Masterpiece Mystery (1980– )
"Mystery!" (original title)

An anthology series featuring various predominately British mystery stories.

Stars:

Vincent Price, Gene Shalit, Alan Cumming

3 wins & 5 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Vincent Price	...	Himself - Host (208 episodes, 1981-1989)

Storyline

A weekly public television program presenting British produced mystery dramas to American audiences. Each program was a dramatization of a well-known mystery novel, with many programs continuing over several weeks. Agatha Christie's Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot were the most commonly featured sleuths, but a wide variety of other authors' works were also shown.

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Plot Keywords:

miss marple | hercule poirot | anthology | amateur detective | sherlock holmes | 

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Genres:

Mystery

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Details

Official Sites:

PBS

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 February 1980 (USA)

Also Known As:

Masterpiece Mystery

Company Credits

Production Co:

WGBH

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Mono Stereo

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Starting with the 2008 series, "Mystery!" ended as a separate program and was combined with "Masterpiece Theater", under the banner of "Masterpiece Mystery!".

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Connections

Spoofed in Arthur: Binky Rules/Meet Binky (1998)

User Reviews

just loved this show when I was young

when i was a kid, i would get on my jammies, brush my teeth, then get a blanket to wrap around myself so no one in the family would see when I got creeped out.

I LOVED this show. And I loved that Vincent Price was on it.

Why don;t we have more artistic literary thinking shows like this?

It was fabulous!

ANd Gorey's artwork, as always, was wonderful (just wished the "screaming lady" would've put a little steam on the scream in the cartoon...I didn't believe she was in peril!).

If you can see any episodes and you enjoy mystery and good literature, it is worth seeing, definitely.