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Week ahead

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13 January 2017

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HIGHLIGHT: Revisiting the 14-Day Rule For more than 25 years it has been illegal in the UK to carry out research on human embryos beyond 14 days. Matthew Hill looks at the rule in the light of recent scientific developments.
Tuesday 11am, Radio 4

 

TELEVISION:
Sunday 4.30pm (BBC1) Songs of Praise A look at Donald Trump’s family connections to the Isle of Lewis, in the Hebrides.
7.30pm (BBC1) Antiques Roadshow Holocaust mwemorial Before Holocaust Memorial Day on 27 January, Fiona Bruce meets British survivors, who use family items to illustrate their stories.
Monday 8.30pm (BBC2) An Island Parish: Anguilla Festivities are being held for the Queen’s 90th birthday, and a resident’s 100th (3/8).

 

RADIO:
Sunday 6.05am (R4) Something Understood The Revd Malcolm Doney questions what the human body is made of, and what becomes of it after death.
7am (R2) Good Morning Sunday Clare Balding’s guests include the American Benedictine nun Sister Joan Chittister.
8.10am (R4 FM) Sunday Worship A service from Wade Street URC and Baptist Church (URC and Baptist), Lichfield.
10.30am (World Service) Heart and Soul Lipika Pelham meets people of the Ba’hai faith who have been forced out of Iran.
3pm (R3) Choral Evensong A repeat of last Wednesday’s service from Merton College, Oxford.
Monday 9am (R4) Start the Week Tom Sutcliffe and guests examine various aspects of Islam in 2017.
Wednesday 3.30pm (R3) Choral Evensong A recording made at Bath Abbey in January 2011.

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