Monday Montage

sparkymac

Oct 2

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

Reporter Ben Reiter examines the Houston Astros cheating scandal and what it says about baseball today. Don't miss THE ASTROS EDGE: TRIUMPH AND SCANDAL IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL on FRONTLINE – Tuesday night at 10 on PBS NC.

Ian McKellen (Vicious) is not a fan of the trigger warnings, especially on the play he's starring in.

Early Earth was a hellscape of molten lava and barren rock, bombarded by meteors, with no atmosphere at all. So how did our familiar blue sky come to be? Experience ANCIENT EARTH: BIRTH OF THE SKY on NOVA – Wednesday at 9pm on PBS NC.

Now that the writer's strike is over, the late night shows are back and Neil deGrasse Tyson (Nova) will be the first guest on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert tonight.

Explore the extraordinary life and musical career of a legendary drummer, composer and social activist. Tune in as AMERICAN MASTERS profiles MAX ROACH: THE DRUM ALSO WALTZES – Friday night at 9 on PBS NC.

Michael Palin (Remember Me) has a new book about his great-uncle who died in World War One.

Learn how contemporary art can challenge preconceived notions of the US-Mexico border as ART IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY presents BORDERLANDS – Saturday at 10pm on the Explorer Channel.

And congrats to Anya Taylor-Joy (The Miniaturist) who tied the knot over the weekend in Italy!

Now, did you know that people age at the rate of approximately 365 days per year? Yep, it's birthday time…

2 October

Ian McNiece (Doc Martin) celebrates 73

Lucy Cohu (Cobra) has her 55th

Natasha Little (Breathless) turns 54

3 October

Katherine Rose Morley (Last Tango In Halifax) is 34

Norm Abram (This Old House) celebrates 84

4 October

Kirsten Cooke ('Allo 'Allo) has her 71st

Christopher Fairbank (Tess of the D'Urbervilles) is 70