What’s happening, what’s on and what’s interesting this week …
An utterly conventional woman lands in Manhattan with an unusually rebellious teenager as her ward. See what happens as Elizabeth McGovern (Downton Abbey) stars in THE CHAPERONE on MASTERPIECE – Friday night at 9 on the Explorer Channel.
David Oyelowo (MI-5) talks about playing the long game in an Esquire interview.
Ring in the New Year with the Vienna Philharmonic and Vienna City Ballet at the Musikverein. Hugh Bonneville hosts FROM VIENNA: THE NEW YEAR’S CELEBRATION 2022 on GREAT PERFORMANCES – Saturday at 8pm on PBS NC.
Alan Cumming (Masterpiece Mystery) was a guest on the NPR staple FRESH AIR last week. Terry Gross talked with the muti-talented actor about his new memoir, his work on Broadway and his difficult childhood.
Ken Burns and producer Paul Barnes capture the lives and times of three American icons who influenced 20th century history more than perhaps any other family. Don’t miss THE ROOSEVELTS: AN INTIMATE HISTORY – beginning Sunday night at 8:30 on the North Carolina Channel.
And if you still have some people you haven’t crossed off your gift giving list, Cookie Monster has a few ideas. Well, ONE idea, in particular.
Now, as we bid adieu to 2021, let’s say happy birthday to a few folks turning a year older…
27 December
Christopher Benjamin (Poldark) is 87
28 December
Maggie Smith (Downton Abbey) celebrates 87
Hannah Tointon (Mr. Selfridge) has her 34th
Jessie Buckley (Woman in White) turns 32
Vivienne Martin (As Time Goes By) is 85
29 December
Charlotte Riley (Press) has her 40th
Bernard Cribbins (Doctor Who) turns 93
30 December
Betty Aberlin (Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood) is 79
Faye Marsay (Bletchley Circle) celebrates 35
Lucy Punch (Doc Martin) has her 44th
Meredith Vieira (Great American Read) turns 68
Louis Greatorex (Last Tango in Halifax) is 25
Tracey Ullman (Howards End) celebrates 62
31 December
Sheryl Leach (Barney & Friends) is 69
Elaine Cassidy (The Paradise) turns 42
Doug Naylor (Red Dwarf) has his 66th
1 January
Clare Calbraith (Home Fires) celebrates 48
Sharon Small (Inspector Lynley) marks 55
Fiona Dolman (Midsomer Murders) is 52
Jonas Armstrong (Dark Angel) turns 41
Doran Godwin (The Irish R.M.) has her 72nd
Richard Gibson (‘Allo ‘Allo) celebrates 68
2 January
Sophie Wilcox (Chronicles of Narnia) is 47
Ben Hardy (Woman in White) turns 31
Danny Miller (Scott & Bailey) has his 31st
Candy Davis (Are You Being Served?) hits 60
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