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Coming up in the week ahead on TV and on Radio

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10 June 2022

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HIGHLIGHT: The Secrets of Storytelling James Runcie, author of the Grantchester series, meets four contemporary authors to discuss the craft of novel writing (1/4). Tuesday 11.30am, Radio 4 FM

 

TELEVISION: Sunday 1.15pm (BBC1) Songs of Praise The Revd Kate Bottley visits Guildford Cathedral on its 60th anniversary.

8pm (More4) Anne Frank: Her secret diary A documentary marking 80 years since Anne Frank was given her diary.

10.30pm (C4) Grenfell A dramatisation of verbatim excerpts from the Grenfell Tower inquiry (1/2).

 

RADIO: Sunday 8.10am (R4) Sunday Worship Eucharist live from St Mary’s Cathedral, Glasgow, on Trinity Sunday, celebrated by the Rector and Provost, the Very Revd Kelvin Holdsworth.

10.30am (World Service) Heart and Soul An exploration of the interplay of faith, spirituality, and LGBTQ+ identity.

3pm (R3) Choral Evensong A repeat of this week’s Choral Vespers from Our Lady of Victories, Kensington. Recorded on 20 January.

Monday 8pm (R4) Ceausescu’s Children Ionica Adriana returns to Romania to trace the history of Ceausescu’s barbaric orphanages, one of which she lived in until the age of two and a half.

Wednesday 11am (R4) Ukraine’s Nuclear Gamble Clive Myrie looks back to 1994, when Ukraine — a newly independent country — decided to give up its nuclear arsenal.

4pm (R3) Choral Evensong Live from York Minster, with music by Dr Francis Jackson, who served as Organist and Master of the Music for 36 years and who died on 10 January, aged 104.

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