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Coming up in the week ahead on TV and on Radio

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29 October 2021

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HIGHLIGHT: God Squad A sitcom pilot about a university Christian Society, whose members realise they have to adapt to reflect student life. Friday 11.30am, Radio 4


TELEVISION: Friday 7.30pm (C4) Unreported World Cobalt is fuelling the planet’s green revolution, but at what cost?

Sunday 1.15pm (BBC2) Songs of Praise Katherine Jenkins visits Blackpool to find out about the tradition of All Hallows’ Eve.

Monday 10.45pm (ITV) Britain’s “Virginity” Clinics Uncovered Sahar Zand investigates the cases of women who are forced to prove their virginity, in the name of “honour”.

Tuesday 8pm (ITV) Saving the Planet: Saving Money? Tonight Laura Tobin asks: is the nation ready to switch to green energy?

 

RADIO: Saturday 11.45am (R3) Music Matters Kate Molleson and guests discuss mental health and music.

Sunday 8.10am (R4) Sunday Worship Kantos Chamber Choir sings settings of Phineas Fletcher’s “Drop, drop, slow tears”, with readings, poems, and prayers composed and curated by Canon Rachel Mann, to coincide with COP26.

3.30pm (R3) Music for the Hours The Tallis Scholars perform settings of words and psalms associated with None (6/8).

Tuesday 9.30am (R4) One to One Malaika Kegode talks to the Revd Paul Cowley, who went from prisoner to soldier to priest (9/10).

Wednesday 4pm (R3) Choral Evensong Live from Merton College, Oxford.

Thursday 10pm (R3) Free Thinking Matthew Sweet leads a discussion on the embodied divine.

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