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The Emmy Award-winning producer of PBS’s Masterpiece Theatre and Mystery! reveals the secrets to Downton Abbey, Sherlock, and its other hit programs
For more than twenty-five years and counting, Rebecca Eaton has presided over PBS’s Masterpiece Theatre, the longest running weekly prime time drama series in American history. From the runaway hits
Upstairs, Downstairs and The Buccaneers, to the hugely popular Inspector Morse, Prime Suspect, and Poirot, Masterpiece Theatre and its sibling series Mystery! have been required viewing for fans of quality drama.
Eaton interviews many of the writers, directors, producers, and other contributors and shares personal anecdotes—including photos taken with her own camera—about her decades-spanning career. She reveals what went on behind the scenes during such triumphs as Cranford and the multiple, highly-rated programs made from Jane Austen’s novels, as well as her aggressive campaign to attract younger viewers via social media and online streaming. Along the way she shares stories about actors and other luminaries such as Alistair Cooke, Maggie Smith, Diana Rigg, Benedict Cumberbatch and Daniel Radcliffe, whose first TV role was as the title character in David Copperfield.
Readers will also get to know Eaton on a personal level. With a childhood steeped in theater, an affinity for nineteenth century novels and culture, and an “accidental apprenticeship” with the BBC, Eaton was practically born to lead the Masterpiece and Mystery! franchises. Making Masterpiece marks the first time the driving force behind the enduring flagship show reveals all.
- Sales Rank: #623202 in eBooks
- Published on: 2013-10-29
- Released on: 2013-10-29
- Format: Kindle eBook
From Booklist
In this thoroughly engaging memoir, Eaton recounts her 25 years as an executive producer of PBS’s oft-lauded Masterpiece Theatre and Mystery! series beloved for bringing British classics and popular detective series, respectively, to the small screen. After a year in England working for the BBC, American-born Eaton spent more than a decade working for public television in Boston before being tapped to executive-produce PBS’s Masterpiece Theatre. From its inception in 1970, Masterpiece appeared on PBS with Mobil as a sponsor. Eaton stepped into her role in 1985, and she shares her successes here, from bringing Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson to Fortunes of War and getting Helen Mirren to sign on to Prime Suspect. She is equally candid about her missteps, from losing the 1995 Pride & Prejudice series starring Colin Firth to A&E to initially passing on Downton Abbey because of its similarity to the reboot of Upstairs Downstairs. Eaton is a warm and witty guide to Masterpiece Theatre’s storied history, and this lively memoir will appeal equally to Downton diehards and longtime Masterpiece loyalists. --Kristine Huntley
Review
“[An] anecdote-filled memoir…Rebecca Eaton looks back on 25 fascinating years at Masterpiece Theatre and Mystery! at PBS.”—USA Today
“Eaton weaves an absorbing tale of what began as just a young girl’s Anglophilia but would eventually change the viewing habits of Americans…Though the book’s most compelling moments are culled from the battles Eaton waged as producer, she manages to put everything in perspective as a highly successful working mother who had plenty to fight for at home as well…. In the end, Eaton looks back with unflagging fondness at her life’s work and the spectrum of experiences it has brought her.”—Hollywood Reporter
“ Eaton recounts these tales with zest.”—McClatchy Tribune
“[An] engaging new memoir.”—Bay Area Newsgroup
“A treasure house of anecdote and insight, observation and object lessons, Making Masterpiece is quietly electrifying.”—Shelf Awareness
“In addition to these sometimes charming, sometimes bawdy anecdotes, Eaton brings a strong personal element to the narrative…she is able to humanize what is sometimes seen as an impersonal area of the showbiz world…A pleasing blend of memoir and retrospective with a wide audience appeal. Recommended for readers interested in the history of television and the business aspects of the creative process and, of course, PBS devotees.”—Library Journal
“A delightful trek into the world of TV production and a substantive treat for the truly addicted PBS fan.”—Kirkus
“In the world of TV drama, names and faces appear and disappear with bewildering speed; Rebecca Eaton is immortal and immutable…She has made an enormous contribution to the cultural life of America, and, more than that, she is one of the most fun people I know.”
—Andrew Davies, Vanity Fair
“Rebecca has been the executive producer of Masterpiece for 25 of its 40 years. We Americans are fortunate to have Rebecca at the helm: someone committed to bringing great television drama to the widest possible audience, week after week.”—Gillian Anderson, The 2011 Time 100
About the Author
Rebecca Eaton regards her decades-long stewardship of Masterpiece as the ideal job for the daughter of an English professor and an actress. She has been the executive producer of the show for twenty-eight of its forty-two years on the air. Awards on her watch include forty-three prime-time Emmy awards, fifteen Peabody awards, two Golden Globes, and two Academy Award nominations.
At Masterpiece Theatre and Mystery! she extended the programs' reach with contemporary dramas; initiated co-productions with the BBC (Middlemarch, The Buccaneers); co-produced feature films such as Jane Austen's Persuasion and Mrs. Brown starring Dame Judi Dench; and oversaw the rebranding of the series in 2008. Queen Elizabeth II awarded her an honorary OBE (Officer, Order of the British Empire) in 2003.
She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and spends time at the family house in Kennebunkport, Maine.
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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful.
Funny, Insightful Look at Downton Abbey, Sherlock and Other Iconic Masterpiece Shows
By Matt Cole
Like a lot of people, I came to Masterpiece as a family affair -- I would dart through the room when my parents would watching, and catch a glimpse of Poirot or some period drama. It didn't all seep in right away, but once it did, I became a regular viewer and fan. Naturally, I was excited when I saw this book, and devoured it in a weekend.
The book is a mix of memoir and Masterpiece. On the professional side, it recounts how Eaton came into her role as Executive Producer, tracing her early career in the UK, and jumping on board the Masterpiece series after it started. As someone who is always interested in how people got to where they are, I thought this narrative was engaging -- it really does seem like the job she was born to do. Then, personally, Eaton talks about her parents (her mother was in show business), her daughter, her miscarriages and more. Because I feel such a familial attachment to Masterpiece, this storyline seemed intimate, thoughtful and honest. Eaton is a very personable narrator throughout.
And then -- making Masterpiece! Eaton reveals some great details about some iconic Masterpiece programs, and working with UK actors and producers. Amusingly, she also talks about programs she passed on at first. If you're a Downton Abbey fan in particular, you'll find some rewarding anecdotes here about her visit to the set and the cast coming to America. You totally get the feeling that Eaton loves it all as much as we do, and that for me was my favorite part of this book.
With decades or programs, there is obviously more that Eaton omits than includes. But I thought the book was a fun, insightful cross section of stories on programs you'll recognize and remember. At the end, Eaton talks about how writing the book made her fall in love in Masterpiece again, and it did the same for me. I've already bought the book for several Masterpiece fans in the family and friends.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful.
An interesting Read
By C. Toste
I was a First Read Winner of this book and I enjoyed the behind the scenes look at Masterpiece Theatre. Some of my fondest memories have been of me and my parents watching The Forsyte Saga every Sunday, so I was really pleased when I won this book. Not only does Rebecca Eaton talk about what goes into the making Masterpiece theatre and Mystery!, she also talks about her own life and struggles. I found it to be a very interesting read and thoroughly enjoyed it.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful.
A nostalgia fest and riveting behind-the-scenes look at two longtime favorites
By Maine Colonial
Whenever I pick up a history, memoir or biography, the first thing I do is look at the pictures. Naturally, that's what I did when I got home from the library with Making Masterpiece. I was puzzled, because the first photos in the book are of the author as a young girl. I thought this was a book about producing PBS's Masterpiece Theatre and Mystery! series, not about the author's life. It turns out that it's both and it also turns out that's mostly a good thing.
Those of us of a certain age remember Masterpiece Theatre's first big hit from 1974: Upstairs, Downstairs. Rebecca Eaton was just starting her public television career then. An English literature major from Vassar College, she'd done an internship at the BBC and then landed her first real job at PBS affiliate WGBH in Boston. When Masterpiece Theatre's original executive producer, Joan Wilson, died, Rebecca Eaton stepped into her shoes, taking responsibility for both Masterpiece Theatre and Mystery! It was a daunting assignment for Eaton, who hadn't ever understood the appeal of mysteries, who had just discovered she and relatively new husband Paul were expecting a baby, and who felt she didn't have nearly enough experience to take over from Wilson.
Eaton is very frank about her failures, like having to be talked into Prime Suspect and turning down the Colin Firth Pride & Prejudice miniseries because Masterpiece Theatre had shown a version years earlier. She even discloses that she had a run-in with contacts at Mobil Oil, Masterpiece Theatre's sole sponsor, about editorial influence, and Mobil insisted that PBS fire her. She wasn't fired, but she was put on probation and told she very much needed to work on her people skills. I don't think I'd want to confess something like that, so I had to admire Eaton's openness. Eaton is also open about the difficulty of balancing work and home life; the toll it took in missed time with her daughter, miscarriages, her marriage.
But Eaton doesn't skimp on the story of Masterpiece Theatre and Mystery! in favor of her own personal story. She tells us the story of how the original production team's mission was to bring British costume drama to a US audience, starting by importing already-produced miniseries from the BBC. She takes us along for the lengthy trips to London and meetings with British producers, writers, directors and actors (sometimes boozy ones) to choose productions and, in later years, to decide on coproductions.
Eaton also takes us into the nuts-and-bolts world of production by describing at length how the programs Cranford and Downton Abbey came about. It's a frustrating, exciting, tedious, nerve-wracking and, occasionally, thrillingly rewarding process.
"But what about the shows and the actors?" I hear you wondering. The book doesn't disappoint there. Eaton breezily recounts story after story about Helen Mirren, Jean Marsh, Maggie Smith, Kenneth Branagh, Daniel Radcliffe, and the entire Downton Abbey cast.
Eaton has such enormous respect for British actors; their devotion to the work, flexibility and lack of star attitude. She has a particularly heartfelt regard for Alistair Cooke, the first and most-beloved host of Masterpiece Theatre, and other hosts of Masterpiece Theatre and Mystery!, including Vincent Price, Russell Baker, Diana Rigg, Gillian Anderson, Laura Linney and Alan Cumming.
Once cable TV came on the scene, soon after Eaton became executive producer, the mission of Masterpiece Theatre and Mystery! became much more challenging. Mobil felt it less and less necessary to spend millions as patrons of the arts and PBS didn't increase funding. HBO, Showtime and other far better-funded outlets began to compete with PBS for British product. And now, in the era of hundreds of TV stations, live streaming video, and so much competition for the consumer's entertainment dollars, Rebecca Eaton keeps on trying to find those dramas and mysteries that will keep viewers tuning in week after week.
While it wasn't quite what I expected, Making Masterpiece ends up being a fascinating story of how what is now called Masterpiece (Classic, Contemporary and Mystery) is produced, yummy gossipy bits about actors we're all familiar with, and clear-eyed confession of the personal costs to a woman of having a demanding job over the last quarter century.
4.5 stars
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