MASTERPIECE "Tom Jones" Episode One Sunday, April 30, 2023 at 9/8c on PBS Tom and Sophia hit it off, despite their wildly contrasting backgrounds. Molly complicates the picture for Tom, and Blifil for Sophia. Shown from left to right: Sophie Wilde as Sophia Western and Solly McLeod as Tom Jones For editorial use only. Courtesy of Mammoth Screen and MASTERPIECE
MASTERPIECE "Tom Jones" Episode One Sunday, April 30, 2023 at 9/8c on PBS Tom and Sophia hit it off, despite their wildly contrasting backgrounds. Molly complicates the picture for Tom, and Blifil for Sophia. Shown from left to right: Sophie Wilde as Sophia Western and Solly McLeod as Tom Jones For editorial use only. Courtesy of Mammoth Screen and MASTERPIECE
A classic romantic comedy gets an exciting new adaptation in MASTERPIECE’s retelling of Henry Fielding’s novel, Tom Jones.
The entire four-part mini-series, which airs on WITF TV on Sundays at 9pm starting April 30, is available to stream with a WITF Passport membership on the same night as its premiere.
Tom is a foundling of uncertain parentage, while Sophia is an heiress. In 18th-century England, their class differences make their love for each other complicated and treacherous.
Solly McLeod (House of the Dragon) stars as the handsome, resourceful Tom Jones, Sophie Wilde (You Don’t Know Me) as the beautiful and bright love of his life, Sophia Western, and Emmy®-winning actress Hannah Waddingham (Ted Lasso) as the seductive and vengeful Lady Bellaston.
Humor is a hallmark of Fielding’s novel, which has been a bestseller for nearly 300 years and was famously depicted in the Academy Award®-winning 1963 movie adaptation starring Albert Finney as Tom and Susannah York as Sophia.
Stream the four-part mini-series Tom Jones starting the night of April 30 with your WITF Passport membership and the PBS or WITF app.
After you watch, listen to our fan-first podcast, Postscript! Every Sunday, hosts Fred and Matt talk about their favorite moments from the show and invite you to share the scenes that made you laugh or wonder, too.
Listen wherever you get your podcasts, at witf.org/postscript, or watch on Mosaic!
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