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Coming up this week on TV and on radio

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19 May 2023

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HIGHLIGHT: Faith on the Factory Floor, Flock in a Hard Hat The Sheffield Industrial Mission was founded in 1944. Alan Dein explores the past and present of work and faith in Britain with four chaplains in different workplaces. 

Monday 8pm, Radio 4

 

TELEVISION: Sunday 1.15pm (BBC1) Songs of Praise Claire McCollum joins two nuns whose pilgrimage includes walking and kayaking to sacred sites in County Down, Northern Ireland.

Monday 9pm (BBC2) Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland A documentary charting the tensions between Protestants and Roman Catholics (1/5).

Tuesday 10pm (BBC4) Inside Kabul: Storyville An animation based on the voice notes between two Afghan women after the Taliban’s return to power in 2021.

 

RADIO: Friday 11.30am (World Service) Heart and Soul Why are some young Muslim men being drawn into the male-chauvinist “manosphere”?

Sunday 8.10am (R4) Sunday Worship A service from Holy Trinity, Claygate, Surrey, focusing on “seniors ministry”.

3pm (R3) Choral Evensong A repeat of this week’s live service from St Martin-in-the-Fields, on the Eve of the Ascension.

Tuesday 9.30am/8.05pm (World Service) The Documentary: The Ballad of Beirut A day in the life of the people of Beirut.

11am (R4) Living with AI How worried should we be about artificial intelligence?

10pm (R3) Free Thinking A discussion on writing and Jewish identity in the north-west, after the reopening of the Manchester Jewish Museum.

Wednesday 4pm (R3) Choral Evensong Live from St Paul’s Cathedral.

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Church Times Festival of Faith and Music 2026

10 October 2026

A joint event with RSCM. A one-day symposium at Southwark Cathedral celebrating church music in all its glory.

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Church Times Festival of Preaching 2026

13 - 15 September 2026

An event to inspire, nurture, and celebrate all who are called to proclaim the gospel today.

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Public Faith Common Good  a day symposium at St John’s College Cambridge, Tuesday 21 July 2026

Speakers to include the former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Williams; the Bishop of Chelmsford, Dr Guli Francis-Deqhani, Nick Spencer, and Anna Rowlands.

This event is free, but booking is required. Find out more at elydatabase.org/events

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Saturday 21st November 2026

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