HIGHLIGHT: Bells That Still Can Ring A look into the work of John Taylor and Co, in Loughborough, which has produced both Great Paul and a bell for the band AC/DC. Thursday 11.30am, Radio 4

TELEVISION: Sunday 1.15pm (BBC1) Songs of Praise: Young Chorister of the Year Aled Jones hosts the girls’ semi-final from Gorton Monastery in Manchester.

RADIO: Saturday 10.30am (R4) Soul Music A look at emotional responses to Into my Arms, by Nick Cave, and how the first line has made people question their own religious faith.

Sunday 8.10am (R4) Sunday Worship Fr Anthony Rosso leads a service for the Second Sunday of Advent from St Joseph’s, Bradford.

10.30am (World Service) Heart and Soul The Vietnam veteran Alvaro Enciso and volunteers plant wooden crosses where human remains have been found in the Sonoran Desert.

3pm (R3) Choral Evensong A repeat of this week’s service from St Olave’s, York, with the Ex Corde vocal ensemble, on the feast of St Andrew the Apostle, recorded on 23 November.

Wednesday 9am (R4 FM), 10.05am (World Service) The Reith Lectures: Freedom of worship The former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Williams argues that freedom of worship must mean the freedom to express conviction (2/4).

4pm (R3) Choral Evensong Live from Salisbury Cathedral to mark the bicentenary of the birth of César Franck.

Thursday 11pm (R3) Compline from St Paul’s, Withington, Manchester, sung by the HeartEdge Manchester choral scholars.