HIGHLIGHT: The Conversation: Women and philanthrophy Two female philanthropists discuss the meaning of compassion in 2016.

12pm World Service, Sunday

TELEVISION: Sunday 5.15pm (BBC1) Songs of Praise The singer Ruby Turner leads a gospel performance for BBC Music Day.

Thursday 9pm (C4) Inside Birmingham Children’s Hospital A documentary that follows children and their families through times of illness and injury.

RADIO: Sunday 8.10am (R4) Sunday Worship A service from Hillsborough Presbyterian Church, Down, in Northern Ireland.

9.30am (World Service) Heart and Soul: The Sunnah of Muhammad Safaa Faisal travels to Egypt to investigate why the text of the Sunnah has been used as a narrative for Islamic extremism.

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

Monday 11pm (R4) Self’s Search for Meaning Will Self asks opinion-makers about the nature and meaning of human existence, beginning with scientists (1/3).

Wednesday 10.56am (R4) The Listening Project A conversation about how two people dealt with the death of someone close to them.

3.30pm (R3) Choral Evensong live from Liverpool Cathedral.