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Coming up in the week ahead on TV and on Radio

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01 September 2023

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HIGHLIGHT: Extreme In a series that looks at strange interactions between social media and the internet, Ed Main explores the morality behind computer-generated videos on TikTok of children who have been murdered explaining how they died (1/8).

Sunday 11.30am, World Service

 

TELEVISION: Sunday 1.15pm (BBC1) Songs of Praise Aled Jones explores the history of Canterbury Cathedral.

Tuesday 10pm (BBC4) Blue Box: Storyville An investigation of Yosef Weitz, the man chiefly responsible for Israel’s forestation.

11.05pm (Channel 4) Sri Lanka’s Easter Bombings The attacks of Easter 2019 killed 269 people.

 

RADIO: Friday 11.30am (World Service) Heart and Soul Julia Paul talks to Christian and Muslim female sex workers in the UK, Nigeria, and India about how they can still follow their faith.

Sunday 8.10am (R4) Sunday Worship Canon Jessica Martin and Canon James Reveley tell the story of Etheldreda, in a service to mark the 1350th anniversary of the saint’s founding Ely Cathedral.

1pm (R3) Choral Evensong A repeat of this week’s service from St Patrick’s Cathedral, Armagh, during the Charles Wood Summer School, recorded on 23 August.

Monday-Friday 1.45pm (R4) The Immortals Aleks Krotoski meets the Silicon Valley entrepreneurs trying to extend life expectancy (1-5/10).

Monday 4.30pm (R4) Beyond Belief Kate Forbes talks about how her religious views shaped part of her campaign to become leader of the SNP this year.

Wednesday 4pm (R3) Choral Evensong Live from Rugby School.

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Saturday 10th October 2026

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Saturday 21st November 2026

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