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Coming up this week on TV and radio

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09 November 2018

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HIGHLIGHT: Stacey Dooley: The young and homeless A Children in Need documentary in which the journalist follows four teenagers over nine months as they attempt to get off the streets. Tuesday, 10.45pm BBC1

 

TELEVISION: Saturday 10.30pm (C5) Life is Wonderful: Mandela’s unsung heroes A look at how the Rivonia trial, in South Africa, ended up putting the apartheid regime in the dock.

Monday 9pm (BBC2) War’s Secret Shame: Shell shock Dan Snow explores the psychological damage inflicted on the armed forces in battle.

 

RADIO: Friday 1.30pm (World Service) Heart and Soul A 90-year-old woman remembers the night that marked the beginning of the Holocaust.

10pm (R3) The Verb Ian McMillan explores, through new poems, the experiences of those who fought in the British West Indian Regiment.

Saturday 6.07am (R4) Open Country Helen Mark visits Herodsfoot, in Cornwall, a village where all 13 of those who served in the First World War returned alive.

5pm (Classic FM) Saturday Night at the Movies Andrew Collins showcases film and TV music from wartime dramas.

Sunday 6.05am (R4) Something Understood As bells ring out to mark the centenary of the Armistice, Mark Tully celebrates the power of bells.

8.10am (R4) Sunday Worship A service from the Royal Hospital, Chelsea. The preacher is the Rt Revd Lord Chartres.

3.05pm (R3) Choral Evensong A repeat of last week’s service from St Pauls Cathedral, London.

Wednesday 3.30pm (R3) Choral Evensong Live from Croydon Minster.

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