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Coming up in the week ahead on TV and on radio

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10 September 2021

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HIGHLIGHT: 9/11: One day in America For the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks, a miniseries with personal accounts from the moment the first plane hit the North Tower to when the last survivor was rescued. Saturday from 8am, Nat Geographic

 

TELEVISION: Friday 9pm (ITV) Grantchester The clerical sleuth has to deal with a family dispute (2/8).

Sunday 1.45pm (BBC1) Songs of Praise Sean Fletcher explores the origins of the Quaker movement in east Lancashire.

Monday to Thursday 8.35pm (PBS America) The Black Church: This is our story, this is our song Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., traces the 400-year-old story of Black Christianity in America (1-4/4).

Monday 9pm (Channel 4) Bin Laden: The Road to 9/11 Osama Bin Laden arrives home from Afghanistan a war hero (2/3).

 

RADIO: Saturday 12.05pm (World Service) The Documentary: 9/11 the day that changed our lives for ever New Yorkers recall the events of 11 September 2001.

Sunday 8.10am (R4) Sunday Worship A service reflecting on the theme of “finding a voice”, with the National Youth Choir of Wales.

3pm (R3) Choral Evensong A repeat of this week’s service from St Davids Cathedral on the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, recorded on 1 June.

Monday to Friday 9.45am (R4 FM) Book of the Week: God: An anatomy Professor Francesca Stavrakopolou reads from her book that explores the anatomy of the God of the Bible (1-5/5).

Wednesday 4pm (R3) Choral Evensong From Edington Priory, recorded on 27 August during the Edington Festival of Music within the Liturgy.

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