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Week Ahead

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14 March 2014

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HIGHLIGHT: In Our Time Melvyn Bragg hosts a discussion on the philosopher Bishop George Berkeley.

Radio 4 9am Thursday

 

TELEVISION

Sunday 5.15pm (BBC1) Songs of Praise On the eve of St Patrick's Day, Eamonn Holmes goes to Derry/Londonderry.

8pm (BBC4) Oh Do Shut Up Dear! Mary Beard on the Public Voice of Women The Cambridge don looks at some of the ways that women's voices are not publicly heard.

Wednesday 10.35pm (ITV) On Assignment Mark Austin revisits Rwanda, 20 years after the genocide (1/8).

 

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Saturday 12.30pm (World Service) Heart and Soul Mark Dowd looks at the place of the confessional in modern Roman Catholic faith.

Sunday 8.10am (R4) Sunday Worship A service from Fortwilliam and Macrory Presbyterian Church, Belfast.

5pm (R3) Choral Evensong Last Wednesday's service from Magdalen College, Oxford.

8.45pm (R3) Music and the Jews Norman Lebrecht looks at how women in the Jewish religion are forbidden to sing (2/3).

Monday 4.30pm (R4) Beyond Belief Ernie Rea and guests discuss the spiritual importance of Stonehenge (10/12).

Tuesday 9.30am (R4) One to One David Loyn interviews Suraya Pakzad about her campaigning work for women's rights in Afghanistan.

Wednesday 3.30pm (R3) Choral Evensong live from Wells Cathedral.

8.45pm (R4) Lent Talks The novelist Catherine Fox considers the strength of Christ's submission (2/6).

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