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''Masterpiece'' (formerly known as ''Masterpiece Theatre'') is a drama anthology television series produced by WGBH Boston. It premiered on Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) on January 10, 1971, making it America's longest-running weekly prime time drama series. The series has presented numerous acclaimed British productions. Many of these are produced by the BBC, but the line-up has also included programs shown on the commercial services ITV and Channel 4. ==Overview== ''Masterpiece'' is best known for presenting adaptations of novels and biographies, but it also shows original television dramas. The first title to air was ''The First Churchills'', starring Susan Hampshire as Sarah Churchill. Other programs presented on the series include ''The Six Wives of Henry VIII''; ''Elizabeth R''; ''I, Claudius''; ''Upstairs, Downstairs''; ''The Duchess of Duke Street''; ''The Citadel''; ''The Jewel in the Crown''; ''Reckless,'' ''House of Cards''; ''Traffik''; and ''Jeeves and Wooster''. More recent popular titles include ''Prime Suspect''; ''The Forsyte Saga''; ''Sherlock''; and ''Downton Abbey''. The theme music played during the opening credits is the ''Fanfare-Rondeau'' from "Symphonies and Fanfares for the King's Supper" by French composer Jean-Joseph Mouret. The theme was performed by Collegium Musicum de Paris. Roland Douatte was the conductor. It was recorded in 1954 by Vogue Records in Paris, France, and was later remastered in stereo and re-released by Nonesuch records in the 1960s. During the first seasons in the 1970s, the theme music accompanied varying closeup shots of a waving British flag, which panned out into a still image of a British flag on a staff serving as the P in "Masterpiece." In the late 1970s the opening video switched to views of antique books and other literary artifacts. In 1980, ''Masterpiece'' gained a sister series, ''Mystery!'', featuring a mix of contemporary and classic British detective and crime series, such as ''The Inspector Lynley Mysteries'', ''Agatha Christie's Miss Marple'', and ''Touching Evil''. In 2000, to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the show, it presented ''Masterpiece'': ''The American Collection'', nine works by American writers, including Thornton Wilder's ''Our Town'', starring Paul Newman. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Masterpiece (TV series)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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