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Jace Lacob

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Writer. Creator/Host, MASTERPIECE on PBS’ award-winning podcast MASTERPIECE Studio: http://apple.co/1NlTSKQ. Bylines: The Daily Beast, BBC, Entertainment Weekly, Newsweek, and elsewhere. JFK—> LHR —> LAX —> PDX http://www.jacelacob.com

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Thank you!

04.08.2025 02:17 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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On a new episode of MASTERPIECE Studio, I'm joined by #GrantchesterPBS star Rishi Nair and creator Daisy Coulam as we unpack the Season 10 finale of the @pbs.org period drama and discuss what lies ahead for the final season. #hello

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04.08.2025 02:16 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Thank you, Nick! Couldn’t have gotten here without you.

21.07.2025 03:06 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Episode 300! On a new MASTERPIECE Studio, #GrantchesterPBS star Bradley Hall on why Larry emerged as a fan-favorite on the @pbs.org period drama, his friendship with Melissa Scott on- and off-screen, how his character transformed, and much more.

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21.07.2025 02:19 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 1
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On a new episode of MASTERPIECE Studio, #GrantchesterPBS star Rishi Nair discusses putting on the dog collar for another go-around on the @pbs.org drama and this week's stellar episode, which reveals Alphy's mysterious past. "Don't look back..."

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07.07.2025 01:48 — 👍 6    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

Give me murder and morality in sleepy English villages in the shifting Britain of the 1960s for ever and ever.

30.06.2025 01:42 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Daisy is the absolute best and Grantchester is, no joke, my happy place.

30.06.2025 01:37 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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On a new episode of MASTERPIECE Studio, I take a look back (and a look forward) at #GrantchesterPBS, now in its 10th season, with creator/head writer/EP Daisy Coulam as we discuss shifting dynamics, balancing murder and morality, new(ish) vicars, and more.

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30.06.2025 01:35 — 👍 9    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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On a new MASTERPIECE Studio, #MissAustenPBS author Gill Hornby explores the deep bond between Jane Austen and devoted sister Cassandra, why wrote this heartfelt novel, redeeming Cassandra's legacy, and why she thinks Cassandra burned Jane’s letters.

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19.05.2025 01:38 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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On a new MASTERPIECE Studio, #WolfHallPBS director Peter Kosminsky shares his experience working with Hilary Mantel, filming on the Hampton Court Palace flagstones where King Henry VIII once stood, and finally saying goodbye to Thomas Cromwell. @pbs.org

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02.05.2025 23:53 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

And, after you listen to my interview with Sir Mark, come back later this week as I sit down with #WolfHallPBS director Peter Kosminsky for one final interview to tie up Wolf Hall and The Mirror and the Light.

28.04.2025 01:21 — 👍 10    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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On a new episode of MASTERPIECE Studio, I'm joined by #WolfHallPBS star Sir Mark Rylance to discuss Thomas Cromwell's fate on the @pbs.org drama, saying goodbye to this character after 10 years, the importance of mentors, and the beauty of mystery.

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28.04.2025 01:15 — 👍 11    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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On a new episode of MASTERPIECE Studio, I'm joined by #WolfHallPBS screenwriter and newly minted Oscar winner Peter Straughan as we discuss the process of adapting Hilary Mantel (and Robert Harris' #Conclave) and the twists in Episode 5. @pbs.org

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21.04.2025 01:17 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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On a new MASTERPIECE Studio, I'm joined by #WolfHallPBS star Damian Lewis to discuss playing one of the most notorious kings in English history. As Henry VIII’s health deteriorates, the threat of invasion grows, but Henry gets what he finally wants...

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14.04.2025 01:25 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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On a new MASTERPIECE Studio, I'm joined by #WolfHallPBS star Lilit Lesser, who delves into Mary Tudor's internality on the @pbs.org drama, how the character balances faith with fortitude, THAT scene with Mark Rylance's Thomas Cromwell, and much more.

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07.04.2025 01:39 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

And coming up later this run: interviews with Wolf Hall's Lilit Lesser, Damian Lewis, writer Peter Straughan, Mark Rylance, and director Peter Kosminsky.

31.03.2025 02:00 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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On a new episode of MASTERPIECE Studio, #WolfHallPBS production researcher Kirsten Claiden-Yardley dissects fact and fiction in Episodes One and Two of @pbs.org's Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light.

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31.03.2025 01:58 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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On a new episode of MASTERPIECE Studio, I'm joined by inimitable historian @lucyworsley.bsky.social as we travel back in time to the Tudor court to discuss Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII, and Mary Tudor, who becomes Britain's first female monarch.

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24.03.2025 01:19 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Your bewilderment that no one knew what you were talking about made it all the more imperative I immediately validate your memory here.

13.03.2025 16:07 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

@paulscheer.com Swensen’s! Like you, grew up on LI and used to go to the one in Roslyn as a kid all the time in the ‘80s. Frozen chocolate bananas, ice cream. So many memories there, so you’re not crazy in this case: it definitely existed #doughboys

13.03.2025 15:36 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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On a new MASTERPIECE Studio, I'm joined by #AllCreaturesPBS star Anna Madeley to discuss her spellbinding performance as Audrey Hall in the S5 finale of the @pbs.org drama, foxes, the return of that biscuit tin, diving into deep emotion, and so much more.

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24.02.2025 02:27 — 👍 26    🔁 4    💬 4    📌 4
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On a new episode of MASTERPIECE Studio, #MissScarletPBS creator Rachael New discusses stepping in front of the camera on her @pbs.org period drama to portray Eliza Scarlet's formidable (and formative) teacher and what the experience meant to her and Eliza.

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17.02.2025 02:54 — 👍 10    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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The MASTERPIECE Studio team on 10 years of podcasting The MASTERPIECE Studio podcast is marking their 10th anniversary this year. To celebrate, GBH Drama sat down with host Jace Lacob and producer Jack Pombriant to talk about their favorite interviews an...

A lovely new interview of me and my producer Jack Pombriant by @wgbh.org's Jackie Bruleigh about MASTERPIECE Studio's 10th anniversary season, prepping for interviews, favorite moments that will stay with me, why we're an audio-only podcast, spoilers, and much more.

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14.02.2025 18:35 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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On a new MASTERPIECE Studio, #MissScarletPBS star Tom Durant-Pritchard talks about stepping into Alexander Blake's shoes on the @pbs.org period drama, vulnerability, corpsing, balancing #TheCrown while being a children's entertainer, and more.

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10.02.2025 03:02 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

@lucyworsley.bsky.social Thank you again for such a lovely and thoughtful interview today, Lucy! Such a gift.

07.02.2025 18:28 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Actor Felix Scott in "Miss Scarlet" on MASTERPIECE on PBS talks with MASTERPIECE Studio host Jace Lacob about his cad of a character.

Actor Felix Scott in "Miss Scarlet" on MASTERPIECE on PBS talks with MASTERPIECE Studio host Jace Lacob about his cad of a character.

On a new MASTERPIECE Studio, I'm joined by #MissScarletPBS star Felix Scott, who breaks down his deliciously caddish Patrick Nash, confidence, criminality, Clarence, and much more.

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03.02.2025 03:16 — 👍 19    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 2
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On a new episode of MASTERPIECE Studio, All Creatures Great And Small and Ted Lasso star Jeremy Swift discusses his tragic turn on the @pbs.org period drama as Mr. Bosworth, Ted Lasso, Robert Altman, Downton Abbey, The Durrells, his music career, and more.

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27.01.2025 02:56 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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On a new episode of MASTERPIECE Studio, All Creatures Great And Small small Imogen Clawson discusses growing up on the set of the Yorkshire Dales-set @pbs.org period drama as her character, headstrong Jenny Alderson, grows up alongside her.

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20.01.2025 03:29 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Writing tip: After you finish, go back & cut all the adverbs. Then all the adjectives. Then all the other words. Eat the paper. Now you're free.

09.01.2025 21:31 — 👍 5685    🔁 1409    💬 71    📌 55
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On a new MASTERPIECE Studio, we're celebrating the podcast turning 10 this year (!) with MASTERPIECE Exec Producer Susanne Simpson as we discuss its inception up to the present day, and preview some of the titles heading to MASTERPIECE in 2025 and beyond.

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06.01.2025 02:36 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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