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Masterpiece Theatre; Shooting the Past
Shooting the Past, Episode 1
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- Series
- Masterpiece Theatre
- Program
- Shooting the Past
- Program Number
2906
- Series Description
Program premiered in 1971 with The First Churchills. Hosted by Alastair Cooke. Intended as a showcase for the best of British television drama. Spawned MYSTERY! in 1980. Current executive producer Rebecca Eaton. All promotion of program done by Frank Goodman & Associates (see below). Synopsis, cast information and producers listed by individual title. Series release date: 1971
- Program Description
A London mansion housing a huge library of rare old photos gets a new owner: an American millionaire bent on chucking the pictures and remaking the house as a business college. Thus begins a gothic tale of mystery, fanaticism and the singular power of the still image. Liam Cunningham (Cracker) stars as the millionaire. Lindsay Duncan (Traffik, The Rector's Wife) is the library's imperious manager, determined to save the collection against all odds. And Timothy Spall (Our Mutual Friend) is the weird but indispensable photo librarian, who puts together an incredible picture essay of the millionaire's surprising past based on the slimmest of clues.
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Genres
- Drama
- Citation
- Chicago: “Masterpiece Theatre; Shooting the Past,” GBH Archives, accessed September 22, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_B9BCD98DC90F4387A66A9DCF92AB0DC2.
- MLA: “Masterpiece Theatre; Shooting the Past.” GBH Archives. Web. September 22, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_B9BCD98DC90F4387A66A9DCF92AB0DC2>.
- APA: Masterpiece Theatre; Shooting the Past. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_B9BCD98DC90F4387A66A9DCF92AB0DC2