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Coming up this week on TV and on radio

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05 April 2019

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HIGHLIGHT: Pilgrimage: The road to Rome Eight celebrities, including a Muslim and an atheist, embark on the Italian section of the 2000km-long Via Francigena, which begins in Canterbury and finishes in Rome (1/3).

Friday 9pm BBC2

TELEVISION: Sunday 11.30am (BBC1) Walks of Life J. B. Gill explores Dartmoor and meets a Jainist monk (4/8).

12.45pm (BBC1) Songs of Praise Sean Fletcher finds out why Brighton is home to so many Christian musicians.

Monday 10pm (C4) Life after Lock-Up A documentary that follows a year in the lives of some ex-offenders after their release from prison (1/3).

RADIO: Friday 1.30pm (World Service) Heart and Soul Jane Little finds out how similar experiences can affect two people’s faith differently (3/3).

Sunday 6am (R2) Good Morning Sunday Guests include the London youth pastors Dan and Jo Watson.

8.10am (R4) Sunday Worship Live from St Martin-in-the-Fields, a service for Passion Sunday.

3pm (R3) Choral Evensong A repeat of last week’s archive service, recorded in Rochester Cathedral in 2005.

Monday 9am (R4) Start the Week Andrew Marr and guests discuss dementia and ageing.

11am (R4) City of Refuge Myriam Francois reports on the 100,000 Syrian refugees in Tripoli, Lebanon.

4.30pm (R4) Beyond Belief Ernie Rea and three women from different faith traditions give their views on what it means to be feminine (2/9).

Tuesday 9.30am (R4) One to One Alan Rusbridger talks to a former prisoner who now helps to turn lives around through adult learning.

Wednesday 3.30pm (R3) Choral Evensong An archive recording made in St Albans Cathedral on 29 March 1995.

8.45pm (R4) Lent Talks Candida Moss considers the questions surrounding Judas’s motives (5/6).

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