What’s happening, what’s on and what’s interesting this week …
Follow a music icon from a piano lounge through her rise to stardom and chart-topping success. Tune in as AMERICAN MASTERS profiles ROBERTA FLACK – Tuesday night at 9 on PBS NC.
Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey) and Dominic Cooper (Sense & Sensibility) are set to star in a new BBC drama called The Gold.
Get the story of the founder and original lead singer of the legendary a cappella group The Persuasions. Catch JUST A MORTAL MAN: THE JERRY LAWSON STORY – Thursday at 9:30pm on the Explorer Channel.
Jenna Coleman (Victoria) and Aidan Turner (Poldark) graciously signed autographs after a performance of their play Lemons Lemons Lemons debuted in the West End.
Join Hip Hop legends The Roots as they give an electrifying performance during their residency at the Kennedy Center. Don’t miss THE ROOTS RESIDENCY on NEXT AT THE KENNEDY CENTER – Friday night at 9 on PBS NC.
Speaking of plays, three Doctors showed up to support ex-showrunner Steven Moffat’s (Sherlock) new stage work. Peter Davison (Campion), Peter Capaldi (Titmuss Regained) and David Tennant (Around the World In 80 Days) were on hand for the press night of The Unfriend last Thursday.
See how tragedy is transformed into art as the last living survivor of the Treblinka death camp shares his personal odyssey. Meet TREBLINKA’S LAST WITNESS – Sunday at 8pm on the North Carolina Channel.
And what’s filmmaker Ken Burns’ next project? Something quintessentially American, of course. The documentary The American Buffalo is set to air this fall.
Now, please help yourself to a party favor as we celebrate the birthday boys and girls…
23 January
Ewen Bremner (Page Eight) celebrates 51
24 January
Helen Morse (A Town Like Alice) is 76
Ruth Bradley (Guilt) has her 36th
25 January
Dean Smith (Last Tango in Halifax) turns 33
Angela Thorne (To The Manor Born) is 84
Jill Townsend (Poldark) celebrates 78
26 January
Tyger Drew-Honey (Outnumbered) turns 37
Hannah Arterton (Atlantis) has her 34th
Nico Mirallegro (Upstairs Downstairs) is 32
Edward Hogg (Indian Summers) turns 44
27 January
Alan Cumming (Mystery!) celebrates 58
Alex Norton (Signs and Wonders) marks 73
28 January
Alan Alda (Scientific American Frontiers) is 87
Lee Ingleby (Wind in the Willows) turns 47
Peter McDonald (Moone Boy) has his 51st
Roy Clarke (Last of the Summer Wine) is 93
29 January
Tim Healy (A Perfect Spy) celebrates 71
Catrin Stewart (Doctor Who) turns 35
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