Making Masterpiece
Subtitle: 25 years behind the scene at Masterpiece and Mystery! on PBS
By: Rebecca Eaton ; with Patricia Mulcahy
Contributors: Mulcahy, Patricia, author
Edition: Large print edition.
Series: Thorndike Press large print nonfiction; Thorndike Press large print nonfiction series
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 473
ISBN-13: 9781410468413
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Producenter; Masterpiece theatre (Television program); Television producers and directors; Självbiografier; Large type books; Regissörer; Mystery! (Television program); Biography
Description: With a childhood steeped in theater, an affinity for nineteenth-century novels and culture, and an "accidental apprenticeship" with the BBC, Rebecca Eaton was practically born to lead the Masterpiece and Mystery! franchises. Now the driving force behind the enduring flagship show reveals all. Eaton interviews many of the shows' writers, directors, producers, and other contributors, and shares personal anecdotes about her decades-spanning career.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Letters from Main; title: The curtain rises; title: Upstairs, Downstairs take one; title: Apprenticeship; title: The learning curve; title: Mastering Masterpiece Theatre; title: The balancing act; title: A changing of the guard; title: Pitching the pitchers; title: Dark days; title: Made in America; title: Dusting off the jewel; title: But what does an executive producer do all day?; title: The road to Downton Abbey; title: Downton Abbey; title: The Downton effect.