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Coming up this week on TV and on radio

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15 January 2021

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HIGHLIGHT: Silenced: The hidden story of disabled Britain The presenter Cerrie Burnell, who was born without the lower part of her right arm, looks at the history of society’s treatment of disabled people. Tuesday BBC2, 9pm

 

TELEVISION: Sunday 1.15pm (BBC1) Songs of Praise Brenda Edwards visits an outdoor “walking church” in east London, and meets two award-winning women whose charity, Wave, brings those with and without learning disabilities together in friendship.

8.30pm (BBC1) A Perfect Planet A look at weather and how species move to its predictable patterns (3/5).

Tuesday 9pm (BBC4) Til Kingdom Come: Trump, faith and money Maya Zinshtein explores the significance of American Evangelicals who believe that Israel is the key to the Second Coming.

Wednesday 9pm (BBC2) Targeted: The truth about disability hate crime Some of Britain’s 14 million disabled people describe how difficult it is to live with a disability.

 

RADIO: Sunday 8.10am (R4 FM) Sunday Worship From All Saints’, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, where Alexander Olleson, the BBC Radio 2 Young Chorister of the Year 2020, sings solo and with the choir.

3pm (R3) Choral Evensong A repeat of last week’s service from Merton College, Oxford, recorded on 27 October.

Wednesday 3.30pm (R3) Choral Evensong An archive recording of choral vespers from the London Oratory, first broadcast on 20 January 2016.

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