Stars Coming to MASTERPIECE in Spring 2024
This spring on MASTERPIECE, the star power is brighter than ever with a veritable murderers’ row of celebrated talent bringing us four don’t-miss new limited series featuring an iconic TV trailblazer (Nolly), a modern love story (Alice & Jack), a shocking and true David vs Goliath scandal (Mr Bates vs The Post Office), and a story of two estranged sisters unearthing family secrets (MaryLand). Find out who stars, where you’ve seen them, and how you can watch them light up your screens this spring!
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Helena Bonham Carter
Helena Bonham Carter stars in Nolly on MASTERPIECE on PBS Playing flamboyant, red-headed soap opera queen Noele “Nolly” Gordon is just another feather in the cap of Helena Bonham Carter, a British national treasure who moves effortlessly between characters that are larger than life (Madame Thenardier in Les Misérables, Miss Havisham in Great Expectations, Bellatrix Lestrange in the Harry Potter films, and Marla Singer in Fight Club) and refined aristrocrats (Margaret in The Crown, Queen Elizabeth in The King’s Speech). Lovers of period dramas will no doubt hold in their collective hearts Bonham Carter’s “English rose” performances from the Merchant Ivory era as Lucy Honeychurch in A Room with a View, Caroline Abbott in Where Angels Fear to Tread, Helen Schlegel in Howard’s End, and later as Kate Croy in The Wings of the Dove.
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Mark Gatiss
Mark Gatiss plays Larry Grayson in Nolly as seen on MASTERPIECE on PBS Mark Gatiss plays opposite Helena Bonham Carter in some of Nolly’s most campy and delightful—and sometimes tender and vulnerable—scenes as real-life figure Larry Grayson, an inimitable entertainer who shared a close and enduring friendship with Gordon. Gatiss is a critically acclaimed writer, director, producer, and actor on both stage and screen. MASTERPIECE viewers might best know him as Sherlock’s co-creator, sometimes writer, and Sherlock’s powerful and possibly sinister older brother, Mycroft Holmes, and as the ambitious and ruthless bishop Steven Gardiner in Wolf Hall. Gatiss is one of the creators, writers, and actors in the comedy-horror series The League of Gentlemen; a writer of and sometimes actor in Doctor Who, and an actor in numerous TV shows and films including The Favourite and Game of Thrones. He is an aficionado of the horror genre.
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Andrea Riseborough
Andrea Riseborough stars in Alice & Jack on MASTERPIECE on PBS English actor and Alice & Jack executive producer Andrea Riseborough plays high-flying financial whiz Alice, a complex and unforgettable character to add to Riseborough’s growing list of esteemed roles. In 2022, Riseborough played the title role in To Leslie. Other notable movies & TV shows include Lee (alongside Kate Winslet and Alexander Skarsgård in the story of acclaimed war correspondent Lee Miller), The Death of Stalin (Armando Iannucci’s satirical political black comedy), Battle of the Sexes (with Emma Stone and Steve Carell), Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (alongside Michael Keaton and Edward Norton), and Bloodline.
Alice & Jack premieres Sunday, March 17 at 10/9c on MASTERPIECE.
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Domhnall Gleeson
Domhnall Gleeson stars as Jack in Alice & Jack on MASTERPIECE on PBS Irish actor and Alice & Jack executive producer Domhnall Gleeson plays biomedical researcher Jack. He’s received widespread recognition his performances in several Academy Award-nominated films, including Alex Garland’s Ex Machina, the Nick Hornby adaptation of Colm Tóibín’s Brooklyn, and The Revenant, Alejandro Iñárritu’s harrowing Western with Leonardo DiCaprio. His recent TV work includes the psychological thriller The Patient with Steve Carell, and The White House Plumbers, a satirical Watergate drama with Woody Harrelson and Justin Theroux.
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Toby Jones
Toby Jones stars as Alan Bates in Mr Bates vs The Post Office on MASTERPIECE Toby Jones stars as former postmaster turned humble crusader for justice Alan Bates in Mr Bates vs The Post Office. Often described as an “actor’s actor,” Jones makes indelible appearances in roles leading, supporting, and everything in between, be it playing Truman Capote in the 2006 feature film Infamous or voicing mischievous house elf Dobby in the Harry Potter films. He played Sherlock Holmes’ evil arch enemy Culverton Smith in the Sherlock episode “The Lying Detective” on MASTERPIECE, and has had numerous MASTERPIECE roles over the years in dramas and mysteries including The Old Curiosity Shop, The Way We Live Now, Poirot, and Cadfael. He co-starred as a small-town metal-detecting hobbyist in the comedy Detectorists. Jones’ body of work also includes roles in the Hunger Games, Jurassic World, and Indiana Jones franchises, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Mr Bates vs The Post Office premieres Sunday, April 7, 2024 at 9/8c on MASTERPIECE.
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Suranne Jones
Suranne Jones stars in MaryLand on MASTERPIECE on PBS Suranne Jones, co-creator of MaryLand, plays mom, wife, and consummate caregiver Becca. She starred in Gentleman Jack, a period drama about England’s famed landowner, diarist, and modern lesbian Anne Lister, and portrayed the eponymous character in the woman-scorned thriller Doctor Foster. Jones co-starred in the long-running police procedural Scott & Bailey. Recently, she starred in the submarine thriller Vigil (alongside Endeavour’s Shaun Evans). She’s a frequent collaborator with writer, director and creator Sally Wainwright (To Walk Invisible on MASTERPIECE and Last Tango in Halifax on PBS).
MaryLand premieres Sunday, May 5, 2024 at 9/8c on MASTERPIECE.
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Eve Best
Eve Best stars in MaryLand on MASTERPIECE on PBS Eve Best plays older sister and career-oriented Londoner, Rosaline in MaryLand. Best recently garnered high-profile attention playing Princess Rhaenys Targaryen in Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon. She portrayed Dr. Eleanor O’Hara in the series Nurse Jackie, played Wallis Simpson in The King’s Speech, and even appeared on American Experience as First Lady Dolley Madison.
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Stockard Channing
Stockard Channing in MaryLand as seen on MASTERPIECE on PBS Joining MaryLand’s cast as Cathy, the larger-than-life friend of the sisters’ deceased mom, is American actor Stockard Channing. Channing has had many memorable turns over her long and prolific career on the stage and screens big and small, but her role as Grease’s chief Pink Lady, Rizzo, is perhaps the most beloved of all. Among her many notable starring roles is First Lady Abby Bartlett in the long-running series The West Wing, and upper East Side socialite Louise Kittredge in the feature film Six Degrees of Separation, a role for which Channing was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe.
