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Coming up in the week ahead on TV and on radio

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28 May 2021

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HIGHLIGHT: Call the Midwife: Special delivery Marking ten years of the series, members of the cast and crew look back at some of their favourite moments. Sunday 9pm, BBC1

 

TELEVISION: Sunday 10am (BBC1) Sunday Morning Stories The Revd Kate Bottley hears from a man who found religion and renounced violence (8/8).

1.15pm (BBC1) Songs of Praise Aled Jones explores the history of Newstead Abbey, Nottinghamshire.

8pm (BBC1) Call the Midwife Trixie and Sister Frances are frustrated by Poplar’s housing crisis (7/7).

 

RADIO: Sunday 8.10am (R4) Sunday Worship An ecumenical service of reflection on the anniversary of the murder of George Floyd, from NTCG Brixton Community Church, in south London. Contributors include the Archbishop of York.

10.30am (World Service) Heart and Soul A discussion of the Christian response to George Floyd’s death.

11am (R4) Desert Island Discs The chief executive of Christian Aid, Amanda Khozi Mukwashi, selects eight favourite recordings.

3pm (R3) Choral Evensong A repeat of this week’s service from Westminster Abbey.

Wednesday 3.30pm (R3) Choral Evensong Live from St Davids Cathedral, on the Eve of the Feast of Corpus Christi.

Thursday 11.30am (R4) A Life in Music Jude Rogers explains how music can keep people alert and involved as they grow older (4/4).

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