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Coming up this week on TV and on radio

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23 October 2020

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HIGHLIGHT: America’s War on Abortion The filmmaker Deeyah Khan visits abortion clinics in the US and talks to women facing one of the biggest decisions of their lives.

Thursday 10.45pm ITV

 

TELEVISION: Sunday 1.15pm (BBC1) Songs of Praise: Remembering Black History Mark De-Lisser visits the International Slavery Museum in Liverpool.

Monday 9pm (BBC2) Inside the Bat Cave A look at the secret life of one of the least understood animals on earth: bats.

Wednesday 9pm (C4) Damilola: The boy next door To mark the 20th anniversary of Damilola Taylor’s death, Yinka Bokinni examines the impact it had on her community.

 

RADIO: Sunday 6am (R2) Good Morning Sunday Dr Rangan Chatterjee launches Radio 2’s Grief Conversations season: a week addressing people’s experiences of grief and loss.

8.10am (R4) Sunday Worship Live from St Martin-in-the-Fields, Canon Sam Wells looks at how we read the Bible, and in particular the story of Israel in slavery in Egypt.

3pm (R3) Choral Evensong A repeat of last week’s service from Croydon Minster, recorded on 18 October.

Monday 4.30pm (R4) The Digital Human Aleks Krotoski explores areas of the internet to which people are drawn at night, such as meditation apps (3/6).

Tuesday 11.30am (R4) Art of Now: Playing with the dead Jordan Erica Webber looks at how video games can let us play with people after their death.

Wednesday 3.30pm (R3) Choral Evensong Live from Merton College, Oxford.

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