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Week ahead

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13 December 2013

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HIGHLIGHT: John Clare's Playlist David Owen Norris looks at the poet's collection of songs and tunes of the early 19th-century countryside (1/3).

Radio 4 10.30am Saturday

 

TELEVISION

Saturday 9pm (C5) The Bible This week's episode ends with the Angel Gabriel appearing to Mary (3/5).

Sunday 10am (BBC1) Fern Britton Meets. . . Ken Dodd talks about his faith and career (3/4).

4.55pm (BBC1) Songs of Praise Sally Magnusson meets young people in Wigan.

Tuesday 9pm (BBC2) Pilgrimage with Simon Reeve The presenter is moved by his first visit to Bethlehem (3/3).

11pm (ITV) The Lockerbie Bombing Some 25 years after the atrocity, eyewitnesses tell their story.

Thursday 9pm (BBC4) Byzantium: A tale of three cities Simon Sebag Montefiore examines how Istanbul became one of Islam's most powerful cities (3/3).

 

RADIO

Sunday 8.10am (R4) Sunday Worship The Archbishop of Wales is the preacher at a service from St Mary's, Swansea.

4pm (R3) Choral Evensong A repeat of last week's service from Exeter Cathedral.

Monday to Friday 1.45pm (R4) A Cause for Caroling Among Jeremy Summerly's subjects are west-gallery singing, and new carols (6-10/10).

Monday 8pm (R4) Whatever Happened to Community? Canon Giles Fraser explores the decline of the traditional community (3/3).

Tuesday 11.30am (R4) Soul Music A look at the impact of Brahms's German Requiem (4/5).

Wednesday 3.30pm (R3) Choral Evensong from Southwell Minster.

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