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Coming up this week on TV and on radio

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31 July 2020

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HIGHLIGHT: Gospel According to Mica: The story of gospel music in six songs Mica Paris traces the origins of six famous gospel songs, and finds out why some of her contemporaries have returned to their gospel roots. Friday 9pm, BBC4



TELEVISION: Sunday 1.15pm (BBC1) Songs of Praise Aled Jones visits the Olympic Stadium in London to ex­­plore the links between Christianity and sport.

Monday 8.35pm (PBS America) After Auschwitz The stories of six women who survived the Holocaust, and went to live in Los Angeles.

Tuesday 10pm (C4) The Talk Black British people recall the time when their parents talked to them about the racism that they might face in life.

Wednesday 10pm (BBC4) Hiroshima A drama documentary charting the political and social impact of the first nuclear attack (repeat).

RADIO: Sunday 6.30am (World Service) Heart and Soul A funeral director in New York talks about his newfound faith, and describes how his average of four funerals a week has become six a day.

8.10am (R4) Sunday Worship As an early sufferer from Covid-19, the Arch­bishop of Canter­bury’s Chaplain, the Revd Dr Isabelle Hamley, talks about walking with God and the virus.

3pm (R3) Choral Evensong A repeat of Wednesday’s live broadcast from St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, sung by St Martin’s Voices. 

Wednesday 3.30pm (R3) Choral Evensong Live from St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, sung by the choir of St Bartholomew the Great, London.

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