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WOMEN LEAD THE INVESTIGATIONS THIS OCTOBER WITH TWO NEW MASTERPIECE DRAMAS

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WOMEN LEAD THE INVESTIGATIONS THIS OCTOBER WITH TWO NEW MASTERPIECE DRAMAS:

“MISS SCARLET AND THE DUKE,” SEASON 2 AND “MAGPIE MURDERS”

STREAMING ON THE PBS MASTERPIECE PRIME VIDEO CHANNEL

Three International Programs from Walter Presents:

“St. Maik,” “Dignity,” and “The Good Apprentice” also added to the Channel

Arlington, VA – September 15, 2022 – This October, two new mysteries from MASTERPIECE
arrive on the PBS MASTERPIECE Prime Video Channel. The new season of “Miss Scarlet and The
Duke,” which follows Eliza, played by Kate Phillips (“Peaky Blinders”), as the female private
detective who makes her mark in the male-dominated field during London’s Victorian Era, and
“Magpie Murders,” the adaptation of the New York Times Best-Seller by Anthony Horowitz,
starring Oscar®-nominee Lesley Manville (“Phantom Thread”, “Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris”),
who plays the editor and informal investigator of the mysteriously deceased best-selling
mystery author Alan Conway. Also available to stream on the channel is “St. Maik, Season 2”
the German dramedy that follows petty criminal Maik as he continues to impersonate the local
church’s pastor. Other Walter Presents titles include: “Dignity” and “The Good Apprentice.”
The PBS MASTERPIECE Prime Video Channel consists of binge-worthy British and international drama
series and movies from producers like, MASTERPIECE, Walter Presents and other critically acclaimed
producers. The subscription rate for the PBS MASTERPIECE Prime Video Channel is $5.99/month with an
Amazon Prime or Prime Video subscription. Every purchase helps support public television for all.
Information about each of the programs is below:

MASTERPIECE: Miss Scarlet and the Duke, Season 2

Season 2 opens a few months after the conclusion of
Season One: Eliza, played by Kate Phillips (Peaky
Blinders, Wolf Hall) has solved her father’s murder, her
relationship with William (the “Duke”), played by Stuart
Martin (Jamestown) continues to slowly simmer, and
she continues to face the challenges of being a female
private detective in male-dominated Victorian London.
Viewers can also catch up on Season 1 which is also
available to stream on the channel.

Streaming Date October 16, 2022

Episodes 6
Genre Crime-Drama, Mystery
Language English

MASTERPIECE: Magpie Murders

A mystery author dies under suspicious
circumstances, with his last book seemingly
unfinished. This leaves two mysteries: What
happened to him? And how does his latest
potboiler end? Oscar®

-nominee Lesley Manville
(The Crown, Phantom Thread) stars as the
author’s editor, Susan Ryeland, who assumes the
role of detective in the case. Meanwhile, Tim
McMullan (Patrick Melrose) plays the fictional
sleuth in the incomplete novel, whose
investigation parallels Susan’s. Based on Anthony
Horowitz’s (Foyle’s War) ingenious bestselling
novel, the six-part series also stars Conleth Hill, Michael Maloney, Alexandros Logothetis, and Claire
Rushbrook. “There is true satisfaction in watching the pieces of Horowitz’s puzzle click into place,”
applauded The Telegraph (London) and The Sunday Times (London) declared, “Yikes, this is excellent.”
Streaming Date October 16, 2022
Episodes 6
Genre Crime-Drama, Mystery
Language English

Walter Presents: St. Maik, Season 2

On the run from the police, trickster Maik Schäfer
exchanges his fake conductor uniform for a real
cassock. Not baptized and anything but innocent,
the Berlin criminal suddenly becomes the Catholic
pastor of the Apostle Church Läuterberg.
But he and his partner Kevin are still trying to
execute their getaway and they need a new plan
to raise enough money to finance their dream of
running a bar on a beach in Panama. Believing the Catholic Church has the money, Maik and Kevin want
to fraudulently repair the “damaged” roof of the church, however it’s more complicated than they
thought; there’s still a body stashed in the church and Maik has to continue to perform his duties as the
pastor to the lively and demanding needs of his parishioners…
Streaming Date October 21, 2022
Episodes 10

Genre Dramedy
Language German with English

Subtitles

Other titles coming to the PBS MASTERPIECE Prime Video Channel in October:

Walter Presents: Dignity – 10/7
Walter Presents: The Good Apprentice – 10/14

About PBS MASTERPIECE Prime Video Channel
MASTERPIECE has been setting the standard for exceptional British drama in the US for 50 years and the PBS MASTERPIECE Prime Video Channel continues this legacy and has expanded to include award-winning TV series and movies from around the world.
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About MASTERPIECE
Winner of 83 Primetime Emmys® and 18 Peabody Awards, MASTERPIECE has been essential Sunday night viewing for millions of
fans since 1971. Susanne Simpson is the executive producer and Rebecca Eaton is the executive producer-at-large for the series.
Series funding for MASTERPIECE is provided by Viking Cruises, Raymond James, The MASTERPIECE Trust, and public television
viewers. Produced for PBS by GBH Boston, MASTERPIECE is known for hits such as All Creatures Great and Small, Sherlock,
Downton Abbey and Victoria, and beloved classics such as Upstairs Downstairs, Prime Suspect, The Forsyte Saga and Poldark.
About WALTER PRESENTS
Walter Presents launched January 2016 in the U.K. as a video-on-demand service, founded by Jason Thorp, Walter Iuzzolino and
Jo McGrath. Dedicated to showcasing award winning foreign language drama, the service is named after its curator, Walter
Iuzzolino, a passionate drama fan. In March 2017, Walter Presents launched as an SVOD platform in the U.S., with the New York
Times hailing it as a “chic TV boutique with a foreign accent.” Walter Presents launched in Italy September 2018, its first roll-out
in mainland Europe, on Discovery’s Nove, Giallo and Dplay channels. In October 2018 Walter Presents partnered with PBS
Distribution in the US, to make premium foreign language drama available on PBS Masterpiece on the Amazon Prime Video
channel. Additionally, select top-tier titles chosen by PBS are also broadcast on PBS stations and streaming on PBS Passport, a
digital member benefit available through local stations. In February 2019 Walter Presents increased its US distribution further
launching on Comcast Xfinity X1 and later in June Walter Presents launched on the Roku Channel. In 2019 Walter Presents teamed
up with Medialaan to make the service available to Flemish audiences on their newly launched digital channel StreamZ, and
also joined forces with S4C to make its dramas available in Welsh. In 2020 we partnered with TVNZ on their VOD service,
launched Walter Presents in Russia exclusively on Start, Russia’s fastest growing SVOD platform, and launched our channel on PBS
Masterpiece in Canada. In 2021 Walter Presents partnered with Australia’s largest streaming service, Stan, and launched in Latin
America with market leader DMD’s streaming service Cindie. From 2022 we will be available on C More in Scandinavia with over
500 hours of content.
Follow Walter Presents on Facebook and Twitter on

About PBS DISTRIBUTION
PBS Distribution is a leading distributor of public media content around the world, reaching audiences through multiple platforms and formats. The company, a joint venture of PBS and GBH Boston, operates six streaming channels — PBS Masterpiece (US and CA), PBS KIDS, PBS Living, PBS Documentaries and PBS America (U.K.). Other services include transactional video-on-demand, subscription video-on-demand licensing, physical products on DVD and Blu-ray, theatrical releasing, educational, non-theatrical, inflight, and international program sales and co-productions. PBS Distribution offers consumers and educators the highest quality factual, scripted, and children’s programming including films from Ken Burns, hit series from MASTERPIECE and foreign language dramas from Walter Presents, entertaining and educational PBS KIDS series, and award-winning documentaries from NOVA, FRONTLINE, AMERICAN MASTERS, NATURE, AMERICAN EXPERIENCE, and many independent producers. For over 10 years, the company has extended the reach of programming beyond broadcast while generating revenue for the public television system, stations, and producers.



“Grantchester” Season 8 is Coming to “Masterpiece”

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“Grantchester” Season 8 is Coming to “Masterpiece”
Filming for the hugely popular show produced by Kudos (a Banijay UK company) has started, with Robson Green returning as DI Geordie Keating and Tom Brittney as Reverend Will Davenport.
[via press release from PBS]
Grantchester Season 8 is Coming to MASTERPIECE
BOSTON, MA – August 11, 2022: Fan-favorite crime drama Grantchester is set to return for an eighth season on MASTERPIECE PBS in the US and ITV in the UK.

Filming for the hugely popular show produced by Kudos (a Banijay UK company) has started, with Robson Green returning as DI Geordie Keating and Tom Brittney as Reverend Will Davenport.

Will is the happiest he’s ever been but his world will be rocked by a terrible accident. He’s always preached the word of a compassionate God – but how can he now, when his despair leads him on a dangerous downward spiral?

Geordie has found a new contentment in his relationship with Cathy, but when they are both confronted with shocking announcements at work their happiness is threatened. As Mrs. C, Leonard, Jack and Daniel rally around, both Will and Geordie find themselves in unfamiliar, emotional waters and murder is always around the corner.

Grantchester Season 8 will range from Speedway to spies, exploring the lives of invisible women and the very visible problems caused by Leonard’s new vocation which may, once again, find him battling the law. Exploring faith, forgiveness, and redemption – this explosive series tests Will and Geordie to the limit.

Charlotte Ritchie (Ghosts) returns as Bonnie, alongside Tessa Peake-Jones as Mrs C, Al Weaver as Leonard Finch, Kacey Ainsworth as Cathy Keating, Oliver Dimsdale as Daniel Marlowe and Nick Brimble as Jack Chapman.

Special guest actors for this series include Shaun Dingwall (Top Boy, Noughts & Crosses), Jeff Rawle (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Doc Martin) and Jemima Rooper (Gold Digger, The Girlfriend Experience).

Kudos Executive Producer Emma Kingsman-Lloyd said: “We are delighted to be returning to our beloved Grantchester. It’s a testament to the fantastic creative work of our cast and crew that the audience want us back series after series.”

MASTERPIECE Executive Producer Susanne Simpson said: “We are thrilled to bring MASTERPIECE viewers back to Grantchester for an eighth season. The talented ensemble cast and captivating storylines have made Grantchester one of our most beloved series. We can’t wait for fans to see it!”

Robson Green added: “It’s so good to be back on Grantchester. A series that just gets better with age. Everyone involved is at the top of their game and this incredibly charming, likeable, dark and edgy show is an absolute privilege to be part of.”

Tom Brittney said: “I’m absolutely chuffed that we’re going ahead with another series of Grantchester and that I get to continue playing a character I adore so much. To be part of a show as well loved as this one, that is now in its eighth series, is an absolute honor.”

Drama commissioner Chloe Tucker will oversee production from an ITV perspective. Chloe Tucker said: “We are delighted to be returning to Grantchester for an eighth series. With an incredibly talented cast and crew, and storylines that always deliver, Grantchester is a real treat for the audience.”

Adapted from The Grantchester Mysteries novels by James Runcie, the series was developed for television by Daisy Coulam. Writers this series include Richard Cookson (episode one), Helen Black (episode three), Anita Vettesse (episode four) and Richard Cookson and Karla Williams (episode five).

The series is directed by Rob Evans, Al Weaver (who makes his directing debut) and Martin Smith.

For Grantchester show updates plus other news from MASTERPIECE, make sure to sign up for our free MASTERPIECE email newsletter.

Grantchester Season 8 is Coming to MASTERPIECE





TV Series on the Life of Clementine Churchill in Development

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TV Series on the Life of Clementine Churchill in Development
Award-winning writer Margaret Nagle will write the original script with the working title “Mrs. Churchill” and executive produce alongside Celine Rattray, Trudie Styler, David Thompson, Sayako Teitelbaum and Susanne Simpson.
[via press release from PBS]
TV Series on the Life of Clementine Churchill in Development

MASTERPIECE News

July 28, 2022; Boston, MA- A five-part drama based on the public and private life of Clementine Churchill, wife of British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill, is being developed for television by MASTERPIECE/PBS and Maven Screen Media, alongside Origin Pictures and Sayoko Teitelbaum. Award-winning writer Margaret Nagle (Warm Springs, Boardwalk Empire, The Good Lie) will write the original script with the working title Mrs. Churchill and executive produce alongside Celine Rattray, Trudie Styler, David Thompson, Sayako Teitelbaum and Susanne Simpson.

MASTERPIECE Executive Producer Susanne Simpson made the announcement during the virtual Television Critics Association press tour.

This is the untold story of a fiercely independent and very modern heroine who risked everything to save her country and the world from fascism-and her husband from himself. Clementine’s story has slipped through the cracks of history. The magnitude of her many achievements are only recently being recognized.

“Winston has said that the Second World War would have been impossible without Clementine, and yet she has not been given the credit she deserves. We are thrilled to be working with MASTERPIECE and developing a series about this complicated, extraordinary woman,” said Nagle and Maven co- founder Celine Rattray. Maven is producing with Sayoko Teitelbaum and David Thompson of Origin Pictures.

“Our MASTERPIECE viewers will be enthralled by this historical drama about a fiercely independent woman who influenced the course of world history,” said Simpson. “Margaret Nagle is the perfect writer to tell Clementine’s true story, and we’re proud to be partnering with Maven on this compelling series.” MASTERPIECE is presented on PBS by GBH Boston.

Each episode of the limited series will follow Clementine through pivotal moments of her life. Raised by an unstable mother in relative poverty caring for her siblings, Clementine became a suffragette working two jobs. Known as the “Broke Beauty,” she refused to marry for money or to a man she didn’t love. The series will follow her courtship with Winston and struggle with motherhood, her broken relationship with her young niece, Diana Mitford, who was brainwashed by fascism, her pivotal relationship with American Harry Hopkins (FDR’s conscience) who held the purse strings to (yet to be created) Land Lease, ensuring England could survive against the Germans until America joined the war, and a climactic trip to Russia where she goes toe to toe with Stalin. The show will be a window into one of history’s most remarkable and complicated women.

TV Series on the Life of Clementine Churchill in Development





“Miss Scarlet and The Duke”: Season 2 and Season 3 Airdates and More

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“Miss Scarlet and The Duke”: Season 2 and Season 3 Airdates and More
Season 2 is coming to “Masterpiece” on PBS Sunday, October 16, and Season 3 will follow soon enough on January 8, 2023.
[via press release from PBS]
Miss Scarlet and The Duke: Season 2 and Season 3 Airdates and More

There’s double the good news for fans of the Victorian detective series Miss Scarlet and the Duke!

Season 2 is coming to MASTERPIECE on PBS Sunday, Oct. 16, 8/7c, and Season 3 will follow soon enough on January 8, 2023, 8/7c!

While we’re waiting for two new seasons, we’ll catch you up on the basics of what the show is about, the cast, how you can stream Season 1 and more.

About the Show and What’s Ahead

Move over Sherlock Holmes! Victorian England’s first-ever female sleuth is on the case. Kate Phillips stars as astute private eye Eliza Scarlet, joined by Stuart Martin as her partner at Scotland Yard – Detective Inspector William “The Duke” Wellington.

Season 1 is set in London at the start of the Sherlock Holmes era, circa 1880. Eliza’s father, Henry, is a widowed retired police officer, currently a private detective running up bills and drinking through his occasional earnings. Nonetheless, he’s a talented investigator, and has taught his only child, Eliza, the trade since she was a girl. She is now determined to break into this male-only profession.

Fortunately, Eliza’s childhood friend happens to be a detective inspector at Scotland Yard: William “The Duke” Wellington. He gets his nickname from the most famous Englishman of the 19th century: the Duke of Wellington, victor over Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo. Like that other Wellington, the Duke is cool and decisive in a scrape. And he’s also a ladies’ man, which leads to interesting complications with Eliza.

Sometimes working together – but often at odds – Eliza and the Duke tackle a series of fascinating cases. On launching her business, Eliza’s initial challenge is not criminals or clients so much as getting society to take a female detective seriously, even one who has mastered wounds, poisons, motives, and red herrings.

Season 2 opens a few months after the conclusion of Season 1: Eliza has solved a very personal case that vexed her throughout Season 1; her relationship with William (“the Duke”) continues to slowly simmer; and she continues to face the challenges of being a female private detective in male-dominated Victorian London.

The Cast and Characters

Just starting out with Miss Scarlet and The Duke? Here are some of the unforgettable characters you’ll meet in Season 1, along with brief bios of the actors who portray them.

Kate Phillips (Miss Scarlet): Miss Scarlet may appear to be a refined Victorian lady, but she’s also as scrappy and feisty, resilient and strong-spirited.

Before her days solving crime and irking the Duke as Eliza Scarlet, Phillips made a name for herself in series such as Peaky Blinders (as Linda Shelby) and The Crown (as Venetia Scott). MASTERPIECE fans may remember Phillips as Jane Seymour in Wolf Hall and as Tillie Seigler in My Mother and Other Strangers.

Stuart Martin (The Duke): William “The Duke” Wellington is a tough Scotland Yard inspector who lives and breathes his work – and believes that only a man can do the work of a detective properly. But his old friend Eliza Scarlet is determined to prove him wrong

Martin is known for his work on television series including his three-season run on Jamestown as Silas Sharrow, on Medici as Lorenzo, and in the limited series Babylon. Martin’s talents don’t just stop at traditional on-screen roles. The actor has leant his vocal talents to a number of popular video games, including Assassin’s Creed, Dreamfall Chapters, and Ryse: Son of Rome.

Cathy Belton (Ivy, the Scarlet family’s housekeeper): Ivy does what she can to be part housekeeper, part parent to Eliza after the death of her father, but impulsive Eliza isn’t exactly the best at listening to her advice.

Prior to her days on Miss Scarlet & The Duke, Belton was best known for her work in the award-winning film Philomena, alongside Judi Dench, and for starring roles in series such as Red Rock and The Woman in White.

Andrew Gower (Rupert Parker): Parker seems to be a mild-mannered oddball from a wealthy family. But underneath it all, he’s an independent think and strikes up a unique friendship with Miss Scarlet.

MASTERPIECE fans may recognize Gower from his appearance in the fifth and final season of Poldark as James Hadfield, whose attempt to assassinate King George III was foiled by none other than Ross Poldark himself. Gower also made a name for himself in the second season of Outlander as the “Bonnie Prince” Charles Stuart.

Ansu Kabia (Moses): Fans may recognize Kabia from his roles in films such as Murder on the Orient Express and Last Christmas, or from TV roles in series such as I May Destroy You and Casualty. Miss Scarlet and The Duke, however, is not Kabia’s first MASTERPIECE role – the actor also appeared in World on Fire and The Long Song.

Kevin Doyle (Henry Scarlet): Henry Scarlet, a retired police officer, is the original Scarlet detective in the family. Before his untimely death, Mr. Scarlet ran his business into some trouble, leaving Eliza to pick up the pieces after his death. But it turns out Miss Scarlet may not be so alone after all, as Henry’s memory guides her through the shady London underworld in Season 1.

Doyle is recognized for his six seasons as Mr. Molesley in the Downton Abbey television series, and the subsequent films. On top of his Downton days, Doyle has also appeared in a number of series including Happy Valley, The Tudors, and Silent Witness.

Where to Catch Up on Season 1

Before Season 2, there is still time to immerse yourself into the intriguing, funny, and romantic world of Miss Scarlet and The Duke. You can watch all episodes of Season 1 right now with PBS Passport, an added member benefit. PBS Passport offers you a wide selection of episodes, including many fan favorites from MASTERPIECE.

Investigate More About Miss Scarlet and The Duke

Once you watch Miss Scarlet and The Duke, there is only one thing you’ll want: more. Explore all our exclusive online features related to Season 1 of this addictive show. Then, watch cast video interviews that will leave you speculating what is really going on between Miss Scarlet and The Duke!

Want to make sure you know everything about Miss Scarlet and The Duke Seasons 2 and 3? Sign up for the MASTERPIECE email newsletter for the latest show news and updates. You’ll be joining a community of more than 1.5 million MASTERPIECE fans.

And make sure to follow MASTERPIECE on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok for more on Miss Scarlet and The Duke and other shows you’ll love.

Miss Scarlet and The Duke: Season 2 and Season 3 Airdates and More





THE MASTERPIECE MYSTERY! DRAMEDY “GUILT” RETURNS FOR A SECOND SEASON

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THE MASTERPIECE MYSTERY! DRAMEDY “GUILT” STARRING MARK BONNAR RETURNS FOR A SECOND SEASON THIS AUGUST ON THE PBS MASTERPIECE PRIME VIDEO CHANNEL

– Other International Titles Include: “Walter Presents: Charité” and “Walter Presents: Redemption”

Arlington, VA – July 20, 2022 – This August, a number of critically acclaimed international programs will be streaming on the PBS MASTERPIECE Prime Video Channel including the second season of “Guilt,” from MASTERPIECE MYSTERY! starring Mark Bonnar (Catastrophe), as well as “Charité” and “Redemption” from Walter Presents. Hailed by The Guardian (UK) as “a witty, scintillating treat,” the contemporary dramedy “Guilt” set in Edinburgh, Scotland, continues with riveting plot twists and a strong vein of dark humor. “Walter Presents: Charité” follows the staff of Berlin’s world-famous hospital where medical history is being made, and in “Walter Presents: Redemption” ex-cop Valerio investigates the alleged suicide of his estranged son.

The subscription rate for the PBS MASTERPIECE Prime Video Channel is $5.99/month with an Amazon Prime or Prime Video subscription. Every purchase helps support public television for all.

Information about each of the programs is below:
MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: Guilt, Season 2

Premiere Date: August 28, 2022
Episodes: 4
Genre: Drama, Crime
Language: English
When disgraced lawyer Max McCall (Mark Bonnar) is released from prison, he finds himself entwined in a gripping new story with characters old and new, as they battle the consequences of their actions amidst shocking new developments. Emun Elliot returns as Kenny and Phyllis Logan (Downton Abbey) joins the cast as Maggie.
Walter Presents: Charité

Premiere Date: August 12, 2022
Episodes: 6
Genre: Drama
Language: German with English Subtitles
When Ida is saved at the prestigious Charité hospital in 1888 Berlin, Germany, she has no money to cover the cost. In lieu of payment, she begins to work off her debt as a nurse.

There she witnesses history being made as she gets an inside look into cures for tuberculosis and diphtheria and discovers her passion for medicine. “Charité” is a Cinderella story intermixed with the exciting real-life research and work of the doctors at the hospital.

Walter Presents: Redemption

Premiere Date: August 26, 2022
Episodes: 8
Genre: Drama, Crime
Language: Italian with English Subtitles
Valerio is an ex-cop who has received devastating news that his estranged son Ettore has committed suicide. Unable to believe his son would do such a thing, Valerio begins to hunt for the truth behind his son’s death. As he pledges to obtain justice for his son, the investigation also proves to be Valerio’s last chance to come to terms with his troubled past, both as a man and a father. This investigation is a painful redemption ––a bond that not even death can break; one between father and son.

Other titles coming to the PBS MASTERPIECE Prime Video Channel in August:
Walter Presents: Troubled Waters – 8/5
Walter Presents: Blood Oath – 8/19
The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family – 8/28
About PBS MASTERPIECE Prime Video Channel
MASTERPIECE has been setting the standard for exceptional British drama in the US for 50 years and the PBS MASTERPIECE Prime Video Channel continues this legacy and has expanded to include award-winning TV series from around the world.

Follow the PBS Masterpiece Prime Video Channel on Facebook

About MASTERPIECE
Winner of 83 Primetime Emmys® and 18 Peabody Awards, MASTERPIECE has been essential Sunday night viewing for millions of fans since 1971. Susanne Simpson is the executive producer and Rebecca Eaton is the executive producer-at-large for the series. Funding for MASTERPIECE is provided by Viking and Raymond James with additional support from public television viewers and contributors to The MASTERPIECE Trust. Produced for PBS by GBH Boston, MASTERPIECE is known for hits such as All Creatures Great and Small, Sherlock, Downton Abbey and Victoria, and beloved classics such as Upstairs Downstairs, Prime Suspect, The Forsyte Saga and Poldark.

About WALTER PRESENTS
Walter Presents launched January 2016 in the U.K. as a video-on-demand service, founded by Jason Thorp, Walter Iuzzolino and Jo McGrath. Dedicated to showcasing award winning foreign language drama, the service is named after its curator, Walter Iuzzolino, a passionate drama fan. In March 2017, Walter Presents launched as an SVOD platform in the U.S., with the New York Times hailing it as a “chic TV boutique with a foreign accent.” Walter Presents launched in Italy September 2018, its first roll-out in mainland Europe, on Discovery’s Nove, Giallo and Dplay channels. In October 2018 Walter Presents partnered with PBS Distribution in the US, to make premium foreign language drama available on PBS Masterpiece on the Amazon Prime Video channel. Additionally, select top-tier titles chosen by PBS are also broadcast on PBS stations and streaming on PBS Passport, a digital member benefit available through local stations. In February 2019 Walter Presents increased its US distribution further launching on Comcast Xfinity X1 and later in June Walter Presents launched on the Roku Channel. In 2019 Walter Presents teamed up with Medialaan to make the service available to Flemish audiences on their newly launched digital channel StreamZ, and also joined forces with S4C to make its dramas available in Welsh. In 2020 we partnered with TVNZ on their VOD service, launched Walter Presents in Russia exclusively on Start, Russia’s fastest growing SVOD platform, and launched our channel on PBS Masterpiece in Canada. In 2021 Walter Presents partnered with Australia’s largest streaming service, Stan, and launched in Latin America with market leader DMD’s streaming service Cindie. From 2022 we will be available on C More in Scandinavia with over 500 hours of content.

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About PBS DISTRIBUTION
PBS Distribution is a leading distributor of public media content around the world, reaching audiences through multiple platforms and formats. The company, a joint venture of PBS and GBH Boston, operates six streaming channels — PBS MASTERPIECE (US and CA), PBS KIDS, PBS Living, PBS Documentaries and PBS America (U.K.). Other services include transactional video-on-demand, subscription video-on-demand licensing, physical products on DVD and Blu-ray, theatrical releasing, educational, non-theatrical, inflight, and international program sales and co-productions.

PBS Distribution offers consumers and educators the highest quality factual, scripted, and children’s programming including films from Ken Burns, hit series from MASTERPIECE and foreign language dramas from Walter Presents, entertaining and educational PBS KIDS series, and award-winning documentaries from NOVA, FRONTLINE, AMERICAN MASTERS, NATURE, AMERICAN EXPERIENCE, and many independent producers. For over 10 years, the company has extended the reach of programming beyond broadcast while generating revenue for the public television system, stations, and producers.



TWO NEW CRIME DRAMAS “MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: GRANTCHESTER” AND “WALTER PRESENTS:

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TWO NEW CRIME DRAMAS “MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: GRANTCHESTER” AND “WALTER PRESENTS: I KNOW WHO YOU ARE”
STREAMING ON THE PBS MASTERPIECE PRIME VIDEO CHANNEL THIS JULY

Arlington, VA – June 20, 2022 – This July, seven new international programs come to the PBS MASTERPIECE Prime Video Channel, including the new season of “MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: Grantchester,” which follows everyone’s favorite crime-fighting clergyman. In Season 7, vicar Will Davenport (Tom Brittney), and Geordie Keating (Robson Green), his law-enforcement ally, continue to investigate the suspicious murders taking place in their small hamlet of Grantchester. In the Spanish crime drama from Walter Presents, “I Know Who You Are” a prestigious attorney is accused of murdering his missing niece and must work to clear his name. Other programs coming to the channel from Walter Presents include, “Below the Surface, Season 2,” “The Inside Game,” “The Defence, Season 3,” “Stanley,” and “Hunted.”

The subscription rate for the PBS MASTERPIECE Prime Video Channel is $5.99/month with an Amazon Prime or Prime Video subscription. Every purchase helps support public television for all.

Information about each of the programs is below:
MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: Grantchester, Season 7

Premiere Date: July 10, 2022
Episodes: 6
Genre: Drama, Crime
Language: English
Although Will lives the life of a clergyman, sometimes he can’t help but fall into more worldly habits as he solves murders in the bucolic village of Granchester.

The series picks up in the long hot summer of 1959 with wedding season in full swing in the Cambridgeshire village of Grantchester where once again, Will and Geordie are on alert for suspicious happenings.
Walter Presents: I Know Who You Are

Premiere Date: July 1, 2022
Episodes: 16
Genre: Drama, Crime
Language: Spanish with English Subtitles
Set in Barcelona, Juan Elias, a prestigious lawyer, suffers amnesia after a terrible car accident and must defend his name after being accused of the death of his missing niece, Ana. With the help of his wife, Judge Alicia Castro, Juan tries to reconstruct what happened that night. Ana’s father, Ramón, is convinced Juan murdered Ana and hires a prestigious law firm to prove Juan’s guilt. Exploring the Spanish legal system, the bonds of love, friendship and family, “I Know Who You Are” will keep viewers guessing to the very end.
Other titles coming to the PBS MASTERPIECE Prime Video Channel in July:
Walter Presents: Below the Surface, Season 2 – 7/8
Walter Presents: The Inside Game – 7/15
Walter Presents: The Defence, Season 3 – 7/22
Walter Presents: Stanley – 7/29
Walter Presents: Hunted – 7/29
About PBS MASTERPIECE Prime Video Channel
MASTERPIECE has been setting the standard for exceptional British drama in the US for 50 years and the PBS MASTERPIECE Prime Video Channel continues this legacy and has expanded to include award-winning TV series from around the world.

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About MASTERPIECE
Winner of 83 Primetime Emmys® and 18 Peabody Awards, MASTERPIECE has been essential Sunday night viewing for millions of fans since 1971. Susanne Simpson is the executive producer and Rebecca Eaton is the executive producer-at-large for the series. Funding for MASTERPIECE is provided by Viking and Raymond James with additional support from public television viewers and contributors to The MASTERPIECE Trust. Produced for PBS by GBH Boston, MASTERPIECE is known for hits such as All Creatures Great and Small, Sherlock, Downton Abbey and Victoria, and beloved classics such as Upstairs Downstairs, Prime Suspect, The Forsyte Saga and Poldark.

About WALTER PRESENTS
Walter Presents launched January 2016 in the U.K. as a video-on-demand service, founded by Jason Thorp, Walter Iuzzolino and Jo McGrath. Dedicated to showcasing award winning foreign language drama, the service is named after its curator, Walter Iuzzolino, a passionate drama fan. In March 2017, Walter Presents launched as an SVOD platform in the U.S., with the New York Times hailing it as a “chic TV boutique with a foreign accent.” Walter Presents launched in Italy September 2018, its first roll-out in mainland Europe, on Discovery’s Nove, Giallo and Dplay channels. In October 2018 Walter Presents partnered with PBS Distribution in the US, to make premium foreign language drama available on PBS Masterpiece on the Amazon Prime Video channel. Additionally, select top-tier titles chosen by PBS are also broadcast on PBS stations and streaming on PBS Passport, a digital member benefit available through local stations. In February 2019 Walter Presents increased its US distribution further launching on Comcast Xfinity X1 and later in June Walter Presents launched on the Roku Channel. In 2019 Walter Presents teamed up with Medialaan to make the service available to Flemish audiences on their newly launched digital channel StreamZ, and also joined forces with S4C to make its dramas available in Welsh. In 2020 we partnered with TVNZ on their VOD service, launched Walter Presents in Russia exclusively on Start, Russia’s fastest growing SVOD platform, and launched our channel on PBS Masterpiece in Canada. In 2021 Walter Presents partnered with Australia’s largest streaming service, Stan, and launched in Latin America with market leader DMD’s streaming service Cindie. From 2022 we will be available on C More in Scandinavia with over 500 hours of content.

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About PBS DISTRIBUTION
PBS Distribution is a leading distributor of public media content around the world, reaching audiences through multiple platforms and formats. The company, a joint venture of PBS and GBH Boston, operates six streaming channels — PBS MASTERPIECE (US and CA), PBS KIDS, PBS Living, PBS Documentaries and PBS America (U.K.). Other services include transactional video-on-demand, subscription video-on-demand licensing, physical products on DVD and Blu-ray, theatrical releasing, educational, non-theatrical, inflight, and international program sales and co-productions.

PBS Distribution offers consumers and educators the highest quality factual, scripted, and children’s programming including films from Ken Burns, hit series from MASTERPIECE and foreign language dramas from Walter Presents, entertaining and educational PBS KIDS series, and award-winning documentaries from NOVA, FRONTLINE, AMERICAN MASTERS, NATURE, AMERICAN EXPERIENCE, and many independent producers. For over 10 years, the company has extended the reach of programming beyond broadcast while generating revenue for the public television system, stations, and producers.



AN ALL NEW SEASON OF “MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: ENDEAVOUR” AND TWO INTERNATIONAL SERIES

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AN ALL NEW SEASON OF “MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: ENDEAVOUR” AND TWO INTERNATIONAL SERIES FROM
WALTER PRESENTS “A MURDER OF CROWS”, SEASON 2, AND “LUISA SPAGNOLI” AMONG SHOWS LAUNCHING ON
THE PBS MASTERPIECE PRIME VIDEO CHANNEL THIS JUNE

Arlington, VA – June 6, 2022 – This month, seven new international programs arrive on the PBS MASTERPIECE Prime Video Channel, including the new season of fan-favorite “MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: Endeavour”. In Season 8, Endeavour begins to show signs of a struggle with his inner demons which worries his colleagues. Then, in the German crime drama from Walter Presents, “A Murder of Crows, Season 2” Inspector Brühl investigates the disappearance of a young boy, and “Walter Presents: Luisa Spagnoli” follows the rise of the Italian businesswoman famous for creating a women’s fashion line and the world-famous chocolate brand, Perugina.

The subscription rate for the PBS MASTERPIECE Prime Video Channel is $5.99/month with an Amazon Prime or Prime Video subscription. Every purchase helps support public television for all.

Information about each of the programs is below:
MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: Endeavour, Season 8

Premiere Date: June 19, 2022
Episodes: 3
Genre: Drama, Crime, Mystery
Language: English
In 1971, our heroes investigate suspected IRA retaliations, the murder of a local cab driver, and the peculiar killing of a college fellow which results in putting one of their own in imminent danger. As Endeavour shows signs of a struggle with his inner demons, the team wonders if he is beyond the point of no return.

Walter Presents: A Murder of Crows, Season 2

Premiere Date: June 10, 2022
Episodes: 1
Genre: Drama, Crime, Mystery
Language: German with English Subtitles
Inspector Martin Brühl must uncover the mysterious truth in the case of a missing four-year-old boy. However, the young woman claiming to be the boy’s mother is said to have a head injury leaving her with a distorted sense of reality and severely delusional. With this new information, the case is filed away. But Inspector Brühl cannot seem to let the investigation go, and as he continues to dig deeper, surprising clues about the boy and the woman begin to emerge.
Walter Presents: Luisa Spagnoli

Premiere Date: June 17, 2022
Episodes: 4
Genre: Drama, Historical
Language: Italian with English Subtitles
Filled with romance, success and scandal, “Luisa Spagnoli-Queen of Fashion” follows the true story of the rags to riches life of the world-famous Italian chocolatier and fashion designer who blazed a trail for working women in the early 20th century.

In 1920’s Perugia, Italy, Luisa Spagnoli is a woman of humble origins who, with great determination, decides to take over a small pastry shop on the verge of bankruptcy. Teeming with entrepreneurial spirit and endowed with extraordinary modernity and creativity, she establishes herself as a leading businesswoman and visionary, revolutionizing candy and chocolate from a luxury product of the rich, into one accessible for all.
Other titles coming to the PBS MASTERPIECE Prime Video Channel in June:
Walter Presents: The Paris Murders, Season 4 -6/3
Walter Presents: The Wagner Method – 6/10
Walter Presents: The First Forgotten – 6/17
Hotel Portofino – 6/19
Walter Presents: Leo Mattei – Special Unit, Season 1&2 – 6/24

About PBS MASTERPIECE Prime Video Channel
MASTERPIECE has been setting the standard for exceptional British drama in the US for 50 years and the PBS MASTERPIECE Prime Video Channel continues this legacy and has expanded to include award-winning TV series from around the world.

Follow the PBS Masterpiece Prime Video Channel on Facebook

About MASTERPIECE
Winner of 83 Primetime Emmys® and 18 Peabody Awards, MASTERPIECE has been essential Sunday night viewing for millions of fans since 1971. Susanne Simpson is the executive producer and Rebecca Eaton is the executive producer-at-large for the series. Funding for MASTERPIECE is provided by Viking and Raymond James with additional support from public television viewers and contributors to The MASTERPIECE Trust. Produced for PBS by GBH Boston, MASTERPIECE is known for hits such as All Creatures Great and Small, Sherlock, Downton Abbey and Victoria, and beloved classics such as Upstairs Downstairs, Prime Suspect, The Forsyte Saga and Poldark.

About WALTER PRESENTS
Walter Presents launched January 2016 in the U.K. as a video-on-demand service, founded by Jason Thorp, Walter Iuzzolino and Jo McGrath. Dedicated to showcasing award winning foreign language drama, the service is named after its curator, Walter Iuzzolino, a passionate drama fan. In March 2017, Walter Presents launched as an SVOD platform in the U.S., with the New York Times hailing it as a “chic TV boutique with a foreign accent.” Walter Presents launched in Italy September 2018, its first roll-out in mainland Europe, on Discovery’s Nove, Giallo and Dplay channels. In October 2018 Walter Presents partnered with PBS Distribution in the US, to make premium foreign language drama available on PBS Masterpiece on the Amazon Prime Video channel. Additionally, select top-tier titles chosen by PBS are also broadcast on PBS stations and streaming on PBS Passport, a digital member benefit available through local stations. In February 2019 Walter Presents increased its US distribution further launching on Comcast Xfinity X1 and later in June Walter Presents launched on the Roku Channel. In 2019 Walter Presents teamed up with Medialaan to make the service available to Flemish audiences on their newly launched digital channel StreamZ, and also joined forces with S4C to make its dramas available in Welsh. In 2020 we partnered with TVNZ on their VOD service, launched Walter Presents in Russia exclusively on Start, Russia’s fastest growing SVOD platform, and launched our channel on PBS Masterpiece in Canada. In 2021 Walter Presents partnered with Australia’s largest streaming service, Stan, and launched in Latin America with market leader DMD’s streaming service Cindie. From 2022 we will be available on C More in Scandinavia with over 500 hours of content.

Follow Walter Presents on Facebook and Twitter on

About PBS DISTRIBUTION
PBS Distribution is a leading distributor of public media content around the world, reaching audiences through multiple platforms and formats. The company, a joint venture of PBS and GBH Boston, operates six streaming channels — PBS MASTERPIECE (US and CA), PBS KIDS, PBS Living, PBS Documentaries and PBS America (U.K.). Other services include transactional video-on-demand, subscription video-on-demand licensing, physical products on DVD and Blu-ray, theatrical releasing, educational, non-theatrical, inflight, and international program sales and co-productions.

PBS Distribution offers consumers and educators the highest quality factual, scripted, and children’s programming including films from Ken Burns, hit series from MASTERPIECE and foreign language dramas from Walter Presents, entertaining and educational PBS KIDS series, and award-winning documentaries from NOVA, FRONTLINE, AMERICAN MASTERS, NATURE, AMERICAN EXPERIENCE, and many independent producers. For over 10 years, the company has extended the reach of programming beyond broadcast while generating revenue for the public television system, stations, and producers.



SPELLBINDING MINI-SERIES ABOUT A JEWISH SPY FIGHTING FOR HER LIFE DURING THE TURMOIL

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SPELLBINDING MINI-SERIES ABOUT A JEWISH SPY FIGHTING FOR HER LIFE DURING THE TURMOIL OF SIXTIES LONDON
“MASTERPIECE: RIDLEY ROAD” ARRIVES ON THE PBS MASTERPIECE PRIME VIDEO CHANNEL
THIS MONTH

– Other titles include “Walter Presents: They Were Ten,” and “Walter Presents: Ben” –
Screen Episodes Here
Arlington, VA – May 3, 2022 – This month, seven captivating programs that will keep audiences on the edge of their seats arrive on the PBS MASTERPIECE Prime Video Channel. Based on a true story and the best-selling novel of the same name, MASTERPIECE’s “Ridley Road,” follows a young Jewish woman who infiltrates a neo-Nazi political group in London during the 1960s. In Walter Presents’ “They Were Ten,” ten people are invited to a tropical island and then murdered one by one for mysterious reasons (the series is based on Agatha Christie’s classic novel, And Then There Were None). And, in Walter Presents’ “Ben,” a woman returns to her hometown where hidden secrets begin to arise when the murder of a student triggers painful memories for her.

The subscription rate for the PBS MASTERPIECE Prime Video Channel is $5.99/month with an Amazon Prime or Prime Video subscription. Every purchase helps support public television for all.

Information about each of the programs is below.

Premiere Date: May 1, 2022
Episodes: 4
Genre: Drama, Political Thriller
Language: English
Summer 1962: London is swinging with new music, hip fashions, and an irresistible hedonistic spirit. It’s also seething with antisemitic violence incited by homegrown neo-Nazis. “MASTERPIECE: Ridley Road,” is a riveting four-part drama set in this colorful but tumultuous time, based on Jo Bloom’s acclaimed novel. Inspired by true events, the series stars newcomer Agnes O’Casey as Vivien Epstein, a young Jewish hairdresser who fits right into London’s mod scene, while secretly infiltrating the British neo-Nazi hierarchy on behalf of Jewish antifascists.

O’Casey is joined by Rory Kinnear (No Time to Die) as Colin Jordan, the real-life leader of Britain’s post-World War II Nazi movement; Tom Varey (Game of Thrones) as Jack, Vivien’s true love, who mysteriously disappears at the outset of the series; Eddie Marsan (Ray Donovan) as Vivien’s cagey uncle Soly, a secret operative for the 62 Group, which is combatting the resurgence of fascism; and Tracy-Ann Oberman (After Life) as Soly’s shrewd wife, Nancy.
Walter Presents: They Were Ten

Premiere Date: May 6, 2022
Episodes: 6
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Language: French with English Subtitles
Based on Agatha Christie’s masterpiece And Then There Were None, the world’s best-selling mystery and one of the best-selling novels of all time, “They Were Ten” follows the story of ten people, five women and five men, who are invited to a paradise island in the Caribbean by a mysterious person; each has committed a murder in their past. They soon realize they are completely isolated, cut off from the rest of the world and all means of communication, which rapidly becomes their worst nightmare.

Why were they lured into this morbid trap? The answer lies hidden in their past – shameful events that they each tried carefully to bury. Today, under the hot island sun, they have begun to pay. In the end, there will be none left. One by one, they will be killed off… posing the ultimate question: who’s the murderer?
Walter Presents: Ben

Premiere Date: May 13, 2022
Episodes: 6
Genre: Drama, Crime
Language: French with English Subtitles
Bénédicte “Ben” Marceau, a divorced news reporter, and her daughter, Rose, relocate to Ben’s hometown of Nantes 25 years after she ran away as a teenager.

Starting a job at the largest local newspaper as a crime reporter, she becomes immersed in the death of a student. As she digs deeper into the story of why she was killed, painful memories of why she left home at the age of 16 begin to resurface.
Other titles coming to the PBS MASTERPIECE Prime Video Channel in May:
Lucy Worsley Investigates, Season 1 – 5/15/22
Walter Presents: Swoon – 5/20/22
Walter Presents: Berlin Dance School, Season 3 – 5/20/22
Walter Presents: Nina, Season 2 – 5/27/22

About PBS MASTERPIECE Prime Video Channel
MASTERPIECE has been setting the standard for exceptional British drama in the US for 50 years and the PBS MASTERPIECE Prime Video Channel continues this legacy and has expanded to include award-winning TV series from around the world.

Follow the PBS Masterpiece Prime Video Channel on Facebook

About MASTERPIECE
Winner of 83 Primetime Emmys® and 18 Peabody Awards, MASTERPIECE has been essential Sunday night viewing for millions of fans since 1971. Susanne Simpson is the executive producer and Rebecca Eaton is the executive producer-at-large for the series. Funding for MASTERPIECE is provided by Viking and Raymond James with additional support from public television viewers and contributors to The MASTERPIECE Trust. Produced for PBS by GBH Boston, MASTERPIECE is known for hits such as All Creatures Great and Small, Sherlock, Downton Abbey and Victoria, and beloved classics such as Upstairs Downstairs, Prime Suspect, The Forsyte Saga and Poldark.

About WALTER PRESENTS
Walter Presents launched January 2016 in the U.K. as a video-on-demand service, founded by Jason Thorp, Walter Iuzzolino and Jo McGrath. Dedicated to showcasing award winning foreign language drama, the service is named after its curator, Walter Iuzzolino, a passionate drama fan. In March 2017, Walter Presents launched as an SVOD platform in the U.S., with the New York Times hailing it as a “chic TV boutique with a foreign accent.” Walter Presents launched in Italy September 2018, its first roll-out in mainland Europe, on Discovery’s Nove, Giallo and Dplay channels. In October 2018 Walter Presents partnered with PBS Distribution in the US, to make premium foreign language drama available on PBS Masterpiece on the Amazon Prime Video channel. Additionally, select top-tier titles chosen by PBS are also broadcast on PBS stations and streaming on PBS Passport, a digital member benefit available through local stations. In February 2019 Walter Presents increased its US distribution further launching on Comcast Xfinity X1 and later in June Walter Presents launched on the Roku Channel. In 2019 Walter Presents teamed up with Medialaan to make the service available to Flemish audiences on their newly launched digital channel StreamZ, and also joined forces with S4C to make its dramas available in Welsh. In 2020 we partnered with TVNZ on their VOD service, launched Walter Presents in Russia exclusively on Start, Russia’s fastest growing SVOD platform, and launched our channel on PBS Masterpiece in Canada. In 2021 Walter Presents partnered with Australia’s largest streaming service, Stan, and launched in Latin America with market leader DMD’s streaming service Cindie. From 2022 we will be available on C More in Scandinavia with over 500 hours of content.

Follow Walter Presents on Facebook and Twitter on

About PBS DISTRIBUTION
PBS Distribution is a leading distributor of public media content around the world, reaching audiences through multiple platforms and formats. The company, a joint venture of PBS and GBH Boston, operates six streaming channels — PBS MASTERPIECE (US and CA), PBS KIDS, PBS Living, PBS Documentaries and PBS America (U.K.). Other services include transactional video-on-demand, subscription video-on-demand licensing, physical products on DVD and Blu-ray, theatrical releasing, educational, non-theatrical, inflight, and international program sales and co-productions.

PBS Distribution offers consumers and educators the highest quality factual, scripted, and children’s programming including films from Ken Burns, hit series from MASTERPIECE and foreign language dramas from Walter Presents, entertaining and educational PBS KIDS series, and award-winning documentaries from NOVA, FRONTLINE, AMERICAN MASTERS, NATURE, AMERICAN EXPERIENCE, and many independent producers. For over 10 years, the company has extended the reach of programming beyond broadcast while generating revenue for the public television system, stations, and producers.



Nicola Walker stars as the dry-witted skipper of Glasgow’s Marine Homicide Unit

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Nicola Walker stars as the dry-witted skipper of Glasgow’s Marine Homicide Unit in a new series on MASTERPIECE, “Annika”

Premieres on PBS Passport & the PBS MASTERPIECE Prime Video Channel on April 17, 2022

Arlington, VA – March 29, 2022 – Set on a scenic river amid stunning Scottish lochs, Glasgow has an unusually high rate of slayings connected to water. At least, it does in MASTERPIECE’s gorgeous new crime series starring Nicola Walker (Unforgotten, Last Tango in Halifax) as DI Annika Strandhed, the speedboat-driving head of the city’s newly-formed Marine Homicide Unit. “Annika’s” six suspenseful episodes will have a special premiere on PBS Passport, an added member benefit which provides extended access to a digital, on-demand library of PBS programs, and the PBS MASTERPIECE Prime Video Channel on April 17, 2022. The subscription rate for the PBS MASTERPIECE Prime Video Channel is $5.99/month with an Amazon Prime or Prime Video subscription. The series will have a television broadcast in Fall 2022.

A police procedural with wit, “Annika” delighted critics during its recent UK broadcast. “The dialogue is so droll and the performances so charming I’m in for what fisherfolk call the long haul,” enthused the reviewer for The Guardian and The Times offered this praise, “Annika allows Walker to let loose a warm sense of humor.”

Walker is joined by Jamie Sives (Guilt) as DS Michael McAndrews, Annika’s old colleague, who resents being passed over for the DI job but performs at full throttle as her second-in-command; Katie Leung (Harry Potter) as DC Blair Ferguson, the forensic brains behind the unit; and Ukweli Roach (Grantchester) as DS Tyrone Clarke, the new cop at the station, who requested a posting with the legendary Annika. Also appearing are Silvie Furneaux (Limbo) as Morgan, Annika’s rebellious teenage daughter, and Paul McGann (Luther) as Morgan’s therapist Jake Strathearn, who develops into something of a soul mate for single mom Annika.

While other TV detectives discuss the case exclusively with their team, Annika addresses viewers directly, “breaking the fourth wall” that separates the action from the audience.

Annika’s strikingly effective M.O. is to link the crime under investigation to her obsessive reading of literature and mythology. For example, the harpoon manner of death in Episode One starts her musing about Herman Melville’s Moby Dick and its ruinous quest for a white whale, which provides an oblique clue to the murderer’s motive.

Similarly, Episode Two features the discovery of a corpse on the boat Valkyrie, linking the crime—in Annika’s mind—to the female warrior deities who gave the vessel its name. As Annika closes in on the fugitive killer, it suddenly occurs to her that Valkyries “don’t run; they fly.”

Uncannily real, Walker’s interpretation of Annika draws on the popular radio drama Annika Stranded, which aired in 31 episodes on BBC Radio 4 between 2013 and 2020. Walker was the one-woman star of that series, with scripts by Nick Walker (no relation). The two Walkers have now teamed up again to bring Annika to television in all her complexity, vulnerability, and eccentric affability.

“I’ve been Annika a long time now,” says Nicola Walker, “and if there was a chance of getting her fully fleshed out in a real-world environment, I wanted to be part of it.”

Series Description
Fishing bodies from the waters around Glasgow, Scotland, DI Annika Strandhed and her newly-formed Marine Homicide Unit face a steady stream of murders in this new series,
starring Nicola Walker as the title character. Confiding her thoughts directly to viewers, Annika juggles baffling cases and a rebellious teenage daughter. The former are easier to solve than the latter. “Droll and…charming,” praised The Guardian (London).

Episode One
Annika assembles her team to solve murders in the waters around Glasgow. Their first case looks a lot like a whale hunt gone wrong.

Episode Two
Annika’s teenage daughter, Morgan, gets mixed up with suspects in a revenge slaying. Norse saga comes to life as Annika’s team closes in.

Episode Three
Annika sees one of playwright Ibsen’s plots play out in a homicide. Meanwhile, she takes more than a parental interest in Morgan’s therapist, Jake.

Episode Four
An author who has ruined lives has her own ruined—permanently. Blair finds a friend for Morgan. Annika and Jake go to a museum exhibit.

Episode Five
Arriving at a murder scene on a party boat, Annika thinks of the Greek god of unrestrained celebration. From there, things only get more chaotic.

Episode Six
Michael’s brother is the prime suspect in his ex’s murder. Annika goes for what looks like a one-way ride. A secret about Michael comes out.

Annika is a UKTV Original Production by Black Camel Pictures in co-production with MASTERPIECE and in association with All3Media International, and Screen Scotland. The executive producers are Nicole Fitzpatrick, Jennifer Armitage, Susanne Simpson, David Swetman, Philippa Collie Cousins, and Arabella Page Croft. The producer is Kieran Parker. The series is created and written by Nick Walker. The writers are Lucia Haynes and Frances Poet. The directors are Philip John and Fiona Walton.
About PBS MASTERPIECE Prime Video Channel
MASTERPIECE has been setting the standard for exceptional British drama in the US for 50 years and the PBS MASTERPIECE Prime Video Channel continues this legacy and has expanded to include award-winning TV series from around the world.

About MASTERPIECE
Winner of 83 Primetime Emmys® and 18 Peabody Awards, MASTERPIECE has been essential Sunday night viewing for millions of fans since 1971. Susanne Simpson is the executive producer and Rebecca Eaton is the executive-producer-at-large for the series. Funding for MASTERPIECE is provided by Viking and Raymond James with additional support from public television viewers and contributors to The MASTERPIECE Trust. Presented on PBS by GBH Boston, MASTERPIECE is known for recent hits such as All Creatures Great and Small, Sherlock, Downton Abbey and Victoria, and beloved classics such as Upstairs Downstairs, Prime Suspect, The Forsyte Saga and Poldark.

About PBS DISTRIBUTION
PBS Distribution is a leading distributor of public media content around the world, reaching audiences through multiple platforms and formats. The company, a joint venture of PBS and GBH Boston, operates six streaming channels —PBS MASTERPIECE (US and CA), PBS KIDS, PBS Living, PBS Documentaries and PBS America (U.K.). Other services include transactional video-on-demand, subscription video-on-demand licensing, physical products on DVD and Blu-ray, theatrical releasing, educational, non-theatrical, inflight, and international program sales and co-productions.

PBS Distribution offers consumers and educators the highest quality factual, scripted, and children’s programming including films from Ken Burns, hit series from MASTERPIECE and foreign language dramas from Walter Presents, entertaining and educational PBS KIDS series, and award-winning documentaries from NOVA, FRONTLINE, AMERICAN MASTERS, NATURE, AMERICAN EXPERIENCE, and many independent producers. For over 10 years, the company has extended the reach of programming beyond broadcast while generating revenue for the public television system, stations, and producers.



NEW WALTER PRESENTS INTERNATIONAL TV SERIES “MUNCH” AND “THE MAFIA ONLY KILLS IN SUMMER”

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NEW WALTER PRESENTS INTERNATIONAL TV SERIES “MUNCH” AND “THE MAFIA ONLY KILLS IN SUMMER” HEADLINE PROGRAMS ADDED ONTO THE PBS MASTERPIECE PRIME VIDEO CHANNEL THIS APRIL

– Also Arriving on the Channel is the TV Movie “The Trick” about Phil Jones and the 2009 Climategate Scandal –
Arlington, VA – March 21, 2022 – This April, PBS Distribution adds six new international programs from Walter Presents including “Munch,” and “The Mafia Only Kills in Summer,” onto the PBS MASTERPIECE Prime Video Channel. The French legal drama “Munch” follows Gabrielle Munchowski (Munch), a lawyer who bends the law to get her way and will stop at close to nothing to defend her clients; and the darkly comedic Italian drama “The Mafia Only Kills in Summer,” based on the film of the same name, that follows a family who accidentally becomes involved with the Mafia in the 1970s. Also added to the channel is the dramatic thriller, “The Trick,” the true story of Philip Jones, the world-renowned Professor and Director of Climate Research at the University of East Anglia who was the eye of an international media storm and victim of cyberterrorism that led to the 2009 Climategate scandal.

The subscription rate for the PBS MASTERPIECE Prime Video Channel is $5.99/month with an Amazon Prime or Prime Video subscription. Every purchase helps support public television for all.

Information about each of the programs is below:
Walter Presents: Munch

Premiere Date: April 15, 2022
Episodes: 8
Genre: Drama, Crime
Language: French with English Subtitles
Gabrielle Munchowski is a lawyer unlike any other; running a law firm with her friend and associate Hubert Bellanger, Munch and her team take on tough cases, defending the innocent and marginal, against all odds. Bold and irreverent, she will cross any line, even if it means bending the law and she will stop at nothing to defend her clients. Intuitive, yet strong-willed and pragmatic in the face of administrative and judiciary absurdity, she inspires her unconventional team and those that believe in
Walter Presents: The Mafia Only Kills in Summer

Premiere Date: April 22, 2022
Episodes: 12
Genre: Drama, Crime
Language: Italian with English Subtitles
Set in 1970s Sicily, this enigmatic and darkly comedic Italian TV series follows Salvatore, a young boy whose family becomes unintentionally entangled with the Palermo Mafia. Nothing escapes the 10-year-old’s gaze as he sees everything going on around him, from the Mafia’s oppression and his crazy family dynamic to the magnificence of his first love, Alice.
The Trick

Premiere Date: April 22, 2022
Episodes: 1
Genre: Drama, Nature
Language: English
In November 2009, the IT servers at the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, UK, were hacked and hundreds of emails stolen. Days later the stolen emails were posted online and an international media storm exploded. Professor Phil Jones and his team found themselves in the middle of a major investigation with their 30 years of research being questioned in the first ‘fake news’ attack. An emotive British story, “The Trick” charts Phil Jones’ (Jason Watkins) unjustified persecution and the ultimate exoneration of both himself and the science, while his wife Ruth (Victoria Hamilton) standing fiercely by his side throughout it all.
Other titles coming to the PBS MASTERPIECE Prime Video Channel in April:

MASTERPIECE: Annika
Walter Presents: Crimson Rivers, Season 3
Walter Presents: Face to Face, Season 2
Walter Presents: Pulled Apart
Walter Presents: Raven
About PBS MASTERPIECE Prime Video Channel
MASTERPIECE has been setting the standard for exceptional British drama in the US for 50 years and the PBS MASTERPIECE Prime Video Channel continues this legacy and has expanded to include award-winning TV series from around the world.

Follow the PBS Masterpiece Prime Video Channel on Facebook

About WALTER PRESENTS
Walter Presents launched January 2016 in the U.K. as a video-on-demand service, founded by Jason Thorp, Walter Iuzzolino and Jo McGrath. Dedicated to showcasing award winning foreign language drama, the service is named after its curator, Walter Iuzzolino, a passionate drama fan. In March 2017, Walter Presents launched as an SVOD platform in the U.S., with the New York Times hailing it as a “chic TV boutique with a foreign accent.” Walter Presents launched in Italy September 2018, its first roll-out in mainland Europe, on Discovery’s Nove, Giallo and Dplay channels. In October 2018 Walter Presents partnered with PBS Distribution in the US, to make premium foreign language drama available on PBS Masterpiece on the Amazon Prime Video channel. Additionally, select top-tier titles chosen by PBS are also broadcast on PBS stations and streaming on PBS Passport, a digital member benefit available through local stations. In February 2019 Walter Presents increased its US distribution further launching on Comcast Xfinity X1 and later in June Walter Presents launched on the Roku Channel. In 2019 Walter Presents teamed up with Medialaan to make the service available to Flemish audiences on their newly launched digital channel StreamZ, and also joined forces with S4C to make its dramas available in Welsh. In 2020 we partnered with TVNZ on their VOD service, launched Walter Presents in Russia exclusively on Start, Russia’s fastest growing SVOD platform, and launched our channel on PBS Masterpiece in Canada. In 2021 Walter Presents partnered with Australia’s largest streaming service, Stan, and launched in Latin America with market leader DMD’s streaming service Cindie. From 2022 we will be available on C More in Scandinavia with over 500 hours of content.

Follow Walter Presents on Facebook and Twitter on

About PBS DISTRIBUTION
PBS Distribution is a leading distributor of public media content around the world, reaching audiences through multiple platforms and formats. The company, a joint venture of PBS and GBH Boston, operates six streaming channels — PBS MASTERPIECE (US and CA), PBS KIDS, PBS Living, PBS Documentaries and PBS America (U.K.). Other services include transactional video-on-demand, subscription video-on-demand licensing, physical products on DVD and Blu-ray, theatrical releasing, educational, non-theatrical, inflight, and international program sales and co-productions.

PBS Distribution offers consumers and educators the highest quality factual, scripted, and children’s programming including films from Ken Burns, hit series from MASTERPIECE and foreign language dramas from Walter Presents, entertaining and educational PBS KIDS series, and award-winning documentaries from NOVA, FRONTLINE, AMERICAN MASTERS, NATURE, AMERICAN EXPERIENCE, and many independent producers. For over 10 years, the company has extended the reach of programming beyond broadcast while generating revenue for the public television system, stations, and producers.