Anne Tyler, on writing:

It's true that writing is a solitary occupation, but you would be surprised at how much companionship a group of imaginary characters can offer once you get to know them.

- Anne Tyler.

Recommended reading - Master Shots

Master Shots
Volume 3
The Director's Vision: 100 Setups, Scenes and Moves for Your Breakthrough Movie

by Christopher Kenworthy.

Published by Michael Wiese Productions.
Published 2013.
Paperback.

ISBN-10: 1615931546
ISBN-13: 978-1615931545
 
Description:

This book is a highly visual exploration of the best shots, moves, and set-ups in the industry. It reveals the secrets behind each shot's success, so it can be adapted to a director's individual scenes.

Your job is to create shots that reveal story, expose emotion, explore character and capture the unique feeling of your film. At the same time, you should stamp your film with your own style. This book can help you do that, whatever your experience, because it challenges you to imagine a creative solution for every scene in your film.

Born on this day – Al Rosen:

Al Rosen

Actor

May 9, 1910 – August 2, 1990

Credits:

Ain't Love Cuckoo? (1946); Airplane! (1980); Batman (1967); Best of the West (1982); Bewitched (1966); Carla's Whipping Boy (2004); Cheers (1983–1990); Cheers Bar Tour (2004); Dodge City (1939); Footlight Fever (1941); L.A. Law (1988); Marinated Mariner (1950); Nicholas Colasanto: His Final Season (2004); Night Court (1984); Oh, God! Book II (1980); Shrink-Warped: Introducing Frasier Crane (2004); St. Elsewhere (1985); Tales of the Gold Monkey (1983); Taxi (1981–1983); The Stratton Story (1949); Uncivil War Birds (1946); Virtual Vera (2004); Without Reservations (1946).

Born on this day – Robert Lewin:

Robert Lewin

Writer

Producer

May 9, 1920 – August 28, 2004

Credits:

12 O'Clock High (1965–1966); A Reason to Live (1985); Baretta (1976); Bracken's World (1969–1970); Call to Glory (1984–1985); Cannon (1972–1973); Daktari (1966); Dan August (1970–1971); Dan August: Murder, My Friend (1980); Dan August: Once Is Never Enough (1980); Dan August: The Jealousy Factor (1980); Dan August: The Trouble with Women (1980); Dr. Kildare (1964); Gunsmoke (1965–1966); Hawaii Five-O (1969); I Spy (1965–1968); James at 16 (1978); Judd for the Defense (1967–1969); Kung Fu (1973–1974); Man from Atlantis (1977); Mannix (1969); McMillan & Wife (1971–1972); Medical Center (1975); Mission: Impossible (1966–1967); Movin' On (1974–1975); Rawhide (1964–1965); Seizure: The Story of Kathy Morris (1980); Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1988); Starsky and Hutch (1975); The Bold and the Brave (1956); The F.B.I. (1971); The Fugitive (1966); The Loner (1965); The Munsters (1964); The Paper Chase (1978 / 1984); The Rifleman (1962–1963); The Streets of San Francisco (1972); Third of a Man (1962); Today's F.B.I. (1982).

Born on this day – Geraldine McEwan:

Geraldine McEwan

Actress

May 9, 1932 – January 30, 2015

Credits:

A Flea in Her Ear (1967); A Royal Birthday Gala (1990); Abuelas (2011); All for Love (1982); Away from It All (1973); BBC Play of the Month (1970–1972); BBC2 Playhouse (1982); Behind the Scenes: Agatha Christie's Marple (2005); Beware of Children (1960); Bookmark (1999); Call My Bluff (1975); Carrie's War (2004); Caught in the Act (1988); Comedy Connections (2004–2006); Contaminated Man (2000); Crime on Our Hands (1954); Fat (1979); Festival (1963); Five to Eleven (1987–1990); Food of Love (2002); For Better, for Worse (1953); Foreign Body (1986); French and Saunders (1994); GMTV (2004); Golden Gala (1978); Henry V (1989); ITV Play of the Week (1956–1960); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1971–1973); Jackanory (1967–1977); Late Night Theatre (1973–1974); Love's Labour's Lost (2000); Mapp & Lucia (1985–1986); Marple (2004–2007); Moses (1995–1996); Mulberry (1992–1993); Not Without My Handbag (1993); Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1990); Our Friend Victoria (2017); Out of This World (1962); Pebble Mill at One (1996); Private Affairs (1975); Profiles in Courage (1964); Pure (2002); Red Dwarf (1999); Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991); Somerset Maugham Hour (1960); Springing Lenin (1992); Success (1957); Tears Before Bedtime (1983); The 52nd Annual Tony Awards (1998); The Barchester Chronicles (1982); The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones (1976); The Dance of Death (1969); The Evening Standard Theatre Awards (1994); The Garden Party (1990); The Lazarus Child (2004); The Littlest Horse Thieves (1976); The Love Letter (1999); The Magdalene Sisters (2002); The Orange British Academy Film Awards (2003); The People's Detective (2010); The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1978); The Secret World of Arrietty (2010); The South Bank Show (2007); The Wednesday Play (1965); Theatre Night (1957); There Was a Young Lady (1953); Thin Ice (2000); Thirty-Minute Theatre (1968–1972); Titus (1999); Vanity Fair (2004); Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings Outtakes (2000); Victoria Wood: With All the Trimmings (2000); Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death (2008); Wallace & Gromit: The Aardman Collection 2 (1996); Wallace & Gromit: The Complete Collection (2009); Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005); Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures: Muzzled! (2009); 'Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit': On the Set - Part 1 (2005); Wogan (1990).

Born on this day – Roger Hargreaves:

Roger Hargreaves

Writer

Illustrator

May 9, 1935 – September 11, 1988

Credits:

Books:

12 Days of Christmas (2009); A Christmas Carol (2010); A Christmas Pantomime (2010); A Jolly Christmas Party (2009); A White Christmas (2011); Albert the Alphabetical Elephant (1977); Alphabet Fun (1982); Apple for Oink (1981); Baa (1979); Bill Buzz (1989); Buzz (1978); Charlie Oink (1989); Chatter (1978); Chirp (1979); Cluck (1979); Count Worm (1976); Croak (1979); Gary Grizzle (1989); Grandfather Clock (1978); Grandma Baa (1989); Grizzle (1979); Growl (1979); Harry Hoof (1989); Hippo Leaves Home (1977); Hippo, Potto and Mouse (1977); Hiss (1978); Honk (1979); Horace Honk (1989); How to Draw Mr Men (2010); I Am a Book (1985); I Learn My ABC's (1984); If You aren't a Roundy, You're a Squary (1975); John Mouse and the Apple Adventure (1973); John Mouse Goes to Work (1973); John Mouse Goes to Wormland (1973); John Mouse in the News (1973); John Mouse Raises the Alarm (1973); Little Miss Bad (2003); Little Miss Birthday (2006); Little Miss Bossy (1981); Little Miss Bossy and the Magic Word (1998); Little Miss Bossy's Big Board (2002); Little Miss Bossy's Zoo Animals (1982); Little Miss Brainy (1995); Little Miss Busy (1995); Little Miss Chatterbox (1984); Little Miss Christmas (2005); Little Miss Christmas Sticker Activity Book (2010); Little Miss Contrary (1984); Little Miss Contrary All in a Muddle (2006); Little Miss Curious (1990); Little Miss Ditzy (2001); Little Miss Dotty (1985); Little Miss Dotty Has a Dotty Day Out (1998); Little Miss Fickle (1984); Little Miss Fun (1995); Little Miss Giggles (1984); Little Miss Giggles' Giggly Day (2000); Little Miss Giggles Has a Giggle (1999); Little Miss Giggles Photograph Album (1997); Little Miss Greedy (1995); Little Miss Helpful (1981); Little Miss Helpful and the Green House (1998); Little Miss Helpful Plans a Party (1983); Little Miss Helpful's Visit to the Doctor (1982); Little Miss Late (1981); Little Miss Lucky (1984); Little Miss Lucky and the Naughty Pixies (2007); Little Miss Magic (1982); Little Miss Naughty (1981); Little Miss Naughty and the Good Fairy (2003); Little Miss Naughty Worries Mr. Worry (1998); Little Miss Naughty's Annual 2011 (2010); Little Miss Naughty's Guide to Love (2001); Little Miss Naughty's Naughty Day (1999); Little Miss Naughty's Naughty Tricks (2000); Little Miss Naughty's Nursery Rhymes (1982); Little Miss Neat (1981); Little Miss Neat and the Last Leaf (1998); Little Miss Neat's Opposites (1982); Little Miss Plump (1981); Little Miss Princess & the Very Special Party (2012); Little Miss Princess (2011); Little Miss Princess and the Very Special Wedding (2011); Little Miss Quick (1994); Little Miss Quick in a Hurry (2000); Little Miss Scary (2003); Little Miss Scatterbrain (1981); Little Miss Scatterbrain Sets Off for the Sun (1998); Little Miss Shy (1981); Little Miss Somersault (1995); Little Miss Splendid (1981); Little Miss Splendid and the House with a View (1998); Little Miss Splendid and the Princess (2006); Little Miss Star (1984); Little Miss Stubborn (1995); Little Miss Stubborn: The Wrong Advice (1998); Little Miss Sunshine (1981); Little Miss Sunshine and the Splendid Hair Day (2002); Little Miss Sunshine and the Wicked Witch (2005); Little Miss Sunshine Keeps Her Smile (1998); Little Miss Sunshine's Sail Along Day (2001); Little Miss Sunshine's Shapes (1982); Little Miss Tidy (1994); Little Miss Tiny (1981); Little Miss Tiny Just the Right Size (1998); Little Miss Tiny's Tea Party (2000); Little Miss Trouble (1981); Little Miss Trouble and the Mermaid (2005); Little Miss Trouble Causing Trouble (2000); Little Miss Twins (1984); Little Miss Whoops (2003); Little Miss Wise (1995); Me and My Tummy (1992); Meow (1978); Molly Moo (1989); Moo (1979); Moo's Fancy Hats (1981); Mouse Gets Caught (1977); Mr Adventure (2016); Mr Men and Little Miss Bumper Activity Book (2010); Mr Men and Little Miss Treasury (2010); Mr Men Meet Father Christmas (2012); Mr Men Mr Complete Collection (2010); Mr Men Show (2010); Mr Tickle Colouring Book (2011); Mr. Birthday (2006); Mr. Bounce (1976); Mr. Bounce's Bouncy Day (2000); Mr. Bounce's Dot-To-Dot (1982); Mr. Bounce's Numbers (1981); Mr. Brave (1995); Mr. Bump (1971); Mr. Bump and His Bumpy Day (1996); Mr. Bump and the Knight (2007); Mr. Bump Loses His Memory (1998); Mr. Bump's Bumper Day (1998); Mr. Busy (1978); Mr. Chatterbox (1976); Mr. Chatterbox's Words (1981); Mr. Cheerful (1998); Mr. Christmas (1984); Mr. Christmas and Friends (2003); Mr. Christmas Sticker Activity Book (2010); Mr. Clever (1978); Mr. Clever's Clever Word (1999); Mr. Clumsy (1978); Mr. Clumsy's Guide to DIY (2000); Mr. Cool (2003); Mr. Daydream (1972); Mr. Dizzy (1976); Mr. Forgetful (1976); Mr. Funny (1976); Mr. Funny and the Pop-Up TV Show (1987); Mr. Funny at the Circus (1980); Mr. Funny Upsets Mr. Fussy (1998); Mr. Funny's Drive-along Day (2001); Mr. Funny's Funny Car (1999); Mr. Fussy (1976); Mr. Good (2003); Mr. Greedy (1971); Mr. Greedy and His Tummy (1995); Mr. Greedy and the Gingerbread Man (2013); Mr. Greedy Goes Shopping (1979); Mr. Greedy Is Heavily Helpful (1998); Mr. Greedy Is Helpfully Heavy (2006); Mr. Greedy Mr Man Book (1971); Mr. Greedy's Big Book (2002); Mr. Greedy's Guide to Food (2000); Mr. Grumble (1995); Mr. Grumpy (1978); Mr. Happy (1971); Mr. Happy and His Best Smile Ever (1999); Mr. Happy and the Wizard (2004); Mr. Happy at the Seaside (1979); Mr. Happy Finds a Hobby (1998); Mr. Happy Goes to the Beach (1983); Mr. Happy's ABCs (1981); Mr. Happy's Dot-To-Dot (1982); Mr. Happy's Happy Day (1999); Mr. Happy's Smiley Day (2000); Mr. Impossible (1976); Mr. Impossible's Maze Book (1982); Mr. Jelly (1976); Mr. Jelly and the Pirates (2006); Mr. Lazy (1976); Mr. Mean (1976); Mr. Mean's Guide to Management (2000); Mr. Men (1978); Mr. Men ABC (1978); Mr. Men Big Book (1978); Mr. Men Christmas (1976); Mr. Men Learning: Start to Add Up (2000); Mr. Men Learning: Start to Read (2000); Mr. Men on Holiday (1976); Mr. Men Picture Dictionary (1981); Mr. Men Sports Day (1977); Mr. Men Times Table (1982); Mr. Messy (1972); Mr. Mischief (1978); Mr. Mischief in a Spot of Trouble (1998); Mr. Muddle (1976); Mr. Muddle Goes to School (1980); Mr. Muddle in a Muddle (1999); Mr. Nervous (1982); Mr. Nobody (1985); Mr. Noisy (1976); Mr. Noisy and the Giant (2005); Mr. Noisy's Noisy Day (1999); Mr. Nonsense (1978); Mr. Nonsense's Silly Day (2000); Mr. Nosey (1971); Mr. Nosey and the Beanstalk (2012); Mr. Nosey and the Big Surprise (1998); Mr. Nosey and the Lost Balloon (1997); Mr. Nosey Follows His Nose (1980); Mr. Perfect (1995); Mr. Quiet (1978); Mr. Rude (2003); Mr. Rush (1978); Mr. Silly (1972); Mr. Silly at the Farm (1979); Mr. Silly Gets the Giggles (1998); Mr. Silly Joins the Circus (1982); Mr. Silly's Do's & Don't's (1981); Mr. Skinny (1978); Mr. Slow (1978); Mr. Small (1972); Mr. Small: A Big Day Out (1998); Mr. Small's Holiday (2000); Mr. Sneeze (1971); Mr. Snow (1971); Mr. Stingy (1982); Mr. Strong (1976); Mr. Strong and the Flood (1998); Mr. Strong to the Rescue (1980); Mr. Tall (1978); Mr. Tickle (1971); Mr. Tickle and His Tickling Record (1995); Mr. Tickle and the Dragon (2005); Mr. Tickle in a Tangel (1998); Mr. Tickle in the Park (1979); Mr. Tickle's Tickle Time (2000); Mr. Tickles Tickly Day (1999); Mr. Tickle's Toys (1981); Mr. Topsy-Turvy (1972); Mr. Topsy-turvy Round Way Wrong (1998); Mr. Uppity (1972); Mr. Worry (1978); Mr. Wrong (1978); My Daddy (2017); My Mr. Tickle Colouring Book (2011); Neigh (1978); New Pet (2017); Nursery Rhymes (poems) (1984); Oink (1979); Once Upon a Worm (1982); Parent's Guide to the Mr. Books (1981); Percy Purr (1989); Potto Finds a Job (1977); Puff (1979); Puzzle Pastimes (1984); Quack (1979); Richard Wriggle (1989); Roar (1978); Roar's Day of Mistakes (1981); Roger Roar (1989); Sam Squeak (1989); Shapes and Sizes (1982); Shirley Chirp (1989); Show and Tell (1982); Snap (1978); Snap's Big Surprise (1979); Sniff (1979); Squawk (1979); Squeak (1978); Start to Count (2006); Start to Read (2006); Susie Squawk (1989); Teacher's Guide to the Mr. Men Books (1981); The Night Before Christmas (2008); Things (1981); Three Little Misses and the Big Bad Wolf (2013); Trevor Trunk (1989); Trumpet (1978); Trumpet's Trunk (1979); Uncle Hoot (1990); Willie Woof (1989); Woof (1978); Words and Numbers (1984).

Television:

Little Miss (1983); Mr Men, Little Misses (1991); Mr. Good (2021); Mr. Men - The Great Alphabet Hunt (1992); Mr. Men (1974–1976); Mr. Men and Little Miss (1995–1998); Multi-Coloured Swap Shop (1977); The Mr. Men Show (2008); Timbuctoo (1998–1999).

Born on this day – Albert Finney:

 

Albert Finney

Actor

May 9, 1936 – February 7, 2019

Credits:

2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards (2000); 30 Rock (2011); A Good Year (2006); A Man of No Importance (1994); A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959); A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas! (2011); A Rather English Marriage (1998); A Simple Man (1987); A Tribute to John F. Kennedy from the Arts (1963); ABC Stage 67 (1967); Acting in the Sixties (1967); Agatha & Poirot: Partners in Crime (2021); Agatha Christie: A Woman of Mystery (2007); Agnieszka Holland on the Set (1997); Alpha Beta (1974); Amazing Grace (2006); Annie (1982); Another Country (1984); Arena (1975–1995); Aspects of Love (2005); Audrey Hepburn Remembered (1993); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1958); Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007); Big Fish (2003); Bilder aus Amerika (1982); Bleak Moments (1971); Breakfast of Champions (1999); Charlie Bubbles (1968); Ciclo Agatha Christie (2005); Clapper Board (1980); Cold Lazarus (1996); Contrasts (1968); Corpse Bride (2005); Delivering Milo (2001); iscovering Film (2015); Emergency-Ward 10 (1959); Erin Brockovich (2000); Erin Brockovich: Deleted Scenes (2000); Face to Face (1962); Fan-Made Music Videos (2008); Film '81 (1981); Film Night (1970); Film Review (1967); Forget-Me-Not-Lane (1975); Good Morning America (1977–1986); Granada Reports (2019); Gumshoe (1971); HBO First Look (2004); Hemingway, the Hunter of Death (2001); Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1 (1999); Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 2 (1999); Hollywood U.K. British Cinema in the Sixties (1993); How It Is (1968); How Sweet the Sound: The Story of Amazing Grace (2007); How the Beatles Changed the World (2017); If.... (1968); In the West End Tonight (1966); International Pro-Celebrity Golf (1983); Intimate Portrait (2003); James Bond 50th Anniversary Videoblog (2012); Jason Bourne (2016); Juke Box Jury (1963); Karaoke (1996); Late Night with David Letterman (1982); Law and Disorder (1974); Les Chroniques du Mea (2023); Lights, Camera, Annie! (1982); Looker (1981); Loophole (1981); Loving Memory (1970); Memoirs of a Survivor (1981); Miller's Crossing (1990); Moving Image Salutes Sidney Lumet (1985); Munich the Documentary (2008); Murder on the Orient Express (1974); My Uncle Silas (2001–2003); NBC Experiment in Television (1970); Nicholas Craig, the Naked Actor (1990); Night Must Fall (1964); Nostromo (1996–1997); Notes from Under the Volcano (1984); O Lucky Man! (1973); Observations Under the Volcano (1984); Ocean's Twelve (2004); Omnibus (2001); On the Set of 'Washington Square' (1997); Orphans (1987); Planet Voice (2005); Pope John Paul II (1984); Postcards from Provence (2007); Privilege (1967); Read All About It (1978); Récit de voyage (2005); Release (1968); Remembering 2019: In Memoriam (2019); Review (1972); Rich in Love (1992); Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960); Schitt's Creek (2018); Scrooge (1970); She Stoops to Conquer (1956); Shoot the Moon (1982); Simpatico (1999); Skyfall (2012); Skyfall: Modern Day Bond (2013); Skyfall: Shooting Bond (2013); Space Top 10 Countdown (2007); Spotlight on Location: Erin Brockovich (2000); Spring and Port Wine (1970); Suncoast Motion Picture Company - We Can Take You There Commercial (1986); Talking Pictures (2015); The 22nd Annual Tony Awards (1968); The 71st Primetime Emmy Awards (2019); The 73rd Annual Academy Awards (2001); The 73rd Annual Tony Awards (2019); The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975); The Biko Inquest (1984); The Bourne Legacy (2012); The Bourne Ultimatum (2007); The British Academy Craft Awards (1996); The Browning Version (1994); The Burning (1968); The Claverdon Road Job (1957); The Dick Cavett Show (1982); The Dresser (1983); The Duellists (1977); The Endless Game (1989); The Entertainer (1960); The 'Father Christmas Film' (1973); The Gathering Storm (2002); The Great Christmas Movies (1998); The Green Man (1990); The Image (1990); The Man Who Fought the Planners: The Story of Ian Nairn (2014); The Merv Griffin Show (1968–1977); The Mike Douglas Show (1977); The Miser (1956); The Movies (2019); The Orange British Academy Film Awards (2001); The Oscars (2019); The Picasso Summer (1969); The Playboys (1992); The Project (2024); The Run of the Country (1995); The Second Annual West End Theatre Awards (1977); The South Bank Show (1996); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1968–1977); The Variety Club Awards for 1970 (1971); The Variety Club Awards for 1982 (1983); The Variety Club Awards for 1990 (1991); The Victors (1963); The Wall: Live in Berlin (1990); Theatre Night (1960); This Is Joan Collins (2022); This Is Your Life (1978); Tim Burton: Dark vs. Light (2006); Today (1968); Tom Jones (1963); Traffic (2000); Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years (2000); Two for the Road (1967); Uncovering Wolfen; Under the Volcano (1984); Variety Club of Great Britain Awards for 1960 (1961); Variety Club of Great Britain Awards for 1961 (1962); Virage de modes (2005); Vito (2011); Voices from the Underworld (2006); Washington Square (1997); Wogan (1986–1992); Wolfen (1981).

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Born on this day – Glenda Jackson:

Glenda Jackson

Actress

Politician

May 9, 1936 – June 15, 2023

Credits:

47th Annual Academy Awards (1975); A Murder of Quality (1991); A Touch of Class (1973); A Week in Politics (1993); Aesop's Fables (1995); All-Star Party for Carol Burnett (1982); American Playhouse (1988); An Audience with Diana Ross (1999); n Invitation to Remember (1989); Armchair Theatre (1968); Artsnight (2016); Aspel & Company (1987); At the Tonys with Imogen Lloyd Webber (2018); BBC Play of the Month (1970); Beyond Therapy (1987); Blood Donors: Glenda and Ernie (1981); British Legends of Stage and Screen (2012); Burt's Bikers (1981); Business as Usual (1988); Carol & Company (1990); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2018); CBS This Morning (1988 / 2019); Channel 4 News (2016); Clapper Board (1978–1979); Clive Anderson Talks Back (1991); Comic Relief (1991); Cows, Cash & Cover-ups? Investigating VCJD (2019); Daily Politics (2004); Des O'Connor Tonight (1998); Dinah! (1975); Doombeach (1989); E.M. Forster 1879-1970 (1970); Election 92 (1992); Elizabeth Is Missing (2019); Elizabeth R (1971); Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes (2011); Fifty Poems of Emily Dickinson (1997); Film '72 (1972–1984); Film Night (1971); Friday Night (1993); Full House (1973); Girl Talk (1966); Giro City (1982); Glenda Jackson Remembers... Elizabeth R (2023); Goodbye Britain? (2016); Greenwich Village (1972); Half Hour Story (1967); Have I Got News for You (1994–2003); Have I Got News for You: The Best of the Guest Presenters (2003); HealtH (1980); Hedda (1975); Hopscotch (1980); Hour Magazine (1981); House Calls (1978); I Love a 1970's Christmas (2000); If It Moves Shoot It (1970); Imprescindibles (2012); It'll Be Alright on the Night 2 (1979); It's My City! (1989); ITV Play of the Week (1957–1961); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969); Jerry Springer on Sunday (1999); Jonathan Dimbleby (2003); Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil (2012); King of the Wind (1990); La lluna (1989); La parada (1990); Late Night with Seth Meyers (2019); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1976); Let Poland Be Poland (1982); Light the Darkness (1991); Live Talk (2000); Lost and Found (1979); Lucy Worsley's Royal Myths & Secrets (2020); Mad As Hell: Peter Finch (2011); Man-made Famine (1982); Marat/Sade (1967); Mary, Queen of Scots (1971); Midi Trente (1973); Miranda: Morecambe & Wise and Me (2017); Morecambe & Wise Christmas Cracker (1993); Morecambe & Wise in America (2018); Morecambe & Wise: In Their Own Words (2008); Morecambe & Wise: The Whole Story (2013); Morecambe and Wise: The Show What Paul Merton Did (2009); Mothering Sunday (2021); Mothers of the Revolution (2021); Musings of the Classic Sherlock Holmes Actor (2022); Nasty Habits (1977); Negatives (1968); Night of 100 Stars (1977); Of Muppets and Men: The Making of 'The Muppet Show' (1981); Omnibus (1971–1998); Open Space (1990); Opus (1967); Oscar's Greatest Moments (1992); Parkinson (1974–1978); Querida Concha (1993); Question Time (1991–1996); Reel Pieces with Annette Insdorf (2019); Review (1970); Ruby (1999); Sakharov (1984); Salome's Last Dance (1988); Saturday Night at the Mill (1979); So Graham Norton (1999); Stevie (1978); Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971); T.Bag's Christmas Ding Dong (1990); Talking Film (1981); Talking Pictures (2024); TCM Remembers 2023 (2023); Telescope (1971); Tell Me Lies (1968); The 11 O'Clock Show (1999); The 35th Annual Tony Awards (1981); The 42nd Annual Tony Awards (1988); The 72nd Annual Tony Awards (2018); The Benefit of the Doubt (1967); The Best of Morecambe & Wise (2001); The Boy Friend (1971); The British Academy Television Awards (1999); The Class of Miss MacMichael (1978); The David Frost Show (1971); The Devil Is a Woman (1974); The Dick Cavett Show (1971); The Extra Day (1956); The First Annual Comedy Hall of Fame (1993); The Great Escaper (2023); The Greatest Christmas Comedy Moments (2008); The House of Bernarda Alba (1991); The Incredible Sarah (1976); The Jonathan Ross Show (2019); The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2018); The London Programme (1990); The Maids (1975); The Man Who Would Be Caine (1998); The Merv Griffin Show (1971); The Mike Douglas Show (1976–1979); The Morecambe & Wise Show (1971–1980); The Movies (2019); The Muppet Show (1980); The Music Lovers (1971); The Nelson Affair (1973); The Norman Gunston Show (1976); The One Show (2019); The Pacemakers (1971); The Patricia Neal Story (1981); The Project (2024); The Rainbow (1989); The Real Story of Humpty Dumpty (1990); The Real Story of... (1991); The Red Queen: A Portrait of Barbara Castle (1995); The Return of the Soldier (1982); The Rock 'n' Roll Years (1987); The Romantic Englishwoman (1975); The Secret Life of Arnold Bax (1992); The Sunday Programme (2000–2007); The Talk Show with Clive James (1990); The Theory of Everything (2014); The Triple Echo (1972); The Unforgettable Eric Morecambe (2001); The Very Best of 'Have I Got News for You' (2002); The Wednesday Play (1965–1968); Theater Talk (2018); This Cultural Life (2022); This Is Your Life (1990–1995); This Morning (1996–1999); This Sporting Life (1963); This Week (2003); Today (2019); Turtle Diary (1985); TV's Censored Bloopers (1981); Valentines. A Bouquet of Letters and Poetry of Lovers (1994); Variety Club of Great Britain Awards for 1969 (1970); Victoria Wood's Sketch Show Story (2001); Visions of Sport (1992); Walkie Talkie (1989); William Shakespeare (2000); Without Walls (1993); Wogan (1984–1990); Women in Love (1969); Working in the Theatre (1985); World in Action (1992); You Don't Want to Do That (2001); Z Cars (1963).

Born on this day – Sonny Curtis:

Sonny Curtis

Singer

Songwriter

May 9, 1937 – September 19, 2025

Credits:

Albums:

Beatle Hits Flamenco Style Guitar (1964); Love Is All Around (1980); Rollin' (1981); Sonny Curtis (1979 / 2007); Spectrum (1987); The 1st of Sonny Curtis (1968); The Sonny Curtis Style (1969).

Songs:

A Beatle I Want to Be; Atlanta Georgia Stray; Buddy Holly Medley; Cowboy Singer; Day Drinker; Destiny's Child; Do Your Remember Roll Over Beethoven, Eager for the Edge; Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover; How Little Men Care; Hung Up in Your Eyes; I Fought the Law; I Like Your Music; I Wanna Go Bummin' Around; It’s Not Easy Being Fifteen; Love Is All Around; Married Women; My Little Girl; Now I’ve Got a Heart of Gold; Peggy Sue; Rock 'n' Roll; Soul Fever; Talk About My Baby; The Collector; The Mary Tyler Moore Show / Them; The Real Buddy Holly Story; The Straight Life; This Is the Last Song I'm Ever Gonna Sing; This Time Tomorrow; Walk Right Back; You Made My Life a Song.

Movies and television:

55th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards (2020); 7th Heaven (1999); A Good Year (2006); A Somewhat Gentle Man (2010); A.P. Bio (2018); Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007); Arena (1984–1985); Ashes to Ashes (2008); Attachments (2000); Aurora Borealis (2005); Badge '69' (1974); Bees Make Honey (2017); Bernadette Peters: A Special Concert (2020); Broadcast News: James L. Brooks - A Singular Voice (2011); Brothers: The Return (2006); Buddy Holly: Rave On (2017); Buffalo Gun (1961); Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992); Cannonball (2017); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2022 / 2025); Cheers (1990); Christine (2016); City on a Hill (2022); Classic Albums (2019); CODA (2021); Convoy (1978); Cook Off! (2007); Crossing Jordan (2007); Daddy's Home (2015); Dancing with the Stars (2009–2011); Dawson's Creek (2002); Donkey Xote (2007); Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999); EastEnders (2006); El camino de Martín Negri (2021); Evening Shade (1990–1991); Family Guy (2000–2009); Family Switch (2023); Femme Fatales (2011); Firehouse Dog (2007); For All Mankind (2021); Freddy Got Fingered (2001); Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (2021); Get It Together (1978); Gila! (2012); Glory Daze (2010); GLOW (2018); Go Fact Yourself (2023); Gone (2006); Hawaii Five-0 (2012); Hee Haw (1980); Hellfest (2019); History of the Euros (2016); Hollywood a Go Go (1965); Hot Rod (1979); In Living Color (1993); Intermission (2003); Joan Jett and the Blackhearts: Live! (2001); Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten (2007); Just for Fun (1963); Killer Elite (2011); Kings of Rock 'n' Roll (2008); Kiss the Future (2023); Le palmarès des chansons (1966); Leo Sayer: More Than I Can Say (1980); Les invincibles (2005); Love & Kisses (1965); Lulu's Back in Town (1968); Mafia III (2016); Man of the House (2005); Man vs Snake: The Long and Twisted Tale of Nibbler (2015); Mary and Rhoda (2000); Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show (1991); Masterminds (2016); Miami Vice (1985); Mooch (1974); Motive (2016); My Dead Boyfriend (2016); My Family (2025); Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1993–1994); Ocean's Eight (2018); Orphan Black (2016); Poor Little Rich Girl (1965); Por Ahora (2013); Prima che la notte (2018); Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares (2007); Ready, Steady, Go! (1964); Real Wild Child: Joan Jett Music Video Anthology (2003); Reckless Kelly (1993); RoboCop (2014); Rogue Heroes (2022); Rökrock - The Non-History of Rock'n Roll (1990); Rude Boy (1980); She's the Man (2006); Shindig! (1965); Sing a Country Song (1973); Sing Street (2016); Sleeping Dogs (2012); St. Vincent (2014); Stillwater (2021); Strictly Come Dancing (2004); Swingin' Along (1961); Tatort (2014); The '70s (2000); The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1965); The Brass Teapot (2012); The Brothers O'Toole (1973); The Buddy Holly Story (1978); The Clash: I Fought the Law (1988); The Doctor J & Dangerous Dave Dog & Pony Show (2023); The Electric State (2025); The Final Day (2000); The Good Guys (2010); The Help (2011); The Hunting Party (2007); The Kraft Summer Music Hall (1966); The Love Punch (2013); The Mary Tyler Moore Hour (1979); The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–1977); The Midnight Special (1980–1981); The Muppet Show (1980); The Project (2023); The Simpsons (1995–2003); The Skull (2010); The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (1961); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2016–2017); The Wonder Years (1991); This Life (1997); Top of the Pops (1979–1980); Top of the Pops: The Story of 1980 (2015); Tracy Beaker Returns (2010); Trailer Park Boys: The Movie (2006); Travelin' Light (1971); Unforgettable: The Sweeney (2012); Union Square (1997–2000); Unzipped (1995); War on Everyone (2016); We Can Be Heroes (2020); Wine Dancing (2015); Young Sheldon (2017).

Born on this day – Constance Demby:

Constance Demby

Musician

Composer

Painter

Sculptor

Multimedia producer

May 9, 1939 – March 20, 2021

Credits:

Music:

Æterna (1995); Ambrosial Waves – Healing Waters (2011); Ambrosial Waves – Tidal Pools (2013); Arjuna Ardagh and Constance Demby – Guided Meditations: The Beloved (1998); Arjuna Ardagh and Constance Demby – Guided Meditations: The Heart Meditation (1998); Attunement: Live in Concert (2000); Breeze at Dawn (1989); Chronos (Original Soundtrack Recording) (1984); Constance Demby at Alaron – Live Concert Recording (1984); Eterna (Linda Bandino) and Constance Demby – The Journey Home; Eterna (Linda Bandino) and Constance Demby – The Master Healing Ray; Faces of the Christ (2000); Light of This World (1987); Live in Tokyo (2003); Novus Magnificat: Through the Stargate – 30th Anniversary Edition (2017); Novus Magnificat: Through the Stargate (1986); Polar Shift (1991); Sacred Space Music (1982); Sanctum Sanctuorum (2001); Set Free (1989); Skies Above Skies (1978); Sonic Immersion: A Vibratory Tonal Attunement (2004); Spirit Trance (2004); Sunborne (1980); Troubadour (1976); Various Artists – Illumination.

On this day in movie history - Death of a Cyclist (1955)

Death of a Cyclist

directed and written by Juan Antonio Bardem,

based on a story by Luis Fernando de Igoa,

was released at the Cannes Film Festival in France on May 9, 1955.

Music by Isidro B. Maiztegui.

Cast:

Lucia Bosè, Alberto Closas, Bruna Corrà, Carlos Casaravilla, Otello Toso, Alicia Romay, Julia Delgado Caro, Matilde Muñoz Sampedro, Mercedes Albert, José Sepúlveda, José Prada, Fernando Sancho, Manuel Alexandre, Jacinto San Emeterio, Manuel Arbó, Emilio Alonso, Margarita Espinosa, Rufino Inglés, Antonio Casas, Manuel Guitián, Elisa Méndez, José María Rodríguez, Carmen Castellanos, José María Gavilán, José Navarro, Gracia Montes, Valeriano Andrés, Elsa Fábregas, Manuel Rojas.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1958)

M Squad
Season 1. Episode 33.

Episode entitled: Day of Terror.

Released May 9, 1958.

Directed by Sidney Lanfield.

Written by Harry W. Junkin.

Music by Stanley Wilson.

 
Cast:

Lee Marvin, Fay Baker, Tom Pittman, Barbara Benson, Doris Packer, Paul Newlan, Jess Kirkpatrick, Alice Backes.

On this day in the Star Trek universe - The Next Generation, Voyager, Bring Back Star Trek, Disovery:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1992)
Star Trek: Voyager (2001)
Bring Back... Star Trek (2009)
Star Trek: Discovery (2024)
 

Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 5. Episode 23.

Episode entitled: I Borg.

Released May 9, 1992.

Directed by Robert Lederman.

Written by René Echevarria, Brannon Braga.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Jonathan Del Arco, Whoopi Goldberg, Rachen Assapiomonwait, Joe Baumann, Michael Braveheart, Cameron, Eben Ham, Mark Lentry, Lorine Mendell, Christina Wegler Miles, Keith Rayve, Joyce Robinson, Bill E. Rogers, Sissy Sessions.

Star Trek: Voyager
Season 7. Episode 22.

Episode entitled: Homestead.

Released May 9, 2001.

Directed by LeVar Burton.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Raf Green, Michael Taylor, Robert Doherty, Phyllis Strong, Michael/Mike Sussman.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by David Bell.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Rob LaBelle, Julianne Christie, Ian Meltzer, Scarlett Pomers, John K. Shull, Christian Conrad, Majel Barrett, David Keith Anderson, Tarik Ergin, Hilde Garcia, Peter Scott Harmyk, Susan Henley, Joyce Lasley, Alicia Lewis, Tom Miller, Chip Murdock, Brita Nowak, Louis Ortiz, James Pearson, Stephen Pisani, Keith Rayve, Richard Sarstedt, Linnea Soohoo, Pablo Soriano, Jenna Z. Wilson, Phoenix Wong.

 

Bring Back... Star Trek

directed by Matt Gillbe and Katie Crawford,

released in the United Kingdom on May 9, 2009.

Cast: Justin Lee Collins, Bobby Clark, Michael A. Gill-Branion, Michael Anthony Gill-Branion, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, Leonard Nimoy, Dean Okrand, Marc Okrand, Eddie Paskey, George Takei, Grace Lee Whitney.

 

Star Trek: Discovery
Season 5. Episode 7.

Episode entitled: Erigah.

Released May 9, 2024.

Directed by Jon Dudkowski.

Created by Bryan Fuller, Alex Kurtzman.

Written by M. Raven Metzner, Brandon Schultz, Lauren Wilkinson, Carlos Cisco, Eric J. Robbins.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jeff Russo.

Cast: Sonequa Martin-Green, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman, Wilson Cruz, Blu del Barrio, Callum Keith Rennie, Tig Notaro, David Ajala, Oded Fehr, Annabelle Wallis, Tara Rosling, Eve Harlow, Elias Toufexis, Rachael Ancheril, Orville Cummings, David Benjamin Tomlinson, Christina Dixon, Victoria Sawal, Natalie Liconti, Tony Nappo, Dorian Grey, Emmanuel John, Dorren Lee, Jason Lee Bell, Shelley Owens.

On this day in music history - The album Love Comin' Down, by Sue Foley (2000)

Love Comin' Down

by Sue Foley

was released on May 9, 2000.

Track list:

Two Trains; Empty Cup; Love Comin’ Down; You’re Barkin’ Up the Wrong Tree; Same Thing; Let My Tears Fall Down; Let Me Drive; To Be Next to You; Mediterranean Breakfast; Am I Worthy; Oh Baby (We Got a Good Thing Goin’); How Strong.