HIGHLIGHT: These Four Walls Peter Gordon
travels through Yorkshire, hearing from people who are struggling
to escape the poverty trap (1/2).
BBC4 10.50pm Sunday
TELEVISION
Friday 8.30pm (BBC2) An Island Parish
The Methodist lay preacher learns whether she is to be ordained
(3/6).
Sunday 5pm (BBC1) Songs of Praise Aled
Jones introduces hymns from St Martin-in-the-Fields.
Monday 9pm (BBC1)
Britain's Great War Jeremy Paxman explains how unprepared
the country was in 1914 for a modern industrial war (2/4).
9pm (BBC3) Growing Up Down's A look at
a group of young actors with Down syndrome.
Tuesday 9pm (ITV) Births, Deaths and
Marriages A documentary set in Old Marylebone Town Hall, home
to Westminster Register Office (1/2).
RADIO
Sunday 8.10am (R4 FM only) Sunday
Worship Mass for the feast of the Presentation of the Lord,
live from Leeds RC Cathedral.
3pm (R3) Choral Evensong A repeat of
Wednesday's service from Worcester Cathedral.
Monday to Friday 10.45pm (R3) The Essay:
The Islamic golden age Guest presenters assess Islamic
physicians, scholars, and historians (10-14/20)
Monday 4.30pm (R4) Beyond Belief Ernie
Rea and guests discuss the place of the Ahmedi community within
Islam (4/12).
Tuesday 9am (R4) The Great Warof Words
Michael Portillo examines how attitudes to the roots of the First
World War have changed(1/2).
Wednesday 3.30pm (R3) Choral Evensong
from New College, Oxford.