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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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Aug 15, 2022 • 37min
Daisy Coulam And Tom Brittney Wrap Up — And Look Ahead
Warning: This episode contains spoilers for Episode Six of the Seventh Season of Grantchester.
As the seventh season of Grantchester comes to a surprisingly satisfying close, fans can be assured that the eighth season of the series is just over the horizon. Series creator and head writer Daisy Coulam and series lead — and director! — Tom Brittney return to the podcast to wrap up and look ahead .
Aug 8, 2022 • 40min
Tessa Peake-Jones Tackles A Tough Season
Warning: This episode contains spoilers for Episode Five of the Seventh Season of Grantchester.
The stubborn Mrs. C — Sylvia Chapman — is a centerpiece of the Grantchester family. Her unexpected medical troubles this seventh season leave her and the entire vicarage at a loss. Fortunately, Tessa Peake-Jones is more than able to find the emotional center of her character's difficult moments.
Aug 1, 2022 • 27min
Casting Director Alex Irwin Makes Murderers Every Episode
Warning: This episode contains spoilers for Episode Four of the Seventh Season of Grantchester.
There's a rotating cast of murderers — and murder victims — on every episode of Grantchester. But where do the actors come from who populate the Cambridgeshire rogues’ gallery? Longtime series casting director Alex Irwin reveals how she casts a show.
Jul 25, 2022 • 36min
Tom Brittney Heads Behind The Camera For A Change
Warning: This episode contains spoilers for Episode Three of the Seventh Season of.
Grantchester lead Tom Brittney already took a big leap in leading a series after a beloved main character left — and now, he takes on a new challenge in directing that show, too. The actor and director returns to the podcast for a very cinematic conversation about where he draws inspiration behind and in front of the camera.
Jul 18, 2022 • 34min
Daisy Coulam Sees A Tonal Shift In ‘Grantchester’ Season Seven
Warning: This episode contains spoilers for Episode Two of the Seventh Season of Grantchester.
Maybe it’s the season, maybe it’s real-world changes, maybe it’s the tide — but Grantchester head writer and series creator Daisy Coulam feels a positive vibe in the seventh iteration of her character-driven murder mystery. True, there’s still murder — but things are looking up for Will, Geordie and their found families.
May 2, 2022 • 36min
Sarah Solemani Seeds Modern Moments In Vintage Anti-Fascist Fable
Warning: This episode contains spoilers for Episode One of Ridley Road.
Both sides of Sarah Solemani’s family have roots in the Ridley Road area of London, so when she read author Jo Bloom’s haunting novel, Ridley Road, she saw personal elements in the story. Still, the narrative on screen in her new miniseries — a young Jewish woman caught up in anti-fascist espionage — casts a wider and more thrilling net.
Apr 25, 2022 • 35min
After A Busy New Season, Rose Williams Is Ready For Charlotte’s Next Big Moves
Warning: This episode contains spoilers for Episode Six of the Second Season of Sanditon.
Charlotte Heywood is finally able to properly grieve her sense of loss, but the choices she makes at the end of this second season are surprising, to say the least. Rose Williams is ready for the story still to come in season three.
Apr 18, 2022 • 36min
Crystal Clarke Knows Georgiana Is Ready To Be Her Truest Self
Warning: This episode contains spoilers for Episode Five of the Second Season of Sanditon.
Sanditon's Crystal Clarke opens up about the journey that she and the series' creators undertook to give her West Indian heiress character, Miss Georgiana Lambe, a richer and more authentic development in this second season of the show.
Apr 11, 2022 • 32min
Rosie Graham Turns Back To The Romantics For Her Alison Heywood
Warning: This episode contains spoilers for Episode Four of the Second Season of Sanditon.
Alison Heywood is a newcomer to the up and coming resort town of Sanditon, and like her older sister Charlotte before her, she finds the entire experience to be a thrill. Rosie Graham is also new to the scene, and she used Alison's love of romantic novels and poetry to find the character's plucky drive.
Apr 4, 2022 • 26min
Charlotte Spencer's Lady Babington Is Now A More Open-Minded Hermit Crab
Warning: This episode contains spoilers for Episode Three of the Second Season of Sanditon.
The Lady Esther Babington that returns to Sanditon is a softer, more open-minded woman than the biting character we knew before. Granted, her razor sharp wit remains, but Charlotte Spencer is glad to guide her character to a more loving place of grace this season.
