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Week ahead

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27 February 2015

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HIGHLIGHT: Promises, Promises: A history of debt The anthropologist David Graeber looks at the ways in which debt has shaped society (1/10).

Radio 4 1.45pm Monday


TELEVISION

Sunday 9am (BBC1) The Andrew Marr Show Guests include Cardinal Vincent Nichols.

5pm (BBC1) Songs of Praise David Grant marks St David's Day.

Monday 8pm (ITV) More Tales from Northumberland with Robson Green The presenter visits Warkworth Hermitage, an ancient chapel accessible only by boat (3/8).

Tuesday 10.45pm (BBC1) No Place to Call Home A film that examines the impact of eviction on children.

Thursday 9pm (BBC4) Saints and Sinners: Britain's millennium of monasteries Dr Janina Ramirez examines how 15th-century palatial monasteries were destroyed over five years (3/3).

 

RADIO

Sunday 8.10am (R4) Sunday Worship A second service inspired by Archbishop Desmond Tutu's book In God's Hands, at St Davids Cathedral, Pembrokeshire.

9.30am (World Service) Heart and Soul Matt Wells examines the protests against the killing of black men by police in the US.

3pm (R3) Choral Evensong A repeat of last Wednesday's 1998 recording from St Davids Cathedral.

Monday 4.30pm (R4) Beyond Belief Ernie Rea and guests discuss the concept of purgatory (1/6).

Wednesday 3.30pm (R3) Choral Evensong from King's College, Cambridge.

8.45pm (R4) Lent Talks The novelist and former actress Kate Saunders explores the theme of "performance" in the Passion story (2/6).

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