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25 Years Behind the Scenes at Masterpiece Theatre and Mystery! on PBS
Viking
November 2013
On Sale: October 29, 2013
320 pages
ISBN: 0670015350
EAN: 9780670015351
Kindle: B00C1N97DA
Hardcover / e-Book
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Non-Fiction Memoir
The Emmy Award-winning producer of PBS’s Masterpiece
Theatre and Mystery! reveals the secrets to
Downton Abbey, Sherlock, and its other hit
programs
For more than twenty-five years and
counting, Rebecca Eaton has presided over PBS’s
Masterpiece Theatre, the longest running weekly prime
time drama series in American history. From the runaway
hits
Upstairs, Downstairs and The
Buccaneers, to the hugely popular Inspector
Morse, Prime Suspect, and Poirot,
Masterpiece Theatre and its sibling series
Mystery! have been required viewing for fans of
quality drama.
Eaton interviews many of the writers,
directors, producers, and other contributors and shares
personal anecdotes—including photos taken with her own
camera—about her decades-spanning career. She reveals what
went on behind the scenes during such triumphs as
Cranford and the multiple, highly-rated programs made
from Jane Austen’s novels, as well as her aggressive
campaign to attract younger viewers via social media and
online streaming. Along the way she shares stories about
actors and other luminaries such as Alistair Cooke, Maggie
Smith, Diana Rigg, Benedict Cumberbatch and Daniel
Radcliffe, whose first TV role was as the title character in
David Copperfield.
Readers will also get to
know Eaton on a personal level. With a childhood steeped in
theater, an affinity for nineteenth century novels and
culture, and an “accidental apprenticeship” with the
BBC, Eaton was practically born to lead the
Masterpiece and Mystery! franchises. Making
Masterpiece marks the first time the driving force
behind the enduring flagship show reveals all.
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