'Ridley Road' Premiere Date Announced For Spring
The PBS Masterpiece lineup in 2021 was something of a start-and-stop affair, as the delays from the 2020 shutdown in the U.K. rolled across the pond, causing Call The Midwife, Grantchester, Unforgotten, and Baptiste to debut in the second half of the year. But no such delays will exist for 2022. Once Around the World in 80 Days and All Creatures Great & Small are over, Call The Midwife and Sanditon Season 2 will roll in. And once they conclude, there's still more drama to come with Ridley Road.
Based on the 2014 Jo Bloom novel of the same name, Ridley Road was initially optioned by BBC One back in 2015. The story chronicles the life of Vivian Epstein, the sheltered daughter of a Manchester Jewish family, who rebels against her arranged marriage by running away and joining the 62 Group. She becomes an undercover operative and part of the opposition to 1960s British neo-Nazis.
The series wound up a co-production with Masterpiece and produced by StudioCanal, but, as with most things filming in 2020, was pushed due to delays. The series finally debuted last year, in October 2021, on the BBC to mixed reviews. At the Television Critics Association panel, Masterpiece CEO Susanne Simpson confirmed the four-part series would arrive this spring, at the beginning of May 2022, taking over Sanditon's Sunday slot once the season ends.
