Wednesday Trivia Question

Who played Fred Rogers in the 2019 film A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD?

A troubled journalist is assigned to profile a television icon in the 2019 film that TIME magazine named one of the year’s ten best. It was inspired by a 1998 article in ESQUIRE titled “Can You Say … Hero?” The film starred Matthew Rhys (DEATH COMES TO PEMBERLEY) as Lloyd Vogel, a journalist initially suspicious of Rogers but one who became friends with the PBS personality.

Fred Rogers was played by an Academy Award-winning actor who earned an Oscar nomination for his performance (he lost to Brad Pitt in ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD).

Roger That!

Since the feature film A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood is being released to cinemas this week, I thought it would be a good time to revisit the PBS Digital Studios remix of Garden of Your Mind. Enjoy!

Monday Montage

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Join historian Paul Murton as he explores a choice selection of the 31,000 lochs that adorn Scotland. Discover the secrets of these iconic features of the Scottish landscape on GRAND TOURS OF SCOTLAND’S LOCHS – beginning Tuesday night at 8 on the Explorer Channel.

How could it be? Matthew Rhys (Death Comes to Pemberley) was unfamiliar with Mr. Rogers! The Welsh actor, who co-stars with Tom Hanks in the upcoming film A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, talks about his role and discovering a PBS icon.

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Best known for her science fiction and Earthsea fantasy series, celebrated author Ursula K. Le Guin has written 21 novels, 12 children’s books, six volumes of poetry and much more. Explore the remarkable life and legacy of this prolific and versatile writer as AMERICAN MASTERS reveals the WORLDS OF URSULA K. LE GUIN – Friday night at 9 on UNC-TV.

Michael Palin (Around the World in 80 Days) is set to undergo heart surgery in September. The Monty Python member informed fans about the upcoming procedure on his website in a post titled “The Machine that Goes ‘Ping!’”

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The Bard’s classic tragedy of duty and betrayal gets a new look with an all-female production set in prison. Experience Shakespeare as never before as GREAT PERFORMANCES presents JULIUS CAESAR – Friday night at 9 on UNC-TV.

Joanne Froggatt (Dark Angel) teases a few details about the upcoming Downton Abbey film and promises it will feature everything the fans loved.

Monday Montage

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Countdown to 2019 with a quintet of concerts by major artists performing in locations close to their hearts. Don’t miss Andrea Bocelli, Alicia Keys, will.i.am, Foo Fighters and Brad Paisley in a LANDMARKS LIVE IN CONCERT MARATHON – beginning tonight at 8 on the Explorer Channel.

At last, the Tom Hanks’ Fred Rogers biopic now has an official name! A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood will be released in the fall.

Ring in the New Year with the Vienna Philharmonic at the Musikverein. Downton Abbey’s Hugh Bonneville hosts FROM VIENNA: THE NEW YEAR’S CELEBRATION 2019 on GREAT PERFORMANCES – Tuesday at 9pm on UNC-TV.