Sunday Night Drama Lineup Kicks Off October 5
While many Americans are counting down their week for Sunday football, we know plenty of fans are just as excited for new episodes of PBS dramas! Whether you’re team NFL, team PBS, or a little of both, it’s time to buckle up for a new run of Sunday night dramas this fall on ThinkTV16.
First up at 8pm, Brian and Maggie starts the lineup with one of the most famous political exchanges of all time. Then, at 9pm, Maigret on Masterpiece intercepts the night with a contemporary adaptation of Georges Simenon’s beloved novels. Rounding things out at 10pm, The Gold covers one of the largest robberies in British history. Huddle up and get ready for a showdown of drama and mystery, starting Sunday, October 5. Learn more about each of these new series below:
Brian and Maggie
Sundays, October 5 and 12, at 8pm on ThinkTV16
When two old friends, the “much feared inquisitor” Brian Walden and “Iron Lady” Margaret Thatcher, come together for their last-ever TV interview, little do they realize they’re about to embark on one of the most famous political exchanges of all time. Brian and Maggie tensely reconstructs the seismic London Weekend Television interview that reshaped national opinion and signposted the end of Thatcher’s premiership.
With Steve Coogan as politician-turned-journalist Brian Walden and Harriet Walter as Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, this two-part drama recounts the end of a political era and a long-term friendship – the two never spoke again after their final encounter. Watch a preview: https://video.thinktv.org/video/series-preview-brmj5f/.
Maigret on Masterpiece
Sundays, October 5 through November 9, at 9pm on ThinkTV16
A new detective takes on the streets of Paris in this contemporary television adaptation of Georges Simenon’s beloved novels. Jules Maigret is head of the elite Parisian police unit and responsible for investigating all serious crime in and around the city. He works with an uncanny ability to get under the skin of the criminals he chases and a matchless knowledge of Paris and its inhabitants.
Benjamin Wainwright (Belgravia: The Next Chapter, Lord of the Rings: War of the Rohirrim) stars as Jules Maigret, with Stefanie Martini (The Gold, Last Kingdom, Emerald City) as Madame Louise Maigret. Other cast members include Blake Harrison (World on Fire, I Hate Suzie Too) and Rob Kazinsky (Star Trek: Section 31, Eastenders). Watch a preview: https://video.thinktv.org/video/maigret-preview-ygrozs/.
The Gold on Masterpiece
Sundays, October 5 through November 9, at 10pm on ThinkTV16
Journey into a world awash with cheap money and loosened morals in this critically-acclaimed crime drama, inspired by the true story of one of the largest robberies in British history. On November 26, 1983, six armed men broke into the Brink’s-Mat security depot near London’s Heathrow Airport. The heisters inadvertently stumbled across £26m worth of gold, which led to a vast international money laundering operation and left controversy and murder in its wake.
The Gold features a star-studded cast including Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey, Paddington in Peru), Jack Lowden (Slow Horses), Dominic Cooper (The Devil’s Double), Charlotte Spencer (The Duke), Emun Elliott (Guilt), Tom Cullen (Becoming Elizabeth), Stefanie Martini (The Last Kingdom) and Amanda Drew (Ellis). Watch a preview: https://video.thinktv.org/video/the-gold-preview-vpxikt/.
