Monday Montage

What’s happening, what’s on and what’s interesting this week …

Tune in as a star-studded lineup pays tribute to Jon Stewart, this year’s recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. Don’t miss JON STEWART: THE MARK TWAIN PRIZE – Tuesday night at 9 on PBS NC.

Seems as though Elizabeth McGovern (The Chaperone) is more like Cora from DOWNTON ABBEY than we realized.

Celebrate California and Baja California’s wildlife and their coexistence with the 40 million people who call it home. Explore PLANET CALIFORNIA – Wednesday at 10pm on PBS NC.

LeVar Burton talks all things READING RAINBOW in a new documentary on the beloved children series titled BUTTERFLY IN THE SKY.

Ten contestants (including one from North Carolina) share heartfelt stories and signature dishes as they compete to win the national search for THE GREAT AMERICAN RECIPE – Friday night at 9 on PBS NC.

And do you want an app that makes you sound like Morgan Freeman (The Electric Company)? Of course you do.

Now, let’s see who just can’t stave off the passage of time this week…

20 June

Wendy Craig (Butterflies) has her 88th

Gracee O’Brien (Poldark) celebrates 25

Keith Clifford (Last Of The Summer Wine) is 84

21 June

David Morrissey (South Riding) turns 58

Rachel Power (Middlemarch) has her 54th

Dominique Barnes (Brat Farrar) celebrates 56

Finn Atkins (Walk Invisible: The Bronte Sisters) is 33

22 June

Prunella Scales (Fawlty Towers) hits 80

23 June

Gerry Cowper (EastEnders) has her 64th

24 June

Iain Glen (Mrs. Wilson) celebrates 61

Amber Rose Revah (Indian Summers) is 36

Richard Lumsden (Is It Legal?) turns 57

25 June

Roy Marsden (Dalgliesh) has his 81st

Scott Maslen (EastEnders) celebrates 51

Maureen & Angela Deiseach (Degrassi) hits 50

Sheridan Smith (Mr. Stink) turns 41

Lucy Benjamin (EastEnders) is 52

26 June

Clive Francis (Poldark) has his 76th