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Coming up in the week ahead on TV and on Radio

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08 July 2022

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HIGHLIGHT: Assignment Tim Whewell investigates claims that Ukrainian civilian “evacuees” have been forcibly deported to Russia. Monday 8pm, Radio 4

 

TELEVISION: Sunday 12.35pm (BBC2) Being Christian The lives of an RC couple and a Pentecostal teenager, the wedding of an Evangelical Baptist couple, and the funeral of June, one of the first women to be ordained priest in the Church of England in 1994 (repeat).

1.15pm (BBC2) Songs of Praise The Revd Kate Bottley joins pilgrims en route to Durham Cathedral.

Thursday 8pm (BBC2) Super Telescope: Mission to the edge of the universe A look at the James Webb Space Telescope, featuring interviews with the engineers hoping to capture the deepest image of our universe ever seen.

 

RADIO Sunday 8.10am (R4) Sunday Worship The Chaplain of the Fleet, the Ven. Andrew Hillier, preaches at a service from Portsmouth Cathedral to mark Sea Sunday.

10.30am (World Service) Heart and Soul Afina Khadzhynova describes her experience of fleeing from Mariupol, in Ukraine, to Cyprus.

3pm (R3) Choral Evensong A repeat of this week’s live service from Portsmouth Cathedral.

Tuesday 10.05pm (World Service) People Fixing the World How therapy is helping survivors of the terrorist organisation Boko Haram.

Wednesday 4pm (R3) Choral Evensong From Jesus College, Cambridge, recorded on 22 March.

7.30pm (R3) Radio 3 in Concert The Gabrieli Consort and Players re-create the Venetian Coronation Mass of 1595, live from York Minster.

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