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Coming up in the week ahead on TV and on radio

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18 October 2024

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HIGHLIGHT: Choosing Race Ellie House explores racial identity in the US, meeting “pretendians” and the descendants of escaped slaves.

Sunday 1.30pm, Radio 4


TELEVISION:
Sunday 1.15pm (BBC1) Songs of Praise Laura Wright visits a youth worship service at Trinity Church, Nottingham.

Monday 10pm (C4) Undercover: Exposing the far Right A documentary that follows the organisation Hope Not Hate as it investigates far-Right activists.


RADIO: Friday 1.30pm
(World Service) Heart and Soul A look at Enkumbi, a ritual practised in certain cultures in Uganda and across Africa.

Sunday 8.10am (R4) Sunday Worship The Bishop of Llandaff, the Rt Revd Mary Stallard, preaches at a service in her cathedral on the biblical mandate to care for the world around us.

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

Monday to Friday 11.45am (R4) Book of the Week: On Freedom The historian Timothy Snyder explores the concept of freedom (1-5/5).

Tuesday 8.05pm (World Service) Assignment A look at how children in Gaza are continuing to receive singing and music lessons.

Wednesday 3pm (R3) Choral Evensong From St John’s College, Cambridge, sung by members of the Rodolfus Choral Course. Recorded on 9 August.

Thursday 4pm (R4) Rethink Experts and guests ask: Are there arguments for a National Care Service to match the National Health Service?

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