Glenda Jackson film to launch PBS' 'Masterpiece' anniversary

Posted July 29, 2020 7:00 am

The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Acclaimed actress Glenda Jackson will launch the 50th season of PBS' 'œMasterpiece'ť drama showcase next year.

The film 'œElizabeth is Missing,'ť with Jackson as a woman in search of a vanished friend even as she copes with dementia, will air Jan. 3. It's based on the Emma Healey novel of the same name.

Jackson, 84, is a two-time Oscar winner, for 'œWomen in Love'ť and 'œA Touch of Class."

'œMasterpiece,'ť from WGBH Boston and among TV's longest-running weekly prime-time series, has been home to award-winning shows including 'œDownton Abbey'ť and 'œSherlock.'ť

The anniversary season also will include 'œAll Creatures Great and Small,'ť a new seven-part series based on James Herriot's books about his adventures as a veterinarian in 1930s England.

The series is set for a January debut. A 1970s adaptation of Herriot's work was a public TV hit.

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