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Coming up this week on TV and on radio

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04 September 2020

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HIGHLIGHT: Sue Perkins: Along the US-Mexico border The comedian helps out at a Christian mission that delivers food and toys to migrants in a car park (1-2/2).

Monday and Tuesday 9pm, BBC2



TELEVISION: Friday 7.30pm (C4) Unreported World Adnan Sarwar fol­lows migrants as they attempt to cross the Alps in freezing temperatures.

9.30pm (BBC4) Soul America The story of how soul music emerged from the world of gospel to deliver an assertive vision of black America during the civil-rights era (1/3).

Sunday 1.15pm (BBC1) Songs of Praise Claire McCollum visits the Eden Project, in Cornwall, and J. B. Gill meets a man who returned to faith through surfing.

RADIO: Sunday 5.30am (World Service) Heart and Soul A look at the struggle between science and faith in Pakistan during the pandemic.

8.10am (R4) Sunday Worship Neil MacGregor and the Revd Lucy Winkett consider how community has traditionally been fostered by close contact with the saints.

3.30pm (R3) Choral Evensong A repeat of last week’s service recorded at the 2015 Charles Wood Summer School in St Patrick’s Church of Ireland Cathedral, Armagh.

Monday 9am (R4) Start the Week What can be done to restore social values and a sense of community?

Wednesday 3.30pm (R3) Choral Evensong An archive recording of Choral Evening Prayer from Neres­heim Abbey, Germany, sung by the Royal Academy of Music Chamber Choir, and first broadcast on 9 September 2009.

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