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Week ahead

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04 November 2016

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HIGHLIGHT: Thinking Allowed: Evangelicals in London Laurie Taylor looks at the lives of members of an Evangelical Anglican church in the City.

 

Wednesday 4pm, Radio 4

 

TELEVISION: Sunday 4.55pm (BBC1) Songs of Praise: Gospel Choir
of the Year
David Grant presents the final stage of the contest (2/2).

9pm (More4) Home Front Heroes with Ian Lavender The actor meets people who served on the Home Front in the Second World War.

Wednesday 9pm (ITV) Britain’s Adoption Scandal: Breaking the silence The stories of women who were pressured by Church and State into giving up their babies for adoption.

Thursday 9pm (C4) The Secret Life of Prisons A look at prison life based on inmates’ mobile-phone footage.

 

RADIO: Sunday 8.10am (R4) Sunday Worship Live from the Church of Ireland St Columba’s, Knock, Bel­fast, a service on the theme of Remembrance.

10.30am (World Service) Heart and Soul Samira Ahmed meets Terry Waite, to explore his faith.

3pm (R3) A repeat of last week’s archive recording for All Souls’ Day of a liturgical performance of Mozart’s Requiem at New College, Oxford, on 12 January 2011.

Wednesday 9am (R4 FM) Midweek Libby Purves’s guests include Fr Eugene O’Hagan, an RC priest who is a member of the singing group Priests.

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

Thursday 11.30am (R4 FM) The French Culture War Nick Fraser explores the clash between French Muslims and the defenders of secular Republicanism.

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