WATERTOWN, NY (March 11, 2024) – Alice & Jack is a love story for the ages. When Alice (Andrea Riseborough) and Jack (Domhnall Gleeson) first meet they’re bound by a connection so powerful it seems nothing can break it, but will their path lead them to a place of happiness and togetherness? Or will life and their own emotional complexities get in the way? Honest, intimate, and surprisingly funny, the series shows love in all its unexpected, technicolor, kaleidoscopic beauty. Alice & Jack debuts Sunday, March 17, 2024 at 10:00 pm on MASTERPIECE on WPBS-TV.
Alice & Jack reveals how love plays out between two very different people over 15 years. The story explores the seminal question of whether the bonds between us are stronger than the forces that would tear us apart. “It’s more honest about human behavior than most romances allow,” says RogerEbert.com, and “[asks] audiences to think about subjects they think they know well and look at them from a different angle.”
The miniseries is created by Mad Men award-winning writer Victor Levin (Mad Men, Mad About You) and features moving performances from Oscar®-nominated Andrea Riseborough (To Leslie, Birdman) as Alice, a single woman invested in her career while grappling with a childhood trauma, and Domhnall Gleeson (The Revenant, About Time) as the lonely yet charming scientist she meets in a bar. The cast also includes Aisling Bea (This Way Up), Aimee Lou Wood (Sex Education), and Sunil Patel (Love at First Sight).
Susanne Simpson, Executive Producer of MASTERPIECE said: “This is an exceptionally beautiful and profound series that we are proud to add to our lineup, and I’m looking forward to sharing it with the U.S. audience in Spring 2024.”
EPISODE DESCRIPTIONS
Episode One (Sunday, March 17, 2024 at 10:00 pm)
Alice and Jack meet, but something deep and powerful from Alice’s past causes her to reject Jack.
Episode Two (Sunday, March 24, 2024 at 10:00 pm)
Jack is now happily married with a baby when an unexpected call from Alice turns his life upside down.
Episode Three (Sunday, March 31, 2024 at 10:00 pm)
Years after their last encounter, Jack receives a surprise invitation.
Episode Four (Sunday, April 7, 2024 at 10:00 pm)
Celia seeks Alice out to get some answers about Jack.
Episode Five (Sunday, April 14, 2024 at 10:00 pm)
Jack and Alice meet again and find joy – but it’s cut short by devastating news.
Episode Six (Sunday, April 21, 2024 at 10:00 pm)
Over a decade since their romance started, Jack and Alice face their greatest obstacle.
Alice & Jack is an independent UK production from Fremantle in partnership with BAFTA and the Emmy® award-winning company Me + You Productions (I Am Ruth, Close to You), Academy Award®-nominated Groundswell Productions (The Visitor), De Maio Entertainment, and MASTERPIECE in collaboration with Channel 4 which will air the series exclusively in the UK. Executive producers on the project include Victor Levin, Andrea Riseborough, Domhnall Gleeson, Juho Kuosmanen, Richard Yee and Krishnendu Majumdar for Me + You Productions, Michael London and Shannon Gaulding for Groundswell, Lorenzo De Maio for De Maio Entertainment, Rebecca Dundon and Hilary Martin for Fremantle. Tracy O’Riordan produces for Me + You Productions.
About MASTERPIECE
Winner of 83 Primetime Emmys® and 18 Peabody Awards, MASTERPIECE has been essential Sunday night viewing for millions of fans since 1971. Susanne Simpson is the executive producer and Rebecca Eaton is the executive producer-at-large for the series. Series funding for MASTERPIECE is provided by Viking Cruises, Raymond James, The MASTERPIECE Trust, and public television viewers. Produced for PBS by GBH Boston, MASTERPIECE is known for hits such as All Creatures Great and Small, Sherlock, Downton Abbey and Victoria, and beloved classics such as Upstairs Downstairs, Prime Suspect, The Forsyte Saga and Poldark.
About WPBS
WPBS is a PBS station serving approximately 650,000 households throughout Northern New York and Eastern Ontario via cable, satellite, Internet and over-the-air distribution. WPBS is a non-profit organization whose mission is to educate, inform, and engage its two-nation region with exceptional and trusted content across multiple platforms. Its vision is to be the premier provider of extraordinary public media that instills wonder and curiosity across generations and borders. More information about WPBS, including a full channel listing, is available at wpbstv.org, or by following WPBS on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.
