MASTERPIECE Classic: The 39 Steps
Sunday, February 28 at 9 p.m.
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Secret agent Richard Hannay battles German spies on the eve of World War I in a riveting and romantic new version of the classic thriller by John Buchan, made famous in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1935 movie. MASTERPIECE favorite Rupert Penry-Jones ("Persuasion") stars as Hannay, with Lydia Leonard ("Jericho") as suffragette Victoria Sinclair, his unlikely accomplice in a quest to expose German plans to destroy the British navy and invade the country.
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