Making Masterpiece: 25 Years Behind The Scenes at Masterpiece Theatre and Mystery! On PBS by Rebecca Eaton
Most people who know me know that I love British TV, and I watch a lot of British period dramas and British dramas in general. I've watched Downton Abbey since the beginning, and I must admit that season 3 was losing me. Then season 4 pretty much sucked me right back in. Rebecca Eaton has served as the producer of PBS's successful and long running Masterpiece series that airs British period, contemporary, and mystery dramas each year. I thought maybe the memoir about her experiences in this position would be an interesting read. I actually finished this book a while ago, and I'm only now getting around to posting the review. I don't normally read non-fiction. For example, after this book I tried reading The Monuments Men by Robert M. Edsel, and I got about 60 to 100 pages in before I skipped to the epilogue and then ditched the book because I lost interest. I'll just watch the movie. Eaton intentionally writes in a conversational tone; d...