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Week ahead

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26 June 2015

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HIGHLIGHT: The 7/7 Bombing: Survivors' stories Ten years after the terrorist attack, victims and rescue workers recall their experiences.

9pm ITV Tuesday

 

TELEVISION: Sunday 10am (BBC1) Sunday Morning Live General the Lord Dannatt discusses his faith with Ade Adepitan.

4.25pm (BBC1) Songs of Praise A celebration of the life and work of William Booth.

Monday 8.30pm (BBC1) The Missing Stolen Schoolchildren: Panorama Tulip Mazumdar talks to girls who escaped Boko Haram.

Tuesday 9pm (BBC4) Dan Cruickshank's Civilisation under Attack The presenter talks to Islamic scholars about the actions of IS.

Thursday 9pm (BBC3) The White Slums: Reggie Yates's extreme South Africa Are young white South Africans being discriminated against?

 

RADIO: Sunday 7am (R2) Good Morning Sunday Clare Balding talks to Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor.

8.10am (R4) Sunday Worship A service from First Lisburn Presbyterian Church, Northern Ireland.

9.30am (World Service) Heart and Soul William Edmundson looks at how the people of the DRC are turning to the RC Church for a sense of hope.

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

Monday 9am (R4) Start the Week Andrew Marr and guests discuss the legacy of the philosopher Alan Watts.

8.30pm (R4) Analysis: Samuel Scheffler on the afterlife Edward Stourton talks to the American philosopher about the afterlife.

Wednesday 3.30pm (R3) Choral vespers from Westminster Cathedral.

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