This is the list of ''Masterpiece Classic'' episodes in order by season.

Episodes

In early 2008, ''Masterpiece Theatre'' and its affiliated program ''

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'' were reformatted as ''

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''. ''Masterpiece'' is aired as three different series. Initially, ''Masterpiece Classic'' aired in the winter and early spring, ''Masterpiece Mystery!'' in the late spring and summer, and ''Masterpiece Contemporary'' in the fall. In later seasons, particularly after an increase in funding for WGBH and ''Masterpiece'', the scheduling became more random. Currently, all three programs air at any time throughout the year, and on nearly half the Sundays, two episodes from two different miniseries will air on the same night. This lists the titles of the individual miniseries. Some ran for only one episode, many ran for two or more installments. The following lists them according to original season, and then in alphabetical order. The number of the season continues in the sequence set by the predecessor series, ''Masterpiece Theatre'', which ended with Season 37. This is in spite of the fact that the other predecessor series, ''

'', ended with Season 27. All episodes that air in one calendar year are considered to be in the same season. For lists of episodes of the other two series, see

List of Masterpiece Mystery! episodes This is the list of ''Masterpiece Mystery!'' episodes in order by season. Episodes In early 2008, ''Masterpiece Theatre'' and its affiliated program '' Mystery!'' were reformatted as ''Masterpiece''. ''Masterpiece'' is aired as three different ...

, and List of Masterpiece Contemporary episodes. For older episodes of ''Masterpiece Theatre'', see

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. This list does not include any rebroadcasts of series, including those previously shown on ''

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'' Series One in January 2017, ''Masterpiece Classic'' was no longer branded as such, but simply ''Masterpiece'' (on screen, ''PBS Masterpiece'' online and social media), and it no longer had an on-screen host.

Season 38 (2008)

* ''

The Complete Jane Austen ''The Jane Austen Season'' is a British television series of dramas based on the novels by Jane Austen. The season began on ITV at 9:00 p.m. on Sunday 18 March 2007, with '' Mansfield Park''. The following week, ''Northanger Abbey'' was ai ...

'' ** ''

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'' (Jan 13) ** ''

Northanger Abbey ''Northanger Abbey'' () is a coming-of-age Coming of age is a young person's transition from being a child to being an adult. The specific age at which this transition takes place varies between societies, as does the nature of the ...

'' (Jan 20) ** ''

Mansfield Park ''Mansfield Park'' is the third published novel by Jane Austen, first published in 1814 by Thomas Egerton. A second edition was published in 1816 by John Murray, still within Austen's lifetime. The novel did not receive any public reviews unt ...

'' (Jan 27) ** ''

Miss Austen Regrets ''Miss Austen Regrets'' is a 2007 biographical drama television film directed by Jeremy Lovering and written by Gwyneth Hughes. It stars Olivia Williams as Jane Austen, with Imogen Poots, Greta Scacchi, Hugh Bonneville, Adrian Edmondson and Jac ...

'' (Feb 3) ** ''

Pride and Prejudice ''Pride and Prejudice'' is an 1813 novel of manners by Jane Austen. The novel follows the character development of Elizabeth Bennet, the dynamic protagonist of the book who learns about the repercussions of hasty judgments and comes to appreci ...

'' (Feb 10, 17 and 24) ** '' Emma'' (Mar 23) ** ''

Sense and Sensibility ''Sense and Sensibility'' is a novel by Jane Austen, published in 1811. It was published anonymously; ''By A Lady'' appears on the title page where the author's name might have been. It tells the story of the Dashwood sisters, Elinor (age 19) a ...

'' (Mar 30 and Apr 6) * ''

A Room With a View ''A Room with a View'' is a 1908 novel by English writer E. M. Forster, about a young woman in the restrained culture of Edwardian era England. Set in Italy and England, the story is both a romance and a humorous critique of English society a ...

'' (Apr 13) * '' My Boy Jack'' (Apr 20) * '' Cranford'' (May 4, 11 and 18)

Season 39 (2009)

* The Tales of Charles Dickens ** ''

Little Dorrit ''Little Dorrit'' is a novel by Charles Dickens, originally published in serial form between 1855 and 1857. The story features Amy Dorrit, youngest child of her family, born and raised in the Marshalsea prison for debtors in London. Arthur Cl ...

'' (Mar 29, Apr 5, 12, 19, and 26) ** ''

The Old Curiosity Shop ''The Old Curiosity Shop'' is one of two novels (the other being ''Barnaby Rudge'') which Charles Dickens published along with short stories in his weekly serial ''Master Humphrey's Clock'', from 1840 to 1841. It was so popular that New York r ...

'' (May 3) ** ''

Oliver Twist ''Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress'', Charles Dickens's second novel, was published as a serial from 1837 to 1839, and as a three-volume book in 1838. Born in a workhouse, the orphan Oliver Twist is bound into apprenticeship with ...

'' (Feb 15 and 22) * '' Tess of the D'Urbervilles'' (Jan 4 and 11) * ''

Wuthering Heights ''Wuthering Heights'' is an 1847 novel by Emily Brontë, initially published under her pen name Ellis Bell. It concerns two families of the landed gentry living on the West Yorkshire moorland, moors, the Earnshaws and the Lintons, and their tur ...

'' (Jan 18 and 25)

Season 40 (2010)

* ''

The Diary of Anne Frank ''The Diary of a Young Girl'', also known as ''The Diary of Anne Frank'', is a book of the writings from the Dutch-language diary kept by Anne Frank while she was in hiding for two years with her family during the Nazi occupation of the Netherl ...

'' (Apr 11) * '' Emma'' (Jan 24, 31, and Feb 7) * ''

Return to Cranford ''Return to Cranford'' (known in the United Kingdom as the '' Cranford'' Christmas Special) is the two-part second season of a British television series directed by Simon Curtis. The teleplay by Heidi Thomas was based on material from two nove ...

'' (Jan 10 and 17) * '' Sharpe'' ** ''

Sharpe's Challenge ''Sharpe's Challenge'' is a British TV film from 2006, usually shown in two parts, which is part of an ITV series based on Bernard Cornwell's historical fiction novels about the British soldier Richard Sharpe during the Napoleonic Wars. Contra ...

'' (Mar 28) ** ''

Sharpe's Peril ''Sharpe's Peril'' is a British TV film from 2008, usually shown in two parts, which is part of an ITV series based on Bernard Cornwell's historical fiction novels about the English soldier Richard Sharpe during the Napoleonic Wars. Unlike mo ...

'' (Apr 4) * '' Small Island'' (Apr 18 and 25) * '' The 39 Steps'' (Feb 28)

Season 41 (2011)

* ''

Any Human Heart ''Any Human Heart: The Intimate Journals of Logan Mountstuart'' is a 2002 novel by William Boyd, a British writer. It is written as a lifelong series of journals kept by the fictional character Mountstuart, a writer whose life (1906–1991) ...

'' (Feb 13, 20, and 27) * ''Downton Abbey'', series I (Jan 9, 16, 23, and 30) * '' South Riding'' (May 1, 8, and 15) * ''Upstairs, Downstairs'', series I (Apr 10, 17, and 24)

Season 42 (2012)

* ''

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'' (Apr 22 and 29) * ''Downton Abbey'', series II (Jan 8, 15, 22, 29, Feb 5, 12, and 19) * ''

Great Expectations ''Great Expectations'' is the thirteenth novel by Charles Dickens and his penultimate completed novel. It depicts the education of an orphan nicknamed Pip (Great Expectations), Pip (the book is a ''bildungsroman''; a coming-of-age story). It ...

'' (Apr 1 and 8) * ''

The Mystery of Edwin Drood ''The Mystery of Edwin Drood'' is the final novel by Charles Dickens, originally published in 1870. Though the novel is named after the character Edwin Drood, it focuses more on Drood's uncle, John Jasper, a precentor, choirmaster and opium ...

'' (Apr 15) * ''Upstairs, Downstairs'', series II (Oct 7, 14, 21, 28, Nov 4, and 11)

Season 43 (2013)

* ''Downton Abbey'', series III (Jan 6, 13, 20, 27, Feb 3, 10, and 17) * ''Mr Selfridge'', series I (Mar 31, Apr 7, 14, 21, 28, May 5, 12, and 19) * ''The Paradise'', series I (Oct 6, 13, 20, 27, Nov 3, 10, and 17)

Season 44 (2014)

* ''Downton Abbey'', series IV (Jan 5, 12, 19, 26, Feb 2, 9, 16, and 23) * ''Mr Selfridge'', series II (Mar 30, Apr 6, 13, 20, 27, May 4, 11, and 18) * ''The Paradise'', series II (Sept 28, Oct 5, 12, 19, 26, Nov 2, 9, and 16)

Season 45 (2015)

* ''Downton Abbey'', series V (Jan 4, 11, 18, and 25, Feb 1, 8, 15, and 22, and Mar 1) * ''Home Fires'', series I (Oct 4, 11, 18, and 25, Nov 1 and 8) * ''Indian Summers'', series I (Sept 27, Oct 4, 11, 18, and 25, Nov 1, 8, 15, and 22) * ''The Manners of Downton Abbey – A Masterpiece Special'' (Jan 4) * ''Mr Selfridge'', series III (Mar 29, Apr 5, 12, 19, and 26, May 3, 10, and 17) * ''Poldark'', series I (June 21 and 28, July 5, 12, 19, and 26, and Aug 2) * ''

Wolf Hall ''Wolf Hall'' is a 2009 historical novel by English author Hilary Mantel, published by Fourth Estate, named after the Seymour family's seat of Wolfhall, or Wulfhall, in Wiltshire. Set in the period from 1500 to 1535, ''Wolf Hall'' is a symp ...

'' (Apr 5, 12, 19, and 26, May 3 and 10)

Season 46 (2016)

* ''

Churchill's Secret ''Churchill's Secret'' is a British drama television film first broadcast on ITV1 on 28 February 2016. The screenplay was written by Stewart Harcourt based on the book ''The Churchill Secret: KBO'' by Jonathan Smith. It stars Michael Gambon as W ...

'' (Sept 11) * ''Downton Abbey'', series VI (Jan 3, 10, 17, 24, and 31, Feb 7, 14, and 21, and Mar 6) * ''The Durrells in Corfu'', series I (Oct 16, 23, and 30, Nov 6, 13, and 20) * ''Indian Summers'', series II (Sept 11, 18, and 25, Oct 2, 9, 16, and 30, Nov 6, 13, and 20) * ''Mr Selfridge'', series IV (Mar 27, Apr 3, 10, 17, and 24, May 1, 8, 15, and 22) * ''Poldark'', series II (Sept 25, Oct 2, 16, 23, and 30, Nov 6, 13, 20, and 27)

Season 47 (2017)

* ''The Collection'' (Oct 8, 15, 22, and 29, Nov 5, 12, and 19) * ''The Durrells in Corfu'', series II (Oct 15, 22, and 29, Nov 5, 12, and 19) * ''Home Fires'', series II (Apr 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30 and May 7) * ''King Charles III'' (May 14) * ''Poldark'', series III (Oct 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29, Nov 5, 12, and 19) * ''To Walk Invisible: The Brontë Sisters'' (Mar 26) * ''Victoria'', series I (Jan 15, 22, and 29, Feb 5, 12, and 19, and Mar 5)

Season 48 (2018)

* ''The Durrells in Corfu'', series III (Sep 30, Oct 7, 14, 21, and 28, Nov 4, 11, and 18) * ''Little Women'' (May 13 and 20) * ''The Miniaturist'' (Sep 9, 16, and 23) * ''Poldark'', series IV (Sep 30, Oct 7, 14, 21, and 28, Nov 4, 11, and 18) * ''Victoria'', series II (Jan 14, 21, and 28, Feb 4, 11, 18, and 25)

Season 49 (2019)

* ''The Durrells in Corfu'', series IV (Sep 29, Oct 6, 13, 20, and 27, Nov 3) * ''Les Misérables'' (Apr 14, 21, and 28, May 5, 12, and 19) * ''Mrs. Wilson'' (Mar 31 and Apr 7) * ''Poldark'', series V (Sep 29, Oct 6, 13, 20, and 27, Nov 3, 10, and 17) * ''Press'' (Oct 6, 13, 20, and 27, Nov 3 and 10) * ''Victoria'', series III (Jan 13, 20, and 27, Feb 3, 10, 17, and 24, and Mar 3)

Season 50 (2020)

* ''Howards End'' (Jan 12, 19, and 26, Feb 2) * ''

Beecham House ''Beecham House'' is a short-lived British historical drama television series set in 1795, co-created, directed and produced by Gurinder Chadha. The six-part series was announced in August 2018 and was broadcast between Sunday 23 June ...

'' (June 14, 21, and 28, July 5, 12, and 19) * ''Sanditon'', series I (Jan 12, 19, and 26, Feb 2, 16, and 23) * ''World on Fire'' (Apr 5, 12, 19, and 26, May 3, 10, and 17)

Season 51 (2021)

* ''All Creatures Great and Small'', series I (Jan 10, 17, 24, and 31, Feb 7, 14, and 21) * ''Atlantic Crossing'' (Apr 4, 11, 18, and 25, May 2, 9, 16, and 23) * ''The Long Song'' (Jan 31, Feb 7 and 14) * ''Us'' (June 20 and 27)

Season 52 (2022)

* ''All Creatures Great and Small'', series II (Jan 9, 16, 23, and 30, Feb 6, 13, and 20) * ''Around the World in 80 Days'' (Jan 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30, Feb 6, 13, and 20) * ''Ridley Road'' (May 1, 8, 15, and 22) * ''Sanditon'', series II (Mar 20 and 27, Apr 3, 10, 17, and 24)

Season 53 (2023)

* ''All Creatures Great and Small'', series III (Jan 8, 15, 22, and 29, Feb 5, 12, and 19)

References

External links

* {{Official website, https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/classic/index.html * Masterpiece Classic episodes