What’s happening, what’s on and what’s interesting this week …
Celebrate the legendary Queen of Soul with her greatest hits from television appearances spanning five decades. Tune in for ARETHA FRANKLIN REMEMBERED – Tuesday night at 9:30 on PBS NC.
The Toronto International Film Festival is giving Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock) the TIFF Tribute Actor Award.
It was billed as “an Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music.” Relive the concert that became a touchstone for a generation as AMERICAN EXPERIENCE presents WOODSTOCK: THREE DAYS THAT DEFINED A GENERATION – Wednesday at 9pm on the North Carolina Channel.
Samuel West (All Creatures Great And Small) will take part in a special celebration of the 50th anniversary of Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells.
Join Liza Minnelli as she performs highlights from Cabaret, along with a variety of popular songs, in an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning 1972 concert film. Don’t miss LIZA WITH A Z – Friday night at 9 on PBS NC.
The BBC is set to debut a new series featuring Suranne Jones (Scott & Bailey), Rose Leslie (Downton Abbey) and Shaun Evans (Endeavour). VIGIL debuts on BBC One later this month.
Ken Burns chronicles the life and career of the first African American heavyweight champion and one of the greatest fighters of the 20th century. Experience UNFORGIVABLE BLACKNESS: THE RISE AND FALL OF JACK JOHNSON – Sunday at 6:30pm on the North Carolina Channel.
And sad news as Una Stubbs passed away last week at the age of 84. The veteran actress may be best known to MASTERPIECE viewers as Sherlock’s landlady, Mrs. Hudson.
Now, here are some birthday boys and girl you may well know…
16 August
John Standing (The First Churchills) is 87
Saskia Reeves (Us) has her 60th
John McArdle (The Cazalets) celebrates 72
Janet Henfrey (As Time Goes By) turns 86
17 August
Rachel Hurd-Wood (Home Fires) celebrates 31
Nicholas Bell (Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries) is 63
Julian Fellowes (Downton Abbey) turns 72
18 August
June Angela (The Electric Company) is 62
19 August
Sara Martins (Death in Paradise) turns 44
Jim Carter (Downton Abbey) has his 73rd
Ian McElhinney (Mrs. Wilson) celebrates 73
20 August
Sylvester McCoy (Doctor Who) turns 78
Sophie Aldred (Doctor Who) has her 59th
Flaminia Cinque (Any Human Heart) is 57
Hayley Faith Negrin (Peg + Cat) celebrates 18
21 August
Laura Haddock (Upstairs Downstairs) is 36
John Hollingworth (Poldark) hits 40
Patrick Pearson (Brass) celebrates 65
22 August
Regina Taylor (I’ll Fly Away) turns 61
Catherine Wilkin (Saddle Club) marks 76
Mark Williams (Father Brown) has his 62nd
James Corden (One Man, Two Guvnors) is 43
Richard Armitage (MI-5) celebrates 50
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