Editing Mystery! (section)

==Hosts==
The first host of the show in 1980 was [[Gene Shalit]]. In the first broadcast, February 5, 1980, Shalit opened with the introduction: “Good evening. We’re about to set out on a series of entertaining mysteries—15 weeks of suspenseful, sophisticated, crafty conundrums that are darkly diabolical or amusing adventures with introductions that suddenly seem alarmingly alliterative.”<ref name="Miller"/>{{rp|10}} Shalit left the show in 1981.

[[Vincent Price]] took the reins in ''Mystery!''’s second year. Price’s introductions included haunted house gags, including walking through cobwebs and ducking under spiders and bats. He came to Boston twice a year to tape openings and closings for the show. Actress Katherine Emory called Price “the sweetest scary man I ever met".<ref name="Miller"/>{{rp|11}} Price was in his seventies when he hosted the show, and eventually had to step down due to failing health in 1989.

[[Diana Rigg]] took over as host in 1989 and had the opportunity to introduce two mystery series in which she was the star: ''[[Mother Love (TV series)|Mother Love]]'' and ''[[The Mrs Bradley Mysteries]]''. Rigg had previously won a BAFTA Award for her work on ''Masterpiece Theater''{{'s}} [[Bleak House (1985 TV serial)|1985 ''Bleak House'' adaptation]]. She left ''Mystery!'' in 2003.

Beginning in 2004, ''Mystery!'' aired without a host. When the show was rebranded under the ''Masterpiece'' umbrella in 2008, actor [[Alan Cumming]] became the host.