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Coming up this week on TV and on Radio

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20 March 2020

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HIGHLIGHT: Faith on the Move The London pastor Dylis George looks at the work of the chaplains who sup­port staff on Britain’s railways. Friday 11am Radio 4

 

TELEVISION: Friday 7.30pm (C4) Unreported World Karishma Vyas visits California to meet the “Trad­Wives”: women who idolise Donald Trump, embrace traditional family values, and reject feminism.

Sunday 1.15pm (BBC1) Songs of Praise Katherine Jenkins visits the Mothers’ Union at Worthing Hos­pital.

Monday 8pm (ITV) St Davids: Britain’s smallest city The Dean of St Davids Cathedral, the Very Revd Dr Sarah Rowland Jones, is having her portrait painted (4/6).

 

RADIO: Friday 1.30pm (World Service) Heart and Soul A look at how virtual reality is being used to experi­ence aspects of Christian, Sikh, Jew­ish, and Muslim faith.

Sunday 8.10am (R4) Sunday Worship On Mothering Sunday, the author Ruth Valerio reflects on the natural world, at Kerith Community
Church, Bracknell, Berkshire.

3pm (R3) Choral Evensong A repeat of last week’s archive recording from Birming­ham Cathedral, first broadcast in 2013.

Tuesday 11am (R4) The Cathedral Thinkers Ian Samson meets people who dream beyond their lifespan with long-range cathedral projects.

Wednesday 3.30pm (R3) Choral Evensong From the Temple Church, London, for the feast of the Annun­cia­­tion, recorded on 25 February.

8.45pm (R4) Lent Talks Louise Pendry reflects on the impact of ageing on her identity (4/6).

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