Masterpiece mystery

Dec 2022 31

PBS Mystery Trifecta: Three Brilliant Gems!

2022 Articles, Kathleen Costa, Mysteryrat's Maze, TV

by Kathleen Costa

Masterpiece Mystery is a popular PBS series bringing excellent mysteries and thrillers set around the world and in various time periods. Your PBS station can be found through many locations: KQED is the Bay Area, KVIE is Sacramento/Stockton, and KVPT is the Fresno area. No membership requirement, although each station takes frequent pledge breaks during the year and some have special access opportunities. PBS KVIE Passport is available to members donating $60/year or more or $5/month or more.

Aug 2022 27

Detectives for Free on PBS: Grantchester & Endeavour

2022 Articles, Kathleen Costa, Mysteryrat's Maze, TV

by Kathleen Costa

PBS, for me KVIE or KQED, is another way to get a dose of “ahhh” for my Anglophile thirst with Masterpiece Mystery. No membership fee required. No commercial breaks, barring the seasonal pledge break. Every summer the new seasons for Endeavour and Grantchester are aired, and to better adjust to the year wait, the previous season is rerun to remind fans of last year’s events and cliffhangers and allow newbies a chance to get up to speed.

Jul 2019 6

Endeavour and Frankie Drake Mysteries: The Best Without a Subscription

2019 Articles, Kathleen Costa, Mysteryrat's Maze, TV

by Kathleen Costa

The streaming options of Acorn-TV and BritBox are excellent opportunities to enjoy U.K. detective programs, but not everyone has the equipment, and although very reasonable, can't justify purchasing a membership. For those people, there are still avenues to explore beyond network television.

Jul 2017 8

Murder and the Cloth: Grantchester

2017 Articles, Kathleen Costa, Mysteryrat's Maze, TV

by Kathleen Costa

Grantchester, first aired in 2014 (UK) and 2015 (US), is entering its third season, Sunday nights on PBS. Based on The Grantchester Mysteries, a collection of short stories by James Runcie, this detective drama is set in the 1950s.

Jul 2016 23

The British Are Coming! The British Are Coming! Part 2: Inspector Lewis & Endeavour

2016 Articles, Kathleen Costa, Mysteryrat's Maze, TV

by Kathleen Costa

Inspector Morse concluded its run in 2000, but not its popularity. “What will the next invasion bring?” Two spin-off dramas crossed to our shores providing a positive nod to the original, yet unique enough to become favorites among the “Morse” fans.

Sep 2014 13

Endeavour: TV Review

2014 Articles, Mysteryrat's Maze, TV

by Bobbi A. Chukran

Since it aired on our local PBS station, we've enjoyed the Masterpiece Mystery Endeavour crime drama series. A prequel to the Inspector Morse series, also set in Oxford, the series focuses on the detective’s early career and is based on the Colin Dexter novels.

May 2012 5

Season 2 of BBC’s Sherlock Comes to U.S.

2012 Articles, Deborah Harter Williams, Mysteryrat's Maze, TV

by Deborah Harter Williams

Starting its second season May 6 (PBS) is the BBC’s Sherlock. The three new episodes will be reworks of the classics: “A Scandal in Bohemia” (Irene Adler with nudity and laptops), “The Hound of the Baskervilles” (a 20 year disappearance…a monstrous hound…I wouldn’t have missed this for the world) and “The Final Problem."

Nov 2010 6

Sherlock in the 21st Century

Books & Tales, Contributors, Lorie Lewis Ham, Mysteryrat's Maze

by Lorie Lewis Ham

“I am not a psychopath, Anderson, I’m a high functioning sociopath. Do your research.” That is a quote from Sherlock Holmes in the new Sherlock series from the BBC currently playing on PBS on Masterpiece mystery.