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Coming up this week on TV and on radio

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10 May 2019

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HIGHLIGHT: Reporting History: Mandela and a new South Africa Fergal Keane reports on the state of the country, 25 years after Mandela’s election as President of South Africa. Wednesday 9pm, BBC4

TELEVISION: Sunday 11.30am (BBC1) Walks of Life J. B. Gill finds out how previous generations have lived and worshipped along the River Severn (8/8).

1.15pm (BBC1) Songs of Praise Sean Fletcher visits Spring Harvest, at Minehead, Somerset, for its 40th anniversary.

Monday 9pm (BBC2) One Day in Gaza A look at events on 14 May 2018, a day of mass disturbances on the border between Israel and Gaza.

RADIO: Friday 7.15pm (R4) Front Row Edmund de Waal describes his new two-part project “Psalm”, to be displayed at the Jewish Museum and the Biennale in Venice.

Sunday 6am (R2) Good Morning Sunday Special guests mark Mental Health Awareness Week.

8.10am (R4) Sunday Worship A service for Eastertide live from Dean Close School, Cheltenham.

3pm (R3) Choral Evensong A repeat of last week’s service from Magdalen College, Oxford.

Monday 4.30pm (R4) Beyond Belief Ernie Rea and guests discuss veganism and its relationship with religion (7/9).

Tuesday 9pm (R4) All in the Mind Claudia Hammond visits a London café where people who are feeling lonely come together once a week to meet and talk (4/10).

Wednesday 3.30pm (R3) Choral Evensong Live from St Pancras New Church during the London Festival of Contemporary Church Music.

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