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Coming up in the week ahead on TV and on radio

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01 November 2024

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HIGHLIGHT: TV: US Election 2024, BBC1, 10.40pm-6am. ITV News Special: US Election Night, ITV1, 10.45pm-6am. America Decides: US presidential election, Channel 4, 10pm-6am. The Choice 2024: Harris vs Trump, PBS America, 9.35-12pm. US Presidential Election, Sky News, 10.40pm-6am.

Radio: America Decides, Radio 4, and World Service, 10pm-6am.

Tuesday 5 November


TELEVISION:
Sunday 1.15pm (BBC1) Songs of Praise Sean Fletcher finds out about three journeys to faith, including how the 1980s BBC series Sea of Faith inspired Canon Giles Fraser to become a Christian.

Wednesday 8pm (Nat Geographic) Witches: Truth behind the trials A look at the lives of two witch-hunters operating during the English Civil War.


RADIO: Friday 1.30pm
(World Service) Heart and Soul How the faith of Palestinian Muslims inspired a woman to convert to Islam.

9pm (R4) Free Thinking Shahidha Bari and guests discuss ghosts, death, and ecstatic states (8/15).

Sunday 8.10am (R4) Sunday Worship Fr Dermot Preston SJ leads a service reflecting on saints, souls, and spirits, from the ruins of Byland Abbey, established in the 12th century in North Yorkshire.

3pm (R3) Choral Evensong A repeat of this week’s service from St Luke’s, Chelsea. Recorded on 14 October.

9.30pm (R3) Compline From St Anne and St Agnes, Gresham Street, London, sung by the Renaissance Singers.

Wednesday 3pm (R3) Choral Evensong Live from Clare College, Cambridge.

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