Monday Montage

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

Lea Salonga and Sir David Suchet join The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square for timeless carols, treasured songs and uplifting stories. Don’t miss SEASON OF LIGHT: CHRISTMAS WITH THE TABERNACLE CHOIR – Tuesday night at 8 on PBS NC.

Keeley Hawes (The Durrells In Corfu) will star as Jane Austen’s sister in an adaptation of Gill Hornby’s Miss Austen.

Experience an exhilarating live theatrical adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s classic, created and performed by Chicago’s Tony-Award winning Lookingglass Theatre Company. Tune in for LOOKINGGLASS ALICE – Friday at 9pm on PBS NC.

Sounds Familiar

“A woman can only be silenced for so long before she roars.” – Mary Parker (Kate Ashfield), after being scolded by her husband Tom (Kris Marshall), SANDITON on MASTERPIECE

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I’ve mentioned before that we sometimes have special in-house preview screenings for various donors and dignitaries and the like. Here’s a sign I caught sight of a while back welcoming attendees to just such a sneak peek at the MASTERPIECE series SANDITON.

No idea when this was held. Based on the characters in the poster, it appears to have been for the third series, which premiered in March 2023, so the screening was most likely presented earlier in the year.

Sounds Familiar

“There are no worse bedfellows in this sorry world than good breeding and destitution.” – Lady Montrose (Emma Fielding), SANDITON

Where Do I Know That Actor?

Based on an unfinished manuscript by Jane Austen and set during the Regency era, SANDITON follows a young, naive woman as she navigates a seaside resort on the cusp of dramatic change. Now that the third season is well underway, let’s take a look at who’s who on SANDITON.

The show is adapted by Andrew Davies (To Serve Them All My Days, House Of Cards, Bleak House, Mr. Selfridge) and stars Rose Williams as Charlotte Heywood, a quintessential Jane Austen heroine. Unfortunately, Williams has not appeared in anything PBS NC has broadcast other than SANDITON. The rest of the cast, however, might offer a few more familiar faces.

Kris Marshall co-stars as Tom Parker, the patriarch of the Sanditon resort. He may be best known for his role as DI Humphrey Goodman in the series Death In Paradise. Prior to that, he was eldest son Nick Harper in the Britcom My Family.

Where Do I Know That Actor?

Georgian romance goes awry as a Jane Austen weekend turns deadly. But thanks to DCI Barnaby and DS Winter there’s a happy ending. Such was the plot of this week’s MIDSOMER MURDERS (Death By Persuasion). There were also nine guest stars you may know from other PBS NC fare. Let’s see if you spotted them all.

Claire Skinner and Samuel West played Whitecombe Grange owners Kitty and James Oswood. Skinner has appeared as Lucinda in Chef!, as Fanny Dashwood in Sense And Sensibility and as Sue Brockman in Outnumbered. West has played Caspian in the WonderWorks presentation The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe, Monty in Heavy Weather, Peter Scabious (Older) in Any Human Heart, Frank Edwarss in Mr. Selfridge and, most recently, Siegfried Farnon in All Creatures Great And Small.

Monday Montage

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

He was a baseball great but he was also a committed humanitarian who challenged racial discrimination and worked for social justice. Relive the life and career of ROBERTO CLEMENTE on AMERICAN EXPERIENCE – Tuesday night at 9 on PBS NC.

Erudition meets edification as Stephen Fry (Jeeves And Wooster) has launched a new podcast exploring the human mind.

From artificial intelligence to GPS devices, explore technologies with roots tracing back to man’s quest for the stars. Don’t miss A WORLD WITHOUT NASA – Tuesday at 10pm on the North Carolina Channel.

Monday Montage

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

Hey, you guys! Check out the EGOT-winning star of stage and screen as she explores her 70-year career. Get to know RITA MORENO: JUST A GIRL WHO DECIDED TO GO FOR IT on AMERICAN MASTERS – Tuesday night at 9 on PBS NC.

Rowan Atkinson (Mr. Bean), Olivia Colman (Les Miserables) and Sally Hawkins (Persuasion) are joining the cast of Wonka, the upcoming Charlie And The Chocolate Factory prequel film.

Monday Montage

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

A policeman accused of murder goes on the run in a gripping British crime thriller. John Simm stars in PREY – Monday night at 8 on the Explorer Channel.

Peabody Award-winning journalist Yamiche Alcindor, host of WASHINGTON WEEK, was the Not My Job guest on this week’s WAIT WAIT… DON’T TELL ME.

Where Do I Know That Actor?

Georgian romance goes awry as a Jane Austen weekend turns deadly. But thanks to DCI Barnaby and DS Winter there’s a happy ending. Such was the plot of this week’s MIDSOMER MURDERS (Death By Persuasion). There were also nine guest stars you may know from other PBS NC fare. Let’s see if you spotted them all.

Claire Skinner and Samuel West played Whitecombe Grange owners Kitty and James Oswood. Skinner has appeared as Lucinda in Chef!, as Fanny Dashwood in Sense And Sensibility and as Sue Brockman in Outnumbered. West has played Caspian in the WonderWorks presentation The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe, Monty in Heavy Weather, Peter Scabious (Older) in Any Human Heart, Frank Edwarss in Mr. Selfridge and, most recently, Siegfried Farnon in All Creatures Great And Small.