HIGHLIGHT: Beyond Belief: What Makes a Ritual? Ernie Rea and guest explore how the practice of ritual is being employed outside of faith (2/8). Monday 4.30pm, Radio 4

TELEVISION: Sunday 1.15pm (BBC1) Songs of Praise Aled Jones visits sacred sites on the Wales Coast Path.

Tuesday 10pm and 11pm (BBC4) Great Poets in Their Own Words Works by T. S. Eliot, R. S. Thomas, John Betjeman, and Philip Larkin are among those explored (1-2/2) (repeat).

RADIO: Friday 7.30pm (R3) BBC Proms A live performance of Handel’s oratorio Solomon.

Saturday 7.30pm (R3) BBC Proms The live concert includes Ethel Smyth’s Mass in D.

Sunday 8.10am (R4) Sunday Worship A service to mark the UN International Victims of Terrorism day, from the Corrymeela Community in Ballycastle.

10.30am (World Service) Heart and Soul A focus on young Hindus who believe that their faith is being misunderstood.

3pm (R3) Choral Evensong A repeat of this week’s live service from St Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh, during the Edinburgh International Festival.

Tuesday 6.30pm (R4 Extra) Soul Music How Bach’s cantata Ich Habe Genug (“I have enough” or “I am content”) has helped people around the world to deal with difficult moments in life (3/5).

Wednesday 4pm (R3) Choral Evensong Live from St Patrick’s Anglican Cathedral, Armagh, during the Charles Wood Summer School, on St Bartholomew’s Day.

10.15pm (R3) BBC Proms The Sixteen sing works from medieval plainsong to the 21st century, live.