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Coming up in the week ahead on TV and on radio

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21 May 2021

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HIGHLIGHT: Songs of Praise Sean Fletcher looks at monastic life in the Community of the Resurrection, Mirfield, in West Yorkshire, and learns about Pentecost. Sunday 1.15pm, BBC1

 

TELEVISION: Friday 7.30pm (C4) Unreported World Guillermo Galdos examines the fate of Guatemalan migrants who are forced by climate change to flee to the US.

Sunday 10.30am (BBC1) A Celebration for Pentecost A service live from All Saints’, Woodford Wells, Essex.

11.30am (BBC1) Sunday Morning Stories A Jewish chef hopes that others will follow in her footsteps (7/8).

8pm (BBC1) Call the Midwife It is 1966, and Nonnatus House is divided over the Abortion Bill (6/7).

Thursday 9pm (BBC2) The Road to Partition A documentary exploring the partition of Ireland (1/2).

 

RADIO: Sunday 8.10am (R4) Sunday Worship A service for Pentecost from St Tudno’s, Llandudno, led by the Bishop of Bangor.

10.30am (World Service) Heart and Soul A look at Bob Dylan’s Christian gospel period.

3pm (R3) Choral Evensong A repeat of this week’s service from St Pancras Church, London.

Monday 9am (R4) Start the Week Kirsty Wark and guests discuss climate change (8/13).

Wednesday 3.30pm (R3) Choral Evensong Live from Westminster Abbey.

4pm (R4) Thinking Allowed How has London been shaped by the history of immigration? (8/11)

Thursday 11.30am (R4) A Life in Music Jude Rogers explores how music can help us to navigate the challenges of adulthood (3/4).

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