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Week ahead

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23 August 2013

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HIGHLIGHT: Martin Luther King and the March on Washington A documentary about the civil-rights March for Jobs and Freedom, 50 years ago this month.

BBC2 9pm Wednesday


TELEVISION

Sunday 5pm (BBC1) Songs of Praise Bear Grylls introduces music from Llandaff Cathedral.

Monday to Friday 7.55pm (C4) 4thought.tv A look at businesses linked to religion, including robe-making, and turban-tying.

Tuesday 9pm (BBC4) Ancient Greece: The greatest show on earth Dr Michael Scott travels to Greece to find out how drama evolved (1/3).

 

RADIO

Saturday 8pm (R4) Archive on 4: This train rides again Kwame Kwei-Armah recreates the journey to Washington in 1963.

8.30pm (BBC World Service) Heart and Soul Rabbi Naftali Brawer explores the Talmud, the ancient book of Judaism.

Sunday 7am (R2) Good Morning Sunday Clare Balding presents live from Greenbelt.

8.10am (R4) Sunday Worship live from Edington Priory, Wiltshire.

Monday 4.30pm (R4) Beyond Belief Ernie Rea and guests discuss the faith of Martin Luther King.

8pm (R4) God's Trombone: Remembering King's dream Gary Younge looks behind the scenes of Martin Luther King's "dream" speech.

Wednesday 9am (R4) I Have a Dream To mark its 50th anniversary, global figures read sections of Dr King's speech.

3.30pm (R3) Choral Evensong recorded in St Giles's, Cripplegate.

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