HIGHLIGHT: Saints and Sinners: Britain's millennium
of monasteries Dr Janina Ramirez relates how monasteries, at
places such as Lindisfarne and Whitby, shaped medieval
Britain.
BBC4 9pm Thursday
TELEVISION
Friday 8pm (BBC2) Mastermind A
contestant answers questions on the Pentateuch.
Sunday 5pm (BBC1) Songs of Praise
Josie d'Arby goes speed-dating with Christians.
9pm (Discovery) Biblical Conspiracies
A look at an ancient manuscript of the Early Church, written by an
anonymous monk.
Wednesday 10.40pm (ITV) Exposure:
Charities behaving badly When we donate money, do we always
know where it is going?
RADIO
Sunday 8.10am (R4) Sunday Worship A
service from St Luke's, West Holloway, London, to mark St
Valentine's Day.
9.30am (World Service) Heart and Soul
Catrin Nye explores the compromises that have to be made in an
interfaith marriage.
3pm (R3) Choral Evensong A repeat of
last Wednesday's service from St George's Chapel, Windsor
Castle.
5.30pm (R3) Words and Music: Saints and
sinners With readings by Jonathan Pryce and Jenny Agutter.
Wednesday 3.30pm (R3) Choral Evensong
for Ash Wednesday, including Psalm 51 (Allegri's
Miserere), from St John's College, Cambridge.
10pm (R3) Free Thinking Rana Mitter
and guests explore Zen Buddhism and a shift in Western attitudes to
Eastern traditions.
Thursday 9am (R4) In Our Time Melvyn
Bragg hosts a discussion on Adam Smith's The Wealth of
Nations.