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Week ahead

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06 June 2014

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HIGHLIGHT: D-Day 70: The heroes return A day of programmes to mark 70 years since the Allied landings in Normandy, beginning with a service in Bayeux.

BBC1 9.15am Friday

 

TELEVISION

Friday 1.30-6.30pm (BBC1) D-Day 70: The heroes return Huw Edwards presents events in Arromanches, Bayeux, and Ouistreham.

Sunday 10am (BBC1) Pentecost A service for Pentecost Sunday, live from Birmingham Christian Centre.

4.25pm (BBC1) Songs of Praise Diane Louise Jordan visits Leicester to celebrate Pentecost Sunday.

Tuesday 9pm (BBC3) Street Kid World Cup A group of London girls visit Brazil to play in a football tournament for teenagers from broken homes (1/2).

 

RADIO

Friday 11am (R4) D-Day:A family affair Paddy O'Connell meets veterans of the Normandy landings, and examines the concept of Remembrance.

Saturday 1pm (R3) Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert The Russian Patriarchate Choir performs Russian Orthodox chant from the 16th and 17th centuries.

Sunday 8.10am (R4) Sunday Worship A service from Portsmouth Cathedral to commemorate the D-Day landings.

9.30am (World Service) Heart and Soul Khalid Latif, a young imam in New York, assesses the progress ofthe Muslim community since 2001.

3pm (R3) Choral Evensong Last Wednesday's service from Portsmouth Cathedral.

Wednesday 3.30pm (R3) Choral Vespers from the London Oratory.

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