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Week ahead

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10 July 2015

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HIGHLIGHT: Escape from Isis A look at the suffering of women, many of them Yazidis, who live under the brutal Islamic State.

10pm Channel 4, Wednesday

 

TELEVISION: Sunday 4.20pm

(BBC2) Songs of Praise An evening of hymns from the Royal Albert Hall.

Monday 8pm (C4) Pensions and the Price of Growing Old Michael Buerk reports on the growing number of elderly people who feel alone and vulnerable.

 

RADIO: Sunday 6.05am (R4) Something Understood: Regret Mark Tully interviews Erwin James, who served 20 years for murder.

8.10am (R4) Sunday Worship A service from the City Temple, Cardiff, to mark the centenary of the Elim Pentecostal Church.

3pm (R3) Choral Evensong A repeat of last Wednesday’s service, recorded at King’s College, Cambridge.

Monday 8pm (R4) The Nature of Paedophilia How can society stop child abuse by paedophiles when it understands so little about them?

Tuesday 9.30am (R4) One to One Selina Scott talks to a spiritual healer, Yasmin Ishaq (5/8).

3.30pm (R4) The Human Zoo Michael Blastland explores the line between right and wrong (4/4).

Wednesday 3.30pm (R3) Choral Evensong live from St Martin-in-the-Fields, London.

9pm (R4) The Problem of Pain: A slow-motion catastrophe Featured interviews include one with Dr Miguel Farias, who has discovered a link between belief and pain.

Thursday 9am (R4) Inside the Ethics Committee Joan Bakewell and a panel of experts debate the case of a woman who wants her injured leg to be amputated (1/4).

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