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Week ahead

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12 June 2015

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HIGHLIGHT: Dara O Briain Meets Stephen Hawking The comedian questions Professor Hawking about his life and his hopes for the future.

 

10.35pm BBC1 Tuesday

 

TELEVISION: Sunday 9am (BBC1) The Andrew Marr Show Among the guests is the former Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks.

4.30pm (BBC1) Songs of Praise The evangelist Nick Vujicic, who was born without limbs, talks about inspiring people around the world.

Monday 8.30pm (BBC1) Stolen Childhoods: The legacy of grooming - Panorama Alison Holt goes to Rotherham to look at the action being taken by police to tackle the network of abusers.

 

RADIO: Sunday 8.10am (R4) Sunday Worship A Magna Carta-themed service from All Saints', Odiham, in Hampshire.

9.30am (R4) Heart and Soul Charles Haviland explores a violent strain of Buddhism in Sri Lanka.

3pm (R3) Choral Evensong A repeat of last Wednesday's service from Wells Cathedral.

4pm (R3) The Choir Sara Mohr-Pietsch meets a choir that offers a place to boy choristers when their cathedral days are over.

Monday 4.30pm (R4) Beyond Belief Ernie Rea and guests discuss the concept of compassion (4/6).

Tuesday 9.30am (R4) One to One Michael Grade talks to immigrants who have risked everything to start a new life (1/3).

Wednesday 3.30pm (R3) Choral Evensong livefrom King's College, London.

10pm (R3) Free Thinking Philip Dodd's guests include Lord Sacks, who talks about confronting violence.

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