Showing posts with label masterpiece mystery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label masterpiece mystery. Show all posts

Sunday, September 22, 2013

Masterpiece Mystery! - TV Guide: Sunday Playlist Sep 22 '13 - Foyle's War - PBS 10/9C

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TV GUIDE: The Weekend Playlist: Emmys, Shakespeare, Showtime Finales

Sep 20, 2013
by Matt Roush


... THE SUNDAY GUIDE: ... More intrigue in the second of three new Foyle's War movies on PBS's Masterpiece Mystery! (check tvguide.com listings), when the suspicious deaths of Russian defectors lead Foyle to a secret military facility that if exposed could threaten British Intelligence...

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Masterpiece Mystery! - MSN TV: Tonight's Picks - Foyle's War - Sep 22 '13 - PBS 10/9C

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MSN TV: TONIGHT'S PICKS SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2013


... Masterpiece Mystery!

9:00 PM, PBS [check listings for local time]


After a severely injured man drags himself to a hospital, collapses and dies, Foyle (Michael Kitchen) uncovers a connection to a mysterious military facility. Sam (Honeysuckle Weeks) tries to help her husband, Adam (Daniel Weyman), with his campaign for Parliament, with surprising results, in the new episode "Foyle's War, Series VII: The Cage."


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Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Masterpiece Mystery! - PBS Video: 'Sherlock' Comic-Con 2013 Panel

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MASTERPIECE MYSTERY! - PBS VIDEO: 'SHERLOCK' COMIC-CON 2013 PANEL

Sep 16, 2013

Sherlock creators Stephen Moffat, Mark Gatiss and producer Sue Vertue discussed the hit MASTERPIECE series as seen on PBS with fans at Comic-Con in San Diego, July 18, 2013. The panel is hosted by Entertainment Weekly's James Hibbert.

Sherlock season three premieres on PBS in 2014.

Sherlock stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman.

Masterpiece Mystery! - PBS Video: 'Sherlock Season 3' Preview - Airs in 2014

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MASTERPIECE MYSTERY! - PBS VIDEO: 'SHERLOCK SEASON THREE' PREVIEW - AIRS IN 2014

Sherlock stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman.

Masterpiece Mystery! - PBS Video: 'Foyle's War: The Cage' Preview - Airs Sep 22 '13

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MASTERPIECE MYSTERY! - PBS VIDEO: 'FOYLE'S WAR: THE CAGE' PREVIEW - AIRS SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2013 AT 10/9C

Foyle's (Michael Kitchen) new boss Sir Alec Meyerson (Rupert Vansittart) asks him to investigate the deaths of three Russian defectors,who were all in supposedly safe houses. Then another dying Russian collapses in a hospital, his last words apparently being 'Ten Eye' and Doctor Ross (Rufus Wright), who tried to save him, is murdered after asking Foyle to meet him. In looking into the doctor's death Foyle discovers the significance of 'Ten Eye' at a secretive military establishment which eaves-drops on Russian transmissions and decodes them for the West. At the same time the disappearance of one of Adam's (Daniel Weyman) constituents seems to be linked with the defection of a woman with the same name, who was the safe houses' liaison officer. As Foyle discovers who really betrayed the Russians and killed the doctor for knowing too much Sam (Honeysuckle Weeks) helps Adam to political success.

Foyle's War cast includes Michael Kitchen, Honeysuckle Weeks and Daniel Weyman.

Guest stars include Laura Way, Simon Coury, Radoslaw Kaim, Rufus Wright, Rupert Vansittart, Alexandra Clatworthy, Ellie Haddington, Tim McMullan, Ross Armstrong, Jeremy Swift, Thomas Padden, Tom Beard and Jonathan Hyde.

Sunday, September 15, 2013

Masterpiece Mystery! - TV Guide: Sunday's Playlist Sep 15 '13 - Foyle's War - PBS 9/9C

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TV GUIDE: The Weekend Playlist: Foyle's Cold War, A Second Look at Orphan Black

Sep 13, 2013
by Matt Roush


... One war makes way for another as the incredibly durable Foyle's War, in its seventh Masterpiece Mystery! season on PBS, transitions from post-World War II intrigues to the ethically murky spy games of a burgeoning Cold War. "I haven't got the requisite capacity for deceit," grumbles former police DCS Christopher Foyle (Michael Kitchen, radiating crisp intelligence and decency), who once again is denied his dreams of retirement when MI5 spooks reel him in, fresh off the boat from America.

We're now in the post-atomic era of 1946, with the Soviets the new menace and London still struggling with food shortages — "Sometimes I wonder whether we actually did win the war," declares Foyle's former driver, Sam (the delightful Honeysuckle Weeks), whose husband Adam (recast, now played by Daniel Weyman) is considering a run for Parliament on the Labour ticket. In The Eternity Ring, the first of three new Foyle mystery movies (Sunday at 9/8c, check tvguide.com listings), Foyle is drawn into the investigation of a rumored Soviet spy ring, with Sam caught in the web of suspicion because of her association with her current employer, a physicist who witnessed the A-bomb testing a year earlier in New Mexico. Who are the real traitors in a world on the cusp of potential nuclear annihilation? Can Foyle trust anyone, even his enigmatic and manipulative new bosses?

The world may have changed, but Foyle has lost none of his brusque appeal, even though he appears sulkier than usual to be drawn back into the shadows to protect pawns in an increasingly deadly conflict. It's great to have him back. (Because Sundays are ridiculously busy, if you miss Foyle on Sunday, episodes will be available online the next day at pbs.org and www.Acorn.TV, which also offers past seasons of this smart and absorbing series.)


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Masterpiece Mystery! - Entertainment Weekly: Tonight's Best TV Sep 15 '13 - Foyle's War - PBS 9/8C

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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: TONIGHT'S BEST TV SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

A Daily Guide To Notable Shows


... Foyle's War

9:00 PBS Season Premiere


Foyle and Sam are back for three new episodes of the post–World War II detective drama. Fedoras abound.


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Masterpiece Mystery! - MSN TV: Tonight's Picks - 'Foyle's War' - Sep 15 '13 - PBS 9/8C

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MSN TV: TONIGHT'S PICKS SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2013


... Masterpiece Mystery!

9:00 PM, PBS


In the "Foyle's War, Series VII" premiere "The Eternity Ring," Foyle (Michael Kitchen) returns from the States to find MI5 has assigned him to investigate the possibility of a Russian spy network operating in London that may have infiltrated British atomic research. The assignment reunites him with Sam (Honeysuckle Weeks), now married and working for a scientist involved with the development of the atom bomb.


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Thursday, September 5, 2013

Masterpiece - PBS Video: 'Foyle's War' Preview - Premieres Sep 15 '13

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MASTERPIECE - PBS VIDEO: 'FOYLE'S WAR' PREVIEW - PREMIERES SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2013 AT 9/8C

As the Iron Curtain descends across Europe, DCI Christopher Foyle (Michael Kitchen) returns from America to a country in the grip of the Cold War and in the care of MI5.

Michael Kitchen stars as Christopher Foyle, the straightforward sleuth who, along with his loyal friend Sam (Honeysuckle Weeks), is drawn into a web of Russian spies, ex-Nazis, and atomic secrets.

For the first time since 2010, Foyle's War returns to MASTERPIECE Mystery! In Series VII's three riveting all-new episodes — The Eternity Ring (Sep. 15), The Cage (Sept. 22) and Sunflower (Sept. 29), Michael Kitchen and Honeysuckle Weeks revisit their signature roles as the serious, steadfast sleuth and his loyal friend. But this time, they face cases set against a backdrop of a new war that is less explosive – but no less deadly – than the previous.

The Eternity Ring

1945:- A group of scientists observe the testing of an atomic bomb at Los Alamos in the New Mexico desert. A year later Foyle (Michael Kitchen) is approached by Hilda Pierce (Ellie Haddington), now working for MI5. Her boss Sir William Chambers (Nicholas Jones) explains that a Russian defector, Gorin (Dylan Charles), has supplied them with news of the Eternity Ring, a group of Soviet sympathisers bent on betraying Britain's atomic secrets. Sam (Honeysuckle Weeks) is now working as a secretary to Professor Fraser (Stephen Boxer), one of the suspects who was present at Los Alamos and Foyle meets up with her, being introduced to Fraser and his colleague Max Hoffman (Ken Bones), a Polish communist who escaped Nazi persecution. Both work at Armwell Atomic Research Station. Hoffman connects Sam to Foyle and she is sacked but when uranium is stolen from Armwell and the thief murdered she joins Foyle in investigating the Eternity Ring - as well as helping husband Adam (Daniel Weyman) stand for election as a Labour MP.

Guest stars include Ken Bones, Stephen Boxer, Kate Duchêne, Dylan Charles, Tim McMullan, Joe Duttine, Ellie Haddington, Nicholas Jones, Daniel Weyman, Jennifer Hennessy, Sam Clemmett, Gyuri Sarossy, Nathan Gordon, Christopher Fulford, Jeremy Swift, Philip Judge, Gabrielle Lloyd and Emma Lowe.

Sunday, September 23, 2012

Masterpiece Mystery - MSN TV: Wallander - Tonight's Picks Sep 23 '12 - PBS 9/8C

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MSN TV: TONIGHT'S PICKS SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2012


... Masterpiece Mystery!

9:00 PM, PBS

While investigating a serial arsonist, Wallander (Kenneth Branagh) is visited by Anna (Maimie McCoy), an old friend of his estranged daughter, Linda (Jeany Spark). Then Anna disappears. As more arson attacks occur, it appears that Anna may be connected and that Wallander must reconcile with Linda and join forces to find her. But Linda can't forget her dad once had an affair with Anna's mother in the new episode "Wallander, Series III: Before the Frost."

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Monday, September 17, 2012

Masterpiece Mystery - PBS Video Featurette: 'Kenneth Branagh on the Evolution of Wallander'

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MASTERPIECE MYSTERY - PBS VIDEO FEATURETTE: 'KENNETH BRANAGH ON THE EVOLUTION OF WALLANDER'

Star Kenneth Branagh on what changes for Kurt Wallander in series 3.

Wallander airs Sunday at 9/8C on PBS.

Watch Wallander 3: Kenneth Branagh on the Evolution of Wallander on PBS. See more from Masterpiece.

Masterpiece Mystery - PBS Video: 'Wallander: Before the Frost' Episode Trailer Airs Sep 23 '12

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MASTERPIECE MYSTERY - PBS VIDEO: 'WALLANDER: BEFORE THE FROST' EPISODE TRAILER - AIRS SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2012 AT 9/8C

Two magnificent swans are set ablaze by a madman in the forest depths. Their cries and beating, burning wings draw an inquisitive hiker near, and the rest is for Inspector Kurt Wallander (Kenneth Branagh) to discover in a grisly scene. But as the hiker goes missing, a young woman mysteriously appears at Wallander's door: Anna Westin (Maimie McCoy), the troubled childhood friend of his daughter, Linda (Jeany Spark). Agitated, Anna flees just as mysteriously as she'd arrived, revealing nothing. Then, she too disappears. With Linda at his side in an uneasy partnership, Wallander searches for Anna and the hiker. But when the two disappearances prove connected by an religious fanatic with a record for arson, Wallander uncovers a religious cult intent on delivering their horrific message in fire. Jeany Spark (Tess of the d'Urbervilles) guest stars in Before the Frost, based on the novel by internationally bestselling author Henning Mankell.

Guest stars include Emily Bruni, Andrew Buckley, Lindsay Duncan, Annette Ekblom, Lynn Farleigh, Mark Hadfield, Cecilia Hjalmarsson, Barnaby Kay, David Mallinson, Richard McCabe, Maimie McCoy, Saskia Reeves, Sarah Smart, Jeany Spark, Carol Sparks, Rebekah Staton, Mark Webb and Paul Andrew Williams.

Watch Wallander: Before the Frost Preview on PBS. See more from Masterpiece.

Sunday, September 16, 2012

Masterpiece Mystery - TV Worth Watching: Best Bets Sep 16 '12 - Wallander - PBS 9/8C

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TV WORTH WATCHING: BEST BETS SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2012


... MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: “WALLANDER III”

PBS, 9:00 p.m. ET

Tonight’s new episode, The Dogs of Riga, has Wallander (Kenneth Branagh) traveling to the Latvian capital, as he investigates the case of two dead Latvians whose charred bodies were carried by the current into Sweden.

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Masterpiece Mystery - MSN TV: Wallander - Tonight's Picks Sep 16 '12 - PBS 9/8C

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MSN TV: TONIGHT'S PICKS SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2012


... Masterpiece Mystery!

9:00 PM, PBS

A raft adrift in Swedish waters holds a grisly cargo: two dead Latvians who have been horribly tortured. A police major from Riga, the Latvian capital, comes to investigate, reports back to headquarters and disappears. After learning of the major's death, Wallander (Kenneth Branagh) goes to Riga and meets his widow. Together they begin a search for files that may document high-level corruption in the new episode "Wallander, Series III: The Dogs of Riga."


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Monday, September 10, 2012

Masterpiece Mystery - PBS Video: 'Wallander: The Dogs of Riga' Sneak Peek Airs Sep 16 '12

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MASTERPIECE MYSTERY - PBS VIDEO: 'WALLANDER: THE DOGS OF RIGA' SNEAK PEEK - AIRS SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2012 AT 9/8C

Wallander's cast includes Kenneth Branagh, Sarah Smart, Richard McCabe and Jeany Spark.

A life raft floats into Ystad harbor, the corpses of two tortured Latvian men grimly nestled within. For Kurt Wallander (Kenneth Branagh), investigating the gruesome murders proves challenging when the stoic Latvian inspector Karlis Liepa (Søren Malling) arrives from Riga and reveals nothing. But just as there's more to the life raft than meets the eye, there is more to Liepa and his secretive investigation. When another gangland assassination occurs, it is Wallander who this time crosses the Baltic for answers. But Liepa's colleagues in the police force have only questions: Where is Liepa's report? Where is his file? Immersed in post-Soviet crime and corruption, under surveillance and under threat, Wallander doesn't know whom he can trust in his dangerous struggle to shine light on the shadowy thugs dominating the nascent democracy. Filmed in Latvia and based on Henning Mankell's novel, The Dogs of Riga co-stars Søren Malling (Sweden's The Killing) and Ingeborga Dapkunaite (Prime Suspect 6).

Additional guest stars include Anamaria Marinca, Rebekah Staton, Barnaby Kay, Dragos Bucur, Radoslaw Kaim, Mark Hadfield, Zoltan Butuc, Arturs Skrastins, Arvydas Dapsys and Ciarán Owens.

Watch A Scene from Wallander: The Dogs of Riga on PBS. See more from Masterpiece.

Masterpiece Mystery - PBS Video: 'Wallander: The Dogs of Riga' Episode Trailer Airs Sep 16 '12

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MASTERPIECE MYSTERY - PBS VIDEO: 'WALLANDER: THE DOGS OF RIGA' EPISODE TRAILER - AIRS SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2012 AT 9/8C

Wallander's cast includes Kenneth Branagh, Sarah Smart, Richard McCabe and Jeany Spark.


A life raft floats into Ystad harbor, the corpses of two tortured Latvian men grimly nestled within. For Kurt Wallander (Kenneth Branagh), investigating the gruesome murders proves challenging when the stoic Latvian inspector Karlis Liepa (Søren Malling) arrives from Riga and reveals nothing. But just as there's more to the life raft than meets the eye, there is more to Liepa and his secretive investigation. When another gangland assassination occurs, it is Wallander who this time crosses the Baltic for answers. But Liepa's colleagues in the police force have only questions: Where is Liepa's report? Where is his file? Immersed in post-Soviet crime and corruption, under surveillance and under threat, Wallander doesn't know whom he can trust in his dangerous struggle to shine light on the shadowy thugs dominating the nascent democracy. Filmed in Latvia and based on Henning Mankell's novel, The Dogs of Riga co-stars Søren Malling (Sweden's The Killing) and Ingeborga Dapkunaite (Prime Suspect 6).

Additional guest stars include Anamaria Marinca, Rebekah Staton, Barnaby Kay, Dragos Bucur, Radoslaw Kaim, Mark Hadfield, Zoltan Butuc, Arturs Skrastins, Arvydas Dapsys and Ciarán Owens.

Watch Wallander: The Dogs of Riga Preview on PBS. See more from Masterpiece.

Sunday, September 9, 2012

Masterpiece Mystery - AV Club: What's On Tonight? Top Pick - Sep 9 '12 - PBS 9/8C

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AV CLUB: WHAT'S ON TONIGHT? TOP PICK - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

Kenneth Branagh stars as Wallander, the most popular Swedish investigator without a dragon tattoo

by Erik Adams
September 9, 2012

TOP PICK

Wallander

(PBS, 9 p.m.)

Before there was Lisbeth Salander, there was Kurt Wallander, the brooding Swedish police detective who first appeared in print in 1997 and whom Kenneth Branagh has brought to sulky, searching, occasionally televised life since 2008. Tonight marks the Stateside debut of Wallander’s third series of feature-length, shrouded-in-Scandinavian-duskiness mysteries, and Dennis Perkins is on the case—provided he can break through Branagh’s perpetual “I’ve seen too much” scowl.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW EPISODE TRAILER OF WALLANDER: 'AN EVENT IN AUTUMN'

Masterpiece Mystery - TV Worth Watching: Best Bets Sep 9 '12 - PBS 9/8C

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TV WORTH WATCHING: BEST BETS SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2012


... MASTERPIECE MYSTERY!: “WALLANDER III”

PBS, 9:00 p.m. ET


Kenneth Branagh returns in a third series of mysteries based on the moody Swedish detective. (Or is that redundant?) First up: An Event in Autumn.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW EPISODE TRAILER OF WALLANDER: 'AN EVENT IN AUTUMN'

Masterpiece Mystery - Entertainment Weekly: Tonight's Best TV Sep 9 '12 - PBS 9/8C

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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: TONIGHT'S BEST TV SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

A Daily Guide To Notable Shows


... Masterpiece Mystery!: Wallander III

9-10:30 PM PBS, MINISERIES PREMIERE


What an odd career Kenneth Branagh has carved out for himself in middle age. By bright Hollywood day he directs blockbuster action movies (Thor, the forthcoming reboot of the Jack Ryan franchise), while by icy Scandinavian night he portrays haunted Swedish cop Kurt Wallander. In this latest grimly lit adventure — the first of three — our hero investigates the death of a woman whose severed arm is found on a beach. Alas, Wallander's attempts to avoid bringing his work home with him are kiboshed by the discovery of another dead woman in the garden of his newly bought house. The result is satisfyingly twist-filled and chilling in every sense. Or, as they say in Swedish kitchens, "Da Wallander is okee-dokee bork-bork- bork!"

RATED: B+

— Clark Collis

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Masterpiece Mystery - MSN TV: Tonight's Picks Sep 9 '12 - PBS 9/8C

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MSN TV: TONIGHT'S PICKS SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2012


... Masterpiece Mystery!

9:00 PM, PBS

Kenneth Branagh returns to his Emmy-nominated role as the soul-searching Swedish detective Wallander in three new mysteries. In the first, "An Event in Autumn," a pregnant woman leaps to her death from the side of a ferry. Or was she pushed? The routine case barely disturbs Wallander's newly blissful life with Vanja (Saskia Reeves). But the happy couple discover the decade-old corpse of a murdered woman on their property.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW EPISODE TRAILER OF WALLANDER: 'AN EVENT IN AUTUMN'