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Week ahead

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28 February 2014

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HIGHLIGHT: Mandela Remembered from Westminster Abbey Archbishop Desmond Tutu and David Cameron are among those celebrating the life of Nelson Mandela.

BBC2 11.30am Monday

 

TELEVISION

Friday 9pm (BBC2) The Pity of War Niall Ferguson argues that Britain should not have entered the First World War.

Sunday 4.40pm (BBC1) Songs of Praise Pam Rhodes looks at the significance of Lent.

Monday 8.30pm (BBC1) Hungry Britain? - Panorama Why has there been a rise in the number of foodbanks?

9pm (BBC3) The Millionaire Preacher: Reggie Yates's extreme South Africa The presenter spends a week witha Charismatic church leader who performs "miracles" (3/3).

 

RADIO

Saturday 12.30pm (World Service) Heart and Soul A look at the future of Shia Muslims who live in Sunni-dominated Afghanistan (2/2).

Sunday 6.05am (R4) Something Understood Mark Tully talks about the purpose and effects of fasting.

8.10am (R4) Sunday Worship A service from St Davids Cathedral, in Cardiff, to mark St David's Day.

3pm (R3) Choral Evensong A repeat of last Wednesday's service from Truro Cathedral.

Monday to Friday 1.45pm (R4) The Value of Failure Five guests consider how failure might be understood rather than feared.

Tuesday 9.30pm (R4) One to One Emma Barnett talks to Orthodox Jewish women about feminism.

Wednesday 3.30pm (R3) Choral Evensong live from Gloucester Cathedral on Ash Wednesday.

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