*** DEBUG START ***
*** DEBUG END ***

Week ahead

by
05 May 2017

iStock

HIGHLIGHT: The Choir As part of Radio 3’s Martin Luther’s Revolution, Sara Mohr-Pietsch explores how English church music was affected by the Reformation.

Sunday 4pm, Radio 3

 

TELEVISION: Friday 9pm (C5) Spectacular Spain with Alex Polizzi On her tour of Spain, the presenter visits Santiago de Compostela (6/6).

Sunday 10am (BBC1) The Big Questions Nicky Campbell presents a debate on the effectiveness of humanitarian interventions.

4.15pm (BBC1) Songs of Praise Sally Magnusson presents an episode from Guernsey, which is marking its liberation from occupation in the Second World War.

RADIO: Saturday 12.15pm (R3) Music Matters Jan Vogler, of the Dresden Music Festival, tells how new music has been commissioned for a 1927 film about the Reformation.

Sunday 8.10am (R4) Sunday Worship A service from the Church of Ireland St John’s, Orangefield, Belfast.

9.30am (World Service) Heart and Soul A journey with the Bishop of Central Tanganyika, the Rt Revd Dickson Chilongani.

3pm (R3) Choral Evensong A repeat of last Wednesday’s archive recording from 2005 of Gonville and Caius College Choir, Cambridge, at Waltham Abbey.

6.45pm (R3) Sunday Feature: Reformation 500 Chris Bowlby visits Wittenberg.

Wednesday 3.30pm (R3) Choral Evensong From St Pancras Church, during the London Festival of Contemporary Church Music.

Browse Church and Charity jobs on the Church Times jobsite

Church Times Bookshop

Save money on books reviewed or featured in the Church Times. To get your reader discount:

> Click on the “Church Times Bookshop” link at the end of the review.

> Call 01603 785905 (Mon-Fri, 10am-4pm).

The reader discount is valid for two months after the review publication date. E&OE

Forthcoming Events

English Mystics Series course

26 January - 25 May 2026

A short course at Sarum College.

tickets available now

 

Springtime for the Church of England: where are we seeing growth?

31 January 2026

Join us at St John's Church, Waterloo to hear a group of experts speak about the Quiet Revival.

tickets available now

 

With All Your Heart: a retreat in preparation for Lent

14 February 2026

Church Times/Canterbury Press online retreat.

tickets available now

 

Merlin’s Isle: A Journey in Words and Music with Malcolm Guite and the St Martin's Voices

17 February 2026

Canterbury Press event at Temple Church, London. The Poet and Priest draws out the Christian bedrock at the heart of the Arthurian stories, revealing their spiritual depth and enduring resonance.

tickets available now

 

Visit our Events page for upcoming and past events

The Church Times Archive

Read reports from issues stretching back to 1863, search for your parish or see if any of the clergy you know get a mention.

FREE for Church Times subscribers.

Explore the archive

Welcome to the Church Times

To explore the Church Times website fully, please sign in or subscribe.

Non-subscribers can read up to four free articles a month. (You will need to register.)