Masterpiece

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PBS television series television anthology series television program

Masterpiece is a long-running PBS television anthology series known for presenting acclaimed British dramas and literary adaptations to American audiences.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
English name "Masterpiece" 1
Masterpiece Classic 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf PBS television series ⓘ
television anthology series ⓘ
television program ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Masterpiece Theatre ⓘ
surface form: Masterpiece Theater
broadcastOn PBS ⓘ
surface form: Public Broadcasting Service
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
distributionFormat television ⓘ
firstAired 1971 ⓘ
formerName Masterpiece Theatre ⓘ
genre anthology ⓘ
drama ⓘ
literary adaptation ⓘ
hasNotableAdaptation All Creatures Great and Small (2020 TV series) ⓘ
Bleak House ⓘ
Call the Midwife ⓘ
Downton Abbey ⓘ
Elizabeth R ⓘ
Endeavour ⓘ
Foyle's War ⓘ
Garrow's Law ⓘ
Grantchester, Cambridgeshire, England ⓘ
surface form: Grantchester

I, Claudius ⓘ
Inspector Morse ⓘ
Little Dorrit ⓘ
Mr. Selfridge ⓘ
Poldark ⓘ
Pride and Prejudice (1995 TV series) ⓘ
Prime Suspect ⓘ
Sanditon ⓘ
Sherlock ⓘ
The Durrells in Corfu ⓘ
The Forsyte Saga ⓘ
The Jewel in the Crown ⓘ
The Six Wives of Henry VIII ⓘ
Upstairs, Downstairs ⓘ
Victoria ⓘ
Wallander ⓘ
Wolf Hall (TV series) ⓘ
surface form: Wolf Hall
hasStrand Masterpiece self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Masterpiece Classic

Masterpiece Contemporary ⓘ
Masterpiece Mystery! ⓘ
language English ⓘ
notableFor presenting acclaimed British dramas to American audiences ⓘ
presenting literary adaptations ⓘ
originalNetwork PBS ⓘ
producedFor PBS ⓘ
productionCompany WGBH Boston ⓘ
targetAudience American television viewers ⓘ
typicalContentOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
typicalEpisodeFormat serialized drama ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: English name "Masterpiece"
Masterpiece → hasStrand → Masterpiece self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Masterpiece Classic
PBS → notableProgram → Masterpiece ⓘ