Monday Montage

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

Visit a rural Florida town and experience a legacy of resilience and achievement in the face of great storms and personal trauma. Tune in as INDEPENDENT LENS presents OUTTA THE MUCK – tonight at 10 on PBS NC.

Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock) will star in a Netflix series about a grieving puppeteer who talks to the monster under his missing son’s bed.

Explore the incredible histories within the stone walls of over forty fortresses across Europe. Thrill to CASTLES: SECRETS, MYSTERIES, AND LEGENDS – Tuesday at 7pm on the Explorer Channel.

Anya Taylor-Joy’s (The Miniaturist) Twitter account was hacked, giving fans false hope about a nonexistent upcoming project.

Discover the story of a celebrated journalist, civil rights leader and passionate suffragist who helped found the NAACP. Don’t miss IDA B. WELLS: AMERICAN STORIES – Thursday night at 8 on the Explorer Channel.

Former Newshour anchor Judy Woodruff will be this year’s International Women’s Media Foundation Courage in Journalism Leadership Honoree.

Join eleven family gospel groups as they lift their voices and celebrate the sacred soul traditions of Eastern North Carolina. Enjoy THE SACRED SOUL OF NORTH CAROLINA – Thursday at 9:30pm on PBS NC.

And check out a new radio documentary on the host of The Joy of Painting called The Joy of Muncie: Bob Ross in Indiana.

Now, it’s time to celebrate the birthday people…

6 February

Kevin Whately (Inspector Morse) celebrates 72

Mike Grady (Last of the Summer Wine) is 77

Nicholas Audsley (Victoria) has his 41st

7 February

Louisa Lytton (EastEnders) turns 34

8 February

Mark Tandy (The Buccaneers) is 66

Ralf Little (Death In Paradise) celebrates 43

Carol Harrison (EastEnders) has her 68th

9 February

Rose Leslie (Downton Abbey) turns 36

Tom Hiddleston (Hollow Crown) celebrates 42

Ciarán Hinds (My Mother & Other Strangers) is 70

David Hayman (The Paradise) has his 75th

Brian Greene (Elegant Universe) turns 60

Shaun Parkes (Inspector Lynley) hits 50

10 February

Keeley Hawes (Durrells in Corfu) is 47

Max Brown (MI-5) celebrates 42

Carol Royle (Endeavour) turns 69

Philip Glenister (Island at War) hits 60

Michael Keating (EastEnders) has his 76th

Peter Purves (Doctor Who) celebrates 84

Thibault de Montalembert (The Tunnel) is 61

Clare Goose (The Coroner) turns 48

11 February

Damian Lewis (Wolf Hall) has his 52nd

Natalie Dormer (Silk) celebrates 41

Lisa Kay (Indian Summers) turns 52

12 February

Annette Crosbie (One Foot In The Grave) is 89

Hermione Norris (MI-5) has her 56th

Josef Altin (Unforgotten) celebrates 40