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Week ahead

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06 February 2015

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HIGHLIGHT: Analysis: You can't say that Edward Stourton talks to historians, theologians, and philosophers about the limits of free expression (3/9).

Radio 4 8.30pm Monday

 

TELEVISION

Sunday 5pm (BBC1) Songs of Praise Aled Jones examines the inspiration behind "Abide with me".

Tuesday 9pm (ITV) Young War Widows Three women whose soldier husbands were killed in Afghanistan tell their stories.

 

RADIO

Friday 11am (R4) Tata: India's global giant Can a company with a social conscience retain its values in a competitive world?

1.45pm (R4) Picture Power Nick Danziger visits Uganda as part of a project investigating how people's lives are changing in eight of the poorest countries in the world (5/5).

Sunday 8.10am (R4) Sunday Worship A mass from the RC Cathedral Church of St Mary and St Helen, Brentwood, Essex.

9.30am (World Service) Heart and Soul Anna McNamee travels to Germany to examine the Yazidi faith.

1.30pm (R4) Good News Is No News Charlie Beckett examines negativity in the news.

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

Tuesday 9.30am (R4) One to One Charlotte Smith talks to Sarah O'Donoghue, who runs a support group for bereaved parents (5/12).

Wednesday 3.30pm (R3) Choral Evensong from St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.

8.45pm (R4) Why I Changed My Mind The founder of the Conservative Christian Fellowship talks about why he has abandoned his opposition to same-sex marriage.

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