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Week ahead

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13 May 2016

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HIGHLIGHT: Revealed: The truth about the Holy Grail An investigation into the Christian relic, reputed to be the cup Jesus used at the Last Supper.

8pm Channel 5, Friday

 

TELEVISION: Friday 9pm (ITV) The Secret Can the devout Baptist Colin Howell get away with murder? (3/4)

Sunday 10am (BBC1) Pentecost Sunday from Liverpool Cathedral A service led by the Dean of Liverpool, the Very Revd Dr Peter Wilcox.

5.15pm (BBC1) Songs of Praise Connie Fisher meets bloggers who are spreading the Christian message, and a Benedictine nun and her dog, Brother Duncan.

Wednesday 8pm (BBC2) Mary Beard’s Ultimate Rome: Empire without limit The presenter examines the fall of the Roman Empire, and the “troublemaker” Jesus (4/4).

Thursday 7.30pm (ITV) Pauline’s Story — Living with Ebola: Tonight The story of the nurse Pauline Cafferkey, who contracted the Ebola virus in Sierra Leone.

RADIO: Sunday 8.10am (R4) Sunday Worship A service for Pentecost from Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh.

9.30am (World Service) Heart and Soul Jane Little travels to Toronto to meet a minister in the United Church of Canada, Gretta Vosper, who is an atheist.

3pm (R3) Choral Evensong A repeat of last Wednesday’s service from St Pancras’s, Euston Road, London.

Monday 4.30pm (R4) Beyond Belief Ernie Rea and guests discuss the social media (1/7).

Wednesday 3.30pm (R3) Choral Evensong live from Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire.

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