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Week ahead

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31 October 2014

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HIGHLIGHT: The Free Thinking Lecture Karen Armstrong, a leading thinker on religion, argues that a recognition of the limits of knowledge is the only way to peace.

Radio 3 10pm Friday

TELEVISION

Sunday 4.15pm (BBC1) Songs of Praise Claire McCollum visits St Michael's, Lissan, Mid-Ulster.

Monday to Friday 9.15am (BBC1) The People Remember A history series presented by Sophie Raworth and Andy Torbet, honouring the heroes of war on the battlefield and the home front.

Monday 7.30pm (BBC2) Children's Hospital: The chaplains A visit to Birmingham Children's Hospital, where the chaplains offer support and spiritual guidance (2/6).

 

RADIO

Sunday 6.05am (R4) Something Understood Mark Tully and the composer James MacMillan discuss the classical traditions of East and West.

8.10am (R4) Sunday Worship A service from Llanyrafon Methodist Church, Cwmbrân, south Wales.

9.30am (World Service) Heart and Soul A look at the religious music of Nashville, Tennessee.

3pm (R3) Choral Evensong A repeat of last Wednesday's service, recorded at Gloucester Cathedral.

Tuesday 9pm (R4) All in the Mind Claudia Hammond explores new research into radicalisation (1/9).

Wednesday 9.45am (R4 FM) Germany: Memories of a nation Neil MacGregor investigates why Germany has the fastest-growing Jewish population in Europe (28/30).

3.30pm (R3) Choral Evensong An archive recording from 1974, from Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.

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