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WOMEN LEAD THE INVESTIGATIONS THIS OCTOBER WITH TWO NEW MASTERPIECE DRAMAS

Posted on September 18, 2022 by Danielle Langer

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.
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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:

Posted on June 20, 2022 by Danielle Langer

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.

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

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

Posted on June 6, 2022 by Danielle Langer

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

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

Posted on March 21, 2022 by Danielle Langer

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.

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NEW PROGRAMS FILLED WITH CRIME, DRAMA AND SCANDAL ON PBS MASTERPIECE

Posted on February 23, 2022 by Danielle Langer

NEW PROGRAMS FILLED WITH CRIME, DRAMA AND SCANDAL “BEFORE WE DIE,” AND “WALTER PRESENTS: THE EMPRESS, SEASON 2” STREAMING ON THE PBS MASTERPIECE PRIME VIDEO CHANNEL THIS MARCH
– Other Titles from Walter Presents Include “Bella Germania,” “Inside Suspicion,” “Interns,” and “Paradise, Season 2” –
Arlington, VA – February 23, 2022 – This March PBS Distribution adds a treasure trove of international TV series on the PBS MASTERPIECE Prime Video Channel, including the all new crime-thriller series “Before We Die,” and the Age of Enlightenment period series coined “the German-language answer to The Crown,” “Walter Presents: The Empress, Season 2.” The other exceptional international programs from Walter Presents being added to the channel include, “Bella Germania,” “Inside Suspicion,” “Interns,” and “Paradise, Season 2.”

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.

Before We Die

Premiere Date: March 20, 2022
Episodes: 6
Genre: Drama, Crime- Thriller
Language: English

Detective Inspector Hannah Laing (Lesley Sharp) never imagined that it would be the last time she would see her lover and fellow detective Sean alive after they parted ways that morning. When his brutalized body is recovered the following day she is determined to find whoever is responsible for his murder. During her hunt to uncover the murderer, she persuades one of Sean’s confidential informants to help her untangle the threads of his investigation into the tight-knit Mimica family from Croatia. She becomes deeply conflicted when she discovers her son Christian (Patrick Gibson), is Sean’s undercover informant.

Faced with a devastating decision, will Hannah continue to allow her son to risk his life, or find another way to bring justice to Sean’s murderers?

“Before We Die,” is a breathless crime thriller, full of heart-stopping and unpredictable twists. Lesley Sharp stars as the detective who faces impossible choices in a murky world where loyalties are tested and lines are blurred.
Walter Presents: The Empress, Season 2

Premiere Date: March 25, 2022
Episodes: 2
Genre: Period Drama
Language: German with English Subtitles

After taking control of her father’s throne, and the Bavarians declaring war on Austria, Maria Theresa has hopes for ending the war with Prussia, but her position as a powerful woman still draws the ire of many, including her mother-in-law who sends her other son to spy on the rival Habsburg military. Maria Theresa feels like she is fighting alone when she discovers her husband has been betraying her by keeping a mistress and trading information with the enemy.

When, in a desperate gesture, Maria hires a mercenary army, the tides turn. But this will come at a price. Maria has an affair of her own which leads to serious consequences, opening her up to blackmail. Facing increasing pressures from all sides, including her own family, Maria has no choice but to address head-on, both the issues of the state and those of her marriage. Will her reign be able to survive the war and the scandal or will it all come crashing down?
Other titles coming to the PBS MASTERPIECE Prime Video Channel in March:

Walter Presents: Bella Germania
Walter Presents: Inside Suspicion
Walter Presents: Interns
Walter Presents: Paradise, Season 2
Walter Presents: Something to Hide

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BRAND NEW SEASON OF THE THRILLING DRAMA SERIES “COBRA” AND FOUR CRIME TITLES

Posted on January 21, 2022 by Danielle Langer

BRAND NEW SEASON OF THE THRILLING DRAMA SERIES “COBRA” AND FOUR CRIME TITLES FROM WALTER PRESENTS STREAMING ON THE PBS MASTERPIECE PRIME VIDEO CHANNEL THIS FEBRUARY
Arlington, VA – January 20, 2022 – This February, the PBS MASTERPIECE Prime Video Channel is bringing fans of murder mysteries and drama an assortment of new and exciting programs, including the second season of the thrilling series “COBRA” which follows cyberattacks on critical infrastructure, as well as the impact of fake news on democracy. Also coming to the channel are new programs from Walter Presents including the new season of “Witnesses” where detective Sandra Winckler returns as lead on a case that requires her to delve into her partner’s mysterious past. In “Top Dog,” an unlikely duo –lawyer Emily and ex-con Teddy — find themselves in the middle of a life-threatening conspiracy. And in “Inspector Ricciardi,” a young DCI with paranormal abilities, investigates crimes in Naples, Italy during the 1930s.

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

COBRA, Season 2

Premiere Date: February 20, 2022
Episodes: 6
Genre: Thriller, Drama
Language: English

In the aftermath of both a solar and political storm, Prime Minister Robert Sutherland, assisted by his Chief of Staff Anna Marshall and a team of advisers, tries to steer the country on a more even course. However, an assassination leads to a chain of events that could develop into a crisis. This situation will be even more dire than the one the country has recently emerged from when an invisible global enemy appears to be bent on their destruction.
WALTER PRESENTS: Witnesses, Season 2

Premiere Date: February 11, 2022
Episodes: 8
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Language: French with English Subtitles

In Season One of “Witnesses”, Detective Sandra Winckler cracked the case of gravesite body snatching, uncovering the dark mystery that connected these human remains to a retired policeman. Season Two opens with a bus at a standstill, its engine running on a country road. Inside, 15 male passengers, are dead and frozen. The investigation promises to be long and complicated for Winckler and the Lille PJ team. Nothing links the victims together, except that they are all dressed to go to a wedding…or possibly a funeral. The interrogations of the victims’ families reveal a disturbing detail: each of their cell phones had the number of Catherine Keemer, a photographer who has been missing for 3 years.
WALTER PRESENTS: Top Dog

Premiere Date: February 18, 2022
Episodes: 8
Genre: Drama, Crime, Thriller
Language: Swedish with English Subtitles

A mysterious disappearance causes two separate worlds to collide, creating an extremely odd couple; a lawyer – Emily, and the recently released convict – Teddy. They have two opposing desires; she wants up and he wants out. She wants to secure her future and he wants to leave his old life behind. They are both forced to rethink what they want after they find themselves in the middle of a dangerous conspiracy. When their complicated pasts catch up with them, their dreams for the future are destroyed and they discover nothing is what it seems.
WALTER PRESENTS: Inspector Ricciardi

Premiere Date: February 25, 2022
Episodes: 12
Genre: Drama, Crime
Language: Italian with English Subtitles

Naples, 1932. Luigi Alfredo Ricciardi is a Mobile Commissioner obsessed with capturing murderers. The man, endowed with extraordinary intuition, carries within himself a terrible secret: he sees the ghosts of people who have died violently and hears their last thought. Young DCI Ricciardi never laughs but his loneliness will be tested when he encounters two women, a young modest girl, and a beautiful rich widow, both different but equally fascinating.
Other titles coming to the PBS MASTERPIECE Prime Video Channel
in February:
Walter Presents: Moscow Noir
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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EMMY® AWARD-WINNER DAVID TENNANT STARS IN NEW ADVENTURE SERIES

Posted on December 16, 2021 by Danielle Langer

EMMY® AWARD-WINNER DAVID TENNANT STARS IN NEW ADVENTURE SERIES
“MASTERPIECE: AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS,”
STREAMING ON THE PBS MASTERPIECE PRIME VIDEO CHANNEL THIS JANUARY
Arlington, VA – December 16, 2021 – This January, the PBS MASTERPIECE Prime Video Channel is bringing drama fans a variety of new and exciting series, including the thrilling new adaptation of Jules Verne’s classic novel Around the World in Eighty Days. In this new limited series from MASTERPIECE, viewers join adventurer Phileas Fogg played by Emmy® Award-winner David Tennant (“Doctor Who,” “Broadchurch”) as he sets out on a quest to travel around the world. In addition, the new Walter Presents program “The Wall: Chateau Murders” follows the story of two investigators coming together to solve the many murders and assaults in Quebec City. Also coming to the channel is the new season of the murder mystery series “Vienna Blood” where a Sigmund Freud student and an Austrian detective team up to solve some of the most mysterious and deadly cases in the early 1900s.

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.

MASTERPIECE: Around the World In Eighty Days

Premiere Date: January 7, 2022
Episodes: 8
Genre: Drama, Adventure, Comedy
Language: English
London, 1872. On the day his world is turned upside down by a postcard from a lost love, an article about the exciting advances in travel inspires Phileas Fogg to take on an almost impossible task: to circumnavigate the globe in just eighty days. As a man who has spent the last twenty years in a comfortable leather armchair at The Reform Club, he will need all the resilience he can muster and of course would be nowhere without the assistance of a quick-witted Frenchman, Passepartout played by Ibrahim Koma (“As Far as I Can Walk”). Joining them on the road will be the Daily Telegraph journalist played by Leonie Benesch (“Babylon Berlin”) who came up with the whole crazy idea in the first place.

Vienna Blood, Season 2

Premiere Date: January 9, 2022
Episodes: 6
Genre: Period Drama, Crime, Mystery
Language: English
The new season of “Vienna Blood” sees the return of the awkward but brilliant relationship between young Max Liebermann, played by Matthew Beard (“The Imitation Game”), and troubled cop Oskar Rheinhardt, played by Juergen Maurer (“Vorstadtweiber”). Season 2 opens with the suicide of Max’s patient, the Hungarian Countess, but was it suicide or was foul play to blame? This crime sets the tone for the rest of the cases the duo will need to solve, including one where Oskar receives anonymous messages about a homicide and the killing of a monk, leaving Max and Oskar trying to understand the power of belief.

WALTER PRESENTS: The Wall: Chateau Murders, Season 2

Premiere Date: January 28, 2022
Episodes: 9
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Language: French with English Subtitles
At the Fairmont Le Château Frontenac in Quebec City, Detective Sergeant Céline joins the investigation of a strange murder of an ex-engineer who was responsible for the collapse of a viaduct that killed several people. Céline’s investigation becomes more complicated after a series of other, more complex murders occur and her daughter’s father is named as one of the suspects. Will Céline be able to separate her personal life from her investigation?

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

My Mother and Other Strangers
Prime Suspect: Tennison
Walter Presents: Below the Surface
Walter Presents: King of Warsaw
Walter Presents: Moscow Noir
Walter Presents: St. Maik

TWO WALTER PRESENTS SERIES “THE HUNTER, SEASON 3,” & “THE PARIS MURDERS, SEASON 3”

Posted on November 23, 2021 by Danielle Langer

TWO WALTER PRESENTS SERIES “THE HUNTER, SEASON 3,” & “THE PARIS MURDERS, SEASON 3” AND “DANCING ON THE EDGE” HEADLINE TITLES COMING TO THE PBS MASTERPIECE PRIME VIDEO CHANNEL THIS DECEMBER
Arlington, VA – November 22, 2021 – Headlining programs streaming this December on the PBS MASTERPIECE Prime Video Channel include the new seasons of two international crime dramas, and a jazzy who-done-it mystery drama. “Walter Presents: The Hunter, Season 3” continues to follow the anti-mafia prosecutor Saverio Barone as he finds himself in a new and difficult situation. “Walter Presents: The Paris Murders, Season 3,” continues the story of the exceptional criminologist Chloé Saint-Laurent. In “Dancing on the Edge” a black jazz group in 1930s London is on the brink of success when tragedy strikes. In addition, in the two adaptations of the beloved book series, “L.M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables,” and “L.M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables: The Good Stars” both starring Martin Sheen, viewers are introduced to Anne Shirley, a girl sent by accident to help a brother and sister on their farm and the story of love and family that unfolds.

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.

Walter Presents: The Hunter, Season 3

Premiere Date: December 31, 2021
Episodes: 8
Genre: Drama, Crime
Language: Italian with English Subtitles
In the third season of “The Hunter,” the anti-mafia prosecutor Saverio Barone finds himself in a particularly difficult situation and the stakes have never been higher. Vito Vitale, the last of the Corleonesi mafia clan, has sworn to kill him and his family, all while two criminals that Saverio is determined to put away are still on the loose. And the criminals and crimes are changing. Although the new mafia continue to weave their plots, they have abandoned the season of the massacres. Their aim now is to integrate themselves in two ways, within politics and institutions.

Barone is aware that his life is at a crossroads. Is it better to sacrifice one’s emotional well-being in the name of a fight against the new mafia or to accept a sad reality? Little by little he becomes aware that pursuing that impossible goal will not make him a better man and will risk compromising his relationships with his loved ones.

Dancing on the Edge

Premiere Date: December 8, 2021
Episodes: 6
Genre: Period Drama
Language: English
In the early 1930s London, the black jazz group known as the Louis Lester Band is on the rise. Led by Louis (Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave) and managed by the compassionate yet short-tempered Wesley Holt, the band lands a gig at the Imperial Hotel, thanks to the cunning journalist, Stanley Mitchell (Matthew Goode The Good Wife, The Imitation Game). They prove to be a hit, and their star begins to rise. Countless aristocrats, including the royal family, ask the band to play at parties, catching the eye of the ambitious American businessman Walter Masterson (John Goodman, Rosanne, Argo) and his enthusiastic employee, Julian. But just as the band’s success balloons, tragedy strikes, setting off a chain of events that may put an end to it all.

Walter Presents: The Paris Murders, Season 3

Premiere Date: December 3, 2021
Episodes: 10
Genre: Crime, Drama
Language: French with English Subtitles
After the shocking death of Commander Perac, the extraordinary criminologist Chloé Saint-Laurent goes off the grid and vanishes from everyone. During that time Perac’s position has been filled by Rocher who is faced with a case concerning a particularly violent serial killer. He knows he needs the help of the best profiler in the country and has to figure out not only how to convince Chloé to return to the force, but to find her.

L.M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables &
L.M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables: The Good Stars

Premiere Date: December 6, 2021
Episodes: 2
Genre: Period Drama
Language: English
It’s 1907 on Canada’s beautiful Prince Edward Island, where brother and sister Matthew (Martin Sheen, “The West Wing”) and Marilla Cuthbert (Sara Botsford, “E.N.G.”) are hoping to adopt a boy to help on their farm, Green Gables. But instead of a boy, the irrepressible and imaginative Anne Shirley (Ella Ballentine, “Lunchbox Loser”) arrives by mistake. True to the beloved classic that has enchanted fans across the world for over a century, “L.M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables” brings to life the story of the determined, spirited little girl who touches the lives of everyone she meets.

Other titles coming to the PBS MASTERPIECE Prime Video Channel in December

Pie in the Sky, Season 4 & 5
Walter Presents: A Different View
Walter Presents: Angela
Walter Presents: Remember
Walter Presents: The Time In Between
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.

THE WWII PERIOD DRAMA “MASTERPIECE: HOME FIRES”

Posted on October 21, 2021 by Danielle Langer

THE WWII PERIOD DRAMA “MASTERPIECE: HOME FIRES,”
THE ALL-NEW AUSTRALIAN DRAMA “ROYAL FLYING DOCTOR SERVICE” AND POLISH CRIME-THRILLER
“WALTER PRESENTS: THE DEFENCE SEASON 2”
COMING TO THE PBS MASTERPIECE PRIME VIDEO CHANNEL THIS NOVEMBER

Arlington, VA – October 20, 2021 – This November, the PBS MASTERPIECE Prime Video Channel is bringing fans of every drama genre something new and exciting to binge. Included in the mix is the critically acclaimed period drama from MASTERPIECE, “Home Fires,” which follows two bitter rivals vying for control of the Women’s Institute in a rural English town during WWII. The all new Australian drama series “RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service” a gripping series taking place in Australia’s red heart, where the modern day heroes of the Royal Flying Doctor Service navigate private lives as turbulent as the heart-stopping emergencies they respond to. Among the many international Walter Presents programs that will be streaming on the channel is “The Defence, Season 2,” a Polish crime-thriller following an ambitious lawyer who works adamantly to prove her client’s innocence.

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.

MASTERPIECE: Home Fires, Season 1 & 2

Premiere Date: November 7, 2021
Seasons: 2
Episodes: 12
Genre: Period Drama
Language: English
Photo Credit: © ITV plc (ITV Global Entertainment Ltd.)
Critically acclaimed and based on the novel Jambusters, “Home Fires” opens in August 1939. War with Germany is all but certain, and the citizens of the isolated village of Great Paxford are each facing it in their own way. Men of fighting age are mostly enlisting or waiting to be called. Some of the women are joining the female military services; others already have essential jobs, such as farming; and still others are planning to “dig for victory,” planting gardens to reduce the need for food imports. Since German submarines will be attacking merchant ships, any task that adds to the nation’s self-sufficiency is vital.

Frances (Samantha Bond, Downton Abbey), whose husband owns a local factory, believes that the Women’s Institute has an important role to play. Joyce (Francesca Annis, Reckless), the longtime president of the institute, vehemently disagrees and proposes suspending activities until the war is over. So begins a quarrel that mirrors the fragmentation affecting the wider world. In Great Paxford, this crisis ends up cementing the friendships of a group of women who have their own personal troubles, but who now have a shared mission that will lead them to their finest hour.

RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service

Premiere Date: November 11, 2021
Episodes: 8
Genre: Drama
Language: English
Based on remarkable real-life stories and filmed on location in and around Broken Hill, this series captures the beauty and brutality of Australia’s vast center where doctors, nurses, pilots and support staff of the RFDS (Royal Flying Doctor Service) negotiate the unique challenges of emergency retrievals across some of the most inhospitable places in the country.

The series opens with a doctor escaping her past and joining the Royal Flying Doctor Service on a day in which a catastrophic emergency retrieval hits the team personally. Together they will deal with the fallout, while continuing their highly skilled work, fighting the clock and the elements to save people having the worst day of their lives. The question is, at what cost?

Walter Presents: The Defence, Season 2

Premiere Date: November 19, 2021
Episodes: 6
Genre: Drama, Crime, Thriller
Language: Polish with English Subtitles
The Polish series adapted from the renowned crime-thriller novel by Remigiusz Mróz, returns for a second season. “The Defence” follows the well-regarded, courageous and rebellious lawyer Joanna Chyłka as she fights for her clients till the bitter end. Season two sees Chyłka go head-to-head with murderers, gangsters, the police and even her own law firm.

After a double murder, Chyłka is assigned to defend the son of a well-known businessman, however he refuses to say a word… to anyone. How will Chyłka prove her client’s innocence if he won’t tell his side of the story?
Other titles coming to the PBS MASTERPIECE Prime Video Channel in November:

MASTERPIECE: Dark Angel
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes Season 1&2
Walter Presents: A Different View
Walter Presents: Madame K
Walter Presents: Sisters 1968
Walter Presents: The Empress

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 – all carefully curated for ‘viewers like you’.

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 with over 250 hours of content on their VOD service and also launched Walter Presents in Russia exclusively on Start, Russia’s fastest growing SVOD platform, providing 400 hours of hit international drama as well as launching with PBS Masterpiece in Canada. This year Walter Presents partnered with Australia’s largest subscription streaming service, Stan.

FANS OF INTERNATIONAL TV CAN NOW BINGE ALL 40 EPISODES OF DENMARK’S MOST WATCHED FICTION SERIES

Posted on August 30, 2021 by Danielle Langer

FANS OF INTERNATIONAL TV CAN NOW BINGE ALL 40 EPISODES OF DENMARK’S MOST WATCHED FICTION SERIES, “SEASIDE HOTEL” AS SEASON 8 ARRIVES ON THE MASTERPIECE PRIME VIDEO CHANNEL THIS SEPTEMBER
– Millions of Danish Viewers Tune in Each Week to Follow the Drama and Intrigue –
Arlington, VA — August 30, 2021 — All eight seasons of “Seaside Hotel,” the most watched fiction series on Danish TV since 2016, are now available to stream on the PBS MASTERPIECE Prime Video Channel. Fondly known as Danish Downton-by-the-sea, the series is a whimsical and delightfully charming international program that follows the drama of the guests and employees of the seaside hotel. Scandal, laughs and respite from everyday life have audiences immersed in mystery and intrigue as the regular guests of the hotel go on holiday each summer.

“Downton Abbey” meets “Agatha Christie” in this sleeper hit that began its first season in 2013, that was set in 1920s Denmark. Chambermaid Fie, an 18-year-old girl from a working-class family, is starting her first day of work at this rural beach hotel.
Her father warns her not to fraternize with the bourgeois guests, but as secrets about each guest begin to unravel, the seemingly idyllic rural life is much more dramatic than Fie expected. The hotel owner is immediately charmed by her good looks and quickly promotes her to chambermaid, which causes shockwaves through the normally strictly conventional hotel. The owner’s wife is wary, the other maids are jealous and the local, young farmer is intrigued by this pretty new addition to his client’s staff. As the annual visitors settle into their rooms, Fie begins to learn about old habits and new secrets, as their chambermaid unwittingly becomes party to betrayal, murder and unexpected desires.

Seasons one through five each follow a summer hotel season in the years 1928 though 1932. Seasons six through eight each follow a summer season in the years 1939 through 1941.

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.

Walter Presents: Seaside Hotel, Season 8

Premiere Date: September 17, 2021
Episodes: 5
Genre: Period Drama
Language: Danish with English Subtitles
When the seaside hotel opens its doors in Season 8, the year is 1941 and WWII becomes harder to dismiss from everyone’s mind.

A life with rationing marks, scarcity of goods and German soldiers in the street, has long since become commonplace. The Germans have moved closer and have now taken over the neighboring hotels only 1 kilometer from the beach hotel. However, this does not stop the spa hotel’s regulars from packing their suitcases and checking in as usual.

For as Edward Weyse puts it: If only we pretend they are not there, then they are not there. But it’s not that easy…

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 – all carefully curated for ‘viewers like you’.

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 with over 250 hours of content on their VOD service and also launched Walter Presents in Russia exclusively on Start, Russia’s fastest growing SVOD platform, providing 400 hours of hit international drama as well as launching with PBS Masterpiece in Canada. This year Walter Presents partnered with Australia’s largest subscription streaming service, Stan.