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Week ahead

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30 May 2014

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HIGHLIGHT: My Last Summer Over a series of weekends, five terminally ill people meet to talk about how they are preparing for death (1/4).
Channel 4 10pm Wednesday

 

TELEVISION

Friday 7.35pm (C4) Unreported World Krishnan Guru-Murthy visits Senegal to find out why cancer patients are deprived of morphine (8/8).

8pm (BBC2) The Minster Graffiti artists are invited to spray-paint inside York Minster (3/3).

Saturday 8pm (BBC4) The Story of Science: Power, proof, and passion Michael Mosley examines the link between science and civilisation (1/6).

Sunday 10pm (BBC1) The Big Questions Nicky Campbell asks: "Is there life after death?"

5.10pm (BBC1) Songs of Praise A survivor gives an account of the D-Day landings on 6 June 1944.

 

RADIO

Sunday 6.05am (R4) Something Understood Mark Tully asks whether belief in God is essential for a spiritual approach to life.

8.10am (R4) Sunday Worship Adrian and Bridget Plass lead a service from Scargill House, in north Yorkshire.

3pm (R3) Choral Evensong Last Wednesday's service from St Davids Cathedral, Pembrokeshire.

Monday 4.30pm (R4) Beyond Belief Is Shakespeare more relevant today than the Bible? (3/7).

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

8.45pm (R4) Four Thought The philosopher Jonathan Rée warns against confusing morality with politics.

10pm (R3) Free Thinking Rana Mitter marks the 25th anniversary of the protests in Tiananmen Square.

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