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Week ahead

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17 March 2017

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HIGHLIGHT: Songs of Praise Aled Jones follows the work of a hospital chaplain, who talks about life on the wards.
Sunday 3.55pm, BBC1

 

TELEVISION:
Friday 9pm
(BBC2) Wild Ireland: The edge of the world Colin Stafford-Johnson visits places such as Skellig Islands, where early Christian monks built a monastery 1500 years ago (1/2).
Monday 8.30pm (BBC1) Britain’s Home-Care Crisis: Panorama Sian Lloyd looks at the problem of people who are waiting to leave hospital but have no home care.

 

RADIO:
Sunday 6.05am (R4) Something Understood Mark Tully looks at religious piety, and how achievable it is.
8.10am (R4) Sunday Worship The fourth in a series of services for Lent from St Patrick’s RC Church, Newtownards, Co. Down.
10.30am (World Service) Heart and Soul Anna Holligan meets the women at the first female-led mosque in Scandinavia.
3pm (R3) Choral Evensong A repeat of last Wednesday’s service from Winchester College.
Monday 4.30pm (R4) Beyond Belief Robert Beckford and guests discuss interfaith worship (4/6).
10.45pm (R3) The Free Thinking Essay Seb Falk examines the life of monks at Tynemouth Priory in the 14th century (1/10).
Wednesday 3.30pm (R3) Choral Evensong live from York Minster.
8.45pm (R4) Lent Talks Ben Judah talks about migrants, and his family’s journey, over the centuries, from Baghdad to London. (3/6).

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