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Week ahead

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23 October 2015

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HIGHLIGHT: Welby: The turbulent priest A profile of the Archbishop of Canterbury.

 

8pm, Radio 4 Monday

 

TELEVISION: Sunday 4.15pm (BBC1) Songs of Praise A visit to Henry V’s chapel in Westminster Abbey, now open to the public.

Monday 8.30pm (BBC1) Britain’s Mental Health Crisis: Panorama A report about mental-health provision that struggles to meet patients’ needs.

Tuesday 9pm (BBC3) Professor Green: Suicide and me A look at why suicide is the biggest killer of males under the age of 45 in Britain.

 

RADIO: Saturday 8pm (R4) Archive on 4: The future of the BBC — a history Steve Hewlett traces the Corporation’s origins in the 1920s.

Sunday 8.10am (R4 FM) Sunday Worship Choral matins from the Chapel Royal, St James’s Palace, to mark the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt.

9.30am (World Service) Heart and Soul Olga Smirnakova investigates why so many people in Russia believe in the occult.

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

6.45pm (R4) This Story Shall the Good Man Teach His Son: Agincourt, England and France What really happened at the Battle of Agincourt?

11pm (R4) TED Radio Hour: Seven Deadly Sins Guy Raz looks at the challenge of confronting sin.

Tuesday 1.45pm (R4) All Fair in War: A history of military deception Ben Macintyre explores the story of Joshua in the Old Testament (2/5).

Wednesday 3.30pm (R3) Choral Evensong A service recorded at St Paul’s Cathedral in January 2004.

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