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Week ahead

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04 December 2015

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HIGHLIGHT: Sister Rita to the Rescue A new series that follows a RC nun, Sister Rita Lee, and her team at their drop-in centre in Manchester (1/5).

9.15am BBC1, Monday

 

TELEVISION: Sunday 10am (BBC1) Fern Britton Meets. . . Linford Christie discusses his faith (2/4).

4.15pm (BBC1) Songs of Praise Carols from around the country on the feast of St Nicholas.

Monday 9pm (C4) Hunting the Paedophiles: Inside the National Crime Agency A look at one of the biggest online child-abuse cases in the UK.

9pm (BBC3) Reggie Yates’s Extreme UK: Gay and under attack The presenter explores the problems facing black and Asian gays (1/3).

 

RADIO: Saturday 8pm (R4) Archive on 4: Racial equality enshrined Baron Lester and Ritula Shah discuss combating racial discrimination in the UK.

Sunday 8.10am (R4) Sunday Worship A service from Brentwood Cathedral celebrating 75 years of the Taizé community in France.

9.30am (World Service) Heart and Soul Dale Gavlak joins Canon Andrew White, known as the Vicar of Baghdad, as he sets up his new parish in Jordan.

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

Monday 4.30pm (R4) Beyond Belief Ernie Rea and guests discuss interfaith relations (3/8).

8pm (R4) The Philosopher’s Arms Is there a moral difference between lying and misleading? (1/4).

Wednesday 3.30pm (R3) Choral Evensong live from Gloucester Cathedral.

Thursday 12.04pm (R4) One to One Christina Lamb talks to the father of Malala Yousafzai (9/10).

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