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Coming up this week on TV and on radio

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25 September 2020

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HIGHLIGHT: Start the Week  Andrew Marr and his guests, the author Marilynne Robinson and the former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Williams, discuss the part played by faith in the modern world.

Monday 9am Radio 4

 

TELEVISION: Sunday 1.15pm (BBC1) Songs of Praise Claire McCollum explores the Christian foundations of the Victorian mill village of Saltaire, in West Yorkshire.

Monday to Wednesday 10pm (BBC4) Charles I: Killing a king A chronicle of the final weeks of the King’s life, including his arrest, trial, and execution (1-3/3) (repeat).

Friday 9pm (Nat Geographic) Blood on the Wall A look at the corruption on the border between Mexico and Central Amer­­ica.

 

RADIO: Sunday 5.30am (World Service) Heart and Soul Sucheera Maguire visits a Buddhist temple in Thailand, where drug addicts go to find a cure using Buddhist teachings.

6am (R2) Good Morning Sunday Guests include the writer and film-maker Geoff Thompson, who discusses forgiveness and redemption.

8.10am (R4) Sunday Worship Canon Rachel Mann reflects on what harvest might mean for those who live in an urbanised environment.

3pm (R3) Choral Evensong A repeat of last week’s service from Portsmouth Cathedral.

Wednesday 3.30pm (R3) Choral Evensong Live from Guildford Cathedral.

Thursday 8.30pm (R4) Anatomy of Guilt Helena Kennedy QC examines the notion of guilt from a range of perspectives (repeat).

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