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Week ahead

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07 October 2016

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HIGHLIGHT: Aberfan: The Young Wives Club Relatives of victims of the disaster in 1966 tell their stories of loss.

 

Wednesday 9pm, ITV

 


TELEVISION: Sunday 4.10pm
(BBC1) Songs of Praise: The Big Sing Guests stars sing favourite hymns at the Royal Albert Hall.

Monday 9pm (C4) Derren Brown: Miracle The psychological illusionist turns his attention to faith healing on stage in London.

Thursday 10.40pm (ITV) Exposure: Islam’s non-believers Deeyah Khan looks at those who experience discrimination and abuse as a result of renouncing Islam.

 

RADIO: Sunday 6.05am (R4) Something Understood The theologian Jane Williams examines the relationship between learning and language.

8.10am (R4) Sunday Worship A service from Battle School, in East Sussex, marking the 950th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings.

9.30am (World Service) Heart and Soul Celeste Hicks meets the Berber women of Morocco who are fighting against a conservative Islam.

3pm (R3) Choral Evensong A repeat of last week’s archive recording, broadcast from Holy Trinity, Sloane Street, London, on 28 January 1988.

Tuesday 9.30am (R4) One to One Trevor McDonald continues his exploration of redemption by meeting a woman who was raped, but forgave her assailant (2/8).

11.30am (R4) Soul Music A look at how Sam Cooke’s song “A Change is Gonna Come” became synonymous with the American Civil Rights movement (1/4).

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

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