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Coming on in the week ahead on TV and on Radio

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18 March 2022

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HIGHLIGHT: The Distant Barking of Dogs: Storyville A documentary illustrating war through the eyes of a ten-year-old child who lives with his grandmother in Donbas, Ukraine, as pro-Russian separatists fight government forces in 2014.

 

Wednesday 10pm, BBC4

 

TELEVISION: Friday 9pm (ITV) Grantchester The Revd Will Davenport is increasingly drawn to Maya (2/7).

9pm (Drama) Sister Boniface Mysteries St Vincent’s Convent is used as a location for a thriller (2/10).

Sunday 1.15pm (BBC1) Songs of Praise Katherine Jenkins visits Gas Street Church, Birmingham.

Tuesday 9.15pm (C4) The Simpler Life Twenty-four people spend the summer living an Amish lifestyle, to see what effect it has on their physical and mental health (1/6).

Thursday 9pm (ITV) Joanna Lumley’s Great Cities of the World The presenter visits Rome, where she unlocks the Sistine Chapel with its single key (2/3).

 

RADIO: Sunday 8.10am (R4) Sunday Worship Fr Dermot Preston leads a service from St Dominic’s Priory, Newcastle, taking the vision of the bridges across the River Tyne as a parable of building links.

10.30am (World Service) Heart and Soul What do young Hindus want from their religion?

1.30pm (R4) The Archbishop Interviews The guest is the chief executive of Citizens Advice, Clare Moriarty (5/6).

3pm (R3) Choral Evensong A repeat of this week’s service from Truro Cathedral, recorded on 23 November 2021.

Wednesday 4pm (R3) Choral Evensong Live from Jesus College, Cambridge.

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