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What We're Excited About
Miss Austen on MASTERPIECE is here!
Miss Austen, based on Gill Hornby’s acclaimed novel, takes a real-life literary mystery – Cassandra Austen (Keeley Hawes) burning her sister Jane’s letters – and reimagines it as a fascinating, heartbreaking story of love, sacrifice, and loss.
Fridays are for International Drama with Walter Presents and KBTC Passport
Walter Presents is a curated collection of award-winning international drama, hand-picked by Walter Iuzzolino, a TV connoisseur who has scoured the globe for compelling hits. Presented in their original languages with English subtitles, new episodes are added to KBTC Passport each week.
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Fridays at 7:30pm
Here's what's coming up next from host Tom Layson and the Northwest Now team:
- 5/9 Real Estate 2025
- 5/16 Dark Tide
- 5/23 Pat Cashman
- 5/30 The Casket Maker
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