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Susanne Simpson

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As executive producer of MASTERPIECE, the iconic PBS drama series, Susanne Simpson commissions original U.K. productions, including the upcoming "Tom Jones" with Hannah Waddingham, Jane Austen's "Sanditon", and "Magpie Murders", written by Anthony Horowitz and starring Lesley Manville. Simpson co-produces many U.K. programs such as "All Creatures Great and Small", "Around the World in 80 Days", and the long-running detective series "Endeavour" and "Unforgotten". She is currently developing "Miss Austen", adapted by Andrea Gibb for Bonnie Productions, as well as other series.

Simpson is a two-time Academy Award® nominee and two-time Emmy®-winner for documentary and dramatic films. As an executive producer of "Downton Abbey", Simpson was in charge of all aspects of the U.S. broadcast of the most watched drama in PBS history and recipient of 59 Emmy® nominations and 12 wins. She also oversaw co-productions such as "Sherlock", "Wolf Hall", and "Victoria".

She is a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences, the Television Academy, and former member of WGA, East. Simpson is the executive producer of MASTERPIECE Studio, a podcast with more than 20 million downloads since 2016.
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    • Nominated for 2 Oscars
      • 1 win & 4 nominations total

    Known for

    David Ogden Stiers, Stacy Keach, Neil Ross, Jay O. Sanders, Craig Sechler, J.T. Turner, and David Pogue in Nova (1974)
    Nova
    8.7
    TV Series
    • Producer
    Special Effects: Anything Can Happen (1996)
    Special Effects: Anything Can Happen
    7.3
    Short
    • Producer
    • 1996
    Damian Lewis and Mark Rylance in Wolf Hall (2015)
    Wolf Hall
    8.2
    TV Series
    • Producer
    Eight Minutes to Midnight: A Portrait of Dr. Helen Caldicott (1980)
    Eight Minutes to Midnight: A Portrait of Dr. Helen Caldicott
    6.5
    • Producer
    • 1980

    Credits

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    Producer



    • Monarch of the Glen
      • executive producer
      • Filming
      • TV Mini Series



    • Marble Hall Murders (2026)
      Marble Hall Murders
      7.3
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2026
    • Grantchester (2014)
      Grantchester
      7.9
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2022–2026
    • Samantha Bond, Jo Martin, and Cara Horgan in The Marlow Murder Club (2024)
      The Marlow Murder Club
      7.2
      TV Series
      • executive producer: Masterpiece
      • 2024–2026
    • Stuart Martin and Kate Phillips in Miss Scarlet (2020)
      Miss Scarlet
      7.7
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2022–2025
    • Anna Madeley, Samuel West, Nicholas Ralph, Rachel Shenton, and Callum Woodhouse in All Creatures Great & Small (2020)
      All Creatures Great & Small
      8.6
      TV Series
      • executive producer: Masterpiece
      • 2020–2025
    • The Forsytes (2025)
      The Forsytes
      6.4
      TV Series
      • executive producer: Masterpiece
      • 2025
    • Maigret (2025)
      Maigret
      7.1
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2025
    • Unforgotten (2015)
      Unforgotten
      8.4
      TV Series
      • executive producer: Masterpiece
      • 2021–2025
    • Damian Lewis and Mark Rylance in Wolf Hall (2015)
      Wolf Hall
      8.2
      TV Series
      • executive producer: Masterpiece
      • 2024
    • Marc Warren in Van der Valk (2020)
      Van der Valk
      7.1
      TV Series
      • executive producer: Masterpiece
      • 2022–2024
    • Sanditon (2019)
      Sanditon
      7.6
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2022–2023
    • Alun Armstrong, Solly McLeod, Sophie Wilde, and Hannah Waddingham in Tom Jones (2023)
      Tom Jones
      5.5
      TV Mini Series
      • executive producer: Masterpiece
      • 2023
    • Roger Allam and Shaun Evans in Endeavour (2012)
      Endeavour
      8.6
      TV Series
      • executive producer: Masterpiece
      • 2021–2023
    • Lesley Manville and Tim McMullan in Magpie Murders (2022)
      Magpie Murders
      7.5
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2022
    • David Tennant, Ibrahim Koma, and Leonie Benesch in Around the World in 80 Days (2021)
      Around the World in 80 Days
      7.3
      TV Series
      • executive producer: Masterpiece
      • 2021

    Additional Crew



    • David Ogden Stiers, Stacy Keach, Neil Ross, Jay O. Sanders, Craig Sechler, J.T. Turner, and David Pogue in Nova (1974)
      Nova
      8.7
      TV Series
      • special projects
      • other crew
      • 2003–2006
    • Mysteries of Egypt (1998)
      Mysteries of Egypt
      6.5
      Short
      • production executive: WGBH
      • 1998

    Writer



    • Special Effects: Anything Can Happen (1996)
      Special Effects: Anything Can Happen
      7.3
      Short
      • written by
      • 1996
    • David Ogden Stiers, Stacy Keach, Neil Ross, Jay O. Sanders, Craig Sechler, J.T. Turner, and David Pogue in Nova (1974)
      Nova
      8.7
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 1987

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      • Susanne B. Simpson

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