MASTERPIECE Studio
MASTERPIECE
MASTERPIECE Studio is your backstage pass to the PBS series—from Sherlock to Poldark. After the show, turn off the TV and tune in to MASTERPIECE Studio for the scoop with host Jace Lacob. Listen for exclusive interviews with the cast and crew of your favorite shows. Get the history lowdown behind the people and places you see on screen, and hear revealing stories from the set. MASTERPIECE Studio is made possible by Viking Cruises and Raymond James. Sponsors for MASTERPIECE on PBS are Viking Cruises, Raymond James, and The MASTERPIECE Trust.
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Jan 25, 2021 • 41min
Take It From Samuel West — The Real Siegfried Farnon Was Just As Quirky
Warning: This episode contains spoilers for Episode Three of the First Season of All Creatures Great and Small.
Siegfried Farnon is a difficult man to live with — and Donald Sinclair, the real life Yorkshire veterinarian he's based on, was just as unusual. Actor Samuel West used Alf Wight's memoir series and personal anecdotes from those who knew Sinclair to build his character, and he shares some of those stories in a new podcast interview.
Jan 18, 2021 • 32min
Callum Woodhouse Can't Keep Away From Animal Shows Set In The 1930s
Warning: This episode contains spoilers for Episode Two of the First Season of All Creatures Great and Small.
MASTERPIECE fans already know Callum Woodhouse for his role as the shotgun-happy middle Durrell sibling, Leslie Durrell. Now, he's back on our screens in a different bucolic locale of the 1930s — the gorgeous Yorkshire Dales, playing the dastardly Tristan Farnon. Woodhouse promises he didn't plan it this way, but we're glad to have him on air and here on the podcast.
Jan 11, 2021 • 31min
As James Herriot, Nicholas Ralph Is New To MASTERPIECE — And To TV
Warning: This episode contains spoilers for Episode 1 of the First Season of All Creatures Great and Small.
In MASTERPIECE's warmhearted new adaptation of the Alf Wight — aka James Herriot — All Creatures Great and Small memoir series, it's not just the series that's brand new. Lead actor Nicholas Ralph is making his screen debut as young veterinarian James Herriot, and he joins the MASTERPIECE Studio podcast to preview the season and animals antics still to come.
Jan 10, 2021 • 2min
Coming Soon: Making MASTERPIECE Documentary Miniseries
Making MASTERPIECE is the full story of how public media’s favorite place for the best of British drama went from crazy idea to a franchise 50 years strong. Hosted by MASTERPIECE Studio host Jace Lacob, the three-part documentary miniseries features the inside scoop on everything from Downton Abbey to Upstairs, Downstairs, and everything in between. Featuring exclusive interviews with MASTERPIECE favorites like Rufus Sewell, Lily Collins, Alan Cumming, Laura Linney, Charles Dance and many more, Making MASTERPIECE launches February 28, 2021. Making MASTERPIECE will appear in the MASTERPIECE Studio podcast feed on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or wherever you listen to podcasts.
Jan 4, 2021 • 30min
Glenda Jackson Returns To MASTERPIECE, As Gripping As Ever
Warning: This episode contains spoilers for Elizabeth is Missing.
It's not many actors who can appear in the very first season of a television anthology series, win not one but two Emmy Awards for the role, and then take a 50 year break before coming back for more. Glenda Jackson is one such actor, and her appearance in Elizabeth is Missing is just as powerful as any other in her storied career. Jackson talks politics and passion in a new podcast interview.
Nov 30, 2020 • 31min
50th Season Preview: What To Expect Next Year On MASTERPIECE
With new series, old favorites and even a documentary podcast special on the way for MASTERPIECE's upcoming 50th Anniversary Golden Jubilee Season, our executive producer Susanne Simpson joins the conversation for a special preview of the drama, mystery and more to come in a few short weeks.
Nov 23, 2020 • 27min
Party Politics Stay Petty In Sir David Hare's Tidy Finale
Warning: This episode contains spoilers for Episode Four of the First Season of Roadkill.
Well, who would have thought it would all end like that? Sir David Hare gives the inside scoop on the political realities of his Roadkill series, and talks through how his own Covid-19 diagnosis was inspiration for a gripping new play.
Nov 9, 2020 • 33min
Iain de Caestecker Will Let You Decide If Duncan Knock Is Good
Warning: This episode contains spoilers for Episode Two of the First Season of Roadkill.
The role of a special adviser in British politics is complicated — but Roadkill star Iain de Caestecker does quick work of explaining the job, and his character, Duncan Knock, in a charming interview. As to whether or not viewers should trust Duncan? Well, that's still a secret.
Nov 2, 2020 • 27min
Sir David Hare Plays Politics In His New Drama
Warning: This episode contains spoilers for Episode One of the First Season of Roadkill.
Sir David Hare plays coy when asked who the slick MP Peter Laurence is meant to be in contemporary British politics. "I've drawn a politician who is charismatic, popular, forward-looking, and highly intelligent," he says, and Hare struggles to find such a figure in politics today. Hear more about the inspirations for Roadkill in a new interview.
Oct 26, 2020 • 33min
Sarah Williams Didn't Mean For Mary To Take Control Of Her Series
Warning: This episode contains spoilers for Episode Four of the First Season of Flesh and Blood.
Sarah Williams is the kind of screenwriter who knows where she's going when she starts writing a script. But sometimes, a character insists on taking the story in a different angle, and Imelda Staunton's timid Mary was exactly that kind of character. Williams shows where Mary took her, and us, in a new podcast after the dramatic conclusion of Flesh and Blood.
