“PRESS” DEBUTS ON PBS MASTERPIECE PRIME VIDEO CHANNEL THIS OCTOBER

“PRESS” DEBUTS ON  PBS MASTERPIECE PRIME VIDEO CHANNEL THIS OCTOBER

- Plus, Three International Crime-Thrillers -

Arlington, VA – September 25, 2019 – This October, PBS Distribution debuts four new programs on the PBS MASTERPIECE Prime Video Channel including “Press” the new British drama series about the nonstop, ever changing news cycle of the media. The other thrilling international programs available include: Walter Presents “Mother is Wrong,” “The Lawyer,” and “23 Cases.” The subscription rate for PBS MASTERPIECE is $5.99/month with an Amazon Prime or Prime Video subscription. Every purchase helps support public television for all.

Information about each of the programs is listed below.

Table of Contents Press Walter Presents: The Lawyer Walter Presents: Mother is Wrong Walter Presents: 23 Cases
  Press







An ensemble cast of some of Britian’s hottest talent portrays the committed and passionate characters behind the daily news at two fictional rival newspapers in Mike Bartlett’s drama Press. Set in the world of newspapers in London - its past riven by hacking scandals, its present at the mercy of the digital age and the 24-hour news cycle, its future uncertain - this razor sharp and observant drama explores the current, turbulent media landscape and the ethical dilemmas that journalists and editors face each day. 

Charlotte Riley (King Charles III, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell) stars as the News Editor of fictional broadsheet, The Herald, Ben Chaplin (Apple Tree Yard, The Thin Red Line) as the Editor of fictional tabloid newspaper, The Post and Priyanga Burford (London Spy, King Charles III) as The Herald’s Editor. Paapa Essiedu (A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Royal Shakespeare Company’s Hamlet) stars as The Post’s newest reporter and Shane Zaza (Happy Valley, The Da Vinci Code) its News Editor. Ellie Kendrick (Game of Thrones, The Diary of Anne Frank) stars as a junior reporter, Al Weaver (Grantchester, The Hollow
Streaming Episodes 
October 6, 2019 10
Genre Language
British Drama English
Crown) stars as an investigative journalist and Brendan Cowell (The Young Vic’s Yerma, Game of Thrones) stars as the Deputy Editor at The Herald.  Walter Presents: Mother is Wrong









A young boy claims that his parents aren’t his real parents. The police face a tough choice; risk allowing the boy to stay with the wrong family, or trust the word of a child and ruin a family’s life forever. 

When three-year-old Malone insists that his mother is not his actual mother, child psychologist Vasile believes him and prompts the police to investigate. Police captain Marianne is much more skeptical and is already occupied with solving another case. However, Malone’s memories are fading fast and if his story is real, it would be criminal to ignore. Can you trust a young child with an overly active imagination, or could this be a sophisticated case of kidnapping? Forced together by the case, child psychologist Vasile and police captain Marianne embark on a passionate affair, further complicating two investigations that could be more intertwined than they appear.   Walter Presents: The Lawyer








From writer Hans Rosenfeld, creator of “The Bridge,” comes The Lawyer, a Swedish crime-thriller set in the high-stakes world of law. Frank Nordling is a young and exceptionally promising defense lawyer, but when he learns the truth behind his adoptive parents’ death, his whole world unravels. 

Streaming Episodes Genre Language
October 11, 2019 6 Crime-Thriller French with English Subtitles
Streaming Episodes 
October 18, 2019 10
Genre Language
Crime-Thriller Swedish with English Subtitles
As children, Frank and his sister Sara witnessed their parents die in a car bomb explosion. As adults, Sara, now a policewoman, is obsessed with solving their parents’ murder while Frank makes every attempt to put the past behind him. Sara finally forces him into her investigation where they are both shocked to find out that their parents were killed by one of the leaders of Copenhagen’s criminal underworld, Thomas Waldman. To Frank’s horror, Waldman also happens to be one of the most prominent clients of his friend’s law firm where he works. In order to avenge his parents’ death, Frank must become Waldman’s personal lawyer and trusted confidant by infiltrating the organization. But is it worth the price when it hits too close to home?

Walter Presents: 23 Cases







The German public breathes a sigh of relief when serial killer Maximillian Rapp finally confesses to 23 brutal murders. But for Detective Tara Schöll, something doesn’t add up; there are missing fingerprints and Rapp might have an alibi for one of the 23 cases. Why would he confess to a murder he didn’t commit? Tara Schöll and her lover and colleague Henry Kloss suspect Max Rapp is innocent of at least three of the murders to which he confessed. 

When a new victim emerges, one which Rapp predicted, Tara’s superiors are convinced that the hunt for the real perpetrator is not over. Tara and Henry have no choice but to enlist Rapp to help find the real killer before more innocent lives are taken. With a “sixth sense” for detecting evidence, could Rapp be the key to proving his own innocence, or could he just be a master manipulator using Tara for his own sick game? 


About MASTERPIECE  Winner of 83 Primetime Emmys® and 16 Peabody Awards, MASTERPIECE has been essential Sunday night viewing for millions of fans since 1971. Rebecca Eaton is the executive producer of the series. Funding for MASTERPIECE is provided by Viking and Raymond James with additional support from public television viewers and contributors to The MASTERPIECE Trust. Presented on PBS by WGBH Boston, MASTERPIECE is known for recent hits such as Sherlock, Downton Abbey and Victoria, and beloved classics such as Upstairs Downstairs, Prime Suspect, The Forsyte Saga and Poldark. 

About WALTER PRESENTS Walter Presents launched in January 2016 in the U.K. as a video-on-demand service and is a joint venture between Channel 4 and Global Series Network, founded by Jason Thorp, Walter Iuzzolino and Jo McGrath. Dedicated to showcasing award-winning foreign language drama, the service is named after its curator, Walter Iuzzolino, a passionate drama fan. In March 2017, Walter
Streaming Episodes 
October 25, 2019 6
Genre Language
Crime-Thriller German with English Subtitles
Presents launched as an SVOD platform in the U.S., with the New York Times hailing it as a “chic TV boutique with a foreign accent.” In November 2017, Walter Presents launched in Australia through pay TV service Foxtel, and in Italy in September 2018, it launched its first roll-out in mainland Europe on Discovery’s Nove, Giallo and Dplay channels. In October 2018, Walter Presents partnered with PBS Distribution to launch over 300 hours of quality foreign language drama on the MASTERPIECE Prime Video Channel. Walter’s Choice is a selection of the Walter Presents programming that is made available for air on PBS stations. 

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