Season Forty of Masterpiece Theatre premiered on January 10, 2010. The show was split into three different themes, which are noted in the table below.
Episodes
| # |
#
|
Title
|
|
|
Airdate
|
|
|
|
| Masterpiece Classic
|
| 1129 |
1
|
Return to Cranford (1)
|
|
|
January 10, 2010
|
|
|
|
| 1130 |
2
|
Return to Cranford (2)
|
|
|
January 17, 2010
|
|
|
|
| 1131 |
3
|
Emma (1)
|
|
|
January 24, 2010
|
|
|
|
| 1132 |
4
|
Emma (2)
|
|
|
January 31, 2010
|
|
|
|
| 1133 |
5
|
Emma (3)
|
|
|
February 7, 2010
|
|
|
|
| 1134 |
6
|
The 39 Steps
|
|
|
February 28, 2010
|
|
|
|
| 1135 |
7
|
Sharpe: Sharpe's Challenge
|
|
|
March 28, 2010
|
|
|
|
| 1136 |
8
|
Sharpe: Sharpe's Peril
|
|
|
April 4, 2010
|
|
|
|
| 1137 |
9
|
The Diary of Anne Frank
|
|
|
April 11, 2010
|
|
|
|
| 1138 |
10
|
Small Island (1)
|
|
|
April 18, 2010
|
|
|
|
| 1139 |
11
|
Small Island (2)
|
|
|
April 25, 2010
|
|
|
|
| Masterpiece Mystery!
|
| 1140 |
12
|
Foyle's War: Series VI: The Russian House
|
|
|
May 2, 2010
|
|
|
|
| 1141 |
13
|
Foyle's War: Series VI: Killing Time
|
|
|
May 9, 2010
|
|
|
|
| 1142 |
14
|
Foyle's War: Series VI: The Hide
|
|
|
May 16, 2010
|
|
|
|
| 1143 |
15
|
Miss Marple: Series V: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
|
|
|
May 23, 2010
|
|
|
|
| 1144 |
16
|
Miss Marple: Series V: The Secret of Chimneys
|
|
|
June 20, 2010
|
|
|
|
| 1145 |
17
|
Miss Marple: Series V: The Blue Geranium
|
|
|
June 27, 2010
|
|
|
|
| SP |
SP
|
David Suchet on the Orient Express: A Masterpiece Special
|
|
|
July 7, 2010
|
|
|
|
| 1146 |
18
|
Hercule Poirot: Series X: Murder on the Orient Express
|
|
|
July 11, 2010
|
|
|
|
| 1147 |
19
|
Hercule Poirot: Series X: The Third Girl
|
|
|
July 18, 2010
|
|
|
|
| 1148 |
20
|
Hercule Poirot: Series X: Appointment with Death
|
|
|
July 25, 2010
|
|
|
|
| 1149 |
21
|
Inspector Lewis: Series III: Counter Culture Blues
|
|
|
August 29, 2010
|
|
|
|
| 1150 |
22
|
Inspector Lewis: Series III: The Dead of Winter
|
|
|
September 5, 2010
|
|
|
|
| 1151 |
23
|
Inspector Lewis: Series III: Dark Matter
|
|
|
September 12, 2010
|
|
|
|
| 1152 |
24
|
Inspector Lewis: Series III: Your Sudden Death Question
|
|
|
September 19, 2010
|
|
|
|
| 1153 |
25
|
Inspector Lewis: Series III: Falling Darkness
|
|
|
September 26, 2010
|
|
|
|
| 1154 |
26
|
Wallander: Series II: Faceless Killers
|
|
|
October 3, 2010
|
|
|
|
| 1156 |
28
|
Wallander: Series II: The Man Who Smiled
|
|
|
October 10, 2010
|
|
|
|
| 1157 |
29
|
Wallander: Series II: The Fifth Woman
|
|
|
October 17, 2010
|
|
|
|
| 1158 |
30
|
Sherlock: A Study in Pink
|
|
|
October 24, 2010
|
|
|
|
| 1159 |
31
|
Sherlock: The Blind Banker
|
|
|
October 31, 2010
|
|
|
|
| 1160 |
32
|
Sherlock: The Great Game
|
|
|
November 7, 2010
|
|
|
|
| Masterpiece Contemporary
|
| 1161 |
33
|
Lennon Naked
|
|
|
November 21, 2010
|
|
|
|
| 1162 |
34
|
Framed
|
|
|
December 26, 2010
|
|
|
|
