On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: Voyager (2001)

Star Trek: Discovery (2019 & 2024)

Star Trek: Voyager

Season 7. Episode 18.

Episode entitled: Q2.

Released April 11, 2001.

Directed by LeVar Burton.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Robert Doherty, Kenneth Biller, Michael Taylor, Phyllis Strong, Michael/Mike Sussman.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Paul Baillargeon.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Keegan de Lancie, Manu Intiraymi, Michael Kagan, Lorna Raver, John de Lancie, Anthony Holiday, Scott Davidson, Majel Barrett, Michael Bailous, David Campagna, Tarik Ergin, Alicia Lewis, Louis Ortiz, Stephen Pisani, Keith Rayve, Richard Sarstedt, Pablo Soriano.

Star Trek: Discovery

Season 2. Episode 13.

Episode entitled: Such Sweet Sorrow.

Released April 11, 2019.

Directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi.

Created by Bryan Fuller, Alex Kurtzman.

Written by Michelle Paradise, Jenny Lumet, Alex Kurtzman, Kirsten Beyer, Sean Cochran.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jeff Russo.

Cast: Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman, Wilson Cruz, Shazad Latif, Anson Mount, Michelle Yeoh, Jayne Brook, James Frain, Yadira Guevara-Prip, Mia Kirshner, Tig Notaro, Ethan Peck, Rebecca Romijn, Sonja Sohn, Alan Van Sprang, Rachael Ancheril, Emily Coutts, Patrick Kwok-Choon, Oyin Oladejo, Ronnie Rowe, Sara Mitich, Julianne Grossman, Samora Smallwood, Hanneke Talbot, Chai Valladares, Nicole Dickinson, Avaah Blackwell, Ante Dekovic.

Star Trek: Discovery

Season 5. Episode 3.

Episode entitled: Jinaal.

Released April 11, 2024.

Directed by Andi Armaganian.

Created by Bryan Fuller, Alex Kurtzman.

Written by Kyle Jarrow, Lauren Wilkinson, Brandon Schultz, Carlos Cisco, Eric J. Robbins.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jeff Russo.

Cast: Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman, Wilson Cruz, Blu del Barrio, Callum Keith Rennie, Tig Notaro, David Ajala, Annabelle Wallis, Tara Rosling, Eve Harlow, Ian Alexander, Patrick Kwok-Choon, Orville Cummings, David Benjamin Tomlinson, Victoria Sawal, Natalie Liconti, Christina Dixon, Raven Dauda, Andreas Apergis, Clare Coulter, Ingrid Rae Doucet, Glen Michael Grant, Victor Andres Turgeon-Trelles.

On this day in movie history - The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974 movie & novel):

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz

directed by Ted Kotcheff,

written by Mordecai Richler and Lionel Chetwynd,

based on the novel by Mordecai Richler,

was released in the United States on April 11, 1974.
Music by Stanley Myers and Andrew Powell.

Cast:

Richard Dreyfuss, Micheline Lanctôt, Jack Warden, Randy Quaid, Joseph Wiseman, Denholm Elliott, Henry Ramer, Joe Silver, Zvee Scooler, Robert Goodier, Alan Rosenthal, Barry Baldaro, Allan Kolman, Barry Pascal, Susan Friedman, Jacques Durette, Jonathan Robinson, Edward Resmini, Henry Gamer, Lou Levitt, Sonny Oppenheim, Lionel Schwartz, Mickey Eichen, Robert Desroches, Judith Gault, Norman Taviss.

Recommended reading:

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz

By Mordecai Richler.

Filmed as The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974), directed by Ted Kotcheff.

Published by Gallery Books.

First published 1959.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0671028472

ISBN-13: 978-0671028473

Description:

It is time to recognize Mr. Richler as one of North America's most powerful novelists. – The Washington Times.

A rasping humor pervades the book....It burgeons with its special talent and a vulgar vitality. – Chicago Tribune.

A fast-moving, entertaining, and bawdy novel. – The Washington Times.

Funny in the biting, subversive manner of Joseph Heller and Philip Roth. – Los Angeles Times.

Duddy Kravitz [is] Richler's most famous creation. – Minneapolis Star Tribune.

Richler has been praised for his clear-eyed vision and his realistic style.... The total effect is as brash and blatant as a sports car rally -- and as suggestive of power. It comes off brilliantly. – Alfred Kazin, The New York Times Book Review.

From Mordecai Richler, one of our greatest satirists, comes one of literature's most delightful characters, Duddy Kravitz -- in a novel that belongs in the pantheon of seminal twentieth century books.

Duddy -- the third generation of a Jewish immigrant family in Montreal -- is combative, amoral, scheming, a liar, and totally hilarious. From his street days tormenting teachers at the Jewish academy to his time hustling four jobs at once in a grand plan to "be somebody," Duddy learns about living -- and the lesson is an outrageous roller-coaster ride through the human comedy. As Richler turns his blistering commentary on love, money, and politics, The Apprenticeship Of Duddy Kravitz becomes a lesson for us all ... in laughter and in life.

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

M Squad

Season 1. Episode 29.
Episode entitled: The Twenty-Six Girl.
Released April 11, 1958.
Directed by Don Taylor.
Written by Jack Laird and Wilton Schiller.
Music by Stanley Wilson.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Diane Brewster, Simon Scott, Paul Newlan, Ellen Parker, Ward Wood, Betty Edwards.

On this day in movie history - The Captive City (1952):

The Captive City

directed by Robert Wise,

written by Karl Kamb and Alvin M. Josephy,

based on a story by Alvin M. Josephy,

was released in the United States on April 11, 1952.
Music by Jerome Moross.

Cast:

John Forsythe, Joan Camden, Harold J. Kennedy, Marjorie Crossland, Victor Sutherland, Ray Teal, Martin Milner, Geraldine Hall, Hal K. Dawson, Ian Wolfe, Gladys Hurlbut, Jess Kirkpatrick, Paul Newlan, Frances Morris, Paul Brinegar, Patricia Goldwater, Robert Gorell, Glenn Judd, William C. Miller, Estes Kefauver, Charles Regan, Victor Romito, Charles Wagenheim.

Born on this day – Laurent Cantet:

Laurent Cantet

Writer

Director

Cinematographer

April 11, 1961 – April 25, 2024

Credits:

+ of cinema (2001); 120 BPM (2017); 2000 as seen by... An international collection (1998); 7 Days in Havana / Segment: La Fuente (2011); Arthur Rambo (2021); At the Movies (2008); C Tonight (2022); Tonight (or never!) (2008); Ceremonia of clausura - 57º San Sebastián International Film Festival (2009); Ceremonia de inauguración - 57º San Sebastián International Film Festival (2009); This night (1993); Charlotte Rampling, Cinema as an Essential (2022); Cinema 3 (2009–2015); Short Circuit (2001); Días de cine (2009–2024); Enzo (2025); Filmmelier Drops (2018); Filmoteca: Temas de Ciné (2013); Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang (2012); Frankie (2019); Heading South (2005); Human Resources (1999); Games de plage (1995); Merry Christmas (1994); Katie Chats (2014); The gentle drift of a child of Petit-Goâve (2009); The Night of the 7 d'Or (2000); The Night of the Caesars (2001–2009); French cinema is on a business trip (2009); The Amazing Doc (2021); The bloodthirsty (1997); The Extended (1987); Memories of French Cinema, Libération à nos jours (2006); Pierrot le Fou / Cannes Film Festival (2008); Quan Arribin els Marcians (2018); Daily (2022); Return to Ithaca (2014); The 2008 European Film Awards (2008); The 2009 Independent Spirit Awards (2009); The Class (2008); The Workshop (2017); Time Out (2001); Tous à la manif (1994); Vigils of arms (1994); Vertical Living Made Easy (2008).

Born on this day – Nicholas Ball:

Nicholas Ball

Actor

Producer

April 11, 1946 – June 4, 2024

Credits:

A New Breed of Criminal (2023); A.D. (1985); Acapulco H.E.A.T. (1993); Alas Smith & Jones (1984); BBC Play of the Month (1976); Bergerac (1983–1988); Boon (1989); Cannon Fodder: The Making of Lifeforce (2013); Car Cruzin’ (2005); Casino (1989); Casualty (2007–2011); Championship (2002); Christmas Under Fire (2002); Claudia (1985); Cluedo (1990); Cold Feet (2000); Colin’s Sandwich (1990); Comic Roots (1983); Confession (1970); Coronation Street (1970); Couples (1976); Crossroads (1964–1988); Croupier (1998); Crown Court (1976); Dead Man Running (2009); Doctors (2020); Doom Room (2013); Double the Fist (2008); EastEnders (2007–2009); El C.I.D. (1991); Enchantress (2011); Fifteen (2012); Fifteen (2012); Footballers Wive$: Overtime (2005–2006); Footballers’ Wives (2006); From a Bird’s Eye View (1970); Hammer House of Horror / Episode: The House That Bled to Death (1980); Harbour Lights (1999); Hazell (1978–1979); Heartbeat (1997–2007); Hellboy (2004); Holby City (2015–2017); Hustle (2005); Insiders (1997); ITV Playhouse (1969); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1972); Jamie (1971); Jonathan Creek (1999); Life for Christine (1980); Lifeforce (1985); Mr. Rose (1968); Muse (2019); Mutant Chronicles (2008); Nelly’s Version (1983); New Tricks (2005); No One Likes Us, We Don’t Care (1990); Out of Depth (2000); Overlord (1975); Pentagram (2019); Perfect Gift (1994); Peter (2011); Pie in the Sky (1996); Play for Today (1976–1981); Red Dwarf (1991); Respect (1996); Rogue Male (1976); Rosamunde Pilcher (2011); Running Out of Luck (1985); Silk Stalkings (1994); Sisterhood (2008); Softly Softly: Task Force (1975); South of Sunset (1993); Spooky (1983); Star Games (1979); Surgery (2015); Tales of the Unexpected (1988); Tarzán (1994); The Bill (1996); The Black Tulip (1970); The Commander: Blackdog (2005); The Commander: Virus (2005); The Coral Island (2000); The Courtroom (2004); The Crezz (1976); The Elusive Pimpernel (1969); The Famous Five (1997); The Gold Robbers (1969); The Governor (1995); The Gunpowder Plot (1968); The Haunting of Pendle Hill (2022); The Kingdom by the Sea (2024); The Krays: Dead Man Walking (2018); The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous (1997); The Manor (1999); The Pyramid Game (1981); The Stranglers - On Stage, on Screen (2012); The Young Ones (1982); Thief Takers (1997); Top Dog (2002); Trafficking (2023); Urban Gothic (2000); Video Stars (1983); Whatever Became Of Richard Blaine? (2019); Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978); Windmills of the Gods (1988); Wogan (1985); Z Cars (1968).

Born on this day – Damien Thomas:

Damien Thomas

Actor

April 11, 1942 – April 18, 2025

Credits:

100 Years of Horror (1996); 1990 (1977); À l'abordage - L'aventure de pirates (2009); A.D. (1985); Beau Geste (1982); Best of British (1987); Blake's 7 (1981); Capture Anthologies: The Dimensions of Self / Segment: The Un-Gone (2011); Crisis (2003); Dempsey and Makepeace (1986); Dignity (2014); Doctors (2013); Finding Saint Francis (2015); Gone Are the Days of Summer (2013); Grave Tales (2011); Hammer Glamour (2013); Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972); House of Cards (1990); ITV Playhouse (1969); Jane Eyre (1983); Jason King (1972); Journey Into Darkness / Segment: The New People (1968); Journey to the Unknown (1968); Julius Caesar (1970); Kill List (2011); Madigan (1973); Never Let Me Go (2010); Night School (2014); Night School Fracture: The Letter (2013); Noble House (1988); Performance (1991); Pirates (1986); Poirot (1996); Rides (1993); Secret Army (1977); Sense & Sensibility (2008); Shalom Kabul (2013 / 2016); Shogun (1980); Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977); Softly Softly: Task Force (1976); Special Branch (1969–1974); Specials (1991); Spyder's Web (1972); Tempo (1966); Tenko (1984); Tenko Reunion (1985); The 4 Musketeers (2005); The Adventures of Don Quick (1970); The Ascension Agency (2009); The BBC Television Shakespeare (1978); The Brittas Empire (1992); The Expert (1976); The Flesh and the Fury: X-posing Twins of Evil (2012); The Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes Podcast (2022); The King (2016); The Limehouse Golem (2016); The Long Firm (2004); The Making of an Epic: Mohammad Messenger of God (1976); The Meeting (2013); The Message (1976); The Professionals (1978); The Protectors (1973); The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1988); The Talisman (1980–1981); The Un-Gone (2007); The Upper Hand (1991); The World of Hammer (1994); This Is Your Life (1985); Thundercloud (1979); Tiffany Jones (1973); Twins of Evil (1971); Utopia (2014); Van der Valk (1972); W.E. (2011); Warship (1977); Whatever After (2021); Widows (1985); Wilde Alliance (1978); Wish Me Luck (1990); Zorro (1991).