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Week ahead

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09 May 2014

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HIGHLIGHT: The Minster A behind-the-scenes look at York Minster, over the course of a year (1/3).

BBC2 8pm Friday

 

TELEVISION

Sunday 5.45pm (BBC1) Songs of Praise The final of the School Choir of the Year competition.

Monday 8.30pm (BBC1) From Jail to Jihad? Raphael Rowe examines Islamic radicalisation within prison.

Tuesday 10.40pm (BBC1) Monks A Comedy Playhouse pilot in which a benefit fraudster joins a religious order to avoid prison.

Wednesday 9pm (ITV) Billy Connolly's Big Send Off The comedian concludes his look at death and dying with a trip to California (2/2).

Thursday 9pm (BBC2) Thalidomide: The 50-year fight A documentary that looks at the thalidomide scandal.

 

RADIO

Sunday 8.10am (R4) Sunday Worship A service of holy communion from Down Cathedral, Downpatrick, Northern Ireland.

3pm (R3) Choral Evensong Last Wednesday's service from Tewkesbury Abbey.

Monday 11am (R4) Disabled and Behind Bars Nikki Fox investigatesthe treatment of disabled people in British prisons.

Tuesday 9am (R4) The Public Philosopher Professor Michael Sandel discusses morality and the state (1/3).

11am (R4) Intelligence: Born smart, born equal, born different What could the genetics of intelligence mean for education in the future? (3/3).

8pm (R4) File on 4 Jane Deith explores the issue of modern-day slavery in the UK (1/10).

Wednesday 3.30pm (R3) Choral Evensong live from St Pancras', Euston Road, London (London Festival of Contemporary Church Music).

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