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Coming up this week on TV and on radio

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30 October 2020

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HIGHLIGHT: US Election All potential outcomes of an unpredictable campaign will be discussed, before the US election reaches its conclusion. Tuesday 10pm Sky News, 11pm ITV, 11.30 BBC1, 10pm Radio 4



TELEVISION: Sunday 1.15pm (BBC1) Songs of Praise Claire McCollum visits Dundee, home of the Beano and the Dandy, to see how they inspired a new version of the Bible.

10pm (C4) American Nightmare: Trump’s breadline kids A document­ary that follows three struggling fam­­­­­ilies in the state of Ohio, which has a history of deciding US elec­tions.

10.50pm (ITV) Muslim in Trump’s America Deeyah Khan finds out what it’s like to be a Muslim in the US in 2020.

Tuesday 9pm (BBC2) Aung San Suu Kyi: The fall of an icon Those closest to the woman who spent 15 years under house arrest in Rangoon ana­lyse her fall from grace.


RADIO: Sunday 8.10am (R4) Sunday Worship The leader of the Corry­meela Community in Northern Ire­land, the Revd Dr Alex Wimberly, leads a service for All Saints’ Day.

10.30am (R4) Heart and Soul Elizabeth Alker explores why water is so important in the lives of believers.

3pm (R3) Choral Evensong A repeat of last week’s service from Merton College, Oxford.

4.30pm (R4) Poets in the Pulpit Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan meets Muslim poets who are continuing the tradition of praise poetry.

Wednesday 3.30pm (R3) Choral Evensong Live from Durham Cathed­ral. Stanford’s Justorum animae, Canticles in C, and “For lo, I raise up”.

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