Magnum, PI: Novel Connection
07:00 am - 08:05 am, Thursday, August 20 on ITV4 (26)
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Novel Connection
Season 7, Episode 9
Thomas meets rival private detective Jessica Fletcher of Murder, She Wrote fame, who has been brought to Hawaii to help catch an assassin trying to kill Robin Masters. Crossover episode guest starring Angela Lansbury
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Tom Selleck
(Actor)
.. Thomas Magnum
Roger E Mosley
(Actor)
.. TC Calvin
John Hillerman
(Actor)
.. Jonathan Higgins
Larry Manetti
(Actor)
.. Orville `Rick" Wright
Angela Lansbury
(Actor)
.. Jessica Fletcher
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Did You Know..
Tom Selleck
(Actor)
.. Thomas Magnum
Born:
January 29, 1945
in
Detroit, Michigan
Best Known For:
Magnum, PI.
Early-life:
Thomas William Selleck was born in Detroit, Michigan on January 29, 1945 to Martha and Robert. His family moved to Sherman Oaks, California during his childhood. A talented athlete, Tom attended the University of Southern California on a basketball scholarship. He went on to study acting at the Beverly Hills Playhouse and was serving as a soldier in the California National Guard when he was activated for the Watts riots in Los Angeles in 1965.
Career:
Selleck won small parts in films and TV shows during the 1970s until his big break came in 1979 when he was cast in the lead role in detective series Magnum, PI. The popular series earned him an Emmy and a Golden Globe and it ran for eight seasons, clocking up 162 editions. He went on to star alongside Ted Danson and Steve Guttenberg in the box-office smash Three Men and a Baby (1987), had a recurring role in the sitcom Friends during the 1990s and since 2005, he has played lawman Jesse Stone in a series of TV movies based on novels by Robert B Parker. Since 2010, he has played Frank Reagan in police drama Blue Bloods.
Quote:
'I think of myself as an actor first, not a sex symbol.'
Trivia:
Selleck turned down the role of Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark to honour the contract he had just signed for Magnum, PI.
Roger E Mosley
(Actor)
.. TC Calvin
John Hillerman
(Actor)
.. Jonathan Higgins
Larry Manetti
(Actor)
.. Orville `Rick" Wright
Angela Lansbury
(Actor)
.. Jessica Fletcher
Born:
October 16, 1925
in
London
Best Known For:
Murder, She Wrote.
Early-life:
Angela Brigid Lansbury was born in London on October 16, 1925. Her mother was Irish actress Moyna MacGill; her father, Edgar Lansbury, was a timber merchant and member of the Communist Party of Great Britain. She has younger, twin brothers, who became theatre producers. Her cousin was legendary animator Oliver Postgate. Angela's father died in 1934, and her mother became involved with a former soldier who was strict with the children. Her mother eventually took her children to Hollywood when she landed a part in a touring Noel Coward play.
Career:
While working in a department store in LA, Lansbury met a casting director through her mother. He offered her a role in the 1944 film Gaslight; she was just 18, but it landed her an Oscar nomination. Roles in National Velvet, Blue Hawaii and Bedknobs and Broomsticks followed. She gained further Academy Award nominations for The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Manchurian Candidate. She's also worked extensively on stage, winning a record five Tony Awards. But it was playing Jessica Fletcher in the long-running TV series Murder, She Wrote, that turned her into a household name. More recently, Lansbury has appeared in Nanny McPhee and Mr Popper's Penguins.
Quote:
'I'm never left behind. I'm the bionic woman.'
Trivia:
Arguably her most offbeat work is a fitness book - Angela Lansbury's Positive Moves - My Personal Plan for Fitness and Well-Being.
