DARK ANGEL

ON MASTERPIECE SUNDAY, MARCH 25 @ 10:00PM Starring Downton Abbey‘s Joanne Froggatt, Dark Angel tells the story of Mary Ann Cotton: loving wife, mother, and serial murderer. Faced with abject poverty and an ailing husband, Mary Ann is ruthlessly determined to pursue a better life. FIND OUT MORE...

CALL THE MIDWIFE

SEASON 6, EPISODE 8 SUNDAY, MAY 21 @ 6:00PM & 10:00PM An unexpected turn of events leads to a wedding being hastily arranged. Shelagh finally goes into labor. The arrival of the pill leads to unforeseen consequences. FIND OUT MORE...

GREAT BRITISH BAKING SHOW

MASTERCLASS 3 SATURDAY, 20 @ 9:00PM Get Paul and Mary’s tips for biscuits and pastry. Mary shares recipes for ginger spiced traybake and technically tricky tuiles with chocolate mousse, while Paul prepares iced tea loaf, sweet dough brioche tete and twisted apricot couronne. FIND OUT MORE...

JAMES BEARD

AMERICAN MASTERS FRIDAY, MAY 19 @ 11:00PM An old snapshot taken from our car’s rear seat shows only the back of a head. It is James Beard’s. Like the huge stone statues of Easter Island or an image of Buddha himself, the large, bald, freckled cranium is an instantly recognizable icon. In our faded photo, he is sitting uncomfortably in the passenger seat of our well-worn VW Beetle, waiting to...

JULIA CHILD

AMERICAN MASTERS FRIDAY, MAY 1 @ 8:00PM & 12:00AM Scooping up a potato pancake, patting chickens, coaxing a reluctant soufflé, or rescuing a curdled sauce, Julia Child was never afraid of making mistakes. “Remember, if you are alone in the kitchen, who is going to see you?” she reassured her television audience. Catapulted to fame as the host of the series The French Chef, Julia was an...