HIGHLIGHT: Dangerous Crossings What makes parents risk their own lives, and their lives of their children, in dangerous, illegal Channel crossings?

Wednesday, 11am Radio 4
 

TELEVISION: Friday 9pm (ITV) Grantchester In the last of the series, the Revd Will Davenport is daunted by the choice he now faces (6/6).

Sunday 1.15pm (BBC1) Songs of Praise The Revd Kate Bottley visits Whitby, and discovers how the explorer Captain James Cook was inspired by Quaker values.

8pm (BBC1) Call the Midwife The brusque Mother Mildred returns (6/8).

12 midnight (C4) Ride upon the Storm Johannes Krogh and his family prepare to celebrate Christmas (4/10).

RADIO: Friday 1.30pm (World Service) Heart and Soul Mike Wooldridge talks to Daryl Davis about why he is befriending members of the Ku Klux Klan (2/2).

7.30pm (R3) Berlioz: The ultimate Romantic Live from Cardiff, a performance of the composer’s oratorio L’Enfance du Christ.

Sunday 6.05am (R4) Something Understood Mark Tully considers how faith is not synonymous with certainty, and how lack of doubt can be detrimental.

8.10am (R4) Sunday Worship A contemplative service from the Nazareth Community, in London, which explores what it means to be steadfast in times of uncertainty.

2pm (R3) Choral Evensong A repeat of last week’s service from Leeds Cathedral.

Wednesday 3.30pm (R3) Choral Evensong An archive recording from New College, Oxford, first broadcast in January 1995.