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Week Ahead

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21 March 2014

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HIGHLIGHT: Rev The Revd Adam Smallbone now has a baby daughter, but St Saviour's is under threat of closure (1/6).

BBC2 10pm Monday
 

TELEVISION

Friday 9pm (BBC2) A Very British Renaissance Dr James Fox looks at the changes happening in Britain from 1500 to the English Civil War (1/3).

Sunday 4.45pm (BBC1) Songs of Praise Bill Turnbull visits St German's Cathedral, Peel, on the Isle of Man.

Tuesday 11pm (C4) Secrets of the Vatican A look at the task of Pope Francis as he sets a new course for the Roman Catholic Church.
 

RADIO

Friday 10.45pm (R3) The Essay: Secret Admirers Sara Mohr-Pietsch celebrates the music of the 12th-century abbess and mystic Hildegard of Bingen (5/5).

Saturday 12.30pm (World Service) Heart and Soul Janak Rogers asks: why are indigenous people being drawn to Islam?

Sunday 8.10am (R4) Sunday Worship A service from the Syrian Ortho-dox Cathedral, in west London.

3pm (R3) Choral Evensong Last Wednesday's service from Wells Cathedral.

Monday to Friday 1.45pm (R4) Five Hundred Years of Friendship Thomas Dixon looks at the changing meaning of friendship with guests including Terry Waite.

Monday 4.30pm (R4) Beyond Belief Ernie Rea and his guests discuss Christian attitudes to the environment (11/12).

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

8.45pm (R4) Lent Talks Nicholas Shakespeare considers how Jesus was offered power - and turned it down (3/6).

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