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Week Ahead

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07 March 2014

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HIGHLIGHT: In Our Time Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the theology of the Trinity.
Radio 4 9am Thursday
 

TELEVISION

Sunday 5.30pm (BBC1) Songs of Praise Dan Walker visits a church that has become a winter sporting arena.

Wednesday 8pm (BBC3) Free Speech A live debate between young people, coming this week from Birmingham Central Mosque (1/4).

10.35pm (ITV) The Miners' Strike and Me A documentary that marks the 30th anniversary of the start of the 1984 miners' strike.

Wednesday and Thursday 9pm (BBC1) Famous, Rich and Hungry Four high-profile people learn about life for those who cannot afford to eat.
 

RADIO

Sunday 8.10am (R4) Sunday Worship A service from Lichfield Cathedral for the first of Radio 4's series Inside Lent.

3pm (R3) Choral Evensong from Gloucester Cathedral, first broadcast on Ash Wednesday.

6.45pm (R3) Music and the Jews Norman Lebrecht examines the relationship between music and Jewish identity.

Monday 4.30pm (R4) Beyond Belief Ernie Rea and guests discuss the experience of the wilderness (9/12).

Tuesday 9.30am (R4) One to One Emma Barnett talks to Rabbi Sylvia Rothschild about her beliefs (4/8).

Wednesday 2.15pm (R4) Afternoon Drama: The Genesis Rock A former astronaut searches for the remains of Noah's Ark.

3.30pm (R3) Choral Evensong live from Magdalen College, Oxford.

8.45pm (R4) Lent Talks Bonnie Greer opens a series of reflections about how the Passion story affects modern society (1/6).

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