What’s happening, what’s on and what’s interesting this week …
FRONTLINE goes inside the protests that have rocked Iran since the death of a young woman in police custody. Don’t miss INSIDE THE IRANIAN UPRISING – Tuesday night at 10 on PBS NC.
Jodie Comer (Remember Me) and Tom Hardy (The Virgin Queen) will star in The Bikeriders, a new movie by Jeff Nichols coming out in December.
Dive into a counter-narrative and collective memory of the past 30 years of Muslim life in America as POV presents AN ACT OF WORSHIP – Thursday at 9pm on the Explorer Channel.
Hold onto your coconuts! Monty Python’s Spamalot is returning to Broadway this fall.
Travel the Hot Pepper Road and experience the cultures that celebrate the consumption of this unique spicy fruit. Explore this peculiar love story between humans and chili peppers on CHILIHEADS – Thursday night at 10 on PBS NC.
LeVar Burton (Reading Rainbow) talks about fatherhood, Mr. Rogers and television as a ministry.
Discover Whitney Houston‘s deep faith and love of Gospel music as CeCe Winans hosts I GO TO THE ROCK: THE GOSPEL MUSIC OF WHITNEY HOUSTON – Saturday at 5:30pm on PBS NC.
And if you think you’ve seen all of Ken Burns’ films, think again…
Now, it’s birthday time so let’s all gather ‘round for sheetcake and sherbet…
7 August
Lesley Nicol (Downton Abbey) celebrates 70
Alexei Sayle (Alexei Sayle’s Stuff) turns 71
Hans Matheson (Tess Of The D’Urbervilles) is 48
Julian Wadham (Middlemarch) has his 65th
Suzanne Bertish (Atlantic Crossing) marks 72
8 August
Pooja Shah (EastEnders) celebrates 44
Tom Georgeson (Bleak House) turns 86
Enzo Cilenti (Les Misérables) marks 49
Aiysha Hart (Atlantis) has her 33rd
Tobias Santelmann (Atlantic Crossing) is 43
9 August
Daniela Denby-Ashe (EastEnders) turns 45
Gillian Anderson (Bleak House) celebrates 55
Kevin McKidd (Anna Karenina) hits 50
Nicola Stapleton (EastEnders) has her 49th
10 August
Kulvinder Ghir (Beecham House) is 58
11 August
Ashley Jensen (Escape Artist) turns 54
Emily Bevan (Doc Martin) has her 41st
Sophie Okonedo (Oliver Twist) celebrates 55
Nigel Harman (EastEnders) hits 50
Henry Lloyd-Hughes (Indian Summers) is 38
David Horovitch (Miss Marple) turns 78
12 August
Selina Cadell (Doc Martin) celebrates 70
Amanda Redman (Little Dorrit) marks 66
Oliver Ford Davies (Taste For Death) turns 84
13 August
Richard Hawley (Prime Suspect) has his 68th
Susan Jameson (To Serve Them All My Days) is 82
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