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Week ahead

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09 September 2016

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HIGHLIGHTS: 9/11: The longest war News reports, interviews, and personal stories.
8pm onwards Nat Geographic, Saturday

 

Air Crash Investigation 9/11 A series of documentaries about the plane that hit the Pentagon.
8pm onwards Nat Geographic, Sunday

 

TELEVISION: Sunday 5.10pm (BBC1) Songs of Praise Sally Magnusson talks to Christians who turned to faith in the face of tragedy.

Tuesday 9pm (ITV) 9/11: Truth, lies and conspiracies A look at the theories that persist about 9/11.

 

RADIO: Saturday 10.30am (R4) The Muhammadan Bean: The secret history of Islam and coffee Abdul-Rehman Malik explores the connec­tions between Islam and coffee.

Sunday 8.10am (R4) Sunday Worship A service live from Oasis Academy, South Bank, London.

9.30am (World Service) Heart and Soul Abdul-Rehman Malik travels with trainee imams from the Cambridge Muslim College on a visit to Rome.

3pm (R3) Choral Evensong A repeat of last week’s service recorded at St Clement Danes, London.

Monday 11am (R4) The Web Sheikh and the Muslim Mums Muslim mothers discuss the effect of online preachers on their children.

4.30pm (R4) Beyond Belief Ernie Rea and guests discuss the religious response to trauma (5/8).

Tuesday 9am (R4) The Anatomy of Rest Claudia Hammond discusses the concept of “rest”: is it merely the absence of work?

Wednesday 3.30pm (R3) Orthodox vespers, recorded in 2005 at Trinity Cathedral in the Danilov Monastery, Moscow.

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