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Master Clue: Unscramble the circled letters to reveal the first official Masterpiece Theatre production. S S L S D Y X G L H O O W B G A D I 1 This saga is said to have started it all, and R G H R N D O G P Y W N G L C L H B got its own Masterpiece Theatre treatment in 2002. I L A E N I V O S K E P E J E I B O ______A K A Y R V K D R T Z N P I V S X C 2 This original Masterpiece Theatre host was T L Y W X L O T S N D O F W S T B A the subject of a 2008 MASTERPIECE special. ______S D M A Z E O U A A K R O X F A F J

3 Jeremy Brett and Benedict Cumberbatch N O U V O D A C J N E I S Q Z I F K both memorably portrayed this Arthur Conan W H O L B E F A K P E Q Z K M R E E Doyle gumshoe. ______O Q Y O N A C X P H B E Y F T C N R

4 We watched this Cornwallian hottie in 1976 D Q U A A K S O J C O Z L P P O X E and gladly came back to mine (pine?) for more S D J M S C C I J P P L O I D O I D in 2014. ______R Q P O L D A R K A E F M A E K U I

5 Daniel Radcliffe and I T N B I G L W I Z A D Q E U E N A appeared together in this 1999 production A F I V F J G M K C K K R G S Y R M before teaming up again in Harry Potter. ______T L A W O X C K V W J Q M H C L Z W

6 This highly rated 1973 tale of social stratifi- S D E Y R U Y O H S A B Z I H H L S cation, upheaval and change was revived in P N O S I N N E T E N A J E O D J E 2011 and inspired the massively popular , which bore more than a U T H E F O R S Y T E S A G A X E C small resemblance to it in plot and characters. Nick Brundle by Castle Highclere Photo: ______9 Bookending MASTERPIECE’s long existence 11 This Cranford actor was half of the 7 For the first time in television history, from 1971 to 2021, this actor appeared in creative duo who brought Upstairs this author’s books were broadcast as a the inaugural year and will return in this 50th Downstairs to the world—and record-setting complete collection. anniversary year. ratings at the time to Masterpiece Theatre. ______

8 This actor’s appearances in five 10 won two Primetime Emmy Find answers to the MASTERPIECE 50 MASTERPIECE and two Mystery! productions Awards for her portrayal of this police Mashup! below: spanned 31 years from 1977 to 2008. detective in a celebrated series that aired on ______both Mystery! and MASTERPIECE. ______

Answers to MASTERPIECE 50 Mashup! Thanks for playing! How did you do? Here is the word search reveal, some trivia— S S L S D Y X G L H O O W B G A D I but not trivial information—about the answers, and the solution to the Master Clue— R G H R N D O G P Y W N G L C L H B now you’re a MASTERPIECE expert! I L A E N I V O S K E P E J E I B O 1 THE FORSYTE SAGA, broadcast in 1967 on A K A Y R V K D R T Z N P I V S X C PBS-precursor NET, inspired WGBH president Stanford Calderwood to purchase the rights to T L Y W X L O T S N D O F W S T B A air British dramas in the United States. S D M A Z E O U A A K R O X F A F J Masterpiece Theatre was then developed, and it premiered on Jan. 10, 1971. N O U V O D A C J N E I S Q Z I F K 2 ALISTAIR COOKE introduced each produc- W H O L B E F A K P E Q Z K M R E E tion from 1971 through 1992, providing historical background and color commentary O Q Y O N A C X P H B E Y F T C N R as informative and compelling as the programs D Q U A A K S O J C O Z L P P O X E themselves. The Unseen Alistair Cooke docu- ments his remarkable life. S D J M S C C I J P P L O I D O I D

3 After we thought that Brett gave the defini- R Q P O L D A R K A E F M A E K U I tive performance as in I T N B I G L W I Z A D Q E U E N A 1984, we were all SHER -Locked by Cumberbatch’s take in 2010. A F I V F J G M K C K K R G S Y R M 4 Robyn Ellis and Aidan Turner, in turn, set T L A W O X C K V W J Q M H C L Z W hearts aflutter in the title role of POLDARK. Political machinations, social intrigue and S D E Y R U Y O H S A B Z I H H L S torrid romance are a timeless dramatic P N O S I N N E T E N A J E O D J E winning combination. U T H E F O R S Y T E S A G A X E C 5 DAVID COPPERFIELD was Daniel Radcliffe’s first acting job. He worked such magic that Dame Maggie Smith herself recom- 8 began his MASTERPIECE Master Clue Solution mended him for the role of the young wizard. tenure (and fame) as the titular character in And here’s the first official Masterpiece I, Claudius and returned in Henry V, Breaking Theatre production, 50 years ago. Here’s to 6 Eaton initially turned down the the Code, The Jury, The Old Curiosity Shop, 50 more! pitch for Downton Abbey because she Cadfael and The Wyvern Mystery. thought it sounded too similar to UPSTAIRS THCHHLCFEURSRILSIT DOWNSTAIRS, which MASTERPIECE was 9 ’s first MASTERPIECE THE FIRST CHURCHILLS about to relaunch. After she learned that role was the definitive Queen Maggie Smith was attached and Elizabeth in . She portrays a very different McGovern would be in it, she reconsidered— character in Elizabeth is Missing. and history was made. 10 For her performance as JANE TENNISON 7 The Complete in 2008 on the series , Helen Mirren won included adaptations of Persuasion, two Primetime for Outstanding Northanger Abbey*, Mansfield Park, Pride Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Special: Prime and Prejudice*, Emma* and Sense and Suspect: Scent of Darkness in 1996 and Prime Sensibility*. In 2019, her final, unfinished Suspect: The Final Act in 2007. book Sanditon was picked up and completed 11 and created by , who also was the screen- Upstairs Downstairs specifically for television. writer of the starred titles. It was the first Masterpiece Theatre production that was conceived as a fully original story, not based on literature, the theater or movies.