On the Basis of Sex


11:00 pm - 12:55 am, Thursday, April 30 on BBC Two England (2)

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About this Broadcast

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Biopic of lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg showing how she faced adversity and numerous obstacles in her fight for equal rights throughout her career, which culminated in her becoming a member of the Supreme Court of the United States. Starring Felicity Jones, with Armie Hammer, Justin Theroux and Kathy Bates


2018 HD subtitles 16x9 audio-description
Biopic Movie/Drama

Cast & Crew

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Felicity Jones (Actor) .. Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Armie Hammer (Actor) .. Martin Ginsburg
Justin Theroux (Actor) .. Mel Wulf
Kathy Bates (Actor) .. Dorothy Kenyon
Sam Waterston (Actor) .. Erwin Griswold
Cailee Spaeny (Actor) .. Jane Ginsburg
Jack Reynor (Actor) .. Jim Bozarth
Stephen Root (Actor) .. Professor Brown
Mimi Leder (Director)

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Did You Know..

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Felicity Jones (Actor) .. Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Born: October 17, 1983 in Birmingham
Best Known For: Like Crazy and The Amazing Spider-Man 2.
Early-life: Felicity Rose Hadley Jones was born in Birmingham on October 17, 1983. Felicity began acting at the age of 11 in an after-school workshop run by Central Television. She went on to play the character Ethel Hallow on TV in the The Worst Witch, and Weirdsister College.
Career: In 2003, Jones appeared in BBC drama Servants, before taking up a place at Wadham College, Oxford, where she appeared in student plays, including the title role in Attis. After graduating, she took the leading role in 2007 TV movie Northanger Abbey. In the same year, she made her stage debut in That Face at the Royal Court Theatre in London. In 2008, she appeared in the films Brideshead Revisited and Flashbacks of a Fool, an episode of Doctor Who, and a revival of Enid Bagnold's The Chalk Garden at the Donmar Warehouse theatre in London. The following year, she starred in five-part TV series The Diary of Anne Frank. More recent work includes the films Cemetery Junction (2010), The Tempest (2010), Like Crazy (2011), Chalet Girl (2011), The Invisible Woman (2013), The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014), Inferno (2016) and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016).
Quote: 'When you're a young actor, there's this pressure to rush. But I hope to be doing this into my sixties and seventies, so I'd prefer to take my time.'
Trivia: For 10 years, Felicity was the voice of Emma Grundy on Radio 4 soap opera The Archers.
Armie Hammer (Actor) .. Martin Ginsburg
Born: August 28, 1986 in Los Angeles, California
Best Known For: The Lone Ranger.
Early-life: Armand Douglas Hammer was born in Los Angeles on August 28, 1986 to Dru Ann and Michael. He was named after his great-grandfather Armand Hammer, who was an oil tycoon and philanthropist. As a youngster, Armie's family spent time in Dallas and the Cayman Islands before returning to Los Angeles. He dropped out of school in the eleventh grade to pursue an acting career. He went on to attend Pasadena City College and the University of California, Los Angeles.
Career: Hammer had small parts in Arrested Development, Veronica Mars and Desperate Housewives before landing the lead role in Billy: The Early Years (2008). His first break came in 2010 when he played the Winklevoss Twins in The Social Network. Since then, he has starred in J Edgar (2011), Mirror Mirror (2012) and The Lone Ranger (2013). Outside of his film work, he has had recurring roles in Gossip Girl and Reaper.
Quote: 'Just because it sparkles doesn't mean it's good.'
Trivia: Hammer plays the guitar.
Justin Theroux (Actor) .. Mel Wulf
Kathy Bates (Actor) .. Dorothy Kenyon
Born: June 28, 1948 in Memphis, Tennessee
Best Known For: Breaking James Caan's ankles in Misery.
Early-life: Born Kathleen Doyle-Bates on June 28, 1948, in Memphis, Tennessee, the youngest of three sisters. Her father, Langdon, was a mechanical engineer, while her mother, Bertye, was a housewife. She became hooked on acting at an early age and, after graduating from White Station High School in Memphis, enrolled at Dallas's Southern Methodist University. She originally intended to study English, but opted for theatre instead. Her parents weren't supportive of her career choice at first, but changed their minds after seeing her on stage.
Career: During the 1970s, Bates concentrated on New York stage work. Her first film was 1971's Taking Off, and she continued to work steadily on TV and in movies until her big break in 1990's Misery. She won an Oscar for her portrayal of a psychotic nurse in the production. Bates disrobed for the films At Play in the Fields of the Lord and About Schmidt (which also landed her an Oscar nomination), and won acclaim for Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe and Primary Colors. She's also appeared in Titanic, Dolores Claiborne and The Waterboy. She had a lead role in David E Kelley's American TV legal comedy-drama Harry's Law.
Quote: 'Every time an Oscar is given out, an agent gets his wings.'
Trivia: Bates has fought ovarian cancer and breast cancer.
Sam Waterston (Actor) .. Erwin Griswold
Born: November 15, 1940 in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Best Known For: Playing Jack McCoy in Law & Order.
Early-life: Samuel Atkinson Waterston was born on November 15, 1940, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He caught the acting bug at the age of seven, attended Groton Prep School and entered Yale University on a scholarship in 1958. Sam studied French and history, and graduated with a BA in 1962. He honed his craft at the American Actors Workshop in Paris. After leaving Yale, he spent some months at the Clinton Playhouse.
Career: Waterston made his showbiz debut in 1965 appearing in The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean and Dr Kildare. A string of projects followed, including Generation, Three, The Glass Menagerie, The Great Gatsby, Capricorn One, Eagle's Wing and Heaven's Gate. He received an Oscar-nomination as journalist Sydney Schanberg in acclaimed 1984 movie The Killing Fields. He's also appeared in Hannah and Her Sisters, September, Serial Mom and The Newsroom. Between 1994 and 2010, he played Jack McCoy in 333 episodes of Law & Order, a role he reprised for the two spin-off shows, Special Victims Unit and Trial By Jury, as well as Homicide: Life on the Street.
Quote: On how he handles fame: "I got a note from my father, who said that 'Success is wonderful, if you don't inhale'."
Trivia: In 2012, he was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame.
Cailee Spaeny (Actor) .. Jane Ginsburg
Jack Reynor (Actor) .. Jim Bozarth
Born: January 23, 1992 in Longmont, Colorado, United States
Best Known For: Playing Shane in Transformers: Age of Extinction.
Early-life: Born on January 23, 1992 in Longmont, Colorado, United States. Jack lived in Boulder with his mother, Tara, before they moved to Valleymount, County Wicklow, Ireland when he was two years old. He spent his childhood years in the rural Irish countryside with his mother and grandparents, Pat and Damien Reynor. His first acting role saw him playing an altar boy on the set of Country (2000). In 2004, he moved to Dublin to attend Belvedere College.
Career: He was cast as Robbie in the live format, unscripted film Dollhouse (2012) before going on to play Richard Karlsen in What Richard Did (2012). His performance earned him a place in the cast of DreamWorks comedy-drama Delivery Man (2013). In 2014, he appeared in Transformers: Age of Extinction as Shane and in Glassland as young taxi driver John. More recently, he has appeared in the Weinsten Company's Macbeth (2015), Sing Street (2016) and Free Fire (2016).
Quote: 'I wake up pinching myself with the things that I've had the good fortune to be able to do.'
Trivia: He won the award for best actor from the Irish Film and Television Academy in 2013 for his performance in What Richard Did.
Stephen Root (Actor) .. Professor Brown
Mimi Leder (Director)

Before / After

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