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The Cold War and the Fab 4
The documentary “How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin”
tells the extraordinary story of how the Beatles punctured
the Iron Curtain. Above, Beatles matrushka dolls.
9 p.m. Monday, PBS, channel 11 Courtesy / Blakeway Productions
By RITA SHERROW World Television Editor
Published: 11/5/2009 2:20 AM
Last Modified: 11/5/2009 6:24 AM
It's an untold story. The secret of how Beatlemania pierced the Iron Curtain and helped spark a revolution that contributed to the fall of communism.
It's the documentary "How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin" premiering Monday on PBS.
Filmmaker Leslie Woodhead first met the Beatles while working on a film in the Liverpool Cavern Club in England in 1962. Twenty-five years later, Woodhead started making films in the then-Soviet Union. Even though the Soviet kids were forbidden from playing the Fab Four's hit "Back in the USSR," the group still changed their lives.
In the film, Woodhead goes in search of the Soviet Beatles generation and, along the way, finds bizarre Beatles tribute bands and learns how the Cold War was won with music and nuclear missiles.
The film also uses archival footage along with interviews with fans including Sergei Ivanov, Russia's deputy premier, who insisted to the filmmaker that he learned English from smuggled Beatles records.
"In the big bad West, they've had whole huge institutions which spent millions of dollars for undermining the Soviet system," says Artemy Troitsky, in the film. He's Russia's leading rock music writer and a self-proclaimed "radical young man" during the Beatles era.
"And I'm sure that the impact of all those stupid Cold War institutions has been much, much smaller than the impact of the Beatles."
9-10 p.m. Monday, PBS, channel 11
Just say ‘Yes’
Taylor Swift’s star just
keeps
rising higher and higher.
This weekend, the multiaward
winning music artist
will be both host and the
musical act on “Saturday
Night Live.” Last January, she
performed on the NBC show.
“I’ve been thinking about
skit ideas for a long time,” the
19-year-old Swift told The
Associated Press recently.
“There are definitely some
hilarious things that have
happened to me over the
past couple of months that I
think will be pretty substantial
skits.”
10:30 p.m. Saturday, NBC,
channel 2, cable 9
THURSDAY
“Flash Forward”
7 p.m., ABC, channel 8
Mark and MI6 Agent
Banks (Alex Kingston,
“ER”) investigate a possible
connection between
the Blue Hand Club and
recent suicides and Nicole
helps Bryce uncover
the mystery of his flash
forward.
“30 Rock”
8 p.m., NBC, channel
2, cable 9
Everyone is out to get
his or her favorite actor
hired on Audition Day.
While Liz and Pete try
to rig the whole thing,
Tracy and Jenna conduct
their own search for the
newest cast member of
“TGS.”
FRIDAY
“Fuse Fest: Voodoo
2009”
9 p.m., Fuse, cable 181,
DirecTV 339, Dish 158
Get ready for front row
access to the Voodoo Experience
in New Orleans.
The festival, which takes
place over the weekend,
features performances
from KISS, Jane’s Addiction,
Wolfmother and
more.
“Greg Behrendt: That
Guy From That Thing”
11 p.m., Comedy Central,
cable 61
The stand-up comic/
author brings his in-your-face
observations to
Comedy Central with this
all-new stand-up special.
Be there when he skewers
Chris Angel, ponders
God and explains why
guys should never quote
lines from porn movies.
SATURDAY
“The Wanda Sykes
Show”
10 p.m., Fox, channel 23,
cable 5
What doesn’t Sykes’
irreverent new show
have? The Oscar-winning
actress, comedian
and author is planning
sketches, talk, jokes, cartoons,
correspondents
and unfiltered (you know
Wanda) commentary
from guests and host
alike.
“Two Wheel
Oklahoma”
9 a.m., KMYT, channel 41,
cable 10
Brad Mathison and
Rex Brown ride their
motorcycles from the
Fort Gibson historic site
down Oklahoma 10 to
Braggs, the Gruber offroad
recreational area
and then on to Greenleaf
State Park.
SUNDAY
“Family Guy Presents:
Seth & Alex’s Almost
Live Comedy Show”
7:30 p.m., Fox, channel 23,
cable 5
Microsoft or no Microsoft,
the show must
go on. Yes, the mighty
corporation pulled its
sponsorship after seeing
a preview of this special.
Guess the execs had
never watched “Family
Guy” before.
“Mad Men”
9 p.m., AMC, cable 48
In this season
finale, Don and
Connie have
an important
meeting,
Betty is on
the receiving
end of
some serious
advice and Pete talks to
his clients.
MONDAY
“Lopez Tonight”
10 p.m., TBS, cable 47
Comedic actor George
Lopez launches his new
Monday-Thursday talk
show with guests Ellen
DeGeneres, Eva Longoria
Parker and Kobe Bryant.
“CSI” Crossover
9 p.m. Monday, CBS,
channel 6
“CSI” star Laurence
Fishburne guest-stars on
“CSI: Miami” on Monday,
travels north to follow a
lead on “CSI:NY” (9 p.m.
Wednesday) and returns
to Las Vegas on “CSI” (8
p.m., Nov. 12) to wrap up
the case.
TUESDAY
“In the Spotlight”
9:01 p.m., ABC, channel 8
Robin Roberts takes a
backstage tour of Checotah
with our own Carrie
Underwood plus visits
with Tim McGraw, Roseanne
Cash, Martina Mc-
Bride and the legendary
Loretta Lynn in this new
primetime special,
“Bright Lights,
Big Stars. All
Access Nashville.”
WEDNESDAY
“The 43rd Annual
CMA Awards”
7-10 p.m., Wednesday,
ABC, channel 8
Oklahoman Carrie
Underwood and Brad
Paisley will both perform
and co-host the starstudded
awards show
for the second consecutive
year. Look for Reba
McEntire, Brooks &
Dunn, Kenny Chesney,
Darius Rucker, George
Strait, Tim McGraw and
a duet by Vince Gill and
with rock band Daughtry.
“Change the World:
American Heroes”
7 p.m., HGTV, cable 31
Two veterans’ group
homes will receive
complete makeovers in
HGTV’s one-hour special
premiering on Veteran’s
Day. Windsor Transitional
House in St. Louis, Mo.
and a facility located in
Philadelphia were chosen
by online vote.
By RITA SHERROW World Television Editor
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