THE THEME MUSIC WAS DISCOVERED AT A CLUB MED IN SICILY. Though Calderwood only served as WGBH’s president for three months, during that time, he managed to convince the Mobil Corporation to underwrite $1 million in order to create Masterpiece Theatre. MOBIL OIL WAS THE PROGRAM’S ORIGINAL SPONSOR. It wasn’t an easy sell, but Calderwood managed to make a deal that would see this partnership come to fruition in the form of Masterpiece Theatre.Ģ. While on vacation in London, Calderwood paid a visit to the network and determined that they were game to give it a try.
#Masterpiece theatre the undisturbed license#
In the wake of the success of the 1967 adaptation of John Galsworthy’s The Forsyte Saga, Stanford Calderwood-then-president of WGBH, Boston’s PBS affiliate-floated the idea of partnering with BBC to license some of their dramatic series for broadcast in the U.S. MASTERPIECE OWES ITS EXISTENCE TO THE FORSYTE SAGA.
Though today’s Masterpiece looks slightly different than the Masterpiece Theatre that made its premiere on January 10, 1971, the program has succeeded in remaining “steadfast in our commitment to bringing the best in drama to American public television audiences.” Here are 13 things you might not know about the Sunday night tradition. Today marks the 45th anniversary of Masterpiece’s debut on PBS. It’s been parodied by Sesame Street and the Disney Channel, and beloved by millions of culture-seeking television viewers for more than four decades now.
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