Jemma Redgrave) tries to tell her father about a new romance. Details Episode 14 Aired Feb 7, 1999 Bramwell IV A heat wave hits London; Eleanor rekindles a romance; Eleanor's father notices Alice's beauty. Details Episode 15 Aired Feb 14, 1999 Bramwell IV Two doctors seek Robert's affections; Marsham finds a better job. Details Episode 16 Aired Feb 21, 1999 Bramwell IV Marsham hopes that he can save his wife from breast cancer, though he is finally forced to put his hope in the surgical abilities of the Bramwells. Details Episode 17 Aired Feb 28, 1999 Cider with Rosie The memoirs of Laura Lee, and the provincial English town she grew up in during World War I. Details Episode 18 Aired Apr 18, 1999 Reckless, the Sequel Richard (Michael Kitchen) tries to stop Owen (Robson Green) and Anna's wedding. Details Episode 19 Aired Apr 25, 1999 Frenchman's Creek During 17th-century England, a wealthy lady falls for a French pirate. Details Episode 20 Aired May 9, 1999 Great Expectations Orphan Pip falls in love and aspires to become a gentleman in Charles Dickens' "Great Expectations." Details Episode 21 Aired May 10, 1999 Great Expectations Pip's world begins to collapse when he is spurned by the haughty Estella; Magwitch returns with a surprising revelation. Details Episode 22 Aired May 30, 1999 Goodnight Mister Tom A bitter widower forms a surprising friendship with a London boy sent to the British countryside at the outset of World War II. Details

Season Info

Director
Julian Farino, David Richards, David Drury, Simon Curtis, Richard Eyre, David Skynner
Executive Producer
Jonathan Powell, Simon Curtis, Jo Wright, Rebecca Eaton, Phillippa Giles, Michael Wearing
Screenwriter
Paul Abbott, Sandy Welch, Peter Barwood, Lee Hall
Network
PBS
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date
Oct 11, 1998