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Week ahead

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22 August 2014

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HIGHLIGHT: Andrew Marr's Great Scots: The writers who shaped a nation A portrait of the early-19th-century novelist Sir Walter Scott.

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TELEVISION

Saturday 8.15pm (BBC2) Ancient Egypt: Life and Death in the Valley of the Kings Joann Fletcher investigates (1/2).

Sunday 5.30pm (BBC1) Songs of Praise Pam Rhodes visits Leeds and speaks to hip-hop artist Testament.

Monday 7pm (BBC1) The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo Pomp and circumstance from Edinburgh Castle, with the theme of homecoming.

Wednesday 10pm (BBC2) Some Vicars with Jokes repeat from BBC4.

11pm (C4) Addicts' Symphony James McConnel leads musicians with addictions in a performance with the LSO.

 

RADIO

Sunday 7am (R2) Good Morning Sunday Clare Balding presents a special edition from the Greenbelt Festival.

8.10am (R4) Sunday Worship A service from the Keswick Convention in the Lake District, led by Jonathan Lamb.

3pm (R3) Choral Evensong Last Wednesday's service from the Edington Festival.

Monday 4.30pm (R4 FM) Beyond Belief Ernie Rae discusses faith based charities with his guests (2/8).

Tuesday 10pm (R3) False Conception: Female Sexuality in Victorian England Fern Riddell considers Victorian attitudes to sex and women's respectability.

3.30pm (R3) Choral Evensong from the Chapel of Cheltenham College.

Thursday 9.45pm (R3) Faith without God Michael Goldfarb discusses secular thought-systems (1/2).

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