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Coming up in the week ahead on TV and on Radio

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12 July 2024

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HIGHLIGHT: David Olusoga Remembers . . . Britain’s Forgotten Slave Owners The presenter looks back on how his 2015 documentary helped to shine a light on Britain’s involvement in the slave trade.

Tuesday 9pm, BBC4

 

TELEVISION: Sunday 1.15pm (BBC2) Songs of Praise Aled Jones explores “hidden gem” churches in London, with the historian Joanna Bogle.

10.20pm (BBC4) BBC Proms: Verdi Requiem A 2016 performance by the Orchestra of the Age of the Enlightenment and the BBC Proms Youth Choir, conducted by Marin Alsop (repeat).

 

RADIO: Friday 1.30pm (World Service) Heart and Soul Rahila Bano explains why her family decided to break with the Muslim tradition of a congregational prayer reading for her mother after she died.

Saturday 10.05pm (World Service) The Documentary: Suicide’s Silent Survivors Why do many countries still put people in prison for attempted suicide? Ashley Byrne finds that religious and cultural beliefs are often behind the laws.

Sunday 8.10am (R4) Sunday Worship The Revd Dr Stephen Wigley journeys along Offa’s Dyke, in the first of an occasional series on the theme of pilgrimage.

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

Tuesday 3.30pm (R4) Beyond Belief Marios Kaikitis, a street preacher, tells Canon Giles Fraser why he preaches the gospel in central London (3/8)

8pm (R4) File on 4 A charity chief executive has raised hundreds of thousands of pounds for the world’s vulnerable children — but the reality is very different.

Wednesday 3pm (R3) Choral Evensong From Holy Trinity, South Kensington, sung by the Imperial College Chamber Choir. Recorded on 4 June.

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