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The new television adaptation of Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables will premiere in the U.S. this month on Masterpiece on PBS. The six-part miniseries stars Dominic West as fugitive Jean Valjean, with David Oyelowo as his pursuer Inspector Javert and Lily Collins as luckless single mother Fantine. Rounding out the cast are…

Victoria Season 2 is set for a January 14, 2018 premiere on Masterpiece on PBS. A strong ratings performer, Victoria drew more than 16.2 million viewers in its premiere season, making it the highest-rated drama on PBS in 20 years, second only to Downton Abbey. Jenna Coleman stars as the young queen, wife, and mother…

Angela Lansbury is in talks to join the cast of Little Women, a three-part drama series adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's coming-of-age classic for BBC One and Masterpiece on PBS. The project, from Colin Callender's Playground, is written by Heidi Thomas (Call The Midwife) and directed by Vanessa Caswill (Thirteen)…

Ten months into his new job, Piers Wenger, Controller of BBC Drama, unveiled his vision for the department on Thursday night in London, with an ambitious slate to boot including a three-part series of Little Women with Playground and PBS’ Masterpiece, a Stephen Frears-directed drama A Very English Scandal and an…

Diana Rigg, who recently played the shrewd matriarch of the Tyrell family on HBO’s Game of Thrones, has joined the cast of Masterpiece on PBS’ Victoria opposite Jenna Coleman and Tom Hughes. Filming is underway on Season 2 of the period drama; the Season 1 finale airs Sunday on PBS. Rigg, an Emmy, Tony and BAFTA…