What’s happening, what’s on and what’s interesting this week …
He was one of the most celebrated writers of the 20th century. Join Ken Burns and Lynn Novick for an in-depth look at the life and work of HEMINGWAY. The three-part, six-hour series airs tonight, tomorrow and Wednesday at 8 on PBS NC.
Speaking of Ken Burns, the documentary filmmaker discusses how some people are making money off the lie of election fraud.
Explore our state’s opioid crisis by meeting families, medical professionals and counselors struggling to understand and control addiction. Don’t miss OPIOIDS: STATE OF RECOVERY – Thursday night at 7 on PBS NC.
David Suchet (Poirot) wonders what Agatha Christie‘s Belgian sleuth would think of his own walk to faith.
Dive into the world of a legendary neurologist who was a fearless explorer of the brain and mind. Tune in as AMERICAN MASTERS profiles OLIVER SACKS – Friday night at 9 on PBS NC.
Roku has acquired THIS OLD HOUSE yet PBS assures us that new episodes will continue to air on public broadcasting first. Read the press release on the TOH site.
Follow the story of America’s pastime, from a gentleman’s hobby to national sport. Relive the celebrated Ken Burns miniseries BASEBALL – beginning Saturday at 8 on the Explorer Channel.
And could Benedict Cumberbatch have been Patient Zero for COVID-19? Unlikely. But that didn’t stop the actor from worrying about it.
Now here are the birthday boys and girls for the week…
5 April
Lily James (Downton Abbey) is 32
Hayley Atwell (Howards End) turns 39
Victoria Hamilton (Cobra) hits 50
Jane Asher (The Old Guys) celebrates 75
Anthony Horowitz (Foyle’s War) is 66
Tom Riley (The Collection) hits 40
6 April
Mark Strickson (Doctor Who) has his 62nd
Jonathan Firth (Middlemarch) turns 54
Terrence Hardiman (Cadfael) celebrates 84
7 April
Ed Speelers (Downton Abbey) has his 33rd
Scarlett Alice Johnson (EastEnders) turns 36
Phoebe Nicholls (Brideshead Revisited) is 64
Arthur Cox (Partners in Crime) celebrates 87
8 April
Gabriella Wilde (Poldark) has her 32nd
Tom Owen (Last of the Summer Wine) is 72
9 April
Richenda Carey (The Choir) turns 73
Arsher Ali (The Guilty) celebrates 37
Hannah Gordon (My Family & Other Animals) hits 70
Sorcha Cusack (Father Brown) has her 72nd
10 April
Stephen Churchett (EastEnders) turns 74
11 April
Bill Irwin (Sesame Street) celebrates 71
Dakota Blue Richards (Endeavour) is 27
Derek Martin (EastEnders) turns 88
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