December 11, 2007
Dear Friend of OPB,
Masterpiece Theatre has just announced exciting plans for the 2008 season. Gillian Anderson, well known to fans for her Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated performance in Bleak House (as well as for playing Agent Scully on The X-Files), will make her debut as host on The Complete Jane Austen, the highly anticipated showcase of all six of Jane Austen's novels, premiering Sunday, January 13 on OPB.
Masterpiece Theatre has just announced exciting plans for the 2008 season. Gillian Anderson, well known to fans for her Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated performance in Bleak House (as well as for playing Agent Scully on The X-Files), will make her debut as host on The Complete Jane Austen, the highly anticipated showcase of all six of Jane Austen's novels, premiering Sunday, January 13 on OPB.
Masterpiece Theatre will break the year into three "seasons," each with its own host. In winter and spring, Masterpiece Classic will feature signature period dramas. In summer, Masterpiece Mystery! will present the best British mysteries, and in fall, Masterpiece Contemporary will show dramas set in modern times.
Anderson will present the ten programs in the first Masterpiece Classic season, including adaptations of all six of Austen’s novels and a new biopic; Cranford, a three-part miniseries starring Judi Dench; My Boy Jack, starring Daniel Radcliffe and Kim Cattrall; and a new adaptation of A Room with a View by Andrew Davies. The other two new hosts will be announced next year.
No word yet on if we can expect Masterpiece SciFi.
John Bell
OPB Membership Team
Anderson will present the ten programs in the first Masterpiece Classic season, including adaptations of all six of Austen’s novels and a new biopic; Cranford, a three-part miniseries starring Judi Dench; My Boy Jack, starring Daniel Radcliffe and Kim Cattrall; and a new adaptation of A Room with a View by Andrew Davies. The other two new hosts will be announced next year.
No word yet on if we can expect Masterpiece SciFi.
John Bell
OPB Membership Team
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