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Week ahead

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06 January 2017

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HIGHLIGHT: Good Morning Sunday Clare Balding’s guests include the former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Williams.
Sunday 7am, Radio 2

 

TELEVISION:
Sunday 1.15pm (BBC1) Songs of Praise Josie d’Arby meets people whose faith has helped to bring freedom from debt.
Monday 8.30pm (BBC2) An Island Parish: Anguilla As Easter ap­­proaches, the Rt Revd Errol Brooks oversees renovations at St Mary’s (2/8).

 

RADIO:
Sunday 6.05am (R4) Something Understood Rabbi Shoshana Boyd Gelfand explores the significance of immortality to science and religion.
8.10am (R4 FM) Sunday Worship A service celebrating Epiphany from St Margaret’s Episcopal Church, Glasgow.
10.30am (World Service) Heart and Soul Daniel Gordon meets three Hasidic Jews who are leaving their religious community and joining the mainstream of society.
3pm (R3) Choral Evensong A repeat of Wednesday’s service anticipating Epiphany from King’s College, London.
Monday 8.30pm (R4) Crossing Continents Maria Margaronis investigates the recent “black protests” in Poland against attempts to ban abortions (8/9).
Wednesday 3.30pm (R3) Choral Evensong live from Merton College, Oxford.
Thursday 9am (R4) In Our Time Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Nietzsche’s On the Genealogy of Morality.

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