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Coming up in the week ahead on TV and on radio

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12 March 2021

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HIGHLIGHT: Roman Kemp: Our silent emergency The radio host looks at young men’s mental health, and explores why increasing numbers are taking their own lives. Tuesday, BBC1 9pm

 

TELEVISION: Sunday 11.15am (BBC1) Lent Worship A Mothering Sunday service from St Cuthbert’s, Preston.

1.15pm (BBC2) Songs of Praise: Moth­­­er­­­­ing Sunday Brenda Edwards talks to the musician Audrey Mattis about the power of singing together in church.

Tuesday 9pm (ITV) 2020: The story of us The impact of Covid-19 through the testimony of doctors and patients.

 

RADIO: Friday 1.30pm (World Ser­­vice) Heart and Soul The story of Aziz BineBine, who spent 18 years in an underground prison in Morocco.

Sunday 8.10am (R4) Sunday Worship The Presbyterian Chaplain to Ulster University and the Principal of Belfast Bible College consider the wedding feast at Cana.

4pm (R3) Choral Evensong A repeat of this week’s archive recording from King’s College, Cambridge, first broadcast on 10 March 2010.

Tuesday 3.05pm (World Service) People Fixing the World A report on a scheme in Togo uses satellite ima­gery and mobile phones to distribute money to the needy.

Wednesday 3.30pm (R3) Choral Evensong An archive recording from Eton College during the 2017 Eton Choral Course, first broadcast on 14 March 2018.

8.45pm (R4) Lent Talks Dr Jason Arday, of Durham University, reflects on the health and social barriers he has overcome in his life (4/6).

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