Love fills the air this Valentine’s Day, and PBS brings romance to life with period dramas full of unforgettable moments. From grand estates to windswept coastlines, these stories follow lovers exploring their desires and navigating the obstacles that stand in their way.
PBS’s 2009 dramatization of Wuthering Heights and Sisi: Austrian Empress both tell tales of love that defies expectation, while The Forsyte Saga and Miss Austen explore family devotion and the choices that shape our lives. Sanditon presents a discovery of romance and new beginnings.
February also brings the premiere of The Puzzle Lady and a new season of Call the Midwife, streaming on the PBS app with PBS NC Passport.
Sanditon is based on Jane Austen’s final and unfinished novel, and tells the story of Charlotte Heywood (Rose Williams), a spirited and somewhat impulsive young woman who travels from her rural English home to an up-and-coming seaside resort town to reinvent herself.
Watch Sanditon, streaming on the PBS app from February 14 to March 14. After March 14, PBS NC Passport members can watch all three seasons anytime.
In the 2009 PBS dramatization, the fiery romance of Heathcliff and Cathy reignites in another thrilling adaptation of Emily Bronte's classic love story. The mysterious gypsy boy Heathcliff, adopted by the Earnshaw family, discovers his soulmate in his stepsister, Cathy. But as a man unable to have the love of his life, he seeks vengeance against anyone who comes between them.
Watch Wuthering Heights, streaming now on the PBS app with PBS NC Passport.
Based on the classic novels by John Galsworthy, The Forsyte Saga is a compelling drama of love, adultery, obsession, power and money, spanning three generations at the turn of the 20th century. On the surface, the Forsytes are the ultimate powerful Victorian family—superior, arrogant, and confident—but underneath this imposing veneer lies a festering core of unhappy and brutal relationships.
Watch The Forsyte Saga, streaming now on the PBS app with PBS NC Passport.
Coming Soon to PBS
A prequel to The Forsyte Saga, The Forsytes focuses on the family's earlier generations and places women at the forefront as a fresh reimagining of John Galsworthy’s Forsyte novels. Watch the trailer and find out all about The Forsytes, coming to Masterpiece on PBS Sunday, 3/22.
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.
Watch Miss Austen, streaming now on the PBS app with PBS NC Passport.
Meet Sisi, Europe's first superstar. With her beauty, love of freedom and promise to give the Habsburg monarchy a gentler face, this legendary empress inspired the whole of the continent. From Walter Presents, in German with English subtitles.
Watch Sisi: Austrian Empress, streaming now on the PBS app with PBS NC Passport.
While not romances, these February premieres on the PBS app bring fresh characters and the return of familiar faces.
Meet Bakerbury’s newest and most famous resident – Cora Felton, AKA “The Puzzle Lady.” Cora’s eccentric, no-nonsense approach proves a perfect way to outwit the murderers, con men and corrupt officials that stand in her way. The Puzzle Lady streamed in the UK under the title Murder Most Puzzling.
Watch The Puzzle Lady, premiering Thursday, 2/19 on the PBS app.
The new season kicks off in 1971 as several of the ladies embrace Women’s Lib and burn their bras outside Nonnatus House. Over the year, the team handles challenging cases including premature birth, placenta previa, kidney cancer, tuberculosis and slavery.
PBS NC Passport members can watch an early release of season 15 of Call the Midwife, premiering Friday, 2/20 on the PBS app.
Catch up on season 14 of Call the Midwife, starting Saturday, 2/21 on the PBS app with PBS NC Passport until Thursday, 3/21.
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